Chapter 1048 Labor and Money

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The flowers bloom two and each show a branch, and the time goes back to a few months ago, the majestic Yecheng Weiyang Palace Hanyuan Palace, Zhao Hou Wuxian stroked the Yuanyou crown on his forehead with some distress, compared to a simple board of the Qing doctor, the crown of the prince has a lot more decoration, jade, which marks the expansion of power at the same time, it also means that there is a lot more responsibility.

"If you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are not at home......" When he was really listed as a prince and ruled a vast area from Jingwei to Hejian and Daibei to the Central Plains, Zhao Wuxian deeply realized what it means to take the country and defend the country.

Zhao was born directly in the shell of the Jin State, many parts of the country have been ruled by the Zhao family for the New Year, it is not a "hundred wastes to be rebuilt", but there are still many new administrative institutions that need to be established, every personnel appointment of the feudal officials needs to be carefully considered, and the planning of the whole country also needs to be worry-free.

At the beginning of January, the day after the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China, Zhao Wuxian had not yet adapted to his new identity, and Zhao Guotaifu, who was called "Ji Xiang", came to him to meet him and said solemnly:

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to play!"

"Taifu, please speak!"

Zhao Wuxian was also a little afraid of Ji Ran, every time he came to see him, he would complain about the finances, and after reluctantly smiling and giving the seat, Ji Ran really took out a thick stack of account books from his sleeve and said: "This is the last account book of the past nine years......

"From the time the monarch officially took charge of the Zhao family, until he was listed as a prince, he was listed as a prince for nine years, without any years without war, and without years without levies. Defeated the Qi soldiers, destroyed the Zhi clan, moved the Marquis of Jin to Tongba, built Ye City, and immigrated greatly. Later, he destroyed the country and sent troops to Hejian, Hexi, and Chenggao. He also built the school palace, built ditches, bound Bai Zhai in Shangjun, built Langya Water Division, fought Hedong, broke the Qin soldiers, cut down Zheng Guo, and built the two palaces of Weiyang and Changle, and the ceremonies also cost a lot of money......"

This is still under the condition that the Zhao clan continues to suck blood from the vassal state, and large-scale projects such as the Wei Canal are borne by foreign countries, otherwise the finances of the Zhao State will be even more difficult.

After finishing speaking, Ji Ran spread his hands: "Although a lot of income can be obtained for Zhao Guo through fur and livestock, copper, iron, paper and porcelain, and even salt drying, but the income is not enough to make ends meet, and the annual income is only enough for expenditure, and there is almost nothing left in the treasury of five baht, which is almost not enough to reward the generals and soldiers after the founding of the country." There is not much money, and there is not much grain, although a lot of money has been saved in the Changping warehouse in the past few years, but for a long time, the relief of disaster victims and military rations in various counties has been heavy, and the granary is almost bottoming out. This year's living within your means, the minister will never be able to do it! ”

The meaning of this could not be clearer, the minister knows that the king is full of ambitions, but now that the treasury is really out of money, what should I do, you can get an idea.

With Ji Ran's summary, Zhao Wuxian suddenly discovered that in less than ten years, he had actually done so many things! Speaking of Zhao's finances, it is relatively benign, in addition to the many industries that have been founded, at first it was able to live by relying on the surplus wealth copied from Lu Guosanhuan, Jin Guofan, Bank of China, Zhishi, and Handan, but in recent years, the finances have been a little tight.

Up to now, Zhao Wuxian couldn't turn into money and food, so he had to tear down the east wall to make up the west wall, and asked, "What about the grain that Qin State and Zheng State delivered as reparations for defeat?" ”

Ji Ran handed over another account book: "Although it adds up to hundreds of thousands of stones, it is only enough to distribute money to the officials of the counties and compensate the families of the soldiers who died in the war." ”

Zhao Wuxian was also helpless.

Of course, he knew that the finances of Zhao State were in jeopardy, but it was imperative to be listed as a prince, Yecheng wanted to attract guests, I don't know how many princes watched, and they must have due decency, so the two palaces of Weiyang Changle had to be tightened and built, and the ceremony could not be shabby. But behind this magnificence, who could know that the single clothes worn by Zhao Wuxian and his wife were about to be patched, and he didn't dare to take a big step when he walked in the court.

Being a prince to this extent is even more unheard of, since the Yin Zhou Dynasty, the marquis of Zhao, who has the largest border and the largest ruling population, is also the most shabby in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation.

In this case, Zhao Wuxian really wanted to let the country rest for a few years, but unfortunately the sky did not fulfill people's wishes.

The civil war of the Song State was not over, Pengcheng and Shangqiu confronted each other in the area of Mangdang Mountain, Nanzi's request for help came several times a month, and the Song State was the barrier of the new order of the Central Plains built by the Zhao State, and it must not be abandoned.

In addition, the Chen clan of Qi State is still taking the lead in organizing the third anti-Zhao alliance, and Wu Guofu is even more eager to try and want to go north to compete for hegemony. Although these enemies also built the Great Wall and built canals, to be honest, their actions in the past few years were not as frequent as the Zhao family, and the Qi State had been quietly recuperating for nearly ten years. Although Zhao Wuxian was extremely disgusted with Chen's piece of kraft candy, he couldn't help but admit that Chen Qi and Chen Heng's father and son did have some ability to govern the country.

Ten years later, Zhao Wuxian has changed from being a challenger to a guardian of the new order, and he can't help but react in the face of new challenges.

But if you want to fight, you must have soldiers, and if you want to send troops, you must have money and food. Zhao Wuxian understood why Emperor Wanli and Emperor Chongzhen were so picky in later generations, almost to the extent that he saw the money. At this moment, Zhao Wuxian also wanted to forcibly levy heavy taxes in the name of "Wu Salary" and "Qi Salary".

But he also knows that doing so is equivalent to killing chickens and eggs, money can be saved slowly, and food can be raised slowly, but rash tax increases will only arouse the dissatisfaction of the people, and will also make the people in Hedong, Shangdang and other places who are suffering from natural disasters have no way to live. You must know that after the military soldiers recruited the three armies, they will no longer expand, and in the long run, the main force of Zhao's conquest of the world is still the peasant soldiers recruited from the people from all over the country.

Agriculture is the cornerstone of the country and cannot be damaged, so where should it be opened?

Zhao Wuxian stroked his jade seal and groaned, the protracted battle and killing, after all, the people and money were lost. Now the situation of Zhao State, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty after the defeat of the Xiongnu is not enough money and food, domestic economic difficulties are quite similar, if the crisis can not be solved, let alone what to conquer the Song land, capture the king of Song Qi, let the husband go back to Jiangnan, whether Zhao can continue is a question.

As soon as he thought of this, he couldn't help but look at Ji Ran, in fact, the source of the series of financial reforms carried out by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty with Sang Hongyang was the economic thinking of Guan Zhong, Ji Ran and the sons of the Warring States.

Wu Xian's inspiration moved, and asked Ji Ran: "Taifu, there has been such a case in Dali Temple recently, have you ever heard of it?" ”

ps: Just returned to the dormitory.,I'm tired enough.,There's still only one chapter today.,Forgive me.,Resume normal updates from tomorrow.

(To be continued.) )