Ming Dynasty: At the beginning of the game, Lao Zhu resigned and retired.

There are talented people in the country, and they have been leading the way for hundreds of years.

In the early Ming Dynasty, although there was a wave of turmoil due to the sudden departure of Hu Weiyong and the sudden emergence of Li Shanchang, it eventually returned to calm.

Especially Hu Weiyong's strategy of closing the door of his house and not welcoming anyone, made a group of careerists who wanted to take advantage of the snipe and the clam fight to make a profit, making their teeth itchy with anger.

They were even more angry than Zhu Yuanzhang.

After all, in their opinion, how could you, Hu Weiyong, Prime Minister Hu, behave like this?

That is the position of prime minister, one person is lower than ten thousand people. You have to stand up. You have to raise a flag and recruit a group of people to fight with Li Shanchang!

But... what they faced in the end was the closed door of Hu's mansion.

Except for the servants who buy vegetables, rice and noodles every day and the imperial doctor who occasionally visits, no one can enter the increasingly low-key mansion smoothly.

So slowly, people had no choice but to get used to the fact that a person like Hu Weiyong no longer appeared in the officialdom, and there were even fewer opportunities for his name to appear in everyone's mouth.

In the blink of an eye, more than half a month has passed.

Li Shanchang also gradually showed his ability to dance in the prime minister position.

He is also an old minister. Although he is a bit power-minded, it does not mean that he is incompetent.

Li Shanchang, who has finally climbed to the position of prime minister, has been working hard and diligently in the past half month.

But what he didn't know was that there was a big pit waiting for him.

In the Forbidden Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was dressed in casual clothes, was not sitting on the supreme dragon chair at all. Instead, he was sitting on the steps leaning forward like an old farmer, looking at Mao Xiang in front of him with an indifferent expression.

"Mao Xiang, please explain to us!"

"Why are the account books in the hands of those officials who came to the Ministry of Household Affairs to submit money and grain blank, but are stamped with the local official seal?"

"Besides, we took a look and it seems that this isn't the first time this has happened."

"Why didn't we know about it before?"

Mao Xiang was so sweaty that he knelt on the ground with a thud.

He knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was angry. If he couldn't give a solid explanation, he might be in trouble today.

"Your Majesty, Jin Yiwei has indeed discovered this matter, but I really don't know that this matter is against the holy will."

"When I found out about this incident, I specifically asked the transfer department whether this move was reasonable because it involved specific affairs of the Household Department."

"At that time, the Ministry of Revenue responded that officials from various places went to the Ministry of Revenue to submit money and grain accounts, and there were many losses on the way, so the numbers stamped with the official seal on the money book were somewhat inconsistent."

"For this reason, the account books must be returned to the place of origin, rewritten, stamped, and then sent back to the Accounts Department before the account can be written off."

"This time and again has wasted a lot of manpower and material resources."

"Therefore, according to the method of the previous dynasty, all localities prepared blank account books in advance and stamped them with official seals. After arriving at the Ministry of Accounts, after on-site inspection of money and food, they refilled the account books, thus saving manpower and material resources without wasting time."

"When I heard what I said, I thought it made sense, and it was the same everywhere. So I didn't report it. I deserve to die!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, the corners of his eyes twitched unconsciously, and veins popped out on both sides of his temples.

But the words in his mouth seemed neither sad nor happy.

"Previous dynasty? Did you do this since the Yuan Dynasty?"

"Well, they are really interested!"

"In this way, we really don't have to go back and forth to the inn, but it also saves a lot of money and time."

"After all, Jinyiwei is not from the Sixth Department and the Fifth Division Yamen. He doesn't understand the twists and turns here. I'm embarrassed to blame you."

"But... Mao Xiang, if you don't understand things in the future, don't figure it out on your own. Report to us directly!"

Mao Xiang didn't dare to raise his head and buried his head deeply in the ground. Not only did he not breathe a sigh of relief after hearing this, but he answered more cautiously: "Yes, Your Majesty!"

"Stay back!"

After Mao Xiang carefully weighed his feet and left, Zhu Yuanzhang finally couldn't help it, stood up and kicked the imperial case.

The originally calm old face was now even redder with anger.

"Rebellious ministers and traitors! Corrupt officials!"

"Do you think we are fools!?"

"Everyone knows it, but we don't!"

"You've become more capable!"

"Song Li, Xuan Li Shanchang!"

Song Li, who had been standing in the shadow like a small transparent inconspicuous person, quickly bowed to accept the order after hearing this, and then without saying a word, he quickly walked around the wall and slipped out of the hall.

As an old chamberlain who had served Zhu Yuanzhang for many years, he knew very well how shocking Emperor Zhu's anger was at this time.

Moreover, Emperor Zhu was originally stubborn, and now when he became angry, it could be said that except for Empress Ma in the harem, who could barely persuade him, everyone else in the Ming Dynasty could only be beaten, or even die on the spot.

It's better to run errands quickly.

Not long after, Li Shanchang, the prime minister of the day, hurried over in a hurry.

There is naturally a reason why Li Shanchang came here so quickly.

As the prime minister, the emperor supervises the ministers and workers, and one person is less than ten thousand people. Therefore, the prime minister's official residence is directly located in the palace, which is just an outer city of the palace.

In this way, it not only reflects the authority of the prime minister, but also makes it convenient for officials from various ministries to find the prime minister to handle matters. Also, if the king has something to inquire about, he can also find the person as soon as possible.

Li Shanchang was found by Song Li in the public apartment just now.

Now he had just taken over as prime minister and needed to do something big to "show off his abilities." Therefore, when he heard Zhu Yuanzhang's urgent edict, he trotted all the way over without asking anything.

Zhu Yuanzhang was not sitting on the steps at this moment. He was sitting on the dragon chair, looking at Li Shan across the imperial case and said.

"Prime Minister, we just found out today that those local bureaucrats actually stamped their official seals on blank account books and came to the Accounts Department to cancel the accounts."

"This seems to save time and effort, but if you look at it, isn't it just using blank documents to commit fraud?"

"We won't allow this kind of thing to happen under our noses."

"You are the prime minister and we trust you, so I'll leave this matter to you, okay?"

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang mentioned the matter of blank account books and stamps, Li Shanchang, who was already familiar with various routines in the yamen, knew what he was talking about.

He immediately clasped his fists, bowed his head and replied loudly: "I will live up to your trust!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Li Shanchang who took the job without hesitation and didn't say much. He just said lightly: "Well, thank you for your hard work, Prime Minister. That's it. Go and get busy!"

"Yes, I resign!"

Li Shan walked out of the palace in a polite manner, stood on the steps, looked at the bustling Yingtian City outside the palace wall, and let out a long breath.

"It's time to let them know the truth!"