novelsite Chapter 142 Household Inspector
Chapter 142 Household Inspector
Chapter 142 Household Inspector
If there is no war, then the busiest of the six departments must be the household department.They have to measure the land and manage the land tax. If there is a demand for the distribution of young crops and cattle, they will naturally be responsible.
Standing on the ridge of the field, Cheng Jinzhou was not surprised that people from the household department would join in, but it was strange that someone managed to manage one-third of his acre of land.
"Who is the leader?" Cheng Jinzhou tapped the horse's belly.
"I don't know." The village chief who reported the letter had the appearance of 40 years old, but considering the wind and sun, he was only 30 years old at most, and he probably hadn't seen many officials.
Cao Feng flew closer, and said in disbelief: "Which idiot dares to take care of the affairs of the outer peninsula?"
Cheng Jinzhou pondered and asked: "The leader, what kind of clothes are you wearing? Is it an official uniform?"
"It's a blue official uniform."
"Cyan is from a third-rank, seventh-level position, how is it possible? Could it be Siyuan's household inspector?" Cheng Jinzhou frowned.
Among the four departments of the Department of Hubu, including Duzhi, which has been taken out, only the "Siyuan" department has two inspectors of the Department of Hubu. They are of the third rank, and their status is naturally higher than that of the other three departments.In the entire household department, below the minister-level household minister, there are only two vice-minister-level ministers whose status is slightly higher than that of the household inspector. They are both from the third rank, which is a full three ranks higher than Cheng's father's chief minister. wait.
A seventh-level position is considered a quasi-senior civil servant. If one has a good family background, one may not necessarily be intimidated by the status of a star warlock.
Idle star warlocks also don’t want to provoke government officials.As a state power, it has the ability to put pressure on the Star Warlock Association. The effect will naturally be related to the identity of the Star Warlock himself.
Cheng Jinzhou looked at Warlock Cao Fengxing and said, "Let me go and take a look alone."
Cao Fengman said indifferently: "I would like to see who is so courageous, what is a seventh-level official?"
In addition to studying various plants, Cao Feng actually has a bit of astronomical conceit, a sense of superiority from his status, and confidence in his own force, which makes him appear a little unreasonable outside the outer peninsula.
Cheng Jinzhou liked such a friend very much. He smiled and had no objection, and he did not take the mere household inspector in his eyes.
In fact, both of them believed that the other party was probably a stupid official who had found the wrong target.
However, when he got to the ground, Cheng Jinzhou discovered that the other party seemed to be prepared.
At the previous fork in the road, the three sides were first surrounded by cloth curtains, and then the soldiers with the flags were lined up in a horizontal line, holding eyebrow-level short sticks, and every three people hung a waist knife, which was a standard posture to deal with the peasants' resistance.
And behind the soldiers, there was a star warlock floating in the sky.
Seeing the Star Warlock in mid-air, Cheng Jinzhou couldn't help but slow down his horse and looked at the Star Warlock Cao Feng.
A mere seventh-level civil servant can definitely drive the Immovable Star Warlock.Even a first-level star warlock is impossible.
"The one in front is Mr. Cheng Jinzhou." The official standing in the crowd was indeed wearing a blue official uniform with a dark red belt around his waist.It's just that the face is immature, no more than 25 or [-] years old.
"May I ask who your lord is?" Cheng Jinzhou cupped his hands with a cold expression.Knowing his identity and still doing things like this, there is no need to be more polite on the surface.
"Hou Wenwu, inspector of the lower household department, Cheng Jinzhou Star Warlock, this one next to him should be Cao Wenxing Warlock." Mr. Inspector hummed with a half-hearted smile, looking well-prepared.
Hearing the other party's self-report, Cheng Jinzhou's pupils shrank sharply.When he was studying for the imperial examination, he had heard of this name several times. It is said that he was a 14-year-old Jinshi and a gifted scholar. After that, he worked as a censor for several years, and now he is an inspector of the household department, which seems to be the posture of cultivating a prime minister.
More importantly, although the Hou family is not a wealthy family, they are also a family of officials, and their influence in Beijing cannot be underestimated.Ever since Hou Wenwu became a Jinshi, he has been regarded as a star of hope by his elders. His rising road is extremely smooth, but he is said to be the political star of the Great Xia Dynasty.
Faced with such a person, Cheng Jinzhou also put away his cold expression, smiled softly, and said, "I don't know why Mr. Hou came here. This place seems to be my territory."
"Unless it is Mr. Cheng's fiefdom, Hou can still set foot on it." Hou Wenwu was as sharp as the rumors said, the lingering sound of the polite words was still there, and the next sentence began to sharpen the side.
Warlock Cao Fengxing obviously didn't know Hou Wenwu, so he glanced at him contemptuously, raised his head and asked, "Warlock Duan Mingxing, when are you going to be ordered by a seventh-level civil servant?"
Duan Ming was still floating high in the sky, and said with a wry smile: "You can just discuss it, I will not participate. Cheng Jinzhou Star Warlock, long time no see."
He put his right hand gently on his left chest, and performed a knight's salute commonly used by astrologists.Etiquette from the Far West is often simple and easy to use, suitable for ordinary social interactions.
"Hello Duan Xingxing Warlock." Cheng Jinzhou also felt that the other party looked familiar. Now it seems that he should have met in the mansion of Jiang Huangxing Star Warlock, but the name didn't match.
Duan Ming said with a round face and a smile: "Mr. Cheng's equation that day was studied with me for more than two months, and I have gained a lot. Thank you very much. I and all the star warlocks miss you very much. If you have time, please come to Miyagi to play."
When they are away, royal astrologers often like to use Miyagi to refer to the official residence of the royal astrologers, just like garbage pigs like to refer to environmental protection pigs, joint defense like to refer to police, and hooligans like to use urban management to refer to them.
Duan Ming's existence is more like balancing the violent methods Cao Feng possesses.The two star warlocks couldn't simply fight, so Hou Wenwu had a basis for speaking.
But he didn't know what method he used to attract an astromancer to escort him.
Several people, including Tang Zheng, were forced to kneel on the ground. Hou Wenwu noticed Cheng Jinzhou's gaze and laughed and said: "Mr. Cheng, where is the responsibility, forgiveness is the only one."
"What duty?"
"It is our duty to ensure the food supply of Daxia." Hou Wenwu seemed to know what Cheng Jinzhou wanted to say, and the smile on his face tightened and said: "Mr. Acres of fertile land were turned into experimental land, but it violated the original intention of the land bestowed by the Holy One."
Cheng Jinzhou stared: "Don't you care what I plant on my own land?"
Hou Wenwu said unhurriedly: "I have already said just now that I have no control over what Mr. Cheng plants on his fief, but this piece of land was given to Warlock Liu Kuangxing by the emperor, that is, land. It is not a fiefdom. The country is currently in short supply of food, please consider the overall situation, Mr. Cheng, and don't reduce rice planting, lest the nobles in Beijing follow suit."
According to the prevailing norms of this era, food security always comes first.Therefore, when food is scarce, the government often issues many administrative orders, regardless of whether they will interfere with people's normal lives. The most commonly used ones are prohibition on alcohol and prohibition on slaughtering cattle, and prohibition on changing the nature of farmland. It is often one of the key points.
In terms of eloquence, ten Cheng Jinzhous are no match for genius boys.He was not familiar with the laws of Da Xia, so he simply said: "I want to replant, so what should you do?"
Hou Wenwu's countenance changed and he said: "As long as Master Astrologer admits his mistakes openly, I will pretend that I have never heard what you said. Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude. Take it away!"
The last sentence was directed at the soldiers.
Cheng Jinzhou wanted to urge the horse, but was stopped by the helpless Duan Ming. He whispered: "Mr. Cheng, don't make things difficult for me. This matter was done by Hou Wenwu in private. Why don't you think about it first?"
"Does the Jiang Huang star warlock know?"
Duan Ming shook his head slightly, and said: "I didn't know what happened when I came down, but now, I can't help myself."
Royal star warlocks, while holding high salaries and expensive materials, inevitably have to do some things.Duan Ming is just an ordinary first-level star warlock, so naturally he will not report his behavior to Jiang Huang star warlock every time.
Hou Wenwu brought more than a hundred soldiers, without the help of the warlock Cao Fengxing, Cheng Jinzhou knew that he could not take advantage of Meng Dameng alone, he stared at Hou Wenwu for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "Master Hou is here!" There seems to be no more amazing work in the appointment of inspector of the household department, right?"
"Mr. Cheng is very concerned about Hou, so I'm determined to accept it." Hou Wenwu cupped his hands and directed his men to go down to remove the curtain with a smile. It seemed that Cheng Jinzhou had prepared it after a lot of trouble.
Classmate Xiao Cheng nodded funnyly and said: "If there are no new ideas, people can only repeat themselves. Master Hou, do you want to use me as a stepping stone to become famous like the Minister of the Ministry of Industry? Who successfully suppressed the Star Warlock?" Inspector of the Ministry of Revenue, Mr. Hou is indeed very resourceful."
As soon as this remark came out, not only Hou Wenwu, but also Cao Feng and Duan Ming's expressions changed.
Hou Wenwu is a smart man, and he knew that he couldn't argue with Cheng Jinzhou here, otherwise, if Duan Ming stood by and watched, he would be harmed instead, so he stepped into the sedan chair without waiting for the curtain to be removed, and said, "There is no need to argue, Mr. Cheng has If you are capable, you can come to the Ministry of Accounts to pick up the person, otherwise, please apologize publicly, and I will release the person."
After finishing speaking, the bearer yelled, and the big green woolen sedan chair carried by the four started slowly.
Duan Ming's face was even worse than that of Cheng Jinzhou, his anger disappeared in a flash, and he said sincerely: "Mr. Cheng, Hou Wenwu applied to the province to accompany me. I didn't know the purpose before, but now it's like this... well."
The number of astrologists is small, and there is an implicit responsibility and obligation to take care of each other. Duan Ming is not sure about Hou Wenwu's thoughts, and is worried about being predicted by Cheng Jinzhou, which is quite contradictory.
Cheng Jinzhou laughed instead, and said, "I want to keep a low profile, but looking at the current situation, it seems that I need to be high profile, so that everyone knows what's going on. Warlock Jiang Huangxing, is he in the capital?"
"Yes." Duan Ming said with certainty.
Cheng Jinzhou flipped the horse's head, turned to Cao Feng and said, "I'm going back to the capital first, and I want to see what Hou Wenwu has with three heads and six arms."
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(End of this chapter)