Zhenguan's prosperity and fame

Chapter 349 Reforming Households ([-])

The veteran Wang Gui also blushed a little this time, pointing to the content written by those three people and said: "Can your Highness borrow the veteran to have a look?"

Li Fangchen did not refuse, but patiently explained to Wang Gui: "Shangshu Wang, I made it very clear. I need to know what you do all day. Everyone is different, so I asked you to record them all. .This king is not here to comment on calligraphy and books, no matter how good the writing is, it has nothing to do with the household department, and no matter how good the writing is, it will not make the household department make money everywhere!"

The words were very clear, and Wang Gui realized in his heart that His Royal Highness King Qin had never read any good articles, and he was probably crazy to come to test the literary talents of the officials of the school's household department.

"So, please wait a moment, Your Highness, the old minister will rewrite it."

"Me too, please redeem your Highness!"

"Your Highness atones, I will rewrite it here!"

The articles submitted for the second time were all dry goods, which relieved Li Fangchen a lot.It seems that they are not all trash, or rather, they all have some skills.

The six ministries were changed to the names of later generations, the Ministry of Households was the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Rites was the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of War was the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Punishment was the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Officials was the Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security, and the Ministry of Industry was the Academy of Sciences.

Liu Yiran is the servant of the household department and the third in command of the household department. His daily routine is to review the documents handed over by the principals, inspect the various branches of the household department, and beat other officials from time to time.

The principals belong to the backbone, and they are more inclined to use their hands and brains, unlike Shang Shu and Shi Lang's writing and talking.

For example, the Ministry of Finance, which guards the treasury, has four principals and sixteen officials.

How much money goes into the treasury every day must be recorded, and the four parties can only pass the review.

Those who are responsible for sending money into the treasury will be searched by others after they come out, and they are never allowed to carry money from the treasury for personal gain.

In addition, there are warehouses managed by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the granary is also a national event, and no mistakes can be made.

The officials further down are completely turned into hands and feet. If the minister and the minister are the brains, then the principals are the internal organs, and the rest of the officials are the limbs.

Nothing is complete without a part.

Many things seem simple, but in fact they involve a lot. There are a few places where people are missing, and normal "work" cannot be carried out at all.

Li Fangchen said: "Go and talk to the dignitaries of the Ministry of Officials, I want thirty officials who can read and write, and can count!"

I used to think that so many people must be a bit bloated, even if layoffs are not afraid.

But after watching their work, Li Fangchen's scalp felt numb.

Tired?Miscellaneous?Mess?

I'm not joking, it takes two months just to calculate the taxes in various places every year.

In general, there is nothing wrong with the structural framework, the problem is that people have to fill in the details.

Wang Gui hesitated a little, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, is 30 people too many?"

"Is there a lot? Not much, right? You can't get enough of this. What does the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Du Yan, do for food?"

The Ministry of Officials is in charge of the promotion and distribution of talents, and many officials have been recommended by the imperial examination.Because there is nothing outstanding in itself, most of them will be assigned to the official department, and then distributed to the remaining six departments by the official department.

Wang Gui led the order of the King of Qin, ran to the official department, and shouted to Du Yan, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials: "Order of the King of Qin, the Ministry of Household needs thirty officials who understand planning, and I will give you half an hour!"

Du Yan showed bitterness, "What? Wang Shangshu, where can I find you thirty officials who know how to plan? Do you think this is okay? I will give you ten people first, and you can discuss it with His Highness and give me more. How about the time? Three days, I only need three days!"

Wang Gui shook his head, "Du Shangshu, don't embarrass the old man, if His Highness says thirty, then there will be thirty, and nothing less!"

Forced and helpless, Du Yan first called up the existing officials in the Ministry of Officials, and selected 13 people from them, including the officials of the Ministry of Officials, and then they will all become officials of the Ministry of Households.

It took a long time to find another 12 people. Among them, there were five people who were in charge of the official department. Because they knew how to plan, they were all dragged to make up the number.

There is still a vacancy, Du Yan is really helpless, "Wang Shangshu, you always know what His Highness has done a few days ago, why don't we go to Dali Temple to fish out some people with minor crimes?"

Looking at Du Yan's worried look, Wang Gui knew that the officials had always been like this.

In the words of His Royal Highness Qin Wang, there is no talent reserve plan at all. If there are people, they will arrange it, and if there are no one, they will have a holiday.

"Forget it, the old man will go back and ask you for mercy."

Du Yan stepped forward and grabbed Wang Gui, "I'll go with you."

"What are you going to do?"

"Apologize!"

"Come on, Your Highness doesn't know how to eat people, what are you afraid of?"

"Old Shangshu Wang, I'm really scared! What should I do if His Highness gets angry? It's better to explain it face to face so that I can feel at ease."

Together, the two led more than 20 people back to the household department.

After entering the room, everyone was busy, and Li Fangchen was still leaning on the chair to stay lazy.

"Your Highness!"

Looking up, the old man Wang is back, it should be enough.

What's the matter?Going there, even the Minister of the Ministry of Officials was brought back?Is the official department so short of people?

"Your Majesty, Du Yan from the Ministry of Officials, has met His Royal Highness King Qin."

"no."

Wang Gui said: "Your Highness, the Ministry of Officials will plan, but there are only twenty, not thirty."

Li Fangchen was a little impatient, "Can't get thirty? What's going on?"

Du Yan hastily defended, "Most of the officials who planned for the court in the past were in the household department. It was just before His Highness."

"You mean, the king caught the wrong one before?"

"No no!"

"Forget it, will you plan?"

"Understood."

"Then you stay here too, I want you to help me with something."

Du Yan was dazed, he wanted to come over and make a confession, but in the end he was also "requisitioned"?

"Everyone, come here!"

All officials, new and old, gathered in front of Li Fangchen.

Looking at the crowd, Li Fangchen pointed outside the house, "Before dark, figure out how much silver and grain are in stock in China!"

"Your Highness, this."

Although there is accounting, there are incidents of ink corruption, and the account books are messy and difficult to liquidate.

Li Fangchen closed his eyes again, "I don't ask you what to do, I just want to know the result!"

At this moment, Du Yan, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, had no time to relax, and was dragged by Wang Gui, and entered into an intense and "exciting" plan together with the others.

The sound of the abacus resounded through the household department, and even spread outside the household department.

The outsiders were very curious, "Could it be that the taxes from the state capitals have not been delivered? Why did the Ministry of Households start planning so early this year?"

It was late at night, and everyone was still busy.

From the corner of the eye, he saw that His Highness King Qin was still leaning on the seat, and did not dare to mention the matter of returning home.

After a long time, Liu Yiran wiped off the sweat from his forehead, and went forward to report.

"His Royal Highness, I found out that there should be 860 million guan of money in the treasury, and 450 and three dans of grain!"

Li Fangchen squinted his eyes and yawned, got up and said, "Let's leave today, open Kucha tomorrow!"

Just this little thing in the account book made more than a hundred of them calculate for an afternoon, and they will have to open the national treasury for a detailed inspection tomorrow.

Liu Yiran really wanted to complain, but the King of Qin didn't listen at all, and got up and left the household department after knowing that they had finished counting the accounts.

(End of this chapter)