Once, he always regarded the regent as his first opponent, but now that he thinks about it, compared to the regent, the third child is more of a headache, sometimes the regent is very measured, and he has made such a big fuss because of that incident before, and he has also reined in, and the third child is different.

Originally, I always thought that the third child would have to climb slowly, and when they climbed to that height, it was also good to use it to practice their hands, but later I found out that compared to someone who had already ascended to a high position, the rabbit lurking next to him was actually the most cunning fox.

The prince's pit fell inexplicably, and sometimes he even felt that Yan Xiaoxiao had a magic power on his body, which made him involuntarily want to fall into it.

If Yan Qingge is here, it will be strange that the prince has such a gust of wind.

"Your Highness."

"What?" The prince raised his head when he heard the sound, but saw that his entourage was still standing there respectfully, no different from the past, in fact, there was no difference from the past, although he was reprimanded, but he was still the prince of the East Palace, and some of the dead people who didn't have long eyes wanted to climb up, wasn't they also photographed by their father's palm?

Thinking about it like this, the prince seemed to have some balance in his heart.

After all, there is a difference between dignity and inferiority.

But for some reason, the windows are closed when the football is burning in the formula, and the gusts of wind blowing in still feel like blowing on the face, like a knife cutting............

"Your Highness, Shen Qing, the head of the household, asks to see you, this is an important report, I don't know if Your Highness will see it?"

"Shen Qing?" The prince raised his head, thought about it carefully, and finally matched this number in his mind, and muttered for a while, and said: "Since you are here, bring him in, it is not good to make him wait in the cold." ”

Shen Qingqing is a frequent visitor to the East Palace, but the prince drinks a lot less today, and sometimes he is a little dizzy for this person.

The attendant brought Shen Qing over and saw the salute.

The prince spoke: "Now that the winter is approaching the end of the year, the household department is the busiest time, I heard Lord Shangshu say that Lord Shen is the most diligent, why is it not a day of rest today but I have time to come to the palace?" ”

"Your Highness made fun of it, Your Majesty naturally has something to do, otherwise you wouldn't dare to disturb Your Highness." As he spoke, he handed over the two booklets in his hand.

Prince. just glanced at it, but didn't stretch out his hand to take it: "You should go to Lord Shangshu to see how to come to my East Palace, this palace is not responsible for checking your accounts." Looking at this, Prince Shen Qing intuitively felt that although the person who came was not good, there was something hidden.

He looked at the man, and either he brought the best news, or the man had dug the biggest hole for him to jump in, hoping it would be the former.

"It's almost winter, in fact, the household department has indeed begun to check the accounts, Chen is also looking at the relevant photo albums, from an account a few days ago, he calculated some strange places, sometimes I can't figure it out, so I rushed to send this thing to the East Palace."

When the prince heard his words, his eyes tightened, and he blurted out: "Who is it?" ”

"It's about the three princes." Shen Qingyi arched his hand.

The prince's brows tightened, and sure enough, he hoped that this would not be a pit.

He stretched out his hand to Shen Qingyi, and the other party hurriedly handed over the account book in his hand.

The prince stretched out his hand to take such a casual flip through a few pages, worthy of being the account book of the household department, in fact, the content is huge, although they are all classified one by one, but slowly turn it down, if it is a person who can't understand it at the beginning, there is no way to hold it.

"You brought this account book and told me that the palace is related to the three princes, so where is the problem?"

"The problem is that there was an appropriation three years ago."

"At that time, there was a decree that if the princes and nobles needed a large amount of money, they could borrow from the household merchants, but the stipulated return period could be divided into 3~5 years, and if it was fast, it could be repaid within 1~2 years, but the decree at that time also made it clear that it was not allowed to be overdue."

After all, it is the money of the treasury, where is it so good to be overdue, and it is said that it is overdue, and it is not easy to collect debts.

After all, there are examples from the previous dynasty that were placed there, and if they were allowed to delay for 10 or 20 years after the deadline, they would be rotten and dead in the account, and they would not be able to get it back.

"At that time, the three princes just started to know whether they undertook a decree of His Majesty, saying that they had no living money in their hands and a large sum left, so they did not borrow money from each other on this ground, and it was agreed that it would be repaid within three years."

"Bengong remembers that this will was for some elderly princes and nobles, how can there be anything to do with the third child?"

"This is the grace that His Majesty gave to some old nobles at that time, mainly to promote the reduction of the knighthood at that time, as for the three princes, it is said that they have just won a lot of money in their hands, and the specific situation has not been said, after all, it is a family matter of the princes, and it is not easy for my ministers to inquire at will."

The implication is that for what reason he applied for the money back then, although there was a reason, but he didn't know what to do after borrowing the money, and now the time has come, and the time has expired according to the regulations, this is the result of his audit today.

The reason why there was this will back then, it seems that His Majesty the Emperor was very generous, but if you can't pay back this money borrowed, it is not a matter of repaying the principal with interest, it is a big crime to exterminate the family.

On the other hand, not long after such a decree was issued, the emperor began to cut off the titles of some people, and it was naturally not easy to do it directly, so it was not easy to eat well and give a sweet date to a slap, so as to save them more words.

Although the boss of some families is not happy, they can owe hundreds of thousands of silver to the treasury, if they are unwilling, then the person who chases the silver will arrive immediately, and if they can't chase the silver, they will also raid the house, but it is better to obey this will, and they can still leave a few years of dignity, so as not to be chased so urgently.

"Although the third child's account is overdue, it is okay, but it is overdue for half a year, and you will take this fold to Your Majesty in the New Year, aren't you looking for a draw?"

The prince didn't think this was a big deal, some old ministers in the previous dynasty ate grain, and the silver in the treasury, hundreds of thousands and millions, owed for ten or twenty years, and the silver of the previous generation and the next generation could not afford to pay it back, so there was also a problem.

Half a year overdue is not a big deal, at most there is a small mistake, and it is just a reprimand, and there is no result.

If the emperor really devotes himself to checking the accounts, then there are only two possibilities, he wants to clean up someone, or he is ready to go to war, and the treasury really has no money.

"If it's just overdue, the key is what the money is used for?" Shen Qing seemed to mean something.

Hearing this, the prince was a little strange.

Ordinary people change people, if they don't really can't cope with it, or if it's for the sake of taking over, they won't beat each other up for no reason, after all, this can't afford it, saying that it is a change of iron-fisted master, then it will be raided.

But the money was actually lent, and where it was used, no one seems to have ever looked into it.

Furthermore, even if it is really misappropriated, how can people know where it has been misappropriated?

"If it is usual, then naturally no one will be held accountable, but it can be said that the emperor asks about the situation of this year's settlement and wants to pursue the arrears, so what?"

"What do you mean?" The prince is a little strange, but a household servant, who used to be a peaceful and self-servant, why is he so powerful today?

What's more, he didn't hear that his father was going to pursue these arrears, why did he have a firm mind, and it seemed that this matter was imperative?

"Has Your Highness forgotten the events in Jiangnan this year?"

It's really a word to wake up the dreamer, this year Jiangnan has raided a lot of corrupt officials, it seems to fill the treasury, but in fact, it is just to make up for the deficit of the past years, not to mention where the deficit of the household department is so easy to make up.

No matter how much he saves, the emperor will have nothing to go to the south of the Yangtze River or the northwest of the imperial court to start a war, after all, there are more than 100,000 soldiers on the border of the northwest, and if there is a war, it will be hundreds of thousands of troops on the border, and the military salaries, grain and grass of these people will not be a small expense.

It seems that Jiangnan has been cleaned up this year, but I am afraid that some people's arrears will also have to be cleaned up, I hope the third child can still remember his money, if he can't remember, he will be the next to suffer.