eurekapd Chapter 108 Fooled
Chapter 108 Fooled
Next came Henan Yin Yu Chun, who also wrote down the taxes and grain of Henan County in a clear and straightforward manner.
Now the counties are in a dilemma!
Logically speaking, these data are summarized by various counties in Henan County, and then reported to Sizhou by Henan County, and then reported to the court by Sizhou. The court certainly has a rough idea of the data.
However, some county heads have no idea about the county’s finances. Most of the reports are written by their subordinate officials, and they just sign and submit them.
It's a confusing matter to begin with, as long as I can pass it, it's fine.
But Xu Zhi also said just now that if a county magistrate doesn't even know how much money and grain there are, he is a mediocre official.
If I can’t write it now, wouldn’t I be a mediocre official?
What is more important is that even if it is clear now that the data were falsely reported or concealed, the county cannot produce them once they are written down.
Oops!
But now the arrow is on the string and must be shot!
So everyone lined up and went up. It was okay at the beginning. Even if they didn’t remember it very clearly, they had a rough idea of it.
Write it down on a piece of paper according to Xu Zhi’s way of writing and sign it.
The last one to take the turn was Wang Fang, the magistrate of Hongnong County.
Wang Fang almost collapsed to the ground.
The data written by the county magistrate before was placed in front of Du Zheng. Does he need to calculate them one by one?
As they stepped forward tremblingly, officials from various counties were in a state of high tension.
This guy's abilities are usually not that great, so he must make sure the previous data is accurate at this time!
Picking up the brush and looking at the large piece of paper in front of Du Zheng, he couldn't figure it out in his mind!
Everyone's eyes were focused on him.
“Write it!”
Du Zheng didn't say anything, but Xu Zhi said unhappily.
"Yes, yes!" Wang Fang said, but the brush in his hand could not write.
Several county magistrates thought that something was wrong and that Wang Fang must have failed to add up the numbers.
They looked at each other!
But no one dared to speak at this time!
At this time, Liu Ji had already jogged in from outside.
"Sir, I'm back!"
"Very good!" Du Zheng smiled slightly. "It's just right. You can calculate the taxes and grain for each county!"
"Yes, sir!" Liu Ji didn't waste any words and took out an abacus from his body.
This?
The officials were speechless. How could they carry such a large abacus with them at all times?
"Please report the numbers! Let the counties verify them again. If there are any errors, they will be corrected immediately. If they are correct, this pacification envoy will keep them on file for future reference!"
"Yes!" Liu Ji counted and called out the numbers loudly.
"Henan County, 150,000 dan of sorghum, 280,000 dan of wheat, 600,000 dan of rice, 300,000 strings of coins, 50,000 taels of silver, and 5,000 taels of gold!"
The following are Henan, Hedong, Hexi, Hebei, Xin'an, Xinding, Gucheng, Lucheng, Yangcheng, Xinzhai, and Hongnong.
Luojing is directly under the jurisdiction of Sizhou, and Xu Zhi has already reported it, so the number is not included.
Liu Ji read them one by one until the end.
Wang Fang fell down!
He roughly calculated in his mind that the total amount of sorghum in the first ten counties might be less than 100,000 dan!
Even if Hongnong were to claim the remaining 50,000 shi, no one would believe it!
What's more, there is wheat, rice, and money!
The figure reported by Henan County was 300,000 strings of cash, but a rough mental calculation showed that the figures for the top ten counties added up to nearly 250,000 strings of cash.
Hongnong County is the poorest. Even if they sell the county seat, they still can’t raise 50,000 strings of cash!
So he got so angry that he fell to the ground and fainted.
Du Zheng smiled and asked someone to help Wang Fang up.
After pinching his philtrum twice, Wang finally came to his senses.
"County Magistrate Wang, you are the only one missing!"
Du Zheng spoke loudly.
"Hmm!" Du Zheng smiled slightly. "I think Hongnong County is pretty good! After all, it's close to Luojing, and the money and food here are much better than other counties!"
“Sir, Xiaoxian, Xiaoxian!”
I have mentioned two small counties in a row and I really don’t know what to say next!
A group of county officials also looked at him viciously.
At this time, Wang Fang had actually been sentenced to death!
If he doesn't admit it, how many people will die!
If he admitted it, it would mean that Wang Fang was the only one who committed fraud, and he would be the only one who would die.
Wang Fang already knew his fate at this time and really wanted to bite his tongue to commit suicide.
But when I tried, I couldn’t bite it at all!
"County Magistrate Wang is unwell, so the only one left is naturally Hongnong County. This pacification envoy will not make things difficult for him. Liu Ji, tell me, how much money and grain does Hongnong County have?" Du Zheng said with a sneer.
"Yes!"
Liu Ji used the candle to count the abacus: "In Hongnong County, there are 50,000 dan of sorghum, 80,000 dan of wheat, 100,000 dan of rice, 50,000 strings of coins, 8,000 taels of silver, and 900 taels of gold!"
"County Magistrate Wang, any objections?"
Du Zheng asked.
"I, I!" Wang Fang was completely speechless.
After saying that, he fainted again.
At this time, it is impossible not to faint!
Henan Yin Yuchun had a very ugly expression on his face. How come these idiots ended up with such a huge difference when they put together the numbers?
Xu Zhi would never have thought that these idiots just made up the numbers and ended up causing such a huge shortfall in Hongnong County!
No one will believe it if I write it down!
But there is nothing I can do at this moment!
You can't hit yourself in the face!
Fortunately, the matter has come to an end for the time being. It’s just a matter of finding a way to help Hongnong County make up for the deficit.
Then the county magistrates will have to bleed!
"Then I have no objection! It's getting late, so each county should return to its headquarters to organize disaster relief! Tomorrow morning, Your Highness and I, the Pacifier, will be here, awaiting our colleagues!"
All the officials bowed and said, "We take our leave!"
After saying that, he carried Wang Fang, who was pretending to be unconscious, and left in a hurry.
Xu Zhi did not leave, and his face looked very ugly. He felt that Du Zheng sending people to check the money and grain was a trap in itself.
With so many counties and flooding, some places will take at least a whole day to clear.
How is it possible to find out everything overnight?
But why did I get so panicked?
And he just jumped in, and he jumped several times very accurately.
Du Zheng, you fucking cheated me!
You wait!
But at this time, I can only complain in my heart and can't think of any other solution.
Liu Zhao couldn't help but admire Du Zheng in his heart. He dug a good pit!
A group of officials led by Xu Zhi jumped in willingly, and they got money and food!
"Master Xu, it's getting late, go back and get some rest!"
Du Zheng said while looking at Xu Zhi who was in a bad mood.
"Don't worry, Envoy. Yangcheng is hundreds of miles away from Luojing. I can't make it back. I'll stay here tonight and won't leave!"
"I'm not leaving! Lord Xu has worked so hard for disaster relief. Your Highness, with such dedicated officials in our Great Jing Dynasty, there's no need to worry about our country not being strong and prosperous!"
Du Zheng said this and stood up.
Liu Zhao did not express his opinion.
"Your Highness, has the palace been arranged?" Xu Zhi asked Liu Ji.
"We are ready. Your Highness, please go and rest."
"What? Did they just go to prepare a palace for the prince?" Xu Zhi almost vomited blood.
"Let's go, Your Highness!"
Du Zheng bowed and said.
"Okay!" Liu Zhao thought he was going to sleep in this office!
Why did you build a palace?
"Master Xu, see you tomorrow!"
Before leaving, Du Zheng did not forget to greet Xu Zhi in a friendly manner.
When I go out, I don't ride a horse.
Just a few hundred meters away is the so-called palace.