997 Check the account and fight if you have the chance



997 check account, if you have the chance, you still have to fight

The audit did not stop just because the Minister of Revenue quit, nor would it stop because of this. Not only that, Dongling Ziluo would take out all his anger on the Ministry of Revenue.

The Minister of Revenue embarrassed Dong Ling Zi Luo on the spot. Dong Ling Zi Luo was so angry that he laughed. Not only did he not blame Minister Cao, but he also made excuses for him.

"Minister Cao is old, so it's inevitable that he will be a little angry. Don't take it to heart. We should complete our father's instructions as soon as possible and sort out the accounts of the Ministry of Revenue."

Once he said this, not only did he step down, but it also demonstrated the prince's magnanimity. The officials present nodded silently, saying that Prince Luo had matured and finally learned to control his emotions and not show his likes and dislikes to outsiders. Only in this way would they, the ministers who followed Prince Luo, have confidence.

Although Shangshu Cao had left, he was not passive in his work, but was unwilling to serve Dongling Ziluo. He turned around and sent two assistant ministers to assist Prince Luo in checking the accounts.

The two assistant ministers were not Shangshu Cao, and they did not have the reputation of the Ninth Prince and the late emperor. After they came forward to pay their respects to Prince Luo, they apologized for Shangshu Cao, saying that he was unwell.

Dong Ling Zi Luo was magnanimous and did not say much. He just asked the people from the Ministry of Revenue to sort out the account books. They wanted to check the accounts. The two assistant ministers quickly agreed and took Dong Ling Zi Luo and his party to the room where the officials from the Ministry of Revenue worked.

"Your Highness Prince Luo, please wait a moment. I will go and get the account book." After saying this, the man disappeared. Prince Luo did not show it on his face, but there was a glimmer of complacency in his eyes. He thought that Minister Cao had surrendered. However, if he had been careful, he would have discovered that after they came in, no one even served them tea.

A quarter of an hour later, the two assistant ministers directed eight guards to carry four boxes of account books in. "Your Highness Prince Luo, these are the account books."

"That's all? Don't hide anything from me." Although Dong Ling Zi Luo had never been in the Ministry of Revenue, he knew about its affairs in general, so he asked with a serious face.

How could there be only this much in the account books covering decades?

The two ministers said with a shameless face: "Your Highness, I dare not deceive you. These are the account books for the first year of Jingfeng. If you don't believe me, you can check it yourself. As for the accounts for the second year of Jingfeng, I have already sorted them out. If they are brought in now, this room will seem small and it will be easy to mix them up. Or do you want to check the account books of the late emperor during the period?"

This statement was a slap in Dong Ling Zi Luo's face, proving how ignorant Dong Ling Zi Luo's words were. These account books were only for the first year of the Emperor's reign. The Emperor had been on the throne for more than 20 years, plus the previous Emperor's reign of more than 30 years. The amount in the account books was so huge...

No matter how magnanimous Dong Ling Zi Luo was, he felt embarrassed by the two assistant ministers' insults. Looking at the four full boxes of account books, Dong Ling Zi Luo felt like he was asking for a slap in the face.

It turns out that this is only the account for one year, but there are so many, how can I check it?

The two assistant ministers did not know whether they did it intentionally or unintentionally. Seeing that Dong Ling Zi Luo did not say anything, they continued, "Your Highness, Prince Luo, I have government affairs to attend to. It is not convenient for me to be present for the account check. I have found the clerk who kept the accounts back then. If you have any questions about the account books, you can ask that clerk."

Although the emperor asked the Ministry of Revenue to cooperate, he did not stop the work of the Ministry of Revenue. It is not wrong for the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue to handle government affairs. It is not difficult to delay government affairs, and no one can afford this responsibility.

Dongling Ziluo is just a prince. He is neither the emperor nor the crown prince. He has no right to interfere in the appointment of officials. The Ministry of Revenue belongs to the Ninth Prince's men and is an enemy of Dongling Ziluo, so there is no need for them to please Dongling Ziluo.

Dong Ling Zi Luo also didn't trust the people in the Ministry of Revenue. Although he was dissatisfied, he had to suppress his anger when he thought about the purpose of his visit to the Ministry of Revenue. He thought to himself: When I find out about the Ministry of Revenue, I will definitely throw all of you into jail and exterminate your entire clan.

The two assistant ministers retreated and walked to the door. They smiled at each other with mocking gleams in their eyes.

Those who have never worked in the Ministry of Revenue will never know how complicated the account books are. Your Highness Prince Luo, you should work hard with the account books. You want to find faults in the Ministry of Revenue, so we will give you a chance...

Dong Ling Ziluo came with full of confidence, but in less than an hour, his fighting spirit faded.

What kind of mysterious book is this? The money flowing in and out is so complicated. How can I tell if there is any mistake?

Most importantly, he had spent an hour looking through even one account book and still hadn't finished reading it. Looking at the hundreds of account books in this box, even if more than a dozen people started to check the accounts together, it would take several days to finish. And this was only for one year...

Thinking that there were still more than 20 years of accounts to check, Dong Ling Zi Luo felt a headache and angrily threw the old account book into the box, splashing a layer of dust, which choked him half to death.

He reached out to pick up the teacup as usual, but found that there was not even a cup of tea. Prince Luo was furious and asked the people from the Ministry of Revenue to summon the two assistant ministers.

Dongling Ziluo did not get angry about the tea incident. Instead, he asked the two assistant ministers to bring out this year's accounts and he would check this year's accounts directly.

"Your Highness Prince Luo, you can't do that. The money in the Ministry of Revenue is accumulated year by year. How can you know how much money the Ministry of Revenue has by just looking at one year? How can you find out whether the Ministry of Revenue has been short of money?" The Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Revenue kindly advised.

Dong Ling Zi Luo thought it made sense: "If we don't want to check the past year, then we can check the past five years. Let's forget about this old account."

This time, the Minister of Revenue did not say anything else. He just asked His Royal Highness Prince Luo to wait a moment. They had been working overtime overnight these days to sort out the accounts for the past five years. When Dong Ling Zi Luo heard this, he left immediately and said he would come back tomorrow.

At the morning court the next day, Dongling Ziluo reported to the emperor that Minister Cao of the Ministry of Revenue was lawless. The emperor asked Minister Cao to defend himself, but found out that Minister Cao had not attended the morning court at all. Upon inquiry, it turned out that he was sick.

Well, Prince Luo went to the Ministry of Revenue yesterday, and the Minister of Revenue fell ill today. This illness was really a coincidence, but the Minister of Revenue is not young anymore, and it is normal for him to be sick. The Emperor did not want to be known as someone who treated the previous emperor's important ministers harshly, so he had to suppress the situation temporarily.

What's more, without Minister Cao standing in the way, it would be easier for Dongling Ziluo and others to check the accounts.

Although Dong Ling Zi Luo was very satisfied that Minister Cao had wisely not shown up in the Accounting Department, he still felt depressed as if he had punched cotton.

As soon as the court was over, Dongling Ziluo brought people he had transferred from various ministries and the accountants he had invited from various prefectures to the Ministry of Revenue, and never gave the Ministry of Revenue a chance to breathe.

This time, he brought professionals with him. He didn't believe that he couldn't find out the problems in the Ministry of Revenue and bring down the Ninth Prince.

I thought the people from the Ministry of Revenue would find an excuse to stop the audit because Minister Cao was not there, but I didn't expect that the trip went smoothly today and the account books were arranged early.

Dong Ling Ziluo was quite uneasy about the cooperation of the Ministry of Revenue, but thinking that they had the emperor's order, the Ministry of Revenue dared not disobey, so he suppressed this uneasiness and sat in the seat, coldly examining the officials of the Ministry of Revenue.

The two assistant ministers had dark circles under their eyes. They forced themselves to be alert and pointed at the eight boxes of account books on the ground. "Your Highness, Prince Luo, these are the account books from January to June of the 20th year of Jingfeng. Please have a look, Prince Luo."

Eight large boxes in half a year were packed away in one night. Minister Cao put a lot of effort into making things difficult for Dongling Ziluo.

"So many?" Dong Ling Ziluo's eyes widened again.

Wow, he bought eight boxes in just half a year. Are you kidding me on purpose?

"In reply to Prince Luo, the Ministry of Revenue handles more money and therefore has more account books." The assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue lowered his head slightly to hide the disdain in his eyes.

It's funny that a prince who knows nothing wants to find out the problems in the account books of the Ministry of Revenue with a group of accountants. Don't these people know that the officials of the Ministry of Revenue are good at accounting? If they want to find problems from the account books, well...

It all depends on the consequences and whether Your Highness Prince Luo can bear it.

The Ministry of Revenue has a lot of account books, but if Minister Cao really wants to cooperate, he only needs to take out the general ledger. There is no need to move out these original vouchers and sub-accounts one by one.

It was obvious that Minister Cao was going to make trouble for Dongling Ziluo. Dongling Ziluo understood it after two days of investigation. But even though he understood it, he still asked people to take a closer look at the detailed account books.

The accounts of the Ministry of Revenue were so well done that he could not find any foul play just by looking at the general ledger. Only from these detailed accounts could he trace the whereabouts of every penny and find out the problems of the Ministry of Revenue.

You know, the Ministry of Revenue is not just worried about the Ninth Prince's matter. Dong Ling Zi Luo doesn't believe that the Ministry of Revenue has not had any problems in the past few years. It will definitely not be a short-term thing to transfer such a large amount of silver. Minister Cao should have made preparations long ago, getting a little silver every year, and accumulating a little bit...

Dong Ling Zi Luo brought his men to check the accounts at the Ministry of Revenue very patiently. Surprisingly, he found several sums of money whose whereabouts were unknown, or whose destinations were too high, or which were recorded in the accounts but not actually received.

After finding out all this, Dong Ling Ziluo did not expose it, but asked his subordinates to continue investigating. He knew that the Ninth Prince had long been eyeing the Ministry of Revenue, and had been embezzling money from the Ministry bit by bit over the years.

This time, he not only wanted to defeat the Ministry of Revenue, but also wanted to prevent the Ninth Prince from making a comeback.

With motivation and fighting spirit, Dong Ling Zi Luo was like a chicken with blood, full of energy every day, and he didn't feel tired at all staying in the Ministry of Revenue...

Of course, while Dongling Ziluo and the Emperor were busy looking for trouble with the Ninth Uncle from the Ministry of Revenue, the Ninth Uncle was not idle either. Escaping was not as scary as imagined, and it was not an easy task for a group of soldiers to catch three people.

It's okay in the mountains, but once you enter the city and change your appearance, it's not easy to find someone from the crowd.

After going down the mountain, the Ninth Prince, Feng Qingchen and Zuo An changed their clothes, but they did not dare to go through big cities. They only walked along small towns. After all, they were not sure whether the officials in the city had received the emperor's orders.

However, the Ninth Prince did not think that the Emperor would issue orders everywhere to kill him. After all, killing one's brother was not a glorious thing. It could be done but not said. Going to small towns was just to confuse the other party. Although it was difficult for him to mobilize the army, it did not mean that he would just keep running away and had no intention of fighting back.

Even if there is no opportunity, he will create one and fight to let the emperor know that although he has no right to mobilize the army, he is not as incompetent as the emperor imagined. Even if he leaves the imperial city, he is still the noble and unparalleled Ninth Uncle of Dongling.

The opportunity is right in front of us...

A message to readers: Can I start with two better things today? I’m really tired... Anyone who says bad things about me doesn’t love me.

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