Malicious Medical Princess of the Marquis House

Chang En was ordered to go to Chang'an Palace, feeling a little uneasy in his heart, with various thoughts surging.

Before, he was ordered to preside over the construction of Chang'an Palace. After the palace was repaired, he has been idle.

He thought that the empress would not use him anymore, and he bought a house to retire, but suddenly someone from the palace informed him that the empress wanted to see him.

Could it be that something went wrong in the Chang'an Palace, and the empress should be held accountable?

But if there is accountability, there is no need for the empress to come forward in person.

When he arrived at Chang'an Palace, after being notified, he was invited into the study.

There are quite a few people in the study, and everyone is holding an abacus, crackling to settle accounts.

Gu Jiu put down the ledger in her hand, and beckoned Chang En to talk to her.

It's noisy here, Eunuch Chang followed me to the Imperial Garden for a walk?

The old servant would like to obey your mother's orders.

Gu Jiu got up and went to the imperial garden.

Chang En followed suit.

In the middle of the year, all industries have to make a mid-term settlement to estimate the market in the second half of the year. Recently, the Chang'an Palace in this palace is like a counting house, and the entry and exit are all abacus books.

Your Majesty, you have worked hard! Chang En said with a bow.

Gu Jiu stood in front of the railing of the pool, watching the goldfish swimming in the water.

She stretched out her hand, and the palace man immediately put a box of fish food on her hand.

She sprinkled a handful of fish food into the water, attracting goldfish to come forward to bite.

Annual auditing of the accounts requires a lot of time and energy from the palace.

Chang En was staring at the goldfish in the pool, when the empress opened her mouth, he quickly withdrew his mind and concentrated on it.

Your Majesty, do you want to change the current situation? He asked cautiously.

Gu Jiu glanced back at him, Eunuch Chang is worthy of serving Emperor Chengzong Wende, and he responded very quickly.

Chang En lowered his head and smiled, The old slave doesn't understand why the empress mentioned this to the old slave. As far as the old slave understands, there are many talented people around the empress, and the audit and accounting of the accounts can be handled by the people below.

Gu Jiu smiled, In the past few years, my palace has recruited a group of hopeless imperial examinations from Shanhe Academy.

But a person who is very talented in arithmetic. They are young, healthy, energetic, and full of drive, and they have indeed solved many problems for the palace. But also because I am young, it is inevitable to act impulsively, causing some troubles.

Chang En was silent.

Gu Jiu lightly tapped on the railing, I need someone, someone who can stabilize the overall situation, convince the crowd, and have a clear mind. For this candidate, I am optimistic about Eunuch Chang.

Chang En was taken aback.

I made countless guesses, but I didn't guess this one.

Your Majesty, what do you mean, let the old slave discipline those accountants?

Gu Jiu nodded, then shook his head again, I plan to set up an independent organization, called the Audit Department for the time being. I entrust the audit department with full authority to review and approve the accounts of Sihai and Huanyu. The personnel on both sides must not have any entanglement. In the future mature, the audit department will also take on the heavy burden of auditing the accounts of each government office.

Chang En's heart skipped a beat, and he asked cautiously, Does Your Majesty know about this?

Gu Jiu nodded, The establishment of the Audit Department is a joint decision made by His Majesty and the Palace. The Audit Department may seem insignificant, but in the future it will play a role of killing power, making every yamen and every industry personnel tense up. Don’t touch your skin, don’t reach out for money that shouldn’t belong to you.”

Chang En's face turned pale. Although it was cool by the pool and it was rarely windy, he was still sweating profusely.

The old slave has something to say, I don't know if I should say it or not.

Just say it. No matter what you say, I forgive you for not guilty.

Thank you ma'am!

Chang En considered his words, Let's talk about the palace people first, everyone has nothing to hope for, the only thing they can count on is money. This audit department, according to the design of the empress, if the old slave is not wrong, he will definitely find out in the palace in the future. Once the auditor's hand reaches into the palace, the only hope of the palace people will be gone. The palace people have no hope at all, and the old slave can't guarantee that they will do anything crazy. They are a group of abnormal people People, even the only source of income have not been cut off, this is hurting the enemy one thousand and self-damaging eight hundred!

Gu Jiu nodded, What you said makes sense. Is there any more?

Chang En continued: Let's talk about official salaries, let alone supporting a family, even an official can't support himself. Welcome and send, servants, houses, cars, horses, wives, concubines and children... everything is needed. Spend money. If you don’t reach out, the officials of Dazhou will live like beggars. What are people working hard to study and take the imperial examination? Isn’t it just to live a decent life and be a superior person. The court cut off everyone’s money. It would be boring for the official to do it.

Gu Jiu laughed when he heard this.

She said: About cutting off the wealth of palace people, I support your opinion. It is indeed necessary to be cautious. But regarding officials, Eunuch Chang said too one-sidedly. In this dynasty, an official must first be a Jinshi. What does Jinshi mean? , it is impossible for Eunuch Chang not to understand.

Jinshi means exemption from tax and corvee, which means that there will be countless small businessmen who will donate their family property and acres to the master of the Jinshi officer in order to avoid corvee and taxation. A mere gentry master, with more than ten years of hard work, can become a local tyrant. It is not easy for a family of masters who have entered the ranks of non-commissioned officers to become a local tycoon who has to be courteous to the local government.

How did those aristocratic families that have been rooted for decades, hundreds or even hundreds of years come from, and how did those local wealthy families that opened mines privately come from? It is evolved from the master of the non-commissioned officer. In Dazhou, none of the officials was poor. Even Zhou Shi'an, who cut himself off from his family and was willing to live in poverty, became an official, but it's not like someone sent things to his room every few days. Are you poor? He may not have much money, but he has never been short of food and clothing.

Chang En sweated profusely, This old slave has little knowledge, please forgive me, Madam.

You're right. Gu Jiu said softly: There are indeed some poor officials in the court, but this number is very rare. What's more, what I want to check is the accounts of the yamen, not to clean up officials' corruption and bribery.

Chang En was a little confused, Your Majesty, what do you mean, as long as the officials don't reach out to the warehouse of the Yamen, they don't care about anything else?

Gu Jiu sprinkled the fish food, I can't control it for the time being. Of course, if it goes too far, the Jinwu Guard is not a display.

After finishing speaking, she looked at Chang En, Does Eunuch Chang dare to take on this heavy burden? This is a job that offends others, and the six relatives don't recognize it. They only recognize the money and only the accounts.

Chang En was under a lot of pressure and smiled wryly.

At this point, does this old slave still have a choice?

He already knew the empress's plan, and obviously there was no way out, except death.

Gu Jiu laughed, If you don't agree, I can only send you overseas, or the desert in the northwest.

Chang En's face turned pale, and he said with a wry smile: This old slave is almost scared to death.

Gu Jiu smiled softly, This little thing can't scare Eunuch Chang. To tell you the truth, Chen Dachang is in the south. It's a pity that he is old and can't do it any more. My palace allows him to raise him, and he is in the south of the Yangtze River and in the capital. He bought property for him. But this old guy refused to accept his old age and said that he could not go to sea, but he could help Bengong to keep an eye on Jiangnan and fight for Yang Ji. Bengong was worried that he would spoil Yang Ji by relying on his old age, so he specially asked Zhou Miao Hold on to this old thing.

These words revealed too much insider information.

Chang En was tongue-tied, but was shocked anyway.

Chen Dachang is still alive?

Eunuch Chang thought he was dead?

Chang En told the truth: I haven't seen him for more than ten years. I heard that he went to the south. I thought he had died at sea, but I didn't expect him to be alive. Zhou Miao also went to the south?

Gu Jiu smiled, and said, In Jiangnan, the powerful families have deep roots, and monsters and ghosts walk everywhere. To deal with these local tyrants, you have to use someone like Zhou Miao.

The shit stirrer is a good choice to deal with monsters and monsters.

Compared with upright officials, people like Zhou Miao who go astray are more resourceful.

Chang En has already figured it out, If our family rejects your mother, will we have to go to the south to be company with that old ghost Chen Dachang?

You are not qualified to be the company of Chen Dachang. If you refuse me, you will be escorted to the ship when you get to the south, and you will go overseas for several years of experience, and you will be company with a group of exiles, murderers, prisoners of war and mine slaves.

Chang En was sweating profusely.

Gu Jiu smiled at him, Have you thought about it yet?

Chang En sighed, Think it over! This old slave is willing to work in the Audit Department.

Very good! From now on, you will be the head of the Auditing Department. The old school building of the Imperial College will become the office of the Auditing Department. The first task will take half a month to review and calculate the first quarter accounts of Huanyu and Sihai. The second task is to cooperate with the Shaofu to conduct a large-scale investigation of private mines.

Chang En frowned, Investigate private mines? This matter was done by the Shaofu before, and it has only been more than ten years. Why do you want to investigate again?

Last time, in order to crack down on private minting of coins, the Shaofu conducted an inventory of Dazhou's minerals in the name of obtaining a mining license.

The effect is not bad, and the number of privately minted coins on the market has been decreasing year by year.

At present, in the market, the common people are more appreciative of the coins minted by Shaofu, because they are not adulterated and sufficient.

As long as the Shaofu ensures the smooth circulation of official coins in the market and meets the needs of the people for coins, there will be no place for private money to survive.

Of course this is an ideal situation.

The reality is that private money has never been extinct.

Because privately minted coins, even if they follow Shaofu's casting process and are not adulterated at all, they can still make money.

As long as there is a profitable business, there will be people who will take risks.

Gu Jiu considered it for a while, The main purpose of this mine inspection is to crack down on illegal iron mines. I ask you to close 50% of the iron mines.

Chang En turned pale with shock, Young lady, you can't do it! This will cause criticism from the court, and I'm afraid there will be unspeakable consequences. Those private mine owners have backers behind them, so they can't be easily moved.

This time, you have to touch those mine owners. Gu Jiu's eyes were determined, The Shaofu, the Jinwu Guard, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs will cooperate with the audit department to check the accounts. Mining taxes are not low. Ten out of ten mines evade taxes. It's your entry point.

Chang En went crazy, This is absolutely impossible, the consequences will be disastrous.

Gu Jiu smiled, I know that the consequences will be serious, so I have prepared a way out for you.