In the face of natural and man-made disasters, a big corrupt official once said a famous saying: 'Save the people first save the officials, the officials can't live, what else can they save', this sounds angry, but if you think about it, there is a certain truth, it is an iron truth of helplessness in reality!

Taking the Han Dynasty as an example, the state power is in a pyramid structure: the emperor (nominal but not powerful) - the ruler (Cao Cao, Xiao Yi) - the civil and military of the imperial court - the feudal officials - the local officials - the common people!

Decrees are conveyed from top to bottom, layer by layer, taxes are submitted from bottom to top, and only when the decree is smooth, can the country operate normally, and if there is a problem in a certain link, the state apparatus will collapse!

Even after the war, the treasury was empty, the imperial court had not paid money for more than a year, and the top magnates such as Cao Cao and Xiao Yi had fiefs, manors, and treasure troves, even if they didn't pay money for a hundred years, it would have no impact on their lives, but the low-level officials couldn't.

Petty officials are also human beings, they also have wives and children, and they also have to eat, drink and wear, and they all live on a meager salary.

Officials lack food and drink, and their wives and children are waiting to be fed, so they will naturally resent the imperial court, and the state machinery will not be able to function because of the government decrees issued.

Survival is the instinct of human beings, and officials can only find their own ways to feed their mouths and clothes, and to support their parents, wives and children, and the most direct and simple way is to squeeze the people at the bottom, that is, corruption!

Once the river of greed bursts, it can no longer be stopped, and the court owes the officials ten stone and rice, and they will embezzle one hundred stone or one thousand stone...... The oppression of the common people has increased tenfold or hundredfold, and this is why there is a saying that the government is more harsh than the tiger and the officials are as ruthless as wolves!

Therefore, after Xiao Yi got the money and food, the first thing he did was to distribute the money, so that the officials could be fed and clothed, block the river of greed, and let the state machinery work, so as to relieve the people at the bottom!

Of course, people's greed is endless, even if they give the officials a fortune, it is inevitable that they will be corrupt and bribe-taking, and they will fish the people, but they still have to be the first, because the food of the king, the matter of loyalty to the king, and the disloyalty of the king is famous!

Arrears and hunger and cold, resulting in corruption and bribery of officials, which are intolerable and reasonable in the law of the country, and they cannot raise a knife if they want to kill corrupt officials!

On the contrary, if all the money is distributed, and the officials are still corrupt and bribery, then arrest one and kill another, and it is justifiable to kill them, and it is useless for anyone to intercede.

The merchants were very efficient, and the money and grain were delivered the next day, and the vehicles lined up in front of Taicang, and the treasury, which had been empty for more than a year, finally had some confidence......

As for the houses, fields, and livestock donated by the merchants, they were handed over to the local government to provide relief to the common people, and the development of mines required a lot of manpower, so it was necessary to recruit many craftsmen and people, and solve the problem of feeding many people.

"Taicang has issued Lu Lu, everyone go and get Lu rice!"

"Da Sima has great powers, and he got money and food overnight, and he is really a capable minister who rules the world!"

"Xiao Lang is the reincarnation of the God of Killing, not the reincarnation of the God of Wealth, how to get a lot of money and food, is there fraud in it?"

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With money and food, Xiao Yi arranged good manpower to distribute money to civil and military officials, and from big officials to small officials, from the central government to the locality, they were reissued at one time, and they would never owe anyone!

After the news spread, there was a sensation in the court, especially the poor low-level officials, who hurriedly brought their families and ox carts to receive the money.

There were also a lot of high-ranking officials, and they didn't fail to open the pot, but they didn't believe the news of Fa Yulu, thinking that it was Xiao Yi's trickery again, and wanted to stabilize people's hearts with this, so they also came in a carriage and horse to see if there was really money and food?

If there is really money and food, they will take out all the money, who will have trouble with the money and food, not to mention that if they take out a penny, the treasury will be empty, and the disaster relief will be less, and Cao Cao and Xiao Yi will have more trouble!

If there is no money and food, they will take the opportunity to make a big deal and bewitch the officials to crusade against Xiao Yi and Cao Cao, it is best to remove the two of them from power, and then they can take the opportunity to seize power, Kong Rong and Zu Bi are representative figures!

After several bloody suppressions, the vitality of the loyal Han forces was greatly damaged, and they lost the courage to resist by force, so they had to secretly dismantle the platform everywhere......

The ministers are loyal to the monarch, and the monarch gives the ministers a salary, which is a matter of course, during the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, the food is the main body, that is, the monarch divides the land to the princes, doctors, and scholars, and the harvest on the land is the wealth.

In the late Warring States period, the slave system collapsed, the feudal system was established, and the system of taxation and stipend also changed.

According to the Han system: Sangong pays 350 hu corn per month, (1 hu = 1 stone = 120 catties), which is 4200 stone a year, and some silk, fur, medicinal materials and other rewards!

Jiuqing is 2,160 stones a year, the state pastor is 1,800 stones a year, and the county is 1,400 stones...... Then it decreased step by step, the county order was 500 stones, the county governor and county lieutenant were 400 stones, and the officials at the bottom were less than 100 stones!

Xuchang is the capital of the Han Dynasty, the officials are of a higher level, and they are often more than a thousand stones, so they naturally have to bring servants and drive carriages, but after arriving in front of the gate of Taicang, the officials were surprised to find that the Yulu issued this time was a little different:

"Da Sima has great powers, and he has brought a lot of money and food, please line up and receive your respective salaries in order, and all the arrears will be distributed!"

"Doctor Kong Rong, should receive a year of 960 stones, 192 stones of rice, and 100,000 copper coins, please sign and draw it!"

"Fu Baolang Zubi, you should receive 540 stones a year, 162 stones of real rice, and 40,000 copper coins, please sign and draw it!"

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In front of the gate of Taicang, Chen Qun and Yang Fu led their subordinates and began to distribute money to officials, not the corn in the past, but a mixture of coins and corn, which is one of Xiao Yi's policies, used to open source and reduce expenditure!

You must know that the number of officials and civilians in the Han Dynasty is 60:1, the number of soldiers and civilians is 10:1, redundant officials and redundant soldiers are very serious, and the number of Lu is extremely huge, and in the process of distributing Lu rice, there is even greater consumption!

Take Xuchang City as an example, there are more than 8,000 large and small officials and 150,000 garrisons, (because it is the capital of the Han Dynasty, the number of officials and soldiers is extraordinarily large), and 4 million Hu of Lu rice is needed every year, and Yanzhou's annual tax is only 1.5 million Hu of grain!

There is a huge gap in food, and it can only be ...... from Xu, Yu, and Si Even Hebei was transported, and in the process of transportation, a large number of ships, carriages, horses, and people needed to be provided, and the rations they consumed were several times that of the transportation volume!

The rest of the place is much the same, all villages, counties, counties, and states...... Transporting grain at one level at a time, the worse the road, the greater the consumption on the way, no matter how strong the family foundation of the Cao Ying Group is, it can't help but toss so much!

Therefore, Xiao Yi thought about it again and again, and decided to change the structure of the slu, and turn the simple distribution of grain into a combination of grain and coins, with two or eight for senior officials, three or seven for middle-level officials, and four or six for low-level officials, supplemented by grain and mainly coins!

Compared with heavy grain, the equivalent coins are small in number and lightweight, extremely convenient to transport, and greatly reduce consumption on the way, which is of great benefit to the country and to the officials!

Although food was a good thing, it could only be used to cover the stomach, but it could not be worn, could not be lived, and could not be used as money, so the officials received rice and kept only a small part of their families to eat, and most of it was sold for money or exchanged for other things to sustain their daily lives!

In particular, there are not a few petty officials who received Lu rice the day before, and the next day they put on coarse cloth clothes and go to the market to sell them, otherwise the whole family will have to eat, drink, wear, and use rice.

The problem is that the scholar is the head of the four people, but he has to do the cheap business of the end of the four people (merchants), his face is really not good-looking, and in the process of selling, he is often calculated by real businessmen (amateurs are not as good as professionals), and he has invisibly suffered a big loss!

Now that the government has changed, what has been obtained is gold, silver, and copper coins in hard currency, which saves the trouble of selling grain, and can directly buy things, and the officials are naturally happy, benefiting the country, the government and the people, which can be described as killing three birds with one stone!

"Da Sima's merits are immeasurable, and the officials are grateful!"

"Da Sima governs the country, and the people live and work in peace and contentment!"

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"Erlu Erlu, the people anoint the people's fat, the people's parents, don't be merciful, you eat the court and the court, you should be loyal to the country, love the people, don't be corrupt officials, otherwise don't blame this big Sima, the sword in your hand is ruthless!"

The golden corn, the hard currency in hand, the officials were elated, kneeling on the ground to thank them, it seems that compared with Cao and Xiao, the latter is still more skilled, at least people can get money and food!

Xiao Yi also stood in front of the gate and gave a generous speech, encouraging everyone to do their best to help the court quell the civil uprising, but there was a strong murderous intent hidden in his words!

After a busy day and a night, Xiao Yi was also a little tired, so he asked his subordinates to continue to distribute the money, and he wanted to rest in the back, but as soon as he entered the lobby door, he was dragged by Chen Qun......

"When Da Sima covered his hands, he got a large amount of money and food, and gave a lot of money to civil and military officials, so that he had the ability to govern and the officials to the ground!

However, today's coins instead of Lu rice, the treasury of gold, silver, copper coins consume more than half, it is difficult to persist in the long run, I am afraid that it will lead to chaos, and I hope that Sima will think twice! ”

Coming to a secluded and uninhabited place, Chen Qun showed a worried look, Yulu has changed from simple food to a combination of coins and grain, although this method is beneficial to the country and the people, but it also has great drawbacks!

There is a lack of everything in the court, that is, there is no shortage of smart people, and the method of replacing Lu rice with coins has been advocated by some people in the Western Han Dynasty, and they know the benefits, but they have not been able to implement it!

The reason is also very simple, there is no money in the imperial treasury, and the reason why the treasury has no money is that the whole country has no money, specifically the lack of gold, silver, and copper!

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