The cotton-padded clothes quickly spread among the high officials of Taiji Palace.
Everyone was amazed.
At the same time, the government of the Great Tang began to carry out the Qing Ming government.
The first to bear the brunt was naturally the Ministry of Revenue.
As the Minister of Revenue, Tang Jian called Yang Mingsheng over after returning to the Ministry of Revenue.
"Leave a sum of money for me. I want to buy cotton clothes.”
Yang Mingsheng was a little troubled.
"What?" Tang Jian asked in confusion.
Yang Mingsheng said," Reporting to Minister Tang, the tax accounts of various places have not been collected this year. The Ministry of Revenue does not have much money left.”
" What?!"
"What kind of joke are you telling me?" Tang Jian widened his eyes. The huge national treasury is out of money?"
Yang Mingsheng hurriedly handed the account book to Tang Jian and said,""Minister Tang, please take a look."
Tang Jian looked at the account book and couldn't help but be in a dilemma." There's really not much left. Alright, I'll go out for a while."”
Yang Mingsheng's gaze was a little complicated as he watched Tang Jian leave.
……
Wannian City outskirts, Xiao Manor.
"Congratulations to Xiao County's male on his promotion. It is rare to see such a young noble in the Great Tang.”
Xiao Fan looked at the spirited Minister of Revenue, Tang Jian, and became even more confused.
Two High Dukes came to Xiao Manor consecutively.
This matter was strange.
However, on second thought, it made sense.
He roughly knew what Tang Jian was here for. He said to Tang Jian,"I can sell the cotton to the Imperial Court, but we need to discuss the price.”
Tang Jian nodded." You're indeed an intelligent young man. I haven't said anything yet, and you've already guessed it."”
Xiao Fan could not be bothered to talk too much with Tang Jian and said,"The price of this cotton is five times that of the grain.”
Tang Jian's expression darkened. He nodded and said," It's actually very cheap. How much do you have?"”
Xiao Fan said,"There are 100,000 catties.”
Tang Jian silently converted. 100,000 catties of cotton was 50,000 strings.
He said with some difficulty: " How about this, my Ministry of Revenue can write a receipt for you. This sum of money is owed first. Is that okay with you?"”
Xiao Fan's face fell.
Are you talking nonsense with me? The Imperial Court owes me money, can I get it back?
"Your Ministry of Revenue can't even take out this bit of money?”
Tang Jian knew Xiao Fan's doubts, but as the imperial court of the country, he definitely could not force him to buy and sell.
He smiled in shame." Xiao County, you might not know this, but the Ministry of Revenue doesn't have much savings left. The national treasury only has 500,000 strings of money left. The remaining military expenditure, disaster funds, and the six ministries 'expenditure are all added up. I'm afraid it's in the red.”
Xiao Fan was shocked.
He stared at Tang Jian carefully. He originally thought that he was bullying him because he was young and insensible.
However, Tang Jian's expression did not seem to be fake. He asked curiously,"How can such a huge treasury only have this much money?”
Tang Jian smiled bitterly." I shouldn't have shown you the treasury account book, but the Ministry of Revenue has to take down the cotton clothes to help the victims. If you're worried, you can take a look at the account book."”
After saying that, Tang Jian handed the account book of the Branch Office to Xiao Fan.
Xiao Fan frowned and watched for a moment. He suddenly closed his eyes and his expression slowly darkened."Using a fake account book to bully me?”
Tang Jian looked at Xiao Fan in confusion.”
Xiao Fan looked at Tang Jian and casually threw the account book on the table.”
Tang Jian looked at Xiao Fan in shock and said somewhat angrily,"Don't spout nonsense. You've only seen it for a cup of tea's time and you're already so certain that my Ministry of Revenue's account book is fake? Do you think I will use a fake account book to fool you?”
Xiao Fan looked at Tang Jian strangely. Seeing that his expression did not seem to be pretending, he instantly understood what was going on.
"How sad. Someone faked it right under your nose, but you didn't know about it."”
" What?!" Tang Jian suddenly stood up and stared at Xiao Fan."I won't allow you to frame the Ministry of Revenue!”
Xiao Fan shrugged in disdain and said indifferently,"Although I only took a glance, I can tell you with certainty that this account book is fake.”
"Why?" Tang Jian shouted.
Xiao Fan thought for a moment and said to Tang Jian,"I can tell you that in life, no matter which account book, the frequency of the first number appearing is definitely not average. On the contrary, the larger the first number, the smaller the probability of it appearing. The smaller the first number, the higher the probability of it appearing."”
"Look at this account book again. The number with the first digit 1 and the number with the first digit 9 appear almost at the same frequency. This is the heart of a counterfeit."
He waved his hand and cupped his fists at Tang Jian."Minister Tang, please return. If you have money, come back to buy cotton.”
"As for what I said, believe it or not, you can come to a conclusion after experimenting.”
Tang Jian left the Xiao Manor doubtfully.
Xiao Fan pursed his lips and sympathized with Tang Jian.
The Minister of Revenue, the head of the Great Tang's finances, was being played around by his subordinates. How pathetic.
However, he had no time to care about other people's affairs.
What did the life and death of others have to do with him, Xiao Fan?
Not long after Tang Jian left.
"Ding…Congratulations to the host for signing in successfully.”
"Reward: New Book of Tang, Complete Tang Poetry, Heavenly Creation, Overlord's Power.”
Caught off guard, the system successfully logged in.
Xiao Fan knew that there was a cooldown time for signing in. He would sign in once every three months, and the reward would be random.
In the past few years, the System Warehouse had accumulated a lot of things, some useful, some useless.
However, he had never drawn the Force System.
"Use the Overlord's Power."
Xiao Fan did not hesitate to strengthen his entire body with the Overlord's power. In an instant, a warm current surged into his body, and his blood surged. For a moment, he returned to silence.
With this life-saving system, Xiao Fan's confidence was instantly boosted.
……
At this moment, Tang Jian had already returned to the Ministry of Revenue.
He looked at Yang Mingsheng, the doctor of the Branch Punishments Department, and said lightly,""Bring me all the account books from the first year of Zhenguan to the third year of Zhenguan.”
Yang Mingsheng was stunned for a moment and left in a hurry.
Tang Jian was skeptical.
After a while, Yang Mingsheng brought over all the account books from the previous years. Tang Jian waved him away.
He looked at the pile of account books on the desk and felt his heart beat faster. His hands were actually trembling slightly.
After a long silence, Tang Jian began to flip through the account books of the past years and compared them according to Xiao Fan's method.
That night, Tang Jian was buried in the study.
Gradually, it was late at night, but Tang Jian's hands trembled more and more violently, and his eyes became more and more defeated.
He held the teacup and wanted to drink some tea, but the water in the teapot overflowed. The boiling hot water scalded his hand, but he did not feel any pain.
Clang!
The teacup was thrown to the ground by him. Tang Jian's eyes were like torches, overflowing with killing intent!
"You think I'm old? Do you think the sword in this old man's hand is unfavorable?"
"This group of bastards, how dare they do evil behind my back!”
"Worm! Worms of the Great Tang!"
[Note: At this time, the Ministry of Revenue is called the Ministry of the People. For convenience, it is called the Ministry of Revenue.]
In the Tang Dynasty, the small amount was Kaiyuan Tongbao, the medium amount was silk, and the large amount was gold. Silver was not popular in the Tang Dynasty and was a rare mineral.
The Kaiyuan Tongbao was forged by Li Yuan of martial virtue. The beginning of a new era was not the name of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty.
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