Chapter 113 Up to Heaven to Listen
Ye Gaixian's expression kept changing. When he heard the number said by Deng Qianqiu, his head was already buzzing.

Finally, he asked in disbelief, "Really?"

Deng Qianqiu said: "The treasury is right in front of us, what is real and what is fake? You should first tell the eunuch, you are raiding my house, what should I do if you raid my house, so many people depend on me for food."

Should also first: "..."

Ye Gaixian finally let go of the hand that was holding Deng Qianqiu's collar, and was extremely surprised. He couldn't help but ask, "You...you...what's going on?"

Deng Qianqiu scratched his head and said in annoyance, "It's hard to explain this to you right now. But the Hundred Households Office now holds lectures every three days. Sometimes I will give lectures on miscellaneous subjects. If you are interested in this, you can come and listen. I guarantee that you will benefit a lot."

He glared at Deng Qianqiu speechlessly, then said, "Stop talking nonsense. We are here on the orders of the Emperor. We must escort the tax silver into the palace immediately."

Although I feel that the situation has changed, the imperial edict is the imperial edict and cannot be taken lightly.

Deng Qianqiu looked a little aggrieved and said, "But His Majesty also issued an imperial decree before, allowing the Hundred Households to retain 20%..."

He also knew the emperor's temper best, and was afraid that the emperor was getting impatient, so he interrupted and said, "That was what the emperor said several months ago. What does the emperor of several months ago have to do with the emperor today? We are following the new decree."

Deng Qianqiu looked like he should be more accommodating. He was troubled, and finally said helplessly: "Okay, okay, whatever you want. I will go back to ask His Royal Highness Prince Jin to borrow money. Nine out of thirteen will be returned. Then..."

He should have felt overwhelmed first, so he had no choice but to say, "Wait a moment."

So, he hurriedly pulled an old eunuch and a captain from the Guard Department together to discuss the matter in private.

"It seems that the situation has changed... How should I put it? And His Majesty did have an old decree before..."

The old eunuch said calmly, "But the original order we obey is to escort him immediately, without any mistakes or hesitation."

He should also nod first, then look at the thousand households.

The captain hesitated and said, "Is it safer to go back and report to His Majesty..."

Ye Dai first frowned and said, "It would be a bit unreasonable to report back. His Majesty is so anxious, if we report back again, His Majesty will be furious and blame us for not doing our job well."

The old eunuch also pondered and said, "I should obey your order. This is a matter of attitude. Slaves should not have their own opinions. Once they have their own opinions, they will be close to death."

Take the current situation for example. Although changes have occurred, the problem is that changes have occurred and the will has been discounted. That is a problem of attitude and it is very likely that one will lose his head.

As long as we carry out the orders without any deviation, even if something goes wrong, we are still acting in accordance with the emperor's orders. Even if His Majesty comes back and blames us for being pedantic and incompetent, we will probably just be punished and our lives will definitely be saved.

The captain of the Guards Department remembered something and said, "There is a solution."

"Tell me quickly." He should say it first.

The captain of the Guards said, "Since the situation has changed, the money is many times more than expected. If we go back and report it again, it will seem that we are in two minds. Why not take this opportunity to ask the Five Armies Military Governor's Office to transfer some people to help? The Five Armies Military Governor's Office dare not transfer people without permission, and will definitely report it to His Majesty. In this way, we are doing our best here, but we are short of manpower. The matter of reporting it will be transferred to the Five Armies Military Governor's Office. Even if His Majesty is furious, he will scold the Five Armies Military Governor's Office."

After hearing this, the old eunuch's eyes lit up and he nodded in surprise and said, "This is good, this is good."

Ye Gaixian frowned and said, "I am afraid that I will run into trouble at the Five Military Commander's Office... and then I will offend all the commanders..."

After saying this, the three of them looked at each other, hesitant.

The status of the current Five Military Governors' Office is far from comparable to that of later ones. The governors here are all founding princes and dukes. If we put the blame on them, who knows if they will bear a grudge when they come to their senses.

At this time, someone came up and said, "This is easy. I'll let my assistant secretary go. He is not afraid of death and is a loyal and courageous scholar. Let him go to see the emperor and say... the decree is hasty and will delay the construction period. He dare not obey the decree."

The three of them were shocked, but it was Deng Qianqiu who was so shameless that he actually came over to listen.

His face turned red first. He wanted to scold Deng Qianqiu for being so tactless, but at this moment he couldn't help but think: "Does this little clerk dare?"

Deng Qianqiu said: "What's there to be afraid of? He is a scholar with a stubborn temper, you can just fool him..."

It was also the turn of the three people, whose faces began to change.

Finally, everyone exchanged glances.

Ye Dang coughed and said, "Captain Deng, we are discussing official business, please don't mix personal grudges into it. Besides, do you think that assistant secretary is a fool? Can you fool him?"

After thinking about it, he finally gritted his teeth and said, "Don't touch the treasury. Let's go to the palace in person. Deng Qianqiu, give me the accounts. I want all the accounts."

Finally, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

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Zhu Yuanzhang in the palace had become increasingly absent-minded. Although he was chatting with Xu Da about military affairs in the hall, his eyes were very wandering.

Xu Da seemed to have noticed something, but pretended not to know and just answered whatever Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

After waiting for a long time, there was still no movement.

Zhu Yuanzhang became more and more anxious and even became restless.

At this time, a eunuch finally came in hurriedly and said, "Your Majesty..."

Zhu Yuanzhang exhaled, looked outside, and asked anxiously: "What's the matter? Has the silver been escorted back? How much is left?" The eunuch said: "It's time for the eunuch to ask for an audience first."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he frowned, his face suddenly became ugly, and his heart sank.

He should have gone there in compliance with the imperial order first. Logically, he should have come back to report back.

But now he wants to see you, there is clearly something fishy going on.

problem occurs.

Could it be that you didn't even leave me a tael of silver?

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were fierce at this time, and there was a fire burning in his heart, wanting to kill someone.

"Call."

I should hurry into the palace and bow, saying, "Your Majesty, I am honored to meet you..."

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a stern face: "Has the silver been escorted back?"

"Your Majesty, something unexpected has happened." He said tremblingly, "We don't have enough carriages and horses, and we don't have enough manpower..."

Zhu Yuanzhang felt that his patience had run out and angrily asked, "What do you mean by that?"

I should also say first: "Silver... Silver is too much. So I have decided to enter the palace and ask for your majesty's judgment."

Having said that, she should kowtow first and say: "I am guilty of a thousand deaths. I cannot obey your order and share your worries..."

Zhu Yuanzhang was greatly surprised. The anger on his face suddenly froze. Then he looked at Ye Gaixian and said, "What do you mean by too much silver? I didn't ask you to raid Deng Jian's house. I asked you to pawn the silver in the treasury of the Hundred Households Office. What you want back is my silver!"

I should have said with a sad face: "It's the silver in the treasury. The current deposit in the treasury is 2.61 million taels. It's too much. Even if I have three heads and six arms..."

Two million six hundred and one hundred thousand taels...

Zhu Yuanzhang felt his head buzzing and was so shocked that he was speechless.

Li Shanchang and Xu Da, who were sitting nearby, were also shocked.

Even Wang Guangyang and Hu Weiyong could not help being moved.

This number is really shocking.

It has exceeded everyone's cognition.

Zhu Yuanzhang opened his eyes wide, stared at Yesen and asked, "Where did this silver come from?"

"The conscripted ones..." You should also say first: "I have brought the account book, please have a look, Your Majesty."

Zhu Yuanzhang no longer had any other thoughts and was completely focused on the account book.

When something unexpected happens, there must be something wrong. The silver could not have increased out of thin air. Even the increased silver was so much that even Zhu Yuanzhang himself was scared.

He also handed over the account book first and said patiently: "This is a simplified version. It was compiled by Deng Qianqiu... just for..."

"Alright, alright." Zhu Yuanzhang was annoyed after hearing this and waved his hand, asking them to leave first.

Then, he sat behind the imperial desk, opened the pages of the account books, and read them carefully.

The so-called simplified version is actually a fool-proof version. Of course, even though Deng Qianqiu is not stupid enough to say this, he should still say this first, because this fool-proof version is originally used to prevent the superiors from checking the accounts. One can't say that all the people above the Hundred Households are fools.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked carefully and found that the accounts of the previous few months were indeed not much different from before, with a fluctuation of only about 200,000 or 300,000 taels of silver.

But just two or three months ago, suddenly, the number started to change. The increasing amount reached a terrifying level, so that although the tax silver was being spent desperately, the amount of silver collected doubled.

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned. How could such a thing happen in the world?

This is really outrageous to the point of being unbelievable!
Zhu Yuanzhang raised his head suddenly and asked: "Have you checked the situation of the treasury silver?"

Ye Gai said first: "At the moment, I can't figure it out, but I personally went to see the treasury, it was full, so much so that when both vaults were full, they dug a basement and vacated many houses for storage."

Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath and said, "So, this is true?"

I should also say first: "I think that even if Deng Qianqiu has great courage, he would not dare to deceive the emperor. He is a coward."

Zhu Yuanzhang was skeptical about the previous words, because he knew better than anyone that there were many people in this world who dared to deceive the emperor, and if you relax a little, they will dare to fool you.

However, the last four words were like a reassurance pill, which made Zhu Yuanzhang calm down immediately.

Yes, everyone in the world dares to deceive the king, except this kid. He doesn’t have the courage!
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