Jiang Hexing held it while talking about the benefits in "Zhou Li". Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Jiang Hexing said: "Your Majesty, you see, there are twelve disaster relief measures in this book, as well as six welfare measures. In particular, these six items: Salesian, old-age care, poverty alleviation, poverty alleviation, poverty relief, and prosperity, each of these six items requires a lot of people and money.

The state must have sufficient income in order to guarantee its welfare.

But where does the country's revenue come from? It has to come from the people. It is even more dependent on officials at all levels to get it from the people, and for this there are many more government agencies. ”

Wang Mang said: "Heshunhou, what do you mean?" Could these be the problems? Can you say that these benefits are not good for the population? ”

Jiang Hexing shook his head and said: "Whether it is these benefits, there are many prerequisites for the establishment of a big government. If these premises are not met, or if the finances are unbalanced, such a large government agency and a large group of officials will be in big trouble. ”

Wang Mang said: "And Shunhou, you can make it clearer." ”

Jiang Hexing continued: "In the past, there were not so many officials, and most people's lives were not very related to the imperial court. Now the people's clothing, food, housing and transportation are probably related to the imperial court in many aspects. The imperial court set up more institutions and officials to intervene in the daily lives of the people. ”

Wang Mang said impatiently: "And Wang, even so, what harm is there? ”

Jiang Hexingdao: "This power intervenes in the lives of the people, and what power is, power is legitimate harm." Power relies on this to collect money and order the people to do all kinds of labor.

However, when there are many officials and many projects that collect money, the taste is different.

What's the problem? It is that the people lack the right to protect themselves, and the officials have a lot of power and control.

At that time, the people's lives will be disturbed by power, especially if there are financial problems in the imperial court, and all kinds of officials will not be able to pay the court.

What will these officials do? They are like a knife in their hands, facing the people at any time, what will they do if they don't have money, will they go hungry? ”

Wang Mang said: "Do you think they will rob the people? ”

Jiang Hexing smiled and said, "They don't have to rob, they can rob legally." With a knife, can you leave yourself without food? The people have no right to protect themselves, and in the face of the sword of power, it is 'man is the sword, I am the fish', and the only result is to let the man be the fish. ”

Wang Mang said: "The imperial court has a royal law, how can you let those officials mess around?" ”

Jiang Hexing said: "Even if they come unknowingly, they come secretly, and they are still infinitely lethal." Also, for every thing that is done for the people, an institution must be established.

Even if it is a specially set up welfare institution, the money issued by the imperial court will not be given to the people, and the welfare institution must first be fed.

On the surface, it seems that the imperial court is worried about the people, but in fact, it feeds a large number of officials, constantly eats away at the people's fat and ointment, and in the end, the welfare relationship with the people is not very large.

In the end, the imperial court just didn't want to worry about the welfare of the people, and wanted to abolish this institution. The first to make trouble is not the people, but the people of these institutions. At that time, you have to worry about the jobs of these characters, otherwise, they will keep making trouble with you. ”

Wang Mang laughed and said: "The officials of the imperial court are all well-read, how many sage books they read, and each of them is taught by sages in their hearts, how can they treat officials as bandits as He Shun thinks."

Besides, there is still the imperial court above it, and you can often send people to take a look below. ”

Jiang Hexing saw that Wang Mang was still superstitious about the ethics of his officials, and believed that officials could be effective by supervision alone, so he no longer argued with him on this issue.

Wang Mang saw that Jiang Hexing no longer talked about this problem, thinking that he had the upper hand again, and said with a smile: "He Shunhou, a few days ago, you went to Dasikong to participate in the water control meeting, what good ideas do you have?" ”

Jiang Hexing shook his head and said: "I don't know how to control water, but there are some strategies for water control, which sounds very reasonable." For example, people can't grab land with water, and people can't grab water in the end. It is better to leave enough space for the waterway as usual, so that the harm can be much less.

There is also the problem of water separation, discharge, and stagnant water, leaving sufficient flood discharge areas to allow the lake to fully function and the water potential energy can be slowed down.

Even if a big flood comes, there shouldn't be a big problem. ”

Wang Mang nodded and said: "Water control is nothing more than this, hey, now the war is too expensive and food-consuming, if the imperial court governs the Yellow River, the money used is not easy to raise." That's about the same amount of money as fighting a war. ”

Jiang Hexing asked, "In that case, why do you need to use troops in many places?" They are all border areas, the roads are far away, and it is difficult to use soldiers, and it costs too much money and food. ”

Wang Mang said: "Then and Shunhou, why did you use troops against the Huns?" Aren't you afraid of spending money and food? You didn't use less soldiers before, did you? ”

Jiang Hexing explained in detail the reasons for his previous use of troops, and even explained in detail his battle in Pingzhou, there was almost no loss of money, and after the victory, he turned the land he occupied into the land of Pingzhou, and he directly sent people to govern it.

The Xiongnu first ransacked Daijun, and Jianghexing wanted to avenge the people of Zhangjiazhuang, so they used troops against the Xiongnu.

More importantly, from Pingzhou to Langjuxu Mountain, there is a waterway feasible, and ships can now directly transport troops and grain, which is almost unimaginable in the past.

Now, although it is said that the army is used in the territory of the right Xianwang to the west, this year's money and grain consumption is much less, mainly because the cattle and sheep looted from the Xiongnu can be made into military food, or sold, and then buy grain.

That is to say, now in the war against the Huns, it is not pure money, but the money spent, and by robbing, the money spent can be compensated back.

Jiang Hexing also talked about his plans for the future, how much territory to lay and how much territory to control, these are the future land of Pingzhou.

Jiang Hexing will never return the ground he has laid, and he will use his own methods to govern it.

Wang Mang said: "You just need to submit to the imperial court." Whether they are the Huns, the king of the southwestern jucho, or the countries of the Western Regions, why can't they understand it? ”

Jiang Hexing didn't understand what the positive meaning of this kind of false canonization was, except for showing submission, it actually had no meaning. These people, like themselves, will inevitably send troops to get a piece of the pie when their strength becomes stronger one day, or when the Central Plains is in turmoil.

Jiang Hexing suddenly came up with a word in his head, "change the land and return to the stream", and when he thought about it, it was not good for him, so he didn't say it again.

Hey, don't blame Wang Mang's policy, you just rely on this submission in exchange for actual benefits, this may be Wang Mang's political correctness.

Fortunately, he has this kind of political correctness, so that Jianghe has loopholes to exploit. (To be continued.) )