The night is dark, the palace is silent, except for a few places where the lights are still on, the rest of the places have fallen into darkness, the huge palace of the original Yan Palace is divided into two pieces by Gao Yuan, one third is occupied by himself and his wife, and the others are assigned to the yamen of the imperial court, a wall of red walls and blue tiles separates the two talents, constituting two different worlds.

Although it was almost midnight, Gao Yuan was still working at the desk, a large part of the government and government, he had been lost to the political hall, he was just taking the rudder, but the army was still firmly in his hands, this time he was determined to reorganize the army, but this matter, but he needed to do it himself.

The current Han army, a total of eastern, southern, northern, central four field army groups, this is the old brand of the army, and later formed their own personal leadership of the Young Guards Corps, in the fight with Donghu, formed a new first army, in the fight with the Qi State, the establishment of the Qilu Corps. The total strength exceeded 300,000. Unlike the Chu and Qin people, these soldiers were simple combat troops, that is, professional soldiers. And Chu Qin's standing army did not have so many, many of them were half-soldiers and half-civilians, and they were only recruited when they were fighting.

Maintaining such a large number of professional corps, with the high military salary system of the Han State, has always been a huge burden on the imperial court's finances, Wang Wuyan has always been dissatisfied with this, either to reduce part of the army, to follow the example of Qin Chu, or to reduce the military salary, in order to reduce the financial pressure, but obviously these two methods are not Gao Yuan wanted, now that the Qin-Chu alliance has been formed, the Han State is facing huge external pressure, the army must not slack off, but to strengthen construction, as for reducing the military salary, it is even more unthinkable, That is, Wang Wuyan, a guy who is bent on getting into the eyes of money. Only then can we come up with this bad idea, and if this policy is really introduced, I am afraid that there will be chaos in the army.

Fortunately, in the past two years, the people of the Han State have been in good weather, and the financial income has risen year after year, and Kou Shuguang's sailors go to sea twice a year, which will bring huge profits, and the financial buffer is a little, but at the same time, the places where money is used have also increased greatly, and the main thing is large-scale infrastructure construction throughout the country. Including roads and water conservancy, these are the largest expenses, but also necessary expenses, and it is a necessary measure to look to the future, no matter how difficult it is, this is also to be done.

The salaries of officials must also be raised, this call is already very high, and the government hall has also included it in the necessary treatment items, the yamen of the various ministries of the Han State. And the salary of local officials has always been not high, like the salary of a county chief, compared to a battalion commander in the army, which is also an emergency measure that the Han State has been in the war before. After all, the officers were all playing with their lives on the battlefield, but now it is different, the regime is gradually stabilizing, and domestic contradictions are beginning to come to the fore. The pressure on the civil service system is strong, and the number of affairs is increasing, and wages must be raised. Otherwise, the enthusiasm of the officials will definitely be affected, in the past, everyone worked hard to start a business, the money was less, but there was a bright future to look forward to, and everyone had nothing to say, but now, everything has been realized, if you don't let everyone taste the sweetness, it will inevitably make people resentful, and then slack.

The anti-corruption work of the Han Dynasty was quite strict, and the most important work of the Supervision Yuan's domestic department was here, and those who wanted to take advantage of their positions to make a fortune would never end well; from last year to the present, in less than a year, the Supervision Yuan has arrested nearly 100 corrupt officials who have been transferred to the courts, and in the current Han bureaucratic system, it is no longer a small number, because the number of officials at all levels in the Han Dynasty is not large, and one person often does the work of several people.

The pay increase is something that must be done this year so that all officials can have a happy New Year. But after looking at the salary increase plan of the Ministry of Household and the calculation of the Ministry of Households, Gao Yuan couldn't help but smile bitterly, the Ministry of Officials was generous, and the increase doubled all of a sudden, and Wang Wuyan of the Ministry of Households did not turn into an iron rooster this time, but in the end, the salary that needs to be paid more every year was calculated by this guy with a red pen and wrote it out to himself greatly.

Shocking.

Wang Wuyan this guy was shrewd this time, and he was determined to pay attention to his inappropriate annoying role, if he vetoed this salary increase proposal, he was afraid that he would become the target of public criticism, he shrank his head and threw this black pot to himself.

After smiling wryly and signing two more words on this copy, Gao Yuan put him aside and picked up a report again, which was written by Wu Kai.

Wu Kai, who has newly joined the council hall, is now in charge of the expansion of the entire Jicheng, reading this report, Gao Yuan's face finally showed a smile, this is a rare good news in this period of time, Wu Kai woke up by himself, in the reconstruction of Jicheng, commercial development was carried out, so far, the shelves have been erected, the work is progressing extremely smoothly, the old city wall of Jicheng has begun to be demolished, the immigration work outside has also been launched, and the land auction that once worried Wu Kai, Much to his surprise, the transaction price of each piece of land was several times higher than the starting price, especially those plots close to the old city wall, which were ten times higher, which made Wu Kai realize that his previous price was too low. However, there is no regret in the world to take medicine, but even so, the expansion of Jicheng not only does not require the imperial court to pay a penny, but also has a balance of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. If you count the subsequent profits, this piece will be magnified. Those merchants who have sold the land, to build a house, they need to buy bricks and wood and other building materials, these, the demolition of the old city wall and the extra bricks, stones, and wood have become sought-after goods, these are good materials, waste utilization, can make a big profit, a large number of construction projects start, it is necessary to hire a large number of labor, these people have work, money to earn, to solve the livelihood problem of many people, these people make money, they have to consume, as long as they use the money, the court will have taxes to collect, carefully calculate, It's a lot of income.

Heavily wrote a line of big words on the top of the report: I have read it, and I am very happy about it. I picked it up and dried the ink, looking at the big characters of the dragon flying and the phoenix dancing, I couldn't help but rejoice, my calligraphy is also growing, not like a chicken and a dog scratching before.

Compared with several bigwigs in the political affairs hall, his own handwriting is really not on the table, fortunately in his own home, that is, Ning Xin's handwriting is stronger than herself, although Ye Jinger is literate, but when she writes, she is not much better than herself, as for Helanyan, I am afraid that it is not smooth to hold the pen until now.

Pick up another document, this is Guo Quan from Liaodong, this conscientious Ministry of Works, stay in Jicheng days are numbered, in a year, now there are ten months to stay in Liaodong, the earlier financial predicament, because Gao Yuan agreed to publicly auction the right to dig minerals in Liaodong and has been greatly alleviated, a large number of silver money from the sale of mineral resources continued to flow into Guo Quan's engineering department, so that the road construction project in the three counties of Liaodong can be accelerated, and those wealthy bosses, The auxiliary roads that were built out of their own pockets to connect the main roads to transport ore or future products were progressing much faster than the main roads. An extensive transportation network is taking shape in the three counties of eastern Liaoning.

When this transportation network is officially completed in Liaodong, the imperial court's control of the three counties of Liaodong will go to a new level, Gao Yuan has made a lot of effort in delineating and selling these mines, it seems that the east and west are not systematic, but if they are marked on the map, and then the roads that are now built are connected, it can be clearly seen that this road traffic network leads to every corner of the three counties of Liaodong, and the places that could not be reached before and were neglected to control will be included in the control of the imperial court in the future.

The end of many bandits who are still rampant in the three counties of Liaodong is nearing the end.

Guo Quan first predicted in the report that the main road project of the three counties in eastern Liaodong will be completed as soon as next summer, and then asked Gao Yuan whether he could transfer another batch of explosives to him, because of this batch of explosives, some of the previous time-consuming and laborious engineering sections are now easily opened, saving a lot of manpower and material resources Guo Quan suddenly fell in love with these seemingly inconspicuous yellow particles, hoping that the imperial court can increase its support.

Although several new production lines have been built outside the Yizhen Research Institute, the output of this thing is only so much, the army wants it, Guo Quan also wants it, and because of Guo Quan's application of explosives in Liaodong, the big bosses who open the mine are also keenly aware of the broader use of this thing, and have already proposed in the parliament with parliamentarians to open up the civilian use of explosives. Although it was vetoed by the parliament on the grounds of national security, this is the trend of the times, and explosives will eventually be put on the civilian market, but the intensity of control is just the strength of control.

Except for these two items that are good news, the others are all complaining about asking for money, and all the counties and localities are riveting their efforts to get some money from the central court to go back, and with the spread of the county council and the county council in various places, the officials everywhere have been greatly shaken, and the officials are not the masters of the people, but they really want to go home and sell sweet potatoes.

Money, money! It's money that is trapped in the distance.

The economic war against Qin and Chu has just kicked off, and it will take time to harvest, although Kou Shuguang's side is a business without capital, but it can't last, if you want to make money for a long time, you also need time to operate, the Han Dynasty is in ruins, it looks glamorous from the outside, but the center is very clear, it earns a lot every year, but the expenses are more, and it is a deficit every year, in other words, the court is always everywhere, and it is always a big debtor.

Fortunately, it is already the end of the year, and when the principal and interest of the previous year's debt are paid, a new bond can be issued, Wang Wuyan has already proposed a three-year bond and a five-year debt roll, which is a good idea, you can test the water first, mainly depending on the people's trust in the imperial court. As long as the credit of the imperial court is still there, it can still get money. (To be continued......)