In the second year of the Great Unification (the third year of the Eastern Wei Dynasty Tianping, the second year of Liang Datong), on the eighth day of the first lunar month, the Jianzhang Palace, which was originally the Daxingtai Mansion in Guanxi and has now doubled as the Prime Minister's Mansion, gathered a group of civil and military personnel. It's the end of the year, and it stands to reason that it should be jubilant to celebrate the New Year, but at this time, it seems that from the Kansai Daxingtai and Prime Minister Yuwentai below, everyone in the hall has a sad face, and there is no half of joy.

The reason for this is that there is a great drought this year, and Guanzhong, which is originally the country of abundance, has been thirsty for almost a whole year, and it has not improved so far. For example, in the land of Qinlong, it has long been thousands of miles of red land, and there is no harvest of grains, and even cannibalism is not uncommon.

The country is unstable, and the four sides are not quiet. Although the herdsmen in the northwest are eye-to-eye with Gao Huan, there are Tuyuhun people in the west of Qin Long, who often harass them, and in the south of Qin Long, they see the people of Tangchang (that is, the country of Tangchang, established by Liang Qin of the Qiang people in the Jin Dynasty, located in the south of Longnan, located in the west of the country of Qiuchi) from time to time to rebel. Just the relief disaster has taught Yu Wentai to be overwhelmed, and coupled with these endless side troubles, it is really a lot of anxiety.

Today's discussion, in fact, the situation is already extremely serious, the treasury is stretched thin, Yu Wentai has to summon the big guys to see how to move in the coming year.

Half of the Thai people kept their mouths shut, needless to say, they didn't have any ideas in their hearts at all. A few housekeepers opened their mouths, but they couldn't say a word, it was nothing more than looking for a clear way to increase taxes, and then send tax collectors to collect them everywhere. But in the current situation, the people are dying of hunger, so what can they get by running to his house and digging three feet into the ground? If you don't do it well, most of them will provoke a popular uprising, which is really more than worth the loss.

Yu Wentai was disappointed, so he swept his eyes around, and first saw the right servant of Daxingtai Shangshu shooting Ko Luo, but this old man not only closed his mouth, but even closed a pair of eyes, as if he was closing his eyes to recuperate.

Yuwentai had no choice but to turn his head and find someone else. Standing in that compartment was Daxingtai Shangshu Right Cheng Helenda, this guy was bright-eyed and brave to meet Yuwentai's gaze, but the smile on his face was clearly betrayed by him--- obviously, asking him was also in vain.

Yu Wentai couldn't help but roll his eyes and shook his head again and again. At this moment, a clear-looking green-shirted scribe in the crowd attracted his attention, Yuwentai's eyes lit up, and he blurted out: "Ling Xuan!" How do you hide behind people? Come, come, come out, and hear your opinions. ”

The green-shirted scribe smiled abruptly, as if he was a little hesitant, but Yu Wentai's gaze was pressing, so he hesitated a little, and finally walked out.

This is obviously a green-shirted scribe who is extremely valued by Yuwentai, surnamed Su and nicknamed Lingxuan, a person from Wugong County, Jingzhao County. It has been in the Daxing Taiwan Mansion for less than a year, but the rapid rise is really jaw-dropping.

At the beginning of this year, due to the lack of talents in Xingtai Fuzhong, Yuwentai ordered the Guanzhong states to be virtuous. Wugong Su is a well-known local scholarly family, so someone recommended Su Sui, who has incisive articles and is proficient in arithmetic, to enter the Daxingtai Mansion.

At the beginning, Su Sui was just a small clerk, and he worked silently for half a year, and no one noticed his existence. Until one time, Su Sui contracted an illness and returned home to rest for half a month, and suddenly Daxingtai Mansion messed up a lot ---of paperwork and calculations, and he couldn't figure it out, and he couldn't change several people. Yuwentai was furious, and when he investigated thoroughly, he found that it was Su Sui's work that was done so well and meticulously that when others took over, they couldn't stand up to --- sentence at all, this person was indispensable.

As a result, Su Sui entered the eyes of Yuwentai and was first promoted to the author Zuolang.

Soon after, when Yu Wentai accompanied the emperor Yuan Bao Torch and a group of Western Wei ministers to go boating in Cangchi, he saw that there was a lush island in the pool, and the scenery was quite good. Yuan Bao Ju asked what the name of this island was, but no one knew. At this time, Yuwentai's heart moved, and he specially called someone to call Su Yulai to ask. Su Sui was really knowledgeable, and immediately replied: "This is gradually Taiwan." At the end of the Han Dynasty, the first emperor (that is, Liu Xuan, the brother of Liu Xiu, the Guangwu Emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty) entered from the Xuanping Gate, and Wang Mang was desperate and fled to the gradual platform, where he was killed by the soldiers. As soon as this remark came out, it won a lot of praise.

Yuwentai is both proud and happy, but he is promoted again, and Su Sui is the big line.

Su Sui lived up to Yuwentai's high expectations, and soon created a set of official document styles and flow systems of the Xingtai Mansion, sweeping away the chaotic situation of the previous document work. He has a special experience in household endowment, and pioneered the bookkeeping method of recording expenses and income in red and black respectively, which has doubled the efficiency of bookkeeping. The Accounting Law and the Household Registration Law have also come out, all of which are amazing.

In addition, when Yu Wentai asked for advice, Su Xuan must have answered fluently. All in all, all kinds of difficulties in the Daxing Taiwan government, but in the hands of Su Sui, they are always solved.

Yu Wentai repeatedly praised: "It is difficult to find talents in the world, and the political affairs of Taichung should be paid for." ”

Since Yuan Xin was named the Taifu of the Western Dynasty, the position of Zuo Cheng, the Shangshu of Daxingtai, has been vacant. Yuwentai did not hesitate, and worshiped Su Sui as the Shangshu Zuo Cheng of the Kansai Daxing Tai.

Su Sui jumped several levels in a year, and now his position in the Daxingtai Mansion is second only to Pei Guo, the left servant of Daxingtai Shangshu and the right servant of Daxingtai Shangshu, and he is still above Helenda, the right servant of Daxingtai. Pei Guo is in Huazhou on weekdays, and Ko Luo is not in charge of affairs, so Yuwentai said "Taichung political affairs, pay for everything", there is really no lie.

Such a powerful person, today he actually learned from those inactive people, and he just hid behind the crowd and couldn't get out, how could Yu Wentai let him go?

Su Sui Shi Ran walked up to Yuwentai, but he made a gesture, straightened up, and opened his mouth for the first time: "Prime Minister, after years of drought, the treasury is almost empty." Although Su Sui is a little trick in the calculation, but as the saying goes, 'it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice', this matter... Su Sui couldn't think of any way. ”

Yu Wentai's face sank, and he almost scolded, but after thinking about it, he suddenly raised the corners of his mouth again, and said with a chuckle: "The huge land of Kansai, where millions of people live here, no matter how difficult it is, the days of the coming year will always have to be lived." Since the treasury is depleted, it is nothing more than two methods: open source and throttling... Speaking of this, he paused for a long time, and then suddenly raised his voice and shouted: "Focus on open source!" I mean, all the wealthy families in the land of Kansai will collect fifty percent of the annual harvest to tide over the difficulties! ”

"No!" Su Xuan's color suddenly changed, and he hurriedly shouted: "The noble family of the wealthy family, although... Although there is no shortage of embezzlement of land and private animals, but now the East Thieves are eyeing each other, if the prime minister does such a rampant expedition, the wealthy families will be rebellious. In this way, the foundation pillar of Guanzhong must also be shaken! ”

Yuwentai sneered: "Then I can only have to wait for him, and I have to wait for myself but I have to be hungry?" ”

"Unless..." Su Xuan gritted his teeth and said: "Unless the prime minister can break the thief first, so that he does not dare to set foot in Guanzhong, then the wealthy family in Guanzhong will definitely be frightened." Only then can the levy be slowly levied, and the lawlessness can be punished, so as to increase the population and land endowment. ”

"If you have suffered a natural disaster and can't collect money and food, how can you break the thief?" Yuwentai muttered, tilted his head again, and said angrily: "In this case, only the head of Shengdou Xiaomin is stabbed!" ”

"More and more indispensable!" Su Sui's face was extremely solemn, and he said loudly: "The people have been affected by the disaster, and at this time, not only can they not be pursued again, but they must also be lightly forced and reduced taxes, and the ownerless wasteland will be divided into the displaced people, so as to consolidate the hearts of the people!" ”

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, but it teaches me what to do?" Yu Wentai's face was very unpleasant: "Don't say it, the new year is coming, but the money and food in the army have not yet been settled, so you should teach me, what should I do?" ”

Su Sui was also anxious, and shouted: "Open source is difficult, bento throttle!" ”

Before the words fell, Yuwentai laughed: "Hahaha, I knew that Ling Xuan had a number in his chest, and he didn't want to say it before." Come on, come on, talk to everyone. ”

Su Xuan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly knew what Yuwentai had just said, which turned out to be all provoking him to speak. When he looked at it again, Old Koro opened his eyes at some point, his eyes were blazing, and he was staring at himself...

It was difficult to ride a tiger, Su Xuan sighed, had to clear his throat, and began to speak.