When Ah Bingye spoke again, his words were much clearer, and what he said was the key and core, Ah Bingye's words made Wang Xiaoer behind Zheng Xunrui gradually lower his head, he knew, Yang He and he investigated for twenty days, but he didn't notice these details, just investigated and understood from the big picture, if it wasn't for Zheng Xunrui's special investigation this time to investigate things that seem to be subtle, it would really be difficult to rectify the problem of Caoyun.

Xu Wanghua listened very carefully and seriously, after all, he was going to start planning and rectifying the problem of Cao Yun Cun, so he needed to grasp these matters in detail, as for Wen Kun, although he had experienced some opportunistic matters in the officialdom, but in the face of such a complicated Cao Yun matter, it was the first time he had heard of it, and he was also going to participate in it, and he did not dare to miss any detail that A Bingye said.

Wen Kun also has a task, that is, he needs to sort out the many things that A Bingye said, and the scene cannot be recorded, which will make A Bingye feel a huge pressure in his heart, and when he speaks, he is also worried, to complete such a thing, Wen Kun needs to rely on his memory to sort it out after he goes back, in addition, the matters that A Bingye said are not the final conclusion, and many things need to be further verified, and then it is possible to take large-scale actions and start to rectify the problem of zài in Caoyun.

Ah Bingye said very thoroughly this time, and talked about three aspects.

The first problem is the greed of officials.

It is said that this kind of thing, Ah Bingye should not be particularly clear, he is just a sharp man on the boat, that is, the boss of the boat, how can he understand the matter of the officials' greed for ink, but Caoyun has completely integrated the officials, the government, the gangs, the gangs, etc. Everyone knows each other, and they all follow the rules of Caoyun and get their own benefits.

The greed of officials is divided into two parts, one is the greed for ink of Cao Yun, and the other is the greed for ink for grain.

Cao Yun relied on Cao boats and grain, and there were many granaries in Huai'an City. These granaries can store 700,000 stone of grain, it is said that such a reserve, can basically meet the needs of the transport, the ship came to the wharf, waiting for the grain to be loaded, after a batch of the grain left, the government came to buy the grain again, so that the grain in the warehouse was enough, and the second batch of the ship was loaded and transported. If you operate in this way, there will be no greasy, even if it is a little greasy, the problem is not very big.

It's a pity that such a practice has long been a myth and no longer exists.

The government will not make full use of the storage, and the amount of grain purchased each time reaches 500,000 stones, which is an astronomical amount. More often than not, there are only 200,000 to 300,000 stones in storage, and these are stored. That is, for the above inspection.

The payment of the grain is a task under the imperial court, and it is the emperor's errand that he does not dare to delay, and the people who bear the grain do not dare to mess around. Otherwise, there is a risk of losing your life. The grain paid by the common people always has to be loaded onto the ship, and since the granary is not collected, then it only needs to be loaded directly onto the ship.

This is a mystery, the grain needs to be inspected by the governor's yamen. If it is not qualified, it cannot be transported, and the grain stored in the granary has been inspected and qualified.

The process of this inspection is very complicated, and the officials can ask for all the grain to be unloaded on the dock and inspect them one by one, or they can board the boat and see how much is consumed between the two, which is self-evident.

For those ignorant boats, the officials are easy to rectify you, regardless of whether your grain is qualified, first require you to unload the dock for inspection, the time of the inspection maybe, after all, the officials have a lot of things, it is impossible to be responsible for your single boat, if it is rainy weather, it will be troublesome, maybe the grain will be damp, from qualified to unqualified, such a loss, it is difficult for any party to bear.

The government is afraid that the grain will be unqualified and will be punished, and the helper is afraid that it will delay time and that the guide will not be able to make money, so they unite and bribe the officials who inspect the grain to ensure that the grain can pass smoothly.

The amount of this bribe was fixed, 25 taels of silver for the cao boat in Jiangnan, 30 taels of silver for the cao boat in Zhejiang, and 50 taels of silver for the cao boat in Huguang.

This silver is only for the officials who inspect it, it is only the tip of the iceberg, and it is not even included in the total cost, and no one dares to divulge such matters, otherwise they should not think of being able to engage in the affairs of transportation.

As for the grain in the granary, it is not something that ordinary boats can transport, after all, these grains can be loaded directly on the ship, saving time, and can be transported quickly, the boats need to save time, so that they can run more transportation, earn more silver, want to transport such grain, it is very simple, take the silver out, you can transport, of course, not only take the silver, the accumulation of the gang, in which can play a heavy role, all in accordance with the rules of the gang to do things, and the relationship with the gang is good, Most of them can transport this kind of grain.

As for the greed for grain, it is a black hole, and the officials, local officials, gangs and gangsters of the Caoyun Governor's Mansion are all involved in it, which can be said to be crazy devouring the blood and sweat of the people.

Yang He, Wang Xiaoer and others have already detected that the grain is divided into four grades, namely Jinmi, Kemi, Sue Rice, and Floating Harvest.

Officials, gangs, and gangs all have to get silver, so there should always be a place for this silver, and in the final analysis, it comes out of the grain, and the grain is handed over by the common people, so it is the ordinary people who pay for the silver in the end.

Jinmi, Komi and lawsuits, according to the rules, even Hulai, do not dare to levy more, shoddy cases abound, these grains are facing scholars, scholars and litigants, after all, people's identities are different.

Floating income is different, facing ordinary people.

According to the investigation of Yang He and others, the floating grain is basically based on the ratio of two stones of grain to one stone of grain, but in fact, some places have already reached the level of three stones of grain to one stone of grain.

This produces a huge profit, just imagine a fortune, even if it is a million stone of grain, but the actual purchase of grain has reached more than two million stone, if it is converted into silver, it is millions of taels of silver.

These grains are the origin of the shady scenes.

The officials who collect the grain, the officials who bribe the above, the maintenance of the gangs, the benefits of the gangs, etc., are all from this, and in the end, it is the people who suffer.

The second aspect is the gang's ingenuity.

Hundreds of gangs rely on Cao Yun to store zài, so they are collectively called Cao Gang, among which the most powerful Shanyin Gang and other ten gangs, on the one hand, occupy the advantage of geographical location, and on the other hand, they collude with the government very closely.

Let's just say that the largest Shanyin gang is the county where Huai'an Fucheng is located, and even the security of Caoyun Wharf is the responsibility of the Sanyin County Ya, so it has such a unique advantage, which is incomparable to other gangs.

Gangs mainly get benefits from the accumulation, through guò and the government's collusion, so that each boat gets the due transport task, the so-called Tou Wen Guotang, is the gang founded, as mentioned earlier, the Cao Boat needs to give officials dozens of taels of silver bribes, so as to avoid being harassed and inspected, the gang's Gong Gong is public, each single Cao boat, need to pay 500 taels to 1,000 taels of silver to pay the cost of the Wen Gong, in order to ensure the smooth flow of the Cao Yun.

Without the support of the government and the help of the gangs below, it is impossible for the gangs to operate well, and it is still not possible to collect money and not do anything.

For example, the most powerful Sanyin Gang, once the fee for surrendering to the court is charged, the flag of the Sanyin Gang will be planted on its boat, and if there is too much extortion by other gangs during the transportation process, it will not give the Sanyin Gang face, and the fight and struggle between the gangs will begin.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is thousands of miles, and along the way there are ships that need to be transported and grain that needs to be transported.

The third aspect is the open blackmail of the gangs.

Helping Ding to be in charge of the transportation of the boats, they also have to live, if there is no silver to earn, then they will not survive.

Speaking of Bang Ding is at the bottom, but the people who do things are often able to take the initiative, Bang Ding is the way to think of from this, Cao Grain can not be transported to the capital or the north on time, the responsibility is the local government or even the Cao Yun Governor, Bang Ding's responsibility is not too big, there is no grain transportation, Bang Ding has no way.

Therefore, in the process of transportation, the gang used this power to unite with the gang and blackmail the government.

In the process of shipment, the top of the gang came forward to negotiate with the people of the government, first discussing the issue of private expenses, which is the silver that all the gang members have a share, and then discussing the issue of gang fees, which is obtained by the gangs, and after the two fees are negotiated, the cao boat will start to transport.

Of course, the government, gangs and gangs are colluding with each other, every time Caoyun, there is a receipt for customs clearance, this receipt is issued by the Caoyun Governor's Mansion Yamen, with this customs clearance receipt, in order to be able to really transport grain, the most unusual thing is that this customs clearance receipt, generally in the hands of the gang, they are relying on this receipt, get the silver they should get.

Ah Bingye said it for a full hour this time, and Zheng Xunrui was dumbfounded, he couldn't imagine that Cao Yun was so complicated, interlocking, officials, gangs and gangs, crazy robbery of the people, it was to the point of madness, no wonder the people were thinking about rebellion all the time, such a heavy burden, who could bear it.

If Caoyun is not improved, it will definitely become the fuse, so that Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and others will have a strong foundation for rebellion and a source of troops. (To be continued......)