What is on the desk is nothing more than the expenditure account of the Ministry of Rites for the previous month.

But it was the accounts of just one month that made Hou Shigui shocked.

With only accounts, Hou Shigui is sure that in just one month last month, the officials of the Ministry of Rites were greedy for at least 200,000 taels of silver!

This is still only the case of accounts, and Hou Shigui deliberately undercounted.

If you really want to investigate, the number of finds will only be much higher.

Hundreds of thousands of dollars a month, nearly 10 million a year!

Your Majesty is now in order to build a canal, marching south, and building a city outside the city.

It can be said that it is thrifty, which makes the household think about wave after wave of new taxes.

In the current season, the Ministry of Rites still dares to play like this, wouldn't it be dead?

If this account is handed over to His Majesty, wouldn't it be a catastrophe to the whole of the Ministry of Rites?

Huang Jianyuan himself had seen the accounts, but he didn't see anything famous.

It can be seen that Hou Shigui said solemnly, not as if he was fake, so he also became nervous:

"That account is wrong?"

"It's not right!"

Hou Shigui turned around and walked to the case, put away the accounts in a precious place, and said to Huang Jianyuan:

"Cousin, believe me once, this Ministry of Rites can't stay any longer, but it's ......"

Speaking of this, Hou Shigui was stunned.

He was greedy for more than 200,000 taels of silver a month, saying that it was done by a few people or a group of people, and Hou Shigui would not believe it at all.

This kind of thing, unless the Ministry of Rites has one mind, the number cannot be so huge.

If my cousin stays in the Ministry of Rites, even if he doesn't have a good relationship with those people, it will be a blessing in disguise.

Can...... This is not without an opportunity.

Thinking about it, Hou Shigui said to Huang Jianyuan in a deep voice:

"Cousin, if you really don't want to leave the Ministry of Rites, I have a method, but this method is quite risky.

If it happens, my cousin will turn over from now on, but it will also attract envy.

If not, it will be an abyss.

So I'll have to ask my cousin what you mean. ”

Salted fish turns over......

Hearing these four words from Hou Shigui, Huang Jianyuan was silent.

He has been in the Ministry of Rites for half a year, and he started to be a scrivener, and now he is still a scrivener.

Speaking of which, he is really a salted fish.

As for attracting envy......

Without the support of the family, how much better can his situation in the Ministry of Rites be?

Anyone can give themselves a few blank eyes, and no one wants to listen to what they say.

No matter how bad the situation is, how bad can it be?

Huang Jianyuan is also a smart person, and through the few sentences that Hou Shigui just pointed out, he already knew that there was a big problem with the accounts sent by the Ministry of Rites.

And what can I do for Hou Shigui? It is nothing more than an internal response, and if it is done, it is a great achievement.

If it doesn't, it's a catastrophe.

With Huang Jianyuan's temperament, if someone else said this, I am afraid that he would agree on the spot.

After all, he has lofty ambitions, and he is dedicated to reading the books of sages and sages, not just to be a book, so that the officials can be called and drunk for a lifetime.

But Hou Shigui ......

He's just a head of the branch from the ninth grade, even if he can get His Majesty's holy favor, but after all, it's the entire Ministry of Rites!

The odds of success are too small and too small.

Seeing that Huang Jianyuan was a little hesitant, Hou Shigui was not in a hurry, just patted him on the shoulder and said:

"If you want to put my cousin in danger, it's impossible for me not to make things clear to you.

What is recorded in the accounts can be reshuffled by the entire Ministry of Rites.

Although what I did was to find people to make mistakes and attract envy, this matter was too big, and those old fellows in the Ministry of Rites were standing behind them.

We have flipped the table, no matter whether we succeed or fail, we will not be pleased.

So I can only promise my cousin about this matter, try to be as secretive as possible, and let Your Majesty remember our merits.

As for whether it will be discovered, I don't dare to pat my chest and promise my cousin. ”

After listening, Huang Jianyuan shook his head and said:

"The stakes are high, and let me go back and think about it."

was about to turn around and leave, but he didn't want Hou Shigui to grab his arm, and when he looked back, he saw Hou Shigui looking at him gloomily:

"When did you become so indecisive? What about the incomparable talent Huang Jianyuan in the past! ”

"Cousin, you ......"

Without waiting for Huang Jianyuan to finish speaking, Hou Shigui's voice became deeper:

"Such a big event, if it drags on for a moment, there will be one more variable, and if it becomes a big event, how can there be such a reason for continuous judgment?

And I will hand over this account to His Majesty, as you should know, you have only two choices.

Either Mingzhe will leave the Ministry of Rites to protect himself, and in the future, with the prestige of your Huang family, it will be happy to be a rich man.

Either you will fight everything and gamble on it, and if you succeed, you will live, and if you lose, you will die! There is no other way! ”

Huang Jianyuan is a smart person, so Hou Shigui never dared to let him leave without giving him an answer.

People's hearts are separated from their bellies, and this account on the case is a major matter related to the life and death of the entire Ministry of Rites.

Hou Shigui didn't want to let Huang Jianyuan sell the news to the Ministry of Rites because of his temporary worries.

When it comes to life and death, those people in the Ministry of Rites will definitely kill themselves by any means, I'm afraid that they won't even be able to see the sun tomorrow.

It's not about them, and to be on the safe side, they won't even let go of the people they have recently met and those they have a closer relationship with.

So today, if Huang Jianyuan leaves without giving him an answer, Hou Shigui is afraid that he will let Bao Ji and Xiang Xu, who are guarding the door, move the knife.

No way, although he is his cousin, he has some feelings with him after getting along with him for a few days.

But the hearts of people are ghostly, Hou Shigui will never gamble the lives of the people around him to trust these two words.

Once you fail, you can't regret it.

Seeing Hou Shigui's appearance, Huang Jianyuan came to his senses.

He stepped back and said with some trepidation:

"Don't worry, cousin, I'm ...... I'm just going to go back and think about it, and I'm not going to talk about it. ”

Hou Shigui stood beside him and looked at him quietly, for a long time, before he smiled:

"Cousin, what are you talking about? You and I, my relatives, how can I worry about you telling you about this? Since my cousin is bent on leaving, I'll let someone send it off. ”

With that, he walked to the door and opened the door, calling Lin He, who was waiting outside the room:

"Go to the tea stall outside the gate and call Bao Ji and Xiang Xu and send one to my cousin for me."

Bao Ji and Xiang Xu?

Hearing this, Huang Jianyuan couldn't help but think of the day in Tianlin Mountain, these two evil men fought against the mountain bandits, just like the fierce appearance of Shura.

My cousin asked them to send themselves, afraid that they would send them back to their hometown.

His heart was cold, and he almost wanted to cry:

"Changping...... I...... I do! ”

He had been silent in Chujing for too long before, which caused him to be a little indecisive.

At this time, he decided to do this, but he also made a decision, and immediately drove out Na Lin He, closed the door and said to Hou Shigui:

"My book orders the officials directly under the Ministry of Rites, not under the Division, and there is a ...... on it"

began to tell Hou Shigui everything he knew about the Ministry of Rites.

Even those principals, outsiders, Langzhong's preferences, etc., are also detailed word for word, and they can be regarded as a name for acceptance.