Feng Jingting entered the front hall of the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, Shi Shiran sat on the main seat, and nodded with satisfaction when he saw that the officials of the six ministries were all standing on both sides.

He said: "Recently, I heard that the officials of the Ministry of Industry have worked hard and have indeed done some practical things. ”

The officials looked at each other and said in their hearts, "Why are they here to inspect, and they are purely here to find faults?" What have they done in the past two years? They have done a lot in the past two years, but how many of them can be brought to the emperor to talk about?

The Ministry of Natural Works is the agency that administers the national engineering affairs. He is in charge of the system of civil construction, the use of utensils, the method of ditch and weir dredging, and the mausoleum for 100 million. All the civil engineering, water conservancy projects, machine manufacturing projects, mining and metallurgy, textiles and other government-run industries in the country are all in charge, and they are in charge of a part of the financial currency and unified weights and measures.

With so many things in charge, every year a large amount of money from the state treasury is spent by the Ministry of Industry, and who dares to report what money has been spent on and what practical things have been done? Who can report it?

The cold sweat on Jiang Minghe's forehead came down again, and the emperor wanted to ask, if he didn't say it, he couldn't do it, so he hurriedly asked someone to bring the account books of the construction of civil engineering and water conservancy projects reported from all over the country in the past two years, and also brought the account books of the royal construction and maintenance in the past two years.

Feng Jingting flipped through it casually, and his face became a little heavier, he used to be in the palace, and he didn't know these little things, but now he didn't know that these many small expenses were so much money. Every year it is said that the treasury is empty, and if you spend so much money, can it not be empty?

He said coldly: "Jiang Minghe, tell me what is going on with this pen?"

Jiang Minghe couldn't help wiping his sweat again, and at this time he regretted handing over this account book, but what would he hand over if he didn't hand this one? These are all on the surface, and those who leave are all clear accounts, and the rest of the money that others don't know is spent more.

He looked at Qi Huaishan behind him, and said in his heart, this Ministry of Industry spends a lot of money on you, so you can't shrink in the back at this time?

Qi Huaishan just lowered his head, looked at his nose with his eyes, and didn't see it with his nose, Jiang Minghe was so angry in his heart, with the perfect and generous mentality of 'I can't get better, don't think about it', he said: "Lord Qi knows more about this matter, so it's better to let Lord Qi tell the emperor." ”

Seeing the emperor nodding, Qi Huaishan's face was also sweating, he also hated it, this surnamed Jiang usually didn't take advantage of it, but today he gave him out first.

I can't hide from the left and right, so it's better to say it myself than to ask others to expose his bottom. Thinking of this, he stood up and explained to the emperor where each piece of silver went.

The largest annual expenditure is river silver, and only repairing the river is a few million taels, of which there are too many large and small items, and it is impossible to talk about it in a while. But today Feng Jingting is not in a hurry, there is a lot of meaning to listen carefully, at the beginning Qi Huaishan can still explain clearly, after all, some have moved, some money has not been moved, and the nature that has not been touched is extremely smooth and impassioned, and the problem is not clear at all.

Feng Jingting is such a smart person, how can he not see it. Just now, he casually flipped through the account books, and he turned out a lot of problems, and these account books were taken out to cope with the annual inspection of the imperial court. Some things are flat on the books, but if you do the math, that's not the case at all. A sleeper for repairing a river costs 100 taels, a sandbag is 20 taels, and there are all kinds of items, using this kind of thing to fool him, is he really a fool?

I really don't know if I don't check this, if he doesn't take this trip, I don't know what else is boring here. The more he looked at it now, the more interested he became, so he simply put Guo Wenying's matter back and concentrated on checking the accounts. Anyway, the girl didn't dare to run, and when this matter was dealt with, she would clean her up.

Guo Wenying has been cating in the corners, and she can't wait for everyone to stand in front of her, so that the emperor can't recognize her. But obviously Feng Jingting didn't forget her, and the glances that came over from time to time made her feel that her legs and stomach were turning and her body was weak. I haven't felt this way for a long time, just like when I first arrived at the barracks, I was overwhelmed by his struggles, I wanted to bite him to death, and I dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak.

Alas, it's been a long time since I've experienced this feeling, and it's uncomfortable to be tangled. When she watched with a bitter face, there were not a few officials in the entire hall who were more uncomfortable than her.

Qi Huaishan saw that the more he talked, the more difficult it was to justify himself, and in the end, he broke out in a cold sweat, his back was wet, and he was all soaked in sweat. When I asked him anything, I had to say that the time was too long ago to remember.

Feng Jingting sneered, "Qi Aiqing is really a noble person who forgets things, you'd better think about it and think about how to answer me clearly." He threw the account book forward and smashed it on Qi Huaishan, who was frightened.

Feng Jingting's cold eyes swept across the faces of the officials of the Ministry of Industry, "Last year, the royal garden was restored, what happened to the money for repairing the garden?

An official stood up, his legs trembling like chaff, and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, the restoration of the Jinglin Imperial Garden has taken eight months, and the total cost of artificial wood and other places is 113,600 taels. ”

Feng Jingting snorted coldly: "It's a good 110,000, you tell me how the 110,000 is spent? How much labor? How much wood? Every item is listed for me, and you can also take a piece of wood for hundreds of taels or thousands of taels to fool me, what is the price of golden silk nanmu, what is the price of ordinary nanmu, what is the price of ordinary pine, even if I don't know, it will not be outrageous." If you don't say anything, write it for me, and I'll be here today until you all write it. ”

The official's legs were weak and he almost knelt down, but someone behind him helped him to prevent him from falling too ugly.

Feng Jingting picked up the two account books again and flipped through them from beginning to end, pointed out several expenses in a row, asked people to explain them clearly, and wrote them down after a while and presented them to him. Whoever can't write well and can't explain clearly, he doesn't have to go home today.

Suddenly, the officials in the hall poured a large piece, Jiang Minghe's right eyelid jumped, he also knew that this time it would be bad, the emperor personally checked the accounts, the involvement was too big, and if he couldn't make it, all the officials of the Ministry of Industry had to be put inside. But it's useless to be in a hurry, the emperor is determined to see the results, and then I'm afraid that a blockbuster will be verified, how can this be good?

He was so anxious that he turned to grind, Deng Jiucheng fell aside and watched the excitement, he already knew what was going on in this department, and few of them were clean from top to bottom. Not only the Ministry of Industry, but there are too many moths in the six ministries, the new emperor has ascended the throne, and he has not yet rectified the rule of officials on a large scale, and these officials don't know how powerful they are, just let them see what the master is like when he is ruthless. He has only been in the Ministry of Engineering for a few months, and he has not taken a single cent of money from improper sources, and no matter how he checks, he can't find him.