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Yongzhou Prefecture Yamen.

Xu Ping stood in the scorching sun, his forehead was confused with sweat, and his underwear was already wet. He looked at Cao Keming, who was sitting on a chair under a banyan tree not far away, and he was leisurely slapping his fan, and his anger slowly rose in his heart.

The magistrate naturally did not make the reason to welcome the verdict. As soon as Xu Ping entered the city, he came to pay homage to Cao Keming. Unexpectedly, this veteran relied on his seniority and gave him a warning.

After taking Xu Ping's letter, Cao Keming looked at it slowly, letting Xu Ping stand under the scorching sun and expose the sun, shaking the palm fan in his hand, just without saying a single word.

Just when Xu Ping was unable to bear it and was about to have an attack, Cao Keming suddenly raised his head, as if he had just seen Xu Ping, and shouted artificially: "Oh, why is Xu Tong still standing there? Yongzhou is not as good as the Central Plains. It can even peel off people in the sun in the twelfth lunar month! Come on, let's see the seat of Xu Tong."

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

Xu Ping looked at the position and clearly treated him as his subordinate. He said coldly: "You are polite to the magistrate. How can the subordinates sit when they see Shangguan? I'll just stand here and listen to your instructions!"

Cao Keming smiled and shook his head: "Judge Tong said this. Wouldn't it be said that I bully you with my power? We also need to work together in this state affairs, so why bother to see you!"

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

You respect me one foot, I respect you one foot. Since Cao Keming doesn't give him face, Xu Ping will never be able to come over with a shame. Everyone should do their business and use their own means.

Cao Keming served as the governor of Yongzhou for two times and was deeply trusted by the court. How could he care about Xu Ping's attitude? In the third year of Dazhong Xiangfu, he served from Yongzhou and had several local officials. He became inspector and appeasement envoy of ten prefectures such as Guiliuyong, and many local officials in Guizhou and Dingzhou. In the second year of Tiansheng, Li Gongyun of Jiaozhi led a gang to Yongzhou and transferred him back, because he was attracted by his deterrence against the Dongman.

In the past few years, he took care of Cao Keming's qualifications. Since he took office as a general magistrate, he has not been appointed for more than a year. The judge acted as a general magistrate, and not everything was decided by the prefect. Now he sent another general magistrate, so Cao Keming felt uncomfortable, let alone such a young boy who dared to be on par with him after studying poetry and books for two years. He wanted to give Xu Ping a warning and let him know who had the final say in Yongzhou City.

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

Xu Ping stood for a while, and saw Cao Keming's eyes closed, he suppressed his anger and asked, "What else do you have to do to the magistrate? If not, I will go and do it! The rules passed down by the Taizu Dynasty, if the magistrate takes office, he must check the warehouse accounts and dare not delay it."

"Oh," Cao Keming opened his eyes, as if he had just remembered it, and waved his hand, "I'm fine, is there anything else to do with the judge? Even though I'm listening here."

"Since it's okay, I'll say goodbye."

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

"Please wait. If you are new to take office, it is not easy for me to neglect. I will hold a welcome banquet tonight. All the officials in the state are here, so don't be late."

Xu Ping snorted, too lazy to answer him.

Just as he was about to leave, Cao Keming said again later: "I almost forgot that the Minister's Ku is still the judge's premier. Go and see what else Curry has, it's easy to use at night."

The Minister's Deposit is the place where the official funds are managed and is under the charge of the Tongzong, but the expenditure must be signed by the governor and the Tongzong. In the past, Cao Keming had the final say, but now he is more unhappy with one more person to restrict him.

After hearing this, Xu Ping felt that it was not good. The ministerial treasury was very relaxed in management. The officials' daily dietary expenses were used for this money, and even the officials' favors were used for this money. For example, Xu Ping took office today, and according to his custom, he had to spend some money from the ministerial treasury to make his settlement expenses. The money could be more or less, but it would not be less than one hundred cents. But as Cao Keming said, let alone his settlement expenses, even the money for wine at night would not be enough.

Xu Ping came out of Cao Keming, and the officials waiting outside saw his gloomy face and did not dare to speak. Zhitong Discord was a nightmare for them, and they would offend one of them no matter how they did it, but each of them had their own destiny. They were promoted and took the exam, but they said it.

Xu Ping forced himself to calm down and said to Zhou Tianxing and Li Yonglun: "Zhou Jie Judgment, Li Lushi, you follow me, and go and check the military subsidiary database and the ministerial database. This is the most important matter and must not be delayed."

The two were well-behaved. When they heard that Xu Ping came out of Cao Keming, they wanted to check the database. They both understood what was going on and hurried back to prepare their accounts.

The three small leaders of the Tongju Office also reported to Xu Ping and went back to prepare. The accounts of the three departments correspond to the accounts of the warehouse, and they are specifically about checking accounts.

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

The daily affairs of the military fund depositary were the directors and the general commander, and the governor did not interfere. Zhou Tianxing was also the days when Xu Ping had not arrived, and it had little to do with Cao Keming. Xu Ping did not think that he would check it out today. Anyway, there would be opportunities in the future. The minister deposit was different. Cao Keming was in charge before, but Xu Ping wanted to see how big a hole he made.

The military fund treasury and the minister treasury were both in the prefecture yamen. It took not much time for Xu Ping to bring two subordinates and a group of officials to the front door.

Of course, there is no need to do these miscellaneous tasks by the judge himself. The public officials under him checked it clearly and reported the accounts to Xu Ping. He just needed to give a handling opinion.

Setting a table in front of the warehouse, putting tea, Xu Ping sat down.

Li Kuansi (Gouyuan) and Duan Kongmu and Li Kongmu of Ying Zai were standing in front of him, each holding a thick stack of account books in his hands, waiting for Xu Ping to give instructions.

Zheng Kongmu of Mokan Department brought the account book and several officials, Zhou Tianxing and Li Yonglun into Curry to inspect the actual objects one by one. What Mokan Department specializes in reconciliation is to be familiar with the matter.

Xu Ping took a sip of tea and said to Duan Kongmu: "Let's talk about it, how many of Curry has not received it."

Duan Kongmu looked at the account book and searched for a while and said, "Reported to Shangguan, the outside world still owes 562 jin of 23 jin, 65 shi of rice, 58 pieces of cloth, and other miscellaneous items. Most of them are tax debts that have not been paid by the county below."

Xu Ping heard his voice trembling, his face calmly asked, "Don't talk about the unpaid taxes, wait until I urge you to pay them in the future, and you will first talk about the other items."

Duan Kongmu kept flipping through the account book, and didn't say anything, sweat came out on his forehead.

“What is the biggest owed item?”

Xu Ping did not get angry with a minor official, but just asked calmly.

Duan Kongmu wiped his sweat: "Yes - it's the minister's ku, the minister's kuri owed 365 kuros."

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

The number of reports was a small matter, and the total amount of money was used to save a hundred yuan. It was said that the minister used enough money to make the two numbers not sound so close.

Xu Ping kept this heart, how could he fool him? After a little calculation, the Minister's owed more than 450 trump cards in the military fund guarantor, accounting for more than 80% of the money owed.

The amount of owed is still a small matter. The crime of embezzling military funds and treasury money and property would be serious. If it were Taizu Taizong, it would be a crime of beheading, and many civil officials were directly beheaded and abandoned. In other words, the Song Dynasty was lenient to its ministers after Zhenzong's dynasty, and Cao Keming, a military general, dared to do such a thing.

It took an hour before the officials could check the warehouse's materials clearly, but it was only rough and not detailed. Xu Ping closed his eyes slightly, listened to their report without saying a word.

After the report, Xu Ping straightened up and looked at Zhou Tianxing and Li Yonglun and said, "You two are so brave. You dare to lend money and goods from the military warehouse to the minister's warehouse for use. Why can't I beg Cao Zhizhou? Can't you two be killed?!"

Zhou Tianxing and Li Yonglun looked at each other and bowed bitterly, "The magistrate wants to use the wrong money and goods, how dare we not borrow it? Moreover, we have registered the money in the account. It is indeed used to entertain the envoys of Jiaozhi and barbarians in various places. They are all official duties."

"So what about official business? Military funds, treasury, money and materials are not allowed to be used without any use. The codes are there. Do you think it's a joke? In a few days, the transshipment officer will come to Yongzhou for inspection. You just need to wash your neck!"

Xu Ping didn't have the temper to really kill people and scare them. How to end the matter depends on Cao Keming's attitude. If he keeps stalemate with Xu Ping, he doesn't mind impeaching Cao Keming on this reason. Supervising the local area is his job. As for these two officials, it will be left to fate. If Cao Keming is demoted, the two of their handlers may be pushed out to sacrifice to the flag.

Zhou Tianxing and Li Yonglun looked at each other and couldn't speak. Cao Keming was a military general and was not in the mood to tell them that reason. They couldn't stop him if he wanted to use it. Anyway, they had already reported to the supervisory department of the road when they were lending it, but there was no reply. The trouble is that the criminal department of the Criminal Department was still there at that time. As a direct verdict in the supervision department, they mainly filed a criminal trial and prosecution to Guangxi, and the Transportation Department only transferred the document to inform them. Now the Criminal Department has been abolished, and I am afraid no one will recognize their bad debts anymore. This is a troublesome thing.

After coming out of the military fund warehouse, I checked the ministerial warehouse next to me. As expected, except for all kinds of official utensils, there was no bottle of wine, and the money was only 112 guan and 38 guan. Including the 365 guan owed to the military fund warehouse, the deficit was more than 200 guan.

Xu Ping sneered in his heart. This Cao Zhizhou is really good. He dares to show off his airs when he creates such a big financial hole. He really thinks that the world is missing, so he won't turn around.

This matter can be big or small. The military capital warehouse and the ministerial warehouse are both local warehouses. It is not absolutely impossible to use the ban on magistrates from intervening in order to prevent the reappearance of the feudal states. As long as all parties conceal, it is still uncommon for misappropriation of the military capital warehouse to be in the border states.

The key is that the military fund depot is fully handled by the magistrate. Whether the trouble will occur depends on Xu Ping's attitude. Just like Cao Keming's appearance towards Xu Ping today, Xu Ping could not think of any reason to help him suppress the matter.
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