Happy Little Scholar

The magistrate of Chen County embezzled nearly 10,000 taels of silver in one year. He was caught by the imperial guards and taken to the capital.

Wang County.

A certain imperial censor bowed to the magistrate of Wang County and said with a smile: "Mr. Cui is honest and dedicated to his duties. He is really a role model for officials in our dynasty. These accounts are clear and there are no problems."

"It's my job. Thank you for your praise, censor." Magistrate Cui smiled and said.

"We still have responsibilities to fulfill, so we won't stay here any longer. Goodbye." The imperial censor said to Magistrate Cui, turned around and said to the three young men behind him: "Let's go."

"I will see you off."

Magistrate Cui sent those people to the door. When the two imperial censors turned around, he nodded to one of the young men imperceptibly.

Qinghe County

"Three thousand taels in half a year, Wei County Magistrate, you are very capable!"

The imperial censor named Wan Xu looked at Qinghe County Magistrate coldly and waved his hand, saying: "Catch him!"

Just now, he checked the account book of Qinghe County Government and found that there was a deficit of three thousand taels. All the accounts were handled by Wei County Magistrate. According to the order of His Majesty, those who embezzled more than one thousand taels could be arrested on the spot by the imperial guards and escorted to Kyoto.

Wei County Magistrate was pressed on the shoulders by two imperial guards. Looking at a young man behind him, he shouted: "I recognized you, Zeng family, you are from the Zeng family. Didn't I refuse your recruitment? How dare you frame me like this? I will definitely seek justice from the emperor!"

"Take him away!"

Wan Xu snorted coldly. This time, the students of the academy were ordered by His Majesty to assist them in checking the account books. In fact, it was no longer assistance. Without them, this mission would never have been so smooth.

The accounts of the deficit were clearly laid out there. No matter what personal grudges they had before, corruption was corruption, and there was no excuse.

"Looking for death..." Seeing the Wei County Magistrate being escorted away, Zeng Zijian pulled the corner of his mouth, holding an abacus in one hand, and followed the others out of the county government office.

Within one day, three officials were escorted to Beijing for corruption, and the officials in the counties near Kyoto were in a panic.

And those who had not been investigated in the various government offices in Kyoto finally began to panic.

The court would send people to check the accounts every year, but in fact, very few were found. How could those who had the courage to play tricks on the accounts be found out so easily?

However, this time, His Majesty seemed to be serious and asked the students of the arithmetic college to assist in the audit. The court had not found it for many years. Once they intervened, everyone had nowhere to hide. Everyone knew that such a thing would happen, and the source was those students.

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"Damn it! That's how they work for the court!" In the Qinzheng Hall, Emperor Jing slapped the table fiercely, his face extremely gloomy.

In one day, a case involving tens of thousands of taels was found. The treasury was tight. In recent days, he had been calculating almost every penny carefully, but he didn't expect that these officials were so bold in corruption!

If even Kyoto was like this, what would the situation be like in more remote places?

Where did the court's financial allocations go in recent years?

How many people are falsifying the accounts of taxes in various places every year?

"Your Majesty, please take care of your body and don't get angry." Chang De stood behind him, put one hand on Emperor Jing's back, and spoke slowly.

"Your Majesty, in my opinion, the matter of checking the accounts can no longer be done." At this time, Prime Minister Qin stood up and bowed and said.

"Check, why can't we check!" Emperor Jing patted the table and said coldly: "I want to see how many such termites there are in front of me!"

Prime Minister Qin looked up, sighed, and silently returned to his original position.

It is necessary to check the accounts. The court sends censors to various places to check every year, and some termites will always be caught, which is also a deterrent to other officials.

However, it is said that officials should be honest and clean, but how many people can really do these words?

He has already understood the method of checking accounts of students in the academy. In this way, almost all the accounts of officials will be exposed nakedly in broad daylight. How much shock will this cause to the entire court and the whole world?

If you really do what your majesty said and check thoroughly, I am afraid... the country will no longer be a country!

Emperor Jing looked down at the more than ten people below and asked: "My dear ministers, do you have anything else to say?"

No one, including the two prime ministers and the six ministers, answered.

They are all old foxes in the officialdom. His Majesty is determined to purge a group of people this time. If he raises objections at this time, doesn't it mean that he has something to hide?

Moreover, His Majesty has been acting more and more vigorously and arbitrarily these days, even to the point of not listening to advice.

Even though most of the imperial edicts are for Jingguo and the world, the means are still too tough. If they are not handled well, the whole court will probably be shaken...

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In the School of Accounting, Chen Lisen, Cui Xixin and others have just returned, all with a smile on their faces and high spirits.

"Our luck is really bad. Why are you the only ones who have found it?" Li Jianren said with a depressed expression on his face and sighed.

The other three groups of people all made some gains today, but the accounts they checked did not have any major loopholes, so they returned empty-handed.

Cui Xixin smiled and said, "It's okay. The account check may take a long time. Your luck won't be so bad all the time."

At this time, Zeng Zijian suddenly looked at Cui Xixin and asked, "Wang County Magistrate..."

Cui Xixin looked at him and said, "That's an uncle of my family."

The two looked at each other and smiled at each other. They both understood something from each other's eyes.

"This time when I go back, I can finally hold my head high." Chen Lisen smiled, and a proud look appeared on his face.

Before today, they didn't even think that this time the account check would have such a big harvest.

Those censors are just decorations. As long as they don't do it too obviously, this is a feast for them.

Thinking about the faces of those people at home at that time, he couldn't help but feel extremely happy.

The other students of the School of Calculation watched them pass by, and their faces showed envy.

They have heard about what happened today. In terms of ability, they are far superior to these people, but they have no chance and can only watch the overwhelming credit fall on their heads...

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Qin Family.

In a room somewhere, a woman said with a worried look on her face: "I don't know how Feng'er is doing there. He can't go home for several days. How can he take care of himself?"

The middle-aged man sitting in front of the table said: "Madam, don't worry. He is no longer a child. He can take care of himself."

"We, as parents, can't give him anything. Everything depends on him to earn..." The woman sighed and said: "Fortunately, His Majesty attaches great importance to the Academy of Mathematics. After Feng'er comes out of there, you go and ask your father to find him a good job in the court. Qin Yu is the eldest son of the Qin family, but my Feng'er also has the blood of the Qin family!"

"I know." The middle-aged man pondered for a while and nodded.

The room was silent for a moment, and the woman said, "When His Majesty checks the accounts this time, will he find you?"

The middle-aged man shook his head and said, "It's just some minor fights. It's enough to arrest a few county magistrates and county magistrates. This matter involves a lot of things. His Majesty's order is only temporary and will not last long. If it goes on like this, the court will be in chaos in a few days, and then it will definitely stop, and the six ministries will not be checked."

"This matter has nothing to do with us."

The middle-aged man raised his head and said, "Even if it's not easy to get into the academy, otherwise I have to send someone to tell Feng'er not to get involved in this matter. Even if the Censorate concealed the identities of those people, it can't withstand someone's investigation. If he really has the opportunity to become an official in the future, I'm afraid it will be a disaster rather than a blessing..."