Chapter 96: A good show
He brought You Shenglan to the government office of the Military and Ma Si. Although Zhu Yijing noticed the doubts in You Shenglan's heart, he did not answer them immediately. Instead, he took her into the inner palace, smiled and pointed at the grand occasion in front of him.
Around the hill-like account book, the senior executives of the military commander represented by Lin Shanxia stood around and lowered their heads and did not dare to make any moves.
Ya Zi, who looked lazy and fishing, sat at the top and kept shaking his big tail. When he saw Zhu Yijing and You Shenglan coming, his eyes suddenly lit up and slipped down. He ignored the pile of books that followed him and ran to Zhu Yijing happily:
"True Lord, here we come. See how I do?"
He stretched out his hand to scratch Yazi's chin, and Zhu Yi was puzzled on the mirror:
"Okay, okay, Yazi is the most powerful, thank you so much."
Speaking of this, Zhu Yijing and Ya Zi knew that it was impossible for a person to bring so many things overnight.
It seems that the Assassin Organization is still very tricky.
He is worthy of being the elite selected by the Beizhen Fushi.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yijing subconsciously looked at Yazi, who was showing a cat's chin scratched, and half-squinted his eyes and looked very intoxicated.
Tsk, what happened to this chief intelligence officer?
At the same time, You Shenglan, who was too lazy to pay attention to these two people, walked to the account book hill and picked up a copy and looked it out.
But the more you looked, the more unconsciously the angry feeling appeared in You Shenglan's eyes.
Before Zhu Yijing could come up with something, an angry shout with a tremolo suddenly came from outside the door:
"What's going on?! Who put so many things in? This is the military officer of the capital!!! Are you all dead? There weren't these things yesterday!"
Oh, here it comes.
Hearing Bai Yanlang's angry voice scolding, Zhu Yijing then took back his palm that touched Yazi's chin, and faced the front door with a posture that you were finally here.
You Shenglan also roughly finished reading a book of accounts, held it tightly in her hand, and stood behind Zhu Yijing.
Before entering the door, Bai Yanlang, who saw a small hill-like account book, scolded his subordinates. As soon as he stepped into the door, he saw Zhu Yijing, Ya Zi and You Shenglan were standing leisurely at the door. There were even more officials from the Bingma and Ma Si who stood on both sides.
Seeing this scene, Bai Yanlang suddenly felt a very bad feeling in his heart.
But at this moment he had already stepped into the inner palace of the Bingmasi, and it was completely impossible to turn around and leave, and he would even seem guilty.
The solution now is to take one step at a time. If it really doesn't work, it's a mess, so I'm delaying time and waiting for support.
In an instant, Bai Yanlang's feet also stepped into the inner palace at this time:
"The emperor pays homage to His Highness the Third Prince. I wonder what your highness is going to come to our Military Affairs Office today?"
"oh,"
To Bai Yanlang's surprise, Zhu Yijing seemed to have no malice. After he arrived, he simply found a mahogany chair and sat on it:
"Today I am here to talk about something. Of course, what I want to say has nothing to do with Deputy Commander Bai, so you can rest assured of this."
After saying that, Zhu Yijing moved his butt very uncomfortable.
Tsk, I should have brought the mat, I was careless.
When Ya Zi saw that Zhu Yijing seemed to be sitting on a chair, he felt uncomfortable. When he recalled that he was sitting on a chair with cushions in the palace, he reached out and touched his back, preparing to diligently use his big tail as a cushion for him.
However, as soon as he reached out his hand, Ya Zi was pulled behind Zhu Yijing.
He looked down at Zhu Yijing in confusion. At the moment when the two of them were in contact with each other, Yazi understood what he meant:
No, the big tail is so interesting.
So, Yazi let go of his hand with satisfaction, and his big tail swayed happily.
Although Bai Yanlang, who was standing in front of the three of them, did not notice the small movements of Ya Zi and Zhu Yijing, he became more and more nervous when he saw Ya Zi's big tail shaking, and Zhu Yijing's words did not play a pleasing role:
"Your Highness, the lower prince is currently the deputy commander of the Beijing Military Affairs Office. He has been in the Military Affairs Office for more than ten years and is directly under the jurisdiction of Your Majesty. If there is anything, Your Majesty will directly order the punishment of the subordinate officials."
This statement actually has a profound meaning. First, it means to point out his identity, second, it means to make clear that he has worked hard for so many years after he has been in office, and third, it means to secretly warn Zhu Yijing that only Empress Corning can punish him.
This sentence is said without any loss, which shows that Bai Yanlang's life in the Bingma Si was not wasted.
Unfortunately, he met Zhu Yijing who didn't care about these things.
Zhu Yijing smiled and shook his head, let go of his palms behind him, spread his hands flat, and signaled Bai Yanlang to look at You Shenglan:
"Of course, of course, I know that Deputy Commander Bai has worked hard and it has not been easy for so many years, but Deputy Commander Bai, I want to correct you two points.
First of all, I can't control you, but your direct superior, You Shenglan, the commander of the Beijing Military Command, is my attendant. You should be able to understand what this means, and everyone here can understand it.
Secondly... Shenglan, read it to him."
“…”
After taking a deep look at Zhu Yijing, You Shenglan stood beside him and spoke slowly:
"In the second year of Corning, Shi Jiufu, the head of the hundred households, Cai Xukun, failed to ask for money from Chaoyang Tower. He reported to his superiors, Shi Baijia, Shi Benjia, and found a refugee's body the next day and threw it into the Chaoyang Tower to extort it.
Over the past ten years, a total of 1,869 taels of stolen silver were obtained.
In the fifth year of Kangning, the hundred households were escorted to Wanjiu, and his son inherited the hundred households. He escorted the Ministry of Revenue and colluded with his subordinates to increase fire and consumed money in private, and a total of 2,3671 taels of silver was greedy for the imperial court.
Corning seven years...
Nine years in Corning...
Corning ten years…”
Listening to You Shenglan slowly reading the contents of the account book, Bai Yanlang's face became more and more gray, and more sweat beads dripping from his face. Not long after, a piece of water stain condensed under him.
As for the hundreds of households that had been pointed, thousands of households were trembling all over their bodies.
When You Shenglan finished reading the account book in her hand, everything was silent at this time.
However, after a while, Zhu Yijing spoke and broke the silence:
"I have heard of this matter of color and fire consumption."
Since ancient times, people have often paid taxes in physical objects, such as grains, silk fabrics, etc., but sometimes silver and copper coins are levied. There may be losses when melting and forging and crushing silver. The government uses this name to collect excess silver. These taxes levied are called fire consumption.
In fact, only the government knows whether there is any loss or not. This is just an excuse to charge more money. This trick can be said to have been passed down for hundreds of years and has been prosperous, and is even longer than the history of the Ming Dynasty.
Is that right, Deputy Commander Bai?"
Chapter completed!