Zhao Huan's inspection of local prefectures and prefectures was also the most important part of the matter, in addition to observing the local financial and civilian power, and inspecting the abilities and moral abilities of officials.

After many days of patrol, he was sad to find that the moral character of officials in this era was mostly higher than that of the era he came to.

The salary of officials in the Song Dynasty was far inferior to that of the Ming and Qing dynasties in later generations. The prime minister and the Privy Councilor were one-level, and paid 300 stalks of money per month. In spring and winter, each gave twenty pieces of silk, one hundred taels of cotton, one thousand six hundred scales of charcoal, one thousand sixteen stones of corn, one thousand two hundred bunches of firewood, and seven stones of salt.

The officials of prefectures and counties decreased in turn, and reached the lowest level of county officials, which turned into modern income, with an approximate monthly income of between RMB 11,000 and 22,000.

As an official in the Song Dynasty, he became a central-level official and became a modern millionaire in a few years. He was even the lowest-level minor official and his income was enough to settle down and get rich.

In this way, under the policy of high salary, officials were despised by people at the time. Moreover, the political atmosphere of the Song Dynasty was extremely tolerant, and at least before Cai Jing of the Northern Song Dynasty, there was no concept of power. The censors had complete functions, and officials dared to speak out loud, were brave to serve, and had clear politics. Although the party struggles gradually corrupted the government's political trend after decades of destruction by Zhezong and Huizong, the party struggles were broken due to the Jingkang incident. Many scholars and officials were dedicated to saving the country, and they rarely had to worry about disputes and attacks.

However, although his moral character is good, his ability is mostly a problem. Although the Song Dynasty did not use the eight-part essay to win scholars, it also set a precedent for pure literati to control the world. The Tang Dynasty always ruled by the old children of Yun and imperial examination forces, and even military generals. In the decades when Emperor Taizong was in power, he opened the imperial examinations and recruited more than 10,000 Jinshis. When it was Renzong, those who were not from Jinshi were not allowed to enter the Guange to serve as officials.

In this way, local officials will mostly become nerds who study hard. Although they have high salaries to support integrity, they are mostly without any problems in morality, but they are mostly lacking in ability.

From the Northern Song Dynasty to the Southern Song Dynasty, between the three hundred years, there were countless famous literati ministers who were honest, but few famous ministers who were famous for their abilities, which was the problem.

The problem of "three redundant" that had been clumsy and lacked in progress, and the problem of "three redundant" that had been entangled in the Song Dynasty for more than a hundred years was not solved at all. It was in confusion with the destruction of war, and the damage to economic production in various places had already appeared before Zhao Huan.

Zhao Kai, the judge of Chengdu Fulu Transportation, was also in charge of the tea and horse monopoly in Sichuan and Shaanxi. After Zhang Jun was in charge of the power of Sichuan and Shaanxi, he also added his power to promulgate the system, which was equivalent to handing over all the financial power of Sichuan and Shaanxi to him.

After this person was ordered, he reduced redundant fees and changed the tax method for tea and horses, which greatly increased the economic benefits of the entire Sichuan and Shaanxi. In the Fuping battle, he was the first to gather so many materials.

Zhao Huan came from later generations and naturally knew the relationship between war and logistics. He was extremely interested in Zhao Kai, the logistics officer in charge of the entire battle. After visiting various places and meeting ordinary officials, he felt that the officials at that time were not capable of being conservative. Seeing this most famous financial expert at that time became the most urgent matter in his eyes.

The living habits of the Song people were different from those of the Tang people. The Tang people had clear markets and the streets were divided strictly, like chess boards. However, the Song people often had street markets connected with narrow roads and narrow roads, and it was difficult to have a strict division.

Zhao Kai's residence was a large area of ​​ordinary households, with dozens of acres of land being drawn out. In addition to the high walls and green tiles, there were the residences of ordinary people in the city, and there were endless noises. Even next to his mansion, there were several houses of poor households, which made the residence of this senior civil servant a little more vibrant and less majestic.

Zhao Huan was unwilling to reveal his identity at this time, but when he asked for a meeting, he became a little hesitant.

However, it was Xue Qiang, a young man who was quick to see the doorman looking at them and his eyes were full of suspicion. He stepped forward and quietly stuffed money into the man's sleeve, and then smiled and said, "Brother replied, and said that it was Mr. Zhao, a tea and horse merchant in Xi'an, who asked for a meeting. He wanted to discuss important matters with the master, and asked his brother to make peace."

He thought that Zhao Kai had to deal with many big businessmen in managing the financial affairs of Sichuan and Shaanxi, so he asked for a meeting with such a saying.

The in charge of the door did not doubt anymore, so he just quietly pinched the copper coins in his sleeve and smiled and said, "It's not easy to come so far. Since that's the case, I'll report back to the adults."

After saying that, he turned around and entered. After a while, he came out and smiled, "You are lucky. You are busy at this moment, but many businesses have already entered. The adults told you to come in and talk about things together later."

Zhao Huan nodded slightly, and did not speak to the manager, so he went straight in.

The government official was slightly stunned and thought to himself: "This businessman is so arrogant."

He wanted to scold him, but he shrank back when he spoke, but he just watched Zhao Huanyang go straight in.

Zhao Huan passed Yimen and arrived at the side of the Dezheng Hall. When he looked at it, he saw that there were already many people standing in the lobby, all wearing brocade. He could tell at a glance that they were all rich businessmen.

He didn't talk to everyone, but just sneaked into the crowd and looked at Zhao Kai who was working on the desk.

Xue Qiang and others did not dare to neglect them. They were not waiting outside like ordinary merchant servants, but also followed Zhao Huan and stood quietly.

Zhao Kaixian just lowered his head, buried his copywriting, and wrote the official document to write an official document. Before one was finished, the next one was submitted. After he finished the approval, someone immediately took out the documents he had approved and handed them away to the police who had been waiting for a long time, and sent them to the state prefectures for execution.

Although dozens of merchants, servants, and officials stood in the inner hall, no one dared to say a word and just waited quietly. Seeing him holding his pen like flying, rustling when the pen fell on the paper, it was also audible.

After he had processed dozens of disputes in a row, he coughed and looked up and said softly: "Come on tea."

A servant immediately stepped forward and served the tea bowl. Zhao Kai reached out to take it, but he did not have the simplicity of the scholars and officials drinking tea. He even finished it in one mouthful. Then he didn't even look at it, and reached out to hand the tea bowl into the servant's hand, then lowered his head and went to read the document again.

Just as he was leaning over, Zhao Huan saw that his face was thin and wrinkled. Although his hair was still black on his head, he was already showing his old look.

Zhao Huan had asked about this person's age before and knew that he was only in his early forties and was like this at this time. It was obviously because he was too hard to do it.

He sighed slightly, knowing that no matter which dynasty or generation, those who master financial and logistics chores are hard to work hard, but their reputation cannot be revealed in later generations. Even if there are records in historical books, they cannot have too high or too good evaluations. At most, one sentence: diligent in doing things and good at managing finances is a very high praise.

In this case, whoever dares to be such a fool would naturally rather be an official in the Qing Dynasty. In the future, if you have the qualifications, you can become a member of the central government. If you talk to the emperor for a few words, you can leave a reputation for the Qing Dynasty forever. This account can be calculated by everyone, and there are fewer and fewer officials in the work, but it is not surprising.

In this way, although he was as emperor as the emperor, he was mixed with a group of merchants and stood quietly waiting for Zhao Kai to decide on business, he was completely satisfied.

However, a group of guards grinned behind him, looking extremely unhappy.

After a while, Fang heard Zhao Kai coughing a few times, pushed open the approved official documents and asked the waiting officials to take them away. He closed his eyes and rested for a while, and then turned to the large group of merchants, "You must have come for the general management money?"
Chapter completed!