On the fifth day of the 12th month of the 70th year of the Dagan Kangyuan period, at the time of Si, Chang'an City, the Ministry of Revenue.

Xu Wubing, the new Ministry of Revenue, was on duty in the office of the Sijin Office. At noon, the entire office was filled with lazy and distressed people. Wubing had no urgent matters, so he sat idle and chatted casually with the head of the neighbor Song Jinhua.

After taking a sip of the "Huayu" tea given by Xu Wubing, Song Jinhua couldn't help but praise: "Good tea... It's indeed a famous tea in Chang'an! The taste is wonderful!... Brother Xu, when I heard about this "Huayu" tea, I would have to sell for more than fifty taels of silver for just one qian of tea?"

Xu Wubing said calmly: "This year is a severe drought, and now this money of tea is already sixty taels..."

Song Jinhua couldn't help but say staggeringly: "My salary this year can't buy two cents of tea!...Tsk tsk tsk!... Brother Xu, not only has a famous teacher, but also has such a wealth of wealth. It's amazing, it's really amazing!"

Xu Wubing took a sip of "Huayu" tea, and felt that the tea tasted light and had a slight fragrance, but he didn't realize that there was anything special. He just smiled in his heart: "Who told me to know two big monsters?"...

In the world, if you are lucky enough to meet a few great monsters, not to mention this famous Chang'an tea, it is the fine wines, delicacies, delicious melons and fruits in the world... As long as you can buy something for money, you can enjoy it anytime, anywhere...

No matter how much you have, in their eyes, you are just like ordinary green waters and green mountains, you can pick it up everywhere, without any effort...

At this time, a clerk ran into the door and bowed to Xu Wubing and said:

"Xu Wen, Lord Shangshu invites you to come..."

Xu Wubing put down the teacup and stood up calmly. With everyone's envious eyes, he walked out of the gate of Sijin Bureau calmly, leaving a graceful back...

Since its establishment, the only person who can have the Ministry of Revenue experience with the word "please" by Shangshu, I'm afraid that Xu Wubing is the only person who can have the experience of the Ministry of Revenue with the word "please".

Because, at this time, the Minister of Revenue was Xu Wubing's teacher Qiu Mingli.

The emperor of the Great Killer was decisive and had just told the prince that day that he ordered the Secretariat to draft an order. The next day, he issued an order after the provincial party committee reviewed the order and promoted Qiu Mingli to the Minister of Revenue, and was promoted to the third rank of official rank, and demoted Yuan Yulou to the Minister of Rites, and was appointed as the fourth rank.

Poor Yuan Yulou was a minister of the Ministry of Rites who had been from the third rank. This time he finally climbed to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Unexpectedly, he had not yet sat in the hot position, but he annoyed the emperor for no reason. He was demoted to the Ministry of Rites and became a minister of the fourth rank.

To be fair, Yuan Yulou was not at all wrong. He was also modest, gentle, diligent, and kind in his tenure as the Minister of Revenue. He listened to Qiu Ming's rituals during the daily affairs of the Ministry of Revenue. This time he was summoned by the emperor, Yuan Yulou was originally inexplicably happy. His comments before the emperor were also considered appropriate and well-founded. Unexpectedly, he never dreamed that he angered the emperor...

Because today's emperor is not an ordinary person. He has been sitting on the dragon throne for seventy years. What kind of minister has never seen? At this time, what the emperor wants is a capable minister who is honest and responsible, and what he hates the most is a mediocre official who talks in a lot of words and is full of slick words.

You are clever and pretending to be old-fashioned in front of him, wouldn’t it be... looking for death?!

Yuan Yulou was the second in the first place in the Enke Association examination in the 44th year of Kangyuan. He entered the Hanlin Bachelor's Academy as the second place, and became the "Dian Hanlin" praised by thousands of people and envied by thousands of people. At that time, Yuan Yulou was so content, but he never thought that his career would be difficult afterwards and he had a difficult journey. A few years later, he served as the chief clerk of the Imperial College, and then came to the Ministry of Rites, starting from the assistant rank, and working until the Yuanwailang, but he was stagnant as the fourth-rank official of the Ministry of Rites, and worked for ten years... There was no way, and he was unwilling to be in the blue robe for the rest of his life, and he went around to the prince's side. Later, he finally joined the prince's disciple.

The prince did have the means. In just ten months, he mentioned him from the Ministry of Rites to the position of Minister of Rites. What made him even more happy was that after only one year, he was promoted to Minister of Revenue.

The way of heaven often loses excess and does not benefit enough. Everything has to gain. This time, Yuan Yulou can be said to be successful and the prince is defeated by Li Ren. The emperor is angry with the prince, so he can only send it to the prince's disciples. Who made you, Yuan Yulou, hit the gun?

If you want to blame, you can only blame yourself for being unlucky...

In addition to alerting the prince, the emperor's move was also a kind of blow to the court officials. Your King of Chu said the Prime Minister's words were reasonable, and the Prime Minister said that the Secretary of Yuan was very correct. I insisted on demoting the Secretary of Yuan, who was "not unreasonable" in your eyes, to three levels, so that you all feel uneasy and worry for no reason...

Only when the ministers are vigilant day and night can the emperor rest assured, and this has always been the case...

However, after the emperor demoted Yuan Yulou, recommended by the crown prince, and promoted Qiu Mingli, who strongly advocated reform, just when the ministers thought that the emperor was going to carry out major reforms, Li Chongsheng unexpectedly did not mention reforms at the subsequent court meeting. It seemed that the emperor had never thought about any "reform" actions...

God's will has been difficult to ask since ancient times. If the emperor's thoughts can be guessed by you ministers, then will he still be the emperor?

...

Every time Qiu Mingli called Xu Wubing over, he always told the people below to use the word "please". There was no way. From time to time, he was dragged to the mansion by Xu Wubing from time to time. He either drank a lot or had a big meal. After taking the pills specially made by Hu Yiyi, his leg injury had not yet healed, but the pain, numbness and itchyness had improved... As the saying goes, "eating people with short mouths and short hands"... Anyone who has received such favors from others will be particularly polite to that person...

Xu Wubing came to the lobby of the Ministry of Revenue and saw that the hall was already lively, with two men and several servants present. The four people sitting in the guest seat, the three of them were middle-aged men, all of whom were black-clothed and fur coats, all of whom were clever. The man sitting first was very young, wearing a round-necked and gray fur, with a white face and a clear eyebrows... Wubing seemed to be familiar with each other...

"Wujian... Come on, I will introduce you to you... This is..." Qiu Mingli knew that his students did not like Duolei, and almost all sitting in the hall were Xu Wubing's boss. The old minister took the initiative to speak without waiting for Wujian to speak...

"This is the young master of Tianbao Pavilion... Mr. Murong," Xu Wubing said.

"Huh...you... know each other?" Qiu Mingliqi said.

"Previously, in Tianbao Pavilion, I met Mr. Murong..." Xu Wubing bowed to Murong Min, who was sitting in the guest head, and then sat down at the last position of the right head. The clerk presented a teacup.

"Oh... I remembered... Are you Xu... Young Master?" Murong Min replied. He thought for a moment, and actually recalled the situation when Xu Wubing and Qi Wenzhong were visiting Tianbao Pavilion that day. He wanted to say "Leader Xu", but at this moment, he saw Xu Wubing wearing a light green official uniform with small green patterns, and immediately realized that it was inappropriate, so he changed his words to "Young Master Xu".

"Now, Mr. Xu is already an experience of me as a major in the Ministry of Revenue... He is not only the youngest seventh-rank official in the Ministry of Revenue, but also the proud disciple of our Minister of Revenue... Hahaha!" Pan Wenjuan, the Ministry of Revenue who was sitting opposite Murong Min, said with a smile. Now, Qiu Mingli was promoted to Minister of Revenue, and his original position as Minister of Revenue was vacant. In terms of age, Pan Wenjuan was naturally the second person in the Ministry of Revenue...

"I didn't expect that Xu Jing not only lived in the world but also ranked in the temple, but was also the master of Qiu Shangshu. He was disrespectful and disrespectful!..." Murong Min couldn't help but stand up and bowed to Xu Wubing.

"Young Master Murong, please be polite..." Xu Wubing also stood up and replied.

Qiu Mingli, who was sitting in the head, never thought that Xu Wubing would know the young master of the Murong family. However, he was not surprised by the weirdness in Xu Wubing's house before...

Qiu Mingli said: "Since you have known each other for a long time, I don't have to worry about it... Today, Mr. Murong made a special congratulations. I am very grateful! But... if I want to ask for money from me, now... I am powerless..."

Murong Min bowed and said, "Lord Qiu is an honest official and a leader in the literary world. My father has always admired him very much... The court has purchased weapons from Tianbao Pavilion over the years, and now it has accumulated a lot of debts. This time, there are not only the Ministry of War's writings and the prince's orders. I hope Lord Qiu can open the national treasury for a million taels of money and allocate them as soon as possible..."

"Do you ask the Ministry of War for the approval of the Ministry of War... Are you dissatisfied with Mr. Murong. Now, in the treasury, not to mention one million taels of silver, or even five hundred thousand taels, you can't take it out!" Before Murong Min finished speaking, Pan Wenjuan on the opposite side said hurriedly.

...

Xu Wubing listened to the conversation between the few people in the hall, and before he could feel surprised, he asked a clerk sitting next to him.

It turned out that the court had to purchase various weapons from Tianbao Pavilion for border defense and military preparations. This matter was always handled by the Ministry of War. The Ministry of War reported in advance how much it needed to be purchased. After approval by the Prime Minister's Office, the Ministry of Revenue would come to the Ministry of Revenue to withdraw the silver. Unexpectedly, the young master of Tianbao Pavilion took the Ministry of War's documents and came to the Ministry of Revenue to seek silver. Originally, this matter was not in accordance with the rules and the Ministry of Revenue could ignore it. However, at this moment, the other party had the crown prince's orders in his hand, and the matter became extremely complicated. If he did not return it, it would violate the crown prince's orders. If he returned it, where would the silver come from?

The most important thing is that now, the entire treasury that works hard is less than 700,000 taels of silver. Even the money for the severe drought relief in Shandong and Lianghuai Rivers can't be taken out. Where can I pay you back the 1 million taels of silver...

Xu Wubing suddenly remembered that ten days ago, his teacher was drunk in Wenyu Pavilion, but he grabbed his hand and said:

"Don't get sick... do you know... what I worry most about now?"

"Shandong Road, Shannan Road, Huaiyang Road, and Huainan Road, four sixteen prefectures, the land has not been rained for a year, the land has drought, and the particles have not been collected, all the people are displaced, and countless people have died of starvation... It is reported that there are also tragic situations in the world where people eat and buy human flesh to eat... However, the court cannot provide silver for disaster relief..." Qiu Mingli slumped on the table, his voice full of grief and anger...
Chapter completed!