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Anaidoli's letter and Xuanwu were four years old, and on the day of early January, they were delivered to Liu Ce, who was far away in Chang'an.

"Bastard!"

In Weiyang Palace, after reading the oasis tragedy described in Anaidoli's letter, Liu Ce was completely angry.

"I think that with the strength of the country today, this kind of thing should not happen in a bad time! It seems that I took things too seriously! ”

When the officials in the hall heard this, they made eye contact with each other, and many people showed a trace of incomprehension.

It was the Yueshi who died, and they were not subjects of the Han Dynasty, why is Your Majesty so excited?

Even if the Yue clan and the Han Dynasty currently have a harmonious relationship, and the state is humiliated, it is enough to directly order the Western Regions Protectorate to seek justice, why send the news to Chang'an?

Since the Han army defeated Meng Luo at Xuanwu Pass and won a great victory, the fear of the government and the opposition for the Hu people has finally been completely eradicated.

For a time, the self-confidence of the officials and the people swelled, and the atmosphere of fearing Hu like a tiger suddenly evolved into contempt for the Hu people.

This is an excellent phenomenon that can strengthen the cohesion of the people towards the dynasty, but at the same time, there is a feeling of arrogance and uneasiness that quietly breeds between the government and the opposition.

That is the Han-based ideology, everything is based on the interests of the subjects of the Han Dynasty, and the rest can be discussed as appropriate......

It is precisely because of this kind of thinking that the current border of the Yue Clan is humiliated, and all the officials present have an indifferent expression, and even feel that this is not a matter at all.

Seeing that most of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty had an attitude of not caring about themselves, Liu Ce sighed helplessly, threw the handwritten letter written by Anadori to himself on the case, and said: "Tell me about this matter, what do you think?" ”

As soon as the words fell, the counselor Yao Zhong got up and stepped out of the ranks, and said to Liu Ce: "Your Majesty, the battle of Xuanwu Pass has just ended, although it has achieved brilliant results, but this war has also suffered a lot of losses among the officers and soldiers of our Han army.

In addition, the northern states spent a lot of money and food for this battle, and the ministers thought that this should be the time to recuperate, and the ministers were also deeply sympathetic to the suffering of the Yue country.

However, strictly speaking, this is also the Yue Clan's own affairs, as long as Guishan has not broken through the bottom line of this dynasty, it is better not to use troops for the time being, even if he really wants to send troops, he sincerely asks that it is not too late to wait for the military and civilians of the North to recover and then discuss it. ”

Yao Zhong is an old minister of the former dynasty, in that era of rampant corruption, he was a politician who rarely kept a clear head, because he dared to speak out, he had offended many people, but in the end he survived and became a Han official.

Yao Zhong's words were recognized by the hundreds of officials present, and he had just ended a war related to the fortunes of the country, and now he was going to war with Guishan, which would inevitably give people a suspicion of being reckless.

What's more, where Guishuang is, the local folk culture, and the population, the hundred officials here are basically unclear, even Liu Ce himself is half-understood.

Therefore, Yao Zhong's current proposal is very safe, even if he wants to fight, he has to wait for a sigh of relief before fighting, not to mention that there is still a Chu State in the south, and he doesn't have much energy to focus on the border of the Western Regions thousands of miles away.

Liu Ce fell into deep thought, there was nothing wrong with what Yao Zhong said, it is true that the war is now suspended, and another war will indeed increase the burden on the imperial court.

But if they don't fight, then how can the states in the Western Regions return to their hearts, and their original intention of setting up the Western Regions Protectorate will not be realized.

After all, for the Western Regions, Liu Ce is determined to incorporate it into the territory of the Han Dynasty, not a colony, but a country!

Thinking of this, Liu Ce asked Qin Mo, "Qin Shangshu, how much grain is still in the treasury now?" ”

Qin Mo got up and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, in addition to the various expenses of the local government offices, the treasury currently has 47 million silver dollars, 53 million stones of grain reserves, and 14.8 million taels of gold.

But His Majesty has said that gold must be mainly reserved, so it can be sealed for emergencies......"

Baiguan was stunned when he heard this.

And so much money and food? No way? After such a large-scale offensive and defensive battle, shouldn't the treasury be empty? How can there still be so much balance?

Soon, some officials who were proficient in arithmetic immediately began to calculate the taxes of the imperial court.

However, under this calculation, everyone frowned.

Because everyone found that no matter how you calculate it, the treasury should not have such a large surplus.

Today, the population of the northern part of the Han Dynasty and the southern part of the Yangtze River is 310 million, and the taxable land is 2,984,600 mu.

One mu of land is calculated according to the harvest of 700 catties for two seasons, and the agricultural tax of one mu is 70 catties, that is, according to 150 catties and one stone, the income of that year is nearly 1.4 billion stones.

Well, this is not only about growing food, but also considering natural disasters and other factors, and if you discount it, it will be 7.8 billion stones, and in addition to the local government offices, about 300 million stones will be collected from the national treasury.

However, these 300 million stone of grain may seem like a lot, but the expenses required for the vigorous development of Gyeonggi are also a lot, and with the war between the north and the south, even if there is a surplus, it should not be as much as 40 million stones.

There is also tax silver, which is simpler, due to the abolition of a large number of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, this year's commercial tax revenue of the Han court is only a mere 73 million silver dollars.

Compared with the previous dynasty's 300 million or 400 million yuan, it is not enough to see at all, and most of these taxes and silver have been used for various infrastructure construction and measures to improve people's livelihood, and it is absolutely impossible to have a surplus of 47 million.

What's even more incredible is, where did all that gold come from?

This series of questions made the hundred officials really incomprehensible, if it weren't for everyone knowing that Qin Mo would definitely not talk nonsense, he would definitely think that his words were a bully.

The questions of the hundred officials are correct, and this algorithm is also fine, but they ignore one point, that is, the industrial output value and the huge benefits brought by the war!

Not much to say about the benefits of industrial output, as for the gains from the war, if it is really a loss, there will be a crusade? And the rise of the Mongol Empire? Datang also became richer and richer in the war, and Uncle Sam became the hegemon of the world.

Only countries with poor strength will lose money because of wars, such as the Mite Dynasty, this guy is really hard to say, in the middle and late stages, he began to be hammered all the way, and the face of China for 5,000 years was completely defeated together, and now there should be a group of sand sculptures there to wash it non-stop.

In other words, Liu Ce's wealth was plundered from the war, and the strategy of fighting to support the war in the early stage not only created an iron-blooded army, but also obtained a huge fortune, so he had the confidence to establish the current Han Dynasty and dare to directly confront the Mengluo people.

"If you allocate a sum of money and grain from the treasury to the Western Regions Protectorate and support Bai Qi's use of troops against Guishan, is there a problem?"

"Back to Your Majesty, there is no problem, the minister can negotiate with Xu Shangshu now and hand over half of the money and grain to him to deal with."

Listening to Qin Mo's calm tone, the hundred officials were a little uncalm, half of the money and grain? That's an astronomical sum! Isn't it good to use it to build infrastructure and improve people's livelihood? Why do you want to use it as military spending?