If there is still a place in this Yunmeng Country where the hand of the holding gold cannot be stretched out, it is a planning game. Except for the supreme officer, who is inherited by the hereditary ironclad guard, the rest of the management personnel are the most talented people in arithmetic selected after internal competition. In order to enter this calculation and preparation bureau, in addition to participating in the subjects set up by the calculation and preparation bureau separately, you must also be unmarried for life. As a result, no one is generally willing to work in the sector, except for untouchables and families who have been stripped of their qualifications for serious crimes.

Yunmeng strictly implements the fourth-class citizen system in China: the first level is the aristocratic class, and after being the royal family and the founding hero, it can be sealed; The second class is the commoners, that is, the common people, who are generally engaged in agriculture; the third estate, the industrial and commercial class, engaged in various handicrafts and commercial activities of the government; The fourth class is the untouchables, who are the descendants of the old and the young left behind by the previous dynasties. The first two grades can participate in the imperial court's scientific examination (permanent, every three years) and Dabi (sometimes the imperial court specially set up Enke for the temporary selection of talents); The third level implements the industrial and commercial food official system, and the general son follows his father's business, although he cannot be rich and expensive, but he also has no worries about food and clothing; The fourth class of untouchables is the most inferior, and they are generally engaged in industries that the commoners are unwilling to do, such as slaves, servants, porters (palanquins or porters), unclean (people who sweep roads and toilets), prostitutes (singing and dancing prostitutes, divided into two kinds, one is exclusively for the royal family and dignitaries, and the other is the dancers and musicians used by the government for daily reception), three aunts and six wives, and so on.

The Iron Guard, who is in charge of the Calculation Bureau, is a very mysterious organization, its commander is only appointed and dispatched by the emperor, and it is another institution with the highest privileges in addition to the ruling Jinwu, because they are always shown in iron masks every day, so no one except the emperor knows what they look like. Iron Guard maintained strict secrecy, and even his wife and family, who spent time with him, did not know the specific occupation he was engaged in.

The Untouchables generally apply for the annual arithmetic assessment of the Calculation Bureau from the age of twelve, and only after signing a lifelong unmarried contract can they officially enter the Calculation Bureau. The Calculation and Coordination Bureau implements centralized and unified management and closed learning for the untouchables who have passed the examination, and prohibits any contact with outsiders during this period. Once the untouchables are proficient enough to master the accounting independently, usually in three to five years, they are promoted to junior arithmeticians, at which point they can be assigned to the daily accounting and voucher management and distribution work of the government throughout the country. Junior arithmetic implements a strict annual assessment system (at the same time as the government's performance evaluation), and holds a promotion assessment every three years (at the same time as the scientific examination), and those who pass will be promoted to intermediate arithmetic, and so on until they are promoted to actuary. With each promotion of the title, the affairs in charge were adjusted accordingly, and there were also actuaries who were particularly strong and of perfect character who could enter various departments such as the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites, and even enter the treasury of the Imperial Palace. From the moment the untouchables were granted junior arithmetic qualifications, the state sent monthly rations and other material benefits to the families of junior arithmeticists. Therefore, there are always some families who have more sons who will willingly send one of their sons to work in the planning bureau, and one person will enter the industry, and the whole family will not be hungry. Of course, the elimination system of the calculation and preparation bureau is also very cruel, in fact, only one-tenth of the number of applicants for the examination each year, two can successfully pass the assessment, and the subsequent title promotion is one in a hundred or even one in a thousand selections. Therefore, even if the vast majority of untouchables enter the calculation and planning bureau, they can only solve the problem of food and clothing, and cannot make a fortune.

"Isn't it in vain that you've been talking for a long time?" After listening to Liu Changlin's introduction, Wang Zizhao glared at Liu Changlin, and his eyes dimmed again. "You said that we don't know the leader of this iron-clad guard, and there is no way to even want to go to the knot, but if you count the situation, that place, forget it." Wang Zizhao waved his hand, yawned, and lay down on the table again to get ready for sleep.

"Don't ,......" Liu Changlin pushed Wang Zizhao's arm and whispered a few words to him, so Wang Zizhao began to turn his hatred into joy, and the two ran out of the study in a hurry.

The treasury was full of people coming and going, mainly busy counting, placing and distributing the tributes sent by Taibai Kingdom yesterday according to the requirements of the imperial gift. In one of the rooms, the sound of the abacus was constantly ringing, and eight senior actuaries were handling the accounting affairs in their hands without raising their heads. Liu Changlin obviously came to play often, and he was no longer surprised, and Wang Zizhao was still a little surprised when he saw this situation for the first time.

The actuary came to report from the beginning of the morning (5 a.m.) to the end of the afternoon (2 p.m.) when he finished his work, and now it was almost time to rest. Rong Xiu, the supervisor on duty in the treasury and the second master of the treasury, looked up and saw the thirteenth prince and Liu Changlin, so he hurriedly came over and saluted the two. "No courtesy. I came uninvited today, mainly because the king's coming-of-age ceremony is about to be held, and there are still some unclear accounts in the house. Wang Zizhao said lightly according to the method that Liu Changlin taught him.

"Since it was the thirteenth prince who spoke, how could there be any reason for refusing, but I don't know which actuary in my treasury you fancy the prince?" Rong Xiu, the second master of the treasury, got up and asked with a smile on his face.

"It's the one in the innermost navy blue robe with a goatee, called ......" Wang Zizhao suddenly forgot the other party's name and froze.

"Talk." Liu Changlin added.

"This ......" Rong Xiu showed a somewhat difficult look, other people are easy to say, but although this businessman is superb in arithmetic, he thinks of himself as high, never greets him, only talks about rules, and never refuses to do things for dignitaries and dignitaries privately.

Liu Changlin saw the clue and said loudly: "Lord Rong can think clearly, the queen mother only has the only son of the thirteenth prince, and the coming-of-age ceremony is about to be held, in case it ......" He didn't continue, and said that the emperor's heart was in the sea, who knows what the saint thinks today, whether the thirteenth prince can succeed to the crown prince, it's really hard to say.

But this "what if" sounds like a different flavor to Rong Xiu, even if the thirteenth prince is not the final candidate for the crown prince, he is also the most powerful reserve player, no matter how Rong Xiu stammers first, he will not suffer, so he cleared his throat, paced into the actuarial room of the treasury hanging "idlers are exempted", bowed his hand to the businessman, and said: "The coming-of-age ceremony of the thirteenth prince is imminent, please ask Mr. to come over to the house to help calculate the accounts."

Shang Zhen raised his head and saw the prince Zhao and Liu Changlin standing outside, and seemed to understand something, and replied: "The emperor's family affairs are state affairs, and the villain business is the order of the people."

Rong Xiu didn't expect Shang Zhen to agree so happily, he omitted the persuasion words he had prepared, and he couldn't react for a while, so he had to smile awkwardly: "That's good, please clean up and go back to the house with the thirteenth prince."

Shang Chen quickly prepared the documents for the matter at hand and handled the relevant handover matters, so he followed the thirteenth prince and Liu Changlin out of the treasury.