Seeing that Ma Hong's attitude was a little stiff, Lang Wuxuan was naturally very unhappy, but he didn't dare to show it, but showed a look of panic, and hurriedly said: "Since the lord of the ministry has orders, the subordinate officials can only dare to speak!" ”

Ma Hong's expression softened a little, and said with a smile: "We should be in the same boat, Lord Lang, you have been in the household department for longer than this official, although Lord Chu is young and promising, but after all, he has not been in the household department for a long time, and you Lord Lang is the most familiar with the affairs of the household department, so we naturally still have to listen to your opinions." ”

Lang Wu humbly scolded secretly, this Ma Hong obviously didn't dare to offend Chu Huan, and between three words, he pulled Chu Huan to his side, but forced Lang Wuxu to express his opinion.

What kind of person is Lang Wuxu, the book province threw the problem to the household department, and was ready to let the household department be the scapegoat, but this Ma Hong threw the problem to Lang Wuxuan at this time, and was ready to let Lang Wuxuan be the scapegoat of the household department.

The trick of this room, Lang Wuhu's heart is like a mirror, but at this time, where does he dare to show the slightest dissatisfaction, he can only force a smile and say: "Since the lord of the ministry said this, the officials are bold, so he will talk about his immature opinions. After a pause, he finally said: "Xia Guan feels that the current situation in the northwest is difficult to have any perfect strategy. ”

Ma Hong immediately said, "What does Lord Lang mean?" ”

"The excerpt presented by the northwest is accurate." Lang Wuxuan said: "Our household department can't get money and grain, and the war in the southeast is tight, although now the household department is also raising money and food everywhere, but our energy can only go to the southeast to deal with it, this northwest...... Lord Ministry, with all due respect, the imperial court has no energy to take care of it now. At the beginning, the imperial court put its mind on the northwest, only because the Western Liang people were in full swing, and they could enter the pass at any time, and the foreign enemy invaded, so we had to deal with it. ”

Ma Hong pondered and asked, "Do you mean to say that the two wealthy clans of Beishan and Tianshan are allowed to enter Xiguan?" ”

"We don't have surplus grain in our hands to transfer to the northwest, and at this time, it is even more impossible to increase taxes." Lang Wuxuan said: "Lord Ministry, if the lower official says something to lose his head, in the current situation, the court has no choice at all. In the final analysis, without food, we can't solve the affairs of the northwest, and it is not a bad thing for the wealthy families in the northwest to take the initiative to come together to offer advice, although they have other plans, but at this time, it is also a big problem for the imperial court. ”

Ma Hong leaned back in his chair and said, "Those guys in the northwest have a lot of appetite." They want the court to be exempted from taxation for three years, the land of three roads, and after three years, how much less silver will the court have? In the sixteen lands of our Great Qin, the northwest accounts for 20%, that is to say, in the next three years, the financial income of the empire will be 20% less every year, but I estimate that in the next few years, the expenses of the imperial court will be more than now. ”

Chu Huan finally spoke: "Lord Ministry, the rich days are rich, and on the poor days, let's tighten some belts." The northwest suffered a military disaster and the people suffered, even if the two wealthy clans of the Tianshan Mountains and the Beishan Mountains did not ask for tax exemption, in order to appease the people in the northwest, I think the saints would also consider appropriately reducing taxes. The lower officials have a superficial understanding, but they feel that the current situation still needs to stabilize the people in the northwest from the war, let them eat rice and live in houses first, as long as they recover their vitality, they can produce with peace of mind, and the empire may have taxes to collect. ”

Lang Wuxu immediately said: "Yes, yes, Lord Ministry, Lord Chu is reasonable." If the wealthy families in the northwest cannot rebuild the northwest on their own, then the imperial court will not say that it will obtain taxes from the northwest in the next few years, and I am afraid that it will spend a lot of money and grain every year for the reconstruction of the northwest. Now that the tax exemption is three years, although it is impossible to collect taxes from the northwest, the imperial court does not have to invest a large amount of money, grain and materials in the northwest, so it is still appropriate for the imperial court to calculate. ”

"In this way, Lord Lang strongly approves of the Northwest Hao's move to rent grain and land?" Ma Hong said with a smile: "Today, Lord Lang's words made the official suddenly, hahaha, Lord Lang is worthy of being an old minister of the household department, and his benefits and disadvantages can be explained clearly in a few words." Xiang Chu smiled and said, "Lord Chu, we still have to ask Lord Lang for more advice on everything in the future!" ”

Lang Wu's heart was shocked, Ma Hong's pretending attitude, for Lang Wu's modesty, he only felt that his heart was hairy, and after these few words, it seemed that Lang Wuxu was trying his best to support the self-construction of the Northwest.

He was so hateful that his teeth itched, but he said with a smile on his face: "Don't dare, don't dare, the lord of the ministry has a good reputation." He cautiously asked, "What does Lord Ministries mean?" ”

"In fact, this official is very unfamiliar with the affairs of the Northwest." Ma Hong said modestly: "Favored by the Holy Lord, not long after entering the household department, everything is still quite unfamiliar. Fortunately, Lord Lang is the old man in the department, and Lord Chu has also been through the northwest, speaking of which, the two of them know better about the northwest than their own officials. He smiled and said: "Lord Lang, since you have said so, our household department can be regarded as having negotiated a charter on this matter, so you can quickly write a recital and make the meaning of the household department clear." ”

Lang Wu was humbly jumped, but he still said respectfully: "Ministry, this is really the right excerpt in the northwest, and there are still many things to do......!" ”

Ma Hong has already said: "We have to worry about everything, even if the three of us grow ten heads, it is not enough." We have already decided on the overall situation, and if there are other specific matters, let's leave it to the following. And this is only the charter that our household department came up with, whether the above agrees or not, it depends on the instructions of the imperial court. ”

Chu Huan suddenly said at this time: "Ministry, if you approve the excerpt in the northwest, how do you feel about the wealthy family of Xiguan Dao?" ”

"Lord Chu, does this Xiguan Dao Hao clan still exist?" Ma Hong said with a smile: "It is said that there are seven surnames of Xiguan in Xiguan Road, and now these seven surnames of Xiguan are scattered in all directions, where is it still the same." The reconstruction of the northwest still depends on the Tianshan Mountains and the North Mountains, and the wealthy families of Xiguandao are no longer reliable. The gesture was about to get up, Chu Huan had already smiled and said, "Ministry, you can't say that!" ”

Ma Hong's butt had already left the chair, and when he heard this, his butt fell again, he frowned slightly, and then smiled: "Does Lord Chu have any other opinions?" ”

Chu Huan said: "Don't dare, it's just that Xia Guan thinks that the reconstruction of the northwest is urgent, but as the saying goes, it's good, and if things are done Taiji, I'm afraid there will be changes!" ”

"Change?" Ma Hong's expression turned cold: "What happened?" Is someone going to rebel, or is someone going to rebel? He picked up the teacup and said lightly: "The southeast side is a mess, and the energy of our household department should also be focused on that side. ”

Chu Huan said: "The three roads in the northwest are the three roads that are rebuilt, and the Xiguan Road is the most important. The war ravaged Xiguan Road, Xiguan from top to bottom is full of suffering, as the saying goes, under the great calamity, the people are of the same mind, at this time Xiguan Road seems to be a plate of loose sand, but it is out, but they are all taking care of each other, the feelings of suffering, extraordinary. If a paper book goes down, allowing the two wealthy families of Beishan and Tianshan to enter Xiguan, and turning the title deed of the Xiguan wealthy family into an empty piece of paper, the lower officials are worried that Xiguan may be dissatisfied! ”

Ma Hong's eyes flashed with a glint of light, but he still smiled: "Lord Chu is worried that the wealthy family in Xiguan will not accept it, right?" ”

Chu Huan said: "The first one to bear the brunt of this is naturally the Xiguan Hao family. ”

"Lord Chu is too worried." Ma Hong said with a smile: "Today's Xiguan Hao clan is not what it used to be, it is nothing. What's more, the imperial court has to focus on the overall situation, and in order to take care of the overall situation, some things must be sacrificed. The Xiguan Hao clan has nothing but the title deed, so is it possible to rely on the waste paper in their hands to rebuild Xiguan? Lord Chu, this trade-off must not be understood. As for the people of Xiguan, they may not have a good impression of the Xiguan Hao clan, the imperial court allows the Beishan Tianshan Erdao Hao clan to allocate grain into Xiguan to cultivate, in the final analysis, it is also for the people of Xiguan to live, this is a good thing, what the Xiguan Hao clan looks like, I think the people of Xiguan don't care! He looked at Lang Wuxu and asked, "Lord Lang, do you say this is the reason?" ”

Lang Wuxu smiled and said, "Yes!" ”

Chu Huan said: "What the ministry said is naturally good. However, the title deed of the Xiguan Hao clan has been abolished, and there are so many people in the Great Qin Dao who hold the title deed, I don't know how those people will feel? ”

"It's a matter of urgency!" Ma Hong took a sip of tea and said, "The current situation in the northwest can only make this decision. Looking at Chu Huan, he asked rhetorically: "Lord Chu doesn't agree with the excerpts in the northwest?" ”

"Not really." Chu Huan shook his head and said, "Xia Guan is just saying his own shallow opinion. Xia Guan thought that if the two wealthy families of Tianshan Beishan wanted to enter Xiguan, it might not be impossible, but they had to be more tactful. ”

"Oh?" Ma Hong smiled: "I want to hear about it!" ”

Chu Huan thought for a while before he said, "Xiaguan feels that in order to make the northwest truly stable, at least three kinds of people must be considered. After a pause, he said: "First, naturally they are the wealthy families of the second province of the North Mountain of the Tianshan Mountains, since they want to make their own contributions to the reconstruction of the northwest, the imperial court will naturally not pour cold water on them, they are also an important part of the reconstruction of the northwest, and we should attach importance to it." The court agreed to let them rent land with grain, which was equivalent to taking into account their desire to serve the country. ”

"What about the other two?"

"The second type of people, of course, are the people of Xiguan Road." Chu Huan said solemnly: "This is precisely the foundation that cannot be ignored in the northwest. The northwest should be rebuilt, and the Hao clan will contribute, and the people will be the force to restore the production of the northwest. But the imperial court also has to plan more for their situation, only taking care of the wealthy family, but ignoring the people, and the northwest is still rarely stable! ”

"Lord Chu's words make a lot of sense." Lang Wuxuan immediately said: "Ministry, the people of the northwest, especially the people of Xiguandao, we must not despise them. ”

"What do you mean?" Ma Hong stared at Chu Huan.

Chu Huan Zhengse said: "The Hao clan enters Xiguan, they provide grain, this land is naturally for the people of Xiguan Road to cultivate, in addition, the household department should also draw up a charter." If the imperial court exempts the tax, it is not exempt from the taxes of the wealthy families, but from the taxes of the people, and when there is a harvest, the exempted taxes are provided to the people who farm, so that they can rebuild their homes. A faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Didn't the two wealthy clans say that the grain was just to help the imperial court rebuild the northwest?" That's very good, according to the lower officials, the taxes of my Daqin provinces, on average, the imperial court collects thirty percent of the tax, and the landlord nominally collects thirty percent, but often more than thirty percent, this time in the northwest, the thirty percent of the imperial court's tax is exempted, but the local construction is to be made, and the imperial court cannot allocate silver to the northwest, so two percent of it can be handed over to the local government for collection, and the remaining eighty percent, the wealthy families are still thirty percent, and the people can get fifty percent! ”

The corners of Ma Hong's eyes jumped, his brows locked, and before he could speak, Lang Wuxuan had already echoed and said, "Lord Chu's proposal is not bad. Since the wealthy families in the northwest said that they wanted to rebuild the northwest, then give them the opportunity to serve the country. When the harvest came, thirty percent of the grain would make up for the grain they had planted, which was more than enough. The local government has collected 20 percent, which can maintain the operation of the local yamen, and the common people have 50 percent, and after a few years, they will soon recover. Fu Xu said: "Lord Ministry, once this order reaches the northwest, the people will definitely be happy, seeing that they can have enough food and clothing, I think no one wants to let go of a good life, but they still have to make trouble in the northwest." He gave Chu Huan a thumbs up and said with a smile: "Lord Chu puts the people first, but it is the way to solve the turmoil in the northwest, high, really high!" ”