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Ma Du shrank his neck, picked up the blank account book on the ground and pretended to look through it, but his heart was full of turmoil, and sure enough, he guessed correctly, the bloody storm of Daming was really coming.

I have long known that Lao Zhu could not suddenly set up a Jinyi guard because of Zhu Liangzu a corrupt element, and when he saw this blank account book, he immediately understood that it was because of the famous "empty seal case" in the early Ming Dynasty.

The so-called empty seal case is that the financial personnel of the local government bring the blank account book stamped with the official seal to the Ministry of Finance to settle the money valley, and if the account is not correct, they will directly fill in the blank account book and revise it again.

It is absolutely absurd that such a thing happened in later generations, but in the Ming Dynasty, because of historical legacies and conditions, it was done in broad daylight.

Almost everyone knows the trick of the officials up and down the Ming Dynasty, but as the master of the Ming Dynasty, Lao Zhu is kept in the dark, will he give up? The Son of Heaven was angry and bloody, so the "Empty Seal Case" successfully appeared on the list of the four major cases in the early Ming Dynasty, and it also became the beginning of Lao Zhu's bloody governance.

But this has nothing to do with Ma Du, he has never taken care of people's livelihood, let alone made empty seals, he watched Lao Zhu kill people from a distance and not let a drop of blood stain his body.

But you can't hide for a while, once you let the demon dragon devour the blood, you can't hold it anymore, the bloody wind and rain will turn into a monstrous sea of blood and sweep across the Ming Dynasty, and the people who suffer will also change from civil officials to nobles, how can you survive as a member of the nobles?

Exhortation to block? No one knows Lao Zhu's horror better than Ma Du, he is just a small fish and shrimp, how can he resist the teeth and claws of the demon dragon?

When he was in turmoil, Lao Zhu's cold voice came from his ears again, "Do you ministers know what this is, Li Qing, you say it first." ”

"Back to the emperor, in the hands of Weichen is the account book of Wuchang Mansion to settle money and grain."

Li Shanchang is a shrewd foolish person, obviously retired to his hometown to retire to retire, Lao Zhu also built a mansion for him, and it was not very good to help Lao Zhu's family repair the grave in his hometown, but he ran back to the sky.

Although there is no place for him in the court, as the boss of the Huaixi Gang, he still has influence, although Hu Weiyong is now the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, he often visits his mansion and begs him for support.

"Li Qing used to be in charge of money and food, so he naturally recognized this thing, and what I want to ask is why this account book is blank."

Li Shanchang and Lao Zhu have worked together for many years, and they are very familiar with Lao Zhu, knowing that Lao Zhu's mood is very bad, since he took out this account book to say that the matter would naturally be investigated a long time ago, and there was no need to hide it.

"Back to the emperor, this blank account book is used by the local accountants to settle the money and grain to the household."

"Keep this account book for later use, I can understand it completely, but why is it a blank account book, or a blank account book with the official seal!"

Lao Zhu's expression was still calm, but his voice was already a little angry.

"The emperor doesn't know that when officials from all over the country come to Beijing to settle accounts, there are often inconsistencies with the account books kept by the household department, but if you want to go back to your hometown to make a new book, it is extremely inconvenient to go back and forth for a few months or more than a year, and it also delays the official affairs of the household department, so you have to bring the blank account book with the seal and modify it according to the account book of the household department!" Li Shanchang held the wat board in his hand and looked as usual, looking like he was above board and could not speak to others.

Lao Zhu on the dragon chair sneered, "That's making a fake account!" ”

"Wechen is guilty!" Li Shanchang put down the wat board and leaned down.

"When Li Qing was the prime minister, the government affairs of the country were chaotic at the beginning, and it was inevitable that there would be no investigation, and Li Qing had been old for several years, what a crime, get up quickly, don't make a waist disease."

As soon as Lao Zhu raised his hand, Li Shanchang got up in thanks, hugged the wat board and looked at his nose and nose, and he didn't know that he thought he was asleep.

"Hu Weiyong!" Lao Zhu suddenly slapped the armrest, and a loud cry broke out from his mouth, and all the officials present couldn't help but tremble when they heard the voice, "As a Zaifu, you can't see what kind of crime you should be guilty of!" ”

Hu Weiyong trembled and immediately bowed his head to the ground, "Although Wechen is Zaifu, he didn't go to the household department to check the account books, and the household department also reported such a thing to Wechen, I really don't know the shortcomings and omissions, and Wechen has not fulfilled the responsibility of supervision and asked our emperor to punish him." ”

Hu Weiyong pushed it all out, he, the prime minister, really has no reason to go to the household department to go through the account books, otherwise the files of the criminal department should also be checked one by one, even if he has three heads and six arms, he can't be busy.

In addition to picking himself clean and causing trouble by the way, this kind of thing is naturally the responsibility of the household department, as for the responsibility of supervision, it is the work of the Yushitai, and the boss of the Yushitai is Liu Ji.

Ma Du carefully observed Hu Weiyong, he seemed to be sincere and fearful, but he seemed to have been prepared, Lao Zhu must have revealed to him in advance, even Ma Du's brother-in-law Li Wenzhong, his nephew, did not have such treatment, this guy was really favored.

"Li Yan!" Lao Zhu stared at his eyes and said fiercely.

"Wechen is here!" An old man with gray hair and Ma Du knelt down in front of him, and the beard on his chin trembled, obviously a little nervous. This person is Li Yan, the head of the household, and I heard that he just returned the bones to Lao Zhu last month, and now he may really turn into a pile of bones and return to his hometown.

"Li Yan, you are the head of the household, you don't know about this empty account book."

Li Yan kowtowed and pretended to be calm, "Back to the emperor, the matter of empty seals has been around for a long time, since the time of the Great Yuan Dynasty, it has been used until now, and the local planners check the accounts in the household department, and there are occasional deviations, but the number is generally not large......"

"Humph! Stealing copper coins is the same as stealing a hundred taels of gold! The amount is not large, how much is big in your eyes, do you know that ten catties of grain can keep a family alive in the spring famine! ”

Old Zhu patted the handrail angrily, almost roaring, Ma Du had never seen him in such a gaffe, I don't know if he was sad for the people who might be damaged by this, or annoyed by Li Yan's disapproving attitude.

"Liu Ji, you seem to have something to say." Old Zhu Lingyan's eyes swept towards Liu Ji, who was about to move among the hundred officials.

Liu Ji hurriedly went out of work and knelt down, "Weichen does have something to do!" ”

"Say!"

Liu Ji arched his hand and said: "Weichen also used to be an old official of Mengyuan, and he also knew about the empty seal, so this move is really an expedient measure to settle the accounts." Official documents and exchanges require a complete seal before they can take effect, while money and grain documents and account books are only used for half a seal, which is only used for accounting. ”

Liu Ji really knew what Lao Zhu cared about, a piece of paper was nothing, but stamping the official seal represented the right, and Lao Zhu was worried that someone would do something corrupt with it.

Liu Ji's words naturally couldn't convince Lao Zhu, how could Jin Yiwei not even be able to find out this point when he was detectives everywhere, maybe in his heart he cared more about everyone knowing, but he didn't know.

"Heh......" Lao Zhu sneered, "Isn't there really anyone who will use it to do evil?" What do you say? ”

Wang Guangyang frowned, don't think he's thinking about the problem, it is estimated that he drank too much last night, and he still has a bad headache in the hangover, as the second-in-command of Zhongshu Province, Lao Wang has no sense of existence at all.

"Wechen is not good at the matter of Qian Valley, since the emperor thinks that this is a maladministration, he can order the household department and the state capitals to rectify it." Wang Guangyang is usually a kind character, and it is not strange to say such things, but this time it is very much to everyone's taste, and a number of civil officials have seconded it.

Old Zhu Gaga sneered, "The financial money and food are related to the well-being of the people of the country, and there is such a big mistake, but you are waiting for a good life and lightness, it is not that my Ming Dynasty is dead, and you know that it is powerful!" Yuan Sheng, sent an order to Jinyi Wei to thoroughly investigate the political envoys, prefectures, prefectures, and counties in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, but all those who settled money and food with empty account books were arrested and imprisoned. ”

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