In the huge courtyard, apart from the gentle breathing of everyone holding their breath, there was the sound of turning books one after another. Summit 23S.
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"Third uncle, I was worried for nothing. I thought this kid had some abilities. It turns out he was just pretending!"
Zhang Kaiquan breathed a sigh of relief and said disdainfully.
"Hmph, it's just a silver-like wax gun tip. It blinded heroes like Old King Wu to have such unworthy descendants!"
Zhang Shun snorted in a low voice, and suddenly looked at Jia Zhengjing, who was walking over, his brows furrowed deeply, instinctively feeling that this person was not simple.
"Brother, just come and help you with such a small thing!"
Jia Zhengjing's fat hands carelessly grasped the account books.
In his opinion, Wu Ming flipped through books as fast as he could eat them. How could he see any tricks?
"Wait a minute, who are you? Why do you want to interfere in the affairs of Prince Wu's Mansion?"
Zhang Shun quickly came up to stop him, stared at Wu Ming coldly and said, "Young prince, are you going to break your promise and get fat?"
"Ahem, Brother Jia, this little thing doesn't hold you back, so just sit back and relax, there will be big business to discuss later!"
Wu Ming grabbed Jia Zhengjing, who was about to explode, and deliberately bit the "big business" very hard.
Jia Zhengjing's fat face twitched, and he reluctantly walked aside and sat down, thinking where did the big business come from?
Although the gifts given by the three kings were many, which were indeed a lot for ordinary people, to him, they were nothing, even if they had to meet the income quota stipulated by the family!
"A little fat man and a little monkey, what is the connection between these two melons?"
Mu Chun's white eyebrows trembled three times, his temples ached slightly, and he instinctively felt that something was fishy.
As shrewd as he is, he can never figure out that two people who have nothing to do with each other have become "good brothers" after one night!
As one of the most powerful people in the imperial city, as long as he wants to, no one's actions can be hidden from his eyes. What happened in Yuehua Zhai last night is no exception.
"My young prince, I wonder what the problem is? I have worked hard for the palace for many years, and now I am suspected of making false accounts. How pitiful!"
Zhang Shun breathed a sigh of relief and quickly asked.
"Haha, since Manager Zhang is so eager to know, I'm going to ask, Uncle Fu, take a look at the monthly schedules of these guards, servants, and domestic slaves. Are there any differences?"
Wu Ming casually handed the account book to Wu Fu.
Zhang Shun's old face changed and he did not stop him. After all, Wu Fu was the real old man of Prince Wu's mansion.
"Back to the young prince, the monthly salary of the first-class guards has increased five times, that of the second-class guards has increased twice, and that of the third-class guards has increased by half, and the number has increased five times. As for the monthly wages of servants and domestic slaves, the same is true.
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Wu Fu had an ugly old face and his eyes were on fire.
"Haha, the young prince doesn't know something. Nowadays, wars are raging in Bian Town. Too many families who have been born and died in Bian Town have been broken up. Many soldiers have nowhere to go after being disabled. They are all included in the mansion as bodyguards. This was also decided by the old prince when he was alive.
Don’t break the rules!”
The old god Zhang Shun was there and showed no fear at all.
Zhang Kaiquan and others even hugged their arms with disdain on their faces!
"So that's it! Then what do I think, these people all have to be tailed?"
Wu Ming grinned and said to Muchun, "Eunuch Naomu, let the brothers from the imperial army surround Prince Wu's mansion. I want to count the number of people. Anyone who is not on the list will be treated as thieves. I believe that the border town needs slaves very much.
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"Ahem, Manager Zhang, you have to think clearly. There really are some messy people in the palace. If the forbidden army moves, there will inevitably be casualties!"
Mu Chun coughed dryly, glared at Wu Ming fiercely, and said slowly.
"This... Mu Gongming Mingjian, who is out to work these days, who is not the one who takes care of the family? They have made great contributions to the development of the border town. It is reasonable for the palace to have a few idle people!"
Zhang Shun's expression changed continuously, he smiled dryly, and winked vaguely at Kaiquan.
A few clever servants behind him ran away quickly.
"Hmph, that sounds nice, but it's not just free money. Let me ask you, according to the salary of the palace guards, they are comparable to the best of the best. How do you explain it?"
Wu Fu said sharply.
"Steward Wu, the increase in salary is because of the sons and daughters who risked their lives and fought for the palace. They lost their bodies and were given more salary..."
Zhang Shun still used the same forceful argument.
It's nothing more than that if someone sacrifices his or her life for you, it's only natural for you to give him more money to help settle his family.
If Wu Ming dares to say that the life and death of these people is none of his business, he will definitely be spitted to death, and he will definitely kill you anyway.
"Uncle Fu, a person who has truly lived and died for the palace, let alone being raised by the palace, even if the whole family is settled by the palace, it is only natural and right!"
Wu Ming once joined the army and had special feelings for the people in the army, so he didn't care much about it.
Hearing this, Zhang Kaiquan and others laughed.
"Manager Zhang, what I want to ask is, where are the white corn, Longya rice, and Zhenyang rice that should be stored in the mansion? Don't tell me, they are all used to train the guards of the mansion. Don't use anything. Five
There have been wars in the border town for many years, and the harvest is not good.
It is clearly recorded here that the amount of storage each year, the amount of sales, and the amount of income are all recorded by your own hands.
Just like this account, 12,000 kilograms of white corn was lent to Hongwuzhen, and 12,000 kilograms were returned, and 6,000 kilograms of fire was consumed in the process. Haha, I didn't know that the fire consumption of this white corn was so much.
After transferring to the warehouse again and again, after calculating the fire consumption, the expected harvest inventory is gone.
There is also this amount, um, there is also this amount, Manager Zhang, please explain it to me!"
Wu Ming held another account book and pointed at the accounts recorded on the pages at random.
At first glance, the incoming and outgoing treasure resources are all detailed, and there is no fraud at all.
But if you think carefully, you will find that everything is consumed in the so-called fire consumption when it comes in and out.
Moreover, the proportion of fire consumption is not generally large.
Listening to Wu Ming pointing out one by one that the four major border towns were implicated, Wu Fu's face became darker and darker, and his eyes were almost ready to spit fire.
On the other hand, Wu Ming didn't seem to care at all about the old god's presence, the urgency of these things that should have been his inheritance.
"And this, a certain guard in the mansion borrowed a certain amount of silver, spiritual rice, medicinal materials and other treasures to pay back for a mission.
I didn't know that these guards in the mansion, with such high salaries, had to go out to do tasks to support themselves.
What’s even more ridiculous is that they are still used to pay off the debts of the palace. Well, these tasks are actually about the defense of border towns.
Haha, does this mean that the wealth does not flow to outsiders?"
Seeing Zhang Shun's body shaking more and more violently, Wu Ming threw the account book in front of him with a mocking look on his face.
"Hahaha, awesome, awesome, brother, I didn't expect you to be so good at arithmetic. In such a short time, you can see the problem. In my opinion, this is not that the money is not flowing to others, but that you are filling your own pockets and stealing from others.
They are greedy and thieving people!"
Jia Zhengjing laughed and stepped forward, teasing.
"These, these are all to take care of those who were born into the palace..."
Zhang Shunzhan said tremblingly.
"Come on, who are those people? You know it, I know it, God knows it, and everyone knows it, so don't cover your ears!
There are also these businesses that are losing money. Most of the shops being traded are your Zhang family’s shops, right?
I don’t want to pursue any of the past matters, nor will I pursue those people you just sent to notify them to leave.
But from now on, you are no longer from the Prince’s Palace, oh, no, you have never been from Prince Wu’s Palace, and you will never be allowed to enter the Palace!”
Wu Ming waved his hand and gave the order to expel the guests.
It turned out that he deliberately used the royal family's list to deceive others and drive away Zhang Shun's confidants before he started to take action.
"Young prince, please have mercy. We are all raising families, how can we live without the prince's palace!"
"That's right, the old prince will never leave us alone and helpless in his life of kindness. You can't let the old prince die in peace!"
"Little prince~"
Under Zhang Shun's secret signal, many servants started making noises and crying, even the old prince and others were brought along.
"Eunuch Mu, according to the law of the Song Dynasty, if you use a slave to deceive your master, and if you are a prisoner and you steal, what is the crime?"
Wu Ming turned around and asked.
"This is simple, just leave it to the officials for questioning. One of them must be sent to the frontier fortress, and the whole family must be slaves. As for those who were originally slaves, the master can do whatever he wants!"
Mu Chun said calmly.
"That's good. I've changed my mind. No one named on the list is allowed to leave. Anyone who receives more than they deserve, false claims, or who is an impostor will be sent to the Ministry of Personnel!"
Wu Ming sneered.
"You~~you are so vicious. There are so many people who have families and businesses. You want to knock them all into slavery and prevent them from being able to stand up?"
Zhang Shun was so vicious that he wanted to eat Wu Ming alive.
Most of these people are from the Zhang family!
What made him even more desperate was that the account book was written by his own hand. Every name was written in black and white. It was okay if he belonged to the palace guard, but if the name was added as a slave, the end would be too miserable!
"Poison? I'm not as poisonous as you!"
Wu Ming chuckled lightly and threw an account book to Jia Zhengjing and said, "Fat Jia, if you can calculate the losses in these false accounts and recover them within one day, I will give you 30% as a reward."
, if you don’t want remuneration, I will negotiate a big deal with you!”
"Big business? Brother, don't lie to me! Brother, I can't be scared!"
After witnessing Wu Ming's methods from beginning to end, Jia Zhengjing no longer dared to look down upon this young man who was several years younger than himself and looked weak.
"Wu Ming, if you dare to expel so many brothers who work for the palace, the four masters will not agree to it!"
Zhang Shun's old face turned purple and he was so angry that he took out his last trump card.
"No, that's a joke!"
Wu Ming smiled loudly and said to Mu Chun, "May I ask Eunuch Mu, am I, Wu Ming, the only legitimate heir to Prince Wu's palace? Do I have the power to dispose of the family's property?"
"This~ is, of course the young prince is the sole heir to Prince Wu's Mansion! It's just~"
Mu Chun hesitated, looking at Wu Ming who was standing straight, and then at Jia Zhengjing who was staring at him with bright eyes, and had no choice but to answer bravely.
At this time, he was already cursing in his heart. If he had known it, he should have left immediately!
"Zhang Shun, you said before that if you find out the problem, let me deal with it. I won't deal with you. Go back and give Wu Zhongyi a message and ask him to move quickly. Zhongwuzhen will change his surname soon. Don't be an eyesore there!
In addition, I have to give an account of the martial arts classics originally collected in the mansion!"
Wu Ming didn't wait for him to finish and said with a smile.
"What do you mean? You, you, you, you are so poisonous, wow!"
Zhang Shun was stunned, his old face suddenly stiffened, he looked at Wu Ming and Jia Zhengjing, and when he thought of the 'big business' he mentioned before, he suddenly felt horrified and he vomited blood and fainted!