Zhenguan Han-in-law

Chapter 732 Wei Chen's Discovery

Wei Hao saw something wrong with Wei Chen's expression on your face, so he immediately asked him what's wrong.

"Go to your study!" Wei Chen said to Wei Hao, Wei Hao stood up, took Wei Chen to his study, sat down and started making tea for Wei Chen.

"I found that the Ministry of Civil Affairs has a big problem now. When I first came here to take office, there was no problem, but now, I feel that there is a big problem!" Wei Chen looked at Wei Hao and said with a heavy tone.

"Big question, what's the question?" Wei Hao stared at Wei Chen and asked.

"At first, I wondered why the Ministry of Households spends money so fast and increases a lot every year. Although there is still a surplus every year, the tax revenue is still increasing every year, but the balance is getting smaller and smaller.

In addition, there is also a problem with the taxation here in Chang’an. I went to see those workshops. The income of the workshops is still good, and it has increased a bit, but the overall taxation is decreasing. This is the second. I continued to investigate and found many I don't know how the money flows out! Sitting there, Wei Chen said to Wei Hao with a heavy tone.

"You don't know? You are the Minister Zuo of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. You don't know. How is it possible?" Wei Hao stared at Wei Chen and asked. This news is a bit scary. The Minister Zuo has great power. The specific implementation still needs to be promoted by Zuo Shilang.

"That's right, let me give you an example. This year Chang'an has purchased grain. The Chang'an government paid half of the money, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs paid half of the money. A total of 12 yuan was invested, and the price of the grain purchase was 12 yuan. , is the highest,

When Chaotang was about to start buying, the price started to rise. You also know that the demand for food in Chang'an is very large, and it is necessary to mobilize food from other places. After we finished the purchase, the price began to fall, and the overall price difference About [-]% of the price, but the price will not change one month before and after, and there is no problem with the registration at the household department.
Therefore, there is no problem in checking the accounts from the books, but the same is true for other materials. As long as the court purchases, the price will start to increase, usually around 300%. [-] million yuan, but I did a detailed investigation, but I couldn't find any obvious evidence. However, the real loss of the court is huge! " Wei Chen sat there, looked at Wei Hao and said.

"There is such a thing, does Shang Shu know?" Wei Hao looked at Wei Chen and asked.

"I know! He is also secretly investigating, but he can't find any evidence, absolutely nothing!" Wei Chen nodded and said.

"Whose shadow do you think is behind it?" Wei Hao thought about it, looked at Wei Chen and asked, this hand is huge, it can control the market in Chang'an, and the person behind it has a lot of power.

"Aristocratic family, I also asked the patriarch specifically, privately, the patriarch said, he didn't know about this matter, our family didn't participate, our family didn't make such money, you gave so many workshop shares, the patriarch said won't do such a thing,

He said that it was probably done by other families, and he also said that this matter could not be done by those families alone. It is estimated that there are still bigger people behind, and the prince may be involved. Of course, I haven't checked the local authorities yet. Expenditures, now there are tax rebates everywhere. This money is also used to buy things, but I don’t know if the money really bought things. Such things are investigated by the Overwatch Council.

However, there is no news from the Overwatch Council, so I feel that the money must have flowed out, but I don't know who it went to! "Wei Chen continued to explain to Wei Hao,

Wei Hao nodded, sitting there thinking, Wei Hao also felt that the money from the household department was too much.

"By the way, I want to ask you one thing. Why is this battle costing so much? On average, a soldier spends 100 guan. This is not normal. Do you know?" Wei Hao looked at Wei Chen and continued to ask. up.

"Is there such a thing? I don't know about this. We just pay according to the requirements of the Ministry of War, and many materials are purchased in advance by the Ministry of War. It can't be such a big difference?" Wei Hao immediately asked, now Wei Chen is also honorable, and he can also see some secret rewards.

"The Ministry of War!" Wei Hao sat there, said a Ministry of War, and sat there to continue thinking.

"Over there at the Ministry of War, I heard that King Wu is powerful there!" Wei Chen looked at Wei Hao and reminded him.

"What power?" Wei Hao asked immediately.

"I don't know, I just heard that many officials in the Ministry of War have a good relationship with King Wu. In addition, King Hejian doesn't care much about the following things now. He mainly focuses on those troops and purchases Everything is handled by the Minister of the Ministry of War." Wei Chen continued to speak to Wei Hao.

"Military Minister Yang Heqing?" Wei Hao asked.

"That's right! Left servant Yang Heqing, right servant Sun Mingyang!" Wei Chen nodded and said. "Yang Heqing, what province is it from, the Yang family?" Wei Hao heard it and asked.

"It seems not, as far as I know, no!" Wei Chen shook his head and said.

"What about Sun Mingyang?" Wei Hao continued to ask.

"No!" Wei Chen still shook his head and said.

"Then why do they listen to King Wu? It doesn't make sense, right?" Wei Hao looked at him and continued to ask.

"So I don't know. In addition, I felt something was wrong with the Ministry of Civil Affairs in the first half of the year. Before that, I was the right servant. I didn't have so much power. I was mainly in charge of local affairs. At the local level, I asked for it repeatedly. The king of Wu went to investigate, and the king of Wu agreed, but there was no movement.

Just say that the Overwatch Council has its own considerations, let me not be anxious, say that we need to continue in-depth investigations, and dig out important figures, but there has been no movement. I thought, since they said so, I can only I can shut up, but I can't continue talking. When I became the left servant, I found that something was wrong. I have been investigating secretly, but there is no real evidence, but the money is lost! "Wei Chen looked at Wei Hao's report and said,

Wei Hao sat there and spoke.

"Have you reported it to His Majesty?" Wei Hao sat there, looked at Wei Chen and said,

"No, I reported to Shang Shu, but whether Shang Shu will report to His Majesty, I don't know!" Wei Chen shook his head and said.

"Well, write a memorial immediately, write down all the things you found, and send it to His Majesty early tomorrow morning, deliver it in person, and hand it to His Majesty, you have this authority!" Wei Hao After thinking about it, he said to Wei Chen.

"Don't you know, Your Majesty?" Wei Chen looked at Wei Hao in surprise and asked.

"What does he know? He is at Chengtian Palace every day!" Wei Hao said with a wry smile.

"That's right!" Wei Chen nodded as soon as he heard it, knowing that Li Shimin couldn't possibly know everything.

"What I find strange now is, does the Eastern Palace know? If so, why didn't they activate it? They still have to wait for so much money! There are also many people who can use it in the Eastern Palace, so why is there no movement?" ?" Wei Hao stood up and started pacing in the study. Thinking about this matter, it is impossible for the East Palace to be unclear. Li Chengqian is specially watching Li Ke and Li Tai. It is impossible that there is no news. If there is no news, Wei Hao was about to doubt Li Chengqian's ability.

"It stands to reason that you shouldn't be unaware that there are also many people from the East Palace on the Ministry of Civil Affairs!" Wei Chen also nodded and said.

"Well, that's why it's very strange. I don't know what they are playing. Now it is much more complicated than before. The princes are dishonest and they are all trying to compete for that position!" Wei Hao said with a wry smile,
"Yeah, I feel it now too. If I want to do something now, the three of them will all have orders. The people below us don't know what to do, but I don't care about them, and I will follow the previous plan. Do it, they dare not do anything to me,
On the contrary, they still need to curry favor with me. After all, I am now in control of many affairs of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and His Majesty still trusts me. With you behind me, they dare not embarrass me, but the officials below, they dare embarrass me! "Wei Chen nodded and said to Wei Hao.

"They still dare to embarrass the officials below?" Wei Hao said while staring at Wei Chen.

"That's right, especially King Wu. Once someone doesn't listen to him, he will ask the Overwatch Council to investigate. Once the problem is found, it will be bad luck. Therefore, officials in many departments are very afraid of King Wu, but he Don't dare to check those who are clearly already princes,

Now we are forcing everyone to stand in line, either on the side of King Wu, or on the side of the prince, and some people are on the side of King Wei. After all, King Wei and King Wu are now together. , sometimes, Wei Wang can also keep some people! "Wei Chen introduced to Wei Hao,

Wei Hao nodded when he heard it. He also knew that Li Tai is now forming an alliance with Li Ke. Of course, this alliance is temporary. Both of them are not honest people. They are now cooperating to deal with Li Chengqian.

And Li Chengqian now controls the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War, so Li Ke has been relying on the Overwatch Council to clean up those who are not princes, and put his own people in the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials. Li Ke also wants to divide Li Chengqian's power. I hope Li Chengqian can cover the sky with one hand.

"Shen Yong, now I want to transfer to other places, but now, my rank is so high, it is impossible to transfer to other places, but if we really want to fight like this, those of us officials who are not in line, It's very difficult!" Wei Chen looked at Wei Hao and said.

"What are you afraid of? What team do you want?" Wei Hao immediately turned around and asked Wei Chen.

"However, if you don't stand in line for a long time, just watch, my power will definitely be emptied!" Wei Chen said helplessly. After hearing this, Wei Hao also became pensive. Anyone who can really do things in the court will get up, and the internal friction will become serious.

(End of this chapter)