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Within a big family, the status of an elite child must be much higher than those straw bales.

If you meet a family head who knows how to measure, then I'm afraid that a hundred straw bales are not as good as an elite.

Especially today, Liu Che has cleaned up a large number of old nobles through various means.

The aristocrats who are still alive and still active in the political arena, and have the power and right to speak, are naturally strong.

Even if he is not a strong man, at least he is a handsome man who knows the times.

Therefore, the aristocratic quality of the Han family can be said to be almost comparable to that of the early Han Dynasty now.

And what was the situation at the beginning of the Han Dynasty?

Emperor Gao's meritorious heroes, which one of them was not killed from the sea of blood in the corpse mountain?

And the second generation educated by these outstanding people, although there are many fools, there are also a lot of talents!

For example, in this hall now, most of them are noble second generations.

For example, Prime Minister Zhou Yafu, Shaofuqing Liu She, Taichang Dou Pengzu and so on.

What's more, today's situation is not quite the same as in the early Han Dynasty.

The princes are no longer the apex of the expectations of the nobles, lords and bureaucrats.

They still have room for further progress and the direction of their efforts.

In order to allow myself to open a country and build a society in the Western Regions or in a poisonous land in the future, and choose a good place to build a country.

This requires them not only to have a good relationship with the royal family, but also to have enough political achievements or military merits.

And now, the extra points and preferential treatment of the examination system are hindering the future of the best of these nobles and ministers' sons and nephews, and their reputations are stained.

How can this be endured?

In fact, in the past two years, more than one liege or minister has privately said to Liu Che that he would abolish the bonus points and preferential treatment in the examination system.

And now, when Liu She told about the dilemma of his son and nephew, it immediately resonated with more people.

Among the nine Qings, there were several people whispering.

The princes attending the meeting almost all nodded.

The fault is not that the princes and nobles have always stuffed their sons-in-law and really promising elites into the army, and basically do not consider the examination, I am afraid that at this time, many people will jump up.

Even so, the impact on this matter has indeed hurt the interests of many people.

What's more, the attitude of the Son of Heaven is where it is.

Even from the perspective of sycophancy, the crowd had no other choice, and they bowed one after another: "Your Majesty, the ministers have received the hadith, the paste is initiated, and I respectfully obey the edict!" ”

Liu Che nodded with satisfaction: "Shang Shuling made an edict, and then made it public to Lubu, showing the world the heart of me and the princes of the court!" ”

"No!" Ji Di naturally nodded immediately.

After this matter was settled, Liu Che said to the ministers: "Except for the prime minister, Zhi Jinwu, Shaofuqing and generals, the rest of the secretaries please go back......

Suddenly, most of the ministers bowed down and said, "The ministers are retiring......"

When these people were finished, Liu Che said to the remaining ministers: "I deliberately left Zhu Qing down to talk to Qing and others about this conquest......

Liu Che turned his head, looked at Shaofu Qing Liu She, and said, "Shaofu, tell me about the expenses of the battle of Gaoque......

When Liu Che heard this, he hurriedly bowed: "No! ”

Then he said: "Back to Your Majesty, from the army out of the fortress, and from the cavalry generals to Yulinsai, to restore my old land, the inner treasury has contributed a total of 200,000 yuan to fund the military, including 80,000 yuan from the salt and iron tax, 30,000 yuan from the mouth, and 10,......000 yuan from the Shanglin Yuan."

Listening to Liu She's words, the generals also nodded.

When this army moves, it is natural to spend money like running water.

However, after only three months of war, 200,000 yuan of internal treasury money was spent, which was still somewhat unexpected by everyone -- after all, the total scale of the Han family's land tax and oral tax last year was only about 400,000 yuan.

Half of the annual income was spent all at once.

It's a bit jaw-dropping.

At this time, the generals knew how much the salt and iron official camp system and the lord's lord's yamen's tax collection had helped them!

Without these revenues, I am afraid that halfway through the battle of Gaoque, it will be difficult for the army to continue.

This is also Liu Che's purpose.

Let the generals, especially the new military nobles, know the economic resources of the country, so that they will support the expanding authority of the Yantie official camp and the lord and the lord.

"Since the victorious return of the army, he has given rewards and bereavement benefits, and has contributed 100,000 yuan...... and minted 2 million gold coins to reward the ...... of the army" Liu She then reported: "So far, the Shaofu has been ordered to pay 300,000 yuan, and tens of thousands of gold from the inner treasury to mint gold coin......s."

Even when Liu Che heard this, he couldn't help but touch his forehead.

After this war was fought, just the military expenditure was like a mountain, which made Liu Che almost out of breath.

Fortunately, in fact, a lot of expenditures are converted into money from weapons and armor, as well as all kinds of grain and grass.

Otherwise, even if Liu Che could find so much money, I am afraid that he would not have the ability to send them to the army.

After all, a five-baht coin seems to be light and thin, but 10,000 five-baht coins are enough to flood this Xuanshu Palace......

What's more, hundreds of thousands of five-baht dollars?

In addition to these converted resources, when the reward is awarded, livestock, land, agricultural tools, and various instruments are also counted as money.

Through this means, Liu Che barely managed to achieve the financial health of the Han family.

It also promotes economic and industrial development.

Not to mention, it is just a farm tool that is given to meritorious soldiers.

For example, the plough, waterwheel, hoe and other utensils have greatly promoted the development of China's industry and commerce. In the past six months, businessmen all over the world have almost made money to the point of hand cramps.

Orders from the state flooded almost the entire world with merchants and workshops.

This can be regarded as an alternative way to promote digestion and expand domestic demand, and it is also a means to tie the entire country to the war machine.

So much so that now, not only the army is warlike, but even the local landlords, merchants, and city citizens are as excited as if they were fighting a war.

This war is even about to develop into an ecological chain of the Han family.

In the future, it may even give birth to a monster similar to Midi's military-industrial complex!

Moreover, not only did the army have no opinion, but also the families of the soldiers, after all, the agricultural tools and various instruments that were rewarded were all very good-quality, very practical, and relatively inexpensive products -- the state procurement of the Han dynasty had always used the system of extorting the name of the worker, and the workshop owners and merchants did not dare to risk losing their heads to provide shoddy products.

More importantly, it has promoted consumption and prospered the commodity economy.

After all, if the money is distributed, it is estimated that many people will choose to hide the money - this has been learned during the Battle of Mayi - at that time, many soldiers' families took bounties, either to buy land, or to dig a cellar to hide.

It really broke Liu Che's heart!

It is precisely because of the lesson learned from the beginning that this time, Liu Che exchanged most of the rewards for physical objects.

Now, the people can't hide their farm tools and other tools anymore, right?

As for the cattle that are rewarded, in fact, if they are counted, the state earns it.

This is because these animals are the youngs of cattle that have been seized from the Mayi.

Liu Che and the Han family only raised them for two years, and then converted them to the soldiers at the market price.

In normal times, if you sell more than 100,000 livestock at a time, not to mention whether you can sell them, even if you can sell them, I am afraid that you will also suffer a lot in terms of price.

But now, it's easy to monetize.

At least, that's what it is on paper.

Really calculated, in fact, the entire expenses before and after the Battle of Gaoque, except for military expenses and salaries, the Han family did not spend much money.

This is also the reason why the financial order of the Han family is still stable today -- otherwise, if 300,000 yuan of circulating currency is withdrawn at once, and it is all five baht coins, there will be a shortage of money in the market immediately!

Of course, these things the generals do not need to know.

The generals didn't want to know either.

They just want to know - when will the next war begin?

Since the Battle of Gaoque, people have been looking forward to it.

Not only the generals and princes, but this time, the landlords, merchants, peasants and even citizens were all looking forward to it.

But no one wanted the booming market created by the Battle of Gaoque to dissipate because of peace.

It turns out that war can be addictive if it is profitable.

The last person who was addicted was called Qin.

Now it was the turn of the Han family to suffer from severe war hunger and thirst.

Liu Che looked at the expectant eyes of his generals, and he nodded with satisfaction, this was exactly what he needed.

Since Yuande, especially after the Battle of Mayi, because of the continuous victory of foreign wars, the dividends of the war have benefited the world, and the social contradictions have been greatly reduced!

At least in the north, the frenzy of land annexation, which should have been extremely acute, came to an abrupt end overnight.

Not only did the landlords no longer focus on annexing land, but they suddenly became village sages, the real village sages, the kind where tenants were sick and would send herbs and give them vacations.

Of course, this is not because the landlords have found out in conscience.

Rather, it was because the landlords needed their tenants and neighbors to work for him.

Just like when Wu Qi wanted to inhale his soldiers.

Of course, this is also due to the migration and flight of the population caused by Anton's large-scale development, which forced the landlords and the powerful to change their strategy - if they do not change their strategy, the tenants will run out!

However, Liu Che knew that at least within this year, it was not appropriate to start a large-scale war.

Because, the battle of Gaoque almost wiped out the grain and grass that the entire Daishang, Yanmen Pass and Yunzhong County had accumulated for many years.

It also made the local people tired.

Another war of the magnitude of Gaoque may affect the local people's livelihood.

However, this does not mean that the Han family will stop.

You can't fight big, at least you have to fight small!

After Liu She spoke, Liu Che clapped his hands and asked Ji Di to take Shang Shulang to carry a huge map to the hall.

As soon as the generals looked at the map, they immediately recognized that this was the newly recovered Gaoque-Yin Mountain, commonly known as Hejian Land.

"King Meng is about to take up the ...... of the domain," Liu Che looked at the generals and said: "In order to create a good environment for the development and construction of King Meng's domain and the Hejian land, I am determined to launch the Battle of Longcheng!" ”

After the battle of Gaoque, not only Liu Che understood, but also the Huns.

The era of peace between Han and Hungary came to an end.

Don't look at the envoys sent by the Huns now, trying to beg for peace.

But in fact, not to mention that Liu Che did not believe in the sincerity of the Huns - even if the Huns were really sincere, Liu Che felt that they would not sue for peace at this time.

This is like if the Celestial Empire in the future would defeat the Seventh Fleet of the Emperor of Mi.

Do you think Midi will strike a war with the Celestial Empire?

That's impossible!

Out of the mood of a hegemon and the need to maintain his own hegemony.

The Fifth Fleet, the Third Fleet, I'm afraid it will leave the port immediately, and the twelve aircraft carrier battle groups will swarm in.

In the same way, Liu Che judged that the Xiongnu were probably already planning a war of harassment and sabotage and invasion against the long frontier of the Han Dynasty.

Just like in history, the Huns did it.

Before the decisive battle of Mobei, every time the Huns suffered a loss under Wei Huo, they would definitely send cavalry to retaliate.

The entire Great Wall defense line was once in flames.

In order to defend Sangzi, in order to protect the residents along the Great Wall.

Liu Che had no choice but to start a war outside the borders and attract the main Xiongnu forces to the grasslands, so as to protect the people on the border of the Great Wall.

It is also to thoroughly digest and stabilize the Hetao area!

After all, the development of the Loop, even if estimated at an ideal rate, will take years to fully digest.

During this period, if the Huns came over every once in a while to fight the autumn breeze, Liu Che felt that the Hetao area would probably change from a place of ointment to a bloodshed area of the Han family.

In order to prevent this from happening, Liu Che and the Han family's only choice is to fight out!

Moreover, it is necessary to strike at the place where the Huns must be saved.

And for now, there's no better place than Dragon City!

As soon as the generals heard the words of the Battle of Dragon City, they immediately cheered up, and they were all extremely excited.

Longcheng, which is the ancestral mausoleum of the Xiongnu, is the key point of the Xiongnu's only place in the area where the Tellurium Conference is located and the place where Shan Yuting is stationed.

As long as you win Dragon City, even if you don't have half of your military exploits, it is enough to leave your name in history and immortalize it for future generations!

It's just that......

Everyone looked at the map, scratching their heads and ears.

It's really Dragon City that is too mysterious for the Han family!

Once, the Han family didn't even know the exact location of Longcheng - the Huns had always hidden this key point of their own very well and secretly.

Even today, after the surrender of the Hezhi and the surrender of a large number of Xiongnu vassals, the Han dynasty has only preliminarily determined the general location of Longcheng - roughly within a range of thousands of miles south of Yinshan.

But it is not clear where it is.

This is because the Huns did not have a map and did not have a concept of geographical orientation.

You ask them, and they can only say vague words.

At present, the only fact that the Han family can be clear is that Longcheng must be located on the side of a large lake in the grassland, and that it is indeed a city, and there are still permanent residents in the city - a large number of old Xiongnu nobles, including Shan Yu's uncle and uncle, and the old ministers of the previous generation of Shan Yu.

In addition, the Xiongnu Shan Yu, including Mao Dun, were buried there.

In other words, if you take Dragon City, it will be equivalent to digging up Mao Dun and Lao Shang and whipping their corpses! (To be continued.) )