The Golden Age

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"Have these weapons never been appropriated to the outside world?" Gu Baiyi asked: "According to the official of the book, these weapons were deposited by the former Minister Qiu.

In the past, the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) has been trying to improve the quality of life of the people in the country, but the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) has been trying to improve the quality of life of the people in the country. It should be Han circulate to save."

"I heard that except for the dozen or so officials who were executed along with Fan Wenzheng, but all the officials who were purged by the Ministry of Military Affairs were either dismissed and removed from their posts and were no longer employed, and most of those who were still able to remain as officials in time were also transferred to places of clear suffering." Gu Baiyi slowly said, "Although Bingzhou is not as rich as Jinggi and the Central Plains, it is still an important place in the north, and it is not an aggrieved place to work as an official there."

Qin Xun put down his chopsticks and said, "The Qiu mandarins stacked all these useless weapons in the corner of the warehouse, and there are people who receive the weapons, so they won't allocate a single weapon to the public."

Gu Baiyi smiled faintly and said, "So that makes things clear." Looking at Qin, he asked, "Do you know the approximate amount of silver the authorities need for a Stranger Blade?"

As Qin shook his head, Gu Baiyi stretched out his two only hands and spread his ten fingers, "To reach the quality specified by the imperial court, from gathering ores and other materials, to forging them, until they are boxed up and shipped into Wudefang, it costs about ten taels of silver."

Qin was astonished: "So expensive?"

To buy a house in this Bitter Water Alley, although it was crude, but after all, it was in Kyoto, ten taels of silver was about the same, Qin could not imagine that the price of a war sword was so expensive.

"This is just the normal price." Gu Baiyi said, "In addition to this, we also have to account for wear and tear, for example, the Ministry of Warriors gave the Ministry of Industry 10,000 silver war swords, which requires 100,000 taels, but the final forged and delivered to the Ministry of Warriors, can be seven or eight thousand is already good, so depleted, a war sword is far more than ten taels of silver."

Qin frowned, "So the pile of useless weapons that existed in the arsenal cost at least about 100,000 silver taels?"

"You are now an orderly in the Ministry of Military Affairs, a seventh-ranking official, do you know how much your salary is for the year?" Gu Baiyi asked.

Qin was startled, this question really had not thought about, after all, he was carrying a huge amount of money, never worried about the lack of silver to use.

"In the early years, one tael of silver could buy twenty stones of rice, but the rice family is now much more expensive, but one tael of silver can still buy twelve stones of rice, so all together, your seventh-grade official price can get less than fifty taels of silver a year." Gu Baiyi laughed lightly and said, "I can get more than thirty taels of silver a year for my eight-ranked clerk-lang, and with our yearly salary, we can add up to eight war swords."

When he heard Gu Baiyi say this, he realized that he had three hundred thousand taels of silver on him, which was an astronomical figure.

He knew that Gu Baiyi's sudden mention of the official's salary naturally had great intentions, and he looked at Gu Baiyi and didn't say much.

"The Sixth Grade Master is actually only about ten taels of silver more than you a year." Gu Baiyi calmly said, "Brother Qin, do you know that those useless soldiers

ware, and what happens at the end?"

Qin nodded and said, "Xu Lang ...... is the book-order official who manages the warehouse, and he told me that those weapons that have accumulated more numbers will be sent to the forge to be recast."

Gu Baiyi nodded as well, "That's right. There is no problem with the number of weapons that are sent to the warehouse as normal weapons, and in the paperwork, there are indeed 10,000 weapons in the warehouse. These weapons are then stacked there, and no one can get near that batch of weapons except for your Treasury Department, and then after some time, they are sent back to the forging workshop again on the grounds of depreciation, and during the intervening time, they are just stored in the warehouse, and no one knows the true value of these weapons."

Qin Yi nodded slightly, already understanding, and lowered his voice, "Brother Gu, do you think that someone is using these weapons to be corrupt and bend the law?"

"It's obvious." Gu Baiyi pointed at the remnants, "I've also done a little research on Tang swords. If a real war sword costs ten silver taels, a war sword made from such inferior materials and craftsmanship won't take two silver taels, in other words, they only need the silver for two thousand war swords to make ten thousand of these war swords, and the difference of eight thousand war swords in the middle of the cost will have disappeared without a trace."

Qin Yun clenched his fist and sneered, "I'm not hiding anything from Brother Gu, but I actually think so too. They wouldn't dare to allocate such inferior war swords to their generals, after all, once these inferior war swords are distributed to the generals, they can immediately see the flaws." Looking at Gu Baiyi, he whispered word by word, "There is serious corruption in the Ministry of Warriors, and even if it's not the top management of the Ministry of Warriors, at least the Treasury Department is completely involved."

"After the Sage ascended the throne, three states and seven counties rebelled, and the court used troops and depleted money and grain." Gu Baiyi looked grave: "There are numerous taxes and duties in various places, and in recent years, natural disasters have continued to occur, and droughts and floods in various places have made the people miserable. During the time of the late emperor, the military expenses were twice as much."

Qin Yi only knew that the Xiling family did their best to raid the people, but he didn't want to think that the taxation in the capital was still heavy.

"Every war sword in the warehouses is people's fat." Gu Baiyi sighed, "In order to defend against foreign enemies and even banditry within the empire, it is naturally essential to maintain armaments, but that group of people dared to be greedy even for such silver, which is really insane."

Qin Zong said, "Brother Gu, this is not just a matter of a day or two. If my estimation is correct, it started a long time ago. But the imperial court knows nothing about it, otherwise it would never have allowed these people in the Ministry of Military Affairs to be so corrupt in their military spending."

"The imperial court naturally doesn't know about it." Gu Baiyi said, "Otherwise this group of people would have already had their heads on their shoulders."

"Is there a need to report this to the imperial court in a fold?" Qin Yi asked softly, "Since I know that the soldiers at the front are using their lives, and the people at the back are in distress, I must not turn a blind eye to the fact that they are doing such dirty deeds in private."

Gu Baiyi recited slightly and shook his head, "Do not act rashly." In a solemn look, he said softly: "The previous Collector Qiu was definitely involved in this case, but a small Collector can't do it, and at least the treasury department's chief Han must have been involved in it. In the case of Fan Wenzheng, the Qiu mandarin was not removed from his post, and Han circulated him to the

In the case of Bingzhou, this is naturally because the two men had interests in the past, whether it was Han Zhou who genuinely wanted to pull the strings of this same wealthy subordinate in a time of distress, or the Qiu mandarin who threatened Han Zhou with this matter, so that Han Zhou had to protect him, it can be concluded that the two men must have been involved."

"They'd be damned if they weren't involved." Qin sneered.

"But even if Han Shu was involved, a treasury department master and an A-character treasury orderly would never be able to cover up such a major event." Gu Baiyi slowly said, "The forging of these weapons was not the responsibility of the Ministry of War, but the Ministry of Industry's Armaments Department, so people from the Ministry of Industry must have been involved, or else the weapons would not have been cast at all. In addition, after the weapons are cast, when they are delivered to the Ministry of War, not only the Ministry of War will check the numbers, but the Ministry of Revenue will also send someone to check the numbers. The silver is allocated from the Ministry of Revenue, and although it is handed over to the Ministry of War, of course they have to understand what the silver is used for, so checking the numbers is also essential.

When Gu Baiyi explained it this way, Qin was horrified and amazed: "Brother Gu, so this matter is not only related to the Ministry of War, but also to the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Revenue?"

"Nearly 10,000 pieces of inferior war swords are in storage, and the various procedures from beginning to end cannot be handled by three to five people." Gu Baiyi locked his eyebrows: "Now we only know that someone from at least these three Yamen departments is involved, but we can't be sure at what level. In addition, we have no idea who is the leader of this corruption case, and who planned it in detail, and we don't know anything about it, and you are a seventh-ranking official and I am an eighth-ranking official.

Qin Xun also frowned, suddenly understanding that even though he had discovered such a big corruption case, it was not easy to let the court know about it.

"I know a few officers, but how can I tell them something like this without real evidence?" Gu Baiyi sat upright and calmly said: "And even if some of them are honest and haven't seen the inferior sabers in the armory with their own eyes, they wouldn't dare to go to the store. Even if they could, there are quite a few people implicated in this case, and these people are very clever, so once they find something wrong, they will be ready to deal with it quickly, so it's not easy to catch their evidence."

"Brother Gu is right." Qin Yi has sensed that this is a tricky matter: "The matter is not clear, and no one would dare to go to this fold without getting the real evidence."

The company has been in the process of developing the new product for the past two years. In the past, the person in charge of the "A" font was Qiu Liejun, and Qiu Liejun was a member of their group, who made a fortune together, so they naturally didn't have to worry about any problems on Qiu Liejun's side. But you're a new official, and you're not one of their own, so once they know you've noticed something, not only will they immediately cover it up, but they'll probably kill someone to get rid of you."

"Han Zhou sent me to take care of the Armor Depot, he probably didn't expect me to enter the depot on my first day, let alone open the chest." Qin Xun said with a sneer, "But I was assigned to the Treasury Department by Dou Sun, and I succeeded Qiu Yu as the Commander of the Jia Zi Warehouse, which proves that Dou Sun probably knows nothing about this matter, or else he would not have sent an outsider to take charge of such a sensitive place."