The pro-army Governor's Mansion, Sha Tian and the others received the news from Zeng Yi from Xixia the next day, and when they saw the news, the four of them were shocked, and immediately rushed to the old prince's mansion with intelligence, as soon as the old prince saw the pale faces of the four people, he knew that there must be something bad, otherwise the four super-first-class masters would definitely not have this face.

"What's going on? Can scare the four of you super-first-class masters like this, is the sky going to fall? ”

"Lord Wang! The big thing is not good, the four countries of Tubo in the Western Xia and Persian steppes are plotting to send troops to the Central Plains! ”

"Hehe, what should I do, the four countries have formed an alliance, and it has been a while, what they mean, I already know it."

"Lord Wang! This time, they are preparing to take advantage of the chaos in the court to launch an offensive early! As he spoke, Shaking Heaven handed the information sent back by Zeng Yi to the old prince.

As soon as the old prince saw the news, he sat up from the chair with a bang! "Shhh Accurate sources? ”

"It's Lord Ni, the news that came back in person must be no problem!"

Hearing this, the old prince was silent for a moment, "Immediately recruit Guo Juxia, Zhuge Shenhou, and the officials of the six departments!" ”

The matter came too suddenly, no one was prepared, the imperial court did not know, the alliance of the four countries was to deal with the Central Plains, but according to the original inference of the imperial court, with the strength of the four countries, to launch such a large-scale attack, the preparation work must take a long time, otherwise it will not be possible to launch a continuous war. Although there is some internal chaos in the imperial court now, the hundred officials are confident that before the preparation of the four kingdoms is completed, it will return to normal, as long as the Central Plains Dynasty is not chaotic and resists the offensive of the four countries, the Central Plains is still very confident. But now that they learned that Shikoku was going to attack in advance, this was beyond the expectations of the imperial court.

Soon Guo Juxia, Zhuge Shenhou, and the six Shangshu Shilang all arrived, and when the bigwigs of the dynasty were all gathered in the old prince's mansion, everyone saw each other and guessed in their hearts that something big had happened!

Seeing that everyone was coming, the old prince nodded at Shaking the Sky, Shaking the Sky took a step forward, facing everyone, and said the information sent back by Zeng Yi again!

"What! No way! ”

"This, how is this possible, is there a problem with intelligence!"

Everyone couldn't react at once, and they all looked at Shaking the Sky with a shocked face, and the old prince sighed, "The source of intelligence, there is basically no problem, it is the commander of the pro-army Governor's Mansion, Lord Ni, and it was passed back!" ”

"This, this!"

After a while, the secretary of the military department stood up, "Lord Wang, the four countries are menacing, we must prepare in advance, I suggest that we immediately deploy troops and send generals, in all directions, we must prepare in advance!" ”

The old prince looked at the book of the Ministry of War, "The empire, soldiers from other places can't be transferred too much, if they are newly recruited, how many soldiers and horses can be sent to the border now?" ”

"Lord Qiqi, if you prepare in advance, within three months, you can recruit 500,000 troops, there should be no problem!"

When the old prince heard this, he shook his head, "500,000, the new army, not enough, the four countries will definitely move, it is expected that the soldiers and horses will exceed one million, and 500,000 recruits will not be able to stop the enemy at all!" And three months, too long, I'm afraid that the enemy won't wait that long! ”

"Is it okay to replace veterans from all over the country with new recruits and send veterans to the front?" Zhuge Shenhou said on the side.

As soon as he heard Zhuge Shenhou's words, the military department Shangshu immediately said: "Shenhou is really high-recruited, so that the recruits can have time to train in the rear, and the problem of insufficient training of soldiers can be solved, as long as the household department can allocate enough military funds, our military department has enough confidence to recruit and train 500,000 troops within three months!" ”

The old prince looked at the Hubu Shangshu, the Hubu Shangshu, and immediately stepped forward and said: "Wangye, recruiting fifty-five major armies, the military expenditure required is tens of millions, and if you add war preparations, the treasury will not be able to support it at all!" ”

As soon as the words of the Hubu Shangshu came out, everyone frowned, and the old prince also frowned and asked, "Can't the treasury take out so much money?" ”

"Lord, the imperial court has spent a lot of money, over the years, in addition to the needs of disaster relief, the suppression of the Xingwang rebellion, the extermination of the White Lotus Sect and other actions, each time it has cost a huge amount, plus the navy has just been reequipped with an ironclad ship, and there is not much left in the household balance, and it is really impossible to support such a big consumption!"

Although the imperial court has money, the cost is also huge.

Qin Dynasty

The household department originated from the pre-Qin "Zhouzhuang", which recorded this position as "the local official Da Situ"; Qin is the "internal envoy of the Su Dynasty", the two Han Dynasty are called "Great Agricultural Order" and "Shangshu Min Cao", the Three Kingdoms to the Tang Dynasty are called "degree branches", "left people" and "right people", etc., Tang Yonghui at the beginning of the year because of the avoidance of Emperor Taizong's name changed to "household department", five dynasties to the end of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, changed "household department" to "degree branch", management of land endowment, tariffs, gold, public bonds, currency and banks, etc.

Zhou Dynasty

The household department originated from the local officials in the official system of the Zhou Dynasty, and the Han Cheng Emperor placed five people in Shangshu, and the third of them was called the people Cao, and the main officials were on the book. In the Later Han Dynasty, he served as a civil official and a worker. The Three Kingdoms Wei placed Zuo Min's Shangshu and was in charge of finance. At the beginning of the Jin Dynasty, it was placed in Taikang. Emperor Hui had the right people to read the book. The Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Song Dynasty and Qi juxtaposed Zuo Min's Shangshu, and Liang and Chen juxtaposed Zuo Hu's Shangshu, and took charge of household registration and knew the affairs of the work officials. Later Wei and Northern Qi had a degree of support for Shangshu, and they were also the people of Zuo and Zuohu. Later, Zhou Yi "Zhou Guan", the big Situ Qing of the Land Mansion. At the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, it was called the branch of the degree, and it was changed to the Ministry of Civil Affairs in the third year of the emperor's reign. In the twenty-third year of Zhenguan of Tang Taizong, it was changed to the household department, the first year of Gaozong Xianqing was changed to the degree branch, the second year of Longshuo was changed to Siyuan, and the first year of Xianheng was reverted to the household department. In the first year of Guangzhai, it was changed to a local official, and Shenlong was reinstated in the first year. Later dynasties have been called.

tang dynasty

In the Tang Dynasty, the household department generally had one person in Shangshu and three products; The two waiters are under the fourth grade. Hold the land of the world, the people, the government of the money valley, and the difference in tribute. There are four genera: one is called the household department, the second is called the degree branch, the third is called the gold department, and the fourth is called the warehouse department. two household inspectors and four directors; two directors of the Duzhi; three directors of the gold department; There are three directors of the Kurabe. During the Longshuo period, the household department was changed to Si Yuan, the degree branch was called Si Du, the gold department was called Si Zhen, and the warehouse department was called Si Yu. Tianbao eleven years to change the gold department said to be the gold, the warehouse department said the division.

Ming and Qing dynasties

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During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the household department was in charge of the territory, land, household registration, taxation, salaries and all financial matters of the country. Its internal handling of government affairs is divided into divisions according to the regional division of labor. In addition to being in charge of the money and food saved, each department is also in charge of some of the general affairs of other yamen, and their responsibilities are often overlapping. For example, in the Qing Dynasty, the head of the household department was in charge of managing the territory, land, household registration, taxation, salary, finance, and other matters of the country