Liu Hong completely controlled the initiative, and then came to a big Han Zhongxing, which was not the result he wanted to see. In the end, not only could he not become the savior of the Sanxing Han family, but he became a careerist who plotted to usurp the throne, which was not good.

"Lord, my subordinates are thinking that this time to fight the thief may not be very successful, and the army of the imperial court may fail." At this time, Guo Jia suddenly said something and concentrated everyone's ideas.

"Indeed......" Guo Jia said, Xun Yu quickly realized something, "The thieves can go all the way like a bamboo, deducting their own combat strength, as well as the speed of the cavalry, there is no guarantee that there is no other reason." ”

"For example, someone revealed the situation on the Han army's side?" Liu Tao is not a fool and reacted quickly.

"If at the beginning, if there is any relationship between the rebels and Dong Zhuo as the basis......" Lu Yan also spoke up, "then the possibility of Dong Zhuo ventilating them is not impossible, and it is even very possible!" ”

"Do you want to remind Liu Ge, lest he have any accidents?" Liu Tao was a little worried, after all, the situation on the battlefield was very complicated.

"This involves another problem, if we remind you, the imperial army will quickly win, and even find out Dong Zhuo because of this...... This result is very beneficial to the imperial court, but not to the lord! Guo Jia looked at Liu Tao.

Xun Yu obviously realized this, but he didn't say it, obviously his heart was still entangled.

Perhaps in his opinion, whether it is Liu Hong or Liu Tao, as long as it can make the world peaceful and the people happy. In the final analysis, there is no way, completely stand on Liu Tao's side and give him advice.

Guo Jia didn't have so many worries, he was completely on Liu Tao's side, and even took helping to put Liu Tao on the throne as the ultimate goal. This is understandable, after all, under normal circumstances, it is difficult for him to be reused.

"What's the matter, isn't it to take some risks......" Liu Tao didn't mention anything to remind him when he heard this, anyway, judging from the history he knew, although he lost, there was no situation where a certain general was killed.

Soon, there was no dwelling on this matter, because it was clear that there was something more worthy of his attention: "So, let's change the topic." After the defeat of the war, the imperial court was reappointed as the commander of Zhang Wen's army, probably two years later, he would transfer the Wuhuan Turquoise cavalry to crusade against the Liangzhou rebels, not to mention the follow-up...... Let's discuss, is there a way to let Zhang Wen transfer us to the front line? ”

If you want to go to the front line, with his identity as a cloud guard, only this is possible.

"Isn't this easy?" Jian Yong laughed when he heard this, "The lord played directly, expressing his willingness to serve the imperial court." ”

"What if I write a fold, but Your Majesty refuses?" Liu Tao asked rhetorically.

"Then write one every month, anyway, since the front line will lose, then there will be more losses, so it will naturally think of the lord." Jian Yong replied, "My subordinates think that if you choose between Dong Zhuo and the lord, then Your Majesty will definitely give priority to the lord." ”

Liu Tao thought about it when he heard this, and felt that this was indeed the truth, so he immediately arranged it. A copy of the fold was sent to Luoyang the next day.

After sending the song out, Liu Tao was here in Yamen to check the autumn harvest situation in each county...... After all, the beginning of autumn has arrived more than 20 days ago, and all counties have now finished harvesting and starting to dry grain and store it.

After all, after harvesting the autumn grain, the people in each county still have to pay rent or something, and the remaining grain is enough for their own use, and there is very little that can be sold.

At this time, it was said that grain should be collected according to the market price, which was very unfavorable to both the people and the government.

"I can't close the position often, maybe it has something to do with this......" Liu Tao sighed, compared with last year, only the taxes collected have increased significantly, after all, the part that fills his own pockets is gone.

"It's about irrigation, it's about farming skills." Jian Yong, who was in charge of the report, replied, "We can only wait for the results of the experimental field to appear, and then start to gradually promote." However, the problem of irrigation can be advanced, after all, there are still two months before the onset of winter. ”

"In the final analysis, it is still necessary to levy conscription...... Liu Tao probably understood, "but the method of conscription will be changed this year, that is, the three meals of the people will be provided by the local government, and at most the county government will be reimbursed forty percent." ”

"What if counties overreport consumption?" Jian Yong reminded that after all, having expenses means that there are channels for greedy ink.

"This year, we can only lead people to follow and supervise by Yide to avoid the appearance of greedy ink. In the future, you can consider changing the expense table to solve this problem...... But this involves familiarity with the table, and there is another use of numbers. Liu Tao replied.

If you want to do accounts, you can't do without the concept of Arabic numerals. Liu Tao remembers that he had seen someone on the Internet before: "Lowercase numbers can actually be used, there is no need to borrow Arabic numerals, after all, habits are the same." ”

For example, '88888' is replaced by '88888', and then a capital number is used at the end, marking '捌万捌仟捌佰捌拾捌', which is actually good.

Liu Tao also accepts this statement, and the "number" does not mean Arabic numerals, but the concept of "capital numbers".

After accepting that statement, he investigated lowercase and uppercase numbers, and found that uppercase numbers actually began to appear in the Ming Dynasty. Traveling to this era, it is even more confirmed that this matter: in this era, capital numbers have not yet appeared!

In other words, first of all, he must popularize capitalized numbers first, so as to better avoid problems with the accounts.

"Speaking of which......" Liu Tao seemed to have a situation in mind, so he took out a piece of paper, wrote a few sets of numbers casually, and then handed it to Jian Yong and asked, "There are two kinds of comparison here, do you think it's better?" ”

"Of course it's this ......," Jian Yong pointed to the Arabic numerals.

"Why?" Liu Tao was a little puzzled, and pointed to the lowercase number, "Isn't it more accustomed to this?" ”

"If you write or calculate a lot, it's obviously more convenient here." Jian Yong replied unceremoniously, "Besides, after getting used to it, you can be very familiar with using these numbers...... In other words, these numbers were created by the lord? ”

"No, it is said that it was invented by the body poison (India), and because it was popularized by people in the Arab region, it was mistakenly thought to be invented by the Arabs, so it was called Arabic numerals." Liu Tao explained.

"If it's a daily writing, it's not a big problem to use the traditional digital method, but in practice, it's more convenient. Of course, this is the meaning of subordinates, and does not represent the thoughts of others. Jian Yong replied.

There is indeed this saying, that is, in the early days, because the seal script was too troublesome to write, the local officials invented the official script in order to facilitate the record, mainly to facilitate the work, and quickly transcribe something.

Lishu replaced seal script in the Han Dynasty, which is largely due to its 'convenience'. Liu Tao couldn't help but think that in the end, Arabic numerals, replacing traditional lowercase numbers, became mainstream use, which may be related to promotion, but the convenience is also undoubted.

"In this case, there will be one more kind of number to promote......" Liu Tao sighed, then wrote the uppercase number again, and continued to ask, "This is the uppercase number I plan to promote, what do you think?" ”

"It's a bit tricky to write, but it does avoid a lot of accounting problems." Jian Yong looked at it, and then praised.

The promotion of paper has brought about changes that cover many fields, which is also the main reason why Liu Tao first thought of making money in Luoyang.

If you want to make paper here in the north, the cost may be large, so if you want to make paper in the Central Plains, you can even make paper in the south of the Yangtze River. Luoyang is not insured. After all, according to history, Luoyang had to be set on fire by Dong Zhuo once.

So some time ago, I summed up with the scribes under my command, and on the Yingchuan side, everyone invested in the shares together, and by the way, Liu Tao took out the concept of the board of directors and the chairman, and set up a joint papermaking workshop in Yingchuan, which is definitely larger than Luoyang.

Through this means, it can be regarded as tying the various families of Yingchuan to his chariot preliminarily.

With paper, it means you can print; A large number of books means that there can be Mongolian school, and there can be night school; The large number of scholars means that the imperial examination system appeared in advance.

In another field, paper also means a form system, which is more convenient than those that are like written account books, which are difficult to carry out with wooden and bamboo slips.

It also means that the government's dependence on paper will be further increased. Just in case, earlier, he sent the technology to Zhang Yan to see if he could get the papermaking workshop out in Taihang Mountain.

"That's good......" Liu Tao saw that Jian Yong agreed with these two numbers, so he took another piece of paper, listed the table, and then told him how to use it. The latter is also the old master of the one-year resume, and he almost agrees with this method.

"Two numbers, the teaching of forms, and the conscription are carried out simultaneously, can it be done?" Liu Tao asked further.

"Of course no problem!" Jian Yong nodded, "After all, this year, the county is mainly to send officials to supervise below to ensure that everything goes smoothly, and the local government is mainly to supervise and organize, and the problem of accounting is not fully involved, even if it is carried out according to the original method, the problem is not big, and it is a big deal to change it to a form mode review after winter." ”

"I guess there will be a lot of problems then." Liu Tao teased.

"But always believe in the people we sent." Jian Yong reminded, "We can't help it, we can do everything." And it's the first time to do it, and everyone is not used to a lot of things, so the possibility of getting a black hand is very low, and at the same time, there are not many methods, and the part of greedy ink is very limited. Find out the problem and warn it once, so that the work will go more smoothly in the future. ”

After all, the degree is small, and a simple small punishment can make the officials not think so much about it next time. At least the integrity of the vast majority of officials can be guaranteed, and if there is a small number of problems, they can be directly taken down and dealt with.

If it is officially promoted next year, then the number will be huge, and the warning will obviously be inappropriate, which will make an example to the chickens and monkeys, and the effect is estimated to be much worse.

"It's just ......" Speaking of this, Jian Yong couldn't help but sigh again, "If we continue like this, we won't have enough people again." There are obviously too many military generals, but there have always been insufficient civilian officials. ”

"It's not that you're having ......a headache this question," Liu Tao complained directly, "This is not a night school and an enlightenment class at the same time, and all kinds of books are constantly improving, but what is the original situation in the clouds, you also know how many people are reading among ordinary people?" ”

At most, there are some large families, but what they represent is more of the interests of the family.

A group came from Yingchuan, but if they are scattered, then the manpower is obviously a little insufficient. Especially if all the counties in Yunzhong County are to be restored in the future, more officials will be needed.

"Since the lord understands the future, why don't you consider it and recruit some talents to come over?" Jian Yong immediately proposed.