Chen Xiao now has a list of many officials who have corrupt ties with the household department.

When the household department was in charge of money with some other departments, as long as Chen Xiao calculated that there was a problem in the accounts, it was obvious that the missing part of the money went into whose pocket.

However, the control of this kind of money requires the presence of people from the household department and other departments, so it is almost impossible for one party to embezzle.

After all, you allocated money to me to do things, and you embezzled 1,000 taels of silver alone, and I pretended not to see it?

But I'm going to take the risk, after all, it's the two of us together, and you're greedy when you say it, so who knows?

So, anyway, if you want to suffer together, why not be greedy together?

What's more, in one matter, one party is greedy, one party is not greedy, and the greedy party is not at ease?

Therefore, there must be a case of embezzlement, in which both parties are involved, or neither side is involved.

No matter what, in short, the current Taifu Siqing is afraid.

He didn't believe that Chen Xiao had calculated the account of the embezzlement between him and the Hubu Shangshu on this amount, but he believed that if he owed the Hubu money and the account books of the Hubu fell into the hands of the emperor, they would definitely be strictly investigated.

Not only will he have to repay the money at that time, but it is really possible that as Chen Xiao said, if something is found out, it will be over!

Seeing that Chen Xiao didn't give him face and continued to leave the Taifu Temple, the Taifu Temple was anxious, got up and said, "Lord Chen, Master Chen, wait a minute, you can't say it well if you have something to say!" ”

Chen Xiao stopped his steps, turned his head, and said, "From the beginning, you didn't say it well!" ”

"Hehe, this official is in a bad mood today, Chief Chen forgive me, isn't it just a matter of owing money? Director Chen rest assured, is this official the kind of person who owes money and doesn't pay it back? Apparently not! Taifu Siqing said with a smile.

Chen Xiao frowned: "Really?" That just now, did I misunderstand you? ”

"It's possible, haha, don't take it to heart in charge of Chen, that ...... Come, help me go home, find my wife, and get five thousand taels of silver!" ”

As the servant Siqing spoke, a trusted official left.

Chen Xiao smiled: "Isn't this good?" You say, what do you have to do if it's so complicated? ”

"Yes, yes, yes, give tea to Chief Chen!" Taifu Siqing said.

After inviting Chen Xiao to sit down, Taifu Siqing asked tentatively:

"Chief Chen, that ...... You can't sort out your accounts, right? After all, part of the household department is rotten, it is notoriously rotten, and it is not good in this world, no one cares about it! ”

Chen Xiao pondered in his heart.

In fact, this account, he cleared the truth, or that sentence, for people in this world, it is indeed not easy to settle accounts.

However, Chen Xiao is different, he is really easy to settle these accounts.

said it before, but it was also to threaten the Taifu Siqing.

However, there is no need to threaten now, because a sentence will be handed over to Your Majesty, and Your Majesty will investigate, which is enough to scare the Taifu Siqing.

Therefore, people have to go back to hiding clumsy.

So, Chen Xiao said: "Just kidding, where can I sort out the account!" ”

Taifu Siqing was a little angry in his heart, and at the same time he was relieved, laughed and said: "Master Chen is really naughty, scared the old man to death......

"However, Lord Taifu Siqing, if you don't repay the account, then the account book, I will give it to Your Majesty, how much he can sort out some problems, right?"

Taifu Siqing smiled awkwardly when he heard this: "Of course, of course ......."

He didn't believe that Chen Xiao could sort it out, but he was puzzled, how did Chen Xiao know about the fact that the silver given to Taifu Temple last time was 20,000 taels more than 1,000 taels?

So somewhat, the heart is still beating the drum.

"My lord, the silver has been fetched!" After a short time, the little official came back and carried a few boxes.

Five thousand taels, nail by nail with white flowers, lying in a box, blind.

After Chen Xiao asked the little officials he brought to count them, there was no problem, so he asked them to leave with the silver.

Chen Xiao also smiled and said to Taifu Siqing: "So, thank you Taifu Siqing!" ”

As he spoke, he turned around and left with the little official.

Along the way, he went directly back to the household department and deposited the silver in the main hall, Chen Xiao took advantage of the fact that it was still early and went to some officials to collect the accounts.

In just these two days, the accounts recovered have reached more than 20,000 taels, and half of the accounts have not been collected.

One can imagine how bad the atmosphere of borrowing money from the Ministry of Household Affairs is.

Mainly, this is accumulated over several years!

On the third day, Chen Xiao continued to collect accounts everywhere, and basically, he used various methods to recover the accounts.

However, because of this, many officials in the imperial capital were offended!

Eventually, however, by the fifth day, the accounts were all settled.

A total of 60,000 taels of silver is already very scary.

Don't look at it as only 60,000 taels, but when you think about it, these are just some officials borrowing from the household department, and they borrowed 60,000 taels, which is not a small amount.

Of course, it is impossible to borrow too much, and if the household money is obviously much less, the emperor will order a thorough investigation!

The head of the household department, the gold department.

Chen Xiao looked at a room in his main hall dedicated to collecting money and was stunned.

The whole house is basically white and silver.

Because the officials generally owe hundreds or thousands of taels, they all pay it back in silver, so the 60,000 taels of silver with white flowers are all placed here one by one, which is really spectacular.

"My lord, this money has been counted, and all of it is matched with the accounts borrowed in the past few years!" A small official replied.

Chen Xiao said: "How long has it been counted? ”

"Three people, half a day!" The clerk replied!

It's not easy, Chen Xiao nodded and said, "Okay, you go down and rest!" ”

After the little official left, Chen Xiao looked at the silver.

Immediately, he sat down on a chair in the main hall.

"Now, the accounts are clear, the foreign debts have been collected, hum, Hubu Shangshu, if you want to embarrass me, I'm afraid it's difficult......"

Talking to himself, Chen Xiao showed a sneer.

And at the moment, the household hall.

Shang Shu looked at the waiter and said: "These five days have passed, Chen Xiao is said to go out every day, and he hasn't settled the accounts much, it seems that he should not be able to figure out the accounts!" ”

The squire nodded: "Who can figure it out, anyway, I can't figure it out." ”

"If you can figure it out, is that still a human?" Shangshu laughed.

"I don't know the account, did he collect it!" The squire was curious.

Hubu Shangshu laughed and said: "Those accounts are owed by some officials for several years, and some of them, such as Uncle Dingyuan and General Zhenyuan, I can't afford to offend, he Chen Xiao, dare to collect the accounts?"

I don't believe it anyway, besides, even if he has the guts, how can he get it back? Hmph, wait a few more days, and the official will ask him how things are doing, and when the time comes, I want him to look good! ”

The squire also smiled: "Your Excellency is wise! ”

Hubu Shangshu said: "I don't know, why this Qingyuanhou is so jealous of this Chen Xiao, in my opinion, hum." But that's it! ”