Prince Cheng felt a little bad after receiving this task out of the blue.
He was in charge of the Haiyan affairs, and everything was going on in a prosperous and grand manner. As a result, it had just been a year since he got His Majesty's "reward" in his hands, and something like this happened?!
Don't even think about wearing the python robe he's wearing again.
Prince Cheng broke into a cold sweat and quickly asked how this matter was brought to the attention of Emperor Mingguang.
As soon as I heard it was related to Li Wenchong, I came to visit him without saying a word.
"Prince Chong, I didn't offend you, did I?"
Prince Cheng said as soon as he saw Li Wenchong.
When Li Wenchong heard this, he was a little confused: "Why did Prince Cheng say this?"
"Why did you say that? There was a mistake in Haiyan's account book. It's such a big thing. Why didn't you remind me to say hello? This job was originally introduced to me. Also, your step-granddaughter is marrying a member of my princess's natal family.
My nephew... based on our relationship, what can't you say?"
"Prince Cheng, you have misunderstood..." Li Wenchong knew that he had misunderstood, and quickly explained, "I really didn't stab my imperial brother in this matter. In fact, this is what happened..."
So and so, we talked about it.
Only then did Prince Cheng know what was going on. He was a little dumbfounded: "You just offered two accountants? Prince Chong, you are really... this is such a coincidence. If I didn't know your character, I would have thought that
You deliberately dug a hole for me and wanted to trouble me."
"Why am I trying to punish you? You also said that my step-granddaughter is marrying your nephew from the princess's mother's family. As far as our relationship is concerned, if it does not involve the ancestral inheritance and goes against my brother's wishes, I will definitely be happy to tell you anything.
You should take a breath, so that you can be mentally prepared. But what happened this time... really has nothing to do with me, and I didn't expect it. I just wanted to offer two accountants, and sell one to my brother.
Some rewards, but... the result is that something like this happened." Li Wenchong spread his hands and looked helpless, "How do you say this? You, Haiyan, are less than a year old. Who would have thought that the people below are so brave?
, he started making small moves so quickly.”
"Yeah...it's been less than a year. I thought I could just sit on this matter and enjoy the emperor's grace for a few more years. But I didn't even enjoy it much, and there was such a big deal for me.
Trouble." Speaking of that shop, Prince Cheng was also confused.
The county magistrate is not a high-ranking official, and he does not look like a corrupt official. How could he have such courage to do such a thing?!
This is a government store, the head of the household department, how dare they fake it?
"Who knows, but..." Li Wenchong said, "Since he dares to cheat, he must be prepared to be punished. I just don't know what you are going to do next?"
Prince Cheng shook his head and said he still didn't know.
He has just received the order. It is estimated that the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty who are more knowledgeable have also received the news and are ready to take action.
He didn't know how he was going to uncover these corrupt officials under such circumstances.
Also, if this county magistrate dares to do such a thing, there must be someone behind it.
If a small county magistrate has someone behind him, then...
"I'm not sure whether I will be able to pull out a radish and bring out a piece of mud. If too many people bring this mud, will I still be able to investigate..." Prince Cheng looked at Li Wenchong and said
"What do you think the scope of the 'thorough investigation' His Majesty refers to is?"
Obviously, no one who knew about this for the first time knew it.
They knew very well that a small county official would not dare to interfere in this kind of official salt shop.
Since the county magistrate dares to intervene, there must be someone behind it.
So, who is the person behind him?
If a bunch of things come out together, what kind of speed should Prince Cheng have to do so that he can complete this task beautifully and satisfy Emperor Mingguang?
The investigation was too thorough, and I was afraid that it would be difficult to explain when the prince was around.
I am also worried that the prince will come to power in the future and his wife will settle accounts.
The investigation was too shallow, and I was afraid that Emperor Mingguang would be dissatisfied, so I dealt with him in advance.
"This is indeed a problem..." Li Wenchong said thoughtfully, "How about you do it first and I can help you observe my brother's movements?"
"That's great. With Prince Chong taking action, I don't have to worry about being plotted by villains behind my back." Prince Cheng thanked him quickly.
At the same time, he also wanted to borrow some accounting rooms from Li Wenchong.
Since Li Wenchong could see that there was a problem with the flow of money in that store based on the account books in his hands, Prince Cheng believed that these highly skilled accountants could also see problems from other account books.
As for what can't be seen in the ledger, he will find a way to deal with it.
"This is no problem, but I need to discuss it with the princess." Li Wenchong explained that the accountant he recommended to Emperor Mingguang was not his, but that he asked Princess Chong's concubine Gu Qingling.
Only then did Prince Cheng know that Princess Chong, Gu Qingling, had an institution that specialized in training accountants, and none of the accountants who graduated from that place were unqualified.
If this was the case, Prince Cheng even had the idea of sending his own accountant here for training.
"If that's the case, of course that's fine. When Qingling's servant training institute was in Jinling, it had the business of helping other families train servants. If you just want to train the accountant, then send it to the accountant.
Just go to the training institute, I guarantee you will be able to graduate in a few months, and you will be given a brand new accountant."
However, Prince Cheng also discussed with Li Wenchong that this business should not be opened to other people in the capital for the time being until he checked Haiyan's account.
Li Wenchong naturally agreed.
He also hoped that Prince Cheng would find out soon. He and Gu Qingling had worked so hard to contribute to the Ming Dynasty, not just to feed these morons.
Li Wenchong's eyes flickered, but he did not remind Prince Cheng that that county was involved with the Prince's Palace of Jin Commandery.
Regardless of whether there is or not, it should not be said from his mouth, but should be allowed to be investigated by Prince Cheng himself. Only Prince Cheng investigated it by himself. When Prince Cheng reported it to Emperor Mingguang, Emperor Mingguang would not
He became suspicious and suspected that someone was framing the King of Jin County.
To be honest, if the store hadn't been exposed, Li Wenchong would never have thought that Prince Jin would be so bold and dare to reach out to an official store.
If so, then...
Li Wenchong was about to become suspicious. Without the protection of some officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs, how could such a big thing not have even the slightest trace exposed?
What's more, King Jin's attack was so fast that it made people feel like - could King Jin, who had been calm for so many years, take it anymore?
Otherwise, shouldn't he continue to hide it so that no one can notice anything strange?
"You mean...Jinjun Prince inserted his hand into Haiyan?!" When Gu Qingling heard this from Li Wenchong, she was very surprised, "Isn't that right? Although Haiyan's shops have been spread all over the country, you
Didn't we just talk about it last time and just roll it out, but not fully implement it? Now we have just laid it out in general, and the rest is to slowly implement and consolidate it county by county to ensure that sea salt completely replaces the old salt. In this way
Only in this way can the old habits of some families be prevented from sprouting up, and the wildfires will not burn them out, and the spring breeze will blow them over again."
