In the past two or three months, Nianyun has been visiting the market every day, and the cost is not small, and the gold cakes in the jewelry box have already been spent. Therefore, when I found out that I had such a large dowry, it was also a surprise.

The so-called money is easy to do, and at that moment Nianyun decided to make good use of this property, and asked Guo Ju to help him go to the east and west markets to buy a few shops, and a few house-born servants who did things properly to take care of it, and there was some income in a year.

The accounts of the East Palace are really a big pit, but they rely on the rewards of the prince and the county king and the meager rice money, and the income is not large. Although there are rewards in the palace during the New Year's Festival, there are also gifts that need to be purchased, and the left and right sides are still unable to make ends meet.

Now that she is in charge of her own affairs, she understands that it is not easy, if she can't bear to watch the accounts continue to deteriorate again and again, she has to fill it by herself, and it is a bottomless pit.

Nianyun took fennel and pothos, and the three of them didn't sleep all night, and checked all the account books of the six divisions of the inner house.

Early the next morning, except for Chen Siyi, Lin Siyi and the three accounts of the Pharmaceutical Preservation Bureau, which were clear and basically not too wrong, the accounts of the other three still had many unclear directions. What's more, Liu Sishan's account book was soaked with water, and his handwriting was indistinct.

Nian Yun called these three people to kneel and bow, first flipped through the soaked account book, and asked Liu Sishan: "When was the account book damaged?" ”

Liu Sishan replied unhurriedly: "It was last night." ”

"What time was last night?"

Liu Sishan thought about it, and said: "Is it the night, I think it's the second watch, or maybe it's the third ......watch."

Nian Yun sneered: "They all say that you are a smart person, but you don't want to put a bucket on your head like this!" Isn't there a special counter to guard the account books in your dining room? Isn't there anyone on duty at night? Call us and ask! ”

As he spoke, he had already called the female history who was in charge of the account books in the dining room and the old mother who was on duty at night. Liu Sishan didn't wait for Nianyun to ask, and asked first: "You group of short-sighted minions, you know that Mrs. Jin'er wants to check the account books......

"Shut up!" Nianyun raised his eyebrows and shouted angrily at her, the people below had never seen Nianyun have such a big temper, and they were silent for a while, and Liu Sishan was so frightened that he didn't dare to squeak.

Nian Yun looked around and scolded angrily: "Mrs. Ben is here, when will it be the turn of the slave to speak?" Hasn't anyone in this house taught you the rules? Brick asked Yuzhu: "According to the old practice, what should be the crime of being disrespectful to the master, not being up or down?" ”

Yuzhu lowered his head and thought for a while, and replied: "According to the palace history, there were female officials in the Xuanzong Dynasty who were disrespectful to the concubine, and handed them over to the Shen Penal Division, and they were punished with a hundred rods and admitted to the cold palace. There was also an example when Empress Xianzhaode was the crown princess, and the first queen was benevolent and only fined 200 palms. ”

Nian Yun said: "Mrs. Ben admires the generosity and kindness of the first queen very much, so according to the example of the first Empress Zhaode, she should have two hundred palms." Remembering your first offense, I will pardon you for a hundred, and give you only a hundred strokes of the palm and mouth, as a warning. If there is a repeat offense, no matter who it is, the punishment will be severe. ”

Liu Sishan didn't dare to say much for a while, so he had to be beaten a hundred times full of grievances, his face was swollen high, and no one dared to say more for a while. After the fight, Nian Yun continued to ask in a faint voice: "The dining room is on duty at night, you come to answer, you were on duty last night, wasn't it?" ”

The old lady bowed her head and replied, "Yes." ”

Nianyun asked again: "Did outsiders come last night?" ”

The old mother said, "No." ”

"Have you ever stayed in the dining room all night?"

The old mother thought for a while and said: "According to the rules of each department, you only need to be on duty at the beginning of the night to check the food, candles, firewood, charcoal and other things in the division's dining room, and then you can go to the dressing room next door to take a rest." Therefore, the old man left at the beginning of the child's time, and he did not notice anything unusual when he left. ”

Nian Yun asked again: "The lady of the dining room, let me ask you, is the key to the cabinet of the account book in your hand?" Who else has the key but you? ”

Nushi bowed her head and replied: "The key has always been kept by the slave maid, there are only two, and the other one is in the hands of the priest, and no one else will have it." ”

"So do you know that the account books were flooded last night?"

"Yesterday, the slave and maid were not arranged to be on duty at night, and everything was normal, so the slave and maid went back to the room to rest at the end of the unitary hour."

"In other words, at the end of the unitary period, the account books are still intact?"

"The slave and maid looked at the cabinet when they left, but they saw nothing unusual."

"Did the key leave after that?"

"The slave always carried the key with her, and when she slept at night, she put it under her pillow and never left her."

"Do you have a certificate?"

"The history of the lady in the clothes room who shared the house with the slave and maid can testify."

Nian Yun called the female history of the kitchen's room, and the female history answered very fluently, which was basically the same as what the female history of the kitchen's room said.

Nian Yun led everyone to the room where the account books were locked in the dining room, and saw that the cabinet containing the account books had always been placed in the driest position, and the door of the cabinet was still quite tight, even if a bucket of water was splashed on it, it would only leak some water from the cracks in the wooden cabinet, so that the surface would be soaked, and it would never soak two or three out of ten.

Seeing that the two female histories were articulate, Nian Yun answered very clearly, nodded, and said, "The account books should be placed in order, but depending on the degree of wetting, there is no regularity at all. Since there is nothing wrong with the female history, the problem must lie with another key. Liu Sishan, tell me, what's going on? ”

Liu Sishan couldn't say why.

Nianyun knew that if she continued to interrogate, she would definitely be involved in Liu Sishan, but she only wanted to give her a dismount at this time, and she didn't really want to move her, so she said:

"Give you two days, on the one hand, you need to strictly check the account books of the company's dining room and find out who is responsible. On the other hand, book repairs are carried out. If I do not give a satisfactory explanation within two days, the punishment for both crimes is also justified, and Mrs. Ben will not heed any pleas from anyone. ”

Liu Sishan had no choice but to nod and go down.

After dealing with Liu Sishan, Nianyun turned around to look at the other supervisors, and asked the green pothos to take a penny and reward the three directors of the master of ceremonies, the master of ceremonies and the master of medicine, and said:

"Although it is within the scope of the sixth division to do a good job in the financial management of the accounts, there may be omissions in the accounts in the past, and the three of them can carefully proofread them in a short period of time, which is also a support for Mrs. Ben. Mrs. Ben has clear rewards and punishments for doing things, and it will naturally be the same in the future. ”

A few people resigned. Nian Yun asked Si Yi, Master of Ceremonies, and Si Yao to go down first, facing the remaining two, and only cared about drinking tea. After a cup of tea, he asked slowly: "Is it difficult to deal with the accounts?" ”

The two bowed their heads and remained silent.

Nian Yun sneered: "I gave you five days, not enough?" ”

There was still silence.

Nian Yun said sharply: "That is, the deficit is too big, and I am reluctant to spit out what I swallowed, isn't it?" ”

The two trembled and said, "The minions don't dare. ”

Nian Yun asked Yuzhu: "It turns out that there is a precedent, and the accounts of each division are not clear or there is favoritism, how to deal with it?" ”

Yuzhu hesitated for a moment and said: "The first queen has an example, the accounts of a certain division are not clear, and there is a shortage of one hundred and twenty hanging money, so she is ordered to check the accounts, make up for the shortfall, and punish one hundred and two with a cane, and expel him from the palace gate." Another minister accepted bribes, equivalent to 58 horses of silk, 523 pieces of money, and a box of gold and silver jewelry, and 200 rods, and handed them over to the Prudential Division, after which the property was confiscated and exiled. ”

Nian Yun said: "Since there is a precedent, it is simple, those below two hundred hangings will be punished according to the missing number, and ordered to make up for the insufficient number and find out the number to be handed over to me, and expel from the East Palace." If there are more than 200 hangings, the cane will be punished with 200 rods, and it will be handed over to the Criminal Division for disposal. I'll give you two more days now, and after two days, I'll dispose of it as usual. ”

There is a huge deficit in the accounts of the East Palace, and it is not a day's cold to freeze three feet, Nianyun knows very well that even if he orders the head of the Sixth Division to thoroughly investigate and repair, it is only the accounts of the past one or two years that can be checked.

To find the shop is open source, and it needs to be throttled. In order to block the mouths of Youyou, Nianyun's thrift can only start from herself.

First of all, the food and clothing quota was reduced, because each courtyard had its own small kitchen, so the food and drink of the county king and the county lady who were in charge of the catering side were cancelled and allocated to the small kitchen instead, and the variety of dishes per day was reduced.

The king of the county and the lady of the county routinely have a few horses of silk, luo, silk, satin, and silk to make new clothes every month, and Nianyun abolished this rule and changed to a set of seasonal clothes every quarter, and if a new dress is needed during the festival, it will be counted separately.

Nianyun also ordered people to remove all the gold and jade ornaments in the house, replace the jade curtain hook with a wooden one, replace the bead curtain with a cheap bone ornament, and replace the jade bottle in the house with an ordinary official kiln porcelain bottle, all to the extent that it is sufficient, and put an end to luxury.

Pothos reminded: "Do you want to remove the incense too?" ”

Since the day of the wedding, Yiqiu Palace has been using agarwood incense. The special silver incense burner with a water reservoir gives out a unique aroma with a gurgling sound. That was her first comfort when she came to the East Palace, as if Aunt Wei was by her side.

I am reluctant to take it, but the agarwood incense is too precious and will definitely fall into the hands of others.

Nian Yun took a deep breath of the incense mixed with agarwood, "Remove it too!" ”

The flowers and trees in the courtyard of the East Palace, which are extremely difficult to feed, are dug up or transplanted into flower pots, and the courtyard is replanted with fruit trees, and when the fruits are ripe, they can be supplied to the East Palace for its own use, or sold for an income.

After Nianyun's change, the six divisions also have a lot more manpower, and many of them eat empty salaries. Nian Yun sent some money to those who were willing to go home, and those who didn't want to leave happened to need manpower for the newly purchased shop, so they were arranged to go outside.

As soon as this move came out, the crown prince Li Yu ordered the Cheng'en Palace to also do it in accordance with the Yiqiu Palace, although the meal does not have to be very deliberate and frugal, but it is not necessary to be extravagant, in order to show support.

Except for the crown prince, Li Chang responded very thoroughly, she put away her most gorgeous silk clothes, followed Nian Yun to wear ordinary fine kudzu cloth dresses, and handed over all the gold, silver and jade in the house to the East Palace Inner Treasury, leaving only a few porcelain vases and a few pieces of jewelry as private property.

Nian Yun was really surprised, but Li Chang didn't care about it: "They didn't have it before, and they don't know if they have it in the future, so they have to desperately take good things to give themselves a sense of security." I have not lacked it before, and I will not lack it in the future, whether I need it or not, it is all up to me! ”

Nian Yun teased: "Don't you save some dowry money for yourself?" ”

Li Chang blinked and smiled: "What are you afraid of, my father and mother will naturally prepare for me, I am the county lord who has been entitled, and my grandfather will also give me another copy from the palace, what can I do with this myself!" ”

"Chang'er, thank you." Nianyun said it to her for the first time and very sincerely. In the past, she may have been just a good playmate in the Great East Palace, but today, for her, Li Chang's attitude affects the judgment of many people.