Tang Rong knew very well that although he was still a fourth-rank official, he had to add the word "sin" before this official. If he could not save himself this time, there would be two words "should be dead". Together, he would be the official who was sentenced to death.

Since they are all officials who are sentenced to death, they don’t think about commanding others to work. In fact, since the day when they were working in shackles, Tang Rong has never been able to command the officials under his command anymore, and even the minor officials dared to show him a look.

“Not right here.”

“It’s not right here.”

"It seems right here, but it is actually a problem."

"What are these idiots who are not good at learning? They have to learn from others to be corrupt officials. Do you really think corrupt officials are so easy to be?"

After finding the information from previous years, Tang Rong checked the documents and data sent by the Shandong Provincial Administration Commission one by one, and finally he found something wrong.

After chewing on the data to himself, Tang Rong did not dare to delay too much, and hurriedly ran to the room where Zhuang Chengyi was with the data he had sorted.

“There must be a problem here.”

Tang Rong said confidently: "There are a few accounts inside that are not right, and the lower officials have been marked. However, the lower officials are dull, and there are probably more things that are not found. I am afraid that I will have to trouble Mr. Zhuang."

Zhuang Chengyi nodded, took the data presented by Tang Rong and carefully checked the information, and said suspiciously: "How did you find something wrong with these places?"

Tang Rong bowed and said, "When I returned to the Shangshu, the lower official found that the number of these accounts was almost exactly the same as the number in previous years, and then I realized something was wrong."

"The officials remember that a large number of Japanese slave workers were flowing into the Shandong Provincial Administration and Shuntian Prefecture, and a large number of people were moved to open up land."

"Even if the people who were moved to Japan to open up the land, the Shandong Provincial Administrator's Office added about two million people this year."

"Even if two million people eat only one or two taels of salt per month, the salt consumed by two million people is enough for 200,000 kilograms. Even if the local area still uses 16 taels per kilogram, it should be about 100,000 kilograms."

"However, it is impossible for the local area to use 16 taels per kilogram, because this does not conform to the rules of the court, and they do not have the courage to do so."

"A pound of salt is worth twenty cents, 200,000 jin, which is about four million yuan, and 4,000 jin of treasure money is worth four thousand jin."

"The data reported by the Shandong Provincial Administrators Department is completely the same as in previous years, with a difference of less than twenty cents."

"This means that more than 3,980 guan of money should be missing. This is just the estimate of the official, and it should actually be more."

After listening to Tang Rong's explanation, Zhuang Chengyi nodded in agreement and sighed: "I used to think that you are flexible in your mind and always treat you as the next Minister of Revenue to train you, but I didn't think about it... Alas."

Tang Rong smiled bitterly and bowed and said, "It was the official who failed the trust and cultivation of Shangshu Zhuang."

Zhuang Chengyi nodded, stood up and said, "I went to the palace first, stay and then check it. It is best to check the data from other places. I will ask others to cooperate with you to check it."

Tang Rong was overjoyed and bowed to him and said, "Yes, thank you, Mr. Zhuang! The kindness of Mr. Zhuang is unforgettable for the Secretary of the State! "

...

"My brain is very useful, but unfortunately I just took the wrong path."

After reading the information handed over by Zhuang Chengyi for a while, Zhao Huan couldn't help but shake his head and felt a little regretful for Tang Rong.

After regret, Zhao Huan's expression became a little ferocious again, and he said in a deep voice, "I have given them less salary? Why can't one by one change the problem of corruption?"

Zhuang Chengyi's heart trembled and bowed and said, "The official family is angry. I think this matter may not be caused by someone's corruption, maybe there is another hidden truth?"

Zhao Huan nodded and ordered Wuxin: "I asked someone to inform He Ji, and let the Imperial City Office and the Censorate send someone to the Shandong Provincial Administration Commissioner to see what was going on."

After Wuxin bowed and responded, Zhao Huan turned his gaze back to Zhuang Chengyi and said, "I intend to try to let go of the salt system. What do Zhuang Qing think?"

Zhuang Chengyi was a little confused.

The official said that the release of the salt system is probably the same as the previous release of the iron system and allowing the public to smelter steel?

After considering it, Zhuang Chengyi bowed and said, "I think it is not feasible to release the salt system."

Zhao Huan raised his fingers, knocked on the table, and said, "Speak."

"yes."

After Zhuang Chengyi responded, he continued: "I think the people can be free of iron for a day, but not salt for a day."

"The government has relaxed the iron system and allowed the people to smel steel on their own. This is because there are iron smelting workshops everywhere, and the people can benefit from it, and the court can collect more taxes because of this. Therefore, the iron system can be opened to do good governance."

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"However, unlike iron tools, from ancient times to the present, there are only a few salt fields that can be used to retrieve salt. It is more than just a little harder to extract salt than to smelter."

"If the salt system is opened, the people can sell salt on their own, but they are afraid that the salt prices in this salt-producing place will plummet, but the prices in other places will soar."

"In this way, the people will not be able to afford salt. I am afraid that the officials will suffer if they have a kind heart."

Zhao Huan nodded, frowned slightly, and did not speak anymore.

Zhuang Chengyi's words are not difficult to understand, and the truth is also obvious. It is probably because of this that Zhuang Chengyi agreed to the treasury to use money to subsidize the salt administration.

After shaking his head, Zhao Huan also gave up his mind to tossing salt affairs.

After all, the flower planting families in later generations were unable to completely let go of the control of salt, which shows that this problem is as sensitive as it is in later generations. Even if you want to make trouble, there is no need to make trouble in this matter.

But without trouble, it does not mean that Zhao Huan has no other ideas.
Chapter completed!