Guo Biao opened the four gates of the mansion to welcome Shang Cheng, and it only took two days to spread all over the capital.

However, it did not cause much repercussions. Shangjing is too big, and the meeting between a founding prince and a county uncle cannot attract the attention of others at all. Even if Guo Biao, the founding prince of the country, had just made a few great achievements and was about to be ordered to go to Longxi to serve as the governor, people were not interested in talking about it. Guo Biao is from the title of the Pillar State of the Third Grade, the title of the Duke of Yue is high, and Longxi is farther away from Shangjing, which has nothing to do with people's daily life, even if someone wants to spend a little spit to comment on it, but who is willing to take the time to listen? Therefore, except for some of Xiao Jian's old subordinates who scolded Guo Biao for his ingratitude, the others were basically indifferent. There are also some people who are keenly aware that there is definitely not a simple thing behind this matter. But in the scene in front of the Yueguo Mansion, there is an important role that no one dares to provoke, one by one, who is now a little bit of a little bit in the capital division, and who doesn't know that Yingxian Boshang Yanshan has a brutal and unreasonable temperament? Who wants to take a ** annoyance on themselves for no reason? Therefore, even if everyone felt that Guo Biao must have another hidden reason behind Shang Yanshan's courtesy, they all took a wait-and-see attitude. And everyone has big things to be busy with, and they really don't have time to care about the trivial things of two generals meeting for a meal.

On the second day of Xiao Jian's departure from Beijing, on February 12, the "Notice on Nuclear Land and Acres", which had been arguing in the court for half a month, was finally promulgated under the strong advocacy of Vice Minister Zhu Xuan.

As soon as this proclamation was issued, it immediately caused a strong sensation in all aspects. From the clan to the officials, from the small officials to the gentry, from the top to the bottom of the government and the opposition, there are hardly many people who sing this proclamation well. Overnight, a large number of official documents opposing the inventory of unscrupulous households poured into the prime minister's office like a tidal wave. The king of Qinghe, who has never asked about the affairs of the world, even became alarmist, openly declaring that "Zhu Zhongkuan's seed disaster is now, and he will harm the Quartet one day." "If it weren't for the Southern Advance faction controlling the Yushitai and the Prime Minister's Office suppressing a large number of impeachment notes against Zhu Xuan, Zhu Xuan, who had only been the deputy minister for more than three months, would probably be forced to resign. However, even with the support of the Prime Minister's office, Zhu Xuan himself was unusually tough, and the household department also sent a large number of officials to inspect various places, but the progress of the inventory of the acres of land and treacherous households was still slow. Until the beginning of March, the peasant households had been busy with the spring ploughing of dead cattle and horses, and the "Notice" had been issued for nearly a month, but not a single county of the three Chi counties and 14 Ji counties under the jurisdiction of the Pingyuan Prefecture was inspecting the acres of fields. The people from the household department went to the Yamen of Pingyuan Mansion to inquire, and they spread their mouths and hands, explaining, "If you have no money and food, how can you carry out land verification?" The counties below are desperately tightening their belts to get the money and food together as soon as possible! ”

The Yamen of Pingyuan Mansion didn't mention the matter of manpower, and the people in the household department were not embarrassed to ask. The imperial court is not short of hungry soldiers, and the state and county yamen generally do things with oil and salt, and at the moment they don't even have money and food, so the manpower sent out to check the acres of land is naturally even more impossible to talk about.

As soon as the people from the household department came back and said it, Zhu Xuan hurriedly asked the household department to discuss. The household department sold his affection and helped solve a batch of money and grain. But this amount of money and food is only enough to support the various counties of Gyeonggi, and other places can't take care of it at all. Zhu Xuan is an old pedant who has been reading dead books all his life, full of ambitions, but he has neither officialdom experience nor pragmatic means, and now he is being set on the fire and blazing, and he has not seen any performance since the introduction of "Notice", and he has long been so anxious that he is at a loss. As soon as he saw that the household department had approved the money and grain, he immediately urged it to be distributed to the counties, and as soon as the money and grain went down, it was immediately included in the counties for other expenditures...... There is no such thing as "checking the acres of land and households". Zhu Xuan angrily sent people to ask, people also have a reason, encouraging reclamation is the imperial court's traditional call, helping the orphans is the eternal benevolence set by Taizong, and the monthly subsidy for students is the system set by Taizu, since the household department has not designated the specific use of this money and grain, why not list it in these branches? Only the paving of roads is the responsibility of the local governments, and it is indeed inappropriate to allocate the newly allocated money and grain to this expenditure. But this is a perennial deficit in various places, if you have money, you will make up for the holes, and if you don't have money, you will owe it first, and the imperial court will acquiesce in this deficit, it is impossible for Zhu Xiang not to know, right? In order not to be criticized and framed for "diverting the correct items and filling in the miscellaneous items", it is necessary to first write an official document to the state government, and then send someone to inspect the account books, money and grain to prove that they are correct, and then set up a new account book. As for the inventory of acres of land that Zhu Xiang personally supervised, the yamen is stepping up its efforts to raise money, and when the money and grain are raised, it will definitely allocate manpower immediately! Of course, if Zhu Xiang can get a special amount of money from the imperial court, this matter can be handled immediately......

As soon as the people sent back said this and that, Zhu Xuan was so angry that his hands and feet were cold. He could imagine that things were so difficult in Gyeonggi, let alone other places. But at the moment he doesn't care about that. He went to the household department again to discuss. This time, the household department was also shaking his head. The household department also has a reason, and the money and food of the imperial court are also within the means of living; The southwest is about to use troops, and the north is also going to prepare for war, which is a big place with money; At present, the whole household department is scratching their heads for these two major expenses, where is the spare money for other things? Besides, such a "trivial matter" as the inventory of acres and the audit of unscrupulous households was originally a matter within the responsibility of the local state and county, and the previous time the household department also intervened to help because of the relationship between teachers and students, which in itself violated the system. This time, I categorically couldn't help the teacher anymore.

Zhu Xuan touched a gray nose in the household department, so he had to turn around and figure out a way by himself. But what could he come up with? Headache doctor, head and foot pain, no money, of course, you have to find a way to find money! Since the household department that managed the permanent branch of the imperial court was unwilling to take out the money, he could only find a way to "borrow money" first. Go back and wait until the matter is done well, and then deduct it from the new field tax.

There wasn't much he could borrow money from. As soon as "Telling the Nuclear Land and Acres" came out, there were not one or two people who were offended. From the capital to the localities, from officials to the gentry, there were people who scolded him everywhere. In the past, he was a guest wherever he went, and everyone greeted him with a smile; Now people avoid him like a plague god, and everywhere he goes, people point fingers and poke at him behind his back; Even some of his friends stopped talking to him. Alas, just because of a "Confession", he is now almost a street rat that everyone shouts and beats. In this kind of situation, which yamen would dare to lend him money and grain?

He thought about it, so he had to put his idea on the head of the Ministry of Industry and hit Chang Xiu, who presided over the firing of glass.

He knew that in order to fire the glass, the Ministry of Industry took out 100,000 yuan in one go, just to expand the number of kilns as soon as the firing was successful, and then make a lot of money. At present, all this money is in Chang Xiu's hands. Zhu Xuan was not greedy, and he didn't think about how much money he lent Chang Xiu's hand. The past month has taught him enough lessons. He now understands that the road must be taken step by step; Even if he is a subordinate and a deputy minister, many things cannot be done overnight as he imagined. Now, he only thinks that he can borrow two or three thousand taels from Chang Xiu, and first find out the results of the acres of land in the seventeen prefectures of Gyeonggi. He thought that when Gyeonggi had a result, he could put the matter in front of his colleagues, and let them come forward, teach the Ministry of Households to contribute a sum of money and grain in the name of the Prime Minister's Office, and then carry out land inventory in various state capitals and counties in other places.

He decided to bring Chang Xiu over to discuss this matter now.