Zhenguan's prosperity and fame

Chapter 355
During this period of time, all the taxes from all over the country were sent to Beijing, and this week made the officials of the entire household department fall into unprecedented busyness.

The incomparably fulfilling life left them no time to think, let alone guess the "trick" secretly carried out by His Royal Highness King Qin and Shangshu Wang Gui.

Finally, everything was done, they went back to their respective homes, ushered in a one-day holiday.

Wang Gui brought the zhezi into the palace to face the saint, while Li Fangchen led the people in Prince Qin's mansion and began to work in the household department.

Others don't know what will happen to the household department.

At the end of the year, Li Fangchen's idea is very simple, to celebrate the New Year happily.

First of all, as the household department of his current work unit, he must dress up well.

What red paper, red lanterns, and red carpet are all available.

There are also some melons, fruits and desserts sent from Qin Wangfu, as well as big red envelopes prepared in advance.

The outside of the door was a bit empty, so Li Fangchen went to invite Yan Shigu and asked him to write an inscription.

"Your Highness, I won't, and I dare not!"

"I just want you to write a couplet. You are a great Confucian, why can't you write a couplet?"

Yan Shigu wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, this is the Ministry of Household Affairs, don't you consider asking His Majesty to write it down, Your Highness?

"Write what you want to see, just write!"

"Okay. What did the minister write?"

"Stupid, do I need to teach you this?"

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Yan Shigu really wanted to put down his pen and run away. No matter what he said, he was also a great Confucian, but he was constantly scolded for being stupid. How can there be any reason for this?
"The first couplet: the sea is open to all rivers, and tolerance is great. The second couplet: a wall stands on a thousand feet, and there is no desire to be strong. Criticize horizontally and warn colleagues!"

After Yan Shigu heard it, he couldn't help but praise and said: "As expected of His Highness."

Now that His Highness has said it all, what else is he afraid of, and he just loses his hand.

There were couplets written on the red paper, and Li Fangchen hurriedly had someone paste them on both sides of the gate of the household department.

To say that Yan Shigu was most satisfied with his criticism, he warned his colleagues, what a warning to his colleagues!

This is not only for the officials of the household department, but also for the officials of the Tang Dynasty!
In the palace at this time, Li Shimin praised Wang Gui greatly, "Wang Qing, you have done a good job this time, and I will reward you with a thousand taels of silver!"

Wang Gui hurriedly pleaded guilty, "No way, this is all due to His Royal Highness King Qin. The old minister is just asking for a bargain. If His Majesty really wants to reward him, why not give it to His Highness King Qin!"

Hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help the black line on his forehead, "Didn't he, Li Fangchen, ask me for [-] guan?"

Wang Gui explained: "That's not a reward for His Highness, what His Highness means, it's a year-end award for all officials of the Ministry of Finance."

Li Shimin guessed the meaning of the year-end awards as soon as he heard it.

Fifty thousand guan is really not much. After all, the previous raids on corrupt officials brought hundreds of thousands of guan to the national treasury.

It's just that the [-] guan was distributed to the household department by the king of Qin, and Li Shimin was a little upset.

"Then tell me, what is the meaning of his actions?"

Wang Gui straightened his body. Fortunately, His Highness had already mentioned something before, and when His Majesty asked, he already had an answer in his stomach.

"Integrity does not support officials, and if you don't want officials to be greedy, then reward them more!"

"Furthermore, I want to hear how that brat told you to trick me!"

Wang Gui continued: "Integrity doesn't care about family, why don't you be greedy when you are an official? If you have money to reward, why do you want to be greedy?"

It is equivalent to double the salary of future generations. If it really explodes, it may cause shocks in the court.

Li Shimin also considered this point, so his face was slightly unhappy.

Wang Gui also had another explanation for this, "The Ministry of Households punished corruption, ransacked the house three times, and took [-] coins from it to subsidize upright officials. What's wrong?"

This old guy was also brainwashed by Li Fangchen. Before, how could he ask for money so confidently.

Li Shimin was speechless, waved his hands and said: "Forget it, since he has such an idea, I will follow him."

It's only [-] guan, even if each of the six parts gets [-] guan, Li Shimin can afford it.

It's just a pity that the only one who can enjoy this kind of enjoyment is the Ministry of Finance!

After all, they have backers!
The Ministry of Households is not like the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Rites. If there are officials involved in corruption, it will be really troublesome.

For Li Fangchen's year-end award, I always feel a little dissatisfied in my heart. Shouldn't he, the emperor, do the money distribution?
After thinking about it, he moved the "Encyclopedia of Household Management Plans" that had been on the sidelines for a long time to his front. There were dozens of sheets, and he began to look through them one by one.

Not long after, he couldn't help but said: "No! You can't let this kid win people's hearts!"

Liu Sancheng hurried into the hall, "Your Majesty, Second Highness, he"

"What's the matter?"

"He changed the household department."

"changed?"

Put down the manuscript in hand, arrange for someone to drive, and rush to the household department.

Outside the household department, Wang Gui stood at the door, unwilling to move a step.

"Your Highness, did you write this?"

Li Fangchen shook his head, "Old Man Yan wrote it."

Yan Shigu on the side looked unhappy, "Wang Gui, you can't even recognize the old man's words?"

Wang Gui shook his head, sighed and said: "The words are yours, but this article is probably related to His Highness."

Li Fangchen was amused and couldn't help laughing, "Let's go, let's go and have a look first."

The first feeling was that the Ministry of Household Affairs was going to hold a wedding, and Wang Gui was dumbfounded when he came in.

"Your Highness, are you planning to marry the household department?"

The corner of Li Fangchen's mouth twitched, obviously he didn't expect Wang Gui to have such an idea.

"I'm old, dress up, and make the household a bit happy, okay?"

"A good old minister doesn't know either."

This is another first of its kind. When has the Ministry of Household Affairs been so lively?
Yan Shigu went straight to the side and sat down, "I don't usually see it, but now it's an eye-opener."

There is a wooden basket on the table, which is full of washed fruits.

Yan Shigu was not too polite, he grabbed one and tasted it.

Wang Gui couldn't help but said anxiously: "This is from our household department!"

Yan Shigu didn't even look at it, and spat at Wang Gui, "It's not all prepared by His Royal Highness Qin Wang, it has nothing to do with you old guy."

Wang Gui was as angry as he stepped forward to grab him, but he obviously underestimated Yan Shigu's shamelessness.

"I'll just eat two of your fruits, as for?"

Casually stuffed a few more into his bosom, Yan Shigu gave up.

Li Fangchen covered his forehead, feeling a little helpless, "In a few days, this king will send someone to Yan's house."

Yan Shigu smiled and narrowed his eyes, "Thank you, Your Highness."

There was a sound of carriages and horses outside, and one of the servants shouted, "Your Majesty is here."

The three walked out of Datang and moved to the door.

Li Shimin and Wang Gui looked exactly the same before, staring at a pair of couplets at the gate and commenting.

The horizontal comment on it reads: Warn colleagues.It made him couldn't help laughing and praising.

"Come on, see Your Majesty!"

"My son, pay homage to Your Majesty!"

"no."

Very happy, he patted Li Fangchen on the shoulder as a token of appreciation, and then pulled Wang Gui to the inner hall.

He also asked Yan Shigu curiously, "Why are you here?"

Yan Shigu hurriedly said: "Your Highness asked the old minister to write the couplets."

"You wrote this couplet?"

"The words from His Highness."

"Yes, the writing is very good!"

(End of this chapter)