Qing Jialu

Encouraged by the emperor, Shen Jia became more motivated after returning, and began to check the account books of the household department over the years.However, the accounts that Mr. Ge, Minister of the Ministry of Accounting, asked him to see were all flat on the surface, and nothing could be found out.However, Shen Jia has been practicing in the local area for a long time, and it's not like she didn't learn anything.He knew that there must be a secret account in the household department, so he went on to check the accounts and turned the household department upside down.

People from the household department reported Shen Jia's abnormality to Mr. Ge, but Mr. Ge waved his hand, "Don't pay attention to him, let him go through hundreds of ledgers slowly, and it will be strange if he can find anything."

The household officials all waited to see Shen Jia's disheveled appearance, but after Shen Jia investigated for three days, the emperor ordered Jin Yiwei to coordinate the investigation.

The emperor's move made all the officials feel sorry for him, and shocked the ruling and opposition parties.Anyone who understands knows that His Majesty is finally going to take action against those old officials of Yongwen.

Because most of the bad debts of the household department in the court were left over from the Yongwen Dynasty.Emperor Yongwen was arrogant and extravagant, and made a lot of construction projects, and the officials under him were not clean.They knew how much they got from building the palace for Emperor Yongwen.

Old Wu Ge couldn't sit still the first time, and secretly started to contact his party members.All of a sudden, undercurrents surged in the bustling capital, and officials secretly met late at night to discuss solutions.

It's a pity that the emperor had a foresight long ago, and at this time the role of Jin Yiwei came out, strictly watching the officials, and anyone who dared to meet privately would be arrested and interrogated.

Only Shen Jia, although she was in the center of the storm, didn't hear what was going on outside the window, and devoted herself wholeheartedly to checking the accounts.

After all, hundreds of ledgers cannot be reconciled in a few days.

It was night, the hall of the household department was silent, all the officials had gone home, only Shen Jia was left looking over the accounts.He made such a shocking wave, needless to say that the officials of the household department did not like him, and no one dared to help him look at the accounts.There wasn't even a servant to talk to him or serve him tea and meals.

Shen Jia came to the household department from dawn to busy until nightfall.At the end of the whole day, he was dizzy looking at the accounts, but he still had more than half of the calculations.

Suddenly Shen Jia smelled the aroma of food, he was taken aback for a moment, raised his head from the case, only to find that the emperor came to the household department hall quietly.

The emperor looked at him with a smile, "Changqing has worked hard, let's eat something first."

Shen Jia was not polite either, he was indeed hungry, and after thanking Eunuch Chen, he took the rice bowl from Eunuch Chen and gobbled it up.

The emperor leaned back on the chair, picked up the ledger on the table and opened it casually.

After Shen Jia finished eating, the emperor patted the pile of unread books, "There are so many, Changqing can't read them all by himself."

"My lord, do your best."

"I can't let Changqing work hard alone." The emperor said, picked up the abacus, and began to help Shen Jia read the accounts.

A warm current rose from the bottom of Shen Jia's heart, but he never expected that the first person to check the accounts for him was the emperor.

The emperor's account reconciliation was extremely fast, with a glance, and occasionally flipping the abacus a few times.After Shen Jia finished reading a thick book of accounts, he casually glanced at the table in front of the emperor, and was surprised to find that the emperor had already read three books.

I didn't expect His Majesty to ride a horse fast, eat fast, and even check accounts quickly.Shen Jia remembered that he had heard of His Majesty's name a long time ago, when he was only sixteen or seventeen years old, he repelled the Xiou army and defended the northwest border.Everyone said that General Xiao was the reincarnation of the God of War, a young hero bestowed by the heavens on Daliang.

The person in front of him was really a fairy-like figure, Shen Jia felt ashamed immediately, shook her head to drive away the random thoughts in her mind, lowered her head and continued to read the accounts.The emperor on the other side was still flipping through the pages quickly, not knowing that he had brought pressure on Shen Jia.

Most of the candlesticks on the table were burned, and the lights were flickering, making the figures of the two people at the desk flickering.Eunuch Chen turned his head and looked out of the window. The willows were on the moon, and it was getting late.He walked gently to His Majesty's side, and said softly, "Your Majesty, it's already the second watch."

"It's so late." His Majesty put down his pen and turned his slightly stiff neck, "Changqing, go back and rest first, and check tomorrow."

"Yes, Your Majesty, please rest earlier." Shen Jia bowed and said, "I respectfully send you off to Your Majesty."

The emperor stood up, and said to Shen Jia: "Tomorrow when applying, you take the account book and come to my Hall of Mental Cultivation. I asked Mr. Cheng Ge to come and check the accounts together."

After sending the emperor away, Shen Jia did not return to the mansion, but still stayed in the household department.Your Majesty asked Mr. Cheng Ge to participate, do you think he was too slow to investigate?Shen Jia was not afraid of being tired, but she was afraid that she would be his burden and could not keep up with His Majesty's pace.

When the next afternoon, the emperor saw Shen Jia's red eyes, he knew that he hadn't slept all night.He sighed, "Changqing, why do you have to work so hard?"

"Your Majesty... I am afraid that I will miss His Majesty's important affairs and become a burden to His Majesty."

The emperor said gently: "How could it be a drag? You are my right-hand man and a helper. I let Cheng Ge come here because I want to help you share some of the burden."

It turned out that the emperor didn't dislike him, and Shen Jia suddenly felt better.

The emperor never chatted with Shen Jia again, the two of them held a stack of accounts and sat on both sides, bowing their heads to settle the accounts.After about half a stick of incense, Chen Jinzhong walked into the hall lightly, "Your Majesty, Cheng Ge is old."

The emperor put down the ledger, "Ask him to come in."

After a while, a white-haired old man walked in from the door. He was bent over, walked very slowly, and his official uniform looked a little loose.This kind-looking old man is Cheng Weiting, the chief assistant of the dynasty.

Cheng Weiting was about to salute the emperor, so the emperor asked Eunuch Chen to bring a stool to sit on.Seeing that the emperor respected Mr. Cheng Ge very much, Shen Jia said "Mr. Cheng" one by one, without any pretensions of an emperor.

Shen Jia knew that Cheng Weiting was His Majesty's confidant and important minister. He followed His Majesty to the Northwest Qin Palace as an aide since Yongwen Dynasty, and later followed His Majesty on expeditions, all the way into Beijing.In terms of military and political affairs, the emperor mostly relied heavily on the elder Cheng Ge.

After the emperor and Elder Cheng Ge finished talking, Shen Jia bowed his hands and saluted Elder Ge slightly.Cheng Ge's gaze stayed on Shen Jia for a long time before he stroked his beard and said, "Young people are awesome."

The emperor smiled, "I still need Mr. Cheng's guidance."

Cheng Ge said: "With Your Majesty here, why do you need veterans?"

Shen Jia was listening in a muddleheaded way, not understanding what the two of them, the monarch and his ministers, were playing.Then the emperor gave Cheng Ge Lao a pile of ledgers, "Everyone will have to work hard today. It is best to read these ledgers."

Shen Jia's heart trembled, and she hurriedly sat down to read the accounts, he didn't want to be the last one again.

Shen Jia was too worried this time, Cheng Ge was old, and he was much slower than them in making calculations.But Shen Jia always vaguely felt that there was a gaze from Mr. Cheng Ge, and he looked at himself from time to time.However, Shen Jia didn't think too much, and continued to check the accounts with her head down.

When the time passed, the emperor asked people to pass on the meal.It was the first time for Shen Jia to have a meal in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, seeing that the meals provided by the Holy Majesty were not very extravagant, only eight dishes and one soup, but the dishes were more delicate.Eunuch Chen asked Mr. Ge and Shen Jia to move, but the emperor sat still, still looking at the accounts.

Shen Jia looked at the emperor in surprise, and then looked at Eunuch Chen inquiringly, but Eunuch Chen didn't say anything.

Cheng Ge seems to have seen a lot, eating rice on his own.Shen Jia was always thinking about His Majesty, so she didn't know what to eat.Seeing that he kept glancing towards His Majesty, Cheng Ge said lightly, "Your Majesty doesn't eat dinner."

"Why?" Shen Jia thought, this is not good for the stomach, no wonder His Majesty is so thin.

Cheng Ge shook his head and stopped talking.

Shen Jia looked at the table full of food, it turned out that it was only prepared for the two of them.He recalled that His Majesty came to deliver food in person yesterday, at that time he thought His Majesty had already eaten, but it turned out that he hadn't.

For a while, Shen Jia always felt stuffy in her heart, and her meal was not tasteful anymore.