Chapter 786： too difficult

Chapter 786 Too Difficult

Zhou Shuren raised his eyes and saw that the prince was looking at the annual tax situation in various places, and turned to look at the guard who was still moving the account book. At present, it seemed that the prince could not leave for a while.

However, he is very depressed. This is not the room where he works. Why does he have to work in the same room as the prince?

Prince Quan Yin just started saying that he needed someone to explain, and Lord Qiu immediately pushed him out, sighing faintly, he didn't want to share a room with the prince, he was afraid that the prince would find out that he had more talents, and finally cheated himself again, um, Just so narcissistic.

The prince raised his head, "Why is Lord Zhou sighing?"

Zhou Shuren held the teacup, "I sighed that life is too short, I just thought, I must eat and drink well."

The prince curled the corners of his mouth, "Gu don't think so, you still have to be healthy before you can do more things."

Zhou Shuren, "..."

This is no longer a hint, this is a clear statement, bah, whoever wants to do more things, he doesn't want to be a bull and a horse for the royal family, it is terrible to think about it!

The prince picked up a tax book, "This is the tax in Huaizhou last year, Lord Zhou also take a look."

Zhou Shuren heard about Huaizhou and was very familiar. Zhao Bo was in Huaizhou, and he and Zhao Bo had a lot of correspondence. He was curious about what the prince saw. Speaking of which, he was busy catching money when he went to the Ministry of Household, and then he released the money. I really don't have time to look at tax collections everywhere.

Zhou Shuren took it over, thinking about Huaizhou in his mind, Huaizhou is one of the few upper prefectures, and has a surplus. Looking at the account books, other taxes are fine, but what attracts attention is the salt tax. Zhou Shuren stood up and said, "His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince, The minister went to get the account books of the first half of this year and the previous years when the salt tax was collected into the household department."

The account book of the Ministry of Accounts only has the amount, and the detailed account book of the salt tax is in the Salt Transport Department. The Huaizhou tax records the various taxes of the entire state, so there are not many records of the Huaizhou salt tax, and only a few amounts are mentioned.

Zhou Shuren quickly found out that this was the account book that sent the salt tax to the household department and recorded the amount. Every time the salt tax was collected, it was supervised by the inspector of the salt inspector.

Zhou Shuren flipped through it and compared the records of the two entrances to the household department in the first half of this year and last year, and quickly discovered the problem. The number was interesting. After taking a few more books from a few years ago, Zhou Shuren was speechless.

The prince thought to himself, it was really quick to find out, he could see the problem directly, it was in the Jianghuai area, the father had placed a lot of spies, and he had been in contact with it, so he knew, but Zhou Shuren found out just by looking at the numbers, the prince asked, " What did Master Zhou find?"

Zhou Shuren picked up a few booklets and wanted to put them on the Crown Prince's table, but unfortunately there was nowhere to put them, so he could only put them on a chair, and took out the account books recorded in the first half of this year, "His Royal Highness, look, this is the first half of this year. The amount of silver taels in the household."

Zhou Shuren picked up the books from the previous years, "His Royal Highness, these books are from the past few years. As you can see, the annual amounts are not much different. The biggest difference is only tens of thousands of taels. This is wrong."

The prince was really curious, "Why not?"

This account book is very simple, and when it is sent to the Ministry of Accounts, problems will not be found easily, not to mention that the Ministry of Accounts only records the amount.

Zhou Shuren counted the amount, "His Royal Highness, the imperial court has been in good weather for these years, and the people are recuperating, which means that the population has increased, and the life expectancy of the elderly has increased. In recent years, the children have grown up year by year, and the population who eats salt is also the same. More. Although I don’t know how much the population has increased in recent years, this amount should also increase every year, especially in the past two years, it should have increased significantly, not in the past five or six years.

The salt tax, the most important tax of the imperial court, changes between 10,000 and 20,000 taels, huh!

The prince took the account book, checked the amount in person, and asked the guard to get the account book recorded earlier. Soon, the guard moved back, and the prince looked at the past one by one, and his face was black.

Zhou Shuren twitched the corners of his mouth. This amount really didn't change much. If he made false accounts, he would definitely take into account the population, natural disasters, and the environment!

The prince is lucky. What does this mean? It means that more than ten years ago, there was a problem with the taxation of the Yanzheng administration. Even if people have been replaced all these years, the problem has not been solved at all. The emperor's efforts are very funny, the prince thought The person with problems around him stood up and motioned for the guards to put away the account book, "Master Zhou, Gu wants to enter the palace, Sir will enter the palace with Gu."

Zhou Shuren, "...Yes."

He was tired, the prince asked questions, he couldn't say nothing, if he didn't say anything, he seemed incompetent. After he said it, he was taken to the palace. Be careful if you don't do fake accounts!

Zhou Shuren said hello to Mr. Qiu first. Qiu Yan had noticed the movements of the prince and Zhou Shuren long ago. Now that he knew that he was going to enter the palace, he was worried. He was currently in charge of the Ministry of Households, so don't blame him if anything happened.

Qiu Yan's forehead was covered in sweat, "Master Zhou, can you reveal that this matter has something to do with the Ministry of Household?"

Zhou Shuren didn't want to scare Qiu Yan, and it's not easy for Mr. Qiu. These few days, Mr. Qiu didn't show much smile on his face, "It has nothing to do with the Ministry of Household."

Qiu extended a sigh of relief, scaring him to death, "It's okay, it's okay."

On the outskirts of the capital, there were three carriages in the Zhou Mansion, one for Zhulan and two daughters-in-law, and one for Deng Xiucai and Ming Yun. That’s right, not only Ming Yun came, but also Ming Teng and Ming Rui. , Zhulan couldn't resist the coquettish behavior of the little guys, and finally brought them out.

The last car was the old woman and the girl.

Of course, there were also a lot of servants following, and Shen Xing rode a horse and followed to one side.

When Zhulan left the capital, she felt very happy. She had a wide field of vision and different moods in the suburbs. Li and Zhao were also happy, and they seldom went out.

Li was sitting by the car window, "Mother, the crops in the field are growing really well."

Zhulan glanced at it, "Well, in a few days, it's time for my in-laws to send food to Beijing."

Li's heart is very happy, she will be able to see her parents' family soon. Her parents' family has been doing well over the years. Every time she sees a letter from her parents, her parents ask her to respect her in-laws Today, the Li family is all dependent on her husband's family.

Zhao Shi was also happy. She went out less often than her sister-in-law. It was rare that her mother-in-law was willing to take her out.

Soon they arrived at Zhuangzi. The servant went first. There were already stewards waiting. Zhulan got off the carriage and looked at the high wall outside Zhuangzi.

The steward said, "Please come in."

Zhulan stepped into the door first, and the steward introduced, "Our main house has only been built a few years ago. The front yard and the hospital are not included in the house. There are six small courtyards, two pavilions and two gardens. One is a garden and one is an orchard."

This yard is not small, the whole yard is about the size of two Zhoufu.

Zhulan took her two daughters-in-law around. The yard of the house is exquisitely built and the materials used are the best. Seeing that there are hot spring pools that drain water in each yard, Zhulan blinked, this house is not bought. , she would cry, and when she looked at the fruit garden again, Zhulan had only one word in her heart, buy it.

(End of this chapter)