My Ming Dynasty, I have the final say

Chapter 276 64 points, Duke Dingguo got 4

"How many?"

Looking at the general ledger in front of him and then at his godson, Yang Chengxiu opened his eyes wide.

The time has come to midnight, and a group of accounting clerks have finally produced a quarterly ledger.

"Sixty percent, at least sixty percent."

Holding the account book with wet ink in his hand, Yang Jinshui, the accounting eunuch who was responsible for taking the lead in checking the accounts, sighed.

"These accounts are even uglier than those in the palace."

"How much? Sixty percent?!"

Frightened by Yang Jinshui's words, Xu Xigao arrived anxiously.

"Did they take 60%, or did they keep 60% for me, Duke Dingguo?"

"They took 60 percent."

"Pfft."

"We are short of time, so we have only made a rough calculation of this spring's accounts."

Early the next morning, before Zhu Youxiao opened the memorial to be approved today, he heard a surprising news.

Although he had already expected the thieves in Duke Dingguo's residence, he still couldn't help himself at this time.

Liu Shimin looked at Liu Shimin in front of him in surprise.

"Yesterday, Yang Dajuan was settling accounts at Duke Dingguo's mansion. He barely settled the accounts until the end of the year."

"In the end, the three shopkeepers of Dingguo Gong's family embezzled 60% of the profits from each shop."

Hearing this, Liu Shimin nodded sympathetically.

Hearing this, Yang Jinshui looked at Xu Xigao with eyes full of sympathy.

"Ah, this, this, this."

"Correct."

"Dingguo gazette officer?"

In one quarter, he embezzled 80,000 taels of silver from Duke Dingguo's mansion. This year, it was at least 200,000 taels.

"father!"

"Mr. Dingguo was so angry that he had three shopkeepers tied up early this morning, carrying two boxes of accounts, and filed a complaint with the Criminal Division of Shuntian Prefecture."

After hearing Liu Shimin's words, Zhu Youxiao couldn't hold it back and laughed.

But Xu Xigao couldn't accept this reality, so he fainted.

Hearing Yang Jinshui's words, Xu Xigao's eyes suddenly glazed over.

"Master!"

"The three accountants in your family conspired together and took away 60% of the profit, which is almost fifty thousand taels of silver, leaving 40% for Duke Ding's mansion."

Suddenly, a burst of exclamation sounded.

"What did the Criminal Division of Shuntian Mansion do? Did it accept Duke Ding's complaint?"

"Back to your lord, no."

Hearing this, Liu Shimin immediately shook his head.

"The Criminal Division of Shuntian Prefecture asked Ding Guogong to appeal to the Ministry of Punishment on the grounds that he was a distinguished person and needed to be discussed."

Xu Xigao held many official positions, including a casual post with salary in the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army, and a full-time post in the Logistics Department of the Military Academy.

In addition, Xu Xigao was also a noble, Duke of Dingguo.

Lord, there are only five of them in Ming Dynasty.

If Xu Xigao was an ordinary boss, Shuntian Mansion would have accepted the complaint.

But Duke Dingguo is an honorable person, and how his case is decided is for the world to see. This is a political matter.

Deng Shiliang, the promotion officer of Shuntian Prefecture's Criminal Affairs Department, is not a fledgling officialdom, so he refuses to take the lead.

"What did the Ministry of Justice say?"

He took out a memorial from the box and opened it to read. Zhu Youxiao looked at Liu Shimin and asked.

"The Ministry of Punishment received the complaint from Duke Dingguo, but did not start a trial. It just detained the person."

"But why?" Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao raised his eyebrows and asked.

He wanted to know in which direction this matter would develop next.

Liu Shimin had a strange expression when he heard the emperor's question.

"Today, there is no minister in the Ministry of Punishment. Zhou Yingqiu, the minister of the Ministry of official affairs, signs the letter of the minister of punishment of the Ministry of punishment. However, Zhou Shangshu's main energy is in the Ministry of officials. The affairs of the Ministry of punishment are all handled by Chen Daoheng, the left minister."

"Chen Shilang postponed the case for the time being on the grounds that the Ministry of Punishment had no access to the accounts. He said that the case could not be concluded until someone from the Ministry of Accounts or the Duzhi Department came to assist with calculations, and asked Ding Guogong to wait for the time being."

"..."

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao blinked twice.

Good guy, this Ministry of Punishment is also a good student, so evasive.

"Your Majesty, the British Duke Zhang Weixian and the Chengguo Duke Zhu Chunchen would like to see you."

Just when Zhu Youxiao was thinking about something, a young eunuch hurried in with two memorials, knelt down behind Liu Shimin and said.

"The British Duke and the Duke of Cheng, what are they here for?"

Signaling Liu Shimin to bring over the memorial, Zhu Youxiao muttered.

After opening their notebooks and looking at them for a few times, Zhu Youxiao rolled his eyes.

Yes, these two families are also monks and thieves, and they are here to borrow people.

Zhu Youxiao shook his head and sighed as he picked up the pen and wrote the correct words on the two memorials.

"Go and tell Duke Yingying and Duke Cheng Guo that I won't see them. Tell those who are checking the accounts at Duke Dingguo's residence. After they finish checking the accounts for Duke Ding, they will go to the houses of Duke Ying Guo and Cheng Guo. Let’s go and check the accounts of the two princes.”

"The slaves obey the order."

After hearing this, the young eunuch quickly got up and went outside to send Duke Yingying and Duke Cheng back.

"Look, this is called day defense and night defense. It's hard to guard against domestic thieves."

After the little eunuch left, Zhu Youxiao waved to Liu Shimin with the memorial in his hand.

"Your Majesty is holy."

After hearing the emperor's words, Liu Shimin spoke up.

""Guoyu: My uncle told his mother that the Yangyu family must be destroyed" says that when my uncle was born with a fish, his mother looked at it and said: The eyes of a tiger are like the beak of a boar, the shoulders of a kite are like the belly of an ox, and the ravine can be filled with water, but it cannot be satiated. He will be bribed to death."

This story tells that when Sheeptongue Fish (also known as Shuyu, the first corrupt official recorded to be killed) was born, his mother said that the child would have a stomach that could not be filled, and that he would definitely die from taking bribes in the future.

As a result, it became a prophecy.

Two minor princes of the Jin State, Xinghou and Yongzi, had a dispute over their fiefdoms. The dispute went all the way to Han Xuanzi, who was in power at the time. Han Xuanzi asked Yang Tongue to handle it.

After Yongzi got the news, he bribed her and gave his daughter to Yang Shi as his concubine. After Yang Yanyu accepted the bribe, he found Yongzi innocent and Xinghou guilty, and awarded the disputed fiefdom to Yongzi.

In a rage, Marquis Xing killed Yang Tongue and Yong Zi in court.

"These thieves are just like the sheep tongue squid, they have an insatiable appetite for money."

Liu Shimin was born in the Imperial Academy, and in terms of talent, he was at the same level as a Hanlin scholar.

"I think that the accounting offices of the Taotie Department will be very busy in the coming days."

"But why?"

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao looked at Liu Shimin with some surprise.

"There are quite a few people in the capital who are like the shopkeepers of Dingguo's family."

Looking at the emperor, Liu Shimin expressed his reasons.

"There are thieves like this in the palace and Duke Dingguo's house, let alone ordinary people."

"Your Majesty ordered the accountant of the Internal Finance Office to check the accounts of the Duke's family. This is a close relationship. However, the other bosses will definitely not have this grace."

"The commercial tax set by the imperial court is thirty to one, but the amount of money embezzled by those shopkeepers must be more than this amount. In order to find out how much money they have made, the bosses behind the shopkeepers will definitely cooperate with the Taotie Department to audit the accounts."

"Lend your auspicious words."

After hearing Liu Shimin's words, Zhu Youxiao thought for a moment and shook his head.

He disagreed with Liu Shimin's statement.

What are you expecting those people to take the initiative to support the imperial government in doing things? (End of chapter)

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