Zhu Pingan’s unhesitating refusal caught Zhang Guanku and the others off guard, just now when they heard Zhu Pingan smacking 10,000 taels of silver, they thought that Zhu Pingan was shocked by the huge sum of 10,000 taels of silver, and felt that Zhu Pingan had already been bribed.
However, now Zhu Pingan’s serious and unhesitating refusal caught them off guard and blew their minds.
Especially Bone-setter Zhao, just now he was still indignant about sharing 10,000 taels of silver with Zhu Ping An, but now, now he actually heard Zhu Ping An say that he could never accept it, for a moment, the surprised Bone-setter Zhao’s eyes were almost glazed over.
What the hell!
Not even ten thousand taels of silver!
Zhao Langzhong stared wide-eyed at Zhu Pingan like an idiot, and then heart was happy, Zhu Pingan did not want the 10,000 taels of silver, that is not to say that he can share another 1,000 taels of silver.
Liu Siku and other people after the surprise, then can not help but anxious up, if Zhu Pingan received the silver, then naturally all is well.
If Zhu Pingan accepts the silver, then he is in the same boat with himself, no, he is in the same boat, so naturally he doesn’t have to worry about checking the accounts or anything else. After receiving the silver, how could he check the accounts?
However, now Zhu Pingan refused in a serious manner, and also put on a “clean” appearance, Liu treasurer and other people naturally anxious.
Is it possible that the bait is not enough?
It seemed that Zhu Pingan had a big appetite.
“Ahem, besides the ‘four taels of peace’, there are many other conventions in our Taicang, such as the ‘arrival ceremony’.”Jia Langzhong coughed and smiled slightly, then continued to tell Zhu Pingan about the next convention, testing Zhu Pingan.
“Arrival Rite …..”Zhu Pingan’s face remained unchanged.
“Well, this ‘arrival rite’ is both the rite of arrival and includes festive rites, every new official who arrives to Taicang to take up a post, including Zi Hou Ru and other inspectors as well as Taicang officials such as myself, all have an arrival rite. The following silver number prepares 7,000 taels of silver to each newly arrived Taicang official, and in the following year, the Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival, will also send 7,000 taels of silver for each festival, so down the line, the item of the arrival gift, there are about twenty-eight thousand taels in a year.”
Jia Langzhong’s mouth hangs a smile, slowly said, he said very clearly, of wanting Zhu Pingan to nod his head, do not have to do anything, just the arrival gift this item, Zhu Pingan can collect eighty thousand taels of silver in a year.
On the basis of what?
The side of the Zhao Langzhong, breathing and thick, hand clenched tightly, veins are exposed, 28,000 two, they are less than a few thousand two silver it! As long as he does not give him Zhu Pingan said, the money sent by the silver number, we can share ah.
With this 28,000 silver, I can find someone to kill Zhu Pingan this dog days seven or eight times!
Twenty-eight thousand taels!
That’s close to 20 million yuan. In modern times, many provincial and ministerial level corrupt officials are involved in cases of almost this amount.
It’s really a big deal!
When Zhu Pingan heard this, he narrowed his eyes slightly, the corner of his mouth curved up in disgust, and in his heart, his knowledge of Taicang’s hidden dirt deepened.
This arrival gift is below the various silver number filial piety, below the various silver number why will haemorrhage to the arrival gift. The silver is not stupid, on the contrary, these merchants are very smart, they generously give Taicang officials so generous arrival gift, naturally from Taicang here to get several times the benefit.
The local tax settlement silver, commercial tax, deed tax, salt tax, watercourse discount, etc., the local many are through the silver remittance and then sent to the silver bank. The following silver is through here to obtain profiteering, they send the silver taste is “less for more, silver low tide”, to two or three hundred taels to fill four or five hundred taels or even more, or with the colour of the silver is not good as the colour of good, such as with only ninety per cent of the silver content of silver, as ninety-nine per cent of the silver content of silver silver, so that the silver can be sent this percent less.Silver can send less than nine per cent of the silver, accumulated over time, the silver made more than ten times the revenue than the payment of the arrival gift, to be more than generous.
Silver bank officials received a generous “arrival gift”, naturally, is to turn a blind eye, and finally suffered only the treasury only.
“I’m just auditing the Taicang, what does it have to do with their silver, I can’t accept this silver without merit.”
Zhu Pingan shook his head, once again refused without hesitation, this kind of money clearly can’t be on the stage, secret collusion, damage the people and harm the country, ultimately the ones who suffer are the country and the people, how could he accept it.
Or that is, if this money is received, how can I audit the Taicang silver warehouse.
Zhu Pingan is not a saint, nor is he a stubborn person, but some money can be received, some money is never received.
The people’s fat and cream, they are a mouthful will not eat, lick will not lick.
A gentleman loves money and takes it in his own way.
Once again, Zhu Pingan’s serious refusal made Taicang’s officials anxious, and this time even the money-grubbing Zhao Langzhong was a bit anxious.
Twenty-eight thousand taels of silver, plus the ten thousand taels just now, this was almost forty thousand taels of silver.
It’s definitely a lot.
For anyone, it was quite a lot.
Bone-setter Zhao does not think that Zhu Pingan is too little, these silver, not to mention Zhu Pingan this countryside rags, even for Yan Shifan Yan little minister, is also a large sum of money, this number is enough to buy a very fat, very fat to the Yan little minister.
Zhu Pingan’s posture of “striking iron needs its own hardness” made Zhao Langzhong somehow feel a little weak and worried.
Jia Langzhong, who had been smiling all along, couldn’t hold the smile on his face any longer, and coughed and continued seductively, “Ahem, Zihou, it’s like this, there are still a few ‘conventions’ in Taicang, such as ‘filial piety for treasury soldiers’,’meal allowance’, and ‘kissing allowance’……”
“It’s getting late, if we don’t leave Nei Zi should be worried, these ‘conventions’, Ping An would like to ask your Lordships for advice on another day. Then, Ping An will leave first, please stay behind, Lords.”
Zhu Pingan did not wait for Jia Langzhong to finish his speech, so he got up and apologetically arched his hand to bid farewell to Zhang Guancu and the others, bowing Avray before turning to leave.
The people in the room grimaced as they watched Zhu Pingan’s back as he left.
“Pah!”
“Damn! Giving face to shamelessness! Damn it, I’ll find someone to do this ungrateful son of a b*tch!”After Zhu Pingan walked away, Zhao Langzhong slammed the table with force and cursed with a grimace of hatred.
“What are you shouting for, are you afraid that the people of the East Chamber can’t hear you?!”Zhang Guanku grimaced and glared hard at Langzhong Zhao.
“He, Zhu Pingan, gave his face away!”Zhao Langzhong muttered in a hateful whisper.
“He, Zhu Pingan, wouldn’t have really found out anything, would he?”Liu treasurer was once again worried about this.
“Don’t confuse yourself, ‘Ghost Hand Zhang’ did the accounts, I don’t believe that he, a person who can’t even do an abacus, can find out anything. He’s just bluffing with the intention to sell at a price.”Zhao Langzhong said in a calm manner.
“Well, Lord Zhao has a point.”
“I just saw his Zhu Pingan’s eyes light up when Lord Zhao said twenty-eight thousand pieces of silver.”
“This surname Zhu is really greedy, his appetite is really big ……”
The other officials nodded in agreement.
