Chapter 56 Father and Son Suspicion
Chen Wenqi turned a deaf ear to everyone's doubts, and continued to read: "The governors of other provinces and their officials owe a total of 30 million taels of silver; "
This time everyone was silent.
I really don’t know if I don’t say it, I’m startled when I say it!
I only know that the treasury has a lot of foreign debts, but I really didn't expect there to be so many!
In fact, there have always been so many.
It's just that the Minister of the Ministry of Accounts before was dizzy and incompetent, and when he reported the inventory funds to Li Wanjiang, he regarded those IOUs as cash.
So much so that after Li Wanjiang learned that most of the so-called Kuyin were IOUs, he was so angry that he almost fainted!
Only then did the foolish official be dismissed and replaced by the shrewd Chen Wenqi.
That being the case, what else is there to say?
Ask for a bill!
Easier said than done.
Who wants it? how?
This is a drudgery that will offend people to death and exhaust oneself to death!
"Since everyone thinks that the debts should be cleared, who knows who is willing to share my worries?" Li Wanjiang was actually waiting for everyone to say that.
The people who were pulling their necks and shouting for the bill just now felt bad, and all lowered their heads and shrunk their necks, avoiding the emperor's eager gaze.
"I would like to share the worries of the emperor!" Seeing that everyone was silent, Zhu Xiaochuan could only bite the bullet and go on.
"You are the governor of Jinyiwei, and you are responsible for the safety of me and the palace. How can you be distracted by other things? It's not appropriate." Li Wanjiang directly vetoed it.
"This is a matter of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and I will leave it to the minister to handle it." Chen Wenqi also stepped forward.
"It's not right. You have to take care of all the complicated things in the household department. If you only care about collecting accounts, can you do other things?" Li Wanjiang shook his head again and again.
A few more responsible ministers came out and expressed their willingness to share the worries of our emperor, but Li Wanjiang refused all of them for various reasons.
Xiao Chen was a bystander, thinking that Li Wanjiang probably wanted to hand over this drudgery to Prince Li Xian, right? Because Li Wanjiang glared at the prince several times.
His eyes gradually became sharper.
But the prince could pretend not to see him, lowered his head thoughtfully, and didn't know what he was thinking?
In fact, smart people like Wang Anbang also guessed what Li Wanjiang meant, and all cast suggestive looks at the prince.
Your father almost missed your name, and you are still here in a daze.
Wake up, it's your turn to play!
"Prince, who do you think is the most suitable to send for this errand?" Seeing that the prince had been pretending to be confused with himself, Li Wanjiang could only call his name directly.
"If you go back to the father, I think Chen Wenqi is very suitable." As soon as Li Xian said this, everyone's expressions changed immediately.
The heart says are you deaf or stupid? You didn't hear what the emperor said just now!
"You have been the prince for so long, and you haven't done a few serious things. You only know how to walk the birds and visit the kilns. No wonder Chen Jisheng joined you! This matter is left to you, and you are limited to paying all the debts within half a year. If you want to go back, go back!"
This is not the first time for Li Wanjiang to be in the court, the officials have scolded the crown prince before, and Xiao Chen alone has witnessed it twice.
In fact, Li Wanjiang can tell Li Xian privately about this matter, but he insists on saying it in court...
It can be seen that the suspicion between their father and son has reached a serious level.
Li Wanjiang did not chat privately with his own son, but summoned Xiao Chen after the court was over.
It was still about Liu Ruyun's family visit.
In the words, he must be careful when he goes here, and he must not let anything happen to my beloved concubine. After all, my wife was assassinated, and there is a lesson from the past.
My wife is not safe in the palace, and I don't know what will happen when I go out.
Outside the words, he was asked to monitor Liu Ruyun's every move, such as who did he meet on the way? What are you talking about? How long have we been talking...
Also, after arriving in Myanmar, pay attention to the interaction between the King of Myanmar and Liu Ruyun, and try not to let Liu Ruyun have too much contact with her family, let alone in private!
Xiao Chen received the decree one by one, expressing to the emperor that you can rest assured that nothing will happen to Concubine Liu Gui!
This slave can use his head as a guarantee, if something happens to Concubine Liu Gui... then the slave will definitely not come back.
Impossible to come back.
When he came out of the emperor's bedroom, he quickly asked Wei Yuntian to go to the imperial prison, and told the Jinyi guards who were executing the execution to be merciful, saying that the old injury on Chen Jisheng's buttocks was just right, and he couldn't let it get messed up again!
In addition, you find a house outside and settle him down.
why?
Just because we do things from the beginning to the end, saving people to the end, sending Buddha to the west... Why are you talking so much nonsense, kid? Hurry up!
Back at the Xichang yamen, they called all the people together for a meeting, this time it was a real meeting, because visiting relatives is not a big deal, but a troublesome one.
It is necessary to plan the route first, so that people can be sent to inform the various ministries of the provincial government along the way to do the reception work and security work in advance.
Of course, you can't follow the announced route completely. There must be fiction and reality, so as to ensure safety.
In addition, Li Wanjiang must have rewards, and Xiao Chen needs to prepare these gifts.
How many carts, how many sedan chairs, how many attendants, how many guards are needed... Xiao Chen has to personally ask, because Li Wanjiang has already issued a verbal order to let him take full responsibility for this matter, so he has to pay attention to every detail.
Fortunately, his subordinates are capable, he only needs to move his mouth, Zhuge Xiaosheng, Ye Baiqing and others can handle the specific matters for him properly.
That's too much trouble!
The thought of traveling such a long distance gave him a headache. He wondered if it was too late to invent a few steam cars now?
During the discussion, two people, Li Hong and Liu Wenzheng, broke in. One was full of lawsuits, and the other was beaming.
Li Hong originally wanted to ask for a sum of money when he went to the palace today, which was used to repair the Baochaosi that was destroyed by the fire and a large section of the palace wall.
Unexpectedly, before he even asked for money, the emperor cried poor, and finally walked away, and he didn't have a chance to take out the pocketbook in his sleeve.
Although it was considered a small fortune, what should I do with this errand?
The budget requires 100,000 taels of silver, but the Ministry of Households only gives 20,000 taels, are you kidding me?
Chen Wenqi was very difficult to get along with, and Ma Wuming, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, took leave of absence due to illness to take care of things at home, not to mention being a servant, it was not easy to be tough with Chen Wenqi...
I'm really sad.
"It won't take a hundred thousand taels of silver to rebuild the Baochao Department and repair the palace wall?" Xiao Chen felt that he was wrong after hearing his complaints.
"Hey... Brother Xiao, you don't know something. You only counted the cost of the materials, but what about the labor? These are all small things, the most critical transportation! Do you know how much it will cost to bring in so much wood and city bricks? silver?"
"That's all, but the fire also burned down the Rende Temple in the palace. The emperor decreed that it will be repaired within two months! Those stone steps are all carved from a whole big stone, and there is also a piece of wood needed for the main hall. The entire girder weighs tens of thousands of catties..."