NABC Chapter 561 The Terrible Truth
Chapter 561 The Terrible Truth
Chapter 561 The Terrible Truth
Sorting out such a mountain of documents is definitely a big project.
Because this side is sorting out, there will be hills of documents on the other side, which will be delivered in boxes.
What's more, every document needs to be verified, and all postmen who handle it must sign their names.
And when they arrived at the post station, the post station's postman also had to conduct spot checks and verifications. After confirming that the situation recorded by the post station was true, he would sign and make a deposit.
The post station then submits to the post office of each province, and the post office also conducts a comparison, confirms that it is correct, and sends it to the post office.
Therefore, in addition to the dense records, each copy of the document also has a lot of signatures and stamps.From the postman to the postman, and then to the seal of the post office.
When it falls here, the clerks here still have to compare and confirm that they are correct, or to ensure that there are no mistakes in the records or missing descriptions, and they also have to sign their names.
Each of these layers comes down with a responsibility.
Of course, although there is a responsibility, but the postal department, the credit in the internal regulations is also real, double salary at the end of the year, one level of salary in the coming year, and special rewards for effective personnel.
These alone are enough for everyone to work hard.
The salary of the post office is not low, enough to support his wife and children. If there is a double salary and a one-level salary, if you don't work hard now, when will you wait?
There are two kinds of people in the Postal Service, one is purely looking at the good treatment at the post station, and the additional salary is enough to satisfy them.
The other type is some scholars who are gradually participating in the Postal Service. These people are eager for fame and fame. They will be rewarded for such things in the future, so they will naturally work harder.
But there are too many documents to be sent, like snowflakes, in an endless stream.
For several months, every day is a box, so that everyone is exhausted to the extreme.
As a last resort, the postal department adopted the old method commonly used in Zhili, and directly recruited students from several schools such as the government school and the mathematics school to assist.
Let them help each other at first, and when they get familiar with each other, teach them to be independent.
However, the next problem encountered was that the warehouse of the postal department was not enough, so we had to borrow the warehouse from the Ministry of Railways.
On the other side of the department hall, some warehouses had to be moved out, and even in order to make it easier for the people of the postal department to enter and exit, they simply dug through the high wall adjacent to the department hall and the postal department for people to enter and exit.
Zhang Anshi came to inspect several times, at first he was full of interest and expressed that he wanted to set an example.
Who knew that looking at the posture here and the mountain-like documents, he felt that his body was a little bit disobedient, so he hurriedly nodded to show his approval for everyone's hard work, but never mentioned that he would do it himself.
This matter was dealt with by the Post Office as a top priority.
Because it is the top priority, both Zhang Anshi and Hu Mu have to intervene in the matter.
In the postal department, even a special postcode office was set up, and a large amount of money and food was allocated to them to provide resources for this inventory.
From the middle of the year until the beginning of winter, the wind seemed to be piercing in this cold winter, but at this moment, Hu Mu finally got a briefing.
Then, Hu Mu read the briefing carefully.
The more he looked, the more suspicious his face became. He frowned and fell silent for a long time.
"Ambassador... the itinerary in the morning... is to go to Qixia, and discuss with the owner of Ma's Shipping Company about the cruise ship..."
The official said in a low voice.
But Hu Mu looked at it seriously and didn't respond.
"ambassador……"
Hu Mu suddenly raised his head and said, "Cancel today's trip."
The clerk was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise, "Today's is canceled? But this afternoon, it's an inspection tour of the Postal School. This postal school... Ambassador, you have been talking about it for a long time, saying that you want to see the students. As for the current one For a trip, the owner of Ma's Shipping Company should have prepared hospitality, if it is canceled at this time, I'm afraid..."
Compared with the slightly excited reaction of the civil servants, Hu Mu calmly said: "Postpone it until tomorrow... No, it will be three days later."
The clerk looked at Hu Mu in surprise again.
As the chief officer, Hu Mu has actually been doing his best. He will insist on participating in almost all the itineraries, even if he sometimes feels unwell. After all, these things cannot be delayed.
Like today, directly changing one's mind temporarily and postponing the itinerary did not exist in the past.
The clerk would not ask too many questions, but said quickly: "Yes."
No matter how unexpected it is, the civil servants will definitely not be able to continue persuading them.
On the contrary, Hu Mu seemed to think of something at this time, and then he said: "By the way, Dibao, Dibao...the Dibao from more than half a month ago, fetch it for me immediately! It's about that one...to represent the world The state governments check the yellow books of taxes and servitude."
Looking at Hu Mu's slightly anxious face, the civil servants did not dare to neglect, and rushed to get it.
Not long after, the residence newspaper was found and spread on Ehumu's case.
Hu Mu immediately lowered his head and took a closer look. He looked at the situation of Ganzhou Mansion, which was regarded as a model, and then took the briefing to compare it carefully.
The more he looked, the deeper Hu Mu's frown became, but the more incredible he felt.
He lowered his head all the time, as if he was afraid of missing something, and after confirming it over and over again, he finally made a firm decision.
The official was startled, and hurriedly said: "Ambassador..."
Hu Mu raised his head, glanced at him, and then showed a calm expression: "Prepare the car, go to Song Palace..."
He was halfway through the sentence, but he felt that something was wrong, and then he said: "No, at this time, His Royal Highness Song Wang should be in Wenyuan Pavilion, but... to see you in the palace, I'm afraid it will be inconvenient... You go and spread the news. His Royal Highness Song Wang in the palace delivered a message, asking him to leave the palace immediately, come to the Post Office, and report to His Royal Highness Song Wang, it is extremely urgent."
After hearing this, the civil servants immediately realized that it was not easy.
What kind of person is His Royal Highness King Song, one must be cautious when visiting him. How dare you call him to the Post Office so easily? This is obviously against etiquette.
If something is abnormal, it is a demon, so the only possibility is that there is really an urgent matter.
So the clerk didn't dare to hesitate any more, and hurriedly said: "The student will teach people to pass the letter."
In fact, Hu Mu was not in the mood to listen to his words.
Because after the explanation, Hu Mu continued to lower his head absent-mindedly and compared the mansion newspaper and briefing.
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When Zhang Anshi got the news in Wenyuan Pavilion, he was not angry, but went to the post office excitedly.
Seeing that Zhang Anshi left without saying goodbye, Hu Guang couldn't help but quietly went to look for Yang Rong, and said in a low voice, "Duke Yang, His Royal Highness King Song, ran away...but for some reason."
Yang Rong looked up at Hu Guang, smiled wryly and said, "Mr. Hu always likes new things."
"Not really." Hu Guang thought for a while, and said, "The old man found a problem."
"Say it."
Hu Guang said solemnly: "Instead of racking your brains to think about the world's major events every day, you should put your mind on Xie Gong, Yang Gong, and Song Wang. Maybe you can see some clues from you. In this case, it will be more important to the world. It is more transparent, not to mention being a capable minister, but also ensuring that no mistakes are made."
Yang Rong was dumbfounded and couldn't speak. Although he knew that Hu Guang was a great scholar, he was quite watery, but he didn't expect that Mr. Hu would be able to paddle to such an extent when he was messed up.
Seeing Yang Rong's strange reaction, Hu Guang said, "Mr. Yang...I speak from the bottom of my heart, so there should be nothing wrong?"
"It's not wrong." Yang Rong said dumbfounded.
Hu Guang became excited again, and immediately said: "Then Yang Gong... you say... His Royal Highness King Song..."
Yang Rong stared at Hu Guang for a while, then said abruptly: "Hugong, you wouldn't go to Xiegong's place to ask me and Song Wang's thoughts. Then go to Song King's and ask Xiegong's thoughts. Or here I am again, asking for advice from the King of Song and Duke Xie..."
Hu Guang's old face flushed slightly, and he muttered without responding.
Yang Rong: "..."
Seems like the truth?
Hu Guang blushed for a long time, and finally coughed and said, "Mr. Yang, the so-called threesome... there must be my teacher..."
Yang Rong silently lowered his head, took his pen and ink, took out the memorial and continued to draft the ticket, as if ignoring him.
Hu Guang looked at Yang Rong for a while, wondering in his heart, feeling that he was bored, so he had to quit.
He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it is difficult to do things, and it is even more difficult to be a human being. The ups and downs of the officialdom, it is really difficult to walk on thin ice.
With such an exclamation, I couldn't help but think of my son in the post office.
Even if it's like this for a father, this son doesn't know how to deal with it. Thinking about it this way, I feel that my son is going through a lot of hardships, and I can't help feeling sorry for him silently.
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And at this time, on the other side.
"Your Highness, please take a look..."
"And here..."
"In this briefing, the place circled by the lower official is not only that, but also the edict issued by the imperial court in the mansion newspaper last time. In this edict, the number circled by the lower official..."
Before Zhang Anshi came, Hu Mu had already sorted out the data to a certain extent, and circled all the key data to achieve an intuitive effect.
And Zhang Anshi only needs to take a closer look, and he can see the clue immediately.
At this time, Zhang Anshi raised his eyebrows and said, "You mean...the hidden households found out by the imperial court are not the same as those found out by the Post Office?"
Hu Mu said: "It's not just that they don't match up, it's just a thousand miles away. Except for the number, the most terrifying thing..."
Speaking of this, he paused, but took out another document, and continued: "Your Highness, look here, and you will know."
Zhang Anshi took the document and took a closer look, his eyes widened suddenly, and he couldn't help shivering.
Although it was expected, Zhang Anshi did not expect that someone would actually play with such a flower.
Zhang Anshi frowned: "This matter...who knows?"
Hu Mu quickly said: "The investigation is carried out by the Post Office, and some people should know about it, but... After all, the Post Office is only in charge of post stations. From the perspective of the people in the world, this is not an important matter. A lot of attention. But even if someone pays attention to the tip of the iceberg, the specific amount, even the lower officials, just got it, so I feel that the situation is serious, so please come to this report quickly, Your Highness."
Hu Mu paused, and then said: "Besides, most of the civil servants in charge are graduates from various colleges, or they were transferred from the Railway Department or Qixia Bank. Because things are complicated, so... almost Everyone is working day and night, so at this moment...only His Highness and the lower officials know the news."
Zhang Anshi lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment, and said in his mouth: "Has the post office verified the number? What the king requires is that the number is accurate, otherwise you know, throwing out such a thing is not a trivial matter."
Hu Mu said: "After verification, every household registration is responsible for the person, from the postman to the postman, to the verified post office clerk and the post office clerk, and all the people who handled it signed and marked."
Zhang Anshi thought about the process carefully, nodded, then gave Hu Mu a relieved look, and said, "You are better than your father."
Hu Mu was taken aback for a moment, and then hurriedly said: "Your official... Your official..."
He didn't know how to respond for a while, it seemed that no matter how he responded, it was wrong.
Zhang Anshi immediately said: "Then... the king came to ask you, if the situation is like this, what choice would you make?"
Hu Mu only hesitated for a moment, then said: "Show the world."
Zhang Anshi looked at him with piercing eyes and said, "Why?"
Hu Mu said: "It's about the foundation of the country!"
Zhang Anshi nodded, with a slight smile on his lips, and said: "This is better than your father. If that's the case, you, the forwarder of the Postal Service, report immediately."
Hu Mu was taken aback, and said in surprise, "Isn't His Highness in charge of the report?"
Zhang Anshi immediately said: "This is the hard work of the postal department. It is not easy for me to invite this credit..."
Hu Mu quickly shook his head: "The officials and others are all acting in accordance with His Highness's edict..."
Zhang Anshi waved his hand: "You enter the palace immediately, please see me, my king... will naturally support you."
Hu Mu nodded.
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In Wenyuan Pavilion.
A eunuch came in a hurry and invited the gentlemen of Wenyuan Pavilion to come in.
As soon as the eunuch arrived, Xie Jinren and others couldn't help but feel a little suspicious.
So Xie Jin said: "I don't know my father-in-law, what happened?"
"The transshipment envoy of the Postal Service reported to see him, saying that he had an important event to see him."
Xie Jin frowned slightly, thoughtfully.
And Yang Rong subconsciously glanced at Hu Guang.
Hu Guang couldn't help but worry.
The postal transport envoy sounds like a big deal, but in fact, at the level of the palace, it is actually just a third-rank official like the salt transport envoy.
Of course, in addition to the fact that the postal department is a new government office, and the chief officer is not as good as the salt transport envoy, it was launched by the imperial court, and its gold content is greatly reduced. It is equivalent to a preacher.
The so-called Chuanfengguan is directly appointed by the emperor without going through the official department, without going through the selection process such as selection, court recommendation, and ministerial discussion.
This violated the normal court procedures, but it was only to satisfy the wishes of the emperor or a concubine or eunuch in the harem, so... it was not accepted by the world.
Because of this, now that Hu Mu took the initiative to run to face the saint, Hu Guang was naturally worried.
Xie Jin looked directly at Hu Guang and said, "Mr. Hu, can Mr. Hu know in advance what your son is going to play today?"
Hu Guang's face was not red, but he was embarrassed in his heart, and it was hard to talk about his son. He knew nothing about it, so he muttered, wanting to know something.
But he was also afraid that Xie Jin would ask, that being the case, why couldn't he answer what his son reported?
He immediately drooped his head, and could only say in frustration, "I don't know."
Xie Jin nodded, and said with a clear look: "This is probably counted, and it should be His Royal Highness Song Wang's instruction."
After all, Xie Jin looked at the eunuch and said, "Elder-in-law, did you only call me a bachelor?"
"And the Metropolitan Procuratorate..."
There was no expression on Xie Jin's face, he just nodded calmly: "Go and see."
Everyone was in different moods, and they filed silently to Wenlou.
Inside the Wen Building, Zhu Di hadn't been seated yet, but Zhang Anshi and Hu Mu had already arrived.
When acquaintances meet, but at such a time, everyone is a little bit embarrassed. The complicated interpersonal relationship here already has a bit of an outside opera flavor, which is hard to explain for a while.
So everyone seemed to be waiting carefully, so no one said anything.
Until then, dozens of hundreds of officials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate came in a mighty manner. These people obviously also had doubts in their hearts, and they didn't know why they were called.
It can be seen that the atmosphere here is dignified, so they dare not show their atmosphere.
After a long time, Zhu Di came slowly and was promoted to his seat. He got an invitation, saying that Hu Mu, the transfer envoy of the post office, had an audience with him. Then, Zhang Anshi came to give an audience again.
Zhu Di felt that something was wrong, so he summoned all the scholars and the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate at the same time.
However, Zhu Di's complexion is obviously quite good these days, and he is also in a somewhat happy mood. The world is peaceful. When he is old and has done so many great things, it should not be an exaggeration to say that he is a sage. With such a big family background, I feel more at ease in my heart.
From another perspective, even if he went to see Emperor Taizu Gao and shared his achievements, Emperor Taizu Gao would probably not beat himself up.
All in all, deep down in Zhu Di's heart at this time, he was quite satisfied.
Zhu Di smiled and said, "Which one is Hu Mu?"
Hu Mu stood up.
Zhu Di sized him up, nodded and said, "The last time I saw Qing's family, they were injured and couldn't take a closer look at them. When I met you today, you're very handsome. After all, what are you going to do with such a big fanfare?"
Hu Mu then said: "Your Majesty, since the establishment of the Post Office, His Majesty has loved you so much..."
Zhu Di frowned slightly, looked at Hu Guang with displeasure, and said, "Hu Qing's family."
"Ah...the minister is here..." Hu Guangfang was still in a daze when he was suddenly named, and now he came back to his senses, showing a look of sincerity and fear.
Zhu Di said coldly: "Your son...like you, he likes to be long-winded."
Hu Guang felt that he was a little wronged, okay, why did he talk about him from his son, so he could only say helplessly: "Will die."
After Hu Mu heard this, he immediately understood, and said without hesitation: "The Postal Service inspected the yellow books all over the world, and now we have got a number, but this number is too appalling. I feel that the situation is serious, so I am here to see you."
After all, there was room to bow down, his body was trembling slightly perhaps due to nervousness.
(End of this chapter)