Fake eunuchs in the harem

"If you go back to the Regent, the statistics have been completed and submitted."

said the old man.

"Tell me about the number of people. I can't remember the specific king. If there is no discrepancy, I will let you bring the money and distribute it."

"I don't remember very clearly, it was probably above 15 people."

Hubu Shangshu felt proud for a while, if he really got all the money, he would give it away.

"15 people? Come on, go to the household department and get the household registration of the capital for me."

Liu Hairui ordered that instead of letting the people from the household department go back to pick it up by themselves, they let the soldiers guarding outside the Jinluan Palace go.

"Yes."

In order to ensure safety, Tao Er personally took people to the household department.

When they came back, several soldiers came in carrying a large nanmu box, and put it on the treasure hall.

Hubu Shangshu frowned, he didn't understand what Liu Hairui wanted to do, but he vaguely felt that something was wrong, why did he want the household registration in the capital if he didn't give his own silver taels?The more I think about it, the more strange it becomes.

"Come on, let someone count the population of the capital. Someone counts it and someone records it."

Liu Hairui said.

"Prince Regent, what do you mean?"

Hubu Shangshu knew what was going on as soon as he heard what he said.This is not believing in himself. If he really counted the number of people, his conspiracy would be exposed.

"It's nothing, just to make sure, come on, check it out."

Liu Hairui waved his hand, not wanting to discuss with this person any further.

Tao Er immediately brought people over, some lightly, some recorded, and the rest directly controlled the Minister of the Household Department, as if he was afraid of him escaping.

Counting the entire household registration is a very laborious and laborious task, but fortunately there are so many people, after an hour, the entire capital's household registration is counted.

There are a total of 11 people, which is less than 890 people. After all, there are more survivors than dead people, so there is definitely a problem with the number of people he reported.

Duan Tianchen threw down the memorial that was presented earlier: "Look for yourself, the number of people you reported here is more than the entire capital."

1704 Killing two birds with one stone

The Hubu Shangshu's face turned pale for a while, and he didn't think too much about it at the time, he just wanted to take the opportunity to make some money, let alone.There are so many people in the roster of the household department, and there is no specific number. Who would have thought that Liu Hairui would let people count them one by one?

"Prince Regent, you won't kill me, will you?"

"What do you say?"

Liu Hairui narrowed his eyes, and said with a sneer, "You know that the treasury doesn't have too much silver, but you still dare to take advantage of the opportunity to make money at such a critical time. What is your intention?"

"Anyone would do that instead."

The Minister of the Household Department said unconvinced: "If you really want to investigate, you should investigate carefully. Which person present is innocent, who is not rich, and which official can resist the investigation. As the old saying goes, if you clear the magistrate for three years, you will be ten years old. Wan Xuehuayin. If you serve as an official, who doesn't do it for yourself?"

"I'll talk about other people and other things later. Now, as the Minister of the Household Department, you are taking advantage of the chaos of the country to amass wealth. It is an unforgivable crime."

Liu Hairui said: "Tell me, who encouraged you to do this?"

"The other Shangshu and I are together. We collect money together and then share it equally."

Hubu Shangshu said without hesitation: "If you don't believe it, you can go to the homes of several other Shangshu and check. They are all the silver taels we swallowed."

"Regent, don't listen to his nonsense."

Several other people knelt down immediately, with cold sweat on their foreheads.Just like what the Minister of the Household Department said just now, no one can resist the investigation. If you want to be promoted, you have to give gifts to the people above.If there is no money, you have to search for people's fat and people's ointment, so that you can give it away. In the long run, it will be a vicious circle.

"Get up, you guys."

Liu Hairui waved his hand. His purpose of using the Household Minister this time was to completely rectify the bad atmosphere in the imperial court, kill all the moths in these countries, and exchange for a batch of fresh blood.

But now the government is short of manpower, and they can't kill so many people at once, otherwise people will panic and have to come one by one. After the scientific examination is over, they will be selected and replaced gradually.

Many things cannot be done in one step, and have to be done step by step.

"Hai Chen, are you trying to make an example to others?"

Hubu Shangshu saw this posture and knew that Haichen not only would not pursue their responsibility, but would also not let himself go.

"you can say it this way."

Liu Hairui nodded in agreement.

"Now that the imperial court is employing people, if you kill me, people will be panic-stricken. At that time, everyone will be in danger, and it will only cause chaos in the world. It will be of no benefit to you."

"I don't want to pursue other people. Are they in danger? I don't blame the king for everything before, but from now on, he will not be greedy. He will do things. Reward those who deserve rewards, and those who deserve promotions will be promoted."

Liu Hairui pursed his lips and smiled: "What do you think of my proposal?"

"If you kill me, the entire household department will collapse."

Shang Shu still didn't want Liu Hairui to kill him so easily. It took him his whole life to grow from a small county government servant to the present Minister of the Household Department.And the more he has, the more he doesn't want to die.

"Everything will go on as usual without you. Come on, drag him out and chop him up."

Liu Hairui's understatement directly announced the death of Shangshu Hubu.

Amidst the wailing, Hubu Shangshu was dragged out.

"You heard what I said just now, right? I don't blame the past for what happened before, but you can't be greedy anymore."

"understood."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Well, that's good, how about this, after a while, Tao Er will take people to their respective homes to count how much gold, silver and jewelry you have. In the future, it will be assessed once a year. If the increase is too much and it is too obvious, don't worry about it." Blame me for being rude."

Liu Hairui looked at the two rows of people: "Do you have any objections?"

"No comment."

At this time, whoever dares to say that he has an opinion, he can do whatever he says, as long as he doesn't let himself become the one who kills everyone.

Liu Hairui nodded, with the most smug smile on the corner of his mouth, he hadn't smiled so happily for a long time, after this thorough investigation, he can fully understand how much money these people have, which is a good thing for him .

Since you want to get rid of some people, it's better to get to know them first.

After the court was over, unless Tao Er was asked to go to their homes with the ministers to check them out, Da Chong was also asked to search the house of the Minister of the Household Department. Thinking to himself, the silver taels obtained from this raid should be enough for the capital The people have distributed it, not to mention saving a sum of money, and making the people appreciate him.Kill two birds with one stone.