Prime Minister

Chapter 897

His Majesty Lu Huiqing continued: "Your Majesty, the exemption method, the young crop method, and the market exchange method are all methods of making money without losing money. If the imperial court takes money to pay interest, if it is not enough to pay the mortgage."

"However, in the case of government-business joint ventures, what should we do if we lose money? As soon as this example is opened, the officials of the DPRK and China are using the money of the court to make a living. It is unclear whether there are other activities in it."

Hearing what Lu Huiqing said, the officials also felt that what the other party said made some sense.

Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, what Lu Huiqing said about the exemption method, the young crop method, and the market change method have their own advantages and disadvantages..."

The number method is indeed harmless to the court, but it has passed all the harm on to the people.

Common people broke their homes if they couldn't repay the green crop money, and businessmen went bankrupt if they couldn't repay the market exchange money.

The worse the chapter is, the harder it is to attack the new law.

"However, what Lu Huiqing said is that officials in the DPRK and China are using the money of the court to make a living. It is true. I think that the court should restrain it, so there is no need to worry about the benefits of setting a precedent."

Han Jiang said: "What Your Majesty Zhang Yue said is true. I believe that the most important thing for the Accounting Department of the third division is to live within our means, increase income and reduce expenditure. As for how to promote business and benefit industry, we can take it easy."

It is Zhang Yue's idea to promote business and benefit industry, not Han Jiang's idea, so the support is not so strong.

Finally, the official smiled and said: "This is a solemn statement, let Zhang Qing try it with 30 guan as the quota!"

Seeing that the officials supported his proposition as usual, Zhang Yue said with a smile: "I obey the order."

Leaving the hall, Lu Huiqing's face was very serious. This was the first move he made against Zhang Yue after he and Zhang Yue broke up.

Lu Huiqing was restless, but when she looked up slightly, Zhang Yue walked in front of him at some point. He shrugged and spread his hands towards Lu Huiqing, then smiled and walked away.

"Little man wins!"

Lu Huiqing cursed from the bottom of his heart, but he was a person who would not admit defeat, so he smiled resolutely on his face to show that he didn't care.

After seeing Zhang Yue left, Lu Huiqing lowered her face and thought quickly in her mind.

Today, the tax and financial system of the imperial court is divided into two parts, one is the three divisions, and then there are various transshipment envoys, and the bottom is the prefectures and counties.

There is another piece for the overall planning of Sinong Temple, and below it are the promotion and Changping divisions of various channels. This is an extended wealth system for the implementation of the new law.

The establishment of the accounting department of the third division must be the overall planning and merger of the two. As long as Han Jiang is in the position of Zhao Wenxiang, I will gradually look up to him and have to break this situation.

After the establishment of the accounting department of the third division, it can be said that the project is huge.

First of all, it is divided into household tax, county and county, class entry, years, salary and food, storage and transportation.

The two biggest agricultural taxes are the two taxes. The money for repayment of young crops and the exemption money must be incorporated into the agricultural tax, and income such as salt sales must be incorporated into the commercial tax.

As for expenditure, the most important are two pieces, one is military expenditure, and the other is official salary, which is the origin of redundant soldiers and redundant officials.

The rest is supported by the royal family, clan, palace building and so on.

There are also some miscellaneous fees, many of which are redundant.

The first thing that the Accounting Division of the Third Division was established was to audit the entire country's finances within its means, so that the court could avoid deficits and deficits.

How to reduce and save, you must transfer all the books of the past years from the third division for comparison, and the other party can know.It doesn't say how heavy the workload is, and this audit will inevitably involve some long-term accounts in the past.

In the past, financial audits were carried out by the third division. Now, the accounting division of the third division founded by Han Jiang is tantamount to introducing a third-party financial audit.

This is bound to conflict with the third division.

Therefore, after the establishment of the accounting department, the first thing Zhang Yue did was to visit Yuan Jiang, the envoy of the third department.

Yuan Jiang is also a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, and belongs to the same brothers as Yang Hui, Chen Yi, and Deng Wan.When Lu Huiqing was humble, he and Yuan Jiang often talked about poetry until dawn. Later, Wang Anshi asked Lu Huiqing, who are the talents among the people you associate with?
Lu Huiqing said to Wang Anshi that talents are quite rare, such as Yuan Jiang, who is a Hanlin scholar.

Because of Lu Huiqing's recommendation, Yuan Jiang successfully entered the center.When Tang Tie impeached Wang Anshi, he even scolded Yuan Jiang as Wang Anshi's servant.

This statement is inherently demeaning, but Yuan Jiang is indeed a hard-core supporter of the New Party.

Yuan Jiang received Zhang Yue in the envoy hall, and he was very familiar with Zhang Yue in the third envoy hall. He had met Cai Xiang, Wu Chong, Lu Gongbi and so on here.

Facing Yuan Jiang now, it seems that the other party is not very enthusiastic.

The little official at the side slowly brought a bowl of tea soup, Zhang Yue tasted it and it turned out to be lukewarm, and after so many years, he went back to Sansi to eat cold tea, which is really unbelievable.

Yuan Jiang said to Zhang Yue: "Duzhi, let's say a few words behind closed doors today."

As soon as Yuan Jiang's words came out, the attendants on the left and right, as well as the officials who were working not far from the hall, left in succession.

The most important thing in the officialdom is to listen to the words and argue the mind, so alertness is the basic skill for the officials.

After everyone left, even the clerk on duty left the hall, Zhang Yue then said: "What orders does brother Hou have, please listen carefully."

Yuan Jiang said: "Brother Yu's new envoy to the Third Division has only been appointed for more than a month, and it has only been a short time since he took office. Mr. Han will set up the Accounting Division of the Third Division sooner or later, but at this time, does it make Brother Yu look bad? How can Brother Yu sit down in this seat?"

"To tell you the truth, in the second year of Xining, the Division of Regulations of the Third Division violated the power of the Third Division. Afterwards, the Division of Regulations was abolished and changed to Sinong Temple among the nine temples. Among the four supervisors, the General Supervisor, Military Equipment Supervisor, and Dushui Supervise the implementation of new laws."

"And the Sansi Salt and Iron Office is in charge of the city, rivers and canals, and military affairs; the Duzhi is in charge of cashiers; the Household Department is in charge of wine, work, etc.; The power is all divided among the nine temples and four prisons."

"The power of the three divisions was divided up, and then Shi Yiwu was established. Shi Yiwu originally belonged to the third division, but then a certain official (Lv Jiawen) repeatedly violated the power of the third division, and the two ministers (Xue Xiang, Zeng Bu) therefore And dismissed."

"Right now, Duke Han has asked Duzhi to promote the Accounting Division of the Third Division. Is it because he intends to be superior to the Third Division? Duzhi, you are also a judge of the Third Division. What can you say about this?"

Yuan Jiang complained to Zhang Yueyue. Before that, the imperial court had repeatedly suppressed the power of the Third Division, but it intensified in the second year of Xining. It seemed that a policy to suppress the Third Division would be introduced every other year.

Zhang Yue knew the fundamental reason behind this was that the prime minister wanted to take care of finances, and anyone in the position of Zhongshu would find the third secretary unhappy.

Zhang Yue said to Yuan Jiang: "Brother Hou, have you heard that there is a voice in the court to abolish the three divisions?"

Yuan Jiang frowned when she heard this, and said, "Du Zhi, I am kind enough to complain to you, what do you mean by this, and I am not a person who takes threats."

Zhang Yue said with a smile: "Brother Hou misunderstood, I want to say that from one moment to another, it's not that the power of the third division has become smaller, but that the matter of wealth and endowment in the world has become more difficult."

"When I was a judge from the first day to the third division, an old official once said to me, "If the world is as big, a penny of it will go to the third division; all the wealth in the world must go to the third division. Therefore, the world All documents and accounts are submitted to the three divisions."

"The Prime Minister of the Third Division has a long history of wealth and wealth, but in recent years, the account books have been filled and the cases have piled up, and the review cannot be reviewed in time, but it is also true. Here I dare to ask, it will be the end of the year. Is the expenditure account (state budget summary) ready?"

Yuan Jiang said reluctantly: "The audit by the third division requires the first review by the transfer division, the reexamination by the criminal division, and the report to Zhongshu. How can it be so fast?"

Zhang Yue is very clear about the efficiency of the third division. The third division has been very procrastinating before, but now that the power has been divided, the work is even slower.

Zhang Yuedao: "The matter of budget preparation should be reported step by step from the prefecture to the county level. It is too late, but it must be reported before about a year ago. I don't mean to blame Brother Hou. It is true that it is not as good as it is at the beginning of the country. When the time comes, the matter of auditing is very vast.”

"It's like taxation on the eleventh day in ancient times, but now it takes a lot of money. Since it is not available at the beginning, the system will change. The people below don't know the details, and they say they want to abolish the three divisions, but the imperial court has already done so. But by changing the system, the meaning is better for everyone to perform their duties.”

Yuan Jiang heard Zhang Yue's words, and couldn't help saying: "Duzhi is really eloquent, and Yuan is ashamed of himself. But the power of the third division was invaded by Zhongshu. This is an unspoken fact."

"Although Yuan relied on Prime Minister Wang and Xianggong Lu for his promotion, he did not have any malice towards Duzhi. It's just that the officials under the third division may not be able to suppress him. Please bear with me if there is any delay in the formula."

Zhang Yue thought that this was expected, and immediately said: "Don't dare to work for Yuan Gong, I will handle this matter myself, just ask Yuan Gong for help, I remember that there is an old courtyard next to the Yantie Hall, there are still a few It’s a dilapidated house, please help me clean it up a bit. Two days later, I will bring people in here to start the audit.”

Yuan Jiang was taken aback and said, "I didn't realize that I was working in Zhongshu?"

Zhang Yue said with a smile: "Since the account books are all in the third department, there is no reason to transfer the copybooks to the Zhongshu. Naturally, it can be done wherever it is nearest. If there is anything you don't understand, you can ask for advice at any time."

Yuan Jiang thought that Zhang Yue was determined to make a drastic move to check the accounts of the third division over the years.

Although he had just taken over as the third envoy, the officials below must have strongly opposed the imperial court's audit, which made him really in a dilemma.

Yuan Jiang said: "Duzhi, some of the accumulated old accounts are accumulated over the years..."

Zhang Yue said: "I'm here for auditing, not looking for trouble. As long as the accounts don't go too far, if you can be merciful, you will be merciful."

Yuan Jiang nodded when she heard the words, "Okay then, brother Yu will make arrangements for you."

Zhang Yue thanked him with a smile.

Yuan Jiang was also puzzled in her heart, the appointment of the Accounting Department of the three divisions was just made a few days ago, so Zhang Yue just found a good man to start working?I will enter the Third Division within two days, I want to see what kind of help he has found.

It is true that the accounting department of the third division has only been established for a few days. Although Zhang Yue is in charge of the promotion, the subordinate officials below have to find it by themselves.

When Wang Anshi first set up the Department of Regulations of the Third Department, he and Chen Shengzhi also worked as errands for the Zhongshu and the Privy Council, so in fact Wang Anshi asked Lu Huiqing as his deputy to be responsible for the specific formulation of new laws in the Department of Regulations.

Now, although Zhang Yue promoted the Accounting Department, he also held the position of Hanlin Bachelor and Hanlin Attendant, so he also needed a deputy to be in charge of daily specific matters.

He has already considered the candidate for his deputy, and this person is Su Zhe.

(End of this chapter)