Originally, the royal family had stores such as Howa, which were responsible for handling miscellaneous goods from various vendors. There are a total of six stores, named Bohe, Heyuan, Shunning, Fuku, Fuji, and Baoyan. The office of the admiral eunuch is located in Baohedian, which is located on Rong Government Street.

From the beginning of the Jiajing period, the income of these six stores was levied by the officials of King Yu. During the Wanli period, it was collected by the Mother of Cining Palace. Now it is used by Empress Yi'an Zhang as an expense for the inner palace.

Zhu Cihong does not plan to meddle in this industry, because there are too few real good assets, and they are completely resold trade, which can only be used as rouge money for ** girls, which is really not in line with his identity as a prince. As the crown prince, of course, he must make the most of the existing high-quality assets and strip off non-performing assets, so as to obtain the ability to influence the world, rather than just making a profit of ten thousand taels of silver.

The Gunpowder Bureau is a good asset with potential, but because of business problems, not only can it not generate revenue for the country, but it also has to swallow up a lot of internal money. This has been a habit since the Taizu period, so that later emperors took this money for granted, and did not think of using the power of the Heavenly Family to raise the army through business.

"The internal money was originally paid to the three battalions of food, equipment, staffs and other silver, and it had to be paid to the gunpowder bureau of the War Bureau silver grain, which was used to supply the three battalions. Isn't this a good that sells for silver twice in heaven? Zhu Cihong said: "When the temple was in the temple, the people below were still honest, and they didn't dare to report it so blatantly. Now that I ask for a list of expenses, they dare to report it so indiscriminately. In that case, I'll just let them buy it for money. ”

"Your Highness, whether it is Baohe Liudian or Gunpowder Bureau, they are all the property of the Heavenly Family, as long as Bixia nods, you can move whatever you want." Liu Ruoyu said: "But if the three major battalions are allowed to spend money, it will touch the tiger whiskers of those national princes and ministers." ”

"You old thing, their tiger must not be touched, can the lone dragon scale be reversed!" Zhu Cihong sneered: "I want to see who dares to make irresponsible remarks on this matter." ”

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The weather is already starting to cool down in mid-July, and the chilly air makes it inevitable to go faster.

Zhu Chunchen was wearing court clothes and slowly stepped on the gold bricks of the East Palace Outer Mansion, and he did not have much worry about this visit. He heard some things about the prince, not very much, and he always kept the word "smart". Thinking about the status of the crown prince, does anyone dare to call him "stupid"?

As the twelfth generation of Chengguo Gong, Zhu Chunchen is the grandson of Zhu Neng, a famous general of Jingnan, and supervised the revision of the "Records of Emperor Xi Zongyi" in the first year of Chongzhen. As the emperor's favored minister, after the national meritorious hero, he is a first-class member, has to be named a duke, and is in charge of the country's most "elite" army, it is not too much to describe Zhu Chunchen as a "great minister".

However, this grandfather did not have much loyalty to the king, not only could he not train the Beijing camp loyally and diligently, but even opened the Chaoyang Gate to dedicate the city when Li Zicheng's troops came to Beijing. No matter how much Chongzhen was smeared, he did not treat Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, at all, but this person was able to open the door and dedicate the city, and afterwards persuaded Chen Yan to lead hundreds of officials, which can be described as shameless.

When Zhu Cihong saw him, he could still smile, it was not easy.

"Grandpa, don't come unharmed." Zhu Cihong saluted Zhu Chunchen, returned the half-salute, and said peacefully.

"Meng Bixia Hongfu, His Royal Highness asked, the minister can still survive." Zhu Chunchen, as the prince of the country, has been crowned king for two generations, and he has nothing to be afraid of in the face of the prince.

People's awe often comes from distance, and the more people around them, the more difficult it is to exist in awe. For the people, the prince is the star monarch who descends to earth, and he will be in charge of Ziwei in the future. And for those princes and nobles, they know very well that the emperor's family is no different from ordinary people, and their lives may not be better than them.

Zhu Cihong was not unhappy because of Zhu Chunchen's attitude, and said slowly: "Grandpa Governor Jingying, do you know how much gunpowder in Jingying has to buy every year?" ”

"The minister has accounts, but he is old and decrepit, and he can't remember it for a while." Zhu Chunchen frowned slightly.

- This kind of thing, just send an internal supervisor, how can the prince and the prince personally discuss it? It's too undignified!

Zhu Chunchen said secretly in his heart.

"But I remember." Zhu Cihong smiled and recited the annual expenses of Jingying since Chongzhen for nine years.

Zhu Chunchen felt a chill in his neck when he heard this, one was because the prince was obviously prepared, and the other was because the people below were too lazy to cheat, and they only added or subtracted one or two hundred taels from the annual number to finish the matter. Even a layman can't help but be skeptical of such a stable set of data.

"I'm just weird," Zhu Cihong said: "In the ninth to eleventh years of Chongzhen, the Beijing camp didn't move much, and it was probably enough to buy these gunpowders." From the eleventh to the fourteenth year, the Beijing camp was sent to various places to suppress thieves and exterminate captives, and fought one after another, why did they still use so much gunpowder? ”

This is just gunpowder, and it is completely reasonable, Zhu Chunchen's mind turned, and he said: "Your Highness doesn't know, because the Beijing camp is sent to fight, the gunpowder is consumed on the battle array, and there is less gunpowder for drills." The gunpowder equipment of each of our three major battalions is fixed, and it is not allowed to increase or decrease, so it has always been stable. ”

Zhu Cihong nodded slightly: "As soon as Grandpa said this, I understood, it seems that it is still the fault of not being familiar with general affairs." ”

"Your Highness should learn how to govern the country, and such a trivial matter should be handed over to the account room." Zhu Chunchen relied on the old man and sold the old way.

Zhu Cihong sneered in his heart.

He had already asked the second section of the attendant to change the cash account transfer in the past seven years in Beijing to the loan accounting method, even if the other party had flattened the account, he could still use the "Benford Rule" to judge whether someone had done anything wrong.

According to Benford's Law: in a bunch of unmodified numbers, the number that begins with "one" has a probability of appearing about thirty percent of the total; The number that starts with "two" has a chance of appearing about 17 percent of the total; The number that starts with "three" has a chance of appearing about 12 percent of the total...... After that, the number starts with eight and the number starts with nine, and the probability of occurrence is the sum of the odds, up to 10% of the total.

As long as the sample is large enough and the numbers are unmodified, this rule will be followed. In other words, if the numbers are fabricated, then the statistics deviate greatly from this law. Auditors 500 years later use it to conduct a preliminary examination of whether there is fraud, which greatly improves the efficiency of auditing.

This law was told to Empress Zhou by the prince in the palace, and it is used in conjunction with the loan accounting method, which can be seen at a glance whether someone is cheating, and those who do not know this law will be afraid.

Now this secret has been passed on to Yao Tao and has become the secret weapon of the East Palace's account audit.

According to this secret weapon, not to mention eating empty salaries and drinking soldiers' blood, the fraud in the accounts alone has reached a shocking level.

And now looking at Zhu Chunchen's attitude, it is obvious that he does not intend to bow down and confess.

Zhu Cihong has never been a person who likes to force others, and he hopes that everyone can consciously grasp a chance instead of quibbling and resisting. For those who are stubborn, there is only one way to solve the problem.

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