The villain heroine just wants to grab the country at the beginning

Xiao Yan looked at Lu Jia.

How could such handsome facial features give birth to such a vicious heart? It's strange that people like it.

"Okay, now, what do you want to do first?" Xiao Yan asked.

"Check Liang Xiao, has the Master already checked it out?"

Xiao Yan propped his elbows on the table, "Zha Liang Xiao, I'm here to check, I'm asking you what are you going to do?"

"Shangshu of the Overhead Household Department."

If someone else said this, Xiao Yan would feel that this person was bragging or talking nonsense, but it was Lu Jia who said it. He rubbed his fingertips and twisted his fingers, "Do you need my help?"

"No, everyone performs their duties."

He obviously didn't chat about anything, but Xiao Yan came out of the household department as full of energy as if he had poured three bowls of chicken blood.

"Lord Xiao? Why did you come to our household department again?"

Just coming out of the gate of the Household Office, I met the Minister of the Household who was about to come in.

Talk to him with a smile on your face.

Because the third brother was arrested, it was found out that he was relying on several people from the household department. Xiao Yan recently checked the household department very closely, and the household department minister naturally didn't have a good look at him.

Xiao Yan had a calm face, "My fair lady, a gentleman is so good, why did you have a beautiful little female officer in your household department!"

After saying a word, Xiao Yan turned and left.

Hubu Shangshu looked at Xiao Yan's back, frowned, and after entering the Hubu's office, he summoned his relatives to come forward, "What is that bastard Xiao Yan doing here?"

"Looking for female officer Lu" personally reported back truthfully.

Hubu Shangshu raised his eyebrows in surprise, "It's gone?"

He shook his head, "It's gone."

The Minister of the Household Department wondered, "He didn't go to the back room, and he didn't say who he was going to interrogate? Who did he talk to?"

"I didn't do anything, I went directly to Mrs. Lu's place, and I didn't stay long, and it took about a cup of tea to come out. According to the yamen servant who served there, it seemed that I vaguely mentioned the town government's mansion. Raw silk or something."

Hubu Shangshu was taken aback for a moment, then sneered.

"This dog has a good nose, but it smells like raw silk, but it doesn't matter, he checked it again and again, he found it on the top of Lu Qingshan, Lu Qingshan is the in-law of Rong Anhou's mansion, when the time comes, Rong Anhou Naturally, he will be cleaned up, so don't bother us."

Hubu Shangshu felt more and more that it was a good deal to accept Lu Jia as a female official.

Not only did he get a lot of money, but he also had a relationship with Lu Qingshan.

"grown ups."

Just when Hubu Shangshu was in a good mood, his attendant called him hesitantly.

"What?" Hubu Shangshu raised his eyelids to look at him, "Speak directly."

Qin Sui stammered, "Recently, the household department is a bit strange."

"strangeness?"

"Our government has been divided into three factions in the past, one is those who are about to retire, one is the young officials who have just joined the job, and the other is the middle level, who are familiar with the government and have no hope of promotion. Yes, before, the middle layer formed its own faction, had its own way of doing things, and was not very controlled by adults.

But in order to maintain the final glory of the old school, the newcomer Nabo always wants to maintain a good relationship with the adults in order to gain the favor of the adults.

But recently I found out that this doesn't seem to be the case. "

"No?" The Minister of the Ministry of Accounting has been busy arranging the extra 10 taels of banknotes at home recently, and he didn't care about the affairs of the Ministry of Accounting so much.

The biggest thing is the distribution of salaries by various departments. Liang Xiao, the most difficult Jingwei battalion, has already been pushed to Lu Jia, so what big things can happen.

Hubu Shangshu was suspicious.

The follower said, "I don't know if it's because I'm superstitious, I always feel recently that those who are going to retire and those who are new are working together to squeeze out those in the middle.

However, the Ministry of Households collected taxes several times and had conflicts with merchants. In the end, it was the new officials who solved the problems of merchants. Merchants complain.

There have been several incidents, one of which was almost fatal. "

The household oil and water have always been fat.

Not to mention anything else, just exorbitant taxes and numerous shops in Kyoto are enough for those officials who collect taxes to make a fortune.

Generally, some of these things are in the hands of middle-level officials, and some are used by the Minister of the Ministry of Households as a means of buying people's hearts to win over those newly recruited officials.

In order to check and balance the entire household department and achieve a state of mutual balance, the emperor turned a blind eye to this, as long as the upper and lower can restrain each other.

But now... those newcomers are actually cooperating with those old ones?

"you sure?"

He shook his head, "I'm not sure, it's just a feeling."

While talking, a middle-aged man came in outside, "Master Shangshu wants to make decisions for the lower officials!"

Hubu Shangshu turned his head to look over, and saw Gao Zhun, the right servant of Hubu, coming in from the outside with miserable eyes, crying while walking in, "I can't live through this day!"

Household Secretary: .
Want to reconcile or what?

"What's the matter?" the Minister of the Household Department asked.

Although the right servant is also a middle-level official, he usually has a good relationship with the Minister of the Household Department, and he has had a few drinks together in private.

"The merchants in charge of the three officials under me all had conflicts with those three officials today. Not only were the taxes not collected in full, but the other party also said that they would never hand over the taxes to them. The Ministry also sent honest and upright officials to collect them, saying that they were moths of the court.

He also said that all the extra taxes that have been contributed in the past few years will be made public, so that everyone can see our face and the like.

My lord, who is tripping me up behind my back?

This is not only to tarnish our reputation, it is to put the entire household department to death!

I also ask the adults to uphold justice. "

Ai Ai, the servant of the right, was complaining about his distress, and the Minister of Hubu was overwhelmed. In addition to what the attendant said just now, he couldn't figure out whether it was Hubu's own people or someone outside that caused the trip.

I can only appease the right servant first, "Don't worry, I will investigate this matter, and I will give you an explanation. Our household department has always been in harmony with everyone, and if something goes wrong, it must be There is a reason, so don't worry."

"Can I not be in a hurry, now that when the accounts are collected, our taxes will not be collected, how will we collect them then!" The right servant is not in a hurry, he is really anxious to spit fire.

Hubu Shangshu said: "It's useless to be anxious, it's getting late today, you go back first, I'll check first, and I'll talk to you after checking."

Hubu Shangshu has said so much, and the right servant can't say anything more, so he can only resign.

"Master Gao."

Just came out from the gate of the household department yamen, and was stopped by Lu Jia.