Jiang Lianzhi went into the palace to discuss matters. As soon as he came back and entered the Yamen, a minor official came to report that the young Marquis of Xuanping Marquis had something to do with him.
"How long have you been here?"
The clerk replied: "It didn't take long, but I have drank five cups of tea and eaten three plates of melon seeds. It seems that I am not ready to leave until I wait for the adults."
Jiang Lianzhi waved the clerk to step aside. When he entered, Pei Chunli crossed his legs and lay on his back in a chair, falling into a deep sleep.
Melon seed shells were scattered all over the ground, and Pei Chunli still had a handful in his hand.
The clerk was about to call someone, but Jiang Lianzhi raised his hand to stop him. After walking out of the door, he asked, "He came alone?"
The clerk said: "That's not true, there are two more followers, I have arranged them..."
Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Lianzhi strode away and kicked the door open with his foot.
The entourage inside was startled.
Jiang Lianzhi stood at the door, "Is there anyone else?"
The attendant said: "Come back to me, sir, I have to go to the toilet."
Jiang Lianzhi sneered, it was just as he guessed.
He and Pei Chunli had no intersection. A young marquis who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun suddenly came to the Ministry of Household Affairs to look for him, either committing adultery or stealing.
"Have people guard all the doors and don't let anyone out." Jiang Lianzhi ordered as he walked and walked into the inner office.
When Shen Yu entered the warehouse, she felt that this trip was probably in vain.
The bookshelves in the warehouse are as far as the eye can see. They are three meters high and have more than ten floors. If just one shelf of books falls, it can kill someone.
It is too difficult to find clues in this vast ocean.
The bookshelf is marked by the zodiac signs, rather than by category and year, probably to prevent anyone from coming in and browsing.
With the thought that it was time to come, Shen Yu found a shelf at random, took out a book, opened it, glanced at it, and stuffed it back.
In fact, if you read a few more books, you can find clues. They are not disorganized but divided into categories. In this case, you can always find them one by one, but it just takes time.
I hope Pei Chunli can be more vigilant. It would be nice if Jiang Lianzhi could hold him back for a while when he came back.
As time passed, Shen Yu held a book and flipped through it.
She finally found this book, which happened to be the fifteenth year of Tongxu.
Shen Yu looked through it, but couldn't find the information she wanted. Just as she was about to get a copy, a familiar voice sounded behind her.
"You can't find it."
Shen Yu's hair suddenly stood up.
Jiang Lianzhi! When did he come? Why didn't she notice.
Shen Yu didn't move and heard footsteps approaching slowly.
Jiang Lianzhi approached and said, "I might as well tell you that when Ge Liangji was the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, the Account Book of the Ministry of Revenue was divided into two volumes, the real one and the false one. One is for people to see, and the other is for ghosts to see. What's the point? You are so smart, you should know what is true and false."
The footsteps stopped behind her, and it seemed that Jiang Lianzhi already knew who she was.
Shen Yu gritted her teeth and struck with her arm at a tricky angle.
Jiang Lianzhi's back hit the bookshelf with a bang.
The guard outside the door asked: "Sir, is it——"
"It's okay, something was overturned." Jiang Lianzhi said loudly.
After saying this, he looked at Shen Yu and said, "Look, I won't harm you."
Shen Yu pulled her fingers away, and Jiang Linzhi suddenly had difficulty breathing, but he didn't frown, "What are you looking for...? Something about Yan... Yanliang Pass?"
Shen Yu frowned, and the force on her hand became a little stronger. Jiang Lianzhi finally closed his eyes in pain, but there was no intention of resisting.
He has been called a child prodigy since he was a child, and his mind is incomparable to others.
He felt that there was something wrong with Pei Chunli last time at the teahouse. He had heard a little bit about Pei Chunli climbing to the corner of Beilin Palace. Plus Shen Yu was in Beilin Palace, he quickly connected the whole line, so he rushed to the warehouse. .
"Where are the true and false account books you mentioned?" Shen Yu asked coldly, her hands loosening slightly.
Jiang Lianzhi finally took a breath, "Tell me first, what do you want to do incognito?"
Shen Yu didn't answer.
Jiang Lianzhi thought to himself: "I know even if you don't tell me. You want to find out the truth and avenge your father, right?"
He picked up the account book that Shen Yu had just taken, took a look at it and said, "June of the 15th year of Tongxu... It seems that you have learned something about it."
He seemed to know what he meant.
Shen Yu grabbed the account book and said, "You are an insider."
Jiang Lianzhi shook his head, "I'm not, I'm not afraid of your jokes. Ge Liangji manages the Household Department very well. It took me three years in the Household Department to get anything done."
Shen Yu didn't believe him, and Jiang Lianzhi knew it.
"I know you don't believe me, but I won't harm you. You should believe that you are following Xie Tingzhou to use him to find out the truth."
Jiang Lianzhi looked at her, "I can do that too. If you want to check the account books, I'm the nearest way. As long as you--"
With a small sudden sound, Jiang Lianzhi's chin touched a sharp dagger.
"I can still make you speak in other ways." Shen Yu said coldly.
Jiang Lianzhi was forced to raise his head and chuckled softly when he heard this, "How about we make a deal."
"I don't make deals."
"Then I can only lay the bait. It's up to you whether you bite the hook or not."
Shen Yu frowned and took back the dagger, "Say."
Jiang Lianzhi wiped his chin, there was some blood on his fingertips, "First tell me where you found it."
Seeing that Shen Yu didn't speak, Jiang Lianzhi nodded slightly, "Then let me say it. Ge Liangji was executed, and I took over the household department. Do you know why the suppression of bandits has been delayed until now?"
He solemnly said: "Because the Ministry of Revenue is an extremely bad mess. The march needs food and wages. The national treasury is in short supply. The Ministry of Revenue cannot allocate money, so naturally it is delayed again and again."
Shen Yu said in a deep voice: "Ge Liangji has embezzled so much money. Isn't it enough to confiscate his house and put it into the national treasury?"
"Fifty-eight million and a thousand taels." Jiang Lianzhi said: "This is the money that Ge Ji embezzled in the book. How much do you think was confiscated?"
Jiang Lianzhi said to himself before she could say anything, "Less than one hundred thousand taels."
Shen Yu's eyebrows immediately wrinkled.
There is too much discrepancy here.
Jiang Lianzhi said: "Even if it is extravagant, it will not be so different. Then guess again, where did the remaining five million-plus taels of silver go?"
Shen Yu clenched the account book in her hand.
Jiang Lianzhi glanced at the account book in her hand.
As if he was really baiting Shen Yu, he asked another question.
"In the 15th year of Tongxu, there was a drought in Yong'an counties. The Ministry of Household Affairs allocated 300,000 taels of silver and 80,000 shi of grain to Yong'an for disaster relief. Later, the disaster was brought under control, and the officials who went to provide disaster relief were promoted and are now councilors of the Xuanzheng Department."
Jiang Lianzhi turned around and looked at her, "I know far more than Xie Tingzhou. Can you bite such a bait?"
