Zhenguan Han-in-law

Chapter 205
Chapter 201

At this moment, Li Lizhi's face was ashen. Wei Hao saw that something was wrong.

"What's the matter, girl!" Wei Hao looked at Li Li and asked.

"I'm in charge of most of the money this year, and now that something like this has happened, I am!" Li Lizhi felt very sad at the moment.

"You, what are you afraid of? You didn't take any money. Besides, isn't it normal for such a large income and expenditure to have some problems? It even said that it didn't start here, it started a few years ago, otherwise, They won't be so bold, I estimate that the money that went wrong this year may be thousands of dollars!" Wei Hao said to Li Lizhi in relief.

"That's what I said. Originally, I finished taking care of this year, and the rest of the matter will be handed over to the Crown Princess. The Crown Princess will now participate in the assistance and management of the royal family's internal funds. Of course, the queen mother is still in charge of major matters. What will the Crown Princess think of me?" Li Lizhi looked at Wei Hao anxiously and said.

"What are you afraid of? Really, how do you think about it, you are still short of this money, don't worry about it, this matter, the queen mother will never blame you, if you don't believe it, after the calculation is over, you put last year's money Bring over the accounts, and I'll do the calculations, there must be a lot of problems!" Wei Hao persuaded Li Lizhi.

"Well, let's finish the calculation first, and I also want to know how many people are greedy for internal money!" Li Lizhi said angrily,

Wei Hao nodded, and the two continued to count,

Three days later, when the accounts came out, there were more than 7000 yuan of money that was problematic, and it didn't even match the accounts.

Li Lizhi sat there sullen with the ledger.

"Okay, girl, if the queen mother blames you, you will pay, there is nothing to say, it will be deducted from our family's profits, it's okay!" Wei Hao said to Li Lizhi.

"Hmph, if you want me to accompany you, then I will kill those people. How bold are you to embezzle the royal family's money? How many heads do they have?" Li Lizhi gritted her teeth at this moment and said, this is a life-threatening beating. her face.

She had always thought that she managed the internal money very well, and managed it very carefully, thinking that she could get the affirmation of the queen mother. Although she was assisting in the management, she also put her heart into it. Unexpectedly, such a thing happened.

"Go, hand over the ledger to the queen mother!" Wei Hao persuaded Li Lizhi to say.

"Well, I'll go first, and I might ask you to review last year's accounts!" Li Lizhi stood up and said to Wei Hao.

"It's okay, don't worry!" Wei Hao nodded.

Li Lizhi rushed to the inner palace with a group of eunuchs and maids carrying the ledgers.

When they arrived at the Lizheng Palace, Li Lizhi handed over the ledger to the queen.

"What's the matter?" As soon as she entered, Empress Changsun noticed that Li Lizhi's expression was not right.

"It's unreasonable! Queen Mother, someone corrupted our royal family's money. There are more than 7000 yuan in money. Check the accounts!" Li Lizhi looked at the eldest grandson queen and said.

"What?" Empress Changsun said in surprise.

"Mother's forgiveness, it's because of my daughter's lax management that this kind of thing happened!" Li Lizhi knelt down in front of the eldest grandson empress as she spoke.

"What nonsense, get up, really, this child!" Empress Changsun panicked when she saw Li Lizhi kneeling down, and immediately pulled Li Lizhi up.

"Queen, how could they do this? How could they dare to do this when their daughter manages it so hard?" Li Lizhi cried, it cost thousands of pennies.

"Silly girl, sit down and don't cry, you are still too young, isn't this a normal thing? So much money, and there are going in and out every day, you say, who is not tempted? It is normal for someone to move, but If you move so much, you don't want to live anymore!" Empress Changsun was so distressed that she wiped away Li Lizhi's tears.

"Mother!" Li Lizhi was still very sad.

"My mother found out that there was a problem several years ago, but I haven't been able to find out. It's right to ask them to settle the accounts. I didn't expect that such a thing really happened. My mother will take a look first!" Empress Changsun smiled and took the calculated I looked at the ledger, looked at it, and felt the same.

"The book below contains the problematic accounts, and they have all been transcribed! Information about the person in charge, the purchaser, etc. has been registered!" Li Lizhi said to Empress Changsun.

"En!" Empress Changsun took the account book below and looked at it.

"Come on, go and call Crown Princess Su Mei!" Empress Changsun said to a court lady beside her.

"Yes!" The maid went out immediately.

"It's so bold, even the money that His Majesty used to purchase leather materials is messed with, and those who purchase candles also dare to do it, it's really good! I also said that after a year, why did candles use so much? The problem lies in emotion." Here!" Empress Changsun sat there, flipping through the ledger and said.

"It's useless to be a daughter!" Li Lizhi said with her head down.

"Who said that? My daughter is useless? How did the money in the palace come from? Did it fly over to the palace by itself?
This matter has nothing to do with you, don't think too much, you are doing very well, your father praised you, without you, father and mother don't know what to worry about this year! "Empress Changsun looked at Li Lizhi and persuaded her.

"En!" Li Lizhi nodded.

After a while, Crown Princess Su Mei came over and saluted the eldest grandson empress.

"Here, take a look. This is the account book for this year, but I'll leave it to you. Li Zhi assisted me in the management of the royal family money this year. She did a good job. In the future, you will also assist me in management.

However, the affairs of the paper workshop and the porcelain workshop will be managed by Lizhi in the future, so don't interfere, you mainly manage the royal procurement.

Of course, I will lead you to manage it now. After all, in the future, you will also need to manage the entire royal family money alone, so you still need to learn! "Empress Changsun handed over the ledger to Crown Princess Su Mei.

Su Mei immediately bowed to the eldest grandson empress, and she was very happy in her heart. If she started to control the royal family money, she would truly become the crown princess.

"Next, there are accounts that may be corrupted! This has nothing to do with Lizhi. This corruption may have happened for several years. I called you here to let you learn how to deal with such things.

"Yes!" Su Mei said in surprise.

"Come on, call the captain on duty to come in! Bring an army!" Empress Changsun said immediately.

"Yes!" said an eunuch outside.

After a while, the captain on duty, Xiao Rui, was also Li Shimin's son-in-law, the husband-in-law of Li Shimin's first daughter, Princess Xiangcheng!

"I've seen the empress!" Xiao Rui came in and said to the eldest grandson empress.

"Take this and arrest people according to the list. No matter which palace he is, if he dares to stop him, bring him here together!" Empress Changsun took the ledger from Su Mei, handed it to the front, and an eunuch took it. Come over and bring it to Xiao Rui immediately.

"Yes!" Xiao Rui shouted after getting the ledger, then turned and went out.

After a while, the palace became lively, and people were brought out from every palace.

"What's going on?" Concubine Wei Gui was very shocked. An eunuch next to him was also taken away. Although she was not the kind of confidant eunuch, she was still a little unhappy to arrest her own person like this, but she didn't dare to get angry at all. What Xiao Rui said just now was very clear that it was the Empress who wanted to arrest someone for corruption.

"Corruption?" Wei Guifei's heart skipped a beat at the moment, he knew that his eunuch had assisted in purchasing some things.

"Your Majesty, help, help!" The eunuch who was taken away shouted loudly.

Concubine Wei stood there, watching this scene coldly.

"Your Majesty, do you want to go to the Lizheng Hall? How can the empress empress arrest people like this?" said a palace maid next to her.

"Looking for death, go now?" Concubine Wei gave the maid a sideways glance, and walked inside, still feeling a little nervous, wondering if she would be involved.

"Go and find out, has anyone been arrested in other palaces?" Concubine Wei said to the maid beside her.

"Yes!" The maid immediately went out and arranged for someone to inquire.

Concubine Yang, Concubine De, and Concubine Xian were also arrested.

Even on the side of Ganlu Hall, someone was arrested, and the commotion was so loud that even Li Shimin was alarmed.

"What's the noise outside?" Li Shimin sat there and asked Wang De.

"The empress is arresting people. Those people are suspected of embezzling the royal family's funds. I heard that many people have been arrested. It is estimated that there are four to fifty people!" Wang De stood there and reported to Li Shimin.

"Oh, corruption, how courageous!" Li Shimin nodded when he heard it, and didn't ask any more questions.

Then those people were sent to Empress Changsun, and Empress Changsun asked them to search their money.

A large amount of money and items lost in the palace were searched. Some eunuchs actually had houses outside and even married wives, and some gave to brothers at home.

That afternoon, seven eunuchs were executed with sticks!

Li Lizhi and Su Mei were terrified, especially Su Mei, who never thought that Empress Changsun had such a cruel side.

"Empress, please forgive me, please forgive me!" A eunuch knelt on the ground, kowtowed like pounding garlic, and kept begging for mercy.

"Lu Yu, how long have you been with me?" Empress Changsun sat there, looking at the eunuch indifferently and said.

"Empress Empress, this is the tenth year, Empress Empress, please forgive me!" The eunuch named Lu Yu kowtowed in disobedience, tears and snot dripping down his face, and those people just now were killed in front of his eyes.

"Ten years, when I was still Princess Qin, you followed me. How did I treat you? Did you treat you harshly? You have been promoted to the deputy director of internal affairs, why do you still want to corrupt money? The regular money given to you is five pennies, which is enough for your expenses.
Also, those little eunuchs, maids give you gifts, you don't know that I don't know, I have done a lot of things for me when you followed me, so many things, turn a blind eye ,And you?He made an inch of it, and made Bengong feel ashamed, yet he dared to put his hand on the inner pocket, how courageous! "Empress Changsun said these words very calmly.

Both Su Mei and Li Lizhi were sitting there looking at Empress Changsun.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me, please forgive me!" Lu Yu knelt there and kowtowed.

"Tell me, how much money have you made all these years?" Empress Changsun continued to ask.

"Ms. Hui, it's almost [-] coins, Mrs. Qian, you can say anything, please forgive me!" Lu Yu knelt there and cried bitterly.

"Two ways, one way, you stick to death, and leave the money to those brothers outside your palace to enjoy, so I won't raid your brothers' homes; the other way, spit out all the money, don't say that I Don't miss the old love!" Empress Changsun sighed, and then said to Lu Yu.

"Thank you, ma'am, thank you, ma'am, I choose the second one! I choose the second one!" Lu Yu kowtowed immediately.

"Go!" Empress Changsun said to Xiao Rui who was standing not far away.

"Yes, empress!" Xiao Rui immediately walked out.

Those eunuchs were interrogated one by one, and none of them would call for injustice. They knew that calling for injustice was useless. They knew what they had done themselves.

All the eunuchs were tortured one by one, those who were more corrupt were executed with sticks, and those with less corruption were ransacked from the homes of their relatives outside the palace, with twenty sticks, expelled from the palace, and one life was saved.

And the family members of those eunuchs who were killed with sticks also needed to search their homes.

It was almost dark when the matter was dealt with, and the eunuchs were all dealt with.

Then Empress Changsun invited Su Mei and Li Lizhi to dinner, Li Lizhi was not afraid, she had seen such a scene before, and she had seen even worse scenes than this one, but this was the first time Su Mei saw it, and now she couldn't bear it anymore .

"Eat something. You are a princess. In the future, you will be in charge of the affairs of the palace. In the future, as a queen, if you don't handle it well, those servants will be able to climb on top of you, and other concubines, too. Unconvinced with you.

As the master of the harem, he has no murderous intentions or means, so how can he help His Majesty handle the affairs of the harem well? Don't bother His Majesty with the affairs of the harem! "Empress Changsun saw Su's thoughts and said to her.

"Yes, Queen Mother!" The Crown Princess nodded immediately.

"Your Majesty is here!" At this moment, a eunuch outside shouted loudly.

Empress Changsun and the others all stood up.

"I've seen Your Majesty!" Li Shimin had just entered the door, and they saluted.

"Well, just right, I haven't eaten yet!" Li Shimin said with a smile, and immediately a maid brought Li Shimin bowls and chopsticks and put them on the table.

"Well, how much money has been corrupted?" Li Shimin asked.

"Your Majesty, forgive me, the concubines are not good at managing the harem!" Empress Changsun immediately stood up and said.

"Hey, sit down, isn't this normal? In the court, I don't know how many officials are corrupt. This is not because of poor management. If you have money, someone will fall in love with you!" Li Shimin said with a smile.

"Yes, this year it is calculated that seven thousand coins have been corrupted. This is just a book figure. The actual figure is far more than that. Some of them may have colluded with outside merchants and falsely reported high prices. This concubine has not yet checked. If Check, it is estimated that many people will lose their heads!
The interrogation of those eunuchs today turned out more than 7 yuan in interrogation, including money from their corruption and collusion with outside businessmen! "Empress Changsun reported to Li Shimin.

"Well, that's fine, it's fine as long as it's settled, but how did the money get settled so quickly this year?" Li Shimin asked curiously.

Now that the accounts at the court haven't been calculated yet, I am also urging, hoping to see the expenditures of various departments this year.

"I have to thank Hao'er for this, those accountants on our side can calculate things that can only be calculated in a month, but he has calculated them in three days.

Moreover, Bengong also asked someone to do the calculation, basically there is no problem, the difference is only a few pennies, it is estimated that there was an error in the calculation, and I don't know who made the wrong calculation! "Empress Changsun said with a smile.

"Wei Hao, three days? Have you finished calculating the internal funds?" Li Shimin looked at Empress Changsun in surprise and asked.

"Well, look, it's so detailed, even all the major expenditure items of internal funds are listed separately, and the concubine can clearly understand the expenditure of internal funds at a glance, this child is amazing!
Oh, by the way, the accounts of the paper workshop and the porcelain workshop have been calculated. We need to give Wei Hao more than 7000 yuan. This money needs to be approved by Your Majesty, after all, the amount is too large! "Empress Changsun gave the account book to Li Shimin, and then said.

"Here, it's up to you. This was originally intended for him. We have already taken a lot from others. If we don't have this child this year, our life will be so sad! Those two workshops have provided us with a lot of money. One hundred thousand coins!" Li Shimin nodded, then opened the ledger and read it.

It is really well done, all income and expenses are listed separately, and major expenditures are also listed separately.

"Okay, well done, really good, um, this kid, I don't know if he can go to other departments to settle accounts?" Li Shimin was very moved, and immediately asked.

"This concubine doesn't know. Besides, it's His Majesty's business. The concubine's work is done. It's okay. I can really have a good year this year. There is still a lot of money in the internal money side!" Empress Changsun said with a smile.

On the other hand, Su Mei was very shocked. Wei Hao wanted to distribute more than 5 yuan this time, so much?

She is now managing the accounts of the East Palace, and there are about 1000 coins in the warehouse at the East Palace.

Li Shimin looked at Li Lizhi when he heard Empress Changsun's words.

"Father, I don't want to talk about this. He has been helping me for several days! He said just now that he needs to play mahjong for a few days!" Li Lizhi immediately looked at Li Shimin and said.

"This brat, how come he knows how to play mahjong, so why can't he do some work?" Li Shimin said depressingly.

"Father, go ahead and talk about it, I won't talk about it, or he should bother me!" Li Lizhi said with a smile, looking at Li Shimin.

"Go ahead and tell me, girl, dad can count on you. This bastard is still holding grudges, holding the old man to suppress the father, you go, be good!" Li Shimin immediately said to Li Lizhi with a smile.

"Father~" Li Lizhi looked at Li Shimin in embarrassment.

"That's it, girl, help father and emperor to share more!" Li Shimin immediately settled the matter.

Li Lizhi looked at her father with her mouth curled up, it's so embarrassing!
(End of this chapter)