Zhao Hanzhang returned to the imperial city and saw that Zhao Shen was about to leave, so he immediately stopped him, "You are just right, I have something to discuss with you." ”

When Zhao Shen heard this, he immediately became energetic and asked, "Are you going to fight?" ”

Zhao Hanzhang thought for a while and nodded, "It's almost, although you don't use a sword, it's almost the same as a war, and it's a tough battle." ”

Zhao Shen, the newly appointed squire of the Ministry of War, has not had a war since he took office, and the most thing he does every day is to quarrel with Chang Ning of the Ministry of Households, forcing him to take out money to pay military salaries and pensions......

Otherwise, it is to count the number of people in need of pensions in each army, and to settle the wounded and disabled......

Because all the things he came into contact with were tragic things, and now Zhao Shen felt that his whole person was also miserable, so he swayed and wandered to and from work every day, and his soul was unbearable.

He felt that at least half of his soul had gone to hell with the soldiers who had died in battle.

So he felt that he urgently needed a battle to stir up his ambitions.

Then Zhao Hanzhang led him to Chang Ning and said to the two: "The two of you will discuss and hold a blind date for the Luoyang military." ”

Zhao Shen picked his ears, "What will?" ”

Zhao Hanzhang reiterated: "Blind date! ”

Zhao Shen couldn't believe it: "What pro? ”

Zhao Hanzhang looked serious, "Zhao Shen, this matter is not a joke, you have to fight it as a tough battle to solve the problem of single young men in the army who are old, have great military achievements and have no daughter-in-law." By the way, all those in our army can only marry one wife, and they are not allowed to take concubines. ”

"Wait a minute," Zhao Shen quickly came back to his senses and frowned, "Isn't it okay to give such an edict?" ”

"Why not?" Zhao Hanzhang said: "Isn't this flexible, there has always been a law that only those who meet certain conditions can take concubines, and now I just set the conditions a little higher." ”

"But this is for the sake of the majority of soldiers, now there are more men and fewer women, and the army is all singles, if a general takes ten or eight concubines, where will my ordinary soldiers go to marry wives? He will take ten fewer concubines, and I will have ten soldiers into a family. ”

"I am an example in this matter, and I swear that I will never take a concubine!"

Chang Ning on the side: ......

Zhao Shen thought about it but gave a thumbs up, boasting: "It's still a great general, okay, I'll do it, and I'll hand it over to me in the army, then the people ......"

He looked at Chang Ning.

Chang Ning said expressionlessly: "Shouldn't this matter be handed over to the county magistrate of Luoyang County?" ”

Zhao Hanzhang smiled at him: "It's to cooperate with Luoyang County, but the money for the blind date, as well as the soldiers marrying wives, we always have to reward one or two, this money ......."

Zhao Shen immediately turned his head to stare at Chang Ning, "Yes, you have to ask for money, not to mention anything else, you can't still pay back the military salaries of the soldiers, marry the Han, dress and eat, and don't even pay the military salaries, what do the soldiers take to support their wives and children?" ”

Taking advantage of the gap when Chang Ning was entangled by Zhao Shen, Zhao Hanzhang patted his ass and left.

Chang Ning was very angry, and when she finished dealing with Zhao Shen, she would have run away and disappeared.

"Didn't the money come out of the treasury in the end? Now she has to plan the money in the treasury, and she is encouraged to take the money from Zhao Shen and me, isn't it just with her? I really don't know what to say, my brain was kicked by a donkey, and I hurt myself, I ......" Chang Ning was angry, pinched his waist and stood under the porch and scolded for a long time, until his mouth was dry.

Zhao Hanzhang went to the palace to find the emperor, told him the problem that the treasury was empty and he urgently needed money, and asked, "Your Majesty, does it have a good solution?" ”

The emperor felt that the osmanthus cake he had just eaten was not fragrant at all, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Tax increase? ”

Zhao Hanzhang sighed and said: "But the people of the Central Plains and the North have been very difficult this year, and they still need relief from the imperial court, how can they have money and grain to supply the imperial court?" ”

Zhao Hanzhang sighed and left, the emperor was uneasy in his heart, and hurriedly went to Xun Fan to get an idea, "I don't know what the general means, I am really stupid, and I can't think of a way other than raising taxes." ”

Xun Fan thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty is not to blame for this matter, our general has many and treacherous means, since quelling the Hun Rebellion, she has thought of enough ways to earn money to finance the people, and raising taxes is the most undesirable one, Your Majesty can't think of it is normal, even the ministers, and can't think of a way other than the general's means now." ”

He paused and said, "Not only the ministers, but I'm afraid that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty can't think of any other way." ”

"Then why did she ask me?"

Xun Fan bit his lip, but still said in a low voice: "The general only mentioned the Central Plains and the Northern Land, but Jiangnan and Jiangdong also belong to my Great Jin Territory. ”

The emperor was stunned for a moment, lowered his eyes and said: "But that is under the rule of King Langya, even the general can't instruct them, what can I do?" ”

"There is still a way," Xun Fan said in a low voice: "If Your Majesty personally issues an edict to let King Langya pay taxes, and then write a letter privately to ask for it, King Langya will also pay part of it for the sake of fame." ”

A part of the taxes paid by Jiangdong and Jiangnan may be able to feed the people of the northern prefecture, which is quite a lot.

Xun Fan often had to go to the front hall to discuss with Zhao Hanzhang, knowing how poor she was now, not only the money in the treasury had to be broken in half to spend, but her own money had to be saved and saved.

But the emperor didn't want to lose face in front of King Langya, he felt that this world would one day be taken away by Zhao Hanzhang, why did he bother so much about her country?

Xun Fan looked at the little emperor's face, sighed in his heart, and persuaded carefully: "Your Majesty is still the emperor now, the father of the people of the world, Zhao Hanzhang and a foreign minister are so exhausted, why doesn't Your Majesty work hard?" Even in the future...... With this good reputation, she will treat you well. ”

"Doesn't she have a copper mine? The copper mines in Yuzhou and Luoyang are in her hands, and now the copper coins on the market are all "Zhao" money, and it is difficult to see the old money. ”

Listening to the little emperor's childish words, Xun Fan couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Your Majesty, the matter of minting money is very complicated, so you have to take it for granted." ”

He said: "Copper mining requires manpower and material resources, and there is a limit to the amount of copper produced by a copper mine every day, plus the ore must be smelted into copper nuggets before it is sent to mint copper coins. ”

"The money minted every day is also limited, and as far as I know, the money minted today is just filling the gap."

What is filling?

It was during the war that a large number of coins were shipped to the south, or lost, and wealth disappeared out of thin air.

However, liquid assets can disappear, but fixed assets are difficult to destroy, but they cannot be turned into money because there is no money in the market.

Because a large number of coins were sent to the south of the Yangtze River, resulting in a shortage of money in the Central Plains and the North, the wealth could not be realized, and the resources could not be used, so now the money minted by Zhao Hanzhang is actually making up for the shortage.

In addition to the shortage of money, the most important problem in the Central Plains and the North is the food shortage.

Although Zhao Hanzhang had a caravan to buy grain from Jiangnan and Jiangdong and send it over, it was not enough, far from enough, and they still needed more food.

They can come up with money to buy food, but the problem now is that they can't buy food even if they have money.

The current balance is maintained by the efforts of all parties, everyone's nerves are tense, as long as one goes wrong, the balance that Zhao Hanzhang strives to maintain will be broken, and the Central Plains and Beidi are likely to fall into a new melee.

Don't underestimate hunger.

It was no less threatening than the Huns.

Winter is on, and then there is a period of five months of cold silence, and after five months the wheat is ripe, and they will experience a green and yellow March and April, and if the food is cut off, and the people are extremely hungry, in order to live, they will definitely fight with the county government, the state capital, and even the palace.

It is not without such precedents.

Therefore, Xun Fan persuaded the little emperor, "Your Majesty's move is not for Zhao Hanzhang, but for the people of the Great Jin Dynasty, and also for yourself." ”

He said in a low voice: "Have you forgotten when Luoyang was in a grain shortage, when the first emperor was in a dilemma? ”

See you tomorrow

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