During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the household department was in charge of the territory, fields, household registration, taxes, salaries and all financial matters of the country. The Cabinet www.biquge.info its internal handling of government affairs and set up divisions according to the regional division of labor. In addition to being in charge of the money and food saved, each department is also in charge of some of the general affairs of other yamen, and their responsibilities are often overlapping. For example, in the Qing Dynasty, the head of the household department was to manage the territory, land, household registration, taxation, salary, finance and other matters of the whole country, and its institutions were divided into 14 Qing officials divisions according to the region, such as Jiangnan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Hunan, Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, and Guizhou. The administrative affairs of the department are managed by the south and north stalls, the secretary office, the superintendent office, the month office, and the supervision and printing office. Institutions affiliated to the Ministry of Household Affairs also include the Qian Fa Tang and the Baoquan Bureau, which are in charge of minting money; The three libraries of the household department of the treasury are hidden; The warehouse yamen in charge of warehousing and water affairs.

Su Shun was standing tall in the hall of the household department, and loudly shouted a few Qingli Division's Langzhong, "It's just a few provinces in the south, after all, it is to prepare the military salary for the bandits, but the governors in the Huguang area of the Central Plains complained that there was no money, so you were soft-handed?" And then take this to reply to the official? Who in the world doesn't know? opened the centigold, and everyone was rich and flowed oil! Even in a small province like Hunan Province, there are more than 10,000 cents of gold every year! Don't think everyone is blind! Su Shun called the names of a few close Lang Zhong, "Go, prepare the official documents, don't think that you don't even care about the errand after eating their filial piety!" A few million dollars to foreigners is not much, but the treasury can't get so much money, in the past, they were counting on the imperial court to reduce taxes and relief, but now the center is short of silver, and it is bitter to ask them to take a little! Now the emperor is worried about money, as long as the official says where he has money and refuses to take it out, what governor and governor, let him be majestic, I'm afraid he will do it! ”

A few Lang Zhong said yes with a bitter face, and Su Shun instructed the head of the Qian Fa Tang and the Baoquan Bureau: "The money prepared in the old year." I also make a batch of it, and I don't care if it's worth it at the moment, so I send it out first, and the most important thing is to keep all the silver. ”

"Yes. My lord," the Qian Fa Tang and the chief bookkeeper of the Baoquan Bureau were quite capable, and bowed to Su Shun, "The mother money is ready, and it is ready for the adults to see." Then do it in batches. ”

"Very good," Su Shun nodded with satisfaction, and then gave orders to the head of the Eight Banners: "The Eight Banners Ding Yin that should be issued in the autumn will slow down first...... "The head of the affairs is a red belt of the Jue Luo clan, and before Su Shun finished speaking, he couldn't help but interject, "Lord Shangshu, forgive my subordinates for being rude, since the seventh year of Xianfeng, the Ding Yin of the Eight Banners has been in arrears, and it has not been issued at the end of last year, and the old and young masters of the Eight Banners were originally complaining. Seeing that the lower officials are noses and not noses, and their eyes are not eyes, if you drag on for a few more days, they can eat these hundred catties of fat meat from their subordinates! ”

"Oh?" Su Shun raised his right eyebrow slightly, but he didn't get angry, "What you said makes some sense, so according to your meaning, this thing can't be done?" ”

Seeing Su Laohu's calm attitude, the head of the Eight Banners felt his face, and he still made a bitter look on his face. But his heart blossomed with joy, "Exactly, my lord, this money can't be delayed any longer." ”

"That's a shame. It seems that it is necessary to slow down," Su Shun shook his head, regretful, took out a copy from the stack of black books on the table, and flipped through it slightly, "Then I have to find another way to make up the money." Furui," Su Shun called out the name of the man in charge, "Xianfeng three years, took five hundred taels from the treasury of the Eight Banners, seven hundred taels for four years, one thousand taels for five years, and six years less, six hundred taels ......"

The bitter look on Furui's face disappeared, and what he took was a bead of sweat that couldn't help but flow down, and the eyes and whispers of his colleagues in his ears were no longer audible, Furui looked at Su Shun who continued to speak lightly in the first cloud in shock, "Tut-tut, after all these years, this official still doesn't know that the Eight Banners that often owe Ding Yin's salary is still the Yamen, Lord Furui, you are really powerful, this official admires ...... tightly"

Fury sat on the ground, trembling, but he forced himself to speak, "Where do you start with these words, my subordinates have not filled my own pockets, and my lord has wronged me." ”

"Wronged? Hehe," Su Shun sneered disdainfully, "This official will naturally not wronged you, these accounts are clear, but, of course, I have to give you a chance, come on," Su Shun called his own soldiers, "Go and raid Fury's house!" Look at how much silver he has in his house! ”

Furui, who was originally held down by his own soldiers, struggled violently, "Su Shun, don't be complacent, I'm a clan, it's not your turn to take care of me!" I can't talk about you! ”

"Naturally, I won't kill you, don't worry, Fury," Su Shun narrowed his eyes, which was a sign of his extreme anger, and the people close to him hurriedly lowered their heads, their hearts pounding, "It's still possible to beat you a few boards, pull down and hit twenty boards, don't beat him to death, pull him to his own door after the beating, and watch how this official raids his home!" ”

Fu Rui was dragged out like a dead dog, and Su Shun continued to stimulate him: "Ding Yin of the Eight Banners can't be dragged out, you can only use your family's money first, and when you get through this period and the country is not so difficult, the official will return the money to you, don't worry, Master Fu." ”

Fury couldn't hold back any longer, spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes went black, and he fainted.

Su Shun looked at the subordinates with different expressions in the hall, and continued coldly: "Usually, it's just a matter of eating and taking cards, the official power should not be visible, everyone has worked errands every day, and they have to support a family, and now they dare to go against the will of the official and refuse to be loyal to the country, Furui is the end of the person who will not be good on errands in the future!" You didn't see what happened before the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so it's casual to come here? When will I let you watch the punishment and see the end! ”

Everyone was submissive, Su Shun saw the crowd of males and females, couldn't help but be complacent, turned his head, and looked at the Hubu Hanshangshu who was sitting on the side without saying a word, but just half-closed his eyes to recuperate, his heart moved, and he smiled: "Lord Weng, what do you think this official will do like this?" ”

Hubu Hanshang is Weng Xincun, that is, the father of the next two generations of emperor Weng Tongyi, a frequent acquaintance in Jiangsu, Su Shun has always been the most popular in power, and does not love to be hindered by people on the side, since he took office in the Hubu Manshangshu, he was deeply valued by the emperor, but put the early post of Weng Xincun in the air, Weng Xincun heard Su Shun's words, slowly opened his eyes, nodded, and said with a smile: "Lord Su Shun handled it very well, presumably Furui brought the lawsuit to the emperor, and he ignored it, my lord, please rest assured, let's go back to the same as above." (To be continued.) )

PS: The wives of the county officials chatted with the wives of the scholars and the wives of the military attachés, saying what the title the emperor gave to their husbands. The county official's wife said: "Our lord is called Wen Linlang. The scholar's wife said, "Our lord is called a cultivator. The military attaché's wife thought for a moment and said, "My lord is a weasel. The county magistrate and the wife of the scholar asked the reason for the title. The military attaché's wife said: "I often see my lord dragging a lot of chickens when he comes back from going to the countryside to inspect the barracks, of course, a weasel. ”