The phenomenon of false claims and fraudulent claims has not subsided, and Liu Che has come to use the money again.

With money, this considers the ability of the prime minister, but now, the treasury is really stretched.

There is also a reason why Liu Che can have such great ambitions and declare war on the outside world regardless of internal hidden dangers.

Because Liu Che has the accumulation of "the rule of Wenjing".

During the period of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, from the perspective of the history of the dynasties, the Han Dynasty was in the stage of recuperation, and without the solid foundation laid by the famous 'Wenjing Zhizhi' in history, Liu Che could not display his talents.

At the end of the Qin Dynasty and the beginning of the Han Dynasty, after several years of war, the population was scarce, the social economy was seriously damaged, and many places were deserted. In the face of domestic and foreign situations, Liu Bang's policy is to 'recuperate' and restore productivity.

After Liu Bang's death, Empress Lü took power, but Empress Lü also advocated the 'rule of inaction' in governance, and although the power struggle within the court was chaotic, the social economy has been developing and recovering.

Later, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, who pacified the 'dictatorship of the Lu family's relatives', also adopted the policy of 'cultivating with the people', reducing taxes, focusing on and restoring the development of agricultural production, this policy allowed the social and economic development of the Han Dynasty to develop rapidly, the feudal ruling order became more and more stable, and the people became more and more prosperous.

In the period of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty still tended to reduce the burden of forced labor and labor on the peasants, and paid attention to the development of agricultural production. During the reign of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, he also vigorously advocated frugality in the palace, took the lead in enduring hardships and stood hard work with the royal family, and even forbade the princes of the county to offer treasures, in order to save expenses and put limited resources into production and development. There is the royal family taking the lead in setting an example, and those ministers and nobles do not dare to be extravagant.

The two emperors are also the same to the outside world, if they can not use troops, they should try not to use troops, and if there is a conflict or something, the two sides sit down calmly and chat, try to solve the matter, and don't send troops to fight at every turn, because war is really expensive, labor and money, everyone is poor, and it is best to solve things without troops.

With the administration of the two emperors, the country was peaceful, some small frictions, such as the Seven Kings Rebellion, Emperor Jing did his best to reduce the harm to the country, the people could live and work in peace and contentment, the treasury was full and rich, the people's living standards have been greatly improved, and the material foundation of the Han Dynasty has also been greatly enhanced, which is the first prosperous era after the Chinese civilization entered the imperial era.

The rule of Wenjing was not only a great era of rapid economic and cultural development in Chinese history, but also a period of recuperation that laid a solid material foundation for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to conquer the Xiongnu.

Liu Che's treasury can be said to have been accumulated during this time, so Liu Che declared war immediately after seizing power from the Dou clan, and successively led the siege of Mayi, the defense of Daijun, the battle of Longcheng, the recovery of Henan and other battles, and these battles were really fought year after year, almost without respite.

Now, in just a few years, the siege of Mayi has now launched more than a dozen large and small battles against the Xiongnu, and the treasury is almost the same, especially the several defeats in the early stage of the Battle of Longcheng, not to mention the cost of silver, it has not been effective.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that it is better to postpone the construction of Southwest Yi, Canghai County and other large-scale projects, and now that the treasury is not much money, he should rest and recuperate for a while." Gongsun Hong suggested.

Liu Che was immediately moved after hearing this, now is the time to use money, but he said that there is no money, what should I do with the rest of it? The construction of the surrendered city, the Great Wall, the Southwest Yi, and Canghai County, and the preparation of the use of troops to cut the fan, and the preparation of the construction of two large cities in the newly recovered Henan land, and the preparation of the relocation of tens of thousands of people to the border of the frontier.

There are too many things, too much, too much money is needed, and none of the things can be left behind, Liu Che got up violently and scolded: "There is no money when I am using the money, what is going on with the military merit bounty?" Have you checked it? How much of the false claim was made? Zhang Ou, Wei Qing, tell me, what's going on? ”

continued to use the money, but there was no money in his pocket, what a worry this is, of course Liu Che wants to be angry.

Zhang Ou's vest was cold, and he was also confused: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister has sent all the departments to investigate this matter strictly, and the minister ......."

"Do you know, I know how much money was spent on rewarding these soldiers this time?" After Liu Che finished speaking, he roared at Zhang Ou: "Half of the treasury, understand?" You ask Gongsun Hong, and it turns out to be like this. ”

Zhang Ou was so frightened that he knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, the minister, the minister is derelict in his duties, and the minister doesn't know how such a thing happened. ”

"Your Majesty is angry, there must be something else hidden in this matter, and the ministers must investigate it in detail." There is such a thing in military merits, and Wei Qing, as the helmsman in the army, cannot escape the blame, so he stood up and took responsibility.

Liu Che calmed down for a moment and said, "I was going to cut it this year, but now I have no money, how can I attack these vassal states?" Also, what if these vassal states did it first? ”

It was difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and Liu Che was anxious: "You, you all check with me, see who is so bold in making false claims, severely punish no loans, severely punish no loans, the best, it is best to collect them from me." ”

Gongsun Hong and Wei Qing looked at each other: "No! ”

Things were arranged, but Liu Che's anger didn't seem to have subsided, he glared at Zhang Ou, the imperial historian who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "Zhang Ou, you, you have disappointed me too much, you are too disappointed, too disappointed." With that, he left.

Liu Che has never been angry about money since he was born, because he is a rich second generation, and now he is definitely not suitable for such a situation, and he is at a loss, and he even sighed in his heart and asked himself, can the money be used up after a long time!

Imperial Doctor Zhang Ou was already sweating, and he also knew that this matter had hit Liu Che's backbone, and if it was not handled well, the consequences might be the same as the endings of the previous three ministers.

"Master Zhang, it's all gone." Gongsun Hong saw that Zhang Ou was still kneeling on the ground, so he reminded.

Zhang Ou looked up and looked around, and his panicked little eyes had nowhere to place: "Prime Minister, how many do you think there will be?" ”

Gongsun Hong sighed and said: "Actually, the old man also ignored this at the time, but the whole country was immersed in the joy of victory, and the old man didn't ask much, the number was amazing, the number of rewarded people reached more than 70,000 people, and the minimum bounty was to kill three enemies and reward fifty gold, not counting the good land and houses, anyway, the number is huge." ”

With so much money, how many false claims are involved? Zhang Ou didn't dare to think about it, but he had been an official in the imperial court for so many years and had also been a court lieutenant, he felt that there must be an ulterior secret in it, why did he suddenly report it as a blowout?