Another World's Imperial Examination Official Path

"But……"

Zhang Yuanbin wanted to continue talking, but Chu Zhuang shook his head slightly, telling him to stop talking.

The little official in front of him is a messenger, and talking to him is useless.

Moreover, although the workload given by Wu Mingyu was very heavy, it did not exceed a particularly outrageous range.

If Chu Zhuang and the others get into trouble because of this, the other party can also explain that they want to exercise their abilities, but in the end it will be their fault.

After all, Wu Mingyu has been the secretary of the household department for many years, so he is naturally handy with these small tricks.

He was not afraid of Chuzhuang and the others making trouble, but he was afraid that they would not make trouble.

"Leave everything alone, you all go down."

Chu Zhuang asked Xiaoli and others to go down, and briefly explained the reason with Zhang Yuanbin.

"But there are so many, we can't read them all, when the time comes..."

Zhang Yuanbin sighed, with a helpless expression on his face. If they haven't checked and sorted out these books in a month, then Wu Mingyu will take this opportunity to trouble them.

"Can't finish reading?"

Chu Zhuang raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "That's not necessarily the case."

Although the number is large, he can do mental calculations. Compared with those who use calculation chips, the speed is simply a world of difference.

And after the calculation, he can go back to the space at night and use the computer to check it again to make sure it is correct.

Chuzhuang's mathematical knowledge is thousands of years ahead of the current era.

These tasks can be difficult for others, but not for Chu Zhuang.

"you……"

Zhang Yuanbin was stunned when he heard Chu Zhuang's words, and suddenly came to his senses.

Chu Zhuang is a figure at the master level of Yushan Academy, and even He Daoming wants to worship him as his teacher. Maybe he can really read these books?

Chu Zhuang flipped through the account book, and couldn't help frowning when he saw the cumbersome and chaotic accounting methods on it.

These things look too messy, don't they?

Chu Zhuang thought for a while, sat at the table, and drew a simple ledger form.

According to this form, you can see the accounts clearly by filling in the details and amounts.

Zhang Yuanbin stood beside Chu Zhuang, looking at the form with a look of amazement in his eyes.

"Brother Chu, you are too powerful!"

Zhang Yuanbin also reads the ledger, but he has never seen such a ledger.

Compared with Chu Zhuang's account books, all the ones he read before were turned into scum in seconds.

"sharp?"

Chu Zhuang shook his head, these are just the most basic format.

In addition, there are many more sophisticated and complicated than this, but Chu Zhuang is not an accounting major, so no matter how advanced he is, he will not know it.

However, it is more than enough to use this form to deal with the books of the current era.

"Yuan Bin, the two of us will work together."

Chu Zhuang didn't waste time, and soon began to divide the work, ready to start working.

After all, the workload is so heavy, Chu Zhuang and Zhang Yuanbin are only two people, so we must hurry up.

Zhang Yuanbin's calculation speed is not fast. Chu Zhuang taught him Arabic numerals and asked him to fill in the numbers and details of the account book.

As for the rest of the accounting and statistical accounting, it was handed over to Chu Zhuang.

The two worked together in a division of labor, and the efficiency rose immediately.

Originally, it took at least three small officials in the Ministry of Accounts a day to complete the calculation of an account book.

But in the hands of Chu Zhuang and Zhang Yuanbin, it was completed in less than half an hour.

This efficiency is completely incomparable.

"Ok?"

Chu Zhuang looked at the amount on the account book, frowned, and asked, "Yuan Bin, did you fill in the wrong number?"

There's something wrong with this account.

"Huh? No way?"

Zhang Yuanbin is not a careless person. He also knows that if he fills in a wrong number, all the accounts in this book may be confused, so he will check it twice after filling it out.

In this case, there should be nothing wrong with it.

"Show me the account book." Chu Zhuang thought for a while and said.

Zhang Yuanbin handed the ledger to Chu Zhuang, and the two got together to check it.

After a while, the two were finished.

Zhang Yuanbin didn't make a mistake, it was the ledger that made the mistake.

The numbers on the ledger didn't match up.

"The charcoal and silver money distributed to the officials in January alone is short of thousands of gold coins. This household department is really a fat job!" Chu Zhuang raised his eyebrows and said thoughtfully.

The Ministry of Households is in charge of the world's money and food, and officials' salaries are also distributed by it.

In addition to money, officials' salaries also include many other things, such as official government, vegetables, charcoal fire, meat and so on.

Even if other things cannot be issued, they will be compensated in the form of money.

Chu Zhuang and the others only checked the charcoal and silver coins of the officials of Dongfeng Mansion last month, and there was a gap of thousands of gold coins.

If all the ledgers are checked, then the shortfall amount...

Chu Zhuang dare not imagine.

"There's so much difference, no one checked the accounts?" Chu Zhuang asked incredulously.

He looked through the ledger just now, and basically all the expenses were recorded on it, and no one made fake accounts at all.

With such a blatant deficit of so many accounts, the people in the household department are so courageous, aren't they afraid of checking the accounts?

Zhang Yuanbin, as an aborigine of Yue Dynasty, knew better than Chu Zhuang in this regard.

"I can't check it."

Zhang Yuanbin briefly explained to Chu Zhuang.

The level of education in the Yue Dynasty was not high, there were few scholars, and there were few officials, and even fewer officials who could settle accounts.

For such a ledger, it would take at least three people a day to check it.

However, how many people are there in total in the household department?How many are these accounts?

In addition, they also have to manage all the money and food in the whole country, so there is no manpower to check the accounts.

And how could the people inside the household department check their accounts?

As for the outsiders, they can't even understand the account books, let alone check the accounts.

"You didn't realize that they said they wanted to check the accounts, but in fact, are there just the two of us in this department?" Zhang Yuanbin said helplessly.

When he first came in, Zhang Yuanbin thought that the people from the household department were deliberately isolating them.

But only then did he realize that it was not just isolation, but that there was no one else in the so-called accounting department.

Otherwise, how could these people bring all the books to Chu Zhuang and the others? Don't other people have to work?

"Tsk tsk..."

Chu Zhuang raised his eyebrows, and a smile appeared on the corner of his lips.

"I don't know where all the money went in the end." Zhang Yuanbin looked at the ledger and said with a sigh.

These are all people's fat and people's anointing, and being embezzled like this, I feel very angry when I think about it.

"Brother Chu, since we found out about this matter, we can't just sit by and watch. We're going to report them to the emperor!" Zhang Yuanbin looked at Chu Zhuang and said.

Zhang Yuanbin has always been jealous of evil. He entered the officialdom so resolutely in order to help the common people.

Now that he saw such a dirty and dark thing, with his personality, he would naturally not stand by and watch.

Chu Zhuang thought for a while, then stared at Zhang Yuanbin and said, "Since we are going to do it, let's do it with a big vote!"

It's just an amount involving thousands of gold coins, even if there is a trouble, it's not a big problem.

He planned to check as many accounts as possible in the account department within a month, trying to check all the accounts of last year.

When the time comes, go and report in front of the emperor!

"Well, good! I listen to you!" Zhang Yuanbin nodded angrily.

After this episode, the two soon buried themselves in the ledger again.

……

After the court, Sima Weibo took the gift and went directly to Li's house to visit.

Li Chengze didn't expect Sima Weibo to come to the door in person, and he didn't dare to neglect the other party, so he came out to greet him in person.

"Master Shang Shuling, I don't know what I can trouble you to come to the door in person?"

Li Chengze exchanged pleasantries with Sima Weibo, invited him into the living room, and then asked.

Sima Weibo took a sip of tea, then said with a smile: "This visit is only for private matters."

Private matter?

Looking at Sima Weibo's expression, Li Chengze suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.

"I heard that there is a son-in-law in your mansion who is not yet married. I wonder if Master Li has any good candidates for a good son-in-law?"

Sima Weibo didn't beat around the bush, and directly named the purpose of his trip.

Logically speaking, for this matter, the matchmaker should come to inquire about the situation first.

But Sima Weibo's situation has been inquired clearly. Although Li Chun is now old, he has never been married.

Coupled with Sima Zhishang's urgent urging, Sima Weibo came directly to the door.

"Pure..."

Li Chengze immediately realized who Sima Weibo was talking about.

Previously, Li Chengze had promised Yunhong that he would not talk about Li Chun's marriage until Yunhong recovered his identity.

But when Sima Weibo asked a question, it was really difficult for him not to answer.

"I'm not afraid of Sir Sima's jokes, my son is still in his boudoir and has not discussed marriage." Li Chengze said politely.

A flash of understanding flashed across Sima Weibo's eyes, and then he said: "Master Li, the dog is happy with the young master of your family, as a father, he can only come to the door with the cheek and propose for him."

Proposing a marriage, of course, needs to be very cautious.

Both parties need to be interested first, and then combine the horoscopes, and finally negotiate the terms, and then the man proposes.

It was a bit too hasty for someone like Sima Weibo to propose marriage directly when he came to the door.

If Sima Weibo hadn't come to mention this matter in person because he was the minister, Li Chengze would have thought that the other party was intentionally humiliating his Li family.

"This……"

Li Chengze frowned, feeling a little displeased in his heart, obviously he was somewhat resistant to marrying Li Chun to Sima Jincheng.

It's just that Sima Weibo has a high position and authority after all, and he has his back to the First Prince.

Li Chengze didn't dare to offend him, so he could only politely refuse: "Master Sima is very kind, I intend to keep the dog for two years, this marriage is not in a hurry."

Hearing Li Chengze's words, Sima Weibo's face slightly pulled down.

Li Chun is about to turn [-], and he is definitely an older leftover man in this era.

At this time, he also said that his marriage is not in a hurry, obviously he is perfunctory and dismissing him!