Evil Girl Reborn: The Eldest Princess, She Takes Manchurian Civil and Military Affairs

"Exactly, I have read the file from the East Palace sent by Lu Bo. The expenditure this month was 50 taels for the construction of rivers. But here it is written that the income is 200 million taels, which is a full 150 million taels more. .”

Yiman's eyes suddenly became solemn, "150 million is not a small amount. Can you find out the source?"

Hanzhi shook his head, "It only says that it came from the palace and the detailed account books and files of Qingning Palace in the palace are missing. I'm afraid it will be difficult to trace them."

Such a large number cannot appear out of thin air.

"Since the accounting files of Qingning Palace are lost, where did the files from the East Palace come from?"

Lu Bo took a step forward and lowered his voice, "This is the account book that His Highness the Crown Prince recorded for water control the year before last. His Highness the Crown Prince said that the money that went out of the palace that year was too scattered, and the water control was done by one of his officials, so His Highness kept it. As a backup, I recorded all the money spent on water control. Just because it was for precaution, I just recorded a rough amount."

"How much did it cost to control the flood?"

Hanzhi walked quickly and took out an account, "Cleaning up rivers and controlling water, a total of 300 million taels."

When it comes to river control alone, 300 million taels is not much.

A cold light flashed in Yiman's eyes, "There should be two amounts of money spent in the palace. Hanzhi, check every transaction thoroughly. If you have any files you need to review, come to me."

"Yes."

"Lu Bo, go and check. In those days, the river was cleaned and regulated. Which section of the river was it? How is it now?"

"The slave is going here."

Yiman took a deep breath. I am afraid that this matter is like pulling out the carrot and bringing out the mud. It is not as simple as it seems on the surface.

"Ji Lan, ask someone to go to the palace and ask, who did the prince and the emperor prepare to back up the account books back then? Do you have any clues?"

Ji Lan frowned when he heard this, "Princess, I'm afraid it's difficult to enter the palace now."

"Why?"

"Both the palace's warehouse and Qingning Palace have lost their accounts. The palace is under martial law and it's difficult to get in and out now."

A day passed before I thought about martial law. If there was something, I would have run out of the palace long ago.

Yiman lowered his voice and said, "Go to the mansion and wait until Zhige comes to get the memorial and ask."

"Yes, servant girl understands."

As the sun sets, the sound of abacus in the warehouse courtyard is still heard.

Not long after, Hanzhi came over with an account book in his arms, "Princess, seeing that now, only the accounts for water control from the previous year in the palace have problems, I still need to check them all. But in the past, Aunt Song Yan was in charge of signing in Qingning Palace. There should be no problem with it.”

Yiman opened his eyes, "Have you found any clues about Yin Zi's ins and outs?"

"Compared with the files recorded in the East Palace, the money in the household accounts seems to have appeared out of thin air. As for the direction, it is all in the direction of flood control."

"How much more is there out of thin air?"

"700 taels of silver."

Looking at Hanzhi suddenly, he saw that Hanzhi's eyes were solemn. Yiman slowly turned back and took a deep breath.

Seeing Tao You sneaking out to use the toilet again, he glanced at him and said, "Tao You——"

Tao You trotted over quickly and saluted respectfully, "Princess."

Yiman smiled slightly, "What do you think?"

Tao You took a look at the account book in Hanzhi's hand and said, "Miss Hanzhi's skills are superb, and I can't compare with you."

Seeing Tao You's slippery tone and refusing to tell the truth, he had no intention of trying to argue with him. He suddenly turned cold and said, "Tao You, I am different from those princes and princesses. I only keep useful people under my command. If you are useless, I will I will personally arrange a good place for you."

Tao You knelt down quickly and said, "Princess, Wei Chen - Wei Chen, I wonder what I did wrong?"

Yiman lowered his eyes and smiled, "There is a river in the north of Jindu, which is related to the safety of Jindu. Every year, the local political secretary maintains the river course. I remember you have been in office for seven years. Are you really not familiar with river management?"

Tao You didn't expect that the eldest princess was so familiar with geography and his administrative affairs, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, "Wei Chen knows a little, and knows a little. This money for repairing rivers and controlling water was used for Hezhou Weir." That one. The river flows through Hezhou and the north of Jindu, and unexpectedly it was used as a weir in Hezhou.

Yiman seemed to have a premonition, his face was expressionless, he glanced at the people on the ground, "Get up and answer."

Tao You raised his head and glanced at the eldest princess's face, then slowly got up and said, "Thank you, eldest princess."

"Since it was used in Hezhouyan, you should know the status of that repair?"

Tao You originally thought that the eldest princess did not know much about political affairs, but now he did not dare to be negligent, "Yes, although the minister is in Jindu, he also knows a little bit. Because back then, the downstream of Hezhouyan was Jindu, and there was a Duan family in Hezhou. There is a Zhou family in Jindu, so the money from the imperial court came quickly and the construction started quickly. In just two months, the Hezhou Weir was managed."

Two months, 300 million taels, this is a big project.

"Don't you only know a little bit?"

Tao You immediately broke into a cold sweat and knelt down again, "If the princess is familiar with the political affairs of the DPRK, she should know that whether it is opening warehouses to store grain or building canals, there will be losses."

Yi Man suddenly looked ugly. Corruption and bribery to line his own pockets were called losses?Could it be that fire consumes money and the government has no money?
300 million taels of silver, if you add in the personal pockets, then the actual amount that falls on the water control should be even less. I wonder what is the current situation of Hezhouyan?
That's not right. The money goes down as the money goes down. Where did the extra 700 million taels come from and where was it used?

Even if the officials below are corrupt and accept bribes, it is difficult to hide 700 million taels.

Seeing how guilty Tao You was, Yiman stared at him sideways, "Since it flows through Jindu, have you also gained some benefits?"

Tao You immediately kowtowed, "Weichen doesn't dare, Weichen doesn't dare, Weichen only took 100 taels, Weichen doesn't dare anymore, Weichen is willing to give it back."

With a half-smile but not a smile, "I read your detailed information when the fiefdom came to Jindu. Although you are a little greedy, you are also a capable person. I think that if the water is clear, there will be no fish, and you I am familiar with Jindu affairs, so I have always tolerated you. Because I know that you know what you are doing and will never do anything excessive."

"Yes, thank you princess for sparing your life."

"It's just that this time, you also heard that it's not a matter of 500 taels, but a matter of tens of millions of taels. If you reveal everything you knew about the river management the year before last, I will consider sparing you."

"Yes, yes, Wei Chen understands, understands."

Tao You explained everything sentence by sentence, not daring to hide anything.

Next to him, Hanzhi was holding an account book, listening to Tao You's words and guessing where each piece of money went.

Yiman lowered his eyes and looked at Tao You. He didn't expect that water control would be such a grand event back then. Almost all officials in the area where the water flowed would benefit from it.

According to Tao You, almost all of the 300 million taels fell into the hands of officials. Where did the money for river management come from? Could it be the 700 million?
Even if all 700 million taels are found, where did these 700 million taels come from?

Isn’t the treasury empty?The treasury in the palace the year before last was unable to produce 700 million taels.

Seeing Lu Bo and Ji Lan coming back together, Yiman glanced at Tao You who was always confessing, got up and walked out.

"What does the emperor say?"

Ji Lan lowered his voice, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that the Duan family was gaining momentum back then, and there were many people in the court who supported the Seventh Prince, and His Majesty's attitude was ambiguous, so His Highness the Crown Prince was on guard. Princess, this is the envelope given to you by His Royal Highness, Your Highness Knowing that you suspected what happened back then, he wrote down everything he knew about the flood control back then."

Yiman took the envelope and put it away, and glanced at Lu Bo, "Have you found out the situation of the river under management so quickly?"

Lu Bo chuckled and said, "I went to ask the officials in the Taiwang Palace. I thought they must know a lot, so I don't have to worry about asking people around."

Yiman smiled slightly and said, "It saves you trouble. Just tell me."

"Yes, I found out that the Hezhou Weir was being managed the year before last. I also followed the instructions of Zhan Shifu of the East Palace and secretly asked people from the Ministry of Works. Hezhou Weir has been inspected this year and is already overwhelmed. It is estimated that next year it will be time to control the water again. .”

300 million taels, only three years, and repairs?

Yiman sneered, with anger in his eyes, "What a huge conspiracy to deceive the superiors and hide the truth from the inferiors. I don't know what huge monster is hidden in the water, stirring up the situation."

It was impossible for the money to appear out of thin air. Since the palace was tracing the account books, she had to look in another direction.

Yiman casually touched the envelope in his sleeve, opened it and glanced at it.

"The official responsible for flood control back then is now serving in the Ministry of Justice. If you want to know the details, the quickest way is to ask the person involved. Now the government office is about to lock up, so we will go directly to his house to wait. There is no need to bring Yi Jia with him, let him Hanzhi finished backing up the accounts and took them back."

"Yes."