"Mr. Lu, now you have a certain status in the palace, but you have only been in the palace for a few days? In addition to occasionally helping Prince Xing with suggestions and teaching the crown prince, do you have specific authority related to the palace? For example, have you seen the accounts of the palace?
?Have you been asked about money and food arrangements? Or are you qualified to sleep and eat with King Xing?"
After Zhu Hao finished speaking, Tang Yin almost wanted to say, you are very annoying, do you know?
Is this considered exposing someone’s wounds?
But thinking about it again, I am indeed not a core member of the palace, and I am not beyond the scope of the staff.
Tang Yin narrowed his eyes: "If you want to name Zhang Fengzheng, just say so. Why bother degrading me?"
Zhu Hao said: "I'm just telling the truth. If there's anything I don't like, please forgive me, Mr. Lu."
Naturally, Tang Yin would not argue with Zhu Hao. He knew that he would lose face before he came here. Now that Zhu Hao beat him back to his original shape with a stick, he was worthy of him.
"If the target in Yuan Changshi's eyes is Zhang Fengzheng, then what do you mean...not to start with the prince's studies for the time being, but to direct the target to the treasury money and food...Am I right?" Tang Yin began to find the trick.
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Zhu Hao nodded and said with a smile: "Exactly."
"Before Mr. Lu arrived at the palace, the chief steward of the palace was nominally Zhang Fengzheng. However, due to the existence of Chang Shi, Zhang Fengzheng only had the responsibility of guarding the money and grain in the warehouse but had no authority to transfer it. However, under Zhang Changshi and Yuan Changshi one after another,
After leaving the palace for various reasons, Zhang Fengzheng truly took control of the treasury.
"The change of power in the treasury means changes and transfers of personnel in relevant positions. This can also be regarded as a manifestation of the replacement of old and new in the palace in the past six months.
"But if Yuan Changshi returns to Anlu, he must first gain control of the treasury. The old man who was knocked down will also be reactivated, and then he will use King Xing's trust to find an opportunity to attack Zhang Fengzheng."
Zhu Hao's analysis is reasonable and well-founded.
Tang Yin frowned after hearing this and said in a low voice: "Listening to what you said, it seems that the palace, which has always been harmonious and peaceful, is filled with factional fighting... Are you saying this so mysteriously?"
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Do you think Yuan Changshi is a generation of Yi Yu? He hasn't even returned to Anlu yet. Didn't Mr. Lu already feel the ruthlessness of his attack?"
Tang Yin was very powerless.
Zhu Hao was right again. Before Yuan Zonggao came back, the measures against him had been implemented and received the approval of King Xing. Now the palace has begun to select new teachers in Huguang.
Zhu Hao continued: "So now Mr. Lu and Zhang Fengzheng have the same position. In my estimation, if Yuan Changshi wants to take advantage of Zhang Fengzheng to establish his authority, the previous purchase of telescopes is a good opportunity. After a little investigation, he found that two thousand
Of the two taels of silver, I gave 500 taels to Zhang Fengzheng to purchase copper pipes and decorations, which was obviously inconsistent with the actual value.
"Prince Xing doesn't care about such trivial matters at all. The people below may have benefited from Zhang Fengzheng, or they may be frightened by Zhang Fengzheng's authority, so naturally they dare not report it, but this is precisely the best entry point to deal with Zhang Fengzheng.
"And since I can give five hundred taels of silver to Zhang Zuo for bribery, I will make a lot of money with the remaining fifteen hundred taels. The palace lacks a cost and process supervision mechanism, and Yuan Changshi will also
You think I’m passing off inferior quality, or that I was too open-mouthed about the royal lion when I made the offer before…”
Tang Yin nodded: "You will also be in trouble by then."
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "So, we are all in the same boat, so why should we distinguish each other at this time?"
Tang Yin frowned slightly.
He had a bold idea in his mind. This kid would not be so willing to give Zhang Zuo five hundred taels of silver from the beginning. He had planned that one day Yuan Zonggao would come back and tried to win over Zhang Zuo to fight against Yuan Zonggao, right?
Won't!
How can there be such magic!
Tang Yin quickly denied himself.
hiss……
"That's a very difficult thing to handle. The telescope purchase has been completed. Unless you return part of the money obtained to the palace, report Zhang Fengzheng for corruption, or refuse to admit it... you must have other ways to deal with it, right?"
Tang Yin is not in a hurry now.
Although he already knew Zhu Hao's position, he couldn't guess how Zhu Hao would respond. This was purely an IQ defeat.
It's not that Tang Yin is incompetent, it's that Tang Yin knows too little about the affairs of the palace, and that he lacks a comprehensive view of the overall situation, and that he only cares about gains and losses without caring about the consequences.
Zhu Hao said: "I have no way to explain the matter of the telescope. It's like sitting back and waiting for death."
"ah?"
When Tang Yin heard this, he felt very strange.
You kid has been talking to me for a long time, just to tell me that you have been concerned about everything from the beginning, but you can't do anything about the outcome?
Then what nonsense are you talking about!
Zhu Hao said: "But we can do the opposite..."
“What does it mean to do the opposite?”
Tang Yin became more and more interested.
It is an advancement in thinking. After listening to Zhu Hao's talk, I feel that my outlook on life has to be reshaped and my thoughts can be sublimated.
It seems that it will also help me in my future behavior, especially in dealing with the relationships with people in the palace.
"Do you think that when Yuan Changshi took control of the royal treasury before, there was no loss at all?"
Zhu Hao said with a smile, "I have been in the palace for a year, and what I have seen is a group of moths in the palace. They work hard to enrich their own pockets. The king is benevolent and rarely cares about money and food. In order to ensure his control over the palace, Yuan Changshi,
Turn a blind eye to those silverfish..."
Tang Yin frowned: "It's impossible, right? You know all this?"
Of course Zhu Hao knows.
From the moment he entered the palace and met people like Li Shun, Hou Chun and Jian Maoluo, to the chaos in the palace canteen, he knew how serious the extravagance and waste in the palace was.
The accounts are in a mess, and no one pays attention to the small accounts.
In order to ensure the normal operation of the palace, Yuan Zonggao and Zhang Jingming indulged in petty corruption and petty theft. This was also a method of lenient governance, just like governing a country. If it is too strict, all corruption and violations of the law will be punished.
, then everyone above and below will definitely be in danger, and some will even jump over the wall in a hurry.
Therefore, since ancient times, in order to ensure the smooth operation of the officialdom system, emperors have turned a blind eye to many corruption behaviors, which can be regarded as a manifestation of the use of imperial power.
Zhu Hao nodded: "If you don't believe it, Mr. Lu can go to Zhang Fengzheng. Whenever you mention it to him, he will definitely get nervous and tell you everything... If you ask him to check the palace's accounts in the past few years, you will be
Find out the inconsistent parts... If Mr. Lu doesn't know how to check, just give me the account book and I can check it out quickly."
Tang Yin said: "What did you do earlier? Yuan Changshi will return to the palace tomorrow, and now you ask me to go to Zhang Fengzheng to ask for an audit?"
Tang Yin almost gave up his choice.
When things came to a close, he thought of cramming, but in his opinion, it was too late.
Zhu Hao, however, was very confident: "This is the time when everyone in the palace is most lax. After Yuan Changshi returned to the palace, he wanted to take back the power of the treasury. Do you think he can do it in a short while?
"It is precisely because Yuan Changshi has returned that the newly promoted worms are afraid of being liquidated by Yuan Changshi's partisans and dissidents, so they will fully cooperate with the audit. And Yuan Changshi's return date is irregular, it is strange that someone will pay attention to you... Maybe then
I thought you, Tang Bohu, wanted to occupy the magpie's nest!"
Tang Yin felt depressed.
This frustration comes from Zhu Hao's analysis, which makes sense.
But I didn't even think of it one step ahead.
"Before, Zhang Fengzheng was afraid that you would replace him, Mr. Lu. Only when Yuan Changshi was about to arrive and thought that he needed help, would he regard you as one of his own... It was Zhang Fengzheng who knew that he was about to pay an account and suddenly found that there were
There are many things that don't match up, which makes you nervous and urgent, so you seek medical treatment. Even if you go to him a few days in advance, it won't be as effective as going to him today or tomorrow."
When Tang Yin heard this, he fell into deep thought.
After a long while, he said: "Checking the accounts seems to be a good way to deal with it, but what's the reason? For Prince Xing and everyone in Prince Xing's palace, there must be an explanation, right?"
Zhu Hao said: "It's not easy to find the reason? Prince Xing's Mansion has to pay the court military supplies worth two thousand taels of silver. This amount of money is not a small amount for Prince Xing's Mansion. Then Zhang Fengzheng reconciled the accounts with the treasury inventory.
As a result, he asked King Xing to conduct a self-examination of the accounts.
"On the surface, Zhang Fengzheng wanted to find out the wrongdoings of those around him and exterminate relatives for justice, but he pointed the finger at the chaotic accounts of the past few years... There is no need to involve Yuan Changshi, as long as it is proved that there has been a problem with the accounts of the past few years, and at that time
The person who manages the accounts was appointed by Yuan Changshi, so it is enough to indirectly indicate that Yuan Changshi bears the responsibility for poor supervision."
There is no need to prove that Yuan Zonggao was corrupt and perverting the law. In fact, Yuan Zonggao did not. It only needs to be proved that errors occurred when Yuan Zonggao managed the accounts. If all the responsibilities are directed in this direction, then Yuan Zonggao's authority will be greatly reduced after returning to the palace.
It’s hard to return to the trust we had before.
"Um."
Tang Yin nodded seriously after thinking deeply, and then asked again: "But even if it is proved that the accounting errors are related to Yuan Changshi's poor supervision in the past few years, Yuan Changshi is still in the palace and still has a high position of power. It seems that there is nothing we can do about him.
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Zhu Hao said: "Mr. Lu, it's impossible to become a fat man with just one bite. How much credit has Yuan Changshi made in the past by advising King Xing in the palace? Is our purpose to make him infamous?"
"We just want to make him retreat when he sees the difficulties. What we want is to maintain a delicate balance in the palace. It is not that one party will gain power and the other party will completely collapse. In the future, we will have to live in harmony with Yuan Changshi."
"you……"
Tang Yin didn't know how to evaluate Zhu Hao at this time.
"After Yuan Changshi returned to Anlu, he found that his influence in the palace was not as good as before. At his age, how many years can he continue to serve in the officialdom? When he is old, he will be appointed as an inspector, or further as an official.
If the envoy becomes an official again, even if he returns to Anlu to live in his old age, he will be favored by Prince Xing's Mansion. Wouldn't it be a good idea to contribute his remaining energy to Prince Xing's Mansion?
"Do you think that Yuan Changshi returned to Prince Xing's Mansion this time just to fight with others to the death? Sorry, in my opinion, Yuan Changshi is a Confucian who does not seek merit but seeks no fault. When he found himself in the Prince's Mansion
The era of covering the sky with one hand has passed. You will know how to use your discretion and leave with dignity."