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Chapter 275 Dragon and Tiger Fight

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    "Please make it clear." Hu Zongxian said calmly.

    Zhao Zhenji then took out a thick stack of confessions and said: "This is the confession of more than one hundred Japanese criminals in the official prison in the Nanjing Ministry of Criminal Justice."  Plank road, secret Chencang, conducted research in private: "their reasons for becoming thieves are different, but more than 80% of them are all accusing you that the Zhejiang government has set up clever tricks, has a lot of tricks, and doesn't care about the life and death of the people, so that it can't be sustained  , the people sold their sons and daughters, so they turned to the Japanese pirates one after another Mr. Hu might as well take a look at these confessions, shouldn't you?"

    Hu Zongxian did not even look at the confessions, and asked in a deep voice, "What do you mean, my lord?"

    "No other meaning, just want to find out who is pushing our people into the arms of the Japanese pirates!" Zhao Zhenji said aggressively: "Who made the Japanese pirates become stronger and stronger, and they will never be wiped out!"

    "According to my lord, it is the anti-Japanese nominations we collected, which forced many good people to rebel." Hu Zongxian asked calmly, "Is that what you mean?"

    "Isn't it?" Zhao Zhenji asked back.

    Hu Zongxian looked at the clerk in the corner of the room, and said with a silent smile: "I would like to ask Mr. Ministry, what do you think about the issue of 'additional dispatch'? Is it really the exorbitant taxation for the sake of enriching one's own pockets?"

    "I am asking questions by order, so I cannot answer your questions." Zhao Zhenji said in a deep voice.

    "If you can't answer, I'll answer it myself." Hu Zongxian slightly raised his voice and said, "The military strategist said: 'If a husband wants to be full of soldiers, he must first have enough food'. If there is not enough food and pay, the morale of the army will be low, and the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.  It will even change from soldiers to bandits! Especially the Zhejiang Guards are completely ruined, and now they rely entirely on recruits and guest soldiers to fight, and both of them have to rely on money to support them, and the cost is much higher than that of the guards."

    "Where does this money come from? The treasury in Zhejiang alone is definitely not enough, and the imperial court's finances are already stretched. In addition, the Nine Frontiers have a lot of military expenditures, and their funds are exhausted. They cannot make ends meet, and they cannot provide support.  That¡¯s why I came up with the next policy.¡± Hu Zongxian said in a calm and unhurried manner: ¡°Additional dispatches will certainly increase the burden on the people, but the Japanese plague will not be eliminated, and the people¡¯s wealth will not be guaranteed.  , It¡¯s like a shipwreck who doesn¡¯t think about how to save his life first, but thinks about his baggage full of gold and silver!¡±

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    Hearing that he was still here, Zhao Zhenji didn't hide his contempt and said: "Master Wang, what do you think?"

    Wang Yongji pondered for a while, then said softly: "The following official's humble opinion is that the people are poor and solid, and the Japanese situation is particularly worrying. If the place is unprepared, if the Japanese invaders suddenly arrive, they will be burned, robbed and killed.  Those who are suffering from Tibian and Pai."

    "You are too gullible!" Zhao Zhenji said displeased: "Where is Mr. Shen? You won't share your nostrils with Hu Zongxian, will you?"

    Hu Zongxian and Wang Yong cast their gazes on Shen Mo's face together, hoping that he would speak with the same voice, but they were disappointed, and only heard Mo Mo's face calmly said: "I feel that Hu Zhongcheng's statement is a bit far-fetched.  The word 'anti-Japanese' covers all issues."

    "Okay!" Under the disbelieving eyes of Hu Zongxian and Wang Yongji, Zhao Zhenji applauded: "Sure enough, he is a young talent, open and aboveboard!" He looked at Hu Zongxian and said: "Your statement sounds reasonable at first glance, but I am not.  A three-year-old child can't pass the test with some sweet words." He sneered and said, "The old man has been the servant of the household department for many years, so it's not too difficult to find out the income and expenditure of Zhejiang!"

    Then he took out a handwritten account book and said: "This is your income and expenditure account for the thirty-fourth year of Jiajing, Zhejiang Province. The regular tax is 1.3 million taels, the salary is 800,000 taels, and the extra 400,000 taels is paid. The total is 200,000 taels."  500,000 taels, deducting 400,000 taels submitted to the national treasury, 600,000 taels allocated to the vassals, 150,000 taels handed over to the river workers, 50,000 taels of official salaries, 40,000 taels of repairs and construction, and 10,000 taels of miscellaneous expenses.  One and two hundred and fifty thousand taels" Turning a page, he said, "But the military expenditure alone reached one million and one hundred thousand taels, and there was only a surplus of one hundred and fifty thousand taels in the end. Is there any error in this account?"

    Hu Zongxian shook his head and said, "No." The account books in the province must be submitted to the household department, so it is not surprising that Zhao Zhenji can get it.

    "Very good, since it's right, it's very good!" Zhao Zhenji stared at him like a falcon, and asked word by word: "I'll ask you, do you really need so much money?"

    Hu Zongxian looked as usual and said: "Zhejiang has a large army of 100,000, most of them are guest troops and recruits. Guest troops need double pay, and recruits also have to pay three cents a day. Besides, when a war starts, weapons, food and fodder are piled up with money.  Yes, that's why the Art of War says: 'Spend a thousand dollars a day, and then raise a hundred thousand troops', of course it's expensive to spend money."

    &nbSp;  Adding up the material of the glue paint and the decoration of the car armor, it only cost 600,000 taels! May I ask Mr. Hu, where did the 500,000 taels of silver go?"

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    Hu Zongxian felt a deep chill in his heart, because what Zhao Zhenji said was quite close to the truth.  If this account is stabbed up, then everything will really be over He seems to have seen the scene where Zhao Wenhua's mud bodhisattva crossed the river, and he was abandoned like a pot, and beads of sweat oozed from his forehead  Come.

    'Calm down, be sure to calm down!  "How many years of military career has created his extremely tenacious will, Hu Zongxian forced himself to calm down, thinking quickly in his heart He is old in government affairs, very skilled in handling accounts, and knows that embezzling military pay is a matter of losing his head.  Therefore, every account is handled extremely carefully, and more importantly, the only general ledger is hidden somewhere by him, how could it be possible for Zhao Zhenji to get it?

    Suppressing the panic in his heart, he hissed: "Lord Ministry, can I have a look at this account book?"

    A trace of disappointment flashed across Zhao Zhenji's face, but he could only nod and said, "Look."

    Slowly stretched out his hand, opened the account book, and Hu Zongxian felt relieved immediately. It turned out that this was not an actual account book, but a figure estimated by Zhao Zhenji.  He couldn't help chuckling and said, "I don't know how these figures come from, my lord?"

    Zhao Zhenji said with a straight face: "The prices in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are similar. It is not difficult to calculate by multiplying the price in Nanzhili by the actual consumption in Zhejiang."

    "It turned out to be calculated." Hu Zongxian said with a smile: "Relying on such a fabricated account book, if you want to accuse a big official in Xinjiang, are you a little bit too big, my lord?"

    "You!" Zhao Zhenji's face turned blue and red, and he said angrily, "I might as well tell you, I have already borrowed your governor's yamen, even if I dig three feet, I will find the hard evidence!"

    Hu Zongxian was also completely angry, and said, "Zhao Mengjing, don't deceive others too much. Your Majesty asked you to investigate the Japanese pirates' behind-the-scenes instigation. Instead of interrogating criminals, you are making a fuss about bullshit military expenses. What is your intention?  !"

    "Because there is an inevitable connection between the two." Zhao Zhenji said unmoved: "The tyrannical government is fiercer than a tiger. It is your levies and miscellaneous taxes that have forced the people of Zhejiang to renounce their virtues, which is why you let mere wolves feel like entering a land of no one As for  The source of those Japanese pirates, I will naturally investigate to find out the truth, but you, the chief culprits, don't want to go unpunished!"

    "In that case," Hu Zongxian shook off his sleeves and said, "Then I'll just accept the move." Then he stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Farewell!"

    "Who told you to leave?" Zhao Zhenji said coldly, "I haven't allowed you to leave yet, have I?"

    "If you don't speculate, why should you be humiliated here?" Hu Zongxian walked straight to the door without looking back.

    "Stop!" Zhao Zhenji yelled, and the guard at the door stopped Hu Zongxian and said, "My lord, please go back."

    Hu Zongxian laughed loudly and said: "You, Zhao Zhenji, are an imperial envoy, and I am the governor of Zhejiang, who was appointed by the imperial censor of Qiandu, and is also an imperial envoy. Unless His Majesty orders, who dares to restrict my freedom?!"  The guard blocking the way said: "Touching my finger is a death penalty for violating the emperor's commissioner. You can try it to see if it is so."

    So he strode forward, the guards held up their spears and wanted to force him back, but Hu Zongxian went forward without changing his face, without any hesitation.

    After all, the guards did not dare to do anything to the governor of a province. When the blades were about to brush against him, they withdrew their spears one after another, made way for a passage, and watched him leave.

    The guards looked back at Master Butang again, their faces were already livid, and they quickly knelt down on the ground.

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    Zhao Zhenji stared straight at the direction where Hu Zongxian was leaving, and realized that he underestimated this strict party member too much.  Today I can be said to have planned for a long time, fully prepared, under the series of lightning strikes, I believe he will definitely show his flaws!  Who knew that Hu Zongxian was caught off guard, barely withstood his indiscriminate bombing, and finally overwhelmed him in momentum.

    He seemed to hear Hu Zongxian laughing and saying: "This is Zhejiang, it's my territory, I'm the master!"

    Pounding the table hard, Zhao Zhenji said angrily, "It's not that the dragon crosses the river! My dragon crossing the river will eat you, a local snake!"¡ª¡ª

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