After leaving the office at the military plane, Liu Yu went straight to the household department without any delay. Liu Yu now also felt a little annoyed with this old friend because all these things happened to him.
When Liu Yu came to the Ministry of Accounts, he didn't let anyone inform him. He went directly to the study room where Liu Wan was handling official business, and Liu Wan was holding several account books there and doing calculations.
Liu Wan heard the sound of the door opening, looked up and saw that it was Liu Yu, and quickly stood up to greet him.
Liu Yu ignored his etiquette, walked forward a few steps, grabbed his hand, and immediately asked: "Brother Xian, what's going on? Can we get the food together?"
Liu Wan was still smiling, but when he heard this question, the smile on his face immediately disappeared.
"Brother, can't we not mention this matter? You also know my difficulties, brother. If I had food, I would have transported it to the capital long ago."
Liu Wan was also a little helpless. He really didn't dare to investigate this matter. Everyone in the household department was involved in corruption to some extent. If this investigation continued, there would be no one in the entire household department.
Liu Yu ignored him, but said to him with a green face: "Today at the military aircraft office, Jia Ke was going to check your household department. I stopped him and bought you five days. In these five days,
Inside, if you want to avoid being investigated, your household department must prepare food. Otherwise, when the time comes, Jia Ke will turn his back and deny you, and I will not be able to speak for you anymore."
Liu Yu paused for a moment and continued to warn Liu Wan, "You have to be careful this time. I think Jia Ke is already a little anxious. If you don't get things done, he will kill someone."
After hearing this, Liu Wan's face broke out with sweat. His hands and feet were now cold, and he was even a little unsteady when standing. He had been to Prince Zhongshun's Mansion several times in the past few days, hoping that Prince Zhongshun could come forward to deal with this matter.
Push it down.
King Zhongshun persuaded him kindly and told him not to worry. If something happened in the end, he would be the one to take care of it. Because of this, Liu Wan was able to handle errands at the Ministry of Household Affairs with peace of mind these days. Now
Come to think of it, I'm afraid I'll never forget that I deceived him.
When Liu Yu looked at Liu Wan, he knew that something was wrong, and now he couldn't control it, so he bowed his hands to Liu Wan and was about to leave the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Unexpectedly, Liu Wan now grabbed his hand and refused to let go, "Brother, don't leave, brother, don't leave. I'm afraid I won't be able to escape this time. Please give me some advice and save my life."
Although Liu Yu wanted to throw away his hand and leave directly, she couldn't bear to see how pitiful he was.
"How could you do such a stupid thing? Since you didn't take any money, why did you cover it up for them? Even now I can't explain." Liu Yu knew that Liu Wan would not lie to him. He said he didn't take any money.
If you have money, you must not have taken the money.
"Brother, the younger brother was also confused for a moment and was afraid of King Zhongshun's power, so he buried it for him." Now Liu Wan finally said the name of King Zhongshun.
Liu Yu was also startled when he heard this name, and it was only then that he felt Liu Wan's embarrassment. Although King Zhongshun can only be a prince of peace now, based on his relationship with the emperor, as long as he does not rebel, it will be a big deal.
, the emperor couldn't do anything to him.
Liu Yu came back and walked around the floor of the study a few times. Then he said to Liu Wan: "There are only two ways now."
"Brother, please give me some advice."
"The first way is to go and talk to the people at the grain storage road in person right away and ask them to raise money separately and replenish the grain immediately."
"Brother, even if you have money now, you can't buy so much food?" Liu Wan was a little embarrassed. After all, if we buy food on a large scale now, the price of food will definitely rise. By then, they will lose a lot of money.
How can an official who is used to making money give up?
"Then we can only use the second method. You go to the palace immediately and confess this matter to the emperor. This matter involves King Zhongshun, and the emperor cannot deal with it publicly, otherwise King Zhongshun's life will not be saved, so we can only make it clear.
I will use money from the inner treasury to make up for you."
When Liu Wan heard this idea, he immediately became excited and said, "This is the method. My brother is really clever."
Liu Yu glanced at him disdainfully and said, "If it were me, I would rather pay for the food myself than go to see the emperor."
Liu Wan asked in confusion: "Brother, what's the truth?"
"Now that you have met the emperor, the emperor may have to cover up this matter for you, but you have given all the details of the household department to the emperor. What do you think the emperor will think if he knows that you are so corrupt and perverting the law? What will the emperor do in the future?
I trust you, what will happen to these officials in the Ministry of Revenue in the future?"
Liu Wan suddenly realized it now. He thought about it for a while, and his face was gloomy as if he was about to drip. Finally, he gritted his teeth and stamped his feet, and said to Liu Yu next to him: "I understand what brother means. I will gather people and let them
Give me the money, otherwise there is no need to get people from the military aircraft department, I will let them meet the King of Hell one by one tonight."
Liu Yu felt relieved when he saw that Liu Wan understood what he meant.
"You have to handle this matter as soon as possible. As for King Zhongshun, I'm afraid he will never have any involvement in government affairs from now on. If something happens to him now, he will abandon all the people in his hands. No one will dare to follow him in the future, so you
From now on, you don’t need to take him to heart." Liu Yu has seen the stupidity of King Zhongshun. After this incident, who else in the world can buy his face?
Liu Wan nodded fiercely and said: "Brother, I understand. I can't afford to be corrupted by this loyal and obedient king."
Liu Yu wanted to ask about his savings and said to him: "This matter can't be so unclear. You will go to Prince Zhongshun's Mansion soon and tell Prince Zhongshun clearly about this matter. If he gives money, then the grain reserves will be lost.
Those people will also happily withdraw their money, so they can have an explanation for this matter."
Liu Wan burst into tears and laughter when he heard this, "Brother, I'm afraid you are going to be disappointed. That King Zhongshun is an iron rooster, and he has nothing to lose now. If you ask him to provide money, you might as well count on those people in the Grain Reserve Road to provide money."
Liu Yu glared at Liu Wan fiercely and said: "Idiot, don't I know that King Zhongshun is an iron cock? I want you to tell him clearly and you will have nothing to do with him from now on. If he does it in the future
If he dares to interfere in the affairs of your household department again, you can beat him back openly."
When Liu Wan heard this, he finally understood that Liu Yu was asking him to have a showdown with King Zhongshun, and from then on there was no conflict between the two.
After Liu Wan heard this, he thought for a while and found a solution. King Zhongshun was so stupid now that he couldn't tolerate anything else except money, and there was no need to have anything to do with him anymore.
Liu Yu hurried away after giving instructions to Liu Wan. After all, he still had a lot of things to do. The Military Aircraft Department had dismissed its office in the morning, and he had to go to the Staff Department to do some work in the afternoon.
After Liu Yu left, Liu Wan walked around the study several times, and finally gritted his teeth. He directly ordered someone to be called to Prince Zhongshun's Mansion.
When Liu Wan arrived at the gate of Prince Zhongshun's Mansion, he saw that the gate of Prince Zhongshun's Mansion was tightly closed, and there was not even a person on duty at the door.
Liu Wan was shocked when he saw this. It seems that King Zhongshun got the news from somewhere, and now he is keeping the news behind closed doors. The matter has become very clear, and it is impossible to ask King Zhongshun to pay for it now.
However, Liu Wan still held on to the hope of being safe and ordered his servant to knock on the door. However, the servant knocked on the door loudly, but there was no reply from inside.
When Liu Wan saw this situation, he glared at Prince Zhongshun's palace fiercely. From now on, he had no contact with Prince Zhongshun.
That night, the lights in Liu Wan's house were brightly lit, and the lights were not turned off all night. Many important officials from the Ministry of Revenue and the heads of the Grain Reserve Road kept coming in and out.
And Liu Wan didn't know what method he used, but he collected nearly 2 million silver the next day.
In the next few days, the food supply near the capital began to skyrocket, and the people were complaining. Many censors were already gearing up to join in the fight against the profiteers who were hoarding food.
In the palace, the emperor also heard about this. The emperor was now very concerned about the stability of his regime. When he heard that the food supply in the capital was unstable, he immediately summoned Xia Shouzhong.
"What's going on? In the capital, which is a land of hundreds of virtuous people, such a profiteer has appeared. How are you doing with your investigation?" The emperor was furious when he saw Xia Shouzhong.
"Long live the Lord to calm down, I've almost finished the investigation."
In fact, Xia Shouzhong had already found out his cause and effect, but he never dared to report it to the emperor.
After all, this involves King Zhongshun, and given the relationship between the emperor and King Zhongshun, I am afraid that the emperor will be embarrassed in the end. If the Ministry of Revenue can handle this matter quietly, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds and avoid causing trouble to the emperor.
Unexpectedly, Hubu made such a big fuss and even alerted the emperor. It seems that Hubu was also anxious and was now wiping King Zhongshun's butt.
"Tell me, tell me what's going on? Who dares to be so bold?"
"Long live Lord, this matter was done by the Ministry of Revenue. They purchased a large amount of grain on the market, which caused a shortage of food in the capital and the price of food began to rise."
, in which case it’s no wonder he is.
The emperor asked doubtfully: "Why is the Ministry of Revenue purchasing so much grain at this time of year? I have never heard that the Ministry of Revenue is collecting grain recently."
Xia Shouzhong secretly glanced at the emperor's face, and then said hesitantly: "Didn't the emperor decree in the past two months that the grain storage department of the Ministry of Revenue must collect 1.5 million loads of grain before the fifth day of June?
?In order to collect these grains, they are not only collecting grains on the market, but this trend has spread to several states and counties near the capital."
The emperor was not a fool. He immediately understood that there was probably no grain in the Forbidden City's grain storage warehouse. He was forced to panic these two times, so he pooled money to buy grain in the market and wanted to give him an explanation.