Every prefecture and county was poorer than the last; the Silver scattered out didn't even make a splash.
It was no wonder the officials present felt a bit of heartache.
In previous years, whenever they wanted to collect taxes from various places, they had to run until their feet blistered.
Now, this Mr. Gu had simply handed out the Silver without a second thought.
It wasn't that no one had previously suggested using past years' tax revenue to offset this Silver.
Gu Wenheng, however, had argued vigorously with them. He knew the local situations perfectly well, yet he still made them front the Silver—wasn't this making things difficult for the subordinate officials?
But without Silver, nothing could be accomplished, and that was not a situation Gu Wenheng wanted to see.
