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When Ma Hong, Minister of the Household Department, mentioned King Qingtian, Chu Huan thought of what happened in the desert. Hei Jiaohou was robbed by men in black robes, and King Qingtian chased after him, but he didn't know what happened afterwards.

The remnants of King Qingtian of Hebei are eager to move, but they don't know whether King Qingtian has returned to Hebei.

Thinking of King Qingtian, he naturally thought of Liu Meiniang. After Meiniang and Shu Bojia left the temple, there was no news about them, and they didn't know where they were now. Several months passed, but they didn't know about Meiniang. Whether the poisonous xing is relieved.

Ma Hong saw that Chu Huan was thinking, but of course he didn't know that his mind was indifferent, and sighed: "On the accounts of the Ministry of Accounting, the sixteen warehouses in Jinling said that the warehouses were full of grain, and I sent someone to check it a while ago. Master Chu, guess what?" How much food is there?"

After hearing what Ma Hong said, Chu Huan knew that there must be something wrong with Jinling warehouse, so he shook his head.

Ma Hong smiled wryly and said: "Less than half. Sixteen large warehouses, six full warehouses, and five small half warehouses. The total is only half, which is far from the grain storage on the book."

Lang Wuxu began to feel embarrassed when he was beside him.

Chu Huan frowned and said, "How could such a situation happen?"

Ma Hong glanced at Lang Wuxu as if nothing happened, and said with a sneer: "Hu Bufan is in charge of the household department, the Holy Majesty trusts him and him, but he betrays the Holy Majesty and is lawless. This Hu Bufan actually secretly resells the grain from the Jinling Warehouse , not only him, but few of the warehouse officials in Jinling warehouse have clean hands and feet." Xiang Lang Wuxu said: "Lord Lang, do you know?"

Lang Wuxu was stunned, and hurriedly said: "I don't know... oh, this, the officials of the Jinling warehouse tampered with the official food, the lower officials don't know, but when Hu Bufan was in control of the household department, he covered the sky with one hand, and the household department divisions of various departments There are his confidantes in the granary and the major granaries. The officials have long known that this person is forming a party for personal gain and doing some shady activities, but he did not expect that he is so greedy. However, after the previous inspection, a large number of granary officials were punished. It’s really heartwarming.”

Ma Hongdao: "It's useless to say anything now. The Tianmen Dao in the southeast is fighting, and General Lei went to the front in person, but the Holy Majesty has decreed that we, the whole country of Qin, take the peace of the Tianmen Dao as our top priority. Before General Lei leaves However, the Holy Majesty promised to General Lei in front of all the officials that the imperial court would give General Lei whatever he wanted. .”

Chu Huan asked: "My lord, before the mission, I heard that the officers and soldiers besieged the Tianmen Dao group. The Tianmen Dao is weak. How come the Tianmen Dao has spread so much in just a short period of time?"

At this time, the servants had already brought the tea, and when the servants left, Ma Hong picked up the teacup, blew on the powdered tea, took a sip, and then said: "Speaking of which, Hu Bufan really committed a heinous crime. Master Chu, you should know , Hu Bufan handed over a note to the imperial court before, saying that the national treasury is short of food, and he has to borrow food from the wealthy gentry in Jianghuai Road, and return it after the Tianmen Road is settled!"

Chu Huan naturally knew about this matter. He still remembered that Ouyang Zhi, the head of the warehouse department, strongly opposed this matter.

He nodded, Ma Hong slapped the table, and said: "Hu Bufan is a big villain who has wronged the country. The various divisions of the Jianghuai Road Department of the Ministry of Households, borrowing food from those wealthy gentry, are all frustrated. The Hao family even directly killed the officials of the Ministry of Households and voted for Tianmen Dao. The strong men they raised became Tianmen Daoists when they turned around... This is a big mistake. If it weren’t for this bad idea, given time, Tianmen Dao There is a shortage of food in the Demon Dao, and it is self-defeating, but after this incident, those wealthy families either overtly or secretly funded the Tianmen Dao. The nobles are forced to rebel, what good results do you think the officers and soldiers can have...!"

Chu Huan secretly sighed in his heart. He and Ouyang Zhi had thought of this a long time ago, and the reason why those wealthy families were able to dominate one side was to rely on their wealth to support them. It is said that there is no difference between taking wealth and taking life, and even family wealth is far more important than life.

In fact, Chu Huan has always been puzzled. Even ordinary officials like him and Ouyang Zhi can think that a little carelessness in borrowing food will lead to huge disasters. Why do the important officials of the empire under the Zhongshu sect ignore this point.

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This Ma Hong is the emperor's favorite minister, he has always been trusted by the emperor, and he can often meet the emperor, he is speaking eloquently today, it seems that he has already seen something wrong, so why did this decree come out? At that time, there were very few voices of opposition from the important officials in the court?Could it be that those important court officials under Zhongshu's school and even Shangshusheng were all fascinated by ghosts at the same time.

"Let's not talk about things over there." Ma Hong seemed to be in a bad mood: "We still need to discuss matters in the northwest. I also said that the granary is short of food, and the food in the Jinling warehouse has been reduced by half, but the war in the southeast can't be done." Neglect, the former has already transferred the relief food that was originally shipped to the northwest to the southeast. This is very tight, and in a few days, the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the heavens in the Tongtian Temple will be held. Many years have passed, this time the sacrifice to heaven is very grand, the money is like running water, I, the Minister of the Household Department, is short of money and food... I have nowhere to grab it, the Northwest needs food and silver, we are really If you can’t get it out, at most, you can transfer some farming tools over there, and you can’t transfer even one tael of silver, and it’s hard to transfer even one grain of grain!”

Chu Huan said: "Master Butang, do you agree with the plan of the wealthy clan in the northwest to occupy land with grain?"

"Aren't I just looking for two people to discuss?" Ma Hong picked up his teacup and said, "The Ministry of the Central Secretariat should have made a decision on this matter, but the Ministry of Education left this matter to our Ministry of Finance. The ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven , An Guogong led the officials of the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple to take care of it, saying that he did not have the energy to intervene in such a small matter in the northwest... Hehe, a small matter... The other side said it happily, let our household department make a decision early, if Something really happened in the Northwest, and the people in our household department cannot escape the responsibility!" Looking at the two subordinates left and right, they blew on the tea and said slowly: "My lords, tell me, what's the matter?" How should things be resolved?"

Lang Wuxu is the most perceptive person, in the officialdom, he also knows that everything must be cautious, he is very clear in his heart, the Northwest matter is really not a trivial matter.

Zhongshu Sheng threw this kind of thing to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the three people present were like a mirror in their hearts. No one knew that this was a trick played by Zhongshu Sheng.

If it was the past, Lang Wuxu might not be able to speak easily. If something goes wrong if he says one more word about this kind of state affairs, he may be to blame, but it is different now.

Lang Wuxu originally belonged to Hu Bufan's party, but he was double-faced and approached Chu Huan secretly. It was for this reason that after Hu Bufan fell from the horse, Lang Wuxu remained unscathed and remained in the yamen of the household department.

It's just that when he was with Hu Bufan back then, as Hu Bufan's confidant, he still had a lot of weight in the Ministry of Accounting. Now that Ma Hong is in charge of the Ministry of Accounting, although Lang Wuxu is still the left servant of the Ministry of Accounting, he knows very well that he is in the Ministry of Accounting. Whether it is Ma Hong or Chu Huan, the position in the Yamen is much more secure than himself in the household department Yamen. He knows that if he wants to keep his current position, he must try his best to cater to these two people.

Ma Hong asked, but Chu Huan didn't speak. Even if Lang Wuxu didn't want to say more, he couldn't help him at this time. Not only did he want to talk, but he also knew that he couldn't talk nonsense, so he must show unity in front of these two people. Therefore, he put down the teacup in his hand, leaned forward slightly, and said softly: "Lord Ministry, I see that group of guys above are going to use us as scapegoats!"

Ma Hong frowned, said "Oh", and asked with a smile, "Why did Master Lang say that?"

Lang Wuxu showed a caring attitude and said: "My lord, whether you agree with or disagree with the lease of land in the Northwest with grain, this matter will be spread to our household department, which will put us in a dilemma. If you disagree, then whether it is Northwest officials are still Beijing officials, and there will be many people who will jump out and ask our household department to allocate food and money to the northwest. If they can’t get it, they will impeach us. If troubles arise because of this, our household department will definitely be implicated. If you agree, and this order is passed on, everyone in the world will feel that this is the work of our household department, and the rich families in Xiguan Road will naturally give birth to our household department The heart of hatred, even other rich families, must also be dissatisfied with us. The Xiguandao wealthy family has a land deed, and our household department agrees to rent the land with grain. If the land lease in the hands of the Xiguandao wealthy family becomes People who have land deeds in this world are naturally panicked...!" Speaking of this, he smiled wryly and said: "Maybe there will be troubles, as long as there is trouble, the responsibility is on our household department! "

Ma Hong stroked his beard and said: "Master Lang is right, that's what happened. After thinking about it, I can't find a law enforcement officer who can achieve the best of both worlds. Sir Lang, do you think there is any way to solve the urgent need?"

"This...!" Lang Wuxu looked at Chu Huan, and said with a smile, "Master Chu, you just came back from the northwest. Let's see, how should we deal with this matter?"

Chu Huan immediately said solemnly: "Master Butang and Lord Lang are here. Both of them are senior officials with rich experience and capable ministers. How dare the officials speak nonsense here!"

"Lord Chu is self-effacing." Ma Hong laughed and said, "I feel that we old fellows sometimes get dizzy, our brains are easily confused, and we can't turn around. Master Chu is young and talented, shrewd and capable, with active brain meridians. , What do you think, be blunt, aren’t we all thinking of ways? Just say anything.”

Chu Huan shook his head and said: "Such an important state matter is related to the stability of one party, and it is even more related to the stability of the country. I really don't dare to say more, and... I really don't have any ideas now!"

Ma Hong's eyes twitched, Wen Lang Wuxu said: "Lord Lang, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty will follow the instructions of the Master of the Ministry!" Lang Wuxu immediately said politely.

Ma Hong's face remained unchanged, his expression was indifferent, he took a sip from his teacup, and finally said: "If there is no regulation for this matter today, it will not be resolved." Coughing twice, he said: "The most important matter of the country, now Since it was handed over to the Ministry of Accounting, you two are the servants of the Ministry of Accounting, and you must come up with an idea." First, he glanced at Chu Huan, then his eyes fell on Lang Wuxu, and said solemnly: "Master Lang, you first say , whether you agree or not, you have to speak out your own thoughts... It's this time, don't be sloppy!"