Daxianguan

Chapter 758 The Frightening Method of Reform

The night was dark, and the lights in the study room were still brightly lit. From time to time, moths and nocturnal insects flew by, flashing a faint shadow.

At this time, Li Ziwan called the servants to stop and asked clearly. The servants told Li Ziwan that the oil lamp in Master Chu's study had been changed more than a dozen times, and it could be said that it was not extinguished in the morning and evening, which meant that Chu Xian did not distinguish between day and night. Dispose of affairs.

Li Ziwan felt distressed and wanted to knock on the door to enter, but finally hesitated for a moment in front of the door, but still did not go in.

Not only did Li Ziwan not go in, she also stopped other people, such as Ji Wen, such as Luo Fei, and shut up the chirping fat bird and let San Fatty go to the backyard to play.

In short, since Chu Xian worked so hard, then no one should disturb him.

Li Ziwan knew that she could only do this.

Chu Xian was diligent in his official duties, and the news spread quickly. Liu Jiwen was obviously the first to know about it. Now he is very concerned about Chu Xian's every move.

The mess he left to Chu Xian before was done on purpose, just to embarrass Chu Xian, and at the same time, he wanted to see what Chu Xian would do. Also, he hoped that Chu Xian had to come to ask for help because he couldn't figure it out. Own.

This is what Liu Jiwen hoped.

It's just that the result made him a little disappointed. Chu Xian was indeed tired of dealing with this pair of messy things, but he didn't ask himself for help.

From Liu Jiwen's point of view, Chu Xian didn't work in the household department before, so he should know nothing about the affairs of the household department. It is possible that the other party came to ask him for advice.

Of course, if you don't come to ask for advice, Chu Xian will definitely struggle every step of the way, so it's good.

But from what Liu Jiwen knew, although Chu Xian was busy, he handled all affairs in an orderly and appropriate manner, and he also secretly inquired about Chu Xian's handling methods, and found that the methods were sophisticated. If you handle it yourself, you may not be able to handle it so well.

This naturally made Liu Jiwen even more angry and dissatisfied.

As early as October, when Chu Xian was appointed by the left servant of the household department, some people said outside that he was not as good as Chu Xian. Hearing the rumors, Liu Jiwen was already displeased, which made Chu Xian difficult everywhere. In the current situation, It seems to confirm this again.

Liu Jiwen really didn't want to hear anyone comparing himself with Chu Xian, especially if he couldn't compare, so he couldn't wait to see Chu Xian make a fool of himself.

Even if Chu Xian just sent someone to ask for advice, Liu Jiwen would go down the donkey to teach Chu Xian, but Chu Xian didn't, and he handled it in an orderly manner.

Liu Jiwen felt that he was too 'kind' before.

It's just that right now, he really has no other way but to be secretly angry.

Next, Chu Xian spent almost a few months straightening out the affairs in his hands. The Hubu Shangshu was slightly worried about Chu Xian's ability from the beginning, but later became reassured. There is no doubt that Chu Xian's ability Extremely strong, no wonder it was able to be promoted so quickly. There are indeed two brushes for being promoted from the bottom.

Of course, the Secretary of the Household Department knows the situation of the Household Department best. Compared with other departments, the Household Department has too many affairs and is more complicated. It is like an old-fashioned carriage full of living things. If you can maintain it, you can continue to pull it and go on. Just go down, and don't think about moving other places, because the consequence of doing so is that the living things on the carriage will be scattered all over the place, or the entire carriage will fall apart.

Hubu Shangshu knew the consequences of this carriage falling apart, so his duty was to maintain it, as long as it could be maintained, it would be a great achievement.

Fortunately, his two subordinates, the left and right servants, have already fulfilled their duties very well at this moment. Of course, Liu Jiwen doesn't need to ask. He has worked in the household department for many years and is already an old man. He knows the situation of the household department the most. Something will go wrong.As for Chu Xian, Hubu Shangshu was really sweating at the beginning, but fortunately Chu Xian was very capable, and he integrated into the role in a short time. In this way, Hubu Shangshu felt that he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Hubu Shangshu has been in this official position for some years. For him, it may be difficult to improve his cultivation. He has passed half of the 500-year lifespan of Daoxian, but no matter how difficult it is, he still has to set aside It took more than 100 years to find a breakthrough in cultivation. After all, increasing the longevity is too important, so for him, the Minister of the Ministry of Households will serve for more than ten years at most, and he plans to abdicate to let the virtuous.

So he only hoped that the past ten years could be lived in peace and security. Looking at it now, Chu Xian and Liu Jiwen can obviously 'rest assured'.

Chu Xian didn't know Hubu Shangshu's thoughts. Of course, if he knew, Chu Xian would definitely apologize to Hubu Shangshu very carefully.

Because he is not the kind of person who looks at a carriage that is clearly moving forward with a heavy load, barely supporting it but still indifferent.

Hubu, Chu Xian took the initiative to visit Mr. Shangshu today, and proposed to inspect the various states and places. The Hubu Shangshu didn’t think there was any problem. When the senior officials of each ministry took office, they would go to various places to inspect the affairs under their jurisdiction. , There are two advantages to doing this. One is that you can go and see for yourself, and really understand the situation in various places. The other is to let the officials below know who the new superior is.

So Hubu Shangshu readily agreed.

So Chu Xian took his subordinates and spent about three months walking around all over the place. This time is not too much. Generally, it is normal for officials from above to visit in the past six months, so almost everyone thinks that Chu Xian It's just looking at the flowers, it's taking the form, and it's even taking this opportunity to play around and relax.

Not only Liu Jiwen thought so, but also the Minister of the Household Department.

But when Chu Xian came back, he found Hubu Shangshu on the same day, and handed him a proposal volume. The document had more than 180 pages and 10,000+ words. When Hubu Shangshu read the entire document, he felt his heart beating Speeding up, even the hand holding the tea couldn't help shaking to cover up the shock.

How to put it, he is also a Daoist, a veteran immortal official, a high-level senior official of the Shoufu Pavilion, and one of the six ministers. He was surprised to be like this. It is conceivable how "horrible" and "scary" the things Chu Xian handed over were. Scary'.

Hubu Shangshu finally calmed down, looked up at Chu Xian who was opposite, and said calmly as much as possible: "Chu Shilang, this matter is no small matter. After all, you are a new official and you don't know the stakes. You should settle down more. You can take the document back first, and we can talk about it later."

As an official, it is natural to know the subtext. If there are some words, it is difficult to say them face to face, or you can't say them directly. In this case, you will use some euphemistic words to express your attitude.To put it simply, the meaning of Hubu Shangshu's words is to tell Chu Xian, you'd better forget about this matter, don't even think about it.

Probably, that's what it means.

Who is Chu Xian? How can he not understand the subtext of Hubu Shangshu, but since Chu Xian can write this 10,000+ word proposal document, it shows that Chu Xian has already made up his mind, and how can he be so angry because of Hubu Shangshu? Retreat in one sentence?
At that moment, Chu Xian smiled: "My lord, the next three months, I have been studying the situation day and night, and at night I have been writing with candles and thinking about countermeasures. For more than three months, more than 100 days, I haven't slackened a single day. I feel that my lord If the official didn't think about it well, it would be a mistake to blame the official."

The subtext is also used, which means that I have thought about this matter carefully, and I am definitely not joking, and I will not be persuaded by you to go back with a few words.

Of course Hubu Shangshu heard it, and immediately frowned, his face darkened: "Chu Xian, do you know the consequences of this incident? Since the establishment of the Holy Dynasty, it has been more than [-] years since the establishment of the Holy Dynasty. The land reform was only done in those days. Grand Master Xuanyue, the successor appointed by Emperor Taizong's holy ancestor, did it. It was difficult back then, and the system at that time has been followed for thousands of years. If you suddenly want to move this, don't you think about the consequences? Chu Xian , I know that you are young and energetic, and you are a new official. I guess you are holding your breath and want to do something, but there are some things that you can't do if you want to. Today, there are only you and me. I am For your sake, you'd better let this matter go, don't think about it any more."

Obviously Hubu Shangshu was anxious not to use subtext, but to explain very bluntly that he wanted to deny Chu Xian's proposal.

Chu Xian had also thought of this scene a long time ago, so he got up at this moment, and bowed very solemnly to the Minister of the Household Department: "Chu Xian has made up his mind, even if Lord Shang Shu disagrees, Chu Xian will also be present at the Shoufu Pavilion meeting and court meeting It is pointed out that Mr. Shangshu has worked in the household department for many years, so it is impossible for him not to know the disadvantages of the current land system. At the beginning of the Holy Dynasty, it needed support from all over the world, so it promoted private land ownership, but ignored private land sales. It is necessary to collect a certain amount of tax money from it. Although it can be flooded with taxes in various places, for a long time, the cultivated land in various places has been in the hands of a few people. Whether it is a big businessman, a local tyrant, or even the relatives of officials, they are all powerful people. In order to make a living, the people at the lower level can only rent and be exploited by mermaid meat. In some places, even the low-ranking tyrants at this level can control the government administration. And for so many years, the half-step tax reduction and exemption administration of the Holy Dynasty has actually been ineffective. Being benefited by this class, most of the people still don't get any benefits, sometimes they are poor and hard to turn over, so it is easy to arouse public anger and civil uprisings. Although various places deliberately conceal it, over the years, such Things happen from time to time, all because the government has no right to restrict them. The subordinate officials have written all these in the document proposals, which are extremely detailed. Let me ask, it’s okay to see this kind of cancer, but how can you see it? Indifferent?"

Hubu Shangshu's face was sinking like water at this time, staring at Chu Xian and said: "Chu Xian, how can I not know what you said, and how do you know that I haven't tried to improve it?"

At this time, Chu Xian hurriedly said: "Master Shangshu tried his best to withdraw the reform method 20 years ago, but the effect was very little. The lower officials will know about this matter."

(End of this chapter)