In the 70s of the 20th century, Taizu's big gesture of reversing the commanders of the eight military regions has always been talked about by historians, but if historians' eyes can move forward for nearly 1,170 years, they will find that there is an even better hand waiting for them quietly.

The victories of Xia Sui, Xichuan and Zhenhai, the entry of Pei Jun, Yu Di, and Zhang Yang into the court, and Gao Chongwen's request for mobilization, made the air in the court unprecedentedly positive and unprecedentedly sunny, and many officials were accustomed to speaking loudly. As we said, Li Jifu is a person who does practical things, and people who do practical things will always make a noise when others don't expect it. After assisting the crown prince to engage Huaixi in completing the preliminary plan, Li Jifu, who had his hands free, quietly put forward a staggering huge plan to adjust the envoys of more than 30 towns.

In fact, since Yan Li's move to the town, this plan has been implemented, but the action is not so big, but the current situation makes Li Jifu feel that he is sorry for the current good situation. Li Jifu said:

"Your Majesty, there are forty-eight towns under heaven, two hundred and ninety-five state capitals, and one thousand four hundred and fifty-three counties. Its Fengxiang, Dunfang, Suining, Zhenwu, Jingyuan, Yinxia, Lingyan, Hedong, Yiding, Weibo, Zhenji, Fanyang, Cangjing, Huaixi, Ziqing and other 15 provinces and 71 prefectures do not apply for household registration. ”

Li Jifu has the confidence to say this, the summer and autumn taxes have been put into the treasury, although the taxes of Gyeonggi and Liangchuan have been exempted, but with the monopoly system of salt, iron, tea and wine, Huainan, the main source of wealth of the imperial court, still provides sufficient taxes. Moreover, at the beginning of December, Liu Zongyuan's recital also arrived in Chang'an, and he made a trip to the sea, and the profit was expected to reach two million, and this was due to the loss of a ship due to the wind and waves at sea. Although the two million taels had to be put into the inner treasury for one million taels, and they had to share one million taels with the wealthy clans, the merchants from various countries who came with the ship still made Liu Zongyuan collect a large amount of taxes, and the total amount was a little more than the inventory of the Yangtze Courtyard and the Heyin Courtyard. As an emerging port, Quanzhou has shown a fascinating dawn.

The courtiers knew that the money from the inner treasury would still be used, and with the money from the inner treasury, there would be a surplus of four million yuan this year under the premise that the imperial court had consumed a lot of military expenses, severance pay and rewards, and the huge prospect of maritime trade had brought great confidence to the imperial court. The prime ministers believed that as long as there was no war for one year, the financial revenues of the imperial court could support the two-year war.

Gao Chongwen's request for transfer allowed Li Yu to clarify a historical mystery, that is, why Gao Chongwen, who was known for his integrity, did not protect himself and emptied Xichuan's treasury. Wei Gao has been running Xichuan for 20 years, and there are more than 2 million pieces of money and grain in Chengdu alone in the Xichuan treasury. Many people have always thought that Gao Chongwen has a rough personality, and when he thinks of it, he will do it, and he will not delve into it, and Li Yu is too, but Li Yu now understands that the root cause is in his precious prince. The emperor does bad things, and the minister comes to the top of the tank!

Li Chun said:

"Father, the son's plan for Huaixi has been completed, and it is done according to the father's strategy of raising troops on all sides and encircling the iron wall. Please take a look at it. ”

Li Yu took it and roughly flipped through a few pages, and it was really detailed. Li Chunjie says:

"Erchen originally planned to put the military salary, grain and grass in the camp, but he was reminded by his father that it was better to divide it and put it away, so Erchen wanted to set up a treasury in Luoyang and Shangzhou to save military salary, grain and grass."

Li Yu nodded and said:

"Very good. Where does the military pay come from, and how do you transport it? ”

In history, when Li Chun was crusading against Huaixi, he put all the salaries of more than a dozen soldiers and horses in Heyin Courtyard, but he was burned clean by Li Shidao and was almost forced to withdraw his troops, so Li Yu specially reminded Li Chun in the name of facilitating transportation. Li Chun saw Li Yu and replied:

"At present, although the imperial court has sufficient money and grain, but now it is reorganizing the army, and the cost will be expensive in the past two years, so it is not possible to transfer money and grain from Taicang on a large scale for the time being, and Wu Shaoyang is domineering, and it will cause trouble at any time, there is no war, small wars are continuous, and the reserves of money and grain can not be without, nor can it be less, and the money and grain stored in Heyin Yuan can be transferred to Luoyang in the name of renovating the eastern capital, and the sons think that they should also concentrate part of the money and grain to the gold merchants and Shannan."

"Taicang, you don't plan to move, so where will you transfer money and grain?"

Li Chun didn't speak, and Li recited: "But it's okay to say." Li Chuncai said:

"Father, the sons thought that Xichuan was rich, and the treasury money and grain were piled up, Xichuan was tax-free this year, and now it is close to the New Year, and it can be collected again immediately, and the sons can transfer Xichuan money and grain to Shannan Gold Merchant."

Li Chanted:

"Ridiculous! When I was in Pingxichuan, I promised the people of Shu to exempt the money and grain for one year, and I would not move the Xichuan treasury at all, and now you let me carry the money and grain, didn't you make me lose my trust in the people? ”

Li Chunmian did not change his color:

"Father, the court is in urgent need of money right now, so don't use the whole army and war equipment? My father once told his sons that money is money when it moves, and seeing that the Xichuan treasury is like a mountain, can only stay in the treasury and take it out when it is rotten? Now that the imperial court has leveled the three feudatories, the other towns are afraid and dare not act rashly, so they just take this opportunity to transfer the money and grain from Xichuan. Father, the emperor is in a hurry. ”

Li Yu pondered for a long time, and said in a deep voice:

"What you said is not unreasonable, so I have no choice but to lose my trust to the people."

Li Chundao:

"Father, why did you forget Gao Chongwen?"

In December, the imperial court officially issued an edict, Gao Chongwen Tongping Zhangshi, as the envoy of the Ningjie Festival, and the armies of western Beijing. With the servant under the door, Wu Yuanheng and the same Ping Zhang, as the envoy of the Xichuan Festival. At the same time, there were also candidates for the new Eastern Capital to stay behind, and Zheng Yuqing, who had completed the official assessment standards, became Luoyang Yin as the prime minister, replacing Wang Shao to run Luoyang. This year's victory of the imperial court made the feudal towns that had not come to the court for a long time sent envoys to Li Yu to pay New Year's greetings, and among the envoys who came, Li Yu paid the most attention to two people: Liu Zong from Youzhou and Tian Xing from Wei Bo. Huaixi also sent envoys to the pilgrimage to deliver New Year's goods.

However, Wu Shaocheng, who got the Di report, still smiled:

"The imperial court really looks up to me Wu Shaocheng, there are only a few towns in the north and south, and two prime ministers have gathered."