After a few words of greeting with the official of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Liu Ying was also invited by Xiao Hegong into the side courtyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion, which was dedicated to the side hall where Xiao He received guests.

Sitting upright, looking at Xiao He's slightly joyful face, Liu Ying couldn't help pinching her neck a little uncomfortably, and turned her head again.

"Co-authoring is not a cold, it's a voice change period······"

Recalling Fang Cai, the earth-shattering 'duck chirping' he made outside the main hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Liu Ying's belly slander, and his face became a little embarrassed.

I don't know if I saw Liu Ying's embarrassment, Xiao He was also the first to speak uncharacteristically, and smiled at Liu Ying.

"Fang Cai, the Marquis of Beiping summoned the officials of the Prime Minister's Mansion to measure the grain production of Weibei this year."

"Hearing that the Marquis of Beiping is tomorrow years old, the yield per mu of Weibei should be more than four stones, the minister was happy for a while, and expressed his private opinions, but he never thought that he was heard by the family······"

As he spoke, Xiao He didn't forget to make a slightly shy expression, chuckled and lowered his head.

Seeing this, Liu Yingzi was also happy to divert the topic, and complimented two sentences such as 'Xiao Xianglao became a country' and 'Fang Cai's words are really deafening'.

When the atmosphere in the hall returned to normal a little, Xiao He also groaned a little, and then pulled the topic back on track.

"Today, the family has to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion in person, but what is the dispatch of the court?"

Saying that, Xiao He added with a little doubt: "I heard that the family returned to Chang'an from the lotus spoon, and it was yesterday?" ”

Seeing that Xiao He took the initiative to ask, Liu Ying couldn't help but shake his head and smile, and then pretended to sigh bitterly.

"Xiao Xiang asked for some reason?"

"Lonely and young, and he is not shy about the affairs of the court, although he has been able to supervise the country, he has never interfered in the government and instructed Xiao Xiang."

"If it weren't for the urgency, how could Lone go to the Prime Minister's Mansion in person and distract Xiao Xiang from state affairs?"

But when he saw Xiao He hearing this, the look of confusion on his face was even worse, and there was a trace of confusion in his eyes when he looked at Liu Ying.

"What is it that the family says: urgency?"

Seeing Xiao He make a really curious look, Liu Ying couldn't help but feel a little angry.

"Old fox!"

scolded in her heart, but Liu Ying's face was extremely indifferent, only a gentle smile with a little self-deprecation.

"Since the beginning of autumn and September, the renovation of Zheng Guoqu has been nearly completed."

"When spring begins in February, the whole upstream will be able to solidify the soil."

"When only Gu turned around, Shaofu once cried in front of Gu, but Xiao Xiang repeatedly refused to allocate grain from the treasury, thinking that Shaofu officials and slaves were eating?"

As she spoke, Liu Ying laughed at herself again, and then shook her head slightly.

"In October, I hold tens of thousands of stones in the rent tax of the Marquis of Li, and I still have the spare strength to allocate grain to solve the urgent needs of the Shaofu."

"Now that the canal repair is almost completed, the rent and tax of the Marquis have been exhausted, and the lonely man is unable to provide food to help Shaofu, let alone the private food of his mother's relatives, so as to reason with Shaofu."

Speaking of this, Liu Ying raised her head with a smile and bowed her hand to Xiao He.

"Therefore, I came here to ask Yu Xiao Xiang on behalf of the Shaofu: The treasury, is it really so tight?"

"Even the 30,000 officials and slaves needed in the district, and the monthly food is only 30,000 or 40,000 stones, and they can't afford to allocate it?"

After saying that, Liu Ying did not forget to make a confused expression, and the right to pay tribute to Fang Cai, Xiao He's appearance of pretending to be stupid.

And Xiao He's next reaction did not surprise Liu Ying.

"At home."

Seeing Xiao He hear this, he almost didn't think for a moment, and gave Liu Ying a little hand.

"The family knows about the strapped treasury."

"When Your Majesty set out on the expedition, in order to raise the grain and grass needed by the army, the ministers did not hesitate to withhold half of the courtiers' hundreds of officials, as an expedient measure."

"After the Mid-Autumn Festival, although the treasury has to enter the agricultural tax of the previous year, but now, His Majesty personally led more than 200,000 troops outside."

"More than 200,000 people, soldiers and horses from Heyan, Qi, Jing, Chu, and Liang, as well as hundreds of thousands of people summoned by His Majesty from Guanzhong, the ministers need to deliver military rations to Kanto every month, and more than one million stone ······ a month."

With these words full of bitterness, Xiao He shook his head with a wry smile.

"Can the family know how old the last year, how much grain was taxed in the treasury?"

"Less than eighteen million stones!"

"However, since the autumn and September, Your Majesty has gone on the expedition, and the minister has lost nearly three million stone of military food!"

Speaking of this, Xiao He's face couldn't help but have a little contemplation.

"The land of Dai and Zhao has been bitter and cold since ancient times, and once it is frozen, the war must be suspended; Revival should be in spring and February and spring and March at the earliest. ”

"However, today, more than half of the winter and November are over, and there are still more than three months before the resumption of the war between Dai and Zhao."

"If you add Your Majesty's peace and chaos, and the whole restoration of the dynasty and Zhao, the army should still be fighting outside the middle of the year."

In this way, it is nearly half a year old; The ministers still need to send millions of stone of military rations for His Majesty's use······"

After that, Xiao He finally sighed leisurely and looked at Liu Ying with a bitter face.

"I don't know that the minister has ordered the court to have a division, and all the local counties and counties in Guanzhong: all the officials who are old this year will be temporarily reduced by half!"

"However, even if this is the case, the ministers still have more than enough to shoulder the burden of food, grass and baggage of His Majesty's army, but they are not enough······"

Listening to Xiao He's description that was not a complaint, but a description that seemed to be a complaint, Liu Ying's face couldn't help but take on a slightly contemplative look.

As the saying goes, when the cannon goes off, there are ten thousand taels of gold.

In today's era of cold weapons, Liu Ying's biggest consumption of war is actually food.

Take the current situation, Liu Bang led the army to go out to pacify the rebellion of the prime minister Chen Xuan, and the soldiers and armies of all walks of life are combined, and there are at least more than 400,000 combatants alone!

As for the people who transported grain, as well as the non-combat formations such as cooking and camping, it is not an exaggeration to say that Liu Bang's army 'supports one million soldiers'.

Even if the wives of the people who transported the grain brought their own grain and grass, and the non-combat formations such as cooking and camping did not need to eat, the military ration consumption of the more than 400,000 combatants alone was nearly 1 million stone per month!

- Two stones of rice for the monthly diet, that is the standard of ordinary people's families, if you let the soldiers eat like this, they will not have the strength to fight at all!

Nowadays, the Chang'an court, which can only collect agricultural taxes from Guanzhong and Bashu, has an average agricultural tax income of less than 1.5 million stone per month.

In this way, it is no exaggeration to say: whether it is Chen Xian, who is rebelling now, or Wang Yingbu of Huainan, who is about to rebel next year, only needs to ensure that within one to two years, Liu Bang will always keep hundreds of thousands of troops in the Kwantung region and will not be completely defeated, then the foundation of the Han family will inevitably be shaken!

From this point of view, under the premise that Prime Minister Xiao He shoulders the burden of 'supplying the military rations needed by hundreds of thousands of troops', Liu Ying, as the crown prince, is entangled in 'why not sow grain for Shaofu to support officials and slaves', which is indeed a bit of a suspicion of indiscriminateness.

If this matter spreads, Liu Ying will inevitably be harshly reprimanded by someone with a heart: After the body is in the community, I don't know how to worry about the king.

But it's a pity that Xiao He's trick of stealing the concept did not escape Liu Ying's keen eyes.

Seeing Liu Ying nodding slightly with a calm face, he echoed: "What Xiao Xiang said, I know it alone." ”

"Now that my father's army is outside, the consumption of grain and grass is indeed huge; Xiao Xiang is responsible for transporting grain out of customs, and he also has a lot of hard work. ”

As she spoke, Liu Ying couldn't help but sigh slightly, and then quietly changed her mind.

"But even so, the treasury doesn't even have a place to support the officials and slaves of the Shaofu, right?"

"Huh?"

Quite abruptly asked, Liu Ying couldn't help but shake her head, and looked at Xiao He's slightly stunned face with a little deep meaning.

"If Gu is not mistaken, the grain needed by the officials and slaves of the Shaofu should be reserved for the Shaofu to be used at any time when the agricultural tax of the previous year was put into the treasury."

"Why is it that Xiao Xiang actually said that this 'reserved' grain is no longer stored in the treasury?"

"Could it be that Xiao Xiang has really reached such a desperate situation that he has no choice but to lose the rations reserved by the officials and slaves of the Shaofu as the military rations of his father's army?"

Full of confusion, Liu Ying looked at Xiao He's gaze, and quietly brought a touch of insight.

This is the reason why Liu Ying swore and promised Yangchengyan that "I will help you tell Xiao He".

——As the private property of the Shaofu, all the officials and slaves under the name of the Shaofu are responsible for the consumption of their rations!

And just like the officials' salaries, as soon as the agricultural tax of the previous year is sent to the state treasury, the consumption of the next year will be divided and set aside!

Nowadays, Liu Bang's army is outside, and the consumption of military food is extremely large, if Xiao He is unable to 'transfer' food, then Liu Ying feels that it is understandable.

But the problem is that the rations needed by the officials and slaves of the Shaofu do not need to be 'transferred' by Xiao He at all, they only need Xiao He to put on a strip and take out the part of the grain that has been reserved for the officials and slaves of the Shaofu!

Thinking of this, Liu Ying couldn't help but ask again in confusion.

"Xiao Xiangfang just said, all the officials in Guanzhong this year will be temporarily issued half of their salaries."

"Ran Xiao knows quite well that the officials have a lot of money, and the longitudinal income is halved, which can barely be used."

"But the officials and slaves of the Shaofu are all people who have no long things, if Xiao Xiang exhausts his rations, what will this official slave feed tens of?"

Saying that, Liu Ying was also a little angry about Yangcheng.

"You must know that today's court, who is in the high position of Jiuqing, and there is no marquis of Che, there is only one person in the Shaofu!"

"Alone in this Zheng Guoqu, the Shaofu also did its best, and there were only seventeen private slaves."

"As soon as Xiao Xiang said a word, he refused to allocate the rations used by tens of thousands of officials and slaves, what about Shaofu?"

"Treat my father's emperor and teacher, I heard that all the officials and slaves of the Shaofu were starving to death, what should the Shaofu say?"

"Thinking that he is the prince of the prison country alone, he uses tens of thousands of official slaves to repair the canal, but causes him to starve to death, how should he go to his father in person?"

Speaking of this, seeing that Xiao He was about to speak, Liu Ying hurriedly raised his hand, and his face finally brought a little reproach.

"Xiao Xiang, don't you think that if you use 30,000 of this official slave alone, you should be responsible for rations?"

"If so, why don't you pay for your food, and hire the strong of the people for hard labor?"

"Furthermore: If you are lonely this time, and you don't drive tens of thousands of this official slave, thinking that you are working to repair the canal, could it be that Xiao Xiang doesn't care about the survival of tens of thousands of this official slave?"

"If you don't use it as forced labor, could it be that Xiao Xiangguo wants to bear the responsibility of 'refusing to allocate grain and rice, resulting in tens of thousands of officials and slaves starving to death'?"