At this time, the household lobby.

Tobe Shangshu has a sad face.

He had promised Qingyuanhou at Qingyuanhou that he would clean up Chen Xiao.

However, immediately afterwards, I saw that the ninth princess slapped Qing Yuanhou's face because of Chen Xiao, and almost cut off a piece of his hand......

This really scared the head of the household.

So he is very entangled now, should he listen to Hou Ye and clean up Chen Xiao, or not clean up?

The main reason is that he is afraid that Long Jiuling will trouble him......

But then I thought about it, if Chen Xiao made a mistake in the household department, then it was also the emperor who dealt with him, and the ninth princess couldn't find her own trouble, right?

Thinking of this, he made a plan, and tried his best to face it with the attitude of a Shangguan, as long as he was not an enemy of Chen Xiao head-on, who could kill him?

"Adult ......"

A small official came in, and it was the same small official who brought Chen Xiao into the main hall of the Ministry of Finance at the beginning.

Tobe Shangshu snorted and said, "How is it?" ”

"Lord Hui, Director Chen has already responded to the matter and is in his main hall!" The little official spoke.

"You told him about the accounts?" Tobe Shangshu asked.

The officer said, "I have already told him, but ...... My lord, all of those accounts are problematic, basically bad debts, and even a large part of them...... Part of it is...... Some dignitaries borrowed money and did not repay the account books.

These can't be corrected in any way, so Lord Shangshu, let the new principal figure out these accounts, how can this be clear...... How can I fill the vacancy......"

Hubu Shangshu sneered: "No, if you can't fill the vacancy, that's the problem of his head of the Ministry of Finance, when the time comes, the official will check, if there is a problem, find him the head of the Ministry of Finance!" ”

The little official bowed his head and was silent, obviously, the head of the household was still very unfriendly to Chen Xiao......

In the main hall of the Ministry of Gold, Chen Xiao looked at the pile of accounts on the table, and was very puzzled.

Are you sure you haven't offended the officials of the household department?

So, he took a ledger and looked at it carefully, it was a record of some income and expenditure, and there was nothing wrong with the record.

However, it is not the same as another silver bullet to pay and pay.

The problem here is obvious, there must be corruption, otherwise the ledger and the silver record will not be incompatible.

The silver was spent a little more, but the accounts were not written to spend much, this is not a fake account?

This point, Chen Xiao just came, he had no way of understanding it, it was all bad debts left in the past.

Then he opened another ledger, and when he looked closely, it seemed to be a loan account, on which he recorded how much money was lent to whom, and it was clearly written.

"Dingyuan Bo Zhou Zheng, in the spring of the one hundred and one year of the Dragon Calendar, borrowed five hundred taels of silver from the Ministry of Finance of the Ministry of Households......

Chen Xiao frowned: "An earl, actually received five hundred taels of silver?" And...... Isn't one hundred and one years old in the Dragon Calendar? Haven't paid it back yet? ”

"Zhao Dajin, the general of Zhenyuan, borrowed one hundred taels of silver from the Ministry of Finance in the winter of the 100th year ......of the Dragon Calendar."

Chen Xiao rubbed his forehead: "Nima, a great general, borrowed a hundred taels?" The problem is that you haven't paid it back yet, are you so poor? ”

What's even more terrifying is below, Chen Xiao took a look at the latest recent loan records:

"The Seventh Prince, Long Shengge, borrowed fifty taels of silver from the household in the summer of the one hundred and fifth year of the Dragon Calendar......"

"Good guy, I understand you borrowing money......" Chen Xiao smiled bitterly.

With this account book in hand, Chen Xiao walked out of the main hall and saw a few small officials not far away, so he walked over and said:

"Well, I'm asking you something!"

Several small officials didn't know Chen Xiao's official position, but they were dressed in a cyan official mansion, which means that they were officials of five to seven grades, and they didn't dare to slack off, so they gave up one after another.

"How did the previous head of the Ministry of Finance disappear?" Chen Xiao spoke.

Hearing this, one of the officials said, "You don't know yet? Because of bad debts. Don't look at the miscellaneous things that the Ministry of Finance is in charge of, some accounts and money are also in charge of the Ministry of Finance.

Some accounts have been made small moves by our household department and other departments in the place where money is spent...... You know, it's ...... Covet! So, the project doesn't match.

This account can't really be checked, right? Isn't that the end of that check? So, every once in a while, someone was saved from the blame, and he was charged with getting the accounts wrong, and he clicked ......"

He seems to be a big mouth, and at this point, several other minor officials have already given him a look and signaled that he is talking too much.

The little official also reacted, looked left and right, and said to Chen Xiao: "My lord, you should understand!" ”

Chen Xiao came back to his senses and said: "Ah, I understand, let's not talk about this sensitive topic, let me ask you, just some princes and nobles, high-ranking officials and generals, why do they like to come to the household department to borrow money?" ”

This topic is much lighter, but a few small officials don't feel that there is any taboo, so another one speaks:

"This is not a secret, this phenomenon is very common in the officialdom of the imperial capital. Because the officials are not much, but some officials spend a lot of money.

Therefore, there is a matter of borrowing money from the household department, not to mention the princes, nobles and high-ranking officials and generals, that is, the royal relatives and the harem concubines, they often borrow money from the household department.

Our household department is not only the household department of the imperial court, but also the household department of hundreds of officials. Among them, some officials who don't have much oil and water often come to borrow money. ”

When Chen Xiao heard this, he suddenly remembered what happened during the ancient Qing Dynasty in his world, of course, there were disasters in various places, and the household department couldn't come up with the money, because all the money was borrowed by the officials in the capital.

Obviously, the borrowing of money that happened in the Imperial Capital of the Dragon Kingdom was similar, but it was not that serious.

"So that's the case, then these officials borrow some by themselves, this account is not small, and it is difficult to recover it!" Chen Xiao said.

Another officer smiled: "Where is it difficult to take it back?" At all, you can't get it back, otherwise, how do you think the head of the Ministry of Gold died? ”

"Didn't you say that it was because of corruption that the accounts were not correct, and the principal was blamed, so that he was clicked?" Chen Xiao asked.

The little official smiled: "This is one reason, and another is that the money lent out cannot be recovered, resulting in a deficit in the accounts." The two reasons combined, it is impossible for the head of the Golden Ministry Division not to die. Alas, some people are greedy for money, some people borrow money, and some people fill their lives ......"

Hearing this, Chen Xiao took a deep breath and thought, it's really true.

At this time, another minor official said: "The head of the gold department is dead, but those who make false accounts and borrow money and do not pay it back can be guaranteed for a period of time, and there will be a new head of the gold department during this time."

And then after a while, he will come out and die because of these two problems. Alas, I don't know who will do this unlucky main thing this time, I guess, it's also a short-lived ghost! ”

Chen Xiao smiled: "That's not necessarily, the official's life may be short, but he doesn't want to be a backstabber!" ”

Several officials were stunned when they heard this, and they all looked at Chen Xiao.

"You...... Are you the new head of the Ministry of Gold? ”