Zhou Shuren raised his eyes and saw that the prince was looking at the annual tax situation in various places, and turned his head to look at the guards who were still moving the account books.

However, he was very depressed, this was not the house where he worked, why did he work in the same room with the prince?

It's all because the prince just said that he needed someone to explain, Lord Qiu immediately pushed him out, sighing faintly, he didn't want to be in the same room with the prince, he was afraid that the prince would find out more of his talent, and finally pit himself again, well, that's how narcissistic it is.

The crown prince raised his head, "Why is Lord Zhou sighing?" ”

Zhou Shuren held the teacup, "The minister sighed, life is short, and the minister thought, you must eat and drink well." ”

The prince hooked the corners of his mouth, "Don't think so, you still have to be in good health to do more." ”

Zhou Shuren, "......."

This is no longer a hint, this is explicit, phew, who wants to do more, he doesn't want to be a cow and a horse for the royal family, he can be tired to death, it's terrible to think about!

The prince picked up a book of taxes, "This is the tax in Huaizhou last year, Lord Zhou will also take a look." ”

Zhou Shuren heard Huaizhou, very familiar, Zhao Bo was in Huaizhou, he and Zhao Bo exchanged a lot of letters, curious about what the prince saw, said that he had been busy grabbing silver when he went to the household department, and then he put silver, and he really didn't have time to look at the tax collection in various places.

Zhou Shuren took it, thinking about Huaizhou in his mind, Huaizhou is one of the several upper states, the surplus state, looking through the account books, there is no problem with other taxes, what makes people pay attention is the salt tax, Zhou Shuren stood up, "His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister went to get the account books of the first half of this year, and the salt tax in the past few years." ”

The account books of the household department only have the amount, and the detailed account books of the salt tax are in the salt transportation department, and the Huaizhou tax records are the various taxes of the entire state, so there are not many records of the Huaizhou salt tax, and only a few amounts are mentioned.

Zhou Shuren quickly found out, this is the salt tax to the household, the account book that records the amount, every time the salt tax is collected, it is supervised by the salt inspector, and the detailed accounts are supervised, and the household department can only see the amount.

Zhou Shuren looked at it, compared the records of the first half of this year and last year, and soon found the problem, this number is interesting, and he took a few copies from a few years ago, Zhou Shuren was speechless.

The prince said in his heart, he found it really quickly, he could see the problem directly, it was in the Jianghuai area, his father had planted a lot of spies, he had been in contact, so he knew, but Zhou Shuren just looked at the numbers and found it, the prince asked, "What did Lord Zhou find?" ”

Zhou Shuren picked up a few booklets and wanted to put them on the prince's table, but unfortunately there was no place to put them, so he could only put them on the chair and take out the account books recorded in the first half of this year, "Your Royal Highness the prince, you see, this is the amount of silver taels from the household department in the first half of this year." ”

Zhou Shuren picked up the previous few years again, "His Royal Highness the Prince, these books are the amounts of the past few years, you see that the amount of each year is not much different, the biggest gap is only tens of thousands of taels, this is not right." ”

The prince was really curious, "What's wrong?" ”

This account book is very simple, and if it is sent to the household department, it will not be easy to find the problem, not to mention that the household department only records the amount.

Zhou Shuren counted the amount, "His Royal Highness the Prince, the imperial court has been in good weather these years, and the people are recuperating, which means that the population has increased, and the life expectancy of the elderly has increased. Although the minister does not know how much the population has increased in the past few years, it is only right that this amount should increase every year, especially in the last two years, it should increase significantly, not that the changes in the past five or six years are not obvious. ”

Salt tax, the most important tax of the imperial court, a change of one or two thousand taels, hehe!

The prince took the account book, personally checked the amount, and asked the guards to get the account books recorded earlier, and soon, the guards moved back, and the prince looked at the past one by one, and his face was dark.

Zhou Shuren twitched the corners of his mouth, this amount really hasn't changed much, if he makes a fake account, he will definitely count the population, natural disasters, environment, etc.!

The prince is lucky, what does this mean, this shows that more than ten years ago, there was a problem with the tax of Yanzheng, even if there has been a change of people over the years, but the problem has not been solved much at all, the efforts of the father and the emperor are very funny, the prince thought of the people around him who had problems, stood up and motioned to the guards to put away the account books, "Lord Zhou, Lone wants to enter the palace, and Lord Gu will enter the palace with Lone." ”

Zhou Shuren, "....... Be. ”

He was tired, the prince asked, he couldn't say nothing, he didn't say anything, he seemed incompetent, he said it, and was carried to the palace again, this is really difficult, Zhou Shuren gritted his teeth in his heart, it's all the fault of the salt transportation division, you don't do it carefully!

Zhou Shuren said hello to Lord Qiu first, Qiu Yan had already noticed the movement of the prince and Zhou Shuren, and now he knew that he was going to enter the palace, and his heart was full of thoughts, he was currently in charge of the household department, don't count him if something happens.

Qiu Yan's forehead was full of sweat, "Lord Zhou, you reveal it, can this matter be related to the household department?" ”

Zhou Shuren didn't want to scare Qiu Yan, and it wasn't easy for Lord Qiu, these days, Lord Qiu didn't have much smile on his face, "It has nothing to do with the household department." ”

Qiu Yanchang let out a sigh of relief, scaring him to death, "It's okay, it's okay." ”

On the outskirts of the capital, there are three carriages in the Zhou Mansion, Zhulan and her two daughters-in-law take one, Deng Xiucai and Mingyun take one, that's right, not only Mingyun came, Mingteng and Mingrui also came, Zhulan didn't resist the coquettishness of a few little guys, and finally brought them out.

The last one sat in the mother-in-law and the girl.

Of course, there are a lot of small guys who follow, and they follow cautiously on horseback.

When Zhulan went out of Beijing, she felt very happy in her heart, the suburbs had a wide field of vision, and her mood was different, and the Li and Zhao families were also happy, they rarely went out.

Li sat by the car window, "Mother, the crops in the field are really good." ”

Zhulan glanced at it, "Well, in a few days, my in-laws should send grain to Beijing." ”

Li is happy in her heart, she will soon be able to see her mother's family, her mother's family has lived very well over the years, every time she sees her father's letter, her father and mother let her honor her in-laws, the Li family has today, all rely on her mother-in-law.

Zhao is also happy, she goes out less than her sister-in-law, it is rare that her mother-in-law is willing to take her out, the corners of her mouth are upturned, she used to think a lot, and her life was not comfortable, but now she is very comfortable, and her eyes are full of smiles.

Soon arrived at Zhuangzi, the little guy went first, there was already a steward waiting, Zhulan got out of the carriage, looked at the high wall outside the Zhuangzi, it was really high, looking at the area surrounded by the wall, this Zhuangzi is really not small.

The steward said, "Please come inside." ”

Zhulan walked into the door first, and the steward's introduction, "This house has just been built by our master family for a few years, not counting the front yard and hospitalization, there are six small courtyards, two pavilions, and two gardens, one is a garden, and the other is an orchard. ”

This courtyard is not small, and the entire courtyard is nearly the size of two Zhou mansions.

Zhulan took her two daughters-in-law around, the yard of the house was built very exquisitely, and the materials were also the best, look at the hot spring pools with drainage in each yard, Zhulan blinked, this house is not bought, she will cry, and then looked at the orchard, Zhulan has only one word in her heart, buy.