If His Royal Highness King Zhao is short of money, ninety-nine of the hundred people in the capital are unbelievers.

But the reality is that Zhao Wangfu is short of money, and it is very short!

In later parlance, it was called a fiscal deficit.

How did the fiscal deficit come about, first, the expenditure was too large.

Zhao Wang Wanyan Honglie is not a luxury person, and he is even more diligent and thrifty, not like a princess at all, but the little prince Wanyan Kang is here, and the expenses are a lot.

The Shenbing base is a bottomless pit, with a monthly guarantee of three thousand taels of silver, if there are special materials that need to be supplemented, such as increasing horses and the like, Wanyan Honglie has never said a word, and after a year, the additional expenditure of twenty or thirty thousand taels is like playing.

After Wan Yan Kang went to Shaolin, Wan Yan Honglie asked someone to bring at least 1,000 taels of silver tickets every month, and it was calculated as nearly 50,000 taels in the past three years.

Wan Yan Kang had never thought that when the palace was short of money, he would donate incense money to be very happy, but now after hearing Yan Honglie say this, he couldn't help but feel a little painful.

In addition to spending money like water on Wanyan Kang's side, in the past few years, Wanyan Honglie's side has also had a bottomless pit of swallowing gold.

After Yan Honglie, he secretly communicated with Zamuhe and others on the grassland before, and funded countless weapons, grains and grass every year. These weapons, grains and herbs were all borne by the imperial court, but His Royal Highness King Zhao had offended the great sect Zheng Wanyan Yongji before, and this old man secretly instructed the people in the treasury to deliberately embarrass him.

The quality is poor, and the quantity is even worse, every time it is ten percent, only three or four percent.

Wanyan Honglie was furious when he learned about it, and fought with Wanyan Yongji in front of the palace, hoping to get the emperor's support and lay down the prestige of Wanyan Yongji.

Wanyan Honglie made full preparations, and all kinds of evidence were in hand, thinking that it was useless to let Wanyan Yongji not admit it.

How do you know that when he arrived in front of the palace, Wanyan Yongji accepted Wanyan Honglie's accusations as ordered, and only threw away a sentence lightly: "According to the meaning of King Zhao, I, Dajin, should give all the weapons and grain and grass in the treasury to Zamuhe, so that he can defeat Temujin of Nalaoshizi, and then take my Dajin's weapons and eat my Dajin's grain and grass to attack my Dajin!" ”

Wanyan Honglie was angry for a while, but he was powerless to refute.

Wanyan Yongji does have some truth in what he said, who can guarantee that if Zamuhe defeats Temujin, he will be friendly with the Jin Kingdom for generations!

Wanyan Honglie can't guarantee it, and this lawsuit in front of the palace can only be concluded in the end.

But Wanyan Honglie also knew that if he sent these defective goods over, Zamuhe might turn his face on the spot. So he had no choice but to pay out of his own pocket, purchase a batch of high-quality weapons and transport them over, and wrote a letter to euphemistically explain the reasons and his own difficulties.

Wan Yan Kang has spent two taels of silver in the past few years, compared with this hole, it is a big deal, and Wan Yan Honglie's money bag is a daily weight loss.

In addition to the large expenses, Wanyan Honglie's income in recent years has also decreased a lot.

As a prince, there are two main sources of money on weekdays.

The small head is the court's reward and reward, and there are about tens of thousands of taels a year.

The bulk of the entry comes from the filial piety of officials at all levels and the gentry who stand in line.

Although Wanyan Honglie is the sixth son, he is very favored by the emperor, and Dajin does not have the practice of establishing a long term, so many officials and gentry are optimistic that His Royal Highness King Zhao will have the opportunity to become a great treasure in the future, so they have bet on it, and often pay filial piety.

These filial piety can be converted into two or three hundred thousand taels per year.

Among the six princes of the Dajin Emperor Wanyan Jing, the most powerful ones are Wanyan Honglie, the king of Zhao, and Wanyan Hongyan, the king of Yan. Originally, Wanyan Honglie's momentum still had a slight upper hand, but after he offended Wanyan Yongji, a great sect, and some clans, Wanyan Yongji began to stand in line with Wanyan Hongyan and suppress Wanyan Honglie.

In this way, the wall grass that was originally a little optimistic about His Royal Highness King Zhao changed the direction of the wind, and changed the court to Wanyan Hongyan's name.

Without the filial piety of these people, Wanyan Honglie's hands are even more stretched.

Wan Yan Honglie and Wan Yan Kang talked slowly on the soft collapse, talking about how difficult it was, they were all light and light, and their demeanor was fully displayed.

It's just that when it comes to these wall grasses, Wan Yan Honglie finally couldn't help but scold a few words of his mother, which made Wan Yan Kang can't help but laugh.

Wan Yankang asked with a smile: "Father, there is a way, the wind knows the strength of the grass, and the board knows the loyal ministers." These wall grasses fell to each other at this time, and in the child's opinion, it was still a good thing. It's better to leave at this time than to have someone defect at a critical moment! ”

Wan Yankang's meaning is very clear, and after leaving these people at both ends of the first rat, those who are left behind are loyal and capable people, and they can be regarded as a pure team.

Of course, Yan Honglie understands this truth, but unfortunately, without these wall grasses, the money bag that was already stretched thin was even more deflated all of a sudden.

Wanyan Honglie smiled bitterly: "Kang'er, my father didn't think this money was very important before, but it wasn't until he was stretched thin that he realized that this money was difficult for a hero!" ”

Wan Yankang supported his chin with his hand, thought for a moment, and then smiled: "Father doesn't need to worry about this mundane matter, just leave this matter to the child." ”

Wanyan Honglie sighed and said, "Kang'er, you are very smart, but you have never been involved in these mundane things, how can you do it?" ”

Wan Yankang stretched out two fingers and talked eloquently: "To solve the current trouble, there are only two points, open source and throttling." ”

"Let's talk about throttling first, according to what my father said before, there have been three main additional expenses in the past few years, the Shenbing base, Shaolin, and funding the Mongols. The Shenbing base is where the child's hard work is, and naturally it can't be reduced, Shaolin, since the child has gone out of the mountain, it's just a matter of sending someone to the incense once a year, and the cost is almost negligible. As for the Mongol side, Zamuhe has now been defeated, and he has only been spared, and Wang Han of the Kereh Department has been surrendered, and the weapons, grain and grass that he promised to continue to fund naturally do not need to be given anymore. ”

Wan Yan Kang paused, broke off a finger and said: "In this way, even if the expenses in the palace and the Divine Soldier Base are not reduced, the silver taels that need to be spent every year will be less than half immediately." ”

Knowing that Zamuhe was so useless, Dajin Guo funded so many weapons, money and food, all of which were in vain, Wanyan Honglie sighed with a long sigh: "If this Zamuhe fails, I, Dajin, can only contact Wang Han to help him fight against Temujin's beggar tribe, and the cost of this piece is still indispensable." ”

Wan Yankang shook his head and said: "Father, at this time, the two powerhouses of the grassland are competing, in terms of strength at this moment, Wang Han still has the upper hand, I don't need to help with money, food and materials, I just need to be friendly with Wang Han and keep in touch with each other." ”

A few days ago, when the two fathers and sons discussed the situation in the grassland, they both thought that Temujin was the most likely to unify the grassland, and Wanyan Honglie decided in his heart to continue to support Wang Han's strategy, but he didn't expect Wanyan Kang to say this, he couldn't help asking: "Why did Kang'er say this?" ”

Wanyan Kang said: "The child witnessed a battle between Zamuhe and the alliance of King Han of Temujin on the grassland. Although Temujin was a hero, and Wang Han's Kereh army was also strong, it was shocking that the Zamuhe coalition army was defeated so quickly. These days, the child has been thinking about how to play the game of chess in the Mongolian steppe. ”

Wan Yan Kang glanced at Yan Honglie, and when he saw that he was listening attentively, he continued: "The child thinks that it is better to ask for others than for himself. Zamuhe is incompetent, Wang Han will be defeated by Temujin sooner or later, and if I continue to send weapons, grain and grass to Wang Hanbai, it will only be a waste in the end. The child thought about it, it is better to use this money and food to build an elite army that obeys my orders! ”

After hearing this, Wanyan Honglie suddenly felt enlightened, and said happily: "Kang'er's words are very true! ”

Just a moment later, he frowned again and said: "The imperial court has a set of soldiers and horses, that is, there are hundreds of children in your divine army base, and now there are people who criticize it, and besides, the weapons, money and food allocated in this treasury are all to be sent to the Mongolian steppe, and it is impossible to leave it to privately build a useful elite army." ”

Wan Yan Kang laughed: "Father, this matter is easy!" Then Yan Kang subdued himself to the Black Wind Village, and after extinguishing a gust of wind, he left Juekong as a shadow and said that it was important to pick it up.

Wan Yan Honglie only then knew that his son had done such a big thing in the grassland this month, and couldn't help patting Wan Yan Kang's shoulder happily and said, "If you have a son like this, what more can you ask for!" ”

The two discussed and stopped, and in the future, Wanyan Honglie sent people to play with Juekong from time to time.

The amount of weapons, money and grain that is transported to the grasslands every year is not so large, but the quality must be guaranteed.

After the weapons, money, and grain were transported to the grassland, they were all received by the envoys of the Kelie Department who pretended to be Wang Han by Juekong and others, and used them for the armed troops.

Wan Yankang finally made a special mention that even if these weapons, money and grain were transported to the grassland, they were not given to Juekong and others in vain, and they had to be exchanged for horses, cattle and sheep, furs, ginseng and other materials, which was an exchange that was carried out in secret, and could not be made a big show.

In this way, Wanyan Honglie no longer has to pay private money for external subsidies, and there will be a lot of inputs, which is really a matter of killing two birds with one stone.

After Yan Kang finished talking about these strategies, Wan Yan Honglie was overjoyed, and the sorrow in his heart immediately disappeared.