Li Butou was stunned by the sudden question: "What is the concubine asking this for?"
"It's nothing, just ask me!" Murong Xue said lightly, but she was as smart as Catcher Li, but he could hear the seriousness hidden in her tone. His eyes sank, and he finally suppressed the curiosity in his heart and didn't ask any more questions. , and told what he knew: "The name of the seventh-rank official was Ji Zhong, and his ancestral home is Jiangdong!" As for where he is now and what his official position is, Catcher Li doesn't know...
Murong Xue nodded understandingly. Li Butou didn't know much about Mr. Xie's mother's family, so it's okay, she can check.
After many years, the Ji Zhong family was not easy to check, but the secret guards of Xiaoyao Palace came out and quickly found the information Murong Xue wanted.
On a sunny day, Murong Xue was sitting in the private room of the tea house, sipping tea while reading the information from the hidden guards: the seventh-rank petty official Ji was already old and returned home, his son Ji Dongliang, who passed the scientific examination and became an official in the court, is now serving as the head of the household department, managing the gold and silver treasury of the household department...
Murong Ye was sitting opposite Murong Xue, also holding a cup of tea, sipping it slowly, admiring as he sipped, "The head of the household department is a fat job, and many people are staring at this position. Unexpectedly, that Ji Dongliang was sitting there In this position, I have been doing it for so many years, it is really amazing... "
Hearing his words, Murongxue's eyes sank, and she said, "How is Ji Dongliang?" The message from the secret guards mainly wrote about Ji Dongliang's experiences in the past few years, and there is no description of his personality...
Murong Ye thought for a while: "It should be quite good, he and his colleagues in the household department get along very well, and there hasn't been any major conflicts..."
"Then what about his character?" Murong Xue asked again.
"It should be quite good." Ji Dongliang has a wife and son, a harmonious family, and a harmonious relationship with friends and colleagues. He has not caused any bad incidents. With such a character, he should be regarded as a good character, but: "Ji Dongliang has encountered a big trouble recently..."
"What are you talking about, what are you talking about..."
"I'm not talking nonsense, I'm not talking nonsense..."
There was a loud commotion, and Murong Xue raised her head. Through the wide open window, she saw a group of officials in official uniforms coming out from the household department. The two leaders were arguing as they walked...
"… How is this going?"
"That's what I want to tell my sister, Ji Dongliang is in big trouble." Murong Ye said proudly, pointing to a middle-aged man in his forties with a beard who was walking in the front The man said: "He is Ji Dongliang, the one next to him is his colleague, Mr. He...Does my sister still remember the destruction of the summer resort?"
"Of course I remember." Murong Xue nodded. The Mechanism Snake created by the people of southern Xinjiang with mechanism techniques destroyed the Summer Resort when Emperor Qingyan took Qingyan's civil and military ministers to the Summer Resort. The mechanism snake that dropped the gunpowder was comparable to a modern fighter plane dropping bombs, which left a deep impression on her, and she couldn't forget it even if she wanted to.
Murong Ye continued: "The Summer Resort is a summer resort. After defeating the Southern Xinjiang people, the emperor ordered people to build it. It was just completed at the end of last month... Ji Dongliang, the head of the household department, collected the expenses for building the Summer Resort and reported The Department of Accounting has written before, but Mr. He accidentally read the summed up expenses and said it was wrong... "
Murong Xue's eyes narrowed slightly: "How much silver did Ji Dongliang collect?"
"Yes." Murong Ye nodded: "According to Ji Dongliang's summary, the cost of building the summer resort was 300,000 taels, but Mr. He said that at most it cost 200,000 taels..."
Murong Xue: "..."
How interesting!
"Has anything like this happened before?"
"No." Murong Ye shook his head: "This is the first time."
"Have you checked the account book?" The expenditures of the household department are all recorded, and if you check the account book, you will know if there is anything tricky.
Murong Ye nodded: "I've checked, and there's nothing abnormal." But Mr. He still insisted that building a summer resort didn't cost so much money.
Murong Xue: "..."
This can be troublesome.
"That's right, Ji Dongliang and Mr. He quarreled once and for all because of the cost of the money. They held their own opinions and argued endlessly..." The dispute has been going on for more than half a month, and there is no result...
Murong Xue: "... the Minister of the Household Department, the Minister of the Household Department, and the Minister of the Household Department, don't they care?" It's a big matter of the Household Department's bankers, and the two people who are in charge of the Household Department, are they so indifferent
"Don't worry, I don't care, but they don't know how to deal with it..." Mr. He sued Ji Dongliang for lying about the construction cost and embezzled money from the household department. However, Ji Dongliang's accounts are clear and clear. There is no extra silver, what should the Minister of the Household Department and the Minister of the Household Department do
Murong Xue: "..."
I really don't know how to deal with it, but: "That Mr. He, how is he usually?"
"It's also very good." He is approachable and gets along well with his colleagues, and there have been no major conflicts between them...
Murong Xue nodded understandingly, and said in a low voice, "Then does he have any grudges with Ji Dongliang?"
"This... probably not." Murong Ye had never heard of any grievances or conflicts between the two of them. If there were any, the people in the household department should know, and they would discuss the current plan in a row. Dongliang and Mr. He, is it because of the previous grievances that are parting ways, instead of standing silently on the side like now, watching Ji Dongliang and Mr. He argue fiercely...
…
This is true!
It seems that the matter wasn't about personal grievances, framing, revenge or something, it's just that Mr. He felt that Ji Dongliang had over-reported the cost of building the summer resort, and then it was revealed...
"Shangshu of the Household Department, what action can the Minister of the Household Department do?" Ji Dongliang and Mr. He are both from the Household Department, and the two of them are arguing about the construction cost of the summer resort, regardless of whether the construction cost is really a problem However, the dispute between Ji Dongliang and Mr. He showed that there is a problem with the household department. If they continue to quarrel like this, everyone will know that there is a problem with the construction cost of the summer resort. All of them are thrown away, and as the head of the household department, the secretary of the household department, the servant of the household department, will also be punished for lax governance...
As smart as the Minister of the Household Department, the Minister of the Household Department, he should not let such a thing happen...
"Yes, the Minister of the Household Department, the Minister of the Household Department did not let this matter go. In addition to the account books, they also sent people to other places to investigate carefully." Murong Ye said.
Murong Xue's eyes narrowed slightly: "Where did you go?"