Chapter 21: A deficit of 70,000 gold
Farewell three days, should be impressed.
The more he learned about Ji Xuanling, the more wrong Ji Shaohua felt that he was wrong.
The man in front of him has a majestic strategy in his chest and a dream of being rich and strong, and under his governance, Daqin will have earth-shaking changes.
Thinking about it, he couldn't help but feel good, and walked to Ji Xuanling's side and whispered: "Your Majesty, it's late at night, you rest early." ”
"Today's business, after today's day, you go and rest first." Ji Xuanling raised his head and replied, and buried himself in reading the documents.
Today's business, today's end.
This sentence touched Ji Shaohua deeply.
That's right.
As an emperor and the monarch of the country, shouldn't he be diligent in government affairs and work hard to govern the country?
The king has changed, he has become wise and martial.
His eyes were fixed on Ji Xuanling's focused appearance, and Ji Shaohua instructed An Xun: "An Xun, you go to rest, and I will record for the king." ”
When An Xun heard this, he looked at Ji Xuanling respectfully, how could he dare to leave rashly without his order.
"Go ahead!" Ji Xuanling nodded and ordered in a low voice: "Tomorrow, the herald court lieutenant Xu Maocai and the lieutenant Ji Liankai will behead Guo Tianlu and his henchmen at the execution platform, and fill the treasury with the money and grain obtained from the seizure." ”
"Whoa!"
An Xun got the order, put down the bamboo slips, and bowed down to exit the Yuqin Palace.
Ji Shaohua took off his boots, sat on the soft couch, leaned next to Ji Xuanliang, and suddenly noticed that when Ji Xuanling was reading the bamboo slips, his fingers were dipped in tea and he drew strange characters on the desk.
Before she could ask, Ji Xuanling turned around and told her what to record.
Soon, Ji Shaohua found that the speed of his record could not keep up with Ji Xuanling's speed of reading documents, looking for questions, and relaying them to her.
Fortunately, Ji Xuanling did not urge and waited patiently on the side.
At the end of the Yin period, Ji Xuanling basically finished reading the bamboo slips, and soon Ji Shaohua also finished recording.
Reading through the tax and grain records of Great Qin in the past five years, Ji Xuanling noticed that there was a huge loss of money and grain taxes, which greatly affected Great Qin's national strength.
A little anxiously asked: "In recent years, how much has the imperial court been in deficit?" ”
"About 70,000 gold shortfalls." Ji Shaohua sent the bamboo slips over and blurted out.
Seventy thousand gold?
Daqin gold is named after Eridium, which is the upper currency, and the copper coin is known as half a tael, which is the lower currency.
One gold is about five thousand Qin and a half taels, and in the bazaar, three or five Qin and a half taels can buy one stone of rice.
In the court, the Marquis Che, who has the highest title, has only 1,000 stone of grain in his year, about 30,000 Qin and a half taels.
In addition, the imperial court mostly distributed money in kind to officials at all levels, mainly corn, which could be exchanged for cloth and various daily necessities.
70,000 gold.
In addition to gold, silk, and jade, most of the money and grain in Guo Tianlu and his henchmen were grain, horses, salt, paper, and fine tea in the market.
70,000 gold.
Enough for Daqin to train 100,000, or even more well-trained elite riders.
The more he thought about Ji Xuanling, the more angry he became, and he couldn't help but scold: "This eunuch has controlled the court for seven or eight years, and he has left such a big deficit, he really deserves a thousand cuts." ”
To fill the vacancy, I am afraid that it will take a lot of thought.
This was when the external environment of Great Qin was stable and there was no war.
Ji Shaohua felt the strong murderous aura on Ji Xuanling's body, and was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly persuaded him: "Don't worry, the king, these money and grain flow into the hands of Guo Tianlu and his henchmen, after the court lieutenant and the lieutenant lead the troops to raid the house, they can make up for the loss of the court and reduce the deficit, the day is almost dawn, and the king will rest early." ”
Before the words fell, Ji Shaohua felt remorseful, she had no idea of letting Ji Xuanling stay overnight, and she was not ready to sleep.
For a while, I don't know how to redeem it.
Here, Ji Xuanling accidentally caught the astonishment in Ji Shaohua's eyes, and chuckled: "The treasury is empty, just selling the lord in exchange for money and grain is not a long-term solution, you go and rest, this king will think about what is the best strategy to quickly earn silver taels for the court." ”
In the Zhangtai Palace, he implemented the strategy of opening up sources and reducing expenditure, and wanted to revitalize Daqin, which was far from enough.
Hearing this, Ji Shaohua was very interested.
I was curious about what happened to Ji Xuanling that made him so virtuous.
Discussing government affairs in Zhangtai Palace is unexpected enough, and the smooth handling of the antiquities tax is even more incredible.
Wrapped in a wrapping shirt, he moved his body closer to Ji Xuanling's side and said, "If the king has any good plan, Shaohua is willing to listen to it." ”
Ji Xuanling asked with a smile: "Tell me, what is the method?" ”
Ji Shaohua turned around, with a pair of beautiful eyes with a little shyness: "Shaohua is a female streamer, stupid by nature, how dare she talk about state affairs." ”
"If you are stupid by nature, you will not let Guo Tianlu choose to be the princess of this king." Ji Xuanling grabbed Ji Shaohua's soft and boneless soft and said with a smile: "What's more, you just helped this king deal with government affairs and participated in government affairs early, how can you not dare to talk about government affairs?" ”
"Shaohua really said it!" Ji Shaohua looked up at each other and responded with a little shame.
"Say it."
"After the defeat of the first king, Daqian and the six eastern countries in order to prevent the rise of Daqian, almost no economic dealings with Daqin, at present, Daqin can be self-sufficient except for grain, horses, ordnance, etc., all paper, salt, wine, are from Daqian, tea, porcelain, silk from Dakang, if Daqin can produce, it will definitely be able to earn a lot of money and grain."
Brewing, papermaking, roasted tea, salt, porcelain, silk?
These can indeed be exchanged for good money.
Soon Ji Xuanling's face showed a faint smile, and in his memory, Xianyang was a thousand gold, tea, and silk were luxury goods that only a few nobles could enjoy except for the royal family.
If Daqin can produce and manufacture, it will indeed be able to earn a lot of gold.
couldn't help clenching his fists, and his expression showed a little confidence: "This matter may not be difficult." ”
"Isn't it difficult?"
"Could it be that the king wants to secretly order people to go to Daqian and Dakang to learn the techniques of papermaking, tea, salt, and winemaking?" Ji Shaohua asked in surprise.
Sending shrewd craftsmen to other countries to study, and returning with their own skills, they can change the passive situation of Great Qin.
However, this is a difficult one.
"The king must not forget, Da Qian, Da Kang is wary of my Da Qin, and rarely sells such items to Da Qin, how can he teach the exquisite skills to the Great Qin craftsmen?"
Oh, yes!
It took a lot of effort to do this, but it was thankless, Ji Xuanling said with a smile: "Why do you need to work hard to mobilize the people, go to Daqian, Dakang, make salt, and roast tea, and this king may be able to make it." ”
Brewing, salt making, roasting tea, papermaking, etc., the process is complex, and if you don't master the core technology, you won't be able to master it for a while.
How could time wait for no one, Daqin was in urgent need of money and food, how could it be delayed for a year or two?
Ji Shaohua was suspicious, and asked with a little doubt in his beautiful eyes: "Really?" ”
"You don't joke."
Ji Xuanling's index finger swept across Mrs. Shaohua's jaw, with a few thick smiles.
"Your Majesty..."
In contact with each other's skin, in an instant, Ji Shaohua's face seemed to be as red as cinnabar, with a little bit of cowardice in his elegant temperament, and he hurriedly got up and said: "Your Majesty, the day is almost dawn, Shaohua will go to rest first." ”
"Haha..."Ji Xuanling's head was pillowed on his arms, and he was lying on the soft couch, full of thoughts.