Prime Minister

Chapter 484
Everyone in the Wu family could see how much Wu Chong and Li Taijun valued Zhang Yue.

Wu Anchi said that he and Zhang Yue were still on good terms, but Wu Anshi felt a little uncomfortable.

After Zhang Yue took a sip of the drink, he immediately felt saliva. The drink in the Tang and Song Dynasties is equivalent to Wang Laoji, and it is said to be medicinal materials, but it is actually a first-class drink.

Zhang Yue said with a smile: "The perilla drink at home is the best, my son-in-law must drink a bowl every time he comes."

Wu Chong and Li Taijun had smiles on their faces.Wu Chong said to Li Taijun: "Since we pack so many perilla drinks, let Sanlang take them home."

Li Taijun smiled and said: "Master doesn't know something. The recipe for this purple perilla drink is not difficult, it just needs to be boiled for eight hours, and it needs to be steamed three times and warmed three times."

Wu Chong was stunned.

Li Taijun smiled and said: "Now the master is also returning to the court. I think your son-in-law is an official in the same court, and most of you will work in the same yamen in the future. After Sanlang is released from the yamen, come to the mansion to drink a bowl of tea soup."

Zhang Yue said with a smile: "That's great, then my son-in-law would be more respectful than obedient."

Seeing Weng and his son-in-law look harmonious, Mrs. Wu who was beside her thought in her heart, why is it said that the son-in-law was chosen from the list?In the past, every time the list was released, the officials almost broke their heads in order to win a Jinshi son-in-law.

Even the dignified prime minister was no exception, in order to fight for a son-in-law, he disregarded his face and ended in person.

The sons of many high-ranking officials are too incompetent and difficult to cultivate. Perhaps they do not want to suffer from the hardship of studying and taking the Jinshi exam.

My husband, Ouyang Fa, and my parents actually had high hopes.However, Ouyang Fa has been unable to pass the Jinshi examination for a long time, and it is even more impossible now.So this time, the seventeenth lady who came back to the door was very beautiful, but she was compared with herself as a sister.

Mrs. Wu couldn't help feeling resentful in her heart, why Shi Qi's life was so good, and her parents took so much trouble to pick such a good son-in-law for him, but she herself, of course Ouyang Fa was not bad at the beginning, just compared with Zhang Yue... Shi Qi Niang is her younger sister, and Mrs. Wu also knows that grievances cannot be directed at her, so who is this anger directed at?
"Miss eat a plum..." Ouyang smiled and handed the peeled plum.

"Don't eat..." Mrs. Wu gave Ouyang a face.

Ouyang was stunned for a moment, he couldn't help thinking, why don't you eat if you don't eat, is your wife angry for no reason?It's inexplicable!

Wu Anshi cast a sympathetic look at Ouyang Fa.

Afterwards, the family had dinner, and after the meal, Wu Chong asked Zhang Yue to accompany him to the study to chat.

Wu Anshi, Wu Anchi, and Ouyang Fa couldn't help but feel emotional when they watched this scene. Wu Chong asked them to talk, what else could they say besides family matters?
But Wu Chong can talk to Zhang Yue about the affairs of the court.

Everyone wants to interrupt but can't speak!
In the study, Wu Chong asked Zhang Yue to sit down and said, "I heard about your admonition to the officials when I was in Hedong..."

Zhang Yue said: "My son-in-law was impulsive at the time and didn't have time to think about it, so he said rashly..."

Wu Chong said: "I am not blaming you. How can a minister be so weak? At the beginning, the late emperor wanted to make Wen Cheng empress, and Ouyang Gong and I offended and admonished me. In the end, I was demoted to the Gaoyou army. A few months later, the late emperor transferred me back Jing is the judge of the herdsmen, and also rewards the fifth-rank clothes and colors..."

Zhang Yue understood that his father-in-law also acted like a tough emperor when he was young.

So, it's a lie for the officials to think that your father-in-law is in poor health and don't want him to stay in the capital because you contradicted him in public.

But Emperor Renzong couldn't do anything about officials.

Only a few months after his father-in-law was demoted to the Gaoyou Army, Renzong was forced by public opinion pressure and had to recall him back to the court.

"If you don't dare to refuse everything, then you don't want to be an official. There are countless strife and occupation among the yamen, and power struggles within the yamen. If you have to put up with everything, the next time someone invades your head, you will be killed again." What should you do? The reputation of an official is the most important thing in the officialdom. You have a very good reputation for committing Yan Zhijian. Although you have lost the sanctity of the officialdom for a while, you are an official who wants to work hard. With this reputation, you will walk in the officialdom in the future On the other hand, others will have to weigh it more."

Zhang Yue said: "My son-in-law understands what Lao Taishan said. This is to fight with one punch, so as to avoid a hundred punches. If you don't fight today, someone will bully you tomorrow!"

Wu Chong nodded and said: "That's exactly what it means, but it's not what it means. The word "Zheng" should not be placed on the surface, but inside. It's like the word "Quiet" hidden in the word "Static". getting Started."

"Similarly as an official, there is a sentence that you must keep in mind. If you think of high danger, you will think of humility and self-effacing; if you are full of fear, you will think of rivers and rivers."

Zhang Yue asked: "My son-in-law has been educated, dare to ask Lao Taishan, what is the intention of the official now?"

Wu Chong said: "Since ancient times, after kings ascended the throne, they all want to cheer up. Aren't you the Book of Changes? Take Qian Gua to read it, and act according to the hexagram."

"In the ninth day of the ninth day, don't use the hidden dragon. After the king ascends the throne, he has to wait for three years. He dare not take any action lightly. In the second day of the ninth day, he sees the dragon in the field and sees the adults. At this time, he is recruiting party members and looking for support. In the ninth day Three or nine four is a turning point. Whether the king can succeed or not depends on whether he works all day long. If he is vigilant at night, he will jump or jump into the abyss in nine fourth.

"After reading the Qian Gua, you will know that the emperors have been like this throughout the ages. So you don't have to speculate on what the emperor is thinking, and everything changes."

Zhang Yue suddenly realized, and then asked: "Then the officials raised King Pu's proposal, is it September [-] or September [-]?"

Wu Chong said: "I'm a little anxious, but it's not a fool's move. However, our Weng son-in-law doesn't need to get involved in the matter of Prince Pu's discussion, and the most important thing is to protect ourselves. This time, I probably want to get rid of the deputy envoy Duzhi. And today's meeting Holy, the officials personally ordered me to assist the third envoy to check the accounts of all roads in Shaanxi as soon as I took office..."

Zhang Yue thought to himself, this is something that offends people.

Zhang Yue said: "Ji Xiang once asked me to talk about this matter. I listened to his tone. He seemed to be afraid of offending others so he tried to delay it..."

Wu Chong said: "I knew it a long time ago, otherwise, since the officials commissioned him to check the accounts, how could they ask me to cooperate."

It's not that Zhang Yue doesn't hate the large-scale corruption of officials from all walks of life in Shaanxi, and the loss of air force expenses, but it's not easy to offend personnel!

If this investigation is carried out to the end, how many officials will be offended?How many officials are clean from all walks of life in Shaanxi?To put it bluntly, it means that if you don't go on the scale, you won't be able to weigh four or two, and if you put it on the scale, you won't be able to weigh a thousand catties.

Wu Chong said: "I'm self-examination in this matter, but now that I am a new official, I must not violate the emperor's order, so the first thing is to check the accounts..."

Zhang Yue called out from the bottom of his heart, "Father-in-law is awesome, he dares to take this matter on him."

In order to make false accounts, officials from all walks of life in Shaanxi must have bribed the upper and lower officials of Duzhisi. Wu Chong's first thing to deal with when he wanted to check the accounts was the subordinate officials of his own yamen.

Wu Chong said: "Since the Qingli period, the accounts of various roads in Shaanxi have been huge. Now it may take at least three months for the scribes of the Duzhi Division to check the accounts clearly."What's more, I'm afraid that there is something tricky in it, because all the roads in Shaanxi must have bribed the subordinate officials in the department to make accounts. "

"That's why I'm planning to transfer the people you handed over to the prison to handle the audit this time!"

Zhang Yue immediately patted his chest and said: "Lao Taishan is nothing to worry about. Give as much as you want. There are not many other things in this department, but there are quite a lot of people who are familiar with the account books."

Wu Chong nodded happily.

A few days later, Wu Chong's appointment was officially announced.

Settled in Duzhisi.

The highest officer of the third division is the third division envoy. There used to be a deputy envoy of the third division, but he was dismissed.

Afterwards, the three divisions each set up a deputy envoy to sign their official affairs.

The deputy envoy of Duzhi is equivalent to the head of the Duzhi Division.

At the same time, the deputy envoy of Duzhi is the third envoy, which is a position between the subordinate and the deputy.

When Wu Chong served as the deputy envoy of Duzhi, the first thing he did was to announce to the judges and subordinate officials that he had been ordered by the emperor to account for the accounts of all states and counties in Shaanxi after Qingli!
After hearing this, the judges and subordinate officials didn't take it seriously. Isn't it the same as not saying it?

The first thing Lu Gongbi did after taking office was to check the accounts of the counties and prefectures in Shaanxi, but what happened in the end?In the end, nothing happened, and the move was outraged by the public.

One is that there are too many files, and the other is that people are unwilling to check them.

Anyway, I have thought about the rhetoric, isn't it the account?
You, Wu Chong, have the ability to go through a pile of account books in a warehouse by yourself.

Anyway, there are not too many shady methods in the Yamen.

After Wu Chong issued an order, the officials below actively piled up the files and accounts of Shaanxi into a big mountain and put them in the house, and then sent more than a dozen "slow hands", that is, the famous elderly people in the yamen. Yes, the old, dim-eyed scribe is in charge of checking the accounts.

The officials below are ready to see his jokes.

Wu Chong saw that the officials below colluded together, neglected and did not speak. For the first two days, he sat in the public hall and read books, and did not ask about the progress of the audit.

On the third day, Wu Chong went to the warehouse to take a look. Two days had passed, and the workload of a dozen bookmen was almost negligible.

Even out of the dozen or so scribes in the warehouse, only five or six of them were doing work, and the others were just slacking off.

So Wu Chong reprimanded these negligent officials angrily. All the officials laughed secretly, but on the face they all accepted the criticism with trepidation.

On the next day, Wu Chong specially allocated a warehouse, and then dispatched fifty scribes from the Jiaoyin Supervisor to check the accounts.

Everyone knows that Zhang Yue, who is in charge of prostitution and prison, is Wu Chong's son-in-law.

Seeing these [-] calligraphers arrive at Duzhi Division, the officials of Duzhi Division knew that Wu Chong was going to do a real audit, and everyone panicked for a while.

That night, two clerks came to Wuchong's official hall to admit that they had done something wrong, and secretly accepted bribes from Shaanxi officials to make false accounts.

Wu Chong did not put on a stance of investigating to the end, but comforted the two clerks with good words, telling them that this happened before he took office, and he would never hold them accountable.The two burst into tears of gratitude after hearing the words.

This is what Zhang Yue heard from Wu Chongna about more than ten days after he became the deputy envoy of the third division. Under the guidance of his father-in-law, he began to understand the essence of the official struggle he said before.

(End of this chapter)