Liu He opened the door of the main hall and saw Yu Wuwu.

The latter was neatly dressed and meticulous, but Liu He himself was barefoot and open-dressed, without the appearance of a prince or a king.

Zi said: If a gentleman is not heavy, he is not authoritative. His Royal Highness's current dress is not dignified, so how can he deter Tian Bu? Yu Wuwu looked Liu He up and down, and said very dissatisfied.

Liu He didn't care about this battle of words this time, and all his thoughts were now on Tian Buxi.

"What did Tian Buqi say?"

"He only said that he brought the accounts of Changyi State last year, and he didn't say anything else."

"How's his expression?"

"The look is normal, nothing unusual." Yu Wuwu thought for a moment and then said, "It's as annoying as usual. ”

"Although Yu Qing's sentence is suspected of judging people by their appearance, it also speaks to the hearts of widows."

"Let's go, let's meet him for a while." After Liu He finished speaking proudly, he was about to rush out of the main hall.

Yu Wuwu stopped Liu He, frowned and said, "Your Highness, your shoes and clothes." ”

Liu He was stunned for a moment, smiled hehe, and retreated into the hall.

After a loud sound, Liu He walked out neatly dressed.

"Yu Langzhong, go, go and get the widow's money back."

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the princes and kings could enjoy all the taxes in the feudal country.

However, Emperor Gaozu had issued an edict requiring each feudal state to pay a tribute fee to the central court according to the number of people, sixty-three yuan per mouth, and then although the specific amount of the contribution fee changed, the system of contribution has always been retained.

Later, the contribution gradually became an established system, and eventually evolved into the current system of gold.

At that time, the income of the vassal states was divided into three main parts.

The first part is the regular tax of land rent, oral tax, and money calculation, which are uniformly taxed by the central court. This part of the regular tax is specially used to provide for the salaries of the officials in the country, the salaries of the soldiers, and the daily expenses of the various government offices.

The second part is the revenue from the development of mountains and rivers in the country and the commercial tax levied in the market. This part, also known as private support, was intended for the use of the royal family. In order to increase their income, the princes and kings often set up clever names in this item, and sometimes they received more private support than the regular tax.

The third part is the wealth obtained through iron smelting, boiling salt, and coinage. This part can also be regarded as the private expenses of the princes and kings.

These three parts of income add up to a huge amount of wealth, and after deducting various public and private expenses in the feudal state, the princes and kings can still accumulate a lot of money.

It was precisely by relying on this huge income that the princes with different surnames in the early Han Dynasty and the princes surnamed Liu during the time of Emperor Xiaojing were able to frequently launch rebellions.

After the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, from Emperor Xiaojing to Emperor Xiaowu, not only suppressed the princes and kings in terms of political power, but also restricted their economic power.

The central court imposed restrictions on the types of taxes levied by the vassal states. Only the princes and kings were allowed to collect land rent through the prime minister's office, and the rest of the taxes were the same as those of the counties, a small part of which was kept in the local area, and most of them had to be exchanged separately with the central court's Dasi Nong and Shaofu.

In this way, although the vassal states can still receive the same income as the ordinary rich and powerful families every year, it is no longer possible to support the military needs of an army.

What's more, most of the income that has been cut off is unknown, and it is unknown whether it can be used on the kings.

The rich and powerless princes and kings are like a big piece of fat meat, stared at by countless mosquitoes and bedbugs, trying to suck a large tube of blood from their bodies.

And this Tian Bu is the biggest bed bug in Changyi country. He also didn't know how much blood he had sucked from the Changyi Palace.

Tian Buxi's official position was that of the Shaofu in the Prime Minister's Mansion, which was a position that replaced the performance of his duties after the imperial court reduced the official position of the Shaofu in the vassal state.

Sifu, a farmer with an average meaning.

So don't look at the name with the word Shaofu, but from the point of view of rank, the two are completely different.

Originally, the Shaofu of the vassal states were all of the rank of a thousand stones, but the rank of this Shaofu was only a hundred stones, which was the same as the rank of the young Langzhong in the palace, and it was only the same rank as Zhu Cao Shipeng in the Xiangfu.

However, to see whether an official position is fat or not, we must not only look at rank, but also look at power.

Some official positions are frighteningly high, but they have very little power, and they are just mascots in the court, such as Taifu.

Some official positions are outrageously low, but the power is real, and it is a fat difference that can be pinched out with one hand, such as a snicker.

The names of the sifu are slightly different, and it is not clear how many kinds of sifu there are in all the offices of the Han Dynasty.

However, the duties of these skulls have one thing in common, that is, they all have to deal with money and grain, or they are responsible for the collection of taxes for each pavilion and a mile, or they are responsible for managing the expenses of money and grain for each county and country.

And this Shaofu Sifu is the small official who replaces the Shaofu and specializes in managing the income of the palace's money and grain.

It is impossible for all the money and grain collected by the prime minister for the princes and kings to be moved into the palace and stored, but they are placed in the official warehouse together with other money and grain received by the country.

How much food is needed in the palace every month, he directly sent someone to apply for it from the Shaofu Sifu, and then took the official document issued by the Shaofu Sifu to the official warehouse to withdraw it.

In short, this young man is the steward and bookkeeper of the palace in the true sense of the word.

Manage accounts with one hand and income and expenditure with the other, no one restricts you, and it is difficult not to be greedy.

Tian Buxi's family has held this position for two consecutive generations. When the king of Changyi was Liu Ji, it was Tian Buxi's father who was the young man, and when Liu He was the king of Changyi, it was Tian Buxi who took over.

The two generations of Changyi kings are all teenagers in the end, and they don't care about the money and grain items, and the few family members in the palace don't dare to offend them, so Tian Buxi naturally has an opportunity.

Liu He also remembered to check the palace family background a year ago, because money is a good thing, and it is impossible to do great things without money.

But what he didn't expect was that he sent Yu Wuwu to Tian Buxi to ask for accounts many times, but every time he was pushed back by Tian Buxi with various excuses.

Whether Liu He asked for money or food, Tian Buxi agreed very happily, but as long as he mentioned looking at the accounts, Tian Buxi pushed back and held back, so that five or six months have passed, and Liu He has not seen the accounts.

If it was the previous Liu He, he would naturally forget it, but the current Liu He can see at a glance that there is something greasy in it.

Liu He needs a lot of money, so he must find out the background of the palace.

So, Liu He first replaced the original dim-witted family, and let Yu Wuwu personally take charge of the money and grain income and expenditure in the palace, and even found an opportunity to be ready to do anything to Xiang Tian at any time.

Last month, Liu He once again asked Yu Wuwu to give Tian Bu an edict, asking him to bring last year's accounts to the palace in the middle of this month, otherwise An Lexiang would go to him to ask for it.

Under Liu He and Yu's worry-free and tough attitude, Tian Buxi reluctantly agreed.

But what he didn't expect was that this Tian didn't hesitate to delay another day before coming to the palace to meet Liu He - I don't know if he was just a thief, or if he wanted to avoid other colleagues in the prime minister's mansion.

Liu He hurriedly walked towards the Changyi Hall with Yu Wuwu, and when he reached the halfway point, he hurriedly stopped his steps.

Because Liu He was in such a hurry that Yu Wuwu in the back almost bumped into him.

"Your Highness, why did you stop?"

Liu He turned around and said, "How is my face, is there any panic?" ”

Yu Wuwu looked at it carefully and said, "It's really a little flustered. ”

Liu He took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down.

He had been staring at Tian Bu for a long time, and this matter was a little different from his usual things.

Weekdays are for grace, but this time for Liwei.

Because you do less, you are more likely to panic.

If you panic, you can easily make mistakes.

Liu He naturally did not allow the leakage to appear.

After adjusting a few breaths, Liu He gradually calmed down, and then asked Yu Wuwu again: "Now, is the widow still panicked?" ”

Yu Wuwu shook his head and said, "The look is as usual." ”

"Okay, let's go!"

"Yui!"