Chapter 425: The faint-hearted emperor, like a fool
"So the imperial court will also pay for the distant relatives of the Shen family." Mu Lingwei said in shock.
"As a parent official, he couldn't find any way to recover official grain and money. He didn't fight against bandits or protect the safety of the people. Instead, he reached out to the court to ask for the taxes and money paid by the people, and the court planned to give it to him easily." Mu Lingwei
Then he said: "Aren't you all fools?"
Jun Yi's ears turned red, "The loss of fifty thousand taels of silver is considered a small amount. These are all the methods used by officials to obtain money. There are more than a dozen states and hundreds of counties in Long Yuan Kingdom, and their methods are endless."
"What is the emperor's opinion?" Mu Lingwei asked Jun Chenrui directly.
Jun Chenrui was startled when he saw her expression was bad and her eyes were cold, and he said: "I don't have any objection. The food has been stolen, so just give it to him. The soldiers must have enough food to hold the line."
Peace to one side."
Mu Lingwei said angrily: "Hunjun."
Jun Yi and Jun Chenrui were stunned for a moment, staring at her blankly.
In the morning, he also complimented the emperor as a "wise king".
Mu Lingwei continued to read and said in a deep voice: "Wang Quanjiang, the governor of Yongzhou, built roads and bridges for the people, etc., and asked the court for a pension of 18,105,270 yuan in total for the soldiers. Are you going to give it to him?"
Is this silver?"
"With such a small amount of money, how can he, a dignified governor of Yongzhou, have no money?" Jun Chenrui said.
"It means I won't give it to you." Mu Lingwei said coldly, "I understand. If it's relevant, I'll give it to you. If it's not relevant, I'll leave it alone."
"Sister-in-law Wang, that's not what the emperor meant. Yongzhou is actually very poor. Wang Quanjiang often submits memorials to ask for this kind of small money. Wang Quanjiang has been in office for several years, and Yongzhou pays the lowest taxes every year." Jun Yi explained.
"Does Wang Quanjiang have any relatives in the court?" she asked.
"No, I saw him in the morning. He put on white-washed official clothes and entered the palace. He brought a lot of memorials and presented them." He added: "Every year, he takes advantage of the official banquet.
Deliver a memorial to the Emperor."
"Is the tax payment low because the number of people in Yongzhou is small?" Mu Lingwei asked.
"No, Yongzhou has a large registered population, but natural disasters often occur in Yongzhou, and it also costs a lot to build roads and bridges on the Wangquan River." Jun Yi explained.
Mu Lingwei was a little confused: "Since he has no political achievements, why can he still serve as the governor of Yongzhou for several years?"
"Because that place is poor, no one is willing to go there. Besides, Yongzhou is close to the frontier. If there is a war, Yongzhou will be the first state to suffer. Going to Yongzhou has to bear a lot of risks. There is no money to be made, and no one wants to go there."
Willing to go."
"In the opinion of His Highness Prince Ping, is Wang Quanjiang a corrupt official or an upright official?" Her instinct was that he was an upright official, but she was also afraid that the sky was high and the emperor was far away. He was deliberately pretending to be poor, and maybe he was still a huge corrupt official.
Jun Yi affirmed: "An honest official."
Mu Lingwei was stunned: "So sure."
So Jun Yi found a large pile of memorials, all of which were written by Wang Quanjiang.
Jun Yidao said: "Small rivers can merge into rivers and seas. Sister-in-law Wang looks at the notes he presented and then counts all the silver. It adds up to hundreds of thousands of taels of silver."
He knew that Mu Lingwei knew how to settle accounts. When she was in Linzhou, she settled an account for Linzhou.
Mu Lingwei flipped through dozens of pages, or even hundreds of pages of introductory chapters, and said, "It's very clear that the money spent is justified."
"Sister-in-law Wang, let's take another look and see if there is any difference between his memorial and others'," Jun Yida said.
Mu Lingwei smiled and said: "He spent all the money before reimbursing the court, while others are waiting for the money to do things."
Jun Yi nodded: "Yes, that's what makes him smart."
"He made many memorials, but received very few replies. The court did not give him any money, but he kept track of the accounts. When the autumn harvest season came, the court would send people to collect tax money. The money he handed over was small, but he had a lot of money.
The bills the imperial court owes him can add up to offset a lot of taxes."
Jun Yi added: "If you send someone to check him, you won't find any clues, because the money on his bill has indeed been spent, and the local people will testify for him, and even the roads he built,
The bridge we built will also take you to see it.”
"Are the people of Yongzhou so united?" she asked.
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster.
"So if it is a corrupt official, will the people speak for him?" Jun Yi asked: "If it were another state or county, it would not be able to withstand such an investigation, so if officials want to be corrupt, they have to find another way.
"
"If he is so poor, how can he get so much money to advance to build roads and bridges?" Mu Lingwei asked.
"Everything is borrowed from the people. Have you ever heard of the government issuing IOUs to the people?" Jun Yi also found it interesting.
He added: "It happened that the local people were willing to lend it to him. When it was time to collect taxes, he would return it to the people. Yongzhou was often harassed around him. If there was an emergency, almost all the people would join the army."
Mu Lingwei picked up the memorial asking for the pension again, "Shouldn't the pension be given by the court on its own initiative? It seems that he has counted the heads and calculated the accounts to ask for this money for the soldiers who died in the war with Yongzhou household registration."
"What he wants is the pension for the soldiers who died in the last battle with Tianqi Kingdom. That money was distributed, but it may not have reached the hands of their families."
Jun Yi said softly, "My eldest brother knows about this matter. He has been investigating. If it hadn't been for the emergency at the border, the evidence in his hand would have identified the person who embezzled the pension."
Mu Lingwei scoffed and said directly: "Even if a truly corrupt official is found, someone will take the blame. This is their usual method."
As long as Queen Mother Shen is still listening to politics behind the curtain, the Shen family and its related personnel will never be dealt with.
She looked at Jun Chenrui again and asked, "Does the Emperor think that the more than 18,000 taels of silver should be given to him now?"
Jun Chenrui had never reviewed the memorials alone. The Prince Regent and the Queen Mother had screened them and asked him to sign and seal them. The piles of memorials made him dizzy.
"Ah!" Jun Chenrui was still playing with his grasshopper. He seemed not to have heard clearly and said again: "Who did Sister-in-law Wang tell it to?"
The next moment, Mu Lingwei suddenly shot a hidden weapon and nailed it directly to Jun Chenrui's victorious general. Grasshopper was smashed to pieces on the spot, with no bones left. Jun Chenrui was so frightened that he froze on the scene and murmured: "
So accurate!”
Mu Lingwei walked up to him, picked up the concealed weapon, and said, "Another waste of one."
"What's a waste of one?" Jun Chenrui asked, "Sister-in-law Wang, what is that thing of yours? Why have I never seen it before?"
"Secret weapon, if the emperor arbitrarily approves a memorial next time, I will use it to pierce your palm." Mu Lingwei threatened.
Jun Chenrui quickly protected his hands and stammered: "I...I didn't mark randomly!"
"Who gave you these crickets?"
"It's Shen Yu. Every time he comes to the palace, he always finds fun things for me." Jun Chenrui said.
"You play this stuff all day long, and your mother doesn't care about you?"
"Combining work and rest, my mother asked me to study more and study well before I can become the emperor." Jun Chenrui said honestly.
After hearing Jun Chenrui's answer, Mu Lingwei raised her eyebrows. He was really an emperor without any opinion. No wonder he couldn't get married to the government.
She suddenly said: "Supposedly, Your Majesty, you are already eighteen years old. You have grown up in the palace, and you should know how to distinguish right from wrong. Why are you acting like an idiot?"