Signing in to Datang: Rebellion at the beginning

Chapter 165 Winning over Li Ke for Corruption
"No, there is no sea in Daughter's Country, so why did you follow her today to see how sea salt is made? Isn't it lonely? What's the use of stealing this technology?
Even if you know more about how sea salt is made, it won’t help if you go back to the Daughter’s Country, because there is no sea in the Daughter’s Country...I stole a bit of loneliness today..."

This made Lan Xin'er very angry, but there was nothing he could do.

So the next day, I was going to ask Li Ke to take her to see lake salt, well salt and the way to make salt from brine.

However, when Li Ke went to the Salt and Sugar Department the next day, he didn't take Lan Xin'er with him, and went by himself early in the morning.

When Lan Xin'er felt Yantangsi, the gatekeeper would not let her in no matter what.

There was no other way, Lan Xin'er could only go back to the inn.

On this day, when Li Ke was in the Salt and Sugar Department, he didn't do any more serious work.

During this period, the doctor came over twice and had a few words with Li Ke.

At noon, seeing that Li Ke didn't seem to be interested in working, the doctor finally couldn't bear it and called Li Ke into a room.

Immediately afterwards, Yuanwailang also walked in.

Li Ke continued to act, and said:

"The two adults called me here, I don't know what it is!"

The doctor of salt and sugar department looked at Li Ke and said:
"We are all officials here, so I won't hide some things from you. You must know that there is a lot of oil in this salt and sugar department!"

After Li Ke heard this, he smiled and said, "Of course I know this. I don't know what your lord wants to express?"

The doctor smiled and said:

"You are still young, being able to become the principal here shows that you are capable, but no matter how capable a person is, living in this world is for power and money. You have power now, but what about money?"

Li Ke pretended not to understand, and did not speak.

The doctor continued to say:

"We have a lot of oil and water in this position. Smart people, what to do in the natural way. I don't know if you are a smart person, brother."

Li Ke smiled, directly broke the topic and said:
"Doctor Doctor mean corruption?"

Langzhong and Yuanwailang stared at Li Ke closely.

Immediately the doctor said: "Don't be so direct, the two of us just want to ask you if you have the heart today, if you want to get some money, the two of us will naturally help you.

Now that we have talked about this, the two of us are not afraid to tell you directly. During this period of time, we will also dig out a little oil and water in these salt and sugar merchants and cooperation with other countries.

Otherwise, I'm sorry for working so hard every day. "

Li Ke accepted the smile and said:

"Your hard work is paid by the imperial court. As for the deductions you mentioned, I'm afraid it's not just a little bit, right?"

Seeing what Li Ke said, the doctor frowned again, and said a little unhappy:

"What do you mean? You don't want to be with us? You have to understand that in this salt and sugar department, I am the boss, Yuanwailang is the second, and you are the third.

If the two of us want to mess with you, it's very simple. You should think about it for yourself, whether to cooperate with us to seek greater benefits, or to oppose us and ruin your future. "

At this time, a small official knocked on the door outside, and the doctor and Yuanwai Lang were a little upset at the moment, so the doctor said angrily:

"Why are you arguing? I don't know if the official is talking about important things inside?"

His voice fell, outside, the little official still opened his mouth and said:

"My lord, officials from the Ministry of Punishment have come to check the accounts, please come out quickly."

Hearing this, the faces of Mr. Lang Zhong and Yuan Wai Lang turned pale instantly.

At this moment, he didn't care about threatening Li Ke to collude with them, so he quickly opened the door and went out.

Li Ke also opened the door calmly and walked out.

I saw outside that many officials from the Ministry of Punishment were already searching the accounts.

And the leader is a servant of the Ministry of Punishment.

When the minister of punishment saw Li Ke, he didn't reveal Li Ke's identity.

Instead, he pretended not to see it and continued to search.

This is what Wu Meiniang told him long ago, don't expose Li Ke's identity, after all, Li Ke still has to investigate other situations secretly.

If the Department of Salt and Sugar was exposed in such a big way, it would not be so easy to check other departments.

Both Yantang and Yuanwailang were in a hurry, and kept trying to explain something to the Minister of Criminal Affairs.

However, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment ignored it at all. After all, he knew that His Majesty Li Ke was watching over there, so how dare he make any mistakes!

I saw that he very seriously ordered the officials of the Ministry of Punishment to search carefully, took out all the books, and then compared them one by one with the accounts sent to the palace.

It took about half a day for dozens of officials from the Ministry of Punishment to investigate collectively, and finally accounted for all the gaps in the accounts of the Salt and Sugar Division over the past year.

It turned out that more than 500 million taels of silver were missing.

The servant of the Ministry of punishment went crazy on the spot, and he did not rule out acting and expressing himself.

Afterwards, these officials were reprimanded.

In the end, all relevant officials of the Salt and Sugar Department who were involved in accounting issues were taken away.

When leaving.

The servant of the Ministry of Punishment even bowed to Li Ke in a very subtle way.

The Langzhong and Yuanwailang of the Yantang Department were already paralyzed with fright.

After all, the discovery of more than 500 million taels of corruption is basically doomed, and they will never have the opportunity to spend the embezzled money.

(End of this chapter)