When Fang Yingwu and the scribe answered, the crowd behind them was amazed, they were all officials to be elected from all over the country to Beijing.

But it was incredible to see the young man in front of him being aggressive towards the scribe of the dignified ministry, while the old scribe of the ministry, cowering.

"It turned out that it was Fang Yingwu, I heard that this person's life is very hard."

"Yes, at the end of last year, he and Lin Jun were both sparse, but Lin Jun was sent to prison and almost beheaded, and finally sent to Yunnan, but Fang Yingwu was unharmed."

Although Fang Yingwu was adored by the group of officials he didn't know, as the person concerned, Fang Yingwu was still helplessly sullen. All the officials of the Wenxuan Division are avoiding him, he can't chase him to his home with a dead face?

And the only thing that works above the Wenxuan Division is Shangshu, and the actual power of the squire and the like is not great, so it is not good for him to go directly to Tianguan Shangshu as a county magistrate, which is too ignorant, self-sufficient, and not in line with the rules of officialdom.

So Fang Yingwu came out in a daze, stood outside the gate of the official department and looked up to the sky and sighed, turned around and went to the next door to visit the door, because Hong Song was here.

After the end of the imperial examination this year, the title of my friend Hong Song's gold list goes without saying, and then it is the period of observing politics. Hong Song, on the other hand, was assigned to the household department to observe politics and became a glorious Guanzheng Jinshi (senior intern).

Since Fang Yingwu has already come to the ministry, it is reasonable to go to the next door to see his friends.

It was almost evening, and Hong Song left the government office. He and Fang Yingwu came to Qipan Street, found a restaurant at random to drink, and also sent someone to call Xiang Chengxian.

The two gossiped casually. Hong Song unconsciously talked about what he saw and heard in the household department, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The household department is worthy of being the largest yamen among the six departments. The general command of the world's money, grain, taxes, household registration, land, the number of officials, the vast number of affairs, can be the most of the government. ”

Fang Yingwu said with a smile: "The household department is mostly an accounting affair. There may be a lot of things, but what's so hard? ”

Hong Song said: "Brother Fang Xian should not ignore the trivial affairs of the household department, as the so-called difference is a thousand miles!" What's more, it is not without difficulties, such as Yin Shangshu is making difficulties today! ”

Fang Yingwu asked curiously, "What is Yin Shangshu's difficulty?" ”

Hong Song said: "Brother Fang Xian, have you ever heard that half of the world's wealth is from the southeast? The southeast is led by Suzhou, Songjiang and Changzhou. Last year, Su Song sent a lot of water, and although the imperial court reduced the money and grain by hundreds of thousands, it still owed a lot.

Moreover, Su Song's tax is the heaviest, and there are already a lot of arrears over the years, and there was a disaster last year. I'm afraid that I will have to owe a lot more this year. Su Song is the foundation of the world's finance and taxation, once a large number of arrears are in arrears year after year, the treasury will be insufficient, can Yin Shangshuyan not make difficulties? ”

Fang Yingwu thought for a while, "Brother Hong doesn't want to show it?" I'll give you an idea, you can go up to the court, and ask the court to send a powerful minister as a messenger to supervise the grain in Wuzhong, how can you collect a little more. It's better than sitting at home and worrying! ”

Hong Song was inexperienced in political affairs, so he didn't expect this for a while, and when he heard the words, he said: "This is indeed an idea!" The imperial court was thousands of miles away from Su Song, and it was beyond the reach of urging money and grain. It would be much better if there was a chincha in charge.

Tomorrow I'll talk about it! It's just that this mission is arduous, and if you don't get it right, you will be infamous, and you don't know who it will fall on. ”

It's really not a good errand. Scholars subconsciously have the concept of lightly paying for the meager endowment, and it is always a bit of a feeling to be in charge of supervising the grain.

Of course, it doesn't matter if there is only a little discomfort, it just overcomes. But there are two more important points, one is that the Jiangnan area has a very prosperous literary style, a lot of readers, and the most fond of discussion, going there to urge taxes and supervise grain, which is not good for personal reputation.

Second, in recent years, the imperial examination in Jiangnan has gradually flourished, and there are many gentry families, and the intertwined ones are not easy to mess with, and it is purely a matter of offending people to supervise grain.

Fang Yingwu couldn't help laughing a few times: "Anyway, you just have to make suggestions, anyway, it's not the turn of people like you and me to do a crucial errand like Qincha, it doesn't matter which of his unlucky people bumps into this!" ”

While the two were discussing, Xiang Chengxian arrived, and when he sat in the seat, he couldn't wait to ask: "Is there an accurate head for the election officer?" ”

Fang Yingwu sighed and sighed: "I went to the Ministry of Officials today, but I still don't know, the people of my generation who travel are always involuntarily, there are poems and clouds in the Du Gong Department, what is the same, the world is a sand gull"

Xiang Chengxian responded angrily: "I didn't ask you, don't jump out in a hurry and sigh, you have a hard way and don't need me to worry about it!" I'm asking Brother Hong! ”

Hong Song replied with a smile: "Don't worry about it, brother, let's watch politics for half a year first." However, Brother Fang Xian has been idle for a long time, so I don't know what his plans are? ”

Fang Yingwu thought for a while, "Always dragging it like this, it's just a joke for others, junior brother, I plan to ask the court for a three-month vacation!" This year is the 70th birthday of the Shang Xianggong, and it is just time to return to his hometown to celebrate the birthday of the Shang Xianggong! ”

Hong Song nodded and said: "This is not bad, it is all the righteousness of teachers and students, and when the time comes, I will ask Brother Fang Xian to give me a birthday gift." ”

Fang Yingwu said a few words to Hong Song, but caught a glimpse of Xiang Chengxian scratching his ears and cheeks, and couldn't help asking, "Do you have something to say?" ”

Xiang Chengxian immediately said triumphantly: "I heard the news today that our Shanxi Dao Dao Imperial History is going to be promoted, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate intends to call me to take over as the Dao Imperial History!" ”

The imperial history of the palm is actually still the imperial history, and the grade is still seven grades, and the palm is just a customary title in the Metropolitan Inspection Academy. But compared with ordinary imperial history, the status is different, and the promotion can also be directly promoted to the fifth grade.

Hearing Xiang Chengxian's good news, Fang Yingwu and Hong Song were both happy for him, and raised their glasses and said: "The imperial history of the Dao is to see the fame, you have to seize the opportunity, sell more strength in the near future, play more sparsely, talk more about the government and politics, and make a noise!" ”

Xiang Chengxian patted his chest and said, "That's!" During this time, I am going to go to the next time a day, so that more people will know that I am Xiang Chengxian! ”

The three of them dispersed, and the next day, Hong Song did not forget what he said last night, and began to write the first seal of his life - to ask the imperial court to send a messenger to supervise the grain.

This letter was sparsely entered the cabinet, and the vote was intended to be "issued to the ministry", and it was approved by the celebrant and supervisor, and it was in the hands of Yin Shangshu of the household department.

Yin Shangshu was naturally willing to do this, and wrote his opinion in detail during the recital, "The candidate for the Qin Poor must choose someone who is young and strong, has a strong demeanor, and is familiar with the place.

Only when you are young and strong can you adapt to the fatigue of boating and driving, and only when you are familiar with the place can you grasp the water and soil conditions of the southeast, and you can be dedicated to the public and not afraid of difficulties. ”

Before the recital, Yin Shangshu also showed his reply to Hong Song. But when Hong Song saw the three conditions, he suddenly had some bad premonitions (to be continued......