Ji Tang

Chapter 148 Confrontation
"Your Majesty, you have to make the decision for me!"

On the second day after Ji Song received the notice, he waited for the emperor to go to court before heading to the palace. After all, he was not summoned at the court meeting, so he could go later.

But just when Chen Shou was leading him to see the emperor, he heard Du Ruhui's voice coming from inside, which made Ji Song secretly say something bad!
I didn't have time to think too much, so I hurriedly walked inside. I didn't dare to let this evil old man complain first!
"Keming, haven't I already called Marquis Jie to come? Let's wait until he comes to talk about anything! I can't just listen to your words!" Li Shimin said with a headache as he stroked his forehead.

Du Ruhui thought to himself: Hasn't this come yet?It is necessary to apply eye drops at this time, otherwise when His Majesty knows the truth later, he will die of shame!

I spent the whole day hunting geese, but I didn’t expect that a goose pecked my eye in the end. Why didn’t I notice it at the time?

"Your Majesty, the good Marquis has a sharp tongue."

"Du Shangshu speaks ill of people behind their backs, but the soles of their feet will bleed. I usually respect you very much. Is this how you treat yourself as an elder?"

Before Lao Du could finish speaking, Ji Song arrived just in time, which made him sigh in relief.

If he really keeps talking, something might go wrong.His Majesty was so preoccupied that he discounted everything he said.

"My lord, Ji Song pays homage to Your Majesty!"

"Well, get flat!"

At this time, Lao Du was a little embarrassed. After all, he spoke ill of the junior behind his back, but it was a bit unreasonable and he was caught on the spot. This was very embarrassing.

However, he was an important official in the imperial court and quickly put that thing down.

"Jisong!"

"Chen is here!"

Li Shimin stood up and walked around Ji Song, as if he was observing something?
Said: "Tsk tsk! I didn't expect that you, a fledgling boy, would trick my subordinates on the first day you took office. You are really capable? Tell me, what's going on? Give me a Tell me everything from five to ten.”

When Ji Song heard this, he said, come on, don't try to trick Lao Du again after this time. There will probably be no chance in the future. Your Majesty is asking himself to explain the whole story!

It’s not difficult for those who know it, but it’s difficult for those who don’t know it!If you explain it clearly, how can you trick people next time?
"Ok?"

As if sensing Li Shimin's dissatisfaction, Ji Song quickly said: "Your Majesty, I am really unjust!"

"Unjustly accused? I see you don't complain at all. When Sinong Temple was established and implemented, you asked for [-] yuan. Do you know how much the imperial court's annual tax revenue is? Why don't you go and rob it!"

Li Shimin got angry when he said this. Du Ruhui was a steady veteran and thought he was joking at first.But knowing that he was indeed being asked to take away [-] yuan, he thought he was dreaming. When did this bunch of people from the household department become so easy to talk to?
I wanted to build a garden, but they almost made me unable to get off the stage. That guy Ji Song wanted Wan Guan in one day, and he got it on the same day?
If it hadn't been for the report from the Ministry of Revenue yesterday that he wouldn't have known about it. He didn't believe a word of what he said about how the Marquis had cleverly established his reputation and obtained plunder.

Seeing the somewhat embarrassed Lao Du, he knew that the matter was not that simple, and said to Ji Song: "Please tell me about the scene that day, and I will judge for you. Who is right and who is wrong will have its own justice!"

"It's not good!"

Looking at Lao Du who was mad at him, Ji Song burst into laughter.I'm asking you to sue me. If you talk nicely, I'll refund some of it to your household department next year at worst.

Now?late!
Of course Li Shimin also saw Lao Du's little move, glared at him and said to Ji Song: "Say it quickly!"

"Forehead!"

How could he tell that the emperor was a little excited?
Shaking his head, he shook off the thoughts in his mind. He must have thought wrongly. How could this be possible?

"This starts from the first day when the Japanese minister took office." In Ji Song's words, he described the newly built Sinong Temple as a place where it was nothing but a mess.

But when he talked about the process of asking for money, why did Li Shimin look so excited?

After listening to Ji Song's words, Du Ruhui wanted to get into this crack.

It's so embarrassing. I was fooled by a small cover-up. I can't see anyone.

"This is probably how the whole thing happened. You can check this with Du Shangshu."

Li Shimin looked at Old Du Muran and nodded, suppressing a smile and said to Chen Shou: "Go and get me some application form from the Marquis of Hao. I want to see what kind of application form it is, and it turned out that my Datang The chief steward in charge of the treasury was fooled and confused."

Seeing Lao Du's face getting darker and darker, Li Shimin immediately swallowed what he was about to say.

"promise!"

After a while, when Li Shimin saw the application written by Ji Song, especially the list of items on it, he looked at Ji Song blankly.

Li Shimin felt his teeth hurt at this time. This was the first time he had seen such a clear document. No wonder Lao Du had approved it. If something went wrong, it would be their household affairs.

After all, the clear list of accounts seems to be necessary anyway, so how can he reduce it?
If the reduction is really forced and things fail to get done, Ji Song can pass the responsibility on to them.What else can be done?Approval!

I just took a quick look at it and found that there was no fraud in the list above. From now on, you can know where the money is going by just referring to the list, and there is no way it can be falsified.

As for Ji Song’s corruption?Even if you tell me this, some people will believe it!

If you just give a business as big as perfume to the court, why would you care about this little money?I guess this kid just doesn’t like it!
In the eyes of others, this is a huge sum of money, but if this kid's rules weren't in line with the court's rules, he would have paid for it himself, so he doesn't take this amount of money seriously!
"Ke Ming! I don't think there is anything wrong with this. The accounts are clear and simple. I think future memorials should be written like this."

"No, Your Majesty!"

Lao Du didn't care anymore. If he didn't stop him at this time, would he be scolded to death if he went out today?

"Why not?" Li Shimin asked doubtfully.

It's obviously a very good thing, why can't it be done?Thinking of the strangeness of today's incident, his expression immediately became serious.

"Snapped!"

At this time, he had realized that things were not simple, and that this might no longer be a matter between the two of them.So he slapped the document on the table and said loudly: "Tell me the truth. If you dare to hide anything, hum!"

Although it was not stated explicitly, the attitude was already clear.

Du Ruhui had no choice but to glare at Ji Song, who was gloating about his misfortune, and said: "Your Majesty, this document written by Marquis Hao is indeed a rare and good article, but the problem with it is that it is so good that I have nothing to modify. "

Now Li Shimin was even more confused and said: "Isn't this bad?"

"Okay, of course it is, but the key is how many people in Datang can calculate a budget to the point where there are no flaws? I estimate that it is less than ten fingers."

　Thank you to Sansheng’s lucky friends for the rewards, and thank you all for your support!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)