At this time, Li Changqing had not yet sorted out the imperial court's money, grain, population, and army numbers.

With what has happened in the court in recent years, Yang Yue faintly feels that there is a big problem in the court.

End of October.

Fan Hengwen, Li Xuanqi, Xiao Yun, Wen Renyu, and his family members in Jinyang Palace arrived in Chang'an one after another!

The beauty arrived, and the Jin Wangfu gradually became lively!

Yuwen Linxuan, Zhaoyang and others were deeply surprised when they learned of the ending of King Qin and the situation of Princess Qin.

The princesses visited Princess Qin in person, and they didn't know what the women said, Yang Yue went to the inner courtyard to treat Princess Qin, and gradually stopped being blamed by Princess Qin.

Ruyi also has Yu Wenlinxuan and others to take care of, and he can handle government affairs wholeheartedly!

At the beginning of November, Gao Xiaoyun and Zhang Shaoming, the servants on the left and right, came to the palace of the Jin Dynasty and discussed with him the succession ceremony and the arrangement of the officials of the six departments of the court!

Yang Yue vaguely felt that the imperial court was short of money and food, and ordered Gao Xiaoyun and Zhang Shaoqing to keep everything simple.

Fan Hengwen, Li Xuanqi, Xiao Yun, and Wen Renyu returned to help Li Changqing sort out the information of the imperial court's population, money and grain, taxes, and army, and the speed has increased a lot!

In particular, Wen Renyu and the few officials he brought back seemed to be good at dealing with economic issues, and quickly sorted out the materials that Yang Yue needed.

Jin Wang's Mansion, in the study!

Yang Yue browsed the folds sent by Li Changqing, and couldn't help but take a breath of cold air and shudder.

He expected that the imperial court was short of money and food, the number of people was reduced, and the army was insufficient, but according to the excerpt sent by Li Changqing, the problem was far worse than expected!

Yang Yue only browsed the first half and was deeply aware that the problems in front of him were complex and the responsibilities on his shoulders were heavy!

Is it any wonder that Yang Mingkun is in a hurry to pass the throne to him?

"Li Changqing, let's talk about it, what problems are the imperial courts facing at present?" Yang Yue took a sip of the teacup and asked!

The problems of the imperial court are complicated, and Li Changqing doesn't know where to start.

After being silent for a long time, Li Changqing reported: "Lord Wang, Yuwen family, King Qin rebelled in Gyeonggi Province, Dugi Province, Chang'an, Luoyang, the two most prosperous capitals in the Tang Dynasty, the people suffered the most serious casualties, compared with two years ago, at least two percent fewer people!"

Chang'an and Luoyang are the most populous places in the Tang Dynasty, and they are very prosperous and wealthy!

It's a pity that in recent years, it has become the core area of war!

The damage suffered is very serious, and the first to bear the burden is naturally the local people!

"Twenty percent?"

Yang Yue was slightly flustered, drank the tea violently, and asked: "Died in the war, or did the people migrate to other places?"

"Half and half!" Li Changqing replied.

Hiss!

Yang Yue heard the sound and took a breath of cold air!

Half and half, and that's a lot!

Chang'an and Luoyang are all cities with a population of one million, and each has two percent casualties, and there are 400,000 people!

What's more, in Li Changqing's report, does it include Gyeonggi Province and other areas in Togi Province.

At this time, Li Changqing continued to report: "Lord Wang, continuous fierce battles, continuous conscription on all sides, young laborers have suffered the most casualties, and there are not many people who starve to death due to war!"

The rest of the people all migrated to the south, and Hebei Province, and Shu to take refuge."

"Hmm!"

Yang Yue nodded, in recent years, continuous campaigns, under his account alone, he once recruited 200,000 elites near Chang'an, and besides, the Sixteen Guards continued to fight in Chang'an.

After experiencing the affairs of the Yuwen family, the He family, and the King of Qin, the sixteen guards were basically abolished, and the casualties were more than 200,000.

In order to restore the population of Chang'an and Luoyang as soon as possible, it is necessary to ensure that the two places are no longer disturbed by war!

"Where's the money?"

Yang Yue didn't dare to think about it and was busy asking other questions.

"The treasury is empty, there is no silver taels, and even millions of silver taels are owed to the Wen family, and there is a lot of old grain in the major granaries of Chang'an and Luoyang!" Li Changqing replied!

And sure enough, it was!

Yang Yue sighed, he had guessed that there was no silver tael in the treasury!

An empty treasury is a hidden danger to the country.

If a crisis erupts, it will inevitably lead to catastrophe!

Yang Yue hurriedly asked: "Hengwen, how many silver taels are there in Jinyang City, can it make up for the emptiness of the treasury?"

"Lord Wang, over the years, you have accumulated a lot of silver taels outside the Guan, but you have consumed a lot of battles year after year, especially to help the soldiers of the six battalions of the two armies build iron armor, spending a lot of money and food, at present, it is estimated that the silver taels are not much, throw away the expenses to support General Lin and General Yan to fight in the north, at most raise one million silver taels!" Li Xuanqi reports.

Million?

Yang Yue exclaimed.

He implemented a new policy outside the customs, vigorously developed commerce, built large workshops, and had caravans to various places, making money every day!

He was only able to raise a million taels of silver.

The huge empire has only a million stripes of silver in its treasury, and if there is a natural or man-made disaster, it will not even be enough for relief.

What's more, the northern border is undecided, and it needs continuous financial and food support.

War, fight morale, fight for equipment, and in the final analysis, fight for money and food.

Without money and food, it is simply impossible to support the border war.

"A million is a million, it's better than nothing, it's all shipped to Chang'an!" When Yang Yue was silent for a while, he said: "Xuanqi, send someone to use all the old grain in Gyeonggi Province and Dugi Province to make wine, and bring some grain back from outside the customs."

"Lord Wang, there has never been much grain outside the customs, if you want to have surplus grain, unless it is harvested in autumn next year!" Li Xuanqi reports.

"Jiangnan, is there no surplus grain in the south?" Yang Yue asked.

"Lord Wang, at the beginning, the imperial court quelled the rebellion of the Yuwen family, and most of the money and grain spent was collected from the south, otherwise the imperial court was afraid that it would not have the strength, and now, the southern finances are also very tight!" Li Changqing said.

"Damn!"

Yang Yue said angrily!

At this time, Wen Renyu stepped forward and reported: "Lord Wang, Weichen has checked in detail, there is money and grain in Hexi Road, especially the bumper harvest in the Hetao area for three consecutive years, and the King of Qin is planning to rebel and secretly accumulate a lot of money and grain!"

At present, the only places that can raise money and food are the Hetao and the territories."

The Loop?

Shudi?

Hetao used to be the territory of King Qin, and now King Qin is dying tragically, if you want to transport back the grain, you must find Wolongsheng, otherwise, King Qin's cronies in Hexi Road will not agree easily.

How could it be that the contradiction between him and Princess Qin has not been resolved, and he has not fulfilled King Qin's last words to marry Princess Qin!

Wolongsheng surrendered on the surface, for the princess of Qin and Ruyi, he must coerce him to marry the princess of Qin.

It is still more tricky to transport money and grain back from Hexi Road!

Shudi!

The King of Shu has been operating in secret for many years, and is still firmly controlled by the King of Shu.

At this time, the king of Shu was in the north of the Guannei Road, and if he waved his army south, the cronies of Shu would definitely respond with cavalry and transport back money and grain from Shu, fearing that there was little hope.

"Is there no other way?" Yang Yue asked.

Wen Renyu gasped and said, "If the prince doesn't mind, Weichen will go home and be raised by his father, eldest brother and sister to temporarily raise some money and food for the imperial court."

"Forget it, this king can't just succeed to the throne and owe a lot of debt!" Yang Yue waved his hand and said depressedly!

To solve the problem of money and food, he had no choice but to find Wolongsheng and even Princess Qin!

(End of chapter)