The capital is already freezing in December, and with the arrival of the snow season, this ancient city has only one color: snow white.

The New Year is approaching, the people of the capital are buying New Year's goods, and the various yamen have begun to arrange the staff on duty during the Spring Festival, which is already preparing to welcome the New Year.

Recently, the court seems to be relatively calm, and the major forces have not made any major moves.

Although Guo Pu returned to the court as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, which led to the rise of the Henan system, the situation in the court was no longer what it used to be.

Regardless of Wu Shan, who he had the opportunity to surpass before, now the two juniors, Yan Ne and Li Chunfang, have surpassed him, and even the former hairy boy is already on an equal footing with him.

Faced with this situation, Guo Pu will inevitably have a big psychological gap, but he can only accept it silently.

The Ming Dynasty's "Ding Wei system" is a catastrophe that officials cannot escape, and many officials who are on the rise have to go home for three years because of Ding Wei.

It's just that the Ming official system is pyramid-shaped, with a radish and a pit, and the more senior officials compete, the more fierce the competition. Once you leave for three years, it is unknown whether you can return to your original position, not to mention whether you can return to your original position.

Like the former cabinet minister Li Mu has completed his filial piety, but he still can't stay at home, and he has been forgotten by the world. Even if he really returns to the court, according to the relevant regulations of the Ming Dynasty, he will be ranked behind Wu Shan, Yan Ne and Li Chunfang.

But no matter what, Guo Pu's return failed to bring much change to the pattern of the court, and the Xu Party and the Wu Lin Party are still secretly competing.

At the beginning of the heavy snowfall, the capital seemed to be covered with a white blanket.

In the yamen of the household department, in the main hall, the silver charcoal burning in the charcoal basin is transporting heat to the room, and the water basin next to it is providing water to the room.

Lin Haoran, who was wearing a first-class official uniform, sat in front of the desk and listened to the work report, and the jade belt around his waist was the symbol of the first-class official, and the whole person looked more and more majestic.

The thirteen shiro walked in nervously in turn, and then left happily or sadly, already under a lot of pressure.

Lin Haoran relied on the advantage of statistical knowledge in later generations, but it was easy to pick out the problems that existed, and anyone who tried to cheat and play tricks in front of him had nothing to hide.

When Yang Futian also left in a daze, the time had come to the next office.

"Uncle Nineteen, the sedan chair is ready!" Lin Fu was a southerner who was not afraid of the cold, and he didn't have much clothes on his body, so he pushed the door in from outside and reminded him.

Lin Haoran archived the overall information of the Yunnan Division at hand? It's to get up and get ready to go home.

In this life or in a past life? He doesn't advocate overtime. If you want to do your job well, you must not only have efficient working methods? And it is necessary to combine work and rest.

Push the door outside? The temperature has obviously changed dramatically, but it can be handled.

Although the ground is already full of snow? Just wearing thick clothes will not feel much cold, and the snow in Beijing is better than the Guangdong winter, which can always make people shiver.

Lin Haoran is a person who is afraid of the cold? Although he is wearing an official robe outside? But the inside is really dressed, and even people deliberately made the official robe bigger.

"Xiaguan meets Lord Zhengtang!" Hai Rui's clothes are thin, and his nose is red from the cold, but he met Lin Haoran in front of the main courtyard? It seems to be a proper manner.

Lin Haoran had kindly reminded Hai Rui to wear more clothes a while ago? just saw that he was still doing his own thing, but he couldn't help but sigh secretly.

No one can be perfect, and Hai Jui is no exception, this man is too stubborn about certain things, as if he is the only official in the entire Ming Dynasty.

Of course? No matter how Hai Jui is evaluated, but there are very few officials in the Ming Dynasty who can refuse "Bing Jing" and "Tan Jing"? Officials like Hai Rui who only take the court's money are rare.

Lin Haoran didn't want to get too close to Hai Rui, and he knew that Hai Rui was actually alienated from him? He nodded slightly, and then got into the sedan chair and prepared to go home.

What are the recent affairs of the household department? In addition to year-end co-ordination? It is also necessary to make a financial plan for next year.

Is it okay not to do these things? But Lin Haoran wanted to do more for this dynasty after all. He intends to use the most intuitive data to reflect the current financial problems through scientific data integration, so as to find the most ideal solution.

In fact, it is very simple to solve the financial problem of the Ming Dynasty, and only one thing is needed: revenue exceeds expenditure.

It's just that for the Ming Dynasty, the increase in the income of Guangdong City and the salt tax is like a drop in the bucket, but it cannot change the dilemma that the current expenditure of the Ming Dynasty is greater than the income.

In addition to Jiajing's monastic expenses, the Chengtianfu Imperial Palace, which he strives to expand, is also an astonishing expenditure.

In the eighteenth year of Jiajing, when Jiajing toured Tianfu in the south, it was the prelude to the expansion of the former Xianwang Palace, and its scale was already on par with the Forbidden City.

The expansion of the Joten Palace continues to this day. Following the example of the previous Shousuke, the current Shoufu Xu Jie, did not dissuade Jiajing, but obediently used the silver for the construction of the palace of the Chengtian Emperor's Palace.

Of course, Jiajing's profligacy cannot be completely blamed for the current financial problems, and problems such as Zongfan's rice, the huge military expenditure, and grain taxes have always objectively existed.

Lin Haoran closed his eyes in the sedan chair, but he knew that if he wanted to change this situation, he could not only consider saving expenses, but more importantly, how to increase the income of the imperial court.

Diao Minshu can undoubtedly achieve good results, but Xu Jie, a representative of the landlord class in the southeast, is already opposed to the introduction of this measure.

In fact, some time ago, he once again threw out the "Diao Min Book", and after listening to Xu Jie's steady words, Jiajing adhered to the principle of "more things are better than less things", and also postponed things again.

Ay......

Lin Haoran couldn't help but sigh secretly, knowing that if he wanted to solve the current financial problems of Daming, he still had to find a way to continue to promote the implementation of the "Diao Minshu".

After an unknown time, the sedan chair was slowly lowered.

Lin Haoran held the jade belt around his waist, first took a step, and walked out of the sedan chair majestically.

"The concubine welcomes her husband back home!" Wu Qiuyu waited here as before, smiling at Lin Haoran and giving a salute.

Lin Haoran nodded lightly, just like usual: "Is the family okay today?" ”

"Brother!"

At this moment, a figure jumped out from the back of the sedan chair.

The girl was about fourteen or fifteen years old, her two moth eyebrows stretched out as they had been then, her big beautiful eyes full of joy, and a short smile blooming on her face.

Hey?

After Lin Haoran saw this familiar and somewhat unfamiliar figure, he was suddenly stunned, but the next second he snorted coldly, and then walked towards the house with a stinky face and said, "Follow me!" ”

Lin usually watched Lin Haoran react like this, but he couldn't help but stick out his tongue, and then silently followed.

Yes?

Wu Qiuyu looked at Lin Haoran's reaction, but she was dumbfounded, she couldn't have imagined that Lin Haoran would be this reaction, and she gave a straight face to her sister who she hadn't seen for many years, is this still her own sister?