In the middle of January, Li Tai returned to Huazhou City with the Daxing Taiyi driver, and there was no time to celebrate the Lantern Festival, so he was about to take up his post and take over a series of new ministries.

"See Xihe Gong for the lowest rank, and I am deeply glad to learn that the Xihe Gong has entered the consul of the Straight Hall!"

In the Xizhi Hall of the Taiwan Mansion, after the subordinate members entered the hall, they saluted Li Tai and said.

Li Tai looked down, and saw Pei Han, Xue Shen, Huangfu Fan and other old acquaintances, his heart was suddenly happy, waved his hand and said with a smile: "You don't have to be polite, you must also know what my style is, sit down at the table, and then come back to talk about the old after the official matter is decided." ”

As he expected, Daxingtai appointed him as the secretary of the Taiwan government mainly to be in charge of logistics and equipment, and the Taifu Shicao, Tian Cao, Kai Cao, and foreign soldiers were all assigned to him to manage, Shi Cao managed the craftsmen, Tian Cao managed the home field, and was an important productive force and means of production management organization, and the armor and foreign soldiers were the collection, transportation, and distribution of materials.

There are more than a dozen main subordinate officials of Zhu Cao, in addition to a few members who have worked with Li Tai before, there are also Zhu Cao's chief military Zhao Su, Wang Zizhi, Da Xiwei and so on.

Among them, Zhao Su once supervised the transportation of grain and grass when Duguxin attacked Luoyang in the third year of Datong, ensuring that the military needs of the army were not expensive, and was praised by Yuwentai as "the master of Luoyang". Now in addition to serving in Taiwan, he also serves as the county guard of Huashan under the rule of Huazhou, and is a capable official with considerable qualifications and talents.

The prince was born in the Jingzhao Wang family, once served as a subordinate official of Qinzhou, and after the battle of Liangzhou last year, he returned to the country and entered the government as a secretary to join the army and led Tian Cao to join the army, and Li Tai is naturally an old acquaintance.

Da Xiwei is a Xianbei person, followed Emperor Xiaowu into the customs, is a civil and military talent, and because of his good family background, he was called into the Taiwan government to serve as a Zhonglang, and led foreign soldiers Cao Shi.

The age of the members of the full hall is not too young, even Da Xiwei, who is relatively young, is already in his thirties.

But now they have to obey Li Tai's orders in the hall, and the picture is a little funny, and several subordinate officials who have not had much contact with Li Tai are a little embarrassed and uncomfortable. As for those who had known and worked with him for a long time, such as Pei Han and Xue Shen, although the expressions on their faces were still full of enthusiasm, they actually didn't have a lot of taste in their hearts.

Thinking back to when Li Tai first entered the Hegemony Mansion, their colleagues in the agency could still show off their old qualifications and take care of the young people, although Li Tai was promoted step by step because of his repeated suggestions and suggestions, but it was still within the acceptable range.

Now that they meet again, Li Tai's officials have reached the peak of civil and military affairs, completely thrown off them, and they are no longer on the same level as each other. Rao is Li Tai still treats them kindly, and is not domineering, but this sense of disparity also makes people's hearts feel uncomfortable.

Li Tai looked at these old colleagues who were still standing still, and couldn't help but secretly sigh that fortunately he didn't choose to stay in the Taiwan Mansion, although he has been staying in the Taiwan Mansion Although his work and life are more comfortable, but the restrictions brought to people are also great, and it is difficult to access the core resources.

Putting aside these feelings in their hearts, after everyone met and greeted, they entered the prelude report in order according to their respective levels of leisurely dramas.

Li Tai listened, his brows gradually furrowed, and he involuntarily began to have a headache. The reason is very simple, it is too bad to hear. In short, there is a huge gap in material demand in all aspects, but the accumulation is so-so, and it is completely a state of no rice to cook.

The reason for this situation is naturally because of the poverty characteristics of the overlord, especially last year, Su Sui began to be seriously ill and difficult to see things from the middle of the year, and without this big housekeeper who knows how to live within his means and is in charge of financial expenses all the year round, the financial situation of the overlord has become even worse.

No matter people or things, when you have them, they may be ordinary, but they will not feel precious until they are really lost. Without Su Xuandu's plan, last year's Xianyang Dayue cost more than doubled compared with the previous year, which naturally made the already stretched overlord's finances even worse.

And because the Eastern Wei army came to attack, the people and horses of all parties did not disperse immediately after the Great Reading, but maintained a state of assembly until the end of the year.

The army gathered here, it was not convenient to eat in the township, and it was also necessary for the overlord to coordinate and dispatch the relief materials, and the result was that almost all the prefectures in the Guannai had emptied the treasury, gritted their teeth and lost to grain and grass, and it was estimated that they would have to eat grain in the next year.

Of course, in the past year, the consumption of the overlord has been huge, and a very important reason is that in the past two years, Li Tai has been buying grain in large quantities, so that the price of grain has been maintained at a high price.

Although the overlord does not need to buy grain in the city, the lack of surplus grain among the people also increases the cost of obtaining grain and grass, and it needs to call on the inventory of other goods to carry out a warehouse exchange with the state and county government. After some tossing, although the army of the overlord did not cross the river to fight, the materials consumed in the past six months were not much worse than during the war.

When the Eastern Wei army retreated from the defeat of Yubi, it discarded a considerable part of the supplies, but they were all collected and divided by the defenders of Yubi City and the local horses in Hedong. Even if Daxingtai is shameless, he is embarrassed to order them to hand over these loot.

Li Tai handed over a batch of goods, but they were not basic consumables, all of them were high-end cloth, gold and silver goods, which could not be used directly.

At present, there are several more important problems in front of us, first of all, one is that Tian Cao is in charge of the Gongyu field, the vocational field, and the Huazhou Zhuguantun industry and other production departments are in urgent need of grain, tools, and cattle, and so on; if they cannot be prepared as soon as possible, then the upcoming spring ploughing will be delayed, and if this year's harvest is affected, the situation will inevitably be even more difficult.

The second important thing is the foreign soldier Cao, who is responsible for the military of the state and county, mainly for the dispatch and distribution and supply.

Now that the military crisis of the Eastern Wei Dynasty has been lifted, there is naturally no need for these states and counties to gather again, of course, it is necessary to disperse the states and counties as soon as possible to reduce the pressure on the army of the center of the hegemony.

In fact, as early as last year, the Eastern Wei Dynasty had just withdrawn its troops, and the Taiwan government issued an order for the armies to retreat, but until the turn of the year, there were still many people stranded between Huazhou and Yongzhou.

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After the end of the autumn harvest in October, the overlord ordered the armies to lose supplies to their respective hometowns to supplement the army, and wait until all the rents and transfers of all parties were imported into the overlord, and then return them uniformly, which could be distributed as the materials consumed by the armies to return to their hometowns.

But although the rent was collected, it was like a soak of urine in the desert, and the ground was gone before it was wet. The powerful governors asked for the materials they had paid in advance, and the money for the journey back to their hometown was gone, so naturally they couldn't leave if they wanted to, so they could only continue to spend it here.

But even if it continues to be consumed like this, seeing that there will be no large amount of money and grain input in the overlord before the autumn harvest this year, it is difficult to pay off the advance funds one by one. And because he was worried that the armies would mutini and make trouble because of hunger, he had to scavenge and squeeze a little material to distribute to the armies, and they were not allowed to make trouble.

Although there are other problems, relatively speaking, the most serious are the current two problems. And these two problems are very simple to solve, just have money and things, but the tricky thing is that there is no money and no things.

Since he has not served in the Bafu for a long time, Li Tai has never felt the taste of poverty, but now that he returns to the Bafu, this familiar feeling will come back in an instant.

As the saying goes, there are 3,000 nails in a broken boat, but here in Bafu, although there is not a single nail on this broken boat, it is also quite enjoyable to surf.

Although the Bafu has no money, it does not mean that the entire Kansai is still poor, taking Li Tai himself as an example, it is not a big problem for the food he has now to support the Bafu for a year. And the other realm giants may not be as wealthy and powerful as him, but they must all have a solid family background.

As long as you can scavenge some of these assets, it is more than enough to tide over the difficulties in front of you. But the question arises again, how to loot? Even Li Tai himself is unwilling to donate his lost wealth to help the overlord tide over the difficulties, how can he expect others to destroy his family and relieve his difficulties.

Seeing that everyone was at a loss, Li Tai didn't have any good ideas for a while, after all, he shouldn't have been poor for a long time.

But now the matter is on the head, all of which are imminent and urgently need to be solved, and after a little silence, he put forward two ideas. The first is that the overlord will send envoys to Zhuzhou and counties to check the surplus of the treasury, and then sell it to the people after accounting for the surplus materials in exchange for urgently needed materials.

In addition to the basic general materials such as grain and silk, there are various other miscellaneous materials, which are stored in the official warehouse all the year round for various reasons, and if they are counted out for sale, it is also a considerable income.

The problem, however, is that these local surpluses are generally attributed to administrative costs and official welfare, and once they are examined and counted, they may be rejected by local officials. Moreover, if it is customized, it is also very easy to breed corruption, and the local officials collude with the local wealthy families to turn high-value materials into cheap surpluses and sell them.

The second is to sell land, although it is not as expensive as in later generations, but the land resources in some key areas will always be scarce and non-renewable. Selling some land with high added value to the private sector is also a way to ease the financial pressure in the short term.

These lands include but are not limited to mountains rich in natural resources, thoroughfares, water and land areas, etc., and their development rights and use rights are sold to private tenders.

The mined copper and tin and other metal materials are directly purchased by the government, and the management rights of some transportation hubs also include the responsibility of undertaking the transportation tasks assigned by the government, as long as effective supervision can be formed, it can also maintain a benign state of public and private convenience.

Of course, Li Tai has also been thinking about this latter line of thought for a long time. Last year, when he was stockpiling food, he was planning to work with local clans to build a logistics network covering the entire Kansai region, but when it came to implementing it, he found it difficult.

First of all, the customs and customs are different from each place, specific to each Haoqiang, their temperament and character are also very different, some are good at talking, and some are greedy and domineering, refusing to share local resources with others.

If there are negotiations and compromises in every place according to local conditions, the efficiency will inevitably be extremely low, and it is estimated that Li Tai, the Lu Du, has seized power, and this matter may not be done yet.

Therefore, it is better to cooperate with the government, at least the government has unified rules and constraints, and the political resources at his disposal can also provide some assistance.

For the time being, if this matter is promoted to be implemented as a decree that the hegemon focuses on, it is natural that there is no fear that the magistrates will abuse their power and increase their weight.

This kind of cooperation does not have to be maintained for too long, it only needs to be laid and operated for two or three years, and then it can continue to be maintained even if it leaves the government, and there is no need to worry that Li Tai will leave the government after he is not in power.

When all the members heard Li Tai's idea, their eyes couldn't help but light up, and they all joined the discussion.

This kind of policy of the government giving benefits to the people and taking what they need from each other is not new, such as the suzerain-supervised system implemented in the early Northern Wei Dynasty and the subsequent three-chief system, both of which gave up administrative power at the grassroots level in exchange for the support of the local wealthy and powerful families.

Similarly, even if the government does not lease and sell these land resources, in fact, the local tycoons also seal up the mountains and rivers to reap the benefits. If a system can be established to manage situations outside of these laws, and such behaviors can not be abolished, but the government will also participate in the sharing of the benefits, the pressure on society will be far less than simply oppressing small farmers.

Li Tai, as the chief officer, only put forward a direction of thinking, and naturally he would not otherwise plan and verify the specific details, and what kind of plan would be formed in the end, which still needs to be discussed and run-in by these subordinates.

When he saw that the crowd was all about it, he stood up again and motioned for them to continue their discussion without interfering too much.

Although this is a convenient way for him to continue to strengthen his control over the local resources of Kansai, he does not intend to keep the price too low, after all, it is a policy plan covering the entire Kansai, and if it cannot be implemented to achieve a result of convincing the public, it is obviously unreasonable.

While his subordinates were busy discussing, Li Tai instructed his subordinates to go to the Taiwanese chef to order a sumptuous dinner to feast on his subordinates, but he himself had no time to stay for this meal.

Because in addition to the Taifu Shangshu, he is also the new governor of the rear army, in line with the principle of two bowls of water and level, after seeing a number of government officials here in Zhitang, he has to go to the military city outside the city to meet those Chinese military generals.

The subordinates here in Taiwan complained about his grievances, and he had a headache when he heard it, and hoped that the soldiers in the military city outside the city could give him a pleasant experience and enjoy the happiness of being in power.