"Who has the final say in this Toyosu City?"

Hu Leqiang sighed, "How dare you sleep and have the final say!" This is not the emperor's land under the whole world, naturally the emperor has the final say, and naturally the people have the final say. ”

Ye Jielu sat on the first place expressionlessly, and his indifferent gaze swept to the county commander Cai Xun, "In this case, this king has only been in Fengzhou City for two days, and the people from the government have come three times, saying that this king is a traitor, and he wants to arrest all the people of this king?" ”

Hu Leqiang and Cai Xun's faces changed, and they knelt down directly, and a group of people behind them didn't dare to speak and knelt down, "The prince is wronged!" There's a misunderstanding here! What a misunderstanding! ”

Ye Jielu directly raised his foot and kicked at the nearest Hu Leqiang, "Misunderstanding? But when the king heard with his own ears that he had entered this Fengzhou City, he had to coil the dragon? ”

"Oops!"

Ye Jielu's kick was not light, Hu Leqiang's fat and soft flesh fell directly to the side, and when he raised his head and looked at the wolf cub at Ming Lanying's feet, he was so frightened that he forgot what he wanted to quibble about for a while.

Cai Xun explained in a trembling voice, "Don't dare, don't dare, don't listen to those villains' nonsense, they ...... They ......"

The wolf cub bared its teeth at Hu Leqiang's vicious fangs, screaming in fright, and hurriedly dragged his body backwards, which also attracted the attention of others.

The snow-white wolf cub squatted at the feet of the Ming Lan Ying like a proud patron saint, and the Ming Lan Ying rubbed its head with a smile.

"What's wrong with Master Hu? My pet is just a pet, isn't it cute? ”

The wolf cub grinned, revealing the wolf fangs, and the wild wolf eyes looked at Hu Leqiang and Cai Xun, which were staring at the prey.

Whose pet is such a big wolf!

Cai Xun was so frightened that he couldn't speak, Hu Leqiang shook his lips and pulled out an ugly smile, "Very, very cute...... is worthy of being a princess, can ...... There is such a special, loving pet. ”

Ming Lanying glanced at him more, he was worthy of doing big things, he was brave enough, and he could laugh when he was stared at like a prey by a wolf cub.

Ming Lanying smiled and glanced at the people on the ground who were trembling and kneeling, "Are all the officials of your Fengzhou City so powerful?" Wearing official uniforms, you dare to rob innocent people on the street at will? ”

Hu Leqiang cautiously looked up at Ming Lanying, there were many people just now, but now he was looking at it, but he was stunned by her appearance.

was stared at by Ye Jielu's cool gaze, and immediately came back to his senses.

"No, don't dare, it must be the subordinates who dare to commit crimes, and the subordinates must be strictly disciplined."

Ming Lanying raised her eyebrows and smiled, this is to put all the responsibility on the people below, and if you are held accountable, just push a scapegoat out, anyway, there are so many people.

Ye Jielu said lightly: "This king is also inspecting for the emperor this time, this Fengzhou City's annual reporting and collection and budget statistics are very good, since he is here, then this king will take a look at the situation of Fengzhou City in the past few months, and submit all kinds of account books, and also bring up the accounts of the year-end statistics." ”

Cai Xun was dumbfounded, Hu Leqiang forced a smile, "Lord Wang, do you want to see it now?" This mansion is simple, or the prince will move to the Xiaguan Humble House, and the Xiaguan will entertain him personally, and the prince is watching slowly? ”

"Right here, Master Hu, hurry up."

Hu Leqiang nodded with a reluctant smile, and glanced at Cai Xun, and a wave of people retreated.

Ming Lanying changed her posture and said with her feet crossed, "What kind of ledger do you think they will bring?" ”

Ye Jielu took out the water bladder and small teacup he was carrying, and poured water for Ming Lanying, "Naturally, there is no false account that is wrong or missing." ”

"Do you think we can see that?"

"Even the old accounts of the household department have been ascertained, and this account is hidden from the world, and it is an axe in front of the lady."

Ming Lanying glanced at him with a smile in her eyebrows, and she felt very happy to be recognized for her ability.

The guards on the side looked at their noses, pretending not to see with their noses and hearts, and their hearts were turbulent, their princes smiled so gently at the princess! See you soon!

The two chatted for a while, and Hu Leqiang and Cai Xun came over with a stack of account books.

"Lord and Princess, the collection and expenditure of Fengzhou City in the past three months, as well as household registration, etc., are all here."

Ye Jielu responded lukewarmly, and did not let the two retreat, the two had to wait on the side.

saw that Ye Juelu did not take the account book to look at it, but Ming Lanying picked up the account book and looked at it casually.

Hu Leqiang and Cai Xun glanced at each other, and hid the contemptuous smile in their eyes without a trace, how could a woman understand the mystery in the official accounts, just pretending.

Since they are all fake accounts, there is nothing to look at, and the records above are not real, and it is time-consuming to read them.

Ming Lanying also knew this truth, and after flipping through a few books at random, she said without changing her face: "Fengzhou City has been quite stable in the past three months, so I will take a look at the account books from last winter." ”

The two were stunned, they didn't expect to suddenly have to look at last year's accounts, but they both breathed a sigh of relief, and last year's accounts were even more fine.

Cai Xun bowed and nodded repeatedly, "Wait a minute, the princess, the lower official will bring it immediately." ”

The local annual statistical record ledger will be kept for 20 years, and last year's ledger is not difficult to find, and it will soon be brought to Ming Lanying.

Ming Lanying held two account books of different years on the left and right for comparison, and stretched out her hand towards Ye Juelu, and Ye Juelu knew that he had found something.

"Pen and ink."

This time, there was no need for Hu Leqiang and the two of them to do it, the guards didn't know where to take out a set and put it in Ye Jielu's hand, Ye Jielu grinded the ink, handed the ink-stained pen to Ming Lanying's hand, and skillfully laid the calculation paper in her hand.

Hu Leqiang and the others were shocked, they were all about the same account books, what could Ming Lanying see? When did this public-private, unsympathetic Ye Jielu do the work of serving people so easily?!

Ming Lanying held a pen in one hand to write and draw on the calculus paper, the two account books were quickly flipped, and she took the other two, Ye Jielu skillfully replaced the new paper for her to copy the calculus again.

Not to mention that Hu Leqiang and the two were shocked, the guards were stunned, their master ......

Comparing six account books of different account types, Ming Lanying put down the wolf hair, raised her eyes and glanced at Hu Leqiang and Cai Xun with a smile.

"Lord Hu and Lord Cai are well governed, and there have been no major changes in Fengzhou City in two years......

Both of them breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, and said that a woman Taoist family couldn't understand the accounts of the government, so she just pretended.

The two saluted together, "The princess praises falsely, this is all within the equal division of the lower officials." ”

"Who says I'm complimenting you?" Ming Lanying handed the copied paper and the problem accounts to Ye Juelu, "The statistics of Fengzhou City in the two winters are very different, and even the previous Prince Heng rebelled through Fengzhou City with hundreds of thousands of troops, which did not have the slightest impact on Fengzhou City. ”

Hearing this, Ye Jielu raised his eyebrows, Prince Heng's rebellion and fall actually had a certain impact on the states and counties across the country. Some people will flee to other safe places on the route where Prince Heng led his troops all the way to Beijing, and some people will migrate to other states and counties that have not been affected by the whole family, or even border passes or neighboring countries.

Because of the problem of black households found out in the capital, part of the city was empty, and there was a lot of less income.

Ming Lanying continued: "Even the states and counties on the other side of the capital have been affected, but Fengzhou City has not changed much, Lord Hu and Lord Cai are so powerful?" ”

The two of them couldn't resist the coercion that Ye Jielu released invisibly, and suddenly softened their knees, and knelt down again with a plop, but they could quibble hard.

"Is the princess mistaken? In fact, the accounts of the government are not the same as those of the palace......"

Ming Lanying stared at Hu Leqiang with a smile, questioning her in her professional field, she could stuff all these calculated papers into his head with her bare hands, so that he could see it clearly.

"Master Hu thinks that I can read and understand the various accounts of the household department, but I can't understand the fake accounts of a local government? Do you think the emperor is mediocre and incompetent, and he can't know people clearly? ”

"The lower officials don't dare! The lower tube never meant that! ”

questioned the emperor, that is, the nine clans must be investigated before they can be let go.

Hu Leqiang and Cai Xun only took advantage of the east wind after Prince Heng's rebellion, even if the people above covered things up perfectly, in fact, they were still a little weak-minded.

Cai Xun's quality is not high, and he can't think of any excuses, but Hu Leqiang is clever.

"The princess is angry, and the lower officials are just worried that the princess is looking badly, after all, how can there be problems with these projects? It's all actually collected and counted by the people below, Fengzhou City is so big, there are so many people, and everyone has to cheat together if they cheat, and it's too late to count these every day, how can there be time to do fake accounts? The princess laughed. ”

Ming Lanying smiled and took out a book of accounts registered by mobile personnel, and threw it directly in front of the two of them, and the vermilion circle circled a few dates.

"On the ninth day of November last year, a family of six from a neighboring county came to Fengzhou City and Province, the eldest was 88 years old, and the youngest child was 19 years old.

"Neither of you did, just a perfunctory re-transcription." Ming Lanying took a sip of water and threw out another copy, "The carbon consumption in Fengzhou City in October last year was 5.8 million taels, and the carbon consumption in November was 3 million taels, and this year's carbon consumption in October was 3 million taels, and the carbon consumption in November was more than 1 million taels, do you see for yourself Is this reasonable?" ”

"Judging from your own recorded population movements, no one has left Toyosu City this year, right? So many people don't use carbon anymore? ”

The city of Toyosu is not far from the city, and the winter will come a little later throughout the year, and it is not as cold as the capital, and the carbon consumption of a city is not as good as that of the capital, but it is generally chosen to store carbon and firewood in October to prevent sudden heavy snow and the temperature plummets.

This year, the snow in Toyosu City came late, but the weather is still as cold as in previous years, and carbon preparation is already a habit for winter, not to mention that in the case of no reduction in the number of people in the city, there is no reason for carbon consumption to be so much less than last year, and it can't be that the carbon stored in the previous year has not been used up, right?

Carbon is a consumable thing all year round, which is consumed more in winter and less in summer and autumn.

Hu Leqiang was also stuck for a while, and he hesitated for a long time, "This ...... This ............"

Cai Xun was also anxious, "This must be ...... The people below were negligent for a moment and misremembered......"

"Really?" Ming Lanying smiled, this forcibly found an excuse that was not the most unlike an excuse.

"If you misremember the consumption of carbon, then you also misremember the collection and expenditure of Toyosu City for a year? Compared with last year's one, how can this winter's expenditure be two times more than the levy? There are no blizzards this year, right? There are no official buildings that have been built, huh? The emperor didn't let the prices of the people rise? How did the money come to be spent? Where did the flowers go? ”

The fake accounts are fine and beautiful, but when compared with the accounts of previous years, you can detect that something is wrong inside.

What's more, Prince Heng's rebellion at the end of this year, from the border to the capital, hundreds of thousands of people will always have to buy things, this is the expense of hundreds of thousands of people, how can there be no ups and downs, so the number of statistics at the end of the year is not correct.

Ming Lanying almost pointed at the noses of the two of them and accused them of making false accounts to fool them.

Hu Leqiang has recovered his unchanging appearance, and it is the problem of the people below to bite to death, "The princess is angry!" This is not the account of Toyosu Castle! It's the people at the bottom who accidentally took the wrong thing! ”

Ye Jielu raised his hand and casually smashed the ledger in his hand, "The people below are not careful?" How did this king remember that these projects were all moved by Lord Hu and Lord Cai themselves? ”

Ming Lanying said in a strange manner: "Could it be that the two adults are illiterate? Don't recognize what's written on it? This is embarrassing, and the two are still officials! ”

The two of them choked up, and they wanted to defend themselves, but they were directly interrupted by Ye Jielu.

Ye Jielu's cold eyes seemed to be looking at two dead things, "Make fake accounts to fool this king, and even report to Beijing is fake, you are so bold!" He also connived at his subordinates to oppress the people, colluded with mountain bandits to do all kinds of evil, and committed dozens of crimes, and this king prepared them for you. ”

"Come, drag it down and deal with it according to the law!"

Ye Jielu's personal order has only one way to die.

Hu Leqiang had to move out of the people above him to save his life.

"Slow down! The lower officials are wronged! The lower official guarantees in the name of his uncle! The lower officials definitely didn't let them do this! ”

Ming Lanying became interested, "Lord Hu still has an uncle?" Speak up and let me hear who is bold. ”

Hu Leqiang gritted his teeth, "Xiaguan's uncle has been an official in Beijing for decades, and he is honest and fair as an official, and Xiaguan will definitely not ruin his uncle's reputation." ”

Ming Lanying was happy, and joked to Ye Jielu: "It's amazing, I am an honest official in Beijing, but I have such a nephew, shame!" ”

Ye Jielu said coldly: "The capital is the place with the most officials, and the most important thing is the honest officials. ”

Hu Leqiang was stunned, he didn't expect Ye Jielu to be indifferent, and only came back to his senses when his arm was raised by the guards.

"Lord Wang, the lower officials have been wronged! The lower official asks to see his uncle, a member of the ministry, Lord Pei! Master Pei will prove that the lower officials are innocent! ”

"Master Pei?" Ye Juelu nodded, "Then lock it up first, and wait for Master Pei to recognize him." ”

Hu Leqiang and Cai Xun were both gagged and dragged out.

Ming Lanying stretched her waist, "What kind of character is that Master Pei?" ”

(End of chapter)