After the dispersal of the dynasty, before Liu Ximing could turn around, he saw Li Zhiwen looking for him with a smile.

"New Amber, we are colleagues in the same ministry from today onwards, how about calling you a brother?"

Liu Ximing looked at Li Beiwen's old face that was enough to be his grandfather, smiled in his heart, and immediately smiled:

"Brother Li is the elder of the three dynasties, that is, the senior of the science field, and the old man of the court, and he will have to bring his younger brother more in the future."

"Eh, the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, where do I dare to call the word "carrying", go, brother, I will personally take you to the yamen, so that the subordinates can meet and meet."

Li waited to ask and saw that Liu Ximing really knew how to advance and retreat as the legend said, and immediately put his mind at ease, with an old face full of smiles, he took Liu Ximing's hand and walked towards Daming Gate.

The six yamen are all set up on both sides of the Forbidden City outside the Daming Gate, and they are not too far from the Imperial Palace.

As he walked, Li asked and sighed:

"Brother, our household is not a good place, you are wrong, but speaking of the old brother, I am very happy, I have bad legs and feet, and I want to beg His Majesty to return to my hometown in the coming year, and the household department is controlled by a young official like you, and I will have an explanation for my subordinates."

Liu Ximing was a little surprised and said: "Brother Li, the household department is in charge of the world's money and grain, and the ranking is only after the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials, but others can't ask for it, how can it become a chore in your mouth." ”

"Hehe, you don't know, the bad is bad on the word money."

Li Zhiwen is obviously also the secretary of the Ministry of Bitter Household for a long time, and as soon as he came up, he directly poured bitter water on Liu Ximing.

"As you said, the money and food are in the hands of our household department, so others will naturally ask you for money, it is said that we should be more tough than asking for money, but now the world is not quiet, and those Qiu Ba are holding knives and guns in their hands, and their temper is gradually rising."

"But you also know how much silver can be found in this treasury now, and the household department is already eating grain, but people don't care about you, anyway, they know that they reach out and ask for money, if you don't give it, those officials will have to be scolded."

"This is not all, the household department yamen is in charge of the collection of money and grain, every autumn grain, summer grain has to send people to the provinces to keep an eye on it, now this army is in chaos, who wants to run this trip, everyone is to work with their heads pinned to the waistband of their trousers, and now they can't even pay salaries, and the subordinates have long complained."

Although Liu Ximing has been a Beijing official for so long, he is either staying in the Hanlin Courtyard or in the Zhan Mansion, all of which are noble places, and although he has some understanding of the household yamen, he is not as in-depth as Li Zhiwen.

At that moment, he pulled Li to ask a good question, and slowly gained a better understanding of the financial system of the Ming Dynasty.

After inquiring about this, Liu Ximing felt that the Ming Dynasty pill, the entire financial system of the Ming Dynasty was not scientific, not only to manage the world's acres, household registration, territory and other matters, but also to take care of taxation and other taxation work.

However, there are only about 200 people in total who can be counted as officials from the top and bottom of the household department, including the deputy envoys from the ninth grade.

It is obviously overstretched for such a small number of people to be responsible for all the financial affairs of the country.

Thinking that in the future generations, there would be more than 100,000 people in Midi just collecting taxes, and Liu Ximing couldn't help but smash his mouth.

Seeing this, Li Zhiwen smiled, "What's the matter, you're afraid?" It's useless, you're here, I'll explain to you in advance, brother, I'm going to be a servant soon, and this household yamen will be your master, and the personnel will be assigned by you. ”

"But there's only one point, don't let my brother carry the black pot." , Li Zhiwen's face showed a hint of cunning.

Liu Ximing couldn't help laughing, "Hahaha, don't worry, brother, Liu has never asked others to go to the black pot, which is obvious to everyone." ”

The two of them just talked and laughed and walked into the yamen of the household department.

As soon as you enter the gate of the Yamen of the Household Department, there is a large open and closed courtyard, and the two camphor trees on both sides of the courtyard are lush and green, providing a large shady place for the whole courtyard.

The officials of the household department had already been waiting in the courtyard under the leadership of the two attendants, and when they saw Li Zhiwen and Liu Ximing coming in, hundreds of people hurriedly bowed down and gave their hands.

"Meet Li Da Situ and Liu Da Situ."

Li Zhiwen nodded with satisfaction, now that he is the head of the household department, how these subordinates do it represents his face.

In a flash, revealing Liu Ximing behind him, Li Zhiwen pointed at him with a smile and smiled at everyone:

"Today's protagonist is Liu Da Situ, when I came, the headquarters had already said, I am dying, you have to treat Liu Da Situ like the headquarters."

After Li finished asking, he smiled and gestured towards Liu Ximing to step forward.

Liu Ximing was not stage frightened, and directly put his right hand behind him and stepped forward with a smile:

"In the future, everyone is a colleague, how is this Situ, everyone can go and inquire, I also heard that the household yamen is hard, so I will not criticize everyone, but this Situ is not a person who condones his subordinates, and I hope everyone will do it themselves."

Glancing at the people with low eyebrows, Liu Ximing turned his head to look at Li Zhi and asked:

"Your Majesty belongs to me to mint money, now there are departments with their own responsibilities, and then transfer manpower is only afraid that it is quite insufficient, last year there should be a new branch of the Ministry of Entry, brother might as well allocate these people to me for use, but also do not delay other serious matters in the ministry, how?"

Li Zhiwen's face was overjoyed, and he nodded busily and smiled: "Okay, this method is good, you can not delay the original government affairs, and you can complete the trust of Your Majesty." ”

"Chen Shilang, then please let last year's new science and technology jinshi take over the work in hand, and report to Liu Dasitu as soon as possible." , Li Zhiwen directly arranged with Chen Wenjie, the right attendant of the household department.

"Yes"

After arranging these, Li Zhiwen took Liu Ximing to the verdant courtyard on the right side of the household yamen to rest.

Shangshu has his own separate office courtyard, and this is Liu Ximing's office in the future, Li Zhiwen chatted here for a while, during which the people from the Ministry of Rites and Yamen also personally came to send Shangshu's official uniforms and other things.

Among the new science and technology scholars of the household department, Cheng Taiding, a scholar from Shunqing of the Datong Society, walked into Liu Ximing's Shangshu courtyard with a surprised face.

He and Liu Ximing are not only fellow villagers, but also the first Shunqing scholar to join the Datong Society, Chongzhen ten years when he went to Beijing with Liu Ximing and others to catch the exam, but unfortunately the name fell to Sun Shan.

Fortunately, Liu Ximing is quite concerned about these core members, and often provides some space spiritual water under various names, plus the Datong Society has the purpose of discussing the scriptures, Cheng Taiding and a group of Shunqing scholars have studied hard for three years, and finally won the promotion this year.

With the help of Du Liangji, Cheng Taiding stayed in the capital as he wished and became a head of the household department.

At this moment, seeing that his president had been promoted to Shangshu and became his top boss, Cheng Taiding was naturally very excited.

In the main hall of Shangshu Courtyard, Liu Ximing naturally also noticed Cheng Taiding and the others, and threw over a reassuring look, he smiled at the dozen or so new science and technology scholars who were dispatched:

"Do you know why Ben Situ only called you to listen? It is said that the officials of the other departments of the household department and the yamen have been officials for a longer time, and it is much easier to do things, but this Situ chose you. ”

Cheng Taiding immediately bowed down and answered with a tacit understanding, "Please also ask Da Situ to show me." ”

Liu Ximing nodded with a smile, "The most important reason is that you are just like officialdom, and you have not been infected with the vices of officialdom. ”

"I'll be sent by Da Situ!"

A group of new science and technology scholars all showed joy on their faces.

Compared with engaging in the daily work of the household department, it is naturally much better to follow Liu Ximing, the big red man in front of the emperor, and the so-called shortcut to the south refers to this situation.

Seeing that he mobilized everyone's morale with a few simple words, Liu Ximing also smiled in his heart.

"At the moment, the most important thing for us is to take over two things, one is to directly take over the Baoquan Bureau, and all craftsmen and forges must be controlled by us, and the other is to go to the Ministry of Industry, and all the craftsmen under the Ministry of Industry who can be used by us must come over."

Liu Ximing looked at Cheng Taiding and the others with a test gaze, "What's the matter, who dares to do these things?" If you are willing to go, you can go with the official post. ”

"I'm willing to go", I have long heard that the emperor personally promised Liu Ximing to use people's power, and a group of new science and technology scholars are not fools, so they immediately responded to the order.