"Lord, what are you ......" Seeing that the prince of the palace guards came in like a vicious killer, Liu Yan was startled, his hand trembled, and the stack of documents almost got out of his hand, and he stumbled to stabilize his body, and hurriedly asked.

"Nothing." Li Zhen smiled indifferently and said: "This king heard that Lord Liu was originally in charge of the second division of driving and occupation, and this treasury department was originally in charge of Li Shilang, but is there such a thing?" ”

Liu Yan is not a member of the prince's family, and he was originally wondering why he was going to be transferred out of his own family, but Li Youling suddenly came to change responsibilities with himself, at this time, when he heard Li Zhen say this, he had already vaguely guessed that there was only something strange in it, and his face turned white with fright, and he hurriedly explained: "If you go back to Your Highness, this is true, but the lower officials and Lord Li often exchange responsibilities, this is a rule, and there is nothing wrong with it, I don't know ......."

Although Li Youling didn't say anything, but the pale on his face couldn't hide Li Zhen's eyes, at this time after listening to Liu Yan's explanation, Li Zhen suddenly laughed and said: "Liu Shilang, this king has always acted strictly, since he was ordered to go to the military department to do business, this king doesn't want to mess things up, some things have to be clearly understood before they can be handed over, do you say yes?" ”

"That's, that's, the lower official should have done a good job of handing over with His Royal Highness, if His Royal Highness has any doubts but asks for advice, the lower official must explain it." Liu Yan put the stack of documents in his hand back on the table, raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead with his big sleeve, and said with a slight stammer.

"That's good." Li Zhen laughed and said: "Although the affairs of the second division of the driving and treasury are complicated, there is one that is the basic one - inventory is the key to it, since this king wants to take over, he must go through the inventory, what do you say?" ”

Liu Yan didn't know the meaning of Li Zhen's words, and was stunned for a moment before he said: "Yes, yes, yes, His Highness's cloud is reasonable, and His Royal Highness will accompany His Highness to the treasurers and take stock of one or two." ”

"That's the best, then let's start with the arsenal first, Lord Liu, Lord Li, please." Li Zhen said that it was please, but the murderous aura in the eyes of the fierce and vicious captain of the palace did not mean to please, Liu and Li didn't dare to say anything more when they saw this situation, so they had to follow Li Zhen with a wry smile and rush in the direction of the arsenal.

The Tang Dynasty established the country by force, and the arsenal is naturally huge - the arsenal located in the northwest corner of Chang'an City has a total of 12 warehouses, all around the 100 zhang is full of open space, the guards are strict, the Kuding who guards the library alone is enough to have nearly 1,000 people, and the idle people are not allowed to approach the arsenal, otherwise there will be no forgiveness, each treasury is a scale of 30 zhang square, and the various weapons and siege equipment stored inside are varied and huge, which is the fundamental guarantee of the armed forces of the Tang Dynasty.

"Knock on Your Highness." Li Zhen had just come down from the sedan chair, but Yan Qin, the general ledger of the "Yan Ji Firm", had already led more than a dozen bookkeepers to wait in the open space outside the arsenal, and when he saw Li Zhen get off the sedan chair, he immediately ran forward to salute Li Zhen.

"Excuse me, this king wants you to come here today, in order to check the accounts, so you can go with this king." Li Zhen waved his hand, said casually, and planned to go to the arsenal, but he never thought that Li Youling would catch up from behind and say: "Your Highness, this is an important place in the arsenal, and non-idle people can enter, please forgive me." ”

Li Youling's words are true, but it is not because of the rules, but because of Yan Qin's scruples, without him, Yan Qin is also known as Yan Da Abacus, he is the most famous bookkeeper in Beijing, and those account flowers in various departments are basically students taught by Yan Qin, and the abacus invented by Li Zhen is also popularized by Yan Qin, Li Zhen immediately laughed, looked at Li Youling with interest for a while, and saw that Li Youling's cold hairs stood up, Li Zhen said with a smile: "Lord Li, you should know this Yan General Ledger, not to mention the various departments, even the Great Inner Yan General Ledger is not less, well, if this king is not bad, the account room of the military department is also taught by the Yan General Ledger, this arsenal Yan General Ledger seems to have entered many times, this time the king invited him to help check the accounts, what's wrong?" ”

"This ......" Li Youling was stunned for a while, he couldn't think of a reason to stop it, he was so anxious that he was sweating on his forehead, but Li Zhen ignored Li Youling's embarrassment, smiled indifferently, and led everyone into the reservoir area.

"Xiaguan Wang Ji (Lin Dayou) see His Royal Highness King Yue." Wang and Lin had just seen Li Zhen in the military department before, but they didn't expect Li Zhen to kill the arsenal so quickly.

"The two adults don't have to be polite, this king wants to take stock today, and ask the two adults to cooperate with one or two, so good?" Li Zhen raised his hand lightly, motioned to Wang and Lin, the two principals, to calm down, and said very politely.

According to the practice of the Ministry of War, the inventory should be taken every three months, and at the end of last year, the inventory had just been stocked, and Wang and Lin did not expect that Li Zhen's first fire would burn to the arsenal when he took office, and he did not react for a while, and looked at each other without saying a word.

"What? What is the dilemma between the two adults? Li Zhen asked with a smile.

"No, no, that is, His Highness wants to investigate, and the lower officials and others will cooperate." Li Zhen's words have already reached this point, and Wang and Lin have no other words, so they have to grit their teeth and accept it.

Checking the inventory is not a simple matter, it is a tiring job, even if there are many warehouses and there are many treasury douts, and with the cooperation of Yan Qin and other account owners, this check has been checked from the morning until the sun is about to set before it is found out, but at the end of the day, it is to get the result that Li Zhen wants - the arsenal has lost a total of 2,000 horizontal knives, 1,500 spears, 500 bows, more than 10,000 arrows, nearly 2,000 sets of armor, two chariots, and ten ladders, such a large amount is enough to equip an army of 3,000 people.

Dog's day, such a vicious scheming, damn, if I don't check it, I'm afraid I won't be able to wash it away if I jump into the Yellow River when I turn around! Listening to Yan Qin's summary results, although Li Zhen's face was still calm, but he was afraid in his heart, as soon as Yan Qin's report was finished, Li Zhen glanced at the group of officials gathered around, and said with a cruel smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, what's going on?" How about giving Ben Wang an explanation? ”

"Wronged, Your Highness, we are really wronged!"

"Your Highness, I really don't know."

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Such a large amount of missing, not to mention the two principals, is that the two squires in charge of the military department and the old man Shang Shusu are also inseparable, seeing that things are going around and making a big deal, all the people at this time are all pale faces, and they all kneel to the ground when they snort, kowtowing and shouting injustice.

Treat unjustly? Damn, I'm really wronged. Li Zhen's face sank, and he shouted loudly: "Chen Liang, pass on this king's order, immediately block the arsenal, no one is allowed to leave this place without authorization, this king will enter the palace to face the saint!" ”

"Yes, my subordinates obey!" Chen Liang saluted Li Zhen, "brushed" the horizontal knife on his waist, and shouted and ordered his subordinates to immediately block the door of the arsenal, Li Zhen glanced coldly at the officials who were shouting injustice, no longer talking, did not take a big sedan chair, rode the horses of the guards, and led three or five guards to hurry towards the palace.

At two o'clock, Li Shimin was having dinner in the Chengqing Palace, and when he was enjoying it, he suddenly saw Gao Yao, the inner chamberlain, hurriedly walking in, immediately stopped, looked at Gao Yao and said, "Why are you so panicked?" ”

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Yue has come down, saying that there is a big case in the military department, and he wants to play it in the face of the saint." Li Shimin never liked to be disturbed when he was eating, Gao Yao saw that Li Shimin was slightly angry in his words, and hurriedly explained.

"Huh?" As soon as Li Shimin heard that there was an accident in the military department, it was still a big deal, his face suddenly became ugly, he thought for a while, and said lightly: "Xuan." Gao Yao didn't dare to say much, so he hurriedly responded, hurriedly retreated and went out, and went to summon Li Zhen without mentioning it.

"The son knocks on his father." As soon as Li Zhen walked into the Chengqing Palace, he immediately strode forward and respectfully kowtowed.

"Flat, let's talk about it, what's going on in the military department?" Li Shimin's face was very calm, and he couldn't see a trace of fluctuation at all, so he asked lightly.

"Qi Yu father, after the son of the minister took the post of the squire of the military department, he did not dare to live up to his father's grace, and he had already performed his duties in the military department this morning, and at the time of the handover, the son of the minister checked the inventory of the arsenal, and now found that the weapons of the arsenal are seriously inconsistent with the accounts, and the amount of weapons lost is huge, and the son does not dare to conceal it, so he has come to ask his father to call the shots." Li Zhen said as she took out the detailed account from her big sleeve and respectfully held it above her head with both hands.

"Hand it over!" As soon as Li Shimin heard that something had happened to the arsenal, his face suddenly sank, and he waved his hand and said, The little eunuch who was waiting on the side walked down and took the fold in Li Zhen's hand and handed it over to Li Shimin.

"Bastard!" The more Li Shimin looked at it, the more angry he became, and at the end, he couldn't help but scold, slapped the table with his hand, and suddenly stirred up the dishes and chopsticks to the ground, and walked back and forth in the hall together, suddenly stopped his feet, looked at Li Zhen and said: "Zhen'er, in your opinion, what should this matter do?" ”

How is it? Hey, old man, you're always going to set us up, let's not be fooled! As soon as Li Zhen heard Li Shimin's words, he knew that the old man was waiting for his own initiative to ask for his life, but Li Zhen was not a fool, how could he not know that there was a lot of tricks behind this arsenal case, and he didn't want to mess with it at all, he just opened the lid, as for who wanted to jump in, please feel free, anyway, Li Zhen himself would not jump in, at this time, seeing the old man asking, Li Zhen replied unhurriedly: "Qi Qi father, the son has ordered the arsenal to be blocked, and all the people are already under control, please send someone to investigate, The sons and daughters should fully cooperate. ”

Although Li Zhen's words were very tactful, the meaning inside was clear - he would never preside over the investigation. Li Shimin is such a shrewd person, how can he not hear what Li Zhen meant, seeing that Li Zhen did not want to preside over the case, his face suddenly drooped, stared at Li Zhen coldly, and never said a word......

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