In the entire Jingzhou region, there are only two state treasuries, which are guarded by commissioners.

If you want to use the money in the treasury, unless there is a document stamped by the emperor and signed by the household department, you will open the treasury privately, which is tantamount to conspiracy.

This is why it is often seen in history that a place is already full of hungry people, but the local parents and officials just dare not open the warehouse to release grain, because the granary is the grain depot in the national treasury.

Of course, there is another reason why he does not dare to open a warehouse, and that is that the granary is empty.

Every year, the tax is sealed into the state treasury, and then the local government reports the expenditure budget for the next year, and after the approval layer by layer, the state treasury will allocate funds to you according to the budget.

As for the remaining money from the national treasury, it will go into the overall scope of the central government, that is, the general ledger of the Great Sui Dynasty, where money is needed for the use of soldiers, where money is needed for disaster relief, the casting of weapons, the development of mines, and foreign trade are all allocated from the general ledger.

The money in the general ledger can only be touched by the emperor.

Early the next morning, Yang Ming ordered Yuanwen to find twenty left members of the governor's mansion and placed them in the corner of the back hall.

Didn't they ask me for money? Then I'll settle accounts with them.

Let's start with Yang Xuangan,

"Jiangxia Wharf repairs, it costs 230,000 yuan, you submit the detailed account and I'll take a look."

Yang Xuangan nodded, handed a page to the palace servant in front of him, and then presented it to Yang Ming.

"10,000 pieces of wood, 15,000 pieces of stone, 25,000 pieces of storage, ten boats, 15,000 pieces each, and 45,000 pieces of miscellaneous items, which is also called a breakdown?"

Yang Ming slapped the detail on the table:

"Why do you use 10,000 pieces of wood, is it purchased or felled? And this miscellaneous, what are the miscellaneous items? Are you messing with me in the lake?"

Who you...... Didn't you always do that before?

Yang Xuangan frowned and said, "The wood is naturally bought from Bashu, and as for the miscellaneous items, the manpower and material resources required for repair are all money."

"Haven't you calculated in detail how much manpower, how much material resources, and how much loss?" Yang Ming asked.

Yang Xuangan: "It's just an approximate estimate according to the standards of previous years."

"I don't want a general number, I want a detailed number,"

As he spoke, Yang Ming sent back Jiangxia County's expenses and asked them to recheck the calculation and be accurate to the use of each money.

Isn't this just a joke? Can you give me an estimate?

Then I said that the governor's mansion wants to build a thatched house, about 100,000 yuan, can it be done?

Next, Yang Ming looked at the details of the other chief officials, although some of them are much more detailed than Yang Xuangan's here, but they are all some model lake accounts, which are basically estimated.

So Yang Ming was directly "angry" and scolded one by one,

"Repairing the city gate, not building a new city gate, how did you calculate the 40,000 guan? There are civilians who serve in forced labor, and they don't spend a single penny, and the stone is worth 40,000 yuan? You cut this stone from the South Heavenly Gate?"

"And this, the main road in the county needs to be dug up and rebuilt, I checked, this main street was just repaired the year before last, and it has to be repaired again so soon? Collapsed in three years?"

.......

Some of the words that Yang Ming scolded were really untenable, and they were a little unreasonable, after all, he didn't understand many aspects, and Yuan Wendu had been quietly correcting him beside him.

But Yang Ming doesn't care, whether he scolded right or not, it is secondary, mainly to show these people an attitude: Now Jingzhou is my master, and no one can spend money indiscriminately.

As for admitting mistakes? Impossible, he learned a lot from Yang Jian and his wife, but he didn't learn to admit his mistakes.

"At the end of the year, don't go back, immediately send someone to call all your left officials, in the governor's mansion of this king, let's settle these accounts, you can get me, but I can't get the court."

After speaking, Yang Ming showed an impatient look and left with his sleeves brushed up.

Leave these twenty-two

The number one in the state and county, you look at me, I look at you, looking at each other.

Guiyang County Taishou Zheng Yuanshou moved the chair under his buttocks, leaned in front of Yiyang County Taishou Zhao Changwen, and whispered:

"Our little highness is very powerful, some of the words are the head, it is said that he is leaving Beijing for the first time, how can he understand so much?"

Zhao Changwen also whispered: "People have been prepared for a long time, this year's budget discussion, I'm afraid it will not be as good as in previous years."

Zheng Yuanshou said: "The money of each family is a bit exaggerated, after all, the rule has always been to report higher to avoid the phenomenon of insufficient amount, but I think His Royal Highness wants us to cut expenses."

"Everyone has to settle the details with you, if you don't want to cut it, you have to cut it," Zhao Changwen whispered: "Wait, let's see what other families mean, the money is reported to the household department by His Royal Highness, if His Highness doesn't approve it here, you won't be able to get a big money."

In the back hall, everyone turned their heads and whispered.

Murong Sanzang approached Yang Xuangan's side and asked, "Jiang Xia's expenses for next year are so small?"

"It's a little bit of a fart," Yang Xuangan frowned, "Don't you see that so few people don't want to give you approval?"

As he spoke, Yang Xuangan turned his head and said in surprise, "Hiss...... But I said Murong, you played hard enough, and you just lost money?"

Murong Sanzang said with a distressed face: "Jiangling is the capital, and there are many yamen, all of them are asking me for money with their mouths open, you know, who can we support with our little money?" If I don't pay more and give a cent to the people below, I won't be able to call anyone from next year onwards."

"That's not what you can't do, the yamen are short of money, let them figure out their own way, don't always stare at the total money in the account," Yang Xuan snorted coldly: "This year is the first year that people come to Jingzhou, and you are all smart and leave more balances in the account, so that people are happy, and the top is also happy."

Murong Sanzang was stunned: "I didn't expect Brother Xuangan to have this consciousness and be taught and taught."

I don't have back pain when I stand and talk....... Murong Sanzang complained in his heart, you are the eldest son of Duke Yue, who dares not to listen to you?

I'm old, and the people below can't eat, who will listen to me? As soon as I, the county guard, came to the king of Hedong, it was like a decoration, and I didn't feed the people below.

"It's almost noon when you're eating, why haven't you eaten yet?" Yang Xuangan shouted at the servant, who hurried to urge.

Inner Garden,

Yang Ming and Yuan Wen both sat down to discuss the matter, while Yang Yinjiang took the opportunity to pour tea for the two of them and listened to it on one side.

"What is the actual amount of money per year?" Yang Ming asked.

Yuan Wendu thought for a while and replied, "It's not very clear, but when my father was in Jiangling, basically the yamen of each prefecture could take sixty percent, but that was many years ago, and now the situation is slightly better, and he will take about fifty percent."

"That's half," Yang Ming nodded, glancing at Yang Yinjiang, it seemed that she had a good estimate, at least half of the money could be deducted.

Yang Ming asked again: "It seems that all this money has been divided among various yamen, if I make a drastic investigation, I am afraid that it will move the foundation of Jingzhou officialdom."

"I can't check it," Yuan Wendu hurriedly said:

"I can only reduce them a little bit, and if we really have to investigate and deal with it strictly, something big will happen. In addition to the officials appointed by the Supreme and the Ministry of Officials, almost all the other officials in the prefectures and counties are from the local area, these local snakes are the most difficult, there are only interests in their eyes and no national law, when Wei Gong was the first governor of Jingzhou, he did it too ruthlessly, so that the local forces gathered and gathered to attack the governor's mansion, and to clean up these people, you can only take your time."

Yang Ming nodded, and he also knew that he couldn't be in a hurry about this.

That's why after he cleaned up the Wen family, he immediately stopped, just because he was worried that the local forces would perceive the crisis, so that they would collude with each other and form an iron plate.

After Yuan Wendu left, Yang Ming looked at Yang Yinjiang and said with a smile:

"Cut it by a third, I'm afraid there will be problems if it is more."

"Very good!" Yang Yinjiang nodded: "They eat a lot,

Those who honor you will be more, and the big fish will eat the small fish."

Yang Ming smiled, "Do you think I care about this?"

"No," Yang Yinjiang shook his head, "I know, you really want to do things, you want to govern Jingzhou well, but you can't be in a hurry, the more urgent, the greater the resistance."

Yang Ming smiled and nodded, it has to be Yang Yinjiang, she is always consistent with her own thoughts, which is really rare, she can be called a bosom friend.

Just like the scientific expedition of the Great Sui, it has been carried out for 14 years, how many of them have emerged?

Not a single one.

Why? Because the scientific expedition moves the interests of the family, it will inevitably suffer great resistance.

Originally, the official position of the lord can be inherited, father to son, son to grandson, you suddenly appeared for a imperial examination, which is equivalent to occupying the position that should belong to my children and grandchildren, if I don't stop it, will my children and grandchildren still live?

Just like the current Jingzhou officialdom,

Originally, I could get 1,000 yuan a year, but since you came, I can only get 500 yuan, do you want you to stay, or do you want you to leave?

If in the future, I can only get 200 guan a year, then it is not a matter of staying, but I want you to die.

This is the status quo of feudal society, and it is not something that Yang Ming can change.

At this time, Xu Jing came in, and his expression was strange,

"Miss Pei is here from Daxing, and she is now placed in the front office."

Yang Ming was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously glanced at Yang Yinjiang, who shook his head helplessly:

"I have made it very clear in my reply to her, I am in Jingzhou, let her not worry, but I didn't expect her to come."

Yang Ming smiled and said to Xu Jing, "The former yasmen have a lot of eyes, please invite her in."

Not long after, Pei Shuying, who was wearing a long cyan dress, came to Yang Ming's dormitory under the guidance of Xu Jing, and when she saw Yang Yinjiang, she smiled apologetically:

"Jingshi is really bored, as soon as Yin Jiang leaves, I don't even have anyone to talk to, so I went to Jingzhou to meet Yin Jiang, and I ask Yin Jiang not to be surprised."

Are you really just here to see me? Yang Yinjiang hurriedly stepped forward to take Pei Shuying's hand and said affectionately:

"How can you be weird? It's too late for me to be happy."

Pei Shuying was not good at hiding after all, her smile was quite unnatural, and then she looked at Yang Ming and said with a smile:

"Your Highness is fine, you don't mind if I bother the house for a while, right?"

Yang Ming smiled, "Does Gong Pei know?"

"Know!" Pei Shuying nodded.

Pei Ju, you old fox, what kind of calculations are you making? Yang Ming nodded:

"Reunited after a long absence, I guess Miss Pei and Yin Jiang have a lot to say, so I won't bother."

After that, Yang Ming instructed Xu Jing to settle Pei Shuying and return to the room to rest.

After Yang Ming left, Yang Yinjiang smiled and said, "My sister is here, does Pei Gong really know?"

Pei Shuying nodded and said, "I only went out with my father's permission."

"Oh......" Yang Yinjiang nodded, lost in thought.