"What kind of brotherly love is this?"
A majestic voice sounded, and Emperor Liang strode onto the dragon throne.
"that……"
Song Liang did not expect that Emperor Liang would suddenly appear. He was at a loss and hesitated, lowering his head and not daring to speak.
Emperor Liang obviously did not intend to pursue the matter with him, and turned to face the ministers: "My dear friends, I didn't sleep all night last night!"
"I have looked through the bills from the Ministry of Revenue in the past ten years."
"Ten whole years!"
"Our national treasury is in a state where expenditures far exceed incomes."
"I want to know!"
"In the past ten years, apart from the food and salary expenditures for the war with Beiyuan, why on earth has the national treasury been spending money like water!"
"I want to know even more!"
"Why is it that Daliang, a wealthy businessman, only makes a mere 10 million taels of tax revenue every year!"
Emperor Liang was so furious that all the ministers in the court were frightened and fell to their knees on the ground.
Liu Delin, the Minister of Household Affairs, was even more nervous: "Your Majesty, please calm down!"
"Wei Chen will check the accounts of this household department every month. There will never be any mistakes!"
"As for the tax income, it's only a mere ten million taels..."
"It is precisely because of this that I urge your Majesty to increase taxes from the people..."
"That's nonsense!"
Emperor Liang slapped the handrail so loudly that the ministers were so silent that they were too frightened to raise their heads.
"Prime Minister!"
"I'm here!"
"From today on, you will thoroughly investigate the taxation of the Ministry of Household Affairs. You must check out the tax details over the years one by one and submit them to me. If there is any corruption or violation of the law, I will never be lenient!"
"yes!"
Song Huan listened silently. No wonder the emperor's father wanted to go to the prime minister's house after going to court.
It turns out that we are going to start attacking the household department!
Everyone knows that Liu Delin, the Minister of Hubu, and Zhang Yuandao, the Minister of Hubu, are both disciples of the Grand Master.
In layman's terms, the entire household department is following Shangguan Yi's orders.
It is not easy to attack the household department now!
How difficult is it for the entire household department to conspire to deceive you, a prime minister with a false reputation?
Thinking of this, Song Huan couldn't help but have a headache.
This is not just a matter of giving some advice and teaching the upright Cheng Xun how to be tactful...
Song Huan only blamed himself for agreeing too quickly yesterday.
Dad, dad, how could you cheat on your son like this?
However, the shadow guards have already been taken in. Today, we have to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
After class at the Imperial College, Song Huan changed into regular clothes and took a carriage to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Hearing that it was the current Fourth Prince who came to visit, the doorman seemed to have seen a ghost. He took a deep breath and ran back to the house without looking back.
"master!"
"The Fourth Prince is here to visit!"
"..."
Song Huan was speechless.
Are you that terrible?
Not long after, Prime Minister Cheng Xun came with the Cheng family to welcome Song Huan into the mansion.
"Meet His Highness the Fourth Prince!"
Song Huan quickly went up to support Cheng Xun: "Father-in-law, why do you have to be so polite!"
"We will be a family from now on. From now on, when we meet again, there will be no need for unnecessary etiquette like this."
Cheng Xun's face was not very good-looking, especially after hearing Song Huan say, "We will be a family from now on", his face became even more pale and ugly.
"Your Highness, I apologize for my poor greeting. I have to go over the accounts with Mr. Liu from the Ministry of Revenue first..."
Cheng Xun was indeed a workaholic. Emperor Liang had just finished handing over the work, and he had already started working on it.
However, if you think about it when you work with Liu Delin from the Ministry of Household Affairs, you will definitely not be able to figure out the reason!
But these were just Song Huan's own thoughts, and he didn't say anything more to Cheng Xun.
"It's okay, father-in-law, you go ahead!"
"I am just strolling around the palace, just wait a moment."
Cheng Xun originally planned to politely persuade Song Huan to leave, but he didn't expect that Song Huan couldn't even hear the underlying meaning and could only sigh helplessly.
"Well, Your Highness, please do as you please. I'll come back to entertain you after I'm done!"
In Song Huan's imagination, the prime minister was the most noble person in Daliang and more than ten thousand people, and his residence should also be extremely luxurious.
But when we arrived at the Prime Minister's Mansion, we discovered that it was simply shabby!
Although the Prime Minister's Mansion is not a small residence, most of the guest rooms are empty and there are few valuable items.
There are also some ordinary flowers and trees that can be seen everywhere in the garden. There are no exotic flowers and trees, which makes people feel curious.
Even all the servants and maids put together are only a dozen or so.
To put it bluntly, the residence of any fifth-grade official who follows the Grand Master will be more luxurious and extravagant than the prime minister's residence!
Song Huan shook his head and wandered around in the small garden.
When he turned around, he ran into someone he really didn't want to see.
"Why are you here?"
When these words came out of his mouth, Song Huan felt a little abrupt.
nonsense!
This is Cheng Susu’s home!
Why are you asking why you are here?
Cheng Susu coughed twice unnaturally.
"My father said that you are a guest and you should be treated by a host!"
"My father is busy with political affairs, and my mother has returned to her hometown to visit relatives. Now I am the only master of this family, so I must entertain you."
Song Huan smiled helplessly. With such a tigress following him, it would be better to be alone and carefree!
To be fair, Cheng Susu is really beautiful.
On the palm-sized melon face, a pair of deer-like almond eyes are extremely smart and full of hope.
Under the high bridge of the nose, the red cherry mouth opened slightly, making her look even more delicate.
Against the background of Begonia, Cheng Susu, who has a fair complexion, looks like a fairy descended from the earth, spotless.
Realizing that Song Huan was staring at her, Cheng Susu blushed: "What are you looking at me for?"
It's a pity that such a beautiful body has to be matched with the violent personality of this tigress!
Song Huan glanced: "Who wants to stare at you?"
"I am admiring flowers in this garden. I am enjoying the flowers very well. You have to jump out and hinder me!"
"Excessive!" Cheng Susu turned slightly red and glared at Song Huan.
If her father hadn't said that she must be polite and never fall into anyone's trap, she wouldn't have been willing to be alone with this prince who was causing her embarrassment!
However, when thinking of the poem written by Song Huan in Kunning Palace that day, Cheng Susu couldn't help but murmur.
It was said that the fourth prince was an idiot, but how did he compose that unprecedented poem?
Cheng Susu was deep in thought, completely unaware that there was a small snake approaching quietly at her feet.
The little snake was all green, hissing and spitting out scarlet snakes. It was lying on the ground, shaking its head and tail in the direction where Cheng Susu was standing.
Song Huan could tell at a glance that this was what a snake would do before it launched an attack.
