Chapter 299: A Rich Man
Ganquan Palace
"The immortal has not yet arrived?"
"Your Majesty, I haven't seen the chariot and horse of Lord Qixian"
"Humph! Bastard, the Great Dynasty will dare to snooze! If I hadn't done what I had promised, I wouldn't be able to spare him today! ”
Liu Hong shook his hand, his face was extremely angry, even he got up early honestly today, dressed up the cumbersome imperial crown, and was ready to start the court meeting, not daring to slack off in the slightest.
And you, Lin Xu, are good! I wanted to discuss some important things in advance, but now I can't even find anyone!
"Your Majesty doesn't need to worry, there is another hour before the court meeting will begin, and Lord Qixian will not miss the time today."
Zhang Rang smiled slightly, he knew that his master was not preparing to discuss with Lin Xu about any major matters at all, but he couldn't wait to show Lin Xu, show off the many achievements he had achieved in the past year, and get a few words of heartfelt appreciation in Lin Xu's mouth.
"By the way, which county are there and how many soldiers and horses are there for those people who come to the court this time?"
Seeing that Zhang made this old man not feel the slightest bit of his annoyance, Liu Hong suddenly felt very bored, and turned to ask about business
"Your Majesty, there are a total of 11 states, 8 vassal vassals, 23 departments, and a total of 130,000 soldiers and horses!"
"Where are the troops at this time?"
Hearing Zhang Rang's words, Liu Hong's heart was slightly shocked, and then his pride surged up, excited, this is almost the remaining seventy percent of the soldiers on his face of the Han Dynasty, and now they are all gathered, it can be said that now is the moment when he Liu Hong's majesty is the strongest!
"According to His Majesty's order, the main force is stationed under Lishan Mountain, and the rest are distributed around Luoyang, within Sanpu!"
"Hmm"
Liu Hong nodded with satisfaction after hearing this, he has never relaxed his vigilance against the hundreds of thousands of yellow turban troops under Lishan Mountain, and now he is taking advantage of the gathering of his army, of course, he wants to have a good deterrence!
Da Da Da ~ Just as Liu Hong was about to carry his Zhongxing sword to Weiyang Palace, a small yellow door rushed to Zhang Rang with small steps and whispered two words in his ear.
"Your Majesty, the immortal has arrived, look~"
"Humph! Declare! ”
Throwing the sword in his hand to Zhang Rang's body, Liu Hong snorted angrily, turned around and sat back on the main seat.
"Ha, Your Majesty, long time no see~"
Lin Xu, who was rubbing his hands and striding into the main hall, sat down a little next to Liu Hong very skillfully, and then turned his head to Zhang Rang and said unceremoniously
"I'm tired of Zhang Changzhi getting me some food, I'm in a hurry, I haven't eaten breakfast yet."
"No~"
The corners of Zhang Rang's mouth curled slightly, and after answering, he waved his hand behind him without a trace.
"Has Your Majesty ever eaten? Why don't you eat a piece? I'm in for a treat! ”
"What I want, are you ready?"
Liu Hong is too lazy to be with Lin Xupi, although he has already let go of his mind for this immortal's indifference, but as an emperor, he can't allow him to let go of his identity.
"Don't worry, it's all right!"
"That's fine, come on! Drive Weiyang Palace! ”
Anyway, he didn't care about Lin Xu, who had just started eating, and strode out of Ganquan Palace, eating hot pot in the morning? When you're done eating, you don't have to open the pilgrimage!
"I said Zhang Changshi, you can really do it! Get me some pastries, what kind of hot pot to serve! ”
Lin Xu glanced at Zhang Rang helplessly, he dared to guarantee that this old thing was deliberate! In order to have some fun for his master Liu Hong.
"Hehe, Lord Qixian is wrong to blame the old slave, the adult has been delayed, Your Majesty is already dissatisfied in his heart, so, the old slave is taking great pains."
After that, he then took a plate of delicate pastries from the small yellow door behind him and handed it to Lin Xu.
"Cut"
Lin Xu, who took the pastry in one hand, glanced at Zhang Rang, but he was quite emotional in his heart, these ten permanent servants have really completely put away their careful thoughts now, do not fight for power, do not seize profits, and think about how to serve Liu Hong wholeheartedly, and now there is no shortage of money, and there is no need for the ten permanent servants to do any bad things that hurt the nature and reason to collect money, so that all the scholars want to take the opportunity to overthrow them have no chance.
Weiyang Palace
Just like last year, Lin Xu knelt beside Liu Hong with great honor, looking at the many ministers who began to slowly enter the hall.
"Herald! Exempt from the congratulatory gifts of hundreds of officials, and order me to tell the details of my Han's taxes this year! ”
Liu Hong, who has deep pockets, now completely looks down on the "cheap" congratulatory gifts of these shabby old ministers, and I don't know why, since he Liu Hongkuo, these courtiers have become more and more constrained, and the things they offer on weekdays are also becoming more and more cheap.
In the face of Liu Hong's arrogance, the officials in the audience couldn't help but look at each other, but they were helpless, not that they were unwilling to take out good things, but they couldn't take them out, the previous treasures were put in the eyes of Liu Hong now, they were waste! Rare and rare things are things that can be played with, what can be done? It can only be a calligraphy and painting book.
"No~"
Sikong Yuan Kui was stunned after hearing this, and then took out a silk book full of children from his arms and stood up, bowed to Liu Hong and said aloud
"In the second year of the Middle Yuan Dynasty, my Han Dynasty cultivated a total of more than 89.27 million mu of land, with an average yield of 4 stones and 2 buckets of millet per mu, 30 taxes and 1, and a balance of more than 5.337 million stones after removing many resources! Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to the Great Han, congratulations to the immortals! ”
Yuan Kui, who was full of red light, roared, and immediately caused the audience to cheer, this year the big man is not completely recuperating, building roads, resisting Guishuang or something is very food-consuming, and now it is not easy to have so much money in a year.
Therefore, for Lin Xuhe's sentence, everyone in the entire court shouted willingly.
"If there is no wisdom of Your Majesty, there is no place for this immortal."
Lin Xu, who was smiling, spit out lightly, his expression was very calm, isn't it just five million stones of grain, and if you convert six million stones into kilograms, it will be eight thousand kilograms, how much?
Seeing that the excited officials slowly calmed down, Yuan Kui cleared his throat and continued
"After verification, our Han has a total of more than 11,237,000 households, more than 64,652,000 mouths, excluding many resources, the balance is 1,169,200,000 yuan, 2,616,990,000 yuan, and 3,771,000,000 yuan, and the rest of the gardens and commercial taxes totaling 6,294,400 yuan!"
"Congratulations for Your Majesty, congratulations for the Great Han, congratulations for the immortals"
The corners of Yuan Kui's mouth, who was smiling and blooming, were almost at the root of his ears, and this year's tax revenue had already been set as the sum of the previous four years of the Han Dynasty! Among them, one is the agricultural tax, the other is the commercial tax, and the other is the war wealth of Xizhou, and these three can be said to be all contributed by Lin Xu!
Of course, as the third public figure of the Han Dynasty, he definitely has a lot of credit for this!
"Good! Hahaha"
Liu Hong, who was on the main seat, couldn't help but raise his head and laugh after hearing this, even if he heard these numbers hundreds of times, he would still feel very happy a thousand times, these are ironclad proofs of his wisdom and virtue!
"Decree, the people of Dahan are exempt from land tax for one year, and Liangzhou, Yizhou, Jiaozhou, Bingzhou, and Youzhou are exempt from tax for three years!"
"Your Majesty's benevolence~"
As soon as these words came out, a large cheer suddenly sounded in the hall, although there were many veterans with painful looks on their faces, after all, the war was about to start, and tax exemption was not a good idea at all, but now Liu Hong was so excited and in a happy mood, and now touching this brow, it was looking for death.