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Chapter 2245 2250 Let's forget it

Su Xiang Study Room
Su Li rubbed his eyebrows at the two documents in front of him, feeling a little headache.

"This is the sum of the treasury's money, and this year's tax. Why is it so little?" Su Li pressed his finger between his eyebrows.

The official who made the report from the underground seemed a little embarrassed, and said: "Master Su, the Qin State has just been established, and Mr. Su came from the capital. I am afraid that he does not know much about the situation in this place. It is like this. Chang'an City was not originally Wealthy, the big households in the city are all from a family surnamed Zhao. Originally, Zhao Jun, the county guard, naturally protected his own family, so the Zhao family evaded taxes. Other honest merchants did not have much money in their hands. Zhao Jun squandered all the tax that came up, so naturally there is not much money left."

"What about the taxes in other places? The taxes in the first half of the year should be sent to the imperial court, right?" Su Li's tone became more serious: "The southeast region is vast, and there are also rich places. Jingzhen, which is rich in porcelain, should have Quite a lot of taxes. Where's the silver?"

"This, this..." The official waited for a long time, turned his head to look at Qianhou Qiantang who was standing next to him with a somewhat embarrassed expression on his face.

Qian Hou dragged his stomach with both hands, stood calmly, pretending to be stupid, and said to the official: "Su Xiang asked you something, what do you think I am doing?"

The official's head started to sweat, and his voice became much softer. He said to Su Li, "Master Su, all parts of the Qin Kingdom were originally controlled by big families, and those rich places belonged to the other three major families. Officials from all over the country , and most of them are members of the three major families, even the officials in charge of taxation... the specific details, the lower officials really don't know..."

Su Li frowned even more, and looked up at Qian Tang, but Qian Tang looked quite serious.

The other three major families are headed by the Qian family. In other words, although Chang’an City and the places outside the Weishui Plain are the territory of the Qin State in name, the officials are still the same old, and they are all members of the three major families. There are more members of the Qian family.

These clansmen, of course, listened to Qiantang's words, not to the Qin court's.

Su Li looked at Qian Tang, and said, "Qian Hou is most familiar with those places, what do you want to say, Qian Hou?"

Qian Tang coughed and coughed twice, pulled out his ears, and shook his head pretending to be deaf and dumb: "Benhou is old and doesn't know anything. Besides, those officials are officials of the imperial court. Benhou was originally a grassroots person, how can he care about it?" It's about the official's house."

It's clear that they don't cooperate!

Seeing Qiantang's rascal appearance, Su Li was really angry, but the three major families were too powerful, so now he could only stabilize Qiantang and deal with it slowly.

And the most urgent thing right now is that the national treasury is empty and the money is not enough!

Su Li wanted to build a school, but building a school was a big project. If he wanted to build a school in Chang'an City and the cities, towns, and villages on the Weishui Plain, he needed real money!
Originally, in Su Li's plan, Qin State is a big country, and the state treasury used a sum of money to build a school, so it shouldn't be a problem, but who knew that Qin State's original officials were so corrupt, and it didn't make sense for a state treasury to be built up. A big city in Jin State is rich.

Qian Tang looked at Su Li's joke from the side, and said, "Master Su, you see that the national treasury really has no money, and this Marquis looks at your plan to build a school... let's forget it."

(End of this chapter)