Zhu Ping'an's refusal without hesitation caught Zhang Guanku and the others a little off guard, just now when they heard Zhu Ping'an smack his tongue for 10,000 taels of silver, they thought that Zhu Ping'an was shocked by the huge amount of 10,000 taels of silver, and Zhu Ping'an had been bought.

However, now Zhu Ping'an's serious and unhesitating refusal caught them off guard and stunned.

Especially Zhao Langzhong, who was still indignant about giving Zhu Ping'an 10,000 taels of silver just now, but now, when he heard Zhu Ping'an say that he couldn't accept it, for a while, Zhao Langzhong's eyes were about to pop out.

Let's put pen to paper!

I don't want ten thousand taels of silver!

Zhao Langzhong's eyes widened, looking at Zhu Ping'an like an idiot, and then he was happy in his heart, Zhu Ping'an didn't want this ten thousand taels, wouldn't that mean that he could share a thousand taels of silver again.

After Liu Si Kuan and the others were surprised, they couldn't help but get anxious, if Zhu Ping'an received the money, then everything would naturally be fine.

If Zhu Ping'an accepts the money, it will be in the same stream with himself and others, no, it is on the same boat, so naturally there is no need to worry about checking the accounts or something. After receiving the money, how can he check the accounts?

However, now that Zhu Ping'an refused seriously, and put on a "clean breeze with two sleeves", Liu Si Kuan and the others naturally became anxious.

Isn't the bait enough?!

It seems that Zhu Ping'an has a big appetite.

"Ahem, in addition to 'four taels flat', we have many conventions in Taicang, such as 'arrival ceremony'." Jia Langzhong coughed, smiled slightly, and then continued to tell Zhu Ping'an about the next routine, testing Zhu Ping'an.

"Arrival ceremony....." Zhu Ping'an's face remained unchanged.

"Well, this 'arrival ceremony' is not only a ceremony of arrival, but also includes a courtesy, every new official who comes to Taicang, including Zi Houru and other inspectors, as well as Taicang officials such as me, have a ceremony to take office. The following silver number prepares 7,000 taels of silver to each new official who arrives in Taicang, and the Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival in the next year, each festival will also send 7,000 taels of silver. ”

Jia Langzhong had a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said slowly, he said very clearly, if Zhu Ping'an nodded, he didn't have to do anything, just to the ceremony, Zhu Ping'an could receive 80,000 taels of silver a year.

Why?!

Zhao Langzhong on the side, his breathing was rough again, his hands were clenched tightly, and the green tendons were exposed, twenty-eight thousand taels, and he was a few thousand taels of silver! As long as you don't give him Zhu Ping'an and say that the money sent by the silver number, we can divide it.

With 28,000 taels of silver, Lao Tzu can find someone to kill Zhu Ping'an's dog seven or eight times!

Twenty-eight thousand taels!

It is equivalent to nearly 20 million yuan, and in modern times, the amount of money involved in many provincial and ministerial-level corrupt officials is about the same amount.

That's a big deal!

Zhu Ping'an listened, squinted his eyes slightly, the corners of his mouth hooked up a disgusted arc, and his understanding of Taicang's hidden dirt and dirt was deeper.

This arrival ceremony is the filial piety of the following silver trumpets, why do the following silver trumpets bleed to the Ren ceremony? The silver horn is not stupid, on the contrary, these businessmen are very smart, and they generously give Taicang officials such a generous arrival gift, and they will naturally get several times the benefits from Taicang.

In the local government, many of the local tax payment silver, commercial tax, deed tax, salt tax, and water discount were remitted through the silver number and then sent to the silver treasury. The following silver trumpet is to obtain huge profits through here, and the silver tariff they send is "to do more with less, and the silver is low", and to charge four or five hundred taels or even more with two or three hundred taels or even more, or to use silver with bad color as good color, such as using silver containing only 90 percent of silver, as pure silver containing 99 percent of silver, so that the silver number can give less than nine percent of the silver, and over time, the income obtained by the silver number is more than ten times richer than the arrival gift paid.

When the officials of the treasury received a rich "arrival gift", they naturally turned a blind eye, and in the end it was only the treasury that suffered.

"I'm just inspecting Taicang, what does it have to do with their silver number, it's useless, I can't accept this silver."

Zhu Ping'an shook his head, and once again refused without hesitation, this kind of money is clearly not on the table, and it is secretly engaged in harming the people and the country, and it is the country and the people who will suffer in the end, how can he accept it.

is still the same sentence, if the money is collected, how can I still inspect the Taicang treasury.

Zhu Ping'an is not a saint, nor is he a stubborn person, but some money can be collected, and some money can never be collected.

The people's fat and people's ointment, I can't eat a bite, and I can't lick it.

A gentleman loves money and takes it from the way.

Zhu Ping'an's serious refusal once again made the officials in Taicang very anxious, and this time even Zhao Langzhong, who was greedy for money, was a little anxious.

Twenty-eight thousand taels of silver, plus the ten thousand taels just now, this is almost forty thousand taels of silver.

Definitely quite a lot.

It's not too much for anyone.

Zhao Langzhong doesn't think that Zhu Ping'an is too little, these silvers, not to mention Zhu Ping'an's ruined settlement in the countryside, are also a large amount of money for Yan Shifan and Yan Xiaoxiangye, and this amount is enough to buy a very fat and fat one from Yan Xiaoxiangye.

Zhu Ping'an's posture of "striking iron still needs its own hardness" made Zhao Langzhong inexplicably feel a little weak and worried.

Jia Langzhong, who had been smiling, couldn't hold back the smile on his face, coughed and continued to tempt: "Ahem, Zihou, that's the case, we still have a few 'conventions' in Taicang, such as 'Kubing filial piety', 'meal supplement', 'pro-supplement'......"

"It's not too early, and if you don't go to the inner child, you should be worried, these 'routines', I'll ask you for advice another day. Then, Ping An will retire first, so please stay. ”

Zhu Ping'an didn't wait for Jia Langzhong to finish speaking, then got up and apologized to say goodbye to Zhang Guanku and the others, took a deep look, and then turned to leave.

Everyone in the room had gloomy faces, watching the back of Zhu Ping'an leaving.

"Smack!"

"Damn! Shame on the face! Damn, Lao Tzu found someone to make this turtle son who doesn't know how to lift! After Zhu Ping'an walked away, Zhao Langzhong slapped the table hard, and scolded with a hideous hatred.

"What are you shouting, are you afraid that the people in Dongchang won't hear it?!" Zhang Guanku's face was gloomy, and he glared at Zhao Langzhong hard.

"He Zhu Ping'an is shameless!" Zhao Langzhong muttered in a hateful whisper.

"He, Zhu Ping'an, can't he really find out something, right?" Treasurer Liu was worried about this problem again.

"Don't mess with yourself, the accounts made by 'ghost hand Zhang', I don't believe that he can find out anything if he doesn't know how to calculate. He's just bluffing, trying to sell at a price. Zhao Langzhong pretended to be calm and said.

"Well, what Lord Zhao said makes sense."

"When I just saw Lord Zhao say 28,000 taels of silver, his eyes lit up."

"This surnamed Zhu is really greedy, and his appetite is really ......"

The other officials nodded in agreement.