In the former world, Erya often heard a sentence of laughter among colleagues, saying: hooligans are not terrible, but they are afraid that hooligans are educated!

The current Er Yate can understand the helplessness of this sentence. No matter how fierce these robbers are, they are afraid that in addition to their fierceness, they also have high-IQ brains. And this time they were unlucky enough to encounter this one.

I originally thought that in these few days, the man would definitely take action, but he coped nervously for several days without any movement. They sat together again, wondering if the woman had been tricked by the old beggar. However, it is not possible to think about it! It seems that the man is also a tolerant and quite cerebral bandit.

If you think about it, they can't be reckless bandits, otherwise they would have been recognized for decades.

Every year, they are optimistic about others and step on good points, and when they get the news and the people of Xijiang cross the border to rob again, they also put on the clothes of the people of Xijiang and ride horses, pretending to be people from Xijiang to rob. Of course, after a long time, some people will see that something is wrong, and this will gradually spread the word that there are bandits and robbers on their hills. But the Yan family is even more cunning, hidden among the ordinary people, and has not been recognized, fierceness is one thing, and their intelligence and endurance are the main reasons.

In the face of such an opponent, they thought that they couldn't put all their energy into comparing endurance and waiting with others, and they had to do other things in order. When the people from their hometown come, and then allocate a part of the manpower to deal with this matter, Erya and Xiaohu can completely get rid of their hands and go to Qujiaao, and start to move the matter of clearing and farming.

It's still hot, though. It's not very far from winter. I had thought about sending cotton skins and cloth for making cotton clothes to the people of Qujiaao, but I had to buy them as soon as possible and arrange for someone to send them over. lest you forget too many things.

Those who should go out to do errands go out normally, and those who should be busy at home are busy. Xiaolong took four helpers to hand over affairs with the old prefect, in fact, there was no need to make it so solemn with Xiaolong's previous thoughts.

The functional system of the government of the Damin Dynasty can be said to be relatively sound, and it is divided into six departments, also called small six rooms.

One is the officer's room; Mainly responsible for attendance, worry, recovery and other matters in the department.

the second is the house; It is mainly responsible for household registration management, grain collection and tax payment, disaster relief and famine relief.

the third is the ceremonial room; It is mainly responsible for government-run or privately-run colleges, as well as imperial examinations, education, performances, festivals, rituals, sacrifices, etc.

the fourth is the barracks; It is mainly responsible for government soldiers, public security, arrest of criminals and conscription.

fifth, the torture room; Mainly responsible for various criminal cases. Archival records, interrogation records, proposed case records (official documents), and sentencing.

six for the workshop; It is mainly responsible for the construction, repair, and maintenance of various projects.

Because with this small six rooms, everything is covered, as long as they say that there is nothing to do, there are basically no remaining problems to be handed over here in the new and old prefects.

However, when Xiaolong saw a thick pile of tax account books and yamen expenditure account books in the yamen lobby. I know that the matter is quite big, but I am afraid that it will not be clear for a while.

Xiaolong and his left and right hand accounting knowledge are all double-entry bookkeeping taught by Erya in later generations, as well as quick calculations of many skills such as abacus formulas and multiplication formulas. Therefore, on the one hand, the yamen account office tried its best to curry favor with the new prefect, and on the other hand, in the bottom of his heart, he wanted to see the jokes of the new prefect and his entourage.

I saw that the first thing the new prefect did was not to pick up the account book and settle the accounts with an abacus. Instead, they carefully and carefully transcribed the ledger with the ledger they carried. And two very different ledgers of income and expenditure are transcribed on a single ledger according to dates, and some are even placed on the same page. Because the new prefect didn't ask these bookkeepers to help, they also followed the old prefect to watch.

After the new prefect had completed the account books of three or four years in two days, they began to twitch. I thought that this new prefect and his subordinates, even if the transcription was fast, the settlement of accounts would not be fast. Who knew that they were faster in settling accounts, turning over the accounts in one hand and planning with a pen in the other. Fingers flew as if they were swirling rapidly on an abacus, and a ledger was finished in a crackling abacus in a flash. A few people crackled down. It only took an hour. They watched with their mouths open, only to knock their long-standing reliance to the bottom.

However, after calculating the account, Xiaolong's eyes cramped, this is a deficit of more than 100,000 taels of silver! Although most of the expenditure items set up above are disasters caused by various reasons such as snowstorms, droughts, mountain collapses, and robbery by people in western Xinjiang, and the appropriate subsidies given by the government are very legitimate, but he can't hold back this matter, after all, it is not the silver taels that he took out with his own hands.

"Lord Shen! That's a big deficit! After so many years of tax payment, the household department has never urged it? "Xiaolong always feels that this thing is a bit incredible, the household department is now rich to this point? Can you do without so many of the following taxes?

The old prefect shook his head helplessly, "Why haven't you urged?!" At the end of the year, he urged it, but every time the old man went up to ask the court to pull out the disaster relief money, it was not in place every year, and only let the old man take the tax money and use it first. What can the old man do? You can't just watch those people die without food, clothing, or shelter, right? Originally, I wanted to wait for the disaster relief money above to come down, so I would cancel these accounts, but who knew that the Holy Lord would suddenly appoint you, Lord Wang, over! ”

The old prefect couldn't help but be full of anger when he said this, although this was a place of exile for criminals, most of them were good citizens. But the imperial court regarded this place as an abandoned place, and didn't care. If he asks for money and food when he is affected by disasters elsewhere, he will give it immediately, and he will ask for something here as if he is digging human flesh, and he will be held accountable every year and will not give it every year. Although it is true that disasters here are too frequent, this is not what I want, when natural and man-made disasters are coming, who can stop them?!

Xiaolong probably can also understand the reason why the old prefect must hand over this matter to him face-to-face, such a big deficit, I am afraid that no one in the small sixth room dares to take on this matter. Although there is a bit of blood in his bones, Anzi's letter is very clear, don't take the initiative to take care of things, if people ask you, you can't accept it, you can't give others hope, you can't help, but you will be hated. Therefore, it is impossible for him to offer to help bear this burden.

So, he asked hesitantly, "Then how does Lord Shen plan to explain this deficit to the above?" After all, this will affect your next dispatch! ”

The old prefect got Xiaolong's question, and suddenly became embarrassed. Originally, if He Tongzhi was willing to help take this matter down, he would go back to the capital to report on his work first, and there was no need to mention this matter, and then there would be a teacher in the capital to help him go around, and he would be able to send a new official position as soon as possible. When the matter here comes to the top, he is afraid that he will already take office, and he will not be able to pursue anything. It's a pity that He Tongzhi is unwilling to take over this empty account book, and he can't erase it for a while, so he has to hand it over to the new prefect truthfully. But once this matter is in the hands of the new prefect, it must be reported to the top. In this way, it is difficult to say whether he will be appealed, and whether he will be able to get the opportunity to be dispatched.

"This"

Xiaolong saw that the old prefect looked a little overwhelmed, but he didn't look for that one to buy. As if he couldn't understand it, he said, "Lord Shen! What I can help you with is to allow you to copy these account books, and you take them to the household department to write off the accounts, and then offset them one by one with the disaster relief money promised to you. This official will truthfully report the tax deficit and will never deceive you! ”

The old prefect was anxious, he didn't want this, he wanted to ask the new prefect to pretend to be vague, don't report it for the time being, and report it after he has a new official position. After all, as long as it is not a big problem, new officials will generally not be removed casually. In that way, when he has achieved results in his new position, he will be able to offset this time. If you report it in advance, who knows what the outcome will be? However, how can this be said to move the prefect to help? I thought this was a child, so foolish, but now it seems that he is a little fox, a good person has done it, but he doesn't have anything to do.

In Xiaolong's opinion, if this deficit is really all used on the victims, the old prefect can confidently find the household department to write off the account, and at this time he is so entangled and unspeakable, but it makes Xiaolong suspect that there is something wrong with it. However, he was only the new prefect who took over, not the governor who inspected on behalf of the emperor, so he would not take it to heart even if he had any doubts. He only needs to figure out the accounts since he took office, and even if someone wants to plant the previous accounts on his head, it must be someone other than the Wang family's account office who can make such an account book like himself. Don't underestimate this account book, even the old account room here for many years, I haven't understood what is going on after reading it for a long time!

The new and old prefects each have their own thoughts that cannot be expressed, and it is difficult to say them. The old prefect did not dare to say his thoughts to the new prefect, which was somewhat suspected of shirking responsibility. If the new prefect reports late, the higher authorities will blame it, and maybe the new prefect will be held responsible. Or when encountering a vicious one, the old prefect insists that he has made it clear, and he will not lose money or empty, and then make out individual account books, which is the suspicion that the new prefect falsely accused his predecessor. Who knows who has a grudge against whom?!

This matter is so deadlocked, of course, this can only be the old prefect's embarrassment, but the new prefect is to report all the accounts truthfully step by step, and let several people in the household sign their names, even the old prefect can't help but sign. It's not that Xiaolong is ruthless and doesn't give the old prefect a buffer. It's that if you don't understand the things in this official mansion clearly, it will be a disaster in the end. Especially in terms of money, it is even more taboo, and the brothers of the same mother and compatriots still have this opposite purpose, not to mention the old prefect who has no friendship with him! Who knows when he'll stab him again when he's helping him carry it now? (To be continued.) )