After the prince enters the play

Chapter 348 Chapter 348: Someone Backs Up

The adjustment of the caravan has been discussed a long time ago, and His Majesty also has a new order.

After the war with Tatars last time, the newly added map of the caravan did have a lot of credit. This time it was able to drive Tatars back to the depths of the desert. This map played a big role.

His Majesty now attaches great importance to the role of the caravan, and it is expected that he would like to adjust the caravan.

Su Xinyi nodded, and opened the letter in his hand. It was so thick that there were more than ten pages, so thick?
Don't say that Su Xinyi was surprised, Yan Junchu was also a little surprised, and asked inexplicably, "Mu Xing writes so much every time?"

Su Xinyi didn't notice His Highness's subtle tone. She was lowering her head to open the letter, and shook her head slightly when she heard the words, "No, this is the first time, and there is a new map this time."

Su Xinyi took out the map that Mu Xing had put in the letter and handed it to His Highness. Then he quickly went to the study and took the previous map and spread it on the table.

Yan Junchu knew what Xin Yi was going to do at the beginning, so he unfolded the map in his hand and compared the original map with Xin Yi, and found that there was a blank space on the desktop where he could add a few more strokes.

Su Xinyi drew slowly with a pen, and said while drawing: "The caravan has traveled farther this time, passing through Tatar and passing through Oala, and this is Tubo?"

Yan Junchu also frowned slightly, "This time the detour is a bit far away. Tubo is adjacent to Duogan, and from Duogan you can reach all places in the southwestern part of Southern Qi."

Su Xinyi compared the map with a slight nod, "Why did they detour so far? It's normal for caravans to avoid fighting and detour, but it's not normal to go so far."

The two looked at each other, knowing that something happened to the caravan.

Su Xinyi hurriedly took out Mu Xing's letter and handed it to His Royal Highness. Yan Junchu sat down to read it with Xin Yi, and both of them looked a little bad at the end.

Mu Xing said in his letter that before they traveled from Tatar to Oara, Tatar cavalry chased them. Fortunately, they arrived in Oara overnight, but after staying in Oara for a few days, the Oara nobles also started to attack them. Satisfied, they immediately sold the goods, and then immediately fled directly from Wala to Tubo, and then from Tubo to Duogan. The chasers followed them all the way, knowing that they had entered the territory of Southern Qi overnight, so they could be regarded as getting rid of them.

Su Xinyi said casually, "Did you get out of the way?"

Yan Junchu's expression was very serious, "I have to go to the palace to talk to my father about this matter. The matter of the caravan has only been made public not long ago, and not much is known about the caravan going outside the Great Wall. If the news leaks, it can only be an internal leak. .”

Su Xinyi's expression also became serious, "Although Mu Xing didn't say much in his letter, he can see that this journey of escape is not easy, and there are casualties."

Yan Junchu looked at Xin Yi and said: "I will immediately go to the palace to see my father, and they still need someone from the capital to pick them up."

Su Xinyi instantly understood that if someone really leaked the news, then entering the territory of Southern Qi, even though he asked foreigners to hunt him down, the territory of Southern Qi may not be safe.

Su Xinyi immediately became worried.

Yan Junchu immediately changed his clothes and went to the palace to see him. Su Xinyi was waiting for news in the East Palace. After a while, a delphinium came in to answer, and Yuanhui Palace invited her over.

Su Xinyi cheered up and went to see the queen. The queen was getting angry about the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet. She bowed.

Su Xinyi nodded slightly and watched them go out with their heads bowed. These stewards were all chief stewards of the Six Shang Bureau, and it was extremely rare to see them like this today.

When she entered the main hall, the queen's expression was still a little ugly, so she stepped forward to greet her.

The queen watched Su Xinyi come in, waved her to sit down, and then said: "You have been paying close attention to the affairs of the Liushang Bureau in the past few days, and you actually acted like a sham, and deceived others. If it wasn't for Bengong's audit, I wouldn't have discovered this matter."

Su Xinyi was taken aback for a moment, she didn't expect the matter to be so serious, she didn't care about the account books of the Six Shang Bureau, and she went to the Six Shang Bureau just to do an errand ordered by the queen, she didn't know that there was a problem with the accounts, and the problem of shoddy goods was also very serious. Great, the things that can be sent into the palace for use in the harem and the east palace are all tributes from various places. Now that something is wrong, it must not be a matter of one person.

However, such a big matter is not something that Su Xinyi can take care of. He can only listen to the Queen angrily scold Liu Shangju for a few words, and then feel relieved.

The queen looked at Su Xinyi and said, "The Six Shang Bureau has always been in charge of the affairs of the Inner Palace one by one, and you will gradually take over this one in the future. You will also learn from Madam Zhao about this matter."

Su Xinyi: ...

I didn't expect that.

The queen looked at Su Xinyi's expression, and said solemnly: "You are so famous, you should have a place for it, go."

Feelings are to use her as a knife!
Su Xinyi didn't know whether to laugh or cry and looked at the queen, "Mother, if you really want me to take care of this matter, if something is found out, if I can't hold back my temper, I will make some noise..."

"I'll take care of you!" The queen patted the table and said, "I look at the Liushang Bureau because I feel that I have deep qualifications. If I want to put on airs in front of me, I have to see whether I will give them this face. You just go , what kind of trouble happens, I will take care of it for you."

Su Xinyi thought that this could be regarded as domineering at the queen's will.

She didn't agree immediately, she just looked at the queen and asked: "Mother, my daughter-in-law doesn't know the specifics yet, why don't you ask Nanny Zhao to tell me first?"

The queen glared at Su Xinyi, "Don't think that this palace doesn't know what you're up to, isn't it because you're afraid of embarrassing the prince?"

Su Xinyi nodded cheekily, "My daughter-in-law is shallow-minded, but my mother is really astute."

The queen laughed angrily, but she still explained carefully to Su Xinyi, "The Six Shang Bureau has been suffering for a long time, and some things and rules have been adhered to successfully. They have figured out the temperament of this palace, and they have already figured out ways to fool me, but you are different. There are no rules at all when doing things, and you just show them how powerful you are. Besides, you go under my order, and no matter what happens, just push it on me."

At this point, Su Xinyi was embarrassed to refuse, and said: "Then, the daughter-in-law first asks Zhao Momo carefully."

The queen waved her hand, "Go."

Su Xinyi went to look for Zhao Nanny, Zhao Nanny obviously got the Queen's order and had already prepared, took out a stack of account books and waited for her.

Su Xinyi roughly flipped through the account book, and didn't see anything wrong for a while, so she looked at Mammy Zhao and asked, "Mammy, what went wrong?"

Zhao Nanny turned the account book to the back, and Su Xinyi was stunned when she saw the eggs written on it, one tael a silver, how many cents an egg would cost a tael in the palace?
She looked down carefully, not only the price of eggs, but also the price of other rice, flour, grains and oils were dozens of times higher than that of Gongwai, and her face sank.

Zhao Momo looked at the look of the princess, and said slowly from the side: "The Liushang Bureau scoops up some oil and water in private. This year they dared to ask for a tael of silver, doubled. Although it is true that the price of goods has risen a lot because of the war, it is too much. The empress checks the accounts twice a year, this time this year The first time I checked the accounts, I was so angry that I almost fainted."

Su Xinyi didn't understand very well, so I looked at Madam Zhao and asked, "Since we know that the Liushang Bureau is not clean, why don't we replace everyone?"

It's not too difficult to change the manager if you can't do it.

Zhao Nanny sighed softly, "The Crown Princess doesn't know something, the Six Shang Bureau has deep roots, and there are Taizu's decrees, and if this group is replaced, they will be re-elected, and sooner or later they will still join forces. "

Su Xinyi gradually understood Zhao Nanny's words. The harem and the Liushang Bureau were originally a mutually restrictive existence. When Taizu founded the country, because the harem cost a lot, the Liushang Bureau was established to manage the expenses of the harem.

When it was newly built, it was indeed quite honest and upright, but through the dynasties and dynasties, the Liushang Bureau has already changed its original intention, and now it even costs more to steal the skins of the royal family than the harem itself.

It wasn't so much before, but this year's account book made the queen a little overwhelmed.

Su Xinyi saw that the annual expenditure of the Liushang Bureau was several million taels of silver, and there were only a few people in the harem, eating delicacies from mountains and seas all the time, and wearing silks and satins alternately, every day. It doesn't take so much money to hold a banquet for fun.

Where did the money go?

Su Xinyi was thinking about the Queen's attack on the Liushang Bureau at this time. The Queen's temperament must not be her idea, so it is His Majesty?

So, His Majesty asked her to do it?
Su Xinyi was silent.

She didn't promise anything right away, she just looked at Zhao Momo and said, "Mom, I'll go back and think about countermeasures."

Zhao Momo hurriedly smiled and nodded, "Prince Princess, don't worry, this matter won't be finished in a short while, take your time."

Su Xinyi: ...

She felt that His Majesty was a little unkind, but she didn't dare to speak in front of His Majesty.

Gee.

Before Su Xinyi returned to the East Palace, before His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came back, she first called Madam She over and asked carefully about the Liushang Bureau.

Mammy She did know something about the Liushang Bureau, but when she heard the princess say that an egg costs one tael of silver, she was so shocked that she didn't know what to say.

"Princess, there are hundreds of people in the Liushang Bureau, and the expenses are high, so the inner palace turned a blind eye to the actions of the Liushang Bureau. After all, when the water is clear, there will be no fish. If you want others to be loyal and capable, you have to promise These benefits are all things that stick to the rules. However, the old slave never knew that an egg can be worth a tael of silver, which is a bit too ruthless."

Su Xinyi tapped the table lightly with her fingertips, "Ma'am, the price of the Liushang Bureau was changed only this year, and the reason is because of the war."

"Isn't this a joke? There was a war a few years ago, why didn't I see them charge one tael for each egg?" Zhao Mama sneered, "There must be some unknown reason here."

Su Xinyi thought so too, but if something happened, she had to investigate it. She looked at Mammy Zhao and asked, "The managers of the Six Shang Bureau, who do Mammy think is the best place to start the investigation?"

"Master Wu, the steward of Shangshi Bureau, has Siqing Shiqing under his command. If this person has not been replaced, we can start with him. He is in charge of the purchase of the dining room in the harem. He handles a lot of money, so it is easier to check. , besides the sky-high price of one tael of silver and one egg, we should start with him."

Su Xinyi thought it made sense, "Mammy is right, Mammy called Manager Zhang here."

Nanny She nodded and went out, and soon Zhang Jian came to see her.

"Boss Zhang, you go and check one, Si Shan Shiqing, you must check clearly inside and out."

After hearing what the princess said, Zhang Jian was stunned for a moment, and asked cautiously: "Princess, can I ask why?"

Su Xinyi smiled, "After all, this person offered a price of one tael for an egg, so you have to check it carefully."

Zhang Jian was stunned, his voice fluttering, "A tael of silver for an egg?"

Su Xinyi nodded.

Zhang Jian understood immediately, and looked at the princess with a complicated expression, "Princess, this kind of thing is supposed to be a matter of the harem, why are you here to investigate?"

Could it be that she was used as a gun by the empress?
As the head of the East Palace, Zhang Jian felt that he had an obligation to remind the princess not to be fooled.

Su Xinyi heard the reminder and deep meaning in Zhang Jian's words, looked at him and said, "I just investigate the case according to the empress's wishes, and the empress will bear everything."

Zhang Jian breathed a sigh of relief, that's okay, okay.

"The subordinates will investigate immediately, but this kind of matter may not be able to be investigated clearly." Zhang Jian said after thinking.

Su Xinyi looked at the other party suspiciously, "What do you mean?"

"The Crown Princess doesn't know that all the meals used in the harem are not purchased randomly from outside the palace, but are specially hired to build a livestock department for storage. The price of an egg contains a lot of things."

For example, the cost of building a site, the cost of hiring people to raise livestock such as chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep, the cost of raising sickness and death every year, the cost of burial, etc. The classification is very detailed, and the cost is mostly.

Su Xinyi: ...

so troublesome?

She never knew that there were so many ways to eat what she put into her mouth every day.

Zhang Jian looked at the astonished look on the princess's face, thought about it and then said: "At the beginning, the livestock department was built separately to keep poultry to ensure the safety of the poultry. It was just passed down from generation to generation, so it was inevitable..."

Su Xinyi understands.

"Boss Zhang is right, but that's not the reason why they deceived the royal family. We still need to investigate." Su Xinyi recalled that he had no money for the war, but ended up fattening up the Liushang Bureau.

If I had known that they were so fat, I should have gone down and let them bleed when I was short of military funds.

Knowing that the Crown Princess is determined, Zhang Jian immediately said, "I'll go and investigate now, but the empress entrusts this matter to you, I'm afraid she also knows that things are difficult to handle, and there will really be a big trouble at that time. It’s not easy to push it down.”

This is to tell the princess euphemistically that if she really wants to make trouble in the court, she will not be kind.

The Liushang Bureau is so bold, it must be backed by someone in the court.

Cutting off people's money is like killing one's parents.

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