Chapter 761 Inspection

Early the next morning, Yunzheng took people to inspect the Shuofang military camp.

Everything was normal in the military camp, and all the soldiers got up at the prescribed time to drill.

Yunzheng made a special trip to see the training ground.

There was hardly a dead blade of grass in sight.

Although this does not mean that General Shuofang fully fulfilled his duties, it does mean that the soldier was quite diligent in training and was not doing temporary training to fool him.

After inspecting the military camp, Yunzheng went to Shuofang's official office.

Upon learning of Yun Zheng's arrival, Shuofang County Governor Yao Xiangxun had already led people to wait outside the government office.

When Yunzheng arrived, Yao Xiangxun immediately led people to greet him.

"Okay, let's talk after we go in!"

Yun Zheng waved his hand, quickly got off his horse, and walked into the government office at a fast pace.

Entering the official office, Yunzheng ordered Yao Xiangxun to bring Shuofang's account book.

Yao Xiangxun was prepared and immediately ordered people to bring all the account books.

"Find the official warehouse's account books!"

Yunzheng is simple and direct.

After Yao Xiangxun found the account books of Guancang, Yun Zheng pushed the rest of the account books to Jia Yao, "I will look at the account books in my hand first, and you can help me read the rest!"

"Ah."

Jiayao nodded slightly and looked at Yunzheng slightly annoyed.

This bastard knows how to catch strong men!

If it were just the two of them, she would definitely have to scold Luo Yunzheng.

But in front of all the officials in Shuofang, Gayao still maintained his posture.

Yun Zheng smiled lightly and casually looked through the account book in his hand.

The account books record in detail the input and output of grain in Shuofang's official warehouse.

In the absence of disaster relief, the biggest consumption of food in official warehouses is to supply the army.

Judging from the account books, more than half of Shuofang's official warehouses are still full.

Yun Zheng just looked through it casually for a while and then put the account book away.

"Let's go, take me to the official warehouse to have a look!"

Yunzheng stood up and told Jia Yao, "Bring the account book with you and read it on the carriage!"

"it is good!"

Ga Yao also stood up.

Yao Xiangxun did not dare to neglect and immediately arranged a carriage for them.

"How? Do you see any problem?"

On the carriage, Yunzheng asked Jia Yao in a low voice.

"I haven't seen any problems from the account books so far." Jia Yao shook his head and said, "However, I feel that there is something wrong with the tax money."

"How to say?"

Yunzheng asked.

"The tax money is too little."

Jia Yao replied: "There are more than 200,000 people in Shuofang anyway, and the war has not affected Shuofang. Logically speaking, Shuofang's tax money should have a greater surplus..."

Shuofang is indeed not big.

It is a county seat in name, but in fact it is a county seat.

However, in order to guard against Beihuan, Daqian built Shuofang City according to the standards of a county city.

However, Shuofang had not carried out any large-scale construction projects before, so Shuofang's expenses should not be too large, and they would not only have this amount of tax money.

The account is correct, but it doesn't make sense.

Listening to Jia Yao's words, Yunzheng took Ku Yin's account book from her hand.

But he looked at it for a long time and couldn't see any problems in the account book.

However, this is normal.

Keeping accounts should be the basic skill of corruption.

If you can't even handle the accounts well and still engage in corruption, you are simply seeking death.

"Why do you want to see Guancang first?"

Jiayao was curious, "Logically speaking, shouldn't you check Kuyin first?"

"Because I deliberately raised the price of grain in Shuobei!" Yunzheng explained, "If I want to be corrupt, I will probably resell the grain in the official warehouse at a high price. After the price of grain comes down, I will buy grain at a low price to fill the official warehouse. …”

No wonder!

Ga Yao suddenly realized.

As the two were talking, they had arrived at the official warehouse.

Yunzheng took the account book and followed Ga Yao out of the carriage.

After another greeting, Yunzheng and the others finally entered the official warehouse.

Yun Zheng called Shen Kuan over and gave a few instructions in a low voice.

Soon, Shen Kuan led the personal guards and began to inspect the granary in the official warehouse.

A group of people knocked here and there with wooden sticks, checking the granaries one by one.

After a while, Shen Kuan came to report: "Your Highness, almost half of the granaries are full."

Is that so?

Could it be that I am overthinking it?

Yunzheng thought secretly and called Sicang over again, "Based on the current situation, how long can the existing food in Guancang last?"

Sicang bowed and replied: "We can support it until March at most."

"This amount of food can only last until March?"

Yun Zheng frowned.

Seeing that Yunzheng looked strange, Sicang quickly explained: "Your Majesty, I don't know. Your Majesty is including the consumption of the field soldiers at Langya Mountain Pass. If you don't count the consumption of those field soldiers, it can last for seven years." August, but it is indeed difficult to support the new tax revenue..."

"I see."

Yunzheng nodded slightly and asked Yao Xiangxun: "If I don't mobilize food to support Shuofang, how do you plan to survive the current predicament?"

"This……"

Yao Xiangxun obviously didn't expect Yun Zheng to ask this question, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

After thinking hard for a while, Yao Xiangxun finally said: "The official believes that taxes can be increased appropriately and the salaries of all officials are temporarily halved. The official is also willing to donate his savings over the years to purchase grain."

"In addition, share the corvee among the people equally, and tell the people of Shuofang that no matter what, even if they bring their own rations, the road to Langya Pass must be opened. As long as there is this road, all the people of Shuofang will be able to live a good life in the future... "

As Yao Xiangxun spoke, he quietly paid attention to Yun Zheng's expression.

He knew that saying this might make Yun Zheng unhappy, but there was nothing he could do!

There is not enough money in the treasury, not enough food, and Yunzheng does not support them. What can they do?

There was no joy or sorrow on Yun Zheng's face, but he was secretly approving in his heart.

Of course, this praise must be enclosed in quotation marks.

It has to be said that Yao Xiangxun is well versed in the ways of being an official.

If it were Zhang Huai and Gao Shizhen, they would have strongly advised themselves to suspend the project at Langya Pass and find ways to overcome the immediate crisis. It would not be too late to start construction when food and treasury were sufficient.

But what Yao Xiangxun wants is that whatever the leader has to do, he must do it well in every possible way.

Even if this method is not good, it at least shows that you are committed to the leader and stand on the same line as the leader.

After Yao Xiangxun finished speaking, a smile appeared on Yun Zheng's face, "It's not a problem to blindly squeeze the people. You can think about it again and see if there are other ways! You can also ask other people for advice!"

"Yes Yes……"

Yao Xiangxun nodded repeatedly and immediately followed the officials to discuss countermeasures.

Yun Zheng invited Shen Kuan to come closer and whispered a few words into his ear again.

Soon, Shen Kuan took people away again.

This time, Shen Kuan directly led people to open all the full granaries, and directly inserted the weapons in his hands from above to see if there were any partitions in the granaries that Yun Zheng had mentioned.

Seeing the actions of Shen Kuan and others, Sicang felt his whole body go limp and slumped on the ground with a lifeless face...