Son of Song Dynasty

Chapter 70 A Big Fun
Of course, Zhao Dezhao is not a prophet. He can easily draw the correct conclusion because he is familiar enough with the set of methods and systems he designed, and based on this, he made a normal judgment.

The unreasonable and sharp drop in the tax amount, but no flaws can be found in the account slips. The only possibility is that all the staff in charge, including cashiers, billing clerks, auditors, and warehouse clerks, conspired together. Fraud, to balance the fake accounts.

Other than that, there is no other explanation.

Therefore, the astonishing conclusion that Wang Zixing could only draw after painstaking investigation was clear and certain from the moment he read the account briefing. The only question worthy of a little doubt was whether his uncle had Being dragged into the water and implicated?
Of course, as Wang Zixing came to report on his own initiative, this question is no longer a problem.

What remains unclear is how did all this happen?
After Zhao Dezhao was silent for a moment, he asked Wang Zixing one after another.

"Your Kaifeng branch has set up a total of ten tax offices in Tokyo and in various suburban counties, right?"

"Yes, seven in the city and three in the suburban counties."

"Ten tax offices, each tax officer is equipped with cashiers, invoicers, auditors, and warehouse managers, and is operating in strict accordance with the tax payment process I set?"

"Yes, each tax office is fully staffed and is operating in strict accordance with the prescribed procedures."

"How can you be so sure?"

"I don't have to hide it from Your Highness: In each tax office, there is a handyman who is responsible for sweeping, cleaning and making tea, and maintaining order on the spot. The ten handymen are all reliable domestic servants I have drawn from home. The eyeliners secretly planted in the tax office, although they are illiterate and do not understand the accounts, it is not difficult to keep an eye on whether the officials are following the rules. Whether the officials in the various tax offices are following the rules On the surface, these eyeliners did not find any problems."

Wang Zixing took a breath, and added: "But these eyeliners still have an effect, that is, they reported to me last night that they felt that the number of merchants who are notarizing the deeds at the tax office is increasing day by day. There are too many people and there are few people, this is something that no one can fake, but this situation is not in line with the sudden drop in tax, so I dare to confirm that there must be something wrong!"

Zhao Dezhao nodded with a smile. This brother-in-law is still very careful and meticulous in his work, and asked, "The daily tax amount of each of the ten tax offices under your jurisdiction has dropped sharply since yesterday?"

Wang Zixing nodded solemnly: "Yes, today's drop is estimated to be even worse, but the exact drop has not yet been calculated."

Zhao Dezhao and Wang Zixing looked at each other, they didn't speak any more, their expressions were a little dignified.

At this time, Wang Xiuzhi, who had been listening to him for a long time, finally couldn't bear it anymore. If other people came to visit, the family members would usually avoid them according to etiquette, but Wang Xiuzhi naturally had no reason to avoid his brother, so he stayed and discussed with him.

She turned to Wang Zixing and asked, "Brother Seven, are those forty tax collectors chosen by you?"

"Yes."

"Are they drawn from the same yamen and have known each other for a long time?"

This question aroused Wang Zixing's troubles. He rolled his eyes at his sister and said bluntly:
"Are you a fool when you think of your husband-in-law, or are you a fool when you think of your seventh brother?"

"He told me a long time ago that when it comes to manpower arrangements, they must be chosen in a staggered manner to prevent collusion."

"Among the forty tax collectors, twelve are idle eunuchs I picked from Liu Abban, the treasury supervisor, ten were given by the Ministry of Officials, eight were given by the Kaifeng government office, and ten They are filled by native residents who are familiar with Tokyo, and they are all scattered and arranged in various tax offices, and there will never be any four officials in any tax office who are all acquaintances with each other."

Wang Xiuzhi had long been used to the virtues of her seventh brother, so she wasn't angry, she just sighed leisurely.

"Well, in this way, all ten tax bureaus under your Kaifeng branch, Seventh Brother, have a total of forty tax collectors. They were not familiar with each other at first. After discussing with each other, from the same day, use the same method to start making false accounts, cooperate with each other, cover up each other, wantonly engage in private fraud, and steal taxes from it?"

"It's not enough." Zhao Dezhao said lightly: "There are also six tax offices supervised by Shi Yuanliang in Luoyang, 24 tax collectors, and the same problem has occurred there; There won’t be any difference here. That’s good too, and there’s no need to bother to check over there.”

Wang Zixing, brother and sister looked at each other and nodded silently.

Zhao Dezhao laughed twice, but there was no smile on his face: "That's right, my lady, brother Xing, 64 tax collectors who don't know each other are so united and working together, do you think this is rare? Is it a lot of fun?"

"Ha, this is really great fun. If all the officials in the Song Dynasty can unite as one and work together like their more than 60 tax collectors, then the world will be in harmony, and the sea will be clean!" Wang Zixing He sneered, his tone full of resentment.

"Msanggong, Seventh Brother, this is a great fun for the State Administration of Taxation for the two of you with the help of a god." Wang Xiuzhi tried to tell some jokes, trying to ease the somewhat dignified atmosphere, but smiled reluctantly.

The faces of all three are not very good, because this fun is actually not funny at all.

When the truth of the matter is deduced to this extent, it is only a matter of saying a name.

It's just that the weight of that name is like a towering mountain. Its huge shadow covers the entire Tokyo city and half of the Song Dynasty. It may cause other people too much pressure and spoil the atmosphere if it is raised openly. Therefore, Zhao Dezhao is unwilling to reveal it. Brothers and sisters have the same considerations.

None of the three are political idiots, each of them knows very well——

Only Zhao Guangyi, King of Jin and Governor of Kaifeng Mansion, possesses all-pervasive means and overwhelming power, and can effortlessly force 64 tax collectors of different backgrounds and origins to obey orders in both Kaifeng Mansion and Xijing Mansion at the same time. With them working together and cooperating with each other, they are digging the foundation of the State Administration of Taxation.

It is not difficult to guess the real purpose of King Jin, which is to make Zhao Dezhao's State Administration of Taxation come to a disastrous end, which is tantamount to making Zhao Dezhao's political future and political reputation go bleak.

After a while, Wang Zixing was the first to break the silence. He suddenly stood up and bowed deeply to Zhao Dezhao:
"Your Highness, if we don't respond quickly, we will be completely defeated in front of those tricks."

"Even if you make a countermeasure, as long as your actions are not violent enough, you will still be defeated."

"Your Highness, let's arrest someone right away, let's break the situation with strength!"

(End of this chapter)