Hidden in the court

"How can that be possible? Then I will send you to the Prince of Jin's Mansion first, and then I will find you a house."

His Majesty the Emperor gave many things to the No. 1 Scholar, including but not limited to official positions, money, and food. At this time, Su Mengyang was about to take over the position of the Supervisor of the Ministry of Revenue. Liang Wu set up six supervisors, who, as the name suggests, supervised the work of the six ministries. His rank was not high, only the sixth rank, but he was independent of the six ministries and reported directly to the Emperor.

Then a group of people went to Prince Jin's palace in a prosperous manner, beating gongs and drums.

Passing by the Xiangfu, Luo Lin was surprised to see Su Mengyang on horseback. It was reasonable that the martial arts champion found the literary champion. It made sense. Looking at the direction the team was heading, it seemed to be the Jinwang Mansion.

According to the rule that every major event requires a banquet, my father will definitely be back late tonight. Thinking about it, I slipped away with the team. My friend won the first place in the imperial examination, so it is reasonable for me to go and congratulate him.

In the General's Mansion, Mr. Hu was leisurely leaning on a recliner. He could vaguely hear the sound of gongs and drums outside getting louder and louder, so he asked, "Who is this year's top scholar?"

"Oh, that's the one who fought with you a few days ago, I think his name is Su Xiao?"

……

"He's not here, where did he go?"

Luo Lin followed the team to Prince Jin's Mansion, but found nothing.

Ruhua served Luo Lin a cup of tea and answered respectfully, "I'm sorry, I don't know the details. The master only said that he went to visit a friend and would be back within half a month."

Luo Lin took Ruhua's arm and said, "Sister Ruhua, how about you go shopping with me?"

"Ah, this... no, I have to stay and look after the house. How about letting Ruyan go with you?" Ruhua looked at the pair of shining eyes staring at her, and she really couldn't say no.

"Yeah, that's okay."

next morning

The clerk who had talked to Su Mengyang the day before brought him the house deed.

"Here is the deed, keep it."

The clerk handed the things to Su Mengyang respectfully. Su Mengyang was also surprised. How difficult is it to buy a house in the capital? It can be done in one day. Others had to run around yesterday. After thinking about it, he took out a coin.

"Thank you for your hard work. Take this money as a token of appreciation."

In the afternoon, Su Mengyang came to the Ministry of Revenue to hand over his work. The former Ministry of Revenue Supervisor took Su Mengyang around and introduced: "Sir Su, the six ministries have different departments. For example, the Ministry of Revenue has four departments, the Treasury Department, the Tax Department, the Document Department, and the Seal Department.

The Ku Hu Si was responsible for managing the national treasury and warehouses, including financial management, storage of valuables, safekeeping of important documents and seals, etc.

The Taxation Department is responsible for collecting various taxes and ensuring timely collection and statistics of taxes.

The Documentation Department handles various documents and files, such as financial reports, financial settlements, tax notices, etc.

The Seal Department manages and uses seals and controls seals to prevent them from being abused or forged.

In addition to you, there are the Shangshu, Zuo Shilang and Zuo Shilang. Each department has Langzhong, Zhushi, Yuanwailang, and then the petty officials below.

Our supervisory task is to supervise these people. You can handle all the documents of the Ministry of Revenue as long as you want.

As we walked, we arrived at the main hall, which was simply furnished. There were only four tables. The one at the top was the Minister of Revenue Jia Qian, and the two tables on the left were for the left and right assistant ministers. The one on the right was for Su Mengyang.

"Sir Su is a top scholar, and he is very promising at a young age. As a new official, he is truly a pillar of the country."

Facing Jia Qian's overture, Su Mengyang hurriedly returned the greeting, "No, no, the Minister is a man who works diligently and wholeheartedly, and is a loyal minister of Liang Wu."

Su Mengyang refused to accept the challenge. Ji Mingshang had told him that there was a big problem with Jia Qian and he must catch him.

The former supervisor pointed to the documents piled up in the corner and said, "Sir Su, this is what I sorted out earlier. You can take a look at it."

"Okay, thank you."

After a few pleasantries, they sat down and started working. The basic process was that the subordinates sorted out the submitted documents, classified them, and the two assistant ministers read them and processed them before passing them to Su Mengyang.

However, the work related to government policies such as household registration management, tax policies, and service arrangements is under the charge of the Shangshu.

Generally speaking, the workload of the assistant minister is relatively heavy, but there are two assistant ministers on both sides, while Su Mengyang only has one, and in order to monitor carefully, Su Mengyang went through every set of data again.

It can be said that the other three people watched Su Mengyang work himself into a dog throughout the afternoon.

As soon as the You hour ended, the left and right assistant ministers and Shangshu Jia Qian prepared to go home.

"Lord Su, would you like to come with me?"

"Thank you for your kindness, Lord Shangshu. I still want to settle this account. I am sorry to have failed you."

Hearing this, Jia Qian smiled and said, "Lord Su is dedicated to his duties, which is admirable. However, I still remind you that work is work and your body is your own. You should pay more attention to rest."

"Thank you for your concern, sir."

After the three of them left, Su Mengyang finished the final account and found nothing wrong. But he was sure that Jia Qian and the other two were definitely suspicious. Let me ask you, you knew I was here to cause trouble for you, so why would you be so enthusiastic? Either you really have a noble character and a clear conscience, or you have something to hide.

Moreover, the two assistant ministers did not talk much to him today and were rather cold, but that was normal. Then he thought about the "chrysanthemum" smile on Jia Qian's face when he looked at him, which was as weird as it could be.

"Sir Shangshu, what do you think of this kid?"

"Let's see. He looks like a fool today. He might be in trouble. He has settled all the accounts today."

"Let him calculate it. This is just for one day. Give him one quarter, one year. He will calculate household registration, land, taxes, tributes, exemptions, preferential treatment, marriage, succession, and so many other things until the end of time."

"No matter what, let's be quiet for a few days. How are the previous accounts?"

"Don't worry, sir. I guarantee he won't be able to find out anything about the previous accounts."

……

Su Mengyang returned home and thought about what had happened in the past few days. In just a few days, he went from a commoner to Lord Su, and he still felt a little uncomfortable.

Thinking again about the attitude of Shangshu Jia Qian and the two vice ministers at the Ministry of Revenue today, Su Mengyang began to understand what it meant to enjoy competing with others.

"If Brother Ji were still here, he would definitely be able to give me some advice."

At this time, Ji Mingshang was rushing to the border with some money.