Qin and Han are two wonderful flowers in China's long feudal history.

Not only the system and the state system, but also the system of the state, which is distinctly different from its later dynasties.

Even the fiscal system is unique!

They have two fiscal systems!

Specifically, in the case of the Han Dynasty, it was divided into the capital led by the Shaofu and the treasury headed by the Great Si Nong.

In fact, two systems of state finance and royal finance were formed.

Even the collection of taxes is collected by each according to its own collection.

The Shaofu collects and calculates the endowment and calculates, and the Captain of Shui Heng is responsible for Shanglin Yuan and handles the affairs of the garden.

Dasi Nong is in charge of the Tianxia land tax, commercial tax and vehicle and vessel tax, and is responsible for the salt and iron official camp to maintain the equalization and loss policy.

Therefore, the finance of the Western Han Dynasty is walking on two legs.

State expenditures and official expenditures and military expenditures are to be paid from the state treasury.

And the emperor's pleasures, palace construction, and royal expenses were spent from the capital.

And herein lies the problem!

After a hundred years of development, these two legs have become increasingly unbalanced.

On the one hand, Sanghong Yang's big farmer racks his brains and tries his best every day, but he can only maintain the basic balance of the country's finances.

In the event of a war, there will be a big hole and the national deficit will rise.

You may not even be able to pay the officials!

On the other hand, the treasury of the city is getting richer day by day.

Relying on the privilege and large-scale production under the Shaofu system, the royal family's income has increased year after year.

Up to now, the annual revenue of the capital has been twice that of the treasury of Dasi Nong.

This is still because Sang Hongyang engaged in the salt and iron official camp!

According to the records of Heng Tan Xinlun in the late Western Han Dynasty and the early Eastern Han Dynasty: since the Han Dynasty, the people have collected more than 400,000 yuan of annual income, half of which is used by officials, and the remaining 200,000 yuan is hidden in the capital, which is forbidden money...... More than 800,000 yuan of the garden land received by the Shaofu was used to provide rewards for the court......

This is the situation in the late Western Han Dynasty, and of course it cannot be compared with the present.

But the gap is about the same.

And now, the Han-Hungarian war was protracted and almost depleted the treasury.

As a result, Da Si Nong's leg was almost crippled.

And Shaofu's leg is getting thicker and stronger.

As a result, the Son of Heaven often used the capital money to help the country and war expenses.

This is also the way and way to maintain his authority today.

Holding the money bag, I am not afraid that others will be disobedient.

As long as you have money in your hands, no matter how strong you are, you have to bow your head.

Therefore, when the Son of Heaven heard that this financial road was going to be given to the treasury, he almost jumped up.

After being emperor for forty-seven years, there are three main experiences he has summed up.

One of them is that we must not let those ministers and doctors of the foreign dynasty have too many resources in their hands!

Otherwise, these guys may get out of control!

It may even be extravagant enough to talk about the principles and ancestral laws!

He has personally experienced the pain of being restrained by the powerful ministers of the foreign court!

Especially when Wu'an Hou Tianwei was in power, he didn't listen to him at all!

Therefore, the best means of control is to let them have no money in their pockets, so they can only come and beg themselves!

After pondering for a moment, the Son of Heaven said leisurely: "I'm afraid this is not in line with the laws of the ancestors......"

"Shanze Salt Pond, Guanjin Counting, all belong to the capital, this is Emperor Gao's system, I'm afraid it's not good to disobey ......"

Those scum of the outer court, don't want to snatch a five-baht coin from his pocket!

Just like back then, after he took back the coinage right, he immediately set up the Yamen of the Water Balance Commander to control it.

As soon as Zhang Yue heard the attitude of the Son of Heaven, he immediately understood.

He hurriedly bowed: "Your Majesty, the ministers are stupid, they don't reach the righteousness, and they have destroyed the system of the high emperor several times!" ”

This attitude was immediately corrected.

There is no way, Zhang Yue's predecessors have already told him with a bloody lesson, don't fight with this majesty!

In front of this majesty, it is an incomparably extravagant thing to talk about principles and positions.

Moreover, there are no principles or positions involved in this matter.

Zhang Yue's original idea was just to let the money go into the treasury, so as to bribe the ministers and ministers to have an interest in the tariff.

Now, since the Son of Heaven is against it, he naturally wisely shrinks his eggs.

After all, the minister is against it, at most he opposes it lip service, and if he opposes it today, then it will really be no fun!

As soon as the Son of Heaven heard Zhang Yue's words, he gave Zhang Yue a look of 'count your acquaintance', and the whole person was even more happy.

He asked tentatively: "In Qing's opinion, if you set up officials to collect taxes in Yumen Pass and other gates, how much can you get at the age of one?" ”

Zhang Yue thought about it in his heart and replied: "According to the minister's estimate, in terms of the current trade volume, it should be possible to earn tens of millions of dollars a year......

"Tens of millions?" As soon as the Son of Heaven heard this, he was a little lacking in interest.

It's just tens of millions, but it's better than nothing.

Zhang Yue looked at it, quickly cheered up, and drew a big pie: "This is just the result of the existing scale estimate, if the trade volume is expanded tenfold, in the opinion of the minister, the annual income may not be less than the field tax......

"Ten times?" The Son of Heaven was a little unconvinced: "I'm afraid it's not easy, right?" ”

Today's Silk Road trade has a large annual trading volume.

A large amount of silk, rhubarb, and tea passed through Loulan outside the Yumen Pass, and was transferred to the whole of Europe and Asia.

You may not believe it, but almost half of the silk, pottery, and lacquerware exported by the Han dynasty every year were bought by the Huns.

In particular, silk and lacquerware were in particularly high demand by the Xiongnu.

Because, in the seventy years before the Han-Hun war, the silk and lacquerware of the Han family had already flowed into the Xiongnu through various markets, and then cultivated the domestic consumer groups of the Xiongnu.

Don't look at the Huns, they have been shouting 'The sugar-coated cannonballs of the Han Dynasty can't corrode the proud people who draw the bow'.

But the body is very honest and can't help but buy and buy.

Not to mention, in the Xiongnu country, there were still a large number of surrendered Han army generals, nobles, and officials.

These people can't stand the barbarian life of eating mutton, cheese, and wearing sheepskin jackets.

Even if you surrender, you must have fine clothes and food, sorghum beef, which is indispensable.

In order to entrap these people, the Xiongnu bought a large number of silks, lacquerware, and Chinese delicacies from Han merchants from the time of Zhao Xin.

Furthermore, the Xiongnu Empire also needed to obtain funds through the silk trade.

Therefore, just the big customer of the Xiongnu is enough for the Han businessmen to earn.

And the huge demand from the whole of Eurasia is almost endless.

Therefore, Zhang Yue was also full of confidence and said: "In the humble opinion of the minister, if the country does a good job, with the current trade volume, Hugh said that it is possible to expand ten times, even a hundred times!" ”

The current volume of trade is actually only what it looks like.

But if you look closely, you will find that the scale is actually just that.

The silk trade is only a few tens of thousands of horses a year.

Such a small amount, let alone meet the needs of the entire Eurasian region, I am afraid that even the needs of the Western Regions Kingdom will not be able to meet the needs.

"Really?" When the Son of Heaven heard this, he immediately became excited.

Ten times can top a field tax, and a hundred times can not support the entire empire?

"It should be possible!" Zhang Yue said: "It's just that Your Majesty needs to do a good job of planning and restrictions, especially to pay close attention to the export ban of tea seeds and silkworm seeds, and not allow a single tea seed or silkworm egg to go out of the jade gate!" ”

"If Your Majesty is assured, the minister is willing to take the lead in drawing up a list of prohibited exports......

This ban on the export of tea and silkworm seeds was a knee-jerk reaction after the Han family learned about the preciousness of silk and tea outside the territory.

From the Han Dynasty to the Opium War of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, for a long time, no matter how the dynasty changed, tea and silkworm seeds were always controlled by the Chinese ruling class.

From this, a monopoly was formed.

Therefore, Zhang Yue is obviously a drunkard, and he does not mean to drink.

What he wants to control is technology!

In particular, papermaking and printing will soon be used on a large scale.

He didn't even allow a word of these two techniques to be passed on!

As a traverser, Zhang Yue knows that only by mastering the core technology can there be a future and development.

By controlling the core technology, you can make competitors unable to progress.

As long as papermaking and printing are not spread to the outside world, then it will take hundreds or even thousands of years for other civilizations on the earth other than China to catch up with China.

In addition, iron-smelting technology, manufacturing technology and other new technologies will also be strictly restricted and prohibited from outflow!

The Son of Heaven listened, but he didn't think much about it, and said directly: "Then leave it to Qing......

"In addition, the secretary of state is also responsible for the matter of taxation, and sets the tax rate and the scope of taxation......"

"No!" When Zhang Yue heard this, he bowed his head.

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In the greenhouse hall, Zhang Yue stayed until almost everyone was decided, waited for the Son of Heaven to drink the ginseng soup, and rested, before he walked out of the greenhouse hall.

Along with him was the ruling Jinwu Wang Mang.

It was so late, Wang Mang definitely couldn't leave the palace, so he had to rest in the palace.

Zhang Yue then invited him to live in his small building and talk at night.

Wang Mang naturally readily agreed.

Walking down the greenhouse hall, Wang Mang lit the palace lamp, illuminated the road ahead, and said to Zhang Yue: "Shizhonggong, I heard that you have a deep study of all countries in the Western Regions?" ”

When Zhang Yue heard this, he smiled and said, "It's not much research, but I just know a little bit about it......"

When Wang Mang heard this, he immediately came to his senses.

He has been in charge of Jingo for almost three years.

There is an unspoken rule in the Han family's political arena, and there is no problem with other positions, even if you do it to death.

You can't do it alone!

The power of the ruling Jingo is too great!

Especially now, in the politics of the Han family, the Three Princes have become ornaments.

So, in fact, it made Zhi Jinwu the most powerful special existence in Jiuqing.

Although it is not the Three Princes, it has the power of the Three Princes.

Therefore, Wang Mang also has to start planning for himself, find a new position, and shine.

After thinking about it, Wang Mang felt that the affairs of the Western Regions were promising!

It just so happened that the state had always wanted to set up a separate military and civil affairs complex for the management of the Western Regions.

It's just that Wang Mang himself doesn't have a deep understanding of the affairs of the Western Regions.

Most of the information I know is from the newspapers and reports.

It's like seeing flowers in a fog, always separated by a veil.

And the officer in front of him is recognized by Chang'an as the master of the Western Regions.

Even Li Guangli, the general of the Second Division, had to ask him about the problems of the Western Regions as a reference.

This is also the reason why Wang Mang is willing to accompany Zhang Yue all the time and wait until now.

As soon as he heard Zhang Yue's words at this moment, Wang Mang immediately asked: "In the opinion of the servants, what is the crux of the problem in the Western Regions?" ”

"The problem of the Western Regions?" Zhang Yue listened, and also frowned, falling into deep thought.

Nearly thirty years have passed since Huo Quai's seizure of the Hexi Corridor and the first contact of the Han family into the Western Regions.

For thirty years, the Han family continued to strengthen its control over the Western Regions.

After passing several wars, he finally extended his power and tentacles into the Western Regions after the Dawan War, and officially intervened in the affairs of the Western Regions.

However, it has not been able to do it, and the strategy that was conceived at the beginning was to open up the land connection with Wusun and cut off the right arm of the Huns!

Among them, there are not only the obstruction of the Huns, but also the obstruction of the countries of the Western Regions.

Even if the Han family completely controls Loulan now, there are still many pro-Xiongnu nobles in the Loulan Kingdom.

As for the Cheshi, Xiaowan, Pu Zhuguo, and Shache and other kingdoms, they are willing to be a handful of Hun lackeys.

The Xiongnu forces were deeply embedded in the countries of the Western Regions, and even in the Eastern Han Dynasty, it would take a Ban Dingyuan to clear them.

As for today......

It can be said that every time the Han army used troops in the direction of the Western Regions, the first enemy it encountered was not the Huns.

Rather, it was the armies of the Western Regions under the control of the Huns.

For example, the Luntai Kingdom, which was completely wiped out from the face of the earth by Li Guangli, once openly opposed the Han army, sabotaged the supply lines of Li Guangli's army, and killed hundreds of Han soldiers.

That is, after the Dawan War, the prestige of the Han army and the strength of the Han family really woke up the countries of the Western Regions, and only then did the wall-riding faction and the pro-Han faction gradually appear.

However, the influence and power of the Xiongnu in the Western Regions still occupy an absolute advantage.

Zhang Yue actually doesn't understand the brain circuits of these guys.

Obviously, the intervention of the Han army gave them a chance to get rid of the control of the Huns, but they hugged the thighs of the Huns.

is like a charioteer, who almost sells his liver and kidneys, and sells his life to the Huns.

"Probably, it's Yi Di who is afraid of power and not virtue...... Zhang Yue thought for a long time and said: "Gu Liang and Zuo Chuan Zhusheng, although they are naïve on many issues, but there is one sentence they are right - Yi Di has never been righteous, only believes in fists, not in morality!" ”

"Pathetic! It's so pathetic! Zhang Yue said compassionately: "Therefore, if you want to solve the problem of the Western Regions, you must first tell the countries of the Western Regions that being the enemy of the Han is a hundred times more tragic than being the enemy of the Xiongnu!" ”

"Supplemented with gentleness, edification, and virtue, first prestige and then virtue, or can clean up people's hearts......"

"That's ......" Wang Mang listened, nodded, and agreed very much with Zhang Yue's opinion, and then he asked tentatively: "Then in the opinion of the servants, if the country wants to run the Western Regions, where is the most important?" ”

"Running the Western Regions?" Zhang Yue understood what Wang Mang meant as soon as he heard it.

In fact, the psychology of this ruling Jinwu wanting to go to the Western Regions to make contributions and seal his wife and son is now almost well known.

This is also the common goal of the nine secretaries of the Han family - the official achieves the nine secretaries, and he has almost no desire.

The next step is fame, which is to be a marquis.

And now, the best place to make meritorious contributions is the Western Regions.

Therefore, Zhang Yue didn't think about it, and replied directly: "In my humble opinion, Luntai is the core of the overall situation!" ”

"If you want to run the Western Regions, the best place is Luntai!"