In this matter, as long as a tacit understanding is reached at the top, even if the royal historians below shout, it is harmless.

Liu Jian is the final word.

He has enough prestige among the hundred officials to make everyone reach a tacit understanding.

But at this time, Li Dongyang, who was sitting on the side, was still frowning, pursing his lips, showing a little worry.

Liu Jian looked around, his eyes fell on him, and he couldn't help but say, "Binzhi, do you have any different opinions?" ”

Li Dongyang shook his head and said, "No, Gong Liu, what I'm worried about is not these things...... It's ......"

He said, sighing.

He also served as the head of the household department.

This duty is really important, and the whole court is asking him for silver, and everyone is like a ghost.

He paused, and then said: "The amount of money and grain in Jiangsu and Zhejiang has been roughly reported. ”

“……”

All of a sudden, everyone fell silent and pricked up their ears.

Money and grain involve the national economy and people's livelihood, and it is a matter of the world.

This year's income is even more related to next year's expenditure, and Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the Ministry of War, is waiting for the household department to allocate money and grain to repay the arrears of Liaodong. Several projects of the Ministry of Industry are also owed salaries, especially now that the new city is recruiting workers everywhere, and the craftsmen who are requisitioned have no intention of completing the projects of the Ministry of Industry, because the income of the two is too different.

It's a pity that this is a levy, so they can't help but go.

But the Ministry of Industry only barely gave them two meals to eat, even if it was two meals, they were often owed.

There are also the pretentious bureaus in various places, which are even more bleak.

The annual festival and various ceremonies required by the Ministry of Rites are also very expensive.

The Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Punishment are not much better.

Even if it is the Hanlin Academy, it has to repair books recently, and this book repair is actually very expensive.

When the Yongle Canon was originally revised, it was the cabinet scholar as the editor-in-chief, regardless of the cost, and finally the book was completed and became a grand event in the literary world of the dynasty, but the cost was actually no less than a conquest.

The book that is being repaired now is certainly not as good as the Yongle Canon, but it also points to the money and food of the household.

As for the river embankments everywhere, the possible disasters next year, and many other things, these are all inseparable from money and food.

Liu Jian became cautious about this.

A few days ago, he said that he was sick and took leave for many days, but he was not unaware of what was happening in the court.

He knew that Li Dongyang had not taken out the money from the treasury, and the treasury had to bear all the expenditures, and he couldn't help but feel worried.

He asked Li Dongyang: "Where is Jiangnan, how much money and grain?"

Li Dongyang paused, and under the attention of everyone, he said slowly: "Hangzhou Mansion, although it has not been affected by the disaster, the silver tax that can be paid is only 43,000 taels, which is 20% less than last year, and the grain paid is 130,000 quintals, as well as cloth...... Raw silk ......"

Hangzhou is a big house, why is this money and grain not increasing but decreasing?

"I heard that it is because of the increase in the number of displaced people." Li Dongyang said: "There is also the Jiangxi Political Envoy, because King Ning rebelled, the court sympathized with them and was exploited by King Ning, and exempted them from some taxes a few years ago, but now they ......"

He shook his head and sighed, "This year's money and food...... I'm afraid it's not optimistic, plus the deficit in the past two years......"

"What can I do?" Ma Wensheng couldn't help but complain: "Liaodong's military salary has been owed for two months, will it continue to be owed next year?" If this continues, the towns in eastern Liaodong will have to mutiny. In the year of self-formation, the imperial court swept the Jurchen tribes and made them obediently attached, but over the years, the Jurchen tribes have a tendency to recover and grow...... How is it good to go on like this? ”

The Ministry of Industry Shangshu said with an aggrieved look: "Now the craftsmen are perfunctory, in the final analysis, because in the Crafting Bureau, a craftsman, his money and food are a drop in the bucket, and it is still difficult to support his family, but the craftsmen in other places are worry-free about food and clothing. Even if you whip it, it won't help. Now they still owe them money and food, they have no rice to cook, and they will starve to death, Li Gong...... It's not a joke. ”

Li Dongyang listened to the big head and couldn't help but stroke his forehead.

Seeing that everyone was still making noise, he couldn't laugh or cry and said, "How can the old man not know your difficulties...... Just ......"

"Or ......" Wang Ao's eyes sank, and said: "I have to ask Your Majesty to make the decision, and no matter what, I will take out some silver from the inner treasury......"

Many people were in a hurry, and there seemed to be a hint of bold thought in their eyes.

So everyone looked at Liu Jian.

Liu Jian felt panicked in his heart, it was really a wave of unsettled waves, and he couldn't live this day.

Liu Jian gritted his teeth and said, "What can be done now?" ”

When Li Dongyang saw Liu Jian's approval, his heart also ignited hope: "It's all up to Liu Gong to decide." ”

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Dingxing County.

After accounting over and over again, plus the balance of tax and silver thereafter, it is all put into the treasury.

This year's taxation in Dingxing County has come to a complete end.

Ouyang Zhi was completely relieved, and next, he was going to put his big seal on the revenue and expenditure of this finance, and then sent someone to report to the household department.

In fact...... The income and expenditure report of Dingxing County is quite easy, because it is all tax silver, there is no other physical object, the loss is very small, and the reporting and accounting of the household department are also simple, and the accounts are clear at a glance.

In other counties, it's complicated.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the famous empty seal case, the problem was here, at that time, the local government needed to send people to the household department to report the financial revenue and expenditure accounts, and all the accounts must be fully consistent with the household department after the audit before they can be settled. If any of these items do not match, the re-registration must be rejected and the original magistrate's seal must be affixed to complete the process. Due to the fact that the transportation was not developed at that time, and the distance between them was long, it would take a considerable amount of time if they needed to be sent back for reconstruction, so the officials who went to the household department for examination had prepared blank books with seals in advance for use. This was originally a customary practice that had existed since the Yuan Dynasty, and it was never explicitly banned.

It's just that there will be loss of money and grain in the process of transportation, so the numbers from the delivery to the receipt of the household department must not match, and the officials cannot predict in advance how much is lost on the road, and only when the household department is about to declare can they know the difference, so the officials who sent Beijing are accustomed to filling in the actual number with empty printed documents in the capital.

As a result, they didn't die, and bumped into Emperor Taizu Gao, this uncle felt that you guys had eaten Lao Tzu's food, and they actually had the courage to cheat under my nose, which was unbearable, so he issued an order to 'kill the empty seal', tens of thousands of officials, so the head fell to the ground, which was spectacular.

So much so that up to now, no chief official dares to take a piece of white paper and stamp it with a big seal and run to the household department, and wait for the real money and grain to be escorted to the state treasury, and then fill in the specific amount. It's a real report, it's just ...... Often, money and grain go out of the warehouse and into the warehouse, and there is always a time when the amount of money and grain is not in line with the amount reported.

Ouyang Zhi will save a lot of trouble, he will report as much as he wants, and the number on it can be tested, and the silver that will be escorted into the warehouse will definitely not be less.

At this time, Ouyang Zhi lowered his head, looked at the numbers carefully, and was very pleased, after he stamped it, he sent the money and grain book to the hand of the household secretary, and said, "Hurry up and go to Beijing." ”

"Yes."

The priest excitedly took the money and food book, and also looked very excited.

This is almost the pinnacle of his life, it is too exciting, think about it, this report is enough for him to be in Beijing, in front of those officials in the household department, the waist pole can stand straighter than a bamboo pole.

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At this time, the Jingshi was full of gossip.

I heard that the Academy of Sciences was really established, but some people said that it was a non-existent thing, and there was no will in the palace.

So, people talked about it, but Fang Jifan took this matter as a top priority.

Not only did the yamen of the Academy of Sciences recruit a large number of craftsmen to start construction, but all the official positions had drawn up a list of academic positions for selection.

Suddenly, more people began to get excited.

The number of submissions has obviously begun to increase dramatically.

Only when you have a job can you be qualified to be selected.

Fang Jifan looked at the almost doubled number of paper submissions, and was a little confused.

These guys, how much they want to be officials?

Although most of the papers are indiscriminate, there are also a lot of essences.

The attendants and lecturers selected by each section will be qualified to be on duty in the future, and may even go to the Imperial Hall to wait for the edict.

Not only that, but many people are eyeing the Science Museum, because Fang Jifan has revealed that once the Science Museum is completed, the encyclopedia will be compiled.

This also allows a lot of Mongolian students to have a driving effect.

This is because more people hope to seek fame through Mengxue, and once enlightened, they will have the opportunity to participate in the county examination, the government examination and the academy examination.

Now, the new Mongolian school has also begun to be built, and in the future, it will continue to deliver a steady stream of talents needed by Xishan.

Reading, itself needs to be guided by the situation, these four words, the word Li occupies a huge component, if there is no benefit, there is not enough interest, but you have to make people willing to be poor, to maintain the inner feelings, in addition to Fang Jifan himself, really care about the family and the country, mind the world, even if he has a brain disease, but also unremittingly sell the house to save the country, ten years as a day, rain or shine. There are several such people in the world.

Therefore, Fang Jifan never forced his disciples and grandchildren to have feelings, and as a man, he should demand himself with high standards, and be considerate of others with low standards.

This is a quality that a righteous gentleman must abide by.

That's right, Fang Jifan is such a person.

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Chapter III.