"Whimsical!"

Yang Yizhong and Xu Heng's ideas looked very beautiful, and the two of them were sent to Liu Xing's hands by Lei Zhen for the first time when Liu Xing's eyes were bloodshot and he walked out of the mansion.

After reading the recital of the two, Liu Xing did scold softly with horizontal eyes and disdain: "One pass and one city, one hundred passes and one hundred cities." These two boys, the ideal is very plump, don't you know that my current reality is very skinny? ”

The ideal is very plump, and the reality is very skinny.

When Liu Xing scolded these words, deep in his heart, he actually felt a burst of pain.

The glitz on the surface, this is the real situation behind the prosperity of the Northern Dynasties today.

The new currency can only be minted for a long time, and it cannot be officially implemented, and now all the private and official settlements have returned to the monetary system of the Song Huizong era where a pile of money could be exchanged for a few bags of grain. What is the reason, in addition to the minted 10 million gold coins, 100 million silver coins and equal amounts of coins, in fact, the Northern Dynasties no longer have any surplus gold and silver reserves.

How can you launch a new currency without reserves? Forcibly issuing a new currency when there is not enough national reserves is not for the benefit of the people, but for the use of currency to plunder the wealth of the people in the red fruit land, and it is a move to harm the people of the whole world.

Liu Xing didn't want to, couldn't, and was even more unwilling to do that kind of thing.

For the benefit of the common people, that word is still far away from Liu Xing, because it is too dignified and too grand to reach. Whether it is a god or an immortal, what cannot really be done, Liu Xing does not dare to expect that he can do it.

But even if you can't do it for the benefit of the people, you must not do anything that harms the people. It's not just about responsibility. More important is a kind of conscience, a kind of moral bottom line taught by two mothers in past and present lives.

"Don't trick people, don't hurt people. Be honest. "That's what my mother taught me in my previous life." Be kind to others, be sincere and trustworthy, and do not take your own selfishness and harm others for your own benefit". That is the teachings of my mother in this life.

Under such teachings and teachings, although Liu Xing was evil, he did not dare to forcibly issue new currency against his conscience. The inability to issue new currencies has resulted in the military spending of the Northern Dynasties being extremely tight.

In the case of extremely tight military spending, Yang Yizhong and Xu Heng wanted to start on the Great Wall at the northern foot of Yanshan Mountain, and gradually push the entire northern border defense line to build a large pass and a new city.

scolded them, Liu Xing was not enough to relieve his hatred. If the two of them were standing in front of Liu Xing at this time. Liu Xing could pick up his legs and give them a few hard kicks in the ass at any time......

Hearing Liu Xing cursing the two of them like this, Zong Ze and Ma Kuo, who came with Lei Zhen, glanced at each other, and they were all stunned.

Seeing their expressions, Liu Xing immediately said to Zong Ze: "Zong Shuai, you know the inside story of my court. To build a pass and a new city on the Great Wall, that is a small project. Once the construction starts, hundreds of thousands of people will have to eat, right? You have to pay for it, right? Even if it is a soldier in charge of supervising the work and guarding the Great Wall, can he do it without giving him enough food and drink? ”

After a slight pause at this point, Liu Xing continued with a melancholy expression on his face: "This requires money and food!" But I don't have any money right now. There is not much food left! With the revival of all industries this autumn, there is not much grain production in Henan and Hebei. Shandong, Xikang and Dongchuan have sent a lot of grain. It's only enough for our army to support the Battle of Western Xia, Hebei and other border defenses! ”

Stopping again, looking up at the moon, his sad face was even worse, and Liu Xing then sighed: "No matter how strong the spell is, it also needs to be nourished by grains and grains." No matter how deep your skills are, you have to eat two meals a day to keep your skin smelly. Now, I'm really envious of those old immortals in the sky, who can skip eating or drinking. If the officers and soldiers of our army have the same ability as them, not to mention the hundreds of new cities and hundreds of passes, the master can't wait to have a pass in ten miles and a pavilion in five miles on the Great Wall, and permanently consolidate the border defense! ”

The imperial court is clumsy, and at this time, not only Zong Ze knows, but Ma Kuo also knows very well.

When Liu Xing said these words and complained, Ma Kuo kept his eyebrows locked and thought.

When Liu Xing's voice fell, Ma Kuo opened his mouth: "Taifu, didn't you always shout in the past to 'nourish the war with war and stop the war with war?'" What is the reason why I am short of food and grass and lack of money? It was caused by the golden dog taking away the grain, grass, gold and silver that I had stored for several generations, so why didn't you let Yang Junmen go out of the customs to fight the golden dog, and snatch back the money and grain they stole from the golden dog? ”

When Liu Xing led the Red Turban Army around Wutai City to fight continuously and win successive battles, there were some people who did not want to make progress and were small and wealthy wanted to open up a territory and then stopped. At that time, Liu Xing said such things after scolding those people with their heads and faces.

Raising war with war was the main war strategy for the rapid rise of the Red Turban Army, which became an invincible force, and supported Liu Xingguang's recovery of Hedong and the recruitment of the Northern Dynasties.

Although they did not plunder the civilians and rob the common people, the money and food captured from the enemy army alone supported these military coup laws and war needs in the past few months......

Of course, Liu Xing knew his own war strategy, but he was made to forget his original intention and strategy for a while by the current clumsy financial situation.

When Ma Kuo said this, Liu Xing suddenly smiled strangely and said, "That's right! How am I confused! No money, no food, so many soldiers! If you don't have it, go grab it! ”

As soon as these words fell, Liu Xing immediately turned his head and said to Zong Ze: "Zong Shuai, you will immediately issue a military order in the name of the Privy Council, ordering the armies of Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, Dongchuan, and Xikang. Those who have no money and food, and want to get rich quickly, go to rob me, and go to the Khitans and the Jurchens to cross the border to the Southern Dynasties, to Dali, to Tubo, and to the Jurchens to rob me. ”

"But we must be strict, only the soldiers are allowed to rob, not the people. The money and food I grabbed were used to exchange guns and gunpowder with me, and to exchange shells. How much do you want, how much I will change for them, give it to the master to grab it! At the end of the sentence, his face sank at first, and then at the end, Liu Xing's face once again had that treacherous smile.

After listening to Liu Xing's words, Zong Ze also showed a rare sly smile: "Hehe, Taifu, you are trying to let our army cross the border and become a group of robbers who are constantly harassing the enemy!" However, in today's situation, this plan is the best choice. The autumn wind is blowing across the line, and I'm going to issue a general order......"

Zong Ze finished speaking, turned around and left.

Ma Kuo immediately looked at Liu Xing, and said again: "Just relying on robbery, you can only succeed for a while, not a long-term solution." Taifu, I thought that I would have to think more about the strategy of opening up sources and reducing expenditure. ”

Hearing this, Liu Xing nodded: "Yes, I have to think of some ways to do it." Relying solely on robbing the enemy's army is not a long-term solution after all. Governor Ma, do you have any good ideas? ”

"Private businessmen become bigger, buy short of the Southern Dynasty, sell short of Dali, connect to Tubo, and connect Yelu Dashi." Ma Kuo was asked, only pondered for a moment, and quickly replied succinctly. (To be continued......)