"Your Majesty." Ye Xinyan seed startled, exclaiming in surprise, "You forgot, this project was not voluntarily undertaken by Guangsha Construction, but was forced upon us. We didn’t have that many people to begin with, and right after opening, troublemakers ca to our doorstep, causing a fight in the store."
"After this incident, it beca even harder for us to recruit craftsn. The original craftsn were intimidated and so resigned. This led us to hurriedly recruit people, resulting in a mix of good and bad, allowing malicious people to infiltrate. This was a calculated move against us. Do you understand what I an, Your Majesty?"
Ye Xinyan looked pitifully at the emperor, waiting for him to respond.
In fact, her words were to inform the emperor that soone had long been scheming against our construction industry, and if the emperor continued to be unreasonable, they might just mutually split ways.
The little woman couldn’t believe that in order to vent an unjustified anger, he would be willing to lose both an outstanding talent from the 21st century and Duke An’s excellent military support at the sa ti.
Military support aside, it could be compensated for with effort. But a talent from the 21st century, once lost, where would you find another? Even if the Ti-Space Administration Bureau existed, you wouldn’t know them, would you?
The emperor said coldly, "Regardless of the reasons, since the job was accepted, at the very least, the project must et standards."
This was a statent of fact, not a question or answer. It was the emperor’s conclusion, with no intention of discussion or negotiation.
Ye Xinyan was also displeased, "Your Majesty, things can’t be said this way. Since ancient tis, it’s been said that rits and derits balance each other out. There’s indeed responsibility on Guangsha Construction for the problem with the railway project. However, the resources spent by Guangsha on building the railway were more than halved compared to usual projects, and most of these were offset with construction tools."
"By rights, Guangsha had every reason to earn so compensation for the tool depreciation, but we didn’t. Not only did we not, but the court also withheld half the project’s funds. Your Majesty, if you calculate the overall railway project, it didn’t lose money and was actually quite profitable for you."
In everyone’s mory present, no one had spoken to the emperor in such a manner, tallying accounts, including the emperor himself, at least since he ascended the throne, no one dared to argue with him this earnestly.
But the emperor’s focus was not on Ye Xinyan’s attitude towards the sovereign, but rather that the Ye Family girl dared to accuse him of withholding half of the project’s funds from a civilian construction firm.
"Nonsense!" The emperor said angrily.
Imdiately, he heard Han Yanhui cough heavily twice.
He looked suspiciously at Han Yanhui, could it really be true?
Han Yanhui’s eyes confird it was true.
Then, the emperor looked at others, and after surveying them all, it suddenly dawned on him, recalling last year’s large-scale event of discipline that had delighted him so.
It turned out he had forgotten, there really was such a thing. The scale of that disciplinary action was unprecedented. Moreover, it was satisfying because a few old foxes who hadn’t faced disciplinary action for many years were caught, which was truly gratifying.
He rembered even asking Wang Xian at the ti, how much Silver Tael from Guangsha Construction would flow into the State Treasury after the railway’s completion. The inquiry found that Guangsha contributed the most during that event.
Well, he thought he handled that case well as an emperor, very cleverly.
Looking back at Ye Xinyan, he was sowhat infuriated again, coldly questioning, "Is it because half your project funds were withheld, that you didn’t pay attention to the project, directly leading to this mistake?"
This is absurd and turning the tables! What kind of people are they?
Ye Xinyan imdiately knelt, almost to the point of wailing, "Your Majesty, you must not wrong your lady subject this way." She said this while pointing to the two stacks of account books, "If your lady subject and Guangsha were not diligent, why would we ordinary folks go to such extra lengths to ticulously record the project? Your Majesty... Your Highness... your lady subject is unjustly accused..."
Ye Xinyan beat the ground with her fists, speaking with anguish.
The emperor imdiately felt a headache, hurriedly spoke, "Alright, alright, if it’s not true, then it’s not. Just talk properly, why wail like that? This is losing decorum before the throne, do you know? It could be reason enough to punish you."
If Duke An knew about this, he might think this emperor used so harsh ans to bully his granddaughter.
The emperor saw that Ye Xinyan was about to speak again, quickly waved his hand, "Go, go, withdraw now, hurry back to plan the manpower and expedite the preparation of the railway repair plan docunts."
He now found seeing this Great Aunt gave him a headache. Honestly, he summoned Ye Xinyan to the Diligent Governance Hall to question her, wasn’t she supposed to fearfully plead for leniency?
What was with this sense of suffering injustice like in a midsumr snowstorm?
......
Watching Ye Xinyan leave, the emperor’s face didn’t look good.
He turned with a sullen face to Wang Xian, saying, "In every dynasty, the court-organized projects and craftsn under its command should be the Great Xia Dynasty’s strongest force. If court projects have issues, can the cause be found and redied this quickly?"
Facing the emperor’s cold gaze, Wang Xian was regretful and at a loss for words.
Why, for the sake of slightly discrediting Prince Yu, did we have to drag ourselves into this plot too?
The emperor’s desk had files from the capital’s yan, who knows how this case will be judged. If His Majesty decides to get to the bottom of this, who knows whether he’ll escape unscathed.
Wang Xian was utterly sorrowful. This losing trade, it seems, aside from them, no one else in the world would be involved.
The emperor’s face was still dark, saying, "If it weren’t for Guangsha Construction being sched against, uncovering these matters, I wouldn’t have known that the court, with its high official salaries, nurtured so many people, yet can’t even compare to a woman, a civilian construction company."
These words from the emperor directly brought Wang Xian to his knees. The emperor had characterized this case, it was forces scheming against Guangsha Construction, extending to soone targeting His Highness Prince Yu.
Others exchanged glances, consulting colleagues: Should these high-salaried officials also kneel?
However, before Ye Xinyan ca, they, with their aged bodies, had already kneeled for quite a while... it’s not they disapproved of His Majesty’s words, but their bodies couldn’t endure. The key point is, they were just collateral damage, completely caught in the crossfire.
They all tacitly agreed with a glance: tough it out, if really unavoidable, then reconsider.
The emperor paused, albeit feeling embarrassed, continued, "Wang Xian, make more arrangent for Ministry of Works officials to visit Guangsha Construction, learn how they operate. Aren’t her records and accounts simple and convenient? Don’t always put up a front, learn from others’ strengths, it’s not shaful."
Wang Xian dared not say anything else, nodding repeatedly, agreeing: he would imdiately arrange for people to learn skills at Guangsha Construction.
Learning from Ye Xinyan on project managent? Others may not feel much about this, but Jinrong’s face had already beco complicated.
Seeing Wang Xian agree quickly, he was speechless, these people simply never learn from their mistakes. You say go to Guangsha to learn, will Ye Xinyan fawn over you, eagerly revealing everything to you?
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