Prime Minister Chasing Her Husband

On the first night when the group arrived at Lanzhou, Xie Xuan was the last to go to bed. He went to bed at Yinshi and got up at Maoshi, only resting for an hour.Early in the morning, with two dark circles under his eyes, he cheered up his subordinates and went to Pingjunhou's Mansion to collect the debt.

Lu Tan was deeply dissatisfied with this. "Master Xie, you can't torture your subordinates for fun just because you are dissatisfied with your desires. At this time, are the young masters and wives of Pingjunhou's mansion getting up?"

"We said we would check the accounts when we arrived yesterday. It's no wonder that his family can sleep well. Maybe in the middle of the night, I asked the gentleman in the city to change the account books. I looked through all the account books last night, and the account books in Lanzhouzhou Mansion were actually Someone made a fake, and this matter must be related to the two counties. It is better to check the accounts sooner rather than later, so as not to cause side effects." Xie Xuan said seriously.

"Come on, why don't you want to go back earlier to make amends and harm me with you. Forget it, just treat me as a brother who gave up my life, and walk around." Lu Tan climbed his shoulders and led the troops to the Junhou's mansion.

The son of the Hou family in Pingjun learned how to be smart this time. He knew that Xie Xuan and the others were coming, so he sent someone to guard the door. When the large army was still a hundred meters away from the Hou's mansion, someone had already notified him.The eldest son trotted all the way out to greet him, and happened to meet a group of people at the gate of Hou's mansion.

"The villain is waiting for your lords, can your lords have dinner? The Hou's mansion has prepared some for you, why don't you try my cook's skills first?" Xie Xuan guessed right. I didn't sleep at night.

Yesterday, when the two sons of the Marquis saw Xie Xuan and the others had arrived, they knew that it was imperative for the emperor to carry out the "Baohou Order". The emperor was incorporated into the regular army, and his vitality was seriously injured.The two walked around for a while, and finally persuaded several county lords around to jointly write a letter asking the emperor to re-establish the successor, who knows that the current emperor wants to abolish the marquis.According to the "Baohou Order", their father is dead and the two have no military achievements, so the identity of the Marquis cannot be preserved; all the soldiers in the government have been incorporated by the emperor, and there is no problem of decreasing year by year; The biggest problem is the tax revenue eaten up each year.The Daqi Order allowed them to collect taxes, but the allowance was one-thousandth. Don't talk about raising soldiers for that amount of money. Those who dominate one side, the only ones who really only collected one ten-thousandth of the tax were the princes at the time of Tai｜Zu, and their successors all increased it bit by bit. , It has increased a hundred times, so after Xie Xuan left last night, the accountants of Lanzhou were all invited by the eldest son to make fake accounts at the mansion, not to mention that at least in recent years they have to be evened out.

"No, we have already used it in the government office." Lu Tan's "good" was cut off by Xie Xuan before he could say it, "Looking at the tax book of Lanzhou yesterday, there are a few things that are unclear. Take out the notebook in Pingjunhou's mansion and let me have a pair."

"Okay, okay, my lord, wait a moment, I'll ask someone to get it right away." The eldest son broke out in a cold sweat for no reason, and asked someone to take out the account book that had been prepared overnight.

Xie Xuan took the account book, and said briefly: "Fortunately, the eldest son stayed up all night to make fake accounts all night."

"Master Xie, what do you mean by this? This is the family's account book for this year. Why did it come to be falsified? If your lord doesn't understand the account book, I can ask the two gentlemen to explain it."

"The eldest son may not know that I did some small business in the capital before taking the imperial examination, and developed the habit of reading the account books by myself. I can tell at a glance whether the numbers in the account are inappropriate. The things that the eldest son hired people to do are really serious. Exact, but the young master forgot one thing. Last year in the twelfth lunar month, the emperor returned triumphantly and the empress gave birth to a child. The emperor's tax for that month was reduced by 10%. The Lanzhou Mansion handed over only 130 taels of silver. Let's do the math, your family's tax for the month is only a hundred taels of silver, how did you calculate the [-] taels of silver in the account of the eldest son?"

"Hehe, it's just a small mistake. It may be that the family misremembered it back then. It's only 30 taels of silver. If the adults think there is a problem, the villain should return it. But the adults can't wrong my house for making false accounts. charges." The eldest son tried to calm down, he thought how a Beijing official could defeat his ten accountants.

"I won't cry until I see the coffin." Xie Xuan got up and put the ledger on the table, "Lanzhou has a total of 150 mu of land, 100 of forest land, 50 of the county town, 5 of the remaining farm houses, and 25 of the remaining 25 acres. It is farmland. Calculated according to the yield per mu, Lanzhou has to pay [-] million taels of tax and silver every year. However, in recent years, Lanzhou has only paid [-] million taels a year, and the remaining [-] taels are shortfall. There are five counties in Lanzhou. Every county magistrate is a corrupt official, and they dare not embezzle [-] taels, minus [-] taels, the remaining [-] taels are missing.”

"My lord's implication is that my Marquis Mansion swallowed the money? Thank you, Sir, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense. Even if my father is gone today, my Marquis Mansion can't suffer this kind of grievance."

"Wronged? If you feel wronged, I will calculate with you again. The Marquis of Pingjun once raised a thousand soldiers, which is the maximum number allowed by etiquette. Each soldier consumes three taels of silver per month for food. The monthly money is five taels, and I will count two taels for you to buy all kinds of weapons, chariots and horses. It is 1 taels a month, which is exactly 12 taels a year. Here, I would like to ask the eldest son what is the Hou's mansion that earns a hundred taels a year? Where did the money come from to support these thousand government soldiers?"

"I, I, the Tai | Ancestor rewarded the back cover when he was a Marquis. I don't know the taxes, so my family lives on the rent." The eldest son stammered.

"Oh, I knew that the eldest son had this trick." Xie Xuan took out a book from his arms, "This is the "Marquis Order of the Marquis", and the fiefdoms of each county are clear. Your ancestors gave you five hundred acres of land in the Marquis of Pingjun, and I count that you are all good land, and you can only rent it out for an annual income of 12 taels, which is a big difference from the [-] mu you get for raising soldiers in the government, my lord."

"That's because my family is good at management."

"Yes, I have to say that the Marquis's Mansion of Pingjun is really good at management, so most of the shops in Lanzhou have some connections with the mansion, so that they have to be sent to the Marquis's Mansion before paying taxes to the government every year." Xie Xuan stretched out his hand. He came to Lu Tan and said, "Bring the things."

Lu Tan patted his palm and said, "What?"

Xie Xuan didn't look at him, but locked his eyes on Liu Feng. Lu Tan immediately surrendered and handed over his testimony.

"This is the testimony of several merchants. Eldest Young Master, do you still have something to defend? If you haven't asked Eldest Young Master to hand over the real account book, don't worry, Majesty Long En, even if you charged too much in the past, you just need to spit it out." That’s it, no punishment will be given.”

The eldest son of the Marquis of Pingjun was forced to retreat by Xie Xuan. When he was in trouble, it was suddenly reported that the eldest son of the Marquis of Nanjun had arrived.