Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

These two days, the saint was very unhappy.Liang Jiu and Wei Jiu, who served before Shengqian, were the most perceptive and discerning people.These two suppressed Prince Ning's request to see the saint and pay his respects to the saint, but did not report it, and Prince Ning was so anxious that he went around.He thought that Concubine Hui had already been carried out yesterday, and that the sage should calm down, so he handed over the note to see the sage to greet him.But in the palace, it was rumored that several princes had taken beating the fourth prince for fun over the years.He knew that even if he could see the saint at this time, he would not be able to accomplish anything.

Dejected, he went to the Empress Dowager's Palace of Compassion and Peace to pay his respects, and then went to see his biological mother, Concubine Shuhui.

Concubine Shuhui saw him coming in, and asked hopefully, "Is the saint sure?"

Prince Ning shook his head.

"Mother and Concubine, do you know how the Second Prince beat the Fourth Prince?"

Concubine Shuhui said disapprovingly: "The ones with long eyes and ears in this palace, pay a little attention, it's hard not to know."

"Mother, concubine, it's the fault of this matter. The son wanted to see the saint last night, but the saint asked the imperial doctor to look at the wounds of the fourth child, and punished the others to kneel in the Fengxian Hall. This morning, the son will go to the court to raise his son." Heart Palace is waiting, I heard that because of this incident, the masters in the study room reprimanded the sage, and all the Hanlin scholars were demoted."

Concubine Shuhui became anxious, "Oh, isn't your uncle and the others going to be exiled too?"

"Yes, and exile to the southwest."

"God." Dowager Shuhui yelled, fell down on the chair, collapsed into a ball, and slid down the chair.

"Mother Concubine, Mother Concubine, hurry up and ask the imperial physician." Prince Ning was in his prime, he moved quickly, and the distance between mother and child was close, he took a step forward and stretched out his hand to support the imperial concubine.

"Don't, don't, don't ask the imperial doctor."

It took a while for Concubine Shuhui to regain her energy, her tears were like a flood pouring down from the mountains, and the handkerchief was wet in an instant.

"My son, I have pity on your uncles. They haven't suffered any hardships since they were born, but now they are going to be implicated by Concubine Hui and exiled to the southwest."

Prince Ning didn't know how to comfort his mother. The Zhao family's affairs were all handled by the Marquis of Zhenbei.Because the sage believed that the Marquis of Zhenbei guarded the border, he worked hard and did not know what happened in the middle of the capital, so the Zhao family was spared the death penalty, and the female family members of the Zhao family were saved.At this time, it was revealed that several princes were not friendly to their brothers. It was too difficult to ask for mercy from the saint who respected etiquette as his top priority.

"Mother Concubine, Mother Concubine, the son is incompetent. If the son... um..."

Concubine Shuhui covered her son's mouth with her hand, "Changning, mother concubine would rather you live like this and live well. It's enough for both mother and son to live well."

The concubine knows what her son wants to say, so how can a saint succeed to the throne?He was not as born as his son Changning, and he may not be smarter than Changning, but his mother and concubine happened to pass away.Can the empress dowager abandon the saint, such a manipulative prince, and set up her own son?

"But uncles?" Prince Ning has a very good relationship with his uncle's family, and they have close contacts. "Mother and concubine, my son will take this title of prince to exchange for uncles..."

"Don't even think about it." The concubine immediately rejected her son.

"If you dare to go to the saint and say it, he will immediately demote you to the county king. With you as the prince's nephew, you will send your confidants tomorrow to accompany your uncle and the others to the southwest. Help them settle down, and every year more Send someone to go a few times frequently. With you here, your uncles will not suffer too much."

"Yes, concubine mother, my son will go back and make arrangements."

"You take over all the family property of the Zhao family. Maybe when there is an amnesty, or the saint will use Zhenbeihou again, maybe they will be pardoned and allowed to return to Beijing."

"Mother and concubine, the family property of the Zhao family, the son is afraid that he won't be able to get it."

"As much as you can get." Concubine Shuhui stood up, called her close confidant, and told her to bring the bank notes.

"You use all of these. If they don't come back, you can fill them with the profit of those things. They are all shops in good locations and promising Zhuangzi. The Zhao family has worked hard for hundreds of years."

"Yes, concubine mother, my son will go out to do it now. Concubine mother, do you want to invite the imperial physician to take a look?"

"No, the Queen Mother is picking on the saint now, if I dare to get sick..."

Prince Ning knew in his heart that his mother and concubine had always been at odds with the queen mother, alas!

"Mother Concubine, take care. Let the Queen Mother go first."

"Okay, okay, go, go."

Concubine Shuhui watched Prince Ning leave, and she shed tears again.

The Crown Princess had not been confinement for a few days, and the sage's decree came to the East Palace, asking the Crown Princess to take over the palace affairs.The prince brought over the accounts of the East Palace that he had sorted out last year, and explained the general ledger, the method of establishing the sub-ledger, the main points of accounting, etc., to the princess in detail all night.

"Qingqing, the accounts in the palace are in a mess. Even if you go to the grounded Concubine De and Concubine Xian to reconcile the accounts, you still don't know the running accounts they kept before. Let the Four Divisions and Eight Bureaus follow this method of accounting, and the front The remainder of the account book will be recorded in the new account book, and will be kept in accordance with the new method. As for their previous account books, they are all sealed up. I will see how to find some old account books and carefully sort out the account books."

The princess followed the prince and learned the new bookkeeping method all night.If a person is smart, he will often be able to see through a little bit.

"Mingyun, this is a good idea. There are more ledgers, but under one general ledger, there are sub-ledgers for each category, and even one page for each item, one person, and one page. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Four Divisions and Eight Bureaus will not be able to evade each other even if they want to shirk each other in the future. gone."

"Qingqing is smart, that's what it means. The servants of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are all dirty hands and feet. No matter how many times they are changed, it will take less than three to five years, and a group of silverfish has been raised. This palace throws money away. , You will know tomorrow after reading it, there is not even one-fifth of the account book. It was all taken away by those slaves, and finally returned to us masters with a reputation of being incompetent and extravagant. "

On the second day, the stewards of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Four Divisions and Eight Bureaus, each holding their own old account books, came to the East Palace to hand over their accounts to the Crown Princess.The Crown Princess did not take over immediately, but only followed the method taught by the Crown Prince, asking them to copy the balance of various items into the new account book, and the old account book was left in the East Palace for sealing, and she would read and check it slowly when she had time.

For a moment, all the stewards were wailing in their hearts, God, this way of keeping accounts, reconciliation is no longer a troublesome thing.It is clear at a glance how much is purchased every year, every month, and every day, how much is the purchase price, who gets it, and how much it gets.sky!Wouldn't it be impossible to steal oil in the future?

I want to say that I can't keep accounts like this, the princess taught me to understand.And everyone understands the method of bookkeeping that the Crown Princess said—as long as someone who can write and count can meet the Crown Princess' requirements.

All that can be done is to tell the princess one after another that the old-fashioned bookkeeping method has been used for several lifetimes, and they are very used to it, and it has been used well all the time, so there is no need to change it.

The princess just said, if you don't want to change the method of keeping accounts, then change someone else to keep accounts.

Those who wanted to take advantage of the handover of palace affairs to even out their previous losses were dumbfounded.There was someone who bullied the crown princess when she was young, and wanted to show the crown princess a pile of running accounts first, so as to make the crown princess dizzy.With the power to dismount, I am not afraid that the princess will not accept softness in the future.But he never expected that carrying all the running accounts to the East Palace not only did not scare the princess, but just thinking about how to make up for the shortfall found in the future made his face pale and his legs weak in fright.

Liu Fu was left behind by the prince to assist the princess.He had already been reminded by the crown prince that when the accounts were handed over today, this situation would happen to the stewards of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Fourth Division and Eighth Bureau.He squinted his eyes and smiled, watching these fat-brained, swaggering chief executives making a fool of themselves collectively.

When it was almost time, Liu Fu stepped forward and said to everyone: "The prince ordered the princess to keep accounts and manage accounts like this. What are you dissatisfied with? The prince left a message. He is reviewing papers in the Hall of Mental Cultivation today. You can go Find the crown prince at the Hall of Mental Cultivation."

Go to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to find the crown prince?The saint is there too.Looking for death? !

The stewards of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Four Divisions and Eight Bureaus had no choice but to set up a classified ledger in the East Palace according to the princess' request.The most difficult thing is the Treasury Bureau, which is in the East Palace until the middle of the day. Seeing that the princess does not agree to continue to use the old bookkeeping, I have to slowly build up the ledger, while secretly thinking about how to keep the inventory and accounts, and How can I smooth out the previous deficits.

Liufu moved everyone's teacups to the long table on the other side.It is the inkstone, which is also thick with crude benzene so that it will not be turned over.If you want to grind ink, you don't have to do it yourself.In the East Palace, there are servants who have finished grinding the inkstones, and only one inkstone is added each time, and a special person is responsible for adding ink.

After everyone had set up the ledger, San Dezi and Liu Fu took the ink pads and asked the original owner to stamp their fingerprints and seal on the wrong page on the old ledger.San Dezi and Liu Fu followed suit with their fingerprints and private seals.

The same method is used for the new ledger.

Everyone can understand that it is not feasible to change the account to reconcile in the future.

Liufu added a sentence, "From now on, when you go to collect things in various palaces and places, you will have to keep accounts in the same account book in your own palace, so as not to say that we people have embezzled someone. The prince said that the person who received the things It is best to be separated from the bookkeeper. It is best to be the opposite, so that people can rest assured. Even on the side of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in the future, the person in charge of the treasury and the person who keeps the book will have to be transferred every few months. It was changed."

San Dezi tapped those old account books and said with a smile: "The prince said that if the bureau caught fire recently and burned things, it would be dealt with as corruption and covering up crimes. Compensation, but a little bit is indispensable." son."

The steward of the Treasury Bureau almost collapsed in the East Palace on the spot.