Chapter 470: Master Ping

Huang Jin screamed in surprise when he heard Pingqiuli's rebellious words. He straightened up suddenly, glared at Ping Qiuli angrily, and shouted: "You are so bold, you dare to say such a thing, do you want to be punished by the three clans?" ”

Ping Qiuli smiled faintly and motioned for Huang Jin to calm down. said: "Father-in-law Huang, please listen to Ping Qiuli's words." ”

"Say!" Huang Jin roared in a low voice: "When today's son is the first Ming Jun in the past and present, anyone who dares to slander His Majesty, Huang Jin is the first to let him go." ”

"Actually, the main reason why Your Majesty is angry is because Wang Shu doesn't understand the whereabouts of the 1.8 million taels of silver that Wang Shu embezzled. Judging from the few account books he had in hand, most of the money was bribed by Wang Shu, in order to make him the governor of the river smoothly. Isn't Huang Gonggong still unable to see the current situation? Ping Qiuli 'touched' his long beard and said with a smile: "Nowadays, the treasury is empty, and money has to be made everywhere, of course, this kind of thing naturally has a headache for the household department and the cabinet, and you can't help but worry about Your Majesty." ”

"That's true." Although he was unhappy, Huang Jin also had to admit it, the emperor was a person who couldn't see money in his eyes.

Ping Qiuli continued: "As far as Ping knows, the month of the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace was only sent ten days ago. But now it's the end of the month, and it's June soon, and the palace expenses for June haven't settled yet. Moreover, His Majesty's Inner Hidden Mansion is also empty. If Wang Shu's money arrives, why would His Majesty be so embarrassed. But this money was spent by Wang Shu as a bribe, among which Gonggong Huang and Zhang Guifei also took the lion's share here, do you say Your Majesty can not hate you? ”

Huang Jin 'touched' the sweat on his forehead: "How the hell did I know that Wang Shu had given away all the money in hand, and now it's okay, and if you are involved, you will not even be able to get rid of our family." Wang Shu is a birdman, and he must be cut off by a thousand. Speaking of this, Huang Jin's face was ruthless, and a few days ago, the people from the Criminal Department also asked him if he would be sentenced to a prison sentence. also said that Wang Shu was a member of the court, and if he was sentenced to death, the face of the court would not look good. The so-called: the punishment is not a doctor.

Phew, do you still want to save Wang Shu's life, just cut it off, and it will be good to dispel the evil breath in our family's heart. ”

Huang Jin was anxious in his heart, and he didn't feel like asking: "Pingqiuli, what do you say about dirty water, you must not do it." But tell me what the method is......"

Ping Qiuli asked with a smile: "Gonggong Huang, I heard that Yuxi Palace was being repaired some time ago?" ”

"There is something, Your Majesty has been staying in Yuxi Palace since he ascended the throne. It's a pity that the palace is an old house, which leaks rain in summer and opens up wind in winter. Therefore, since the sixteenth year of Zhengde, they have been repairing together and have not stopped. By the way, how do you ask this question? Huang Jin was a little puzzled.

Ping Qiuli smiled mysteriously and asked again: "I heard that last month, the craftsmen on the side of Yuxi Palace couldn't work because the palace hadn't paid for a long time, and they made trouble for a few days. Is this Inner Tibetan Mansion embarrassed like this? ”

"Who's to say it isn't?" Huang Jin also sighed: "Where is Yuxi Palace, that is the cave of Long Live Lord, the most important place in the world, even if it is a simple maintenance, it must not be sloppy, the materials are naturally the best, and the girders and purlins must be good thousand-year-old nanmu, which needs to be transported into the capital from the south." Even a piece of green tile on the roof costs a lot of money, and a tile costs two taels of silver. The entire Yuxi Palace is piled up with money, and it is a bottomless hole! The material money is not a penny, and if it is missing, it cannot be transported into the capital. Therefore, if you can owe it, you can owe it. In the end, the craftsmen went on strike. It's naturally not okay to pick a child under the nose of Long Live Lord. There's no way, the salary is still temporarily paid by our family. In this way, the project was barely maintained. ”

"That's good, that's good." Ping Qiuli "touched" the dough, "Let me ask again, Gonggong Huang, where else did he take out his private pocket." ”

"It's not like it......" Huang Jin vaguely understood what Ping Qiuli wanted to say, and groaned.

"So, are there any arrears elsewhere?"

"It's nothing...... It's the craftsmen who still owe something. ”

"You go and settle all the craftsmen's wages at once, with your own money."

"Okay." Although it is not a lot of money, Huang Jin is still a little distressed.

"It's so ......" Ping Qiuli said: "You go back immediately and redo the accounts of the maintenance costs of the previous Yuxi Palace, and add half of all the accounts." In the future, Your Majesty will ask you about the whereabouts of the money given by Wang Shu, and you will say that it will all be advanced into the maintenance of Yuxi Palace. If the envoys and ministers ask you where your money goes, you ask your majesty to go. In this way, this can be regarded as pouring dirty water on His Majesty. However, although His Majesty is angry when he knows about this, he may punish you slightly, but in his heart he will lead you to this affection. In this way, not only Gonggong Huang has retained your position as a eunuch with the palm seal, but I am afraid that the holy family will be more prosperous in the future. ”

Huang Jin completely understood, and smiled with joy: "What kind of dirty water is this, originally, the silver that Wang Shu gave me, our family dared to embezzle it even if it was one or two, and it was all used in Yuxi Palace." Anyway, the money was originally from the Long Live Lord, so naturally it had to be used on him. This is also the duty of those of us to be slaves. ”

Huang Jin was so shameless that Ping Qiuli admired it a little, and asked: "Huang Gonggong, in fact, if you do this well, you will not only save yourself, but also protect Concubine Zhang. "If it weren't for Concubine Zhang, Ping Qiuli would be happy to see Huang Jin make a fool of himself.

"No problem, let me calculate, in the past three years, His Majesty has spent at least 1.5 million taels of money on the maintenance of Yuxi Palace, even if it is a million taels falsely, it will not be obvious. The royal use of money is naturally different from that of ordinary people. For example, a green tile on the house, ordinary people only need less than three pennies, but it costs two taels to come to Your Majesty, so as to show the wealth of my heavenly family. In this way, there is still a lot to be done. "In fact, the reason why the royal fee is so high is because there are too many people handling it, and there are deductions everywhere, and the cost is extremely high. In this way, the tile of the three cents moves to the palace, and with the cost, it becomes two taels, which is also the unspoken rule of the industry, and everyone understands.

"That's good, that's good." Ping Qiuli nodded and smiled: "This account, please Gonggong Huang must do it well." ”

Huang Jinchang shook his head to the ground and said sincerely: "Brother Ping, Mr. Ping, Master Ping, you are really a master." If it weren't for you, our family wouldn't have been able to turn over this time. ”