"Dangdangdangdangdang..."

As noon approached, a sudden and urgent gong broke the quiet atmosphere in the Ministry of Revenue, causing many officials who were still burying their documents to go out with curiosity, thinking that something big had happened.

After a while, they realized that the sound of the gong came from the gong in front of the lobby of the front yard that summoned the yamen to gather together. But why was it suddenly ringing today? Haven't you received any news before?

With doubts in his heart, many people put down their Chinese writing and pen holders and stood up to head towards the front yard, including the Secretary Ye Kuan and the two ministers who were also surprised and looked suspicious...

In the public room located in the corner of the Second Hall, Xiang Daxing's expression also changed. He looked at Li Ling, who was still writing slowly in front of him. It was not until he saw that he finished writing the last few words and stuffed several documents into his sleeves, and then he stood up: "Brother Xiang, let's go out to have a look, too?"

"Wen Zhong, do you really plan to leave no room for anything?" Xiang Daxing did not get up immediately, but hesitated to look at the young man who had been in the same room with him for some time.

Some of the things Li Ling has been doing recently can be hidden from most people in the yamen, but it is absolutely impossible to hide from him. After all, the two have been together. He has tried to dissuade him several times, but the effect is almost no. But now, Li Ling has decided to take the initiative.

"There is no turning back when the bow is drawn, the scene has begun, how can there be a reason to stop?" Li Ling smiled, "Brother Xiang, are you willing to be excluded from such a corner until you die of old age? Opportunities are not caused by endurance, but by yourself!" After saying that, he glanced at the other party and had already stepped out.

Xiang Daxing repeated his last sentence, and his expression changed a little again. Finally, he gritted his teeth, stood up and followed Li Ling, who was stroking forward, and headed straight for the front yard.

At this time, more than a hundred officials from all over the Ministry of Revenue had gathered in the front yard. In front of the gong, which was more than half a person tall, there were many people surrounded by three floors inside and three floors inside and three floors outside. The sound of discussion and the sound of chasing were heard. In the middle of them, a man with a scribe looked blue and white face was huddled there. He didn't make much noise when others asked. Until he saw Li Ling appear, he had some confidence in his eyes...

"Bold Lin Chen, dares to ring the bell without authorization to disrupt the order of the yamen! Come and take him down for me and interrogate him strictly!" With this silence, a military officer who was in charge of the yamen's security matters walked out with a gloomy face. While ordering to take the people, he hurried forward to apologize after seeing Ye Shangshu and others coming out: "Mr. The master of the ministry has forgiven him. I don't know where the soldiers guarding here have gone, but Lin Chen has found an opportunity to make trouble. The next official will definitely find out the whole story..."

Before Ye Kuan could say anything, several soldiers had already taken the order and rushed forward to take Lin Chen down. Unexpectedly, he suddenly raised his chest and shouted: "Stop! Yebutang, two ministers, the villain only needs to report something important, so he cannot make such a bad decision!"

"It's just nonsense. What important things can you, a small clerk, have to tell the master of the ministry?" At this time, other officials also came back from their shock and immediately scolded.

"Yes, even if you really have something to report to, you can report it to your boss. Why do you have to do this?"

"Lin Chen, I have never heard of you having any important matters that you need to report to the master of the ministry!" These words finally reminded the head of the Qing Lisi, named Jin Huan, who is Lin Chen's direct superior.

Lin Chen was a little panicked, but then his eyes flashed with determination. He was pressed by several soldiers and shouted: "The villain is trying to expose the financial boss' leave for public service and abuse of power!"

His shouting immediately made many officials present stunned. Even the soldiers who grabbed him and wanted to drag him out were loosened. Then, many officials' eyes fell on Jin Huan, which shocked his body. Then he shouted loudly: "You are so slandering. Master of the Ministry. Lin Chen is usually cheating and sly, which is the most unreliable. Two days ago, he was scolded by his subordinates and refused to admit his mistake. I deliberately opened him out of the yamen. I didn't expect this guy to hold a grudge. Today, he made such a big mistake..."

Before he could finish his words, Lin Chen shouted loudly again: "Sir, I have evidence! It was during this period that the financial director of the financial department tampered with the matter about the autumn tax in Huguang this year, and there were too many problems in the accounts..." He obviously took it aside, and without hesitation, he called out all such important things.

In this way, Ye Kuan couldn't even think of it anymore. He immediately coughed and walked out of the crowd slowly, and waved his hand first: "Let the person go first, let him explain it clearly!"

When Lord Shangshu spoke, the soldiers on both sides naturally did not dare to refuse to obey. He immediately stepped aside. Jin Huanze's expression changed: "Master Master, what this person said is absolutely not trustworthy..."

"It's true that you can only know if you have heard of it. It's related to my Ministry of Revenue Taxation. Even I am the official, I dare not neglect it." Ye Kuan swept over the people in front of him with a serious expression, stopping the other party's continued opposition, but looking at Lin Chen, "Now the Japanese official will give you a chance to reveal the truth, but if you dare to bully me and bite me randomly, falsely accusing the official of the matter will inevitably sit back. You have to think about it!"

"The villain dares not, what I say must be true!" Lin Chen's body trembled clearly, but after looking at Li Ling in the crowd, he calmed down a little, and said immediately: "Master Budang, have you not noticed that there are any problems with the tax rate set in Huguang in the past three years?"

"Hmm?" Ye Kuan thought for a while, but he didn't realize there was any problem. He looked at Bian Xuedao who had already walked up to him. In fact, the real person in charge of the Qing Lisi was him, the minister.

Bian Xuedao also frowned and shook his head and said, "Xiaoguan doesn't think there is any problem with the tax rate in Huguang in the past three years... If I can't remember it well, these three years are equivalent to the tax rate in the past few years, and there is not much difference between the tax and silver and grain transferred to the treasury..."

"Sir, this is the problem, because as far as the villain knows, Huguang has reclaimed more than 20,000 hectares of land in recent years, and most of them are fertile land. But why has the money, grain and taxes paid to the court not increased in the past few years?" Lin Chen suddenly raised an extremely sensitive topic, which immediately changed the expressions of the officials present, and even Ye Kuan was slightly stunned: "Be serious about this?"

"We have never carefully investigated whether the Huguang fields have increased in several years. However, one thing is an indisputable fact, that is, with the annual imperial examination, many fields in the world have been included in the names of those scholars with fame and honor, so even if there is a real increase in cultivation, it is probably offset by these consumption." Seeing that Ye Kuan seemed to be moved, Dai Xiao, the doctor of the Qing official department, quickly explained.

After receiving this reminder, Jin Huan quickly added: "Ministry, what Dr. Dai said was very true. What Lin Chen said seemed reasonable, but in fact he was just generalizing it. He clearly planned to take revenge and deliberately used such seemingly false remarks to slander the lower officials!"

"Lin Chen, what do you say?" Ye Kuan asked again with a gloomy face.

Lin Chen was obviously feeling a little uneasy, but he still said with his neck: "The villain did not take revenge on his own. I just made the matter a matter. Over the years, there has been almost no change in the tax and silver grains in Huguang. This matter itself is a big problem. If the adults don't believe it, you can check the tax payment situation in other provinces. No matter how rich or poor they are, they will have ups and downs."

After his reminder, Bian Xuedao really thought of this. He used to think that such a stable tax payment was the best performance, but now he realized that this matter is indeed too strange. How can there be such a stable thing in the world? This is completely done by people taking the initiative to manipulate it.

At that moment, he looked at his subordinates: "Dr. Dai... have you never seen anything wrong?"

A trace of nervousness flashed in Dai Xiao's eyes, but he quickly calmed down again and said with a smile: "Ministry, Minister, and the officials really don't think there is anything strange about this. Other provinces have less food and wealth than Huguang, which has become the world's granary, so there are few ups and downs here..." This explanation is actually quite far-fetched, but for a moment, he really couldn't come up with a more powerful statement.

Ye Kuan seemed to be convinced by him. After pondering for a moment, he looked at Lin Chen again: "Do you have any tangible evidence?"

Lin Chen immediately understood the thoughts of Lord Shangshu, and felt even more frightened, but he still said: "Over the years, many accounts and documents about Huguang have been evidence. As long as the adults check it carefully, they will be able to find out the problem. The villain dares not lie, nor dares to wrongly accuse the head of the money without any evidence!"

"Haha... it's just a crime!" Jin Huan finally seized the opportunity and immediately scolded, "Lin Chen, what do you say that you don't want to retaliate against me, but the facts are already in front of you. As for the so-called evidence, it's even more absurd. How could there be problems with the account books that so many officials from the Ministry of Revenue have checked? And you, a small clerk, discovered the problem? Could it be that you, the Ministry of Revenue, are you, the only one, innocent now?

The aggressive momentum and words completely suppressed Lin Chen. After all, Jin Huan has always been his boss, so his prestige is naturally there. Although the others, although they noticed a little problem, they did not stand up and talk to such a minor official based on the principle that it is better to have less than more things. After all, who knows how deep the water is in this kind of thing?

But just when everyone thought that the accusation from Lin Chen was about to end, a voice came from behind: "Mr. Master, the subordinates can prove that there is indeed a problem with the arrangement of tax, money and grain in Huguang!"
Chapter completed!