Bao Zhong did not have any official position but spoke out to accuse the emperor, this is a very serious crime, no matter how much he hides it, he can't cover it up. In order to save his son, Bao Xin had no choice but to do nothing, took Bao Zhong's words, and continued to admonish the emperor, so as to show that he did not mean to offend, but only a minister.

Bao Xin's words are reasonable, but the emperor is sad in his heart: "I have no loyal ministers", the emperor secretly felt uncomfortable, I heard people often say that this Bao Xin is also a loyal person, often with loyalty and encouragement to his subordinates, why is he so aggressive today. Liu Bei's subordinates are all such people, it seems that although he is a descendant of the Han family, I am afraid that he will not be able to count on it.

Everyone didn't notice that when Bao Xin said Taishan County, he directly boasted of "I Qingzhou", but in fact, Taishan County belonged to Yanzhou, and Liu Bei's occupation did not change the ownership of Taishan County. When the emperor thought of it, even Taishan County kept saying that he was a Qingzhou person, and he wanted to see the local people of Qingzhou more and more.

"Qing's words are very good, Liu Qingzhou is fighting for the traitor for the country, I will wait here for a few days, it is not an exaggeration, so I will follow Qing's words." The emperor evaded Bao Xin's accusations and lightly agreed to the request to wait at Mount Tai.

The courtiers of the emperor's entourage did not let go of this opportunity to be sycophant, and praised His Majesty's magnanimity and His Majesty's sacredness.

In the distance, the city suddenly sounded a loud military horn, and then, the military horn in Taishan City sounded in unison, and there was a noise outside the Fenggao Mansion, like a boiling pot of boiling ding, the voices of people shouted together, everyone's voice became higher and higher, and they couldn't hear what they were saying. The emperor was shocked and asked urgently: "But mutiny?" Is Yun Lujun in trouble again? ”

Lu Zhi twisted his beard and smiled: "It's okay, it's okay, the post office closest to Fenggao City has seen Xuande's carriage and horses, and when the news came, the guards at the head of the city informed the whole city of this news and informed the people of the city to prepare to greet them." ”

The emperor looked at the Taishan officials who were sitting still, their eyes showed eager eyes, many people stared at Lu Zhi, their faces were full of pleading, and Bao Xin even leaned into Lu Zhi's ear and muttered in a low voice. Lu Zhi was not embarrassed, and came back to the class and said: "Your Majesty, many officials in Taishan have military positions, and Qingzhou is proud of military positions. The officials are now dressed in civilian uniforms, and I ask your Majesty to allow them to go back and change their clothes. ”

Heavy martial arts was not a big mistake in the Han Dynasty, and the imperial court often added the title of general to many civil officials as a sign of respect. However, the pride of the greeting officer in wearing a military uniform is only so obvious in Qingzhou. In the court, even if it is a military general like a general, the official uniform is a civilian official system. At this time, the Taishan officials who accompanied the car also wore Eguan Bo belts according to the system, with fluttering sleeves. However, Liu Bei didn't like this kind of attire, and the officials of Taishan were looking forward to changing into suitable clothes before Liu Bei arrived.

The emperor nodded in agreement, and then, the Taishan officials dispersed in a hurry, looking at their backs, the emperor said to Lu Zhi: "I often hear that Qingzhou is still martial, I didn't expect it to be so far, the officials are proud to wear military uniforms, is this because of the sequelae left by Liu Qingzhou's military law to govern the place?" ”

The officials echoed and laughed, and Lu Zhi replied: "Your Majesty, Xuande is good at Hufu, as the saying goes: Eguan Bo belt, empty inside (no shirt and pants), neither warm, but inconvenient to move, or in case of police, long robe with wide sleeves, people can not fight with a sword, and, to make this kind of clothes and Fei Bu, it is better to make Hufu short clothes and short sleeves, easy to move."

Qingzhou's court uniforms are only worn during the ceremony, and usually, the officials are wearing military uniforms or regular clothes made of imitation military uniforms in order to please Xuande. Your Majesty, Qingzhou officials have been wearing it for more than ten years, and this has also become a local custom, please don't blame Your Majesty. ”

After changing their clothes, the Taishan officials returned to Fenggao's mansion one after another, and suddenly, the palace was dotted with stars, all of which were flashes of various colors from metal buttons. The red military uniform is scarlet like blood, the white inspector's uniform is as white as snow, the purple civilian uniform is heavy and elegant, and the black judicial uniform is solemn and calm. These clothes are anti-ethereal and elegant, all of them are washed straight, they want to have a waist, they want to be majestic and majestic, so that the emperor of the child's heart is happy to see the hunt, and involuntarily walks down the throne and watches it closely.

Seeing the emperor's expression of appreciation, the accompanying ministers also came forward with great interest, surrounding the officials of Mount Tai to observe, although in the people, they have also seen similar costumes, but how can those costumes be compared with the uniforms of the officials? In order to maintain the shape of the clothes, the officials lined their clothes with horsetail hair, and the shoulders were padded with shoulder pads of various colors, and the metal epaulettes of various colors were polished brightly, and the tassels, emblems, and ribbons were complete. In order to hang the sword around the waist, the civil officials used a thick rope tied around the waist, which not only stretched out the figure, but also made the long rope head into a tassel-shaped tassel, and the rope head hung down on the right side of the body, fluttering with walking, and the majesty did not lose liveliness. There are also many people with ribbons covered with various medals, jingling, and the sun shining on them, dazzling.

The emperor held his identity and did not ask. The officials accompanying the emperor did not have so many scruples, pointed to the medal and asked about the origin, and as they were talking, a thunderous roar sounded outside the palace: "Salute you!" Salute! Salute! Salute! ”

At the same time, the sound of military trumpets sounded one after another in the city, loud, cheerful, and exciting.

Lu Zhi summoned a Taishan official and instructed, "Go, see where Xuande is." ”

The official turned and ran out, and before the emperor could make a statement, another Tarzan official followed and ran out. Then, first one or two, then a large group, and in a moment, all the Taishan officials ran out, and only Yu Baoxin stood beside Lu Zhi with an embarrassed face.

After a while, the noise in the city gradually subsided, Liu Bei was dressed in armor, leading the Taishan officials into the palace, bowing to the emperor three times and bowing nine times, and the big salute see: "Loose cavalry permanent attendant envoy holding the festival special entry service in the capital governor Nan Xu Yanqing Ji You, and the military Zhendong general of the six states ......" Speaking of this, Liu Bei suddenly stammered, and asked urgently: "What else?" ”

Left and right added: "Kaifu Yi and the three divisions record Shangshu Qingzhou Mu Guang Rao Marquis Izumo Guogong." ”

Liu Bei took a deep breath, shook his head, and said to himself: "It's too troublesome, it's simple, Qingji and Youyou, the four states of Shepherd, the Governor of Xu, Qingji, and the military of the Five States, Liu Bei and Liu Xuande, welcome Your Majesty." ”

The emperor warmly said comfortingly: "I heard that the fake has been extinguished, and Aiqing has worked hard and worked hard." ”

Liu Beixun thanked him, and the emperor asked again: "I heard that Aiqing has expanded the four states and two countries for my Han Dynasty, but is there such a thing?" ”

Knowingly asked, Liu Bei still made a grateful look, kowtowed and replied: "Yes, after I defeated Xianbei and Xiongnu in Liaoxi and Liaodong, the army has advanced north to the far north, where there is a sea of ice, I divide it into two parts, the west is close to Bingzhou, Youzhou Yuyang County and advanced to the territory of the Far North Sea, the ancient trees are forested, the species are rich, the land is fertile, the elders call it Bingzhou, and the elders of the northeast boundary of Changli County call it the Far East. At present, the two states are in the process of being created, and the local administrative officials are not yet fully equipped.

In the southeast of Lelang County, Liaodong, Sanhan has formed an alliance with me, joined the Qingyou community, and became my Qingyou subject country, facing each other across the sea from Sanhan, and a large island with a similar area as Qingzhou, our army has conquered it, it is said that this is the place where the Qin Dynasty Fangshi Xu carried 500 boys and girls landed, this island is rich in gold, I am ready to name it Dongying, set up the state system.

To the south, about the place across the sea from Yuzhang County, we found a huge island, the area is similar to Qingzhou, I am going to name it Yizhou, there is a big island across the sea from Jiaozhi in the south of Yizhou, called Qiongzhou; Further south of Qiongzhou, is the former Yelang country, my Qingzhou fleet has been forced to return to the Yelang country, ready to set it as a subject country, the country is rich in iron ore (Vietnam's total iron ore reserves of billions of tons, mostly iron-rich ore containing 55~60% iron, and close to the surface, easy to mine. Chromium reserves of 18.9 million tons, accounting for 15% of the world's total reserves, ranking second in the world), and Yelang country across the sea there are two large islands, a country of mud, a country of tin, the country of mud is rich in copper ore (manganese reserves rank first in the world), the country of tin is rich in tin ore, and these two islands are rich in spices.

The Qingzhou Senate plans to start auctioning off the gold mines on Dongying Island, the copper mines in the Bo Ni Country, the tin mines in the Tin Country, and the iron ore in the Yelang Country next year, and the land of these countries will also be auctioned at the same time.

If Your Majesty is interested, how about I set aside a piece of Imperial Estate for Your Majesty on each of these overseas islands, and if you let someone run it, it can also bring your Majesty a lot of income every year. ”

Since Cao Cao set up a domestic currency for the imperial family, the property of the state and the property of the imperial family were separated, and the deepest experience of the emperor was the lack of money, although the support of the emperor's guards and eunuchs was still paid by the state, but the number of people who provided for it had been limited, and the emperor's daily expenses had to be paid out of his own pocket, and the monthly expenses of each concubine had to be paid from the internal currency. The royal family, who used to use the country's property as their own wallet, obviously felt that the money was not enough, although the domestic currency was quite rich, but the concubines who were used to spending money compared with each other, and Yueyue felt that the money was not enough. Hearing Liu Bei's suggestion to the emperor, the emperor's eyes lit up and he accepted the gift unceremoniously.

"Uncle Huang is concerned about the royal family, after all, it is still his own family", the emperor said with emotion: "That gold-rich Dongying, the imperial village might as well be bigger." ”

Liu Bei nodded in agreement, and then said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I brought back a few cooks from Qinglu Manor, it's almost noon, Your Majesty should eat first, I'll talk while eating." ”

Lu Zhi frowned, traditionally, the emperor did not eat with his courtiers, and occasionally invited his courtiers to eat together, which was called a meal, and Liu Bei's invitation to eat together was tantamount to offense. However, seeing that the emperor didn't mind, Lu Zhi was not good at making trouble.

Liu Bei is known for his good food, roast geese, stuffed meatloaf, roasted meat (iron plate barbecue), rice cakes and other new tricks emerge in endlessly, the emperor has repeatedly tried new since entering Mount Tai, at this moment I heard that Liu Bei personally trained the cook to make the imperial meal, I couldn't help but salivate, full of promises, and forgot the relationship between the monarch and the minister.

This is an extremely luxurious banquet, Liu Bei's cook came from Qinglu Harbor, collected materials along the way, arrived at Mount Tai, there are more than 40 boxes of fish varieties alone, with more than 30 kinds of spices, frying, boiling, boiling and burning eighteen kinds of martial arts are all on the battlefield. In addition, there are more than 100 kinds of game, plus fresh vegetables, the total number of dishes is more than 300. Due to the small number of dishes, many ministers only enjoyed the limited leftovers after the emperor had tasted them.

After the feast, the ministers often regretted not being able to enjoy all the dishes. After the recipes of this banquet were spread, they became the object of courtiers' pursuit, and diners all over the world took it as their lifelong desire to eat all these more than 300 dishes. Liu Bei's name of delicious and good food is also worthy of its name.

At that time, there were more than 200 kinds of fruit wine served on the table, and after the ministers tasted the wine, they were all drunk, but the officials of Liu Bei's family remained sober, and each of them ate silently with several dishes and a glass of wine. After the emperor was drunk, he found a strange phenomenon, many officials in Liu Bei's family were eating with halberds, forks, and soup spoons. Occasionally, there were also civil servants who ate their meals in metal sandwiches. The emperor pondered for a moment and understood: in the military, only the use of metal tableware is hygienic and convenient. Those generals may be accustomed to using knives and guns, and Qingzhou is still martial, and it is not indecent for military generals to cut meat with swords.

This meal lasted for a day and a night, and the emperor accosted Liu Bei several times when he was awake, but Liu Bei avoided it intentionally or unintentionally. After the banquet, the emperor was drunk, did not wake up for three days and three nights, and woke up to the boundary of Yanzhou.

The emperor asked anxiously: "Why did you arrive in Yanzhou?" Where is Liu Qingzhou? ”

Left and right replied: "Your Majesty was drunk, Prime Minister Cao Cheng sent a letter, asking His Majesty to return to Beijing, Lord Xuande did not dare to slack off, and sent His Majesty out of Mount Tai in a carriage overnight." At present, the Tiger Ben Army has come to meet them. ”

The emperor sighed deeply and asked, "Liu Qingzhou didn't say anything?" ”

Left and right replied: "Lord Xuande has given His Majesty sixty carts of gifts, and he is accompanying him in the convoy." ”

The emperor said disappointedly: "I'm not asking about gifts, Liu Qingzhou has nothing to explain?" ”

Left and right nodded happily and said, "Yes, yes, Lord Xuande gave His Majesty six copies of the Huangzhuang land deed, and in addition, he also gave His Majesty one hundred auction guest cards." Your Majesty, the auction of overseas islands generally does not allow people outside of Qingyouji to participate, and with this guest card, as long as you pay an admission fee to the Qingzhou government, you can not only participate in the auction, but also obtain the status of Qingzhou meritorious people. Lord Xuande confessed: Each guest card can be sold for 10,000 yuan, which is just enough for His Majesty to subsidize the internal currency. ”

The emperor leaned on the carriage in a dejected manner, he failed to contact Liu Bei when he entered Mount Tai this time, what was the use of harvesting a lot of money? Can money save imperial power?

I didn't know the emperor's worries, so I smiled flatteringly and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen is serving left and right before and after, you see, is it a guest card for Weichen." Let Weichen buy a home overseas, preferably next to the Huangzhuang, so that His Majesty can take care of the Huangzhuang. ”

The emperor waved his hand weakly, which was regarded as agreeing to the request of the attendants, and more than 20 attendants and ministers immediately took away more than 20 guest cards, however, a month later, the emperor deeply regretted his rash wave of his hand.

With this guest card, after paying a high reserve of 20,000 yuan, you can obtain the status of Qingzhou meritorious citizens and participate in the auction, and the price of Qingzhou is extremely cheap, and if you buy food for 20,000 yuan, you can eat a family of three for more than 20 years. Such an expensive guest card may be of little use to ordinary people, but for the rich outside Qingzhou, it is not a talisman, Liu Bei is extremely protective, under the protection of Qingzhou's property law, even if you live outside Qingzhou, if you encounter the infringement of local officials, you can also rely on this to ask Qingzhou to send troops to protect, of course, with this talisman, local officials generally do not dare to provoke easily, so it is equivalent to the protection of family property. Therefore, let those rich people give half of their wealth to buy this talisman, and they are willing to do so.

A year later, the auctions held in Qingzhou successively made the price of this guest card rise sharply - the overseas islands are not ten acres of land to sell for a few yuan, spend tens of thousands of yuan, you can buy a small island, under the protection of Qingzhou's property law, happy to be the owner of the island, not to mention that there are rich mineral deposits on the island, as long as the exploration and development are developed, future generations will have enough food and drink for hundreds of years, where to find such a beautiful thing?

The most regrettable thing for the emperor is that when the price of guest cards is rising, the emperor has sold out all the guest cards or rewarded them to his subordinates, and has seen himself lose millions of income......

Taishan Mansion, after the emperor left, Liu Bei frowned and looked at the financial statements of Taishan County. The emperor only stayed in Mount Tai for half a month, and Taishan County lost half a year's fiscal and tax revenues - this was the result of the emperor after dismissing most of the Yun army.

"How can it cost so much money?" Liu Bei asked with a frown.

Bao Xin replied: "This is still less, buy the emperor's silk satin, buy a set of top decoration into a palace, clear the road, sweep the streets, the emperor's drinking water and tea are special, and the emperor of this palace has run a business, in the future, we must vacate it as a royal house, clean and tidy up every day...... Forget it, you are also an official, what the emperor does, I won't give you a detailed explanation. My Taishan is a large agricultural county, a little bit of aquaculture, and an iron factory, no more than you are in the eight townships outside the township, burning porcelain, burning glass, weaving to make money; It is not better than Langxi, Donglai, and Linhai can not only fish, boil salt, but also set up ports to collect commercial taxes; It is not as good as Jinan living near the Yellow River, grazing, planting fruit trees, and making wine. I'm poor and despicable, such a big deficit, you can look at it. ”

Liu Bei closed the account book and asked, "How many soldiers can you send from Mount Tai?" ”

Bao Xin said: "It depends on how much military money you give." ”

Liu Bei said: "The southern overseas islands are in need of soldiers on duty, so let's do it, I will pay 30,000 Ding Zhuang in your Taishan County to guard the islands along the way, and the military expenses will be advanced by the Senate first, and after auctioning the land and minerals of these islands next year, I will repay the Senate." 30,000 soldiers will be raised by me for a year, and Taishan County may reduce the burden? ”

Bao Xin thought for a while and replied: "30,000 is too little, 50,000, my Taishan County will produce 50,000 strong men, in addition, these 50,000 strong men for a year's military supplies and grain and grass need to be purchased from my Taishan County." ”

Liu Bei chuckled, pointed at Bao Xin's nose, and said: "You are so beautiful, it is enough to help you raise 50,000 soldiers, and the military expenditure of 50,000 people is a big list. ”

Bao Xin stiffened his neck and said: "The emperor's eastern tour, those counties are unwilling to receive, and I alone Taishan has suffered from it, if I hadn't told the people along the road in advance, the fruit trees along the way of the emperor will be compensated by the government, and the military discipline of the Yunlu army has already clashed many times." If you look at the losses reported by the people along the way, they have eaten more than a dozen apples, and they dare to claim a gold coin, and their fruits are all gilded? I said no, you still admit all the bills, can this cost not be big? If you don't give me 50,000 people of food and grass, at least give me 30,000 shares, and other counties will quarrel, so let them also receive the royal car once. ”

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