My Ming Dynasty, I have the final say

"Hahahaha!"

In Xiyuan, in the Imperial Study Room, there was a burst of wanton laughter.

"Tell me again, whose house has a thief?"

Looking at Xu Waner in front of him, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but ask again.

"Your Majesty, there is a thief in Duke Dingguo's mansion."

Rolling her eyes, Queen Xu Waner repeated her words again.

"Hahaha."

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao turned around and laughed again.

"His Majesty!"

Hearing the emperor's unbridled laughter, Xu Waner finally couldn't help it and shouted.

"Ding Guogong can't trust those accountants in Beijing either."

As she said that, Xu Waner's expression also became a little helpless.

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao finally suppressed his smile, rolled his eyes and asked.

The accounting offices in the capital have gone through several rounds of raids, including the Internal Finance Office and the Internal Affairs Office in the palace, the Jinyiwei and Dongchang in the secret service agencies, and the Household Department and Du Branch Office in the imperial government offices.

It can be said that the profession of accountant is really a popular profession in Beijing today.

Seeing that the emperor finally became serious, Xu Waner said helplessly.

"My uncle asked your majesty for help, but your majesty refused to help. Why is he so mocking?"

This emperor went too far. He was a monk in Duke Dingguo's family. He laughed for half an hour and deliberately asked five times.

"The accountants in the Duke's mansion made false accounts and deceived the master. Duke Dingguo cannot trust them."

Seeing that his wife was angry, Zhu Youxiao stretched out his hand to cover his mouth, but he still couldn't hide the smile in his eyes.

"That's it."

"Have all the accounts in the palace been settled?"

"There is a thief in Duke Dingguo's family. He can just deal with it by himself. What does he want to do with you as the queen?"

"Okay, okay, I won't laugh, I won't laugh."

"Don't you have an accountant in Duke Dingguo's mansion?"

Most of the rest are crooked melons and cracked dates.

If you learn arithmetic well, organization is not a problem.

"Return to Your Majesty."

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao nodded clearly.

Touching his chin, Zhu Youxiao looked at Yang Chengxiu.

"Ding Guo Gong wants to borrow some accounting rooms from the palace to calculate the government's accounts."

"Can you spare some manpower to help the Duke's family?"

"Your Majesty, I can send some old people to help at Duke Dingguo's house."

Upon hearing this, Yang Chengxiu came immediately.

"Since the emperor ascended the throne, he has ordered the accounts of all the royal houses and shops in the palace to be calculated on a quarterly basis."

"The main reason now is that the accounts before the forty-eighth year of Wanli have not been sorted out, but the accounts in the spring of the first year of Tianqi have been settled."

"Just transfer some accounting offices that went wrong while on duty forty-eight years ago in Wanli."

"The mission went awry."

Hearing Yang Chengxiu's words, Xu Waner frowned.

"What's wrong?"

"That is, he was found to have falsified accounts and embezzled money from the palace."

It was common for the accountants in the palace to make false accounts and deceive the emperor.

After the current emperor ascended the throne and lived in Nanhaizi, he ordered an inventory of the palace and captured many rats.

For these people, Yang Chengxiu and Wei Zhongxian each saved some of them. After all, the accountant is a scarce profession and cannot be killed indiscriminately.

"Yang Chengxiu, do you look down on me?"

When she heard that Yang Chengxiu was going to send a master fraudster from the palace to check the accounts, Xu Waner became angry on the spot.

Duke Dingguo has begged her, the queen, and you're going to use this to fool her?

"Thousand-year-old Empress, forgive me."

Seeing the queen getting angry, Yang Chengxiu quickly knelt down and said.

"It's not that the slaves are fooling the empress, but these people are masters at making false accounts. Let them check it, and they will be able to check it accurately." After saying that, Yang Chengxiu turned to look at the emperor and said.

"After all, you have to be able to make false accounts before you can check for false accounts."

"well said."

Pointing at Yang Chengxiu, Zhu Youxiao ordered.

"Choose some people who are shrewd in accounting and go and calculate the accounts of Duke Dingguo's house."

"The slaves obey the order."

Hearing this, Yang Chengxiu kowtowed, quickly stood up and headed outside.

"Wan'er thanks her husband."

Seeing that the emperor had arranged to reduce manpower, Xu Waner came to the emperor and said coquettishly.

"There are thieves in every country and in the world."

Reaching out to hold Xu Waner in his arms, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but sigh.

"Husband! It's still daytime~"

Sensing the emperor's dishonest hand, Xu Waner's face turned crimson.

After hearing the queen's words, many palace maids and eunuchs in the main hall voluntarily retreated.

When the emperor started to wander around in broad daylight, he was at the gate of Duke Dingguo's mansion.

Word has come from the palace that the emperor agreed to the accountants of the Internal Finance House to help Duke Dingguo's house check the accounts.

Xu Xigao, Duke of Dingguo, was waiting at the gate in person. When he saw Yang Chengxiu leading the team in person, Xu Xigao was immediately surprised.

This is Da Xun, who ranks third in the palace and specializes in financial management.

After walking down the steps, Xu Xigao quickly stepped forward and saluted.

"It's just that there is a thief in the house, how dare I bother Yang Dajue to come in person."

"The Duke is a distinguished noble of our Ming Dynasty. It is appropriate for the Za family to go there in person."

Yang Chengxiu said with a smile after returning the gift to the other party.

"Besides, this thousand-year-old empress comes from Duke Dingguo's house. No matter who the Za family dares to neglect, they will not dare to neglect the Xu family."

"I'll leave it to Yang Daxuan to deal with the affairs of the house, please."

What Yang Chengxiu meant was that this errand was arranged by the queen.

Not daring to continue what Yang Chengxiu said, Xu Xigao quickly reached out and invited Yang Chengxiu to the main entrance.

"Dong Guo Gong, please."

After hearing this, Yang Chengxiu gave in and waved his hand behind him, indicating to follow.

Seeing this, Xu Xigao looked back and saw a dozen people, some tall, some short, some fat, some thin.

The only thing these people have in common is that they each hold an abacus in their arms.

As Yang Chuoxiu led a group of eunuchs into the Dingguo Palace, there was a sudden snapping sound.

"Dad, is this okay?"

Xu Yunxiang, the second son of Ding Guogong, said with some uncertainty as he looked at a group of eunuchs who were furiously hammering out abacus.

"Let me try whether it works or not. It's better than the few accounting offices in the house."

Hearing this, Xu Xigao waved his hand impatiently, with a look of unhappiness on his face.

The emperor wanted to support the nobles, and the three families of Dingguogong, Yingguogong, and Chengguogong were the signboards. For this reason, the three families supported the emperor's various policies.

This time, the emperor took out the accounts of Huangzhuanghuangdian and announced the tax payment. The three princes also gathered together to make a summary, and planned to follow the emperor's footsteps.

Not to mention taking it out to the public, at least the taxes must be paid in full.

The prerequisite for paying the full tax is to first calculate your own family's accounts clearly.

You don’t know if you don’t play, but you will be shocked when you play.

The various shopkeepers and accountants in their house stole at least 20% of the profits from his Duke Dingguo's house!

They were all people who had been in the army. Duke Dingguo was also unambiguous. He immediately put a knife on the shopkeeper's neck and got a "real account".

However, I went to an accounting office to calculate this "real account" and found that it was still wrong!

If he hadn't committed suicide in private and violated the law, Xu Xigao would have killed all these shopkeepers and accountants with a knife.

Not only the accounts of Dingguo Gong’s family are not “true”, but the accounts of British Gong Gong and Chengguo Gong’s family are also not “true”.

When the three of them were put together, although this monk and thief was embarrassed, it was still a matter of money.

Hearing that the accountant in the palace was powerful, Duke Dingguo wrote a memorial and asked the queen's niece to borrow someone from the emperor. (End of chapter)