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 of various places, and turned his head to look at the guards who were still moving the account books. At present, it seems that the prince will not be able to 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 crown prince?

It's all because the prince said at the beginning that he needed someone to explain, Master Qiu immediately pushed him out, sighing faintly, and 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 he would cheat himself in the end, um, It's just so narcissistic.

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

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

The prince curled his lips, "I don't think so, I still need to be in good health before I can do more things."

Zhou Shuren, "..."

This is no longer a hint, it's an explicit statement, bah, whoever wants to do more things, he doesn't want to be a cow to the royal family, it's scary to think about it if he can die from exhaustion!

The crown prince picked up a tax book, "This is the tax revenue of Huaizhou last year, Mr. Zhou will also read it."

Zhou Shuren was very familiar with Huaizhou when he heard that Zhao Bo was in Huaizhou. He and Zhao Bo had a lot of correspondence. I really don't have time to look at the tax collection everywhere.

Zhou Shuren took it over, thinking about Huaizhou in his mind, Huaizhou is a surplus state among several upper states, looking through the account books, other taxes are all right, what attracts attention is the salt tax, Zhou Shuren stood up, "His Royal Highness, I'm going to get the account books of the first half of this year and the past few years from the salt tax entry department."

The account books of the Ministry of Accounts only have the amount, and the detailed account books of the salt tax are all in the Salt Transportation Department. The Huaizhou tax records all the 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 recorded the amount of the salt tax transfer department. Every time the salt tax was collected, it was collected under the supervision of the patrol salt censor, and the detailed accounts were supervised by someone.

Zhou Shuren flipped through it, and compared the records of the household registration department in the first half of this year and last year, he quickly discovered the problem. The number is interesting, and he took a few more books from a few years ago, and Zhou Shuren was speechless.

The prince thought, he discovered it really quickly, he could see the problem directly, it was in the Jianghuai area, the father planted a lot of spies, he had contact with it, so he knew,

But Zhou Shuren discovered it just by looking at the numbers, and the prince asked, "What did Mr. Zhou discover?"

Zhou Shuren picked up a few books and wanted to put them on the prince's desk, but unfortunately there was no place 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 department."

Zhou Shuren picked up the previous few years again, "His Royal Highness, these books are the amount of the past few years. You can see that there is not much difference in the amount every year. The biggest difference is only tens of thousands of taels. This is not right."

The prince was really curious, "Why not?"

This account book is very simple. If it is sent to the household department, it will not be easy to find out the problem, not to mention that the household department only records the amount.

Zhou Shuren counted the amount, "His Royal Highness, the court has been in good weather 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. Too much. Although I don't know how much the population has increased in the past few years, the amount should increase every year, especially in the last two years, it should have increased significantly, not that the changes in the past five or six years have not been obvious."

Salt tax, the most important tax of the imperial court, a change of 10,000 to 20,000 taels, ha ha!

The prince took the account books, checked the amount himself, and asked the guards to get the account books that had been recorded earlier. Soon, the guards moved back, and the prince looked over one by one, his face darkened.

The corner of Zhou Shuren's mouth twitched. The amount really didn't change much. If he made false accounts, he would definitely take population, natural disasters, environment, etc. into account!

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. The person with problems around him stood up and signaled the guards to put away the account book, "Master Zhou, I want to enter the palace alone, and my lord will enter the palace with Gu."

Zhou Shuren, "...Yes."

He was tired, when the crown prince questioned him, he couldn't say nothing, because if he didn't say anything, he would look incompetent, and if he said it, he was taken to the palace again. If you don't make false accounts, you should be more careful!

Zhou Shuren said hello to Mr. Qiu first. Qiu Yan had noticed the movement of the prince and Zhou Shuren a long time ago. Now that he knew that he was going to enter the palace, he was very upset. He is currently in charge of the household department, so don't blame him for any accident.

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

Zhou Shuren didn't want to scare Qiu Yan, and Mr. Qiu is not easy. These days, Mr. Qiu doesn't have much smile on his face, "It has nothing to do with the Ministry of Household Affairs."

Qiu Yanchang let out a breath, scaring him to death, "It's fine, it's fine."

On the outskirts of the capital, there are three carriages in the Zhou Mansion, one for Zhulan and her two daughters-in-law, one for Deng Xiucai and Mingyun, yes, not only Mingyun, but also Mingteng and Mingrui , Zhulan couldn't resist the coquettish behavior of a few little guys, and finally brought them all out.

In the last car sat the woman and the girl.

Of course, there were quite a few servants following, and Shen Xing rode on a horse to follow.

When Zhulan came out of Beijing, she felt very happy in her heart. The field of vision in the suburbs was wide open, and her mood was different. Mrs. Li and Mrs. Zhao were also happy, and they seldom went out.

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

Zhulan took a look, "Well, in a few days, it's time for the in-laws to send food to Beijing."

Mrs. Li is very happy. She will be able to see her natal family soon. Her natal family has been doing very well these years. Every time she sees a letter from her parents, her parents ask her to honor her in-laws. Rely on the in-laws.

Mrs. Zhao is also happy, she seldom goes out compared to her sister-in-law, it is rare that her mother-in-law is willing to take her out, the corners of her mouth are turned up, she used to think a lot, and her life was not comfortable, but now she is very comfortable, with smiles in her eyes.

Soon they arrived at Zhuangzi, the servant went first, there were already stewards waiting, Zhulan got off the carriage, looked at the high wall outside the Zhuangzi, it was really high, looked at the area surrounded by the wall, this Zhuangzi was really not small.

The steward said, "Please come inside."

Zhulan stepped into the gate first, and the steward introduced, "Our master's house has just been built a few years ago. There are six small courtyards, two pavilions, and two gardens inside the house. One is a garden and the other is an orchard."

This courtyard is not small, and the entire courtyard is nearly the size of two Zhou residences.

Zhulan brought her two daughters-in-law around. The courtyards of the house were all exquisitely built with the best materials. Look at the hot spring pools in each courtyard. Zhulan blinked. This house is not for sale. , she would cry, and then looked at the orchard, Zhulan only had one word in her heart, buy.