"Liu Wen, is this true?"
The Emperor suppressed the towering anger in his heart and asked Liu Wenxun coldly.
"Reporting to the Sage, the market price of an egg is indeed a few wen per egg. As for why Your Majesty ate an egg at 35 taels per egg, I don't know the exact reason, but it's very likely that there's a problem with the Internal Affairs Office under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Revenue.”
"The Xue family of Jinling is in charge of the supply of imperial grain.
And the Xue family had been managing the imperial grain of the Internal Affairs Office for generations without making any mistakes.
Thus, I rarely ask."
"It's just that this subject did it with care when checking the accounts. It's just that this subject feels that it's very normal for the Imperial Palace to spend so much.
But I didn't think too much about it."
Liu Wen knelt down and explained to the Emperor.
He was loyal to the Emperor, but he also didn't know much about the Internal Affairs Bureau.
He wanted to ask about the internal affairs department, but he really couldn't.
Although the Internal Affairs Office was managed by the Ministry of Revenue, since the founding of the Great Jin, the Xue family had always been in control of the Imperial Grain matters of the Internal Affairs Office.
The Xue family had been favored by the emperor for generations, and the successive ministers of the Ministry of Revenue had always turned a blind eye to the Xue family, regardless of how the Xue family reconciled the accounts with the Xue family and distributed the money and grain.
Basically, this form had already formed an unspoken rule.
"Alright! I have really opened my eyes. None of the noble families in my Great Jin are loyal.”
Listening to Liu Wen's words, how could the Emperor not understand that the Xue family had been in charge of delivering food to the palace for generations and had formed a complete industrial chain.
The Xue family was deeply indebted to the emperor and did not want to repay the emperor, but only wanted to eat up the emperor's internal affairs office.
How could the Emperor tolerate this?
"Sage, I dare not say whether you are loyal to the Great Jin Dynasty or not, but my family and I are loyal to you and the Great Jin Dynasty.”
Hearing the Emperor's words, Jia Lian immediately went forward to express his loyalty to the Emperor.
"I naturally know that you are loyal. You don't have to care about this matter…"
"Liu Wen, zhen will give you three days. Zhen doesn't care how you give zhen a satisfactory explanation in three days.
I don't care who this villain is!”
The Emperor comforted Jia Lian and then ordered Liu Wen.
Obviously, he was very angry at the moment.
"Sage, please rest assured. This subject will definitely investigate this matter to the end. No matter who is involved in this matter, this subject will impartially enforce the law and return an explanation to Your Majesty.”
Liu Wen couldn't help but complain in his heart that Jia Lian's mouth was too fast, causing him trouble, but his mouth was firm and unwavering as he promised the Emperor.
Jia Lian listened from the side and wondered if he had gotten into trouble again.
"Stop, stop, stop…The tea is ready.”
At this moment, there was a knock on the door and a waiter's voice came in.
"Come in."
After the Emperor gave Liu Wen a look to signal him to stand up, he replied to the waiter who was carrying a tray outside the door.
Hearing the Emperor's order, the waiter pushed open the door with a tray and poured tea for Emperor Liu Wen and Jia Lian.
"Hmm…not bad. This tea has its own characteristics compared to the Mengding Mountain tea that I often drink. I didn't expect that the people could drink such good tea.”
After the Emperor finished drinking the tea on the first floor, he sighed sincerely.
The tea he often drank was naturally the best tea. Just one tael of tea would cost hundreds of taels of silver.
He just didn't expect that he would be able to drink tea that rivaled his usual tea outside the palace.
"Sage, could it be that you really haven't enjoyed any good fortune? This tea is only so-so and can only be considered a medium-grade tea leaf in the Jingshui Pavilion.
Even if it was sold outside, it would not be worth much money.”
Hearing the Emperor's praise of the tea he drank, Jia Lian's cheap mouth directly exposed the Emperor's secrets.
Jingshui Restaurant was the property of Rong Mansion, so Jia Lian was naturally very clear about the various tea leaves sold here.
The tea that was served was not good tea. Jia Lian could smell it just by smelling the fragrance of the tea.
Hearing Jia Lian's words, the smile on the Emperor's face immediately stiffened.
Liu Wen's heart was even more bitter. He wanted to swallow the socks and stuff them into Jia Lian's mouth to stop Jia Lian from talking.
"Liu Wen…"
With a stiff smile, the Emperor squinted at Liu Wen who was kneeling on the ground, his eyes filled with danger…
"Reporting to the Sage, the tea leaves in the palace are the responsibility of the Internal Affairs Bureau. Sage, please give me three days to thoroughly investigate the Internal Affairs Bureau.”
Liu Wen begged the Emperor with a long face.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs was nominally managed by the Ministry of Revenue, but sending supplies to the Ministry of Internal Affairs had long become an unwritten unspoken rule.
This was how he had been in office.
"Zhen will give you three days. If you don't get to the bottom of this matter after three days, then you will bring your head to see Zhen.”
"Also, Minister Jia will investigate this matter with you. No matter who the mastermind is, we won't let him off.”
First, it was the egg, then the tea. These two dishes directly ruined the Emperor's good mood.
Coold left after giving the order.
The moment the Emperor left the private room, many of the imperial guards who were drinking tea in Jingshui Restaurant stood up and surrounded the Emperor.
At the same time, he used his sharp gaze to scan the surroundings to eliminate all hidden dangers and potential threats.
"Lord Jia, this old man has really been tricked to death by you.”
After the Emperor left, Liu Wen stood up and said to Jia Lian with a bitter smile.
If Jia Lian didn't tell the Emperor so clearly, he would have sent someone to investigate this matter and report it after the truth was revealed.
At that time, although the Emperor would be angry, he would not be as angry as he was now.
After all, the problem had been laid out for him, but he, the Minister of Revenue, didn't know anything.
If he wasn't the Emperor's trusted aide and the Emperor believed that he wasn't involved in this matter, he might have been demoted or demoted to a commoner by the Emperor's decree.
"Uh…Old brother, just now, the Saint seemed to have asked me to assist you in investigating this matter…"
Jia Lian finally came back to his senses at this moment. He blinked his eyes and asked Liu Wen in a daze.
He talked for a long time and finally got his own.
This made Jia Lian feel very uncomfortable.
"Ha…Brother, you are still too inexperienced. In the future, you should listen more and speak less as you slowly hone yourself.”
Looking at Jia Lian's adorable look, Liu Wen smiled bitterly again.
He could tell that Jia Lian was capable, but he was a newbie when he first entered the officialdom.
At the same time, he also knew that Jia Lian was not deliberately targeting him.
Instead, he was so outspoken that he could not help but want to say it.
He had seen many noobs like Jia Lian who had just entered the officialdom.
Liu Wen shook his head with a bitter smile and walked out.
"Brother, don't you want a cup of tea? It was his own business.”
Jia Lian saw that Liu Wen was about to leave and hurriedly went forward to ask him to stay.
"My Lord Jia, you're still thinking about drinking tea. Quickly change into your official uniform and investigate this matter.
If we don't find out in three days, we'll lose our heads.”
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