Until the last official finished speaking, Liu Zhang nodded and said: "If it weren't for the loyal ministers to tell me bluntly, this official would not know that there are so many sufferings in Jiangzhou, this is my dereliction of duty as a state pastor, rest assured, your petition has been written down by the official, and you will be issued when you return to Chengdu, oh, that's right." ”

Liu Zhang knocked on his head and said, "Lord Han of the Treasury Order, Lord Jin Cao Shi Yuan, can you show the expenditure account book of Jiangzhou to the official?" Fortunately, the official has a reference in the appropriation. ”

The treasury order and Jin Caoshi glanced at each other, some officials whispered, they were a little embarrassed, and after a while, Hu Caoshi shouted to the county officials outside the door: "The lord wants to see the account books, you go and carry them in for me." ”

"Yes." The county officials outside the door agreed, and went away, and the surrounding officials all looked at Hu Cao Shi, who whispered to several officials in a contemptuous tone: "Don't worry, Liu Zhang won't find out anything, and I will have my own argument later." ”

The other officials glanced at Liu Zhang, only to see Liu Zhang drinking tea, with a very comfortable expression, not noticing anything, and couldn't help nodding their heads.

After a while, the six county officials carried three baskets into the house, inside were broken bamboo slips with accounts, officials have made way to get out of the way, because it is too narrow, many officials are pasted on the wall, Liu Zhang's side of the civil and military generals looked at the three baskets and frowned, especially Yang Huai and other young generals, even more angry, this is not a blatant teasing of the lord?

Leng Bud took a step forward, the iron pieces on his body rattled, Liu Zhang held the teacup in one hand, and held Leng Bud quietly with the other, and said to the treasury: "Lord Han? Why are the account books like this, and how does this mean the official reads? ”

The treasury order glanced at Zhang He, Zhang He gave him a determined look, and the treasury commander had the courage to say to Liu Zhang: "The lord doesn't know, due to Zhao Wei's chaotic government, the order is changed overnight, and the income and expenditure have become complicated.

In this way, a book is often painted beyond recognition, and finally the chief clerk has to put it into it one by one, if Zhao Wei wants to change the order, he will throw away the previous one, so as to become like this, and ask the lord to observe it. ”

"Well, the official observes, the official observes." Liu Zhang grabbed a handful of bamboo slips, these bamboo slips are not only messy, but also Chinese characters, to sort out these accounts, I am afraid it will take at least a month, Liu Zhang is embarrassed: "But this official does not know the current financial situation of Jiangzhou and how to allocate funds." ”

Hu Cao Shi Zhang He said with a smile: "This is not difficult, due to Zhao Wei's excessive spending, the official often checks the accounts, and is very clear about Jiangzhou's finances, Zhao Wei has been in chaos for six years, Jiangzhou's finances have almost collapsed, and now the savings are less than 3,000 yuan, and the daily annual expenditure is at least 80,000 yuan, and the annual tax is about 10,000 yuan, and now there are three months before the tax collection, and it will cost about 20,000 yuan."

"Yes." Liu Zhang nodded: "That is to say, this official needs to allocate 20,000 yuan to Jiangzhou, and there is no tax, and 70,000 yuan will be allocated to Jiangzhou every year." ”

"The lord is right." Zhang He said respectfully: "However, our Jiangzhou officials will also be thrifty, minimize expenses, and develop people's livelihood at the same time, it is estimated that in a few years, they will be self-sufficient, and there is no need for pastoral funds." ”

"Lord Zhang is really worried about this official." Liu Zhang carefully placed the teacup on the coffee table, pressed the rim of the cup with his palm, and suppressed his anger that was about to explode after half a sound, and said to Zhang He: "Then Lord Zhang take the officials back, perform their duties, and wait for the officials to allocate funds for you." ”

"Thank you, Lord." Zhang He bowed with the officials and withdrew.

As soon as the last official disappeared at the door, Liu Zhang swept away the teacups on the coffee table, and his anger finally erupted uncontrollably, and the entourage around him, even Fa Zheng was startled, Yang Huai stepped forward and said: "Lord, these Jiangzhou officials are too rude, deceitful and deceitful, and the crime cannot be punished." ”

"Do you see it, even the generals can see it." Liu Zhang gritted his teeth at Fa Zheng and said: "This group of Jiangzhou officials doesn't have a good thing, and the responsibility is pushed backwards, it's all on Zhao Wei, do you treat this official as a fool?" The official didn't expect the government of Jiangzhou to collapse to such an extent, and it was simply lawless. ”

Fa Zheng saw that Liu Zhang's face was already surging with murderous intent, and hurriedly persuaded: "The lord doesn't need to be angry, we can immediately use the previous plan to remove all Jiangzhou officials......

"No more." Liu Zhang waved his hand, said with a tense face: "This group of moths, if you don't kill the people, you can't kill the people, and if you don't kill them, it's hard to vent the hatred in the hearts of the officials. The last word was almost squeezed out between his teeth, with a slight chill, and the whole room instantly froze.

But as soon as Liu Zhang finished speaking, the people around him, except for Yang Huai and other generals, including Zhang Rendu, all knelt down, Fa Zheng buried his head and said urgently: "The lord must not kill officials, the people's hearts are unstable, offend the family, and the chaos in southern Shu. ”

"Please think twice." Wang Lei and other attendants bowed together.

Liu Zhang stood up from the coffee table, paced two steps with his hands behind his back, and said slowly: "Do you know why this official chose to meet them here?" It's not big here, I can clearly see their facial expressions, and those officials are standing in a pile, thinking that if someone else is in the way, their whispers will be unscrupulous, and the officials are unimaginably sad, they can be so contemptuous of their officials, what about the people of Jiangzhou? ”

Liu Zhang thought of those unshiny eyes on the street, which were a kind of eyes that were numb and alive under the rule of **, and based on this, Liu Zhang felt that it was not too much to kill these officials a thousand times.

Zhang Ren bowed and said: "My lord, the words and deeds of the officials in Jiangzhou will be the last general, obviously headed by Zhang He, we can punish the first evil, and set an example, as long as the lord gives the order, I will immediately take down Zhang He." "Although Zhang Ren is a military general, he is different from the other 10,000 enemies in the Three Kingdoms, he is calm in the face of trouble, although he is not up to the level of civil officials such as Fazheng, he can also weigh the advantages and disadvantages.

"Zhang He?" Liu Zhang sneered: "Behind Zhang He is the Zhang family of the family, the patriarch of the Zhang family dares to say to General Yan that if you want to investigate the crime of Zhu Lian, you can first correct yourself to the law, you can know the strength of the Zhang family in Jiangzhou, with the Zhang family, what is the use of killing a Zhang He?" The Zhang family and other clans are together, and in the end, the officials of Jiangzhou are not a pile of carrion, in order to set an example? Let's talk about it. ”

Fa Zheng listened to Liu Zhang's words, "With the Zhang family here, what's the use of killing a Zhang He?" "Then it's not much use to kill other officials, does the lord really want to do something to the clan?

Fa Zheng thought of this result, no matter how angry Liu Zhang was, he didn't dare not persuade him, and said quickly: "The lord, the lord must not punish the clan, the minister knows that these clans cover the sky with one hand in the place, and they are lawless, which can be described as angry and resentful, but please see that the lord is not successful in the hegemony and Xichuan is not yet in the fledgling situation, bear with it a little, otherwise it is not only the heart of the Xichuan clan that will be lost, but also the heart of the world clan, which is not conducive to the hegemony of the lord and emperor." ”;