"Pay back 150,000 taels from Jane!"

This time it was Yue Su's turn to collapse, and the boss with a pair of eyes almost fell out and smashed onto the drawings in his hand.

He stared at the drawings closely, looked more closely, and after looking at them for a long time, he came up with a sentence, "I don't see any work here, why do you need to use so much silver?" ”

"It's just because I didn't do any work that I had two dollars. If it is renovated well, it will cost at least 300,000 taels. Zhu Youxiao said matter-of-factly.

No way! What's the difference between this and grabbing money?

However, Yue Su quickly reacted, which clearly showed that the Ministry of Industry and the internal officials and supervisors collaborated to deceive the emperor and enrich his own pockets. Yue Su remained silent and said, "Your Majesty, this project is a bit expensive. ”

"Oh? Why did Aiqing say that? "Zhu Youxiao is extremely new to Yue Su, and he doesn't expect to lie to himself.

"If you only do this, 10,000 taels is enough, and it will never be inferior to the effect of their maintenance." Yue Su said with an oath.

"Aiqing didn't lie to me, 10,000 taels is enough."

The difference between 10,000 taels and 150,000 taels was so big that even Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but keep his eyes open and stared at Yue Su tightly.

Yue Su smiled and said, "If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can ask someone to take the construction cost account book and show it to the ministers, and then the ministers will tell your Majesty one by one." ”

"Good!" Zhu Youxiao said loudly: "Liu Mingguo, go to the internal official supervisor to pass the decree, and ask You Shan to send me the account book of the construction cost of the Jiaotai Palace!" ”

"The slave obeys."

Liu Mingguo agreed, and hurriedly ran to the internal official prison duty room to deliver the decree.

The internal official supervisor is in charge of royal construction and celebrations, and is a very oily yamen, and the eunuch of the inner official supervisor's palm print is You Shan, who is also a close confidant of Wei Zhongxian. Liu Mingguo went to the duty room of the internal official supervisor and announced the emperor's will, You Shan hurriedly took the account book and followed Liu Mingguo to the Jiaotai Palace. This guy is up and down in his heart, and he doesn't know where there is a loophole, so he has to ask Liu Mingguo.

Liu Mingguo is so shrewd, he only said half of what he said, saying that the emperor went to Jiaotai Hall on a whim today to see the progress of the construction, as for why he wanted to read the account books, it was really unclear.

rushed to the Jiaotai Palace, You Shan first greeted the emperor, and then respectfully presented the account book. Carpenter Zhu asked Yue Su to take it and watch it, and after Yue Su took it, he opened his eyes and took a look, and he already understood the clue. Ya, I dare to fool too much, and I dare to quote seventy taels to the emperor for a single threshold.

For a window, the lowest price is three hundred taels, and the highest price is six hundred taels; For a door, the minimum price is 1,000 taels, such as the most expensive outer door, which reaches 5,000 taels.

This is to rob the emperor of his money.

Yue Su smiled coldly and said, "Your Majesty, it is written on this that the threshold cost is seventy taels, and the minister wants to know how these seventy taels are spent." ”

"You Shan, you tell Yue Aiqing." Zhu Youxiao said lightly.

"Obey." You Shan said this, his heart trembled, what kind of person Yue Su is, he has heard of it, and he knows it very well. However, when the matter came, I couldn't help but answer, so I could only bite the bullet and say: "This threshold is a high-grade nanmu, and it is shipped from Sichuan, and the price of purchase and transportation, plus the labor cost, is naturally seventy taels." ”

"The whole world is not the king's land, Your Majesty uses some nanmu, can it be said that the local people dare to accept Your Majesty's silver?" Yue Su asked with a faint smile.

As soon as he heard this, Zhu Youxiao's eyes lit up and said, "Yes, do I still need to spend money on nanmu?" ”

"This ......" You Shan rolled his eyes and said: "Your Majesty uses nanmu, of course, you don't need to put money on the place." The main thing is the cost of felling and the cost of transportation. ”

"If so, how much silver would it cost to cut down and transport it? The province entered Beijing from Guizhou, hired mule carts to come, a group of more than a dozen people, because they lived in post stations along the way, did not spend much. However, I have also calculated, if the normal cost is used, a hundred taels of silver is about the same. Transporting timber from Sichuan to Beijing cost seven or eight thousand taels of silver, which is enough to come. I don't know how much my father-in-law spent. Yue Su said, continuing to flip through the account books. At the back of the account book, the use of silver is recorded, and seeing that You Shan did not answer for a long time, Yue Su said for him: "Father-in-law You, it costs 40,000 taels of silver to buy wood, the transportation cost is 30,000 taels, the cost of paint, glue and the like is 30,000 taels, and the labor cost is 50,000 taels. Tsk, this government really wants to ask Gonggong You now, is the 40,000 taels of wood you mentioned above the cost of hiring someone to cut down? If so, then I would like to ask Gonggong You again how much wood you cut for Your Majesty this time and transport it back to repair the Tai Palace. ”

"This ...... This ......" You Shan was asked by Yue Su and was speechless, unable to say a word.

"What are you doing, don't tell me the truth!" Zhu Youxiao is very smart, and when he sees You Shan's appearance, he already understands it. Deng Shi asked sharply.

"Your Majesty......." You Shan was so frightened by Zhu Youxiao's voice that he knelt directly to the ground, "Slave maid...... The slaves and maids also don't know that these accounts are all sent by the Ministry of Works......"

This guy really couldn't resist, he knew that if he dared to say that he did it himself, his head would have to move, and he could only push the matter to the Ministry of Industry. In fact, this budget is really not made by You Shan alone, it is the internal official supervisor and the Ministry of Industry who quote together, after all, everyone has to earn money.

"Liu Mingguo, you go now, call Feng Quan to me!" As an emperor, he naturally hated others for hiding from him, and even whenever Wei Zhongxian helped him approve the folds, Carpenter Zhu would tell him to be careful and not to fool him.

"The slave obeys." Liu Mingguo heard that the emperor's tone was not good, and hurriedly went out to deliver the decree.

From the palace to the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, the distance was not close, and it took a long time before Feng Quan was brought in. This Feng Quan is also very clever, and he has to inquire in every possible way along the way, and Liu Mingguo can't say anything about it, only telling him that the emperor is checking the accounts of the construction. This is also more or less to leave room for each other.

As soon as he entered the Forbidden City, a little eunuch came to intercept Feng Quan, Liu Mingguo knew this little eunuch and knew that it was the person of the celebrant Wei Gonggong. The little eunuch asked Liu Mingguo and Feng Quan to say goodbye, and then gave Feng Quan a look, Feng Quan immediately understood, and followed the little eunuch to the side.

"Lord Feng, it was the Governor who asked me to come here to meet you. The matter over there in the Jiaotai Palace, the governor now knows about it, and it was provoked by Yue Su again. The Governor asked me to pass the word, so that you must be careful to reply, about the cost of the project, all the matters are pushed to the camp secretary Wailang Chen Jiong, the Governor has now sent someone to greet Chen Jiong, and he will be able to carry it all down at that time. The little eunuch whispered in Feng Quan's ear.

"Tell the governor for me, great kindness, the villain is unforgettable." After Feng Quan finished speaking, he took out a piece of silver and stuffed it into the little eunuch's hand. Subsequently, he followed Liu Mingguo to Jiaotai Palace.

When he arrived at the Jiaotai Palace, Feng Quan first asked the emperor for peace, and then listened to Carpenter Zhu ask: "The account books for the maintenance of the Jiaotai Palace were reported by the Ministry of Industry to the internal officials and supervisors?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, it was drafted by Chen Jiong, a member of the Ministry of Industry, and then sent to the internal official supervisor." Feng Quan said calmly.

Zhu Youxiao turned his head to look at Yue Su and said, "Yue Aiqing, what do you ask?" "Don't look at Carpenter Zhu's skill in carpentry work, but he is not very proficient in this kind of big project. How to ask, can only be handed over to Yue Su.

Yue Su understood what the emperor meant, and immediately asked: "Feng Shangshu, it doesn't matter who drafted the cost of the project, but I don't know if it will be handed over to Lord Shangshu for review after the draft?" ”

"This ...... Naturally, it should be reviewed by the official. Feng Quan said with a smile.

"Then didn't Feng Shangshu find anything wrong?" Yue Su asked again.

"There are inappropriatenesses, and the official also feels that the cost is high. It's just that Chen Jiong compared the cost of the previous inner palace project, and it was reduced by 30,000 taels, so I signed it and asked him to send it to the inner official supervisor. Feng Quan remembered the teachings of Gonggong Wei and must not take it to himself.

"The cost of the project is not only high, Lord Feng, the lower officials want to know how many pieces of wood are needed to repair the Jiaotai Palace." Yue Su said lightly.

"It seems to be written in the account book, so Lord Yue can't read it himself." Feng Quan said.

Yue Su had just read the account book from beginning to end, and the content on it was simply nonsense. Yue Su smiled and said, "Master Feng, as the secretary of the Ministry of Works, won't even know how much wood is needed to repair a Jiaotai Palace. It is written in the account book that a total of 200 nanmu were purchased, and one was valued at 200 taels, including the cost of felling. What does Master Feng think? ”

"The price...... There shouldn't be any problems......" Feng Quan said in a low voice.

"There is no problem with the price, but the problem is that the whole world is not the king's land, and the emperor still needs to spend money to buy some wood in the palace? When I was in Guizhou, I heard that in the mountains of the southwestern provinces, such as red sandalwood, camphor, and nanmu, all valuable tree species with a diameter of more than one and a half feet were not allowed to be cut down by the people without permission, and they belonged to the royal family. I really want to ask, who is the one who is not dying, and dares to accept this money from His Majesty? Also, how thick are the two hundred taels of Nanmu, I bought two hundred at a time, not to mention the maintenance of the Jiaotai Palace, even if I build another Jiaotai Palace, it should be enough. Doesn't Lord Feng understand this truth? Even this offer, Lord Feng dared to sign, it was really .......hehe......" In the end, Yue Su just smiled coldly. But anyone can guess what he means.

"I ......" Feng Quan was stuffed by Yue Su again and had nothing to say, but his reaction was fast enough, and he quickly knelt down for the emperor, kowtowed, and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is confused." It was only because he was too busy with official business recently, and when he reviewed the quotation, he did not review it in detail, so that Chen Jiong took advantage of the loophole, and hoped that His Majesty would be aware of it. ”

Yes, the water in this tent is also too large, and people who understand it can see the flaws at a glance, what else can be explained. If you can reduce your own crimes, you can save your head first, and you can only be real.

"You are confused! Is your one sentence of confusion over? Zhu Youxiao understood when he heard this, and now he was extremely angry, raised his leg and kicked Feng Quan to the ground, and shouted: "You are getting more and more bold now, and even my silver dares to be greedy for ink!" Passing on my will, Feng Quan, You Shan, and Chen Jiong were all dismissed and handed over to the East Factory for strict handling. Tell Wei Zhongxian that before it gets dark today, you have to recover my 150,000 taels of silver! ”

(To be continued)