After waving away the people around him, Liu Dehai immediately said respectfully to Qian Ruoyu.
"My dear, what is going on today? Does this matter have something to do with you?"
After all, Liu Dehai can be considered one of his own, so Qian Ruoyu naturally nodded without hesitation.
"You are right, this matter does have something to do with me."
Qian Ruoyu said very directly: "The Hubu owes my husband one million taels of silver, and I decided to teach them a little lesson."
After hearing what Qian Ruoyu said, Liu Dehai was immediately impressed.
Liu Dehai never thought that Qian Ruoyu could use such a method to deal with Hu Bu, and he even clapped his hands and applauded him.
"Mother, I didn't expect that you would be able to take such action. It's really great. I've long been unhappy with these people in the household department!"
"The Ministry of Revenue also owes our Ministry of Internal Affairs a sum of money, about three hundred thousand taels. This money was originally a reward for the staff of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but it was eventually embezzled by people from the Yamen of the Ministry of Household Affairs."
After hearing these words, Qian Ruoyu frowned.
Because Qian Ruoyu never expected that the people from the Ministry of Revenue would be so arrogant and even dare to swallow money from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
It is precisely because of this that Qian Ruoyu decided to join forces with Liu Dehai in front of him.
"Mr. Liu, I wonder if you have any idea of teaching these people in the Hubu Yamen a lesson. If so, I have a way."
Liu Dehai nodded immediately.
"Everything must be obeyed by the Queen!"
Qian Ruoyu then continued to talk.
"Since the people in the Hubu Yamen are so arrogant, let's cut off their water and food, and find a way to hint them to hand over the 1.3 million taels of silver."
When he heard the price of 1.3 million taels, Liu Dehai was even happier.
This means that Qian Ruoyu also has to help him take out 300,000 taels of silver.
And in this way, as long as he can return the three hundred thousand taels of silver to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he, the new general manager, will surely be able to establish a higher prestige in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Thinking of this immediately made Liu Dehai excited, but he also said with some worry.
"This... method is not bad, but cutting off water and food may cause displeasure among the people inside... If His Majesty is provoked inside..."
Qian Ruoyu smiled.
"Don't worry, it's just to teach them a lesson. What's more, you represent His Majesty. They already have a plague. Is it possible that we can still accommodate them?"
"I believe you have many methods, and you will never let me down. By then, you will be able to get all the 1.3 million taels of silver out."
After listening to Qian Ruoyu's words, Liu Dehai immediately built up his confidence.
At this time, a water carriage slowly stopped at the door of the Hubu Yamen.
After seeing this scene, Liu Dehai walked forward directly.
Just when the water delivery person had just brought down the first bucket of water, Liu Dehai had already spoken.
"Okay, okay, let's put this water at the door temporarily. Your Majesty's soldiers also need to drink water."
The waterman was immediately stunned.
"This, this... this sir, the Household Department Yamen normally requires six buckets of water to be delivered every day. This is just one bucket of water. There are not enough adults inside."
But Liu Dehai ordered even more sternly.
"I'll give you one bucket if I ask you to. Leave the rest for His Majesty's soldiers to drink. What, you want to disobey the emperor's order?"
After suddenly hearing these words, the water carrier was so frightened that he quickly backed away, his hands trembling continuously.
After all, he is just an ordinary citizen. He has never seen such a battle before. When he heard these words, he was even more frightened and trembled.
And just after that, Liu Dehai said.
"It's okay. You can go back now. You will still deliver six buckets of water tomorrow. You only need to keep one bucket. In addition, what happened in the Hubu Yamen must not be told. If the news leaks out, everyone will be executed!"
"
The water carrier was so frightened that he did not dare to speak. At this time, he quickly lowered his head and almost knelt down to Liu Dehai.
After he put the remaining six buckets of water aside, he quickly pulled the carriage and left.
And Liu Dehai even said to a senior person next to him.
"Distribute this water and let the brothers drink it too. It's tiring for the brothers to stand guard."
After hearing these words, the commander naturally nodded quickly. After all, there was water to drink. He naturally started to carry out Liu Dehai's orders quickly, and Liu Dehai also gained the favor of these soldiers.
At noon, several ministers came to the door of the Yamen one after another and looked outside.
At the same time, one of them said: "Manager Liu, we usually go home to eat. Now that the government office is closed, I think we need to inform our families and ask them to send us meals..."
Several other people also spoke one after another.
"That's right, Mr. Liu, you can seal us up, but you can't deny us food. Otherwise, there will be a lot of things to deal with in the afternoon..."
"Manager Liu, please help inform our family members!"
But after hearing this, Liu Dehai just said with a sneer.
"Do you have a lot of things to deal with? It seems that our Ministry of Internal Affairs still has things to deal with. You have been dealing with things for so long, and there are so many people dealing with them, but you can't handle anything at all, and you still want to do this?
Have a meal?"
"It's not that I won't feed you, it's just that there are too many people among you. Forget it, I'll give you an hour to write out a list. We will notify the people according to the list.
The family members brought meals over."
After speaking, Liu Dehai ignored them.
Although the people inside were anxious, none of them could get out. After all, the soldiers guarding the door were all from the palace and were beyond the control of their household department.
Finally, half an hour later, someone came to the door and wanted to hand over the list, but Liu Dehai pretended not to see it.
It wasn't until another half an hour passed that the hour Liu Dehai had mentioned arrived. Liu Dehai turned around and collected the list.
People in the Hubu Yamen never thought that Liu Dehai would behave like this, but they had no way to deal with Liu Dehai at this time. Instead, several people immediately returned to the Yamen and reported to Zhang Qiang.
this matter.
"Is there anything else we haven't dealt with in the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"