Chapter 1700 Jia Heming thought that he was
The prefect, the governor of Guanzhou, and some upper-level clerks all benefited from it. Anyway, they would not lose anything.
What happens with the government’s accounts is the court’s business and has nothing to do with them!
Anyway, this place is in decline, and the court won't care unless there is a civil uprising. It's not surprising that any prefect complained to the court and agreed to help settle the account.
It's just that no prefect was willing to interfere, and they just let the debt go on year after year, and the debt owed to the major families kept increasing.
If these families really paid their taxes, the public accounts wouldn't be so poor.
You should know that the huge industries of these three families alone account for at least half of the local economy!
There is almost no business in Anze Province that has no connection with the three major families.
Jia Heming didn’t know what plans the new prefect had. Besides, it wasn’t that important what the prefect had planned. What was more important was whether the prefect had the ability to match his plans.
All in all, Jia Heming felt that the situation was uncertain.
He didn't mind going to the three major families, but he didn't think there would be any good results.
This is an obvious fact.
Shao Yunduan knew that Jia Heming would not say more, and he would not express his own opinion at this moment.
He said to Jia Heming, "You should still go to the three major families and ask them to provide rice seeds. They must be high-quality seeds. The price can be slightly higher according to the market price so that they will not suffer losses. After collecting taxes in the fall, the silver will be paid to them and settled together according to the interest of the bank. I will not take advantage of them."
"Of course, if they agree to this, they can come to the state government tomorrow and I will sign a contract with them."
Jia Heming stood there dumbfounded.
Shao Yunduan looked at him strangely: "Is there anything else you don't understand?"
I don't understand anything!
"Sir!" Jia Heming suppressed his pounding heart and calmed down: "You mean, you mean... this rice seed is considered a normal purchase between the government and the three major families, and you won't, won't give convenience to the three major families anymore?"
"......That is to say...Sir, you are going to collect taxes from the three major families?"
Shao Yunduan: "Not only the three major families, but also their relatives."
Jia Heming: “….”
That's not what he meant!
Although Jia Heming had long been fed up with the collusion between the three major families and the provincial government to make Anze Prefecture even more chaotic and turbulent, he was eager for a capable and resourceful prefect to come and discipline them.
But when he heard Shao Yunduan say this, he couldn't help but worry about him.
Don't get carried away!
Jia Heming could not help but said, "Sir, this - forgive me for being frank, this matter needs to be dealt with slowly. The three major families are the local bosses after all, and their interests with the other major families are even more complicated and intertwined. If we push them too far, I'm afraid..."
"To be honest, sir, the state government often can't even pay salaries, and has to borrow money from the three major families. If this happens... I'm afraid they may not be willing to lend again. If they don't lend, other families will definitely not dare to lend, and that will cause a big mess..."
After all, isn't it all about money?
Shao Yunduan smiled. Money was nothing to him. He had to thank his wife for that.
The fact that he can serve as a local official safely is entirely thanks to his wife.
(End of this chapter)
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