At the end of the next morning, Xiao Rui was about to go to the Yangxin Palace to study government affairs, when an internal official came over and said respectfully: "Your Highness, just when the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs retired from the court, Lord Du of the Metropolitan Procuratorate asked the slave maid to tell His Highness, saying that there was something important to report, and he did not dare to disturb His Highness to deal with government affairs, so Lord Du dared to ask His Highness to move to the Metropolitan Procuratorate in the afternoon." ”

"Lord Du is looking for this palace?" Xiao Rui raised his eyebrows, and immediately thought of the scene he saw yesterday, so he came to see him today for a reason.

"This Du boy is really a little fox!" Xiao Rui smiled.

All civil and military officials know that there are two foxes in the court. Li Mingchong, the first assistant of the cabinet, is an old fox, and he is sent to the "turning thunderbolt", as long as he is involved in troublesome matters, he will be pushed by him, one, two, three, four, five, in the position of the first assistant of the cabinet that everyone looks at him, and he has set up very few enemies, which shows the degree of his cunning.

The little fox is Du Boy.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate is the most offending department of all the official offices, and Du Juvenile, who is the imperial history of the left capital, is under pressure, and if he can't resolve the conflict amicably, he would have stepped down a long time ago. Looking at the position of the imperial history of Zuodu, Du Shao is the most stable and longest, he is well versed in the way of throwing the pot, and has the potential to become an old fritter.

This time, I want to see what kind of heart Du Shao can play.

When he came to the Heart Cultivation Palace, Emperor Xia had already picked up the chapter for review, and when he saw Xiao Rui entering the house, he asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Xiao Rui explained: "Father, isn't the son still responsible for the imperial history of the right capital? Lord Du of the Imperial History of Zuodu has something to do, so he invited his son to visit in the afternoon, so he just asked the internal official to report on his behalf. ”

"He's looking for you?" Emperor Xia was stunned, no one knew about Young Man Du, so he was also surprised to learn that Young Man Du took the initiative to see the prince.

Emperor Xia nodded, and then did not continue to ask, but asked, "Hasn't Lu Su received the order to do it yet?" ”

Xiao Rui responded: "I haven't received it yet, it seems that the commander is not ready yet." This operation is a big plan, and they have to be well prepared and understandable. ”

Xia Huang did not continue to ask, but said: "Come on, let's talk about the details of Huangtian Group and Daxia Bank that I talked about yesterday, I tossed and turned last night, and I have been thinking about this matter, since it is a major event for the benefit of the country and the people, it is natural to quickly push it out and do it!" ”

"Yes!" Xiao Rui responded, and then continued to introduce the in-depth business philosophy of Huangtian Group and Daxia Bank.

After lunch, Xiao Rui went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

When the young man Du heard the news, he was already waiting in front of the official office, and when he saw Xiao Rui getting off the sedan chair, he came attentively and said, "The young man Du of the lower official has come to see His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness is a thousand years old." The subordinate was so frightened that he tired His Highness to move in person, and asked His Highness for forgiveness. ”

Xiao Rui smiled and said: "Lord Du is serious, aside from the identity of the prince of the palace, the palace is still the right capital of the Imperial History, and coming to the Imperial Court is to return to his own home, how can he be tired." I heard that Du Shao is hard, he is busy until late at night every day, and he is really a model for all officials, Lord Du can rest assured, this palace will make a statement to His Majesty and reward you with a big red flower. ”

What the hell is a big red flower?

Du Shao was slandered in his heart, but said respectfully on his face: "It is Your Majesty and His Royal Highness who have urged him to have the lower officials today, how can His Majesty and His Royal Highness work hard, look at His Highness's demeanor, he is a little haggard than before he went to Zhao State, but he is still so handsome and extraordinary in the world, but the lower officials have heard that His Royal Highness, as a supervising army, relies on his handsome appearance and charming temperament, so that the county guard of Zangdong County took the initiative to surrender, and along the way, the soldiers and people of Yan Kingdom heard that His Royal Highness was down, and they abandoned their weapons and surrendered!" ”

Xiao Rui's smile was even worse, I really didn't notice it, Du Shao's little mouth is so sweet, and Wei Zhongxian has a fight, saying that his heart is beautiful, not bad. In the future, when I became the emperor myself, I left such a talent by my side, and when I was upset, I listened to him praise a few words, and I was comfortable.

I just don't know if he's willing to be cleansed...

At this time, Du Shao said again: "Look at the lower official is really sluggish, Your Highness, please come in, the lower official has already prepared refreshments." ”

Xiao Rui put away the thoughts in his heart and followed him into the Metropolitan Courtyard.

After the two of them were done, Xiao Rui took a sip of tea and asked, "What is the matter that Master Du wants to report?" ”

Xiao Rui asked straight to the point.

Young Du waved his hand, retreated from the subordinates, and then got up and respectfully said: "Your Highness, yesterday Lord Yang came to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and warmly invited the lower officials to drink, but the lower officials really couldn't find a reason to refuse, so they agreed. ”

"Lord Yang? Which Lord Yang? Xiao Rui asked knowingly.

Du Shao said: "It's Lord Yang Feiyuan Yang, a cabinet scholar and a scholar of the household department!"

"He? He didn't keep an eye on the household department, and checked and counted the granaries in various places as soon as possible, why did he come to you and invite you to drink? But it's nothing to drink, Lord Du just agreed. Xiao Rui said casually.

Young Du sighed and said, "If it is ordinary drinking, what is there to be afraid of." It's just that Xia Guan heard some rumors. ”

Xiao Rui looked at Boy Du and motioned for him to continue.

"Your Highness knows about Xijingcang?" Du Shao asked.

Xiao Rui nodded, naturally knowing Xijingcang.

In addition to the treasury and other warehouses for reserve items, there are also warehouses dedicated to storing grain. These warehouses are divided into internal and external warehouses.

The inner warehouse is the granary near Kyoto, there are thirteen in total, known as the "thirteen warehouses of Kyoto", each warehouse is stocked with hundreds of thousands of stones, supplying the royal family, princes, civil and military officials and military salaries.

The outer warehouse is distributed in the state capital, but also belongs to the household of the granary, a total of six, namely Huainan Fu's Fengji warehouse, Xuzhou's Guangyun warehouse, Dezhou's Dezhou warehouse, Chang'an's Xijing warehouse, Huizhou's Linhui warehouse, Hangzhou's Jiangsu-Zhejiang warehouse.

Each of these six granaries is an important strategic reserve, including the Fengji warehouse in Huainan Prefecture, the Guangyun warehouse in Xuzhou, the Dezhou warehouse in Dezhou, the Linhui warehouse in Huizhou, and the Jiangsu-Zhejiang warehouse in Hangzhou are the five major grain warehouses, which can be directly imported into Kyoto.

As for the granary of the place and the granary of His Majesty's internal money, I will not mention it for the time being.

The Xijing warehouse in the mouth of Du Shaonian is located in the city of Chang'an, which is the largest granary in the western part of Daxia, and is of great strategic significance.

Du Shao continued: "Your Royal Highness, this time Your Majesty asked the household department to take stock of the world's grain reserves and clear the grain fields, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate is responsible for supervision, and His Royal Highness is in charge, His Royal Highness is busy with state affairs, so it is naturally impossible to go out in person, so he asked the left deputy capital Yushi Hao to take the lead and lead the supervision of the imperial history to inspect the state capital, supervise the violations of law and discipline in the process of grain storage and clearing, and severely punish once it is found. In the past few months, Lord Hao has been upright, and he has copied more than 30 corrupt officials, large and small, confiscated more than 5 million taels of stolen silver, and seized 10,000 acres of grain land, but... After all, Lord Hao has no skills and can't go to all places, such as Chang'an, so Chang'an has two superintendents in charge. ”

Xiao Rui was even more interested.

Yang Feiyuan's ancestral home is Chang'an, and his family is all in Chang'an!

"Could it be that these two overseers have found a problem?" Xiao Rui asked.

Du Shao shook his head, nodded again, and said: "Your Highness, these two superintendents have verified the grain storage situation in the Xijing warehouse, a total of five million two hundred and thirty-seven thousand eight hundred and twenty-six stones, basically one sack and one stone, how many stones are contained in each warehouse, all of them are registered and clear, and the actual quantity is also consistent with the grain storage in the account book, there is no problem." But... The careful supervision of the imperial history still found a problem. ”

"What's the problem?" Xiao Rui wondered, since there is no problem with grain storage, it means that Xijing Cang has not been deducted by corruption, so what's wrong?

Du Shao straightened his posture and whispered: "When the two of them were randomly checking the grain storage, they accidentally found the new grain harvested this year, and as for how much, the two didn't dare to track it down, so they immediately told the news to the lower officials. ”

"New grain?" Xiao Rui raised his eyebrows, and finally knew where the problem was.

New grain contains moisture, which is not conducive to grain storage, and it is easy to heat and mold if you are not careful, so it must be dried and dried thoroughly to facilitate storage, and the environment must be ventilated and dry. Therefore, most of the internal and external granaries under the control of the household department are old grain, and only a few inner granaries dedicated to the palace, princes, and civil and military officials will store new grain.

It is impossible to store the new grain of the year, and it is more than one year of old grain.

In this case, why is there new grain in Xijing Cang?

Do you still need to guess?

It must be that the grain storage in the Xijing warehouse is not enough, and it does not match the account book, so it is urgent to send grain to supplement it to deal with verification. After this hurdle, when the time comes, I am thinking of a way to modify the account book, and it becomes a dead account, and you can be profound and worry-free!

However, Skynet was restored and neglected, patronizing the supplementary grain, ignoring the old grain and the new grain, and was discovered by the supervising imperial history.

Figuring out what was going on, Xiao Rui deliberately asked, "Even if there is a problem with Xijingcang, what does it have to do with Lord Yang inviting Lord Du to drink?" Could it be that the embezzlement of grain storage in Xijing Warehouse is also related to Lord Yang? Lord Yang is a cabinet scholar and a scholar of the household department, and he cherishes his identity and reputation very much, how can he make mistakes for some food. Even if this matter is investigated to the end, this palace believes that it will only find out the head of the Tobe Kurabe Langzhong, and it should not involve Lord Yang, at most he will not be aware of the use of people. Master Du, what do you say? ”

Young Du nodded and said, "Xiaguan naturally understands this truth, but Your Highness... The family behind Lord Yang is in Chang'an, and the relationship with the local officials is complicated, the Yang family has a prominent position in Chang'an Mansion, I heard that the people can not know who the assassin is, but they can't not know the Yang family! In addition, although the two inspectors of the imperial history were silent and did not expose the new grain in person, if the people in Xijingcang reacted afterwards, they should have guessed that they were exposed. ”

"So Your Highness... You said that Lord Yang invited the lower officials to a banquet tonight, but did the lower officials not go, or did they not go? ”

Xiao Rui smiled, this guy is really a little fox, he is now starting to clear his responsibilities, handed the gun to Xiao Rui, and asked Xiao Rui to deal with Yang Feiyuan.

In the past, Xiao Rui would not necessarily accept the offer, after all, offending a cabinet scholar was not a Meiji choice.

But coincidentally, His Majesty had already asked him to move Yang Feiyuan, and this incident was the opportunity.

Wait a minute!

His Majesty let himself move Yang Feiyuan, could it be that he also knew about it?

"Lord Du, have you told Your Majesty about this?" Xiao Rui asked.

Du Shao shook his head and said: "The lower official does not have full evidence, how dare he be wronged at will, and tell His Highness the truth today, it is because His Royal Highness leads the position of the imperial history of the right capital and is in command, that the lower official dares to say the situation." ”

Xiao Rui nodded, it seems that His Majesty doesn't know about Xijingcang.

"Lord Du, Lord Yang is kindly invited, you have to go, just adapt to the situation. In addition, he ordered the two superintendents to return to Beijing as soon as possible, they were the first witnesses. Xiao Rui said.

Du Shao said: "Your Highness, rest assured, the lower official has ordered the two of them to return to Beijing as soon as possible." Since His Royal Highness thinks that the lower officials should go, then the lower officials should go and take a look? ”

"Drink well, this palace supports you, if there is any situation, directly send a henchman to Zhan Shifu to find Zhan Shi Jia Xu, and he will tell the news to this palace." Xiao Rui said with a smile.

Young Du immediately put his mind at ease, now that he threw the pot to His Royal Highness the Prince, then he can drink with confidence, even if something happens in the end, His Royal Highness will take the lead, and he will just act according to orders, perfect!