Hu Chuan is honest, he has to be honest, in the face of the prefect, if he continues to be arrogant, I'm afraid he won't have to serve a job, although the official position of the inspection department has just entered the stream, it is really insignificant, but it is better than nothing. What's more, the area of Henan Prefecture, especially the area of Shaanzhou, has been invaded by rogues, and it is much more convenient to be able to wear such a skin.

The question raised by the prefect, he began to honestly return, as an inspector of the Inspection Division, from the official of Jiupin, it is impossible for Hu Chuan to know too much of the inside story of the Dao.

Hu Chuan's answer surprised both Su Tiancheng and Qu Qingze.

The purpose of the inspection department's collection of fees for entering the city turned out to be the expenses for the Jiangning battalion to suppress bandits.

Before the Jiangning battalion arrived in Henan Prefecture, the Shaanzhou Inspection Department also collected fees, but it was not so powerful, and those who could receive it were collected, and if they could not receive it, the name was still the expenditure needed to exterminate the Liukou, starting from the tenth day of the first month, according to the requirements of the state government, all the peasants who entered the city must collect fees, especially in the first month, most of the peasants who entered the city wanted to sell something, and the requirements were strict, and they could receive money.

As for the money received, the Inspection Department left one-fifth to subsidize the weekday expenses, and the rest was handed over to the state government treasury.

Of course, the state government did not send anyone to supervise, and did not ask how much copper coins and broken silver they received every day.

Hearing Hu Chuan's explanation, Su Tiancheng felt incredible.

The imperial court did not bear the expenses of the Jiangning camp, so it is not a joke that the prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of Henan Prefecture will be responsible for the expenses of the Jiangning camp, relying on the few pennies squeezed out by the poor peasants, to be able to solve the huge expenses of the Jiangning camp.

Soon, Su Tiancheng sensed the problem, and it didn't take long for Jiang Ningying to arrive in Henan Mansion. It was only on the sixth day of the first month that he entered the barracks, and Shaanzhou suddenly changed his tune from the tenth day of the first month, saying that it was a fee for the Jiangning battalion, even if it was a sycophant, this speed was too fast, and the government did not arrange such a thing at all. I took the initiative to do it below, where is there such a good thing.

The biggest problem is that no one supervises the fees charged by the Shaanzhou Inspection Department every day, no one cares, how much is collected, how much should be handed over, it is completely confused, and I have just experienced it. A tael of silver was extorted, and such money could not be included in the fees collected for entering the city.

Su Tiancheng went to Henan Prefecture on the sixth day of the first month to take office, but he did not meet the governors and counties of the thirteen counties of one prefecture, and did not arrange any specific work, but the focus was still on considering the actual situation faced by Henan Prefecture and how to improve it, and the governors and counties of the thirteen counties in one prefecture. I didn't come to the government to visit me.

Su Tiancheng felt an unusual taste.

Li Zixiong, the governor of Shaanzhou, quickly rushed to the inspection department.

Li Zixiong is in his forties and has a wisp of goatee. The skin is white and clean, and it looks very rich.

Seeing Li Zixiong's appearance, Su Tiancheng was not very comfortable, thinking of the ordinary people outside the city, with vegetables on their faces and ragged clothes. Look at this Li Zixiong again, he is white and fat, and he is very well maintained, compared with the two, the contrast is too great.

Li Zixiong's face. With a respectful smile, he repeatedly said that he didn't know and that it was too late.

Before Su Tiancheng could talk about the matter of the Inspection Division, Li Zixiong spoke, asking Hu Chuan to be strict with his subordinates and not to come nonsense, and at the same time proposed severe punishment measures for the officers detained by Wang Dazhi.

Su Tiancheng blinked habitually, he hadn't talked about this matter yet, how did Li Zixiong know about it, how did the news leak so quickly, could it be that Li Zixiong didn't know the prophet.

When we met for the first time, Su Tiancheng was not good at losing his temper, and the problems in the Inspection Department, you can't directly blame Zhizhou, there are too many things that people are in charge of, and they may not be able to worry about this.

On the way to the state office, Su Tiancheng had more and more doubts in his heart.

Su Tiancheng did not take a sedan chair and walked to the yamen.

Along the way, I took a general look at the appearance of the state city.

The situation in the state city is barely okay, and it is definitely not as good as Luoyang City, but the looks of the pedestrians on the street are a little uncomfortable, and most of them seem to be indifferent, and they don't seem to have much pursuit of life.

Entering the state office, officials such as tongzhi, judges, and officials were all waiting.

This kind of situation is obviously prepared for a long time.

When Li Zixiong reported the situation in Shaanxi, Su Tiancheng was distracted.

I came out of the microservice for a private visit, and I knew the news, that is, Tan Changluo, Luoyang is close to three hundred miles away from Shaanzhou, on the afternoon of the seventeenth day of the first month, I told Tan Changluo to come down to see, but I didn't say the specific place, nor did I say which route to take, I set off early in the eighteenth day of the first month, just one day, Tan Changluo didn't have that much ability, and was able to notify the thirteen counties of a state, that is, the news of his arrival in Shaanzhou should have just leaked out, that is, when he was in the inspection department, Leaked out of the news.

Another thing that doesn't make sense is that if the news of his coming to Shaanzhou really leaks out, the performance of the Shaanzhou Inspection Department will be too dull, and it is an act of looking for death.

After thinking about it, he ruled out the idea of leaking the news.

The next thing is that Li Zixiong is so well prepared, there are two aspects of analysis, good and bad, Li Zixiong did things neatly, and he controlled Shaanzhou very well, and when he heard the news of the arrival of the prefect, he quickly made preparations. The bad side is that Li Zixiong has a bit of a thief's heart, and he always pays attention to the dynamics of his boss, afraid that his malignancy will be exposed.

After experiencing the matter of the Inspection Division, Su Tiancheng of course considered the bad side.

He will not make judgments at will, the key is Li Zixiong's own performance, there is a problem.

When he was in the Inspection Division, Li Zixiong didn't wait for him to speak, he said that he would severely punish the petty officer who was doing nonsense, and he didn't even ask what was going on, and directly put the person in prison.

Besides, there are a lot of things that are unclear about the collection of money by the inspection department, and these things must not be ignored, and the reasons must be clarified. Shaanzhou is far away from Luoyang, it is a relatively barren place, the imperial court has given a lot of gifts, such a poor place, still thinking about the name, increasing the burden of the people, will it be because of the government's expropriation and expropriation, so that the people can not live.

At noon, it's time for dinner.

Su Tiancheng insisted that he arrange to eat at the Yin Hotel and not go to the restaurant.

Li Zixiong did not insist, and took everyone to the Yin Hotel.

Yin Hotel can both eat and stay, the conditions are better than the official post, the official post is generally not in the county or state government, but the Yin Hotel is in the yamen.

Before Li Zixiong could speak, Su Tiancheng proposed again, and the accommodation would be arranged in the official post, not in the Yin Hotel.

After all, the Yin Hotel is in the Yamen, and all the activities are a little unfree, and the officials come down to inspect, always have to put on a posture, and they want to get close to the people, if they live in the Yamen, they have lost contact with the outside world.

During the meal, Su Tiancheng only drank a glass of wine, excused himself from fatigue, and stopped drinking.

The meal was quickly finished.

Su Tiancheng has no interest in continuing to Daozhou Ya, look at the situation in front of him, don't think about the real situation of Zhilu Dao, there are people accompanying him before and after, and the situation reported must be a good one.

He secretly rejoiced, fortunately Su Jun and Liu Jingting left ahead of time to understand the situation, otherwise everyone would have come to the yamen, how could they have touched the situation. 、

Su Jun and Liu Jingting have their own advantages, Su Jun is flexible, because he is born in a family and has the breath of the people, Liu Jingting has always lived at the bottom of the society, is familiar with the situation at the bottom, and through conversation, he can analyze and judge many situations, with the two of them going down to understand the situation, Su Tiancheng does not need to go to see it in person.

Li Zixiong accompanied Su Tiancheng and others and came directly to the official post.

After the arrangements were made, Su Tiancheng asked Li Zixiong to go back to the yamen, and if there was anything, he would naturally be notified.

When Li Zixiong left, Qu Qingze went to deliver it.

Soon, Qu Qingze came back and entered Su Tiancheng's room.

"My lord, outside the official post, there are sergeants from the inspection department, patrolling nearby."

Su Tiancheng's face showed a sneer.

"I don't know if Lu Dao wants to protect me, or monitor me, when I first arrived, I found the problem of the Inspection Division, if it continues like this, I don't know how many problems Lu Dao found, in a hurry, let people guard the official post, ordinary people, etc., are unable to come in, a good Li Zixiong, some interesting."

"My lord, Su Jun and Liu Jingting are both gone, so there is no big problem in thinking about it."

"Well, Lao Qu, what do you think of what you met today."

"I have long known that Lord Lu Dao would ask this, I have already thought about it, there is something abnormal in this, collecting money from the people, in order to maintain the expenses of the Jiangning camp, such a statement is too outrageous, the Jiangning camp is not a local militia group, the expenses should be directly responsible for the imperial court, the imperial court did not allocate military salaries, the officials of Henan Province, should not know the road, even if it is the local subsidy for the expenses of the Jiangning camp, give some silver taels, it also needs to be carefully discussed, reported to the imperial court, can be carried out, Shaanzhou does so, It's just puzzling. ”

"Tell me, will there be such a situation in the states and counties under the jurisdiction of Henan Prefecture?"

"I can't say, if this is the case, it would be a little scary."

"Lao Qu, you said a lot, it seems that my request is not wrong, you quickly notify the dark line, find out the situation in the prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of Henan Prefecture, and report it quickly, this matter cannot be delayed, the sooner the better, otherwise we will fall into the middle of the whirlpool, be plotted by others, and we don't know what to do." (To be continued......)