In the early morning, there was a lot of people at the south gate of the Forbidden City, and after a day of rest, many adults from the various ministries, the Yamen of the General Administration, the Hanlin Academy, and the Guozijian became energetic.

On the side of the household yamen, Ruan Jingnian, the head of the household department, arrived before dawn, and the performance of the lord was unusual, and the officials at all levels from top to bottom were very nervous, and the atmosphere of the yamen became a little weird.

Among the six southern departments, the household department is the most powerful department, in charge of the taxes and money of several provinces, and Ruan Jingnian, the secretary of the household department, is the chief official, and Ruan Jingnian and the following are the left waiter Shen Jiong and the right waiter Lu Shanchang.

Recently, there has been a lot of friction between Shen Jiong and Lu Shanchang in the household department, and the fight has been more ruthless, Ruan Jingnian, who is the secretary of the household department, used to support Lu Shanchang, but recently his attitude has become quite ambiguous, which makes the people in the household department panic, and the staff and directors below don't know who to listen to.

Lu Shanchang came a little late today, and as soon as he came, he went straight to Zhaomo Si with a big hug of atlases, these atlases are the new fish scale albums that the entire Ying Tianfu has just completed, and these fish scale albums are the political achievements that Lu Shanchang is proud of.

The Ministry of Southern Household re-compiled the fish scale book, re-measured the land in the south of the Yangtze River, and re-determined the tax mu can not only reduce the tax for the people, but also increase the tax and silver for the country, this policy has been implemented since Yingtian, and now it has initially achieved results, and Lu Shanchang has been concentrating on this matter every day these days.

His idea is very simple, he wants to influence the entire Dakang with this political achievement, so that the emperor in the Jinluan Palace can re-understand the entire Jiangnan power lord, so as to bring new ways and opportunities to the Lu family.

As far as he is concerned, he must now determine his status in the household department, and it is best to go further, to be like Gu Tianyang, and to be able to hold a cow's ear!

"Lu Shilang, have you heard of something?" According to the Mo Division, Shen Jiong was also there, and he said to Lu Shanchang with a smile on his mouth.

"What is Shen Shilang referring to? In the next day, I am busy with affairs, I really don't have the energy to go around to find all kinds of gossip, my generation is an official, but for the court to share worries, for the son of heaven, I dare not slack off! Lu Shanchang said lightly.

Shen Jiong laughed and said, "Okay, Lu Shilang is really good-minded, but the imperial court has doubts about the re-revision of the fish scale atlas."

This is an excerpt, I am going to present it with Master Shangshu, Lu Shilang can take a look at it, and then decide whether to join the name? ”

Lu Shanchang was slightly stunned, took the fold in Shen Jiong's hand, and swept the contents of the fold with ten lines at a glance, and his face changed instantly.

His eyes widened and he said, "This ...... This...... What are you ...... Upside down ......"

"Lord Lu said carefully, this is Lord Shangshu's excerpt, could it be that in the eyes of Lord Lu, Lord Shangshu's opinion is reversed?" Shen Jiong sneered.

"Lord Shangshu was bewitched by you!" Lu Shanchang threw down the fish scale book and walked quickly to the room where Ruan Jingnian was.

Ruan Jingnian was approving the paperwork, he raised his eyes and glanced at Lu Shanchang, and said, "Lu Shilang, what's the matter?" With such a menacing momentum, did you encounter something difficult? ”

"My lord, the re-examination of the fish scale book in the provinces south of the Yangtze River is a big deal, it has been more than 100 years since Taizu, we still use the old booklet, time has changed, people have changed, the land has changed, some tax fields are three acres, but because of the convenience of water conservancy, these fields have long been one acre of tax fields.

The country has suffered losses and the people have suffered injustice, and we have re-established the fish scale book to fill the treasury and then ......"

"Alright, alright! Lord Lu, I already knew what you said! But there are pros and cons to such a big matter, and a compilation and approval of Ying Tianfu has caused so many incidents, how big are the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River?

I said, Lord Lu, we are solving problems for the emperor, if you poke the basket and affect the collection of taxes and silver, can you bear this responsibility?

Jiangnan is a major tax area, and our annual contribution to the national treasury is almost half of the country's, and the implementation of the new policy in such an important fiscal and tax area is very risky.

Emperor Shengming, big things cannot be decided by us as subordinates, but by the emperor himself! Could it be that Lord Lu still has any objections to this? ”

Ruan Jingnian talked eloquently, and Lu Shanchang was speechless when he said this, and at the same time his heart was very angry. Because before that, Ruan Jingnian was a completely different set of rhetoric.

This matter was originally done by Lu Shanchang with the encouragement of Ruan Jingnian, and in Ruan Jingnian's words, it means that all the adults in the household department should work together in the same boat, shoulder the responsibility of the country together, and solve problems for the imperial court.

But now Ruan Jingnian's words have changed, and he has become that courtiers should not trespass, but all major matters need to be asked to the emperor for instructions, and the emperor will decide.

Ruan Jingnian's words are all true from left to right, Lu Shanchang can't refute it, let alone disobey it, who let Ruan Jingnian be in charge of the household department? It is no exaggeration to say that without Ruan Jingnian's support, Lu Shanchang would not be able to move an inch!

"Lord Lu, this matter is still inconclusive for the time being, and you don't need to be too frustrated, there is a way to be poor and doubtful, and there is another village, there is still a chance!" Ruan Jingnian comforted.

Lu Shanchang couldn't wait to scold his mother, his face became very ugly, and he flicked his sleeves and returned to his room. Wang Zhuo, a member of the Zhili Division, quietly came in and said, "Lord Lu, there is something you may not know!" ”

"What's the matter?" Lu Shanchang frowned and asked.

Wang Zhuo lowered his voice and said: "Yesterday in the Biyun Pavilion of the Qinhuai River, Ruan Shaolin, the little son of the Ruan family, was already famous, but at the end, Miss Fan Duoduo of Biyun Pavilion sang another song, which is called "Linjiang Immortal. Rolling Yangtze River East Passing Water", it is said that the author of this poem is surnamed Lu Mingzheng, you think, the little son of the Ruan family is the heart of Lord Shangshu. Yesterday encountered such embarrassment, what is the mood of Lord Shangshu? ”

"Huh?" Lu Shanchang's buttocks seemed to be sitting on a spring, and he suddenly stood up and said, "This ...... This...... It's ridiculous! ”

Lu Shanchang said the word ridiculous, he really felt ridiculous, because for Lu Zheng, he had already asked his family to keep an eye on him all the time, and he had to make a report every day, and Hong Quan personally caught this matter.

It's okay this time, such a big thing happened, no one in the Lu family knew about it, and it was only when outsiders told Lu Shanchang that they understood the reason.

At this time, Lu Shanchang's mood was extremely complicated, on the one hand, he was very relieved, because Lu Zheng was about to become famous in Yingtian, and the Lu family could produce such talents, so he was naturally happy as the head of the Lu family.

On the other hand, he is lost, extremely lost, politically, in his official career, he is depressed, Ruan Jingnian actually stabbed him at this time, which really made him feel disheartened.

Ruan Jingnian, as the head of the household, could not have made such a decision because of a momentary mood, Ruan Shaolin's suppression by Lu Zheng was just an excuse or a fuse, the fundamental reason is that in Ruan Jingnian's heart, he has fallen to Shen Jiong.

Yes, Shen Jiong is young, and he is from the capital, and he has a big backer like Dai Xiang behind him. Ruan Jingnian is a smart person, even if he doesn't take the initiative to slap Dai Gao, it is impossible to offend Dai Gao because of Lu Shanchang.

Thinking of this, Lu Shanchang couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, he walked to the door, looked at the door outside, and said, "Come on, spread the paper and grind the ink!" ”

At this time, Wang Zhuo had already put "Linjiang Immortal. Lu Shanchang stared at the words for a long time, and suddenly he was angry and boundless in his heart, and laughed:

"Okay, good, how many things in ancient and modern times are all laughing and talking!"

As he spoke, he walked to the front of several cases, took down his pen and waved the wild grass: "Rolling the Yangtze River is passing away, and the waves are sweeping away the heroes' ......"

At that time, Ruan Jingnian had just come out of the house, he was walking around inside and outside the yamen with his hands behind his back, and suddenly heard the long laughter from Lu Shanchang's side, and heard the sentence "How many things in ancient and modern times are being laughed and discussed", his expression couldn't help but stiffen.

Then, he heard two principals behind the shadow wall whispering, muttering, "Dude, do you know? Ruan Shangshu was angry, his grandson was bullied on the Qinhuai River yesterday, and his talent lost to Lu Zheng of the Lu family, this Lu Zheng is Lu Shilang's grandson, you know? ”

"What? Didn't you say that Ruan Shilang's grandson was a genius? Can a three-year-old write and a five-year-old poet? How could such a genius be inferior to the descendants of the Lu family? Brother Zhang, you're talking nonsense, right? ”

"Hey, I'm talking nonsense? I'm telling you, this matter has spread throughout Jinling! Yesterday, Miss Fan Duoduo sang two lyrics in Biyun Pavilion, both of which were written by Lu Zheng, tsk, tsk, the Lu family has Lin'er, it's amazing!

Also, you said that Ruan Gongzi is a genius, that was when you were a child, you haven't heard it for a long time, don't you necessarily have this sentence? Now Ruan Gongzi is no longer good, and he has been compared to Lu Zheng! ”

When Ruan Jingnian heard this, his face instantly became extremely ugly, he gritted his teeth, and looked at Lu Shanchang's house again, and he finally chose to go back.

Sitting on the Taishi chair, Ruan Jingnian's buttocks were as uncomfortable as a thorn, he suddenly felt that he had made a fool, he chose this time to have a showdown with Lu Shanchang, and it was bound to leave a handle!

Ruan Jingnian's good reputation in his life was stained today, and he really regretted it. He took a deep breath to calm himself down as quickly as possible.

After calming down, he thought about yesterday's events again, and he had to admit that from last night to this morning, his mood was very uncomfortable, Ruan Shaolin suffered setbacks, and he was uncomfortable, and the pride of the Ruan family was suppressed by Lu Zheng of the Lu family everywhere, which made him feel very depressed.

In the depths of his Ruan Jingnian's heart, but he has been comparing the Ruan family with the four masters in Jiangnan, is the Ruan family really not as good as the Jiangning Lu family? ?