First Minister of Ming Dynasty

Even Zhang Ximeng could only sigh, he deserves to be a master of micromanagement!

Li Menggeng was a fellow villager of Li Shanchang, and this time he was transferred to the Ministry of Punishment, and he accepted the leadership of Zhang Ximeng on the issue of legislation, so he was also a colleague of Jiang Nan.

Under Zhang Ximeng, the Ministry of Punishment ranks first, the Hanlin Academy ranks second, and the Du Branch Bureau ranks third... If Zhang Ximeng convenes a recall, there is a high probability that Li Menggeng will sit under the same roof as Jiang Nan.

Working with a yellow-haired girl, it would be strange for Li Menggeng to be happy.

"Li Xiang, the Duzhi Bureau is too lenient. In the future, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of War will all be under control. When the time comes, where will the Central Secretary be located? Li Xiang, how can you agree? ah!"

Li Shanchang sneered in his heart, I don't agree?

If I don't agree, my old life will be gone!

The establishment of this branch is by no means as simple as adding a yamen. The power game behind it has at least three layers, including Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhongshu Sheng, including Li Shanchang and Zhang Ximeng, and also including Li Shanchang and his officials... Multi-party game, coupled with the general trend , which contributed to the emergence of the branch office.

Li Shanchang lost a lot of points against Lao Zhu. If Zhang Ximeng hadn't pulled him, Lao Li might have overturned... In that case, Zhang Ximeng would have taken Li Shanchang's place and lost his detached status.

And Zhu Yuanzhang doubted the Zhongshu Province, so he had to arrange someone to manage the Zhongshu Sheng, otherwise, the Zhongshu Sheng might be abolished.

In addition, Li Shanchang was scared by the people below, and he also hoped that someone could restrain these things from the outside.

So it was the right time, place, and people, and various chances and coincidences prompted the emergence of the Du Branch.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be a joke if you want to arrange a random yamen to monitor all the officials?Don't let the Secretary of the Central Committee not agree, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will also make a fuss, from top to bottom, it will not stop.

There is simply no movement now, only Li Menggeng comes to chew his tongue, Li Shanchang still has a way to suppress it.

"I know, you think the Du Branch Bureau is too lenient! But what can you do? The Du Branch Bureau is the eyes of the superior, and the knife in Zhang Xiang's hand... But don't worry, this matter is not that bad. "

Li Menggeng was puzzled, "Li Xiang, I heard it, it seems that we need to check the household department first, the lower official has just been transferred and left the household department, if something happens, what should the lower official do?"

Li Shanchang was startled suddenly, and stared at Li Menggeng angrily: "You, are you corrupt?"

Li Menggeng was so frightened that he waved his hands in a hurry, "Don't be like that, no, no! I'm just worried that there are so many things that happen every year, and there are some omissions. If someone gets caught, I won't be able to explain it!"

Li Shanchang looked at him seriously and believed in this explanation at all. This Li Menggeng, like him, was also a petty official. What Li Shanchang couldn't handle, this guy couldn't handle, I'm afraid he might not be as good as himself!

If this sub-bureau really started to take action, perhaps Li Menggeng would be the first sacrifice... Li Shanchang turned around in his heart a few times, with a faint smile on his face.

"You, you have always been suspicious... Are you frightened by the momentum of the Du Branch?"

Li Menggeng was startled, "Li Xiang, how did you see it?"

"Why do you know that? Although the Du Branch Bureau is under the rule of Zhang Xiang, the person who is really in charge of the Du Branch Bureau is a female generation... She has no officials who need to be attached to her. Even if she wants to run it, it won't take a year or so. No way. After such a long time, how can we conduct a thorough investigation? Don’t change the Minister of the Household Department, and you, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, may not continue to work.”

"What? Li Xiang, you, you want to..." Li Menggeng was shocked.

Li Shanchang quickly waved his hand, "Don't get me wrong, now that the bureaucracy is being adjusted, there are more branch bureaus. I guess six ministers may not be enough. The superior wants to arrange two ministers for each department. What I mean is to arrange a few more people to participate in politics... ...There is still no movement from Zhang Xiang. You don’t need to be busy, if there is no accident, I plan to promote you to be a political adviser.”

When Li Menggeng heard this, he was immediately elated.

And he also heard some rumors.

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to increase the number of ministers, which was to prepare for the expansion of the six departments in the future... and Li Shanchang's plan to increase the participation in political affairs was actually to strengthen the power of Zhongshu Province.

Don't look at Zhang Ximeng's suggestion, Li Shanchang has adjusted his position and obeyed Lao Zhu's will.But it is only natural to give yourself some convenience.

That's right, that's what happened!

"Li Xiang, as long as the subordinates can be promoted to be a political adviser, they must obey orders and obey Li Xiang's orders."

Li Shanchang stared at him, and said displeasedly: "Why do you listen to my orders? We are all high-ranking courtiers, and everything is arranged by the King of Wu."

"I understand, I understand!" Li Menggeng agreed thieves, and then he took a reassurance and went down smiling.

It's just that Li Menggeng didn't notice that after he left, Lao Li's face changed instantly. We can't be led away by this idiot. We have to prepare in advance. In case the branch office finds out something, we immediately follow. It seems that we are aware of the details, isn't it the same as this group of things!

This guy Li Shanchang is like Xunzong holding the steering wheel, an old driver!

It's just that he doesn't know how many people he will get rid of with this hearse drift?

Compared with Li Shanchang's cautiousness, Zhang Ximeng was much more relaxed. Duling the branch office was a big deal, and he had to make good use of it. Even if Jiang Nan couldn't handle it, he still had a way, at worst, change someone else.

But before that, Zhang Ximeng took the time to watch Zhu Ying's graduation exam. As an ordinary parent, it was Zhu Ying's ability.

This kid has a hard time studying, but he looks like a happy dragon when he rides a horse. Although he is not yet 15 years old, he is very good at archery and has great strength. In the personal martial arts competition, he deservedly won No.1 , far away from the people behind.

When it was time to lead the team and carry out actual combat exercises, Zhu Ying's performance was even better. They simulated attacking a mountain. Zhu Ying first dispatched a small group of troops to lure the enemy deep, and then ambushed and wiped out the opponent.

Another clean win.

Because of the big wins in these two items, it directly made up for the shortcomings of the written test. Zhu Ying won the first place in the total score and graduated smoothly!

Faced with this situation, Zhang Ximeng was not so surprised.

"Do you know why you can take the No.1 exam?"

Zhu Ying blinked, he could clearly feel the low air pressure on his elder brother.

"Surely it's not because I'm smart, is it?"

What he said made Zhang Ximeng helpless, he could only reach out and rub his forehead.

"You are indeed not stupid... But I also think you know that since you were eight years old, you have been able to eat meat and eggs almost every day, and your physical condition is better than many of your peers. And you know so many generals, as long as you want, They’re all giving away, they’re not hiding it. Plus you work hard, so it pays off, understand?”

"Understood! I don't understand everything!" Zhu Ying pondered: "This, isn't this right?"

"It's not wrong, but compared with ordinary people, your conditions are too favorable, and ordinary people work very hard, but their rewards for their efforts are much lower than yours. Even more people don't even know Where to work hard, the heavy pressure of life has left them no time to think, they can only muddle through...do you understand this time?"

Zhu Ying took a deep breath, and most of the joy of getting No.1 disappeared... It's not that she didn't work hard, but that hard work didn't pay off. I don't know where to work hard?

That's right, if it wasn't Xu Da and Hua Yun who taught him, but a [-] to teach him, no matter how hard he tried, the results would probably not be great.

Even, simply, you can't even find a master who will lead you into it.

"Brother, if you and I didn't meet you back then, wouldn't we be just like those ordinary people who can't find the temple gate with a pig's head?"

Zhang Ximeng grinned, I met Zhu Yuanzhang after I met you!

"Brother told you this, not to deny your hard work and talent...but to tell you, always be aware of your status, don't get carried away, don't really feel that you are the chosen one. To have an ordinary heart, this One point, when you lead troops to fight in the future, you will benefit endlessly."

For so many years, Zhang Ximeng has rarely taught his little brother a lesson, but at this juncture, he felt that he had to remind this kid that you can be naughty, you don't like to study, you can make any small mistakes, but you can't lose sight of yourself.

Zhu Ying thought for a while, then grinned and said, "Brother, I seem to understand a little bit, but don't worry, I will keep it in my heart and keep thinking about it... By the way, I won't go to my godfather's place today, nor will I go to you Home... I want to have dinner with my colleagues, there will be performances, and then go boating on Xuanwu Lake, it seems that many of my colleagues have not been there yet!"

Zhang Ximeng smiled and nodded, "Go, have fun with the big guys."

Zhu Ying agreed, turned around and ran back to Wu.

Zhang Ximeng also returned to his valet room, not far from his valet room, the door of a valet room was open, people kept coming in and out, holding account books in their arms, very busy.

Is it a branch office?

It's useless to arrange it yourself, Jiang Nan is already busy?

Zhang Ximeng was curious, but he didn't bother him. When he passed by Song Lian's room, the old man came out with a smile, dragged Zhang Ximeng in, and started talking to him about Jiang Nan.

"Zhang Xiang, I've been looking at it for a long time, and it's really swift and resolute! Checking the account books, arranging personnel to liquidate, I'm so busy. My eyes are opened, this woman is ruthless, three points stronger than us! "

Zhang Ximeng was also surprised, he didn't expect that Jiang Nan was really capable.

Song Lian said again: "Mr. Zhang, she will be our colleague from now on. Is it convenient for you to arrange a chat together? Originally, we have newcomers here. We eat and drink together, drink happily, and get to know each other... Now There is a woman here, I dare not invite rashly, and I don’t know what to do with her, it depends on Zhang Xiang.”

"Look at me?"

Zhang Ximeng was stunned, how would I know what to do?

Although theoretically speaking, Zhang Ximeng supports allowing women to enter the officialdom and give everyone a chance to compete fairly.But when it was put into practice, Zhang Ximeng realized that there were indeed inconveniences everywhere.

He sat in the duty room for a while, noticed the bag of tea, and sent some small gifts over?

It's just tea, I'm afraid it's not good?

What would a girl like?

Zhang Ximeng thought about it for a long time, and suddenly came up with an idea. He brought over the stove for making tea, and found a small pot.

When Zhang Ximeng came back, he had a pail of mare's milk in his hand, covered with filtered gauze, and a small pot of honey.

Zhang Ximeng grabbed a handful of top-grade Longjing, threw it directly into the pot and started frying it. When the aroma of the tea came out, he poured in mare's milk, kept stirring until it boiled, then filtered it into the bucket with gauze, and added a tablespoon of honey. .

A small bucket of milk tea is ready.

The smell is okay, I guess girls will like the best milk tea in West Lake, right?

Zhang Ximeng decided to greet his subordinates...

Chapter 321 Teaching Subordinates

Zhang Ximeng appeared in the signing room of the Du branch. As soon as he entered, he heard the crackling sound of the abacus, as fast as bursting beans and as fast as a gust of wind.The level of this group of people made Zhang Ximeng a little speechless.

Where did this girl get so many iron abacus?

When Zhang Xiang arrived, who would dare to be negligent, he hurried over and invited Zhang Ximeng to the next compartment. Jiang Nan was wearing a red official uniform and a beam crown. Facing a pile of accounts, he quickly circled them, and occasionally marked a few Character.

When Zhang Ximeng saw it, he was a little stunned... This girl was dressed similarly to him, except for the belt around her waist and her busy appearance.

That old man Song Lian insists that it is inconvenient for men and women to work together, isn't there any difference?

"Jiang Tiju, are you busy?"

Zhang Ximeng smiled casually as if greeting other people.

Jiang Nan immediately raised his head, saw Zhang Ximeng, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, Prime Minister Zhang?"

"Hmm! I'm here to see what my subordinates are doing. Are you lazy?"

When Jiang Nan heard this, he hurriedly sent several lists to Zhang Ximeng, "Here is the calculation result of the Wang family's case. There is a discrepancy of 12 taels at the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Cleaning up, as well as the calculation of salt tax and customs duties over the years... the rest of Jiangbei's land tax, the harvest of military settlements, and the commercial tax of various places are still being calculated...but these are all transferred from Zhongshu Province and other government offices The account books, and it’s only a small part, if you want to know the exact situation, you have to send someone to check it, and I can’t give a conclusion for the time being.”

Zhang Ximeng was dumbfounded, even though she understood so many things just starting out, this girl is amazing!Compared with his work efficiency, his work efficiency is nothing to mention!

He picked up the inventory at random and looked it over briefly, and he could see that the calculation was very beautiful and there were no mistakes, which was even more outrageous.

"Jiang... lift, how do you calculate it, can you share your experience?"

Jiang Nan smiled, "Of course there is no problem, it's just that I can figure it out, and I have to thank the princess."

"princess?"

Zhang Ximeng just remembered, "I remember that the princess helped the lord settle accounts in private, did you do this for the princess?"

Jiang Nan didn't deny it, and now Zhang Ximeng understood that a lover has hairy fingernails... an old hand.

He smiled slightly, "I was afraid that you would be stressed and unable to adapt! Now it seems that I was overthinking... By the way, come and taste this, if you don't drink it, you will be cold."

Zhang Ximeng finally remembered the milk tea he made, and he handed it to Jiang Nan, "Adding sugar to the tea leaves doubles the happiness. It is very suitable for mental work, can cheer the mood and improve efficiency."

Looking at the bucket of milk tea, Jiang Nan didn't know what to eat?

This current master, who even respects His Royal Highness the King of Wu, actually gave this to his subordinates?How to describe it, it's hard, it's probably like a diva-level goddess eating skewers in the street and eating stinky tofu!

A little out of character, and a little fun!

"Zhang Xiang, you, how did you think of it?"

Zhang Ximeng said: "Actually, the routine I set for the following is to have dinner together, chat, get to know each other, and do things together. But considering your situation is a bit special, I don't know if you would like to have dinner with the big guys , I’ll come here first to ask. Since it’s the first time I formally meet as a colleague, I can’t empty my hands. I just made some milk tea... Don’t worry, my ingredients are very clean and hygienic. Fresh mare’s milk, flowers from Purple Mountain Honey, the best West Lake Longjing, are all good things!"

Jiang Nan rolled her eyes. They were all good things, but they might not be good things if they were put together.

But she didn't dare to disrespect her immediate boss, so she could only take out a bamboo tube, poured herself a small half cup, and took a sip, really good, it feels good!

The sweet tea fragrance can dispel fatigue and irritability, she can't wait to drink a few sips, and the bad mood of watching accounts and settlements has gone to all ages.

Sure enough, it is very suitable for mental work, Zhang Xiang is not lying!

"Prime Minister, how can you still make drinks?" Jiang Nan asked with a smile.

Zhang Ximeng raised his face, why did he suspect that I was not doing my job properly?

"Have you ever heard a saying? A sage has an impermanent heart, and he takes the heart of the people as his heart."

Is this how the sentence is interpreted?

It was really an eye-opener, Jiang Nan quickly lowered her head, and refilled half a cup for herself, let's drink milk tea, Mrs. Zhang's realm is beyond her comprehension by an ordinary little girl.

Seeing that she was silent, Zhang Ximeng was a little surprised. Sure enough, it was not so convenient to be with female colleagues.He simply turned his attention to his official duties.

Zhang Ximeng briefly flipped through the results of the Wang family's case, and his face immediately became serious.

Just now Jiang Nan mentioned the difference of 12 taels, it really does exist.The main thing here is that the [-] mu of mulberry fields are counted as farmland, and the price is calculated according to farmland.

Moreover, mulberry fields are much more expensive than farmland, which is why there is such a price difference.

"Jiang Tiju, according to the regulations, our side strictly restricts exports, and everything is mainly grain. Therefore, some mulberry fields need to be shoveled and restored to farmland. The Ministry of Criminal Justice's calculation is not completely unreasonable."

Jiang Nan smiled slightly, put down the bamboo cup in his hand, and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang, mulberry fields are mulberry fields, and farmland is farmland. If it is accepted that mulberry fields are transformed into farmland, the next step is to turn farmland back into mulberry fields. Isn't it logical?"