"Husband, my mother gave me some royal estates as a dowry. I want to visit them."
The corruption of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the affairs of these officials deeply touched her.
There are people who are so bold right under my nose, let alone those in the Imperial Mansion.
"I will accompany you after you return to Ning." Lin Xuan said.
Huangzhuang is a village that farms for the royal family. All the income earned by these villagers belongs to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Although the emperor is in control of the world, all taxes and taxes earned must be returned to the national treasury, and the emperor cannot use them privately.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty cleverly set up a name and sold his official position in order to collect money for his enjoyment.
The court at that time was not as poor as imagined. From the Eastern Han Dynasty's ability to put down the Yellow Turban Rebellion, we know that although the court at that time was not very wealthy, it was definitely not poor.
It's just that the money belongs to the national treasury and cannot be used by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.
On the contrary, many wise rulers will even use money from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to subsidize the national treasury.
These imperial estates were directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the local government had no control over them. Lin Xuan did not believe that there was nothing fishy in them.
In fact, Lin Xuan looked down upon the income from the land. The food he could get from one acre of land throughout the year was not worth much.
But since Li Lizhi wanted to go, he didn't mind going and taking a look.
"If husband is busy, I can just go by myself." Li Lizhi said.
"What I am doing during this time is to accompany you." Lin Xuan said.
He will go to the battlefield soon, and he doesn't know how long it will take for him to come back. He feels somewhat guilty for Li Lizhi.
"Husband, how about bringing Miss Caiyue in today." Li Lizhi suggested.
The concubine's status is not high, and there is no such thing as three letters and six appointments, and good times and auspicious days.
Basically, it's just a matter of informing the government, allocating a yard, and arranging some servants.
"Let's talk about this later in Guining."
Taking a concubine just two days after their wedding, even if Li Lizhi agreed, he couldn't do it.
Everything is mutual. Li Lizhi is considerate and considerate, but he cannot take it for granted.
Li Lizhi didn't say anything when she saw Lin Xuan saying this.
Zi Yi walked in and said, "Princess Qi, my consort, Manager Sun, I would like to see you."
Li Lizhi looked at Lin Xuan and smiled calmly and said, "Husband, it seems that the person who broke the situation is here."
"Let him in."
Ziyi responded and soon led Sun Laixi in.
"I have met the Marquis, princess." Sun Laixi saluted.
Li Lizhi smiled and said: "Manager Sun just left and came back soon. Is there something wrong?"
Sun Laixi knelt down on the ground, put the money bag aside, and said: "Princess, because I owed gambling debts, in order to pay off the gambling debts, I falsely reported the price when purchasing fabrics, and spent a total of thirty-seven thousand dollars and two hundred and sixty-six dollars."
Asking about money on November 1, I feel sorry for the Lin family."
Lin Xuan looked at Sun Laixi who was kneeling on the ground, and said calmly: "Manager Sun, I remember correctly, you should be an old man of the Lin family, right? How many years have you been in the Lin family?"
Sun Laixi said with some shame: "Back to Lord Marquis, when I was fifteen years old, I sold myself to the Lin family as a slave. It has been seventeen years now."
"Have we, the Lin family, ever treated you badly in so long?"
Sun Laixi lay on the ground, her body was trembling, and she choked out: "I never treated the little one badly, but the little one has a bad heart and a dog's heart. I'm sorry for the Lin family."
Lin Dongyang and Zhang Qing are not people who treat their servants harshly. As long as they don't make any big mistakes, they will basically not punish them.
"Is there anything else to say besides these?" Lin Xuan asked.
Sun Laixi raised his head, with tears of remorse in his eyes, and said: "Master Hou, it's not a pity for me to die. It's just that Luo Peng and others are usually greedy. Because I have something in his hands, I know it but dare not say it."
, now they actually want to squander the princess's reward, leaving only four coins for the others. I would rather die than expose them."
Lin Xuan was not too disturbed by Sun Laixi's words, and said calmly: "Manager Sun, there is no evidence, so don't talk nonsense."
"Master Marquis, I'm not kidding. Luo Peng usually buys goods with inferior quality and falsely reports prices. He also secretly sells vegetables from the Marquis's greenhouse. That Qian Nan..."
Sun Laixi revealed everything the others had done one by one.
Although Tang law provided certain protection for slaves, slaves were slaves after all, and the law was also very harsh on them.
According to the law, if a slave covets the money of the master's family, he will be exiled in the lightest form. If he covets Mo, he will be directly punished by death.
The rest of the people regarded Sun Laixi as one of their own and did not hide many things from him.
In their view, Sun Laixi's amount of corruption would be life-threatening if discovered, and Sun Laixi would not be able to expose them.
The more Lin Xuan listened, the darker his face became. If these people only took some kickbacks and did not harm his interests, he would not kill them.
But these people usually buy inferior goods and pass them off as good ones, not only falsely report prices, but also steal things and sell them.
Naturally, they didn't dare to do anything to Lin Xuan's things.
But the Lin family is not just their family, there are other servants and 500 soldiers, totaling 600 to 700 people.
Just the food and clothing for these people are enough to make their bowls full.
The most unscrupulous among them was Luo Peng. Lin Xuan distributed some vegetables to all the servants and soldiers every day. Luo Peng secretly withheld part of it and sold it secretly outside.
Those servants and soldiers were already grateful if they had vegetables to eat. Even if it was less, they wouldn't say anything. After all, they didn't know how much they deserved.
Lin Xuan said coldly: "Qiu Fu, have you heard this? Send someone to investigate as he said."
"Yes." Qiu Fu responded.
Lin Xuan looked at Sun Laixi and asked: "After you paid off your gambling debt, have you ever gambled again?"
"Back to Lord Marquis, I was deceived by others at the beginning. I was so desperate that I borrowed some money because I was not clear-headed. Later I woke up and regretted it. I dared to go there." Sun Laixi said quickly.
Lin Xuan frowned slightly. There was collusion between gambling houses and those gamblers. Gamblers lured people to play, and the gambling houses would give some rebates. He had also heard of this.
It's just that Sun Laixi is just a slave and has no money at all. If anyone knew his identity, they wouldn't invite him to gamble.
If not, that would be intriguing.
Sun Laixi also has a time limit when he goes shopping. The people he usually contacts are the shopkeepers or waiters of the stores. It is unlikely that those people will trick him into gambling.
"How did you meet the person who took you there? Did he come to you afterward?" Lin Xuan asked.
"Back to the Marquis, the man who invited me to gamble was also the slave in charge of purchasing. I basically met him every time I went shopping, and I became familiar with him after going back and forth. After I owed money, he went to see me
He said there was a way to help Xiao Xiao repay the money. Xiao Xiao had already paid back the money at that time, so he told him that he had borrowed the money and repaid it. The man invited Xiao Xiao to gamble, but Xiao Xiao refused. Xiao Xiao was afraid that he would continue.
I was tempted to go gambling, so I changed my shop, and I haven't seen him since."
Lin Xuan's eyes flashed, and he smelled a conspiracy in Sun Laixi's words.
"Let me ask you, did that man tell you which family he is a slave to?"
Sun Laixi shook his head and said: "Back to the Marquis, that man never told him, but I didn't tell him that I was a slave of the Lin family."
Lin Xuan shook his head. If you don't tell others, they won't know.
When the other party contacted Sun Laixi, it was obvious that he knew Sun Laixi's identity and contacted him deliberately.