"Shi Yuan Wailang, the tariffs of the imperial court have been changed, and the twenty-six checkpoints across the country have been changed, all in accordance with the tax system you have formulated. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info all luxury goods are taxed several times, and ordinary goods are reduced by taxes. ”

Shi Bufan looked at this tax rate and immediately approved the implementation. This is the authority of the other gatekeeper, who is responsible for formulating policies at various gates, and is responsible for policy affairs, and will not be responsible for specific implementation. Although he is now mainly responsible for trading with the Turks, trading with the Turks is just a "dispatch", and his own position is still that of the gatekeeper, and he is responsible for the tariff, and it is his authority to formulate tariffs. What's more, this kind of thing is natural to reduce the burden on ordinary people, and then slaughter fat pigs for those local tyrants. What's more, the heavy taxation of luxury goods can effectively curb the formation of extravagance, so Li Shimin also supports it.

After Shi Bufan signed this decree, he was ready to take a break. However, some people began to talk about it.

"Did you hear that? Du Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials sent someone to ask Zhang Xingcheng, the chief secretary of Fuping County, for money, but was scolded by Zhang Xingcheng. It's a pity, the main book of Fuping County could have been promoted a lot this time, but he actually scolded Du Shangshu, which is really unlucky. Du Shangshu is a secretary of the ministry, and he happens to be in charge of an official below the sixth grade, how can he be so unwise? It stands to reason that this time I heard that I originally wanted to transfer him from Fuping County to Chang'an to take up a post, but he was actually not interested, and he didn't even give some money, but scolded Du Shangshu, which is good, but things are difficult. ”

"Hmph, Du Shangshu, who doesn't know that he wants money! This Du Shangshu has never had a good reputation. ”

Shi Bufan was speechless, it seems that ancient and modern times are the same, there are not many other things in this kind of organ unit, but there is a lot of gossip. In fact, there are not a few people in this Shangshu Province of the Tang Dynasty, and there are actually less than a hundred people in one of the six departments, and the six departments add up to only a few hundred people from the high-grade officials who enter the stream and those who do not enter the stream, and a few hundred people form the highest government decree enforcement department Shangshu Province. However, the number of people in this kind of department is not too large, and the six departments are mainly responsible for government decrees, not for specific implementation, so the number of people is not large. Moreover, in Shangshu Province in the Tang Dynasty, everyone was crowded together to work, not like different departments had different office buildings in later generations.

So when news came out from one of these departments, other departments also heard it one by one.

These guys are passing on the words of Du Yan, the secretary of the ministry, and Du Yan, the secretary of the ministry, actually asked for bribes from those officials who were about to be promoted! Who doesn't know in the whole Chang'an, Du Yan, the secretary of the ministry, is not only a mess of poor popularity, but even a guy who reached out in a coffin to ask for money. Du Yan is definitely a corrupt official, not a good bird. This Du Yan soliciting bribes is too normal, it is simply a very normal situation. Du Yan has always been ridiculed, because although he will not promote his own private, but every time the court is ready to promote, he will also take the opportunity to ask for bribes. If the other party is willing to give a bribe, then everything will naturally be done smoothly. But if the other party doesn't give a bribe, Du Yan will naturally deliberately jam him, making the originally simple matter complicated.

This situation is not to mention the ancient, the later generations are a lot, the same is true for ancient and modern times. There is also a kind of inaction that can be done, and there is a ******, these things are actually the same in ancient and modern times, and there will not be much difference. Although the decision-making power is not in one's own hands, the executive power is in one's own hands, and it is difficult for the higher authorities to directly interfere with whether to execute, how to execute, how to execute, and to what extent. It's too easy for this kind of person to get obstructed in play. Du Yan used the power in his hand to solicit bribes, which was really troublesome.

"Fuping County, it turned out to be the county where the boss of the central government in our later generations was born, and this county is more familiar. What did he say just now, Zhang Xingcheng, the chief bookkeeper of Fuping County? Zhang Xingcheng, this name seems to be a little familiar! It seems to be a prime minister in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, well, this Du Yanka person can't get a card, and he actually stuck on the head of a capable person, which is really troublesome. Shi Bufan thought to himself.

Fuping County is different from other counties, this Fuping County actually belongs to the "Jing County", the status of this Beijing County is much higher than other counties, the status is like the urban area under the Beijing Municipality in later generations, although the population and other indicators are not higher than other lines, but it is definitely much higher in political status. The main book of a Jing county is eight products, and its status is much higher than that of other counties.

"Zhang Xingcheng, I didn't expect to take advantage of this shareholder wind? It's my ride! Shi Bufan thought.

Shi Bufan understood that this Zhang Xingcheng took advantage of Shi Bufan's reform of the agricultural organization model this time to take a hitchhike and follow suit. However, Zhang Xingcheng was really lucky this time, this time he was lucky, and he was qualified to obtain a more important position.

Shi Bufan thought about it, and suddenly saw Du Yan walking by from the side, and Shi Bufan immediately had an idea.

"I'm going to tell you a joke, do you want to hear it?" Shi Bufan asked.

"Oh? Will the clerk joke? Whose jokes? "Yes! I didn't expect that Shi Yuan Wailang would joke, this is really interesting, why don't you talk about it? ”……

The scribes next to him wanted to inquire, this person who served in the central court was really a bit of a scoundrel! Sometimes, once you are idle in the central government of the imperial court, there is really nothing to do, and you have to wait for the millers. What's more, there were too many rules in the institutions and departments of the central layer in ancient times, and everyone had no way to have fun by themselves, but now Shi Bufan actually took the initiative to tell jokes, which is really interesting.

"Okay, I'll tell you about it! One day, there are several rats together to see who is more daring. The first mouse, he said, went into the rat cage every day and brought the bait to lunch. The second mouse, he said, dared to eat rat poison as food. As for the third mouse, he said he had just married a cat! ”

"Hahahaha......"

The scribe next to him immediately laughed, no one would write jokes in this ancient world, and this joke, which was very common in later generations, actually made them laugh. However, Shi Bufan's next sentence made them laugh completely.

"You know what? The fourth mouse looked at the first three rats like this, and immediately said disdainfully: "You guys are really boring, I still have a few official documents in the official department that have not been dealt with, so I will deal with them first." With that, the rat left the scene and went back to the office. Shi Bufan said.

"Hahahaha......"

The scribes around him suddenly laughed, the three mice in front of Shi Bufan were just foreshadowing, and the last was the funniest. Shi Bufan's last sentence is the finishing touch, directly talking about the last mouse here, he still has official documents in the official department that has not been processed, and he has to return to the official department to deal with the official documents. In this way, isn't it just to say that the rat is a corrupt official in the ministry, and compare that corrupt official to a big mouse? As early as the Zhou Dynasty, corrupt officials were compared to rats in the Book of Songs, which was really a very good joke, at least in ancient times.

As for who this joke satirizes, it's actually very simple, that is, the official Shangshu Du Yan. Who in the ministry doesn't know that this Du Yan is a corrupt official, and when he promotes people, he deliberately asks for bribes, and if he doesn't give a bribe, then he can get stuck with you, so that you can't complete it smoothly. If it's a Jingguan, it's better, and I don't dare to do too much. But if it's a magistrate, it's really how to go too far. No one in the court knows that this Du Yan is not an incorruptible guy, so Shi Bufan's joke happened to be made out, which can be used as a joke to make fun of Du Yan.

It didn't take long for the three provinces and six departments in the palace to spread the joke of Shi Bufan, and even soon spread outside the palace. And the official Shangshu Du Yan, his face was dark.

"Bastard, bastard, Shi Bufan, I'm not done with you!" "Shi Bufan, I'm ......"

Du Yan really felt like he was going crazy, although no one in the entire court knew that he was a corrupt official, but no one dared to scold him publicly. Even Li Shimin made him the prime minister and entered the political hall? Everyone in Chang'an knows that he is a corrupt official, but as long as Li Shimin is willing to use him, he can be as stable as Mount Tai. As long as Li Shimin doesn't want to take him down, this so-called corruption and bribery is also a "crime"? As long as the situation in the imperial court is still like this, it is naturally impossible for Li Shimin to revoke his position, so he can rest assured that he is bold and corrupt.

This Du Yan is a political speculator in the Sui and Tang dynasties, although his character is not good, but he is absolutely first-class in terms of wind direction. He knew that Li Shimin would not punish him for this so-called corruption, so his position was as stable as Mount Tai. Because his position is as stable as Mount Tai, no one in the court dares to scold him, even if there are some behind-the-scenes discussions, the scale is not large.

But now Shi Bufan actually wrote a paragraph, comparing him to a rat. In this way, the three provinces in the entire palace, even the Inner Servant Province and the Imperial Palace, also quickly knew about this "joke", which was specifically satirical about him, the official secretary. Such a joke made Du Yan really angry. This kind of scolding without swearing words is simply too ruthless.

"Father, this Shi Bufan is really unreasonable, you must punish him severely!" Du Yan's son Du Jingtong said angrily.

His father was scolded, so how could Du Jingtong, as a son, swallow his anger so much? So he directly suggested that his father find an opportunity to clean up Shi Bufan, not to mention that his father was in charge of the ministry, which was the management of personnel power, so it was not very simple to clean up Shi Bufan?

"Hmph, Shi Bufan, I'm not done with you. Shi Bufan, I'm not finished with you, not finished! Du Yan slapped the table viciously and said angrily.

"Time is extraordinary, I ...... I...... I, uh-" Du Yan suddenly fell.

"Father, what's wrong with you? Father, what's wrong with you? Father ......" Du Jingtong hurriedly asked.

Soon, the imperial court once again wore out a piece of news, which shocked everyone.

"Du Shangshu is sick, not light!" "Yes! Hearing that Du Shangshu heard the joke of Shi Yuan Wailang, he immediately fainted angrily. Is the imperial doctor still rescuing now? "No, what's wrong with Du Shangshu, he's actually sick?" ……

As for Shi Bufan, he was speechless, he was just a joke, Du Yan was so unhelpful, he was immediately stunned? And it seems that he is still not lightly ill, which makes him very speechless. is a dignified scholar, a political speculator who has been mixed for many years in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and he was scolded not once or twice, how could he be angry and sick because of a joke?

"What's wrong with Du Yan?" Li Shimin asked.

"Your Majesty, Du Shangshu was angry this time, which caused him to have a stroke, so he ......"

"Stroke?"

Hearing this, everyone knew that Du Yan was in trouble this time.

Even Shi Bufan understood what a stroke was, and said: "Du Yan is really in trouble this time, is it actually a stroke?" ”

The word stroke is actually an ancient medical term, if it is said in the words of later generations, it is also a "stroke", even in the later generations it is a serious disease with high risk and high mortality, if you are not careful, you will lose your life! This is the case in later generations, and this is probably more troublesome in ancient times. A stroke is almost equivalent to killing Du Yan, which is terrible.

"Shi Yuan Wailang, I heard the imperial doctor say that Du Shangshu will die soon this time. Even if the imperial doctor tried his best, and even used all kinds of precious medicinal materials, he could only last Du Shangshu's life for a few months at most. Du Shangshu is in the last few months, and even he has to lie in bed for the past few months. "Someone came with the news, after all, there are no absolute secrets in the imperial court, not to mention that everyone is working in the palace, even if they belong to different departments, but there are still exchanges.

"So, Du Yan is still angry with me?" Shi Bufan was surprised.

"Yes, this time, the foreign man is very powerful, and he is actually angry with a prime minister, which is too powerful."

Shi Bufan couldn't cry or laugh, he made a joke by himself, and he actually a dignified official and a scholar, which is really a strange story in ancient and modern times. This Du Yan has been a political speculator all his life, but he actually died in a joke in the end, so he is really a "hero", but he died in the end is such a bear.

"Knock knock ......"

A shocking drum beat sounded, which immediately attracted the entire palace people.

"This is ......," someone was surprised.

"Dengwen drum, someone knocked on the Dengwen drum!" "Oh my God! Dengwen drum, someone actually knocked on the Dengwen drum? "Who is so bold as to dare to beat the drum?" …… (To be continued.) )