Rebirth of the best emperor

Chapter 386
Li Hong confessed his mistakes and repented, and then he found countless reasons. Finally, Wang Mang considered that he was old and a little confused, so he let him go.

"Li Hong, recall yourself, how many times have I spared you during this time?" Wang Mang looked at Li Hong coldly, and said, "This time, I will still let you go, but you must know, I will let you go." Patience has a limit, and it is impossible to be magnanimous to you forever, otherwise, if other people see it, it will appear that I am too partial to you, you understand."

"I understand, I understand from the bottom of my heart that your majesty is so kind to me." Li Hong pointed to the sky and swore: "I assure you that I will do my best in the future to handle the errands assigned by your majesty well."

"If you can really do your best, you won't make so many mistakes in front of me again and again." Wang Mang said coldly, "Now, tell me, when will I see the rough account book, and when will I see it? Detailed ledger."

"This..." Li Hong secretly calculated in his heart. After all, Li Hong still has two brushes for the old accountant. After a while, Li Hong said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, after about three days, I will be able to make a rough The ledger is drawn out, as for the more detailed ledger, you need..."

"Three days is too long. I don't have so much time to talk nonsense with you. One day, I will see the ledger at this time tomorrow." Wang Mang stretched out a finger and waved it in front of Li Hong.

Li Hong's originally red complexion turned pale at that moment, and he collapsed on the ground, crying: "Your Majesty, I really can't get out the account book in one day, even if Your Majesty kills me now, I can't get it out either." .”

Li Hong was really about to cry. The three days he said, it was because he had given himself a lot of praise. As for the accountant masters under him now, he asked them to take out the account books in three days, and that was the result of Li Hong's personal supervision. Well, if Li Hong does not supervise, it is estimated that he will not be able to see a rough account book for three months, and he will not be able to see a detailed account book for three years.

Now Wang Mang asked him to take out the ledger within a day, no matter what Li Hong did, it was impossible.

Seeing that Li Hongru was approved so far in the funeral examination, Wang Mang couldn't help asking: "Are your subordinates as useless as you?"

"Your Majesty, it's not that I'm useless. It's just that there are not many people under my command who can use me. In this southern expedition, I only brought along a few officials from the household department and the principal. I really don't care about this subject." It is possible to produce the account book within one day, to be honest with His Majesty, even in three days, there must be many items that have not been counted in the account book that I have produced."

"Then you mean that you are short of men now?" Wang Mang said.

"Shortage." Li Hong nodded and said, "It's not a general shortage, but a real shortage of too many people."

"Lack of people?" Wang Mang raised his eyebrows and shouted, "Li Hong, go and call Changsun Wuji over."

Changsun Wuji quickly arrived at Wang Mang's tent. Seeing Li Hong with an ugly face, he knew that Li Hong had done something wrong again and committed it in His Majesty's hands. However, it had nothing to do with his eldest grandson Wuji. After seeing the ceremony, he said: "I respectfully listen to your Majesty's hadith!"

Seeing Changsun Wuji, Li Hong had already guessed what Wang Mang was going to do, and wanted to resist, but Li Hong knew that his position in Wang Mang's heart might not even be comparable to that of a junior general in the army, so he gave up, just like he resisted. Just like the promotion of Deng Tongfanli and others in the household department, he also could not resist Wang Mang's passing him and continuing to intervene in the household affairs.

Wang Mang looked at his eldest grandson Wuji and said directly: "I want to know how much our Great Qin's financial income and expenditure will be in this Southern Expedition. Li Hong doesn't have many people to bring to the battlefield. You have a lot of scholars. Among them Anyone who is familiar with finance can be transferred to Li Hong for use."

Changsun Wuji glanced at Li Hong, but he didn't expect that Li Hong would anger Wang Mang in this place. After thinking about it, Changsun Wuji said directly: "Your Majesty Qizuo, there are many capable and strange scholars among the scholars. There are quite a few who are familiar with finance, among them, Zhu Shan among the four great talents in the south of the Yangtze River is the most knowledgeable about finance, and Jin Nong among the eight great talents is from the wealthy businessman Jin's family, and grew up in a counting room since he was a child. Scholars have also made considerable financial achievements, and if Lord Li needs them, I will inform these scholars to serve under Lord Li."

"Li Hong, what do you mean?" Wang Mang looked at Li Hong.

Li Hong said with a bitter face: "I will do whatever your Majesty says, I have heard about Zhu Shan's means of financial management, and it is indeed a unique one in the south of the Yangtze River. If the eldest grandson is willing to part with you, I will be very happy. "

"But I can't see a happy look on your face at all." Wang Mang said without losing face.

"I'm really happy. It's just that I heard that the forward army was attacked last night and didn't sleep well, so my expression is a little stiff." Li Hongqiang forced a smile.

"I believe your reason." Wang Mang snorted coldly, and said, "In this way, besides Zhu Shan and Jin Nong, Changsun Wuji, you can select five or six scholars who are familiar with money from among the scholars, and transfer them to Li When will Hong's subordinates help the Ministry of Accounts to clarify the accounts, and when will they be appointed separately."

Hearing what Wang Mang said, Li Hong and Changsun Wuji were taken aback for a moment. This almost put these scholars directly in the household department. What does it mean to clarify the accounts of the household department? The household department handles the accounts of the entire Daqin all year round When will the accounts that are unclear be cleared up, and since they are not cleared up, when will they be appointed again.

However, Li Hong and Changsun Wuji are both smart people, and smart people will never be confused at this time. The two pretended not to hear Wang Mang's voice-over, and followed Wang Mang's order, and joined forces to get out of Wang Mang's tent.

After the two went out, Changsun Wuji said: "Master Li, is Nan Zheng's account really unclear or is it false?"

"Master Changsun, look at me, a foolish person, how can I figure out such a complicated account." Li Hong shook his head and said, "This old man is not younger than Mrs. Changsun, but I am old, my legs and feet are not good, and my eyes are not good. Yes, my brain is not good, so it is inevitable that I will desert when I am on errands. This is something I can't help, and the old man is already trying to correct it."

"Hehe." Changsun Wuji looked at Li Hong with a half-smile and said, "Lord Li, if you are confused, there are not many civil and military people in the Manchu Dynasty who are not confused."

Li Hong didn't speak, but said: "Master Changsun, let's go to the business that His Majesty told you first. Your Majesty doesn't give you much time, and the old man is still busy."

Changsun Wuji shook his head, and went first. None of the Daqin courtiers were fuel-efficient. When they were approaching the corner, Changsun Wuji suddenly stopped, followed by Li Hong who was behind him. Almost ran into Changsun Wuji, Li Hong was dissatisfied and said, "Master Changsun, what do you mean?"

"No other meaning, just want to tell Mr. Li that the eldest grandson has always admired his lord. His lord seems to be confused, but he is never confused. Daqin's accounts are all engraved in his mind." Changsun Wuji stared at Li Hong, Seriously, without waiting for Li Hong to reply, he walked straight to the place where the scholars lived.

Li Hong looked at the back of Changsun Wuji leaving, his eyes flashed.

(End of this chapter)