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"The resources of the entire Wusun must be more than 100 million guan combined, right?" Liu Bang smiled a little frivolously on his face, and he said, "Why did he dare to speak so much? ”

Meng Tian's face was speechless, and he was also curious about how he dared to speak so much.

Wusun sent two princesses on their way to the empire, accompanied by three hundred carefully selected horses, as well as some mink and other precious furs.

The empire is currently in the process of contemplating a three-tiered monetary system of gold, silver, and copper, where one 20-gram gold coin equals 10 20-gram silver coins, and one silver coin equals 500 3.5-gram copper coins. To put it simply, it is always equal to two silver coins.

The two royal daughters sent by Wusun to the empire, Fanxing weighed eighty-six catties and Bai Xue weighed eighty-five catties, which was equal to how much gold? Considering the special status, it is better to multiply it by a hundred times.

Three hundred carefully selected BMWs, in fact, their value is really not a little bit, especially when they can be trained as stallions, it is very likely to create a glorious "cavalry era".

As for mink and other precious furs, in fact, the empire lacks nothing and will not lack precious furs, which are some accessories on the list.

"If 66 million guan were exchanged for gold coins, how much would it be? It's enough to pile up into a mountain of gold! Liu Bang felt a little incomprehensible, he said: "We ...... It doesn't seem like he's helped a foreign country for free, does it? ”

Meng Tian was really recalling very seriously, whether it was the Qin State or any Warring States, it seemed that there had been no such thing as helping foreign countries for free, and some had just waged wars again and again, otherwise how could the territory continue to increase, and the number of foreign races around it was also very small.

The empire did it a little more thoroughly. At least there were warring states adjacent to foreign races before, and they would be more or less hypocritical and snakes, but as long as the empire found that the alien races adjacent to a territory were all open-armed, they didn't even have the least peaceful contact, and went straight to it.

"No, I hope Usun won't be the first of our gratuitous aid, there is a beginning...... That would be the norm. Meng Tian was actually a little hazy in his heart, he looked at Liu Bang, and said: "The geographical location of Wusun is quite important, it is a high terrain place. There is no shortage of steep mountains, no lack of plains, and most importantly, no shortage of water. ”

Indeed, from a military point of view, Wusun is a battleground for soldiers, as long as it is firmly controlled here, it is equivalent to controlling the west into the empire, and it also reduces the possibility that the steppe Hu people may invade the empire mainland from here.

To the west of Wusun are the countries of Central Asia with a relatively long name, to the south are the basin (Tuyuhun), and to the south are the plateau (Tibet) that the empire has not been able to occupy. To the north it crosses some deserts and the vast steppes of the Gobi.

If the empire did not occupy Wusun, the so-called trade between the east and the west would be in the hands of the empire. Compared with Meng Tian from a military point of view, Liu Bang valued the establishment of the trade road, so the territory of Wusun must be controlled by the empire.

"Pivot...... Won't help Wusun for free, right? Liu Bang is actually not so sure. He said: "In order to achieve certain goals, how do I think it is possible for the center to come to the aid of Wusun? ”

Meng Tian basically agreed with Liu Bang's speculation that the emperor had done a lot of things in recent years, whether he could understand it or not. First of all, it is an indisputable fact that the empire is getting stronger and stronger, and the strength of the state is not only the strength of the military, but also the increase in the treasury and private income.

The Emperor had to change his expansion strategy slowly. For example, under the premise of disarmament, it is no longer necessary to conduct multiple battle-level battles at the same time at the same time, so after the launch of the Northern Campaign, it is impossible to launch a large-scale Western Expedition unless it is necessary.

On the basis that the empire does not launch a campaign in the Western Regions, it is impossible for either materials or troops to lean to the west, and it is under this premise that Wusun has the need to exist.

Since it is necessary for Wusun to exist, the central center will not 100% rule out the possibility of providing Wusun free of charge, but it is impossible to say that according to the list proposed by Wusun, the difference is how much aid is given.

"I have not overlooked that in the legislation recently discussed by the Empire, foreign affairs must be passed by half of the second government and the second office, and then presented to His Majesty, if His Majesty does not express his opinion, the voting results of the second government and the second government will be used as the standard?" Liu Bang paid attention to some of the newspapers, and he pinched his fingers and said: "The ruling government has always believed that the military needs to be properly restrained, and will not agree to start the campaign to conquer the west at the same time as the campaign to conquer the north...... At least they wouldn't agree with the Imperial Army in the Western Regions making too much of a move; Recently, the Taiwei Department has been a little complicated by the disarmament matter, and the arrangements for retirement and demobilization are too busy to deal with the affairs of the Western Regions; The General's Mansion would have agreed to the Western Regions Movement, and they are now in favor of the ruling government, and they will oppose it as long as they find a loophole; The Public Prosecutor's Office does not have much say in the matter, and they do not express their opinions easily. ”

Meng Tian listened quietly with a smile, and it was unknown what he was thinking.

The Empire is a bit weird, especially the Emperor looks even more weird, any king would want to take all the power into his own hands, but the Emperor is clearly continuing to divide the power evenly.

The central refers to the emperor, the ruling government, the Taiwei Administration, the General's Office and the recently rising procuratorate, probably in the past year or two, the emperor first transferred the exercise of some powers to various departments without leaving a trace, but only retained the decision-making power, and then before everyone could react, something called "bill" suddenly appeared.

What is the bill? In fact, there are not many people who really understand.

In the past year or two, most officials have discovered that as long as their opinions are valid, they will usually be recorded and archived, and after a certain period of time, they will be brought out for discussion at the court meeting, and as long as there are not too many people who oppose them, the proposal will be summarized in the file of the "supplementary regulations".

Is that the end of that? No! For example, some local officials will ask the people in the private sector what administrative instructions they receive, such as whether something is good or not, and then sort out the data. When enough public opinion is gathered, the "supplementary ordinance" will be formally established in the form of a law by some official.

It's so advanced, so advanced? But I have to say that this kind of thing really doesn't seem special, isn't it replaced by the previous three elders of the people collecting opinions and reporting to the local government. Then the local government gathers it to the center, and through the discussion of the center, the executable opinions are selected to form part of the national law.

The empire has changed its approach, which is to first establish a framework to collect data similar to polls from the top down to the people, but in fact, it is fundamentally a kind of "change of soup but not medicine", from passive to active.

It would be too simple to say that the recent changes in the empire are only about the way in which the law is determined, the emperor used to attach the most importance to military power, and although other aspects were grasped with one hand, he rarely manipulated the details, at most he checked the general direction. In recent years, the emperor has stopped proposing any construction plans. Even the details are no longer asked, but the power of gatekeeping is still retained, but there have been no other civil proposals for two years.

The civil bureaucracy would like the emperor's decentralization, because only the emperor who has delegated power will be able to give the civil system more discretionary power. Regardless of the starting point of the civil service group's pursuit of self-choice, one thing can be absolutely certain, that is, the civil service group is usually more active in thinking, and they have too many ideas to accomplish, provided that they have the right to govern.

It is estimated that the military general group is the collective that least wants the emperor to delegate power, especially under the premise that the emperor "favors" the military. An emperor who has a strong grip on all power will be the most desirable of the military generals. In some ways, the character of a military is to obey a strong leader, and unless there is some ulterior motive motives, they want to be sheltered by a powerful person who tends to them.

Including the situation that the Xungui group also did not want the emperor to delegate power excessively. As long as it's not that the emperor is too bastard or the nobles are ambitious, otherwise the emperor and the nobles should actually be the most natural alliance, after all, the class of the nobles has come up, and only the social form remains fixed. Only then can they enjoy their wealth in peace, and even future generations will be protected by the aftermath for longer.

Meng Tian couldn't express anything, after all, he was different from Liu Bang, who had no military position.

Lu Zhe left a "back door" from the moment he established the army. It is a school similar to the role of the political ~ commissar, and later developed a system of military judges (gendarmes) who are only responsible to the emperor, and the most uncomfortable thing for some ambitious people is the establishment of the military salary system.

The thoughts, behaviors, and welfare of the army were firmly controlled by the emperor, and the emperor's control over the army was destined to increase indefinitely. At the same time, because the repressive thinking of the military is becoming more and more obvious by the civilian officials, it is also doomed that the military will have an infinite desire for support from the emperor.

It would be absolutely wrong to say that the emperor was only influencing the military in terms of thoughts, behaviors, and welfare, and that the practice of transferring generals at a fixed time provided some insurance for certain things, and it was destined that even if there were leading figures who wanted to rebel, it would not be so easy.

In this realistic background, the emperor has absolute force, and it is estimated that it is precisely in this way that the greatest delegation of power to the magistrates is carried out?

"I heard that an issue on the establishment of the upper, middle, and lower courts is also hotly discussed in the imperial capital?" With salivation on his face, Liu Bang said: "The Upper House is composed of nobles and nobles, accounting for 35 percent of the total seats; The middle court is made up of propertied people (factory owners), accounting for 30 percent; Is the House of Commons made up of the people? ”

That "civilian" is just a general term, which actually includes almost all groups, but a fixed forty percent of them are disabled and retired soldiers from the military.

Regarding the upper, middle, and lower courts, they were only thrown out by Lu Zhe, and they were not even formal bills, which was another attempt by Lu Zhe to think about "long-term peace and stability".

"There's such a thing." Meng Tian had a special concern, saying: "It's very complicated, but I heard that a similar governance is already being implemented in distant Greece? ”

Liu Bang just knows that many countries in Greece have senates and something like that! He heard from some of the Greek people in the legation that in some Greek countries, the king was not the largest, some were the largest clergy, and some were the president of the parliament.

Actually, Liu Bangzhen didn't understand what the speaker of the House was, and he couldn't understand that the clergy were older than the king, but it didn't prevent him from wanting to be an influential person, especially being able to influence the direction of the country in some things?

Clergy? If this title had been ten years ago, it would have been understood as "witch", because only "witch" is a profession that serves the gods in China, and "warlock" is not considered to have anything to do with the gods at all. As for the "Taoist"? Is there a Taoist priest now? The old Huang school has not yet been transferred, where is there any Taoist priest.

At present, there are clergy in the empire, but they do not serve exclusively the gods, and mainly hold some cemeteries, such as serving as priests in the martyr's garden established by the state.

The folk funeral business used to be done by the Mohists and Confucians. Now the Mo family has almost declined, and the declining ones have also turned to the industry of "work", and basically no longer interfere in funerals. Confucianist? They feel that their grade has become higher, and they no longer interfere in funerals at all, after all, they are all literate readers! (As if other people were illiterate)

The more he spoke, the more depressed Liu Bang's mood became, and this depression became even heavier with the withdrawal of Xu Zhi and Han Xin.

"Only 1,400 decapitations? The cavalry on the side of Maudun and Wanguo did not engage in a head-to-head battle at all? Liu Bang seemed to remember that Meng Tian also revealed some similar situations on the side of the Northern Expeditionary Corps.

Han Xin frowned and said, "Yes, they don't have a head-to-head battle with us now, the whole process is in motion. After a pause, with thought, as if to say to himself: "It is difficult for our assault cavalry to catch up with the complete light cavalry in a mobile war, and we must find a way to change this situation, otherwise the war is very likely to be prolonged." ”

Liu Bang didn't understand military affairs, he only knew one thing, the longer the Northern Expeditionary Corps fought, the more time it would take for the empire to turn its attention to the Western Regions again, and the longer they would be dragged in the Western Regions.

"Wanguo sent a team of envoys after the war." When Han Xin looked at Liu Bang again, he saw a sad expression. "There were also Maudun people in that team," he said. They seem to want peace with the Empire? ”

"Huh?" Liu Bang was stunned when he heard this, and asked in confusion: "Peace?" What peace? ”

Han Xin didn't care about that, and said casually: "The letter is not so clear, it seems that Wanguo and Mao Dun are willing to pay some price and seek to lift the state of war with the empire or something. ”

[It's about to be 515, I hope to continue to hit the 515 red envelope list, and the red envelope rain will be able to give back to readers and promotional works on May 15. A piece is also love, and it must be better! (To be continued.) )