Lord Qincha has an order, except for the officials under Kaifeng Prefecture, other prefectures and counties can go back. Those prefects breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, and hurriedly left the school field of Kaifeng Mansion with their subordinate Zhizhou Governors, and at the same time cast a sympathetic look at Xue Tian, the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture, who was standing at the front.

Xue Tian knew what those colleagues meant, and they could go back and use this time to compile the accounts more completely, as for himself, he could only stand here and wait for the summons of the prince.

The prefect was left behind, and naturally the magistrates of the three counties in the four prefectures under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng Prefecture could not leave, so they had to stand on the school field and wait.

How do you know that the Qin sent in to change clothes and didn't come out, these officials of Kaifeng Mansion waited for more than an hour. Originally, these officials had eaten little in the morning, and they were afraid of being disrespectful in front of the Qincha, and coupled with the brawl just now, they had already run out of food in their stomachs, and they were all grumbling with hunger.

The other prefects were afraid of Xue Tian's authority and did not dare to speak, but the prefect's deputy said in a low voice: "My lord, what did Lord Qincha do when he hung us here?" ”

Xue Tian also didn't drink water or eat for a long time, and he was very angry in his heart, but there was no way, who called him a lower official?

"Wan Qing, the official doesn't know either, but he guessed it, it's nothing more than the set of getting off the horse! By the way, how are you preparing the accounts? Nothing, right? ”

This is the most important thing, if something happens, everyone will lose their heads together, Zhou Qi heard Xue Tian ask this and hurriedly said: "Please rest assured, the lower officials have been prepared, even if they have been in the accounts for many years, they can't see it!" ”

Xue Tian was relieved when he heard Zhou Qi say this, the imperial court allocated tens of millions of silver dollars to Henan, and most of them were used in Kaifeng, so nothing could happen.

The weather in Henan in August is the season of high autumn and cool, although the weather is a little colder, but the sun is very sufficient, this more than an hour will be Xue Tian really dizzy.

At noon, the gate of the yamen of Kaifeng Mansion opened, and several big cars came in outside the door, which were the accounts of Kaifeng Mansion, and at the same time, there were some officials of all sizes who followed.

These people are all petty officials of the eighth or ninth grade, all wearing green official robes, these people saw the prefect Lord Xue standing in the middle, and hurriedly stepped forward to kowtow and salute, shouting: "Master Fuzun, Lord Qincha called the lower officials and others, saying that there is something to ask!" ”

Xue Tian saw that these people were the Zuo Yin officials in his own mansion, and the leader was the third-in-command judge, and there were more than 100 people in the other classics, professors, state judges, officials of the six rooms, and so on.

The highest official position of these people is the sixth-grade general judge, and the others are all eight- and nine-grade petty officials, what are they doing here? They don't have the right to see Chin Cha, right? A bad premonition suddenly appeared in Xue Tian's heart.

At this moment, Zhu Yuan, who was wearing the color of the red prince's clothes, walked out of the back hall, looked at so many people standing in front of the hall and said with a smile: "It's all here, okay!" Governor Xue, come in first! ”

Xue Tian knew that the important moment had finally come, so he hurriedly cheered up and walked into the lobby of the prefect's mansion that originally belonged to him.

Now that the prefect's hall has been transformed into the Qincha Gongtang by Zhu Yuan, the plaque hanging on the top of the mirror has been removed, and the table wrapped in blue and black curtains in the prefect's mansion has been replaced by a bright yellow curtain cloth to show the identity of the Chincha Lord. And Zhu Yuan sat at the back of the table, looking at Xue Tian who entered the room expressionlessly.

Although Xue Tian had already done his homework, he was also apprehensive when it was his turn, and walked into the house and hurriedly saluted: "Xue Tian of Kaifeng Mansion, please meet Lord Qincha!" ”

Zhu Yuan flipped through Xue Tian's resume and asked, "Xue Tian, are you from Zhongxiang, Hubei?" (After Zhu Hongsan established the country, Huguang Province was divided into Hunan and Hubei, but the people are still used to calling it Huguang.) ）”

"Yes, the lower official is a native of Xuejiazhuang, five miles outside Zhongxiang City, Hubei, Chongzhen raised people in nine years, Zhang Xianzhong occupied Wuchang in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, and there was a shortage of officials in Hubei, so the minister was appointed as the governor of Tongcheng by He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang at that time. After the success of His Majesty's Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, the lower officials were promoted by His Majesty to the prefect of Kaifeng because of their meritorious service in defending the land! ”

Zhu Yuan listened to Xue Tian talk about his resume, nodded after listening to it and said: "Okay, Lord Xue, you still know that you are the official of your father's Emperor Jianba, since this is the case, you can tell Wu Peichang about his illegal affairs!" ”

Xue Tian knew that it would be no good for this Qin to find himself today, but it was too direct to let himself betray Wu Peichang so directly! However, Zhu Yuan represented the emperor after all, and Xue Tian decided to stand on Wu Peichang's side after weighing the pros and cons in his heart, and there was no way that he had already fallen too deep.

"My lord, I don't understand what you said, Lord Wu came to Henan to work hard, and he really lost a few pounds in order to settle the displaced people a few years ago, and the lower officials really don't know what other illegal things Lord Wu has!"

"Haha, Master Xue, it seems that you are unrepentant! Good! This king promises you, as long as you tell a few things about Wu Peichang, this king will guarantee that you are okay in front of your father! ”

Xue Tian was indeed a little shaken in his heart when he heard Zhu Yuan say this, but after thinking about it, the price of betraying Wu Peichang was too great, so he had to grit his teeth and say, "Lord Qincha doesn't understand what the lower officials say!" ”

Zhu Yuan saw that Xue Tian was stubborn to the end, and sneered: "Okay, since Lord Xue said so, then the king will handle it impartially!" Come on, call the Kaifeng Mansion Household Undertaking in! ”

The ancient Chinese bureaucracy was similar to that of later generations, except that it was not as detailed as that of later generations. At the three levels of Fuzhou and county, there are Zuoyin officials below the chief executive, and the prefecture level is called Tongzhi, that is, the executive deputy mayor. Tongzhi is in charge of money and food, taxes, disaster relief, and so on. Six rooms were set up below the Zuo Yin Official, corresponding to the six departments of the central government, and their functions were similar to those of the bureaus of later generations.

This household is equivalent to the later Finance Bureau plus the Taxation Bureau and the Civil Affairs Bureau, and the supervisor is inherited from the eight products, although the official position is not large, but the power is not small.

The surname of Kaifeng Mansion is Wu, and he was also a minister of Conglong who followed Zhu Hongsan south, but Wu Jingcheng has no fame, but he only recognizes some words, so he can't be a high-ranking official, so he has to be this petty official.

Wu Jingcheng holds the financial power of Kaifeng Mansion, except for the prefect and Tongzhi, he doesn't even put the three-in-command judgment in his eyes, but today he knows that it is not the time to pretend to be forced, so he listened to the summons of the Lord Qincha in the lobby, and hurriedly walked into the lobby with low eyebrows.

When he entered the lobby, he didn't dare to look up to see what Qin Cha looked like, so he knelt on the place and shouted: "The villain Kaifeng Mansion inherits Wu Chaocui, meet Lord Qin Cha!" ”

Zhu Yuan looked at the little old man in his forties who came in and asked, "You are the Kaifeng Mansion Household Inheritance?" ”

"Lord Hui Qincha is a villain!" Wu Chaocui hurriedly replied.

"Okay, tell me about the use of the imperial court appropriations in Kaifeng Mansion in the past few years!"

Wu Chaocui had already done his homework, and when he heard Qin Cha's question, he hurriedly said: "Yes, since the seventh year of Shenwu, Hufang has withdrawn a total of more than 6.3 million silver dollars from the governor's yamen, and the specific number can only be known by checking the accounts!" ”

Wu Chaocui paused for a moment to hear that Lord Qincha didn't say anything, and then said: "Among them, 1.8 million yuan was used to renovate the city wall, 230,000 yuan was used to build various yamen in the city, 600,000 yuan was used to build rivers, and the rest of the remaining silver taels were used to resettle the displaced people!" ”

Zhu Yuan picked up the accounts of Kaifeng Mansion and looked at it, this Wu Chaocui said the same, but the remaining silver dollars of 3.67 million yuan were used to resettle the displaced people? In recent years, Henan has resettled more than 2 million displaced people, this is the whole province, how much can you resettle in Kaifeng Mansion? Just used more than 3.6 million?

"How many displaced people have you resettled in Kaifeng Mansion in the past few years?"

Wu Chaocui heard Lord Qincha ask about the key node, and had no choice but to reply: "Since the seventh year of Shenwu, a total of 460,000 people have been settled!" ”

Zhu Yuan slapped the table and asked, "What?" 460,000 people used more than 3.6 million silver dollars? The average person wants eight or nine silver dollars? How did you settle it? "The price of silver in the Ming Dynasty was extremely expensive, a good ploughing cow was only five taels of silver, and now the price of silver dollars is one silver dollar for one or two five dollars of silver, and nine silver dollars is nearly fourteen taels of silver, so you don't have to think that there must be a cat in it.

Wu Chaocui saw Zhu Yuan angry, so frightened that he hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Lord Qincha doesn't know, these displaced people come to Henan are all extremely poor, there is nothing, everything has to be prepared by the government, and at the same time, the government will provide food, seeds, and farm tools in the first year, these are all a lot of money!" ”

Although what Wu Chaocui said is a bit exaggerated, it is basically the truth, but today Zhu Yuan wants to be powerful, where can he let go of this unlucky Wu Chaocui?

Zhu Yuan stood up and scolded: "Do you officials think that this king doesn't know? In order to settle the northern refugees, the imperial court transported a large amount of grain from Guangdong, which cost nothing, and did you also count these in the budget? ”

"My lord, the grain that was transported was a drop in the bucket, and the ones that were shipped were sweet potatoes and wheat, and the quantity seemed to be quite large, but it was not as hungry as corn, so...

Wu Chaocui still had to explain, but Zhu Yuan listened to him, and Zhu Yuan said to the Jinyi guards on both sides: "Come on, let me pull this untruthful official down and beat him for twenty boards, see if he tells the truth!" ”

The brocade guards standing on both sides didn't care about Wu Chaocui's wailing, picked him up and came to the door of the lobby, took off his pants, leaked his middle coat, and started fighting in front of all the officials of Kaifeng Mansion.

Although Wu Chaocui only has eight products, he holds the financial power of the whole government, just like the director of the Kaifeng City Finance Bureau in later generations, those who are seven grades of the county will be honored when they see Wu Chaocui. Now that this majestic Lord Wu has been stripped of his farts and spanked shares, the officials of Kaifeng Mansion standing on the school field really feel a little sad about the dead fox.

Zhu Yuan walked out at this time, pointed to the wailing Wu Chaocui and said: "You have all seen it, this is a typical example of not telling the truth, you officials should pay attention to it, to be honest, the king is not to blame for the past, and if you don't tell the truth, this is your fate!" ”

Zhu Yuan's words were accompanied by Wu Chaocui's wail, but as the board became more and more ruthless, Wu Chaocui slowly lost his voice, and the executioner Jinyi Wei Xiaoqi stepped forward to take a look, and hurriedly came to Zhu Yuan's side and whispered: "Lord Wang, this guy is dead!" ”