Shoufu went to the Chu Palace, talked to Mama for a while, and then went to tell Yu Wenhao. The emperor disagreed with this and told him not to toss around. Just take care of the food and investigate the people who are withholding.

Yu Wenhao should respond first, and improving food is something that must be done immediately. We also have to see who is so hateful that they even have to deduct the patient's food money and medicine money.

As everyone knows, this is not investigated. An investigation made him dumbfounded. The one who was in charge of the leprosy patients turned out to be his third uncle, Su Tahe.

This Su Dahe's qualifications are mediocre, and he is a member of the household department, and this official position is also not easy to entrust, and he has not grown up after all these years, although he has not brushed it down. But he hasn't been promoted for many years.

When the leprosy mountain was set up. No one wanted to care, so he automatically asked Ying to take the errand. Build a house on the mountain, and then send people to the mountain to guard and cook, and the court allocates 1,000 taels of silver every month. For food and various expenses on the mountain. As for the purchase of other medicinal materials, they will be reimbursed according to the bill, and they will die. The funeral fee is ten taels per person.

At that time, there were more than 1,000 people in the leprosy mountain. The expenses of 1,000 taels and a month are also sufficient, because the daily necessities that should have been purchased in the early stage are already there, and this 1,000 taels is only the cost of food and follow-up clothing.

Now there are three hundred people left, according to the food such as wowotou and steamed buns on the mountain today, and it is a meal a day, it will cost about ten taels of silver a month, and there is still a surplus.

This matter has been in charge of Su Dahe from the beginning, so it is not difficult to investigate it all, Yuwen Hao ordered someone to quietly take the account book and go back to the house to see.

That night, he and Tang Yang, Xu Yi and others calculated that it was only when they got it.

When he finished the calculation, Yu Wenhao's whole face turned black, and he was so angry that he threw all the account books to the ground, and said angrily: "How can this be reasonable, in the past five years, Leprosy Mountain has spent a million taels of silver, what is the book of the household department for?" Didn't you even go to the audit? ”

Xu Yi was also shocked, "The cost of this house in Leprosy Mountain is 200,000 taels, how is this possible?" That is a row of low houses, the most expensive is the wages, not even a brick, all made of wood on the mountain, that place is also a dense forest, just a flat land after the felling, the wood cut is also used to build the house, the most expensive is artificial, how can it cost 200,000 taels? Twenty thousand taels of silver were too much. ”

Tang Yang picked up the ledger and folded it, and said, "What about the wall?" Covering an area of more than 50 acres, it probably took a lot to build the fence alone, and the fence is also a wooden building? ”

Xu Yi said angrily: "You can pull it down, there are more than fifty acres of land, a total of more than ten acres of land, a large row of low bungalows are densely built, the wall is only encircled on the northwest side of the main gate, three hundred taels is enough, the rest of the one faces the cliff, one side is a dense forest, how much silver do you get?" ”

Tang Yang was very surprised, "This is what the Ministry of Industry did, right?" Didn't the Ministry of Industry accept it? ”

Yu Wenhao said coldly: "It's all done by Su Dahe, the errand he invited, the Ministry of Industry just found craftsmen, and there was no acceptance, it was in a hurry, and it was sent over as soon as the construction was completed, where would the Ministry of Industry go to see it?" ”

Tang Yang was dumbfounded, "Then Lord Su is too bold, right?" Aren't you afraid of revealing your stuffing? Among these expenses, the silver of 1,000 taels per month is used for food, and there is already a surplus of silver, as well as medicines, bedding, silver charcoal, fire candles, and so on, and the monthly expenses are also about 2,000 taels. Didn't ask? ”

Yu Wenhao's eyes were full of rage, "How can it be exposed?" If Lao Yuan hadn't said that he would go to treat them, would anyone have gone up to the leprosy mountain to see? Will anyone know that they eat one meal a day? Will anyone know that they are not as good as dogs? After a few years, all the people are dead, and there is no way to investigate all this, and the silver will be safe, and the wishful thinking will be how good it is. ”

Tang Yang shook his head, "It's really excessive, what kind of money is not good?" Do you have to take these life money? It's really too much to kill, it's better to kill them all in the first place, so that they won't be tortured little by little in the past few years, cold and starving, that is really tortured to death, no wonder so many people jump off the cliff. ”

Yu Wenhao's face was as heavy as iron, "Su Dahe doesn't have such a big courage, and if the household department doesn't investigate, all the funds will be reviewed and approved, there must be some scruples." ”

Tang Yang nodded, "Your Highness is right, I'm afraid your grandfather has come forward." ”

There are few people in the Su family who can be feared now, that is, Su Hou Ye.

Su Hou is the father of Concubine Xian and the younger brother of the current Queen Mother.

Su Hou is now serving in the military department, and he is a lieutenant of the light car, but he really doesn't have much ability, and he didn't really ask the court to make merits, and now he is being offered, but because his sister is the current queen mother, and his daughter is a virtuous concubine.

He has not been reused much in the past two years, which is also the reason why Concubine Xian is very anxious, Concubine Xian just thinks that Yu Wenhao will become the prince, and he can promote the Su family, the Su family is big, and there are many sons and nephews, if half of them can enter the court as officials, how much power is that?

Tang Yang said softly: "Your Highness, if you move the Su family, I'm afraid that not only Concubine Xian's side won't be able to get by, but also the Queen Mother's side." ”

Yu Wenhao said lightly: "If you can't get over, you have to pass, tomorrow you call Su Dahe to come to the palace, I will ask him privately first, if he confesses, bring it to his father and ask him to spit out the silver, if he doesn't confess, he will talk to the officials, and he will do it first." ”

"Yes!" Tang Yang knew that this matter was ruthless.

Yu Wenhao thought for a while, and then instructed Xu Yi, "You go to Suhou Mansion and invite Su Long over." ”

Xu Yi was stunned, "So late?" ”

"Yes, he's a night owl and didn't go to bed so early."

As soon as Xu got the order, he went immediately.

But after half an hour, he brought Su Laobiao over, Su Laobiao really hadn't slept yet, he was dressed in brocade clothes, and he still had three or four points of wine, and he said when he entered the door: "If it's not important, even my cousin has nothing to talk about." ”

Yu Wenhao didn't say anything, and threw the account book and Tang Yang's summary book to him, "Look for yourself, look at the good things your third uncle has done." ”

Su Laobiao opened the account book, he was particularly sensitive to numbers, and he could find problems at a glance and ten lines, after reading the account book, he looked at Tang Yang's summary book, and couldn't cry or laugh, "What's going on?" Do you withhold money from the sick? Does he sleep soundly at night? ”

"You don't know anything about this?" Yu Wenhao asked.

"I know a!" Su Laobiao sat down, his face was not very good-looking, "When will I be able to ask about family matters?" ”

"Guess if my grandfather was involved in this?" Yu Wenhao looked at Su Laobiao's slightly stunned face, Lao Biao is a capable person, and he wants to serve the court with enthusiasm but has no way.

His father died early, and their four-room orphans and widows were naturally suppressed, so now they are not seriously seeking a half-official position, but just hanging an idle position on the side of the Guozijian.

Su Laobiao heard Yu Wenhao ask like this, and smiled bitterly, "If your grandfather participated, you wouldn't be so difficult, have you ever thought that the people in the palace are involved?" ”

Looking at Su Laobiao's helpless eyes, Yu Wenhao's heart sank, mother? Is it possible?