By mid-June, the weather in the capital was even hotter, and the cries of cicadas were at their peak.

In the face of this kind of weather that can cook people, the families of those dignitaries have gone to live in the houses of Shichahai, or to the houses outside Beijing to escape the heat.

It's just that unlike the adults who dared to build a luxurious mansion in the southwest corner of Shichahai, most of the officials in this era were low-key, and the officials' mansions were basically located in Da and Xiao Yongfang in a regular manner.

As the temperature continues to rise, local officials have also sent "Bingjing" silver, which really helped some bigwigs in the court drive away a lot of heat.

Maybe the days are more comfortable, or maybe the weather is too hot, although there is no shortage of fighting in the officialdom of the capital, but this time is still relatively calm.

Among the six departments, except for the household department, there are 13 divisions, and the remaining five departments are all under the 4 divisions. Among the six departments in Nanjing, only the Nanjing household department can really master some practices.

It is not that the status of the household department is higher than that of the other five departments, but because the household department is indeed the busiest yamen in the world, and it already has to deal directly with the thirteen provinces of Beijing.

Since the summer grain tax has been in full swing, and millions of stone of tax grain have been flowing north from the Grand Canal in Beijing, the household department has also begun to be busy with these things.

Along the way from the prefect of Leizhou, the prefect of Guangzhou to the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, Lin Haoran has always been complacent about his work efficiency, but now he has been slightly traumatized.

If he had a choice, no matter how strong his work ability was, he would like to be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites at the beginning, rather than the most cumbersome of the affairs of the household.

Household Yamen, Council Hall.

Lin Haoran, who was wearing a second-grade crimson official, grew a decent beard, and his whole person became more and more dignified, sitting in the hall drinking tea while listening to the work report of the Thirteen Shiro.

"Zhejiang silk 140,000 horses, this is a fixed amount, the same as in previous years!"

"There are 56,000 horses of silk in Shandong, which is a fixed amount, which is the same as in previous years!"

"Guangxi's summer grain harvest today is 510,000 stones, a slight increase over previous years!"

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The thirteen Lang Zhong have gradually become accustomed to Lin Haoran's style of doing things, and each time the discussion is simple and effective, and they will report the data and situation in their hands here in turn.

In the corner, there were several members of the main hall of the household, who were also struggling to write books, recording some important contents, and Lin Haoran often looked through them afterwards.

It's about a cup of tea, and the thirteen Langzhong have already finished reporting.

Lin Haoran nodded slightly, but asked Liu Yao in Shanxi Shilangzhong: "Liu Langzhong, can last year's military salary in Jiubian have a result?" ”

Although the 13 Divisions of the Ministry of Household correspond to the affairs of the 13 provinces, the affairs of each province are more or less important, and the departments such as the Yunnan Division will be responsible for matters such as tea and salt.

For some national financial problems, or the total expenditure of the nine-sided military salary, it can be handed over to any department to deal with.

"Returning to the main hall, our Shanxi Division has already counted the results: in the forty-third year of Jiajing, the household department has distributed the salaries and miscellaneous expenses of the main and guest soldiers of the nine sides, totaling 3.63 million taels!" Liu Yao, a member of Shanxi Shilang, already knew how to cooperate with Lin Haoran, and had already stared at the completion of the problem that Lin Haoran had explained, and responded unhurriedly at this moment.

"How can there be so many? Are there really so many? ”

"Why can't there be so many? In the past, we didn't count, it was a confused life! ”

"My good man, no wonder we always have no money in Taicang, who can afford such a large amount of expenditure?"

"It's not ambiguous at all that they eat military salaries on the nine sides, but before they arrived in Liaodong two months ago, they were so anxious that they called Shi Huashan back to be a shrunken turtle!"

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When the other twelve Lang heard this astonishing data, although they had already prepared in their hearts, they were still secretly dumbfounded, and they couldn't help but talk one after another.

Cough......

Facing this noisy scene, Lin Haoran couldn't help but cough lightly with a calm face.

After hearing this voice, everyone obediently stopped talking, knowing that the current Lord Zhengtang pays great attention to efficiency, so he refocused his attention on Lin Haoran.

Lin Haoran took a sip of tea, and asked in a deep voice: "Let's talk about what expenses our household department has recently had?" ”

Several Lang Zhong exchanged glances, and Qian Zhongyue of Shandong Lang Si said: "Lei Xuan and Yu Xuan are going to start construction at the end of this month, and the Ministry of Industry has already sent people to urge them to ask for 120,000 taels of project silver!" ”

Lin Haoran was quite helpless about the project designated by the emperor, and continued to ask in a deep voice with a teacup: "Is there anything else?" ”

Liu Yao of Shanxi Division found that a few people looked over, so he had to report stubbornly: "The latest military salary at the moment is: Xuanfu, Datong and the three towns of Shanxi should be paid military salaries at the beginning of next month, totaling 177,500 taels of silver!" ”

Lin Haoran lightly splashed the tea stalk with the tea lid, and still asked with a calm face: "Is there anything else?" ”

"Lord Zhengtang, the emperor has just issued an order to the household department, ordering our household department to transfer 100,000 taels into the inner treasury for the use of the palace!" Yang Futian, the new director of the Yunnan Division, found that several colleagues were looking at him, so he had no choice but to report hard.

Lin Haoran was drinking tea, and when he heard this, he almost squirted out of the tea with blood.

His proposal of Diao Min's register and the change of grain to silver is undoubtedly a measure that can increase tax revenue, but the emperor and the first assistant ignored him, and the matter has dragged on to this day.

It's good now, it's not ambiguous at all to ask for silver, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he directly asked for 100,000 taels, and he dared to turn the household into his ATM.

As for later generations saying that Xu Jie is more virtuous than Yan Song, this is simply the biggest joke.

Not to mention that he didn't stop Jiajing too much, the Xianling Qi'en Hall needed 730,000 taels of repair, and the eight achievements were made by him Xu Huating. Over the years, the building of the Xingxiu Taoist family has not been less than that of the Yan Song period, and the palace of Yingtianfu has not stopped, and the silver has not been spent. Beans Literature Network

The amount of silver in Shuncheonfu is higher than the regular tax, which is not accidental, but an inevitability. According to the emperor's unrestrained spending now, if there were no miscellaneous taxes to fill it, he would not be able to do these things at all.

Lin Haoran complained in his heart, but quickly calmed down his bad mood, met the worried eyes of Zhonglangzhong, and asked Zhao Ziquan of Henan Shilangzhong, who was also in charge of Taicang's affairs: "What more silver is there in Taicang now?" ”

"Back to the main hall, Taicang only has 100,000 taels left to pay the tax, and the rest are all kinds of physical objects!" Zhao Ziquan replied bitterly in Henan Shilang.

Daming has always been based on levying real goods, and if you need to use silver, you often pull out the physical goods from the warehouse to exchange them for silver taels, which is also a reason why Lin Haoran provided levy grain to silver.

Lin Haoran knew that there was actually a way for household officials to sell physical goods, but in some places he could meddle, but in some places he couldn't correct the past.

If this transaction of exchanging goods for silver does not leave enough profit space for those merchants, then the merchants will not eat so many physical goods at once.

In addition, he has always attached importance to the comparison of the data of the silver exchange in kind with previous years, and now he has exchanged silver in kind by two percent more than in previous years, and the dare lover is also selling face to him as the head of the household.

However, he also knew in his heart that there should have been a filial piety that belonged to the Hubu Shangshu, and probably no one would dare to send it to him.

Liu Yao, the Shanxi Division, realized that the emperor suddenly asked for the 100,000 taels to make the household department even worse, so he asked the question in a low voice and said: "What should we do now?" ”

"What else can I do, I can only make a careful calculation and sell everything that should be sold!" Shandong Langzhong Qian Zhongyue looked honest and replied in a low voice.

Zhonglang found that the situation was really not optimistic, and they all turned their heads to look at Lin Haoran.

Lin Haoran put down the teacup and said to Zhao Ziquan in Henan Shilangzhong: "You have been in charge of the financial expenditure of the household department, can you cope with the financial expenditure in the near future?" ”

"These subordinate officials have verified several times, and the emperor suddenly asked for these 100,000 taels, I'm afraid there will be a gap of 80,000 or 90,000 taels!" Zhao Ziquan responded bitterly in Henan Shilang.

This......

When Zhong Langzhong heard this, he sighed helplessly.

When Lin Haoran heard that there was such a financial gap recently, he also sighed with a wry smile: "Everyone in the world thinks that our household department is the richest, and even calls Ben Zhengtang the God of Wealth, but everyone knows that we are real poor ghosts!" ”

Zhong Langzhong also felt the same way, and Qian Zhongyue, Shandong Shilang, had the courage to ask: "Lord Zhengtang, we have thought about ways to open source recently, but now that the shortage is so big, how should this matter be good?" ”

All the Lang Zhong have set their eyes back on Lin Haoran, and with the talent shown by Lin Haoran, everyone has already habitually trusted Lin Haoran.

Although the summer grain will arrive in Beijing one after another, not to mention that every batch of summer grain has already gone whereabouts, this distant water cannot quench the thirst of the near, the silver of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War cannot be delayed, and the emperor's silver cannot be delayed.

Lin Haoran also secretly felt a headache, although he was able to borrow money from the United Business Group, but this matter was endless.

When his status and power have not reached a certain level, it is impossible for him to easily expose his wealth, and he will not even let people know about his close relationship with the United Business Group, but the experience of the Yan family being raided is just around the corner.

Faced with this thousand-year-old problem, he also said helplessly: "The emperor can't refuse, let this matter be thought about again, you all go back to get busy first!" ”

Zhonglang Zhong knew that this was a problem for the household, but after all, they were all old people of the household, and they were no strangers to this experience, and they respectfully said goodbye and left.

Yang Futian was wearing a brand-new five-grade official uniform, but because of his seniority, he had always sat at the bottom. Watching the others leave, he observed Lin Haoran's face, but followed Lin Haoran back to the signing room.

Lin Haoran returned to the tea table and sat down, rubbing his forehead with his hand.

If this court does not change and does not want to reform the tax system and suppress tax evasion, he will have to die in the post of the head of the household department.

"Senior brother, this is the excerpt that the cabinet has just sent to the household department for discussion!" Yang Futian knew that Lin Haoran had a headache, so he handed over a piece of music.

When Lin Haoran heard that it was a fold thrown by the cabinet, he responded angrily: "This Xu Huating really doesn't let Lao Tzu save any snacks!" Faced with the big problem in front of him, he was not in the mood to deal with the open guns and hidden arrows that Xu Jie kept throwing.

"Senior brother, you have misunderstood, this is Zhang Wei's excerpt, maybe you will feel better after reading it!" Yang Futian looked at Lin Haoran's attitude and hurriedly explained.

When Lin Haoran heard that it was Zhang Wei's excerpt, he also became a little curious, so he stopped rubbing his forehead, and reached out to take the song.

Yang Futian didn't dare to drink tea in the conference hall just now, and at this time, he also grabbed the teapot and poured tea for himself and Lin Haoran.

Lin Haoran opened it curiously, but saw that it was clearly written: "Zhang Wei, the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the right of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Palace, is respectful: Since there was a Japanese police in Zhejiang Province, more than 55,000 taels of silver have been levied on the mountains with a huge salary of soldiers. Fortunately, the sea is not rising, it is advisable to follow the province, the ministers have visited many parties, and tried their best to save money, and all the redundant silver of the yamen was reduced by more than 3,700 taels, and the amount of silver for each battalion of cooking and firefighters was reduced by more than 12,000 taels, and more than 2,800 taels of silver were deducted from the land and water officers and soldiers of Hutai, and more than 8,700 taels of silver were reduced by the grain regiment of the Yiwu soldiers who returned to the county to reduce the grain, and a total of 27,300 taels of silver could be exempted from the mountain tax. Please start with forty-five years, and reduce the dispatch at your discretion to help the people in need! ”

Looking at this note, his mood is indeed much better.

Zhang Wei is undoubtedly a conscientious official, and the current southeast Japanese rebellion has subsided, and he can indeed start to reduce some anti-Japanese expenses, rather than just wanting the imperial court to pay more military salaries.

Lin Haoran put down the song, and said with a slight sigh: "If we all think about the country like Zhang Hongtu, we don't have to worry about silver every day, and the people of Daming are not far from the prosperous world!" ”

"I said earlier, if you really want to do things, you have to rely on our gang of the same year! It's just that Zhang Hongtu's reduction in military salary can save a lot of money, but it's just ...... Far water can't save the near fire! Yang Futian took a sip of tea, but shook his head helplessly.

Lin Haoran knew that this was indeed the case, but it was finally a piece of news that made him feel comfortable.

"By the way, someone from next door just came over, and Ning Jiang was also promoted to Langzhong, but it's from Nanjing!" Yang Futian gently put down the teacup and said another piece of news.

Since Hu Song came to power, although they have not been blatantly attacked, they have also been "squeezed out" to a certain extent.

Like this time, Ning Jiang was transferred to the Nanjing Staff Langzhong, but it was not entirely to suppress Ning Jiang, after all, Ning Jiang served as the Nanjing Staff Langzhong with such age and qualifications, isn't it another kind of "training"?

Lin Haoran can't compete with Xu Jie's side, if there is no compromise in the officialdom, then it is a manifestation of immaturity, and he responded helplessly: "Brother Ning's promotion to Nanjing Lang Zhong is not a bad thing, wait for him to boil his qualifications in Nanjing, and then get him back when he has a suitable opportunity!" ”

Yang Futian knew that this was the best thing to do, and he nodded approvingly, and he always felt that Ning Jiang's temperament was too upright, and he still needed to practice more.

Lin Haoran's mind had been thinking about the matter of silver, and his heart suddenly moved slightly, but he asked Yang Futian seriously: "How is Hai Rui doing?" ”