Yecheng, Da Sima Mansion.

The evil consequences of welcoming the emperor appeared in front of Yanbei in an unstoppable way at the beginning, on the dozen stacks of books held by Tian Feng.

"Jizhou's money and grain are not enough for the winter, so do you have to transfer it from Youzhou?" Yan Bei frowned and was surprised, took the box of books from Tian Feng's hand and put it on the desk, took out the file for proofreading, and said without raising his head: "Let people go to the state pastor's mansion to get the books of this year's taxes...... Even if the fields are wasted, the taxes for raising tens of thousands of soldiers are not enough, how did the envoy of the Hanwen Festival be? ”

Hearing Yan Bei's words to criticize the old boss in the past, Tian Feng smiled dumbly, although Han Fu did not reuse him in the past, now he has no thoughts of gloating, and said to Yan Bei: "Yan Jun, Jizhou did not pay much taxes last year, although the grain and grass were collected this year, there is still a balance after the baggage and gold of the generals of each department are issued. The money and food allocated by Youzhou are not for the soldiers, but for the imperial court. ”

"The Imperial Court?" Yan Bei was stunned for a moment, during this time, the Jixiao Temple punished many middle and lower-level generals and officials from all over the country for corruption, and the matter of recovering stolen money was constantly reported to him, so as soon as there was a lack of money and food, he thought of corruption, and his heart was angry. But when Tian Feng said this, he blurted out and asked, "What court?" ”

Tian Feng frowned, turned his head and retreated from the warriors and servants in the courtyard and house, and then smiled bitterly at Yan Bei: "The Jizhou Mansion supports the soldiers and horses of the Yan family's Gao, the second general of the Lu family, and the Liao Department of the Prefecture, as well as the ten thousand armies of Hanoi, and there has never been the slightest prevarication. The surplus was also left after the imperial court moved the capital, and all the small ministries that were used for turnover in the following year were served to the imperial court. Although it violates the legal system of half of the taxes paid by the prefecture and county to be handed over to the national treasury, it can only be done in extraordinary times. ”

Seeing that Yanbei nodded slowly, Tian Fengcai continued: "But the general's headquarters, that is, the general of Yulin Youzhonglang and the general of Yulin Zuozhonglang who guards the palace, have a total of more than 6,000 Yulin Lang; The expenses of hundreds of officials and ministers of the imperial court, the fiefdoms of dozens of marquises, and the royal family, does Yan Jun also have to let the Jizhou Mansion pay for it? ”

Tian Feng's words were to the point, Yan Bei looked a little speechless, waved his hand and said: "You're right, don't say that this is not the expenditure of Jizhou Mansion, even if you let Jizhou Mansion pay for it, you can't afford it...... Don't let people go to Jizhou Mansion to disturb the Korean Festival, how much is the difference between the treasury and the treasury, Yan sent a message to Youzhou to make up for it. ”

Tian Feng sighed, although the old man who was more than half a hundred years old had a strong temperament, and he was also quite cautious in this matter, he glanced at Yanbei and saw that his expression was as usual, and then he said the amount summarized in his memory a few days ago, and said: "There is a shortage of 240,000 stones of corn, 70,000 stones of fine beam rice, 14.65 million yuan, and a total of 47,000 horses of silk and silk." ”

This amount is almost a year's income of the whole county when Yanbei ruled Liaodong in the past - it is the common income of more than 100,000 people in the county, not taxes.

Yan Bei raised his hands on the desk and rubbed his temples, although he had estimated the amount in his heart before, he still muttered to himself: "Why are there so many?" ”

Before he finished his words, he listened to Tian Feng ponder and say, "This is the money owed by the imperial court last year. This year, there are still 6,000 more Lin Lang......"

Yan Bei looked up at Tian Feng, and slapped his hand on the desk, "More than 700,000 stone grains, 30 million yuan, where did Yan go to get so much!" There are also silk silks, and there are silk silks in the officials of the imperial court? ”

It is true that he has money and food, but if he wants to transfer 700,000 grains from Youzhou, he has to add 1.4 million stones to the road consumption. The entire Youzhou may only be able to harvest three million stone of grain, and most of it is the income from the tuntian of Lelang in Liaodong, and it will be transported from there until next year...... and another mother wants an extra 700,000 stone grain.

I'm going to consume him to death!

Seeing Yan Bei's appearance, Tian Feng sat down to comfort him a little, and then sighed and said to Yan Bei: "Those silk silks were rewarded by His Majesty in the past, and the court was displaced and couldn't get the real thing...... There's no way around it. ”

Of course, Yanbei knew that there was no way to do it, but this matter was not said so, the court had no way to come to the money, and it couldn't be all pushed on him. He gritted his teeth secretly, and said to Tian Feng with a normal expression: "Yuan Hao, if I remember correctly, Yan is a big Sima, and the court is short of money, so you should go to Dasi Nong, right?" ”

didn't wait for Tian Feng to say anything, so he listened to Yanbei continue: "I raised them, gave them food and drink, and built official temples and donated mansions to them, which is not a bad treatment." They made it difficult for the officials to deal with things, and they complained deeply about Yan's administration, and Yan also gave them a salary, and also sent them a debt owed for the year? ”

Yan Bei spread his hands and said: "Where is there such a reason...... The court's Yulu, let's find Dasi Nong and Shaofu to do it, it can't be done like this. ”

Hearing Dasi Nong, Tian Feng, who didn't know how many times he had smiled bitterly, showed a helpless face again, and said: "Shaofu Han Rong suffered and died a few years ago, His Majesty invited the great Confucian Zheng Xuan from Beihai in the spring of this year to take a car to serve as the big Si Nong, but just arrived in Yecheng a few days ago, he asked to return to his hometown, and he has recently prepared to drive back to Beihai...... Except for the Great Sima, no one in the DPRK can take on this great responsibility. ”

Zheng Xuan will leave as soon as he comes, which must be normal. At present, the big Si Nong is not easy to do, if it is just to supervise the agricultural affairs in various places, it is more difficult to manage the financial power and taxation, and it is needless to say that there is only the tax of Youji under the decline of the imperial power, can the big Si Nong still grab taxes with Yanbei?

"Hundred officials and ministers, what do you think about the affairs of the officials now, don't they know that the court is in trouble?" After Yan Bei asked, he heard Tian Feng say: "The ministers of the public secretary know that the imperial court is in trouble, but they have scattered their wealth with the emperor's eastward migration, and many people have lost their lives. In the past, there were Li Guo and others on the way, and the emperor and them were not having a good time. Now it's a little better to Jizhou, but the family has no money to spare, even if Yan Jun ordered someone to distribute ingredients to the hundred officials and ministers, life is also sad. The secretary is the face of the country, and since the imperial court has moved to Yecheng, Yan Jun is not good to ignore it. ”

What Tian Feng said is reasonable, if Yanbei ignores it, what will it become?

"In this way, repair a letter for me to pass on the Youzhou pastor, ask him to send the surplus grain and money from Youzhou, and use the official post of the imperial court to send the letter, so that the news can be leaked." Yan Bei poked out two fingers and said: "Then send the monks of the temple to go straight to Youzhou Mansion, inform him of the situation of the imperial court, and let San Lang only send 200,000 stone grain and 2,000 gold to come, making it look like Youzhou has no grain." Let him in the future, in addition to my Yan's private land, send half of the taxes regulated by the imperial court to the imperial court every year. ”

Yan Beicai didn't want to bear the imperial court forever in the future, at least not for the past few years. However, the money that should be given still has to be given, otherwise it is not appropriate for the officials and ministers to have no money for their own use, the road consumption of grain is too large, give them money to buy it themselves in Jizhou, which can just enrich the people of the state and county.

"Let people count all Yan's money in Jizhou, and after a while, Yan will use it."

He wants to play a play of generosity for the minister!