Chapter 722: Wang Tong is unknown

In the Shanxi Governor's Office for a few days, Wang Tong also found one thing. When talking about other things, everyone was careful and calm, but when it came to this ancestral fortune, they were justified.

As an imperial envoy, Wang Tong came to Shanxi to investigate the arrears of Zonglu, which led to the siege of the royal family. In theory, local officials were in a disadvantageous position to arrears of Zonglu, but these local officials in Shanxi never seemed to think so.

"I can't say anything."

This is also Wang Tong's heartfelt words. Local officials are not expected to be honest. They may reach out to Zong Lu, but there is a certainty in this matter. The various silvers allocated by the court will be deducted from the local government in every possible way, but not all of them will be intercepted. This way, the food is too ugly and it is easy to be caught.

The royal family is even more sensitive. No matter how stupid the local officials are, they will not be so stupid that they deduct decades of deductions, and they will not go down. What's more, how many officials will be replaced in this place in a few decades? Is it like this?

"Mr. Wang checked the files these days and must have seen the number reported by the various prefectures. Not to mention elsewhere, Datong Prefecture had a total of 76,000 taels of silver every year. The quota was built in the past sixty years, but the quota had not changed. However, if the royal family had reproduction according to the rated quota, it would probably have been more than 194,000 taels. To be honest, the officials gritted their teeth and raised a few percent in Datong Prefecture. However, the salary of officials and servants was not paid, and the city defense was not repaired, and whether the government office would need silver. Not to mention anything else, many people in the prefecture office now have only 80% of the salary, and the servants had no money to take, so how could they have the remaining money to go to Zong Lu?"

The so-called officials’ salary is 80% and the servants do not have wages. This is naturally not to say how hard the officials and servants are, but to say that the public funds are really tight.

Even if the officials and servants make money by themselves, they do not have the reason to provide the money they have made to support the royal family. The Datong Prefecture is vast, so the operation of the silver will naturally not be missing.

This was actually a bit harsh, but Wang Tong knew that the Datong prefect was telling the truth. The Taiyuan prefect next to him coughed dryly, and also stood up and said:

"The Zonglu system is for the ancestral system to be allocated by the court, or a piece of supply is specially allocated by local taxes. However, since the Zhengtong year, the court has never allocated a penny to Shanxi, and it is for local governments to raise their own taxes. All taxes are on Weibo and must be supplied to all places. I really cannot take into account both. Please understand."

"Taiyuan Prefecture, the royal family's salary is the rule of the ancestors. How can you say so rudely? Even if the people in Shanxi are hungry, the officials do not pay their salaries, do not repair city defenses, and do not pay military salaries, they must maintain this matter thoroughly. If you say this, where will the upper part be placed, and you will not retreat."

Before Wang Tong could speak, the Shanxi governor next to him scolded him coldly. The prefect of Taiyuan quickly apologized and then sat back to his seat.

"Why do you have to be angry with Lord Chen? What Master Tao said is the truth."

Wang Tong comforted him calmly, and he understood very well that the governor was not scolding at all. This meant the same as what the Taiyuan prefect and the Datong prefect said.

He knew about these things after reading the documents, but these local officials may think that Wang Tong was young and did not have a deep understanding of them, so he still needs to explain them here.

Both father and son and brother are strangers and turn against each other, not to mention that this royal family, whose relationship is already very weak, doesn't even care much about being a son today, let alone the officials in this place.

In fact, Shanxi was shocked that Wang Tong and other officials came here to investigate Zong Lu. They also had to deal with the matter of such a matter by the emperor's most trusted person. Wouldn't it be that killing chickens and using a knives? Everyone was even worried that the emperor would clean up the officialdom in Shanxi, so they sent the king to come.

However, after contacting these days, the mature young Lord Wang seemed to have really come for Zonglu's incident. He checked documents and asked people to ask questions every day, and everyone was relieved. Zonglu's affairs have endless children, and the number of people receiving Lumi every year has increased. However, over the years of the Ming Dynasty, when will the central and local governments have been richer? It is still difficult to maintain the normal operation of the yamen? Who has the remaining money to give these Lumi?

After a while of silence in the room, Wang Tong spoke again:

"If the Lumi River is not allowed to go down, the royal family is full of resentment, especially when they look at the vassal kings and the princes are luxurious and wealthy, they must be even more unfair. After all, they are from the blood of the Tian family. We are ministers, so we cannot sit idly by and watch them be poor and hungry."

Wang Tong was silent for a moment and said:

"If you just continue like this, plunder official grain, beat and scold officials, and besiege the yamen, you will definitely suffer. At that time, you will not be able to escape. However, I think that after all, there are a few people who dare to take risks. There are many kind and loyal people. If the court and local governments cannot solve the problem, can't they support themselves?"

When everyone heard Wang Tong say this, everyone fell silent. Everyone really couldn't understand what the young man was thinking and what he was planning. The Datong Prefect coughed twice and interrupted:

"The princes and princes are naturally rich. Needless to say, there are also those royal families who are good at gathering and have a wealth of life. However, not everyone has this ability. They have been poor from generation to generation, and they have no capital even if they want to do a small business. The poor may not know that the labor and porters used in the warehouses in Datong City are mostly responsible for the royal family, but the wages of these porters are 30% lower than others. Why is this? It is because the royal family is enclosed in a lockdown and cannot leave the city or work in the city. Even if they hire someone, they are unwilling to hire such a person."

Since the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di, the Emperor Chengzu of Ming Dynasty, seized the throne, the control of the royal families of various vassal kings became more and more severe. The royal families were not allowed to leave the city where the fiefdom was located. This was the most severe ban, and local officials also had strict attention. If they were not allowed to leave the city, they would be called "passing the pass" and the punishment was very severe.

"What Datong Mansion said is true"

Wang Tong nodded, sighed, and then said loudly:

"Please come to the hall for those generals and lieutenants."

General Zhenguo, General Fuguo, General Fengguo, and then Lieutenant Zhenguo, Lieutenant Fuguo and Lieutenant Fengguo, these are all titles of the royal family. Hearing this, everyone in the hall exchanged glances with each other. The Shanxi governor whispered in the ear of the Shanxi governor:

"Today, Lord Wang looked for a total of ten members of the royal family in the city, and they were waiting outside."

Soon after, ten royal families came in. It is said that most of the royal family members saw the officials at half a level, and the officials in the room had to stand up to greet them, but no one moved from Wang Tong to the bottom.

On the contrary, these ten royal families were a little nervous, but they meant to kneel down to meet the officials. If they really kneel down, it would be really troublesome if someone wanted to do something.

"Take a chair for all the generals and lieutenants, and serve them with tea and snacks."

The Shanxi governor saw the opportunity and quickly ordered the people below to be busy. Wang Tong sent someone to find him, but it was the first time Wang Tong saw him.

Wang Tong had seen the nobles in the capital. The Wuqing Hou family was rich and luxurious, and Wang Tong had heard of it. Those who were just descendants of the heroes or relatives of the foreigners today were all descendants of the Zhu family, but they were extremely shabby.

The clothes on their bodies are pretty neat, but they look very unfit. They can't see any fat people. They are all thin people and have a good face. In this Shanxi governor's yamen, they all look very cramped.

Someone moved, but Wang Tong saw that the man covered his shirt with his pants and his calves could not cover his calves. In September, Shanxi was quite cold. The weak man had to wear cotton clothes. This man was not even a single shirt, which was really shabby.

Soon, the tea and dim sum were served. It was okay to say that the tea was there, but when the dim sum was served, it was almost snatched away. All the officials in the hall clearly saw that there were only two of these royal families eating, and the rest were stuffing the dim sum in their arms, which seemed to be taken back.

Everyone was speechless in this way, but the Taiyuan Prefect and Datong Prefect were a little vigilant, thinking to himself what the purpose of Lord Wang doing this is. Do you expect everyone to see the pitifulness of these royal families and to make everyone kindly replenish their wealth? It's really young people who don't know that the world is rich. This is a real money and silver thing. How can they change their position when they see pitifulness?

"Can you guys go and grab official and military rations?"

At this moment, Wang Tong asked first. The people below were shocked. The two people who were eating snacks were still choked by the snacks in their mouths. They quickly washed them with tea, and they coughed again, making them extremely busy.

Seeing that, Wang Tong said with a smile:

"I am ordered to investigate this matter, but I am not here to handle the case. But you said it's okay and you will not be convicted."

Seeing Wang Tong being kind, the other officials looked nothing about themselves. Several royal families looked at each other, but they all stood up and shouted:

"The villain robbed it, the villain robbed it, please be sentenced to convict"

The people below rushed to stand up, fearing that they would be considered innocent, which made Wang Tong a little surprised. Seeing this situation, the governor of Shanxi turned his body and whispered:

"After convicted, he was punished as a commoner, these poor royal families were reluctant to seek it, and at least they could go out of the city to work."

Wang Tong smiled bitterly. The world was even more ridiculous than he thought. He paused and asked again:

"I am not here to ask for guilt. Let go of this matter. You are so anxious to admit your guilt. I know what I think. Then I will change my question. If I lose this identity and give you the land to farm, you are willing to dig food from the soil, which will be ten times more difficult than now."

Before he could finish speaking, the royal families who stood up all knelt down and kowtowed, and said anxiously:

"I'm willing"
Chapter completed!