The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

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Although Concubine An had not settled the account at that time, An Yu was keeping it for his aunt.

"They were lying low before, and I couldn't find a reason to take action. Now they have finally jumped up. If I don't shoot them down, I will be letting them down!"

An Yu has prepared the charges against the He family at this moment. Once he gets the evidence that they are hiding the people and forcing women of good character into slavery, he will send their entire family into exile as a gift!

"Are you venting your anger on behalf of your aunt?"

Sheng Yuan looked at the angry guy in confusion. No matter how she thought about it, she didn't believe that Yu Ge'er and the lady of Jinyang State had such a good relationship.

"..." An Yu grinned and complained to Sheng Yuan, "My aunt was wronged, but the He family was really a piece of shit! In order to let my aunt get rid of the He family, I don't know how much anger my aunt had with the Duke of Anguo! In the end, she had no choice but to cry to my uncle many times before she used the power of the palace to change the divorce letter into a divorce letter. Although I was young at that time, I still remember some things. Now when I occasionally think of that time, the most profound impression is my aunt's red eyes from crying."

As he spoke, An Yu's eyes also turned red.

"..." Sheng Yuan was also fed up with his crybaby nature. She didn't want to embarrass herself with this guy, so she scratched her head and thought about it, then took out a booklet from the drawer and handed it to him.

"This is a copy of the Anzhou Fish Scale Book. It records in detail the land shares and the number of households of the major noble families in Anzhou. If the He family has any chance of winning, they will have no chance of escaping! At the very least, they will be asked to return the land and households, and fined and forced to work. At the worst, they will be sent to enjoy the scenery of the border!"

"I'll ask Cheng Dong to lead people to investigate, and I guarantee they'll be in a good situation!" An Yu's eyes lit up when he heard that, and he burst into laughter, patting his chest to show that it would definitely work.

"Why don't you go in person?" Sheng Yuan saw that he was indignant before, and thought that he was going to vent his anger in person, but in the end he sent Cheng Dong to go.

"You can't leave Kyoto, how can I go!" An Yu shrugged, "Cheng Dong was assigned to me by my aunt and uncle. It's enough to have him lead the team. The He family is not worthy of a young marquis like me to show up in person!"

"..." Sheng Yuan saw how quickly his mood changed, as if he was joking, and immediately asked someone to put all the old accounts that needed to be reviewed in front of An Yu.

The two of them were busy calculating accounts in the Ministry of Revenue, while the ministers of the other five ministries gathered in the Classics Hall.

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"Ahem, the cabinet is meeting today, and the Ministry of Revenue is the only one missing. It looks quite awkward." Yan Yuan sat in the first seat, lowered his head and coughed a few times, then gave his opening remarks with a smile.

"The head of the Ministry of Revenue, a supreme department, is an ignorant kid! It's already an exception for Sheng Wenzhen to be in such a high position at the age of thirty. If she wants to enter the cabinet to listen to government affairs, I'm afraid she will have to work harder to gain experience! In my opinion, there will be no room for the Ministry of Revenue in the Classics Office in the short term!"

Hearing Cen Minzhou's words, all the cabinet ministers nodded repeatedly.

Sheng Wenzhen was promoted too quickly. Although she had not made any achievements, her age and qualifications were not good enough for them. If they really wanted to make her a cabinet minister just because she was the Minister of Revenue, how could they convince them? !

"But you can't be so absolute." Minister of Personnel Chen Xiangzhu tucked his sleeves and laughed, "Everyone, have you forgotten that the emperor intends to appoint him as the tutor of the princess? Although the imperial edict has not yet arrived, the princess has not yet been canonized! Wait until the canonization ceremony is announced to the world... Then there will be a princess, so why worry about not having a tutor for the princess?"

His cheerful words wiped out the smiles on the faces of his colleagues.

"A girl..." Before Cen Minzhou could finish his words, he heard the second assistant Gu Yuncheng remind him in a deep voice: "Third Assistant Cen! Have you forgotten that the candidate for the crown prince is Princess Zhaode?"

Suddenly, Cen Minzhou swallowed back the words he had not finished saying.

The Chancellor of the Chancellery saw that the atmosphere was not right, so he quickly found a topic to change the atmosphere: "My Lords, do you know that the Ministry of Revenue is going to make a big move soon?"

"Really? Did the Ministry of Revenue report it to the cabinet?" Cen Minzhou changed his just unhappy expression and immediately turned his head to look around.

Gu Yuncheng looked up.

As expected, Prime Minister Yan Yuan stroked his beard and nodded, "The Ministry of Revenue reported to the Cabinet this morning, and the Queen sent someone to pass on a message at noon, saying that since the Jinghe period, the court has not sorted out the land, counted the population, and checked the assets belonging to the court. Now that this arrangement has been made, why not make some moves! So this matter is settled."

"Oh, if that's the case, then the Ministry of Revenue will become rich again this time? Can we increase our funding as well?!"

The Minister of Works Chen Zeming looked at his colleagues with a little excitement. He looked as happy as if he himself had made a fortune.

"If the Ministry of Revenue can be generous for once, it will be like our Ministry of Works getting rich!"

Since Chen Zeming was transferred from the Censorate to the Ministry of Works to serve as the Minister, he has truly experienced the feeling of being overwhelmed by money. "Don't laugh at me. Our Ministry of Works needs support from the national treasury for the production and design of tools."

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"Master Chen is wrong. If we need support from the national treasury, which of our six ministries... oh, except for the Ministry of Revenue, doesn't need strong support from the national treasury? We all need to speak well of Sheng Wenzhen!"

Minister of Rites He Benchu ​​interrupted Chen Zeming's complaint with a smile: "When Lord An was in office, he often cut down on the Rites Department, which made us who received envoys from vassal states always nervous, fearing that someone would break the equipment and we would have to buy new ones from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Seeing that the time for tribute from various countries is approaching, many of our heads of the Qingli Department are beginning to worry."

"Since you, Minister He, say so, then for the next provincial and imperial examinations, the Ministry of Rites should arrange the related repair work. Our Ministry of Works and Civil Service Department cannot take it on."

Suddenly, He Benchu's smile froze on his face.

Chen Zeming, who had no idea what to say, continued to complain.

But as he was speaking, Liang Er, the Minister of Justice, found an opportunity and firmly grasped the right to speak in his own hands.

"Minister Chen, I vaguely remember that the Ministry of Works' Office of Cleaning and Repairing is also responsible for wood tax and reed tax! With this, your Ministry of Works can earn more than 10,000 taels of silver in just one quarter! Not to mention that all the wood, colored glaze and other items needed for repairs can be provided by other affiliated institutions of the Ministry of Works."

"Lord Liang has made a good calculation!" Chen Zeming smiled bitterly and bowed, "It is true that there is income, but... let alone other things, just the repairs of government offices, city walls, and barracks are enough to make the Ministry of Works unable to make ends meet! Not to mention the important task of building the imperial mausoleum, the silver required, the Ministry of Works' own income is not even enough to cover a fraction of the silver it needs!"

Chen Zeming was getting more and more bitter as he spoke. At the end, he simply spread his hands forward and sighed to everyone, "Although my Ministry of Works has the Baoyuan Bureau, which can mint coins just like the Baoquan Bureau of the Ministry of Revenue, a large part of the coins minted are used for military pay in addition to various projects. Hey, this matter... Lord Yan, you, you are the chief officer of the Ministry of War, you should know about the military pay!"