Whether it is to support the army, local allocations, water conservancy projects, relief to victims, etc., it all costs money.
Some poor dynasties only had one or two million taels of tax revenue a year, and others were embezzled by corrupt officials. The more land they annexed, the less land they had to pay taxes to the court, so the country became poorer and poorer.
Of course, Dachuan was prosperous, and the court could not only have tax revenue, but also had huge profits from salt, iron, copper, tea, water transportation and other special shops of the court.
However, these businesses are also controlled by officials, and corruption is not uncommon among them.
But a corrupt official can embezzle two million taels of silver in twenty years, which is already an extremely terrifying figure. You must know that there are really too many such corrupt officials in Dachuan.
Wang Fugui suddenly had an urge to kill all the corrupt officials, landlords, and wealthy gentry in the world, and take back all the blood they sucked, so that he... ah no, the court would be rich.
Magistrate Liu said with a bitter face,
"Your Highness, the money we have stolen has to be spent. The amount of money spent by the official family alone is naturally limited, but don't the officials above and below need to be filial?
The Governor of Longchuan, officials of all sizes in the capital, and Pound's family all need to be filial.
If I don't take care of it for a year, I might not be able to keep my hat.
The two of us only left a small amount for ourselves, most of it was given as filial piety to others."
"Well, no wonder those officials in the capital are extremely rich even though they don't have much money. It turns out that you are the ones paying filial piety.
You exploit the people, and the imperial officials exploit you, what a great food chain.”
Having said this, Wang Fugui slammed the table and cursed angrily,
"It is precisely because of you morons that the people of Dachuan have no money, and the Dachuan court has no money. Where did the money go? It was all fed to you greedy scum!"
After scolding, Wang Fugui sighed helplessly. He knew that he could not change anything. He could punish corrupt officials in one place, but he could not punish the whole world.
If he dares to touch the jobs of the entire class, then the entire bureaucratic and landlord class will have to fight against him.
"Write down all the names and amounts of your filial piety over the years."
"Your Highness, I have a ledger, which records the people who have been filial to me over the years."
Liu Xin had a trace of sarcasm on his lips.
If he dares to give this thing, do you, the Sixth Prince, dare to accept it?
Do you dare to investigate if you accept it? It involves too much. If you investigate, you will have to involve too many people, and your status will not be guaranteed by then.
"Where is it, bring it."
Wang Fugui said coldly.
Under the custody of the Forbidden Army, Liu Xin took the account book and handed it to Wang Fugui.
Wang Fugui opened it and looked through it.
Liu Xin looked at him in surprise. He didn't expect that the sixth prince was so brave and really dared to look at him.
Wang Fugui flipped through the books quickly. Chai Yuan and the eldest prince beside him also looked over curiously, only to see Wang Fugui snapping the account book shut, and then handed it to Nian An and said,
"keep it."
Nian An took the account book and put it in the storage bag.
But then I thought about it, it was wrong, how could I become his little brother again, obeying his words?
So, bang, slapped the sixth prince on the head.
The sixth prince looked calm and did not even look at it, pretending that this incident had not happened.
"Did you remember everything?"
Wang Fugui looked at the clerk next to him who was taking notes.
"I'll report back to Your Highness. I've remembered everything."
"Okay, come here, let the two adults sign and sign the bond, then take it away and take it back to the capital for trial tomorrow."
"As you command!"
Liu Xin and Pang De were taken down.
Wang Fugui asked Zhao Tao to lead people to Min'an County overnight to arrest Liu Biao, who was Liu Xin's cousin.
A nest of snakes and rats cannot be let go.
After finishing the business, Wang Fugui looked at Zhao Long again and said,
"Have you thought about it? Are you sure you want to go to Yumen Pass with us?"
Zhao Long nodded immediately,
"Your Highness, it has always been the general's lifelong wish to go into battle and kill the enemy. Please fulfill it, Your Highness."
"What will happen to your elderly parents at home if you leave?"
"Your Highness, the general has two younger brothers. Let them fight for the family property by themselves. I am not interested."
"Okay, you can go back and have a rest. Say goodbye to your parents and pack your luggage. We will set off early tomorrow morning."
"Thank you, Your Highness, I will obey your orders!"
Zhao Long happily accepted the order and went back.
Nian An walked up slowly, clasped his little fingers and said,
"If you allocate one million and two thousand silver to me, you will get 510,000. There are 50,000 Yue family troops at Yumen Pass, which is exactly 10 taels of silver per person.
These grains can also be divided among them. Han Yun said that they will not have enough to eat or keep warm..."
"Ten taels of silver is a lot. Their monthly military pay is only five hundred cents. Ten taels of silver is enough to cover two years' income."
Wang Fugui smiled.
An ordinary citizen can earn two to three taels of silver per month for his family. Of course, this refers to one household, not one person.
Looking at it this way, it seems that the income of a soldier is not as good as that of an ordinary person. In fact, this is not the case. Many ordinary people's families only have one labor force, and they have a lot of food and expenses every month. It is difficult to save any money. When the years are bad, even
I can't even eat enough.
Among the expenses, the largest item is food, and the labor force eats the most. If they don't have enough to eat, they won't have the energy to work.
But for soldiers, there is actually no place to spend money. The army takes care of food and housing, and the clothes are military uniforms, so you don’t have to buy them yourself. If you kill the enemy in battle and perform meritorious service, there are additional rewards. The money can be sent home.
use.
The overhead is not large.
The matter was over, and everyone went back to the posthouse to rest.
The money, food and materials in the square are naturally guarded by the imperial guards in turns, and no one dares to attack those things blindly.
Early the next morning, Wang Fugui and others got up again and left the comfortable bed. Wang Fugui knew that he would sleep on the sand again.
Alas, my majestic prince, when have I ever suffered like this?
When he thought of this, Wang Fugui thought about asking Han Yun to build a teleportation array in the capital, so that he would not have to travel long distances when he came back in the future.
Everyone packed their bags and came to the government office. At this time, all three prisoners had been taken out and were being taken to the prison car.
One of them was the magistrate of Min'an County who was arrested overnight.
At that time, the Min'an County Magistrate was working hard on the concubine he had just bought and was sowing seeds when he was thrown out of the house by Zhao Tao, who suddenly arrived by his collar.
As for the people in the county government, no matter how many there are, would they dare to touch the prince's bodyguard?
The bewildered Magistrate of Min'an County came to the government office and saw his brother. His relatives shed tears when they saw each other.
They were put into prison carts, and the imperial army drove horses and escorted grain, grass, gold and silver out of the city.
Along the way, countless people clapped their hands and cheered, and started throwing stones and dirt at the two dog officials.
As for the rotten vegetables, leaves and rotten eggs in the TV series, they don’t exist. It would be great to keep these things to feed pigs, but it would be a waste to feed them to dogs.