At the end of the year, An Guogong's performance was sparse into Beijing. Sure enough, as Jiang Wenbin expected, there were many more dead soldiers in the north this year than in previous years, and the military losses were also extremely high.

Since October, there has been a snowstorm in the north. South of Yanmen Pass, under the auspices of An Guogong and the new economic envoy Mu Chengxin, is actively fighting the disaster, and it seems that the situation is under control, at least it can survive this winter. Mu Chengxin urgently transferred military rations for disaster relief, and had already asked the imperial court to transport grain to the north.

Mu Chengxin and An Guogong had already calculated that they would set aside 30 days' rations for the soldiers in the north, and all the rest of the military rations would be mobilized to provide disaster relief first, so that at least the people in the north could survive, and if they could survive, there would be no chaos and civil revolt, and there would be no large number of displaced people entering the customs. At present, the situation in the north is not good, and strong enemies are waiting outside the border, so the ten states in the north must not be chaotic, otherwise they will be in trouble at home and abroad, and it is very likely to be out of control.

In 30 days, it was enough for the household department to mobilize disaster relief grain and transport it to the north, so as to ensure that the officers and men of the army could not stop getting food.

Because An Guogong and Mu Chengxin actively provided disaster relief, coupled with the fact that the harvest was good in the autumn of this year, and the people had some surplus grain in their hands, the northern border still passed this year safely. In addition, when the winter was the coldest, An Guogong let the ten state capitals vacate the official offices to settle the people, so the Yanmen Pass was quite stable, and there were not many people who froze or starved to death, and there was no wave of escape.

On the side of the imperial court, because He Wenmao transferred grain quickly and delivered it in a timely manner, he was greatly praised by the emperor.

And He Wenmao's ability is not only that, the emperor saw the inventory handed over by the household department after the year, and found a bigger surprise. He found that He Wenmao, who had been the head of the household department for less than two years, was really a much stronger family member than Sun Shangshu.

In the past few years, the wind and rain have not been as smooth as in previous years, there are always natural disasters, and the north is not safe, it is the time to spend money, and before the end of the year, the northern disaster relief, so much grain was transported out, and the emperor saw that under the management of He Wenmao, the family of the household department was still very visible.

The emperor was very happy, and once again rewarded He Wenmao in front of hundreds of civil and military officials, and rewarded him with a brush he usually uses, and also rewarded all the officials up and down the household department, including Xie Changjing, the head of the household department, and Gu Sanye, the head of the household branch.

Although a tube of brushes is not valuable, it has great political significance. This is not just a matter of face, this represents the emperor's recognition of He Wenmao's political achievements.

You must know that Sun Shangshu, who has been in the business for many years, has not received such recognition from the emperor! At that moment, Sun Shangshu's face in the military department was a little unsightly, he secretly glanced at He Wenmao, and there were some doubts in his heart.

Sun Shangshu has been a household secretary for so many years, and he is surviving under Lin Xiang's hands, so his ability is absolutely undoubted. He has a vague idea of the foundation of the household. Although he did not have a specific figure on the amount of money and grain in and out of the household department in the past two years, he still roughly estimated the number based on years of experience.

According to He Wenmao's report...... Regardless of the silver for the time being, the amount of grain and cloth in this treasury was a little different from the estimate in Sun Shangshu's heart, so Sun Shangshu began to mumble uncontrollably in his heart. schoolgirl

Sun Shangshu did not question it on the spot. He is currently the secretary of the Ministry of War, and he can't come up with any empirical evidence at the moment, so how can he stretch out his hand and meddle in the affairs of other people's households.

But this matter was in the heart of Secretary Sun Shang, he has been in the household department for many years, and naturally has saved a lot of contacts in the household department, many of these people were transferred after He Wenmao took the position, but there are also some people who still remain in the household department.

After Sun Shangshu dispersed, the first thing he did was to contact his old subordinates in the household department, wanting to ask why the data taken out by the household department this year was so beautiful.

Sun Shangshu's old subordinates actually don't know what is going on, they are all old people in the household department, and they are also quite puzzled about this year's verification data. However, at the beginning of the year and at the end of the year, the treasury receipts handed in by various localities are all summarized in the household department, and the accounting is carried out in the household department's yamen, at least in the household department's yamen, there is absolutely no problem, and the difference between the number reported in various places and previous years is not large, so for a while, there is nothing wrong with it.

Besides, He Wenmao did things beautifully, and the household department was rewarded from top to bottom, and even Sun Shangshu's old subordinates were also cheapened, and he was actually not very active in checking old accounts for Sun Shangshu. It's just that according to Sun Shangshu's instructions, he roughly went through the account books handed over to the household department in the past two years, and came to a conclusion that there was no problem.

Although the old people in the household department felt a little strange, they were unwilling to study it in detail, and officials like Xie Changjing and Gu Sanye who had only entered the household department for one or two years, and officials with little experience could not see that they were tired. Gu Sanye, the head of the branch, is very serious, and he can at least ensure that the accounts passed from him are absolutely fine, and he is business-oriented, and he is never bored.

And the same is true for the waiter Xie Changjing. He Wenmao is currently entangled with Li Xiang, as Xie Xiang's son, Xie Changjing will never help He Wenmao get tired on the books, Sun Shangshu is still sure of this.

But Sun Shangshu, an old household secretary with many years of experience, determined that there was definitely a problem with the amount He Wenmao handed over, so he still did not give up secretly looking for someone to check. Naturally, this matter could not be concealed from Han Denian, a low-level official of the household department.

Han Denian didn't dare to delay, and immediately reported Sun Shangshu's secret investigation of He Wenmao's affairs to Zheng Ying, and at the same time, Han Denian also began to check all the household branches of He Wenmao since he took office, trying to figure out why Sun Shangshu secretly found someone to check the accounts of the household department.

And all this turmoil in the court, for the time being, has not affected the Mu family, the Anguo Mansion is at least calm for now, although the Mu family's year has been very cold and gloomy, Mu Hongsheng's father, uncle and brothers have not been able to come back from the north, Gu Yilan and Mu Zhengyi are still in a state of separation, but at present, everything seems to be gradually improving, much stronger than the autumn when disasters are continuous.

At least under Gu Yilan's careful care, Second Lady Mu's body really recovered, and she even had the spirit to accompany Old Lady Mu to keep vigil during the Chinese New Year.

At least Mu Lingyi was under the joint supervision of Mu Hongshang and Mu Jinyi, and he couldn't sneak to the north, and this year's New Year, Mrs. Mu still had at least three grandchildren to accompany her for the New Year, which was not too bleak and gloomy.

At least the snowstorm in the north has passed smoothly, the weather is getting warmer, the situation is gradually calming down, and everything is going in a good direction.