In fact, Liu Haojia really didn't wrong him by asking him to kneel down and answer! Because at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang and his Huaixi nobles were simply ordinary people, and they had completely different etiquette. So once the meeting started, the entire hall became a mess!
In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang had a small peasant consciousness and felt that etiquette must be formal in order to set off the majesty of the dynasty. Therefore, the etiquette system of the Ming Dynasty was strict and cumbersome, far exceeding that of other dynasties! According to the rules of the time, a fourth- or fifth-grade official like Wu Yunshan would actually kneel down and bow down when he saw the real Marquis!
However, as time goes by, the upper echelons of the Ming Dynasty have lower and lower requirements for etiquette. This is because they feel that their family background is enough and they do not need etiquette to set it off. Moreover, as the power of civil servants gradually expands and the nobility weakens, the gap between civil servants and military officials becomes wider and wider! Civil servants are becoming more and more superior to noble military officers!
Fortunately for the nobles, they have titles, but the military attaches without background are the most unlucky! By the late Ming Dynasty, military attaches from the fifth rank to the nobles of the seventh rank would all kneel down to pay homage! Even Qi Jiguang, the dignified military god of the generation, wrote the words "running dog" on his invitation to Zhang Juzheng, which shows how powerful the civil servants were at that time!
Wu Yunshan is one of the beneficiaries of this set of unspoken rules, so Liu Haojia asked him to kneel down and answer, which was a huge humiliation for him! If he hadn't been held down by two soldiers, he would have almost jumped up and fought Liu Haojia desperately!
But even so, he was still cursing Liu Haojia loudly. Liu Haojia turned over the documents in his hands indifferently. After a while, he walked up to Wu Yunshan with a document and said, "Master Wu, you should know what this is, right?"
Wu Yunshan recognized what was in Liu Haojia's hand as soon as he saw it. Because he looked at a lot of these things every month, he said loudly: "This is a copy of the receipt. What's wrong?"
Liu Haojia said: "It's good to see it before! But I'm afraid you can't remember the number, right?"
Wu Yunshan looked at the thick stack of copies of the receipts in Liu Haojia's hand and said, "I have to deal with so many official matters every day, how can I remember so much! What are you doing with these copies of the receipts?"
Liu Haojia smiled slightly and said: "Sure enough, you really can't remember! I will tell you one thing clearly, maybe you will have an impression! At this time, the imperial court sent receipts for food and salary to Tianjin every month, but the actual amount delivered was only Sixty-and-a-half percent on the list! And I never signed your full receipt. I just rewrote a receipt and asked your people to take it back. What should you be thinking about now?"
Liu Haojia looked at Wu Yunshan's expression and knew that he must have remembered something, but Wu Yunshan still replied firmly: "So what?"
Liu Haojia said: "So what? It seems that you still haven't thought about some things clearly! But after you read this thing, you will understand it clearly!"
After speaking, Liu Haojia took out the document in his hand and handed it over, and at the same time ordered the servant to let go of Wu Yunshan. Wu Yunshan rubbed his shoulders and was about to get up, but was pushed back by a servant. He could only kneel there angrily and take the paperwork.
He glanced at the first page and was about to say something when his expression suddenly changed. Then after he turned a few pages, his expression became even more distorted! And it looked like he wanted to tear up the document in his hand!
At this time, Liu Haojia suddenly took the document back from his hand and said, "Now Mr. Wu should have remembered something, right?"
Now Wu Yunshan really remembered something, and it was something very deadly! His face had turned obviously pale, and his kneeling body became weak. He suddenly sat on his heels, looking completely powerless!
When Liu Haojia received the food and salary from the Ministry of War, he discovered one thing, that is, the actual items he received were only 60% of what was on the list! The military attache who escorted him with food and wages actually told him without hesitation that the missing items had "floated away"!
The word "flooding" originally refers to the losses caused by water seepage or capsizing and other accidents when transporting materials in canals and seas. But now on land, and at such a short distance from the capital to Tianjin, "drifting" actually occurs!
What’s even more outrageous is that as much as 40% of it has “floated away”. This is simply appalling! As for where the things that "floated away" went, it is naturally self-explanatory.
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So when Liu Haojia argued hard, the official actually rolled his eyes and said, "This is the rule when sending food and salary! If the Marquis doesn't accept it, forget it!"
Naturally, Liu Haojia had to accept the free food and salary sent by the court, so Liu Haojia didn't sign the list from the court at all, but arranged for someone to take a piece of paper and write a receipt.
The official was very dissatisfied when Liu Haojia refused to cooperate, and argued with Liu Haojia for a long time! At this time, Liu Haojia said something: "This is the receipt, do you like it or not?"
But at this time, the items had already entered Liu Haojia's warehouse, and the official had no choice but to ask for a receipt. So he could only collect the receipt and return. Originally, he and the people behind him thought that Liu Haojia would go to Emperor Wanli to complain, but they did not expect that he would not mention it at all!
So the officials of the Ministry of War felt at ease that this was another sensible nobleman! Although the receipt was written by himself and actually received, it was just his last bit of stubbornness!
However, a problem arises. This kind of receipt that is signed and pledged based on actual income cannot be entered into the account. Because once it is entered into the account, the difference cannot be withdrawn. So driven by greed and the feeling that Liu Haojia "knew the rules," the people from the Ministry of War simply forged the receipt and entered it into the account, and swallowed 40% of the supplies with peace of mind.
Of course, they didn't do this at the beginning, but after a period of time, they found out that Liu Haojia had indeed not complained before doing so. At the same time, in order to appease Liu Haojia, they added half a percent more to the food and salary in the future as appeasement.
But is it so easy to take advantage of Liu Haojia? Of course it's impossible! After Liu Haojia received his salary for the first time, he had been investigating these matters and quickly identified the specific person in charge. What made Liu Haojia even more dumbfounded was that this "float" was actually "floated" twice!
Wu Yunshan is directly responsible for the military appropriation in the Gyeonggi region. In other words, he is the direct handler of "Drifting". Of course, it was impossible for him to swallow this large sum of food and salary in full, so in addition to getting his share within their small group, a large part had to be handed over to his superiors.
