Li Hong confessed his mistakes and repented, and found countless reasons for it, and finally Wang Mang considered that he was old and a little confused, so he let him go.

"Li Hong, do you recall yourself, how many times have I spared you during this time?" Wang Mang looked at Li Hong coldly and said, "This time I still let you go, but you must know that my patience has a limit, and it is impossible to be magnanimous to you forever, otherwise others will see it, and it will inevitably seem that I am too partial to you, you understand." ”

"The minister understands, and the minister understands in his heart that His Majesty is really good to the minister. Li Hong pointed to the sky and swore an oath: "The minister promises that the minister will do his best in the future to do a good job in the errand assigned by His Majesty." ”

"If you had done your best, you wouldn't have made so many mistakes in front of me over and over again. Wang Mang said coldly: "Now, you tell me when I will be able to see the rough ledger and when I will be able to see the detailed ledger." ”

"This ......" Li Hong secretly calculated in his heart, in the end it was the old account room, Li Hong still had two brushes, and after a while, Li Hong said: "Your Majesty, after about three days, the minister can take out the rough account book, as for the more detailed account book, it needs to be ......"

"Three days is too long for me to talk to you so much, one day, I'm going to see the ledger tomorrow this time. Wang Mang stretched out a finger and dangled it in front of Li Hong.

Li Hong's originally red face turned pale at that time, and he collapsed directly to the ground, crying: "Your Majesty, in one day's time, the minister really can't take out the account book, Your Majesty is killing the minister now, and the minister can't take it out." ”

Li Hong is really about to cry, he said that for three days, he has seen himself a lot, as far as his current gang of account masters, let them take the account books out in three days, that is the result of Li Hong's personal supervision, if Li Hong does not supervise, it is estimated that he will not want to see the rough account books for three months, and he will not want to see the detailed account books for three years.

Now Wang Mang asked him to take out the account book within a day, how could Li Hong calculate how impossible.

Seeing that Li Hongru's funeral examination was approved so far, Wang Mang couldn't help but say: "Are your subordinates as useless as you?"

"Your Majesty, it's not that the minister is useless, it's really that there are not many people who can use it now, this time in the south, the minister only brought a few household officials and the chief to accompany him, and it is really impossible for the minister's subordinates to take out the account book in one day, to tell your majesty the truth, it is three days, and the account book that the minister took out, there must be many items that have not been counted. ”

"Then you mean that there is a shortage of subordinates now?" Wang Mang said.

"No. Li Hong nodded and said, "It's not an ordinary shortage, it's really a lack of too many people." ”

"Lack of people?" Wang Mang raised his eyebrows and shouted, "Li Hong, go and call the eldest grandson Wuji." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji quickly arrived in Wang Mang's tent, saw Li Hong with a very ugly face, and knew that Li Hong had done something wrong and committed it in the hands of His Majesty, but this had nothing to do with his eldest grandson Wuji, and after the eldest grandson Wuji saw the salute, he said: "Listen to Your Majesty's holy teachings!"

Seeing the eldest grandson Wuji, Li Hong had already guessed what Wang Mang was going to do, and wanted to resist, but Li Hong knew that his current status in Wang Mang's heart might not even be comparable to that of a junior general in the army, so he gave up, just as he couldn't resist the promotion of Deng Tongfanli and others in the household department, he also couldn't resist Wang Mang crossing him and continuing to meddle in the affairs of the household department.

Wang Mang looked at the eldest grandson Wuji and said directly: "I want to know the financial income and expenditure of my Great Qin in this southern expedition, Li Hong here is not many people available to the battlefield, you have a lot of scholars there, among them can be familiar with finance, can be transferred to Li Hong for use." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji glanced at Li Hong, but he didn't expect Li Hong to anger Wang Mang in this place, after thinking about it, the eldest grandson Wuji said directly: "Your Majesty, there are many capable people among the scholars, and there are quite a few of them who are familiar with finance, among which Zhu Shan, one of the four great talents in Jiangnan, knows finance best, and Jin Nong, who is one of the eight great talents, was born in the Jin family, and grew up in the account room since he was a child, and there are also some scholars who have made great achievements in finance. ”

"Li Hong, what do you mean?" Wang Mang looked at Li Hong.

Li Hong said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty said what to do, the minister will do it, Zhu Shan's means of financial management Weichen has also heard of it, it is indeed a must in Jiangnan, if the eldest grandson is willing to cut love, the minister must be extremely happy." ”

"But I don't see any joy on your face. Wang Mang didn't save face at all.

"Chen is really happy, but I heard that the forward army was attacked last night, and I didn't sleep well, so this expression stiffened a little. Li Hongqiang squeezed out a smile and said.

"I believe your reasons. Wang Mang snorted coldly and said: "In this way, in addition to Zhushan and Jin Nong, the eldest grandson Wuji, you will select five or six scholars who are familiar with money from among the scholars, and transfer them to Li Hong's subordinates together. ”

Hearing Wang Mang say this, Li Hong and the eldest grandson Wuji were stunned, this is almost hanging these scholars directly in the household department, what does it mean to make the accounts of the household department clear, the household department handles the accounts of the entire Daqin, and the accounts that cannot be sorted out all year round, when can they be clarified, since they can't figure it out, then when will there be another appointment.

However, Li Hong and the eldest grandson Wuji are both smart people, and smart people will never be confused at this time, the two pretended not to hear Wang Mang's voiceover, and with Wang Mang's order, they jointly came out of Wang Mang's big tent.

After the two of them went out, the eldest grandson Wuji said: "Master Li, is Nanzheng's account really unclear or fake?"

"Lord Eldest Sun, you see that I am such a foolish person, how can I figure out such complicated accounts. Li Hong shook his head and said: "The old man is not younger than the eldest grandson, the old man is old, his legs and feet are not good, his eyes are not good, and his mind is not good, so it is inevitable that he will desert when he is on an errand, and there is no way to do it, and the old man is already trying his best to correct it." ”

"Huh. The eldest grandson Wuji looked at Li Hong with a smile and said, "Lord Li, if you are confused, then there are few people in the Manchu Dynasty who are not confused." ”

Li Hong didn't say anything, but said: "Lord Eldest Sun, let's go and do the business explained by Your Majesty first, Your Majesty doesn't give much time, and the old man is still busy." ”

Eldest Sun Wuji shook his head, when he went first, none of the courtiers of Great Qin were fuel-efficient lamps, and when he was about to turn the corner, Eldest Sun Wuji suddenly stopped, followed Li Hong behind him and stopped suddenly, almost bumping into Eldest Sun Wuji, Li Hong was dissatisfied: "Lord Eldest Sun, what do you mean?"

"I don't mean anything else, I just want to tell Lord Li that the eldest grandson has always admired the adult very much, the adult seems confused, but he is never confused, and Daqin's accounts are engraved in the adult's mind. The eldest grandson Wuji stared at Li Hong, said seriously, and then without waiting for Li Hong to reply, he walked straight to the place where the scholars lived.

Li Hong looked at the back of the eldest grandson Wuji's departure, and his eyes flashed.