Daming iron-blooded Chief Assistant

Chapter 105
An official document came from Yan'an Mansion, which required Zhang Zongxian to pay off the grain owed by Jiazhou over the years before the summer tax.

Why is it a debt again, Zhang Zongxian hurried to the judge and asked him how much food this Xiazhou owed.

The judge faltered for a long time before saying an astronomical figure of one hundred thousand shi

"One hundred thousand stones, how come there are so many?"

This number immediately broke Zhang Zongxian's defense:
The judge looked left and right and faltered but didn't speak.

The angry Zhang Zongxian picked up the tea bowl and threw it over.

"Tell me why there are so many debts? If you don't say anything, I will be rude."

The judge immediately knelt down and said with a mournful face:

"Master Zhizhou didn't have so many. I don't know why last year Yan'an Mansion suddenly put [-] shi owed from other places on Jiazhou's head. How dare we disobey the order of the Zhifu? We can only admit it all. down.

Just after Chinese New Year this year, another [-] shi was owed, plus the original [-] shi owed.There is a debt of one hundred thousand stones.

Originally, there was no Zhizhou in office in Jiazhou, so there was nothing?Who would have thought that Master Zhizhou would suddenly come to take office! "

Zhang Zongxian understood that Yan'an Mansion was drawn over suddenly last year.This fucking is lifting a rock to shoot yourself in the foot!
The backlog that he paid to cancel last year is now coming back to him.

No, what happened to the [-] stones crossed over this year.

Zhang Zongxian called Qian Tongzhi again and asked him to analyze it.

In fact, Qian Tongzhi already knew about this, but he just didn't dare to say it. When Zhang Zongxian asked, he expressed his thoughts.

"Master Zhizhou's [-] shi last year must have been owed by Qingjian County. The [-] shi that has been drawn this year must have been slandered by a villain in front of Master Zhizhou, trying to trip him up."

When Qian Tongzhi said this, Zhang Zongxian understood.The magistrate must have known that Yansui town compensated him one hundred thousand shi for grain, and wanted to reap benefits from himself.

Well, you prefect really don't know what is good or bad.Just fucking know how to make money.

These grains are for disaster relief, so they must not be handed over.If it is handed over, it will only fall into the hands of these corrupt officials. If there is any disaster, the government will definitely not be able to produce food.

Last time, in order to settle the 5000 taels owed, I gave 5 taels, but this time I have to give [-] taels for the [-] shi owed.

For a while Zhang Zongxian had the urge to rebel.

Suppressing the anger in his heart, Zhang Zongxian first asked Qian Tongzhi.

"Did someone send you a message?"

Qian Tongzhi didn't dare to hesitate, and quickly answered;

"Master Zhizhou, don't worry, the next official will definitely be of one mind with Master Zhizhou. It's because the subordinate heard some news that the prefect is quite dissatisfied with Master Zhizhou, thinking that Master Zhizhou doesn't understand the rules."

"Hmph, don't know the rules? Is he interested in Lao Tzu's business?"

"It's better for Master Zhizhou to spend money to eliminate disasters. After all, he is a Shangguan."

"What will happen if I don't pay this debt?"

"Although the magistrate of the state is a superior official, the master of the state must be the master of the governor or the master of the patrol to deal with the master of the state."

"Then don't bother him. If there are similar official documents in the future, it will be up to you to negotiate."

Although the magistrate had nothing to do with him for a while, one of his responsibilities was to collect taxes after all.It is also his responsibility to settle the arrears.

Then Zhang Zongxian called Master Ma again.

After talking about the matter with Mr. Ma, Zhang Zongxian asked Mr. Ma what he could do to deal with this matter.

My lord, you don't need to pay too much attention to this debt, even if you report it to the Shangguan, it's just a back and forth.

"I feel that if I endure it this time, the prefect must have another move. I have to let the prefect know what is good or bad."

"My lord, our Daming practiced sitting up and down. The official affairs are not your business alone, and the magistrate can't escape the responsibility. So if something happens, it must be covered up.

Although it is difficult for the magistrate to take this matter as the lord, he must not know what happened in the capital, nor the relationship between the lord and the palace.

If you change other officials, you will definitely be picked by the magistrate. After all, the evaluation of Shangguan is very important to officials who are dedicated to making progress.

The lord can directly write to the magistrate, asking the imperial court to send a patrol to check the deficit on the grounds that the previous treasury was short of money.Those who are deficient must be ordered to make up for it. The lord is newly appointed, and there is no predecessor, so it is all the prefect's business and has nothing to do with the lord.

Moreover, the lord himself is exonerated if he voluntarily exposes it.Presumably the magistrate will persuade the lord with good words.Don't dare to be difficult anymore.

If the magistrate still doesn't know what to do, then at that time, through the father-in-law in the palace, I really ask the patrol to come over.The treasury of that place can stand the investigation these days!Even if he presides over it, he will have to peel off his skin.

Presumably at that time, he would not dare to provoke the lord anymore. "

"Okay, just follow what Master Ma said, and Master Ma will write for me."

At this time Zhang Zongxian remembered again.The steward of Prince Qin's mansion had been harassing him some time ago.It is estimated that he also took a fancy to his industry.Then he asked Mr. Ma how to solve this matter.

"My lord, after Jing Nan, these vassal courts have been raised as pigs, but after all, they are relatives of the emperor. My lord can let the eunuch Li, who supervises the wine, come forward! He is the emperor's servant, and it is still useful to deal with these relatives of the emperor. .”

That's true, it happened that Zhang Zongxian wanted to discuss with him about the mining tax.Zhang Zongxian planned to contract the mining tax, and pay 1 taels of internal funds to the emperor every year.Overcharges should be considered as infrastructure funds.

Immediately, he told Master Ma his idea and asked Master Ma to go find Eunuch Li.If the inner court makes him responsible for the mining tax, he will be given a benefit of 2000 taels a year.

If other people are in charge, let him persuade. Anyway, whether the 2000 taels are divided between two people or he takes it alone, he must have his own sense of propriety, and he will definitely win the job of the tax supervisor.

As for them collecting taxes in the mines themselves, after all, there is a precedent for the inner court to collect taxes in the mines and they were beaten to death.Presumably yes.

Although there is no need to accumulate debts, the problem of food still exists. Now it is the people in nearby counties who cannot survive to beg for food.

If it doesn't rain this year, there will be more than just these refugees.

Even with 12 shi of grain, one catty of grain a day is only enough to feed 30 people for one and a half months.

If there is a real famine, there are more than 30 people in Shaanxi and Shanxi provinces.

There has been no news about high-yield and drought-tolerant crops. Zhang Zongxian has already offered rewards twice.

But after finding it, we have to allow time for breeding before it can be promoted on a large scale.But this year is another drought year.

　Newcomers ask for a monthly pass!Please recommend!Ask for collection!Every recommendation is an affirmation to me!Every collection is an encouragement to me!Thank you in advance for your support!I wish you all wishes come true, all the best, wealth and freedom!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)