Back at the palace, the people in charge of government affairs, Mi Zhao and others had been waiting for a long time.

In the past year, Jian Wushuang and other left-behind personnel of the Fuxing Society have simply admired their brother: they know very well that they are now the British lords, and their personalities are not very gentle. At that time, he was forced by the situation to make him the prince. After Liu Chan's throne, this person came to power, whether the two sides can cooperate effectively, to be honest, everyone has no bottom in their hearts.

But unexpectedly, after the new emperor came to the throne, he was much easier to deal with than Liu Chan: he usually doesn't care about things, and he will not shirk when you need him to come forward. Not only that, but for those in the court who have never been able to get along with the Fuxing Society for various reasons, the emperor also took the initiative to persuade or suppress them.

The boss of his own family may be the same as Liu Xiu, the great mage who can summon meteor showers, he is a son of the plane, right? An emperor of this kind of character can be obedient.

In fact, if an idealist understands the historical development process thousands of years later, what he does should be similar to Liu Chen now, right?

"Your Majesty."

"The ministers are exempt. Well, now the autumn harvest has begun across the country. Is there anything you need to do over there? ”

"The ministers don't dare, Your Majesty took the initiative to cut wheat in the field, which is enough to set an example for the whole country. At present, the officials of all counties and counties in Yongliang Prefecture have agreed that during the ten days of busy farming, except for the necessary left-behind personnel, all the rest of the people will go to the countryside to cut wheat. ”

"Good! Farmers work hard all year long, and the most important thing is the two periods of spring plowing and autumn harvest. This year's wheat harvest is like this, and a month or two later, the rice harvest in Yizhou is the same. ”

"Minister's order."

"Da Si Nong, how much grain is still in the treasury now?"

"Back to Your Majesty, before the armies sent out in May last year, there were 33 million stone of grain stored in the three major warehouses of Chang'an, Chengdu and Hanzhong. After a year of consumption, in the last month, it has dropped to 19.8 million stones. ”

"What?" Liu Chen just doesn't care about things, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't understand anything: as a crosser, he is now the only person who can enter the single-family building in the Da Sima Mansion except for Guan Yi. In that building, there are memoirs written by the travelers in the past two decades one after another—the main content of which is the development trajectory of later generations, political economy, science and technology trees, etc.

Therefore, the emperor's knowledge and knowledge have skyrocketed. Of course, he knew that the stock of grain was less than 20 million, and if there was a drought and locust plague at this time, it would be difficult for the imperial court to continue.

"Your Majesty, there is no way to do this. Before this Eastern Crusade, Da Sima conscripted 170,000 troops at one time. The settling-in allowance for these 170,000 recruits is as high as 1.7 billion, in addition to the civilian husbands who accompany the army, and the conscripted personnel of different races, livestock, etc., all of whom must be paid. The amount of money that the imperial court put into the market at once exceeded 2.5 billion...... Although all the money is paid, the families of these recruits mainly use it to buy food after receiving the money. In order to keep food prices stable, we have to open up food supplies. Therefore, before the army even started, the inventory had already been reduced by more than four million stones.

After the war started, Tongguan was fine. The monthly consumption of grain is only about 50,000 stones. In the direction of Bingzhou, in the direction of the main force of Da Sima, after the grain road of our army was maintained through Luliang Mountain, the monthly grain consumption was as high as 350,000 stones. As for the Great General's Youzhou Front, although the strength of the army is only one-third of the main force of the Great Sima, due to the long distance and the large number of horses, the monthly grain consumption is also about 200,000 stone...... In this way, in one year, our country needs to consume 600,000 stone of grain every month just to supply the three conscription corps. In addition, some grain was burned by enemy troops during transportation...... Over the course of a year, these three corps consumed at least 7.5 million stone of grain. Then add the consumption of more than 70,000 people in the left-behind corps this year, and the income of court officials. To be able to have an inventory of more than 19 million stones before the start of this year's autumn harvest is just a fluke. ”

Fluke what? Of course, this is a good year, and instead of disaster relief, you can collect taxes.

"Hey, I see. Dasi Nong has worked hard. ”

"Don't dare, the calculations that the ministers began were too optimistic. The cost of maintaining the food tract was not accurately calculated. I thought that I could support it for more than three years just by relying on inventory. This is a big mistake made by the ministers! ”

"Hey, everything is unpredictable, when the temple was calculated, we didn't think of going over Luliang Mountain to maintain the grain road. But now, the West River grain road has been completely opened. Well, Da Si Nong, Da Sima's monthly food consumption has come down, right? ”

"Shengming has no past Your Majesty, now that the Xihe grain road has been completely opened, and the monthly grain consumption on the front line of Bingzhou has dropped to less than 250,000 stones, and this year's autumn harvest should be very good. The ministers are confident that after October this year, the inventory will be restored to more than 25 million stones. ”

"Very good!" After affirming Mi Zhao's calculations, Liu Chen turned to look at Simple: "Changshi presided over the conscription, it should be very smooth, right?" ”

"It went very well. In April, Da Sima's conscription order was issued, and although the Yongliang autumn harvest gradually began, the people in China still enthusiastically joined the army. So far, 50,000 new recruits have been recruited. ”

Here, most of those who are simply recruited in the country are newly recruited soldiers and civilians. And the number of soldiers that Guan Yi needs is more recruited from the former soldiers and civilians. After all, these people have been working with the army for a year, and they are much more courageous and disciplined than the newcomers who have just been brought in from the fields.

"Changshi's strategy of exchanging the old with the new is very good, so let's do it. Did Da Sima say that he would strengthen the newly recruited 50,000 people? ”

Da Sima said that now the war in Jizhou and Bingzhou has reached a stalemate. The next situation is the competition between the national strength of the Han and Jin dynasties. Whoever can't hold it first will take the initiative to attack, and then they will show their flaws. At that time, it was the time of the decisive battle. Therefore, Da Sima means that it is better to concentrate on training for these 50,000 people. Well, as for the location of the training camp, in order to save costs, the ministers are ready to place them in Huayin. ”

"Yes, yes. Speaking of Huayin, is the former general's side okay? Do you need reinforcements? ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, that place in Huayin has been built by the former general. The former general also wrote a few days ago that as long as His Majesty had confidence, he could reduce the garrison to 5,000 men. It is still enough to ensure that Huayin is foolproof. ”

"Hehehe, I'm not Sima Anshi's rat, a few pieces of rammed earth fell on the city wall of Tongguan, and I was so scared that I put 100,000 Chinese troops in Luoyang and didn't dare to move at all....... but Huayin is the only barrier in Chang'an after all, so there is no need to strengthen the troops, and don't reduce them anymore."

"Your Ministers obey."

"And what about Soochow?"

When he said this, Jian Jian and Mi Zhao laughed disdainfully: "Your Majesty, Wu Gou doesn't have to worry about it at all." According to the report of the previous day, the 30,000 Huiji troops had already entered Jianning County and settled in a small mountain basin that they had found for them. The surrounding highlands of the basin are all private soldiers of the Meng family and the Li family. The auditor also has no objection to this. As for the main force of the 120,000 Wu army led by Lu Youjie, uh, it is reported that they have already gone north from Wuyang County some time ago. The ministers estimated that it would be either Yong'an or Fuling. ”

"Well, Yong'an is run like an iron bucket by Sun Dinglie, but I don't need to worry too much. How is Fuling County? ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers have been working in Fuling County for seven years in the past, and they don't know much about it. In that place, after more than 10,000 troops entered, the grain route could not be supported for a long time. The 120,000 troops dared to enter in full, and there was no need for our army to ambush, just a big stride back to drag the other side to death. If Lu Youjie is really so stupid, the ministers will feel lucky! ”

"Good, ladies and gentlemen, the situation is now clear. Given that the Jin State still has considerable strength, our Great Han will not be able to defeat it quickly. Now, the war is at a stalemate, and the competition is the national strength of the two countries. In the past year, Qin and Zhao fought a decisive battle, and hundreds of thousands of troops on both sides faced off in Changping for three years. Both countries gritted their teeth and persisted, and the long road of transporting food between the two countries was full of children and women...... In the end, the Zhao State, which could not hold out first, was forced to change generals to seek war, and as a result, the foundation was damaged, and he could only sit and wait for destruction. Today, how similar is the confrontation between the Han and Jin dynasties to the battle between Qin and Zhao in the past? I have realized that even if the royal family has to cut down on food and clothing, even if I want to smash the pot and sell iron, we must also persevere. I am convinced that the first to fall must be the Jin Kingdom! ”

"Your Majesty! The ministers will take this as their mind, and support the food and clothing of the soldiers in front of them. Do your best for my Han to dominate the world! ”