The next day, when Zhang Yue went to the Sansi Envoy Office, he saw many officials coming in and out frequently. He piled all the old accounts of the Sansi Yamen on a dozen desks beside Lu Gongbi.
Behind each table sits a scholar, holding a calculation chip and calculating the accounts.
Lu Gongbi was sitting behind a table, looking through the account books with a solemn expression. When he saw Zhang Yue, he said, "Zhang Taichang will sit down first."
Zhang Yue and Lu Gongbi met several times, but they never had in-depth discussions.
Lu Gongbi looked at the account for a while, rubbed his eyes with his fingers, and then said: "Zhongyan often talks about Taichang's name in front of me. He says that you are the most capable and best friend among his friends."
"This is a compliment from Shi Pu. In terms of human skills, I am not as good as Shi Pu." Zhang Yue thought about Han Zhongyan's evaluation of Lu Gongbi, his father-in-law. He said that he could run as far as he could in person.
Lu Gongbi said: "The officials asked me to do this because of the lack of finances in Shaanxi Province. Therefore, I am now reviewing the financial declarations and audit settlements of Shaanxi No. 5 Road to see whether the officials have concealed any fraud."
"However, since the Qingli period, there are so many books. It takes a lot of effort to check the discrepancies between the provincial accounts of the three divisions and the expenditures of local prefectures and counties to see if there is any suspicion of large deficits. After careful inspection, only one item is salt.
More than a dozen people under me have been checking for three days and three nights, but they still haven't found out. The other figures are dozens of times higher than the salt solution. What year and month are we going to find out?"
Zhang Yue said: "For the record, I have heard a saying from the provincial governor: if something doesn't go on the scale, it won't cost four taels. If it goes on the scale, it won't stop even if it weighs a thousand kilograms. If we don't check it carefully, I'm afraid the accounts won't be clear."
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Lu Gongbi laughed when he heard this and said: "Zhang Taichang said it well... It is like this in the west. Qin, Feng and Yongxing, especially the two groups, have few soldiers and insufficient funds. The officials suspect that the local supervisors have tampered with the accounts. Now Xixia is invading Shaanxi.
But we are checking the accounts of local civil and military officials, fearing that it will unsettle the morale of the military. Once I verify the results here and report them, how many people will be dismissed from their posts in Shaanxi? Will it cause trouble to the local area?"
Zhang Yue wondered whether Lu Gongbi wanted to go against the wishes of the official family and Zhongshu.
But Zhang Yue thought about it again and realized that the Third Division was very independent and did not need to be responsible to anyone.
Historically, Wang Anshi successively recommended Xue Xiang and Zeng Bu as the third envoys. However, after Xue Xiang and Zeng Bu became the third envoys, they both fell out with Wang Anshi and had different political opinions.
During this period, there were personal reasons for Wang Anshi, but also because of the independence of the three divisions.
This is the reason why Sansi can stand alongside Zhongshu and Privy Council.
Did Lu Gongbi object to the arrangements given to him by the officials on the first day he took office? It should be noted that Lu Gongbi only had power over the affairs of the Third Company. Because the power of the Third Company was too great, the official Zhongshu consciously weakened the Third Company. Except for Cai Xiang,
Later, the word "quan" was added in front of the three secretaries.
Lu Gongbi said: "When I met with the official, I heard him talk about handing over to prison several times..."
Zhang Yue's heart trembled.
Lu Gongbi said: "The officials said that Jiaoyinjian is very rich now. I didn't know it before, but I heard that last year Jiaoyinjian received a dividend of 910,000 yuan at the end of the year. Is it possible?"
Zhang Yue said: "There are indeed so many. Last year, Jiaoyin's annual income was 3,805,000 guan, with a surplus of 1,272,000 guan, a dividend of 910,000 guan, and a dividend of 7 guan per share. Finally, There are 362,000 strings left!"
Lu Gongbi asked: "Why is it so profitable to hand over prisoners?"
Zhang Yue said: "Reporting to the governor, the world's livelihood is divided into three categories, first-class food and labor, first-class food profit, and first-class food capital. It's like opening a wine shop, and the workers sell their labor. No matter how hard they work, they can only get enough food and clothing. Even though a hotel owner employs so many workers, he still makes a profit and loses money even if he runs the business. If he is not careful, he may close the business, but the landowner who rents the land to the hotel owner as a wine shop is guaranteed to make a profit and not lose any money."
"The easiest thing in the world to start and the least easy to lose is the money-making business. It just so happens that handing over to jail is the money-making business."
Lu Gongbi said: "No wonder there are reference offices and quality warehouses everywhere in Bianjing."
Lu Gongbi said: "There are so big holes to be plugged in the northwest now. I thought it would be better to increase revenue than to think about reducing expenditure. Now that Jiaoyin Prison has so much money, I thought it was the duty of the Third Division to fund the military expenditure in the northwest."
Zhang Yue thought to himself, no wonder, you, Lu Gongbi, had the idea of handing me over to prison early in the morning.
Zhang Yue said: "It is not difficult for the provincial governor to give it, but there is a saying before. Among the 130,000 shares of our firm, Shaanxi Yunsi has 50,000 shares, and our company has 25,000 shares. We paid dividends at the end of last year. Shaanxi Yunsi The Secretary has already taken away 350,000 Guan, and I have also taken away 175,000 Guan."
"If money is diverted to the northwest this year, the dividends at the end of the year will be greatly reduced. Shaanxi Yunsi and our company will also receive less money."
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"This..." Lu Gongbi said, "But it's hard not to refuse the government's wishes. Do you think there is any other way?"
Zhang Yue said: "I thought I could spend 100,000 guan as military expenditure in the northwest. If it's more, I'm afraid the shareholders won't agree."
When Lu Gongbi heard this, he shook his head and said, "It's inappropriate, it's inappropriate."
Zhang Yue said a few more methods, and Lu Gongbi dug up the ground together. Zhang Yue thought to himself that Lu Gongbi would not do this or that, so he already understood what he meant.
Seeing that Lu Gongbi refused to express his intention, Zhang Yue simply pretended to be dumbfounded.
Finally, Lu Gongbi couldn't help but said: "I heard that the official family has recently planned to build an imperial garden and the expenditure is probably not small."
Zhang Yue responded casually but did not follow Lu Gongbi's intention.
Lu Gongbi looked at Zhang Yue frequently, but Zhang Yue just pretended not to know. Lu Gongbi finally said: "Zhang Taichang will go back first, and I will think of a solution later."
Zhang Yue stood up and said, "I'm going to resign."
Zhang Yue couldn't help but feel funny when he walked out of the hall. Sure enough, Lu Gongbi and Lu Gongzhu were real brothers!
It's all a routine.
At the reception banquet when Lu Gongbi took office, he told the officials that he would follow Cai Xiang and Cao Cao, and continue to maintain the independence of the three departments and not lean towards any party.
Whether it's Zhongshu or an official, we won't sell anyone's account.
But what about today?
Lu Gongbi came to him to imply that he had given money to the officials.
If you really say one thing and do another, are all the people in the old Lu family so sinister?
However, Zhang Yue thought to himself, wasn't what Lu Gongbi said a joke? If he was really willing to give money, would he still wait until today? If Lu Gongbi really dared to force himself, Zhang Yue immediately rebelled with Jiao Yinjian without saying a word and surrendered to Zhongshu.
However, Zhang Yue is still unwilling to go to this step. There is no benefit in going against the top leaders.
Don't go this way unless absolutely necessary.
So what should you do?
Therefore, Zhang Yue still uses the old man's old method - hugging his thigh!
He wrote a letter to his father-in-law, Wu Chong, asking him to come forward and speak to Lu Gongbi on his behalf. Before his father-in-law returned to Beijing, he faced Lu Gongbi as much as he could.
At this time, the transfer order for my father-in-law to return to the capital to report on his duties had arrived, and he was already on his way to the capital.
In June of the second year of Zhiping, Huainan transit envoy Wu Chong returned to Beijing to resume his duties.
However, they said that the officials had already heard of Wu Chong's reputation before he ascended the throne. The officials told the ministers many times that when Wu Chong was a professor at the palace of Wu, he copied the Six Proverbs of the Clan many times.
After he took charge of the officialdom, he asked Han Qi many times about Wu Chong's current situation.
Ouyang Xiu was Wu Chong's relative and close friend, and he was willing to recommend him to the officials. In the end, Wu Chong was able to enter the capital, and he was favored by the officials.
