"King, Lord Su Shuang is here and is waiting outside the hall!" Zhang Rang sent away the little eunuch who had dropped the report, came to the side of Liu Yuan's case, bent down slightly, and said in a low voice.

In the quiet Xuanshu Hall, Liu Yuan sat all morning again, and he couldn't rest. It was a little hot outside, but the spacious hall was cool and tight, and it was more comfortable. The scorching sun hung high outside the hall, and the sunlight shone inside, dispelling a lot of darkness in the hall.

Liu Yuan twisted his neck and made a few crisp sounds. Putting down the pen, Liu Yuan let out a sigh and looked up at the outside of the palace, where the soft light filtered by the window came into view. He commanded lightly: "Announce him into the temple." ”

"No!"

"Chen Sushuang, see the king!" Before long, Su Shuangsha walked into the hall and bowed to Liu Yuan.

"Get up!" Liu Yuan stretched out his hand and pointed: "Take a seat!" ”

"King Xie!" Su Shuang went to the side of the small case, knelt down, and asked, "I don't know what the king has to call the ministers?" ”

"What is the situation of my domestic grain in the summer now?" Liu Yuan sighed: "Guanzhong is still not enough!" ”

Su Shuang was transferred to Chang'an not long ago as Liu Yuan's housekeeper in Guanzhong. Without thinking, he replied: "The minister has carefully counted, after such a long period of consumption, Chang'an Mansion has less than 70,000 grains in stock, and there is not much surplus grain in the county and county treasury, and Chang'an is still needed to support." There is still a surplus in Hetao and Bingzhou, but the king has issued several edicts to transfer to Chang'an, and according to the news from Meiji, Taiyuan and Anyi, there is really not much to support. ”

Listening to Su Shuang's words, Liu Yuan understood that his words were only a little conservative. Guanzhong has a population of hundreds of thousands, and it is not easy to feed them. I thought that if I lasted for a while, it would be relieved, but now, I still can't make ends meet, and it's nerve-wracking.

"Food! Grain! Liu Yuan couldn't help but complain a little: "From being a lonely person to Da Danyu, it has been more than ten years now, and there is no one who has not had a headache for this food problem!" ”

There's no way, Xia Guo's foundation is so thick, he can't stand the toss. But Liu Yuan is a person who likes to toss, especially in recent years, he has repeatedly mobilized troops, and just raising the army can consume more than half of the food in the warehouse. Now, the war on Chencang's side is in full swing, and there is a lot of consumption, so the pressure on Guanzhong has not been small.

Most of the land occupied by the south is wasted land for production, and it is not an overnight thing to recover. In the current situation, the state and Hedong can collect some taxes and grain, but in addition to self-sufficiency, they really can't draw much west to Chang'an.

Whenever he saw that the grain in the treasury was just going out, but not much entering, Liu Yuan was so worried. The land of Hetao has been painstakingly developed by Liu Yuan for more than ten years, and it has indeed become the most important and important granary of the Xia Kingdom.

However, there are also hundreds of thousands of people to be raised on the Hetao, and the blood transfusion from the Hetao to Hanjun has caused many people to be dissatisfied. Liu Yuan has been able to persist until now, in addition to the benefits of the Hetao, Tuntian has also contributed a lot.

There are now more than 200,000 Han people in the Hetao counties, and after so many years, they have completely surrendered to Liu Yuan's rule and are Xia people. Since he is Liu Yuan's people, it is no longer enough to impose heavy taxes as before.

They have passed the stage of survival, the officials are seven and the people are three, think about it, Liu Yuan himself is unwilling, he works hard for a year, and pays more to the government. It is natural for the people to be resentful. Liu Yuan had already issued an edict that the harvest of Hetao Tuntian would be changed to five or five cents from next year, and in this way, the treasury of his Xia State would be reduced by a large amount of grain revenue.

Attached to his forehead, Liu Yuan was really in a bad mood. can only take one step at a time, maybe after two years, when Guanzhong recovers, life will be much better, Liu Yuan can only comfort himself like this.

"Pass the edict to Meiji, let Lan Zhi and Wang Rou send another batch of food and ordnance to Chang'an! Well, Zhang Shiping is in charge of scheduling. Liu Yuan still made a decision, no matter what, he had to get through the current difficulties.

"No!"

"Well, Lone called you here today, for another matter!" Liu Yuan said, and ordered Zhang Rang to hand Su Shuang a small box on the case.

When I opened it, I saw all kinds of copper coins. Su Shuang's eyes narrowed, and he asked Liu Yuan tentatively: "Does the king want to rectify the currency in Guanzhong?" ”

"That's right!" Liu Yuan nodded: "In today's Xia Kingdom, the value of the currency is chaotic, with five baht coins, four baht coins, and three baht coins mixed. Today, money is worthless, and this situation cannot be worsened. If you want to unify the entire Xia currency system, you take the lead, draft a charter, and submit it as soon as possible! ”

"No! Obey! "Su Shuang was born in business, so he naturally knew that this matter was important, so he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly said. The expression is serious, and it looks like it is already being conceived.

"Go ahead! Let's do it now! ”

"Retire!"

……

"If you don't obey military orders, you should die!" In the hall, Liu Yuan's vicious voice came. Angrily slamming the secret report in his hand, Liu Yuan's chest rose and fell.

There was a secret report from Chen Cang that the Xia army was defeated in Jianxiaoyuan, losing more than 3,000 soldiers, and the beggar general Tan Zhe and the general Zhang Ji were killed. Just because Liu Heng attacked rashly, it was calculated by Han Sui.

"The king's wrath!" Zhang Rang, who was on the side, silently picked up the secret report and sorted it out and put it on Liu Yuan's big case.

Spread out the battle report given by Wu Huali here, and when I read it, I was even more angry. The above failures, the process and the results were all explained, but he just downplayed Liu Heng's responsibility, put the pot on himself, and asked Liu Yuan to punish him!

Slammed the copper case: "This Wu Huali has become more daring?" Dare to deceive Yu Gu, thinking that Gu can't know the details of the front line? ”

Zhang Rang didn't dare to answer on the side, buried his head deeply, and lowered Qiu Linju, silently waiting for Liu Yuan's madness to end.

After a long time, Liu Yuan was angry and asked Qiu Linju, "How is the situation on the front line now?" ”

"General Wu should still have a battle report, the army has withdrawn to Chencang, the thief army took advantage of the situation to advance to the city, the power of the soldiers, Chencang is temporarily safe, and the Liang army is still blocked in Chencang!" Qiu Linju hurriedly said.

Hearing that Chen Cang was unharmed, Liu Yuanfang breathed a sigh of relief. If Chen Cang is lost, then the Fufeng situation should be completely eroded, and Guanzhong will be dangerous, and Liu Yuan's rule over Guanzhong will also be dangerous.

Although Liu Yuan was furious about the defeat ahead, this matter also came to this. After thinking about it for a moment, he said: "Order Chen Cang, replace Wu Huali with Subu Chiyi, take over the army, and take over the aftermath and the affairs of the enemy. Wu Huali is temporarily a deputy general, and he has made meritorious contributions. The defeat of the arrow is to be dealt with by Subu Chiyi! ”

Liu Yuan's voice was very cold: "Tell Xu Bu Chiyi that no matter how bad Chen Cang is, he doesn't have to come back to see Gu!" ”

"No!" Not daring to slack off, Qiu Linju hurriedly retreated.

Yang Xiu and Fu De were on the side, the two quietly glanced at each other, and for the first time they saw Liu Yuan so gaffe, they didn't dare to say much, and they both honestly sorted out the copywriting.

Liu Yuan sat down, still angry in his heart, brushed the table, overturned the pen and inkstone, and the ink splashed on the ground.