Hearing Zhenwu's words, Su Zhan felt a panic in his heart, Ma Qi, Wang Luo and Zhao Shenqiao arrived later? It seems that Zhenwu guessed well, Zhenwu will not stay in Shanxi for a long time, but he only guessed half right, he didn't guess that Zhenwu would make a big move in Shanxi, and even sent two ministers in the study room and Zhao Shenqiao, who was a ghost hater, to investigate the case.

What will happen to this case if it falls into the hands of Zhao Shenqiao? I was afraid that even the matter of Chen Guzi's rotten sesame seeds would come out, thinking of this, his face couldn't help but become unusually pale, and he was also a provincial official, so he immediately stabilized his mind, and soon realized that there was something wrong with Zhenwu's words.

What does it mean to check the deficit in Shanxi? Did he have no intention of pursuing it? Or is it intentional protection? Since he came prepared, it is naturally impossible to be unintentional to investigate, that is, he deliberately protects, the more he thinks about it, the more reasonable he feels, Zhenwu has just vigorously promoted the Manchu and Han marriages to eliminate the Manchu and Han disputes, if this is a big fanfare to track down the deficit in Shanxi, there will inevitably be a large number of Manchu and Mongolian officials who have fallen from power, which will cause panic among the Manchu ministers and set off the Manchu and Han disputes again.

Thinking of this, Su Zhan breathed a sigh of relief, since Zhenwu intended to protect him, the matter has not yet reached the worst point, he should be given the steps, if he carries it hard, it will only anger Zhenwu, and when the deficit is found out, he will have to add a charge of bullying the king.

Seeing Su Zhan lying on the ground, silent for a long time, Zhenwu was not in a hurry, he was also a veteran in the trial, and he knew that he had to give the other party time to weigh the pros and cons at this time, and the reason why his words were vague was to give the other party a glimmer of hope, which was the same as the siege of the teacher.

After being silent for a long time, Su Zhancai kowtowed, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the slave deserves death, the money and grain in the Shanxi Domain Treasury and the warehouses of various prefectures and counties actually had varying degrees of deficit before the disaster, and the reasons are quite complicated. Overdrafts that have to be borrowed as a last resort, and overdrafts that are borrowed as a last resort, and there are various situations in which they are borrowed.

The money and food that fell into the hands of the victims were very rich, and the servants were really worried that the victims would fall because of their escape, so that they wanted to make up for all the shortfalls with the money and grain of the river control project with work for relief, and Taiyuan City suffered from floods repeatedly. If it can be completely cured, it will not lose one of the great events for the benefit of the country and the people, and this plan is proposed by the narrative, and the minions and others are all strongly in favor.

Now the money and grain from the treasury and the warehouses of the surrounding prefectures and counties have indeed been filled into the river control project, for this reason, not only to collect donations from the local gentry and merchants, but also to levy forced labor, but also to borrow a lot of silver. Nowadays, the money and grain of the warehouses of the feudal treasury and the surrounding prefectures and counties are the wages and rations of the migrant workers who control the river. ”

Su Zhan's bamboo tube pouring beans was generally all summoned, but Zhenwu did not have the slightest relief on his face. The deficit, the deficit in Shanxi is by no means an isolated phenomenon, the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River is still in deficit year after year, not to mention other provinces? This deficit is not only a muddy account, but also an old muddy account, which is time-consuming and laborious to investigate. It is also easy to lead to the instability of the situation in the DPRK, the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Government, but who has served in the local government has not pulled down the deficit?

But if you don't pursue it. The deficit will inevitably become more and more intense, and eventually there will be a situation from which it will be difficult to return, which not only promotes the atmosphere of bribery among officials, but also harms the people, and it is the people who ultimately pay for the deficit.

What should I do about this? Zhenwu couldn't figure it out for a while, he didn't expect that this matter would start because of the deficit in Shanxi, and it was obviously not possible to leave it alone, it would aggravate the scale of the deficit in various places, and it would not work to punish it severely.

Once Shanxi officials are severely punished, the provincial officials are bound to make up for the shortfall with all their might, and it is impossible to expect those filthy officials to pay out of their own pockets, and they will only do everything possible to squeeze the people, which is not only not conducive to the stability of the DPRK situation, but will also make the people's resentment boil. …,

It's a really tangled matter! Zhenwu couldn't help frowning slightly, the best way is to delay, delay time, clean up the deficit must find a safe way, not let the officials harm the people, can not stir up the situation up and down.

With a slight groan, he glanced at Su Zhan, who was still prostrate on the ground, and said, "Wait outside the door." ”

Listening to the waiting outside the door, Su Zhan couldn't help but be surprised, could it be that he gently unveiled it? He glanced at the top worn by Yu Xu on the ground, quickly dismissed this luck, hurriedly kowtowed, bowed and retreated, he did not dare to stand outside the door, but knelt under the steps in a regular manner.

Glancing at the two official hats on the ground, Zhen Wucai ordered: "Xuansu Keji will meet you." ”

"The emperor has an order to summon Su Keji to meet him." A third-class guard in a yellow coat hurriedly stepped out of the gate of the Fan family's compound and glanced at the officials before raising his voice.

Su Keji, who was uncertain, listened to this voice, and hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down and said, "The slave obeys the order." He got up, and followed the guard briskly into the gate.

A large and small officials are staring at the gate of the Fan family in horror, one after another the big people go in and don't come out, this situation is very bad, look at Zhenwu's posture of entering the city today, I am afraid that there will be a thunderous anger, they can't help but worry, use the river control project to fill the shortfall, they all have a share, I don't know how Zhenwu will be punished?

As soon as he entered the courtyard where Zhenwu lived, Su Keji saw Su Zhan kneeling in front of the steps bareheaded, and his heart couldn't help but sink, could it be that Su Zhan had been dismissed? But why hasn't there been any remark? Is it still in the room? Worriedly entered the room, although he lowered his head, he still saw the two official hats on the ground at a glance, his heart was cold, and he thought in his heart that Su Zhan and Su Zhan had already told the truth, and he hurriedly kowtowed: "Slave Su Keji respectfully asks the emperor to be Sheng'an." ”

Before he could get up, Zhenwu said directly: "Zhengji Feng Qun Officials, Elite Commoners, Su Keji, do you praise the Emperor Zhutai?" ”

This is the plaque given to Su Keji when Kangxi patrolled Taiyuan, listening to this, Su Keji hurriedly took off his top and kowtowed again and again: "The slave has the grace of the saint, and he is ashamed of the emperor, ashamed of the emperor, and implore the emperor to punish him severely to enforce the discipline of the imperial court." ”

Zhenwu asked coldly, "How much did you lose in office?" ”

Hearing this, Su Keji was shocked, he lost a lot in his hands, this has to be explained truthfully, it will definitely not end well, he suddenly thought that he had borrowed so much silver, and immediately replied confidently: "Back to the emperor, the slave has been in office for four years, only receives the money due, and does not dare to embezzle the slightest public money. ”

Hearing what he said so calmly, Zhenwu couldn't help but nod slightly, and said, "Call Su Zhan in." ”

When Su Zhan came in and knelt down, Zhen Wucai said: "The previous governor of Shanxi, Kali, is a model governor who cleaned up the deficit, and when he was transferred to the governor of Liangjiang, he reported that Shanxi had no deficit, why is it that it has only been six years, and the Shanxi treasury and various prefectures and counties have different degrees of deficits?" ”

Hearing this, the two Su were stunned, and both of them said that they were not corrupted, how can this account be settled? Damn Kali, Su Keji couldn't help but feel a pain in his flesh, what he said just now was righteous and awe-inspiring, now it's okay, and finally the silver that has embezzled hundreds of thousands of taels has to be returned to the treasury intact.

Groaning slightly, Su Zhan bowed down and said: "Back to the emperor, the money and grain deficit in the domain treasury and local warehouses are actually every year, and it is inevitable, the slaves have come to Shanxi for five years, and they think that the land of Shanxi cannot be without deficit, and if you want to make Shanxi without deficit, you have to knock on the bones and suck the marrow and squeeze the people." ”

Zhenwu couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and stared at the two of them for a moment before he said slowly: "Excuse me, get up and talk back." ”…,

Su Zhan had been kneeling for a long time, and his legs and feet were numb, because he was worried that he would lose his honor in front of the king, and he didn't dare to move, so he groaned slightly, and then he continued: "Your Majesty, the shortage of money and grain is actually caused by three situations: official invasion, official corruption, and people's debt.

Shanxi is not like other provinces, after the former model governor Kali wiped out all the deficits, few officials in the province dared to wantonly embezzle, and Shanxi's deficit mainly came from the people's debt.

The grain storage in local warehouses at all levels is not only used for preparing for famine, but also for grain in the warehouses, in the early spring and summer, and in the autumn and winter. There are three kinds of flat rice, there are those who send rice after a bad harvest to help the people eat, there are those who do not receive and reduce the rice to level the market price, and there are those who are difficult to store for a long time to change the new grain.

Shanxi is narrow and dense, spring drought is frequent, green and yellow do not receive and reduce the grain, to the people to lend grain and poor harvest to help the people, is the main reason for the loss of the barn, it is also very difficult to push the old and new, when the green and yellow do not receive the barn grain dispersed, if the autumn harvest is poor, it can not be returned. If this is the case for another year, the barns will be in deficit.

Of course, official encroachment and official erosion are also inevitable, because of the poor supervision of local warehouses, the grain stored in the warehouses is always in a constant cycle of incoming and out, and the old and new.

Drought and flooding in Shanxi are frequent, rare harvest year, if you want to put an end to the deficit, it is really delusional, since the Emperor Shizuzhang, Shanxi has no deficit, only to clean up the deficit of the model governor Kali in office. ”

This is indeed reasonable, the storage deficit is inevitable, the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River is still easy to say, the northern provinces, there are nine years of drought in ten years, how can there be no deficit? Zhenwu's face softened slightly, it seems that the deficit is not all due to the corruption of officials, and the deficit must be handled with caution.

This deficit is really an extremely tricky thing, not only is it difficult to clean up the deficit, how to eliminate the deficit is a big problem, this is not only a problem in the regulatory system, in addition to the effect of preparing for war and preparing for famine, it also has a comprehensive role in stabilizing grain prices, relief, and lending, and the difficulty of management is not ordinarily large.