Great Zhou, Weiyang Palace, Xuanzheng Palace.

Wu Qiong sat at the top of the Xuanzheng Palace, with a black imperial case in front of her, a screen, a vase, an incense burner, and a palace maid holding a fan behind her.

Below are the civil and military officials on either side.

On both sides of the Xuanzheng Palace, there were also guards without swords, burly and shiny armor.

In the Xuanzheng Palace, you can't bring weapons, the guards with weapons are all outside the hall, and in the entire hall, only Wu Qiong, the son of heaven, can wear weapons to the court.

The sky outside is not fully bright, this is the case in the early dynasties this year, and those who are emperors must not be lazy.

This is Wu Qiong's second time in the court, and he didn't plan to go to the court, but in the letter that Wu Zhi left to himself this time, he mentioned the matter of exterminating locusts, and he couldn't delay for a moment, even if he didn't go to the court, there would definitely be ministers who would often come to find him, so it was better to go to the early court and listen to everything.

Although Wu Zhi didn't write much, Wu Qiong understood at a glance that this was Wu Zhi and "delegated" power.

In the past few days, although Wu Qiong has not gone to the court, he will still meet with those ministers, and what those ministers said was originally intended to be said in the early dynasty.

Wu Qiong recorded these things, after all, it was a major national event, he had not received training in this area, and he had never been like Wu Zhi, who began to deal with government affairs when he was the prince.

So after Wu Qiong recorded it, it was left to Wu Zhi to deal with.

Wu Qiong knew that it was precisely because Wu Zhi saw this "proportion" of his own, so he bluntly said in the letter that he would let himself go to the court, of course, the matter of exterminating locusts was urgent, and it was also one of the main reasons.

Wu Qiong, who was sitting on the Xuanzheng Palace, sat cross-legged, with her hands propped up on the desk, as if she was in a meeting in the company.

Xiao Fu, the head of the household below, stood in the middle with his hands bowed, and there was a eunuch in front of the emperor, who finished reading his excerpts, mainly to report on the work of spreading the method of exterminating locusts in various places, as well as the amount of silver taels required.

Wu Qiong didn't know how much money was spent, so she said:

"Well, that's a good job, go back and make a report and hand it over."

"Reports, reports?"

Xiao Fu, the head of the household, looked a little confused, how did he understand what a report was?

In these years, there was no financial audit, the feudal society was ruled by man, and there were few systems to follow.

However, Wu Qiong didn't know this, he thought it was his own expression problem, and then said:

"That's what you just said, the amount of expenditure in various places, from the state capital to the county government village, you list it."

When Wu Qiong finished saying this, Xiao Fu's face was a little hesitant all of a sudden, Wu Qiong frowned, raised his voice and asked:

"What's wrong? I'm afraid it's not that there is something greasy in this, Xiao Shangshu, you have made a fake, don't dare to list? ”

Xiao Fu hurriedly threw up his hand and said:

"The minister doesn't dare, please ask Your Majesty to be clear."

"That's it, you are the head of the household department, in charge of the world's financial power, the civil code household registration, this matter should not be difficult, I will wait for your report to read it in the next few days."

After Wu Qiong finished speaking, she was a little complacent in her heart, she couldn't say, I could pretend to be forced again, and when the time came, I would go to the official office yamen for a trip, these ancient people definitely didn't know how to make financial statements.

When the time comes, I will teach them, and I will shock the four seats, and let Wu Zhi also be surprised!

Wu Qiong thought happily in her heart, and she had already planned to go to the household department to teach them things like the statements of this modern financial audit, improve their work efficiency, and also make the financial part more standardized.

Isn't Wu Zhi short of money? Maybe such an audit will squeeze out the money that may have been embezzled, but as for whether there is corruption or not, and if so, how to punish it, whether this statement is accurate or not, that is a matter of Wu Zhi.

Wu Qiong thought of this, her heart was very happy, and continued:

"Next."

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This time the early dynasty ended quickly, not that today's Son of Heaven was too hesitant, but that today's prince was exceptionally refreshing, even more refreshing than ever.

In the past, the Son of Heaven may discuss it with everyone, and finally make up his mind confidently, regardless of whether the idea is good or not, but after all, it has an idea.

But today's Son of Heaven, in addition to the previous financial audit, or the matter of exterminating locusts, the Son of Heaven quickly came up with ideas and made decisions, such as the arrangement of front-line border defense, the transfer of officials, the filling of vacancies by officials in various places, and the fact that some officials sued the bones of old beggars, etc., in one sentence:

"I know, I'll answer you tomorrow, next."

In this way, the "next" and "next" ones are finished.

When they came out, it was dark, and there were not many people eating the pastries and flatbreads on the table.

If it were normal, everyone would definitely think that today's Son of Heaven is very strange, but today, everyone's expressions are different, some are very happy, some are very worried, and some are indifferent.

Everyone was shocked in their hearts, after all, this is the first time that the Son of Heaven has to review local finances!

Although it is only for the reason of exterminating locusts, this beginning is not a simple matter, after all, many local financial matters are not decided by the central government......

Xiao Fu was also quite embarrassed, he didn't know what to do with this financial statement, and he didn't know what His Majesty's intentions were, until His Majesty came to the household department again.

Wu Qiong had planned to go to the household department to pretend to be forced, and after the morning court, she went back to summarize some simple knowledge points and formats of the financial statements, and Wu Qiong came over excitedly with this summarized thing.

People want to pretend to be in good spirits, Wu Qiong exudes the momentum of "I'm going to pretend to be forced, I'm going to dodge", after coming to the household department, I first took a look at other household materials, such as taxes, materials and military expenses at the border gates, and so on.

Then frowned according to the plan: "That's it?" ”

Looking at the trembling officials around him, the corners of Wu Qiong's mouth rose, took out the materials he had prepared a long time ago, and then explained in detail.

It's not that he's idle and looking for something, he has long been looking at the chapter, and found that the financial statements of this household department are too simple, and there are many loopholes, many things, if you want to check it in the future, there is no basis, let alone something in detail.

Just give a Chinese number, how do I know if your number is correct, whether it is accurate, what should I do if I want to check the account in the future? The most important thing is that there is no efficiency.

I can't do anything for the time being in the major affairs of the military state, but this little thing can still be done for Da Zhou.

This time, I can't say that I have to point out, what are these household officials in Da Zhou, what is called financial auditing!

Wu Qiong pointed out the end of the country, and encouraged everyone to work hard, serve the people, serve the Great Zhou, and serve the royal family.

Then he put his hands behind his back and went back.

As soon as he left on the front foot, Xiao Fu rushed to Zhongshu Province impatiently, found Prime Minister Cai Yafu, and asked anxiously at that time:

"Prime Minister Cai! This time, you must give me some guidance! ”

Prime Minister Cai Cheng was sitting in the room at this time, looking at Xiao Fu in a hurry, smiled, and said:

"You came here at this time, did Your Majesty just go to the household department? I also teach you that local finances must be done in every detail, and everything must be done personally? ”

"The prime minister is really like a god!"

Xiao Fu sweated a little on his forehead and said:

"How's that for good? It is impossible for His Majesty not to know that the Shandong Province is the boundary of the King of Qi, and the King of Qi is the righteous son of the first emperor, who fought the world with the first emperor, made great achievements, and was enshrined in the land of Qi, and the authority is monstrous...... Are you going to use the matter of exterminating locusts to attack the king? ”

Prime Minister Cai touched his beard, his eyes narrowed slightly, looked at the crooked neck tree outside the window, and said in a deep voice:

"Your Majesty is wise, I wait for the old ministers to work day and night, dreaming of your majesty to be able to cut the domain as soon as possible, but there is no suitable excuse, the king of the different surnames in all places is already a big tail, in the long run, it will definitely cause a catastrophe, this time the locust extermination, Your Majesty obviously wants to take advantage of this financial statement, the king of Qi took the lead, but I don't know what happened to Your Majesty."

After Prime Minister Cai said this, Xiao Fu was already nervous and said:

"This, Your Majesty...... Your Majesty wants to push me out and be the vanguard? ”

Prime Minister Cai Cheng's eyes froze, and he scolded:

"Since we are eating the emperor's food, we should share the worries for Your Majesty, such a famous matter through the ages, Your Majesty will share your share of the credit, are you still afraid that it will not work?"

"No, no, no, the prime minister misunderstood, the lower officials, the lower officials are afraid of delaying His Majesty's major affairs, and the lower officials don't know what to do."

Prime Minister Cai touched his beard, raised one hand, pointed to Xiao Fu's body, and said:

"Didn't Your Majesty go to the household department and teach you how to do it? This year, Shandong, locust plague eight or nine times out of ten, at this time to make this report, seize the handle of the King of Qi, if I am Your Majesty, when the time is ripe, the anger of the sky and the public will make a difficulty, do a thunderous momentum, and win the King of Qi in one fell swoop! If this thing is successful, you will be successful and famous, and it will last forever, and it will be too late for others to envy you, what are you afraid of? This report, you do it truthfully! ”

Xiao Fu's eyes were clear, and he bowed:

"The prime minister's words made me see the sun, and my mouth suddenly opened. I'll do it. ”

Xiao Fu quickly left, while Prime Minister Cai touched his beard, looked at the crooked neck tree, and muttered to himself:

"Your Majesty, you are indeed the King of Wisdom."

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(There is also a change)