The Golden Age Chapter 442: Shady

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Qin Xiao's expression is also extremely cold, and he whispered softly: "Big Brother thinks why there are such a batch of unusable weapons in the warehouse?"

"Have these weapons never been allocated to the outside world?" Gu Baiyi asked.

Qin Xiao nodded and said: "According to the book linger, these weapons were stored by the former officer Qiu Ling. Qiu Ling's official is related to the former Youshi Lang of the Ministry of War, but he also has a relationship with Han Zhou, the head of the Department of Treasury. The relationship is very good. This time that Fang Shilang was also escorted to Caishikou and chopped up. Although Qiu Ling was also implicated, he was not removed from the official position. Instead, he was transferred to Bingzhou. It should be Han Zhou who kept it. "

"I heard that apart from the dozen or so officials who were executed with Fan Wenzheng, all the officials who were cleared by the Ministry of War were either dismissed from office and no longer hired. Even if they were able to remain as officials, most of them were Transferred to a place of hardship." Gu Baiyi said slowly: "Although Bingzhou is not as rich as Gyeonggi and Central Plains, it is also a powerhouse in the north. It is not wrong to be an official there."

Qin Xiao put down his chopsticks and said: "The official Qiu Ling piled up these useless weapons in the corner of the warehouse, and some people received the weapons, these weapons will not be allocated."

Gu Baiyi smiled faintly: "In this way, things will become clear." Looking at Qin Xiao and asking: "Do you know how much money the official needs for a Mo knife?"

Qin Xiao shook his head. Gu Baiyi stretched out two hands and spread his ten fingers: "To achieve the quality prescribed by the court, from collecting ore and other materials, to forging, to packing and transporting to Wudefang, it is necessary About ten taels of silver."

Qin Xiao said in amazement: "So expensive?"

Buying a house in this Kushui Alley is simple, but it is in Kyoto after all, and a dozen taels of silver are about the same. Qin Xiao could not have thought that the price of a war knife would be so expensive.

"This is only the normal price." Gu Baiyi said, "In addition, we need to take into account the loss. For example, the Ministry of War gave the Ministry of Industry 10,000 war knives, which cost one hundred thousand taels, but they were forged and delivered to the Ministry of War. It’s not bad to have seven or eight thousand pieces. If it is damaged like this, a war knife is far more than a dozen silver pieces."

Qin Xiao frowned and said, "So at least one hundred thousand taels of silver was spent on the pile of useless weapons in the weapons warehouse?"

"You are now a commander of the Ministry of War, a seventh-rank officer, do you know how much your salary will be in one year?" Gu Baiyi asked.

Qin Xiao was stunned. He hadn't really thought about this issue. After all, he had a huge amount of money and never worried about having no money.

"The system of the imperial court, seven-rank officials, one year's salary is twenty-five taels of silver, and another two hundred and thirty shi of grain. Earlier years, one tael of silver could buy 20 shi meters, but The Mi family is much more expensive now, but you can also buy twelve shi rice for a tael of silver, so if you add it up, you can get less than fifty taels of silver a year at the official price of the seventh grade." Gu Baiyi smiled lightly: My eight-grade clerical clerk can get more than 30 taels of silver a year, and with our one-year salary, we can buy eight war knives in total."

Qin Xiao heard what Gu Baiyi said, only to realize that he had three hundred thousand taels of silver in his body, which was really an astronomical figure.

He knew that Gu Baiyi's sudden mention of officials' salary was of ulterior motives. He looked at Gu Baiyi and didn't talk too much.

"The sixth rank is the main thing, in fact, you are about a dozen silver dollars more than you in a year." Gu Baiyi calmly said: "Brother Qin, do you know those useless weapons,

What will happen in the end? "

Qin Xiao nodded and said: "Xu Lang... is the official who manages the warehouse. He told me that if the number of weapons accumulated is too large, they will be sent to the forge for re-casting."

Gu Baiyi also nodded: "That's it. A batch of unusable weapons was built from the forge, but sent to the warehouse with normal weapons. There is no problem with the number. There are indeed 10,000 pieces in the documents. The weapons are stored in the warehouse. Then these weapons are stacked there. No one can approach that batch of weapons except for your warehouse department. After some time, they will be sent back to the forging workshop on the grounds of damage. During this time, It’s just stored in a warehouse, no one knows the true value of these weapons."

Qin Xiao nodded slightly, already understood, and lowered his voice: "Big Brother Gu, do you think someone is corrupting the law with these weapons?"

"It's obvious." Gu Baiyi pointed to the fragments and said: "I have done a little research on Tang swords. If a real war knife requires ten taels of silver, a war knife made of such inferior materials and craftsmanship cannot be used. Two silvers, in other words, they only need two thousand silvers of war knives to create 10,000 of these war knives. The cost of 8,000 war knives in the middle will cost them, and they will disappear silently."

Qin Xiao clenched his fists and said with a sneer: "I don't want to hide my eldest brother, but I think so too. They don't dare to assign such inferior swords to soldiers. After all, once these inferior swords are distributed to the soldiers, The flaws can be seen immediately." Looking at Gu Baiyi, he whispered word by word: "There is serious corruption in the Ministry of War. Even if it is not the high-level participation of the Ministry of War, at least the Ministry of Treasury is completely involved."

"After the saint ascended the throne, the three states and seven counties rebelled. The court used soldiers and consumed countless money and food." Gu Baiyi looked solemnly: "There are many taxes in various places, and natural disasters have been constant in recent years. The four towns are fine. In order to prevent the southern Xinjiang army from rebelling, the court deployed 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers and horses to the south. In the first emperor, this soldier and horse did not actually exist, so the current military expenses of this army are still maintained. Expenditure is twice that of the military expenditure in the period of the first emperor."

Qin Xiao only knows that the Xiling family is doing its utmost to search for the people, and it is still a heavy tax if you don't want to go inside.

"Every war knife in the warehouse is anointed by the people." Gu Baiyi sighed: "In order to resist foreign enemies and even the bandits within the empire, it is naturally essential to maintain the armaments, but the group of people are even like this. The silver dared to be greedy, it is really frantic."

Qin Xiao pondered, then said: "Brother Gu, this is not a day or two. If I guess it is correct, it has already started very early. But the court knows nothing about it, otherwise it will never be indulged. These people in the Ministry of Defense embezzled military spending so much."

"The imperial court naturally doesn't know." Gu Baiyi said: "Otherwise, this group of people would have already fallen to the ground."

"Do you need to go to the court to report this matter to the court?" Qin Xiao asked softly: "The soldiers in the front are using their lives, and the people in the rear are suffering. Since I know they are doing such nasty things in private. You must never turn a blind eye to activities."

Gu Baiyi groaned slightly, shook his head and said: "Don't act rashly." With a solemn expression, he whispered: "The former officer Qiu Ling must be involved in this matter, but a small officer must not be able to do this. At least the chief Han of the Treasury Department must also be involved in this matter. In Fan Wenzheng's case, Qiu Ling was not dismissed from office. Han Zhou saved him and was transferred to Bingzhou. This

Naturally, it was because the two had conflicts of interests before, whether it was Han Zhou who really wanted to pull this wealthy subordinate in a time of crisis, or Qiu Ling's official threatened Han Zhou with this matter, so Han Zhou had to Keeping him, it can be concluded that these two people must be involved. "

"If they hadn't participated in it, they would really have seen a ghost." Qin Xiao sneered.

"But even if Han Zhou participated in it, a chief of the Department of Treasury and an officer of the A character library would never cover up such important events." Gu Baiyi said slowly: "The forging of these weapons is not the responsibility of the Ministry of War. , But the Department of Arms of the Ministry of Industry is responsible, so people from the Ministry of Industry must also be involved in this matter, otherwise these weapons will not be cast at all. In addition, after the weapons are cast, when they are delivered to the Ministry of Defense, not only the personnel of the Ministry of Defense will check the number. , The Ministry of Households will also send people to check the amount. The money is allocated from the Ministry of Households. Although it is handed over to the Ministry of War, they of course need to understand where the money is used, so checking the amount is also essential."

Gu Baiyi explained this, Qin Xiao's face was shocked and surprised: "Brother Gu, in this way, this matter is not only related to the Ministry of War, but also the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households?"

"Nearly ten thousand inferior war knives were stored in the warehouse, and the procedures from start to finish were not handled by three or five people." Gu Baiyi frowned slightly: "Now we only know that at least these three yamen have people involved. But which level is involved, we can’t be sure at all. In addition, we don’t know who is the head of this corruption case and who has planned it in detail. Moreover, you are a seventh-rank official, and I am an eighth-rank official. I don’t have the qualifications to present Zhezi to Zhongshu Province or even the saints. My Datang Law, I apply Zhezi to Zhongshusheng, at least the sixth grade official rank, and directly to the Saints, then at least the third grade official rank."

Qin Xiao frowned, and suddenly understood that even if he discovered such a major corruption case, it would not be easy to let the court know about it.

"Although I know a few Shangguans, but there is no real evidence for this kind of thing, how can I tell them?" Gu Baiyi sat upright and said calmly: "And even if there are pure and upright people among them, there is no one who has seen the armory. Inferior war knives, they don’t dare to go to this book. Only the people from the Treasury Department of Wudefang can enter the weapons depot in Wudefang. The officials of other yamen have no chance to enter the inspection, even if they can enter the inspection. There are a lot of people involved in this case. These people have good ears and eyes. Once they find something wrong, they will soon be ready to deal with it. It is not easy to seize their evidence."

"Big Brother Gu is right." Qin Xiao already felt the thorny issue: "The matter is not clear, and no one can easily go to this book without evidence."

Gu Baiyi said sternly: "Also, this matter must not be stunned. The official Qiu Ling was in charge of the A font library. The official Qiu Ling was a group of them. They made a fortune together. Naturally, they don't have to worry about the official Qiu Ling. There will be problems. But when you are a new official, you are not their own. Once they know that you notice the clues, they will not only cover up immediately, but also may kill you and kill you."

"Han Zhou sent me to take care of the A font library. I probably didn't expect that I would go to the weapons warehouse on the first day and check it in the warehouse. I didn't even expect that I would open the box." Qin Xiao sneered: "But this time I was caught Dou Fan was assigned to the Department of Treasury Department and succeeded Qiu Ling as the A character library commander. This incident proves that Dou Fan is probably ignorant of this matter, otherwise he would not send an outsider to take charge of such sensitive points." /