Lord Moyu was forced to open

Just after the morning court, I saw a little eunuch trotting over quickly.

When Wang Huai'en saw it, he immediately frowned and was about to scold him. Then he heard the little eunuch shout loudly: "Your Majesty, two people are coming outside, holding documents, saying that they are from Yunzhou County and asking to see your Majesty!"

As he spoke, the little eunuch held the document in his hands and raised it above his head.

Zhao Jun raised his eyebrows when he saw this, looked at Wang Huai'en next to him, and immediately took the document and opened it.

After quickly reading the contents of the document, Zhao Jun confirmed who the visitor was and immediately ordered Wang Huaien:

"Wang Banban, bring Gu Zhong to Funing Palace to see me. You can bring some people to count and hand over the silver coins."

"promise!"

Wang Huaien was about to retreat when he heard this, but suddenly remembered something and asked: "Your Majesty, are you counting at the city gate?"

Zhao Jun nodded: "Yes, counting in front of the entire people of Bianjing City."

"Will this...?"

Wang Huaien was very hesitant. Counting so much money in front of everyone would cause unnecessary trouble.

However, Zhao Jun smiled slightly and said: "Just count them in front of the people. We have sent people to escort them over there. There will be no problem."

"No! This slave understands!"

Since His Majesty said that, Wang Huaien didn't want to say anything more. He nodded and went to prepare the manpower. In addition, he also arranged for someone to take Gu Zhong into the palace.

About half an hour later, in Funing Palace.

Gu Zhong was brought to Zhao Jun.

"Gu Zhong, Chief Financial Secretary, is here to see Your Majesty. May Your Majesty pay your respects?

Today, I was ordered to escort 20 million taels of silver into Beijing and have arrived outside the city! "

"Good morning! Aiqing, please sit down. Come on, bring a chair to Gu Qing!"

Zhao Jun smiled and nodded, and then ordered someone to bring a chair to Gu Zhong.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After Gu Zhong thanked him, half of his buttocks was done, and Zhao Jun said at this time: "Master Gu, right?"

Gu Zhong immediately cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, you are my minister!"

"Okay, I have already sent Wang Huai'en to take someone to count the escorted silver. If the count is accurate, your trip will be considered completed, and you will be able to make a mark on your year-end assessment when you go back!" Zhao Jun smiled. road.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Gu Zhong quickly stood up and held his hands, but Zhao Jun waved his hand to signal him to sit down, and then continued: "You must have seen the situation in the pass along the way.

Nowadays, there are many wastes in the pass waiting to be renovated, and the court itself is short of money and food. The court alone cannot sustain it, so I have merged the finance and taxation of Yunzhou County into the national treasury.

But the news I sent back is also very clear. Every year, Yunzhou County's finance and taxation must be approved by me, and then the share to be paid will be determined before the set amount will be sent to Bianjing.

I also know that you are worried that I am draining Yunzhou County to subsidize the customs. You can rest assured about this.

Yunzhou County has the advantages of Yunzhou County. In the future, I will definitely move some industries into the pass. They can only develop best in the pass.

But other parts can only develop well if they stay in Yunzhou County, such as heavy industry, iron industry, etc. Yunzhou County has unique advantages and will stay in Yunzhou County.

Moreover, Yunzhou County will not endlessly help Guannei. After the people's livelihood in Guannei is restored, Yunzhou County will still focus on its own development.

Of course, as the saying goes, getting rich first drives wealth later. Yunzhou County is the big brother of today’s wealth. It is inevitable that it will drive other places by then. You must be mentally prepared for this, and your Finance Secretary must be in advance. Have a plan.

You have to pass these words back to your superiors, do you understand? "

Gu Zhong immediately nodded: "I understand!"

Seeing that he understood, Zhao Jun nodded with satisfaction, and then continued: "I heard that people from the Ministry of Revenue were waiting for you at the city gate early in the morning, right?"

Gu Zhong hesitated for a moment and then nodded simply and replied: "As soon as our motorcade arrived at the city gate this morning, Cui Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue led a group of officials from the Ministry of Revenue to the city gate to stop the minister.

The Minister of Hubu wanted to ask me to send the money directly to the Ministry of Hubu, but I didn't agree. After telling him, I went straight to the palace. "

"This old man is very active when it comes to money."

Zhao Jun laughed and cursed, then said:

"You did the right thing. Since it was sent from Yunzhou County, it naturally needs to be inspected by me before it can be handed over to the Ministry of Household Affairs. It cannot be handed over directly to them. There are quite a few dishonest people in the Department of Household Affairs. , after all, he is in charge of the country's finances.

If the handover is unclear, you won’t have time to cry if something goes wrong. ” ˆ ˆ Zhao Jun knew very well that despite several cleanups, there was still no guarantee that everyone in the court was an upright official.

There hadn't been much trouble in the Ministry of Revenue before. That was mainly because of the tight control of Cui Wen, the old minister.

The second reason is that the Ministry of Revenue at that time had little money, and the warehouse could almost run away with rats, so there was no need to be greedy.

But this time, 20 million taels of silver were put into the treasury. Zhao Jun couldn't guarantee that no one would be tempted by such a large number.

If the handover procedures are not perfect, people will find loopholes.

Those guys will never show mercy.

"This matter is of great importance, and I know it."

Gu Zhong naturally had doubts about this, so he followed the rules.

Zhao Jun nodded again with satisfaction. This is a person who can do things. If there is no problem after further inspection, he is a candidate who can be transferred to Bianjing for use.

Gu Zhong didn't know yet that his Majesty was already preparing to kidnap him from Yunzhou County.

"Okay, if that's the case, then you can tell me about the current situation in Yunzhou County. You will have dinner at my place today at noon. You don't have to worry about the motorcade. I will arrange for someone to send it there."

"Then, please thank your Majesty!"

Gu Zhong was obviously excited when Fei thought that he could be personally received by the then prince and now his majesty, and even have dinner with him.

Since His Majesty wants to hear about the current changes in Yunzhou County, he will tell you.

Immediately the two of them started talking and listening.

Time passes gradually.

The city gate.

Wang Huaien brought more than two hundred eunuchs, and went to the secret guards and the Imperial City Division to borrow some people. A total of two thousand people came to the city gate in a mighty manner.

As soon as he arrived here, he saw the convoy being watched and Cui Shangshu, Cui Wen, who was being blocked by the convoy guards and not allowed to come near.

Wang Huai'en smiled, knowing that his emperor still had a good impression of the old minister who was doing his duty faithfully, so he greeted him with a smile on his face.

"Ouch! Isn't this Cui Shangshu? You see, he is not on duty at the Ministry of Household Affairs, so why are you here?"

Cui Wen, who was blowing his beard and staring at the leading general of the garrison somewhere, heard the voice and immediately turned his head to look over. When he saw that it was indeed Wang Huaien, a chrysanthemum-like smile appeared on his old face.

He immediately came up to me and said with a smile on his face: "My lord! You are here just in time. Let these soldiers let me in quickly. This money is meant to be sent to my household department. I, the recipient, are not allowed to do it." Go and take a look, there is no such truth!"

Wang Huaien smiled when he heard this and did not answer him. He first walked up to the leading general and showed his waist badge. When the general saw the waist badge, his face suddenly became solemn, he bowed his hands respectfully and retreated.

Cui Wen saw Yixi and was about to walk in, when suddenly an ANBU spy reached out and stopped him.

Facing Cui Wen's puzzled look, Wang Huaien said with a smile: "The matter is very important, Cui Shangshu should wait until we take inventory before entering.

You are also a financial person, so you should know how big the problems will be if the accounts are not handed over properly. Please forgive me! Forgive me! "

After saying this, Wang Huaien cupped his hands, turned around and walked in.

A group of people behind him also followed in one after another.

Then a dozen strong men with big shoulders and round waists replaced the escorts just now and stood in front of the officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Seeing this behavior, Cui Wen was stunned and opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.

He naturally knew what problems would arise if the accounts were not handed over properly.

That is, someone will take advantage of the loopholes to enrich themselves, and they can also pass the responsibility to the previous transfer party.

But this move clearly shows that they don’t trust their household department!

However, after looking back at the dozens of people behind him who looked equally angry, and occasionally some of them looked disappointed, he suddenly understood why His Majesty did not trust the officials of the Ministry of Revenue.

There are bad people in the household department!

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(End of this chapter)