When Concubine Ping heard this, she didn't believe it, and said to the sage: "The concubine once heard Concubine Ya say that during the year of the Founding Constitution, the imperial court earned 30 million taels a year, which is to exempt half of the tax, and it will not only enter 8 million taels. ”

Seeing that Concubine Ping didn't quite understand, the sage told her that the imperial court managed money and silver in the six mansions of the Heavenly Division, Taifu, Yufu, Neifu, Waifu, Zuofu, and Youfu. Among them, the Taifu is in charge of money and silver, and the Jade Mansion is in charge of the collection of grain, silk, silk and other items. These two are for saving.

The inner government manages the royal government, the outer government is the people's livelihood such as the treatment of rivers, the left government is military resources, and the right government is the hundred officials. These four houses are here for use.

The so-called annual income of 30 million is basically the sum of the six governments, and the 8 million mentioned by the sage is the budget of the outer government and the left and right governments, and now it has basically reached the point where the income cannot make ends meet.

"In that case, why don't you transfer the use of the inner mansion to these three mansions?"

The sage shook his head and told Concubine Ping, this public is a work, private is private, and must not be mixed, every year Otsuka Zai and the three divisions will discuss, how much to transfer to the other four prefectures, if this is too much, it will be a mistake in major events, such as the outer mansion, the imperial court will allocate 1.5 million taels to repair the river and repair the road, if only 700,000 taels were used that year, then even if the imperial court has 800,000 taels left, the next year it will still be 1.5 million taels. That's a quota.

The same is true for the military budget of the left province, with a budget of six million and one million for the right province. That's eight million and a half million taels.

Of course, generally speaking, there is more than enough, so for the three provinces, it can be regarded as a gain. The money will not be called separately.

And if it is used up, then the three mansions are empty, and if they are not enough, they will have to be called from the Taifu and the Jade Mansion, which will hurt the country.

Concubine Ping thought for a moment and asked how much is the year of the Sage's Inner Mansion?

"The transfer from the inner government is 1.5 million taels."

"So, every year, 20 million taels of silver enter the two mansions?"

The sage nodded and told Concubine Ping that he had been in the constitution for a total of thirteen years, and he had left two hundred and sixty million taels of silver, of course, these estimated figures, if it were not for this money, the sage would not dare to reduce taxes easily.

And this number looks very large, and it is actually used very quickly, especially those things in the Jade Mansion, if the cloth is discounted in the world, the imperial court will lose a lot of money. The imperial court converted it into five taels of silver for a piece of cloth, and the cloth in the Jade Mansion was one million horses, and if the market price fell, even if it was one or two pieces of silver, the court would lose one million taels. The same is true for other jades.

In addition, there is also the rice harvested, which the imperial court has to let the imperial merchants sell every year and exchange it for money and silver.

"Then saint, why doesn't the imperial court directly ask for money?" Concubine Ping thought that if she collected money, then she didn't have to worry about this, anyway, a penny would always be a penny, and even if a tael of silver was folded, it would not be folded so much.

The sage smiled bitterly and told Concubine Ping that there was no way to do it. First of all, if you use silver money, it is the old way of the Wei Dynasty, let the rich people do it, and the court did not get benefits, but was infamy.

Secondly, there is no such silver in this world, let alone such copper coins, there is no way. In the Jade Mansion, there are even things like salt, anyway, if it is a valuable item, it is placed in the Jade Mansion.

Concubine Ping was very curious, there were so many things in the Jade Mansion, where they were placed.

"Inside the yamen everywhere. Love concubines, Taifu and Jade Mansion are all over the place, but according to the common name, everyone is still called the Yamen Treasury. ”

The sage told Concubine Ping that in fact, the 260 million taels of silver were on the books, and everyone didn't know if there was actually so much.

Concubine Ping looked at the saint's worried look, and said to the saint: "Saint, anyway, no matter how much they make false reports, at least 200 million taels of silver are there, even if no taxes are collected, the court can use it for twenty years, not to mention the saint, you have accumulated over the years." ”

"Ai Concubine, 200 million taels of silver, sounds like a lot, in fact, it's really messed up, it's really not enough. Now that the world is peaceful, it still needs 10 million taels of silver to maintain, if the world is uncertain, 30 million a year, then it only takes ten years, and the money and silver left by Emperor Wen can be consumed. The sage sighed, in the time of Emperor Wen, there was basically more than four mansions, especially the inner mansion, which basically did not spend, except for the construction of the Qianling Tomb. Even if he attacked the Ten Princes in the name of wasting money and silver, he also knew in his heart that the money and silver in Zuofu at that time were enough.

And when it came to his Zhaoning years, all of a sudden, Zuofu was not enough.

Although the doctor of Zuofu told him that Zuofu kept too much in the Tuoxian period, so after the ten princes led the troops, although Zuofu still had the same budget, it could also take out money and silver from the previous retention, and in the Zhaoning period, this retention had been used up, and it would naturally seem that it would be unable to make ends meet.

The saint vaguely did not act in his heart about this explanation, but he had not yet noticed what was wrong.

After the sage rested here for a night, after going down to court the next day, he summoned Chu Yuanfeng in the Qinzheng Pavilion and said to Chu Yuanfeng: "Yuanfeng, I don't understand one thing, why Zuofu's money and silver are about to make ends meet. ”

Chu Yuanfeng looked at the sage and said to the sage, "Does the sage think that someone is seeking personal gain?" ”

The sage nodded and said to Chu Yuanfeng: "Over the years, there have been wars every year, and a lot of money and silver have been spent, which naturally gives them opportunities. ”

Chu Yuanfeng said yes, and then said to the sage: "Sage, please ask for someone." ”

"Who?"

"Zhang Daoliang."

The saint was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "How do you know about him, this kid." ”

Chu Yuanfeng said respectfully: "This person was promoted to Corporal Le Xu by the saint you made an exception, and the minister knew that this person had talent." ”

The sage nodded, and said to Chu Yuanfeng: "I don't know what the use of this person is, if it is useful this time, just a corporal, it is still a little condescending." ”

Chu Yuanfeng said yes, and then after retiring, he went to find Zhang Daoliang.

A month later, Chu Yuanfeng handed over the results to the sage, and the sage looked at it, frowned, and said to Chu Yuanfeng: "I didn't expect it to be like this." ”

Chu Yuanfeng said that he couldn't believe it, but it was true.

After he and Zhang Daoliang's investigation in the vicinity, it turned out that Zuofu couldn't make ends meet because someone was eating empty salaries.

These people are smart, basically there are one or two more people in each county, but when they get to Zuofu, there are more than 10,000 people.

In addition, Zuofu will also fill in the names of the soldiers who died in battle, or add one more person to some small families to die in battle, so that the imperial court can pardon the family's taxes.

Of course, this place is not cheap, and it is naturally very cost-effective compared to paying taxes.

"It's also a shame that you can find out, such a small matter, if you didn't say it, I wouldn't have cared about it."

"This is all the credit of Zhang Daoliang, Zhang Daoliang was a staff member in Yi'an Mansion before, and he noticed a little clue, but he didn't have the right to take care of it at that time, and the second was that it was not serious at that time."

The sage said to Chu Yuanfeng: "You and Zhang Daoliang took these things to the Yamen of Zuofu and told Sergeant Zuofu that he would take care of it himself." Starting today, Zuofu will be in charge of Zhang Daoliang. ”

When Chu Yuanfeng heard this, he spoke again: "Sage, the minister thinks this is inappropriate, so he will appoint Zhang Daoliang as the sergeant of Zuofu, I am afraid that the group of people in Zuofu will be dissatisfied, and when the time comes, it will be difficult for Zhang Daoliang, and Zhang Daoliang will not be able to serve the imperial court." ”

"Yuanfeng, you don't have to worry about Zhang Daoliang about these things, if Zhang Daoliang doesn't have this ability, then it is better to return to Yi'an to be his staff."

The sage solved a problem, and couldn't help but write an edict in person and asked Chu Yuanfeng to take it down.

Chu Yuanfeng had no choice but to go to Zhang Daoliang first, and then went to the Yamen of Zuofu. After he read the decree, Sergeant Zuofu took it and then changed his clothes.

Zhang Daoliang also invited the sergeant of Zuofu and asked him to have a meal with him tonight, so that he could ask him how to manage Zuofu.

Now that Sergeant Zuofu has lost his position, he naturally doesn't dare to pretend to be big, and when he saw Zhang Daoliang's kindness, he agreed.

This dinner, also attended by two sergeants from Zuofu.

Zhang Daoliang is old and sophisticated, humble in his words, and has always maintained the attitude of a junior to Sergeant Zuofu, which makes Sergeant Zuofu feel very good.

After dinner, Sergeant Zuofu said to Zhang Daoliang: "Lord Zhang, don't underestimate that although you are called a sergeant now, many doctors may not be as authoritative as you. They have official seals, but you have money bags, whether it is the marshal of the marching army, or the governor, they demand you. ”

Zhang Daoliang said yes, this is a thing, the six departments of the Yu Dynasty are headed by the Tianguan Mansion, and the most important thing in the Tianguan Mansion is the Six Mansions.

"But our Yulu, to say something unpleasant, is really a mess. My Emperor Taizu Gao is according to the ancient system, the original intention is good, but this Yulu is also according to the ancient system, our sergeant should be a hundred stones, so he gave us a hundred taels of silver, what can this hundred taels of silver do in the capital? It's not enough for a family. ”

Zhang Daoliang thought that this sergeant had 100 taels of silver, which was quite good, and their corporal was 30 taels of silver a year, this was really funny.

Zhang Daoliang also understands that most of the officials of the Yu Dynasty are children of families, so they naturally don't rely on Yulu to feed, and naturally they don't care whether the silver is more or less, but these cold people, who are officials, are not as good as those who have hundreds of acres of fertile land at home.

"Naturally, you don't have to cry poor, they have one million taels of silver, and they can use 800,000 taels a year. The so-called Zhixian is only 20 taels of silver a year, and there are more than 4,000 counties in the country. It's only 80,000 taels of silver, and it's only 100,000 taels when it's full. Two hundred officials of the imperial court, adding up to 300,000 a year, is fine, Lord Zhang, don't you say? Sergeant Zuofu asked Zhang Daoliang complainingly.

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