No one paid attention to the boastful Boss Zhou, and the ministers were very excited.
Even some officials from aristocratic families were very excited.
The officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs explained the situation clearly. Those who were greedy for money and taxes were all officials from local and state governments. Many of them were low-ranking officials. Although wealthy families were involved, they were not the leaders. Even if they were the leaders, it was not true. The top aristocratic family, and besides, even if the aristocratic family is found, the family can find a few children to take the blame and it will be over. They have always done this in the past. At most, they will spit out the money. The court is for money, not for killing. Everyone knows the truth.
Having said that, truly top aristocratic families rarely do this, and even if they do, they will not leave any clues to the end.
This means that it can be recovered, investigated clearly, and an additional three million strings can be obtained, at least three million strings.
Han You also showed a smile. If you can't catch the corrupt officials, you can first deal with the group of local officials in various state capitals who take advantage of the people. In many cases, such local officials harm the people even more.
Unexpectedly, Han You's smile hadn't lasted more than three seconds, and officials from almost all the government offices in the Liubujiu Temple were on duty.
"Your Majesty, my military department is currently short of food and grass in Nanguan. To recover the tax money, we should issue it first..."
"Your Majesty is wise, the imperial examination is about to take place, but there are 20% fewer Confucian students taking the examination than in previous years, a full 20%. I think that the state treasury should spend some money to encourage students to study hard..."
"The military weapons of Xunyang Road are old, and various places have broken into the government..."
"Your Majesty, our Ministry of Punishment..."
"The official department..."
"Your Majesty..."
The place above the court suddenly looked like a vegetable market. Everyone except Jingzhao came out to ask for money.
Boss Zhou seemed to be smiling but not smiling, just looking at the officials from various ministries who were chattering away.
The voices became quieter and quieter, and everyone left work, waiting for Zhou Ke to sit on the ground and divide the spoils.
Seeing that there was no sound, Zhou Zhenghuai slapped the subordinate officer next to him.
The subordinate officer nodded heavily and said, "Your Majesty, our Ministry of Industry..."
Zhou Ke: "Back off!"
Subordinate to an official: "I obey the order."
The subordinate officer went back, Zhou Zhenghuai's face was expressionless.
If you have nothing to do, you have nothing to do. Just give it a try, just in case you can come.
"The tax money has not been recovered yet, and there is not even a charter. The ministers are already impatient and go out to ask for it."
Boss Zhou smiled bitterly: "I should be blushing and ashamed. There is no money and food in the national treasury. The ministers are struggling to support it. The recovered money is for the country and the people. What each government office said is reasonable. Looking at the court, each government office The offices are all here…”
Halfway through, Boss Zhou suddenly realized a problem. In addition to the Ministry of Works, which he had scolded, there was also the Jingzhao Mansion, which did not ask for money. It was as if they were attending a play.
"Han Aiqing, Han Aiqing, the governor of Jingzhao Mansion."
Boss Zhou called out, and Han Bairen scratched the back of his head. After confirming that he was called, he quickly left work.
"I'm here."
Boss Zhou smiled and said: "Han Aiqing, I think other government offices need money. Doesn't Han Aiqing, the Jingzhao Mansion, need money and food?"
Han Bairen looked suspicious.
Damn you, must you have taken the wrong medicine today? You asked me if I was short of money?
Boss Zhou felt like a mirror in his heart. The fact that the household department can work so hard must be attributed to Han You. Look, look, look, what is true loyalty and patriotism? The son makes money, but the father doesn’t want it. What is this? This It’s just sentiment, damn it.
People don't mention it, but the good boss Zhou Ke can't pretend not to understand.
"Han Aiqing."
Seeing Han Bairen bewildered and silent, Boss Zhou smiled and guided him: "Jingzhao Mansion is also an important government office in Beijing. How can it not be short of money? Han Aiqing's family can just ask."
"oh."
Han Bairen thought for a while and said tentatively: "In this government office, there is some leakage in the court hall, and the people are always around. I was thinking about setting up a pavilion. If the court can give me... eight hundred... no, No, no, no, seven hundred coins is enough."
This time it was the turn of the emperor and his ministers to be confused. Boss Zhou’s head was filled with questions: “Is it right?”
Han Bairen: "Wen."
Zhou Ke: "Seven hundred essays?"
Han Bairen: "Yeah."
If Zhou Ke is convinced, it’s only 700 Wen. I’ll just... let the civil and military forces get it for you, why don’t you have to say it in court?
With a "Pfft" sound, an official from the Ministry of Revenue was happy, and other officials also laughed. The third and fourth leaders of various ministries and offices who came out to ask for money all looked overjoyed.
Han You also laughed, showed his face and asked: "My lords, is what my father said funny?"
All laughter stopped.
The people who laughed at him all lowered their heads, almost forgetting that Han Bairen was Han You's father.
In the past, he was unwilling to offend Han You because his father, Han Bairen, was the governor of Jingzhao Mansion and was known to be a lunatic.
Now everyone is unwilling to offend Han Bairen, because his son is the commander of the Yi Dao Guard and is well-known...he is not a good bird anyway. The evidence in his hand is not complete. There is already a supervisory envoy, Shaoqing, chief executive, and Yuanwailang. , today we may have to add a right servant and a foreign minister.
No one dared to have fun anymore, and those who enjoyed it were not the real bosses, as they didn’t have such bad tastes.
Boss Zhou, who was sitting on the dragon throne, glanced at him coldly, his brows full of dissatisfaction.
His father, the God of Wealth, who dares to fucking laugh at me, is so tired of living!
The court fell into a brief silence. Situ Yu, who always had a poker face, spoke again.
"Your Majesty, we should come up with regulations as soon as possible regarding the recovery of tax money. However, our household department has many shortcomings, mostly because of the right servant Zhang Tong..."
Before he finished speaking, Boss Zhou waved his hand impatiently: "Officers, take off Zhang Tongju's jade belt, dismissal from post, and investigate. Guard, take him to the Yidao Guard Prison, no, take him to the Jingzhao Mansion Prison, and investigate to the end!"
Zhang Tongju, who had been kneeling on the ground pretending to be transparent, suddenly felt as if he had been struck by lightning.
Originally, when he saw that everyone was nagging about tax money, he might be able to get through by pretending to be a coward. Who would have thought that Situ Yu was eager to get rid of him without telling him, and the emperor acted so resolutely.
"Your Majesty, we are wronged. They framed us, framed us."
Zhang Tongju screamed and kowtowed. He was really aggrieved, extremely aggrieved.
Regarding the things that officials from the Ministry of Finance impeached him about, they are true or false. Not all of them are true, and not all of them are false. They are mostly due to negligence or ignorance.
He knew that local officials were corrupt and corrupt, and other officials from the Ministry of Revenue also knew that the problem was that there was no way to investigate, as long as the accounts could be roughly reconciled.
But to be more serious, he, the right servant, was specifically responsible for this matter. After the chief below checked it hastily, he handed it over to Zhang Tongju. Zhang Tongju didn't even bother to look at it, because he knew that he couldn't see anything at all.
From this aspect, he was derelict in his duty. Unlike Situ Yu, he noticed something was wrong, wrote it down, and investigated as much as possible, even after the tax season, even if he used people from his own mansion or even the family. You have to investigate, even if nothing happens in the end nothing can be found.
Zhang Tongju prides himself on being a smart man. If he doesn't do such a thankless job, he won't even remember it. Now, after all, he has suffered a big loss.
No one came out to plead for mercy, and was impeached by a government office, let alone this dynasty, nor the previous dynasties. This is not a heinous crime, let alone ministers like them. If something like this happened, this kind of person would be the emperor to plead for mercy. No, it must be removed!
Zhang Tongju howled for a long time. The left servant of the Ministry of official affairs looked helpless and took off his jade belt and handed it to Wen and Wu.
Two imperial guards also walked in quickly, picked up Zhang Tongju who was crying and howling, and forcibly dragged him out of the Taiqian Hall.
There were two other people kneeling there shivering, one was Yuanwai Lang Hua Qiong, and the other was Supervisor Tang Jian.
Tang Jian was the first to jump out and agree with the two of them, and he looked like he wanted to kill Han You.
As for Hua Qiong, although the Ministry of Household officials did not mention him, he eventually seconded the proposal.
Even if Han You can be let go temporarily, there are two people who will definitely not let go of those who are responsible for Han You. One is Huang Youwei, the left minister of the Ministry of War, and the other is the emperor on the dragon throne.
Huang Youwei knew very well the principle of eradicating the root of the problem. When Han You couldn't come out and took advantage of his illness to kill him, Huang Youwei had no choice but to do it for him.
After thinking for a few seconds about how to kill Hua Qiong, Huang Youwei went out: "Your Majesty, Hua Qiong, a member of the Ministry of Household Affairs, also served in the army back then. I thought..."
The emperor interrupted directly: "The same raccoon dog will be taken to the prison of Jingzhao Mansion and dismissed from his post for investigation!"
Huang Youwei opened his mouth and stepped back.
Boss Zhou curled his lips, what do you think you think of serving in the army? Don't think so. I thought, I thought you had to be taken directly to the dungeon. There is so much nonsense and chattering.
