Started to get rich after exile

"This Fengzhou City, who has the final say?"

Hu Leqiang let out a hey, "Don't dare to sleep, the final decision! Is it the emperor's land in the whole world? Naturally, the emperor has the final say, and naturally the people have the final say. The prince drove to Fengzhou City, so naturally the prince also said Calculate."

Ye Juelu sat on the first seat with a blank expression, and cast his indifferent eyes towards the county magistrate Cai Xun, "In this case, the king has only been in Fengzhou City for two days, and people from the government came three times, saying that the king is a traitor. Arrest all the king and his party?"

Hu Leqiang and Cai Xun's expressions changed, and they knelt down with a plop. A group of people behind them did not dare to speak and knelt down, "The prince is wronged! There is a misunderstanding here! A big misunderstanding!"

Ye Juelu directly kicked Hu Leqiang who was nearest, "Misunderstanding? But the king heard with his own ears that he entered this Fengzhou City, so even a dragon has to be coiled?"

"Ouch!"

Ye Juelu's foot was not light, Hu Leqiang's body was puffy and soft, and he fell directly to one side. When he raised his head and met the gaze of the wolf cub at Ming Lanying's feet, he shivered in fright, and forgot to quibble for a while.

Cai Xun explained tremblingly, "Don't dare, my lord, don't listen to the nonsense of those villains, they...they..."

The wolf cub bared its teeth ferociously at Hu Leqiang, screamed out in fright, and dragged itself back in a hurry, attracting the attention of others.

The snow-white wolf cub squatted at Ming Lan Ying's feet like a proud patron saint, and Ming Lan Ying rubbed its head with a smile.

"What's wrong with Master Hu? It's just my pet, isn't it cute?"

The wolf cub grinned, revealing his thick fangs, and looked at Hu Leqiang and Cai Xun with wild wolf eyes, eyes that were staring at prey.

Whose pet is such a big wolf!

Cai Xun was so frightened that he couldn't speak, Hu Leqiang shook his lips and pulled out an ugly smile, "Very, very cute...As expected of a princess, who can... have such, special, pets."

Ming Lanying gave him an extra look, as expected of someone who is doing great things, she is courageous enough to laugh while being stared at by wolf cubs like prey.

Ming Lanying smiled and glanced at the trembling people kneeling on the ground, "Are all the officials in Fengzhou City so powerful? Wearing official uniforms, you dare to rob innocent people in the street?"

Hu Leqiang raised his head cautiously to look at Ming Lanying. There were so many people that he didn't have time to look at it just now, but now he was staring at her, but he was stunned by her appearance.

Stared at by Ye Juelu's cold gaze, he immediately came to his senses.

"No, dare not, it must be because of the audacity of the subordinates who dare to commit crimes, and the subordinate officials must strictly discipline them."

Ming Lanying raised her eyebrows and smiled. This is to push all the responsibility to the people below. When it comes to the investigation, just push a scapegoat. Anyway, there are so many people.

Ye Juelu said lightly: "This time, this king is also inspecting for the emperor. This Fengzhou City has done a good job in reporting collection and budget statistics every year. Since I am here, then I will take a look at the past few months. For the situation of Fengzhou City, all kinds of accounts are submitted, and the accounts of the year-end statistics are also brought up."

Cai Xun was dumbfounded, and Hu Leqiang forced a smile, "My lord, do you want to see it now? This mansion is simple and shabby, why don't you move to the humble house of the lower official, and the lower official will entertain you personally, and the lord is watching slowly?"

"It's right here, Mr. Hu, hurry up."

Hu Leqiang nodded with a forced smile, winked at Cai Xun, and left in a crowd.

Ming Lanying changed her posture, raised her feet and said, "What kind of books do you think they will bring?"

Ye Juelu took out the water bag and small teacup that he carried with him, and poured water for Ming Lanying, "Of course there are no mistakes or omissions in the fake accounts."

"Then do you think we can see it?"

"Even the lady of the household department's old account has found out. This mere account is a trick in front of the lady."

Ming Lanying glanced at him with a smile on her face, feeling very happy to be recognized for her ability.

The guards on the side watched their noses and noses, and pretended not to see, their hearts were full of turmoil. Their prince smiled so gently at the princess!See you soon!
The two chatted for a while before Hu Leqiang and Cai Xun came over with a stack of ledgers.

"My lord and my concubine, the collection and expenditure of Fengzhou City, as well as household registration and so on in the past three months are all here."

Ye Juelu responded lukewarmly, and didn't let the two back down, so they had to wait on the sidelines.

However, Ye Juelu did not take the ledger to read, but Ming Lanying picked up the ledger and glanced at it seemingly casually.

Hu Leqiang and Cai Xun looked at each other, hiding the contemptuous smile in their eyes, how could a woman understand the mysteries in the government's accounts, just pretending.

Since they are all fake accounts, there is nothing to look at. The records above are not real, and it takes time to read them.

Ming Lanying also knew this truth, flipped through a few books at random, and said without changing her face: "Fengzhou City has been quite stable in the past three months, let me have a look at the account books from last winter."

The two were taken aback for a moment, they didn't expect to suddenly have to look at last year's account, but they both breathed a sigh of relief, last year's account would be no problem.

Cai Xun bowed and nodded repeatedly, "Princess, wait a moment, the next official will bring it right away."

The local statistical record book will be kept for 20 years every year. Last year's account book is not difficult to find, and it will be brought to Ming Lanying soon.

Ming Lanying held two account books of different years for comparison, and stretched out her hand towards Ye Juelu, Ye Juelu knew that she had found something.

"pen and ink."

This time there is no need for Hu Leqiang and the two to do it. The guards took out a set from somewhere and put it in Ye Juelu's hand. Skillfully lay out the calculation paper in her hand.

Hu Leqiang and the two were startled, they both had similar accounts, what could Ming Lanying see?Since when did Ye Juelu, who has a clear distinction between public and private affairs and is unreasonable, become so comfortable in serving people? !

Ming Lanying wrote and drew on the calculation paper with a pen in one hand, quickly flipped through the two account books, and took the other two. Ye Juelv skillfully replaced it with a new paper for her to re-copy the calculation.

Not to mention that Hu Leqiang and the two were shocked, the guards were all shocked, their grandfather...

Comparing the six account books with different types of accounts, Ming Lanying put down her hair, raised her eyes and glanced at Hu Leqiang and Cai Xun with a half-smile.

"Lord Hu and Master Cai are well-governed, Fengzhou City hasn't experienced any major changes in the past two years..."

Both of them breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, and said that a woman can't understand the government's accounts and is just pretending.

The two saluted together, "My concubine praises you, this is all a matter of lower officials."

"Who said I praised you?"

The two were stunned, as if they didn't understand what she meant.

Ming Lanying handed the transcribed paper and the problematic accounts to Ye Juelu, "The statistics of Fengzhou City in the two winters are not bad. City, it doesn't have any influence on Fengzhou City."

Hearing this, Ye Juelu frowned. The rebellion and downfall of Prince Heng actually had a certain impact on the whole country.In the prefectures and counties along the route that Prince Heng led his troops all the way to Beijing, some people would flee to other safe places, and some people's families would migrate to other prefectures and counties that were not affected, or even border gates or neighboring countries.

Because of the black households detected in the capital city, part of the city was vacated, and a lot of income was lost.

Ming Lanying continued: "Even the prefectures and counties on the other side of the capital have been affected, but Fengzhou City has not changed much. How powerful are Master Hu and Master Cai?"

Unable to withstand Ye Juelu's imperceptible coercion, the two of them suddenly softened their knees and knelt down again with a plop, but they were able to argue stiffly.

"Did the princess read it wrong? In fact, the accounts of the government and the accounts of the palace are not the same..."

Ming Lanying stared at Hu Leqiang with a smile, and questioned her in her professional field. She could stuff all the calculated papers into his head with her bare hands, so that he could see clearly.

"Master Hu thinks that I can understand the various accounts of the Ministry of Households, but I can't understand the fake accounts of a local government? Do you think the emperor is fatuous and incompetent, and doesn't know people clearly?"

"The lower officials don't dare! The lower officials have no such intentions!"

They didn't expect this woman to have read the accounts of the Ministry of Accounts, questioning the emperor, that is, the Nine Clans must be checked thoroughly before they can be let go.

Hu Leqiang and Cai Xun only borrowed Dongfeng's thoughts after Prince Heng's rebellion. Even though the people above covered up the matter perfectly, they were actually a little guilty.

Cai Xun's mental quality is not high, and he can't think of any excuses, but Hu Leqiang relies on someone above him, so panicked that he doesn't show his secrets at all.

"Princess, calm down. I'm just worried that the concubine is wrong. After all, how can there be problems with these projects? They are all collected and counted by the people below. Fengzhou City is so big and there are so many people. If one place is fake, everyone will be affected." If you cheat together, it will be too late to make statistics every day, so how can you still have time to make fake accounts? The princess just joked."

Ming Lanying smiled and took out a booklet of mobile personnel registration, and threw it directly in front of the two of them, and Zhu Hong's circle circled a few dates.

"On the ninth day of November last year, a group of cloth merchants from Jiangnan came to discuss business in Fengzhou City with 200 carts of goods. Last year, the annual tax paid by the cloth shop in Fengzhou City was 400 million taels. It’s 300 million taels, but this year you’ve written 600 million taels for the collection from the cloth village, and [-] million taels for the cloth shop.”

"There are no cloth merchants to do business this year. Could it be that they took out old cloth to make new clothes and sold them at a high price?"

Ming Lanying took a sip of her saliva and threw out another book, "The carbon consumption in Fengzhou city last October was 580 million taels, the carbon consumption in November was 300 million taels, and the carbon consumption in October this year was 300 million taels. In November, the carbon consumption was more than 100 million taels, is it reasonable for you to see for yourself?"

"According to the population movement recorded by you, no one left Fengzhou City this year, right? So many people don't use carbon?"

Fengzhou City is not far from the city, winter will come later throughout the year, and it is not as cold as Beijing. The carbon consumption of a city is not as good as that of Beijing, but generally choose to store carbon and firewood in October to prevent sudden heavy snowfall The temperature plummeted.

Snow came late in Toyosu City this year, but the weather is still as cold as in previous years. It is already a winter habit to prepare carbon, not to mention that there is no reason for the carbon consumption to be so much less than last year when the number of people in the city has not decreased. Could it be that the carbon stored in the previous year was not used up?
Carbon is a consumable product throughout the year. It consumes more in winter and less in summer and autumn. Ordinary people can't afford it, but rich families consume it quickly.

Hu Leqiang was also stuck for a while, he hesitated for a long time, "This... this..."

Cai Xun was also anxious, "This must be...the people below were negligent for a while, and they remembered wrongly..."

"Really?" Ming Lanying smiled, forcing the most unlikely excuse.

"The carbon consumption is wrong, so is the collection and expenditure of Fengzhou City for one year? Compared with last year, how come this winter's expenditure is twice as much as last year? There is no snowstorm disaster this year. Huh? There are no official buildings built? The emperor didn’t let the common people’s prices go up? How did the money get spent? Where did the money go?”

The fake accounts are fine and beautiful, but when compared with the accounts of previous years, something is wrong.

What's more, Prince Heng's rebellion at the end of this year, when tens of thousands of people will always buy supplies from the frontier to the capital, this is the expense of tens of thousands of people, how can there be no ups and downs? The statistics are wrong.

Ming Lanying almost pointed at the two men's noses and reported that they had made false accounts to fool them.

Hu Leqiang cheekily returned to his unchanging appearance. It was the subordinate's fault that he wanted to bite him to death. "Princess, calm down! This is not the account of Fengzhou City! It is the subordinate who accidentally took the wrong account!"

Ye Juelu raised his hand and casually smashed the ledger in his hand, "The people below are not careful? How does this king remember that Master Hu and Master Cai moved these items here?"

Ming Lanying said in a strange tone: "Could it be that the two adults are illiterate? Don't you understand what is written on it? This is embarrassing for the two of you who are still officials!"

The two of them choked, and they wanted to defend themselves, but Ye Juelv interrupted them directly.

Ye Juelu's cold eyes seemed to be looking at two dead things, "Fake accounts to fool the king, and even report to the capital is fake, you are so brave! You also allow your subordinates to oppress the people, colluding with bandits to do all kinds of evil, There are dozens of crimes in total, and this king has prepared them for you."

"Come on, drag it down and deal with it according to the law!"

According to Ye Juelu's personal order, there is only one way to die.

Hu Leqiang had to move out the people above him to save his life.

"Wait a minute, my lord! This official was wronged! This official pledged his uncle's name! This official never asked them to do this!"

Ming Lanying became interested, "Master Hu still has an uncle? Tell me who is so bold."

Hu Leqiang gritted his teeth, "The uncle of the lower official has been an official in Beijing for decades, and he is a clean and fair official. The lower official will never tarnish his uncle's reputation."

Ming Lanying was overjoyed, and joked to Ye Juelu: "It's unbelievable, an upright official in Beijing, but there is such a nephew, what a shame!"

Ye Juelu said coldly: "The capital is the place with the most officials, and the most indispensable are honest officials."

Hu Leqiang was taken aback for a moment, but Ye Juelu didn't expect Ye Juelu to be indifferent, and he came back to his senses when his arms were raised by the guards.

"My lord, I have been wronged! I beg to see my uncle, a member of the Ministry of Officials, Mr. Pei! Mr. Pei will prove my innocence!"

"Master Pei?" Ye Juelu nodded, "Then lock him up first, and wait for Mr. Pei to recognize him."

Both Hu Leqiang and Cai Xun were gagged and dragged out.

Ming Lanying stretched her waist, "Who is that Mr. Pei?"