The night was thick, the lights in the study were still bright, and from time to time moths and night insects flew by, flashing a shadow that seemed to be nothing.

Li Ziyun stopped the subordinate at this time and asked clearly, and the subordinate told Li Ziyun that the oil lamp in Lord Chu's study had been changed more than a dozen times, and it could be said that it would not be extinguished sooner or later, indicating that Chu Xian was dealing with affairs day and night.

Li Ziyun was distressed and wanted to slam the door in, but in the end, she hesitated for a moment in front of the door and still didn't go in.

Not only did Li Ziyun not go in, but she also stopped other people, such as Ji Wen, such as Concubine Luo, and told the squeaky fat bird to shut up and let San Fat go to the backyard to play.

In short, since Chu Xian worked so hard, he couldn't let anyone bother him anymore.

Li Ziyun knew that she could only do this.

The matter of Chu Xian's diligence in official business also spread quickly, Liu Jiwen was obviously the first to know, and he is now quite concerned about Chu Xian's every move.

The mess left to Chu Xian before, he did it on purpose, just to embarrass Chu Xian, and at the same time to see what Chu Xian would do, and he hoped that Chu Xian would have to ask for help because he couldn't handle it.

This is what Liu Jiwen wants.

It's just that the result made him a little disappointed, Chu Xian was indeed tired of dealing with this pair of messy things, but he didn't ask for help from himself.

In Liu Jiwen's opinion, Chu Xian had not served in the household department before, so he should be ignorant of the affairs of the household department, and it is possible for the other party to come to him for advice.

Of course, if you don't come to ask for advice, Chu Xian will definitely be struggling step by step, so it's okay.

Judging from what Liu Jiwen knows, although Chu Xian is busy, he handles various affairs in an orderly manner and is very proper, and he also secretly probed Chu Xian's disposal method, and found that the method is old-fashioned, and even if he disposes of it himself, he may not be able to handle it so well.

This naturally made Liu Jiwen even more annoyed and unconvinced.

As early as October, when Chu Xian was appointed by the left servant of the household department, some people said outside that they were not as good as Chu Xian, and when they heard this rumor, Liu Jiwen was already disliked, so he would be embarrassed by Chu Xian everywhere, and the current situation seems to confirm this.

Liu Jiwen really didn't want to hear anyone compare himself with Chu Xian, especially if he couldn't compare, so he couldn't wait to see Chu Xian make a fool of himself.

Even if Chu Xian just sent someone over to ask for advice, Liu Jiwen would get off the donkey down the slope and teach Chu Xian, but Chu Xian didn't, and he handled it in an orderly manner.

Liu Jiwen felt that he was still too 'kind' before.

It's just that at the moment, he really has no other way but to be secretly angry.

Next, Chu Xian spent almost a few months straightening out the affairs in his hands, and Hubu Shangshu was also a little worried about Chu Xian's ability from the beginning, to a reassurance later, there is no doubt that Chu Xian's ability is extremely strong, and it is no wonder that he can be promoted from the bottom so quickly, and there are indeed two brushes.

Of course, the head of the household is the most aware of the situation of the household, compared with other ministries and departments, the affairs of the household department are too much, and they are more complicated, just like an old-fashioned carriage full of living things, and it is good to continue to pull it if it can be maintained, and do not think about moving other places, because the consequences of doing so will either be that the living creatures on the carriage are scattered all over the place, or, the whole carriage is scattered.

Tobe Shangshu knew the consequences of this carriage falling apart, so his duty was to maintain it, and as long as it could be maintained, it would be a great achievement.

Fortunately, his two subordinates, the left and right waiters, have completed their duties well at this moment, Liu Jiwen naturally doesn't need to ask, he has served in the household department for many years, he is already an old man, and he has the deepest understanding of the situation in the household department, and the matter will not go wrong if he leaves it to him. As for Chu Xian, at the beginning, Hubu Shangshu did sweat, but fortunately, Chu Xian was extremely capable and integrated into the role in a short period of time, so Hubu Shangshu felt that he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Hubu Shangshu has been doing this official position for some years, for him, I am afraid that it is difficult to improve his cultivation, Daoxian five hundred years of life, he has already passed half of it, but even if it is difficult, he has to set aside more than a hundred years of time to think of a breakthrough in cultivation, after all, it is too important to increase Shouyuan, so for him, this Hubu Shangshu will serve for more than ten years at most, and he intends to abdicate and make way for Xian.

So he only hopes that he can live a peaceful life in the past ten years, and now, Chu Xian and Liu Jiwen can obviously be 'rest assured'.

Chu Xian didn't know what Hubu Shangshu thought, of course, if he knew, Chu Xian would definitely be very cautious and apologize to Hubu Shangshu.

Because he is not the kind of person who looks at a carriage that is obviously moving forward with a load, barely supporting it, and is still indifferent.

Household department, Chu Xian took the initiative to visit Lord Shangshu today, and proposed to inspect the various states and places, and the household department Shangshu did not think there was any problem, when the senior officials of the ministries took office, they would inspect the affairs under their jurisdiction in various places, and there were two advantages to doing so, one was naturally to go and listen to it in person, and really understand the situation in various places, and the other was to let the officials below know who the new officials were.

So Tobe Shangshu readily agreed.

So Chu Xian took his subordinates and spent about three months walking around the country, this time is not much, generally it is normal for officials above to visit and go for half a year, so almost everyone thinks that Chu Xian is looking at the flowers, taking the form, and even taking this opportunity to play around and relax.

Not only Liu Jiwen thinks so, but also Hubu Shangshu.

But when Chu Xian came back, he found the Hubu Shangshu on the same day, and handed the Shangshu a proposal scroll, which was more than 180 pages and more than 100,000 words.

How to say it, he is also a Dao Immortal, a veteran immortal official, a high-level official at the level of the First Auxiliary Pavilion, one of the six Shangshu, he would be shocked like this, you can imagine how 'terrifying' and 'scary' the things that Chu Xian handed over.

Hubu Shangshu finally calmed down, looked up at Chu Xian opposite, and said as calmly as possible: "Chu Shilang, this matter is not trivial, after all, you are a new official, and you don't know what is at stake, or you should precipitate more, you take this document back first, and let's talk about it later." ”

As an official, it is natural to understand the subtext, and if there are words, it is not good to say them in person, or they can't say it directly, and at this time, they will use some euphemisms to show their attitude. To put it simply, the meaning of Hubu Shangshu's words is to tell Chu Xian, you better forget about this matter, don't even think about it.

Probably, that's what it means.

What kind of person is Chu Xian, how can he not understand the subtext of the Hubu Shangshu, but since Chu Xian can write this proposal book of more than 100,000 words, it shows that Chu Xian has already made up his mind, and how can he retreat because of a few words from the Hubu Shangshu?

At that moment, Chu Xian smiled: "Lord Shangshu, Xiaguan has been in various places for three months, day and night, during the day to understand the situation, at night to write with candles, thinking about countermeasures, more than three months, more than 100 days, there is no day of slackness, Lord Shangshu feels that Xiaguan has not thought about it well, that is to blame Xiaguan." ”

The same subtext is used, which means that I have thought about this matter carefully, and it is definitely not a joke, and I will not be persuaded to go back by you after a few words.

Of course, Hubu Shangshu heard it, and immediately frowned, and his face sank: "Chu Xian, do you know the consequences of this matter? Since the establishment of the Holy Dynasty, more than 5,000 years, the matter of land reform has only been done by the successor of the Taizong Holy Ancestor, the Taishi Xuanyue, and it was still difficult back then, so for thousands of years, the system at that time has been extended, you suddenly want to move this piece, haven't you thought about the consequences?" Chu Xian, I know that you are young and vigorous, and you are a new official, I guess you are holding your breath and want to do something, but there are some things that you can't do if you want to, there are only you and me today, I am thinking about you, you had better stop this matter, don't think about it again. ”

Obviously, Hubu Shangshu is in a hurry and does not use subtext, but explains very bluntly that he wants to deny Chu Xian's proposal.

Chu Xian had already thought of this scene, and at this moment he got up and bowed very solemnly to the Hubu Shangshu: "Chu Xian's mind has been decided, even if Lord Shangshu does not agree, Chu Xian will also propose it in the Shoufu Pavilion meeting and the court meeting." Shangshu Lord has served in the household department for many years, it is impossible not to know the disadvantages of the current land system, when the Holy Dynasty was founded, the support of various places is needed, so the implementation of private land ownership, but ignore the private land sale, the government not only does not restrict, but also has to collect a certain amount of tax silver, although it can be filled with local taxes, but for a long time, the cultivated land in various places are in the hands of a few people, or big businessmen, or land tyrants, or even official relatives, are powerful people, the people at the bottom want to make a living, can only rent, exploited by mermaids, some places, even this layer of land tyrants can affect the government administration。 And for so many years, the administration of the Holy Dynasty's half-step tax reduction and exemption has actually been reaped by this class and oil, and the real majority of the people still do not get any benefits, sometimes they are poor and difficult to turn over, so it is easy to stimulate public anger and popular uprising, although the localities have deliberately concealed it, but over the years, such things have happened from time to time, all because the government has no right to restrict. These are written in the proposal of the booklet, and they are extremely detailed, just ask, this kind of cancer, it is not enough to see it, even if you see it, how can you be indifferent?"

At this time, Hubu Shangshu's face sank like water, staring at Chu Xian and said: "Chu Xian, how can I not know what you said, and how do you know that I have no ideas to improve?"

Chu Xian was busy at this time: "Lord Shangshu tried to withdraw from the reform method twenty years ago, but it had little effect, and the officials knew about it. ”