Although Yongchang is located in the border area, its products are still quite rich, and it is adjacent to the Jinchi and other departments that produce gold. The imperial court not only sets up mutual trading here to communicate with each other, but also sets up official mining supervisors to help Jinchi and other departments mine gold, and half of the gold earned. Logically speaking, with so many convenient conditions, both the government and the people here should live a good life.

However, for two consecutive years, the court not only did not receive a tael of gold, but even paid a lot of disaster relief funds. Anonymous memorials were directly invested in the Censorate of Chang'an, saying that the source of embezzlement of gold mines from the governor to the county magistrate, embezzled disaster relief funds, fish and meat, and ran rampant in the prefectures. They even secretly colluded with Jinchi and other departments, and privately granted salt and iron and other materials under the control of the court.

The Censorate received such a book. After Ma Zhou met with the news alone, the emperor sent an old official to follow Wei Zheng for many years to go around in the name of supervising the Censor. But not only did Mao not find out, but also the officials of the Jianfa Prefecture were too ginsenged. The emperor, in anger, directly dismissed him from his post and investigated him.

Before this Western Expedition, the emperor specifically instructed Li Chengqian that no matter what method was used, he had to figure it out. The Golden Tooth tribes had three gold mines in total. This was a bit strange to have a hole in disaster relief. With that book, the emperor was so surprised that he didn't bother him.

The Jinchi tribes had tens of thousands of clan soldiers, which was related to the stability of the southwest rear. Once the war was stalemate, they colluded with Tubo and echoed each other, and the situation would be greatly disadvantageous to the Tang Dynasty, so they had to send a steady official to go there. Because the war was imminent, Li Chengqian had no time to take care of it, so he recommended Dou Kuan to the emperor. First, punishing corruption was Dou Kuan's job, and second, this old boy was good at accidents and struggled in the prefecture for many years. He had never done anything, and it was just right for him to leave this matter...

In the blink of an eye, it has been three days since Dou Kuan came to Yongchang. In the past three days, except for the official articles, he read the account book, and spent the rest of his time dating with the Changshi Han Kui in the Wind and Moon Field. The two middle-aged court officials felt that they had met too late, so they just wanted to kill the chicken's head and burn yellow paper to worship the handkerchief.

Yunxia Tower, the largest brothel in Yongchang, Dou Kuan and Han Kui made a table of dishes and drinks. Halfway through, Han Kui clapped his hands. The waiter outside carried two boxes, put them down, lowered his head and turned out. It can be seen that Han Kui was either the owner here or had a lot to do with this place. He didn't bring these things when he came in the afternoon!

Seeing Han Kui open the box, golden light flashed through it. It turned out that the two boxes were neatly placed in the box. After closing the fan in his hand, Dou Kuan pointed to the box under his feet, squinted his eyes and said lightly: "Hengwen, what do you mean? Do you want to bribe the Minister of Integrity who is the imperial court?"

"Brother Yanji, don't be anxious. I'll listen to my explanation. This is not related to bribery at all!" Seeing Dou Kuan's tone incorrect, Han Kui quickly returned to his seat and explained. The court in the previous period sent a censor who was not as good as a monk. He looked at him in the east and looked at him in the west, and did not regard us colleagues who worked hard to guard the border and protect the people as human beings.

Nowadays, there are many misunderstandings about Yongchang Mansion. They think this is a place of filth and filth, so they sent you, the emperor and Chu's confidant, to investigate it again. The account book has been checked these days, and those rumors are completely false.

You, Shangshu Dou, have been an official in the local area for many years. You know that it is difficult for us to do something bad, and understand our hard work and are unwilling to make things difficult for us too much. Then we must be ignorant. Some gold is secretly respected by the various ministries, so that when the trade is held, the government can give more policies so as to save the need for it. Anyway, don’t be in vain.

After hearing his words, Dou Kuan's eyes floated at Han Kui, who was full of flattery. He said this very clearly. The one in front of him was just ignorant of the current affairs and didn't even want to pay. Who has a grudge against Jinzi these days!

You, Dou Kuan, are aware of the current affairs, and when you come, you also said that you would give everyone a convenience, so when you are dividing the money, we can't take you with you. Moreover, these golds are not from the court, nor are they picked out from the mouths of the people. You can keep it with confidence!

"Oh, Hengwen, I'm not telling you for your brother, there's no need to do this between us! It's not easy for you to accumulate some family responsibilities in this poor mountain and bad water. Even if I'm not good, I'm much better than you. Forget it, let's give the brothers below to subsidize the family!" Dou Kuan looked at the gold under his feet with a greedy face, but the words he said were extremely determined to pity his subordinates.

Seeing the performance of this Shangguan, he smiled knowingly. The previous one is not the ordinary one. It seems that today's affairs will be done. So after giving Dou Kuan a cup, he pleased and said: "Brother Yanji's compassion for his subordinates is really ashamed. I thanked the imperial envoy for his good wishes on behalf of the officials under Yongchang Mansion. But you should accept these common things, even if I am the younger brother and others to pay for my sister-in-law and the children's clothes."

After rubbing his hands, Dou Kuan drank the wine in the glass and then said in a deep voice: "Hengwen, the court not only pays attention to the administration of officials, but also pays attention to taxes and people's livelihood. Yongchang has suffered disasters and losses for many years. How much investment is the gold mined? The profit of the divine money is not seen. Do you think about it? So restoring stability on the ground is the most urgent thing. In short, the first thing is to say, Your Majesty is happy."

Yes, yes, after hearing Dou Kuan's words, Han Kui nodded repeatedly and immediately responded respectfully: "Brother Yanji said very well, but you also saw that the situation in Yongchang is really difficult to deal with. I think if the original tax can be reduced by 30% to subsidize the national economy and people's livelihood.

Without investment, how can the people live a good life? The court would have to pay for money, and Jinchi and other departments would no longer complain. The one who came last time had worn out his mouth, but the old scholar just disagreed. He knew that he was squatting in the yamen and was stunned. He knew the difficulties of us local officials!"

The main topic is here. Judging from these two boxes of gold, Han Kui and others want to openly reduce part of the tax and then make huge profits from it. In this way, everyone can gain something. And as long as they agree to his request, Yongchang will "never" be famine from next year, and the court will not always focus on such a small place.

"Mentality, Your Majesty said, the most important thing in dealing with border affairs is harmony, so that the mind of the superior country can be shown. In the fourth year of Zhenguan, millions of grassland people moved south to this purpose. Only by being gentle can one stabilize the border. Didn't the saint say that the sword and war should not be moved lightly.

OK, I will give you a copy of this point for you tomorrow to Your Majesty to see what he means. After completing this matter, this Yongchang Governor is still yours..."

After Han Kui left, Dou Kuan's greed expression changed. He patted his hands and called Su Liangsi outside the door, and said with a sinister face: "Tell us who are outside to collect evidence and investigate as soon as possible, get all the things to be made for the official, and then hand over this prince's handwriting to General Gongsun in Chengdu." As he said that, he handed over the handwriting in his sleeve to Su Liangsi......
Chapter completed!