Chapter 300: Ex-husband's trouble
Minister of War Li Huai has been very angry recently.
Upon learning that the Ministry of Revenue had returned last year's accounts, Li Huai threw the cup in his hand.
The 45-year-old Minister of War first paced back and forth in the room, put his hands on his hips and scolded the people in the Ministry of Revenue.
He started scolding Lu Xun, the Minister of Revenue, and continued to scold the pair of stone lions at the entrance of the Ministry of Revenue.
It’s no wonder that Li Huai was angry. The reconciliation at the beginning of each year always made all departments anxious.
This year hasn't been smooth either.
However, Li Huai had clearly made arrangements, and the Ministry of War did not cause any major trouble last year.
Isn’t it just spending an extra one million taels?
Compared with the extra three million taels spent by the Ministry of Works and the extra two million taels spent by the Ministry of Personnel, old Minister Li, you shouldn't feel too good about yourself.
And it was clearly agreed upon, and the Ministry of Revenue had also approved it, but when it came time to stamp it, these bastards changed their minds again?
What do you want to grasp?
Li Huai really wanted to attack the Minister of Revenue.
However, the Minister of Revenue was old and about to retire. He did not want to offend anyone and did not care about anything. The main people in charge were the left and right assistant ministers.
Although Zhang Heyao is a newcomer, he has won the emperor's heart.
The Minister of Revenue just went with the flow and pushed him forward.
This is also very common in official circles.
——If I give you a push now, it will provide an extra path for my children and grandchildren in the future.
Therefore, Zhang Heyao has the final say on the matter of reconciliation.
Li Huai was a little confused about Zhang Heyao's background.
It was said before that Zhang Heyao was greedy and extravagant, so he also sent people to deliver things.
Zhang Heyao accepted the things and agreed to do the job, but what happened?
After scolding the Ministry of Revenue, Li Huai called his men over and scolded them too.
They are a bunch of good-for-nothings who can't even do their accounts properly and the Ministry of Revenue always finds fault with them.
The people below also secretly complained.
We had already set off the fireworks in advance to celebrate that we had survived for another year, but in the end we were beaten back?
Faced with the long list of reasons sent back by the Ministry of Revenue, everyone took their own approach and for a moment, all looked worried.
——The Ministry of Revenue is too comprehensive.
All the problems pointed out exist, and almost no one can escape them.
However, these matters are ambiguous and not a big deal. Now they are being held up, which is obviously the Ministry of Revenue deliberately making things difficult.
Everyone thought that they should go to the Ministry of Revenue and ask someone about it.
Just make up for what's lacking and don't make things difficult for everyone.
If we make changes according to such suggestions, even if we have made the changes, there will be countless more waiting for us in the future, and it will never end.
As the Minister of War, Li Huai naturally could not lower himself to look for the Vice Minister of Revenue.
He found an intermediary to inquire.
Zhang Heyao did not beat around the bush and told the middleman directly that he had heard that Xiao Yan's elder brother Xiao Qin was serving as a Deputy Director in the Arsenal and Lisi Division of the Ministry of War and had performed excellently, and he wanted to seek advice from him.
Li Huai was confused when he heard this.
What are Zhang Heyao and a fifth-rank official discussing?
Is this an attempt to trip someone up, or is it a bid for a promotion?
At this time, the middleman told Li Huai, "Minister Li, you don't know. Minister Zhang and Xiao Yan have a grudge against each other for stealing my wife..."
Li Huai: "I seem to have vaguely heard of this incident. Why is it that Zhang Heyao still can't let it go?"
"That's definitely not going to happen."
"That's not right," Li Huai said, noting that he wasn't senile yet. "Xiao Yan did leave the Marquis of Qingping's mansion."
Isn’t it said that the enemy of my enemy is my friend?
The middleman said, "I didn't understand it at first, but when I left, I slipped some banknotes to someone close to Minister Zhang, and they figured it out."
"What did you say?"
"It is said that the Marquis' Mansion moved against that woman in order to deal with Xiao Yan. Minister Zhang was happy to see Xiao Yan moved, but he was not willing to see his woman moved."
Li Huai said that he is old and really cannot understand the love, hate and emotions of young people.
But he already knew what he wanted to know.
That is, Zhang Heyao disliked Xiao Qin and wanted to express his opinion.
Do you really think he is so easy to talk to?
He is really easy to talk to.
This is not a matter of principle. The reason why Xiao Qin was able to get this lucrative job in the Ministry of War - in charge of weapons manufacturing and related procurement - was because of Xiao Yan.
Marquis Qingping has basically retired in recent years and has no official duties in the court.
As for the princess he married, there was no movement.
Of his two sons, Xiao Qin was the one who did better.
In short, Li Huai weighed the pros and cons and decided that it would not have much impact if he squeezed the Qingping Marquis Mansion a little.
So, within two days, Xiao Qin was found by the Ministry of War to have taken money that he was not supposed to have during purchases.
Xiao Qin was sent home, awaiting further investigation.
Now, even the most promising person in the Marquis of Qingping’s Mansion can no longer achieve anything.
Xiao Yan's stepmother gritted her teeth in anger.
When Xiao Qin returned, he quarreled with her.
"It's for no reason, and it's definitely not targeting me. I heard that you offended Zhang Heyao's ex-wife, right? Are you satisfied now?"
This is a spoiled kid who blames his parents for everything.
The Seventh Princess was almost pissed off.
Xiao Qin also asked her to quickly pay the money to keep her official position.
If he really can't keep his life, he has to keep his freedom. He doesn't want to go to jail.
The Seventh Princess said, "Why are you panicking? You didn't embezzle money. A few hundred or a thousand taels of silver is normal social etiquette. Your grandfather is the emperor, and I don't believe anyone would dare to punish you for such a small amount of money."
Xiao Qin's eyes flickered.
The Seventh Princess was her biological mother after all. Seeing her son like this, she immediately felt something was wrong. "Did you lie to me? How much silver did you take from others?"
The son's income, like that of other families in the capital, had to be paid into the public treasury, and the public treasury then gave him money to spend.
To be honest, Xiao Qin was the type of person who could pay ten taels of silver and get back fifty or a hundred taels.
But the Seventh Princess didn't say anything. After all, Xiao Yan's huge contribution to the mansion in the past few years allowed them to lie back comfortably.
As for Xiao Qin's private money, the Seventh Princess had no idea how much it was.
"It's not much, just eighteen thousand taels." Xiao Qin said.
When the Seventh Princess heard this, she almost couldn't breathe.
With so much money, if he is caught, what good will it be for him?
The point is, she has never owed him money for spending, so what does he need so much money for?
"Give it back, return the money immediately." The Seventh Princess said angrily.
"No, it's all gone."
"How could you possibly spend so much money!"
"I can't help spending money..."
The seventh princess asked repeatedly and finally found out that Xiao Qin had a mistress outside.
This concubine was originally a prostitute. It cost three thousand taels of silver just to redeem her. After that, she was like a money-eating beast, spending all the money on her.
Xiao Qin really doesn't have many money on him.
"Go, go and catch that little bitch for me!" The Seventh Princess shouted at the top of her lungs.
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