allonlinenovel Chapter 503 My Voice is Loud
Chapter 503 My Voice is Loud
Cui Yushan's heart trembled when he saw this.
What does it mean?
Why give the traitor Xie Yingfeng the seat of honor?
After sitting down, Xie Yingfeng straightened his clothes, glanced at Cui Yushan seemingly casually, and then smiled with pursed lips.
Cui Yushan was a little irritated by his enumeration, but because Emperor Longchang was there, he dared not say anything and could only swallow his anger silently.
Wait!
Just wait until the people in the inner court have calculated all the accounts, and then we'll see how Xie Yingfeng will explain it.
Cui Yushan didn't believe that Xie Yingfeng could explain such a large sum of money clearly.
So he didn't even take the accounts that Xie Yingfeng brought into consideration.
Who would not be tempted by such a large amount of unrecorded funds?
The imperial study remained quiet. His Majesty also had his lunch in the imperial study, but it was not given to Cui Yushan and Xie Yingfeng.
It's not that he, as an emperor, is stingy, but until this matter is clarified, Cui Yushan and Xie Yingfeng are not qualified to dine with him.
The accounts were checked until late at night, when the lights were already on inside and outside the palace. The eunuch in charge calculated the accounts that had been collected by everyone again, and then copied the final account situation onto a piece of paper and presented it to His Majesty.
"Your Majesty, we have already calculated it clearly. This is the final total, and the total is consistent with the general ledger brought by Lord Xie!" The eunuch in charge of the inner court said softly.
"Okay." Emperor Longchang nodded, then signaled Li Dequan to bring the calculated account list.
When Emperor Longchang saw the figures in the accounts, his head, which had been a little dizzy from reading the memorials, suddenly felt as if a stream of clear spring water had enlightened him, and he immediately became clear-headed.
"Did you calculate it correctly?" He pointed at the final number and looked at the eunuch in charge of the inner court.
The eunuch in charge knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, we dare not make a mistake in our calculations. These figures have been verified by us and are consistent with the general ledger!"
"Xie Yingfeng!" Emperor Longchang raised his hand and tapped the table with his fingers. His movements were unconscious, but his eyes were roving among the numbers.
Cui Yushan felt somewhat proud when he saw that His Majesty was slow to speak.
"Your Majesty, Xie Yingfeng has been in Linchuan, formerly known as Mangcheng, for many years," Cui Yushan said hurriedly, bowing. "I'm afraid he's already deeply rooted there, with connections to other local officials. Your Majesty, please investigate!"
Aren’t the other officials referring to Wei Ling?
Xie Yingfeng glanced at him, then sighed softly. He mouthed two words to Cui Yushan, "Idiot."
Although no sound was made, Cui Yushan saw it clearly, and the anger that had been suppressed with great difficulty suddenly flared up again.
"Your Majesty, this Xie thief is so rude even in front of you! It's really a disgrace to the people! Please punish me, Your Majesty!" Cui Yushan said again hurriedly.
Emperor Longchang frowned, then slammed the table heavily, "Shut up!"
Cui Yushan was immediately smug, but then he realized that Xie Yingfeng hadn't spoken a word! He was the only one speaking in the hall!
So Your Majesty is scolding him!
Cui Yushan's heart trembled, and he quickly knelt down, not daring to say another word.
"Thank you, my dear minister." Emperor Longchang sighed softly, "If all the officials in Daxie were like you, my life would be much easier!"
This piece of paper is densely packed with various ways to make money and various projects that require money.
Over the past three years, Xie Yingfeng took advantage of the expansion of Mangcheng to earn more than 36 million taels of silver for the Mangcheng government, half of which was used to rebuild and expand Mangcheng. Emperor Longchang didn't know this until he looked at the accounts. Only then did he realize that the walls of Mangcheng and its subordinate border towns and counties had all been reinforced and raised.
Mangcheng did not ask the court for a single cent of this silver.
Moreover, roads have been rebuilt between Mangcheng and various counties and towns on the border. These roads are extraordinary. The hardened road surface allows four carriages to travel side by side, greatly speeding up the travel between Mangcheng and other towns.
Mangcheng also built a channel connecting the Songshui River and the inland river outside the city, established a dock and added ferry boats, and opened up a waterway connecting Mangcheng with the outside world.
Of course, Xie Yingfeng reported this project to the court, and the court also gave some money. Later, the Ministry of Works never allocated funds for this project. The civilian workers used were all recruited from the people of Mangcheng and the Black Tiger Army to help free of charge, and the money spent was naturally paid from this item.
These are all infrastructure projects. Xie Yingfeng also established nursing homes and Tzu Chi Halls in Mangcheng and its subordinate counties and towns.
Rongyang and Tzu Chi Hall accept veterans and elderly people who have lost their ability to move and live during years of war, as well as children who have lost their parents.
In the past three years, Daxie suffered disasters continuously. In fact, Mangcheng also suffered natural disasters, but Mangcheng did not ask the court for a penny of disaster relief funds. All the funds used for disaster relief were paid from this money.
Even though there were disasters year after year, not a single citizen was displaced due to the disasters in Mangcheng, let alone those who died from the disasters!
The population of Mangcheng has been increasing year by year in recent years!
No one understood the significance of this population increase better than Emperor Longchang.
Even in Daxie under his rule, even though there had been no war for many years, there were only a few places where the population could grow!
Emperor Longchang was worried that Wei Ling and Xie Yingfeng would turn the North into their territory, but he was not a fool. As long as these two had no rebellious intentions, the better they governed the North, these would be his political achievements and merits, proving that he had chosen the right people!
Moreover, Emperor Longchang also understood what it meant to rebuild the city walls of Mangcheng and other places in the north without spending a single cent of the court's funds.
It’s not that he had never been to Mangcheng before. The Mangcheng he had seen before was in ruins. It could be said that in some places, only a mound of earth remained of the city wall!
He knew very well how much manpower and material resources would be needed to build all the city walls!
So when Emperor Longchang saw this account, he felt mixed emotions.
He knew that Xie Yingfeng was not lying because the amount of money and the things done were exactly consistent with what the spies he sent had said.
However, what the spy said did not contain any actual data, it was just what he saw with his own eyes. But now, the paper is filled with densely written things like how many miles of city wall were built, how many feet were raised, how many disaster-stricken people were rescued, and how many refugees and orphans were taken in. These are all clear and obvious things.
"Thank you, my dear minister. I spoke a little loudly." Emperor Longchang sighed.
The reason why he can sit in this position today is that everyone praises him for one thing, that is, Emperor Longchang is still very soft-hearted and is a person who corrects his mistakes.