Shi Min and Liu Ba secretly changed and confiscated the account books of the East Palace, embezzled 70 million taels of silver, 1 million taels of gold, and the remaining 12,165,420 taels of silver, as well as more than 2 million taels of gold, as well as countless precious calligraphy and paintings, gold, silver and jade, and rare treasures, all of which were handed over to the state treasury.

With Liu Ba taking cover, I believe that Shi Hu will not notice anything.

However, what made Shi Min feel unbelievable was that Liu Ba insisted on "dividing three or seven into three", Shi Min was seventy percent, Liu Ba was thirty percent, and Liu Ba was in the palace and served Shi Hu, so he couldn't help but show his feet, and he didn't take a penny, and handed over all the embezzled funds to Shi Min himself!

Shi Min thought it was strange, so he ordered Jing Zhan to collect information about Liu Ba.

"How?"

Jing Zhan lowered his head and replied, "Lord, this is Liu Ba's details. ”

Shi Min took a dossier, which clearly wrote Liu Ba's birthdate, place of origin, parents' surname, and some of his early experiences, but there was nothing abnormal.

Shi Min vaguely remembered that when he was young and was raised by Shi Hu in the palace, it was Liu Ba who took care of him. Could it be that he remembered this old love?

But this can't be said, in this troubled world, people's hearts are unpredictable. Liu Ba dared to collude or even instigate Shi Min to embezzle so much stolen money, what was his intention?

Don't look at Liu Ba is now the commander of the CRRC government, and he has won Shi Hu's trust, not only commanding all the chamberlains and palace maids in the harem, but also managing the Hanging Mirror Division, but once this matter is detected by Shi Hu, Liu Ba will definitely be a dead end.

It's just that Liu Ba is still a eunuch, greedy for so much money, and handed it over to Shi Min to deal with by himself, what is he trying to do?

couldn't figure it out, so Shi Min didn't think about it.

The next day, when it was time for the early dynasty, Shi Hu accepted the worship of the ministers, and then Liu Ba stood up and screamed: "Something is going on!" Nothing to retreat from—"

This is nonsense, now that the rebellion has just been quelled, the turmoil in various places has not stopped, not to mention the chaos into a pot of porridge, but it is also a hundred wastes to be rebuilt, and the court has a lot of things to solve.

However, the sentence "there is something to start, nothing to retreat from the court" can be regarded as the opening remarks of the convening of the court meeting.

Dasi Nong Ran Liang immediately came out and said: "King, the minister has something to do. ”

"Say!"

"Great King, the famine swept the land of Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Xuzhou in the twelve counties of my Great Zhao State, in the past year, according to incomplete statistics, the disaster of Li Shu as many as one million, hundreds of thousands of starvation deaths, all counties and counties, hungry everywhere, ten rooms and nine empty, the dead are pillowed! Every family, change children and eat, and those who are displaced do not know how many! Now that the drought has not been controlled, the minister asked the king to open a warehouse to release grain and provide relief to the victims, and at the same time send a powerful minister to take charge of the dispatch! ”

Hearing this, Shi Hu was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Is the disaster already so serious?" ”

"Yes." Ran Liang looked distressed and said, "Great King, the imperial court was busy quelling the rebellion and was unable to provide disaster relief, but now that the rebellion has been put down, it is time to mobilize food to help the victims of the three prefectures of Qing, Yan and Xu!" ”

"I know. Ran Liang, this matter will be handed over to you to deal with with with it all, but wherever you need it, you can play it to me again. ”

"Obey the order!"

When Ran Liang retreated, Shi Jian came out again and said: "Father, the son has something to do!" ”

"Say!"

"Father, son, please conquer Xiliang!"

"What?!"

Hearing this, not only Shi Hu was dumbfounded, but even the ministers in the court were stunned.

This Shi Xuan Rebellion has just been pacified, and all kinds of waste are waiting to be revived, Shi Jian still dares to instigate Shi Hu to fight? Is his head funny?

Although it is said that in the past, the Great Zhao State fought for many years, and fought without war. But that is already in the past, the current Great Zhao State has experienced the Shixuan Rebellion, and the imperial court is no longer sustainable!

What does it take to fight a war? I need money and food!

Where does this money come from?

Money, the imperial court has, but what about grain and grass?

Under the command of Shi Min, the official army put down the rebellion very quickly, but it also had hundreds of thousands of troops at every turn, and the consumption was huge.

No, without waiting for the ministers to jump out to object, Shi Hu said in a deep voice: "Shi Jian, do you know what you're talking about?" Soldiers, the country's major affairs! How can you go to war so easily? Now that the rebellion has just been quelled, the national strength is not strong, and it is not easy to conquer the Liang country in the west? And what is the benefit to my Zhao Kingdom? ”

"Father! Erchen thinks that this is not impossible to fight! ”

Shi Jian followed the words handed to him by Shi Min, and said impassionedly: "Now that the war in the country has just subsided, it stands to reason that there should be no more sword soldiers!" But if you can't afford a sword, it's not enough to deter Xiaoxiao, and it's not enough to raise the prestige of our country! ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Father, the Shixuan Rebellion has caused great harm to my Zhao Kingdom, and all the countries of Heaven and Earth are very concerned about this turmoil. It is reported that before the destruction of Yecheng City, Shi Xuan also sent many messengers to Jiankang of the Jin State to ask for help! At that time, the Jin Emperor held a great court meeting to discuss the matter with the ministers, and the Jin ministers agreed to send troops to accept Shi Xuan and Yanzhou, Xuzhou and other places in the south, and the Jin State had even begun to send troops! ”

"Fortunately, thanks to the speed of our generals and the heavenly authority of our father, the official army was able to quickly take Yecheng and smash its conspiracy."

Shi Hu squinted his eyes and said, "What does this mean?" ”

"Father, please think about it, the Jin Kingdom in a remote corner is still like this, don't the nearby Chengguo, Yan Kingdom, Daiguo and Liang Kingdom have no covetous heart for the Central Plains? If things change, the rebels in Yecheng will resist stubbornly and insist until the reinforcements of the Jin State arrive, I am afraid that the rest of the world will want to enter the Central Plains and get a piece of the pie! ”

"That doesn't justify your coldness."

"Father, the matter of the levy is also closely related to the relief of the victims of the three states of Qing, Yan and Xu."

"Oh?" Shi Hu was interested, "Tell me your opinion." ”

"Father, the drought in the southeast is serious, hunger is everywhere, and all counties and counties are flooded with a large number of refugees. So how to control it? Since ancient times, Li Shu will not risk losing his head to rebel as long as he can survive, such as the Chen Sheng and Wu Guang Rebellion at the end of the Qin Dynasty, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion at the end of the Han Dynasty. ”

"And the backbone of the rebellion is the young man! In order to put down the rebellion as soon as possible, the official army recruited many soldiers from Qingzhou, Yanzhou and Xuzhou, but the situation was still not under control. ”

Hearing this, Shi Hu had already reacted.

"You mean, continue to recruit the young people from the stricken Qing, Yan, and Xu Prefectures to enlist in the army?"

"Not bad."

Shi Jian said: "Father, the homeless people are like a flood of beasts, in recent days, a large number of homeless people have appeared in the Central Plains, for the Han people's dock forts and rich and noble families, and their power has been strengthened. Now, if you can conquer Xiliang again, you can send tens of thousands of elites at every turn, and send more than 100,000 people, not to mention that you can destroy Xiliang, at least force it to break off diplomatic relations with the Jin State, and turn to our Zhao State to bow down and be a vassal! ”

This idea was given to Shi Jian by Shi Min.

The drought is so severe that the people are hungry and displaced, and if this trend continues, I am afraid that it will lead to another violent peasant uprising!

Shi Min's method was still based on the later Song Dynasty's Xiang Army.

Later in the Song Dynasty, large and small peasant uprisings continued, all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, forcing the common people to take risks, in this regard, the Song Dynasty court adopted the method is to take a policy of appeasement in the places where the peasant uprisings are more serious, that is, to recruit their young and strong into the Xiang army, the village soldiers.

Without the youth and the army, how can the common people rebel?

I have to say that this method of the Song Dynasty is really insidious and effective.

And if Zhao Guo takes this opportunity to go to Liangguo, he can still divert domestic attention and suppress the popular uprising.

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Chapter 0157: Wanderers