The Peerless Demon of Martial Arts

Chapter 707 Du Liang
The value of this meal is not to consolidate their status, but to teach these old stubborn people how to behave.

After dusk, Li Tianxing came to the household department alone, and saw Feng Yueqing was still looking at the account book without resting.A person who kills officials for money, unexpectedly works so conscientiously.

"Feng Yueqing."

"Huh?" Feng Yueqing raised his head and saw Li Tianxing striding in, he hurriedly came over to pay his respects: "Minister Feng Yueqing, kowtow to the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

Walking to the table, what he saw were countless circles and annotations drawn on the ledger, Li Tianxing couldn't help asking: "What's wrong with these ledgers, do you need to re-check them?"

Feng Yueqing said: "Your Majesty, these account books have been accumulated over the years. When I took over, each and every account book was clear, so I had to proofread it one by one and find out the source of each account."

Li Tianxing felt that there was no need to do this: "This is an old story. Now that the treasury has more and more money, why do you care about it? Even if you find out, can you recover it?"

"No, I look at these ledgers not to recover those silver taels that were lost for no reason, but to understand the people who spent the silver taels in Chaozhonghua, so that they can be more careful when dealing with them in the future."

Feng Yueqing pointed to one of the lines: "Your Majesty, look, Du Liang, governor of Shaanxi, borrowed silver from the court many times during his tenure, saying that it was used to repair the villa inscribed by Emperor Taizu himself. After five years, the cost reached 400 million yuan. Two. The minister is particularly sensitive to the matter of silver and silver, and there will be no such project in any villa."

Li Tianxing hummed: "I know this person. I heard about him from the old commander when I was guarding that day. Du Liang, he is excellent in the annual assessment. The prison is always empty, and he is very good at being a man. The county magistrate who had been there for half a year was promoted to the magistrate, and later, he was promoted to the governor in less than a year, this person's promotion is fast enough."

Feng Yueqing brought over a bowl of water: "Your Majesty knows that no one can do this, even if Bao Zheng is still alive. It is because he is so perfect that I have aroused my vigilance."

Well, the minister is willing to put his heart into it, which will save Li Tianxing a lot of trouble.Li Tianxing was about to leave the household department, but was stopped by Feng Yueqing: "Your Majesty."

"What?" Li Tianxing turned around, feeling a little strange.

Feng Yueqing said: "I implore the emperor to allow me to go to Shaanxi to find out about the 400 million taels of silver."

"Then how can I do it? You are now the Minister of the Ministry of Finance. If you leave, who will leave a lot of affairs to the Ministry of Accounts. I can count on you to take care of the treasury for me."

Feng Yueqing knelt down: "I am grateful for Your Majesty's gift of rebirth, and I know that I have met you. Therefore, I must be loyal to the emperor. In this case, except for my minister, no one in the court can do it."

Since he insisted so much, Li Tianxing had no choice but to agree.It's a little strange, why this matter was mentioned when Li Tianxing came to see him, and not when he was playing in the early court.Maybe I'm overthinking myself.

Feng Yueqing became an imperial envoy without any delay, and went out in a carriage early the next morning.In fact, Du Liang and Feng Yueqing were Jinshi in the same year as Feng Yueqing. The two had a good relationship, and they had been exchanging letters over the years.Feng Yueqing deliberately persuaded him to rein in the precipice, so as to save himself from dying well.

After writing letters twice, Du Liang didn't reply, so Feng Yueqing asked for an order to see him.

After a few days of non-stop, Feng Yueqing's good bones were considered to be strong, and when he entered the governor's office, the servants even stopped him.

"Where did it come from?"

"Bold!" Feng Yueqing's entourage stared and shouted: "You are blind! This is the imperial envoy, the first rank in the dynasty, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance and the Minister of Military Affairs!"

Several yamen servants at the door knelt down in fright.

Feng Yueqing came here to represent the emperor with full confidence: "Let me ask you, where are you adults?"

"Returning to the imperial envoy, our lord is inside."

Feng Yueqing strode inside, and saw Du Liang holding a young woman in his arms, drinking and watching juggling in the lobby. A dignified governor, the imperial court official, was so disrespectful.He is not the only one, there are many officials on both sides, and the youngest is also a county magistrate.

Walking in the middle of the crowd, Feng Yueqing said indifferently, "Stop all of them."

At the same time, the guards around him pointed at the people present: "Your Imperial Envoy has an order! Everyone stop!!"

It stopped, but these people were all drunk. Du Liang's face was full of alcohol, his eyes were blurred, and he couldn't see who was coming: "Who? It's so domineering. I don't know where this is. This is my master's." The governor's hall, you bastard who doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth, get rid of me."

Feng Yueqing went up and spilled wine on his face!
This made Du Liang so impulsive, he took a closer look, and it turned out to be an old brother: "You...you are old Feng? Aren't you in Taiyuan, why did you come to my place? Oh...hehe, you came to see me , hahaha, how long has it been since we brothers met, let's drink together."

Feng Yue turned to the guards around him: "Take all these drunk people to the side hall and sober them up."

After giving Du Liang the medicine to sober up, it took about half an hour before he was completely sober.Knowing that Feng Yueqing is now an imperial envoy, he is no longer what he used to be, so he hastily came to pay his respects: "Minister Du Liang, I respectfully invite the emperor's peace."

"Sheng Gong'an." Feng Yueqing waved his hand: "Get up."

Du Liang lifted up his sleeves: "Brother Feng, we haven't seen each other for a while since Xu Hai left. It must have been seven or eight years. I have benefited a lot from you these years, but don't worry, My brother is now the governor, and he is not short of money, and I will send someone to bring 20 taels of silver notes in a while, and you can take them back."

Feng Yueqing felt uncomfortable seeing his wretched look: "I didn't come to beat you up, I came to tell you to return the money from the court."

"What? Brother, I don't quite understand what you mean."

"Don't understand? Then I'll make it clear to you." Feng Yueqing straightened his posture: "In the past few years you have been the governor, you have often asked the court for money, but I didn't see it from the Moon Lake Villa. There are traces of repairs. Where did you spend your 400 million taels of silver? Do you pretend that I don't know?"

"Brother, I..."

"If you have the ability to make money by yourself, what is your ability to ask the court. I have received the emperor's order this time, and I will follow you to recover the silver from the treasury. In a word, 400 million taels of silver, even if there is one less. And, three days Within a few days, you have to get it together for me, so I can go back and return to my life."

Du Liang almost didn't recognize the person in front of him: "Brother Feng, you're embarrassing me. Do you think I don't know about the things you did in Taiyuan Mansion? You're clean when you pretend to be you? That's right, the silver is mine. Swallow it, you know the rules of being an official, and I know it too, there is no need to say such things here."

"So, are you going to pay back the money?"

Du Liang put away his smile: "That's right. What's the matter, are you going to lock me into Beijing?"

(End of this chapter)