The queen and the little princess didn't dare to speak at the moment, because this was the first time they had seen the emperor so hot in the past two years.

Qin Ming also knew that the emperor was really angry this time, because the income of the treasury of the entire Chu State in a year was only 100 million taels of silver.

But this household department unknowingly embezzled 5 million taels in a year.

It is equivalent to one-twentieth of the annual income of the national treasury, which is equivalent to half a month's income of the entire Chu State treasury, and these are all in the pockets of the household officials.

Can this emperor not be angry?

Most of this money is taxes.

Although the taxes of Chu are very low, it is also the hard-earned money of the people of the world, so it enters the pockets of corrupt officials, how can they bear it?

"Qin Ming, where are these embezzlements?" The emperor was silent for a long time before asking.

Qin Ming said: "Most of them are deducted from taxes, and some of them are deducted from the money allocated to the army every month, including various expenses for the palace, which can also be swallowed...... In addition, there are some minor problems in the accounts of the money allocated to the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Rites. ”

"Good...... I know, you continue to investigate, and when the evidence is sufficient, send them to the guillotine. The emperor said coldly.

Then he got up and left in silence.

The empress sighed and also got up and followed the emperor.

The little princess blinked her eyes wide, and said to Qin Ming:

"Is it dangerous for you to go against those people? These officials are not simple. ”

"Don't worry......" Qin Ming sighed.

Dealing with the household department is not like dealing with the Ministry of Rites.

As long as the accounts of the household department are found out, and a large number of problems are sorted out and integrated into evidence, then these guys will have nothing to say, and the blame will be inescapable.

However, this takes time.

Qin Ming took a deep breath, hoping that the brothers of the dark web would speed up and find out all these accounts as soon as possible.

……

Next, he had some barbecue in Anle Palace, and Qin Ming saw that it was getting late, so he left and returned to the house.

There are more people in the Qin Mansion, and it is more lively than before.

After Qin Ming went back, he took a shower and went to sleep.

The next day, in the morning, as soon as Qin Ming got up, a short arrow suddenly flew into the room.

Qin Ming frowned, took down the note on the short arrow and looked at it, only to see that it read:

"Among the people who went to the household department to investigate last night, two members of the Supervision Department were missing, their whereabouts are unknown, and they are suspected of being caught by people from the household department!"

Qin Ming was taken aback, his own people were arrested?

Could it be that the investigation has been exposed?

That's not a good thing, and if it does, it's a problem.

So Qin Ming hurriedly wrote a sentence with a small note: Wait for the order!

Tie a small note to a short arrow, then pull out a crossbow and shoot the short arrow into the abandoned house next door.

Then Qin Ming quickly went out and went directly to the household department.

In the hall of the household department, Zhao Shangshu was discussing something with the left and right waiters and the four divisions, and when he saw Qin Ming coming, Zhao Shangshu suddenly smiled and said:

"Inspector Qin, you came just in time, this official caught two thieves in the account room of the household department last night.

However, these two thieves are hard-mouthed and torture to extract confessions and don't say anything, we are studying this matter, you can express your opinion together. ”

Qin Ming sat down and said, "Little thief? Identity? ”

"I don't know, don't say anything, it's really hard-mouthed." Zhao Shangshu looked at Qin Ming with a smile, and then said:

"It won't be the person you sent by Inspector Qin, after all, you are the Inspector, so why don't you investigate us in secret? Hahaha......"

Qin Ming smiled: "What did Zhao Shangshu say?" Where do I have subordinates? And how can anyone be assigned? ”

As soon as they heard this, several people were stunned.

Previously, they all suspected that those two were from Qin Ming's faction, but now that they heard Qin Ming say this, they felt that it made sense.

Qin Ming didn't have any power, how could there be two masters who could easily enter the account room of the household department?

Shangshu and Shilang glanced at each other, both wondering, who is it?

So he asked Qin Ming again: "Inspector Qin, what do you think will be the person who will send someone to check the accounts?" ”

Qin Ming's eyes rolled and said, "Whoever the household department has an enmity with, or who is the backer, it may be who." ”

Zhao Shangshu frowned: "What do you mean by this?" Who do you have a grudge with, I can understand it when you come to investigate the household, and the backer also comes to check our accounts? ”

"Lord Zhao, are you superficial? I ask you, why should you be your backer? Qin Ming asked.

Zhao Shangshu's backer is naturally the eldest princess, which is not a secret.

So he said: "Being my backer naturally wants to win me over." ”

Qin Ming said: "How can I make you completely her person?" In other words, how can she completely control your household department? ”

Lord Zhao, the head of the household department, changed his face and said:

"You mean, in order to completely control the household department, the eldest princess secretly investigated the household accounts, and used this as a coercion to make us have to listen to her?"

"This is what you thought of yourself, sir, I didn't say that." Qin Ming waved his hand.

The left and right waiters looked at each other, and then the left waiter said to Zhao Shangshu:

"Lord Shangshu, it seems, it makes sense. What do we do? ”

Zhao Shangshu's eyes rolled and said, "In the court, the second princess is only in charge of force, and it is estimated that she can't think of such a thing as auditing accounts." Other than that, there is no reason for others to oppose us......"

He also wanted to say that even if Qin Ming was against the household department, he would not have the strength to check the accounts, but he didn't say it.

"So, maybe it's really the eldest princess who came to investigate in order to let us follow her completely, and wants to catch our handle."

Lord Zhao thought for a while and said:

"However, you can't be so arbitrary, right waiter, you continue to torture, and you must let the two of you tell the mastermind behind the scenes."

The right attendant got up to leave, Qin Ming thought about it and got up too.

Zhao Shangshu said: "Inspector Qin, what are you doing here?" ”

Qin Ming said: "I'm the Inspector of the Household Department, you interrogate the thief, I can't watch it yet?" ”

Zhao Shangshu frowned, but didn't say anything in the end.

Qin Ming followed the right attendant to an empty room behind the household, where two dying people were tied up at the moment, who were two members of the Dark Web Supervision Division.

When Qin Ming walked in and saw these two people, his whole body suddenly became enthusiastic.

This is angry, and he wants to go crazy on the spot.

Therefore, at this moment, the two of them had countless scars on their bodies, and there was salt water on the wounds, torturing them all the time, and at this moment they were still hanging with only one breath.

Qin Ming's eyes narrowed, and his murderous intent could no longer be suppressed.

When several officials saw that the chief was coming, they all stood aside, but Qin Ming opened his mouth and said to a few officials:

"Go and get some chairs."

After a few small officials went out, the right attendant glanced at Qin Ming suspiciously, and then said to the two members of the Supervision Division:

"Tell me, who sent you? If you don't say it, this official will kill you today. ”

The two members of the Supervision Division glanced at Qin Ming, and then they both lowered their heads, turning a deaf ear to the words of the right attendant.

The right attendant was furious, picked up the whip and was about to whip them down.

However, at this moment, Qin Ming had already angrily pulled out his pistol.

The next moment, a banging gunshot rang out throughout the household. Read the latest chapter of "Rebirth of the Joyful King's Claw Book House" for free for the first time.