In the sixteenth year of Yankang, the first court meeting of the new year ushered in a quarrel among the ministers.

Xun Shangshu stood up tremblingly, played the Son of Heaven, asked for the division of the states and counties, he subdivided several large states of the Han Dynasty, and was stunned to get out of the thirty-six states, he just finished speaking, the ministers were immediately divided into two shares, and began to discuss the policy, the elderly Xun Linggong disregarded the dignity of the courtiers, waved the crutches in his hand, and shouted loudly.

There are not many of his supporters, Xun Yu's reasons are very sufficient, now the territory of the Han Dynasty is very wide, the place is too large, there are a lot of temple decrees, the state pastor and the like, too tired, the implementation of the policy is also very troublesome, it is better to divide the state into states, the number of officials is increased, so proper, of course, he also has some unstated reasons, that is, he wants to avoid the serious consequences of local rebellion.

This point cannot be said to the outside world, as long as everyone knows it.

The first to stand up against it was Liu Ba, Liu Ba said dissatisfiedly: "Today's officials are already complicated and numerous, and the temple has to bear enough money every year, if it is according to Xun Linggong's idea, the current officials of the Han Dynasty are only afraid that they will be three or four times larger, and now the treasury is empty, how can they bear so many officials?" The people are few and the officials are many, can the people feed them? ”

Liu Ba's reason for opposition started from the pressure of the treasury, the ministers heard Liu Ba's words, but they didn't take it to heart, everyone knows that the treasury has accumulated a full fifteen years of savings, how can it be empty, this is completely a fool's dream, presumably Liu Gong is also like the previous Wen Ren Gong just thinking about how to save money for the treasury, so he dissuaded it.

Faced with Liu Ba's questioning, Xun Linggong was a little dissatisfied, and he asked, "But you don't know when you are old?" The annual income of the national treasury is so much, even if it costs a lot because of the implementation of the law, but now all industries are thriving, and the ships of overseas governments are constantly rushing to Luo County, and the same is true for the chariots and horses in Xizhou, and the law is determined, and the collection of taxes is much faster, and there is no place for omission, and the treasury cannot afford to be unable to afford this... The salaries of the Han officials are not high! ”

For a while, the scar was a little speechless, he slowly looked at Zhuge Liang on the side, the situation of the treasury is only Zhuge Liang is the most thorough, this time the law is formulated, the implementation of the law, the wealth consumed is very huge, but these situations, he can not talk to the ministers in detail, because he and Zhuge Liang figured out that the money is hidden in the people, these people are afraid that it is difficult to understand.

If the ministers were to be informed that the treasury of the Han Dynasty was empty, and they would invest their wealth in the people to make the economy work, I am afraid that these ministers would not allow it.

However, before Zhuge Liang could speak, someone had already jumped out, this was Zhong Changtong, Zhong Changtong looked at Xun Linggong in front of him, and said dissatisfiedly: "Let's not mention the matter of the treasury, but from the administrative aspect, can refinement really promote the efficiency of administration?" In my opinion, the refinement of local governments will not only fail to promote efficiency, but will also make many political affairs more cumbersome, which is contrary to the implementation of the new bureaucratic system. ”

Xun Yu was not surprised by Zhong Changtong's opposition, this person is like this, as long as he thinks it is inappropriate, he will open his mouth to oppose it, he never cares who the person who proposed this system is, he admires Xun Yu very much, loves Xun Yu, which does not affect his views on the policy proposed by Xun Yu, and it is precisely because of this that Xun Yu also prefers him.

Xun Yu was about to explain, but Zhuge Liang also walked out, facing the Son of Heaven, and bowed down, then he looked at Zhong Changtong, and he said seriously: "I think what Xun Linggong said is reasonable. ”

"Oh?" , Most of the ministers thought that there was a contradiction between Zhuge Liang and Xun Yu, because of the law, the two of them were already a little discordant, they didn't expect that Zhuge Liang would face Xun Linggong, Liu Xi, who was sitting on the top seat, was also a little shocked, he was not surprised that Zhuge Liang would speak for Xun Yu, after all, he knew Zhuge Liang's character, Zhuge Liang never blamed Xun Yu, on the contrary, he still admired Xun Linggong.

However, as Liu Ba said, he, Zhuge Liang, all know the current situation of the treasury, and after Liu Ba mentioned it, Liu Xi's heart was indeed shaken, and then it was heartache, my treasury was really empty.

However, it is clear that Zhuge Liang also knows about this situation, so why should he support it?

I saw Zhuge Liang looking at Zhong Changtong and said seriously: "Zhong Changjun still didn't see it thoroughly enough, and he couldn't understand the deep meaning of Xun Linggong's policy... Zhong Changjun is in charge of household registration, and dares to ask Zhong Changjun, how many household registrations does Dahan have now? Zhuge Liang just asked, Zhong Changtong said without thinking: "The investigation of household registration has not yet ended, and now there are 96 million people... By the time the investigation is completed, the household registration is probably over 100 million. ”

Hearing Zhong Changtong's words, the temple ministers were in an uproar and shouted one after another, 100 million people, what kind of concept is this, according to the monks, the Heavenly Emperor in the sky only has 160 million people, that is a shocking number, but now, the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty is about to become the Son of Heaven who rules 100 million people, this is an unprecedented number of household registrations!

The ministers looked very excited, that's it, they are enough to go down in history, Liu Xi also had a smile on his face, he himself was a little surprised, unconsciously, the people of the Han Dynasty actually had hundreds of millions? Not bad, not bad!

Looking at the restless ministers around him, Zhong Changtong was unexpectedly calm, and he continued to ask, "What does this have to do with what Xun Linggong mentioned?" ”

"Of course it matters... Do you know how many scholars there are today? ”

"I don't know..."

"Menzixue, as well as local schools in various places, have a large number of students, these people have to pass the assessment and serve as officials, it can be said that the position of officials is less and less, but there are more and more students...", Zhuge Liang just said a little, then did not elaborate, returned to his position, the ministers got rid of the frenzy of the number of household registrations, and began to think about Zhuge Liang's words.

Nowadays, there are more and more people, and the same is true of official learning, which leads to the increasing number of students and scholars, and if they have worked hard to pass the assessment, but there is no place for them to go, then this is a very embarrassing thing, and they have thought of a lot of disasters, if it causes a large number of scholars to be dissatisfied, students do not want to study anymore, but I am afraid that the great cause of official learning and assessment in these decades will be interrupted like this!

It could even trigger new unrest.

Zhong Changtong naturally quickly understood, he bowed to Zhuge Liang, and then bowed to Xun Yu, and then returned to his position, but the admiration for Xun Linggong in his eyes was a little more, Xun Yu was also a little confused, in all fairness, the problem of the students was indeed not in his thoughts, and the opposition among the ministers was suddenly much less.

Only Liu Ba was still a little anxious, and he said helplessly: "The treasury is empty!" Ladies and gentlemen, this policy is good, but it also needs the support of the treasury, and today's treasury cannot support it! He looked at Zhuge Liang, but Zhuge Liang was not in a hurry, smiled slightly, and said: "At most, it's just an extra million dollars." ”

"This!! You guys!! Liu Ba was a little speechless with anger, pursed his lips, frowned, thought for a moment, and then said: "Since this is the case, so...", he hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Please increase the admission fee of Taixue and Menzixue, and the enlightenment textbooks will no longer be given free of charge... As for the officials' salaries, they are divided into two parts, and the basic salaries are lowered, and then they are judged according to their political achievements..."

Liu Ba had a straight face and said his thoughts, and the ministers also listened quite carefully, but among the ministers, Xun Yu's eyes widened, looked at Liu Ba in front of him, rubbed his eyes, looked at him for a while, and then smiled self-deprecatingly.

In the end, Liu Xi still agreed to Xun Linggong's proposal, the partition began this year, and it was implemented locally, and the Son of Heaven originally wanted Xun Yu to implement it, but he didn't expect that after Xun Yu resigned, he recommended Zhuge Liang to the Son of Heaven to do this, and the Son of Heaven did not refuse, so he ordered Zhuge Liang to implement this matter together with the officials' mansions, household mansions, and Shaofu.

After the court meeting ended, Liu Xi and Zhuge Liang returned to the Houde Palace.

"Kong Ming, it's not that you don't know the situation of the treasury, why are you in such a hurry to implement it?" , As soon as he returned to the Houde Palace, Liu Xi complained, he had done so much, but the treasury was getting more and more empty, how could this be good, Zhuge Liang was not in a hurry, he sat in front of the Son of Heaven, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the situation of the treasury is not so critical..."

"Not in a hurry? Look at Liu Ba, you have been forced to become a gentleman... This is not in a hurry?? ”

"Haha, Liu Jun takes the treasury too seriously, so so, most of the people circulating today are vouchers, and the officials' fortunes were originally given to grain, and now they are given vouchers to take money from the bank, which is different from before, the treasury is now empty, and it can also survive this period of time by relying on paper money, not to mention, Liu Jun also gave a good suggestion..."

"There is a restriction on the increasing number of students, and at the same time, there is also a restriction on the income of officials, which has played a role in encouraging and supervising."

"Forget it, I won't argue with you anymore, anyway, you have to remember that if something happens to the treasury one day, I won't pursue Liu Jun, I will directly send you to Ningzhou to eat fish, so that you can eat enough!" , Liu Xi said, glaring at Zhuge Liang.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, if something happens, the minister should bear it alone... However, the ministers have a way to deal with these, and there will be no mistakes, in addition, this division seems to be easy, but it really can't be implemented according to what Xun Linggong said, it is best to divide according to the local specialties, the number of household registrations, rivers, etc..."

"These things, you can just look at them, by the way, don't leave Ruoxian, now the temple is all about things, I still need your help..."

"But in order to do this, someone has to go to the places in person..."

"Let Zhongda go."

"Sincerely."