Unlike the noisy environment outside, the inside of the household yamen was unusually quiet, and even though a few officials were walking around, there was not much noise. In addition, this yamen occupies a very wide area, and the various signing rooms are also separated by a short distance, which makes people feel more and more empty.

Sun Tu came to the duty room of Zuo Cao of the household department according to the instructions of the officials in front of the door, and saw a few people waiting quietly outside the door, obviously coming here to handle official business like himself.

In fact, when the Great Song Dynasty was first established, Emperor Taizu concentrated most of the financial power of the imperial court in the yamen of the transfer envoy in order to divide the power of the locality, but let the old financial department of the household department become useless and neglected for decades. It was not until the reform of Yuanfeng in the Shenzong Dynasty, that is, after Wang Anshi, who was well known in later generations, that the household department had a new day and obtained the power to collect taxes from all over the world.

As the most important branch of the household department, Zuo Cao has the authority to be in charge of household registration, taxation and tribute in the world, and his power is second to none in the entire household department. Because of this, the officials in the department are also the busiest, and when Sun Tu stands outside the door, he can see several officials either writing at the desk, or discussing something quietly with the people around him, and there is no free time.

But after waiting outside for a while, Sun Tu realized that something was wrong. Obviously, the officials in the room were busy with their own affairs, even if there were people coming in and out, they didn't even sweep the eyes of a few of them who stood outside for a long time, if they waited so honestly, I am afraid that it would be impossible to get things done even if they stood all day.

After understanding this, he saw the opportunity, and when an official with a kind face came from elsewhere, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "This official is invited, I want to see Ben Cao Chen, I don't know if he can be in the room?" Can you meet us? ”

The man glanced at Sun Tu, and then pointed to a junior official who was looking through the official documents and said, "That is Chen Yuanwai, you go to see him." He didn't stay any longer, but went into the room by himself.

Sun Tu hesitated slightly, it seemed a little inappropriate to break into the duty room so casually, after all, this was the financial important place of the imperial court. But then he made a judgment again, and he would definitely not be able to do it if he dragged it, so he could only bite the bullet!

So, in the strange eyes of several other companions who had been standing in front of the door under the porch, not knowing how to be a good companion, Sun Tu walked directly into the duty room, and without waiting for the officials to react next, he had already come to the bookcase of Chen Yuanwai and saluted: "I have seen Chen Yuanwai." ”

Chen Yuanwai, who was burying his head in the case, raised his head when he heard the voice, and his face was questioning: "Are you?" ”

"I'm here to pay taxes, this is the relevant document of my Yuncheng County, and I invite you to take a look." Sun Tu immediately briefly said his intention, and took out the relevant certificate that he had already put in his sleeve and handed it over with both hands.

Chen Yuanwai subconsciously reached out and took this thing, but there was some dissatisfaction in his expression, obviously blaming Sun Tu for disturbing his business. At the same time, several other people around him also looked at each other, looking a little curious, and there were really few people here who dared to break in directly.

Those waiting outside didn't feel a little regretful and eager to try when they saw this scene, knowing that they could do this, they would have been brave enough to break into the room, but now they let a hairy boy take the lead.

But soon, Chen Yuanwai's face sank, and he didn't pay attention to the package containing silver that Sun Tu took off, but just said to himself: "Although the taxes owed in these counties are my Zuo Cao's errand, they must be verified by someone before they can be handed over to the silver, you can hand these over to Li Duzhi." With that, he had already thrown the Chinese book back on the table.

Sun Tu's hand was stiff, but he quickly asked with a smile: "Then I don't know who Li Duzhi is?" ”

"Well, that's him." Chen Yuanwai pointed to the official in the other corner.

Sun Tu hurriedly thanked him, picked up the paperwork package, and walked over there again. This Li Duzhi seemed a little leisurely, only opened an account book in front of him and looked at it, and when he saw Sun Tu coming over, he just asked casually, "What errand are you here to do?" ”

Sun Tu hurriedly repeated his intentions and handed over the paperwork again. This one flipped it over casually and threw it back: "You wait until the second day of the next month to come back." ”

"Huh? What did Li Duzhi say? Sun Tu's face changed, and he hurriedly asked.

"There is a rule in the Ministry that the payment of taxes by each county is only set on the second day of the first month of each quarter, and no other days are accepted. You wait until the second day of the next month. With that, he lowered his head again and looked at the books.

Sun Tu was really dumbfounded now, how could there be such rules, why didn't he know anything about it before? Does the imperial court still have to pick a day to collect taxes?

After a long time, he said with a temper: "Li Duzhi, I came from Shandong, which is hundreds of miles away, and I also served the meaning of the county government, I really can't afford to delay, can I be accommodating?" As he spoke, he even thought about whether he should take some money to deal with the other party, but because there were other officials here, he didn't really take action.

Li Duzhi was already a little impatient, and immediately put on a straight face and said: "Rules are rules, how can you change them?" Most of the people who come to our household department every day come from all over the country, not to mention from Shandong, or from Jiangnan, as long as they don't comply with the rules, the officials will not follow it. ”

After a pause, he glanced up at Sun Tu again: "Also, the figures of the tax arrears in the documents you brought are also incorrect. It should be two hundred and fifty-six taels, not one hundred and thirty-four taels. After that, he lowered his head again, this is why he really didn't plan to pay attention to Sun Tu.

Sun Tu was stunned on the spot when he heard this, the other party's attitude was secondary, but the most important thing was the number of taxes to be paid. If it is really according to what Li Duzhi said, the amount of silver to be paid will almost double, and if you count all the entanglements you have with you, it may be about the same.

"How is this possible? This is a number recorded in the county office! Sun Tu wanted to ask the other party, but in the end he was silent. Because he knows very well how big the gap is between the county government and the household department, let alone him, even if Liu Yaochen, the commander of Yuncheng County, is here in person, he can't bargain with him, because if he really wants to calculate it, it must be based on the account books of the household department.

It was only at this time that he knew that Liu Yuan's methods of dealing with him were not only intercepted and killed in the middle of the road, but also left a foreshadowing in official affairs. Obviously, such a big gap is either that he was wrong before, or that the unspoken rules that have existed for a long time and he did not break them, and Sun Tu believes that it should belong to the latter.

On the same day, Yu Xiaohe mentioned that most of the people who became a yaya would be ruined, and Sun Tu really didn't have too strong feelings along the way. It wasn't until this time that he really understood the power of it.

The vacancy of nearly one hundred taels of silver is converted into one or two hundred yuan of copper coins, which is really an astronomical amount for ordinary people. It is impossible for the vast majority of the people to make up the difference, and once this happens, the government will investigate it, and the responsibility will naturally be all on the body of this yaqian, but those officials who have profited from it can stay out of the matter and have nothing to do with it.

Sun Tu's mood was greatly excited, not because of panic, but because of anger! I worked hard to come to Tokyo from Yuncheng, but it was difficult to do errands, not to mention, and I had to bear such a heavy shortcoming, which is really unreasonable.

For a moment, he even wanted to make a fuss and spread the word about it, so that the world could judge it. But in the end, reason still made him dispel this idea, after all, this is the household yamen, not a place where he can be presumptuous as a grass people. And there is a legitimate reason for the other party's refusal to accept this matter now, and the only one who loses it is himself, and if he is convicted by the government, he will pay a lot.

So in the end, Sun Tu could only retreat in a huff, but he couldn't get things done. And when the few people outside saw him like this, they showed gloating expressions, and some were glad that they didn't break in indiscriminately to disturb those officials like this kid who didn't know the importance of it, otherwise they would be the ones who would be deflated.

Sun Tu, who entered the household department for the first time, completely hit a wall this time......

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At the beginning of the week, everyone was overjoyed。。。。。 Now I've become a master of slipping。。。。。