As the end of the year is approaching, the financial situation this year has been basically cleared. Being able to clearly sort out the accounts in that year is a huge improvement for the Sansi. It used to be at least two or three years of backlog.

Although the expenditure was increased on a large scale, the Sansi still had a large surplus, mainly from the field business, the newly opened various companies and the Sansi shop. Xu Ping racked his brains to prepare memorials to persuade the Zhongshu to increase the government's expenses next year.

After having a bank, it is different from before. It is best to spend all the fiscal revenue, because most of the surplus is actually not converted into savings, and it will be wasted if it is not spent. However, ministers in the court, including Emperor Zhao Zhen, have not changed their ideas and ideas, and they feel that they can save money before they are spent, and they will be kept until they need it. To convince them, it is not an easy thing for Xu Ping. From theory to practice, Xu Ping's ability to organize writing.

As for this year's surplus, Xu Ping wanted to discuss with Zhao Zhen to buy the gold and silver in his warehouse and put it in Xijing Bank for storage. For the country, depositing paper money is meaningless, but gold and silver are real wealth. Doing this is undoubtedly a trick to Zhao Zhen, but as the Three Sessions envoy, cheating the emperor is a necessary skill, and Xu Ping can't take care of that much.

While Xu Ping was thinking hard in the official hall, the general guarding the gate reported to the audit department Zheng Jian for a visit.

After entering the official hall, Zheng Jian performed the manners as usual. Xu Ping gave him a seat and ordered him to come with tea.

Zheng Jian thanked him, and Xu Ping asked him: "You haven't been cheating loans from the capital bank recently with the Imperial Guard. Are you having trouble coming to me? This matter is mainly based on the Censorate and the Imperial City Department. You are just helping from the side, so don't argue with them."

Zheng Jian said: "The lower officials came here for this matter. Recently, I checked the accounts of the capital bank. Now it is not only the imperial guards under the jurisdiction of the Palace Front Office, but many people participated in the Ma Jun and the Infantry Department. However, Deputy Li Shu just asked the inspectors to investigate the Palace Front Office, and did not involve the Ma Jun and Infantry Department, and even the lower officials were not allowed to investigate the companies they had started. The lower officials felt that doing things in this way was unfair, and anyone who did something wrong should be investigated. It was because he came to ask the provincial governor for advice."

Xu Ping smiled: "It turns out that it is for this matter. Just do what Deputy Li Shu said. Tianxiu, let me tell you that the three imperial guards in the capital and around them are about 300,000 people living in the military camps every day, which is different from ordinary people. If one is not good, it is easy to cause trouble. Some time ago, the army soldiers of the Palace Front Office and the Ma Junsi confronted each other in the city, but it was just a clue. Why did the imperial guards not pursued them afterwards? Now the imperial guards are in a troublesome situation, and it is better to be quiet than to move. Everything is mainly pacified. Half of the 300,000 imperial guards are under the Palace Front Office. If there is a problem, the court is trembling. Of course, they must first pacify the Horse Army Office and the Infantry Office."

Zheng Jian said: "The provincial lord means that the imperial guards under the three yamen need to investigate one yamen and one yamen? If so, now check the front office of the Palace, the Ma Jun and the Infantry Department will inevitably be disturbed. Precautions will be taken, and it will be difficult to investigate at that time."

"The two evils are the least, and this is the only way to go. As long as you check the Palace Front Office and the Palace Commander Gao Taiwei will calm his subordinates down, the court will feel relieved. At that time, the Archives and the Infantry Department will be able to let go. Now, the Archives and the Archives will not dare to be too strict. Do you understand?"

Of course, Zheng Jian understood, but he just felt a little unwilling to accept it. He had to be careful when investigating such a major case among hundreds of thousands of imperial guards. If he was not careful, the army would be incited to cause trouble. I don’t know how many people would fall to the ground.

In my own country, it is also a feature of the times to treat my main army as a thief.

Zheng Jian no longer entangled with the imperial guards and said to Xu Ping: "The provincial master, there is another thing that the subordinates must ask for advice. According to the investigation these days, in addition to the imperial guards, the loan fraud company opened by ordinary people in the city is the chief officer of the Kaifeng Prefecture Envoy named Feng Shiyuan. Although this person is a small clerk, he has a wide hand and eyes, and many ministers in the court have had something to do with him. The Zhizai Censor Pang Ji, who investigated the case at the Censorate, confessed that he had returned to Beijing from Lingnan a few days ago and asked Feng Shiyuan to hire a female envoy and requested abstention from the previous chapter. In addition, according to the information found by his subordinates, there is also Mr. Cheng, who also asked Feng Shiyuan to hire people and buy goods."

Xu Ping was stunned after hearing this, and after a while, he said, "Just just a minor official, how can he get in touch with so many officials?"

Zheng Jian sighed: "Save money, ask the tooth to hire someone, and spend a lot of money. Feng Shiyuan doesn't need tooth money to hire someone. In fact, it's not just that, but also the family of Lu Xianggong has more contact with this Feng Shiyuan. He asked him to hire someone and buy various goods. In the past 10 or 20 years, this kind of thing has never been stopped. How to deal with this person, we are still unable to make up our minds now."

Xu Ping thought about it and shook his head: "If it involves an official, then investigate it. There is no knife in the hands of the official. If Feng Shiyuan is not investigated to the end, it will be more likely to cause dissatisfaction among the imperial guards. Originally, everything that the court presided over, and they were full of complaints, saying that the civil officials in charge of the court were always troubled by their military generals. Even if the evidence is conclusive, the general was dissatisfied with his heart. He said that if the civil officials committed the same thing, they would definitely not be punished. Tell Deputy Li Shu, just say that it was my intention. Once Feng Shiyuan's case was investigated to the end, no matter who was involved, he should not shelter them. Just treat it as appeaseing the imperial guards."

Zheng Jian promised that this was what he meant. With Xu Ping's support, he felt full of confidence.

There is no way. If it weren't for the case of the Imperial Army at the same time, Xu Ping would not support the strict investigation of people like Feng Shiyuan. Many officials fought with him just to gain some advantage, hired people to spend less money, and bought rare goods at a cheaper price. Feng Shiyuan would also take this opportunity to give gifts and make friends, and would definitely get the benefits back from the officials. Especially when he built such a huge social network, Feng Shiyuan benefited a lot. But fundamentally, he was due to Feng Shiyuan's skills, and officials only greed for small profits.

This is human nature. Officials must also be in the world. As long as they are greedy for cheap things, there are loopholes to take advantage of. How can they be prevented? Now that they are superimposed with the matters of the Imperial Guard, they can only blame these officials for being unlucky.

After asking about Li Zi who led people to investigate the case these days, Xu Ping said to Zheng Jian: "You are just helping with this case. Don't spend too much effort on it, but you should focus on the affairs of our yamen. At the end of the year, the Audit Department has a lot of things, but don't delay our affairs in order to investigate the case. Now the three departments are collecting money, which is different from the previous years. You have a heavy responsibility here!"

Zheng Jian bowed: "The official understands that he will not dare to miss our company's business."

"There are several major projects in Qiaodaosi that have started. You have to pay more attention to it. How to spend money? Is it worth it? When the project is completed, you have to report it. The most important project in the past or two years is to open the road from Bashu to Qinfeng. The court has decided to let Zhang Waizhi, who is in charge of Kaifeng Prefecture, govern Yizhou again, and preside over this matter. You select capable personnel from our department, and then go to Yizhou with Zhang Waizhi to help Qiaodaosi manage the accounts. This matter is important, so don't neglect it."

Zheng Jian Yingnuo: "The official has a suitable candidate in his heart. When the decision is made, he will report to the provincial governor to know."

Xu Ping said: "So much more thought on this is what the Audit Department should do. As for investigation, just let the Censorate and the Imperial City Department do it. You just need to help them check the accounts. The three banks opened this year will have to send people to check the accounts by the end of the year, as well as the land management, as well as various companies and shops under the three departments. You have a lot to do."

Xu Ping did not want the three officials to intervene too much in the case of the imperial guards. Not only did he offend others, it would not benefit us and himself at all. The most important thing was to take advantage of this lesson to improve the system of the Beijing Bank. Zheng Jian went to help and should focus on investigating the Beijing Bank's account, but his personality and natural interest in investigating the case made Xu Ping helpless.
Chapter completed!