Probably because he was pretending to be worried, Wei Haohao tossed and turned all night and didn't sleep well. I woke up before dawn and opened my eyes just in time to see Li Jun's profile. After staring for a long time, there was no movement from Li Jun. Wei Haohao was a little frustrated. He wanted to get up but was afraid of disturbing him to sleep, but he was unwilling to maintain the same posture all the time. So, she tried to get out of Li Jun's arms.
I don’t know what’s going on, but she always wakes up in this position every day. When they sleep, the two of them are obviously lying side by side, but when they wake up, their appearance completely changes.
As soon as Wei Haohao raised his head, Li Hao woke up.
"Madam, why did you get up so early?" Li Jun was sleepy and wanted to sleep for a while.
"I'm going to check on the salary issue."
"Qin Yao has already told Uncle Wei about the salary issue. They should have sent people to line up. ."
"What kind of queue?" Wei Haohao asked confused.
Li Jun yawned and explained: "The salary is collected at the Taicang Department. In addition to silver, some grains, cloth, etc. are also used for discounting. When receiving the salary, a voucher is required, and, You need to get it back by yourself."
Wei Haohao was a little surprised when he heard this. Is it so complicated? She thought it was delivered to her door. I said this accidentally.
Li Han smiled and said: "It is indeed possible. Just say hello to the staff of Taicang Department. However, I am not in the court now. I was afraid that people would be suspicious, so I asked Uncle Wei to send someone to line up early in the morning. "
Just like Wei Haohao's own understanding, the outside world will naturally have certain speculations about her situation. If Wei Haohao skillfully sent someone to send greetings to the palace, some people might be suspicious of where Wei Haohao got the information. After all, even the concubine Xie had to wait in line for a whole day to get it.
"You are so smart!" Wei Haohao admired him a little.
Li Jun corrected: "This is not smart, I just know a little more than you."
"That's amazing." Wei Haohao was trying to flatter him crazily. .
For people who are sick, sometimes appropriate encouragement can have unexpected effects.
Li Jun couldn't help but smile.
It was not until Shenshi that those who went to receive their salary came back. Wei Haohao watched bags of food being moved into the courtyard, as well as some cloth, silk, charcoal, etc., his face flushed with excitement. The expected scene of Mr. Xie making trouble did not appear, and even his smile became a little brighter. Xie wanted to cause trouble, but there was only one certificate for each official, and it would be distributed to officials when the salary payment date was approaching. After Wei Haohao got it, the Xie family was naturally gone, and there was no way to cause trouble.
Li Han on the side reminded her: "We weigh each other first."
"Huh?" Wei Haohao was still a little confused, could such a thing be so valuable? But in terms of salaryIt was obvious that Li Jun had more experience, so Wei Haohao obediently sent someone to weigh the goods before putting them in the warehouse.
After the two had dinner, Wei Si also brought the account book to pay the account.
"Miss Zhen, everything has been put into storage. Here are the account books."
"Uncle Wei, thank you for your hard work. Go back and rest."
Send away After hearing Wei Si, Wei Haohao showed the account book to Li Han, "Do you see any problems with this?"
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After Li Han finished flipping through the pages, he chuckled, "It's true."
"What do you mean?"
"According to the discounted price, this grain It should be five thousand shi instead of 4,500 shi, which means it is missing a full 500 shi, which is equivalent to five hundred taels of silver."
Wei Haohao slapped the table and stood up, saying angrily: "It's actually less. You have paid so much! Are all the people in the household department unqualified?"
Li Han smiled and reassured: "That's not the case. It is very likely that they are lining their own pockets. It is often said that the officials are like rats. Like fighting, greed is here. It's just a waste of time for you to argue with him."
"Have they always treated you like this before?"
"Of course. No. "Prince Jin is a ruthless man, and no one dares to provoke him until he is poisoned.
When the salary was first issued, some people did dare to do this. When Li Jun personally brought people to find him, he still refused to admit it. The Mengkui Li Jun must have refused to eat, so he beat these people and then took them to see the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. These people were timid and fearful, and they vomited out the food after being beaten. From then on, he did not dare to embarrass Li Jun in terms of salary. But rats always have something to eat. Since Li Jun can't get any benefits here, other officials will definitely be unlucky.
"Then what are we going to do?"
In the past, Li Han came directly to the door. Now, there is a better way.
"Tell your father-in-law about this and ask him to take a copy of the Ministry of Household Affairs tomorrow morning. It will not work if these rats in the official warehouse are not controlled." It's not that he had never thought of doing this before, but in the past His relationship with the emperor might be bitten back and cause more trouble, which would be worse than a beating.
Wei Haohao nodded. Li Hao was obviously more knowledgeable about matters in the court, so she would be right as long as she listened to him. Immediately, he sent someone to deliver the news before the curfew.
In the morning of the next day, Wei Guangdu submitted a letter to the Ministry of Household Affairs. After Wei Haohao came back with the news, he became suspicious and counted his own food, and found that there was indeed less food. There were a lot of them, although not as many as hundreds of stones, there were still more than twenty stones.
Wei Guanglu naturally refused to admit it, and he retorted: "If the Taicang Department has not distributed enough food, why don't the censors submit a report, but you are the only one who submits a letter?"
Wei Guangdu sneered. With a loud voice, he said: "Everyone might as wellGo back and do an inventory to see if I, Mr. Wei, made things out of thin air, or if you, the Taicang Department of the Ministry of Revenue, have too many rats. "
Zeng Liangzuo, the imperial censor, added: "Not bad. In this case, he sent a group of censors to record whether the food received by each official was correct and entered the account book. What did the emperor think? "
This corruption in the household department is a big problem, ranging from official salaries to national taxation and national treasury. It can never be taken lightly. Emperor Yan Ping naturally had no doubt about this, "Zhunzou. ”
Collecting evidence and comparing it is a complicated task, but fortunately it was the emperor’s personal order. The censors did not dare to neglect, and many problems were found in just two days.
Above the court, Emperor Yan Ping threw the memorial away angrily and said angrily: "Wei Guanglu. "
Wei Guanglu knew something was wrong as soon as he heard the voice, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "I'm here. ”
“Your household department is really good at judging people.” The salary of each of these imperial officials can be two or three dan more, while 70% of those officials below the fifth rank, especially those at the local level, will have less than a few dan. Your household department is really good at getting things done! ”