Tang Ning is strange, he has been in the household department for so long, and he has not seen Qian Shangshu and Fang Zhe a few times, when the pressure of clearing the accounts of the Duzhi Ya is high, he has not seen them care, and now the accounts have finally been settled, one of them has finished calling the other and the other, what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd?

He walked to the door of Qian Shangshu's room and knocked on the door.

Qian Shuo, the head of the household, looked up and said, "Chief Tang, please come in." ”

Tang Ning walked into the door, and Qian Shuo said again: "Trouble Master Tang to close the door." ”

Tang Ning closed the door full of doubts, wondering what Qian Shangshu was looking for him, and when he turned his head and saw Fang Zhe sitting in the corner, his heart immediately understood.

The beast of Sanyuan and the first couldn't believe it, this guy must have sold himself as soon as he turned his head.

Qian Shuo looked at him and asked, "Chief Tang should know, what is the matter with this official coming to you?" ”

"I don't know."

Tang Ning shook his head, Dou Han Ming, Dou Tang Family, Dou Duan Wang, Fang Family and Qian Shangshu just need to go into battle, he is a small family, and he can't afford to lose at all.

"......" What Qian Shuo wanted to say was blocked again, and he took a sip of tea before saying: "I heard Fang Shilang say that Director Tang has found a way to find out whether the accounts are fraudulent, but I don't know if this matter is true or false." ”

Tang Ning said: "If Lord Qian doesn't believe it, just find some accounts that have not been manipulated and give it a try." ”

Qian Shuo asked, "But how does the official know which accounts are true and which are false?" ”

Tang Ning thought for a moment and said, "Your Excellency can find some trustworthy accounting offices." ”

Qian Shuo said: "Knowing people and knowing faces but not knowing their hearts, people can't be credulous, even if the officials can be trusted, it doesn't necessarily mean that they are trustworthy." ”

Tang Ning pondered for a moment and said: "If you still don't believe it, you can check the number of births in Beijing every month in the past ten years, which is still in line with this result." ”

Qian Shangshu thought for a while and said, "Even if the birth figures of the population are consistent, how can we ensure that this method is also common to the account figures?" ”

Tang Ning secretly sighed in his heart, where the hell is the Hubu Shangshu, this is clearly a bar, he said expressionlessly: "In fact, this method is just a joke of the lower officials, it can't be taken seriously, if there is nothing to do with Qian Shangshu, the lower officials will go back first." ”

"Master Tang stays." Qian Shuo stood up and said, "Don't blame the official for being verbose, this matter is really serious, you can't be careless, you have to be careful." ”

He looked at Tang Ning and said, "Tomorrow, please ask Director Tang and Fang Shilang to enter the palace with this official." ”

It seemed that this matter could not be avoided, Tang Ningsheng nodded helplessly, and said, "Listen to the decision of Lord Shangshu." ”

He walked out of the room with Fang Zhe and saw Han Shilang coming over.

"Master Tang, Fang Shilang." Han Ming looked at them and was about to speak.

Tang Ning looked up at the sky and said, "The weather is good today. ”

"It's good, the sky is clear,......" Fang Zhe responded, looked up at the cloudy sky, and said, "It looks like it's going to rain in a while, don't forget to bring an umbrella when Master Tang goes out." ”

The two walked down the steps and left separately, Han Ming looked at them and waved his hand, "Inexplicable......"

……

Since leaving the Hanlin Academy and transferring to the head of the household department, Tang Ning has entered the palace for the first time.

The two waited in the side hall for a while, and then a eunuch came forward to report, and His Majesty summoned them.

Tang Ning and Fang Zhe walked into the main hall, and before they could see it, Emperor Chen looked at them with a sinking face and asked, "What Qian Shangshu said, but is it true?" ”

Qian Shuo looked at Fang Zhe, and Fang Zhe looked at Tang Ning.

Tang Ning secretly scolded the old fox in his heart, and arched his hand: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister was ordered to account for the account books of the household department this time, and it was indeed found that there were problems with some accounts, and it was suspected that someone had done something to the account figures, and these accounts came from Bozhou, Xiangzhou, and Weizhou. ”

Qian Shuo took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is not trivial, the minister thinks that it is better to discuss it after verifying the method proposed by Chief Tang." ”

"I've verified it." Emperor Chen's face was gloomy, and he said: "The young eunuch of the Inner Servant Province is greedy for more than 1,000 taels of silver, and he has confessed the day before yesterday, and after the silver of the greedy ink is completed, the account situation is not much different from the excerpt presented by Fang Shilang, and I ordered someone to check the account books of the Inner Servant Province in previous years, and found that the changes are not big, although this law cannot be measured by common sense, it is an indisputable fact. ”

Qian Shuo's eyes were overjoyed, and he said: "Your Majesty, if this method is feasible, then the imperial court's accounting will become simple and simple in the future, and it will definitely form a great deterrent to corrupt officials, which is the law of clean government......

Emperor Chen nodded, his face softened slightly, his eyes looked at Tang Ning, and said: "This time you have made great contributions to the imperial court, and you should be rewarded heavily, but I ordered you to walk in six parts this time, and there are already objections in the court, if you reward again, I am afraid that it will cause criticism, so let's do it, I will seal the two ladies in your family, one is a sixth-grade edict, and the other is a seventh-grade edict, what do you think?" ”

In the state of Chen, the emperor would reward the courtiers and family members who had made great achievements in the court, and the wives were honored from the rank of husband to the first to the fifth grade, and the sixth rank and below the sixth rank were called edicts, which was a great honor for officials.

Generally speaking, the edict and the edict will only reward the eldest lady of the family, and rarely reward two people at a time.

Although there are no substantial benefits this time, it is also a face-saving thing to fight for Xiaoyi and Xiaoru to fight for a wife.

Tang Ning's heart moved, and he bowed down and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace." ”

Emperor Chen nodded, looked at Wei Jian, and said, "Order the Hanlin Academy to draw up an edict immediately." ”

Qian Shuo said again: "Your Majesty, since the imperial court wants to use this method to check accounts, this law must not be passed on. ”

Tang Ning arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, this minister only told Fang Shilang alone. ”

Qian Shuo said: "Your Majesty, Han Ming, the right attendant of the household department, how should I deal with it?" ”

Emperor Chen turned around and said: "The embezzlement of taxes and silver, Han Ming alone can't do it, the taxes of Bozhou, Xiangzhou, and Weizhou, I will order someone to secretly go to investigate, in addition, the other state capitals that Han Ming is responsible for must also be thoroughly investigated one by one, before that, don't show the news." ”

Tang Ning thought that Emperor Chen would take down Han Ming in one fell swoop with the power of thunder, but he didn't expect him to arrange it like this.

The meaning of this move is that this time, it is not enough to arrest only one household servant, I am afraid that some officials in the DPRK and China, as well as some local officials, will also suffer.

He remembered a particularly large corruption case in the early Ming Dynasty, and it was also the head of the household department who directly reached out to the state tax money like this, and the final result was that hundreds of officials below the head of the six ministers were cut off, and the number of people in the case reached tens of thousands of ......, it seems that no emperor can tolerate such corruption.

Walking out of the imperial study, Qian Shangshu slowly exhaled and muttered, "This day, I'm afraid it's going to change." ”

He looked at Tang Ning and said, "Lord Tang should be more careful in recent days. ”

Tang Ning didn't want to wade into this troubled water, but he didn't expect to be pulled in by these two old foxes, in case some people were annoyed and angry, and the old beggar was not around, he was really unsure.

He looked at Qian Shangshu and said, "Lord Qian, the next person suddenly feels unwell......

Qian Shuo waved his hand and said, "Give you a month off, Director Tang will take care of your body at home, if you can't take care of it for a month, let you go for another month." ”

In this way, it was much more down-to-earth, and when Tang Ning and the two of them walked outside the palace together, they walked somewhere, looked ahead, their faces suddenly changed, and said, "Lord Qian, Lord Fang, you go first, and I'll go back later." ”

Without waiting for Qian Shuo and Fang Zhe to answer, he flashed behind the wall of a certain hall.

I haven't seen Zhao Hao for a few days, and she doesn't seem to be in a good mood today, so it's better to avoid her.

He hid behind the walls of the temple for a while, estimating that she should have already walked over, and then walked to the corner and poked his head to look.

A familiar face quickly grew in front of his eyes, Zhao Man looked at him, smiled and asked, "Surprised, surprised?" ”

The expression on Tang Ning's face froze, and he said with a dry smile: "Your Royal Highness Princess, it's a coincidence......