There was a strange scene in the court.
The head of the civil servants was bombarded by the civil servants, but the military ministers collectively stood up for him.
Since the establishment of the Great Song Dynasty until now, such a weird scene has not appeared.
Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji calmly watched the civil and military quarrels.
Wang Zeng stared with anger.
Cai Qi realized that he had done a stupid thing.
He actually pushed the head of civil servants to the military camp.
If the head of the civil servants really favors the military ministers and speaks to the military ministers in the court hall, what else is there about their civil servants in the court hall
"Cai Qi... I punish you with a salary for one year, do you have any complaints?"
Zhao Zhen spoke slowly after having had enough quarrels between the civil and military affairs of the Manchu dynasty.
Cai Qi lowered his head ashamed, and said in a deep voice: "The minister will receive the punishment..."
Zhao Zhen snorted coldly, and glanced at the civil servants dissatisfiedly, "Fourth brother is the head of the civil servants... Not only do you not support him collectively, but participate in him.
You are not only hitting him in the face, you are also hitting my face.
You want to tell all the people in the world that I don't know people well, and I actually put a person who is not accepted by civil servants in the position of Pingzhangshi under the school of Tongzhong. "
"Boom!"
Zhao Zhen slapped the table and shouted angrily: "Are you all yushi? You are so capable."
Above the court, there are rules for impeachment and participation.
Yushi can ignore the rank and impeach anyone wantonly.
The two classes of civil and martial arts can also participate in the performance at will.
However, if they belonged to the civil servants, they would be superior to others, especially their direct superiors. That would mean not abiding by the rules and not being accepted by the court.
When Kou Ji served in the Criminal Division, in order to deal with his superior Zhang Lun, that was also the slogan of screaming for Zhang Lun.
From beginning to end, Zhang Lun was talking good things, but Zhang Lun never said bad things.
At that time, his grandfather Kou Zhun already had extremely high authority in the court.
Kou Ji still can't act recklessly, let alone other people.
There has always been a saying in the court, called each perform their duties.
Every official has the functions of every official.
If everyone does whatever they want, wouldn't the court be messed up
After hearing Zhao Zhen's reprimand, the civil servants dropped their heads one by one.
Most of them have no regrets on their faces.
Because in the case of Kou Ji, they don't care about what it is to defeat.
They just wanted to move to Kou Ji, the province's Kou Ji asked them trouble.
Although the military ministers didn't get any praise, when they saw the blood of Zhao Zhen's training of the civil servants, they all raised their heads, and felt more comfortable in their hearts.
In the past in the court.
They were the object of ridicule by the civil servants and the object of reprimand by the officials.
Because their knowledge is not as good as civil servants, no civil servants will say.
Therefore, in quarrels and sophistry, there is always a weak civil servant.
Will always be the party who bears the fault or gets scolded.
Now that the situation has reversed, they naturally feel elated.
After Zhao Zhen scolded the civil servants, he said coldly to Kou Ji: "Fourth brother, your man, you should discipline yourself, and you can deal with those who are not obedient."
Kou Ji bowed and agreed, "Here..."
Zhao Zhen snorted and flung his sleeves and left the Chui Gong Hall.
After Zhao Zhen left, Kou Ji turned around and said lightly to the civil servants behind him: "Because some of you are not abiding by the rules, the evil officials have reprimanded us all.
In order to help you set a rule, for a long time afterwards.
I will take people to inspect each yamen, and check the files of each yamen by the way.
If there are errors, let's follow the rules. "
The civil servants glanced at each other, not understanding the deep meaning of Kou Ji's words.
Wang Zeng snorted coldly in his heart.
He knew that many people were going to be unlucky.
Kou Ji did not pay attention to the reaction of the civil servants. He set his eyes on Han Yang, Shangshu of the Household Department, and said calmly: "Today, go to the Household Department first and take a look at the files of the Household Department..."
Han Yang didn't think much, and agreed.
Kou Ji waved his hands indifferently, "Let's go away."
As soon as this remark came out.
The Manchu dynasty civil and military gathered in groups of three and five, talking a little bit, and left the Chui Gong Palace.
Kou Ji also left the Chuigong Hall, and went to the Zhengshi Hall first.
He sent someone back to the house and brought a few people over.
Then Kou Ji took a few people to the household department.
Han Yang waited at the door of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. After seeing Kou Ji, he greeted him reluctantly.
"Xiaguan..."
"Okay, no need to say more, go directly to the volume room."
Kou Ji knew where the household office was located, so he didn't need Han Yang to lead the way and took his own people straight to the office.
Han Yang felt that there was nothing wrong with the dossier of the Ministry of Households, so Kou Ji entered the dossier.
Kou Ji entered the room, the messenger moved a stool and sat at the door of the room.
The people of Kou Mansion bowed and stood in front of Kou Ji.
Under the gaze of Han Yang and others, Kou Ji said lightly to the people in the Kou Mansion: "You are all rare accounting experts trained by our Kou Mansion.
It shouldn't be difficult to check the files of the Ministry of Households.
I am not demanding, and I don’t want to report bad debts of less than three thousand times. "
The people of Kou Mansion agreed.
Han Yang stood behind Kou Ji and curled his lips disdainfully when he heard Kou Ji's words.
He has been in the Ministry of Households for many years.
He still knows the accounts of the Ministry of Households very well.
It has been a long time since the imperial court chopped off corrupt officials for several times.
So he was very disdainful of Kou Ji's words.
Don't report bad debts below 3,000 guan
Can find out thirty bad accounts, even if it is burning high incense.
Han Yang looked at Kou Mansion contemptuously and walked towards the account files of the Ministry of Households.
After the people in Kou Mansion got the dossier, they quickly flipped through it, as if looking at the flowers.
The accounting method of the Ministry of Households is not of the same order as the accounting method of the Kou Mansion.
Therefore, the people in the Kou Mansion only need to go through the account files of the household department to roughly determine whether there is a problem.
In addition, they are all aged tents, and there are countless accounts that have been kept and checked.
The problems in the household accounts cannot escape their eyes.
"Master, in the 13th year of Tiansheng, there were 13,000 Guans in and out of the Huaizhou salt tax... In the 14th year of Tiansheng, there were 18,000 Guans..."
"Master, in the thirteenth year of Tiansheng, there are 32,000 ins and outs of the flood relief money in Xiangzhou... The specifics need to be investigated in detail..."
"..."
The accountant of Kou's Mansion was flipping through the account book while quickly reporting the problems they had found.
Kou Ji had no words, just watched calmly.
Han Yang's eyes widened and exclaimed: "Impossible..."
A Kou’s accountant who was investigating the accounts arbitrarily put down the account books in his hand, and said lightly, “The method of fraud is too simple, but it is much stronger than the inferior methods on the market. No problem. But I can't hide it from us.
For example, in the account book I just checked, Han Shangshu can retrieve a copy of the local account book kept by the Ministry of Households, and check it carefully to see the problem.
If you don't believe us, you can check it out by seconding three old tents from Yizijiaozipu. "
Han Yang couldn't care about his identity at the moment, he shouted: "The accounts of the household department have been checked at least three times, and there is no possibility of problems."
Kou's accountant picked up an account book in hand, flipped through it, and said lightly: "But the account keeping method of the household department is still the earliest kind of accounting method.
The new accounting method has been promoted in Yizijiaozipu for more than two years.
But the Ministry of Households did not send anyone to study.
The fact that the Ministry of Households looks down on it does not mean that others look down on it.
Anyone who understands the new bookkeeping method can easily find loopholes in the old bookkeeping method and make money from it. "
Speaking of this, Kou’s account room raised the account file that he was watching, “For example, this one, there is no problem in the accounts, and the money spent on the accounts is not different.
It looks really pleasing to the eye.
But Han Shangshu should understand that there will be more or less flaws in any accounts.
There are no flaws like this, obviously it has been done again. "
Han Yang's face changed completely.
He can't talk about being proficient in accounts, but he has worked in the household department for many years, and his understanding of accounts far exceeds ordinary people.
He knows that when any account is reflected in the ledger, it cannot be perfect, and there will be more or less flaws in the middle.
But these flaws just proved the truth of these accounts.
On the contrary, those accounts without any flaws must have problems.
In the accounts of a place for a year, there are countless money in and out, and there will inevitably be losses and omissions.
There were even those three hands that quietly took away such small fortunes from them.
After all, the people use square hole money.
So many copper coins are piled up together, and one or two articles are passed along, and it will not be noticeable.
You pass one or two essays, and I pass one or two essays. If you add up less, the numbers will not be small.
Those officials and small officials who do things are not saints who regard money as dung, and they are not tempted or hands-on when faced with money that can easily go along. That is a strange thing.
It is precisely because of this that the court always closes one eye in this regard.
After all, the imperial court cannot make everyone in the court and the opposition not greedy for a penny.
As long as it cannot reach the point of imprisonment and decapitation, the imperial court will not be able to mobilize the public and engage in fighting.
In this case, if the accounts still behave perfectly, there must be something tricky in it.
After Han Yang's face changed, Kou Ji faintly said, "The Ministry of Households should not make such a low-level mistake. I am afraid there is something else in it.
You send two people to Yizijiaozipu, tell them the person in charge, just say that I said it, and borrow a few of them to come and check the accounts together.
The person who saved me found out that the account was wrong, but you deny it.
In addition, go to the large file room and bring in the files that the people in my house have found to be problematic.
The main account, the secondary account, and the local secondary account are checked together.
It's easy to see if there are any problems. "
Han Yang gritted his teeth and agreed.
Han Yang went out of the file room, followed Kou Ji's instructions to let people move other files, and went to Yizijiaozipu to invite someone.
Kou Ji's name is very easy to use. The person sent by Han Yang just mentioned Yizijiaozipu, and Yizijiaozipu immediately dispatched a dozen accounts to the household.
Afterwards, people from the Kou Mansion, from Yizijiaozipu, and from the Ministry of Households checked the accounts, and found a lot of tricks from the many books of the Ministry of Households.
Compared with the people in the Kou Mansion and the household department, the people in Yizijiaozipu checked the accounts very carefully. Even if there is a penny worth of tricks, they have to check it carefully.
The audit process lasted three days.
The bad debts found out exceeded Han Yang's imagination.
At first, Han Yang felt that the accounts of the Ministry of Households were not trivial. Even if there were, there were only dozens of them at most.
But after the three parties checked the accounts, the figures found out were not acceptable to Han Yang.
"Kou Xiang, Xiao Ren and others have checked carefully. The accounting problems of the household department mostly appear in the bookkeeping method. Some people in the local area used the earliest bookkeeping method in the earliest time. The traces of fraud are very obvious. Can be easily judged.
But when Yizijiaozipu's bookkeeping method appeared, someone immediately studied it and used it locally.
The methods of fraud have also been improved a lot. If you are not familiar with the new bookkeeping method, it is difficult to detect the trickiness. "
After checking part of the accounts of the household department, the people at Yizijiaozipu respectfully told Kou Ji about the truth.
Kou Ji nodded and said, "It's all hard work. I asked someone to set up a table in Fanlou. You can go back and relax together."
"Thank you Kou Xiang..."
After Kou Ji sent someone to send away the people from Yizi Jiaozipu, Han Yang Tieqing said lightly: "Now you know what your problem is? The methods of folk fraud are constantly improving, and the way of keeping accounts. Also changing.
As for the Ministry of Households, you have been standing still, using the same old things, and never thought of responding to it as soon as possible when different problems arise in the private sector. This caused considerable losses to the court. "
Han Yang gritted his teeth and said: "The lower official must try his best to recover the loss of the court."
Kou Ji said indifferently: "The chase is to chase, but you have to be punished for malfeasance. One servant and two foreigners are your account to the court."
Han Yang looked up at Kou Ji in astonishment.
Just some bad debts, one waiter and two foreigners
Are you crazy
Kou Ji glanced at Han Yang with a faint smile, "This matter is left to the officials to deal with, and I don't want one servant and two foreigners."
Han Yang trembled, clenching his teeth and lowering his head.
There is a saying that big fish eat small fish, and small fish eat dried shrimps.
With Kou Ji's status and status, only one attendant and two foreigners are required to deal with the household department.
When Zhao Zhen speaks like that, then the position of Han Yang, the Shangshu of the Household Department, is probably about to move.
After seeing Han Yang surrender, Kou Ji laughed and told his people: "Go to the Criminal Ministry..."
A group of people Haohao left the household department.
The next day.
One of the servants of the Ministry of Households and two of them were demoted to the local government.
It was Han Yang who played them down, and Kou Ji was the one who approved them.
After nearly half a month.
Kou Ji visited the major yamen of the imperial court successively.
Some yamen are really problematic, and some are not.
But if you encounter someone like Kou Ji who is deliberately finding fault, he can find some problems for you if there is no problem.
In the end, with just six titles, there were five assistants and nine foreigners.
Other yamen have also been damaged one after another.
At one point, the government and the opposition shook up and down.
Whether it is a civil servant or a military minister, they have seen the authority of the newly appointed Tongzhong Shushang, Pingzhangshi.
I also saw the courage of the newly appointed Tongzhong Shumen Pingzhang Shi.
If he doesn't move, the wind will be calm.
If he moved, it would be a stormy sea.
Kou Jiyuan thought about sending him three rounds before stopping, but after one round of investigation, the civilian officials were convinced.
One by one, they wrote letters to Kou Ji to ask for credit, showing that Kou Ji visited the major government offices, cleared the court, and improved the efficiency of the major government offices by more than one level.
Seeing this, Kou Ji didn't have a good start.
Inside the political affairs hall.
Wang Zeng sat on the seat of the public house, listening to the lively praise from Kou Ji's public house, he couldn't help but sigh.
"Kouhuo is Kouhuo. If you don't move, it will turn the world upside down."
After saying this, Wang Zeng looked at Cai Qi, who was sitting aside, and said with his mouth curled: "You talk about you, who is not good to play, so I went to play him.
If he doesn't raise the butcher knife to kill, we will already burn the incense.
You actually took the initiative to get in and provoke him. "
Cai Qi snorted coldly and shouted: "The court is a place with rules. Like him, he doesn't abide by rules and act recklessly. Shouldn't he be involved?"
Wang Zeng rolled his eyes, "So you have no salary for a year."
Cai Qi disdainfully said: "It's only a year's salary, I don't care. To contribute to the court, I can give up my life, what a mere salary is."
Wang Zeng said without angrily: "You Cai Gong is very righteous, but I, Wang Zeng, is short-sighted."
Cai Qi snorted and said nothing.
Wang Zeng curled his lips at the place where Kou Ji was. "You, Duke Cai, don't hesitate to give up for them. Now they not only don't show you the love of Duke Cai, but they ran to their opponents to cheer them up."
How do you feel? "
When Cai Qi heard this, he was angry and shouted in a low voice: "A group of villains..."
Wang Zeng laughed loudly, took out a memo from his sleeve, and handed it to Cai Qi. He smiled and said, "Even so, how about your name on my memo
As long as the official approves my play, your anger will come out. "
Cai Qi glared at Wang Zeng, took Wang Zeng's memorabilia, flipped through it, stared in amazement, and shouted, "Are you crazy?"
Wang Zeng smiled and shook his head and said, "I'm not crazy."
Cai Qi questioned: "Isn't you sealed this kind of melodrama? If it spreads out, your king will probably become a target of public criticism in the future."
Wang Zeng put away the smile on his face, and said in a deep voice: "I, the king once spoke, always do what he says."
Cai Qi gritted his teeth and said: "I ask those officials and eunuchs to go to remote areas after they go out of office. They will scold you to death."
Wang Zeng didn't care at all and said: "As long as they can endure the experience of living in the poor country and become a good official who can do things for the people, even if my Wang Zeng has been stinking for thousands of years, I am willing to do so."
Speaking of this, Wang Zeng looked at Cai Qi and said: "The world praises you Cai Qigang for being upright and not afraid of the powerful, why, are you afraid?"
Cai Qi yelled: "I am not afraid of the relatives and relatives of the emperor. I will be afraid of them? How old are they? We are the prime ministers of the central government. They should be afraid of us. When will it be the other way round."
Wang Zeng took the opportunity to say: "Then you sign it."
Cai Qi disdainfully said: "If you don't sign... I'm equal to you, how can I pick up your teeth? I want to list a book."
Wang Zeng looked at Cai Qi in a daze, and asked, "Are you going to help me share the infamy?"
Cai Qi looked up and down Wang Zeng, then snorted: "I'm afraid you will have a reputation alone."
Wang Zeng said in a dubious voice: "Other things, maybe there will be time to set things right, but this will never happen."
Cai Qi said nonchalantly: "Who knows what will happen in the future? Even if there is infamy, the one above must be more than us. When it is too late for others to scold him, how can it take care of you and me."
Wang Zeng was taken aback, glanced at the public house where Kou Ji was located, and then laughed loudly.
Wang once felt that Cai Qi was right.
When it comes to offending the Manchu civil and military, Kou Ji is the professional.
They are all amateurs.
Compared with Kou Ji, they are just drizzle.
Don't look at the civil servants now squeezing their heads and running to Kou Ji's side to cheer their stinky feet. When Kou Ji's interests are violent, they will scold his mother.
Wang Zeng and Cai Qi discussed them, and finally wrote a memo and handed it to Zhao Zhen's desk.
When Zhao Zhen saw the content of the two of them, he smiled very happily.
Like Wang Zeng and Cai Qi, who sacrificed themselves for others, Zhao Zhen liked them in his heart.
After Zhao Zhen carefully reviewed their memorandums, he approved a verdict and sent it to the Zhengshitang.
Kou Ji saw the two melodies placed in front of him, and was stunned for a long time.
"I finally found time to work with the two of you. Will you show me this?"
Kou Ji complained with dissatisfaction to Wang Zeng and Cai Qi in the political affairs hall.
The two old men, one holding a teacup, sitting on either side of Kou Ji, one left and the other, ignored him.
Seeing that the two people ignored him, Kou Ji raised up the memorabilia in front of him, and said: "This kind of thing still needs to be played? In your and my status, I will serve as the chief examiner several times and make this matter a routine. "
When Cai Qi heard this, he couldn't help but speak, "Some things will never become a routine if they don't form a plain text."
Kou Ji curled his lips and said, "Nevertheless, you can speak tactfully. Let the officials make this decision. There is no need to bear the infamy."
Wang Zeng couldn't help it anymore. He put down his teacup heavily and shouted: "When I am a minister, how can I let the officials bear infamy?"
Kou Ji snorted, and said disdainfully: "You don't let the officials carry less infamy?"
Wang Zeng and Cai Qi stared together.
Seeing this, Kou Ji did not say anything about it.
"Since the official has approved it, let's follow the official's approval. This matter will be left to you two."
When Wang Zeng and Cai Qi heard this, they said almost in unison: "Why let us do all the errands, you are the master."
Kou Ji said indifferently: "Since you know that I am the boss, you should know that I deal with major issues."
"Going to other yamen to find fault and revenge is also a big deal?"
Cai Qi couldn't help but sneer.
Kou Ji said faintly: "You only saw me go to other yamen to find fault, but you didn't see that I had quietly gathered a million soldiers and horses for the court, and now I have sent people to Liaodi.
The first batch of soldiers and horses that arrived in the Liao area has now been distributed to various places in the Liao area.
Some of them have already cultivated a lot of wasteland, and some of the crops they have planted are already showing their teeth.
It is estimated that tens of millions of grains will be added during the autumn harvest.
Of course, this is not the most critical. "