The System Forces Me to Be the Emperor

The morning of the next day ended, and Xiao Rui was preparing to go to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to study government affairs. An internal official came and said respectfully: "Your Highness, when the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs retired from the court just now, Master Du from the Metropolitan Procuratorate asked your slave to tell His Highness that you want to report, and did not dare to disturb His Highness handling government affairs, so Lord Du dared to ask His Highness to move to the Metropolitan Procuratorate in the afternoon."

"Lord Du is looking for Ben Gong?" Xiao Rui frowned, and immediately thought of the scene he saw yesterday, so there is a reason why he came to see him today.

"This young man Du is really a little fox!" Xiao Rui laughed.

All civil and military officials know that there are two foxes in the court. Li Mingchong, the chief assistant of the cabinet, is an old fox. There are actually very few enemies, which shows the degree of cunning.

The little fox is Du Shaonian.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate is the most offending department in all government offices. As the censor of Zuodu, Du Shaonian is under pressure. If he can't resolve the conflict amicably, he will have stepped down a long time ago. Looking at the position of Zuodu Censor, Du Shaonian is considered to be the most stable and longest. He is well versed in the way of throwing the pot away and has the potential to become an old fritter.

This time, let's see what tricks Du Shaonian can play.

Arriving at the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Emperor Xia had already picked up the memorial for review, and when he saw Xiao Rui entering the room, he asked, "What's wrong?"

Xiao Rui explained: "Father, isn't this minister still in charge of the censor of the right capital? Lord Du of the censor of the left capital has something to do, so I invited my minister to come this afternoon, so I just asked the internal officials to report on my behalf."

"He's looking for you?" Emperor Xia was taken aback, no one knew Du Shaonian well, so he was also surprised to learn that Du Shaonian took the initiative to ask to see the prince.

Xia Huang nodded, and did not continue to ask, but asked: "Has Lu Su not received the order to do it yet?"

Xiao Rui replied: "I haven't received it yet, it seems that the messenger is not ready yet. This operation is a big plan, and they have to be well prepared, which is understandable."

Emperor Xia didn't continue to ask, but said: "Come on, let's talk about the details of Huangtian Group and Daxia Bank that we talked about yesterday. I tossed and turned last night, thinking about this matter all the time. Naturally, it is necessary to push out and get things done quickly!"

"Yes!" Xiao Rui replied, and then continued to introduce the in-depth business philosophy of Huangtian Group and Daxia Bank.

After lunch, Xiao Rui went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Hearing the news, Du Shaonian was already waiting in front of the official yamen. Seeing Xiao Rui get off the sedan chair, he came courteously, and said: "The next official, Du Shaonian, pays homage to His Highness the Crown Prince. Your Highness is a thousand years old. Your Highness is so terrified that His Highness has to move by himself. Your Highness, please forgive me."

Xiao Rui said with a smile: "Master Du is serious. Putting aside my status as the prince, I am still the censor of the capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. When I come to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, I am going back to my own home. There is no such thing as being tired. I heard that Du The young man has worked hard, he has been busy until late at night every day, he is really a role model for all officials, don't worry, Lord Du, this palace will speak to His Majesty and reward you with big red flowers."

What the hell is the big red flower?

Du Shaonian slandered in his heart, but said respectfully on his face: "Your Majesty and Your Highness urged me to become an official today. I have worked so hard like Your Majesty and His Highness. Look at His Highness's demeanor, she is a little more haggard than before going to Zhao State." , but still so handsome and extraordinary, it is rare in the world, but I have heard that His Highness, as the supervisor of the army, relied on his handsome appearance and charming temperament to make the governor of Zangdong County take the initiative to surrender. Your highness has come down, throwing up their weapons and surrendering!"

Xiao Rui smiled even more, I really didn't realize it, Du Shaonian's small mouth is so sweet, it rivals Wei Zhongxian's, and he said that he is very happy in his heart, not bad. In the future, when I become emperor myself, I will keep such a talent by my side, and when I am upset, I will feel comfortable listening to his compliments.

I just don't know if he is willing to purify himself...

At this time, Du Shaonian said again: "Look at how neglectful the officer is, please come in, Your Highness, the officer has prepared refreshments."

Xiao Rui put away the thoughts in his heart and followed him into the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

After the two finished their work, Xiao Rui took a sip of the tea and asked, "What is the matter that Master Du wants to report?"

Xiao Rui asked straight to the point.

Du Shaonian waved his hand, screened off the servants, then stood up and respectfully said: "Your Highness, Lord Yang came to the Metropolitan Procuratorate yesterday, and kindly invited you to drink with me. I really couldn't find a reason to refuse, so I agreed."

"Master Yang? Which Master Yang?" Xiao Rui asked knowingly.

Du Shaonian said: "It's Mr. Yang Feiyuan, a scholar of the cabinet and secretary of the household department!"

"Him? He didn't keep an eye on the household department. He checked and counted the situation of the granaries in various places as soon as possible. Why did he come to you and buy you a drink? But drinking is nothing, Master Du just agreed." Xiao Rui said casually.

Du Shaonian sighed, and said: "If it's ordinary drinking, what should I be afraid of. It's just that I heard some rumors."

Xiao Rui looked at Du Shaonian and motioned him to continue.

"Does Your Highness know about the Xijing Warehouse?" Du Shaonian asked.

Xiao Rui nodded, naturally he knew Xijingcang.

The Ministry of Households is in charge of the world's money, grain, land tax, and household registration. In addition to the treasury and other storage warehouses, there are also warehouses dedicated to storing grain. These warehouses are divided into inner warehouses and outer warehouses.

Neiku is a granary near Kyoto. There are thirteen granaries in total, known as "Thirteen Warehouses in Kyoto".

The Outer Warehouse is a granary distributed in the prefectural capital and also affiliated to the Ministry of Households. There are six granaries in total, namely the Fengji Warehouse in Huainan Prefecture, the Guangyun Warehouse in Xuzhou, the Dezhou Warehouse in Dezhou, the Xijing Warehouse in Chang’an, and the Linhui Warehouse in Huizhou. , Jiangsu and Zhejiang warehouses in Hangzhou.

Each of these six granaries has millions of grains, which are important strategic reserves. Among them, the Fengji warehouse in Huainan Prefecture, the Guangyun warehouse in Xuzhou, the Dezhou warehouse in Dezhou, the Linhui warehouse in Huizhou, and the Jiangsu and Zhejiang warehouses in Hangzhou. It is the five major water transport granaries, which can be directly imported into Kyoto.

As for the local granary and your Majesty's internal granary, let's not mention it for the time being.

The Xijing Cang that Du Shaonian talked about was located in Chang'an City, and it was the largest granary in the west of Daxia.

Du Shaonian continued: "His Majesty, this time, His Majesty asked the Ministry of Households to take stock of the world's grain storage and Qingzhang grain fields. The Metropolitan Procuratorate is in charge of monitoring, and His Highness is also in command. His Highness is busy with state affairs, so it is naturally impossible to go out in person, so let the left deputy Mr. Hao, the censor, took the lead and led the supervisory censor to inspect the state capital to monitor the illegal activities in the process of grain storage and clearing the house. Once found, they will be severely punished. Mr. Hao has been upright in the past few months and has copied three times. More than a dozen corrupt officials, large and small, confiscated more than five million taels of stolen silver, and confiscated tens of thousands of acres of grain fields that they occupied. The censor is in charge."

Xiao Rui became more interested.

Yang Feiyuan's ancestral home is Chang'an, and his family is all in Chang'an!

"Could it be that these two censors found a problem?" Xiao Rui asked.

Du Shaonian shook his head, nodded again, and said, "Your Highness, the two inspectors have verified the grain storage in the Xijing Warehouse, and there are a total of 5,237,826 shi, which is basically a sack One stone, how many stones are stored in each cellar, is registered and recorded clearly, and the actual amount is consistent with the stored grain on the ledger, so there is no problem. But... the careful monitoring of the censor still found a problem."

"What's the problem?" Xiao Rui was puzzled. Since the grain storage was fine, it meant that the Xijing warehouse had not been embezzled by corruption, so what's wrong?

Du Shaonian straightened his posture and said in a low voice: "When the two were inspecting the stored grain, they accidentally discovered the newly harvested grain this year. As for how much there is, the two dared not track down, so they immediately reported the news to the subordinates. "

"New food?" Xiao Rui frowned, and finally knew where the problem was.

New grains contain moisture, which is not conducive to grain storage. If you are not careful, it is easy to get hot and moldy. Therefore, it must be dried in the sun to facilitate storage, and the environment must be ventilated and dry. Therefore, most of the internal and external granaries managed by the Ministry of Households are old grains, and only a few internal granaries dedicated to the salaries of the palace, princes, and civil and military officials will store new grains.

It is impossible to store the new grain of the year in external warehouses like Xijing warehouse, which are all old grain for more than one year.

That being the case, why is there new grain from that year in the Xijing warehouse?

Do you still have to guess?

It must be that there is not enough grain stored in the Xijing warehouse, and it does not match the account book, and urgently send grain to supplement it for verification. After passing this level, when the time comes, I will think of a way to modify the account book, and it will become a dead account, so I can go deep and worry-free!

However, Tianwang was too sparse to miss out, patronizing the replenishment of grain, ignoring the old grain and new grain, and was discovered by the supervisory censor.

After figuring out what was going on, Xiao Rui deliberately asked: "Even if there is a problem with the Xijing warehouse, what does it have to do with Mr. Yang's invitation to Mr. Du to drink? Could it be that the Xijing warehouse's embezzlement of grain storage has something to do with Mr. Yang? Mr. Yang is the cabinet University scholar and Minister of the Household Department, he cherishes his identity and reputation very much, how could he make mistakes for some food. Even if this matter is investigated to the end, I believe that it will only be found out on the head of the Household Department Cangbu Langzhong, and it should not involve Yang My lord, the most I can say is that he doesn't know how to employ people. My lord Du, what do you think?"

Du Shaonian nodded, and said: "Your Majesty naturally understands this truth, but Your Highness... the family behind Mr. Yang is in Chang'an, and the relationship with the local officials is intricate. Who it is, but I have to know the Yang family! In addition, although the two supervisors kept their faces and did not expose the new food in person, if the people in the Xijing Warehouse realized it afterwards, they should have guessed that they had revealed their secrets."

"So Your Highness... You said that tonight, Lord Yang invited the lower official to the banquet, will the lower official not go, or not?"

Xiao Rui smiled, this fellow is indeed a little fox, he began to clear his responsibilities now, handed the gun to Xiao Rui, and asked Xiao Rui to deal with Yang Feiyuan.

In the past, Xiao Rui would not necessarily accept the move, after all, offending a cabinet scholar is not a Meiji choice.

But coincidentally, His Majesty has already asked him to touch Yang Feiyuan, and this incident is the opportunity.

etc!

His Majesty asked him to move Yang Feiyuan, did he also know about it?

"Lord Du, have you reported this to His Majesty?" Xiao Rui asked.

Du Shaonian shook his head, and said: "I don't have enough evidence, how dare I wrong you at will, and I have reported the truth to His Highness today, and it is because His Highness is in charge of the censor of Youdu and is in command, that I dare to tell the situation. of."

Xiao Rui nodded, it seems that His Majesty does not know about the Xijing warehouse.

"Lord Du, Lord Yang kindly invites you, you have to go, just adapt to the situation. In addition, order the two supervisory censors to return to Beijing quickly, they are the first witnesses." Xiao Rui said.

Du Shaonian said: "Your Highness, don't worry, the officials have ordered the two of them to return to Beijing quickly. Since Your Highness thinks that the officials should go, then the officials should go and have a look?"

"Drink well, I support you, if there is any situation, directly send your confidant to Zhan Shifu to find Zhan Shi Jiaxu, and he will report the news to me." Xiao Rui laughed.

Du Shaonian immediately felt relieved. Now that he has given the blame to His Royal Highness, he can drink with peace of mind. In the end, even if something happens, His Highness will take the lead, and he just obeys orders, perfect!