Yan Shiyue hesitated for a moment and then led them over.
It seems that people from the Ministry of Works have come to transfer silver from the national treasury. The procedures have been completed and they are preparing to open the treasury door.
Yan Shiyue glanced around a few times and walked straight forward without stopping, as if he had always intended to go in this direction.
The two of them strolled to the edge of the courtyard, and then slowly strolled over. Yan Shiyue said, "Master Bao, I am going to the palace immediately. Do you have any way to help me stabilize Doctor Zhu in the national treasury?"
Bao Zheng said: "I will do my best."
As he spoke, he walked to the vicinity of the national treasury. Yan Shiyue watched as a treasury soldier who had changed his clothes came out of the toilet carrying a bucket, and he couldn't help but frown.
The soldier in the warehouse also saw her and was immediately startled.
He hesitated for a moment, but hurried forward to greet her. But he stumbled as soon as he took a step, and the barrel fell to the ground, cracking the bottom and two silver ingots rolled out.
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Damn it! Plans are not as fast as changes! Yan Shiyue made a prompt decision and immediately shouted: "Jiahe!"
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Jia and several others rushed up and quickly pinned the man to the ground. The soldier was panicked and shouted, "Prime Minister, spare my life!"
Bao Zheng squatted down, propped his hands with a handkerchief, looked at the silver ingot, then picked up the bucket and looked at it, while showing her that the bucket was specially made and had a layer at the bottom.
Yan Shiyue shouted: "What's going on!"
The soldier was so panicked that he had no idea what to do. He just shouted, "Prime Minister, please spare my life! Prime Minister, please spare my life!"
Zhu Hong, the doctor in charge of the national treasury, came running over and said hurriedly, "Prime Minister!"
He looked down at the ground and asked in surprise, "What's going on?" Then he kicked it as if he had just thought of something, "How dare you! How dare you steal the treasury silver!"
Ku Bing cried out in pain.
Doctor Zhu immediately turned around and bowed: "Prime Minister! I didn't enforce the law strictly. I didn't expect this to happen! Fortunately, you are very observant and caught the thief! You are wise!"
Yan Shiyue asked: "Are you sure this is Ku Yin?"
Doctor Zhu was stunned for a moment and looked down at the ground again.
There are carvings on the silver in the treasury, and some have the year number engraved on them. At the bottom is engraved "Dayan Silver Treasury". Bao Zheng just looked at it and put the two silver ingots that had leaked out upright. Just looking at the top, he really didn't know if it was the real thing.
He said, "Isn't this Ku Yin?"
Seeing that he never took the silver ingot, Yan Shiyue couldn't help but sneer and said, "Looking at this posture, with so many tools to commit crimes, I'm afraid he is a habitual thief. Go and inform Sima Shangshu that I want to check the treasury."
"Why do you have to do this, my Lord?" Doctor Zhu said, "This kind of thing has never happened before. I will strictly control it in the future and guarantee that it will not happen again! Please rest assured, my Lord!"
Yan Shiyue said: "I am ordering you, not discussing with you!"
She turned around and called Bao Zheng: "Master Bao, go to the Fourth Department and call for some help."
Bao Zheng bowed quickly and said, "Yes." He walked away quickly.
Yan Shiyue turned and walked towards the national treasury, only to see that the soldiers guarding the treasury and several clerks were all in panic, and more than one of them showed an unconcealable resentment, and they exchanged glances with each other.
Sure enough, this matter must be a collusion between the upper and lower levels, inside and outside, everyone knows it, and they deceive the superiors but do not hide it from the subordinates!
At this time, Sima Long, Qu Sinian and others also hurried over. As soon as Sima Long rushed over, he shouted, "How could there be such a person who committed embezzlement! Why don't you drag him away and beat him to death!"
Doctor Zhu said anxiously, "Yes, sir!" and signaled the guards to drag the man away.
"Wait!" Yan Shiyue shouted anxiously, "That's a witness! Leave it there and don't move, or I will kill you."
The expressions of Doctor Zhu and the others suddenly looked a little strange.
Normally, this one sentence would be enough to intimidate everyone, but now, these people's eyes were filled with murderous intent!
After all, if they really investigate, firstly, their financial resources will be cut off, and secondly, they will be convicted and may even lose their lives! They will definitely choose the lesser of two evils!
It is indeed unsafe to act hastily.
Yan Shiyue pretended to raise his hand and gestured to the wall. Soon, two soft bird calls were heard from outside the wall.
This has already been notified to foreign aid.
Yan Shiyue felt relieved and didn't rush to the treasury. She retreated directly and stood in front of the treasury soldiers and the broken barrels. Qu Sinian and Gu Hengsha came over quickly and stood beside her.
She pointed to the ground with a serious look on her face and said, "Master Sima, look at this bucket, it's obviously not new. This person must be a habitual thief. I said I was going to check the warehouse, so tell me, is it necessary?"
Sima Long said anxiously, "Your Majesty is right! But inventorying the warehouse is not a trivial matter. The procedures are very complicated. We need to consider it carefully and arrange it slowly."
"What is there to consider?" Yan Shiyue said, "I was ordered to assist the Ministry of Revenue. I didn't use the abacus before because I didn't take over the actual affairs. Now that I have discovered that someone has embezzled, how can I let him go?"
Sima Long pondered and said, "In that case..." He waved his hand and said, "You help the Prime Minister back! I will personally lead people to check the warehouse and will definitely give the Prime Minister a satisfactory explanation!"
Yan Shiyue thought to herself, why haven't the foreign aid come yet? Why hasn't Bao Zheng come yet? She pretended to ponder.
Who knew that as soon as Sima Long finished speaking, someone came over and reached out to help her.
Yan Shiyue took two steps back and scolded, "Wait! What are you doing? I'm talking to Lord Sima, do you want to hit me?"
The two men hesitated.
Jia and a few others rushed in front of her.
At this moment, a guard suddenly stepped forward and stabbed the soldier in the heart with a knife: "This kind of thief! If we don't kill him, what's the point of keeping him alive!"
A and a few others were all focusing on her and didn't notice her for a moment.
Seeing the blood splattered on the spot, Yan Shiyue's expression turned completely cold.
She pushed Jiahe away and took a step forward: "What? Is it fun to cover up one's own fault? Do you think I can't investigate if you kill the witness? Or do you plan to kill me too? The national treasury is right there, what's the point of killing him?"
A, who had been escorting the warehouse soldier, immediately stepped forward, kicked the guard to the ground, and took out his knife.
Yan Shiyue looked at Sima Long coldly: "Master Sima, please tell me something clearly! Will you open the treasury? Will you let me trade?"
"Prime Minister, calm down!" Sima Long bowed his hands repeatedly, "I dare not stop you! But you don't know that the Ministry of Revenue can't be opened at will. If you want to check the treasury, you must first ask the Ministry of Shangshu for approval, then check the accounts, mobilize personnel, and all the procedures cannot be skipped."
Qu Sinian said: "Don't be anxious, my Lord, just listen to me."
He pretended to whisper, but he really was whispering: "Didn't you call anyone?"
Yan Shiyue gave him a look.
Just then, there was a commotion, and Huo Qijing came over with his personal soldiers, saying as he walked, "We were delayed at the door for a while, I brought a hundred personal soldiers with me, are you okay?"
There are only one hundred personal soldiers.
In other words, Emperor Ming Yan was not informed.
Yan Shiyue gave him a veiled look and said, "Why didn't you inform Aye? I just wanted to take inventory, but they dared to kill people!"
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