I didn't go to Kenji and Caoji to thank them for not giving him a small report this time, on the contrary, I had to remind these two adults not to change their attitudes too quickly. The complaint also had to be sued, once the emperor and courtiers realized that the Daimyo's Mansion Road had become their own hall, there would be only harm and no good.

"So much?" Even if he didn't agree with this kind of inventory method that was close to the Buddha extermination movement, after seeing the results of the inventory, Zhang Ji couldn't help but exclaim.

More than 40 years ago, the prefecture and county of Daimyofu Road were flooded with water networks, but after the Yellow River was diverted to the south, it became a place of ointment.

There are more than 27 million mu of registered cultivated land in Hebei Lianglu, and the number of registered households is less than 1.5 million, and the average number of mu per household is more than 20. In just one place on Daimyo Mansion Road, how many acres of acres are hidden by more than 30 temples?

More than forty ...... 10,000 acres, more than half of which are high-quality water. If all the temples on the two roads in Hebei are inventoried, it is estimated that if there are not 5 million acres, it will cost 3 million.

The most hidden is Xinghua Temple, its temple is in the city, and the temple field is registered as 5,000 acres, but the number after liquidation is as high as more than 90,000 acres.

The presiding officer of the temple not only did not provide the temple's account books, but also led the crowd to fight with weapons, and was shot dead by Jiang Erlang on the spot, and more than 50 people were killed on the spot, all of which were hung outside the city wall and were not allowed to be restrained.

In Jiang Erlang's words, this is no longer a temple, but a den of thieves. The monks of Xinghua Temple not only lent usury, but also invested in the operation of grain stores, restaurants and nunnery hotels in the city.

After Hong Tao knew about this, he simply asked Jiang Erlang to lead the team to Xinghua Temple again, and directly copied it. All the monks were sent to the soda and acid factories to do the most dangerous work.

The original prisoners of war were freed to become masters, watching these monks work, tossing and dying, and letting them go to the Buddha to report as soon as possible, so as not to stay in the world as a scourge.

"It's not much, as far as this official knows, there are more than 100 large and small temples on the two roads in Hebei, but the distance is a little farther, so I don't care about them for the time being. But there is something that the official doesn't quite understand, and he also asks the two elders to give advice. ”

Hong Tao has already thought about it, don't even think about running away from one of these temples, either you will surrender yourself, or you will wait for the new army to raid your home, and the closer you are to the border areas, the more severe the punishment will be, and you can't let them spoil a pot of soup with one spoon.

These guys even want to pit their own country, will the Liao people resist desperately if they really come in? It is estimated that the first batch of traitors must have them.

"The founding marquis is too modest...... since he easily killed dozens of officials, Zhang Caosi and Liu Xiansi are all down-to-earth.

Now everyone is not only a grasshopper on a thread, but also frightened by such a method. Even if they raised their butcher knives to the temple again, the two did not dare to make any more small reports. Just mention it without being salty, the court cares about it, and there is no need to hit your head on the knife edge of a madman.

"The officer looked at the accounts of the past years and found a strange thing. Since the fourth year of Yuanfeng, the tax of Hebei Lianglu is twice that of Liangzhejiang Road, and it is one and a half times higher than that of Kaifeng Prefecture. Could it be that this place is really richer than Liangzhejiang Road? But according to the observation of this official, the people's livelihood here is not as good as Kaifeng Prefecture, and I am afraid it is not as good as Liangzhejiang Road, right? ”

Hong Tao does have doubts, because last year, the tax on the two roads in Hebei was more than 9 million yuan, ranking first in the country. The second place is Kaifeng Fujie, and the third place is Liangzhejiang Road, all of which are about 4 million yuan. Even if the two roads in Hebei are taken apart, it is the first, how can there be such a big gap, it is not very reasonable.

It is easy to understand that Kaifeng Prefecture has high taxes, after all, it is the capital, the business is extremely developed, the domestic consumption is huge, and there is a vortex effect. But the two roads in Hebei are really not as rich as the two Zhejiang roads, and they have to face the threat of war, and the business is not very developed, can they pay so many taxes just by relying on agriculture and animal husbandry?

The founding marquis asked the old man to know that it was extremely simple, and four-fifths of the taxes paid on the two roads in Hebei came from horse supervisors and forced labor. Every year, when the territory is governed by several large rivers, the imperial court has to levy a huge number of conscriptions, plus the border army needs countless amounts of money and food. These conscripts had to be allocated money and grain by the imperial court, and the taxes were higher, and some of them were included in the taxes when they operated in the two routes. The taxation of the horse supervisor was higher, and the horse farms in the northern counties were continuous, and the sum of the two was the question of the founding marquis. "This question is the right person, Cao Si is in charge of taxes all the way, and the reason is clear in a few words.

"Oh...... If so, isn't the burden on the people here heavier? Hong Tao understood that the high tax payment is not really high, but the illusion of the country's huge investment in this place.

However, this raises another question: do the local people still have the time to cultivate and cultivate trees and ponds, control floods, raise horses, and support the front line?

"This is also a helpless move, seven out of ten of the money and grain of our dynasty are gathered in Hebei, Hedong and Shaanxi Zhulu, and the cost is very high. If it weren't for the prince's desperate capture of Liangzhou and more than 100,000 enemies, the money and grain from all roads south of the Yangtze River would still be continuously exported to the northern roads. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Qi couldn't help but stand up and give Hong Tao a big salute, no matter how this crazy horse didn't invite courtiers to see, but in all fairness, he was a meritorious minister to the Great Song Dynasty, and it was indeed only a meritorious man to make a marquis in the Western Xia.

On the surface, it only compressed half of the land area of the Western Xia, but the help to the imperial court finance was huge, just the horse import, Ganliang Road could replace more than half of the Northern Song Dynasty horse administration every year, not only high quality, but also save a lot of labor and capital investment in the imperial court.

Others may not understand the financial details or pretend to be stupid, Zhang Kai, as a transfer envoy all the way, looks at these things every day, and it is impossible to pretend not to see it.

"The boss has an overreputation, and he just did what a leader should do, what is the use of being a soldier for the country and not winning the war? The two adults should have known His Majesty's intention of transferring this official to Hebei Lianglu, but this official led his troops to fight differently from others, and he could not win the battle if the place was uneven. For the sake of the century-old national fortune of this dynasty, I also ask the two adults to abandon their previous suspicions and help their officials to defend against foreign enemies, and then close the door to calculate the gains and losses, what do you think? ”

After more than half a year of contact, coupled with the information obtained by Wang Shi through various channels, Hong Tao felt that these two high-ranking officials of the Northern Song Dynasty could still cooperate.

They have little interest in partisanship, and their reputation in their respective positions is also very good, although they still have the pedantic side of the ancients, they have a very bottom line, and they will not care about anything for the sake of rights and interests.

This is very good, if half of the officials in the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty don't need to stretch out their hands at all, they can beat the Western Xia back together with the Liao State.

"As long as the founding marquis acts according to the law, this official is willing to help." Zhang Qi was a little worried, after all, his family was very powerful in the court, and he was not the only one who was an official, and some problems could not be decided immediately. Liu Xiansi didn't have so many ideas, and his answer was very simple and cunning.

Roughly speaking, as long as you don't mess around and take care of everything first, then he can turn a blind eye to the same as this inspection of the temple property, and it is okay to do something convenient in secret. But at the same time, it also shows the attitude, don't expect to take the initiative to help for the time being, that does not meet the demands of others, and it is too hasty.

That's what I mean...... I hope ......" Zhang Qi felt that Liu Xiansi's answer was very subtle, so he simply followed the cat and the tiger.

"Hahahaha...... According to the intention of the two adults, if there is any error in the future, I hope to correct it in time, and this official is not very familiar with the law of the Great Song Dynasty. Say goodbye, and invite the two adults to come over to talk about it another day, and the official is still very accomplished in cooking. ”

Qi Qi, Hong Tao didn't expect to convince others, let alone officials, with just a few words. They seem to be alone, but there is a group of people standing behind each person, and there are too many gains and losses to consider and calculate. An initial victory would be achieved if a provisional agreement of mutual nonaggression and non-aggression was reached.

But don't expect people to abide by this verbal agreement for a long time, the situation in officialdom is changing rapidly, and with various changes, the relationship between the forces of all parties will also change, so you must be mentally prepared to change this agreement at any time.