As a household official, a small household official, Chu Qing actually had no decision-making power, let alone decision-making power, and no right to speak. He didn't even know what the "Emperor" looked like. Chang Chao carried
He would do whatever he was told.
For the past three days, Chu Qing has been teaching Changxian in the household department to check taxes and Xiao County's accounts. In addition, information about the Li family has been continuously sent to the classroom.
Changxian was watching, and so was Chu Qing.
First of all, the relationship network of the Li family is extremely complicated. The previous head of the Li family, Li Yangyou, was a veteran of three dynasties. Before his retirement, he served as the right minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The current head of the Li family is Li Wenli, and the current left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. That’s it.
Among the officials that the two men have handled and promoted, there are seven who go to court every day, and those who are decentralized to various departments, there are twelve officials from the fifth rank and above, and more than three figures for those below the fifth rank.
These are only the people promoted and recommended by the Li family and his son, not counting officials who are good friends with the Li family.
In fact, all the famous officials in Beijing are on good terms with the Li family.
It's just that this friendship varies from shallow to deep. In proportion, it can be regarded as nine shallow and one deep. On average, at least one out of every ten officials has a good relationship with the Li family. The deep one is ferromagnetic, and the shallow one is similar to the Tao family.
Just like when Li Lin, the second young master of the Li family, went to visit him, Tao Yao also received him in person and gave him a lot of face. Most of the other officials were the same.
So, for the moment, I really can’t tell who is wearing the same pair of pants with the Li family, and who is a casual acquaintance with the Li family. In short, the Li family has no enemies. Maybe there are, but they have all been killed.
As for the three children of the younger generation of the Li family, the eldest Li Mu, the big devil of Xiao County, the second eldest Li Lin, a socialite in the capital, and the third eldest Li Sen, a general in the capital camp, all work together to bring harm to the people.
Those who work in public relations engage in public relations, and those who should make friends with generals make friends with generals. These three people were clearly arranged by the Li family.
In just three days, a lot of things happened in the court. After all, Qiu Wanshan was impeached by the Li family. It was not a tentative impeachment, nor was it an attempt to restore his reputation. It was just a desperate attitude, with a motive.
The cuckold friends of the Supervisor have jointly impeached, not to say that the Li family is a great scourge in the capital, bullying the people and harming the people, being domineering and arrogant, kicking down widows' doors, digging up the graves of desperate families, going shopping for zero dollars, running gambling houses and playing pranksters, in short, there are some
They talked about everything, but the general idea was that Qiu Wanshan and the Li family were at odds with each other.
The Li family did not call out and said that Qiu Wanshan had slandered them. They just said that justice lies in the hearts of the people. Investigate it. If it is found out, our Li family will be found guilty. If you Qiu Wanshan is not found out, it is a false accusation.
Now Changxian has figured out how to check the accounts, and has indeed discovered a lot of tricks. Then he started to follow the clues to identify who handled Xiao County's accounts, whether he was in cahoots with the Li family, etc.
Chu Qing was thinking about another thing, and that was about the key figure Zhang Yun. Chang Xian said not to touch this person yet and leave it to Qianqiying.
Chu Qing finished his busy work that day and took Fu San back to his house. As soon as he arrived at the house, Housekeeper Bao said that a doctor from the Ministry of Etiquette had sent another invitation and wanted Chu Qing to go to his mansion for a banquet.
During the day, Chu Qing was busy in the Household Department. At night, Chu Qing returned home and worked part-time, but he just asked the housekeeper to release the news. The general meaning was that the renovation team of the old Chu family was established. The renovation of Taowu Palace was so exciting. Do you want to experience it too?
If you want, just send me a post and we'll discuss it in detail.
Facts have proved that although Guanjia Bao cannot understand the Analects of Confucius, he is still reliable in his work. There have been a lot more invitations in the past few days, and he is obviously preparing to repair the house.
However, Chu Qing never responded. One reason was that these ministers did not have high official positions, and the other reason was that they were busy during the day.
But the doctors from the Ministry of Rites sent invitations, and Chu Qing did not dare to ignore them.
Among the six departments, the Shangshu is the largest, with two ministers below, one on the left and one on the right. Below the minister is the minister.
Even though he was only the fourth in command, and there were at least three doctors in one government office, this doctor named Qu Mingtong was an extraordinary figure.
First of all, let’s talk about the Ministry of Rites. Although it does not care about money, food, or official promotion, it has great power.
The ancients observed etiquette and emphasized etiquette. The word "ritual" is all-encompassing and governs the ritual system of the five rites and the method of tribute. Qu Mingtong was the chief of the temple priests, in charge of sacrifices, funeral offerings of civil and military ministers, and posthumous gifts. For example, the emperor
A grave, a person died in the emperor's family, he communicated with ghosts and gods in the middle of the night, and commended and rewarded courtiers. This guy was responsible for it. It seemed that he had no real power, but in fact it was not. Just these nonsense, he controlled many people, and many government offices had to cooperate, so
He is considered to be half a big shot in the court.
After reading the invitation, Chu Qing decided that this would be his first client to reach the pinnacle of his life.
His colleagues from the Ministry of Finance owed so much money, so he had to seize the time to go ashore. It has been so long since he built the Taowu Palace. Although Wei Changfeng raised the money from the crowd, it is not the case that he always refuses to pay it back.
If you don't see me when you look up or look down on weekdays, if you delay any longer, don't put yourself on people's list of deadbeats again.
The time is set at xu o'clock on the second day, that is, after seven o'clock in the evening.
The official work system of the Dachang Dynasty was seven-seven-seven. They worked from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., seven days a week. They were fully developed morally, intellectually, physically, artistically, and physically. However, it was impossible for ministers like Qu Mingtong, who had reached a higher level, to clock in at a fixed time.
Qiu Wanshan is also like a bear after work. He goes home at five or six in the evening. If Wei Changfeng is not here, this guy will eat after returning to the government office at noon. After taking advantage of the government, he will go straight back to his house without even being there.
Waiting in the government office.
Fortunately, although Chu Qing has no rank, his working hours are relatively free.
He asked Butler Bao to rummage through the boxes and find a shabby copycat calligraphy and painting as a gift for the next day. After dinner, Chu Qing went back to the house to rest.
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The Hubu Yamen Office was still brightly lit at this time.
Chang Xian and Chen Yan were in the squad room. The former closed his accounts and stretched himself.
"It's appalling." Changxian's eyes were bloodshot: "I didn't expect that so much money and food would be stolen by Li Mu from just a small county. That Li Mu is really lawless."
"With the support of the Li family, Li Mu, the eldest son of Li, is naturally arrogant. Your Highness may not know that Master Tao, the young minister of Dali Temple, has gone to Xiao County several times, but was humiliated in every possible way."
"I know something about this matter."
Changxian looked at the accounts of Xiao County piled in the corner and had a problem: "The accounts of Li Mu's term are almost verified, but Zhang Yun and Qianqi Camp don't arrest him, so how can I and Master Chu get started?
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"It's easy to say that if you let Chu teach you to offend people, he is the best at it."
"Offend?"
"Yes, he has offended the Li family. His Highness supports him and fights against the Li family openly."
Changxian frowned, thoughtfully.
Chen Yan said with a smile: "I'm not bragging about my humble position to His Highness. Just talking about his ability to offend people. I'm afraid no one in the land of Zhongzhou can compare with Chu Jiaoxi. As long as he opens his mouth and doesn't say more than three words, people will definitely want to kill him."
