The household department is in charge of the territory, fields, household registration, taxes, salaries and all financial matters of the country, including the army's grain and grass, as well as the rice and grain used by Zhu Jingming for disaster relief.

Liang Wenyuan, the head of the household, was born in two lists of jinshi, climbed all the way up from the local magistrate, and his roots in Beijing were not deep, but he was upright.

The household is a big insect nest, and it has always been who gives benefits to whom, Liang Wenyuan is strict and unpopular at all, and over time he is set aside by Li Shuisheng, the left attendant of the household department.

The feeling that speaking doesn't work is too painful, and he resists it if he makes a mistake, which is beneficial for them to enjoy, but the principle is there, and Liang Wenyuan can be described as quite aggrieved.

Zhu Jingming knew very well that the household department was in trouble, and as soon as he received the order yesterday, he turned his head and ordered someone to notify the household department to prepare food, but he didn't even reply when he was close to it.

It is conceivable that the left waiter has become so arrogant that he even dares to disobey his words.

"Breeze!"

Qingfeng clenched his fists, "The subordinates are here!" ”

"You take a thousand guards to go to the household with Gu, but you don't believe it, then Li Shuisheng loves money more than his life."

"Obey!"

In less than half an hour, Qingfeng led a thousand Black Eagle guards to surround the entire gate of the household, and even the gate was occupied, leaving only one passage for Zhu Jingming to pass.

The Black Eagle Guard was not a soldier of the imperial court, but a private soldier of the King of Qin, so their clothing was unified in black, and the chest and shoulders were embroidered with blue embroidery thread with the eagle pattern, so they were named Black Eagle Guard.

What kind of people is Black Eagle Guard, all of them are murderous weapons, in order to prevent people's faces from being recognized, this time everyone is wearing demon masks, and the rows look like Yin soldiers borrowing the way, which is eerie and terrifying.

When the officials who came to do the work saw this scene, they were so frightened that they couldn't walk.

"King Qin has an order, idle people will come back tomorrow when they do errands! Back off! ”

The breeze shouted, and the shiny broadsword was drawn out and crossed in front of his chest, and all the eagle guards shouted in unison: "Stand back!" ”

The roar was deafening, and the echo echoed for a while, so frightened that even those who passed by fled in the desert.

Zhu Jingming walked into the door of the household in a navy blue python robe, and the officials of the household department were not afraid of hearing the name, they had long been accustomed to not knowing the height of the sky, and they were waiting for real people, all of them were like turtles with shrunken heads.

Li Shuisheng, as the left servant of the household department, can often see the demeanor of King Qin in the court, and the King of Qin came this time, which is also expected by Li Shuisheng, and even he has prepared the account book.

But no matter how he calculated, he underestimated our King Qin, and he didn't expect King Qin to be so rude.

It's no wonder that the people he comes into contact with every day are literati, even if the generals enter the door of the household department, they don't dare to spread wild, who knows that His Royal Highness the King of Qin does not play cards according to common sense.

Li Shuisheng strode out and saluted respectfully in the courtyard, "What instructions does Your Highness have?" ”

Zhu Jingming held his hands behind him and smiled slightly: "You guess." ”

"But you're here for disaster relief?"

Zhu Jingming was noncommittal.

Li Shuisheng said: "Alas, Your Highness, don't worry, as soon as the lower official receives the order, someone has already prepared." ”

"Oh? When will it be ready? ”

Li Shuisheng said: "It's almost fast, half a month is enough." ”

"Half a month?" Zhu Jingming smiled, "Lord Li won't think about it anymore?" ”

Li Shuisheng looked at the Black Eagle Guards standing on both sides, as if he had smelled blood, and he was terrified, "Back to Your Highness, you should be able to prepare disaster relief food and rice within ten days!" ”

Zhu Jingming saw that he was no longer talking nonsense, and turned his back directly, raised his hand and hung it in the air to make an indication.

Hearing the order, the Black Eagle Guards moved, and the eight Black Eagle Guards surrounded Li Shuisheng and shouted, "Get up!" Then he knocked the man down and lifted him up directly and propped it up on top of his head.

Li Shuisheng's whole body was tightly grasped, and he couldn't move at all, and the eagle guard was all powerful, and his hands and feet were almost caught.

"One!" Black Eagle Wei held Li Shuisheng and made a gesture to throw it.

"Oops, what are you doing?! Hurry up and let the official down! ”

"Two!"

By the time he reached the second hour, Li Shuisheng was already pale with fright, and directly cried to his father and mother, "Oh, Your Highness...... Your Highness spares ......"

Seeing this, the rest of the household officials knelt on the ground with a hula, "I beg His Highness to spare his life......

Hearing so many people pleading for him, Li Shuisheng finally came back to his senses and remembered that he was the second-in-command of the household after all, and with so many pairs of eyes watching, Zhu Jingming didn't dare to do anything to him.

He shouted: "This official is an official of the imperial court, Your Highness is so lawless, aren't you afraid that this official will join you when the time comes?!" ”

Zhu Jingming seemed to hear a joke, and he said "Huh", "Lord Li has already accidentally fallen to his death from the upstairs by then, how can you join me?" ”

"You...... You ......"

"Three!"

Li Shuisheng almost rolled his eyes when he heard "three", he said "ah" and said hurriedly: "There is something to discuss!" Please listen to me, Your Highness......"

Zhu Jingming gave him a look, and Li Shuisheng was put down and thrown aside, although his bones almost fell apart, but he finally saved his life.

He got up and knelt upright: "Thank you, Your Highness, forgiveness......"

"What do you want to say?"

"Back to Your Highness...... It's not that the minister didn't give disaster relief rice grain, the reason is that the rice in the Yicang is the old rice that was no longer edible the year before last, and as for the new rice...... The new rice has not yet arrived......"

This is three points true, seven points false, Zhu Jingming doesn't know the specific twists and turns, but he has heard of it, but he can't spare his hands to care about it.

It turned out that Li Shuisheng's way of making money was to make money by charging the old rice and sending it to the lower-grade officials, and then exchange the newly stored good rice for last year's old rice to earn the difference.

Above the third grade can naturally send good rice, and above the seventh grade is the old rice of last year, and then you can only send the stem rice of the previous year.

In recent years, there has not been much disaster, and the rice in Yicang has already been transferred. That Li Shuisheng can even deduct the money of the court officials, let alone the rice of Yicang.

"Then what should I do, my father ordered me to leave Yunchuan Mansion tomorrow, but you told me that there was no rice?"

Zhu Jingming said lightly, "Yicang has no rice, this is a big crime." In other words, I can kill you right now, Master Li, don't you say? ”

"Your Royal Highness......" Li Shuisheng lay in front of him and cried: "Your Majesty's crime deserves death, it's the minister's mistake, the new rice arrived yesterday, but it hasn't been counted yet...... Tonight, I ordered someone to count and prepare it overnight, and I would never dare to delay His Highness's major affairs. ”

"Oh? How come there is rice for a while, and there is no rice for a while, is there any? ”

"Yes...... It's a mistake on the part of the minister. ”

"You can also remember this, it seems that it is indeed confused." Zhu Jingming shook his head, "In this case, I will ask my father to let you go back to recuperate later." ”

Li Shuisheng knelt on the ground, but he didn't dare to answer.

It is impossible for there to be only one worm in the worm nest, and there is naturally more than one problem in the household department Li Shuisheng Zhu Jingming saw the shocked or frightened expressions of the officials kneeling on the ground.

He smiled, but it didn't reach his eyes.

"Get up, after all, I'm old, don't let people think that I don't sympathize with you."

Li Shuisheng wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Your Highness is serious." ”

Zhu Jingming smiled "hehe", "Don't mention it if you don't say anything, Lone still expects Er to do a good job for the court, today's trip, Lone has really made a big difference to the household department, especially Lord Li......"

His meaningful words instantly turned everyone's attention to Li Shuisheng again, making Li Shuisheng secretly bitter in his heart.

"That's it, if you still have something to do, you won't delay your adults to do things, another day is free, Lone will come and sit again, you adults are welcome?"

"Welcome, Welcome ......", "Welcome ......"

The household officials were eager for this Hades to leave quickly, but they didn't dare to show it blatantly, which was not uncomfortable.

Zhu Jingming walked ahead, and a group of household officials followed him to see him out.

When they went out of the gate and saw the rows of Black Eagle guards, some of the timid ones were almost scared to death.

Li Shuisheng was also afraid, he didn't expect that there were so many "evil ghosts" outside, but fortunately he didn't die, otherwise his life would be difficult to protect with this person's temperament.

After all, it is difficult to say whether he can get justice after being beaten to death by King Qin.