Chapter 113: Auditing

Bai Lian said: "Lord Gan said that this person is not lustful, not good for money, not good for power, not good for fame......"

Ouyang smiled bitterly, such a person is also admired by himself, but when he touches his head, he doesn't admire it. People are like this, they usually enjoy watching anti-corruption, but once they become corrupt elements, they hate anti-corruption film and television works. Although Ouyang didn't fill Yangping's pockets, there are facts after all.

"Where's Zhan Ming?"

"It's in there, too."

"Ahem!" Ouyang shouted: "The holy decree has arrived, and Zhan Ming will take it." "Ya, I didn't even send one of the eunuchs, so I let myself be my father-in-law along the way.

"Your Excellency?" Zhan Ming came out and hurriedly whispered: "Adult, don't joke, there are people inside." ”

"Really!" Ouyang threw the holy decree to Zhan Ming, and walked towards the study by himself.

"Lord Ou, the old decrepit Zongze, I have heard the name of Lord Ou for a long time, and when I see it today, he is really a young hero." Zong Ze modestly saluted Ouyang first.

"Don't, Master Zong killed the lower officials. You're a six- or five-grade serious court official. Ouyang said politely: "Yangping is dangerous and evil, and Lord Laozong is driving, I am really wronged." ”

"Doing things for the court, how can there be grievances. Besides, Yangping is not a poor mountain and bad water, when the old man came, he gave a beggar a penny, but he didn't want the beggar to say to the old man: What about you send the beggar? ”

"Haha! Master Zong is really joking. Ouyang gestured: "Master Zong, please take a seat." Gan Xin, go and exchange for some good tea. ”

"My lord, this is the best."

"Nonsense, I can't smell it at all."

"This is called Biluochun, and the fragrance is indeed not as good as a big bowl of tea." Gan Xin very tactfully expressed his contempt for Ouyang. This adult, in summer, likes to throw two tea leaves to make a jar of herbal tea, which is very tasteless.

Biluochun Ouyang is known to be a kind of green tea. Ouyang likes oolong tea, but in fact, there is not much difference between the two, it is a different fermentation process. Ouyang said with a smile: "See laugh, see laugh!" ”

Zong Ze smiled and said: "As a parent official, tea tasting is the second, but it is for the benefit of the people first." The old man looks at Lord Ou as wealthy, and an ordinary person does not have one or two gold ornaments, but looks like a foreigner. ”

"Master Zong smiled."

"No laughter. However......" Zong Ze took a household registration and said: "The old man accidentally discovered that around the New Year's Festival, four hundred new households have been opened, with a total of 1,100 people, and Yangping Qianzhuang has been given loans to make a living. I don't know if Lord Ou has submitted this official document to the household department? ”

"This ...... A book is being made! ”

Zong Ze nodded: "En...... Also, when I was old and weak, I went to a textile factory, and I heard that the textile farm paid as much as 3,000 yuan in taxes to the county in a year, but the old man turned around and only saw 300 yuan at most. I don't know if the people below are talking out of thin air? ”

"What's going on?" Ouyang asked.

Gan Xin immediately replied: "My lord, I did hand over 3,100 yuan, but it was paid into the people's money. Gan Xin took out an account book and said: "One thousand of them were used for road repairs in the eight townships, and there are detailed names issued by the heads of each township. There are also 1,000 yuan, which are used to fund the school, mainly for the food, accommodation, clothing, treatment and other purposes of the ten-year-old child, the detailed account and the amount of surplus money, and the account book must be issued by the Guozi Supervisor. There are also more than 700 pieces for civil protection. But every man who is over sixty years old, childless, or disabled. If there is no notoriety, the monthly subsidy is 200 yuan, which also includes the burial expenses of the lonely and widowed elderly after their death. ”

"Wait......" Zong Ze asked, "This person has two hundred articles and really posted it?" ”

"If you go back to adults, except for some stubborn and strong personalities, there are six eligible adults who get this money. Adults can go to the people to visit, and the adults must think that they will not be able to make ends meet, but thirty percent of the people are willing to hand over their land and other things to the people's insurance after death, which greatly reduces the burden on the county. ”

"Not a drop of water!" Zong Ze nodded and smiled, took out the account book and said, "I don't know how to explain this money." ”

Ouyang looked at it, and it turned out to be a salary book, which recorded the salary paid by civil servants. Ouyang smiled and said, "My lord doesn't know, this money is from Ou's private post." ”

"Oh? How did Lord Ou get so much money? "It's a novelty.

"Adults don't know, Ou has a big casino in Liaoguo, and he made a small profit of 400,000 yuan at the beginning of its opening, and this month it has entered 10,000 yuan. This matter Ou has made the emperor clear. Plus Ou is a shareholder of the Yangping Chamber of Commerce, Yangping Qianzhuang, Yangping Shipping is quite profitable, and it is appropriate to take a little money to subsidize his subordinates. If you don't believe it, you can go to Tokyo Yangping Money Village to inquire, 400,000 guan has been entered into the account at one time, and a total of 100,000 guan has been withdrawn to the Yangping account in two times, and the source is the money sent by the Liao State. ”

"Adults really make money." Zong Ze had a headache, he originally thought that he had caught someone's sore foot, but he didn't expect that they would explain it clearly and reasonably, and there was really no way to refute it. But he doesn't believe that there is no cat, it seems that this matter is not something that can be found out by himself with two people, and it is still an extremely huge project. To find out, you must first know how much private money Ouyang has, and you have to go to Liao to get the account book. Then check the tax paid by each household, and finally count it. This kind of thing is difficult even if there is a big show, people are now the king of Yangping, as long as they explain a little, all the units that pay taxes are of the same caliber, and they can't do anything at all. And this is not only the county seat, but also the entry and exit of taxes in and out of eight townships and sixty-one villages, such a huge project, even Zong Ze is furious.

Ouyang said: "My lord, in fact, my lord is worried about whether the lower officials will be corrupt. So be it! Xia Guan suggested that adults check two things. First, whether the daily expenses of the lower officials are extravagant. Second, what is the scene of Xiaguan's hometown? ”

Zong Ze nodded, these two points made sense, but he believed that if Ouyang dared to say this, he would know that he would not find anything. Besides, Ouyang has a really good reputation in Yangping, even those who have been rectified by him feel that he is fair. Even Zhang Demin, who was beaten with a wrench and lost money, also praised Ouyang. If Ouyang hadn't asked the Yangping Chamber of Commerce to come forward and persuade the workers to start work, those orders would have bankrupted him to the point of worthlessness. Besides, who wants Ouyang to be unlucky in Yangping? Needless to say, even profiteers appreciate Ouyang's style of heavy business. Not to mention anything else, when it is said that Ouyang specially vacates a room to put a plaque, he knows Ouyang's status on the ground in Yangping.

Ouyang had already received the news that the household department was guided by Cai Jing to check the accounts, how could he not do his homework in advance. Zong Zewei served for more than a month, and after a day of investigation, Leng did not find any violations. The Northern Song Dynasty was in this trouble, even if the emperor knew what Ouyang had done, but she knew that it was different from what the ministers found out. During the Northern Song Dynasty, due to the rule of not punishing crimes by words, the political atmosphere was still relatively active, and the emperor's words could not be ignored by the ministers. On the contrary, if the emperor wants to carry out government affairs, there must be a reasonable reason. This is fundamentally different from the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Ouyang also knew that there was a Southern Song Dynasty man named Zhu Xi who laid the foundation for the so-called feudal etiquette of the father as the son, etc., and misinterpreted the way of Confucius, which led to a great reversal of Chinese moral thought. This kind of person can be said to be a thorn in the side of Ouyang's advocate of equality, but now he is really not sure whether he was born or not, so he did not send someone to look for it. Ouyang is not in a hurry, as long as this name dares to show his head, he will immediately let people do it, whether he is eight or eighty years old, and guarantee that his whole family will die.

Zong Ze continued to investigate and covertly visit, not only in the county seat, but also in the countryside, and even to a natural village with only a dozen households. What surprised him was that even in a very remote natural village, there was a special yamen notice post, on which there were various regulations and benefits of the yamen. After inquiry, I learned that this is a special postal express set up by Ouyang, two people in each township, and the task is to post notices and newspapers, once every ten days. The maintenance of the notices is the responsibility of local leaders.

He also found that Ouyang's name was louder than he thought in Yangping, and the investigation showed that this situation had a significant relationship with his improvement of people's livelihood. In the allocation of social resources, Ouyang took into account the needs of all aspects. There are two main themes emphasized, the remuneration of laborers, and those who have the ability to work and do not participate in the laborers, can starve to death on the streets. Those who are unable to work have a minimum guarantee. In Yangping, there are also four classes of laborers, the lowest are lazy laborers, who are only busy with tomorrow's meals, the second class are coolie laborers, then literate laborers, and finally private enterprise managers. As a result of universal literacy, there is a distinction between coolies and literacy, even if they are both farming. Literate people can give priority to renting cattle and tools. In the agricultural slack, you can go to the school to receive experience guidance from the old farmers of large grain producers.

In the workshop, the average wage for the literate and the illiterate is three to one. Zong Ze also learned that if the boy who reached the age of 10 could not read 100 words, his father would be given priority in servitude. Due to the increase in the number of migrant workers in the cities, the increase in the per capita arable land area, and the multiple sources of money, the rural areas are richer than before. In addition, there is also the policy support of the yamen to encourage the reclamation of wasteland to raise low grain prices and curb high grain prices...... Zong Ze will focus on the destruction of the country to be based on agriculture this article crossed out. Not only was it not destroyed, but agriculture developed greatly.

Zong Ze came this time, and the household department had already outlined the key points for him. Except for one, everything that has been investigated is a false statement. And this one is...... There are fewer readers. Just because there are more literate people does not mean that there are more people who read. The first is the acceleration of the pace of commerce and industry, the second is that Yangping has not taken any measures to encourage children, the third is that Guozijian is mainly responsible for literacy, the fourth is the evolution of printing and typesetting towards high commercial profits, and the fifth is that the sales of dry and difficult words in Yangping are far less than that of a popular book.

The imperial examination was the most important part of the imperial court's selection of officials, and Ouyang, as the champion, had a lack of local knowledge. The students are punished as one, and if you want to say that Yang Ping has opinions about Ouyang, it is those who are the students, and there are a few people. Zong Ze visited Guozijian and learned that Ouyang had moved. A Yangping Academy was established, and all the antiques were thrown into it, and the real Guozijian were people who couldn't even explain the Analects clearly, and their daily work was to teach people to read and write, as well as to study and carry forward miscellaneous subjects. However, the income of these people was ten times that of the people of Yangping Academy, and two of them were fifteen times as large as the official of the fourth grade because of their excellent teaching, and even surpassed the income of the officials of the fourth grade.