Many people didn't expect that a general from the southern border, a well-known second ancestor who was well-known in the high-level officialdom of the entire Western Shu, would stir up a storm in the capital with a piece of paper.

By subsidizing money and grain with southern Xinjiang to be shoddy, and even poisoning the patriarch of the southern Xinjiang tribe to cause a new dispute, the Shu Emperor was furious and ordered a thorough investigation of the household department, tax money, grain, materials and silver salary, but all the above must be turned over to find out the flow accounts of the past years to the present, this thing is like opening a corner, and the rotten and dirty cover below is really shocking.

That night, the king general rushed to the prince's side with the excerpt he had written after checking it in the household department. The case files and accounts are piled up, just from the bright face of the silver money tax and grain income records, payment and transfer entries, the existing three items in the treasury are presided over by the household department Shangshu, two squires, in charge of the degree branch, two people in charge of the gold department, two people in the warehouse department, two people in the household department, four inspectors, ten people in charge of each person, plus ten people borrowed from the clerk, a total of 35 people stayed up in the household department yamen for two days and two nights to sort out a rough idea. After handing it over to the Wang general, even he himself was shocked into a cold sweat, as the old saying goes, the embankment of a thousand miles collapses in the anthill, and the Xishu on this account is not just as simple as some insects and ants.

The capital is close under the nose of the reasonable, the local officials seem to be too indulgent, to win the hearts of the people to this point, he and Fan Che as the staff of the prince's East Palace are really derelict in their duties.

Xishu generally followed the system of the old Tang Dynasty, and it is needless to say that the military law and law are still the same as in the old Tang Dynasty. After the founding of Xishu, the people's livelihood was lightly taxed, and according to the old Tang Dynasty practice, the uniform land system was implemented according to the horizontal and vertical steps of 240 steps for one mu, and the subsequent household registration system was also paving the way for the later taxation.

After the middle of the old Tang Dynasty, the field tax was replaced by money in kind, and it was levied in summer and autumn. The collection of salt, iron, wine and tea is a state-owned monopoly, and the monopoly tax burden is levied on top of this. The water conservancy in a corner of Xishu is excellent, and the wind and rain have been smooth for many years, and the people's livelihood will be restored soon. At the beginning, both the state-run industry and the private handicraft industry developed very significantly, and after the scale was initially established, the tax burden of reprocessing merchants and so on.

So far, the current emperor, several major sources of finance in Xishu are composed of land endowment, monopoly taxes, customs duties, and industrial and commercial miscellaneous taxes.

It is also very clear where local tax revenues are going. The tax was divided into three parts, one for the local government's own use, a small part for the local princes to dispatch, and the rest for Kyoto. The surname of the Eastern Emperor of Shu is not divided, the royal in-laws are all in Kyoto, and the money and grain are allocated by the Kyoto Kufu according to the level, and the local can be used for their own taxes, and they can protect the country and the like, and the Shu land has been without war for many years, and the princes with different surnames have no hereditary replacement, so the entire Western Shu can control the local finance at the same time, and it can be counted on one hand.

There are two places to go for money and grain entering Kyoto, one is the left treasury, which is under the jurisdiction of Taifu Temple, and Taifu Temple regularly summarizes the number of entries and exits in the household department Shangshu, and then has the criminal department in the department to review. The left treasury is the national treasury, and the army, local disaster relief and other matters are dispatched from the national treasury. The second is the Great Ying Treasury, that is, the emperor's private treasury, except for the Tian Fu monopoly tax, the industrial and commercial miscellaneous taxes are included in the Great Ying Treasury, which is used for the expenses of the imperial family.

The accounts of Taifu Temple are chaotic, and the local hidden household registration is seriously taxed, but most of these things happen to the imperial court officials and local gentry. Without a blind eye from above, how could they be so blatantly and unscrupulous.

Local fake accounts are frequent, and the household department is naturally black-eyed, and it is really embarrassing for Yan Shang to be able to sit in the position of the household department for so many years.

Wang Jiang took the fold and looked at it carefully over and over again, carefully picking out those names that were not very implicated with him, or not deeply implicated, and someone had to take the blame for such a big move, but this person must not have a direct relationship with the prince. After all, it is up to you to decide how to write on the fold presented to the emperor, but this time, the loss of the East Palace is indeed too great, so big that it is not an exaggeration to describe it as surviving with a broken wrist.

"Hurry up! Delay the matter and see if your heads can hold it!"

Gao Xian's hand was sudden, but he told him to investigate and deal with the relevant personnel who were responsible for exchanging materials with southern Xinjiang, although he was the son of the protector of the country, but he could only be a powerful man on his family's one-third of an acre, Xishu was big, and in the final analysis, it was the surname Donghuang who had the final say. When the crown prince inherits the unification, it is estimated that the first one will take the Gao family to establish his authority.

"Why did it stop? This is it?"

The proud son of the four people hurried all the way, and after not knowing how far he had gone out, he suddenly stopped, and the king was upset, so he opened the small curtain and tilted his head to poke out and ask.

"Back to my lord, someone is blocking the way. ”

The servant bent over and went back.

"Who is so bold as to stop a sedan chair on the street, do you know who Lord Ben is?"

The king was in an impatient rage, and someone who appeared out of nowhere blocked his way made him even more angry, and immediately opened the curtain and walked out of the sedan chair.

"Lord Wang is so powerful. ”

Less than a foot away from the sedan chair, a young man with a slightly pale face and a somewhat hunched back sat firmly on horseback, flanked by all saber guards.

"Your Highness the Seven?"

The king saw the faces of the people who had been struck by lightning, and he almost stumbled and fell to the ground.

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Donghuang Shuo asked the Donghuang Youdi and Fan Sili to stay in the back mountain, and then he and the Donghuang immediately returned to Kyoto.

arrived all the way non-stop, but learned that the prince had gone to a small temple in the suburbs, and the two couldn't take a break, changed horses and went straight to the outskirts of the city.

The prince's guards all recognized the two princes of the Eastern Emperor Shuo and the Eastern Emperor Kusheng, and when they saw the two of them hurrying over, they led the way in front, and the prince was in the viewing pavilion behind the temple at the moment.

"Did the prince come out to meet someone? Lord Wang or Lord Fan?"

The guards led the way, and when they saw a few words that they could still say to the two princes in the past, they didn't know what was going on when they hurried over, so they said more.

"No, the two adults have been so busy in the past two days that they can't even close their eyes, I'm afraid they won't be able to take care of the prince for a while. ”

"Is there something going on in Kyoto recently?"

Donghuang Shuo felt that what Konoe said was extremely abnormal, Wang Jiang and Fan Che were close to the prince on weekdays, and it was almost a well-known thing in the capital, and even his father acquiesced to this matter, and he had specially explained that he wanted the prince to learn more from the two adults and ask for advice. If nothing happened, how could the two not see each other for so many days?

"This-"

When asked, Konoe hesitated, although he was often by the prince's side, but after all, he was just a subordinate, and it was a felony to talk about the government in vain.

"It doesn't hurt to say it directly, and you will be exempt from responsibility. ”

Donghuang Shuo seemed to see the scruples in Konoe's heart.

"Yes, Your Highness. ”

Konoe got permission from the Eastern Emperor Shuo, and told him all the big and small things that had happened in the past few days. Although most of these things were heard from other people's mouths, and there was only a general appearance and no detailed details, Donghuang Shuo was still shocked when he heard it.

"Your Highness, here it is. ”

Dismounted outside the temple and trotted almost all the way, and when they reached the viewing pavilion, the guards stopped and retreated.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Donghuang Shuo stepped on the steps, but saw clearly the person sitting opposite the prince across the stone table.

"Seventh brother!"

Donghuang Shuo couldn't help but blurt out!

"The ninth brother is also here, have you learned something from the Houshan trial?"

The Eastern Emperor sat on the top of the stone bench with a smile, and behind him, Bai Mingshi squinted his eyes and looked at this side.