The military parade ended, and the celebration banquet officially began.

Fang originally paid out of his own pocket from the palace treasury and gave 500,000 taels of silver as a military expense. With the relatively fair distribution system of the Xuanjia Army, each Xuanjia sergeant can also receive two taels of silver.

After three rounds of drinking, Fang Yuan, who was slightly drunk, handed over the task of accompanying the wine to the two brothers, Jing Jie and Qin Zhan, and then entered the back hall and called the person responsible for the military ration incident, Ma Lin, who transported the military rations, and Gan Hui, who distributed the military rations, and asked the two to give explanations one by one.

Gan Hui had already brought in the quartermaster who was responsible for receiving and distributing the military rations at that time, as well as a hundred civilian men who carried the military rations, as witnesses, Chong Fangyuan said, "Regent, these are all human witnesses, which prove that our army did not steal beams and change pillars and mix sand in military rations. If the regent does not believe him, he can interrogate them in isolation. ”

Fang Yuanchong glanced at the judicial governor Hu Qi, and two hundred brocade guards brushed in, and the quartermaster and the people who carried them were all escorted to a separate barracks for isolation and interrogation.

An hour later, Hu Qi, who had finished the interrogation, sent a large stack of case files, and Chong Fangyuan reported, "Regent, Jinyiwei asked the quartermaster back and forth, and the people and husbands have more than ten times, and each time the confession is very small, according to my judgment of many years of trial of the case, what I said should be true." The military rations brought from Zhejiang began to provide disaster relief on the second day of their arrival, and in such a short period of time, it was impossible to complete the work of unpacking, mixing sand, and then sealing. It is true that the military rations are not passive in Fengyang. ”

Fang Yuan nodded, since Jinyiwei had made a clear conclusion, the suspicion of Gan Hui's department should be ruled out, so he ordered the quartermaster brought by Gan Hui and a hundred people to retreat.

Since it was not Gan Hui who distributed the military rations, it was already mixed with sand when the military rations were transported to Fengyang.

Fang Yuan's gaze fell on Ma Lin, the person in charge of Zhejiang Juntian, and asked slowly, "General Ma, what do you have to say over there?!" ”

Ma Lin immediately ordered the sergeant to bring a box of account books, and just carried it in front of Fang Yuan, "Regent, these are the account books of the military food officer in charge of the military field and the independent accounting team of the royal palace to check the account books, and the independent accounting team has also sent people to the granary to supervise the entry and exit of military grain, and there is no mistake." ”

Fang Yuan also brought the account books provided by Xiao Yuan, and ordered fifty brocade guards to check them one by one. Jin Yiwei reviewed it for two hours in a row, and came to report, and the accounts provided by both parties were generally the same, and there were indeed no mistakes.

Fang Yuan squinted his eyes slightly, flipped through a few pages of account books casually, and asked casually, "General Ma, the military food officer who transported the military rations, and the people, you didn't bring Fengyang?" ”

Ma Lin's expression flashed with panic, and he hurriedly lowered his gaze and said, "Regent, before I came to Fengyang, I didn't know that the regent would be so strictly censored, and I really didn't bring Fengyang. This is also my ill-conceived thought, and if the regent wants to question him, I will immediately send for them all. ”

Now if I go to detain people again, I have already made a confession. As the governor of Jiangxi, Gan Hui still knows to bring witnesses to prove his innocence. With Ma Lin's style, there should be no such mistakes, either he really has a clear conscience, or he doesn't dare to hand over the military grain officer and the people to the Jinyi guard for strict interrogation.

Fang Yuan smiled noncommittally, put the account book on the table, and asked, "General Ma, did the independent accounting team really go to the scene to investigate the situation of the granary and military rations one by one?!" ”

Ma Lin said in a low voice, "Regent, I really don't know if the independent accounting team is investigating one by one, and I can't accompany them at any time, right?" However, since the independent accounting team has stamped and confirmed the authenticity and validity of the account books, it should not cut corners in the inspection! ”

Fang Yuan sighed lightly, turned his head sideways at Hu Qi and said, "Governor Hu, immediately send three hundred brocade guards to the granary to investigate, whether it is really as General Ma said." In addition, the military commissars who transport the grain, and all the people who carry the grain must be found one by one, interrogated clearly, and there must be no omission! ”

"That's right! Commander Hu, you'd better go in person. ”

The stakes are very high, and only if Hu Qi personally goes to supervise Jinyiwei's work, he will not be bribed, bribed, and come back to lie to Fang Yuan.

Hu Qi was ordered to retreat, went down to arrange three hundred brocade guards, and immediately set off for the military field in Shaoxing Mansion, Zhejiang.

Ma Lin Wenzhi's face changed slightly, fortunately he lowered his head, otherwise he would immediately be looked at by Fang Yuan, "Regent, do you want me to accompany Governor Hu to Juntian?" ”

Fang Yuan gently stroked the stacks of thick account books, and said unhurriedly, "General Ma, you are tired from traveling for days, go to the celebration banquet first." There is no rush to review the matter of military rations! ”

After Ma Lin retreated, Fang Yuan's face sank suddenly, and he said to Ma Yishan, "Old Ma, go and call Jing Jie and Qin Zhanquan here, clear the backyard, I have something important to discuss with them." ”

Ma Yishan got the order, and hurriedly called Jing Jie and Qin Zhan into the backyard, and then Jinyi Wei searched every corner of the backyard, and the male servants and maids were all taken away, leaving only Chen Yuanyuan, who was waiting for Fang Yuan's return in the bedroom.

Jing Jie saw that Fang Yuan was solemn, and he and Qin Zhan both called in, and even cleared the backyard, which showed that there must be something important.

Jing Jie hurriedly asked, "Boss, have you investigated the matter of mixing sand with military rations?!" ”

"Smack!"

Fang Yuan slapped the account books sent by Malin and the independent accounting team twice, and said in a deep voice, "The account books sent by the independent accounting group and the two sides of Malin are generally the same!" ”

Qin Zhan was stunned and asked, "Boss, since the account books of both sides are the same, it proves that Ma Lin is not cheating!" Could it be that the sergeant below did it privately during the transportation? ”

Fang Yuan said lightly, "Fourth! If these two account books, if one is made in Suzhou and the other is made in Zhejiang, how can they be so tightly knit and there are no omissions? ! ”

Jing Jie has been in charge of the Xuanjia Army for many years, and he is already familiar with the review of military rations, armaments, and even strategic materials such as gunpowder and lead bullets, so he nodded and said, "Yes, what the boss said is very reasonable, if there is no proofreading of the accounts, there will inevitably be a big discrepancy." What's more, it is still a resource that comes in and out of military food very frequently, and it will change at any time regardless of its condition or age. The difference between the military rations reported and those surveyed at the Taihu Lake base is at least 20 percent. ”

"Boss, the accounts of these two account books are only less than three points apart, which is completely beyond the normal margin of error, and these two account books should be the accounts made after unified proofreading."

What Jing Jie said was exactly what Fang Yuan thought, his face sank, there was something wrong with Ma Lin's side, but it was just a disease of scabies; If something goes wrong with the palace's independent accounting team, it will be a problem for the henchmen.

Fang Yuan looked at Jingjie and asked, "Third Elder, when the Xuanjia Army and the Independent Accounting Group checked the accounts, did the two sides proofread the account books before registering them?!" ”

Jing Jie shook his head and said, "No, boss, it's all about truthfully registering the account books, and then proofreading." ”

Fang Yuan looked at Qin Zhan again and asked in a deep voice, "Fourth, what about your Minguang's accounts?!" ”

Qin Zhan thought about it and said truthfully, "Boss, I don't know. These accounts were all sent by each province to bring the account books to the independent accounting team for verification and sealing, and then handed over to the governor's palace. As for how they reconciled the accounts, the Governor's Office would not intervene. ”

Fang Yuan sighed deeply and said lightly, "Okay, fourth, you immediately secretly send someone to bring all the account books of last year to Fengyang with the prefects of Fuzhou Mansion, Quanzhou Mansion, Guangzhou Mansion, Zhaoqing Mansion, and Chen Yonghua of Taiwan Mansion, who is in charge of the accounts of the treasury. I will arrange for the Shi Lang faction to pick up the battleship, and it must be there within two months! ”

Qin Zhan was secretly shocked when he heard this, Fang Yuan suddenly made such a big move, there must be a major change. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, answered in succession, and retreated.