After the chief assistant left the palace, he went to the Prince of Chu's Mansion. He talked to his mother for a while, and then told Yu Wenhao that the emperor did not agree with this matter and told him not to mess around, but to just take care of the food and investigate the people who were depriving him of the money.
Yu Wenhao first agreed that improving the food was something that must be done immediately, and we also needed to find out who was so abominable that he even deducted the patient's food money and medicine money.
Little did he know that if he did not investigate, he would be surprised to find out that the person in charge of the leprosy mountain patients was his third uncle Su Dahe.
This Su Dahe had mediocre qualifications. He was a member of the Ministry of Household Affairs. He got this official position with great difficulty. He had not made any progress after working for many years. Although he was not promoted, he was not promoted for many years.
When Leprous Mountain was established, no one was willing to take care of it. He took the initiative to take over the task, built the house on the mountain, and sent people to the mountain to guard and cook. The court allocated one thousand taels of silver every month for food and the mountain.
As for various expenses, as for the purchase of additional medicinal materials, they will be reimbursed according to the bill. If a person is killed, the funeral expenses are 10 taels per person.
At that time, there were more than a thousand people living in Leprosy Mountain, and one thousand taels per month was sufficient, because all the daily necessities that should be purchased in the early stage were already available, and these one thousand taels were only for food and subsequent clothing.
Now there are three hundred people left. According to the current food such as wowotou and steamed buns on the mountain, and one meal a day, they only spend about ten taels of silver a month, and there is still plenty.
Su Dahe had been in charge of this matter from the beginning, so it was not difficult to investigate everything. Yu Wenhao ordered someone to quietly take the account book back to the house to look at it.
That night, he, Tang Yang, Xu Yi and others settled the matter until midnight.
When he finished the calculation, Yu Wenhao's face turned dark. He was so angry that he threw all the ledgers to the ground and said angrily: "This is unreasonable. In the past five years, Leprosy Mountain has spent a million taels of silver. What does the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue do for a living?"
? Didn’t you go through the review?”
Xu Yi was also shocked, "The cost of building this house in Leprous Mountain is 200,000 taels. How is this possible? They are just a row of short houses. The most expensive thing is the labor. There are not even bricks. They are all made of materials from the mountain."
It was made of wood. The area was originally a dense forest, but it was just a piece of flat land created after logging. The felled wood was also used to build houses. The most expensive thing was labor. How could it cost 200,000 taels? Twenty thousand taels of silver.
It’s all too much.”
Tang Yang picked up the account books and folded them, and said, "What about the fence? It covers an area of more than fifty acres. It probably cost a lot just to build the fence. Is the fence also made of wood?"
Xu Yi said angrily: "It can be pulled down. There are still more than fifty acres of land. It looks like a total of more than ten acres of land. A large row of short bungalows has been built densely. The wall only surrounds the two sides northwest of the main entrance. Three hundred taels of land.
That’s enough. The rest faces a cliff on one side and a dense forest on the other. How much money do we need?”
Tang Yang was very surprised, "Is this done by the Ministry of Works? Didn't the Ministry of Works inspect and accept it?"
Yu Wenhao said coldly: "It was all done by Su Dahe. For the errand he asked, the Ministry of Works only hired craftsmen, and there was no acceptance check. It was in a hurry. After the construction was completed, they were sent there immediately. The Ministry of Works
Where can I go to see it?"
Tang Yang was dumbfounded, "Then Mr. Su is too courageous, isn't he? Aren't you afraid of exposing your secret? Among these expenses, one thousand taels of silver per month is used for food. There is already plenty of money, so why not?"
There are medicines, bedding, silver charcoal, candles, etc. The monthly expenses are around 2,000 taels, and the Ministry of Revenue just takes care of it? No one cares about it?"
There was fury in Yu Wenhao's eyes, "How could they be exposed? If Lao Yuan hadn't said that he was going to treat them, would anyone have gone up to Leprosy Mountain to see them? Would anyone know that they only eat one steamed bun every day? Would anyone know that they were there?
Is your life worse than that of a dog? After a few years, all the people will be dead, and there will be no way to investigate all this, and the money will be safe. How good is the wishful thinking."
Tang Yang shook his head, "It's really too much. What kind of money can you earn? Do you have to collect these life-support money? You really can't kill people with just your head. It's better to kill them all in the first place, so as not to torture them bit by bit in the past few years.
Being cold and hungry is really torture to death. No wonder so many people jump off the cliff."
Yu Wenhao's face was as serious as iron, "Su Dahe doesn't have such courage, and if the Ministry of Household Affairs does not investigate and approve all the funds, they must have some scruples."
Tang Yang nodded, "Your Highness is right, I'm afraid your grandpa will come forward."