What am I thinking when I'm cheating on the male supporting role [Transmigration Book]

"It is a great honor for me to meet the two Highnesses by chance here." Han Jiao, who was cursing in his heart, bowed cowardly to the big boss.

Encounter?

Xie Duo asked suspiciously, "What are you doing here?"

"Of course I came to look for this king." King Yan quickly walked out of the side hall, stepped forward and asked, "Why is Mr. Han here, and what difficulties did you encounter?"

Han Jiao couldn't wait to take a step forward and bowed his head: "I have a secret report."

"So fast?" King Yan's eyes lit up, and he first handed the interrogation book of the Ministry of Criminal Justice that he had just taken out to the ninth younger brother next to him, and ordered: "I have important matters to discuss with Mr. Han, you go to my study by yourself, and tell me what you know. Fill in everything."

The kidnapping case is still in the process of handling the case. In order to avoid frequent interrogation of Han Jiao by the Ministry of Criminal Justice, King Yan specially called the "insider" ninth brother out of the palace to assist Han Jiao in handling the case.

The Ministry of Criminal Justice could not interrogate the prince, so King Yan asked the case-handling officials to write down all the questions they wanted to ask Han Jiao in the interrogation book, and took it back to the palace to wait for his younger brother to fill it out.

Unexpectedly, Sixth Brother called him here just to save the little prodigy, His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince slowly looked down at the interrogation book, and when he raised his eyes to Sixth Brother, his gaze was as sharp as a sword.

Brother Six is ​​not treating His Highness Ninth as a human being any more!

"What the hell?" The third prince reached out to take the interrogation book for the ninth brother, turned it over with his head down, and stared up: "Sixth brother, you asked us to come here just to write this?"

When King Yan was young, he was one of the little attendants of the third prince. Now that he has left the palace to open a mansion, he is still in awe of the third brother. Hearing this tone, he quickly turned his head and explained: "I didn't just ask Lao Jiu to come here. Well, when did you dare to trouble third brother?"

At the side, Xie Duo solemnly warned Sixth Brother from the perspective of a bystander: "Ninth Brother is not something that can be excused casually."

King Yan completely ignored his younger brother's warning, and continued to laugh with his super fierce elder brother: "Since you are here, third brother will sit here for a while. My younger brother just got a sword the day before yesterday. It is said to be an ancient sword. There is no rust, third brother can ask Li Sheng to take it later to see if it is genuine."

I thought that the mastermind behind the kidnapping case had been found out, and the third prince accompanied him on this trip because he was going to give a face-to-face lesson to the thief slave who almost killed his brother.

Unexpectedly, the case was still under trial, and it was a bit disappointing. The third prince turned his head to greet the ninth younger brother and said, "Go, go to the study first, fill in this thing, and come back to see your sixth brother is stupid, and you still have the ancient sword. The sixth brother is really a fool." Dare to do anything..."

The third prince, who doubted King Yan's IQ, shook his head and sighed with disgust, put his hands on the shoulders of his ninth brother, and walked to the study.

Xie Duo walked out with his shoulders hooked, turned his head and stared at Sixth Brother and the little child prodigy suspiciously.

"Come on, let's go inside and talk." King Yan made a gesture of invitation to Han Jiao.

Han Jiao nodded to ask King Yan to invite first, and then without realizing it, under the displeased eyes of a certain boss, he followed King Yan into the room.

King Yan roughly flipped through the stack of books handed over by Han Jiao, and frowned deeply.

He originally thought that the thick stack of papers sent by Han Jiao was a summary of clues related to the case of killing Liang and impersonating meritorious service, but he didn't expect that the stack of documents was full of account lists.

King Yan is not a person who is good at comparing accounts, and Han Jiao did not handle this matter thoroughly.

But he still asked patiently: "Is there anything wrong with these accounts?"

"It's a long story." Han Jiao said solemnly: "I'll show you the overview of the certificates first, and then explain the problems to you one by one."

King Yan nodded: "Sir, please tell me."

Han Jiao stretched out his hand and motioned King Yan to return the stack of documents to him, then quickly found the first page of accounts he had sorted out, and handed it to King Yan, explaining: "This is the 17th year of Tiansheng, all the records of Qi Ningguan. Military expenditures, excluding the increased military supplies for the Tatar invasion at the end of the year, all expenditures are basically the same as the previous two years."

King Yan nodded and waited for him to continue.

Han Jiao turned to the second page: "This is the military expenditure declared by the Qining Pass in October 18th of Tiansheng. Because the Tatars violated the border twice, the Qining Pass recruited [-] defenders. Starting from this month, Qiningguan pays [-] more soldiers every year."

King Yan glanced sideways at Han Jiao, as if urging him to focus.

Han Jiao pointed to Zhao Liang's name in the lower left corner of this account, and explained: "Zhao Liang was transferred to Qining Pass in July of this year to serve as the commander. That is to say, after three months of his arrival, Conscripted once."

King Yan frowned slightly, and said patiently: "Conscription is not up to him to decide, I know this matter, it was ordered by the emperor, Zhao Liang can't be blamed."

Han Jiao didn't seem to notice King Yan's dissatisfaction, so he turned to the next page of accounts, and explained seriously: "The first batch of military salaries for recruits was allocated by the Ministry of Finance in February of the following year. Please read this account carefully."

He turned out the first page of accounts again, and showed the two sheets side by side to King Yan for a closer look, and asked, "Can you see the difference in the military expenditure items in these two accounts?"

King Yan ignored Han Jiao's guidance, and ordered directly: "Please tell me clearly, sir."

Han Jiao originally hoped that King Yan would follow his guidance and find out the truth by himself, which would make Han Jiao's conclusion more convincing.

Otherwise, King Yan might be confused if he just told a bunch of complicated evidence.

However, King Yan was so impatient.

No way, King Yan probably still thinks that he is too young to find out any important evidence.

Han Jiao had no choice but to point out an unusual expense in the accounts: "This 'dismantling and refurbishment of the firecrackers and cannons back to Beijing' is something that Tiansheng has never had before 18 years. Except for the transportation of food and other expenses, the remaining expenses are unified. It was transferred to the account of the Ministry of War, and the receiving official was Zhou Zhaokun, the left servant of the Ministry of War, and the expenditure was as high as 6 taels per year."

As soon as he heard the name of Li Ge's old son-in-law, King Yan immediately looked at the bill keenly, and murmured with a serious expression: "Do you think that the repair fee for firearms is a cover, but Zhou Zhaokun swallowed it? Is there any evidence? Firearms comparison Ordinary weapons are much more difficult to maintain, if they are not regularly repaired every year, they will have to be replaced every three to five years, and it will cost far more than 6 taels of silver."

Han Jiao immediately found another account marked in red from the accounts, and explained: "The firearms at Qiningguan used to be repaired by the Liaodong General Command and Envoy Division. They are inspected every year and a half, and the cost is 1 taels. Within, unless there was a confrontation with the Tatars that year and ammunition supplies are needed, then at most 2 taels of silver will be spent.”

King Yan's eyes lit up, he took the page of accounts that Han Jiao had called up, looked it up carefully, and after a long time, he said in a low voice, "It's interesting, but this is a matter for the Ministry of War, and Zhou Zhaokun took over. He found a reason, such as military equipment. If we insist on spending tens of thousands of taels more for research and modification, we have nothing to do with him."

"Your Highness." Han Jiao took back the bill from King Yan and motioned him to listen carefully to what he said: "The purpose of my inspection of this expenditure is not to confirm whether the 6 taels of silver are used for firearms repair, but to verify that such a huge amount How did Qi Ningguan allocate the funds?"

Yan Wang was suddenly awakened by this sentence!

"That's right." King Yan looked at Han Jiao: "Where did they get so much military expenses to repair firearms? Every year, they have to ask the Ministry of Households for money for maintenance and repairs. Where can they get spare money to honor Zhou Zhaokun?"

"That's the problem!" Han Jiao said firmly, "6 taels of silver is roughly equal to the annual salary of [-] border soldiers, that is to say, it accounts for one-third of Zhao Liangzheng's recruits."

King Yan was taken aback for a moment: "You mean, Zhao Liang withheld military pay? This is impossible. Each soldier's annual military pay is less than 20 taels. That's clearly calculated by the Ministry of Household Affairs. It's not too much. If you can’t dig out a lot of silver scraps, how about one-third of the military salary? That would starve people to death, if not done well, it would lead to mutiny, Zhao Liang has no guts.”

Han Jiao nodded: "Your Highness, please remember this conclusion——Zhao Liang did not exploit the military salary."

As soon as these words came out, King Yan felt that this child prodigy surnamed Han was really not simple, so he looked at him with piercing eyes: "Go ahead."

Han Jiao continued: "Your Highness, do you still remember the content of the secret letter that was sent back to Beijing when the censor investigated the case of killing Liang and impersonating meritorious service?"

"Of course I remember!" King Yan said urgently: "When Yushi inspected the heads, he found that there were many women and children in the corpses of the enemy soldiers, so he suspected that the victory report of Qining Pass was a false report of military merit."

Han Jiao said: "This is the first important thing in the censor's secret letter, and there is another thing. The censor explained in detail the process of the battle between the enemy and us, saying that the Tatars took advantage of the night to attack a pass in Qining Pass. After the defeat, the Jedi counterattacked and wiped out more than [-] Tartars who violated the border, while our army lost [-]. This is not a great victory. In fact, our army’s casualties were two More than double."

King Yan shook his head: "The Tartars are brave and good at fighting, and they attacked at night. Our army suffered more casualties, which is not unexpected. It is a great victory to fight back and wipe out the enemy."

Han Jiao was silent for a moment, waiting for King Yan to straighten out all the information just now, and then reminded him: "It happened that 3000 people were killed in battle, just half a month before Zhao Liang was about to be transferred from Qining Pass, and it happened that the Tartars took advantage of the night to sneak attack. Killing 3000 members of our army just happened to equalize the 6 taels of military pay every year!"

As if thunder had exploded in the clear sky, King Yan suddenly stood up and looked at Han Jiao in astonishment: "You mean...you mean..."

Han Jiao stood up immediately, staring firmly at King Yan and said: "Your Highness, the matter is quite clear! Two months ago, the cabinet voted to replace Zhao Liang, the commander of Qiningguan. Returning to Beijing, half a month ago, the supervisory censor discovered that the corpses of the enemy soldiers were tricky, and the case of killing good men and committing meritorious service was revealed."

King Yan only felt the blood in his chest surging, Shen Sheng followed Han Jiao's words and said: "You mean that Zhao Liang's crime of murdering good men and impersonating meritorious service was not at all to keep his official position, but to keep his job in peace before the elder Xu Ge came to office. The military expenses he embezzles every year!"

Han Jiao nodded: "Xu Ge's old deployment was too sudden. The three thousand soldiers that Zhao Liang falsely reported before could not be recruited in the frontier within half a month. Zhao Liang was worried that the matter of empty pay would be revealed, which would attract Zhou Zhaokun, so he urgently created a war. war."

"In fact, it is very likely that Zhao Liang attacked the Tatar tribe at night. Because he was worried about his own casualties, he did not engage in battle with the main force of the Tatars. He only attacked the old, weak, women and children of the tribe who had no combat effectiveness. Those Tatar corpses may not be from the frontier. There are so many people in Chu, the place of Qi Ningguan, so many people can't get together in a short time, this is also the reason why no surviving people complained and made trouble--Zhao Liang did kill the Tartars, he didn't lie about this point, he did it, on the contrary It was the three thousand soldiers who died in our army!"

"These 3000 soldiers never existed, and the annual military pay of [-] was swallowed up by the four military officers at the border and Zhou Zhaokun, the left servant of the Ministry of War!"

King Yan stared at Han Jiao at this moment, almost shocked. He was stunned for a moment, and he asked for advice with a respectful expression: "Why did these five people tamper with the account instead of dividing the loot after the military salary is paid?"

Han Jiao gave a wry smile, and replied in a low voice: "Your Highness, forgot? The military expenditures are decentralized, and every pass is checked by the supervisory censor. In order to prevent the empty pay, my Great Chu Emperor Taizu has made several checkpoints. , when the military salary is distributed, the number of people does not match, and the excess military salary cannot reach Zhao Liang at all, and there are too many insiders, and there are too many supervisory officials who need to be bribed. Zhao Liang and others just drilled through each checkpoint. The inspection scope of the supervisory censor is different They intercepted the vacancy in advance with a high-sounding name. To tell you the truth, what they did on the account was a hundred times more complicated than what I said. In order to make it clear for you, I only listed the largest amount of false accounts. , and other miscellaneous accounts..."

Han Jiao pulled out his four "exemplary" accounts from the thick stack of accounts, handed the remaining real accounts to King Yan, and said in a low voice, "Here are all the military expenditures and integration changes at each gate within five years. , I have completed the accounting one by one, and all the suspicious accounts of Qi Ningguan found out, all added up, are almost equal to the annual military expenditure of "those three thousand soldiers who died in battle."

King Yan was shocked and speechless, and he reached out his hand to take the thick account in a dull manner.

"Next." Han Jiao gave the final suggestion: "Your Highness can immediately send the censor to Qining Pass to dig up the graves of the so-called three thousand martyrs who died in battle to see if there are really dead bodies. If not, This false good news, all the officials and officials involved in the corruption behind the ink are clearly listed in the account, and it can be confirmed that His Highness has nothing to do with the criminal Zhao Liang!"

The author has something to say: Yan Wang: You count as a mountain in two days? ? ? ?How do you calculate it?

Han Jiao: You know, just do it casually.

King Yan: ...