"Next year, two or three million?"

Zhao Xu didn't say anything, but Wang Cun took the conversation.

As the former Minister of Works, Su Shi's words were forced by Zhao Xu, and he was convicted of him, so he had a bad tone.

Su Shi seemed to suddenly remember that Wang Cun was the former Minister of Works, and hesitated for a while and said: "There are indeed many wasteful measures to investigate the expenditures of the Ministry of Works over the years."

Wang Cun was about to get angry, Zhao Xu spoke and looked at Su Shi and said, "Has the wasteful act of Su Qing's family been sorted out? Is there a memorial in the Political Affairs Hall? Haven't you arrived at the Chuigong Hall yet?"

Su Shi bowed and said, "I did not list it, but only revised the previous plan of the Ministry of Works."

Zhao Xu looked at Su Shi, looked at Wang Cun again, and said, "Wang Qing family, you are the former Minister of Works. How much do you think is the waste?"

Whether it is empty or fire consumption, this is inevitable.

Wang Cun naturally would not say the next round on this common sense, and said pretentiously: "The official family and the Ministry of Works involve huge projects, not only two rivers, but also official roads, bridges, rivers and canals connecting various routes. The journey is long and the manpower is complex. I cannot estimate the losses involved in it. Judging from the accounts from all over the country last year, the losses... are about 500,000."

Now the money and grain of the Song Dynasty basically rely on the transportation of canal and land, which takes a long time, and the losses in it are indeed difficult to calculate.

Zhao Xu naturally felt that Wang Cun had several times more than what he said about 500,000, or even more.

The loss is not only real loss, but also the efforts of officials at all levels. In short, with the current official atmosphere in the Song Dynasty, less than 20% of the actual use!

"When it comes to losses, you all think, how can you deal with it effectively?"

Zhao Xu reached out to fix Brother Quan's collar and said casually.

Wang Cun was shocked and quickly said, "The official and the Ministry of Works are involved in a huge project, spread all over the country. If the court suddenly wants to reduce the cost of fire, I am worried that it will affect morale."

Wang Cun said cautiously, but in fact he knew very well that all the projects of the Ministry of Works were not investigated. Even if Chen Zhen was in power, he asked Chen Zhen to conduct an investigation and aftermath, this kind of cover-like disposal would be broken with one punch.

"Then proceed without affecting morale." Zhao Xu said with a smile as if chatting casually.

Wen Yanbo walked slowly with a crutch, turning a blind eye to Wang Cun's words without any expression.

Su Shi was a little angry and said, "The official and the Ministry of Works will cost up to 15 million guan in the next three years, five million guan per year. Such a large amount must be reduced in losses. I believe that the Ministry of Works should act frugal and targetedly, rather than being so empty and wide-ranging."

"Damn it!"

Wang Cun set up his official position and scolded Su Shi and said, "Do you think these projects of the court are empty, empty and exiled? The court's plan for the Ministry of Works is to use labor instead of relief, to provide relief to the victims and to benefit the people!"

Su Shi was dissatisfied and was about to argue, but Zhao Xu raised his hands behind his back and said, "Don't argue. What I asked is, how to effectively control the loss? Wen Qing's family, what do you think is the problem?"

Wen Yanbo then slowly turned around and said, "Officials, ministers believe that fire consumption mainly lies in four aspects: one is the collection of taxes; one is the transportation process; the third is corruption; the fourth is waste."

Zhao Xu walked behind his hands, looked at the street scenes on both sides, and said, "It's still the old family of Qing's family who is planning the country, which is a big deal. Taxes are from the people, then to the treasury, and then to the expenditure. This is a tedious process. The world's money and grain gather in Tokyo, and there are countless wastes of money and grain. As we all know, the key is how to solve the problem. Waste, which is also the official who is big and big, and is used to being too busy. Several Qing's family talk about the matter, how to solve it."

As soon as Zhao Xu finished speaking, a large group of people suddenly surged out from behind him, surrounded him, chatting and laughing, and walked forward quickly.

The secret guards around were very alert and kept separating the crowd.

One of the girls, about ten years old, seemed to look at the person who appeared in surprise, and then looked at Zhao Xu who was surrounded in the middle.

The little girl blinked, and suddenly walked towards Zhao Xu with two lanterns.

The secret guard was startled and was about to step forward.

Zhao Xu's hand behind him swayed quietly to stop the secret guards.

The little girl came to Zhao Xu, but looked at Empress Meng, raised her face and held the lantern and said, "Sister, have you forgotten to get the lantern? Give it, we happen to have one more."

Queen Meng was stunned, then smiled and took it, saying, "I really forgot, thank you, I'm giving this to you."

Empress Meng did not bring anything else, but there were many small toys for Brother Quan in the basket. Empress Meng took out a small lantern sitting on a golden paper and handed it to the little girl.

The little lady blinked, took it with a sweet smile, and said, "Thank you sister."

Empress Meng smiled and saw the little girl's family running over. A well-educated woman held the little girl's hand and laughed repeatedly: "Sorry, my daughter is ignorant."

Empress Meng smiled gently and said, "I think she is quite sensible. This lantern is very beautiful."

"Sister's lantern is also very beautiful." The little girl mentioned the golden lantern that Zhao Xu made for Brother Quan and said quickly.

The woman smiled and pulled the little girl away.

The little girl was pulled away by her mother and turned around and waved her hands repeatedly at Empress Meng.

Empress Meng held a white embroidered lantern and said to Zhao Xu: "Official family, is this lantern good?"

Zhao Xu nodded with a smile, watched the family leave, then raised his foot and walked forward, saying, "Several Qing family, let's continue the topic just now."

The little girl’s gift of lanterns is just a small episode.

After Zhao Xu finished speaking, the very bad person was silent.

Wen Yanbo didn't say anything, neither did Wang Cun or Su Shi.

The collection of taxes is a complicated matter. The court takes it as the top priority every year, but it involves details, but is unwilling to investigate it in depth. The losses in the transportation process can be minimized, but it is very limited.

The key point is corruption and waste. In this, there is also content that the high-ranking officials of the imperial court do not want to touch, and 80% of them are reflected in these two aspects.

Moving these two things is equivalent to offending all the officials in the world.

This is a chronic disease that everyone knows, and it is also a tacit unspoken rule that everyone knows.

Zhao Xu waited for a while, and saw the three of them not speaking, he suddenly called out: "Mugu, how do you think we should deal with it effectively?"

Meng Tang was startled, hugged Brother Quan and hesitated, and said, "The official family, the villain believes that the government should be rectified first."
Chapter completed!