Ten days later, Fang Yuan, who went to take over Shaoxing Mansion, ordered Ma Lin to lead a thousand sergeants from the Xuanjia Army Infantry Battalion to stay in Linshanwei, and then ordered Zhang Baihu of Jinyiwei to lead 100 Jinyiwei to promote the petition work in Shaoxing Mansion.

He and Hu Qi led their troops back to Suzhou, while Shi Lang continued to return to the Zhoushan Islands to oversee the construction of the naval base.

The first thing Fang Yuan did when he returned to Suzhou City was to summon Jing Jie, the commander of the Xuanjia Army, Chigutai, Qin Zhan, and Su Hongyu, the deputy commanders, and began to report the results of this inventory of military affairs.

Because this military operation was related to the secrets of the Xuanjia Army, other middle and high-ranking officers of the Xuanjia Army did not participate in it.

Xiao Yuan first handed over the real account books that had been confirmed by Jing Jie's painting to Fang Yuan for review.

Fang Yuan flipped through the account books page by page, without saying a word, but his expression became more and more solemn.

Su Hongyu saw that Fang Yuan's face was wrong, thinking that Xiao Yuan deliberately made a hindrance from it, the more she thought about it, the more angry she became, and she couldn't hold back her mouth to complain to Fang, "Boss, in addition to this real account book, Mrs. Yuan also created a fake account book, wanting to buy the third brother to falsely report the accounts, but the third brother sternly refused. ”

She preemptively sued Xiao Yuan, and everyone was stunned.

Xiao Yuan Chengzhu smiled in his chest, but he was not in a hurry to justify, only Qin Zhan, who made the fake account books, was worried that Fang Yuan would investigate the fake account books, and he would find Qin Zhan's head again, so he was so shocked that he secretly rubbed his hands, and his heart had already risen to his throat.

Fang Yuan sighed lightly, looked away from the account book, and looked at Xiao Yuan, "Xiao Yuan, what Sister Su said is the truth, is there still a fake account book?" ”

"Yes, Childe, I did create another false account book, reducing the data that did not match the actual accounts to 10% of the real accounts."

Xiao Yuan didn't hide the false account book in the slightest, so she asked the maid to take the false account book, handed it to Fang Yuan, and said softly, "Childe, please take a look." ”

Su Hongyu saw that she readily admitted, but it was also unexpected, so she continued to ask, "Mrs. Yuan, your investigation of military affairs this time is because Mrs. Yuan is jealous of the wind, communiqués personal vendetta, and revenge against the third brother, and wants to force the third brother to comply, yes or no?!" ”

Xiao Yuan Zhengrong said, "Third sister-in-law, you really misunderstood, I did make a fake account book." However, I definitely didn't want to threaten the third brother and sister-in-law. ”

She explained to Fang Yuan again, "Childe, no matter whether the government or a wealthy businessman checks the accounts, they must make two accounts, one is true and the other is announced to the public. Jin Yiwei went to the Xuanjia Army to check for half a month, but he didn't even announce the final results! There will definitely be rumors in the barracks that there is a lot of cattiness in it. However, if the number is too large, it will discredit the Xuanjia Army. ”

"That's why I thought of creating a false account book, because my son was busy with official business in Shaoxing Mansion, and I didn't have time to report to my son. This time I discussed and checked the accounts, I would have taken it out, but it caused a misunderstanding of the third sister-in-law, Gongzi Mingjian! ”

Su Hongyu didn't expect Xiao Yuan to be so clever and eloquent, not only did she not sue her, but she was beaten upside down and raked to spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and she was immediately speechless.

Fang Yuan put the real account book noncommittally, took out the fake account book again, opened it and flipped through it casually, and asked casually, "Third child, what do you say?" ”

The results of this investigation, if you want to go to the top of the line, the punishment is enough to remove Jing Jie from the post of commander of the Xuanjia Army.

Jing Jie half-knelt on the ground and arched his hand and said, "Boss, the Xuanjia Army has checked the military affairs this time, and there is indeed a large amount of accounts that do not match, and I, as the commander of the Xuanjia Army, cannot escape the blame, please punish the boss." ”

Su Hongyu also knelt side by side with him, pleading, "Boss, don't be deceived by Mrs. Yuan!" Nitpicking, picking bones in eggs, which army can withstand such an audit?! She is not checking the accounts, but taking revenge. ”

Fang Yuan closed the fake account book and handed it to Xiao Yuan, "Xiao Yuan, you did a good job this time, just release the data of this account book to the public!" ”

He said to himself again, "The results of the Xuanjia Army's audit this time are really surprising to me!" ”

Xiao Yuan pursed her lips and chuckled, took the account book handed over, and smiled at Su Hongyu defiantly, "The third sister-in-law is too prejudiced against me!" ”

Su Hongyu saw that Fang Yuan was so protective of Xiao Yuan, obviously not only did not punish him for making false accounts, but also praised him a lot, and said with tears in his eyes, "Boss, the third brother is conscientious and conscientious for the affairs of the army, and he will personally go to the munitions depot every half month, and the use of every expenditure of silver will be verified, and every time an officer is promoted, he will be examined and inquired, and there are almost no days off on weekdays." ”

"But the affairs of the army are really not so black or black, white is white, for example, the sergeant establishment, obviously some of them are returning to their hometowns to farm, or taking care of their parents' serious illnesses, or marrying wives and children, and keeping filial piety, as long as Mrs. Yuan does not see anyone in the barracks, it is all counted as empty salary."

"Another example is the expenditure of silver, the prices of meat, rice, and vegetables are constantly fluctuating on the market, but Mrs. Yuan calculates according to the price on the day of the review, how can this be regarded as embezzlement of military salaries?"

"There is also a military storehouse, recently with Ma Shiying, Zheng Zhilong repeated battles, the infantry battalion still has 6,000 sergeants who have not returned to the base, and the battle losses over there have not been completely counted, how can it be regarded as a loss of armaments? Boss, if this kind of accounting method is Bao Qingtian, Hai Qingtian is also corrupt officials! ”

Xiao Yuan smiled leisurely and said, "The third sister-in-law can find so many reasons to prevaricate, it seems that she is really unconvinced." If we are not satisfied with this account, we can check it again! Ling Gongzi also took a look, deducting the reasons found by the third sister-in-law, whether the accounts would be consistent. ”

Even if you check it again, there will definitely be discrepancies between the accounts and the facts, Jing Jie was so angry that his face turned pale, and he shouted angrily, "Hongyu, shut up!" The boss is from the general flag to the governor step by step, and you still need to teach the affairs of the army?! It was our dereliction of duty that we were caught by others, right is right, wrong is wrong, what kind of verbal dispute in front of the boss makes others laugh! ”

Su Hongyu saw that he was really angry, and hurriedly shut down, not daring to continue to collide with Xiao Yuan.

Fang Yuan, who had been silent, suddenly laughed, got up with his hands, came to Jing Jie and Su Hongyu, and helped them up, "Third child, Sister Su, what are you kneeling for?" The result of this audit is indeed very surprising to me, because I am very satisfied, haha! ”

His words were greatly unexpected by everyone, Xiao Yuan was slightly stunned, and his face sank again, it turned out that Fang Yuan was on both sides and the mud, and he didn't want to punish Jing Jie and Su Hongyu at all.

Jing Jie and Su Hongyu looked at him at a loss, and they didn't know if he was saying the opposite.

Jing Jie still knelt resolutely, refused to get up, and said loudly, "The boss doesn't need to be protected, if you have a mistake, you will be punished, please punish the boss." ”

Fang Yuan saw that he refused to get up, he couldn't pull and pull, so he simply sat cross-legged in front of him, "Third brother, I'm really not protecting you. I'll do the math with you, 50% of the Guanning Group's empty salaries and less than 10% of the elite soldiers, which is already a powerhouse in the world. Now, according to such a strict inventory of Jinyiwei, less than half of the Xuanjia Army is paid empty, and with such a complete establishment, even the Manchu Eight Banners do not have such a neat army! ”

"There is also a shortage of military salaries, and the famous and victorious Qi family army also loses air salaries, otherwise how could Qi Jiguang bribe Zhang Juzheng and send women? And the third of your army, ignoring price fluctuations and nitpicking, also found out that the accounts of only 60,000 taels of silver did not match, and the deficit was less than 10%. This is the most incorruptible army in the world. ”

Jing Jie sighed and said, "However, I can't be like the Yue family's army, which freezes to death without demolishing the house, starves to death without plundering the strict military discipline. ”

Fang Yuan laughed and said, "Third brother, that's a nerd's words, in other major occasions, I will also say big words, and I must resolutely eliminate the black sheep in the army." But today is a meeting of a few of our core members, and those official clichés are thrown away, so I will have a heart-to-heart relationship with you and say something practical! ”