Jiang Dai, who was vaguely scolded by the emperor, naturally could not question Shen Ao about his attitude, so he had to put his focus back on business. He looked at Shen Ao and said with confidence in his voice: "Master Shen, it's true. To be honest, in the past, it took ten days for the Ministry of Finance to calculate the number of acres of land to get an accurate result. But this time, you only have two days to do it, which makes people doubt that after I get your statistical results I was very suspicious, so I asked someone to do the calculation again. Sure enough, the number of acres you reported was less than one million acres. Do you know what this means? Do you know that according to your According to the statistical results, how much money will the imperial court lose? Do you know..."
"Wait a minute." Shen Ao spoke again, interrupting Jiang Dai who was chattering away. The right servant, who was talking enthusiastically, felt depressed again. Just when he was about to reprimand something, Emperor Qianwen's voice came from the palace again. came, "Jiang Aiqing, didn't I just say that? Before the matter is clarified, you should not make any judgments on your own. Didn't you hear clearly?"
"Ah! I don't dare. I was really angry for a moment. I know I was wrong." Facing the emperor's question, which still contained a trace of anger, Jiang Dai immediately lowered his head.
"Humph!" Emperor Qianwen gave him a cold snort, but then the stern voice disappeared. Instead, he asked Shen Ao with a pleasant look, "Mr. Zhongguo, do you have anything to say? I can tell everyone about it."
Rui Butong and Qiu Xu, who had already sensed something was wrong, lowered their heads at this moment. At this time, they could not see that Emperor Qianwen was biased towards Shen Ao. With such an attitude, they suddenly became worried about themselves.
Before knowing the emperor's attitude, he rashly accompanied Jiang Dai to impeach Shen Ao. This may be a bad move.
Jiang Dai also had the same feeling, and his lowered face couldn't help but change.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Shen Ao clasped his fists and bowed his hands. He seemed not to feel this bias. His face was still very calm, but his tone was already rising in tone: "Jiang Shilang, what do you mean? The result you get is different from someone else’s, but how can you prove that your calculation is correct?”
"Since you know that the Ministry of Finance usually takes ten days to calculate the land, why do you only give it five days?"
"You keep saying how much money the court will lose if you make a wrong calculation. But have you ever thought about what if you make a wrong calculation? What will be the result?"
"You also said that it only took two days, but you only took one day. How can you prove that you are right?"
"Shilang Jiang, it's useless to talk more. I don't want to accuse anyone here. The so-called truth is unclear. I will make a bet with you. We can find someone to do the calculation again to see who is right and who is wrong. ?Of course, if the subordinate makes a mistake, he will immediately resign as the head of the Finance Department, but what if Jiang Shilang makes a mistake, so what?"
If Jiang Daizhiyan was pressing harder and harder just now, Shen Aozhiyan is no less fierce now. Moreover, he even risked his official position, which shows that his counterattack is even more fierce.
As Shen Ao asked each sentence, Jiang Dai's face became more and more ugly. He had just thought that Shen Ao only had two days to calculate the results, and there were only three people doing the calculation together. It was impossible to complete the calculation task, and he should be perfunctory. The results given, but I never thought about what would happen if I was wrong?
Now being asked this question by Shen Ao, I couldn't help but feel stunned. Yes! What if I made a mistake in my calculation?
It took Shen Ao two days to get the results that were unconvincing, but he was very anxious. Even if he calculated carefully, he only spent one afternoon and one night. Although the calculations sent by the dispatched There are more people, but does it necessarily mean that there are more people?
It was not the result of his own calculation. It was impossible to say that Jiang Dai had full confidence. As a result, the matter also involved the black gauze hat on his head. At this moment, he did not dare to deal with it and closed his eyes in silence. Mouth.
Even Jiang Dai shut his mouth, let alone Rui Butong and Qiu Xu. It was obvious that Shen Ao wanted to fight back, and even put pressure on his official career. It was not easy for them to participate in such a big event. Victory would not be beautiful, and defeat would be ugly. .
Emperor Qianwen, who was sitting in the main hall, couldn't help but be shocked after hearing Shen Ao's counterattack.
He had been thinking about how Shen Ao would face Jiang Dai's questioning, how to make things right, and how to reduce Shen Ao's guilt. But he had never thought about whether the results given by Jiang Dai were really correct. Now after this As soon as he was reminded, he suddenly realized, yes, what if it turned out that Shen Ao was right and Jiang Dai was wrong?
To say that this result is not unreasonable. Although it is doubtful that the three of them completed the task in two days that would normally take dozens of officials from the Ministry of Finance ten days to complete, but thinking that it was Shen Ao who did the matter, it is doubtful. No fuss anymore.
Just like those new gadgets created by Shen Ao, the iodized salt, Shen's rice paper, including the exquisite glass products at the back, which one is not a miracle, and which one is within people's psychological expectations ?
This is a person who likes and is good at creating miracles. Anything that may happen to other people may be questionable, but it is so natural for Shen Ao, right?
Knowing that there would be another result, Shen Ao did not make a mistake in his calculations. Maybe Jiang Dai made a mistake. Emperor Qianwen's face became much gloomier. It was fine for others to question Shen Ao. He, the one who immediately benefited, was still someone else's. It is unforgivable that the biological father should question it. In order to make up for this mistake, Emperor Qianwen looked at Jiang Dai who was standing there silently, with a little more anger in his eyes, "Jiang Dai, what do you have to say, how dare you Do you want to make a bet with Duke Zhongguo?"
Well, he didn't even call her Aiqing, but called her by her first name. This already shows Emperor Wen's attitude at this moment.
Jiang Dai, who was called by his first name by the emperor, was immediately dumbfounded. He had been in the officialdom for decades. How could he not see clearly what a tone and a title meant? Knowing that the emperor was dissatisfied with him, how could he still I dare to bet that he fell to his knees with a plop and shouted, "Your Majesty, maybe I am wrong."
One sentence was wrong, or maybe it was wrong, so Jiang Dai wanted to cover it up. The corners of Shen Ao's mouth on the side curled up slightly, with a hint of disdain in his eyes. If you refuse to repent, then add a sentence to him The crime is.
Shen Ao is not a person who will retaliate against others, but he will not let others bully him and remain indifferent.
Shen Ao is not a good person. Just like what Lao Guo said, repay evil with kindness? How to repay kindness? Others don't know what you have been through, so they advise you to be generous. That kind of person also has problems, but still very problematic.
Although no one advised Shen Ao anything, Jiang Dai took the initiative to find trouble for himself. First he gave him a seemingly impossible task, and then he secretly probed himself. If such a person is not taught a lesson, he may be in trouble in the future. There will still be trouble.
If you continue to break up, you will inevitably suffer chaos. Shen Ao spoke, "Your Majesty, I have a question that I don't understand. I would like to ask Mr. Jiang to clarify it."
"Well, if you have any questions that you don't understand, just ask." Emperor Qianwen nodded and said, "I support you. If you have any questions, just ask."
In the previous fight between Shen Ao and the prince, Emperor Qianwen was forced to side with the prince. However, with the appearance of Aoxue, his intention to suppress Shen Ao was completely destroyed. Even after such a long time, he even Tianlei He didn't even ask about the matter once. He was worried that it would make Shen Ao anxious and attract Aoxue to appear again. He was afraid that he would not know what kind of problems would happen by then.
In other words, if this happened again, even if Shen Ao had a dispute with the former prince, he would not favor the prince to suppress Shen Ao. Even the prince and Shen Ao would not be able to take advantage of each other, let alone a mere Qian Wenshi, a minister of household affairs, really didn't care. At this time, he was already thinking about how to deal with Jiang Dai, thinking that Shen Ao had taken this tone.
Shen Ao didn't know what the emperor was thinking, but after getting Emperor Qianwen's approval, he turned around, faced Jiang Dai, bowed his body, and made a look like asking for advice. "Master Jiang, I would like to ask, Daliang Is the number of acres of farmland near the city considered Daqian’s secret?”
When Shen Ao said that he wanted to ask him something, Jiang Dai had a bad feeling. But he did not give in immediately. In his opinion, Shen Ao was just a young man, a young man who had achieved success. So what if he is talented? He is the right minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the third in command of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and can be regarded as one of the important ministers in the entire Daqian.
With such status and qualifications, he cannot bow his head to a junior at will. Otherwise, where would his face be?
Maintaining his identity, Jiang Dai decided to accept Shen Ao's advice. He wanted to see what questions the other party could ask. Although he was well prepared and very cautious in his mentality, when faced with Shen Ao's questions , still couldn't stop his whole body from trembling, he suddenly thought of a terrible thing, and he realized that he had made a big mistake.
Jiang Dai's whole body trembled. When he didn't know how to answer, Shen Ao's voice sounded again, "Mr. Jiang, if I remember correctly, the number of acres is related to taxes and grain output. If you think carefully, someone who is willing can calculate the number of acres." How much grain is stored and how much food can be used by the population and the army, so this matter has always been kept secret. Except for a few important ministers of the Ministry of Revenue and the officials handled by the Ministry of Finance, no one else, even if they are also officials of the Ministry of Revenue, has no idea. We only know the final statistical results, right? The law even stipulates that anyone who wants to inquire about the number of acres can be regarded as peeking into the secrets of the country and will be punished with a felony, right?"