Chapter 607 The invincible mouth is holding Gu Yu's earlobe
The moonlight outside the house shines in, and the layout of the house can be seen a little clearly.
Junze and Gu Yu carefully flipped through the things on the desk and bookshelves, barely identifying them under the moonlight.
Gu Yu did find something similar to a ledger, but unfortunately it was just for the expenses of the prefect's house.
Junze came over to take a look, clicked his tongue, and said, "One meal costs sixty-five fish, seventy-two ducks, and forty-seven chickens. No wonder Prefect Du is so fat."
Gu Yudao: "Three years of purging the magistrate's life, one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver. This number is even comparable to that of a prince or princess."
Junze said: "My mother can't eat so much."
Gu Yu flipped through it casually again, almost going blind, and said: "Just for food and drink, the prefect's mansion will have to spend 30,000 taels of silver, not to mention favors, clothes, jewelry, monthly wages of servants, etc. According to this
After all, the annual expenses of the Taishou Mansion are at least one hundred thousand taels."
Gu Yu had an idea in mind, put down the account book with a cold face, and continued to search.
Prefect Du's government expenditure is indeed huge, but there are probably countless officials like him in the entire northwest.
The key is not to expose their extravagant ways, but to understand how military pay is exploited layer by layer.
Suddenly, Junze behind him became excited and said, "Gu Yu, come and see what this is."
Gu Yu quickly moved over, but when she saw what Jun Ze was holding, she was speechless.
Junze said: "This Fatty Du actually hides something like this in his study."
Gu Yu slammed the book in Junze's hand and said, "Boring!"
What Junze just held in his hand was a hardcover edition of Erotic Pictures.
Junze smiled and said: "Confucius said: Food and drink, men and women, do not allow people to have great desires."
Gu Yu said: "We are committing thieves, please be more agile."
Junze said: "What are you afraid of? It's so late, will Governor Du come to the study?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the guard's voice sounded outside the door: "Master Prefect, you are here."
Taishou Du gave a faint "hmm" and walked to the study room with a big belly.
Gu Yu cursed in a low voice: "Crow's Mouth!"
Someone was patrolling outside the window. It was too late to escape by jumping out of the window, so I could only hide temporarily.
Junze hugged Gu Yu, and the two of them lowered themselves and hid in the cupboard.
The attendant beside Taishou Du lit the candle first, and Taishou Du staggered in and sat behind the desk.
The chief clerk then walked in. After the attendants retired, the chief clerk said: "Sir, how about the imperial envoys and generals sent by the imperial court?"
Prefect Du sat slumped in a chair, his obesity made his voice sound low, and his emotions could not be heard.
Prefect Du said: "No."
The chief clerk said: "Isn't it said that Gu Qinchao has a rough heart and is calm and intelligent?"
Taishou Du sneered and said: "She is so lustful that she won't even let A Qin off. If I hadn't arrived early, A Qin would have been scorned by her."
Junze hid in the cupboard and turned his head slightly to look at Gu Yu, with a dangerous look in his eyes and a humming sound coming from his nose.
Gu Yu:...
The chief clerk said: "Isn't it said that General Pingnan is brave and invincible?"
Governor Du commented: "He is very brave and invincible, but he is very difficult to serve."
At this time, Junze, who was so heroic and invincible, was holding Gu Yu's earlobe in his mouth and slowly stroking it with his teeth.
The two were so close that Gu Yu couldn't hide, so he pinched a piece of flesh on his body. Junze grimaced in pain and did not dare to make a sound.
Outside, the chief clerk said: "Then what is their attitude towards Governor Zheng?"
Governor Du stroked his big belly and said a little discouraged: "I told Zheng Ye everything he did over the years, but they didn't respond at all."
The chief clerk also sighed and said: "We have completely offended Governor Zheng this time. If they can't deal with Governor Zheng, we will not be able to survive in the northwest in the future. Prefect, you are taking too risky a step."
Gu Yu let go of Jun Ze inside and listened carefully to the conversation between the two outside.
Prefect Du said: "Zheng Ye dominates the northwest with one hand and doesn't know how to restrain himself. If he continues like this, the entire northwest will have to play with him."
Gu Yu secretly thought that the situation in the northwest was indeed like this.
The soldiers guarding the border could not receive military pay, and military households were secretly converted into farmers under the covert manipulation of officials from various places.
There are bandits running rampant inside, and the Xirong tigers are watching outside. If this continues, won't it be over?
Governor Du asked again: "How is the process of converting military households into peasant households in Dongcheng District?"
Upon hearing this, Gu Yu and Jun Ze looked at each other with solemn eyes.
The chief clerk opened a document and said: "Knowing that General Gu Qin and Ping Nan were coming, I didn't dare to go too far. There were 321 people who wanted to make changes this time. I checked their qualifications and approved seven of them.
Sixteen."
Gu Yu saw Prefect Du nodding from the crack in the cabinet, took the document and looked through it twice, then stuffed it into a locked box, and then stuffed the box into the bookcase.
Prefect Du said: "Don't let the news leak out."
The chief clerk responded and stepped back.
It was getting late, and Gu Yu's feet were numb in the cupboard. Prefect Du hadn't left yet, so he sat on the chair and sighed, not knowing what he was thinking.
Then he stood up. Gu Yu thought he was leaving and felt excited.
But Governor Du just moved his fat body, sat down again, and actually looked at the documents on the table.
Gu Yu wanted to cry but had no tears, her legs were so numb, and there was a dog behind her that licked her ears regardless of the occasion. The space was so small that she couldn't even hide.
Finally, after a long period of torture, Governor Du finally yawned and wandered out.
After a while, when there was absolutely no movement outside, Gu Yu carefully opened the cabinet door and climbed out.
Why crawl? Because my legs are so numb that I can’t even stand up.
After Junze came out, he squatted in front of her and rubbed her legs. Gu Yu said, "I'll do it myself. I'll go find the box first."
Junze went over and took the box over.
The moon was at the top of the sky, and it was covered by dark clouds. There was no light at all in the room. Even if the box was opened, you couldn't see clearly what was written inside.
Junze simply stuffed the box into his arms, and jumped out of the window with Gu Yu, who had numb legs, on his back.
The two of them went all the way back to Gu Yu's room. Junze put Gu Yu on the soft couch, rubbed his hands and said, "I'll rub your legs."
Gu Yu kicked him and said, "Do business first."
Junze sighed, used a wire to pry open the lock of the box, and then pulled out a thick stack of documents.
Looking under the lamp, I saw that in recent years, Yongzhou had converted military households into farmers' households. A rough calculation showed that there were more than 6,000 people.
Gu Yudao: "The military pay of more than 6,000 people has all fallen into the hands of Governor Du."
Junze held a thick stack of documents and said, "Based on this, Fatty Du's position as governor should come to an end."