After Jia returned to Luoyang, he had already begun to count the grain and grass reserves of our New Han Dynasty, and now I will make a report to the lord and my colleagues in the court. In this way, this aspect can be taken into account in formulating the strategy of attacking Cao Cao in the future. Seeing that the topic was back to normal discussion, Jia Xu stepped forward to make a report first.

"Well, okay, let's talk about the grain and grass first." Liu Yi nodded and let Jia Xu speak first.

Jia Xu was equivalent to the finance minister of the New Han Dynasty, and was responsible for counting the money and grain of the entire New Han Dynasty. However, he participated in the battle to recover Xiliang in Xiliang a few years ago, and he only returned to Luoyang not long ago, after dealing with the situation of the aliens in Xiliang. Liu Yi didn't expect him to have a clear understanding of the financial situation of the New Han Dynasty so quickly.

However, although Jia Xu is the chief financial officer, there is also a household department responsible for the financial affairs of the new Han Dynasty, and the division of labor is meticulous below.

In fact, in this ancient era, the finances of the imperial court would be controlled by the household department and the internal affairs supervisor. The finances inside and outside the palace are in charge, and the household department is in charge of the outside, and the internal affairs are actually in charge of the eunuchs in the palace. However, in the current palace of the New Han Dynasty, Liu Yi does not plan to set up a chief eunuch at all, and in the future, he will no longer accept eunuchs who enter the palace, and even, after the only remaining part of the eunuchs in the previous dynasty are old, there will be no professional eunuchs in China in the future.

Now, the chief of Ouchi is Min Gong, and the eunuchs who served with him in the palace add up to no more than 100 people, all of which are left over from the previous dynasty. And the affairs that these eunuchs are responsible for are no longer the same as the previous eunuchs. Right now. They only need to be in charge of the imperial food supervisor and the out-of-town procurement affairs in the palace, and the women in the palace are no longer needed eunuchs, so the profession of eunuchs will withdraw from the stage of history sooner or later.

Now this Tai Nei is in charge of Min Gong. He is more of a messenger between the Queen Mother and the cabinet in the palace, giving advice and advice to the Queen Mother.

Of course, now it is said that these have nothing to do with eunuchs, but they are just mentioned in passing.

In fact, the current household department of the New Han Dynasty is not only the financial headquarters of the ancient era, but also includes the functional departments of statistics, taxation, auditing, finance, and so on. The reason why Liu Yi retains the title of Hubu is just to make it easier for people in this era to accept. If we change some new postmodern titles, I am afraid that people in this era are not used to it, and I don't know why.

Jia Xu said: "Lord, the minister will talk about the grain situation first, in fact, after nearly ten years of development, the surplus grain of our court is quite sufficient, in the past two or three years. It is basically possible to break even, that is. The new grain collected this year is still stored in the treasury of our imperial court, and not a single grain of rice has been touched. In total, there are about tens of millions of stone in stock. In fact, these stored grains are only the grain taxes obtained from our Sili Prefecture and the prefectures and Guanzhong regions. For example, in the Xiliang area, there is no surplus grain to pay to the imperial court, and the imperial court has to allocate some relief. Jizhou, Youzhou, Jingzhou and other places. The same is true for the people of these areas to wait three years before they have a surplus of food to be paid to the state treasury......"

"Okay, I don't need to go into too much detail about the specifics, I just need to tell everyone. Now we have enough grain and grass to feed our army of the New Han Dynasty for as long as possible. Liu Yi interrupted Jia Xu and asked him not to say too much in detail, Liu Yi didn't want to talk about these things for several days, hurry up and let the civil and military forces in the court know in their hearts, so as to get into the topic as soon as possible.

"Well, according to the statistics of Captain Xi Zhicai, now our New Han Army of the New Han Dynasty has more than two million troops in formation, close to three million. These military horses do not include the permanent officers and soldiers of the local self-defense forces and government offices. If we really want to mobilize all the military horses, our imperial court can completely mobilize 300 to 4 million people to get off immediately. Tens of millions of stone of grain are enough to supply our army for three to half a year, and when the time comes, there will be new grain output, so grain and grass are not a problem, and if we want to discuss it, we must consider the issue of the mobilization of grain and grass at that time, and all armies must consider the safety of the grain route. As for the issue of military salaries, there is no need to worry, whether it is the military salary paid to the soldiers or the compensation of the fallen soldiers, it is not a problem, the industrial chain of our imperial court, as long as there are not too many changes, will produce a steady stream of goods, and then quickly transform them into wealth, and there is enough balance to pay for this military expenditure. Jia Xu said simply, which is equivalent to giving the Manchu Dynasty a reassuring needle.

No matter what time it is, the war is fought with money and food, and if there is no money and no food, even if it is a heavenly soldier and a general, it will be difficult to win the war.

In fact, Liu Yi also knew the money and grain problem of the New Han Dynasty. The development of the New Han Dynasty to the present depends on the living conditions of the common people. Under the guidance of the government of the New Han Dynasty and their own efforts, each of their families can basically have surplus grain every year, and there is also some income from side jobs, so that the people of the New Han Dynasty are no longer so poor that they have no children. When they have money to spare, they will try to improve their living environment as much as possible.

For example, buying salt and oil, these are all daily necessities, soap, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, cloth and silk, even if you buy a mirror, buy some paper and pens for the adults and children at home to practice calligraphy, etc., all of these cost money, and after the people become rich, they will naturally not lack these daily necessities. If the people have money, then they can revitalize the entire economic market.

If there is money, there is pursuit, and if there is pursuit, there is the living materials they need. These materials were basically produced and manufactured by the New Han Dynasty, and the income from the sale and purchase of all these commodities, except for the part earned by some merchants who bought them in the middle, was basically the income of the New Han Dynasty. From this, it is conceivable how much income can an active market bring to the imperial court? That's not even counting as business tax revenue.

How much money he has, Liu Yi doesn't want Jia Xu to say it, so as not to make the ministers and the people of the world blush.

Of course, what Jia Xu said is not that all the money and food of the New Han Dynasty are spent on the New Han Army, and not all of them are spent on the New Han Army. Among them, including the officials of the New Han Dynasty and the official offices of the following state capitals, prefectures and counties, as well as all the staff, officers and soldiers, etc., their money and so on, are all set aside from this aspect. In fact, there are not so many that can really be used for the New Han Army.

"Alright. That's it for money and food, everyone can count it in their hearts. In fact, it depends on the situation when the time comes. After all, every time a place is captured, it must be stabilized, and when the time comes, if it is the people in those poor areas, the imperial court will have to allocate relief food. Right now. Let's express our opinions and start discussing how to pacify the Central Plains. Liu Yi didn't want Jia Xu to talk too much about finance, after all, finance is completely separated from other departments, and people from other departments can't know the financial accounts.

"Wait!" Xun Wenruo came out at this time and said: "My lord, the minister still has a question, and before it is resolved, the matter of sending troops cannot be discussed." ”

"Oh? What's the matter? "Liu Yi didn't think about what else he hadn't solved. I really asked with some doubts.

"May I ask my lord, our New Han Army sent troops to recover the Han Dynasty. It is a famous division that fights foreign races, so it goes without saying that they come to invade our Han Dynasty, and we can naturally use troops against them directly without any name. and even destroyed them. However, for the princes in the Han Dynasty, it is necessary to be famous, and of course, to crusade against the ordinary princes. For example, Yuan Shao, Gongsun Du, Jingzhou Liu Biao, Hanzhong Zhang Lu, Yizhou Liu Zhang, etc., can all denounce them as the king's army, after all, they are all Han Chen, and if they do not obey the call of our court, they can be regarded as thieves, and they can openly send troops to attack them. Now, the problem is that Cao Cao is different, he is in control of Emperor Xian, and he himself, in the face of Emperor Xian, also claims to be a minister, in name, he has no intention of transgressing. Therefore, if we want to attack Cao Cao, it is nominally equivalent to attacking the imperial court that has the same status as our new Han Dynasty. Under what name are we going to send troops? ”

"Oh? If that's what you're talking about? Hehe, it's Wen Ruo that you're too worried, right? Everyone knows that the country cannot be without a king for a day, but there can be no two kings, as long as the two courts are one, it can be regarded as truly complete and the world is unified. Moreover, now in the Han world, all the people, who doesn't know that Cao Cao is now holding the Son of Heaven hostage to order the princes? Therefore, we can send troops in the name of denouncing Cao Cao's traitor, and don't think about anything else. In Liu Yi's heart, he actually didn't care too much about this problem, anyway, the last history books were written by the victors, as long as Cao Cao was destroyed, what would happen in the future was not up to him?

"The lord is wrong to think so." Xun Yu shook his head and said: "If Cao Cao is really as brutal as Dong Zhuo back then, and makes the people of the world miserable, then no matter what the lord does, he just needs to destroy Cao Cao, and then everyone in the world will applaud and praise the merits of the lord." However, the situation is different now. ”

"How is this different?" What Liu Yi values is how he can bring more benefits to the people under his rule, and how to make the lives of the people under his rule better day by day. Liu Yi believes that as long as the people can live a prosperous and healthy life, then the people's hearts will naturally know who is the real good person.

"Xun has discussed these things with his uncle Xun Shuang, Mr. Cai Yong, Zhang Jun, Yang Biao, Lu Zhi, etc., but they didn't have time to mention the cabinet for discussion." Xun Yu said with a serious face: "First of all, it is undeniable that the young emperor or the emperor are all the sons of the first emperor, and they have all officially ascended the throne as emperors, but our young emperor can be regarded as an emperor who has been abolished and reverted. Let's leave aside the question of who is orthodox in our New Han Dynasty and the court controlled by Cao Cao. However, in the minds of our Han people, in fact, the young emperor and the emperor are both of the same status. ”

"So what? Everyone knows that Emperor Xian is now imprisoned in the deep palace by Cao Cao, just a puppet emperor. Lewy said noncommittally.

"Well, that's the problem." Xun Yu sighed and said: "In the court controlled by Cao Cao, everyone only knows that Cao Cao does not know Emperor Xian, or everyone knows that Emperor Xian is just a puppet emperor controlled by Cao Cao. However, looking at it in other words, what about our New Han Dynasty? Actually, it's not the same? I only know Taifu Liu Yi but I don't know the young emperor. Of course, this is not what the minister said about the lord, but that the young emperor has no mental government, and sincerely cedes the throne to the lord, I am afraid that people in the world may not believe it all, or there will be many people who misunderstand that it is the lord that controls the young emperor, and will also misunderstand that it is the lord that usurps the throne of the young emperor. ”

Xun Yu waved his hand calmly and continued: "Of course, if the young emperor is unwilling to be the emperor, and the lord does not accept his cicada concession, and Cao Cao is killed in order to welcome the emperor back to the emperor and preside over the court, then it is not easy to say anything." However, the lord ascended the throne as the emperor in the future, but it was the cicada of the young emperor, and it was what our civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty of the New Han Dynasty and the people of our New Han Dynasty wanted to see. If at this time, we destroy Cao Cao and rescue Emperor Xian, then where and what position will Emperor Xian put in? If there is an accident and an accident even if there is an accident and an accident occurs, then the truth of the lord will be more implemented, and future generations will guess that the lord forced the young emperor to abdicate and assassinate the emperor. ”

"Haha, Wen Ruo, you seem to be overly worried, right? I'm upright, why don't I be afraid of what others will say about me? Don't care what others say, let alone the speculation of future generations, I, Liu Yi, am by no means a perfect master, I only do what I should do, but I want to be worthy of the heart of heaven and earth. Liu Yi understood what Xun Yu wanted to say, which was to make himself as beautiful as possible, so that when he ascended the throne in the future, he would be more justifiable, so as to reduce some gossip from the world and later generations. However, why is Liu Yi afraid of what others will say about him?

"Lord......" Xun Yu stopped talking, his face was embarrassed, but he still spoke: "No, lord, this question really can't be taken lightly." Because, there is a situation that you may not know yet, and you have not yet understood. After listening to what the minister said, you will know what the problem is. ”

"Oh?" Seeing that Xun Yu was so stubborn about this issue, Liu Yi didn't care much in his heart, but he couldn't help but say with a solemn expression: "Okay, you say what the situation is, I'll listen." (To be continued.) )

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