What is the concept of a deficit of 170,000 taels?
The fiscal revenue of Sichuan Province is only one million taels, and that of Gansu is less than 500,000 taels. A national mausoleum affiliated with the Civil Affairs Bureau lost one-fifth of Sichuan Province's fiscal revenue in a year.
Look at the bottomless pit!
Jia Liu is so angry that he took over a bad debt without taking advantage of the good things in the grave, and no one is happy to leave it alone.
One hundred and seventy thousand taels!
As a third-rank minister in charge, his annual statutory salary is only 130 taels, including 6,000 taels of Lianlian silver. It would take him thirty years of deprivation to fill up the hole.
This is not cheating my father, this is cheating my grandpa.
In this poor place like Jingling, there is no cash truck for him to rob, and no arms or food for him to cooperate with the enemy.
Apart from repairing the dilapidated yamen, there is no other big project for him to do.
So where can Jia Liu get 170,000 taels to fill the hole?
This was really working for the Qing Dynasty and for Aixinjueluo. There was no way Jia Liu could put his hard-earned money into it.
Therefore, the account must not be recognized.
But soon, Jia Liu pinched his nose and recognized it.
Why?
According to the unspoken rules of the Qing Dynasty officialdom, successors will not undo their predecessors' accounts.
If you want to translate it, you can do it. Just bring it up when handing over.
If you don't bring it up, it will be stamped with a big seal of "Baba", which means that you, the new minister in charge, have accepted your account.
After admitting the blame and then falling out, it was not the former minister-in-chief who was offended, but many, many people.
It's also because Jia Liu didn't pay attention. He was just going through the formalities and didn't think of checking his predecessor's accounts. Now it's fine, the loss of 170,000 taels is his.
Besides, if he really wanted to check the accounts, there would be no way to check them.
Because this huge deficit was not left by the previous general manager, but by many previous general managers.
How to check this?
Issues left over from history involve more than just checking the deficit.
Why none of the previous ministers in charge exposed and reported the financial problems left by their predecessors has already explained the problem.
It is very likely that the loss was only a few thousand taels in the beginning, but accumulated over time, it has become an astronomical figure today. In the end, when this astronomical figure grows larger and larger, causing serious social problems, who will be the final takeover?
Whoever takes the blame will be the one to blame.
Don't blame your predecessors, that's the rule.
Niang Xipi!
Looking at the thick stack of account books, Jia Liu thought to himself that he must be forced to pry out the big gold teeth in Emperor Sheng Zuren's mouth.
"Sir, the deficit is a bit big, but some are anxious to repay, and some are not anxious to repay."
Delian was like a Shaoxing master giving advice to the new chief minister. According to him, more than 30,000 taels were urgently needed because the creditors behind these accounts had well-established backgrounds and could not afford to offend.
Some of them don't need to be taken into consideration at all, such as the expenses of previous ministers in charge of entertaining passing imperial envoys and officials.
Turning to the end of the account book as Delwang said, Jia Liu suddenly discovered that Jingling's entertainment expenses over the years were as high as more than 49,000 taels.
In other words, the money owed for food and drink alone is more than one-third of the deficit.
"Why did you eat so much money?"
Jia Liu was shocked by the amount of food and drink expenses. Converted into RMB, it would be 50 million.
These guys are so greedy!
Considering that he has always been clean and honest since he became an official, he strictly requires himself to eat only four dishes and one soup for every meal. He rarely eats meals hosted by his subordinates or colleagues. However, these grave-watchers ate tens of millions of yuan just for meals. It is simply
It's unbearable.
Delwang explained that it is true that Jingling is a cold-water yamen, but it can't stand it. Every year, the Ministry of Etiquette, the Ministry of Works, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs send people to inspect, and people from other yamen also come, so the cost of welcoming and transporting them is too much.
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Fortunately in the early years, all expenses could be claimed.
However, the situation in the past ten years has been severe and the state treasury has no money, so it is difficult to reimburse expenses.
For example, it was supposed to be 10,000 taels, but the Ministry of Internal Affairs only approved 2,000 taels at most. What to do with the remaining 8,000 taels?
They could only tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall and use it for other purposes. As a result, more and more were moved away, resulting in a huge deficit of 170,000 taels today.
“Which debts need to be resolved urgently?”
If you are not in your position, you will not seek political advice. If you are in your position, you must do things. Since the predecessors owe so much money, there is no reason for Mr. Jia to deny them all.
I'm ready to go through the process,
I just want to see how much money is allocated this year, and then just like my predecessors, continue to move.
He can do it as long as he can, as long as the matter doesn't explode on his watch.
He Shen said that Qianlong would come to visit the mausoleum in the second half of the year, and if he entertained the old man, he might be able to leave this miserable place.
Delwang was about to say something when there was a noise outside, vaguely mixed with a woman's yelling and cursing.
This made Jia Liu suddenly lose his temper. When he took office as a new official, these guys didn't want to give gifts. What's the matter, why don't they show off their power to him?
As it turned out, it wasn’t really the guys below who wanted to show off their “color” to General Manager Jia, but the nearby shops and restaurants, including the engineering and maintenance units responsible for roads in Jingling, knowing that the new General Manager had taken office, and they all came over to ask for money.
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There are project funds, entertainment expenses, fruit and vegetable supply expenses, and incense burner expenses.
I don’t know if there is any compensation for the loss of a girl’s youth or something.
More than a hundred people came in a noisy manner, and they were clamoring outside to see the manager. The Eight Banners soldiers guarding the mausoleum may be short-handed when it comes to eating people, short-handed when taking people, or some of the money is their own, so
He didn't stop him forcefully. He shouted that no noise should be made in the important place of the yamen, but he kept letting people inside.
Seeing that something was amiss, Delwan was ready to go out and chase them away.
Jia Liuxun thought for a while, but went out to meet these creditors. He did not say anything to these excited creditors, but only wanted the two children brought by his family to keep records for these creditors.
Just register them one by one so that he can check them against the account book later.
"I have just taken office, and I am not familiar with many situations. But now that you are here, I will definitely not just drive you away. There are too many accounts. I can't hear clearly what you are saying to each other.
, I can’t make sense of it, let’s do this, why don’t you all report your accounts to me, and then I will act according to the accounts. As long as I am in office for one day, this account officer will definitely find a way to clear everything for you.”
What he said was sentimental, reasonable and well-founded.
What it actually means is "just wait."
Jia Liu was born with experience in dealing with these people. Occasionally, he said a few words that moved his creditors, and he had the image of Jia Qingtian.
For those who want debts, Jia Liuyemen clears them. Some of them are really urgent debts, and some of them are serious debts.
For example, supplying fruits, vegetables and daily necessities to Jingling, he could deal with it later. After all, he didn't have much money.
But some creditors, I'm sorry, the manager will definitely not reply to you if you come to us. After all, there are IOUs and projects.
But when we will have money, this needs to be discussed again.
But don’t worry!
For an organization as big as mine, there’s no way I won’t pay back the money!
After a good deal of appeasement and sending off the creditors, Jia Liu immediately convened a meeting of officials above the sixth rank.
The meeting got straight to the point.
Which engineering projects in Jingling need to be repaired?
When the Chief Minister asked this question, all the Eight Banners officials, big and small, got excited and said dozens of things without blinking an eye. Of course, there were also flatterers among them who suggested that the General Manager's Yamen must be rebuilt, and the staff dormitories should also be repaired.
Jia Liu told Delwang to record this matter as a key point. As a leading cadre, improving the living environment for his subordinates is the most popular and most effective thing.
Let’s discuss the rest later.
At this time, Hatu, who was in charge of the defense of the mausoleum, stood up and said: "My lord, according to my inspection, there is a possibility of water seepage in Emperor Shengzuren's underground palace. This matter should be reported to the Ming Dynasty by my lord, so that it can be dealt with as soon as possible."
Why!
At first glance, this Hatu is someone who is loyal to his country.
Jia Liu immediately came to his senses and signaled Ha Tu to elaborate.
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