Kowloon wins

Chapter 704

"Master Zhao, how is the situation?"

Since the third master has already developed the idea of ​​accepting as soon as he is good, it means that there is not much time left for Hongqing. In such a field, Hongqing cannot be impatient, even if the city is deep, he will not take He came to his face, but he didn't intend to exchange pleasantries. After welcoming Zhao Shenqiao into the study, and waiting for the servants to serve the freshly brewed fragrant tea, Hong Qing asked about the business in a straightforward manner.

"Returning to the lord, it has been verified that the satin and silk cloth, which was said by Wailang Wuligu, a member of the satin storeroom of the household department, has been purchased for six years this summer. At the other end of the paint warehouse, the lower official also checked it out by the way. Sure enough, the six-year supply was replenished this summer. As for whether there is anything wrong with it, it has yet to be confirmed. The lower official dare not speak nonsense. After deducting the accumulated debt of 800 million taels over the years, there are still more than 980 taels of silver in the treasury. This summer, there are still Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong and Guangxi. As well as Hubei and other five provinces that have not been handed over, this afternoon, Zhejiang official minister Zhong Murong came to report, saying that the reason why Xia Jin in Zhejiang province this summer did not arrive at the treasury was the order of the fourth master. As for the other four provinces Whether this is the case, the subordinate officials have not yet verified."

Zhao Shenqiao came to visit overnight, and he came to report to Hongqing. Hearing Hongqing's inquiry, she dared not delay a little, so she hurriedly bowed and explained the results of the thorough investigation in detail.

"Well, I want to know how much the silk, satin and silk cloth produced for six years are worth? How much is the paint worth? Also, how much is the unpaid summer income of the five provinces?"

What Zhao Shenqiao said was all about small things. At first glance, it seemed to be very common, but Hong Qing could tell what was wrong inside, and immediately felt angry. Looking at his face, he just asked quietly.

"Your Majesty, the value of the six-year silk and silk cloth should be 500 million taels, and the six-year paint should be worth more than three million taels; the unpaid summer income of the five provinces is about 820 million taels."

Zhao Shenqiao dared to report the matter, so he had already understood everything thoroughly, and now he answered Hong Qing's question very neatly.

His mother's fourth child, playing with the master like this, hey, good job!
After listening to Zhao Shenqiao's report, although Hong Qing's face remained calm, the anger in her heart was surging - when the court was in court, the fourth master had only nine million taels of silver left to talk about the matter , as if the national treasury had really bottomed out, but in fact, it was just fourth master playing a trick to change the concept. If you really want to add these hidden silvers, there should be real silver in the treasury. More than fifteen million taels, although it is not too much, is obviously different from what the fourth master said about the bottom of the national treasury. Although the war in the past year and a half has been very expensive, in terms of the state treasury and even the annual revenue, it is enough to last for more than two years, and there is no time for additional donations at all. It's just thinking about hitting Hong Qing.

"Well, Master Zhao, do you have anyone to recommend?"

Hong Qing was furious in her heart, but she didn't burst out, and she didn't comment on Zhao Shenqiao's report. She just frowned and changed the topic.

"Your Majesty has a list here, and please have a look at it."

Hearing Hong Qing's question, a smile appeared on Zhao Shenqiao's face immediately, nothing else, all these years, Zhao Shenqiao was fed up with Si Ye's bird-like behavior in the household department, and got up with Si Ye several times The result of the friction was that he, Zhao Shenqiao, was deflated. Even if the reason was clearly on his side, he couldn't stand the fourth master as the elder brother of the management department, and there were many underlings in the household department. There is no place, and now that Hongqing is planning to make a big change in the household department, Zhao Shenqiao has no reason to be unwilling, since he has already prepared a candidate for promotion, at this moment Hongqing asked, Since she didn't dare to delay, she hastily shook her hand, took out a piece of paper with several lines of name and taboo from her wide sleeve, and handed it to Hong Qing respectfully.

"Well, the King of Japan will go to the Ministry of Households tomorrow, Mr. Zhao, let's make preparations first, so don't miss it."

Hong Qing reached out to take the list, scanned it ten times at a glance, and then didn't return it to Zhao Shenqiao. She raised her hand and put the list on the candlestick. After igniting it, she shook her hand and let it burn The paper fluttered and fell to the ground.

"Cha, I'm going to retire!"

Although Hong Qing didn't give any clear explanation, but Zhao Shenqiao understood it, got up quickly, respectfully agreed, then turned around, exited the study, and went back home...

"My lord, King Renjun is here."

In the office in the backyard of the household department, the fourth master sat behind the copywriter with a slight frown on his brows, holding a Langhao pen in his hand, seemingly grading paperwork, but in fact, the hand holding the pen was always hanging, and he was stunned for a long time He didn't even fall down, his eyes were still fixed, obviously he had already lost his mind, and when he was absent-minded, he heard a sudden sound of footsteps, and the commander of the guards who was waiting outside the office quickly turned out from behind the screen. With a big stride, he rushed to the front of the copywriter and reported in a low voice.

"Oh? Please!"

The fourth master was thinking about what kind of tricks Hong Qing was playing on the other side, but he didn't expect Cao Cao to arrive, his heart sank, and his brows immediately frowned, but everyone had already arrived, fourth master It's really hard to say no, so I can only wave my hand impatiently and say please.

"twitter!"

Hearing that Fourth Master's expression was not right, the commander of the guards didn't dare to be negligent, he hurriedly and loudly agreed, and walked out of the office quickly, without hesitation, he walked in with Hong Qing from the outside again.

"My nephew met my fourth uncle."

Hong Qing has always been an image of a modest gentleman in front of people, no, when seeing the fourth master who stood up to greet him, Hong Qing immediately took a few steps, rushed forward, and respectfully greeted him.

"Qing'er is here, sit down, sit down and talk, come and serve tea!"

Although Hong Qing's arrival was extremely unwelcome, there was no way to lose face, so the fourth master could only greet him with a dry smile.

"Fourth Uncle is being polite."

Hong Qing came to find trouble today, no matter how ugly the smile on Si Ye's face was, she replied with a smile, saying that she was polite, but she didn't show any politeness at all, she just sat on her ass Sitting on the grand teacher's chair for receiving guests.

"Qing'er's errand should be almost done, right?"

The servants served the freshly brewed fragrant tea, and then exited the office, but Hong Qing, who came in a hurry, was not in a hurry to speak at this moment, and sat still with a smile on her face, and did not look around. The complexion of the master, casually playing with the teacup in his hand, as if the extremely ordinary teacup was made of gold and jade. Seeing this, the fourth master was a little impatient, so he raised his eyebrows and asked a question tentatively said a word.

"So that the fourth uncle knows that there is indeed a clue, but there are still some difficulties in it. I'm afraid I still have to work under the guidance of the fourth uncle."

Hearing the fourth master's question, the smile on Hong Qing's face immediately became more playful, and she casually put the tea bowl she was playing with on the table, clapped her hands, and gave a meaningful answer.

"Oh?"

Hearing what Hong Qing said was strange, Fourth Master's heartstrings immediately tensed up, and he refused to answer easily, but just let out a noncommittal noncommittal.

"Ha ha."

If Fourth Master doesn't ask, Hong Qing won't talk about it, he is already invincible right now, so there is no need to worry, if you don't want to take advantage of Fourth Master once, this matter will definitely not be settled.

"Qing'er, sit down for a while, because my uncle suddenly woke up and there is still some work to be done in the library, so I have to hurry up and go for a while, can I talk to my nephew when I come back?"

As soon as Hong Qing's ambiguous laughter came out, Si Ye felt a little unsteady, and an ominous premonition surged up in his heart. Since he didn't want to talk to Hong Qing at this moment, he gave a dry laugh , found an extremely far-fetched reason, and planned to temporarily avoid it for a while.

"Danbuku? Hey, it's done. Fourth uncle just go, and my nephew just happened to wake up to something related to Satinku, so I'll go to the palace to face the saint."

Fourth Master wanted to slip away, but Hong Qing would not let it go lightly, but after listening to him laughing, he followed Fourth Master's words and uttered a threatening sentence.

"Huh? Where did my nephew start talking about it? Why did Uncle become more and more confused the more he listened to it?"

Hearing that Hong Qing's words were not kind, Fourth Master's desire to leave immediately disappeared, his brows frowned, and he asked in displeasure.

"Hehe, Fourth Uncle is confused on the surface, but he is very clear in his heart."

No matter how tightly Fourth Master frowned, Hong Qing remained unmoved, smiled coldly, and mocked Fourth Master without any scruples.

"Hmph! What do you mean by this, tell me clearly!"

Fourth master had never been a good-tempered person, and now that Hong Qing bullied him to the door with such a slap in the face, he immediately became angry, with a straight face, and sternly reprimanded him.

"The fourth uncle wants to hear it, so my nephew naturally has to say, hey, as far as my nephew knows, the satin and silk fabrics have been purchased for four years this summer, and the paint library has also received four times the amount of previous years. Is there any explanation for this?"

Hong Qing didn't care about Si Ye's black face and scolding at all, she shrugged her shoulders nonchalantly, and asked in a cold voice.

"That's it?"

The fourth master is a very scheming person, when he first planned to trick Hong Qing, he had already figured out how to deal with it by withdrawing and retreating, so he was not panicked when he heard Hong Qing ask , asked in the same cold voice.

"There are a lot of things, after all, I have to understand each and every one of them. I think fourth uncle must have someone to teach me."

Hong Qing dared to come to inquire about the crime, so she was absolutely not afraid of fourth master's sophistry, even if she made a frank and selfless appearance, Hong Qing didn't take it seriously, but she was not in a hurry to get mad, she just shrugged her shoulders and responded in a concealed manner One sentence.

(End of this chapter)