That night, Yang Xuan stayed alone in the empty room.
He cursed inwardly at the thought of his home being robbed.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Biao, who has thick eyebrows and big eyes, has also turned into an old man.
…
The next day.
Yang Xuan came to the East Palace yawning.
Seeing Yang Xuan like this, Zhu Biao smiled and joked: "What's wrong? Didn't you get a good rest last night?"
"I would like to thank Your Highness for your understanding!" Yang Xuan responded calmly.
Zhu Biao didn't care about these strange words. He just reminded Yang Xuan: "Don't forget, you still have work on your hands."
"I am also doing this so that you can focus on government affairs."
"Then you are quite a nice person!"
Yang Xuan rolled his eyes.
Seeing this, Zhu Biao felt funny in his heart, so he said: "Remember to come over for lunch at noon, my little sister is also here."
"Seriously?" Yang Xuan's eyes flashed with light.
"Do you want to come or not?" Zhu Biao said angrily.
You can't give this person a good look.
"Come, I will definitely come." Yang Xuan quickly apologized with a smile.
Then he went to work happily.
Zhu Biao looked at Yang Xuan's leaving figure, shook his head, and went about his own business.
…
At the Hubu Yamen, Yang Xuan came here with his people, took out Zhu Biao's warrant, and explained his purpose.
He spent the whole day yesterday getting familiar with the job at hand.
Today is the official start.
When the head of the household department learned of Yang Xuan's intention, he introduced Yang Xuan to Zuo Shilang.
"It turns out he is the prince-in-law. I wonder why he came to Hubu?" Guo Huan, the left minister of Hubu, cupped his hands and said with a smile.
"Shilang Guo, I am responsible for auditing this year's accounts by order of the crown prince."
"Excuse me, Mr. Guo, for your cooperation."
Yang Xuan also smiled.
As the saying goes, don't hit the smiling person.
"It should, it should." Guo Huan smiled.
Then quickly let someone serve tea.
Then, he started chatting with Yang Xuan.
"Shilang Guo, I still have something on hand, so let's stop talking here first!" Yang Xuan smiled apologetically.
"Okay, business matters are important." Guo Huan did not persuade him to stay.
After Yang Xuan and others left the household department, Guo Huan called his men over.
"What did the people brought here just now do?"
"Sir, please rest assured, they have all the account books that we have processed, and our people will be watching the whole process."
"Well done." Guo Huan nodded with satisfaction.
Then he had his own good tea served.
What did you drink just now?
Back at the office, Yang Xuan began to check the account books.
Different from the common running account model of this era, he preferred to list tables.
All accounts are clear at a glance.
After more than half a month, Yang Xuan was almost done with the review.
He also found big problems with the accounts of the Ministry of Accounts.
In some places, taxes on money and food vary greatly.
But he didn't alert the enemy, and sometimes even went to the Ministry of Household Affairs to have tea with Guo Huan.
Now, the review is almost complete.
Yang Xuan planned to report to Zhu Biao.
"I don't know how many people will die this time."
On the way to find Zhu Biao, Yang Xuan sighed in his heart.
There is a big problem with the accounts of the Ministry of Accounts, and this is no small matter.
With Lao Zhu's character who can't tolerate sand in his eyes, he will definitely go on a killing spree when the time comes.
Yang Xuan didn't know whether it was a good thing for him to reveal this case now.
But then I thought about it, why should I sympathize with these corrupt officials?
Is it reasonable for them to lie on the bodies of ordinary people and suck blood?
The people have worked hard for a year and they don't even have enough to eat. Even during the New Year, they can't have anything good to eat.
As for them, they had plenty of fish, meat, delicacies, and beautiful concubines in their arms.
Why?
When he walked outside Chongwen Hall, Yang Xuan's eyes had become extremely firm.
"I see His Highness the Crown Prince!"
"Yang Xuan, how are things going?" Seeing that the person coming was Yang Xuan, Zhu Biao asked with a smile.
Yang Xuan did not answer, but looked at the servants around him.
Zhu Biao immediately realized that Yang Xuan had something important to report.
He waved his hand and asked all the chamberlains to go out.
"What happened?" Zhu Biao looked solemn.
Yang Xuan still did not answer immediately, but presented the compiled information to Zhu Biao.
The latter took it, opened it and read it carefully.
After a long time, Zhu Biao raised his head and looked at Yang Xuan with a look of disbelief.
"Is this all true?"
"Your Highness, this is only a preliminary review result. The specific situation requires on-site inspection."
"Take the taxation of Taiping, Zhenjiang and other prefectures as an example. There are big problems."
Yang Xuan answered seriously.
"Do the people I sent to you know these things?"
"I didn't tell them. After all, the matter is very important."
"That's good."
"This is not a trivial matter. I have to ask my father to make a decision." Zhu Biao closed the fold, stood up, and said to Yang Xuan: "Let's go, you and I will go to see our father."
"You discovered this, and only you can explain it clearly."
"yes."
…
Soon, the two came to Wuying Hall.
With Zhu Biao leading the way, there is no need to report.
"My son, I will meet my father."
"Your Majesty, Yang Xuan, comes to see you!"
"You two came to see us together, what's the matter?" Lao Zhu looked at Zhu Biao and Yang Xuan and asked.
"Father, please step aside." Zhu Biao said.
The matter is still under confidentiality and has not been made public.
In order not to alert the enemy and to prepare the other party, the fewer people who know about it, the better.
When Lao Zhu heard Zhu Biao's words, he had no doubts and retreated.
"Tell me, what's going on?"
"Yang Xuan, tell me." Zhu Biao looked at Yang Xuan.
"yes."
Yang Xuan saluted Lao Zhu and said: "Your Majesty, I followed the order of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and reviewed the accounts of the Household Department. I found that the tax accounts of Taiping, Zhenjiang and other prefectures are very different from previous years."
"In addition, compared with last year, this year's autumn grain in western Zhejiang is also millions of dollars less."
"Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, our internal policy has been to recuperate and recuperate. Logically speaking, this food supply has been increasing year by year."
"Even if there is a disaster in western Zhejiang this year, the autumn grain will be less, but it can't be as much as a million dan, right?"
"So, I conclude that there is a big problem here."
"I beg your Majesty to send someone to investigate secretly on the spot."
At the same time that Yang Xuan finished his report, Zhu Biao also handed the booklet he brought to Lao Zhu.
Lao Zhu didn't express his opinion immediately, but you could see that his face looked a little ugly.
He took the fold from Zhu Biao's hand, and after just looking at it for a while, his face turned livid.
"Ah! Bastard, bastard!" Lao Zhu was angry.
He slapped the fold directly on the imperial case.
"This is all our money, our money!"
"These bitches dare to attack money, food and taxes."
"They are greedy for the big head, so they leave us a small head. It is really too much to bully others."
"We're going to chop them down, chop them down."
Lao Zhu said through gritted teeth.
"Father, the matter has not been investigated clearly yet." Zhu Biao reminded at this time.
"Then check."
"Find out all the evidence of corruption among these bitches."
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