Chaos on the temples: You can't escape if you provoke treacherous ministers

Following the method Liu Yunxiang said, when he went to court the next day, Yan Mu asked officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs to bring a large number of account books and checked them in front of all the civil and military ministers.

The ministers were a little confused for a moment, but King Zhenbei asked them to check like this, so they could only check. But after a while, they realized that something was wrong, and many of the accounts did not match up.

It was already past noon, and Yan Mu had not returned to the palace yet. Although Liu Yunxiang guessed it, he still quietly went to Qianqing Palace to take a look. He saw the ministers sitting cross-legged on futons, with an account book and an abacus in front of them, and they were crackling. Fiddled with.

At this time, Wen Chen was in a state of worry and excitement. He was worried that there were too many errors and omissions in the account book, but he was excited that he found the source of the problem after a lot of calculations.

The military commander was left to worry. He couldn't understand the account books and couldn't read the abacus. He could only scratch his head and look left and right.

Yan Mu was sitting on the side of the dragon chair, looking relaxed.

Liu Yunxiang smiled and asked the palace maid next to her to go to the imperial kitchen and prepare a lunch for each of these ministers.

Not long after lunch, Yan Mu released these ministers to go to court. However, they were still asked to check the account books when they went to court one day.

"Three years of account books have been brought by the Ministry of Revenue. Please check them slowly and carefully. I am not in a hurry." Yan Mu said quietly.

He was not in a hurry, but most of these ministers were already very old. They were bent over for a long time and could not straighten up when they came out of the palace. The updater's eyes were so blurred that he couldn't see clearly the numbers on the account books, and his joints hurt from fiddling with them.

This persisted for three more days, and the ministers really couldn't hold on any longer.

"There are too many mistakes in these accounts. What happened to the Account Department?"

On this day in the court hall, facing a mountain of account books, a minister finally couldn't hold back and spoke out.

As soon as he spoke, others quickly echoed.

"The accounts don't match up. I don't know if the money in the treasury is right."

"A few slight omissions, but the discrepancy is hundreds of thousands of taels."

Seeing that the ministers were pointing their fingers at the Ministry of Revenue, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue decided to quit.

"Our household department is not engaged in business, so it is impossible to calculate every account. Moreover, these tax collection methods are combined with local conditions. Because there are many methods, the accounts... ahem... It is inevitable that there will be mistakes and omissions. But in the conscience of heaven and earth, we are not greedy for a penny."

"Who will believe you when you say you are not corrupt?" "Then continue to calculate, check all the accounts that have been messed up by you, and see if the final amount is the same as the treasury money we transferred to the treasury. If it is one point worse, I will immediately Take it off your head..."

"Master Gu." Yan Mu interrupted Gu Xian, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue. He smiled and said, "I'm afraid you haven't been greedy at all, and the accounts won't be right in the end."

"This..." Gu Shangshu was also angry for a moment. After thinking about it carefully, there were so many errors and omissions in the account book, and the final amount must be wrong. In the end, he could only say helplessly: "Your Highness, our household department has really tried its best, especially In the past three years, various industries have sprung up in Da Rong, and the economy and trade have developed rapidly, but our household department already has a lot of things to do, so... we really can't take care of it. "

At this point, Gu Shangshu suddenly realized and hurriedly said: "I propose that the Ministry of Construction and Commerce should be responsible for economics and trade. It can formulate big policies, regulate the market, make it better and more prosperous, clarify taxes, and make profits. No harm done.”

Others fell silent. There were too many things to consider, but in the face of these account books and the hidden dangers behind them, it seemed that establishing a commercial department was essential.

Yan Mu walked around the ministers below, then lowered his eyes and said: "The ancestral system cannot be abolished, but it can be changed. Especially if Da Rong wants to develop, it should adapt to the changes of the times. In the past ten years, Da Rong has experienced one after another. After a series of foreign invasions and civil wars, we have finally ushered in internal and external stability. It is a good time to recuperate and develop the economy. Other countries are also developing. If we fall behind, it is very likely that we will fall into war again in ten years."

"The court is only so big, but we have to take a longer view, don't we?"

After hearing Yan Mu's words, many ministers nodded in agreement after thinking about it.

In fact, the establishment of the Commercial Department does not shake the foundation, but will make Tairong's foundation more stable.

But there are still some conservative veterans who haven't figured it out yet.

At this time, an old minister came forward: "What Your Highness said is not unreasonable. It is just to establish the Ministry of Commerce and change the six departments into seven. We still don't know the emperor's attitude towards such a big matter. Your Highness, after so many days, the emperor His illness should be almost healed, so please ask him to come to court as soon as possible to discuss the matter together instead of you doing it for him."

At this time, Yan Mu was really speechless.

If he insisted on carrying it out, wouldn't it mean that he was coveting the imperial power? Some people might even think that the emperor was not ill but under house arrest by him.

Although that is his biological son!

Being stared at by so many ministers, Yan Mu could only bite the bullet and say that the emperor's illness was indeed almost cured and he would be able to go to court soon.

Returning to Feifeng Palace, Yan Mu leaned back on his chair and said angrily: "Brat, when will he come back!" (End of Chapter)