"Minister Li Hong is incompetent, please punish Your Majesty!" As soon as he entered the study, Li Hong fell to his knees and begged Wang Mang to punish him.

"Li Aiqing's guilt, I don't quite understand. Wang Mang sat down and took a sip of tea.

"The minister is in charge of the household for His Majesty, but the household has no money, this is the minister's dereliction of duty, the minister can't find the money, causing His Majesty to suffer, this is also the minister's real job, the minister is really a failure, please Your Majesty to surrender. Li Hongdao.

Wang Mang's eyes flashed, and he said with a smile: "Since you feel that you have done a dereliction of duty, then don't do it." ”

"Ah?" Li Hong was dumbfounded, according to reason, after he finished pleading, shouldn't the emperor say what is wrong with Aiqing, Aiqing thinks too much, does Aiqing have to continue to do it? Why doesn't the emperor play cards according to the routine?

Seeing Li Hong's confused face, Wang Mang shook his head with a smile and said, "Li Aiqing, I'm just joking with you, don't take it seriously, you still have to work for me in this household book." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Hong didn't dare to say anything big this time, and kowtowed: "The minister must be hearty and brainy, in order to repay His Majesty's trust in Weichen." ”

After the monarch and the ministers thought about it, Wang Mang and Li Hong talked, what did Li Hong do here? Or for the 200,000 taels of silver that Wang Mang got from Shangguan Wan'er.

On the same day, Shangguan Wan'er instructed Li Yueru to ask Wang Mang to send someone to get the silver, and Wang Mang directly informed Wang Yongji of the military department to get the silver, and then go to the household department to make up the formalities, which made the people in the household department very opinion.

According to the rules of the imperial court, all the silver and materials must go around from the accounts of the household department, but now the military department directly bypassed the household department and took the silver directly from the Shangyuan Palace.

Even Li Lan, who was waiting on the side, heard this, and Li Lan said directly: "Lord Li, are you looking for Your Majesty to ask for guilt?"

"Weichen doesn't dare!" Li Hong hurriedly kowtowed, this can be hinted at secretly, but it is absolutely impossible to say it clearly, to Li Lan said it directly and clearly, Li Hong didn't even think about it, at this time Li Hong regretted coming here, why did today's emperor always play cards according to common sense.

"Li Hong. Wang Mang no longer called Li Aiqing Li, but called Li Hong's name directly, and said: "Should you give the 200,000 taels of silver from the military department?"

"It should be given. Li Hong knelt on the ground and nodded, looking at Wang Mang, his eyes were full of "Your Majesty, if you should let me get up", but Wang Mang didn't see it.

"Then why didn't you give it before?" Wang Mang asked again.

"Before, the household department didn't have any money, so I couldn't give it. Li Hong explained: "These ministers have reported to you at the court meeting, and the household department really wants to have money with the military department, but there is indeed no silver in the hand, and it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice." ”

"I'm not going to settle accounts with your household department for the time being. Wang Mang waved his hand, and said: "Then I help the military department borrow the silver from Shangyuan Palace for temporary use, this is the matter of the military department and Shangyuan Palace, I am a Chinese person, what does this have to do with your household department?"

"Borrow?" Li Hong is engaged in finance, and he grasped the key point in an instant.

"That's right, it's borrowed. Wang Mang said: "This silver was borrowed from Shangyuan Palace by the Ministry of War, and when your household department has money, give the silver that should be given to the Ministry of War to the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War will return the 200,000 taels of silver to Shangyuan Palace." ”

"That's not this silver, it's ......" Li Hong's scalp was numb, and he stood up at once.

"Did the emperor let you stand up?" Li Lan said in a negative voice.

"Please punish Your Majesty!" Li Hong snapped and knelt on the ground again, and looked at Li Lan with some resentment, asking you, a eunuch, to talk too much, don't I want to take advantage of His Majesty's inattention to stand up and take it as a fait accompli that I stood up?

Wang Mang shook his head and said, "After that, what is the silver?"

"It was Your Majesty who passed the three levels, and Shangyuan Palace lost to Your Majesty. Li Hong whispered.

"Who told you this?" Wang Mang slapped the table and said: "Who said that Shangyuan Palace lost my money, a bunch of nonsense, I am the Son of Heaven, and the Queen Mother is my elder, can I play that gambling game with the Queen Mother and the ordinary people in the market? I just played a game with Shangyuan Palace, and the outside knew that it was rumored." ”

"Huh?" Li Hong grew his mouth, he didn't know that!

Seeing that Li Hong was still a little unconvinced, Wang Mang continued: "The Queen Mother has been feeling a little unwell these days, and her mood is not too good, so I played a game with the little girls around the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother is in a better mood, and the effect is not bad, and the Queen Mother is in a much better mood now." ”

"Huh?" Li Hong said in amazement, "The silver?"

"Silver, silver, you deserve to be in charge of the household, and it is silver when you open your mouth and close your mouth. Wang Mang smiled and said: "I saw that the Queen Mother was in a good mood, so I opened my mouth to borrow money from the Ministry of War from the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother was also very grateful for the hardships of the southern soldiers, so I agreed at that time, Wang Yongji also knew about this matter, why, didn't he tell you?"

"This ......" Li Hong only felt that he was too stupid to be a bird, why didn't he investigate clearly, so he came here to argue with the emperor?

Seeing Li Hong digesting his words with a thoughtful face, Wang Mang smiled in his heart, as early as after he agreed with Shangguan Wan'er to give 500,000 taels of silver to the end of the year, he had already calculated that the money given to the military department must be said to be borrowed, otherwise if it was really given, it would not be easy to repay it at that time.

Sure enough, it's right to take precautions, isn't this a dignified household book, so he came to find trouble?

Thinking of this, Wang Mang's heart moved, his eyes looked at Li Hong with some hatred, and said: "Li Hong, I am very disappointed in you, very disappointed in the household department you lead, you tell me, do you think you are competent?"

Li Hong was still thinking about the 200,000 taels of silver at this time, this money has been promised to their households, how can they explain it now, but Wang Mang's words made Li Hong suddenly startled, raised his eyes to look at Wang Mang, Li Hong suddenly felt that he was not reckless when he came today, but the fish and meat that he took the initiative to send to the door, which was not good to be chopped into several pieces.

"Wechen doesn't know what His Majesty is talking about. Li Hong stubbornly said: "All the officials of the household department of the minister have always been conscientious, and they do not dare to slack off for a moment in the financial undertakings of the imperial court, and they have done their best for His Majesty wholeheartedly, and have contributed all their strength to the people of the dawn......

"It's better to say than to sing. Wang Mang sneered and instructed Li Lan: "Li Lan, read it to him." ”

Li Lan answered, stood up, smiled at Li Hong, cleared his throat, and read:

"In March last year, Liu Qing, a member of the household department, accepted 1,000 taels of silver from Taiyuan Mansion and allocated 10,000 taels of disaster relief silver that should have been used for disaster relief to Taiyuan Prefecture, which indirectly caused the flood victims in Yangcheng, which had already been assessed as a rebellion in the south, to spread all over the place, and the rebellion broke out again. ”

"In April, Zhang Shan, a member of the household department, because of a disagreement with Yue Qing, a member of the military department, privately seized a batch of materials that were supposed to be sent to the southern front, which indirectly led to the loss of Haicheng. ”

"May ,......"

......

"In January of this year, Liu Qing, who was still a member of the household department, accepted bribes of 5,000 taels of silver from an illegal businessman, and received enough of the businessman's unqualified military uniforms in the name of the household department. ”

"Don't read it, Wechen is guilty!"

Li Hong heard Li Lan say a word, his face turned pale, and at this moment he was already pale and had no blood at all, and now he finally couldn't bear it, and the whole person knelt on the ground listlessly.

"Ding......

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