Chapter 551 Confession

  The Shaofu in the past few years was just an empty shelf. Not to mention how many people were in it, few people even knew where the office was.

  If it wasn't for the purpose of showing that the great Han is the orthodox of the world, at least a complete organization is required in the name, and I am afraid that even the empty Shaofu may not exist.

Back then, Feng Yong became the supervisor of the Zhuye Supervisor under the name of the Shaofu. When he went to report for the first time, he was led to the door of a small house in a corner of Weiyang Palace. If he could barely understand the plaque on the door of the small house The word Shaofu was written on it, and he almost thought it was a hut.

   Later, under Feng Yong's tinkering, Zhu Yejian made a plow of eight oxen. Although the Shaofu failed to get any profit from it, it still gained some reputation.

  The prosperity of the Shaofu was the time when Hanzhong Metallurgical Corporation started to produce output, to be precise, it was the time when Feng Yong paid dividends for the first time.

   Today's Shaofu is no longer the hut of the past, but a large piece of land in Weiyang Palace has been re-divided, and a big house has been built. It is one of the most magnificent buildings in the palace.

   After all, it is the face of the royal family.

  Hanzhong Metallurgical, Nanxiang Workshop, Dongfeng Express, Nanzhong Metallurgical, etc., these industries related to the royal family all need Shaofu to come forward to deal with the outside world.

  The staff of Shaofu swelled uncontrollably.

  Especially sending people to the ticket bank to check the accounts every month, that is the favorite thing for the stewards of the Shaofu.

  Although you can’t take oil and water openly, the ticket company is sensible. Every time there will be transportation fees, travel expenses, etc. These are the rules set by the ticket company.

   If people do work, they must be paid. This is what Feng Langjun said, and the emperor and empress agree.

  I heard that many accountants in the ticket office also serve as the accountant of Dongfeng Express, and each person receives double salary.

  People like myself, because they only come out once a month, have no salary, and only one car fare is almost enough, so they can get the money with peace of mind.

   Coupled with eating and drinking, it can make the steward sent by the Shaofu happy physically and mentally every time.

  Although the Shaofu is not so rich now, it is a pleasure to still have its own income when the Prime Minister’s Mansion sends people to manage the palace.

  So although most of the stewards in the Shaofu have never met the legendary Feng Langjun, they all feel that he is one of them.

  Until one day, the Yuejuan Prefect's Mansion handed the Shaofu an accountability document.

  Why did you hand it directly to Shaofu?

  Because Feng Yong first entrusted Hanzhong Metallurgy to make those batches of purple electric swords in the name of making weapons for his own trilogy.

   Later, it was authorized by the Prime Minister's Mansion, but it was defined as a new weapon tested by the Yuejue Prefect's Mansion, and it was not considered a formal military standard weapon.

  Since it was done in private by the Yuejue prefect's mansion, then the Yuejue prefect's mansion had to argue with the Shaofu on its own—the prime minister's mansion didn't care about it.

  The prime minister of the Han Dynasty promised to give Feng Yong a certain degree of autonomy in Yuejuan, which is still very reputable. As long as the bottom line is not exceeded, he is allowed to toss the three counties of Yueluan.

  Anyway, those three counties are the places where most Yi people are concentrated in Yue Yi. As long as there is chaos in Yue Yi, they will basically be concentrated in that place. If it is done well, it will be a surprise.

   Didn’t do a good job, as long as the area from Beishui County to Anshang County can be kept, then it won’t be a loss to put down the chaos this time.

Ever since the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty exchanged the five hundred soldiers from Nanxiang for the autonomy of Fengyong's three counties, Meng Yan has moved the soldiers of the five captains of Nanzhong to Beishui County one after another. Feng Yong meant to wipe his ass.

  Because the imperial court can take Beishui as the frontier at any time and re-enter the Sunshui River Valley.

  However, Yuejuan is now considered to be initially peaceful, and a considerable part of the fields have even been reclaimed, and some of the aristocratic families in central Shu have already entered Yuejuan.

  So the risk of unrest is constantly decreasing.

  The imperial court expects to get taxes and even people from there by the end of this year, so it is worth taking such a small risk.

If it were someone else, let alone whether the long history of a county has the right to self-government, even if there is, if there is no support from the prime minister's mansion, if he dares to trouble the young mansion directly under the royal family, it will be called arrogance, can he get in? The palace gate is still a problem.

   But who is Feng Yong?

  He is the patron of Shaofu.

   When this official accountability document was delivered, the steward in charge of the Shaofu rubbed his eyes, thinking that he hadn’t woken up: When did Hanzhongye become so bold and dare to fool Feng Langjun like this?

  Then sighed again, this Feng Langjun is really generous, the money and food needed to build a weapon for the trilogy are worth a three-year ration for a small mouth!

  I thought so in my heart, but I didn't dare to neglect my hands and feet. I took the official document and ran directly to Huang Hu, the chief **** in the palace.

   "Two of the thirty knives were broken?"

  Liu Chan took the official document handed over by Huang Hu, and blinked in confusion after reading it.

   "Feng Lang asked Hanzhong Metallurgy to make precious knives. Of the 30 newly sent over, two were found to be faulty? Does that mean there is a problem with Hanzhong Metallurgy?"

  The emperor of the Han Dynasty didn't care about how much a knife was worth. Anyway, he couldn't get involved in court affairs.

  So what he cares about is, if there is a problem with Hanzhong Metallurgy, will there be a problem with his own money?

  After all, the source of the small treasury in the palace, Hanzhong Metallurgy still accounts for most of it.

  It’s okay to talk about other places, but in Nanxiang, if you dare to fool Feng Langjun... then why not?

  When Liu Chan thought of this, he finally came to his senses, quickly grabbed the official document in his hand, and went straight to the harem.

   "Queen, queen, it's not good, something big happened!"

  Little Fatty Liu Chan approached Zhang Xingcai with a panicked face, "An accident happened in Hanzhongye."

   Several warm pavilions were built in the palace last year. The construction unit was an engineering team specially invited from Nanxiang.

  The queen was only wearing a thin woolen sweater, and was reading a book fascinated. When she saw the emperor suddenly barging in, she was taken aback. She quickly stood up and was about to salute.

But Liu Chan directly put the official document in her hand, and said first, "You don't need to be polite, you just take a look and give me an idea. Then Feng Mingwen came with the official document, saying that he wanted to hold Hanzhong Metallurgical Corporation accountable. .”

   Zhang Xingcai was slightly startled when he heard this, and quickly opened the official document to read it carefully.

  After reading it, he frowned first, and then relaxed again.

  Finally, she couldn't help laughing, "Ha! My concubine has been worrying about Hanzhong Metallurgy these days, but I didn't expect that Feng Mingwen would send such a good excuse at this time! It should be Jiang Bin's bad luck!"

  When Liu Chan heard this, he hurriedly asked, "What happened to Hanzhong Ye, why is the queen smiling instead of worrying?"

  Zhang Xingcai laughed, and folded the official document carefully, "Your Majesty doesn't care much about the affairs of the Shaofu on weekdays, so it's reasonable to be unclear about the reasons for this. Let's sit down first and wait for the concubine to explain it carefully to His Majesty."

  When Liu Chan heard this, he felt a little embarrassed. The income of the young mansion was usually controlled by the queen, and the affairs of the young mansion were also decided by the queen.

  When he has a need on weekdays, he just reaches out to the queen. Anyway, the queen gives him more tickets, not less.

Zhang Xingcai helped Liu Chan take off his coat, poured him another bowl of hot tea, and then sat across from him and said, "At the beginning of last year, Feng Mingwen resigned from the post of supervisor of Hanzhong Metallurgy, and Jiang Bin, the son of Jiang Wan who joined the army in the prime minister's mansion, made up for him. I took this position, Your Majesty, do you still remember?"

   Liu Chan nodded, "Of course I remember."

   "Jiang Bin entered Hanzhong Metallurgy, and he was quite peaceful at first. But in June last year, Hanzhong set up a new arsenal, and at the same time, the Hanzhong government asked Hanzhong Metallurgy to help build some weapons."

   "Because of Jiang Bin's relationship with the prime minister's mansion and his acquaintance with the Hanzhong prefect Ma Di, he took advantage of this opportunity to mobilize many craftsmen to make weapons for the Hanzhong arsenal. Even the supervisor Huo Yi can do nothing to him."

   Liu Chan was taken aback when he heard this, "So, wouldn't this matter have something to do with the Prime Minister's Mansion? What should I do?"

   "Everyone knows that this matter is related to the prime minister's mansion, but the father of the prime minister didn't say it clearly, so I don't know. Besides, Hanzhongye is the royal Hanzhongye, not the Hanzhongye of the prime minister's mansion!"

  Zhang Xingcai said dissatisfiedly, "It's not that concubines don't think about state affairs, but there must be rules in everything. If you want to call Hanzhong Metallurgical Corporation for state affairs, as long as you tell the royal family in advance, the concubine will not say a word of dissent."

"But Jiang Bin is far away from the prime minister's mansion and close to the Hanzhong mansion. It's not a serious matter. He also used the name of state affairs to suppress Huo Yi and called the craftsmen of Hanzhong Metallurgy without authorization. When Huo Yi reported later, the craftsmen were already gone. The transfer is complete. Is there any reason for him to do things like this?"

   "Today he can call craftsmen without authorization, but in the future he dares to do other things if he can't say no, so this matter must be investigated to the end."

   Speaking of this, Zhang Xingcai said decisively with a cold light in his eyes.

   It is a matter between the prime minister's mansion and the royal family that the prime minister's mansion can overwhelm the royal family, but what does it have to do with others?

  If it wasn't because Jiang Bin's starting point was to consider national affairs, Zhang Xingcai would have wanted to make a move a long time ago.

  When Liu Chan heard that the Prime Minister's Mansion was involved, he already flinched, but when he heard Zhang Xingcai's words, he felt reasonable.

   That’s right, what if one day he transfers the money and food from Hanzhong Metallurgy to the prefect’s mansion?

  Thinking of this, the little fat man suddenly felt courageous again, "Yes, we must investigate hard!"

   Then he asked humbly, "How should we investigate this matter?"

  Zhang Xingcai smiled confidently, "This matter is originally a matter between the Shaofu and the Yuexuan Prefect's Mansion. When the time comes, tell Xiangfu, and the palace will directly send people to Hanzhong to monitor it."

   "Isn't Feng Mingwen going to be held accountable, then let him take some account rooms from Nanxiang Academy and check the account books together."

   When it comes to checking accounts, the accountants from Nanxiang Academy are definitely first-class talents.

   If it wasn’t an account issue, it would be even easier. Just follow the words engraved on the handle to find the person in charge of building and supervising the production. No one can escape.

   As for how the prime minister's mansion should respond, it has to go to the prefect's mansion of Yuexuan, which has nothing to do with the palace.

   After all, the palace wants to give Feng Langjun an explanation!

   Some people may think that Feng Yong has been away from Nanxiang for so long, even away from Jincheng, and went to Yuejuan to take office, and his influence on Nanxiang will be weakened, but Zhang Xingcai will never think so.

  Because only a few people know that the Nanxiang County Government, the Imperial Palace, and the Prime Minister’s Mansion all have the same plan, called "Nanxiang Five-Year Livelihood Examination".

   It was compiled by Feng Yong himself, and it talks about the development direction of Nanxiang in the five years from the third year of Jianxing to the seventh year of Jianxing.

  At the same time, this plan will continue to add new content according to the actual situation, but the general direction remains unchanged.

  So in fact, today's Nanxiang is composed of the imperial palace, the prime minister's mansion, and the Nanxiang faction headed by Feng Yong. At the same time, they try their best to maintain its stability.

   Nanxiang’s question, if the Prime Minister’s Mansion thinks there is a problem and Feng Yong thinks it’s okay, then it’s okay. If you have any doubts, you can ask Feng Yong.

  If the palace thinks there is a problem and Feng Yong thinks there is no problem, then there is still no problem. If you have any questions, you can ask Feng Yong.

  But if Feng Yong thinks there is a problem, no matter whether the prime minister's mansion and the palace think there is a problem, then there must be a problem.

  Because of a place like Nanxiang where demons are rampant, no one except Feng Yong can know what it will eventually develop into.

  However, it is not only extremely important to the imperial court, but also indispensable to the imperial palace.

  The output of Nanxiang today is enough to support all the salaries of the court officials, and at the same time support the expenses of the palace, and there is even enough profit to distribute dividends to each family.

   This is a very large investment.

  To be honest, Zhang Xingcai would not feel sorry for losing the 100,000 fields in Hanzhong Huangzhuang if it was not for the supply of pasture for the ranch, but if the dividends from the ranch workshop were cut off, Zhang Xingcai would never agree.

   What's more, there are nearly 30,000 employees and family members in the workshop, ranch and mine, and the number of people who come and go from Nanxiang for a living will double.

   This is not counting those slave laborers who are not naturalized.

If something goes wrong in Nanxiang, if one is not careful, tens of thousands of landless and propertyless rioters will emerge overnight, and the resulting bad consequences may not be comparable to the riots in ten Guanghan counties. It is definitely Hanzhong. nightmare.

  The soldiers from Nanxiang are elite soldiers, so the rioters from Nanxiang must also be strong thieves and bandits. I heard that Nanxiang can even order and stop women and children. These strong bandits are probably comparable to elite soldiers.

  This is not counting those parties who have a complicated relationship with Nanxiang.

  So even if the prime minister had no choice but to, he didn’t try to change his mind. At most, he limited it a little.

  For example, remove some elite soldiers.

   "But if you do this, will it make Xiangfu unhappy?"

   Liu Chan asked hesitantly.

   "The concubine just wants to investigate Hanzhong Metallurgical Corporation, especially Feng Mingwen's accountability, and it's not for other reasons. If the palace doesn't give Feng Langjun an explanation, is it necessary to take this responsibility?"

   "Even if Xiangfu has an opinion on this matter, he should go to Feng Langjun. What's the use of looking for us?"

  Zhang Xingcai smiled indifferently, "Besides, Feng Langjun also said in the official document that the Yuexi Prefect's Mansion entrusted Hanzhong Metallurgy to build weapons, not only the sword is not good, but also the progress is not good."

   "According to my concubine, Feng Langjun is also very dissatisfied with the construction speed of Hanzhong Metallurgical Corporation, and this is an excuse to attack. If this is the case, why don't we go as we want?"

"That's good, that's good." Liu Chan finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said happily at the same time, "Then we really need to check it out, otherwise, once the prime minister...cough, cough, the income in the palace, it will be terrible. It will be less than half."

  Zhang Xingcai: …

  The Queen rubbed her forehead: Your Majesty's words... Sigh!

  In the end, I could only say helplessly, "Your Majesty... what you said makes sense."

  The news was sent back to the Shaofu, and the secretly worried people in the Shaofu finally breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the responsibility is not on their side.

  At the same time, he thought about turning quickly, and said, "This Hanzhong Metallurgical Corporation should have checked it long ago."

  As soon as the words came out, everyone understood, "That's right."

  According to the opinion of the first two in the palace, you want to send someone from the palace to Nanxiang?

  So, apart from the people in Shaofu, who else is familiar with these businesses?

  Therefore, there is a high probability that they are transferred from Shaofu!

  (end of this chapter)