Shoufu went out of the palace and went to the Palace of Chu. He first talked to the mother for a while, and then told Yu Wenhao that the emperor did not agree to this matter and told him not to mess around, just take care of the food and investigate the detainees.
Yu Wenhao responded first. Improving the food is something that must be done immediately, and it is also necessary to see who is so abominable that even the patient's food and medicine money have to be deducted.
As everyone knows, this is nothing more than investigation, but the investigation made him dumbfounded, and his third uncle, Su Dahe, was in charge of the patients of Leprosy Mountain.
This Su Da and mediocre aptitude, serving as a member of the Ministry of Households, this official position was finally entrusted, and he has not grown up after all these years. Although he has not been promoted, he has not been promoted for many years.
No one was willing to take care of the establishment of Spinaller’s Mountain. He automatically invited Ying to take over the errand, build a house on the mountain, and send people to the mountain to guard and cook. The imperial court allocated one thousand taels a month for food and the mountain. For various expenses, as for the purchase of additional medicinal materials, the bill was reimbursed. In the event of death, the funeral expenses were 12 taels per person.
At that time, there were more than a thousand people on the mountain, and one thousand and two months of expenses were enough, because the daily necessities that should be purchased in the early stage were already available, and the two thousand were expenses for food and subsequent clothing.
Now there are three hundred people left. According to the food provided by the mountain wowotou and steamed buns, one meal a day will cost about ten taels a month, and there is still a surplus.
Su Dahe was in charge of this matter from the beginning, so it was not difficult to investigate all of it. Yu Wenhao ordered someone to quietly take the ledger and go back to the house to look at it.
That night, he and Tang Yang Xuyi and the others did not forget it until the calculation was completed.
When the calculations were over, Yu Wenhao's entire face became black, and he was so angry that he threw all the ledgers to the ground, and said angrily: "It is unreasonable. In the past five years, Mafeng Mountain has actually spent a million taels of silver. What does the household book do? Yes? Didn’t it go to review?"
Xu Yi also felt shocked, "The cost of this house in Jasper Mountain is 200,000 taels. How can this be possible? That is a row of low houses. The most expensive thing is wages. They don’t even have a brick. All the houses on the mountain are used. It was made of wood. That place was originally a dense forest. It was just a piece of flat land created after logging. The felled wood is also used to build houses. The most expensive thing is manpower. How could it cost 200,000 taels? 20 taels of silver. It's too much."
Tang Yang picked up the account book and folded it up, and said, "What about the fence? It covers an area of more than 50 acres. It probably costs a lot to build the fence. Is the fence also a wooden building?"
Xu Yi angrily said: "Let's pull it down, there are more than 50 acres of land, a total of more than 10 acres of land, a large row of low bungalows have been built densely, and the wall is only on the northwest side of the main entrance, three hundred taels. Enough, the rest are facing the cliffs and dense forests on the other. How much money do you get?"
Tang Yang was very surprised, "This is done by the Ministry of Engineering, right? Didn't the Ministry of Engineering accept the inspection?"
Yu Wenhao said coldly: "It was all done by Su Dahe. The errands he requested, the Ministry of Engineering only hired a craftsman, and the acceptance was not available. There was a rush at the time, and they were sent over immediately after the construction was completed. Where will I go up to see it?"
Tang Yang dumbfounded, "So Master Su is too courageous? Are you not afraid of revealing stuff? In these expenses, one thousand taels of silver per month is used for food, and there is already a surplus of silver. There are medicines, bedding, silver charcoal, fire candles, etc., and the monthly expenses are around two thousand taels, and the Ministry of Households will give it to you? Didn't ask?"
Yu Wenhao's eyes were filled with fury, "Why would it be exposed? If it weren't for the old Yuan who said he was going to treat them, would anyone go up to see Jafongshan? Would anyone know that they would eat a meal every day? Someone would know about them. Is it not as good as a dog? After a few years, people are all dead. There is no way to investigate all this, and the money is safe. How good is the wishful thinking."
Tang Yang shook his head, "It's really too much. What kind of money is not good? I have to take these life-saving money? It's really killing people. It's better to kill them all in the first place, so they won't be tortured a little bit in the past few years. Being cold and starving is really torturing to death. No wonder so many people jump off the cliff."
Yu Wenhao's face was as ironic, "Su Dahe doesn't have such courage, and if the Ministry of Household does not investigate and approve all the funds, it must be hesitant."
Tang Yang nodded, "His Royal Highness is right, I'm afraid it's your grandpa who has come forward."
There are not many people in the Su family who can make people jealous now, that is, Lord Suhou.
Su Hou is the father of the concubine Xian and the younger brother of the current queen mother.
Su Hou is now serving in the military department as a lieutenant in the light car, but he does not have much abilities. He did not really ask the court for his contributions. Now he is confessed because his sister is the current queen mother and his daughter is a concubine. .
He has not been reused much in the past two years. This is why the Concubine Xian is very anxious. Concubine Xian is thinking that Yu Wenhao becomes the prince and can promote the Su family. The Su family is older and has many nephews. If half of them can enter the court. Officer, what power is that
Tang Yang whispered: "His Royal Highness, if you move the Su Family, you are afraid that not only the Concubine Xian will not make it, but also the Queen Mother."
Yu Wenhao said indifferently: "If you don't get past, you have to pass. Tomorrow you call Su Dahe to the palace. I will ask him privately. If he confessed, bring him to the father's side and ask him to spit out the silver. After confession, he ventilated with the staff, and he said after doing it first."
"Yes!" Tang Yang knew that this matter was ruthless to talk about.
Yu Wenhao thought for a while, and then told Xu Yi, "Go to Suhou Mansion and invite Su Long over."
Xu Yi was startled, "So late?"
"Yes, he is a night owl and didn't go to bed so early."
Xu Yi got the order and went immediately.
But half an hour later, he brought Su Lao's watch over. As expected, Su Lao's watch was still awake. He was dressed in a nice brocade, and he was still drunk. He walked in and said, "If it's not something urgent, it's my cousin. It's not easy to talk about."
Yu Wenhao didn't say anything, and threw the ledger and Tang Yang's summary book to him, "Just look at it for yourself and see what your third uncle has done."
Su Laobiao opened the account book. He was particularly sensitive to numbers. He could find the problem at a glance. After reading the account book, he looked at Tang Yang's summary book again. He couldn't laugh or cry, "What's the matter? Is it deducting the patient's money?" Does he sleep well at night?"
"You don't know anything about this?" Yu Wenhao asked.
"I know what a shit!" Su Laobiao sat down, his face was not very good-looking, "When can I talk about family matters?"
"Guess, did Grandpa participate in this matter?" Yu Wenhao looked at Su Laobiao's sullen face. Laobiao is a capable person, full of enthusiasm to serve the court, but he can't do it.
His father died young, and their four-room orphans and widows were naturally suppressed. Therefore, they are not earnestly seeking any official or part-time job, but they have been given a vacant position at the Imperial College.
Su Laobiao heard Yu Wenhao's question and smiled wryly, "If grandfather participated, you wouldn't be so difficult to do. Have you ever thought that someone in the palace participated?"
Seeing Su Laobiao's helpless eyes, Yu Wenhao's heart sank, mother concubine? is it possible