When Ao Lie said that he was expanding his armaments and preparing to defeat Cao Cao in one fell swoop, it immediately aroused the strong support of dozens of civil and military ministers present. After so many years of fighting, when there is only one last obstacle left on the road to dominating the world, who can not be excited?

However, while his heart was surging, the heroes under Ao Lie's command still kept calm to the greatest extent, which is something Ao Lie is happy to see, he doesn't need a mediocre minister who echoes him, what he needs is a capable minister who can pick up and fill in the gaps. The first to express his opinion was Tian Feng, who was famous for his integrity: "King Yan, although China's economic situation has improved significantly, it has not yet reached the level of casual squandering, so the minister suggested that this army expansion must not be rushed, and the number of army expansions can only be operated on the basis of China's tax revenue for one year at most." ”

After Tian Feng, Xun Yu, who was old and serious, stood up and said, "Not bad. Excessive military recklessness has always been a taboo in governing the country, and the Han Dynasty could not withstand several national expansions during the heyday of Emperor Wu, let alone the current conditions. The minister seconded. ”

Ao Lie nodded, and said loudly: "What the two Aiqing said is very reasonable, what do other people think?" ”

Most of the civil and military officials stood up almost at the same time, saluted Ao Lie and said, "The ministers seconded it." ”

"Good! Since this is the case, then the matter is decided, and the army will be expanded with my country's tax revenue for a year, where is Liu Ba? While Ao Lie was clapping, he also deliberately clicked Liu Ba's name. Historically, Liu Ba Ke was a super geek in the management of economy and finance, and now that he has been in the camp of the Northern Han for more than a year, it is time to test the results he has obtained.

In the middle of the queue of ministers, Liu Ba strode out, saluted Ao Lie and replied, "Minister Liu Ba is here." ”

Ao Lie smiled and asked Liu Ba: "I have handed over all the economic lifeblood of the whole country to you, now." Tell me, after your control and management, what is the current treasury inventory of our country? How much can be conscripted? When he said this, Ao Lie's tone seemed very relaxed, he believed that with Liu Ba's talent, after a year of hard work, at least he would not let himself down.

However, Liu Ba's answer greatly exceeded Ao Lie's expectations, making Ao Lie completely shocked: "King Yuyan." In the past year, the grain stock in China's state treasury has reached 1.8 million quintals. Among them, 350,000 quintals of war horse forage and more than 50 million copper coins have been collected, and nearly 100 million yuan of treasury bills are scattered among the people, and one-fifth of the total amount of these treasury bills can be exchanged for cash at any time and returned to the state treasury. In addition, there are also a large number of armors, weapons, banners, and other armaments, and if the army is expanded with the increase in the state treasury in the past year, it will be enough to support the 500,000 troops of the newly formed army for one year. ”

Every time Liu Ba said a word, Ao Lie's mouth would open a little wider. By the time Liu Ba finished saying all the things he had to say, Ao Lie's mouth was already open enough to stuff an egg. Although he knew that Liu Ba was quite good at managing the economy, he never thought that Liu Ba would be so rebellious! In just one year, it can support the entire economic lifeline of Beihan to such a height! In Liu Ba's words. There are two points that make Ao Lie shocked by it. First, the issuance of treasury bills. This is something that did not appear on the land of China until 2,000 years later, and it was actually made up by Liu Ba. And the circulation is still very ideal! Second, the revenue of the state treasury in just one year is enough to support an army of 500,000 for a year's war! What a terrible proportion! If you give Liu Ba another ten years or even longer. Then the Northern Han Dynasty will surpass the prosperity of the Wenjing rule period and reach a new height in history!

After a long time, Ao Lie's wide mouth slowly closed, and then opened it again, confirming Liu Ba again: "What you said, is it true?" ”

Without waiting for Liu Ba to answer, Zhong Xuan patted his chest on the side and promised: "Please rest assured that King Yan's words are true, the old minister has to take stock of the treasury once a month, and as of the end of last month, the treasury has no half of the difference between what Zichu said." ”

Smack - Ao Lie slapped the armrest of the dragon chair and said loudly: "Okay! This expansion of the armament war, Zichu has made great contributions! With the order, Liu Baguan was promoted to one level and added two hundred quintals! "Meritorious service must be rewarded, and punishment must be punished is the fundamental concept of Ao Lie's governance of the country and the army, Liu Ba has made such outstanding achievements, and he should be praised unusually.

After rewarding Liu Ba, Ao Lie brought the topic back to the topic: "Zhongqing, since our country has such abundant money and food, then we will recruit 500,000 soldiers, and order the military government and the government government to jointly recruit troops, and it must be completed within half a year." Mainly by Gao Shun and Xu Rong, the newly recruited soldiers were trained, and a year later, it was the time for our bureau to wave the troops in the Central Plains! ”

All the civil and military officials stood up and replied in unison: "The ministers obey the order!" ”

After more than four hours of court meeting, Ao Lie took off the Dragon Roaring Heavenly Armor, changed into a bright yellow dragon robe that represented the highest prestige of the Han Dynasty, and came to the harem.

The imperial palace in Yanjing is actually not too big, and the scale is obviously much smaller than the east and west palaces of Luoyang and Chang'an. At the beginning of the construction, Lu Su, who was responsible for building the palace, was in line with the principle of economy and practicality to build the Yanjing Palace, but the palace of Yanjing was introduced by Ao Lie into the architectural elements and styles of later generations, although the money was not much, but in this era, the craftsmanship of the Yanjing Palace has been called the pinnacle of the craft garden, as far as this level is concerned, the Yanjing Palace, all the palaces in the world have been thrown out of more than ten streets.

After passing through three quaint, majestic but majestic halls in a row, Ao Lie came to his harem for the first time. When he set out on the expedition a year ago, although the palace had been built, it had not yet been officially occupied, and it was not until he arrived at the Yizhou battlefield that the Yanjing Palace was officially opened under the auspices of Liu Yu. Therefore, Ao Lie is new and unfamiliar with everything here, except for the Jiangshan Hall in the middle of the palace. Jiangshan Palace, as the name suggests, is a place for the monarchs and ministers of the Northern Han Dynasty to discuss national affairs, and it is also one of the places that Ao Lie goes to most often, so he is most familiar with it, as for other palace groups, Ao Lie is not so familiar.

After coming to the harem, Ao Lie saw that the entire harem was divided into five areas, one large, four and small, and the largest area was located in the center of the entire harem. It is also the highest place, and there is no doubt that Ao Lie's three wives and his son Liu Kun live here. The remaining four smaller areas are around the residences of Cai Yan and others, scattered around like the stars holding the moon, which are the residences of palace maids and concubines, of course, Ao Lie has no concubines, so some of the rooms are still empty.

Although it was the first time to come to the harem, it was a feeling of coming home, and it instantly rose in Ao Lie's heart. Every grass and tree here is even the air. All of them made him feel completely relaxed, because he knew that his wife and son had been waiting here for his victorious return.

"Father!" While Ao Lie was thinking about his three wives and son, Liu Kun, who was almost three years old, ran out of Cai Yan's palace, with a simple smile on his little face, and ran straight in the direction where Ao Lie was standing. Several palace maids who followed Liu Kun were afraid that Liu Kun would fall. Hurriedly trotted all the way to his side, bent down and protected his hands at his sides.

Seeing Liu Kun appear in his sight, Ao Lie's heart was first happy, but then he became a little unhappy. shouted at Liu Kun, who was running towards him: "Stop! ”

Liu Kun, who was running, heard Ao Lie's shout. He stopped for some reason, his little face was full of grievances, he didn't understand what he had done wrong, which caused his father's displeasure. so that his father shouted at himself.

"Why do you want to follow the prince?" Ao Lie did not answer Liu Kun's doubts, but instead sent out inquiries to several palace maids who were guarding Liu Kun's side.

A palace maid standing in front of Liu Kun on the left side. It seemed to be the head of these palace maids, and she replied timidly: "King Yuyan, the slaves and maids are afraid that the little prince will be injured, so they dare not leave an inch to follow the little prince." ”

Ao Lie walked in front of Liu Kun step by step, lowered his head and asked solemnly, "Did you let them do this?" Liu Kun hurriedly shook his head and said in a childish voice: "Father, no. It was Erniang who asked them to follow the child all the time, in fact, the child doesn't like to be followed, and the child can already walk on his own. It's just that Erniang has a life, and the child doesn't dare to disobey. Although Liu Kun is still young, his thinking has surpassed his age. Or it can be said that Liu Kun has perfectly inherited Ao Lie's inheritance, and his way of thinking far surpasses that of people of the same age.

After listening to Liu Kun's explanation, Ao Lie turned his head to look at the palace maid who had spoken to him before, and his tone had softened: "Is that so?" The palace maid hurriedly nodded and said, "King Yuyan, this is indeed the case. The little prince was a little dissatisfied at first, but later he was afraid that Princess Zhen would be angry, so he reluctantly let the slaves and maids follow him. ”

Ao Lie showed a smile, squatted down and patted Liu Kun's immature shoulder, and said gently: "Remember, you will have to carry a very heavy thing on your shoulders in the future, this is your mission and your responsibility." So, you have to learn to be independent and strong, you can't be afraid of getting hurt, falling, it's okay, stand up, continue to stride forward, one day, you will reach where you want to go. ”

Liu Kun tilted his little head and thought for a while, then straightened his head, tapped twice vigorously, patted his chest with his little hand, and made a promise to Ao Lie: "Father, don't worry, the child understands, get up from where he falls!" The child will definitely be independent and strong, and the child will have to fight on the battlefield with his father in the future! ”

Ao Lie laughed, hugged Liu Kun into his arms, then stood up, lifted Liu Kun into the air, and said with a laugh: "Okay! Father and son soldiers, you and my father and son are determined to be determined today, and he will fight side by side on the day to sweep the Eight Desolations and Liuhe! Lay down a big territory! (To be continued......)

PS: PS: Originally, this chapter was to write about the expansion of the army II, and it was written and written to the father and son, which also has something to do with Da Kun's mood today. During the period when his grandfather was seriously ill and hospitalized, Da Kun took turns with his father and younger brother to guard his grandfather, but some relatives didn't even take a look at him, Da Kun really had mixed feelings in his heart, so this chapter was a bit off-topic, so he simply changed the name of the chapter, so as not to delay the continuity of the story.