The focus of the dinner is never on the meal, but one of the highlights of the evening is to welcome and talk to them one by one.

The toast and toast during the banquet are another main scene.

Gao Cheng took the trouble to tell everyone's merits and hard work, and drank a glass with him, even if the wine was mixed with water, and when he sat in the wing room with Gao Huan after sending the guests away, he was also a little drunk.

"Ah Hui will go back tonight to rest first, and come back tomorrow."

Gao Huan smelled the smell of wine and proposed.

Hearing this, Gao Cheng grinned and replied:

"The child's mind is still clear, and the father doesn't need to worry."

"I have a lot of exchanges with the Jinyang civil and military forces today, what does Ah Hui think of them?"

Gao Huan asked suddenly.

Gao Cheng pondered for a moment and replied:

"The father's skill of controlling people, the child is deeply admired, Xindu Yuan never needs to mention it, and I am rich and noble with the Gao family, and Erzhu descended to the people, and now he is also a loyal and brave man of the Gao family."

Gao Huan's face couldn't help showing a little smugness, but he quickly praised him:

"You've done a good job."

Grace does not necessarily have to reward officials and lords with material incentives such as property, just like what Gao Cheng did today, toasting their merits and hard work is a kind of spiritual encouragement.

Let subordinates feel the importance of his superiors, and it is also a means to win people's hearts.

Gao Cheng smiled:

"It's just homeschooling."

This is not a joke, Gao Huan's military ability pulls his hips, but there is no need to doubt his ability to play conspiracies and win people's hearts, Gao Cheng can be called a family scholar in these two aspects.

Gao Huan laughed, then changed the topic and asked:

"I heard that my eldest sister had a miscarriage?"

"When the child knows, it's too late to stop it."

"But you shouldn't bully the Son of Heaven, don't mention the words of the dog's feet, and treat the Son of Heaven with some respect."

"The child obeys the instructions of his father."

Gao Huan was puzzled:

"I put eyeliner next to you, aren't you annoyed?"

"If you change your child, I'm afraid that you will be even more wary of Xiaozhang and Xiaoyu."

Gao Cheng smiled, he was not surprised by this, it would be abnormal if Gao Huan didn't put eyeliner in his personal guard.

At that time, there were only four people in the dormitory: Gao Cheng, Gao Jishi, Yuan Shanjian, and Queen Gao.

Gao Huan only knew that Gao Cheng scolded the dog's feet, but he didn't know that he kicked Yuan Shanjian, and the news must have flowed from the guards guarding the palace, not Yuan Shanjian and the eldest sister.

Gao Huan shook his head, he knew that Gao Cheng was telling the truth, his son's suspicion was much worse than his, and his grandchildren might not have a good time in the future.

"Don't mention the gossip, let's talk about some business, Ah Hui, you have done a good job in the past year, especially the filling of the treasury, and finally filled the loopholes of the Western Expedition."

"Since my father asked me to be the head of this family, these are all duties."

Gao Cheng said in a humble tone.

"But Ah Hui should not persecute the Shi clan too much, and it is time to slow down."

"Father, rest assured, the child will not have the idea of suppressing the scholars in a short period of time."

Gao Huan's worries are not unreasonable, in the past few years, first including hidden households, and then abolishing the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, and then banning the private minting of coins, as well as the abolition of slaves and slaves and ploughing cattle to grant land, all of which are weakening the financial and human resources of the scholars.

After such a raid, the landlord's family did not have much surplus food.

It's really time to let it go, after all, the Gao family seized power, and the Hebei Shi clan contributed a lot, and this year another suppression decree will be issued, and it is no better to eat than scraping paint and melting Buddha to see where to go.

This is also the foundation of the Gao clan in the six towns of Xianbei, these things are placed in the Southern Dynasty, but I am afraid that the Shi clan has long been reversed.

"What are Ah Hui's claims this year?"

Gao Huan finally got to the point.

Gao Cheng replied with a straight face, Gao Huan listened to him, was silent for a long time, and then sighed:

"When it comes to governance, I'm not as good as Ah Hui."

Gao Cheng said in his heart: Look at what you said, in terms of military affairs, on winning people's hearts, even on appearance, which point are you stronger than me.

But this kind of filial piety can only be said in the heart, Gao Cheng smiled:

"The father is familiar with the military, and the children have been in charge of government affairs since they were young, and they have their own strengths."

Gao Huan deeply agrees with this, and he is full of confidence in his military capabilities.

Victory and defeat are commonplace, the battle of Guang'a, the battle of Hanling, the attack on Xiu Xiurong, the surrender of the Sudouling department, and the eradication of Jihu Liu Lisheng's forces, this confidence is established through a big victory, and will not be crushed by a major defeat in the western expedition.

Gao Cheng saw that Gao Huan had a smug look on his face, lest he had rested for almost a year, and was ready to regroup and go west again, so he hurriedly complained:

"The child thinks that this year's father is not suitable for the big army, just like last year, 200,000 troops marched westward, mobilized 400,000 people, not to mention the pension for the time being, tax exemption compared with previous years increased by 400,000 households, last year the child scraped the paint and melted the Buddha, easing the finances, if this year again went west, the child does not know how to make up for it."

Gao Huan was silent, he knew that what Gao Cheng said was the truth, last year, he scraped the paint and melted the Buddha, newly minted coins and rectified the salt administration, and the finances were indeed a lot more generous, but the opening of the imperial examination and the construction of the school house also cost a lot, of course, the bulk was the pension for 30,000 soldiers and tens of thousands of people's families.

This year, the treasury has lost 400,000 tax revenues, and Gao Cheng is really tight.

If the westward expedition is carried out, because Guanzhong is ruined, it will not benefit the finances in the short term, and if there is another big defeat, the finances are only afraid that there is a possibility of bankruptcy.

But Gao Huan felt that his time was short, and he was unwilling to give up, so he asked:

"Can you think of something about taxes?"

When the finances of the feudal dynasty dried up, if you were shameless, there were ways to make money.

Looking at the back, there is a Tang Dynasty that continued to live by raising the price of salt, and looking ahead, there is a good example of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

In order to cope with the financial crisis, Empress Dowager Hu, who built temples on a large scale, levied taxes in advance for six years to the world, which was not enough, and all food, clothing, housing and transportation had to pay taxes.

Because the living burden of the people of the Northern Wei Dynasty was extremely heavy, after the Gao family took power, Gao Cheng abolished a large number of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, in addition to commercial taxes, only to rent and adjust, supplemented by the division of land, in order to make the people prosperous, and at the same time win their support for the Gao family.

After the rule of Empress Dowager Hu, the people in the north did not have much sense of belonging to Yuan Wei Zhen.

Gao Cheng saw that Gao Huan had hit the idea of taxation and planned to dry up and fish, so he hurriedly stopped it:

"The child thinks that since the founding of the faith, the father is sympathetic to the people, and the meager endowment is the only way to have today's situation.

Gao Cheng almost said that Gao Huan should not cause chaos in internal affairs, whether it is an additional assignment or a pre-levy, it is what Gao Cheng does not want to see.

I don't care much for the people, once this kind of opening is opened, it is not easy to stop.

Of course, more importantly, he did not want to provide financial support for Gao Huan's expedition to the west.

Gao Cheng has a clear understanding of his father's ability:

It's good that you keep engaging in team building, and you can't do it in a large corps of 200,000 troops.

The biological clock is out of order, but it will write another 4000 before twelve o'clock, and it will continue in the early morning. I owe you two red envelopes, and they will be sent on the 12th.

The early morning is counted tomorrow, otherwise the third red envelope will definitely continue to be owed.

(End of chapter)