Now the grain price in Qingzhou City has broken 100 yuan, and the rising momentum is becoming more and more intense, and there is a non-stop rise in the frame, which finally alarmed Liu Bei.

Xun Yu saw Liu Bei come to ask, and he also smiled bitterly in his heart. The territory is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more places to spend money. Every time you hit a place, your lord, you have to appease the people, so that you don't want to do this. This is a small input and a large expense. How to avoid food shortages?

What if there is no food?

Xun Yu thought for a while, and said cautiously: "When there is a food shortage, whenever there is a precedent in the imperial court, it can fake the prince's rent and reduce the official salary by 100; You can enter the Su Baijue, and enter the valley to shoot the officer; or disarmament to reduce attrition......"

"The Book of the Later Han Dynasty - The Biography of Feng Qi" said: "The currency collection is exhausted, and every time you go on an expedition, you often reduce the princess's salary, and the fake princely rent." Liu Bei couldn't have imagined that the Eastern Han Dynasty would often do such things. Listening to Xun Yu's explanation, it was also enjoyable. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, because of border troubles, the finances of the imperial court were often tight, so the Son of Heaven often issued orders to borrow money. For example, in the first year of Emperor Yonghe of Han Shun, the edict loaned the princes and princes to rent a year old; In the second year of Han'an, he borrowed a prince and a prince to rent a year; During the Yanxi period of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, he often reduced the minister's service and loaned the prince half rent; Or the fake minister is served, and the prince rents it to help the army...... Not only that, the imperial court also often borrowed money from the people, Emperor Yonghe of Han Shun in six years, the edict of the fake people had a thousand money, and in the fourth year of Yongchu, because of the prosperity of Qiangkou, and the loan to the people.

This is always borrowing money, and I don't know if I will pay interest or not. Liu Bei's thought flashed in his heart. But he wasn't going to do that. Because there are not many princes and kings under his rule, the world has become like this, and it is a bit unreasonable to beat their ideas. As for the ministers of the imperial court, the same. People finally struggled desperately to come to your Qingzhou, and the good life didn't last a few days, and you have to deduct your salary, isn't it good?

As for entering Su Baijue, you can give it a try. After all, this is a very ancient tradition in China. During the Qin Dynasty, Shang Ying began to do this. In the reform of the law, he practiced the method of "Su Jue Su Ren", that is, he rewarded officials according to the amount of grain paid to the imperial court. Han Cheng Qin system. Chao Cuo is the person who advocates "entering the Su Baijue", he once said an honest sentence: "The lord, what he is good at, out of the mouth and endless; The millet is planted by the people, and there is no shortage of them in the earth." The title is a monopoly of the emperor, and the emperor can create it casually, endlessly, without any cost; And grain is grown by farmers on the land, and it is also inexhaustible. What is not cost-effective for the emperor to exchange the title he created casually for the real grain of the peasants?

Later, this policy was carried forward by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was a war maniac, who fought for decades, and where could the imperial court's finances be afforded. In order to solve the financial crisis, he carried out the policy of recruiting people to buy recovery and entering the sheep as a lang, and after Sang Hongyang came to power, this Su Baijue played a huge role. Not to mention the spread of the popular population from officials to ordinary people, the content of atonement has also been added. If the people are guilty, they have to buy the 30th rank to avoid capital crimes!

By the time Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty arrived, well, it would be even more blatant to buy and sell officials. Moreover, Emperor Ling of Han also sold his experience: officials and wealthy people traded with cash, and they did not pay on credit. Poor people can repay their mortgages; Baume & Mercier can buy officials at a discount. The price of large counties and rich lands is high; Border counties, poor places are cheap......

In general, buying and selling official positions to increase the financial revenue of the imperial court has been done in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad. On the one hand, the increase in fiscal revenues has also caused many irreparable consequences: for example, the rich peasants and large landlords can be exempted from taxes after buying their lords, so these taxes will inevitably be transferred to the common people, thus causing serious social contradictions. At the same time, it also undermined the law and the system of electing officials, resulting in different punishments between the rich and the poor, further expanding the injustice of justice, and at the same time leading to the decline of management efficiency and the corruption of official governance. Of course, in ancient times, the rule of law was often a joke.

Liu Bei actually didn't want to choose any of them. It's just that compared to borrowing money and disarmament, it seems to be a better choice to enter the Byjue. After all, it did not infringe on the vital interests of the officials and princes and kings. And they should approve of it.

Of course, the specific operation of this will have to be carefully discussed. Can't be sloppy. As soon as this opening is opened, if you don't look at it strictly, you will make a mess if you don't do it well.

The people discussed for a long time, and then they retreated. Liu Bei returned to the backyard exhausted, but saw Lu Heng losing his temper. When I asked, I found out that my son and Liu Ke's son had a fight. Liu Jin and Liu Chen were beaten by Liu Yu and Liu Qi and cried, and when they came back, they cried to Lu Heng.

Liu Bei laughed, Liu Jin and Liu Chen were always well-behaved by Lu Hang, and this time they cried like this, but they were afraid that they would suffer a big loss. Seeing Liu Bei laughing, Lu Xuan couldn't help but say angrily: "Your own children and brothers beat each other, can you still laugh?" ”

Liu Bei didn't take it seriously at all, waved his hand and said: "The tongue and teeth are still fighting, there are some trivial things between brothers, why should you care?" ”

Lu Xuan sighed and said, "Does that husband know why Yu'er and Qi'er beat Jin'er and Chen'er?" ”

Liu Bei said in his heart, is there still a secret in this, so he wondered: "Why? ”

Lu Xuan said: "Yu'er said that Sister Ah also bullied them before, so they have to turn over and bully them back now." ”

Liu Bei couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and it took a while to react, he couldn't help laughing, and said with a smile: "My two daughters still have this ability?" ”

Lu Liu's eyebrows were upside down, and he grinded his silver teeth to a creak: "The concubine also knew this, but when I asked, it was after the two crazy girls bullied my younger brother, but he was not allowed to wait to complain, saying that if anyone dared to sue, he would be beaten once he saw it!" For many years, he has kept his concubine body hidden. If it weren't for this incident, I really don't know! ”

Liu Bei thought of Liu Lin and Liu Yao, the two little girls, oh no, they were already married. There is also this side, while laughing in my heart, I can't help but shake my head, this character doesn't know who to follow. I also think that they are only eighteen years old now, and in the future they are the age of youth, fun and fun. Now she is serving her aunt and husband at her in-law's house. I couldn't help but feel distressed in my heart.

Lu Xuan talked to Liu Bei for a long time, and when he saw his expression, he couldn't help but say, "Husband is tired?" ”

Liu Bei shook his head and said with a smile: "It's okay, I haven't seen Lin'er for a long time, Yao'er, I sent someone to pick it up another day, and our family will get together." ”

Lu Heng responded. Liu Bei walked up to his two sons again, squatted down, touched their heads, and said with a smile: "Don't fight with your brother in the future, if he dares to bully you again, you tell them that you want to call your uncle." ”

Liu Jin seemed to understand whether he understood or not, and looked at his father with tears in his eyes: "But the seventh brother (Liu Yu) said that he was not allowed to call the adults!" ”

Liu Bei smiled and said, "It's okay, this is for my father." But don't you really tell your uncle, just scare your brother, you know? ”

If Liu Ke knew, he was afraid that those two little buttocks would eat bamboo slices again. Seeing that his son should get down, Liu Bei said: "Come, don't cry, is it okay for my father to make paper kites for you?" ”

The two babies instantly turned their faces into gloom, and they clapped their hands and circled around Liu Bei. Lu Xian looked at Liu Bei, and suddenly remembered that back then, his paper kite was also made by his husband. Before I knew it, it was all these years.