Scholar and old attack

Dressed in a red robe, Jiang Jingyuan stood dignifiedly at the gate of the household department, squinting his eyes slightly. This will be his work from now on.

"Hey, this is Tanhualang from our new department."

Pan Yuquan, the left servant of the household department, just rushed over from outside. Seeing Jiang Jingyuan dressed in the same waiter as him, he came up to say hello with a smile.

"I met Master Pan."

Jiang Jingyuan had been popularized by Gu Renhuai before this, and he knew who there were in the household department. When he saw Pan Yuquan dressed in the same clothes as him, he went up to greet him with a smile.

Pan Yuquan is in his 50s, with a red face. He may have eaten better at ordinary times, and he is a little fat. Even his official clothes can't hide his bulging belly.

If it is not an official uniform, it really looks like a pregnant person.

Seeing that Jiang Jingyuan was young and vigorous, he thought he was a domineering person. Seeing him as gentle as jade, he felt a little more fond of him. He smiled and pushed Jiang Jingyuan's saluting hand, "Master Jiang, you and I are the same If you don’t have an official position, don’t pay so much courtesy, just call me Lao Pan.”

"How to make it happen, Jing Yuan has just arrived, and he still needs the comfort of adults, so how can he be entrusted with big things."

Jiang Jingyuan understands that the most important thing in officialdom is connections. Even if he disdains the other party in his heart, he can't show it on the surface. Who knows if he will ask for the other party that day.

Pan Yuquan has been in the officialdom for many years, and he climbed up step by step from the grassroots. He is not as lucky as Jiang Jingyuan, because he is an official position handpicked by the emperor.

People rely on real achievements to achieve today's achievements. He has long been like an individual, and Jiang Jingyuan dare not be arrogant in front of such an old man.

"What's the big deal? Mr. Jiang has done what he has done today at such a young age, and we will still have to look up to you in the future."

Pan Yuquan is worthy of being a veteran who has been in the officialdom for many years. His ability to talk to people is top-notch. If you are a young man who likes to listen to big words, he will definitely be overwhelmed by his flattery.

A flash of joy flashed in the corner of Jiang Jingyuan's eyes, just in time for Pan Yuquan to catch him, and then he calmly shied away, "Master Pan has won the prize, Jing Yuan is still far behind you."

Jiang Jingyuan's performance was completely beyond Pan Yuquan's expectations. He thought that this young and energetic person would be overjoyed after hearing his flattery, but he didn't expect him to be able to bear it.

However, Jiang Jingyuan's reaction was beyond his expectation. After all, he was the emperor's favorite person. If he really followed a fledgling young man, he would not be able to get such a heavy use.

Pan Yuquan still wanted to make friends with Jiang Jingyuan more, so a lot of people surrounded the household department, all of them came to Yingmao.

The crimson official uniforms are always conspicuous, but when they saw Jiang Jingyuan and all the officials who came to Yingmao, they were obviously startled, and then they reacted immediately.

This should be the newly appointed Right Minister of Tobu.

But it's a bit too much for the young.

Although Jiang Jingyuan's name has spread throughout the capital, not many people know his real age. Most people only know that he is a young man, and they think he can be in his 30s.

Did not expect to be younger than they expected, looking in their early twenties.

A question arose in everyone's mind, is such a young person qualified for this position?

Jiang Jingyuan was a little embarrassed at this time. Among the officials who came, his face looked very young. Most of them were still the same age as Pan Yuquan.

Even a small number of people look young, almost in their 30s, but their official positions are not very high.

Jiang Jingyuan hadn't acted yet, but Pan Yuquan didn't care about him, and went forward to greet everyone one by one, regardless of whether they were high or low, as long as they could talk, they would say a word or two.

It seems that the popularity is quite good.

Jiang Jingyuan took a deep breath, looked at the surrounding people who seemed to be sizing up, nodded in response, and followed everyone into the household office.

In other words, it is good to be an official, the government office of the Ministry of Household Affairs is already well-built, and it is even more magnificent when walking inside. The courtyards are well-organized, and it doesn't feel like a government office, but like a small street.

The various courtyards on the two rows of the street are a department, and Jiang Jingyuan walked almost half a stick of incense just from the door to his right servant's office.

"Master Jiang, please, your office is on the right, mine is on the left, and the one on top is Master Shangshu's."

Pan Yuquan led Jiang Jingyuan all the way to their office, and introduced him again.

Jiang Jingyuan thanked him gently, and then pushed open the door of his office.

Pushing away, there are thirteen Langzhong dressed in blue flowers, waiting for him. This meeting will see him and Zuo Shilang, and all the officials bow their hands to see him.

"This subordinate has met Master Pan and Master Jiang."

Jiang Jingyuan was stunned, but Pan Yuquan smiled and introduced to Jiang Jingyuan, "These are all doctors from the Ministry of Household Affairs, there are thirteen of them in total. From now on, they will be your and my subordinates."

Jiang Jingyuan nodded lightly, expressing his understanding. Gu Renhuai had also popularized science with him before, but he didn't expect that when he came, the doctors of the various divisions would give him such a big meeting ceremony.

Jiang Jingyuan's eyes swept over the faces of these people one by one, some were excited, some were decadent, some were calm, some were numb, although everyone seemed to respect him, but in fact they had great respect for this newcomer. The right servant also responded with a wait-and-see attitude.

Don't look at Jiang Jingyuan being favored by the sage now, but if he doesn't show results in a short period of time, he will lose the grace of the sage.

In the past two years, the Holy Majesty's health has become worse and worse, and his temper has become more and more irritable. He is prone to quick success and quick gains. The court has changed a number of officials, large and small.

Even if Jiang Jingyuan was standing behind Taifu Gu, the Holy Majesty held him so high, it would hurt so much when he fell off.

Before seeing Jiang Jingyuan, everyone still had a little expectation for him. After all, there was Taifu Gu behind him, but now seeing his age, they all retreated a bit.

Too young, too young.

Coming to this cannibalistic officialdom without even learning how to behave is not helping him, but hurting him.

In just a short time, Jiang Jingyuan almost got a thorough understanding of these people's tempers, cleared his throat and said, "I think everyone knows me, I am the new servant of the household department Jiang Jingyuan, from now on everyone will work together , Don’t talk nonsense, know that the household department is busy, let’s go down and do things.”

"Yes."

Zhongwei Langzhong still gave Jiang Jingyuan a lot of face, and they responded on the surface, and they all took action and returned to their own offices.

Pan Yuquan watched from the side and couldn't help but nodded secretly. He was not in a hurry or impatient, and he was not someone who liked to put on an official position. Judging from the current observation, it was not bad.

No wonder he was accepted as a disciple by Master Gu. I hope this right servant can last a little longer.

The household department is in charge of land, household registration, land tax, government tax, lijin, public debt, currency, etc., and is the most prone to corruption.

Pan Yuquan has been the left servant for five years, and has changed five right servants one after another, all of whom were beheaded because of this corruption. He said he hoped that Jiang Jingyuan would be able to control it when he was young.

Regarding the fact that the right servant was beheaded five times within five years, it has long been a taboo in the capital. No one can say it, and Jiang Jingyuan is not clear at all. Gu Renhuai deliberately kept it from telling Jiang Jingyuan, because he was afraid that he would be too stressed. .

Anyway, he wasn't worried about Jiang Jingyuan's corruption, so why not let him work quietly.

Naturally, Pan Yuquan would not use this matter to scare Jiang Jingyuan as soon as he took office. After all, young people have their own ideas, and saying this is obviously offending others.

"Hehe, I didn't expect our right servant to come so early."

At this time, Lin Tianlu, the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs who had left the early court, walked in with a smile, and when he saw Jiang Jingyuan was already in the palace, he gave a proper admiration.

Jiang Jingyuan and Pan Yuquan hurriedly saluted him, "I have met Lord Shangshu."

Lin Tianlu pressed his hand, and said indifferently, "What kind of ceremony is it because of my own family, our right servant is very young, and even the Holy Majesty praised you this morning."

"Oh?" Pan Yuquan looked at Jiang Jingyuan with some interest, and hurriedly asked, "I don't know how the Holy One praised him."

"The Holy Majesty said that our household department is full of old hands and old legs. In the past, we didn't do our best to do things. Only by replacing our household department with fresh blood can our household department's stagnant water be revived."

Lin Tianlu smiled and rolled his eyes at Pan Yuquan, then looked at Jiang Jingyuan meaningfully and said.

Jiang Jingyuan's heart sank. Don't look at the emperor's words to praise him on the surface, but they are actually beating him. Don't let him learn from these "old people".

At the same time, he was isolated.

Jiang Jingyuan was beating drums in his heart, but he didn't show it at all on his face, he still smiled lightly, "Your Majesty just joked, the Ministry of Accounting has always been active, it's all under management from Lord Shangshu down to the doctors of various divisions. A good player, Jing Yuan only has this hot-blooded physique that can make some contribution to the Ministry of Household Affairs."

"Hahaha, Yuquan, look at our servant right, he's a good talker, interesting and interesting."

Lin Tianlu was amused by Jiang Jingyuan's words. He thought that such a young person would disdain flattery, but he didn't expect that his behavior did not match his age.

Pan Yuquan complimented me again and again, but Lin Tianlu spoke again, "Jing Yuan, when you just came, you are responsible for sorting out last year's taxes. Today, the Holy One praised us, but he also scolded us. We old people The guy is always old, and his physical fitness is not as good as yours, the Holy Majesty wants us to come up with the results within half a month, so we can do it."

Jiang Jingyuan's heart sank. Sure enough, these officials have dirty hearts. One second they were so affectionate, and the next they threw the century-old problem at him.

Last year, it took him half a month to sort out the taxation of the whole country. The whole court was so short of money. The taxation must not be too high.

Even when scolded, Jiang Jingyuan agreed.

Before Jiang Jingyuan finished observing his office, the thirteen Langs came in one after another carrying dozens of boxes of ledgers, and neatly piled up the office to the brim.

Jiang Jingyuan picked it up casually and flipped through a few pages. It was still an old-fashioned running account, but it was much better than Wutong County's accounting method.

But it is still very easy to make false accounts. Needless to say, the corruption inside is a deep water, which is a thankless and thankless job that offends others.

As soon as he took office, Jiang Jingyuan was faced with pressure from his superiors. Instead of being discouraged, Jiang Jingyuan was full of energy.

At noon and afternoon, Xu Shuizhou stood anxiously in front of the government office of the household department, holding a food box in his hand tremblingly, looking at the "unfathomable" office with fear in his heart.

Especially the two yamen servants of the guard office in front of him looked at him with strange eyes, and his heart panicked even more.

He didn't understand why Jiang Jingyuan had to ask him to deliver lunch today, obviously there was lunch in the government office, but he always doted on his husband, so he insisted on coming.

The author has something to say: Ah Zhou patted the table: Why did you ask me to bring you food!

A Yuan smiled lightly: In order to introduce you to my colleagues.

The update time in the past two days has been a bit unstable, because there are too many things at home, please understand, and it will be fine when the busy period is over.