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Yongzhou Prefecture.

Xu Ping stood against the scorching sun, his eyes were confused by the sweat on his forehead, his underwear was already soaked, and he looked at Cao Keming sitting on a chair under the banyan tree not far away, fanning his fan leisurely, and the anger in his heart slowly rose.

Zhizhou naturally did not go to meet the general judgment, and as soon as Xu Ping entered the city, he came to see Cao Keming. Unexpectedly, this veteran relied on the old and sold the old and gave him a dismount.

After taking Xu Ping's pleadings, Cao Keming watched slowly like this, letting Xu Ping stand in the scorching sun, the pu fan in his hand shook and shook, but he didn't say a word.

Just when Xu Ping couldn't bear it anymore and was about to have a seizure, Cao Keming suddenly raised his head, as if he had just seen Xu Ping, and shouted contrivedly: "Alas, why is Xu Tongju still standing there?" Yongzhou is not as good as the Central Plains, and the sun can also peel people off in the wax moon! Come on, give Xu Tong a seat. ”

The soldier next to him took a chair and placed it not far in front of Cao Keming.

Xu Ping looked at the position, and clearly regarded him as a subordinate, and said coldly: "Zhizhou is polite, how can a subordinate sit when he sees Shangguan?" I'll just stand here and listen to you! ”

Cao Keming shook his head with a smile: "The general judgment is just over, won't it make people say that I am bullying you when it spreads?" This state affair still requires us to work together, so why bother to see it! ”

"I don't care about standing here, why should Zhizhou care about outsiders' gossip!"

You respect me, I respect you, since Cao Keming doesn't give himself face, Xu Ping will never be able to come up with a shy face, everyone is on business, and each depends on means.

Cao Keming served two terms as the governor of Yongzhou, and he won the trust of the imperial court, where would he care about Xu Ping's attitude! Since the three years of Dazhong Xiangfu, he has completed his term of office from Yongzhou, and has experienced several terms of magistrates, so that Guiliuyong and other ten states have patrolled and pacified envoys, and Guizhou, Dingzhou and other local officials. In the second year of Tiansheng, Jiaozhi Li Gongyun Kou Luo Yongzhou transferred him back again, just because he took a fancy to his deterrent power against the barbarians.

A few years ago, he took care of Cao Keming's qualifications, and since he took office, there has been no general judgment for more than a year, and the judge acts as the general judge, and not everything is decided by Zhizhou. Now that a general judgment has been sent again, Cao Keming certainly feels uncomfortable, not to mention such a hairy boy, who dares to be on an equal footing with him after reading poetry and books for two years. He just wanted to give Xu Ping a blow and let him know who had the final say in Yongzhou City.

Cao Keming shook his fan, squinted at Xu Ping under the scorching sun, and just sneered in his heart.

Xu Ping stood for a while, saw Cao Keming's eyes closed, and held back his anger and asked, "Does Zhizhou have anything else to order?" If not, I'll be busy! The rules handed down by the Taizu Dynasty are passed down by the general judgment, and the warehouse accounts must be checked, and they dare not delay. ”

"Oh," Cao Keming opened his eyes, as if he had just remembered, and waved his hand, "I'm fine, is there anything else going on with the general judgment?" Say, I'm here to listen. ”

"Since it's okay, I'm going to take my leave."

Xu Ping finished speaking coldly, turned around and was about to leave.

"The judgment is slow, you are new to your post, and the official is not to be lazy, I will set up a reception banquet tonight, the subordinate officials in the state are here, don't be late."

Xu Ping snorted, and didn't bother to answer him.

Just about to leave, Cao Keming said again: "I almost forgot, the minister's library is still returned to the general judgment and promotion, you go and see what else is in the library, it is easy to use at night." ”

The Legation Treasury is the place where the public affairs are in charge of the funds, and it is under the control of the general judge, but the expenditure must be jointly signed by the state and the general judge. In the past, Cao Keming had the final say, but now there is one more person to restrain him, which makes him the most unhappy.

When Xu Ping heard this, he already felt bad in his heart. The legation treasury is a public service fund, and the management is very loose, and the chief official uses this money for his daily meals, and the state ushers in the use of this money, and even the official personal contacts also use this money. For example, when Xu Ping arrived today, it was customary to spend some money from the minister's treasury as his settling-in expenses, and those who left office also had to receive some money for travel expenses. It may be a lot or a little money, but it will never be less than a hundred. But listening to the meaning of Cao Keming's words, not to mention his settling-in expenses, even the money for wine at night is not enough.

Xu Ping came out of Cao Keming's place, and the officials waiting outside didn't dare to speak when they saw his gloomy face. Discord is a nightmare for them as subordinate officials, and they have to offend one of them no matter what, but each of them is in control of their fate, and they are promoted to the examination but rely on their words.

Xu Ping forcibly calmed down and said to Zhou Tianxing and Li Yonglun: "Zhou Jieju, Li Lushi, you come with me, and I have checked the military treasury and the minister's treasury, this is the most important matter, and it cannot be delayed." ”

The two of them were well-behaved, and as soon as they heard that Xu Ping was going to check the library when he came out of Cao Keming, they both understood what was going on, and hurriedly went back to prepare the accounts.

The three small leaders under the General Judgment Hall also bowed to Xu Ping and went back to prepare. The accounts of the three divisions of them correspond to the accounts of the warehouse, and what they do is to audit the accounts.

The military treasury is not only for military funds, all the materials in the state, including money and food, are placed here, because the earliest meaning is that taxes are used for military activities, and this name has been used.

The daily affairs of the military treasury are responsible for the records of the army, and the general judge, Zhizhou does not interfere, and these days when Xu Ping did not arrive are also performed by Zhou Tianxing, which has little to do with Cao Keming, Xu Ping didn't want to check the bottom today, anyway, there will be opportunities in the future. The minister's treasury is different, Cao Keming was in charge before, Xu Ping wanted to see how big a hole he made.

The military treasury and the minister's treasury were side by side, both in the state office, and it didn't take long for Xu Ping to take two subordinate officials and a group of officials to the door.

These miscellaneous things naturally don't need to be done in person, the public officials under his command check them clearly, report the accounts to Xu Ping, and he only needs to give advice on how to deal with them.

A table was set up in front of the warehouse, tea was served, and Xu Ping sat down.

Li Qian Si (Gou Yuan) and Duan Kongmu and Li Kongmu who should be in the division stood in front of him, each holding a thick stack of account books in their hands, waiting for Xu Ping's orders.

Zheng Kongmu of the Grinding and Exploration Division took the account book and several officials and Zhou Tianxing and Li Yonglun into the library to inspect the physical objects one by one. What the Grinding and Exploration Division specializes in is reconciliation, and it is familiar with the road.

Xu Ping took a sip of tea and said to Duan Kongmu: "Let's talk about how many things in the library have not been received." ”

Duan Kongmu looked at the account book, flipped through it for a while, and said: "Shangguan, there are still five hundred and sixty-two guan twenty-three wen in the outside of the treasury, sixty-five stones of rice, fifty-eight horses of silk, and other miscellaneous items, most of which are the unpaid tax deficits of the counties below. ”

Xu Ping listened to the trembling of his voice, his face remained silent, and asked calmly: "Don't talk about the unpaid taxes, and when I call for them to be paid in the future, you can talk about the other arrears first." ”

Duan Kongmu flipped through the account book vigorously, but he didn't speak, and the sweat on his forehead came out.

"What's the biggest debt?"

Xu Ping didn't get angry with a little official, but asked calmly.

Duan Kongmu wiped his sweat: "Yes-it's the minister's treasury, and the minister's treasury owes three hundred and sixty-five feet." ”

"What?!" Xu Ping slapped the table and stood up.

Reporting the number of paragraphs of Kongmu played a cautious eye, the general ledger owed with a hundred savings, and when he said that the treasury was full of money, so that the two numbers did not sound so close.

Xu Ping has this heart, how could he be fooled by him? A little mental calculation shows that the legation treasury alone owes more than 450 yuan to the military treasury, accounting for more than eighty percent of the money arrears.

The amount owed is still a trivial matter, and the crime of embezzlement of money and materials from the military treasury is big, if it is the time of Taizu Taizong, this is the crime of killing the head, that is, there are many Wenchen who were directly beheaded and abandoned in the city. That is, after the Zhenzong Dynasty, the Song Dynasty was lenient to his subordinates, and Cao Keming, a military general, dared to do this kind of thing.

It took an hour for a group of officials to check the materials in the warehouse, but it was only an approximation, not a detail. Xu Ping closed his eyes slightly, listened to their report, and didn't say a word.

After the report, Xu Ping straightened up and looked at Zhou Tianxing and Li Yonglun: "You two are really bold, and you dare to lend the money and materials in the military treasury to the minister's treasury, why can't I bear Cao Zhizhou, and can't I kill the two of you?!" ”

Zhou Tianxing and Li Yonglun glanced at each other, and saluted with a bitter face: "Zhizhou wants to use the wrong money and things, how dare the two of us not borrow it?" Moreover, we have registered this money in our accounts, and it is indeed used to entertain the envoys of Jiaozhi and the barbarian chieftains of various places, and it is all official business. ”

"What about official duties? The military treasury is not allowed to use money and materials without authorization, and the laws and regulations are there, are you child's play? In a few days, the transfer envoy will come to Yongzhou to inspect, you just have to wash your neck! ”

Xu Ping didn't have the temper to really kill people and scare them. How the matter will end depends on Cao Keming's attitude, if he and Xu Ping continue to stalemate, he doesn't mind using this as a reason to impeach Cao Keming, it is his duty to supervise the locality. As for these two bureaucrats, it is up to fate, if Cao Keming is demoted, the two of them will probably be pushed out to sacrifice the flag.

Zhou Tianxing and Li Yonglun looked at each other and were speechless. Cao Keming is a military general, and he is not in the mood to reason with them, and they can't stop him if he wants to use it. Anyway, when they lent it, they had already reported to the road superintendent, but there was no response. The trouble is that the Criminal Prosecution Department was still there at that time, and as a direct line of the general judgment in supervision, they mainly submitted criminal prosecutions to Guangxi, and the transfer envoy only sent a message to inform them. Now that the Criminal Division has been abolished, I'm afraid that no one will admit their bad debts anymore, and this is the trouble.

Exit the arsenal and check the embassy next to it. As expected, except for all kinds of official utensils, there was not a single bottle of wine, and the money was only 112 guan and 38 wen, counting the 365 guan owed to the military treasury, a deficit of more than 200 guan.

Xu Ping sneered in his heart, this Cao Zhizhou is really capable, he dares to put up a fight with him when he makes such a big financial hole, and he will not turn around when the world is without him.

This matter can be big or small, the military treasury and the minister treasury are both local warehouses, and the prohibition of Zhizhou to intervene is still considered from the aspect of preventing the recurrence of the feudal town, it is not absolutely unusable, as long as all parties draw a pledge, the misappropriation of military treasury is still not uncommon in the border state army.

The key military arsenal is under full authority to deal with it, and whether it makes trouble or not depends on Xu Ping's attitude, just with Cao Keming's appearance towards Xu Ping today, Xu Ping can't think of any reason to help him suppress the matter.