Faced with Hou Ruliang's problem, Wang Bengu looked confused and shook his head after a while.

There was indeed no account check. On the one hand, there was no trustworthy man in Wang Bengu's hands, and on the other hand, Tang Shunzhi was walking too fast, so Wang Bengu was in a hurry to take over.

In fact, since Tang Shun's Jiao Quan left Zhenhai, Wang Bengu had only two paths to go, either taking a step back and making plans or further... he might not be able to succeed, but no matter whether he succeeds or fails, whether he advances or retreats, he will inevitably be criticized by thousands of people.

Whether you can have a way to live depends on Suiyuan's attitude.

Faced with the accusation of Mr. Zhang with a pale face, the household clerk who rushed over hurriedly spread his hands aggrievedly: "The first time I submitted the account book to Beijing in early March every year, and the tax-release bank will set off before March 15th, and the household clerk will start to organize the account book from February 15th..."

Speaking of this, the official shouted to the back: "Isn't it okay?"

"Okay, okay." A kind-hearted middle-aged man handed over the account book with a smile. "This is the tax and silver account since September last year and February this year, but it has not been summarized yet..."

Master Zhang snorted coldly. This guy didn't have this attitude just now. He was very arrogant and he was just about to drive him away.

He was too lazy to care about it, so he snatched the account book, took the abacus and started to calculate it. After only a few glances, Master Zhang's scalp became numb.

It is hard to say about the three governments of Ning Shaotai and the Ministry of Revenue, but the accounts related to tax and bank use Arabic numerals and the accounting method is also quite different from this era. This is caused by Qian Yuan's constant teachings over the years... Tang Shunzhi also made contributions, almost driving Qian Yuan to class with a whip.

Faced with such accounts, although Mr. Zhang is good at arithmetic and is better at digging abacus, he has nowhere to start for a while.

Wang Bengu had not noticed the abnormality yet and asked in a low voice: "The Ministry of Revenue ordered Ningbo to submit the account book every three months and escort the tax bank to Beijing. How could he have a six-month account?"

The official smiled relaxedly and said, "In September, October, and November, you will have to wait for December before sending the accounts to Beijing. Then you will release the tax bank to Beijing. It will be almost the Chinese New Year when you arrive in Beijing. Whether it is the Ministry of Revenue or the Taicang warehouse... If you understand, you will be released to the yamen."

Hou Ruliang couldn't help asking, "Ministry of Revenue allowed?"

"That's natural, the Grand Secretary's farmer replied to Longquan Gong in person." The official's face was flat, "But that's the end of the 38th year of Jiajing."

Wang Bengu was not very proficient in these things, but Hou Ruliang was an expert and asked softly: "Who was the account statistics?"

"Everyone is in charge of affairs, government offices, county office officials, and finally the government offices are in total." The official said indifferently: "If it is Lord Zhongcheng, the Imperial Master Wang has objections, and the people will be allowed to check it in every place... At that time, Duke Longquan cut down six heads in the government office and county offices. Now, who dares to cheat?"

Hou Ruliang nodded. He was also very clear about this matter. Qian Zhancai was very strict in managing officials in the business process. In the words of Sun Wen and from Beijing, it was a high salary to support the honest... It is hard to say how long it could be maintained, but at least before that, Suiyuan controlled Zhenhai and Tang Shunzhi were the ones, so there was little chance of problems.

"It will take some time for Mr. Zhang to check the accounts, and his subordinates will take the leave first."

Wang Bengu nodded and waved his hand to let the officer go out, turned to look at Master Zhang, "How?"

Master Zhang groaned, "It's all new accounting books, for a while..."

Wang Bengu was speechless. He looked so serious that he couldn't even understand the accounts?

However, when Wang Bengu stepped forward a few steps, he didn't say anything. He couldn't understand either. After thinking about it, he turned around and went out to summon him to follow him.

A quarter of an hour later, a middle-aged businessman entered the house under the guidance of his followers, and after saluting, he began to flip through the account book silently.

"First check the accounts in February and summarize the amount of tax silver." Wang Bengu explained before saying to Hou Ruliang: "This person has been doing business in Zhenhai for many years. He is Hu Kerou's uncle Hu Xiaoxing, who is proficient in accounts."

Hou Ruliang nodded slightly. He knew that Hu Yingjia was a Jinshi in Jiajing for 35 years and was now transferred to the Ministry of Revenue. When he was still in the sixth department, he went south to check the sweet potato incident. He had a very quarrel with the people in Suiyuan. It was rumored that Qian Zhan was so angry that he vomited blood.

In Zhejiang, there are not many people who can trust Wang Bengu. Hou Ruliang, Dong Yikui, and Hu Yingjia are all under Xu Jie's disciples, and in his opinion they are all accomplices.

Hu Xiaoxing went to Zhenhai in the 36th year of Jiajing. It has been four years since he was now. He is very familiar with Arabic numerals and the new accounting method. He did not need to make abacus, but only drew on paper. He stood up and said, "Mr. Zhongcheng, Mr. Panshi, February taxes of 76,000 taels."

The reason why we checked the tax silver in February was because Wang Bengu was afraid that he would seize power by himself, and he temporarily blocked Yongjiang, delaying the tax silver income, which led to flaws.

"Seventy-six thousand taels?" Wang Bengu blinked, he was not sure whether it was more or less.

Hou Ruliang immediately whispered: "Let the household house summarize the accounts of last year and the previous year!"

The other side of the household was very cooperative. The official came over with the account book himself, flipped through the line of numbers, "81,000, that is, 81,000 taels."

"It's 5,000 taels apart..." Wang Bengu thought about it. He ordered that the fleet that had already paid the tax silver go out to sea immediately. There were still many ships reporting that the valuation had not been checked yet. For example, the fleet formed by the Zhou family, the Zhu family and the Tao family should pay 3,200 taels of silver.

If you calculate this way, it should be almost the same.

Wang Bengu was very calm and said with a smile: "I am in office and Xiao Gui Cao is following me. I dare not surpass Jingchuan Duke, but it is not too far."

Hou Ruliang was still a little worried, "Where is the first month of the year?"

Hu Xiaoxing's side has already counted, "The tax on the first month of the tax is 23,000 taels."

The official turned a page and said, "The tax on the tax in the first month of last year is 25,000 taels."

This time the gap is even smaller, only two thousand taels.

Wang Bengu was even more relieved. Generally speaking, there were few sea boats going to sea to sell goods in the first month.

Master Zhang leaned over and looked at Hu Xiaoxing's statistics, "Is it 119,000 taels last December?"

The official moved another account book and licked his fingers and opened it, "The tax silver in December of the 38th year of Jiajing happened to be an integer, 120,000 taels."

Well, the gap is getting smaller and smaller, only one thousand taels away.

Wang Bengu and Hou Ruliang both breathed a sigh of relief. In the three months, the total was 8,000 taels of silver less than the same period last year, but the overall change was not large.

The biggest gap was in February, and I went to Hangzhou to take office in Zhejiang in the first month of the year, and immediately had a fight with Suiyuan and Zhenhai... But even so, the tax and silver tax valuation that will be reported will be collected tomorrow.

Of course, Sun Ying's 32,000 taels of silver will not be able to escape... unless the Dong family's money is exempted.

After thinking about it, Master Zhang was worried about asking: "All the taxes and silvers are in the treasury?"

"Everything is in the library, it's OK whenever you check it."

Wang Bengu was completely relieved and thought to himself that Hou Ruliang was really fussy and insisted on checking the accounts.
Chapter completed!