Now that they have gotten to the point, they will naturally speak freely.

Zheng Rong is very unkind, in fact, there is a reason why he is not polite, because of the difficulties of the Five Military Mansions, to put it bluntly, it is still the matter of His Royal Highness the King of Wei, who doesn't know, these five towns have become the world of your Qin family, and the matter of the five towns is the family matter of your Qin family, and now your Qin family is in trouble, but it is not me.

So he began to pour bitter water: "Your Highness, this year's expenses can be described as huge, opening up canals, building bridges and paving roads, and building water conservancy, and even in order to accommodate those slaves from various families, the expenses of the Five Military Mansions are not small. These, not to mention, just say that if you want to get things done, no one can do it, so the Five Military Mansions also followed the example of the Shence Mansion and eliminated the miscellaneous servants in the past, and it should be the appointment of officials, which costs a lot of money in a year. ”

"Now the stalls of the five military mansions are too big, but there is no way, everything is closely related, a ring is lost, and it is difficult to display it in other places, just say open up the canal, open up the canal is not for the convenience of businessmen, I hope that businessmen can do some business in more than 30 states in five towns, but there is no canal alone, if the road is muddy, it may not be able to attract people, so it is necessary to build bridges and pave roads, since it is so, it is necessary to exempt businessmen from coming, and there must be young and strong, if they can't even recruit labor, Isn't that workshop a fictitious existence, five towns and more than 30 states, there are people, but there are many problems, since the young and strong people have been attracted from the countryside to the city, what about the farmland? Once so many fields are uncultivated, they are barren there, but something big is going to happen, so they have no choice but to build agriculture and water conservancy to make up for the lack of farmers, and water conservancy is not enough. You still have to learn from the Shence Mansion here and try your best to replace it with animal power, but most of the people in the five towns are poor, do you expect them to buy cattle and horses by themselves? This money had to be paid in advance by the government, and it was all cattle and horses bought by the Fifth Military Government itself, and it was pushed to the peasant households at a low price. ”

"There are so many things that you have to recruit people to manage, in short, where to go. It's all money, and the lower officials preside over the Five Military Mansions, and now they understand that the so-called governance is to scatter money, and if the money is sprinkled, the effect is naturally there, and there are a lot of workshops in the five towns, and a lot of businessmen have come. The farmland here and there is still quite stable, and some of the canals have been repaired. Some are still continuing to develop, and the people below are looking forward to a better life, but these changes. But it was all piled up with money by His Royal Highness, and it was only more than nine months old this year, and the money spent was as much as 30 million yuan. This is a lot of money, but the lower officials feel that this money is well spent, and when the canals, roads and water conservancy are roughly built in the future, there will be no need for such a large expense, but tinkering, occasionally some small projects are necessary, in addition, it is to introduce Taiping schools to the states, open branch schools, and many such things, lay a solid foundation for the future, and ...... Thirty or five years later, although the more than 30 states of the Five Military Governments are certainly not as good as the land governed by the Shence Mansion, it is expected that it will definitely become a rich land, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and the taxes collected on the spot can barely maintain their income and expenditure. ”

"But in the past few years, it is very important, this year's expenses are so, the following officials' estimates, even if the five military governments tighten their belts next year, but this cost is also more than 30 million, the lower officials are not here to cry poor, there is really no way, the lower officials heard that His Royal Highness is going to expand the army, this matter is ...... The lower officials are strongly in favor, the expansion of the army is the top priority, not to be underestimated, and because of this, the Fifth Military Mansion should be in difficulty with His Royal Highness...... It's going to be spent, but you can't save ......."

Qin Shaoyou listened carefully, in fact, Qin Shaoyou is indeed difficult, to a certain extent, there are too many places to ask for money now, this is also a matter of no way, at the beginning, his stall was indeed laid a little big, and it was a large-scale military training, and it was to improve all aspects of the organization, and it was to promote learning and agriculture, and to open up canals everywhere.

The current Qin Shaoyou is a bit like Emperor Yang of Sui back then, of course...... The only thing that Qin Shaoyou is better than Emperor Yang of Sui is that Henan Mansion has developed after all, and the annual income can indeed be used for him to squander.

Of course...... There is also a limit to profligacy, at least until now, when Zheng Rong asked for money, Qin Shaoyou was also quite embarrassed, because of this money, Qin Shaoyou also knew that he could not save it, and he couldn't stop the canal halfway through, and the recruited officials were directly in arrears of salaries, since he had a big appetite at the beginning, now this money has to be spent.

Zheng Rong glanced at Qin Shaoyou, and continued: "Since it can't be saved, then the lower officials can only take some measures, money, the Shence Mansion can borrow less, and the Fifth Military Mansion is here, if you can reduce the expenditure, you can reduce the expenditure, but it is better to give people fish than to give people to fish, and the lower officials are not here to turn the fate, but hope that the council hall will pass a few decrees, of course, the lower officials know that if there is no nod from His Royal Highness, the council hall will not be able to pass." ”

Qin Shaoyou saw that he was in his chest, and couldn't help but say: "Zheng Shizhong must have a way to deal with it." ”

Zheng Rong said: "Naturally, since we want to expand the army, the vast majority of the expansion anyway are the five military camps, and the five military camps are already stationed in Weizhou, so why not buy the military supplies to be purchased on the spot?" In this way, it saves a lot of unnecessary transportation costs, in addition, once the decree is promulgated, Xia Guan ......" He blinked, and said to Qin Shaoyou with a humorous meaning: "It's not a secret, Xia Guan, I have already bought a large piece of land near the five military camps at a cheap price, as long as the decree comes out, when the time comes, the relevant commercial houses in Henan Province will not hurry up there to open a workshop for military needs, the minister calculated, if you sell the land, it will be a profit, and taxes will be another income, the five military mansions will be there, next year's pressure, It can be slowed down a bit. ”

Zheng Rong finally saw the dagger.

But his method is very practical.

Now there are some workshops in the five towns, but they have not yet formed a scale, after all, many facilities are not perfect, and although the merchants are ready, they have not directly thrown the money into it.

Since this is the case, then simply come to a decree, anyway, the military supplies are purchased by the five military camps, and there is nothing to make some mandatory regulations, and at that time, those workshops that supply the five military camps will have to move to Weizhou, and to open workshops, they need land. Zheng Rong put his idea on the land, and once opened, this is a supply of 200,000 military horses, the number of personnel required is very large, and it can also drive a lot of related industries in Weizhou, if you want to make military uniforms, you must need cloth and leather goods, then a workshop for military uniforms, there must be a processing workshop for hair weaving and raw silk on the side, and the cloth will come out. If you always have to dye, then there will be a dyeing workshop, and the swords, guns, swords, and halberds will also need steel and wood, all in all, at that time, many businessmen will gather here, and the taxes of the five military governments next year can be greatly increased.

Qin Shaoyou listened. couldn't help laughing, it turned out that Zheng Rong was fighting this idea, this guy can be regarded as a clever plan. In the past, the Shence Mansion moved money and grain to the Five Military Mansions, and obviously, Zheng Rong was not satisfied with this. Relying on people to help is, of course, better than having your own hematopoietic ability.

But this proposal is quite interesting. At least it can solve some of the urgent needs, and ...... It is indeed beneficial to the Five Military Mansions, and it is beneficial to the Five Military Mansions, so it is not a bad thing for Qin Shaoyou.

So Qin Shaoyou pondered for a moment, and then said, "This matter...... It's okay, but it's just that the Shence Mansion and the Council Hall still need to say hello, otherwise, I'm afraid that I will scold my mother over there. ”

Zheng Rong smiled: "The lower officials have already sent a message to see Wang Xian's nephew and Yang Xian's brother, I'm afraid that I will have to discuss this matter with them tonight." ”

Qin Shaoyou couldn't help muttering in his heart, this guy, I'm afraid that everything has been planned, and he must have expected that he would agree, he is really scheming.

Qin Shaoyou smiled bitterly: "Well, in this case, you go and talk about it first, if you nod your head over there, you can push the boat down the river, if they don't want to, this king will come forward, Zheng Shizhong's matter is actually the king's business, and it doesn't distinguish between each other, since it is a good proposal, it is naturally necessary to do it quickly." ”

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The matter was finally settled, although Zheng Rong knew that the real resistance should not be Qin Shaoyou, but since Qin Shaoyou gave an accurate answer, he felt relieved, so he took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Your Highness, there seems to be a lot of movement in Chang'an." ”

After all, he was born in the middle of the service, and of course it is impossible to limit his vision to the Five Military Mansions, and now there is still time to spare, so he simply said some gossip.

Qin Shaoyou nodded: "Empress Wei is now advancing by retreating, Emperor Shengming, she is so injected, but it makes the Wei family lose ground." ”

Zheng Rong smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness, in fact, the lower officials have a sentence, I don't know whether to say it or not." ”

Qin Shaoyou smiled: "Zheng Shizhong, do you still have anything to avoid?" ”

Zheng Rong said lightly: "Actually...... The root of the problem has never been the Wei family, doesn't Your Highness still understand? If the problem is with the Wei family, things will be much easier, those close ministers and relatives of the emperor throughout the ages have covered the sky with one hand when they are powerful, but to eradicate it is just a matter of holy decree. ”

"Xia Guan dares to ask, in the past few years, the Wei family has offended many people, they have been taking power everywhere and appointing private individuals in recent years, don't everyone understand? But why did no one dare to stand up and stop the Wei family? ”

"This is because of the connivance of the Son of Heaven, because everyone understands that today's son can be described as obedient to the Wei family, and even does not hesitate to be an emperor, and is controlled everywhere without knowing it. But even if the Wei family is eradicated, what can be done if the monarch is cleared? Even if the Wei family is gone, there will still be a second and third Wei family, in the final analysis, it is just that the Son of Heaven is dim and unknown. ”

This sentence, coming out of Zheng Rong's mouth, is another feeling.

He has been in the court for a long time, and he has seen too much rolling, and the blood in his cavity has long been cold, and the water chestnuts all over his body have long been wiped out.

It was precisely because he was disheartened that he thought back afterwards that he knew that the Wei family he hated was, in essence, not the Wei family's problem at all.

It's just that these words are a bit rebellious.

Seeing that Qin Shaoyou's face was still calm, Zheng Rong continued: "So as long as the Son of Heaven is still there, the Wei family will always be invincible. In fact...... In the end, it was just self-preservation, but after a year, two years, and three years, it was ...... The surname Wei will germinate in a solid state, the emperor's age, after all, is older, the lower official says something that should not be said, how many years can the emperor live? A few years later, once the emperor dies, isn't it going back to the beginning? ”

"Your Highness is recruiting troops now, and it is not a solution. But it's not enough, the root of the problem is still in the hearts of the people, what about this people's hearts, sometimes the least important, but sometimes, it is more important than anything else, the Wei family can only coerce the Son of Heaven and order the princes, it is because of this people's hearts, the reason why His Royal Highness can gain a firm foothold here is also because of the people's hearts, the Wei family has the Son of Heaven, His Royal Highness has the Emperor, but once the Emperor makes a mistake, does His Royal Highness really think that by borrowing 200,000 soldiers, he can step on the world? The lower officials think that this is the next policy, when the emperor was at the beginning, he also held the world's soldiers and horses, but so what, after all, he still couldn't beat the Li family, so the lower officials thought that now, His Royal Highness should take precautions. ”

When Zheng Rong talked about this, he was a little worried.

Qin Shaoyou smiled faintly and said: "What Zheng Shi said is very true, it is natural to take precautions, and because of this, this king has already repaired the book, please His Royal Highness the Second Prince, come to Luoyang to settle down temporarily." ”

Second Prince......

Zheng Rong's eyes first flashed a trace of surprise, and then he suddenly understood something, and then said, "Is the second prince willing to come?" ”

Qin Shaoyou couldn't help laughing: "It's his business whether he wants to be or not, this king, it's just to give him a choice." ”

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Recently sick and a little late for updates. (To be continued.) )