Datang: Empress mother-in-law sent Li Er to test me

"You can still laugh?" Tang Jian became more excited when he saw the smile on his face.

"Tang Fu Yin, listen to the officials."

Zhang Dun shifted his gaze from the imperial decree to Tang Jian, and said solemnly: "Do you think that the 800 million yuan can be obtained from Baiguan?"

Tang Jian said angrily, "What a fart if you want to come back!"

Civil and military officials have been borrowing money from the court since the first year of Wude until the ninth year of Wude.

For nine years, how much of the money they borrowed is still in their hands?

The flowers that should be spent are all spent.

Now if they want to pay it back, where will they get the money to pay it back?

Zhang Dun shook his head and said, "I also think that the money is not in hand."

Tang Jian was taken aback, "Then you still dare to accept this job?"

Zhang Dun smiled and said: "If you want to get back 800 million guan, which is a lot of money, of course you won't be able to get it back, but if you want to get back 200 million guan, Tang Fu Yin, do you think you can get it back?"

Tang Jian's tone was firm: "Difficult!"

Zhang Dun continued: "If you don't want to return 200 million guan, then you can return 50 million guan, will it work?"

Hearing this, Tang Jian's expression was startled, and he heard the overtones in his words.

Chapter 206 Call the eldest grandson Shangshu to the county government

Tang Jian stared at him, and said: "You mean, in fact, it is not necessary to recover all the 800 million coins?"

Zhang Dun nodded and said, "Not bad."

"It makes sense for you to say that!"

Tang Jian calmed down, feeling a little moved in his heart.

800 million guan, divided among the civil and military officials, each of them will pay nearly [-] guan.

If there is only 50 guan, it will be divided into four or five thousand guan evenly distributed to each minister who owes money.

Return [-] guan, or return [-] to [-] guan.

Baiguan will definitely not choose blindly!

It is extremely difficult to get back 800 million guan, but it is not so difficult to get back 50 million guan from civil and military officials!

Tang Jian rubbed his chin and thought about it.

Zhang Dun's words actually have one meaning, that is, as long as some arrears are recovered, it is not a case of chasing a zero egg, and there will be no merit.

Thinking about it carefully, does Li Er think that the 800 million guan, which is a lot of pennies, can be returned from the hands of hundreds of officials?

It must be impossible!

I'm afraid Li Er is also thinking about how much money he can get back.

Zhang Dun looked at Tang Jian who was thinking, and said with a smile: "Master Tang, after all, this matter is not a bad thing."

"You're right!" Tang Jian raised his head, with a smile on his face, "I really feel that this matter has a lot to do after receiving such a little help from you!"

"Yes." Zhang Dun said with a smile: "As long as you ask for some money back, this errand will be considered done."

Tang Jian nodded, and said, "Before asking for the money back, we have to check how much the officials owe."

"800 million, it is impossible for everyone to borrow the same amount."

"In this way, I will go to the Ministry of Households now to understand the situation with the Minister of the Household Department."

Tang Jian looked at Zhang Dun and said, "You are also preparing for the preparations. Whether to mobilize manpower, or what, you arrange it!"

"That's right!" He paused, and said in a meaningful tone: "You have to make arrangements for Changsun Shangshu. He is among the names written in the imperial decree. Don't forget him!"

"That's natural!" Zhang Dun said with a smile: "I'll also arrange for someone to call Changsun Shangshu over."

Tang Jian frowned, "I'm afraid it won't be easy for him to come to see you. After all, he is also the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. How can there be any reason for the superior to see the inferior?"

Zhang Dun shook his head and said: "It is true that he is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, but in this matter, I am the imperial envoy and he is the adjutant. How can there be any reason for the imperial envoy to come to see the adjutant?"

Tang Jian looked at him quietly, and suddenly found that Zhang Dun was not only bold, but also quite arrogant!

Do you really use the Minister of the Ministry of Officials as an adjutant envoy?

He shook his head, the two gods were fighting, it was better for him as a passer-by not to get involved.

"Since you already have a plan in mind, I won't interfere."

"I'm going to the household department now!"

After finishing speaking, Tang Jian cupped his hands, and excitedly headed towards the direction of the household department's government office, and got into the carriage and left.

Zhang Dun escorted him to the door, watching his back as he left, with his hands behind his back with deep eyes.

"gentlemen……"

Standing behind him in a skirt, Hu Quhe asked curiously, "Do we really only need to recover the money of 50 million guan before we can make a deal?"

"Yeah." Zhang Dun looked back at her, nodded with a smile, "It's probably okay."

"Then I can rest assured." Hu Quhe patted his chest with a sigh of relief, and said, "I thought we really had to recover the 800 million guan to settle the matter."

Zhang Dun looked up at the blue sky, and said softly: "But, I think that this time, the recovery of the arrears can't just be for errands."

Hearing this, Hu Quhe looked at him in surprise, "Sir, what do you mean..."

Zhang Dun sighed, and said, "Qu He, let me ask you, my Tang Dynasty is full of waste, and I need money everywhere. Where does this money come from?"

Without waiting for Hu Quhe to speak, Zhang Dun continued: "Most of this money comes from taxes, collected from the people of my Tang Dynasty."

"Datang wants to use all waste to prosper, and all it uses is the people's fat and people's ointment."

"However, as many as 800 million guan of this people's fat and people's anointing ran into the hands of civil and military officials."

Zhang Dun snorted coldly: "So, how can these people's fat and people's anointings not be returned from the hands of these ministers?"

"They should pay back the money!"

"Only if they pay back the money, can I speak in the court to ask the court to exempt some local people from taxes."

"In this way, the burden on the shoulders of the common people will be lighter."

Hu Quhe looked at Zhang Dun seriously, and said crisply: "Sir, I understand!"

"You are teaching the slaves how to be an official! You want to tell the slaves that being an official should be based on the people!"

Zhang Dun was amused, scratched the bridge of her nose lightly with his fingers, and said with a smile: "You can teach a child, that's the truth."

Hu Quhe's fair and beautiful face flushed, and she quickly changed the topic: "But this matter, I think it's not easy! That's 800 million guan."

Zhang Dun led her towards the county government office, and while turning around I smiled and said, "It's up to people, I don't think it's that difficult."

After finishing speaking, he called a yamen servant and asked him to find Team Leader Yang.

"Magistrate Zhang, are you looking for a humble job?"

Not long after, Team Leader Yang ran over panting, wiped the sweat off his brow, clasped his fists and said with a grin: "I hope County Magistrate Zhang will forgive me. I just went to patrol the streets."

"It's okay."

Zhang Dun waved his hand and said, "Now you help me go to the Qi State Duke's Mansion and call Changsun Shangshu here."

"..."

Team leader Yang looked at him blankly, thinking he had heard wrong.

Go to Duke Qi's mansion and ask Sun Wuji, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, to come over?

He is a Shangshu of the third rank!

You are the county magistrate of the fifth rank!

When will the county magistrate be able to use Shangshu?

Bantou Yang couldn't help but said: "Magistrate Zhang, I don't understand what you said. What do you mean, you want to go to the Duke of Qi's mansion and call Sun Wuji here?"

"Can this be called?"

Zhang Dun patiently said: "If you are told to go, you can go, if you can't be called, come back and tell me!"

"All right……"

Yang Bantou looked embarrassed, and then took two yamen servants, and quickly walked towards the Duke of Qi's mansion.

About two quarters of an hour later, Team Yang ran back sweating profusely, and shouted at Zhang Dun who was sitting in the hall of the county government office: "Magistrate Zhang, I can't call you! The eldest grandson Shangshu said he was ill!"

sick?

Zhang Dun narrowed his eyes. When did he get sick? The emperor asked him to be an adjutant to recover the arrears, and he got sick?

Said it was not an act.

Who would believe it?

Zhang Dun beckoned him to come in and talk, and asked, "Shangsun Shangshu, what's wrong?"

Bantou Yang said with a helpless expression: "I asked about it from a lowly position, but the housekeeper of Duke Qi's mansion didn't say anything, he just said that the Duke of his family was sick and lying on the couch."

Chapter 207 Pursuing the Arrears, Starting from Li Ji

"understood."

Zhang Dun nodded, stood up and said, "Qu He, Team Leader Yang, you and I should go to Duke Qi's mansion together."

"I would like to see what kind of illness the eldest grandson Shangshu is suffering from."

"Good sir!" Hu Quhe also got up quickly, and then, together with Bantou Yang, followed Zhang Dun and headed towards Duke Qi's mansion.

Duke Qi's mansion, the door is closed at this moment.

Standing at the door was a figure with a Futou, who was the butler of Duke Qi's mansion.

Zhang Dun strode over with a blank expression, looked at the housekeeper and asked, "Is the eldest grandson Shangshu sick?"

"Your Excellency is County Magistrate Zhang?"

The butler of the mansion cupped his hands, and said with a sad expression on his face: "That's right, my Duke suffered some wind and cold yesterday, and because of the errands sent by the court today, he became ill and fell ill on the couch in a hurry."

Zhang Dun hummed, "Take me to meet Shangsun Shangshu."

"This……"

The housekeeper hesitated for a moment, and said: "Magistrate Zhang, the current state of my country's Duke, I'm afraid it's not easy to see guests."

"It's okay, I'm not afraid of infection." Zhang Dun shook his head and said.

"..." The housekeeper's tone choked.

Is this something you are afraid of?

Could it be that he couldn't tell that what he said meant that my country's father didn't want to see you?

How to give you steps, you can't go down!

The corner of the housekeeper's mouth twitched a few times, seeing the ability of magistrate Zhang.

Being able to push Duke Changping to the point of desperation, no wonder this master is said to be more mad than a mad dog.

"In this case, County Magistrate Zhang please follow me into the mansion."

The mansion housekeeper pushed open the mansion door, spread out his palm respectfully and said.

He never thought that he could stop Zhang Dun.

Moreover, his own Duke also said that if Zhang Dun didn't follow this pattern, he would be brought into the mansion.

Zhang Dun gave Hu Quhe and Yang Bantou a look, telling them to stay where they were, and followed Qi Guogong's housekeeper into the Duke's mansion.

After walking for a long time, I came to a beautifully decorated house.

Zhang Dun saw at a glance that Changsun Wuji was lying motionless on the couch with his eyes closed.

The housekeeper tiptoed to the side of the couch and whispered: "Duke, County Magistrate Zhang is here."

However, Changsun Wuji didn't even open his eyelids as if he didn't hear it.