Yu Meng said it presumptuously, but he didn't take Liao Wenzhong, who climbed to the position of the head of the household, in his eyes, the children of a big family like them have always had their own arrogance, and they can't get used to this kind of person who is slapping horses and bending to meet people.

For Yu Meng's words, Liao Wenzhong dared not speak out, afraid of the Yu family behind Yu Meng, Yu Meng's mother is the county lord of Heyu, the daughter of the eldest princess of Shaoyang, that is to say, Yu Meng is the grandson of the eldest princess of Shaoyang, backed by the mansion of the eldest princess of Shaoyang, where does Liao Wenzhong dare to provoke.

"What Yu Gongzi said is that Liao wrote it down." Even if his words were full of disdain and contempt, Liao Wenzhong could only grit his teeth and bear it.

When he first arrived at the household department, he was frustrated, if it was someone else, Liao Wenzhong would definitely make a big move to kill the chicken and set an example for the monkey, but the person who found fault was Yu Meng, if he offended Yu Meng in the household department today, the fourth son of Qiao Sigongzi in the Shaoyang Eldest Princess's Mansion would be able to make him unable to get out of bed for a few months.

Handu no one knows that the fourth son of the little overlord Qiao has a lot of maintenance for this nephew, when Yu Meng first entered the court, he was angry with the secretary of the ministry of Shangshu, and on the second day, the secretary of the ministry was directly broken after the court, and lay on the bed for a few months to recuperate, not only injured, but also lost the black gauze hat on the top of his head.

After ordering a lot, Yu Meng didn't do anything, and directly blatantly skipped work and left the household to have fun, not only that, but also took away a few friends who were close to him on weekdays.

"Are they like that on a daily basis?" Looking at the backs of Yu Meng and the others, Liao Wenzhong asked uncertainly.

In the entire household department, only the previous little chief regarded Liao Wenzhong as an idol of struggle, thought about it and said: "Lord Hui, Yu Meng and the others have always been like this, but when Gu Shangshu is here, they can be more restrained and will not be so blatant." ”

"Then they deliberately didn't take me, the emperor's personal book, in their eyes, Master Zhao, don't you say?" Liao Wenzhong's face darkened a little.

Zhao Zhusi, who was named, heard Lord Shangshu call his name, and he was so excited that he didn't think about it at all: "My lord, you are the head of the household department named by the emperor himself, and you are the head of a department, no matter who it is, you should be dominated by adults." ”

The rest of the people in the household department heard Zhao Zhusi's sycophancy, and they all sneered in their hearts, in order to tie up a newly appointed Shangshu who had no background, and offended Yu Meng, who was relied on by the eldest princess of Shaoyang, as long as they were people with a little brain, they knew that this matter was not beneficial.

No matter what other people think, anyway, Zhao Zhusi completely relied on the sycophants to get on Liao Wenzhong's boat, Liao Wenzhong first arrived at the household department, naturally he wanted to win people's hearts, Zhao Zhusi himself leaned up, he was naturally very happy, just thinking that Zhao Zhusi's official position was too low, if he could kick it, it would be more useful to himself, and seeing the benefits, not only could Zhao Zhusi die, but also let other people who were watching see the benefits.

Liao Wenzhong finally left only Zhao Zhusi, the two of them looked at the accounts of the household department slightly, with the help of Zhao Zhusi, Liao Wenzhong got started quickly, and after taking a general look at the accounts of the household department, he knew how big the hole in the household department was, and he couldn't fill it.

"Master Zhao, why is there such a big deficit in the accounts of the household department?" Liao Wenzhong frowned, not knowing what he was thinking.

Chief Zhao's official position is low, and his words are light, he was a small transparent person in the household department before, and many things are not something he can know at all.

Even if he doesn't know the subtleties, he knows some things, after all, he has been sorting out these accounts for many years, and the corners of his mouth opened and said: "My lord, this is accumulated year after year, and the household treasury cannot make ends meet, and over time it has formed such a big deficit." ”

Over the years, the household department has been in deficit every year, the snow disaster in northern Jin, the bandit disaster in western Jin, and the flood in southern Jin every year, which one is not a large amount of silver, and the annual expenses of the royal family and the harem are more and more year by year.

When he saw the huge deficit in the accounts, the first thought in Liao Wenzhong's mind was how to throw the matter on Gu Zongzhi and protect himself from retreating.

"It's just not a big deal lately, so let's find a way to deal with the deficit slowly." Knowing that such a large sum of money could not be solved in a while, Liao Wenzhong put it aside for the time being.

Hearing the words "It's just nothing big", Chief Zhao knew that his new boss was leaving behind the most important matter of Weicheng's grain and grass, but seeing Liao Wenzhong's really ugly face, he closed his mouth very much.

The Jin Bei incident, under the strong attitude of Leng Yang, was suppressed with absolute violence, and the Jin Bei rebels who had caused trouble and killed the Minister of Disaster Relief and the accompanying officials were executed in the place of Yunhe Tang Porridge.

"Uncle Dusk, how is Jin Bei's porridge disaster relief?" Indeed, Yunhetang is the chain medicine hall that Xiao Yang planted in Jin Xi and Jin Bei two years ago, and it can be regarded as the eyeliner installed in Jin Xi and Jin Bei.

After the blizzard that was rare in a hundred years in northern Jin for several days, seeing that there was no movement in the imperial court, Xiao Yang asked Yun Hetang to do his best to make porridge in the cities of northern Jin for disaster relief, even if he couldn't save all the people in northern Jin, he could save some lives more or less.

Dusk Xi followed behind Xiao Yang step by step: "Back to the princess, the princess doesn't have to worry about the matter of Jin Bei, her subordinates sent June to preside, after all, the court just did that thing, and the subordinates are afraid that Jin Bei will change." ”

"Uncle Twilight has done a good job, just let Uncle Twilight decide on these things, Uncle Twilight will keep an eye on the matter of Jin Bei, let Hongyue pay attention to the war in Weicheng and the movements in the East China Sea, especially the affairs of the East China Sea, and fully cooperate with the incident in the East China Sea in May." A lot of things, July is letting go of Twilight.

The matter of Jin Bei is already the end, but it is slightly pushed behind the scenes, Jin Bei is an unavoidable thing, but Weicheng and the East China Sea are the top priorities.

"The Red Moon has been arranged in the East China Sea, just waiting for May to start the operation, according to the news from the East China Sea, May chose to help the Seven Princes of the East China Sea seize the throne, the East China Sea Emperor is terminally ill, and if you want to plot, you can only start with the new emperor." As for the affairs of the East China Sea, Twilight can be regarded as understanding.

Xiao Yang nodded, very satisfied with May's choice, among the princes in the East China Sea, only the seventh prince had the courage to attack the Jin Kingdom, and the rest were all superficial soft eggs.

"What about Weicheng?"

Weicheng has been defended for more than half a month, and Duxi sent an army to attack Jin State, which is the result of careful consideration, and Xiao Yang was a little surprised that he had not heard from Weicheng for so many days.

"Princess, the Rou people and Tang Du are using a siege plan, it is estimated that Dingbeihou is not comfortable, Jin Guo has not been able to make ends meet in the treasury over the years, and the military budget cannot support a protracted war at all, the battle of Weicheng, Dingbeihou is bound to lose miserably." Speaking of the situation in Weicheng, Duxi had to mention the issue of Jin State's military spending.

In Tang Dui's army, there are secret agents who were inserted in the early years, and there are also people who are guarded by the moon, and the affairs of Tang Dui's military camp have secret letters coming every three or five times.

"Siege plan, the brain is quite good, who is the main general this time, and who is the military advisor?" There are not many generals that Tang Duxi can be relieved to use by Twilight, there are only a few of them, the military advisor must be from the Rou tribe, the Rou tribe is good at scheming, Twilight Xi and the Rou tribe are embarrassed, and the Rou tribe will naturally contribute.

The military general sent by Duxi happened to be someone who Duxi knew, thinking of that person helping to abuse, Duxi Xi's face changed slightly and said: "Princess, the military general sent out is Yuan Biao, and his subordinates had a good relationship with him at the beginning, but he didn't want to see the wrong person." As for the military advisor, his subordinates have not yet found the exact person, but they have only heard that the surname is Gongsun, and he thinks that he is from the Rou clan. ”

"It must be a person of the Rou people, remember that the national surname of the Rou people is Gongsun, maybe this Gongsun military division is the descendant of the royal family of the Rou people, the Rou people are good at scheming, and the Marquis of Dingbei is a straight and down-and-out character, in the hands of the Rou people, the Marquis of Dingbei is not pleased." For the Rou clan, Xiao Yang understands that he has seen many of the royal secrets in the library in the palace.

Xiao Yang guessed correctly, Dingbei Hou couldn't hold back his temperament, seeing that the grain stock was getting smaller and smaller, and the grain and grass allocated by the household department were delayed, so he couldn't run out of food and meat today, and he couldn't support it.

"Staring at Tang Dui's side, especially that military advisor, he is a member of the Rou tribe, and the ambition of the Rou tribe is too strong." Although it was twilight and the Rou clan who colluded with each other, Xiao Yang didn't want the situation to be out of his control.

Hearing that the main general sent by Duxi is Yuan Biao, Xiao Yang has a smile on his face, although Yuan Biao can be regarded as a fierce general, but he is only a fierce general, he has no brains, and his temperament is too small to accommodate people, he is the main general, and there is a military advisor who decides things, in the long run, Yuan Biao's heart will definitely be unbalanced.

"When I was in Tang Dusk, I released people in the army, and Red Moon also installed a moon guard in the army sent by Dusk, as long as there is a wind and grass, we can get the news immediately." It's not a problem to keep an eye on the Rou people, and some of the Moon Guards are the guards of that military division.

Five days later, Vice General Li returned to Handu, with a letter written by the Marquis of Dingbei, thinking that the Marquis of Dingbei confessed to hand over the secret fold to Li Xiang, but where is there still Li Xiangfu in Handu, under the entanglement, Vice General Li still decided to go to Li Xiangna

Try your luck in case Li Xiang takes care of this matter.

It backfired, Vice General Li didn't even get into the gate of Li's mansion, since he was idle at home, this month's time, Li Xiang refused to visit, raised flowers and birds in the mansion every day, accompanied his old wife to teach his young grandchildren, no matter who came to the door, he rejected them one by one.

"My lord said that he is no longer the bird of the world, and he can't do anything about your affairs, please go back." The shopkeeper of the Li Mansion said respectfully.

These days, a lot of such things have been done, since his lord gave a speech, there has been an endless stream of visitors, but his lord has not seen it.

Hearing that Li Xiang was reluctant to intervene in this matter, Vice General Li said decadently: "Thank you, please tell Li ...... It's a kid who is abrupt today, please Li Lao Haihan. ”

After getting the answer, Vice General Li didn't want to stay for a long time, the secret letter on his body was related to the lives of the Weicheng soldiers, he didn't dare to delay a little, so he could only think of other ways.

Seeing that Vice General Li turned around and left, the housekeeper suddenly said: "My master said, the whole Han doesn't know that we have a Li Mansion, and the Han capital is too big, maybe you have recognized the wrong door." ”

Vice General Li turned around to ask for an explanation, but the door was already closed, and in the end he could only go back to his residence in frustration, he knew that the last words of the housekeeper must have been Li Zhi's point to him.

racked his brains and thought about it for most of the night, and when his eyes were about to close, Vice General Li's mind flashed with a fine light, Li Mansion, there is more than one Li Mansion in the entire Han City, and he recognized the wrong door, if it is so simple, why didn't he understand it, the surname of Li is not only the surname Li in Handu, but the surname Li among the ministers of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, by the way, the surname of the Imperial Doctor is Li, even if he does not have a deep intersection with civil officials on weekdays, Vice General Li also knows that Li Yushi is an upright person, and if it is folded into his hands, this matter will definitely be put on the surface.

Li Wenhu, who was lying on the bed, decided to try his luck tomorrow in Li Yushi's house, Yushi was originally involved in others, I heard that in recent days, the newly appointed Hubu Shangshu has offended many people, as long as someone participates in him, there must be someone who follows and splashes water.

On the second day, Li Wenhu arrived at Li Yushi's mansion early, pinching the time of the last dynasty, Li Yushi was stopped by Li Wenhu as soon as he left the mansion, and he folded it in his hand, and said that the grain and grass in Weicheng had not arrived for a long time, and he added fuel and vinegar to the emergency situation in Weicheng.

When encountering this kind of thing, Li Yushi, as a doctor of imperial history, would not let it go, and said with a mouthful: "How can this be true, such a major event of the country has been done by a group of rabble, and now the old man has to refer to a book of his household department." ”

"Thank you, my lord, I will thank you for your kindness on behalf of the Weicheng soldiers." Listening to Li Yushi's response, Vice General Li sincerely thanked him.

On the Qiankun Palace, Leng Yang first said a few major things, thinking about the little beauty in the harem, the chief eunuch next to him looked at Leng Yang's expression, and said in a sharp voice: "If there is something to start, there is nothing to retreat." ”

In the palace, the imperial historian who was thinking about the book of the Ministry of Households, when he heard the words that he had something to do and had nothing to do to retreat from the court, he couldn't care about looking at the emperor's face.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has a book to play." As he spoke, he carefully took out the secret fold that had just arrived from his arms.

Leng Yang's face was not very good: "Present it." ”

Leng Yang, who was originally disgusted by the Imperial History Shangshu who couldn't understand his eyes, looked at the content of the secret fold, his face became even more ugly, and he instantly became as dark as the bottom of the pot.

"Doctor Yushi, where did you get this secret fold?" Leng Yang was originally a suspicious person, and the imperial historian took out the secret fold of the Dingbei Marquis who was far away in Weicheng, and Leng Yang had to think about it.

Doctor Yu Shi said calmly: "Back to the emperor, Wechen met a person at the gate of the house when he left the house this morning, and he was startled by Wechen at that time, thinking who would be early in the morning, and ran to the door of Wechen's house before dawn to wait, Wechen wanted to estimate where the beggar came from, but after thinking about it carefully, I felt that it was not right, let's ......"

"Getting to the point." Leng Yang's face was even darker, he hadn't thought that Doctor Yu Shi was talking so much nonsense before.

Listening to the Imperial Doctor's words, the people in the court are used to it, such things are already commonplace, and they are all used to it.

"Yes, the emperor, Weichen met the deputy general next to the Marquis of Dingbei, what is the surname Li, he was sent back to Handu by the Marquis of Dingbei to send a secret fold to the emperor, but he couldn't enter the palace, so he entrusted Weichen." was stared at by the emperor with a black face, and Li Yushi still said indifferently.

Leng Yang's eyes twitched, he didn't care what was surnamed Li, or surnamed Wang, just say the key points, but Li Yushi said so much, he couldn't get to the point for a long time.

Without looking at the emperor's expression, Li Yushi said to himself: "Your Majesty, listen to the meaning of Vice General Li, Weicheng has reached the point of running out of food, but the household department has done nothing, and he is idle in the household department all day long, and he is not a thousand-year-old Wang Ba, who hides in the shell all the year round and does not come out." ”

Liao Wenzhong's face turned red, not a fool can hear that Yu Shi is really scolding him, that is, scolding him, but the emperor didn't speak, no matter how anxious he was, he didn't dare to jump out, otherwise he really admitted that the household was what it was.

The people in the Qiankun Palace, who doesn't know who doesn't know that the mouth of the Imperial Doctor is a poisonous tongue that is unforgiving, but I haven't seen him open his mouth for a long time, and everyone has gradually forgotten his scolding skills.

When Leng Yang heard Li Yushi's words, he was angry and angry, and coughed lightly and said: "Aiqing, as a member of the imperial court, you can't lose the quality you should have, no matter how poor the household is, it is also one of the six departments, and some things can't be said too much." ”

As for Li Yushi's scolding, what can Leng Yang do, for more than ten years, Li Yushi's mouth has said countless words that are not shocking and endless, he punished and punished, and persuaded and persuaded, but that mouth is uncontrollable, and he has a headache when he holds it!

"Your Majesty, you still want to think about the seizure of grain and grass by the household department, this front line is fighting, and the villain set it on fire, no wonder Dingbei Hou will send his henchmen back to Beijing, it is estimated that some people will become ancestors when they become Shangshu, please don't move." looked at Liao Wenzhong, who had a dark face and gloomy eyes, and snorted coldly.

The corners of Leng Yang's eyes twitched, and he pulled out a smile and said: "Aiqing, rest assured, the Weicheng front line is the most important thing for my Jin country, no matter what, I can't delay the grain and grass, this matter, I will investigate it thoroughly, and let the household department give an explanation to the Beihou and the army of Zhengxi, if someone obstructs it, I will severely punish it." ”

"Liao Wenzhong, what do you have to say about the secret fold of Dingbei Hou?" Leng Yang on the dragon chair smashed the music fold in his hand hard at Liao Wenzhong.

Liao Wenzhong looked at the twists and turns at a glance, and the fierce description of Dingbei Hou made him tremble, especially when he mentioned that because the grain and grass were not in place, the army's heart was already unstable, and he became more and more anxious.

Just deducting military funds and grain is not a crime that Liao Wenzhong can afford, not to mention shaking the morale of the army, quickly thinking of countermeasures in his mind, looking at the emperor's suspicious gaze, Liao Wenzhong shuddered.

Thinking of the glory and wealth that had just begun, Liao Wenzhong made up his mind to push the matter onto Hu Zongzhi, and knelt on the ground with a plop: "Your Majesty, you are wronged, since Weichen entered the household department, he has always been dedicated and conscientious, and he has never done anything to live up to the emperor's expectations." ”

"Aiqing doesn't have to be nervous, I just asked a few words, and Aiqing answered truthfully." Looking at Liao Wenzhong, who was kneeling on the ground in panic, he thought that it was the person he had promoted, and he had two more points of trust.

Feeling the change in the emperor, Liao Wenzhong knew that things had taken a turn for the better, and when he thought of a doctor who was staring at him, he didn't feel relaxed at all.

"Thank you, the emperor, Weichen will not live up to the emperor's trust." Liao Wenzhong pretended to wipe the moisture from the corners of his eyes.

Looking at Liao Wenzhong's slandered appearance, Li Yushi said coldly: "Our court is really talented, and some people are comparable to Liyuan operas, proficient in blowing, playing and singing, but it's a pity that black is always black, and it is impossible to become white." ”

Watching the two of them fighting, Leng Yang had a headache and held his forehead: "Liao Wenzhong, then tell me why Dingbeihou sent back this secret fold?" ”

"Back to the emperor, the accounts of the household are empty, there is no penny in the treasury, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and Weichen can't turn into silver! After Weichen took over the household department, he has been checking the old accounts of the household department, and the household department has long been full of holes. Liao Wenzhong mentioned that the deficit was there before he took over, which meant that it had nothing to do with him.

Where would the Imperial Doctor let Liao Wenzhong go, and asked righteously: "I'm afraid that the head of the household department is old and confused, you said that you have been in deficit for many years before entering the household, so where did the old puppet of Gu Zongzhi get the grain and grass from?" ”

Compared with the Imperial Doctor, Liao Wenzhong still couldn't hold his breath, and when he heard Li Yushi's words, his eyes flashed with dodge, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Lord Yushi, how did Lord Gu do it at the beginning, Weichen doesn't know, Weichen only knows that if you want to make up the grain and grass of the 100,000 army when the household department doesn't have a penny, it is impossible, as for Lord Gu, it is estimated that there is the blessing of the gods!" ”

Hearing that Liao Wenzhong also poured dirty water on Gu Zongzhi's people, some upright courtiers couldn't stand it and said quietly: "Your Majesty, Lord Liao questioned Gu Shangshu, Weichen wants to say a fair word for Gu Shangshu, Weichen's words, most of the people in the palace can testify for Weichen." ”

"Quasi"

Liao Wenzhong intuitively felt that what he said next would be unfavorable to him, and when he wanted to stop it, the emperor had already approved it, and he couldn't stop it if he wanted to.

"Your Majesty, the original military funds were made up by Gu Shangshu, and he was not afraid of losing face, asking for money from door to door, Weichen was blocked by Gu Shangshu countless times, I believe you have had the same experience." The upright official from before continued.

With one person to prove it, more and more people have proved that they have donated money, and countless people have even mentioned the matter of being blocked at the door of Gu Shangshu's pursuit of money, after all, Gu Zongzhi was out of the way at the beginning, as long as he was a rich minister, he had all blocked it.

"Your Majesty, what Lord Qiu said is right, at that time, Hu Zongzhi came to the door every day to ask for money, and every time he was moved by emotion, he even coaxed and deceived to take away the silver." Speaking of being fooled by Gu Zongzhi, Jin Yanghou was still angry.

The emperor was slightly stunned, she didn't expect that the military expenses at that time were from the ministers by Gu Zongzi one by one, but this was also something that Gu Zongzhi could do, that person had always been thick-skinned.

When Liao Wenzhong heard someone speak for Gu Zongzhi, his heart was already cold, and he didn't expect Gu Zongzhi to be so willing to give up and offend people, and for the sake of military expenses, he actually came to the door to ask people to donate money.

"Your Majesty, there is no way for Weichen, Gu Shangshu left a big hole, and Weichen can't make up for that hole even if he sells himself, let alone military spending." Speaking of the situation in the household department, Liao Wenzhong was full of remorse.

This statement not only did not convince Li Yushi, but he seized the loophole: "Lord Liao means that Gu Zongzhi can do something, but you can't do it as a household secretary?" Gu Zongzhi's old puppet is usually annoying, but he is very bold in doing this. ”

"Since you know that the household department has no money, why don't you go to the emperor, and stay in the household all day long, waiting for pie to fall from the sky?"