Books that are printed in batches are actually hollow.

When you open the cover page, you can see that a hole has been dug in the middle of the paper. Embedded with silver ingots.

Standard size, silver ingots circulating on the market, fifty taels each.

A book, no matter how big or small, is embedded with only two.

It's not much, it's just a hundred taels.

But....

The civil and military officials had a tacit understanding to flip through the books together, there were not many boxes of gold and silver in the treasury, and this kind of books were everywhere, there were tens of thousands of volumes!

Papermaking was improved by the little emperor in the first year of Tiantong, and printing was invented by the little emperor in the second year of Tiantong.

And so you ended up doing this kind of thing?

Hide the silver?

After a while, Wei Jin spoke, and normal people couldn't make his kind of expression: "The gold and silver of the internal treasury and the records of the internal affairs government are not matched." ”

How could it be right!

In the past 10 years, the cadres have spent 4 million taels a year on military salaries, 3 million taels for the imperial court, and 5 million taels for local state capitals.

The annual balance of the state treasury is about 3 million taels.

This is not a small amount, when the emperor was alive, the treasury was so empty that he could run mice, gritting his teeth to live, after the little emperor ascended the throne, the most honest officials were fat, and the treasury could still run mice, all of which were fat and strong.

The main source of money for the internal treasury is the mouth tax, that is, the poll tax, but the poll tax was abolished in the second year of Tiantong, and there will not be much income.

But what about the facts?

It's just that the silver ingots in the book, large and small, add up, and there are one or two million taels.

The soldier's Shangshu moved his index finger, his eyes lit up, and he secretly calculated: "The money in the treasury can't be moved lightly, you have to go through the procedures, all parties review and evaluate, and you have to fight with the household department, which is very troublesome, but if you can let Your Majesty mobilize the money from the inside, transfer it today, and you can go north tomorrow!" ”

Martial artists are brave and brave, they all understand the truth, the Spring and Autumn Period has been in turmoil for many years, the people are unbearable, the new dynasty has just been established, and it is necessary to cultivate and recuperate, but after holding it for ten years, it is time to extinguish the fire!

Still, more people are skeptical.

"This money... Is it His Majesty's? ”

"That thief is unlucky, and he didn't find anything missing, could it be that he came to the palace to rob the rich and help the poor?"

It's not about looting the palace, it's about giving money.

Helping poor people, no matter how the little emperor looks at it, he looks like a poor family.

This kind of thing is impossible in all dynasties, but it is completely possible to put it on the big cadres and the little emperor Zhao Zheng.

A few years ago, there was an old man named Hua sneaked into the palace, wanted to go to the imperial dining room to steal food, after watching the little emperor's dinner, shook his head and left, carried a tiger overnight, and left half a roast chicken for a few hundred dollars.

This is very reasonable, and the hundred officials can't help but fall into deep thought.

"There is no such possibility." Wei Jin shook his head lightly: "The thief met with our family and left, there is not so much time." ”

"Could it be the legacy of the first emperor?"

Wei Jin picked up a silver ingot, stood upside down in his hand, and revealed the small characters at the bottom: "There is a big seal of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it has been verified by the officials below when it is put into storage, this is the third year of Tiantong, and this is the fifth year of Tiantong..."

At this point in time, the ashes of the first emperor are cold, and even if he comes back from the dead, he can't do this kind of operation.

Some people are puzzled: "There is a seal, indicating that it has gone through the complete warehousing procedures, why is it inconsistent with the bookkeeping?" ”

There is no need for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to make false accounts, to do things on the emperor's internal money, to deceive the king, and to punish the three clans.

And it's too exaggerated, a million taels are a hundred taels, even if the bear's heart and leopard gall eat together, they don't dare to play like this!

Then there is only one possibility left.

The little emperor made a fake account himself.....

He's changed!

The little emperor who is diligent and thrifty, abstains from luxury with simplicity, and is strict with himself has changed!

He hid his private money!

He cheats feelings!

What are you doing hiding it?

Are you still afraid of being stolen!

Thinking of this, Tobe Shangshu had a strange look, it was not possible to steal, but he would find various reasons to embezzle.

For the top and bottom of the household, the treasury is their lifeblood, although the treasury is full, but can spend the emperor's private money, why spend the treasury money?

After thinking about it for a long time, he could only murmur: "Your Majesty is too cruel to yourself...."

Even if this diligent and thrifty ruler pretended to cover up the gold and silver inside, it was pretended to be ten years, and how the little emperor was doing in the past ten years, and the distress of the civil and military officials were all written on their faces.

"That's not right...."

The head of the household department has discovered a problem, there will be no problem with the entry and exit of the treasury, so the money from the treasury will not be misappropriated from the treasury.

But Your Majesty has abolished the poll tax, where did all this gold and silver come from?

Before he could come up with an answer, a small flag of the Cloth Guard hurriedly came to report.

"My lords, no! The treasury has been stolen! ”

The crowd sighed and didn't move.

"It seems that the snitch left the palace and went straight to the treasury."

"The treasury is full of money and grain, and the guards who rotate every day are strictly guarded, even if they can enter the treasury, they can't take anything with them."

"If it weren't for the theft of the Internal Affairs Office and the mobilization of some people, I wouldn't even be able to enter the door."

No one cares about the affairs of the treasury, and the money in the treasury will not increase, but these extra "internal funds" in the internal affairs office are even more attractive.

It's basically the net income of the treasury for a year!

Your Majesty is so diligent and thrifty, it's not interesting to ask for so much money, why do the whole country do without money? You have to think of a way to subsidize one or two of the internal funds.

However, the treasury can't ignore it, and Cao Yufu politely asked: "What is the loss?" ”

The little flag of the cloth guard was frightened: "It's not missing, the snitch seems to have just come in for a walk, and left after a while, but a large amount of iron tire silver was found!" ”

Iron tire silver, the appearance looks shiny and dazzling, the color is very good, in fact, the surface is coated with a layer of silver, and the inside is full of black and slimy iron tires, which is worthless.

"No wonder he is lucky, and he is indeed a righteous thief."

Cao Yufu had already figured out everything in an instant.

Iron tire silver will definitely be found out when it is checked in the warehouse, and now that there is iron tire silver in the treasury, it must be an internal ghost within the household.

The Snitch first went to the Interior Office, no matter how poor the Interior Mansion was, it was also where the royal face was, and it was inevitable to mobilize the guards in the city to attract attention, and the Snitch would take the opportunity to infiltrate the treasury.

The time to enter the treasury is less than half a stick of incense, and after a long time, the Lingyi guards reacted, and cooperated with the army in the city to form a cloud qi, and the first-class masters had to take off a layer of skin.

However, the snitch did not want to steal, but only to enter and exit the treasury as a "thief", so that the officials would pay attention, re-examine the silver, and report and expose the iron tire silver.

This kind of thing, you still have to pay attention to it, Cao Yufu suddenly laughed: "As I expected, the snitch still left one thing." ”