Whether it is to support the army, local appropriations, water conservancy projects, relief to victims of disasters, etc., all need money.

For some poor dynasties, the annual tax revenue was only 200 million taels, and the others were all corrupted 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 is rich and prosperous, and it is impossible for the imperial court to only have tax revenue, as well as salt, iron, copper, tea, water transport and other imperial court franchise stores for profiteering.

However, these businesses are also controlled by officials, and corruption is a must.

But a corrupt official can embezzle 20 million taels of silver in 200 years, which is already an extremely terrifying figure. You must know that there are too many such corrupt officials in Dachuan.

Wang Fugui suddenly had the urge to kill all corrupt officials, landlords, and gentry in the world, and take back all the blood they sucked, so that he... ah no, the court will have money.

Liu Zhifu said with a bitter face,

"Your Highness, we have to spend the money we got greedily. Naturally, the money spent by the lower officials and their families is limited, but don't the upper and lower officials need to be filial?

The governor of Longchuan, officials of all sizes in the capital, and Pang De's family all need to be filial.

If I don't take care of it for a year, this black hat may not be able to keep.

What we both left behind is only a small part, and most of them are filial piety to others. "

"Well, it's no wonder that those officials in the capital are very rich, even though they don't have much money, it turns out that you are the ones who are showing filial piety.

You exploit the people, Beijing officials exploit you, what a food chain. "

Having said that, Wang Fugui slammed the table and cursed angrily,

"It is because of you moths that the people of Dachuan have no money, and the court of Dachuan 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 not the whole world.

If he dared to touch the jobs of the entire class, then the entire bureaucratic and landlord class would have to fight him desperately.

"Write down the list and amount of contributions you have made over the years."

"Your Highness, the villain has an account book, which records the people who have been filial over the years."

There was a hint of sarcasm on the corner of Liu Xin's mouth.

If he dares to give this thing, do you, the sixth prince, dare to accept it?

Do you dare to check?The involvement is too great. If you investigate, you will have to move too many people, and your status will not be guaranteed at that time.

"Where is it, bring it."

Wang Fugui said coldly.

Under the guard of the imperial army, Liu Xin took the ledger 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 the sixth prince to be so brave, he really dared to look.

Wang Fugui flipped through it quickly, and Chai Yuan and the eldest prince beside him also looked over curiously, but Wang Fugui closed the ledger with a snap, then handed it to Nian'an, saying,

"keep it."

Nian'an took the ledger and put it in the storage bag.

But when he thought about it again, it was wrong, how could he become his little brother again, obeying his advice.

So, slap, slapped the sixth prince on the head.

The sixth prince's expression was calm, he didn't even look at it, pretending that this incident didn't happen.

"Have you remembered everything?"

Wang Fugui looked at the scribe next to him who was taking notes.

"Report to Your Highness, remember everything."

"Okay, come here, let the two adults sign and draw a pledge, and then detain it, and escort it back to the capital for trial tomorrow."

"As ordered!"

Liu Xin and Pound were taken down.

Wang Fugui asked Zhao Tao to lead people to set off again, and went to Min'an County overnight to arrest Liu Biao, that is, Liu Xin's cousin.

There is a nest of snakes and rats, so we can't let them go.

After finishing the business, Wang Fugui looked at Zhao Long again and said,

"Have you figured it out? Are you sure you want to go to Yumen Pass with us?"

Zhao Long nodded immediately,

"Your Highness, it has always been the lifelong wish of a general to go into battle and kill the enemy. Please make it come true, Your Highness."

"You are gone, what about the elderly parents at home?"

"Your Highness, the last general still has two younger brothers. I'm not interested in letting them fight for the family property."

"Okay, you go back and rest, say goodbye to your parents, pack your luggage, and we will leave early tomorrow morning."

"Thank you Your Highness, the general will obey!"

Zhao Long happily took the order and went back.

Nian An walked up slowly, counting with her little finger,

"One million and two hundred and twenty thousand silver, if it is distributed to me, there will be 51, and Yumenguan has fifty thousand Yue family troops, which happens to be ten taels of silver per person.

The food can also be divided among them, Han Yun said that they will not have enough to eat and not warm..."

"Ten taels of silver is a lot. Their monthly military pay is only five hundred Wen, and ten taels of silver is enough to cover two years' income."

Wang Fugui smiled.

For an ordinary person, a family can earn two or three taels of silver every month. Of course, this refers to a household, not an individual.

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, it is not the case. Many ordinary households have only one labor force. They have a lot of food and expenses every month. It is difficult to save any money. I can't even eat enough.

Among the expenses, the biggest item is food, and the labor force eats the most, and they don't have enough food to work.

But for the soldiers, there is actually no place to spend money. The army manages food and housing, and the clothes are military uniforms, so you don’t have to buy them yourself. When you encounter a war and kill the enemy for meritorious service, there are additional rewards. These money can be sent home. use.

The overhead is not huge.

The matter is over, and everyone went back to the post house to rest.

The money, food and supplies in the square are naturally guarded by the imperial guards in turn, and no one who is not open-eyed dares to take those things.

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 did I suffer this kind of hardship?

As soon as he thought of this, Wang Fugui wanted to quickly let Han Yun 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, the three prisoners had all been brought out and were being detained in the prison car.

One of them was the county magistrate of Min'an who was arrested overnight.

At that time, the county magistrate of Min'an was working hard and sowing seeds on the concubine he had just bought, when Zhao Tao, who arrived suddenly, threw him out of the house with his collar in hand.

As for the people in the county government you said, no matter how many people there are, would you dare to move the prince's guards?

After the bewildered magistrate of Min'an came to the government office, he saw his brother and cried when his relatives saw each other.

They were escorted into prison carts, and the imperial guards drove their horses and escorted food, grass, gold and silver to the outside of the city.

Along the way, countless people applauded and smashed the two dog officials with stones and dirt.

As for the rotten vegetables with leaves and rotten eggs in TV dramas, they don’t exist. It would be nice to keep them for feeding pigs, but what a waste to feed dogs.

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