Zhang Ting, the head of the household department, led more than a dozen of his subordinates over, and as soon as he entered the palace gate, he saw the folded books that were lost all over the ground, and quickly knelt down and kowtowed, trembling and not daring to say a word!

Sending someone to spread the word, Gao Shenghan had calmed down his anger a little, and poured two cups of tea into his stomach, which would already be able to control his emotions, but there was always a violent aura in his heart, shouting that he wanted to burst out, and directly pulled down all these waste fools!

She took a few deep breaths, pointed to the messy account books under her head, and said gloomily: "Big country, this is all the money in the treasury?" "What's the point?! There are only 100,000 taels of silver left, and they can't even support a war! No wonder in the early dynasties, when it came to disaster relief and relief for the victims, one or two were shrunken turtles!

"Say! Where does all the money go? ”

The things recorded in those account books are messy, and there are all kinds of names, some of which only write the name of the person, and the date is followed by the amount of money received, but there is no explanation for what they are used for! Who knows if it's in a private pocket?

Thinking of this, Gao Shenghan's gaze at the dozen or so heads below was a little unkind.

Feeling the coercion from the top of their heads, the household officials almost threw their bodies on the floor, and they didn't dare to come out.

Hearing what the emperor asked, Zhang Ting, the head of the household, breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly rolled up and picked up the book numbered nineteen, turned the first page, pointed to the first name on it, and replied cautiously: "This is the silver borrowed by Liao Huaizhong, the chief steward of Prince An's mansion, during this year's Dragon Boat Festival, saying that he wanted to build a dragon boat to participate in the dragon boat race, win the first prize for the emperor, and give the emperor a long face." ”

Gao Shenghan's mouth opened, he felt that something was wrong and couldn't think of it for a while, and asked: "I haven't paid back the loan for the Dragon Boat Festival until now?" ”

Zhang Ting's face was bitter, and he quickly lowered his head, "Not ...... Not returned. "How can it be? Who dares to come to the door to find a debt collection? Prince An, that's the emperor's uncle! Although it is not a pro (most of the pros were killed by the former emperor before and after he ascended the throne, or they were sent to the fiefdom to live by themselves, which has not been in Beijing for many years), but the hall is also a serious 800 imperial relatives! And what the big steward Liao said sounded good, it was used for the emperor to win the first place with a long face, although zuihou didn't get the first place, but it also made everyone watch a lively and happy emperor, didn't he? Afterwards, the emperor also encouraged Prince An, and the reward was also given, so what's the matter with chasing the dragon boat money now? You have to be able to find a copper plate from the hand of the big steward Liao who slammed the door to have a ghost!

It's a pity that the emperor didn't hear his heart, and only shouted angrily: "Urge him to return!" Borrowing silver did not borrow for the New Year! "How much is a dragon boat worth? actually dared to give her 10,000 taels of silver! Without waiting for the other party to reply, he continued to ask, "Then what is the reason for all this?" "You can't rely on borrowing money every day to live in the autumn breeze, right?

Zhang Ting pointed to the second person's name, and said tremblingly: "The old lady of Anqing has passed away, and the Guogong Mansion is really ......" The brothers were originally not in harmony, and the matter of separating the family almost did not break the sky, coupled with the old accumulation, most of the children are lazy and do not want to make progress, and there are few talents who know how to operate in the Guogong Mansion (even if there is a small family, the money is in his own purse, who cares about the life and death of others?). But in order to save face, he still spent extravagantly, and later he was almost unable to make ends meet, and even the daughter-in-law's dowry and silver had to be taken out to turn over the public middle school, and as soon as the old lady died, the house could hardly squeeze out the excess silver to handle the funeral of the old duchess!

The funeral of the Duchess of the country, that has a certain charter and scale, can not watch the old lady so shabby on the road, after all, the old grandfather was the emperor's life-saving benefactor when he was alive, and the emperor also rewarded and took care of him many times, and the emperor, as a junior, took care of the old benefactor...... Right?

Gao Shenghan saw that he was only halfway through his words and had no words, so he couldn't help but snort from his nose, "What? Can't tell? ”

Zhang Ting was agitated and looked at Gonggong Deng for help.

Gonggong Deng was helpless, he also knew the current situation of the Anqing Mansion, and he also mentioned it to the emperor when the money was spent, and the emperor also replied, "Let the old lady go on the road", so he dared to use the silver. Maybe the emperor can't remember a lot of things, so he has to mention a thing or two behind his back. So, I came to the emperor's ear and said it so simply.

Gao Shenghan's face was full of surprise, and he glared at Gonggong Deng like a ghost.

This ...... Is that okay? The family has no money, and the emperor still has to take care of the funeral of the old lady?

Then I thought about it again, it was wrong, when the emperor was alive, he gave his family no less grace, and his family was ruined! Why should she fill the hole in his house?

It's just that when I thought of this, "myself" nodded in agreement, so I had to blacken my face and admit this confused account.

"I don't want to listen to you one by one, so you take this book and go back and collect all the money that has been scattered for me! The ...... that can't be recovered" hummed and sneered twice, and she didn't need to say much, she almost didn't scare this group of people.

Repatriated a group of small officials, leaving Zhang Shangshu with three waiters and six or seven foreign langs, Gao Shenghan asked her the question she was most concerned about:

Taxation.

But said that here, several small officials of the household shook their legs out of the palace, standing on the wide square outside the palace, basking in the golden dazzling sun, although the temperature is not high and accompanied by cold wind, the streets and alleys in front of the wall are still piled with dusty snowdrifts, but everyone feels that the sun is warm, and the breeze is as warm as a spring breeze! Even the dirty snow ball is so pleasing to the eye!

- It's not easy! It's all bearded and all tailed!

Everyone stood silently for a while, and suddenly someone began to sobble quietly, as if contagious, and the men began to hug their heads and cry, feeling the difficulty of life.

It's really not easy! Pick up a life from the wrathful King! What a miracle! When you go back, you must burn high incense for your ancestors and go to the temple to add incense money!

The guards guarding the palace gate were inexplicable, and they squeezed each other's eyes one by two:

What's going on? Dead in there again?

That's for sure! Didn't you see these few people who escaped the catastrophe and cried with joy!

These are all small officials, I saw Master Zhang Shangshu go in just now!

Don't......?

The faces of several guards changed! Could it be that the emperor is starting to lose heart again? Even the Lord of Tobe Shangshu was slaughtered?!

It's amazing! Something is wrong!

The guards were thinking heavily in their hearts about how to go to their respective backstage/relatives/friends/relatives/acquaintances to report the change of guard for a while, when they saw Li Ming, the commander of the forbidden army, walk out.

"Master Li! Help me! ”