Syllable!

Chai Rong threw the thick stack of ledgers in front of Ye Hua, his face looked very solemn, and he said slowly for a while: "Ye Qing, did you really spend so much?" ”

Ye Hua picked up the account book and didn't rush to look through it, but asked, "Who handed it over to Your Majesty?" ”

"It's the Prince!"

Chai Rong said simply: "It took the emperor half a year to calculate it for me, take a look, is there a discrepancy?" "Obviously, Chai Rong didn't believe that he would spend so much money, but the prince wouldn't lie, maybe the child couldn't do it and miscalculated the number!

Chai Rong could only comfort himself like this.

Time passed minute by minute, Ye Hua looked through it extremely quickly, Chai Rong drank a cup of hot tea, Ye Hua put down the account book, "Your Majesty, if the minister is not wrong, His Highness's account is only about one-third of the total expenses!" ”

"What?"

Chai Rong was furious and stood up angrily.

He never believed that the accounts given by the prince were already amazing enough, and the actual amount was even more, wasn't it a joke? Tomorrow is the triumphal ceremony, Chai Rong is happy, ready to enjoy the joy of returning from victory, if it weren't for the military expenditure to make him angry, he wouldn't have run Ye Hua here in the middle of the night.

"Ye Qing, I want to kill Lu Duoxun!"

Chai Rong gritted his teeth and was furious.

The treasury is empty, but he ran away with a branch of Shangshu, don't you dare to kill people? Chai Rong now has only one thought, that is, to kill Lu Duoxun, recover the accounts, and make up for the shortfall, in his thoughts, someone must be greedy for the money of the treasury, otherwise it will never be like this!

Ye Hua shook his head helplessly, although he also wanted to kill Lu Duosun before, it was because of his idea of beating the prince, but now if Lu Duosun is pursued because of the case of the treasury, Ye Hua will not dare to agree.

"Your Majesty, the minister can rest assured and boldly say that Lu Duoxun may have favoritism, but his family property is definitely not more than 10,000 yuan!"

Chai Rong was happy: "So he is still a Qing official!" What about my money? Where did it go? Fly? Chai Rong slapped the table hard, and his slap turned red.

"Please don't be impatient, Your Majesty, Rong Chen said slowly!"

"I want you to speak quickly!" Chai Rong's eyes were red, and he said impatiently: "I don't want to be a fool!" Li Gu is dead, a lesson from the past, whoever dares to touch my money bag, I will destroy his nine clans! ”

Chai Rong's anger was incomparable, and Ye Hua had no other way but to say it truthfully...... The Battle of the Western Regions, it seems that in the desert, there was a fight with the Black Khan and Samman army, plus some small battles, the time was very short, even if it cost more, it would not be exhausted!

This is what most people think, but if you look closely, you will come to a different conclusion...... This war began with the cultivation of Shu Dao.

"Your Majesty, at that time, it took nearly two years to recruit millions of people from Shu Dao, and in order to be able to mobilize the people, the imperial court sent Zhang Xun to forcibly push Juntian and distribute the land to the people...... This is the millions of stone army rations of the Western Regions War! ”

Chai Rong frowned, "Of course I know this, I am very clear about this, the land was given, and the common people went out to conscription, which is justified, not to mention that the property of so many large families was confiscated, and the treasury did not lose too much money when this Shu road was built!" ”

"But the place lost money!"

Chai Rong immediately frowned, "What do you mean?" ”

Ye Hua sighed: "In the final analysis, the time is too short, after the implementation of the field, many people are eager to cultivate their own land, and are not willing to work, it is true, road construction and farming, there is a situation of competition for labor...... Therefore, the yamen in Bashu reduced or exempted taxes for the people who went to work, and took out the grain storage that was often closed to supply the construction site for consumption...... More importantly, they purchased a lot of cattle from Dali and other places and distributed them to the people. ”

Chai Rong took a deep breath, "There is such a thing? ”

Ye Hua said: "Zhang Xun can be called a cadre, he supervised the construction of the road, did not cause a civil uprising, and completed it ahead of schedule, as far as the minister knows, he paid the people's wages, although the number is not much, but it adds up, it is also a huge expense...... In addition, a Shu road, straight to Yizhou, and along the way to build many roads and bridges to other states and counties, in order to transport the grain out, all local yamen, are doing their best, between the two years, the total number of people dispatched by Bashu is three million, not one million people on the Shu road! ”

Just listening to Ye Hua calculate the account of a Shu Dao, Chai Rong was dumbfounded.

Think about it, at that time, the Shu Kingdom had just been destroyed, and Li Gu teamed up with the officials of Bashu to sweep the wealth, and the people of Bashu were about to change...... In this case, roads must be built, land must be asserted, and military rations must be supplied...... These are almost impossible tasks, to do it, but also to do it beautifully, in addition to having officials, you have to be willing to spend money!

Lu Duosun presided over the affairs of the Du branch, and he did not dare to go to the account of the treasury, so he reduced the taxes of Bashu, and at the same time transferred a large amount of materials from Jinghu and even Jiangnan into Bashu...... In order to save money, Lu Duoxun tried his best to distribute it in kind, but it was difficult for him, the old coarse cloth, old tea bricks, and even bacon from the Jiangnan Mansion Treasury were transported.

Many local officials scolded him behind his back, but he managed to cope with the past, did not provoke the people's uprising, and completed the imperial mission.

Although the things were shipped away, the inventory in various places also had to be replenished, so in almost three years, more than half of the materials sent by the local government to Kaifeng were reduced.

This also explains why there is nothing in the Kaifeng Treasury.

After the Shu Road was completed, he continued to build the road to the Western Regions, and then rescued the Guiyi army, pacified the Uighurs, fought against Tibet, and then fought a decisive battle in Khotan...... Before and after, it adds up to more than a year!

In other words, this big war is not just a few days of battle, it is real, it has been fought for three years!

Especially in the section where the army entered the Western Regions, there were about five buckets left from Bashu to Liangzhou, and only one or two buckets were left when they were transported to the front line, and that's it, but in order to transport grain, the loss of carriages and horses counted, the loss of livestock counted, and the casualties of personnel and people were not counted...... "Your Majesty, the minister has just learned that there are 150,000 pack horses in the herdsmen in various places, and this is not counting the cattle and horses lost in the locality. ”

"The minister also heard that in the duty room of the prince of the king, there is a sand table, on which there is a road leading to the Western Regions, warehouses, military stations, and post stations along the way...... In order to garrison soldiers, dig wells, build houses, prepare bedding, saddles, felt, forage......" Ye Hua had to go down, Chai Rong's head was three times bigger.

"Ye Qing, don't say it." The emperor was frightened, "Ye Qing, I just want to ask you a word, how much will the various expenses add up?" ”

"Then it depends on what Your Majesty wants to do." Ye Hua said: "Your Majesty also knows that in order to support the battlefield, many workshops have been invested in Chang'an, and along the way, many factories have also been built, including those who make carriages, those that produce cement, those that spin wool, and those ......that process meat."

"Stop!"

Chai Rong really didn't dare to listen to it anymore, "Counting it all, how much did it cost me to fight a battle?" ”

Ye Hua stretched out his left hand and slapped his right hand, and stretched out his index finger with his right hand.

"It's one thousand and a half...... Uh, no, it's 51 million? ”

Ye Hua shrugged, "It's 150 million!" ”

Thump!

Chai Rong sat on the chair for a long time, patting his head in pain.

"Ye Qing, how can you spend so much money? Can't you save it? ”

Ye Hua said helplessly: "If Your Majesty wants to save money, you must forcibly recruit people's husbands, forcibly levy military rations, show down for conscription, and even let the local government sacrifice horses and livestock for free...... What is the result, I don't need to go into details, right? ”

Needless to say, of course.

Chai Rong immediately remembered one of his peers, Liu Che, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty!

In order to counterattack the Xiongnu, Liu Che launched a long strategic counteroffensive, taking the famous Battle of Mobei as an example, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing divided their troops into two routes, gathered tens of thousands of elites, and the troops were roughly the same as the Great Zhou attack on the Western Regions, but less...... Annihilated more than 90,000 Xiongnu people, cut off border troubles in one fell swoop, and achieved remarkable results and went down in history.

But for this war, the Han lost tens of thousands of soldiers and more than 100,000 horses!

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty fought for many years, in order to supply military expenses, he thought of all the ideas, monopolized salt and iron, taxed the rich, and even got out the white deer skin coins, which can be said to be a combination of means, and the result was in the end: "The sea is wasted, and the household registration is halved."

No one can deny the greatness of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but they also have to admit that fighting a war really burns money, especially a large army expedition.

Three minutes on stage, ten years off the stage.

In order to ensure a few days of fighting for the soldiers, the price that the rear needs to pay is really incalculable.

And Ye Hua has always advocated saving people's power, not forcibly conscripting people's husbands, even if it is a last resort, give some money. Of course, it is natural to take care of the people, but the expenses are also real.

Not to mention anything else, Fu San is known as the goddess of wealth, why does she carry so many debts?

The reason is very simple, Jingzhao Mansion wants to build a quilt workshop, she wants to take money, but she has no cash in her hand, what should she do, she can only sell the property in her hand, or mortgage the loan.

Normally, she needs to pledge two or three workshops to make money for one workshop.

It is also necessary to hire skilled workers, carry looms, and purchase raw materials...... If even these costs are included, the cost of this war is more than 200 million......

Chai Rong listened to Ye Hua calculate the same, his heart kept sinking, and finally smiled helplessly, "Ye Qing, if I had known that it would cost so much, I wouldn't have sent troops!" ”

"Don't!"

Ye Hua hurriedly waved his hand, "Your Majesty, thousands of miles of territory in the Western Regions, millions of people, if you don't send troops because you feel sorry for a little money, whether it is Your Majesty or your ministers, you will be laughed at by future generations." ”

Chai Rong grabbed his temples, "Laughing is laughing, it's better than exhausting mountains and rivers!" Ye Qing, do you have any other way? Can you fill this hole? ”

Ye Hua said: "Your Majesty, 150 million, it takes two years of Da Zhou without eating or drinking to make it up, with all due respect, this debt cannot be repaid, and it cannot be repaid!" ”

"You're going to pay your bills?" Chai Rong suddenly came to his senses, "This idea is good, go and check which rich people you owe, go back and ask the embroidered messenger to give them a crime and raid their homes one by one!" ”

Ye Hua couldn't laugh or cry, this is the emperor, or a bandit!

"Actually, it's not so troublesome, the court wants to get money, but it's still too slow to raid the house."

"Oh? And faster? ”

"Hmm." Ye Hua said: "I can only issue banknotes!" ”

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