Yankang six years, January

The climate is still cold, but the palace is happy, after giving birth to a daughter for the Son of Heaven, Queen Lu is pregnant again, Liu Xi is in a good mood, for a few days, are accompanied by the queen's side, the family rarely gets together every day, Liu Xi also enjoys these days, there is no intrigue in the temple, there is no need to pretend, just be a real husband, a good father, how pleasant.

Six years have passed since Liu Xi ascended the throne, and these six years may be the most rapid development in the history of the Han Dynasty, with the foundation laid by two generations of the Son of Heaven.

This point, not only let Dahan have a strong talent reserve, and in all walks of life have a large number of elites, and then the construction of the gallop and the canal, the construction of two huge gallop roads, so that the whole north of the Han unimpeded, Xizhou convoy, now can rush to Ningzhou within four months, put in the past, this is to go two years away, this is compared with the past, naturally is earth-shaking changes!

The completion of the construction of the Yangzhou and Jingzhou canals is also a huge impact on the entire south, the political center and economic center of the Han Dynasty are in the north, because the north has a large population, the technology is also developed, the Son of Heaven has never thought about the development of the south, probably from the beginning of the Wang Fu period, the south has ushered in its own glorious moment, to the completion of the Yankang Canal, the south has barely caught up with the level of the north.

And now the income of the overseas division has made Yangzhou's tax become the top of the Han Dynasty, Jiaozhou has also gotten rid of the original poor and backward label, Jingzhou is the leader under the governance of the twin stars, Yizhou needless to mention, through the Xizhou trade road, Yizhou has long become one of the richest regions in the Han Dynasty, the south is developing rapidly, the north has not stopped its own development, various systems, policies, are leading the empire, towards an unprecedented glorious and prosperous era.

In this year, the Han Dynasty achieved a breakthrough in almost all aspects such as population, territory, wealth, and culture, hitting a record high, and Jianning and Xiping were far inferior in the prosperous era.

It stands to reason that in such a prosperous era, the treasury is already piled up, but unfortunately, no, Liu Bei Liu Sikong is very helpless, sure enough, the descendants of Emperor Xiaokang, there is no one who can be idle, at best, it is concerned about civil affairs, diligent for the country, and to put it ugly, it is a great joy, the only shortcoming of Emperor Xiaokang, who was inherited by his descendants motionlessly, is higher than the sky, and wants to make an unparalleled great cause, as a result, Sikong suffers here.

He had just counted this year's taxes, the treasury had just improved, and he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but he got letters from all over the country, and the biggest cost was the military, the army stationed in the northeast, the Han army had nearly 30,000 people in the northeast, respectively, Tai Shici's navy, and the Han garrison stationed in Sushen, Ding Ling and other areas, these were responsible for protecting the Han merchants, the Han soldiers.

After that, they had to bear the northern and southern armies in Xizhou, a total of 50,000, and they were also the most elite troops of the Han Dynasty, they stayed in Xizhou, according to the order of the captain, it seemed that they were preparing to conquer Guishan, which made Guishan frightened, and sent countless envoys to meet the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven was polite to them, however, the northern and southern armies stationed in Xizhou still did not withdraw, Liu Bei was already clear in his heart, but he was afraid that after the Son of Heaven withdrew his hands from the internal affairs, the sword would be split on the heads of the Guishan people.

At that time, I really didn't know how to bear the treasury!

The higher the domestic income, the greater the expenses, and sometimes, Liu Bei even felt that the Han was getting poorer and poorer.

In order to solve these problems, Liu Bei convened many subordinate officials overnight, before giving replies to various places, he sent Cao Zhi to Ningzhou, to meet with the local Han army stationed in the regional chiefs, and asked them to bear the cost of these soldiers with the Han Dynasty, there is no money, you can pay with cattle and sheep, the Han soldiers are stationed here, not only to protect the Han merchants, but also to protect you, how can you do it without the slightest expression? ?

Of course, if you don't, then the Han army will not protect you in the future, and when other small countries protected by the Han army go to war with you, don't blame us for "protecting" others.

Liu Bei told Cao Zhi what he thought in his heart, Cao Zhi listened very carefully, he also knew the situation of the treasury, understood why Liu Bei did this, looked at Cao Zhi in front of him and nodded, Liu Bei was still a little uneasy, in fact, it was best for him to send an old man to go, Cao Zhi was too young, I don't know if I could talk about this matter, but there was really no one under him to use, and everyone was busy.

The Han Dynasty can be solved during the period when the army is stationed abroad, but there is no way to solve the affairs of the Northern and Southern Army, and it can only be solved by itself, fortunately, the Han Dynasty has taken advantage of the civil strife in peace over the years and obtained a lot of benefits from the hands of the rest, which is the most suitable to support the expenses of the Northern and Southern Army.

In addition to this large amount of military spending, the second most expensive is the canal, Liu Bei also gritted his teeth and criticized the watch, the most hateful is Cao Cao, this guy has to play a new deal and the temple every few days, regardless of whether the cost of this policy can be borne by the temple, Liu Bei also told him many times, but there was no way to convince him, why can't he learn to learn the law of others? Fa Zheng has not asked for financial support from the temple until now, but only wants some talents, how good!

Recently, after Hua Xiong's Di Bao reported on the Overseas Division, this unique department attracted a lot of attention.

Including the Houde Palace, there is also interest.

Yuan Shang sent a large number of people to Yangzhou to explore this matter, Fa Zheng may know it, and there is no intention to hide, soon, Liu Xi also knows the situation here, originally, Liu Xi did not care too much about the situation here, after all, it is just two young officials to go to Yangzhou, in the short term, how much can they do? However, after sending someone to investigate, Liu Xifang was stunned.

Fa Zheng and Zhou Yu, these two young officials, did no less in Yangzhou than Cao Cao did in Yangzhou.

According to the secret agent of the embroidered messenger, combined with the performance table written by Fa Zheng himself, Fa Zheng said the truth, the Han Overseas Division, commanding more than 4,000 merchant ships, with many sailors, and the best shipyard in the Han Dynasty, Fa Zheng made the overseas division not so much like a temple institution, but like a group of merchants, the merchant ships went out to trade, brought back wealth, free dumping, and built ships with others, which was very businessmen.

And they are not ordinary merchants, the sea areas they pass through, are full of Han flags, meet the natives, all conquer, either go back to be slaves, or in the local area for the cultivation of special products, like herding livestock, they do not seem to be doing business, but like plundering, in the conquest, they have become the northern and southern armies on the sea, or rather, become the Xianbei Huns on the sea, plundering everywhere, conquering all the sea areas they see.

On the overseas islands, the overseas division can be described as notorious and notorious.

Liu Xi frowned, Fa Zheng seemed to have gone a little too far, in order to plunder, he even absorbed water thieves from all over the world, and used the water thieves as pioneers, such an act simply tarnished the prestige of the Han Empire, or let the Overseas Division become the existence of a non-temple institution? In this way, what they do has nothing to do with the Han Empire.

While Liu Xi was still thinking about these things, Qi Yue was standing outside the door.

"Country!" Qi Yue spoke, Liu Xi put down the watches in his hand and looked at him, Qi Yue said with a smile: "The Yang Order is here...", Liu Xi was stunned, the Yang Order? What did you do when you came to see me? Thinking about it suddenly, isn't Luoyang Ling Liu Yi? Liu Yi is back?

"Liu Yi?"

"Exactly, how is the slave going to reply to him?"

"Let him in!"

Qi Yue hurriedly walked out, and it didn't take long for Liu Xi to see the familiar big fat man, he was worried that Liu Yi would be stuck on the door of the Houde Palace, Liu Yi walked in front of the Son of Heaven with a smile on his face, as for Qi Yue, he was blocked by him and disappeared completely, "Brother!" Liu Yi stepped forward excitedly and was about to hug Liu Xi, Liu Xi waved his hand impatiently, looked him up and down, and asked, "What's the matter with you??? ”

"Huh? What's wrong with me?? ”

"You... You... You..."The Son of Heaven gestured with his hands, looking at his amazing physique, he really didn't know how to speak, Liu Yi laughed, patted his abdomen, and said: "Brother, don't worry, the fish over there is very delicious, I'll eat more, it's okay, it's okay!" After speaking, he sat down in front of the Son of Heaven with difficulty, and Hu Yi couldn't bear the weight and let out a burst of groans.

"Alas...."The Son of Heaven shook his head, not bothering about his weight, and continued to ask, "Why did you come back?" What about Pang Tong? ”

"I came back with him, he was a little tired, he went back to the house to rest, I miss my brother very much, so I came to the Houde Palace!"

Liu Xi's heart warmed, smiled, and said, "Okay, how is the matter on the island?" ”

"Brother, the fish in Wadao is delicious, but not as delicious as Ningzhou..."

"I made you eat fish??!

"Oh, by the way, they all rule Gu Liang, and they don't fight, there is only one strong man, that guy can fight, I almost can't win, fortunately, there is the third uncle, the third uncle and me..."

"Shut up!"

The Son of Heaven rubbed his forehead and asked again, "What I am asking about is the situation of Wajima, the people's livelihood, how is it??" ”

"Oh, my brother asks this, this people's livelihood, this situation, everything is fine!"

"By the way, brother, I just came back, I haven't eaten yet, I'm a little hungry, what time is the dinner in the palace?"

"Get out of here!!"