There was a strange scene in the court for a while.

The head of the civil officials was collectively bombarded by the civilian officials, but the military ministers collectively stood up for him.

Since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, there has never been such a strange scene.

Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji calmly watched the civil and military arguing.

Wang Zeng glared angrily.

Cai Qi realized that he had done something stupid.

He actually pushed the head of the civil officials into the camp of military ministers.

If the head of the civil officials is really biased towards the military ministers and helps the military ministers speak in the court, then what is the matter with their civil servants in the court?

Cai Qi ...... I will punish you for a year, do you have any complaints? ”

Zhao Zhen slowly spoke after the Manchu Dynasty had enough civil and military quarrels.

Cai Qi lowered his head in shame and said in a deep voice: "The ministers are punished ......"

Zhao Zhen snorted coldly, and glanced at the ministers dissatisfied, "The fourth brother is the head of the ministers...... Not only do you not support him collectively, but you join in him.

You're not just slapping him in the face, you're slapping me in the face.

You want to tell the whole world that I don't know anyone, and you actually put a person who is not tolerated by Wenchen in the position of Pingzhangshi under the door of Tongzhongshu. ”

"Bang!"

Zhao Zhen slapped the table and shouted angrily: "You are all imperial histories? The following grams are so capable. ”

Above the court, impeachment and participation have their own rules.

Yu Shi can ignore the rank and wantonly impeach anyone.

There are two classes of civil and military, and you can also participate in it at will.

However, if he is also a civil servant, he is subordinate to the following subordinates, especially his own direct boss, that is, he is unruly and not tolerated by the court.

When Kou Ji was serving in the Criminal Division, in order to deal with his superior, Zhang Lun, it was also under the slogan of crying out for Zhang Lun.

From beginning to end, he said good things about Zhang Lun, and never said a bad word about Zhang Lun.

At that time, his grandfather Kou Zhun already had extremely high authority in the court.

Kou Ji can't act recklessly, let alone others.

There has always been a saying in the court, called each performing his duties.

Every official has the functions of every official.

If everyone does what they want, then the court will be chaotic.

The ministers heard Zhao Zhen's reprimand and lowered their heads one by one.

Most of them had no remorse on their faces.

Because in the matter of Koji, they don't care about what is next.

They just want to move to Koji as much as they can, and Koji in the province will trouble them.

Although the military ministers did not receive any praise, when they saw Zhao Zhen's training of the ministers, they raised their heads one by one, not to mention how comfortable they were.

In the past, in the court.

They were the object of ridicule by the civil servants and the object of reprimand by the officials.

Because their knowledge is not as good as that of the ministers, and no of the ministers will speak.

Therefore, when bickering and sophistry, he is always weak.

It will always be the party who takes the fault or is scolded.

Now that the situation has reversed, they naturally feel proud of their eyebrows.

After Zhao Zhen reprimanded the ministers, he said coldly to Kou Ji: "Fourth brother, your people, you discipline yourself, and you can deal with disobedient ones as they should be." ”

Kou Ji bowed down and agreed, "......"

Zhao Zhen snorted, flicked his sleeves and left the Vertical Arch Hall.

After Zhao Zhen left, Kou Ji turned around and said lightly to the ministers behind him: "Because some of you are unruly, the officials who killed us reprimanded all of us.

In order to help you establish a rule, and then for a long time.

I will take people to inspect the yamen, and by the way, check the files of the yamen.

If there is a mistake, we will follow the rules. ”

The ministers glanced at each other, not understanding the deep meaning of Kou Ji's words.

Wang Zeng snorted coldly in his heart.

He knew there were a lot of people who were going to be unlucky.

Kou Ji didn't care about the reaction of the ministers, his eyes fell on Han Yang, the head of the household department, and said indifferently: "Go to the household department today and take a look at the file of the household department......

Han Yang didn't think much about it and agreed.

Kou Ji waved his hand nonchalantly, "Let's disperse." ”

As soon as this remark came out.

The Manchu Dynasty civil and military groups gathered together, talked small words, and went out of the vertical arch hall.

Kou Ji also went out of the vertical arch hall and went to the political hall first.

He sent someone back to his house and brought a few people over.

Then Kou Ji took a few people to the household department.

Han Yang was waiting at the door of the Yamen of the Ministry of Households, and after seeing Kou Ji, he reluctantly took the initiative to greet him.

"Xiaguan ......"

"Okay, no need to say more, go straight to the roll room."

Kou Ji knew where the household roll room was, so he didn't need Han Yang to lead the way, so he took his own people straight to the roll room.

Han Yang felt that there was nothing wrong with the file of the household department, so he still entered the file room.

Kou Ji entered the roll room, sent someone to move a stool, and sat at the door of the roll room.

The people of Kou Mansion bowed down and stood in front of Kou Ji.

Under the gaze of Han Yang and others, Kou Ji said lightly to the people of Kou Mansion: "You are all rare audit experts trained by my Kou Mansion, and you have read the scriptures on my Kou Mansion.

It should not be difficult to check the files of the household department.

I don't have high requirements, less than 3,000 bad debts, so don't report it. ”

The people of Kou Mansion agreed.

Han Yang stood behind Kou Ji, and when he heard Kou Ji's words, he pursed his lips disdainfully.

He had been in the household department for several years.

He was still very clear about the accounts of the household department.

Since the imperial court has cut down several corrupt officials in a row, it has been a long time since there has been a fork in the accounts of the household department.

So he was very disdainful of Kou Ji's words.

Don't report bad debts below 3,000 yuan?

If you can find out the bad debts of thirty times, you can even count it as burning high incense.

Han Yang watched with disdain as the people from the Kou Mansion walked towards the account file of the household department.

After the people of Kou Mansion got the file, they quickly flipped through it, as if they were looking at a flower.

The bookkeeping method of the household department is not the same order of magnitude as the bookkeeping method of Koufu.

Therefore, the people of Kou Mansion only need to look through the account files of the household department to roughly judge whether there is a problem in them.

In addition, they are all old account keepers, and there are countless accounts that have been recorded and checked.

The problems in the accounts of the household department cannot escape their eyes at all.

"Master, in the thirteenth year of the Heavenly Sage, there were 13,000 incursions in the salt tax in Huaizhou...... In the fourteenth year of the Heavenly Sage, there were eighteen thousand ......"

"Master, in the thirteenth year of the Heavenly Sage, there were 32,000 pieces of disaster relief money and food for the flood in Xiangzhou...... Specific needs to be examined in detail......"

“……”

The Kou Mansion's account office flipped through the ledger and quickly reported the problems they had identified.

Kou Ji didn't say anything, just watched calmly.

Han Yang's eyes widened and exclaimed, "It's impossible to ......"

A Koufu account office, who was checking the accounts, casually put down the account book in his hand and said lightly, "The way to cheat is too simple, but it is much stronger than those inferior methods on the market, and it should not be a problem to hide from most people." But you can't hide it from us.

For example, in the account book I checked just now, Han Shangshu can retrieve a copy of the local account book stored by the household department, and carefully check it, and you can see the problem.

If you can't believe us, you can borrow three old account rooms from Yizizipu to verify it. ”

Han Yang couldn't care about his identity at the moment, he opened his mouth and shouted: "The accounts of the household department have been checked at least three times, and there is no problem. ”

The account office of Kou Mansion picked up an account book casually, and while flipping through it, he said lightly: "But the bookkeeping method of the household department is still the earliest bookkeeping method.

The new bookkeeping method has been promoted for more than two years.

But the household department did not send anyone to study.

Just because the household doesn't look down on it doesn't mean that others don't look down on it.

As long as you understand the new way of bookkeeping, you can easily find loopholes in the old way of bookkeeping and make a lot of money from it. ”

Speaking of this, the account office of Kou Mansion raised the account file that he was looking at, "For example, this one, there is no problem in the account, and the money spent is not bad on the book."

It's really pleasing to the eye.

But Han Shangshu should understand that there will be some more or less flaws in any account.

It's like this without any flaws, and it's obviously a re-done. ”

Han Yang's face changed completely.

He is not proficient in accounts, but he has served in the household department for many years, and his understanding of accounts is far beyond ordinary people.

He knew that when any account was reflected in the ledger, it could not be perfect, and there would be some flaws in the middle.

But these flaws just prove the truth of these accounts.

On the contrary, those accounts that are not flawed in the slightest are bound to be problematic.

In a place's accounts for a year, there are countless amounts of money in and out, and there will inevitably be losses and omissions.

There are even those three hands, quietly taking away some small fortunes from them.

After all, the people used square hole money.

So many copper coins are piled up together, and it will not be noticeable if they are taken away for a penny or two.

You follow one or two articles, I follow one or two articles, and the amount adds up, and the number is not small.

Those officials and petty officials who do things are not saints who regard money as dung, and in the face of money that can be easily walked, they are not moved and do not move, that is a strange thing.

It is precisely because of this that the imperial court always turns a blind eye in this regard.

After all, the imperial court can't make everyone in the government and the opposition not greedy.

As long as it does not reach the point of being imprisoned and killed, it is impossible for the imperial court to mobilize the people and make a big move.

In this case, if the accounts are still flawless, there must be something wrong with them.

After Han Yang's face changed, Kou Ji said faintly: "Such a low-level mistake, the household department should not make it." I'm afraid there's something else going on here.

You send two people to the shop, tell them that they are in charge, and say that I said it, and borrow a few of them to come and check the accounts together.

The people who saved me found out the wrong account, and you didn't admit it.

In addition, I went to the big volume room and moved the files that the people in my house found out to be problematic.

The main account, the sub-account, and the local sub-account are checked together.

It is clear whether there are any problems at a glance. ”

Han Yang gritted his teeth and agreed.

Han Yang got out of the volume room with his head bored, and went to let people move other files according to Kou Ji's instructions, and went to the Yizi shop to invite someone by the way.

Kou Ji's name is very useful, and the person sent by Han Yang just mentioned it in Yizizipu, and Yizizipu immediately sent more than a dozen account offices to the household department.

Subsequently, the people of Koufu, the people of the Yizizi shop, and the people of the household department checked the accounts of the three parties, and found out a lot of cats from the many account books of the household department.

Compared with the people in Koufu and the people in the household department, the people of the Yizizi shop are very meticulous in checking their accounts, even if there is a penny of cats, they have to check it carefully.

The audit process lasted three days.

The bad debts found out were beyond Han Yang's imagination.

At first, Han Yang still felt that the accounts of the household department were not boring, and even if there were, it would only be dozens of times at most.

But after the tripartite audit, the figures found out were unacceptable to Han Yang.

"Kou Xiang, villain and others have carefully checked it, and the account problems of the household department mostly appear in the way of bookkeeping. Some people in the local area used the earliest bookkeeping methods at the earliest, and the traces of fraud are very obvious and can be easily judged.

But when the bookkeeping method of the word Jiaozi shop appeared, someone immediately studied it and used it in the locality.

The means of fraud have also improved a lot, and if you are not familiar with the new way of bookkeeping, it is difficult to detect the trickiness. ”

After checking some of the accounts of the household department, the people of Yizizipu respectfully told Kou Ji the truth.

Kou Ji nodded and said, "It's all hard work, I ordered someone to set up a table in Fan Lou, and you go back and relax together." ”

"Thank you, Kou Xiang......"

After Kou Ji sent someone to send away the people from Yizizipu, in Han Yang Tieqing's face, he said lightly: "Now you know what your problem is, right?" The means of non-governmental fraud are constantly improving, and the methods of bookkeeping are also changing.

And your household department has been resting on its laurels, sticking to the old things, and never thinking about dealing with different problems as soon as possible after different problems have arisen in the people. As a result, a considerable amount of losses were caused to the imperial court. ”

Han Yang gritted his teeth and said, "Xiaguan must try his best to recover the losses of the imperial court." ”

Kou Ji said nonchalantly: "Chasing is to chase, but you are derelict in your duties and have to be punished." One squire and two outsiders are your explanation to the court. ”

Han Yang raised his head in astonishment and looked at Kou Ji.

Just some bad debts, you need a waiter, two outsiders?

Crazy, right?

Kou Ji glanced at Han Yang with a smile, "This matter is handed over to the official family to deal with, and what you want is not a squire or two outsiders." ”

Han Yang's heart trembled, and he gritted his teeth and hung his head.

There is a saying that big fish eat small fish, and small fish eat dried shrimp.

Kou Ji's status and status, to deal with the household department, only one waiter and two outsiders.

Zhao Zhen's identity spoke, then Han Yang, the position of the head of the household, I am afraid that he will have to move.

After Kou Ji saw Han Yang give in, he smiled and instructed his people: "Go to the Criminal Department......

The group left the household in a big way.

Next.

One of the servants and two outsiders of the household department were demoted to the local level.

It was Han Yang who asked to belittle them, and it was Kou Ji who approved it.

After that, it took nearly half a month.

Kou Ji successively visited the major yamen of the imperial court.

Some yamen have real problems, and some yamen have no big problems.

But if you encounter someone like Kou Ji who is bent on finding faults, there is no problem and he can find some problems for you.

In the end, just six parts were made, and there were five waiters and nine outsiders.

Other yamen were also damaged.

This incident shook the government and the opposition up and down.

Both the civil ministers and the military ministers have seen the authority of the newly appointed Tongzhongshu Sect Pingzhangshi.

I also saw the courage of the newly appointed Tongzhong Shumenxia Pingzhangshi.

If he doesn't move, the wind will be calm.

If he moves, it's a stormy sea.

Kou Ji originally thought of sending him three rounds before stopping, but after one round of investigations, the civil officials relented.

One by one, they wrote to ask for credit for Kou Ji, and expressed the momentum that Kou Ji visited the major yamen of the imperial court, cleaned up the court, and improved the efficiency of the major yamen of the imperial court by more than one grade.

When Kou Ji saw this, it was not easy to start.

Inside the government hall.

Wang Zeng sat on the seat of the public house, listening to the lively praise of Kou Ji's public house, and couldn't help but sigh.

"Kou Tiger is Kou Tiger, if you don't move, it's enough, and if you move, the earth will be turned upside down."

After saying this, Wang Zeng looked at Cai Qi, who was sitting on the side, pouted and said, "Tell me about you, who is not good to participate in the performance, but go to participate in him."

If he doesn't raise a butcher's knife to kill, we will already burn high incense.

You even took the initiative to provoke him. ”

Cai Qi snorted coldly and shouted: "The imperial court is a place with rules, like him who is unruly and reckless, shouldn't he be involved?" ”

Wang Zeng rolled his eyes, "So you don't have a year to spare." ”

Cai Qi said disdainfully: "It's just a year, I don't care." Contribute to the court, I can give up my life, what is it. ”

Wang Zeng said angrily: "You Cai Gong is righteous, but it is my Wang Zeng, who is blind." ”

Cai Qi snorted and was speechless.

Wang Zeng pouted at the place where Kou Ji was, "You Cai Gong will do whatever it takes for them." Now not only did they not receive your love from Cai Gong, but they ran to the opponent to hold their stinky feet.

What do you think? ”

When Cai Qi heard this, he became angry and shouted in a low voice: "A group of villains ......"

Wang Zeng laughed, took out a note from his cuffs, handed it to Cai Qi, and said with a smile: "Even so, how about you sign my name on this note?"

As long as the official family approves my recital, your anger will come out. ”

Cai Qi glared at Wang Zeng, took Wang Zeng's recital, flipped through it slightly, glared at him in astonishment, and shouted, "Are you crazy?" ”

Wang Zeng shook his head with a smile and said, "I'm not crazy. ”

Cai Qi asked, "Didn't you get on this kind of music?" If it spreads, I am afraid that your king will become the target of public criticism in the future. ”

Wang Zeng put away the smile on his face and said in a deep voice: "My king has always spoken and has always done what he said. ”

Cai Qi gritted his teeth and said, "I let those children of officials and eunuchs go to the poor countryside after they leave office, and they will scold you to death." ”

Wang Zeng didn't care at all and said: "As long as they can endure the experience of being poor and remote and become a good official who can do things for the people, even if my Wang Zeng is stinking for 10,000 years, I am willing." ”

Speaking of this, Wang Zeng looked at Cai Qi and said: "Everyone in the world praises you Cai Qi is upright and not afraid of the powerful, what's the matter, are you afraid?" ”

Cai Qi scolded: "I'm not afraid of the emperor's relatives and relatives, I will be afraid of them?" How old are they? We are the prime minister of the center, it should be that they are afraid of us, when will it be the other way around. ”

Wang Zeng took the opportunity to say: "Then you will sign." ”

Cai Qi said disdainfully: "No...... I'm on the same level as you, how can I pick up your teeth, I want a single book. ”

Wang Zeng looked at Cai Qi with some astonishment, and asked, "You plan to help me share the infamy?" ”

Cai Qi glanced Wang Zeng up and down, snorted and said, "I'm afraid that you will have a reputation alone." ”

Wang Zeng cried and laughed and said: "Other things, there may be a time to set things right, but this matter will never happen." ”

Cai Qi said nonchalantly: "Who can say for sure what will happen in the future?" Even if there is infamy, the one above must be more than us. When the time comes, it's too late for others to scold him, how can he take care of you and me. ”

Wang Zeng was stunned for a moment, glanced at the public house where Kou Ji was, and then laughed loudly.

Wang Zeng felt that Cai Qi was right.

In terms of offending the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, Kou Ji is a professional.

They are all amateurs.

Their little bit of Taoism is drizzle compared to Kou Ji.

Don't look at the Wenchen now, they are squeezing their heads and running to Kou Ji's side to hold their stinky feet, and when they turn around and Kou Ji moves their interests, they will scold their mothers.

Wang Zeng and Cai Qi discussed it, and finally each wrote a note and handed it to Zhao Zhen's desk.

After Zhao Zhen saw the content of the two of them, he smiled very happily.

Like Wang Zeng and Cai Qi, courtiers who sacrifice themselves for others, Zhao Zhen likes them from the bottom of his heart.

After Zhao Zhen carefully reviewed their recitals, he approved a quasi-word and sent it to the political affairs hall.

Kou Ji saw the two notes placed in front of him, and was stunned for a long time.

"I finally found time to work with the two of you, and you're going to show me this?"

Kou Ji complained to Wang Zeng and Cai Qi in the political hall with a dissatisfied face.

The two old men, one holding a teacup, sat on both sides of Kou Ji on the left and the right, ignoring him at all.

Seeing that the two of them ignored him, Kou Ji raised the music in front of him and said, "This kind of thing still needs to be played?" With the status of you and me, it is not enough to serve as the chief examiner several times and make this matter a routine. ”

When Cai Qi heard this, he couldn't help but speak, "There are some things that can never become a convention if they are not formed into plain text. ”

Kou Ji pursed his lips and said: "Having said that, you can be completely tactful, let the official family make this decision, there is no need to bear the infamy." ”

Wang Zeng couldn't help it, he put down the teacup heavily, and shouted: "As a human minister, how can I let the official family bear the infamy?" ”

Kou Ji snorted and said disdainfully: "You have made the official family less infamy?" ”

Wang Zeng and Cai Qi glared in unison.

Seeing this, Kou Ji did not say anything about it again.

"Since the official family has approved it, let's do it according to the official family's approval. I'll leave that to the two of you. ”

When Wang Zeng and Cai Qi heard this, they almost said in unison: "Why do you let the two of us do any errand, you are the ruler." ”

Kou Ji said nonchalantly: "Since you know that I am the ruler, you should know that I am dealing with major matters." ”

"It's also a big deal to go to other yamen to find fault and take revenge?"

Cai Qi couldn't help but sneer.

Kou Ji said lightly: "You only saw me going to other yamen to find fault, but you didn't see that I had quietly helped the imperial court gather a million soldiers and horses, and now I have sent someone to Liaodi."

The first batch of soldiers and horses who arrived in Liaodi have now been successively distributed to all parts of Liaodi.

Some of them have cleared a lot of wasteland, and some of the crops they have grown have already sprouted.

It is expected that by the time of the autumn harvest, there will be tens of millions of loads of grain.

Of course, that's not all. ”