Bringing the farm to another world

The next day, Li Mingde received the official certificate and official uniform, and officially took up the post of Eastern Palace Chancellor. Li Mingde attached great importance to this opportunity. At the beginning of his tenure, he directly asked Zuo Qiuzheng to add assistants. Zuo Qiuzheng agreed. Li Mingde directly asked for ten assistants. They would conduct a large amount of quantitative analysis in the room every day. Ten days later, Li Mingde once again asked Zuo Qiuzheng to meet with all the managers of the Eastern Palace's industries. Zuo Qiuzheng once again agreed. He arranged for those people to meet Li Mingde in batches. In this way, Li Mingde spent a month meeting with all the managers of the Eastern Palace's industries.

But this is not the end. Li Mingde then proposed again that he would conduct an on-site inspection of all the industries of the Eastern Palace. Zuoqiu Zheng agreed again. Then Li Mingde began to conduct an on-site inspection of all the industries of the Eastern Palace. This time, it took him two full months. In other words, from the time he took office until he finished considering, it took him more than three months. During these three months, he did not give any opinions to Zuoqiu Zheng, nor did he make any adjustments to the industries of the Eastern Palace. This was completely different from the report he wrote before. This also made some officials in the Eastern Palace doubt Li Mingde's ability. However, Zuoqiu Zheng did not express anything. He was also waiting. He wanted to see what Li Mingde wanted to do.

After Li Mingde finished his examination, he returned to the East Palace and began to write memorials behind closed doors. Five days later, Li Mingde asked to see Zuo Qiuzheng with a thick memorial in his hand. When Zuo Qiuzheng heard that Li Mingde was coming, he let Li Mingde into his study. After Li Mingde entered his study, he saluted Zuo Qiuzheng. Zuo Qiuzheng nodded, then said with a smile: "My dear minister, please stand up. How was your examination this time? Was it going well?" After he said that, he looked at Li Mingde with some amusement.

Li Mingde now looks a lot thinner than before. When Li Mingde heard what Zuoqiu Zheng said, he immediately raised the memorial with both hands and said to Zuoqiu Zheng: "Your Highness, this is the memorial written by me. Your Highness will know it at a glance." When he said this, his face was a little solemn. When Zuoqiu Zheng saw Li Mingde's look, he couldn't help but become curious. At this time, Fu Sheng had already taken the memorial and put it in front of Zuoqiu Zheng. Zuoqiu Zheng took the memorial and started reading it, and at the same time said: "Fu Sheng, move a chair for Li Aiqing." Fu Sheng moved a chair for Li Mingde. After Li Mingde thanked him, he sat down directly.

When Zuo Qiuzheng first read the memorial, he just looked at it, but he became more and more serious the more he read it. When he read half of it, his face became solemn. When he read more than half of it, his face was already ashen. When he finished reading, he slammed the memorial on the table with a bang, and then looked at Li Mingde and said, "Lord Li, is what is written in this memorial true?"

Li Mingde nodded and said, "It is absolutely true. I specially asked for the order to go for the inspection, but I made arrangements in advance. This inspection was actually divided into three groups. The first group went to various industries for a secret investigation before I went there. The second group was me, and the third group was after I left. The people I sent out this time were all from the Eastern Palace. Your Highness can ask them at any time. You don't know until you see it. After seeing it, I was really shocked. According to my estimation, at least one-third of the income from the industries in various parts of the Eastern Palace was embezzled by the people who managed the industries. There are also some people who used your highness's name to rob and plunder everywhere and ruined your highness's reputation, but in the end, those robbed businesses were put under their own names, and your highness was stigmatized without any benefits. I have found that some managers of some industries live even more luxuriously than Your Highness. I think that Your Highness’ industries should be readjusted. This is why I have not made any changes for such a long time. I don’t know much about the industries in various places. I only know the situation of various industries through data, but I don’t know the specific situation. Without understanding, I will not make random suggestions. Now I have basically understood the situation of various industries, so I wrote this memorial. I ask Your Highness for permission to conduct a major cleanup of all industries under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Palace, so that the industries of the Eastern Palace can truly become Your Highness’ industries. Moreover, I have calculated that if this cleanup is successful, the things copied from those people’s homes will be enough to cover the annual income of the Eastern Palace. "

"How audacious! Really audacious! They even dared to embezzle my money. Who gave them such courage? They must be severely punished. Fusheng, this time you will come forward in person and cooperate with Li Aiqing to sort out all the industries under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Palace. No matter who they are, no matter what their identity is, as long as they dare to embezzle my money, arrest them all. I want to see how courageous they are to dare to do this. Do you understand?" Zuoqiu Zheng turned his head and glanced at Fusheng after he finished speaking.

When Fu Sheng heard what Zuo Qiuzheng said, he did not accept the order immediately, but said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, among the managers of various industries, some are family members of the Crown Princess, and some are people recommended by the officials of the Eastern Palace. Your Highness, do you really want to deal with them all? Do you want to discuss it with the adults? Do you also need to discuss it with the Crown Princess?" After Fu Sheng finished speaking, he looked at Zuo Qiuzheng. He was reminding Zuo Qiuzheng that none of those who managed the industries were without backgrounds. If they were all dealt with, it would be very troublesome. If not handled properly, it would cause chaos in the Eastern Palace. If that were the case, it would be really troublesome.

When Zuoqiu Zheng heard what Fu Sheng said, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then his face turned visibly purple. When Fu Sheng saw his look, he immediately knelt down. This made Li Mingde, who encountered such a thing for the first time, not know what to do, so he could only kneel down. Zuoqiu Zheng raised his hand and slapped the table in front of him to pieces, and then he took a few deep breaths before he calmed down. He said in a deep voice: "You two get up, Fu Sheng, clean up the table, and then go and call Jia Yu and the others in. Li Aiqing, you stay here." The two of them responded and stood up. Then Fu Sheng immediately arranged for someone to clean up the room and sent a new table to the room. After everything was cleaned up, Fu Sheng went to notify other people, and soon Jia Yu and the others all arrived in Zuoqiu Zheng's study, including Dewey of course.

Dewey and other people who knew Zuo Qiuzheng well were all stunned when they saw the newly changed desk when they entered the study. Then, when they saw Zuo Qiuzheng's face, they all knew that Zuo Qiuzheng must be angry, and very angry. Their faces all changed. Dewey even glanced at Li Mingde, who winked at him. His gaze finally fell on the memorial on the table. Now Li Mingde really regretted it. He should have discussed the contents of the memorial with Dewey, but because he wanted Zuo Qiuzheng's approval so much, he sent the memorial directly to Zuo Qiuzheng after it was written, and did not show it to Dewey. This led to this situation. If there was a next time, he would definitely not do this. He did not expect that the water in the East Palace was so deep, and the managers of those industries all had backers.

Zuo Qiuzheng also glanced at Jia Yu and the others at this time, and then he said, "During this period of time, I asked Li Aiqing to investigate various industries. I think you all know about this, but what you don't know is that I made another arrangement. There must be three groups of people going to investigate this time, and Li Aiqing is just one of them. Before he went, a group of people had already investigated. After he left, someone else went to investigate again. The final result was really unexpected to me. In the end, the three parties summarized the results, and I asked Li Aiqing to write a memorial to me. Li Aiqing, do you have the electronic version of this memorial?"

Li Mingde quickly said, "Yes, Your Highness, I have an electronic version here." Zuo Qiuzheng nodded and said, "Okay, send it to everyone." Li Mingde responded, and then he distributed the electronic version of the memorial to everyone. Everyone immediately read it carefully. When they finished reading the memorial, their faces all became very ugly, and they also knew why Zuo Qiuzheng was angry.

Jia Yu and the others all knelt down, and Jia Yu said, "Your Highness, it is because we did not know how to judge people. Please punish us."

Zuo Qiuzheng stood there motionless, while Jia Yu and the others all knelt there, with cold sweat on their faces. They really did not expect that the situation of those industries would be so serious. It was no wonder that Zuo Qiuzheng was angry.

Zuo Qiu was looking at Jia Yu and the others. After a while he spoke: "I don't blame you. I understand your loyalty to me. You all should get up." Everyone responded and then stood up, but they all kept their heads down.

Zuo Qiuzheng sighed lightly, then said, "Those people were all very capable at the beginning. I didn't expect that once they started to manage those industries, they became like this. This matter is also my fault. It was my failure to monitor them, which gave them the opportunity. Well, I will spare their lives this time. When you go back, write to them and ask them to tell me all the greed they have gained over the years, and I will spare their lives. If anyone dares to be stubborn, then you can blame me for being rude. My knife can also kill people. Go ahead." Everyone responded and then left Zuo Qiuzheng. The study room, Li Mingde of course followed everyone out, when they were outside, they all breathed a sigh of relief, Jia Yu and the others all turned to look at Li Mingde, when Li Mingde saw the look in Jia Yu's eyes, he clasped his fists towards Jia Yu and the others, then smiled bitterly and said: "My lords, this matter is really not my fault, first of all, I really don't know the background of those people, secondly, these things are really not something I can find out, you lords should understand what I mean, right?" Li Mingde understood that this time, he was equivalent to offending Jia Yu and the others, which was very unfavorable to his future development. (End of this chapter)