As the mausoleum where the mausoleum of the first emperor is located, there is no doubt about the significance of Lishan for the existence of Yingqin Sheji.

As early as more than 80 years ago, when the First Emperor ordered the hollowing out of the interior of Lishan to build the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin, Lishan has had a very special significance for the Qin people.

No matter how much they don't recognize Qin's merits and even legitimacy, or even a 'violent Qin', after the establishment of the country, the Liu Han Dynasty did not stimulate the old Qin people too much.

Of course, the 'not too exciting' here is limited to not deliberately destroying the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Lishan, and not deliberately setting up facilities around Lishan that are not suitable for the vicinity of the 'Tomb'.

- That's right, it's a royal tomb, not an imperial tomb.

At least theoretically, the status of Ying Zheng in the Han family today is 'Qin Wang Zheng', not 'the first emperor Ying Zheng';

Naturally, the mausoleum of Yingzheng is also the 'Mausoleum of King Qin of Lishan', not the 'Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang of Lishan'.

If it is an imperial mausoleum, it is naturally on the entire mausoleum mountain, and there can be no other buildings except altars and temples, and there can only be people guarding its spirits for five to ten miles around.

But since it is a royal tomb, it is naturally a head short in terms of etiquette.

In addition, this is still not recognized as the tomb of the former dynasty, which makes the attitude of the Liu Han Dynasty towards this 'royal tomb' can only be limited to the extent of 'I don't deliberately destroy it, but you don't expect me to deliberately maintain it'.

In this regard, the old Qin people, who have changed themselves to 'Guanzhong people', are also accustomed to it.

As for the Lishan stable, it is said to be the 'Lishan stable', but it is actually quite far away from the Lishan stable.

After all, it is the mausoleum of idols, and even if Taizu Liu Bang does not recognize Ying Zheng or Ying Qin out of political considerations, it does not affect him in the slightest to issue an informal order: No one is allowed to be disrespectful to the tomb of King Qin of Lishan.

As a result, the Lishan stable, which was already more than ten miles away from Lishan, has since moved out for seven or eight miles······

"Your Majesty······"

"It's ······"

When Liu Sheng took the imperial chariot and came to the horse garden, which was obviously in disrepair and faintly exuded the smell of feces, the ministers of the hundred officials were already here.

Seeing the arrival of the holy car, these people all lowered their heads in shame, and their eyes were not complicated, and they scattered their eyes to Yuan An, who was standing at the front of the crowd and trembling slightly.

- I don't have to go in to see it anymore.

The smell of livestock manure wafting through the air alone is telling.

Unlike cattle, sheep and other livestock used to produce milk or meat, horses, as a means of transportation, have extremely high requirements for living conditions and feed.

Including but not limited to: the resting stables should be dry, ventilated, and the temperature should be appropriate, and the feed should be fine, clean, and nutritionally balanced.

What's more, this Lishan stable is specially designed to provide war horses for the forbidden horsemen.

What is a forbidden rider?

In relatively simple and popular terms, it is the wave of people riding horses in the flower frame escort who travels with the emperor.

To put it bluntly, it is the cavalry honor guard of the Son of Heaven's honor guard.

Providing horses for such a troop does not require the Lishan stables to produce horses that are tall, strong, or even have actual combat effectiveness, but at least ensure that the horses are healthy, and at least look tall and strong.

But at this moment, the smell of feces echoing between the mouth and nose told everyone present that there were not a few sick horses in the entire Lishan stables······

"Sinner······

"—too servant and not in a hurry to confess."

Liu Sheng frowned and stepped forward, Yuan Ang was about to kneel on the ground in a hurry, and before he could say the voice of the sin, he was interrupted by Liu Sheng's cold whisper.

Now that he has come here, he has come to this Lishan stable, which is dozens of miles away from Chang'an, Liu Sheng must be sure.

Otherwise, if you come here with a lot of fanfare, what will happen to you, where will Liu Sheng, the face of the Son of Heaven, go?

In fact, the problem of the Guanzhong Outer Gardens headed by the Lishan Stable had been continuously sent to Weiyang Palace by Zhou Ren and sent to Liu Sheng as early as the beginning of last year.

When he learned of these conditions, Liu Sheng was angry and funny.

- The second brother of Wenjing is frugal and frugal, and he can't use linen cloth to sew the crown of the Son of Heaven and wear it, cook soup with tree bark and drink, and break a copper coin into 800 petals to flower;

As a result, the father and ancestors worked hard to save the special funds for the construction of the horse administration, but the entire Taifu horse administration system was full of fat head and big ears, and his mouth was full of oil.

As for the funny, it is to laugh at Yuan An, a servant, who is dignified and Jiuqing, who can't even hold his own chassis, and allows his power to be devoured by all forces-cats, dogs, and shrimps from all sides.

Especially those who do these things - the ones who do these things to trap Yuan Ang are precisely the 'old friends all over the world' that Yuan Ang was proud of in the past.

Now, Yuan An's fall is imminent, and life and death are just between Liu Sheng's thoughts.

And those who used Yuan Angzhong to enrich their own pockets have long since disappeared at this moment, and have lived a leisurely rich life······

"Immediately check the files of the Lishan stables and check the number of horses."

"Then transfer the officials of the Weiyang stable to check the condition of every horse in the Lishan stable, and record all of them into a book."

"—Dare to lie and deceive the king, clan!"

The word 'clan' implicitly sinister came out of Liu Sheng's mouth, causing all the ministers and officials present to tremble, and they only instinctively lowered their heads, praying that they would not be involved in this turmoil.

At the front of the crowd, Yuan Ang was already dead, and he only knelt on the ground in astonishment, quietly waiting for the sanction of fate.

This is also the point where Liu Sheng feels the most angry and angry.

- Yuan Ang knows!

- Yuan Ang knows what happened to the Lishan stable, and what is the situation now!

When Liu Sheng said that he wanted to come to Lishan Stable to have a look, Yuan Ang was already empty;

And when Liu Sheng appeared outside the Lishan stable, Yuan Ang basically no longer had the hope of 'living'.

As the saying goes: knowing what it can't do, or for great perseverance, or for great sin.

Obviously, Yuan Ang knowingly committed a crime, not for the sake of ambition and abiding by principles, but knowing the consequences of doing so, he still connived at and even aided and abetted.

"Your Majesty."

In a short time, Liu Sheng's explanation of the matter had already been settled.

- Liu Sheng said that it was 'to let the officials of Weiyang Stables come', but in fact, how could it be that they specially sent people back to Chang'an?

As early as when Liu Sheng took the imperial chariot and set off from the Lishan Stable from the Yang Palace, the censors of the Weiyang Stable had already come to the Weiyang Stable under the escort of the Northern Army Guards to check the situation of the Lishan Stable.

By the time Liu Sheng arrived, the current situation of the Lishan stable, which had already been roughly reported to Liu Sheng, had been carefully listed by the officials of the Weiyang stable and prepared into a book.

When Liu Sheng opened his mouth and said, 'Go check what the situation is', the officials of Weiyang Stable only symbolically took a turn in the stable, and then sent the prepared music to the servant next to Liu Sheng: Ji Di.

"Read."

"Let all the officials and ministers listen carefully, the good things that the servant has done over the years."

The cold tone that couldn't hear the slightest emotion made the hearts of everyone present sink again.

saw Ji Di's grim face and gave his hand to receive the order, and immediately spread out his hand;

After only a slight glance, he took a deep breath in surprise, and did not forget to subconsciously glance at Yuan An, who was kneeling not far away.

After adjusting his snort that was disturbed by horror, he held his head high and cleared his throat again.

"According to the archives recorded by the Prime Minister's Office, the Lishan Stable, established in the ninth year of Emperor Taizu Gao, initially had 100 foals, 40 mares, and 2 stallions."

"Empress Dowager Lu is in charge, Lu's nephew Lu He is the stable, up and down his hands, filling his private pockets, and more than half of the horses in the Lishan stable have been sold to Chang'an East City."

"Emperor Taizong Xiaowen for four years, with Zhang Ju as the guard, increased the number of horses by 100."

"In the seventh, ninth, fourteenth, and nineteenth years of Emperor Taizong, most of the good horses given by the princes of the Eastern Sect were put into the Lishan stable."

"In the twenty-fourth year of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, the prince of the prison country was ordered by Emperor Taizong and Empress Dowager Bo to issue an edict: open the internal palace of Shaofu to revitalize the horse government."

"Since the twenty-fourth year of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, until the first year of the new Yuan Dynasty, except for the four years of Emperor Xianxiaojing, who had the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu, the horse government money obtained from the Lishan stable has increased year by year."

"In the twenty-fourth year of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, he allocated a special fund for Ma Zheng for the Shaofu Internal Treasury, totaling 12 million yuan;"

"In the first year of Emperor Xianxiaojing, he allocated money for the purchase of horses and horse breeding money for the Shaofu Internal Treasury, totaling 21.5 million yuan."

"To the present day of the first year of the new ······"

Halfway through the reading, Ji Di once again instinctively glanced at Yuan An, then took a deep breath, and said in a heavy tone: "In the first year of the new year, the Empress Dowager decreed: Open the interior of the Shaofu Mansion to tell the world that the stables of all Han people raise horses and breed horses, and it is important to be fast, many, and good." ”

"In that year, the servant received a total of 976 million yuan from the purchase money and horse raising money from the Shaofu Mansion."

"Among them, a single Lishan stable will get more than 40 million ······"

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After Ji Di's words fell, the open space outside the Lishan stable fell into silence for dozens of breaths.

Everyone's heads were lowered and their eyebrows were calm, as if they were faceless to meet Liu Sheng's cold eyes that seemed to be about to kill.

Ninety-seven thousand six million dollars.

Liu She remembers very clearly: Last year, the total agricultural tax revenue of the Prime Minister's treasury was about 41 million yuan of grain and rice, which was only a little more than 200,000 yuan;

Since there was no owner of the Shaofu at that time, the income from the Shaofu was also sent to the Prime Minister's Mansion by Liu She, totaling 70,000 yuan.

Although this is because when Zisheng is today, on the basis of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen and Emperor Xianxiaojing's 'reducing the oral allowance from 120 yuan per person per year to 40 yuan', it was reduced to 20 yuan per person per year, but this is also made up by the people of the Han Dynasty all over the world, each person took out 20 yuan.

Last year, the money received directly by the imperial servants from the Shaofu was close to half of the annual fiscal revenue of the national treasury, and greatly exceeded the total revenue of the Shaofu's internal funds.

If we only count the agricultural tax revenue of the national treasury and the oral income of the Shaofu internal treasury, the Ma Zheng appropriation received by the imperial servant last year exceeded one-third of the annual fiscal revenue of the entire Han family.

And after receiving such a large amount of financial support, the 'achievements' of Yuan An, a servant, in Ma Zheng are really amazing······

"After investigation, there are 3,194 registered horses in the Lishan stable, including 79 stallions, 864 mares, 1,671 colts, and 580 unslaughtered foals."

"Horses extant: four stallions, three hundred and fourteen mares, no horses, five hundred and eighty foals."

"After verification by Weiyang Stable, 75 stallions that should have existed in Lishan Stable, but did not exist in Lishan Stable, were all sold by Lishan Stable Dou Wan in the name of 'insufficient fees', and a total of 1.7 million yuan was sold."

"——This matter, the Lishan stable ordered the book file to be drafted by himself, and it was approved by the servant, and the document was stamped with the seal of the servant."

"The 1,671 horses that should have existed in the Lishan stable, but did not exist in the Lishan stable for the time being, were all lent out in the name of 'rental', and the Lishan stable was responsible for the feed."

"This matter has also been approved by the servant, and there is the seal of the servant as proof······"

Speaking of this, Ji Di finally closed the white paper in his hand and respectfully held his hands in front of Liu Sheng.

After the eunuch next to Liu Sheng ordered Xia Que to take it over for Liu Sheng, Ji Di sighed lightly and retreated to the side.

It's just that there is a touch of disdain in the eyes that Yuan Ang has never had in the past.

- Yuan An, digging the corner of the country.

At the very least, they are acquiescing in the unscrupulous digging of the corners of the country by certain people and forces on their own territory and with their own power.

And the strength of digging the foot of the wall can be called a bulldozer······

"The annual horse government funds are more than 90,000 yuan, but on the grounds of insufficient 'tariff', 79 stallions are sold to 75 horses······"

After a long time, Liu Shengzhong still had a cold face, looking at Yuan Ang who was kneeling not far in front of him, holding the report that had been rolled into a 'paper stick', and he couldn't crush it.

"Seventy-five stallions, a total of 1.7 million yuan, the discount is only 170 gold?"

In a strange calm tone, Liu Sheng's eyes were still locked on Yuan An, and he only asked about his maternal uncle Jia Gui who was hiding in the crowd behind Yuan An.

"Last year, the Empress Dowager's birthday, I remember that Shaofu went to Xiaoguan to pick up a good horse sent from the north as a gift to the Empress Dowager."

"That good horse, how much did Shaofu buy it?"

was named by Liu Sheng without warning, Jia Gui only panicked for no reason;

After reacting to Liu Sheng's question, he looked at Yuan Ang with hesitation.

In the end, I had to bow my head helplessly and take two steps forward.

"Your Majesty."

"That good horse is the Hu Ma found by the Chentuo Yan Gate Guard, from the mutual market of Cloudsdale City."

"It's nine feet high, it's as strong as a jiao, and its momentum is extraordinary."

"To buy this horse, just that Hu Shang, he asked for the minister's daughter."

"Counting the tariff sent to Chang'an from Yanmen, this good horse costs a total of 1,500 gold, more than ······."

"—Is that a good horse superior to the stallion in the Lishan stable? Inferior? ”

"Slightly ······ Slightly inferior ·········"

(End of chapter)