Started to get rich after exile

Chapter 50
But the most important thing right now is to find out the loopholes in the corruption account books. Let's put aside the weirdness of the accounts a few years ago.

Ming Lanying followed the vines to search for it, layer by layer, and she found all the loopholes in two months. She found that [-]% of these corrupted account books were fake accounts.

Food and salaries were indeed stolen, but the amount of greed was not as large as they reported. Most of the stolen food and salaries were not with the prince at the time, but with the Ministry of Households, which was used in other budgetary allocations in the capital.

The accountant is also very shrewd and cautious, and the money is distributed very loosely. She can confidently confirm that the embezzled money is in the capital budget, but this evidence is not convincing enough, and more data are needed support.

At that time, the inexplicable increase in the collection made her particularly concerned. It was a place where individuals always needed to spend money for food, clothing, housing and transportation. It is normal for thousands of people or tens of thousands of people in the capital to fluctuate in the collection, but it happened in just four years. The growth trend is far higher than the normal range. Judging from the growth ratio, the annual consumption of the extra population is at least between 5 and 10.

You can't tell her that the government advocated the policy of early birth and multiple births at that time, right?Or was everyone getting rich then?On average, one can spend the money of twenty people?That's even more outrageous.

The embezzled food and salaries were included in the planning budget of the capital, and at that time there were inexplicably more "black households".

Ming Lan Yingdai frowned slightly, she copied those pages, and compared them with other account books one by one, the more she looked at it, the more weird she felt.

He Bai should still be on the way back, Ye Jue Lv is not around, some questions can not be asked, Ming Lan Ying scratched her head, then turned to look at Tai Yi and Ning Er, who were busy making paper in the yard, the wolf cubs jumped up and down. Jump around the two of them.

Suddenly, I remembered Tang Ning, who I hadn't seen for a long time. After the last meeting, Ming Lanying helped the emperor check the accounts. Tang Ning happened to go for a business trip nearby. I counted and came back two days ago. I can ask this question A native of Beijing.

"Ning'er, mother is going out to play with your sister Tang Ning."

Ning'er heard the words and looked at Taiyi, Ming Lanying found out the accounts in two months, Ning'er and Taiyi got to know each other in two months, "Mother, Ning'er will accompany you!"

Tai Yi was laying out the pulp seriously, and nodded seriously to Ning Er, "Don't worry, young master, I will be able to produce two pieces of paper today."

"Yeah! Ning'er is going to protect mother, so the recycled paper will be handed over to brother Taiyi!"

"Yes."

Ming Lanying raised her eyebrows and smiled, it seemed that Taiyi and Ning'er were having fun, "Then leave this place to Taiyi and Zai Zai, let's go."

The wolf cub whined, and Tai Yi saw the mother and daughter out, and gestured to the dark place. A breeze blew past, and the branches swayed slightly.

Knowing Tang Ning's address, Ming Lanying greeted the coachman in the mansion, and staggered in the carriage for a quarter of an hour to the side gate of Tang Mansion.

The coachman knocked on the door and gave a word of communication. After a while, Tang Ning came out happily with Fengchun.

"Lanying! Long time no see."

"A Ning, I'm here to take you to play, get in the car!"

Ming Lanying received Tang Ning and Feng Chun and asked the coachman to take them to the teahouse last time, and asked for a private room under Tang Ning's identity.

Tang Ning rolled her eyes, "It seems that you are very satisfied with this teahouse."

Ming Lanying snorted, and asked Fengchun to sit down and drink tea together, "Of course, the teas are sweet but not greasy, some are salty and crispy, and the new tea is very fragrant."

Tang Ning took a sip of her tea, and saw that Ming Lanying's eyes were full of worries, "Did something happen to Lanying?"

Ming Lanying put her face in her hands, and the corners of her mouth curled up stiffly, and asked, "Ah Ning, do you know what happened in the capital six years ago? Things like large-scale sacrificial offerings and blessings or large-scale lantern festivals can make people People from all over the world are flocking to the capital, is the crowd gathered like this?"

"A time when there are crowds of people? No, not even during New Year's Day or Longevity Day. The current emperor is diligent and thrifty, he doesn't like extravagance, and he values ​​filial piety. He was still guarding the country's funeral six years ago. There can be no bustling people. when."

When Ming Lanying heard this, she let out a long sigh with a bitter face.

In the mourning of the country, it cannot be the reason for the birth of the population.Since there were no large-scale events in the past ten years, people flocked to the capital, and the weird taxes appeared for some reason, and all the money from corruption was spent in the budget of the capital planning.Judging from the books, the capital city planning budget recorded by the Ministry of Household Affairs has not changed much. What is more obvious is the expenditure of other minor details, but most people don't care about it.

But Ming Lanying's experience made her pay more attention, and after careful investigation, she found that something was wrong. She was sure that the flow of embezzled money was included in the planning and budget of the capital, but it was just her one-sided statement, and there was no strong and clear evidence. Those statistics are unbelievable, and they will think that she is thinking too much.

Because the study in the East Palace was burned, there were some voices condemning her in the court. Now she doesn't have that much right to transfer other accounts from the Ministry of Finance, so she can only give up.

"Well, it seems that this matter is out of my control."

"what happened?"

Ming Lanying shook her head, "It's about the accounts. Since it was the national mourning period six years ago, I should have guessed that this matter is out of my control."

"Accounts?" Tang Ning pondered for a while, "Although I don't know what kind of problem it is, but since you can't handle it, you can tell Ye Juelu to check it for you. He has more rights than you think. Bigger ones!"

"Huh?" Ming Lanying tilted her head, although Ye Juelu said that he would investigate, but she thought it was just a consolation, after all, he was just a commander of the Imperial Guard, "Then I will try to tell him tonight. "

After finishing the tea, the luthier was not here this morning. After listening to a storyteller in a teahouse, she found that the book she was talking about today was a bit boring. Ning Er yawned, and Ming Lanying asked Tang Ning to take them for a stroll in the capital. While listening to Tang Ning talk about the new things she encountered during this business trip.

Passing by a jewelry shop, Ming Lanying saw Wei Pingqi, who was fighting poetry with Ming Jiazhen last time in the teahouse, came out happily holding a sandalwood box.

Ming Lanying's little gossip came up, "A Ning, is that Wei Pingqi, the one who blushed with Ming Jiazhen last time?"

Tang Ning took a closer look, and let out an ouch, "It's true, look at him like that...he's another servant of Ming Jiazhen."

"Huh? How do you know that he is buying jewelry for Ming Jiazhen?"

Tang Ning pointed to the jewelry shop, "This jewelry shop is one of the best in the capital. The jewelry is exquisite and the price is astonishing. It is highly respected by ladies from high families. Wei Pingqi is The offspring of the fifth-rank Yunqi Duwei Wei family in the capital, the family background is not bad, but it is still a bit far-fetched to buy jewelry from this family."

"Looking at him with a happy face, he is heading towards Huayi Lake. Today, there is a flower viewing party held by Ming Jiazhen in Huayi Lake. He invited the children of the aristocratic family in the capital. What a scheming Ming Jiazhen is. She took the lead in organizing the banquet. It will be a stepping stone to her reputation, and this time, it is no accident that she has become famous, and those people invited are just her foils."

When Tang Ning said this, she snorted, "Based on the scene of the poem fighting in the teahouse last time, Ming Jiazhen hooked him with a single look. For a brat like Wei Pingqi, Ming Jiazhen easily Hold on."

"Wow! It's amazing!"

Ming Lanying and Ning'er applauded at the same time, Tang Ning chuckled, and suddenly said, "By the way, the Captain Yunqi from the Wei family should be gone now, I went to the palace the day before yesterday to tell my sister about this trip." About Shang, I heard from my elder sister that the Wei family was ransacked, that the concubine Ning who was sent to the palace had an evil heart and set fire to the palace, the emperor was annoyed and demoted to a commoner, and the Wei family in the capital was ransacked, but this side branch was not involved, see Coming to Wei Pingqi’s family is quite capable, and the family should be well-off.”

When the direct line is ransacked, the side branches will be implicated to some extent. Ming Lanying was taken aback. She forgot to ask Ye Juelu about the follow-up of the burning of the study room, but now she knows.

"It seems that Wei Pingqi's family is quite smart. This can protect himself, and he can pursue Ming Jiazhen without distraction."

The summer was scorching hot, and it was not yet the hottest time at noon. Ming Lanying raised her hand to block the glare of the sun, and said with all her heart while walking: "But Ming Jiazhen doesn't like him, he has no prominent family background, no background Power, how can it bring her benefits, and Ming Jiazhen can be satisfied, probably only more famous than the Ming family, a family of the three dynasties' veteran level."

The Ming family has always been like this. The first thing that matters in the marriage of descendants is whether it can bring benefits to the Ming family. Ming Jiazhen is the most outstanding among the mediocre heirs of the Ming family over the years. The marriage partner must be used well.

Tang Ning nodded, turned her head and saw the sugar water stall on the side, and wanted Feng Chun to buy two pots of sugar water, and then took the couple to enjoy the coolness in the bamboo forest on the other side of the capital.

He called out to Fengchun but got no response, looked back suspiciously, only to see Fengchun's face was pale, he was breathing heavily and staring at the distance, the hand holding the knife handle at his waist was trembling slightly.

"Fengchun?"

Ming Lanying and Tang Ning followed her line of sight and saw a thin man with flimsy steps on the next street in Fireworks and Willow Lane, and he got into the carriage with his arms around a charming and charming woman.

Seeing that the carriage was about to go far away, Feng Chun violently wanted to draw out his knife, but Tang Ning quickly held it down, "This is on the street, calm down!"

Ming Lanying asked Tang Ning suspiciously, "Who is that?"

Tang Ning pressed Feng Chun's arm with one hand, and forced her to sit down at the sugar water stall next door, and said softly to Ming Lanying, "Ming's fourth child."

Minglan Yingdai frowned, and immediately understood why Fengchun was suddenly agitated, but Tang Ning was right, this was on the street, so she couldn't act rashly, and the opponent was still from the Ming family.

Ming Lanying approached Tang Ning and the two, whispering in a low voice, "Don't worry, although I can't kill him yet, I have a way to make him paralyzed for a while, and sooner or later he will pay for it with blood."

The previous Hongman was dead, and now only Fengchun was the only one who had a blood feud.

Tang Ning glanced at Fengchun whose eyes were red with anxiety, and patted Ming Lanying, "Okay."

Ning'er tilted her head and wondered what the two adults were secretly plotting, but when she came to the sugar water stand, she came to drink sugar water. She ordered four bowls of signature sugar water at her own discretion, and when she saw that Feng Chun had a bad face, she pushed a bowl for her first.

"Is sister Fengchun uncomfortable after being in the sun for too long? Mother said that she is uncomfortable at this time, so she can drink some sugar water and rest for a while."

Fengchun came back to his senses, saw Ning'er's worried eyes, lowered his head guiltily, and curled the corner of his mouth, "Thank you for your concern, young master, I'm fine."

After wandering around the capital for a day, when Ye Juelu came back home, Ning Er excitedly rushed over to share what he saw and heard today.

Ye Juelu took him by the hand and listened patiently to what he said. Ming Lanying waited for the family to finish dinner and sent Ning'er and the wolf cub to digest before asking Ye Juelu about his investigation.

"There are indeed members of the Ming family in the household department. They are hidden very deep. It will take some time to find out, but it will be soon. Regarding the inexplicable increase in the total tax revenue you mentioned in the past few years, I have already reported it to the emperor. The emperor will let you Someone sent a copy of the account books of the previous few years, and then I will trouble you to pay extra attention to checking the accounts."

Ye Juelu paused for a moment, then looked at Ming Lanying's eyes and subconsciously withdrew the sharpness, leaving only softness.

"In addition, I also asked people to investigate the incidents in the capital city in the past ten years. There were no major incidents, and there would be no influx of people into Beijing or relocation. I also asked people to investigate those people who appeared out of nowhere as you mentioned. The investigation takes a long time and may take a while."

Ming Lanying was taken aback, she didn't expect Ye Juelu to do it before she opened her mouth, is he the roundworm in her stomach?This feeling is a little subtle.

"I have found out that the money of corruption has flowed to me. I can be sure that the money was stolen into the planning budget of the capital city in the past ten years, but the evidence is not clear enough to convince everyone." Ming Lanying looked serious and her tone was positive. Said: "Some of those people may be black households. The housing tax recorded by the household department is not so much. There are tens of thousands of black households suddenly appearing. The capital may not be clean these years."

"That was in the year when the emperor came to the throne, and before I was exiled, someone was planning this." Ye Juelu didn't doubt her words at all, and his eyes flickered, "Their purpose is not clear yet, but they are in the emperor Fishing in troubled waters is unforgivable!"

Ming Lanying rubbed her face, there were unidentified gangsters in the lower part of the imperial city, either they simply immigrated, or they wanted to rebel.Throughout the dynasties, there will always be rebels who want to rebel. She has no ability to manage this matter. She can only check the accounts. Now that the corruption accounts are clear and the whereabouts of the money are clear, the only thing that needs to be proved by strong evidence is that it will take more time.

Ming Lanying let out a foul breath, "This matter is not going to happen soon, take your time, there is still one thing to do, He Bai is not here, I want Tai Yi to do it."

"Tell me." Ye Juelu also understood, calmed down his emotions, and he will fully support whatever Ming Lanying wants to do.

"I want Tai Yi to go to the Ming family to do something, to beat up the third wife and the fourth son of the Ming family, the kind that is paralyzed, the kind that can't go to the ground for at least three months."

"The fourth child of the Ming family?" Ye Juelu was puzzled, what did this man do to offend her, if he really offended Ming Lanying, Ye Juelu would not be so easily beaten by Tai Yi to paralyze his whole body.

Ming Lanying nodded, and secretly told Ye Juelu about Fengchun, Ye Juelu heaved a sigh of relief, "I know, I'll let Tai Yi take care of it."

That night, Ming Lanying once again saw Tai Yi's mysterious low presence ability. As soon as Ye Juelu finished saying this, Tai Yi in black appeared in front of them out of thin air. After silently nodding, he took a step back and disappeared. In the shadows, and then gone!

"He, how did he appear?!"

"Taiyi is always there."

"!?" Ming Lanying was shocked, and looked at him incredulously, "Then he heard what we just said?"

Ye Juelu: "...um."

Ming Lanying covered her face, her voice came out muffled, and she murmured: "Fortunately, I didn't say who it was, otherwise the crime would be serious..."

Ye Juelu: "..." It's better not to tell her about the hidden guards around her.

In fact, after Ming Lanying returned to the capital, two hidden guards had been by her side to protect her safety. Although he wouldn't tell him everything about it, he could also get a general idea, including Tang Ning and Feng Chun.

When Ming Lanying said this in a cryptic manner, Ye Juelu guessed who it was, but Ming Lanying didn't say it clearly, so he pretended not to know.

(End of this chapter)