Shipin Dalizheng

The developments outside were roughly the same as Rong Tang had guessed.

Liang Chongwen had a bad feeling ever since the incident at the Xie family that day and his engagement was broken off immediately afterwards, so he went to find Prince Rui to discuss countermeasures.

Prince Rui had of course heard about what happened in the Xie family and was very dissatisfied with Liang Chongwen. "What's wrong with my cousin? How dare you sleep with Xie Jinzhi's concubine in the Xie family!"

Minister Liang frowned and said, "Chongwen said that originally, it wasn't like that. It was Miss Xie's maid who invited him over to meet her. Who knew that Miss Xie didn't show up, but Jin Xiangxiang did. They had been... Jin Xiangxiang tricked him, saying that if she got pregnant, she would be the legitimate son of the Xie family and inherit all their power and wealth. That bastard actually fell for it... Now that things have come to this, I'm afraid the Xie family will take action against my Liang family. Your Majesty, you can't just stay in the palace anymore."

Prince Rui had no choice. He could give up Jin Shizhao and Rong Tang, but he could not give up Minister Liang. Liang was his mother's family, and they would all prosper together.

So he took action overnight, mobilizing the power of the palace. He appointed two of the three assessment officials. This move eliminated most of the mathematical talents with high assessment scores, leaving only a small number of those with poor scores.

Once inside the Ministry of Revenue, there were all kinds of difficulties and tortures, which made the auditors suffer day and night. They couldn't eat or sleep well, suffered from food poisoning, and were verbally threatened. Most people had no intention of checking the accounts and just wanted to get out alive.

After the first day of auditing, someone inquired about the grain prices from the previous year. When Minister Liang learned about it, he was terrified. He used his power in the Ministry of Revenue to increase control, replace guards, and secretly search for the person who leaked the information. He managed to lock down a number of people.

After that, they secretly controlled the families of these people, held them in a weak position, forced them to give up the audit, and found various reasons to ask their masters to take them out, but they did not dare to report them.

If there are those who are really unwilling to accept it, I'm sorry, "death from illness" or "sudden death" are their endings.

In the following days, no more unfavorable voices were heard from inside, and Minister Liang's anxiety was half relieved.

What he didn't know was that in order to protect the safety of the auditor, Zheng Changzhi would not investigate easily after getting the clue. He had also made many efforts and reached a consensus with the Minister of Revenue. This time, only his Liang family would be targeted.

He was kept in the dark by the Minister of Revenue and naively thought that he could just get away with it like every other audit in the past.

On August 12, the tenth day of being detained in the Ministry of Revenue, all the auditors were released.

At this time, Rong Tang had not combed his hair, washed his face, taken a bath, or changed his clothes for ten days. He smelled foul all over, like a refugee fleeing famine. Of course, Rong An was not much better than him.

When I walked out of the room and compared them, I found that they were in better condition. Most people looked haggard and staggered. It was obvious that compared with physical torture, mental torture was more devastating to the human heart.

Rong Tang turned his head to look at the next room. The girls were fine. They were taken away by the maids as soon as they went out and did not meet up with the smelly men.

Next to the Minister of Revenue stood the Minister of Justice and an unfamiliar general. The three of them supervised the accountants as they handed over the errors they had found over ten days and ten nights to Li Dequan. It looked like they could be sent to the palace immediately.

It was then that Rong Tang realized that many people had nothing in their hands. When he asked them why, they all lowered their heads and said, "Sir, I checked the accounts and there are no mistakes or omissions."

Li Dequan pointed at the people who had nothing in their hands and asked, "Didn't you find any mistakes?"

More than ten people answered: "Yes, we didn't find anything."

Li Dequan waved his hand and told them to get out.

Only Rong Tang, the idiot, raised his hand high, "I found out, sir, I found out."

Li Dequan pointed at him and asked him to come closer to talk. "Report everything you have found out."

Rong Tang ran forward excitedly, "This huge pile is full of errors and omissions. I have marked them all in the original account book. If you don't believe me, you can go and check it yourself."

The Minister of Revenue smiled wryly, "Gou Zigui (Rong Tang's fake identity as the one who checked the accounts), how much is the total? Do you remember?"

Rong Tang slapped his thigh and said, "Several thousand taels of silver are missing. My Lord, have I done anything meritorious? Is there any reward for me?"

"Yes. Gou the accountant, go back and wait. There will definitely be a reward."

Among the people behind, some were envious, some looked at him like he was stupid, and some looked at him like he was dead. They were all thrown behind Rong Tang's buttocks as he laughed.

"Then I'll go back and wait. If there's a reward, please send it to Prime Minister Zheng's residence. I was recommended by the Prime Minister's residence, so half of this honor must go to the Prime Minister's residence."

The two walked out of the Ministry of Revenue, looked at the long street, and felt as grateful as if they were back to the world.

Rong An wanted to walk back with Rong Tang, but suddenly someone called him, "Brother An, this way."

It turned out that it was Du Shaokang who came to pick him up.

Rong Tang's appearance at this moment was so impressive that even if Chuncao, who had shared his meals and sleep with him for many years, came, he would have to wash himself clean before admitting him. He waved his hand and let Rong An go with him. Now was not the time to reveal his identity.

The next moment, Zheng Changzhi's two-horse carriage drove over. Rong Tang jumped on it without waiting for the carriage to stop.

Zheng Changzhi was still reading, not even raising his eyelids. "Is the total data out?"

Rong Tang scoffed, "What total data? How can there be a total data? What I found is only a part, not all."

He pulled out a few pieces of paper from the sole of his shoe and handed them to Zheng Changzhi. Zheng Changzhi opened them with a look of disgust, holding his breath. The amount was so large that he was surprised, "More than six million taels?"

"Part of it!"

As soon as Zheng Changzhi opened his mouth to speak, he couldn't hold his breath. A sour smell of salted fish filled his sense of smell. In addition to the smell of salted fish, there was also an indescribable smell that belonged to the toilet.

"Where did you hide these papers originally?"

"It's searched every day. It's hidden under the toilet."

Zheng Changzhi's face turned pale, and an uncontrollable feeling of nausea came over him.

After taking a deep breath, he found that he didn't feel much better. Instead, all kinds of smells on Rong Tang's body rushed into his nostrils, and the sour and stinky smell gripped his stomach.

"vomit……"

He finally couldn't help but vomit.

Rong Tang pinched his nose, "You are so dirty."

Zheng Changzhi's face turned pale and he said, "Get out of my car."

Something in Zheng Changzhi's heart was shattered...

Broken...

Destroyed...

Rong Tang curled his lips, jumped off the carriage, and wanted to sit on the shaft again, but Old Wen also despised him and said, "You stink! From now on, you are not allowed to come near my young master unless you wear incense on your body."

Then refused to take the ride.

Rong Tang pointed at the carriage and complained, "Refused to take you, bad review."

A few breaths later, Rong Zhan drove over in a carriage, "Master."

Rong Tang slipped inside, the evil expression on his face gone.

An hour later, after taking a bath and changing into scented clothes, Rong Tang appeared beautifully in front of her subordinates.

Rong Zhan, who originally had an expression of dismay on his face, breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the master who had washed himself clean still wanted him.

Rong Tang asked while wiping his hair, "How is it going? Is everything done?"

Rong Zhan said, "We've produced a batch of samples. Master, would you like to rest first or take a look?"

Rong Tang looked around and asked, "Are you alone?"

Rong Zhan said, "Rong Qianqi and the black market gang are constantly thinking up new tricks and are living in a shabby house outside the city. Rong Wanli went to Fuxin Village. I heard the sugar sorghum has been harvested, so work has stopped for a few days. Rong Xian and Wei Wu are both a little anxious."

"We can also pay them this period's wages first. As for food...is the sorghum almost ripe?"

I'm not familiar with farming, but I've seen it happen in previous years. Villagers generally start cutting sorghum after August 15th, and the harvest is finished by the end of September at the latest."