Xiao Qi was furious, called Qi Xugu, the head of the household, and asked, "Who counted the grain and grass?" How can it be so short? Qi Xugu's brows furrowed.

He said: "It's Guo Ji and Master Guo." Because there were many and complicated things, Wei Chen assigned the work of calculating grain and grass to Lord Guo, and asked two other colleagues to be in charge of this matter with him. ”

As soon as he heard that it was Guo Jitong, Xiao Qi grinded his teeth.

But he also knew that Qi Xugu was not wrong with such an arrangement. Guo Jitong is the most proficient in arithmetic among the officials of the Great Jin Dynasty, if such a thing is not assigned to him, who else can it be sent to?

Besides, the other officials of the household department have not rested during this time, and they are busy with their feet not touching the ground.

Because there have been no major wars for many years, the capital does not have so many grain reserves. In order to ensure that the grain can be transported to the border as quickly as possible and save time, the household department has adopted a variety of methods to raise grain.

In addition to temporarily confiscating all the grain merchants in the capital and the grain stocks in the major villages, they also sent officials to the north to count and collect grain from the city government that was about to pass by. Then transport the grain from the grain merchants of the city government in the south to the capital.

Therefore, the household department is really upside down during this time, and there is no more manpower to do statistics.

But now the grain and grass here in the capital have not yet set off, and there is such a big mistake. The amount of grain and grass on the north side of the city government is not necessarily guaranteed.

"There is still surplus grain and grass in the north, can we make up for this gap?" Xiao Qi asked.

Qi Xugu shook his head: "The grain and grass in the northern city government have been counted by the ministers, because the speed is fast, so all the grain and grass that can be requisitioned have been requisitioned. These are still the new grains harvested by the people in the autumn, and they have reached the limit of collection. When this is over, it will take time for us to transfer grain from the south to fill this vacancy, and we must leave them with a month or two of rations, otherwise they will starve to death. ”

Because they were in a hurry, they limited themselves to five days, and they tried to transport as much grain and grass as they could in the southern city. What is lacking is to be made up by the grain of the northern city.

In ancient times, transportation was inconvenient, and now it is snowing, and the road is extremely difficult to walk. They only transferred the grain and grass of the city government closest to the capital, and they could not take the time to collect the grain in the hands of the people. Therefore, this part of the grain and grass is very limited, and it is all filled by the grain of the northern city government.

The area north of the capital was not the main grain producing area in the first place, and the weather in the second half of the year was not good, and this year's grain harvest was poor. The surplus grain was requisitioned again, and the people of the northern city government were crying and grabbing the land and were unwilling to hand over the grain. The governor and the prefect directly arrested some uncooperative people and put them in prison, and then cut off the heads of one or two rich families and grain merchants who wanted to hide the grain, so that they could barely make up the amount of grain.

At this time, if they try to snatch the rest of their rations, the people there will really riot.

Xiao Qi naturally knew about these situations. He also gave orders from the household department and local governments to transfer grain and deal with the people who resisted. He knew that Qi Xugu had no choice.

After thinking about it, he turned his head and instructed Gonggong Zhang: "Go to the capital mansion Yin to spread my message, and ask the officials in the yamen to go to the street to beat the gong, collect grain in the east, south, and west of the city, and let the wealthy families donate all the stored grain, and record the names and amounts of donated grain." Those who donate more will be rewarded, and those who do not donate will be punished according to the situation. ”

Father-in-law Zhang hurriedly went.

Xiao Qi rubbed his eyebrows.

Although the food gap of the eight truckloads is not large, the wealthy families can more or less fill this hole. But if you are not afraid of mistakes, you are afraid that someone will make trouble.

The entire demand for grain and grass was calculated by Guo Jitong. The amount of grain confiscated in the capital and the south, as well as the amount counted in the north, were handed over to Guo Jitong for statistics.

If Guo Jitong has the intention to make trouble, I'm afraid that the little mistakes here in the capital are just appetizers. When the grain transportation team went to the northern city government to transport grain, they found that there was a big gap, and even if Guo Jitong was beheaded at that time, it would not be able to make up for this mistake.

The soldiers at the border gate are still waiting for the grain to be delivered.

The snow is heavy in winter, and the road is extremely difficult to walk. If there is another mistake on the road, ten Guo Jitong will not be able to make up for this mistake.

"Bring this batch of grain over first to solve the urgent need. We'll leave tomorrow. Tomorrow, you will send people to the south to transfer grain, not only to fill the gap of the people in the north, but also to transfer more grain, and then send a group of people to transport it to the border gates. He said.

"Yes." Qi Xugu bowed and hurriedly left the palace to get busy.

"Call Guo Jitong." He turned his head and commanded the eunuch.

It didn't take long for Guo Jitong to be brought.

Before he could salute after entering the door, Guo Jitong saw the emperor smashing an account book directly at him. He didn't dare to hide, and the ledger smashed directly into his head.

"Guo Jitong, you come and tell me, why is there still eight carts of grain and grass? How do you settle accounts? ”

Guo Jitong's face was full of shock, and he knelt on the ground at once, and shouted: "The emperor is clear, the minister is not wrong. How much food is needed in total, and how much food can be raised in the capital, the ministers can calculate clearly. Now there are eight truckloads of grain, is the amount of grain raised wrong, or is there a mistake when loading the truck? Or is it ...... Someone tampered with the data calculated by the minister? In short, it's not that the minister's calculation is wrong, and the emperor is also aware of it. ”

As soon as he said this, Xiao Qi was also puzzled.

Guo Jitong can also be regarded as an old man in the household department, and he has been in the household department for more than seven or eight years. He wouldn't be unaware of the responsibility for miscalculating the data at this time, delaying the military situation, and that was to connect the nine clans.

Therefore, he should have calculated this data over and over again, and there would be no mistakes.

"Do you remember the numbers you calculated?" Xiao Qi asked.

Guo Jitong nodded and wiped the sweat on his forehead: "The minister remembers, the minister remembers." ”

Xiao Qi waved his hand.

The little eunuch next to him took out a small notebook and a charcoal pen and handed them to Guo Jitong.

Guo Jitong knelt on the ground and wrote down the data he calculated on the paper one by one. While writing, I kept wiping my sweat.

Xiao Yu motioned to Gonggong Zhang to look for the folds handed over by the household in a pile of folds.

The song contains the total amount of food that needs to be raised in each place.

There is a number of how much grain can be loaded in a cart regulated by the imperial court. If there is one less car, it is fine, maybe other cars are loaded with more food. But without eight carts, the total amount of food that can be raised in the capital is not much, and this amount is absolutely wrong.

Now they want to see if the data written by Guo Jitong is consistent with the data on the fold. If it is consistent, it is a question of raising food and loading soldiers.

The stakes are very high, Guo Jitong is a person who deals with numbers, and he will never fail to remember the numbers he calculated. So in a short time he handed in the data he had written.

Xiao Yu checked it and slapped the case hard: "Guo Jitong, I ask you, are you sure that the number you wrote is correct?" ”