The court has requested the reduction of official prostitutes, and the most injured person is Taichang Temple. To put it more, it is the Ministry of Rites. The officials of the Ministry of Rites and Taichang Temple are very angry and uneasy about this. This official prostitute is the most abundant department of the Ministry of Rites. Just an official prostitute is involved in the civil and military affairs of the court. The relationship here is really complicated. If you want to cut it off, who will be willing to let it go? Mobile access m

So hard that the boss of Taichang Temple is Han Yi's father-in-law. Therefore, the officials of Taichang Temple thought that Xiao Rui was unreliable, so they went to find Xu Jingzong, the Minister of Personnel, hoping that Xu Jingzong could stop the matter.

Xu Jingzong knew the reason, but he had to come forward. He had to make the decision for his younger brother, otherwise, who would recognize him as the eldest brother?

Taichang Temple.

"Brother Xiao, you really have a good son-in-law, and this fire is burned to your own family."

Xu Jingzong glanced slightly at Xiao Rui sitting aside and said with a smile.

Xiao Rui said neither humble nor arrogantly: "Xu Shizhong's words are so serious. It is true that Han Yi is my son-in-law, but we are also officials of the court. I can still clearly distinguish between public and private."

Xu Jingzong laughed: "Brother Xiao is selfless, and Xu admires it, and admires it."

"I dare not, I dare not."

Xiao Rui nodded slightly and said.

The officials on the side all threw hostile eyes at Xiao Rui.

Xiao Rui's life is really hard. His son-in-law attacked him. No matter what he thought, the people below must have complained about him. However, Xiao Rui is a calm and magnanimous person, and he is not very careful about these things. At worst, he will not do it. Isn't he the Minister of Taichang Temple? Han Yi is now the Minister of Revenue and no longer needs him to take care of him. Moreover, he is the richest businessman in the world, and he has no worries about food and clothing. He has long been thinking of going home to enjoy his life.

Just then, a small official walked in quickly and gasped slightly and said, "Shangshu Xu, here, here."

After hearing this, the officials were cheered up.

Xu Jingzong frowned and said, "Where is Han Yi coming?"

"Han Shangshu didn't come, but he sent a few people over."

"Who?"

"The villain doesn't know him. The person who came only said that he was Di Renjie, a ninth-rank academician of the Sixth Academy of the Sage, and came here to perform official duties in the name of Shangshu Han."

"Die Renjie?"

Xu Jingzong said: "This name sounds quite familiar."

An official next to him reminded: "Shangshu Xu, this person is the second Jinshi in the imperial examination."

"Oh——! I remembered it." Xu Jingzong nodded.

Another official said: "Shangshu Xu, Han Yi interferes in the position of our Taichang Temple. It's fine, but he actually sent a ninth-rank academician from the Sixth Academy of the Sage. Isn't this bullying? Can any official office interfere in the official affairs of our Taichang Temple?"

Xu Jingzong brows sank when he heard this, "This kid is still as arrogant as ever." After that, he glanced at Xiao Rui.

Xiao Rui lowered his head and savored the fragrant tea, as if he hadn't heard it.

Xu Jingzong withdrew his gaze and said, "Let them come in."

"Abide by the order!"

After a while, a few young men came in with some clerks.

"The lower official Di Renjie met with Shangshu Xu and the Minister of Taichang Temple."

Di Renjie and his group came to the hall and immediately bowed respectfully to Xu Jingzong and others.

Xu Jingzong was speechless. He had been staying in Taichang Temple for the past two days just to wait for Han Yi. After all, this matter is not small. If it is not done well, there will be a big mess. He thought Han Yi would definitely come in person, but he didn't know that Han Yi didn't follow the routine and sent a few unfilthy boys. This made Xu Jingzong feel that he was humiliated. He was a minister of the Ministry of Rites and was sitting here to negotiate with a few boys who were not inflowing. What's the point?

At first, Xu Jingzong was in a bad mood and frowned and said, "Di Renjie, this is not where you ninth-rank academicians should come. Go back and tell Han Yi that he is not in accordance with the rules."

"Abide by the order!"

After hearing this, Di Renjie almost hesitated and bowed, "The official is leaving."

Xu Jingzong was slightly stunned. He thought Di Renjie had to say at least two words, but he never thought that Di Renjie was so obedient. He thought, did Han Yi have expected to deliberately send them to set a trap for me? Yes, it must be so. Otherwise, why didn't he come in person and send Di Renjie? This kid was really sinister. He hurriedly "Wait!"

He immediately called Di Renjie again.

Di Renjie turned around and bowed, "I don't know what else do you have to do?" He was shocked. The dean was really imaginary!

Xu Jingzong said: "Why did Shangshu Han send you to come?"

Di Renjie said: "When he said to Xu Shangshu, Han Shangshu just ordered us to come and count the number of officials and prostitutes."

“Just count the number of people?”

"Yes."

Xu Jingzong nodded slightly. Of course, Han Yi didn't have to be there in person when counting the number of people, and said, "How do you plan to count?"

Di Renjie said: "Shangshu Han ordered us to count the expenses of the Ministry of Revenue."

Xu Jingzong looked unhappy when he heard this. This is the power of the Ministry of Revenue. No official office can do without the Ministry of Account. It is difficult to make fraud in front of the Ministry of Revenue. People will lie, but they can't speak, and official prostitutes need to spend money. This requires the Ministry of Revenue to allocate money. Therefore, there are detailed records about the number of singers and situations of singers. Of course, whether this record is true or false, it is hard to say. It is very common to report false accounts. For example, in later generations, Chinese invoices are simply world-famous, but if they don't match the number, it is not as simple as reducing official prostitutes. It is because someone has embezzled them.

"Did you Shangshu Han prepare quite well?" Xu Jingzong sneered coldly.

Di Renjie nodded slightly, without saying a word.

Xu Jingzong coughed lightly and said to Xiao Rui on the side: "Brother Xiao, I'm going to bother you." He originally planned to let Xiao Rui stand aside, but now Han Yi is using this trick, so he has to let Xiao Rui come forward, because there must be a fake here. If Xiao Rui goes, Han Yi will naturally not kill him.

Xiao Rui said: "Shi Zheng Xu is serious, this is the duty of the subordinates."

But I wanted to laugh in my heart.

Although Han Yi did not come forward, everything was in Han Yi's calculations. He wanted to force Xu Jingzong to hand over the task to Xiao Rui. In this way, unnecessary friction would be avoided. If other officials were to go, they would definitely make things difficult for Di Renjie and the others. Han Yi did not want to cause trouble. In his plan, he was only targeting the official prostitutes. As for false reporting of false accounts, Han Yi really did not plan to settle the old accounts with them.

Xiao Rui led several officials and took Di Renjie away from Taichang Temple and went to the residence of a special official prostitute.

After they left, an official immediately said to Xu Jingzong: "Shangshu Xu, don't we go over and take a look?"

Xu Jingzong snorted softly, "With Xiao Rui here, what's the use of us going? I don't want to be so idle." The father-in-law and son-in-law were in harmony with each other, and he didn't have much help.

Xiao Rui naturally helped Han Yi to the residence of the official prostitute and immediately ordered people to call out all the official prostitutes. There were more than 2,000 people, but Han Yi almost sent all the clerks from the Ministry of Revenue to help Di Renjie count them, but he still counted them for more than half a day.

"Academician Di, there are still 138 less people."

Di Renjie nodded, came to Xiao Rui's side, and said with a respectful expression: "Xiao Shangqing, according to our statistics, this number is 138 less than that in the list."

Xiao Rui said: "They are still in the houses of some ministers. I had someone to summon them to come back the day before yesterday, but for some reason, they have not come back yet."

"I understand." Di Renjie said again: "Xiao Shangqing, Shangshu Han has instructed us that if there are official prostitutes who have not returned, they will take their last record of entering and leaving."

Xiao Rui nodded and ordered someone to hand over the record to Di Renjie.

Di Renjie took the record and went back to the Ministry of Revenue.

Ministry of Revenue!

"According to our count, one hundred and thirty-eight of the 2,326 official prostitutes in Taichang Temple are still at the minister's house."

"That's the point."

"Reporting to the Shangshu, according to the Taichang Temple Minister, more than 600 official prostitutes returned to Taichang Temple yesterday."

"That's the right number."

Han Yi smiled and thought to himself, it seems that my official power is pretty good! He said, "You can bring them back with you about their entry and exit records."

Di Renjie hurriedly took out a piece of information from his sleeve and handed it over.

Han Yi took it and waved his hand, "Thank you for your hard work, go down and rest first. I will come to you if I have something to do."

"Sir, obey the order!"

After Di Renjie and the others left, Han Yi took out the information of the officials who were asked from the Ministry of Personnel. He compared the information and hummed a small song. After a while, he suddenly closed his mouth and smiled thornyly and said, "Your fault is Zhang Guishan, Yuyang Hou, you are the one who is the one who is not bad."

Liangyi Hall.

"I report to the Emperor, the Minister of Revenue seeks his visit."

After hearing this, Li Zhi put down his pen and said unhappy: "This kid caused all the troubles. He probably encountered difficulties and came to ask me for help again." But no matter how he said that, he still asked Han Yi to bring in.

"I am not sure about Han Yi, please see Your Majesty."

"No gift."

Li Zhi said: "Aren't you very busy lately? Why do you have time to come here?"

There was a hint of threat in his tone.

Han Yi knew in his heart that Li Zhi was hinting that he would do it himself and not disturb him. He had some reservations about this reform. He said, "Your Majesty, I am here today to invite Your Majesty to see a play."

Li Zhi was stunned and said, "Watch the show? Are you still thinking about asking me to watch the show?"

Han Yi said: "This drama has a lot to do with the reduction of official prostitutes. In fact, I know in my heart that Your Majesty thinks that this move is a bit of a big deal. Compared with the matter in the northwest, what's the point of reducing official prostitutes? And if you don't do it well, there will be trouble."

Li Zhi said lightly: "Since you can convince Sikong and the others to agree to support you, there is naturally your reason."

"But your Majesty, you still have some reservations in your heart, right?" Han Yi said: "That's why I asked Your Majesty to watch this play. After watching this play, Your Majesty understood why I did this."

Li Zhi said oh and said curiously: "What drama?"

"Your Majesty will know when you go." Han Yi suddenly changed his tone, "But you have to disguise yourself before you go." As he said that, he raised his right hand and saw that he was carrying a uniform of a clerk in his right hand.

Li Zhi opened his eyes and looked at Han Yi in disbelief.

Han Yi just laughed.

Yuyang Hou Mansion.

Now it is only when the sun sets, Yuyang Hou Mansion is already singing and dancing. Four or five men are surrounded by seven or eight young girls, sitting in the hall, drinking and having fun, reciting poems, and hearing the lingering sound of the piano. It is so joyful.

Suddenly, one person walked in and interrupted the harmonious and happy atmosphere.

"Your Majesty, the Minister of Revenue is asking for a visit." The servant reported to a fat man with a round figure in the middle.

This person is Zhang Guishan, the Hou of Yuyang.

A man with a goatee beard next to him said, "Brother Xian, have you had a marriage with Han Yi? I heard that Brother Zimo and others did not take the cuts to the official prostitutes in mind. Why didn't Han Yi look for them, but came to you?"

The other men all burst into laughter.

Zhang Guishan's face darkened and his anger came to his eyes on the paper, saying, "Let him come in, I want to see what his farm can do to me."

A singing girl beside him said, "Officials, I will sue you first."

"I can't do it!" Zhang Guishan snorted.

The other men all raised strange smiles. This is the officialdom. They just want to stand up with others and reap the benefits of the fisherman.
Chapter completed!