That night, the Xuanshu Hall of Weiyang Palace was brightly lit.

Liu Che sat on the top, holding a wine bottle, and drank with Prime Minister Zhou Yafu and Imperial Doctor Chao.

Gongsun Hong and his father accompanied the last seat.

Today, these two people can finally have a place to sit in this Xuanshu hall.

And the reason for this lies in their political achievements.

Last year, the lord Duwei Yamen, relying on a signboard of the Son of Heaven, and no more than 100 people, contributed nearly 60 million financial income to the Han family!

On average, each lord is an official of the Yamen, creating an income of 600,000 yuan!

It is the most profitable in the entire Han Dynasty official office.

The income they contribute is even equivalent to the income of a middle and lower county in a year's field tax and false field tax.

Naturally, they are automatically qualified to get a position above the court.

Although just a position without a voice.

But it was enough for the two of them to be proud of.

There are hundreds of thousands of officials in the world.

However, there are only three or four hundred people in the whole world who can sit in the Xuanshu Hall and there is a seat.

And they are one of the three or four hundred.

Although there is still some distance from the top of the pyramid.

However, at the very least, it is already possible to knock down the steps at the top of the pyramid.

And they, all of them, are young.

Twenty years later, who will be the lord of ups and downs?

It's something you don't need to think about.

Therefore, although they seem to be humble and bow down in the face of Zhou Yafu and Chao Cuo, in fact, both of them are extremely confident, or I can replace them.

Of course, neither Zhou Yafu nor Chao Cuo would care about the two of them.

The prime minister and the imperial historian are extremely powerful ministers, and they are in charge of military affairs.

Lord Duwei, at least for now, is still a dispensable yamen.

Its power can't get out of Guanzhong, even if it is in Guanzhong, it is a small point that needs the support of Neishi, Jingfu Duwei, and Da Nong and Shaofu to walk.

Last year, more than half of the income of the lord and lieutenant was based on the gambling horse tax collected by the Shaofu.

Instead of caring about the lord and the captain, it is better to stare at the Shaofu that is getting more and more wealthy.

You must know that last year, the Shaofu paid as much as 30 million in horse gambling tax to the lord and the lieutenant.

And the income from horse betting and horse racing is obviously an astronomical amount.

Last year, the Prime Minister's Office chose the address of a horse garden in Shang County, intending to build a horse garden in the area that could raise 10,000 horses.

But if you go back and settle the account, it will cost you 70 million to build this horse garden!

This does not include the cost of horses and labor.

The little money in the pocket of the Prime Minister's Mansion is obviously not enough.

So, he went to the Son of Heaven to complain.

After listening to the report, the Son of Heaven didn't say a word, so he called Shaofu over.

Then Shaofu raised his eyebrows: Only 70 million?

Allocate 10,000 yuan now to allow that horse garden to be established!

As far as Zhou Yafu knew, the money was transferred directly from the racecourse in Maoling by Shaofu.

Its huge profits are amazing.

It made Zhou Yafu begin to pay attention and sent people to check Maoling's horse gambling and related games.

I don't know if I don't check, and I'm shocked when I check it.

At the racecourse in Maoling, a horse race is held every five days, and a final is held once a month.

Every horse race day, the nobles, scholars, and wealthy landlords in the entire Guanzhong are moved by the wind.

Especially the descendants of these families.

Many people just spend a lot of money at every turn, just for a game.

And these people do have the capital to squander like this.

Whether it is a businessman or an aristocrat, in recent years, they have made too much.

The output of the fiefdom of Jiaen has inflated the wealth of a large number of liehou families, and the annual examination has also made the merchants and landlords in Guanzhong earn a lot of money.

Coupled with the demand of the emerging Anton market.

The money of the merchants and nobles came too easily.

Older generations may also have plans to save money and accumulate wealth.

But young people are already addicted to drunkenness and comparison.

However, Maoling's horse racing and betting on horses are the only legal gambling in the world that is still covered with a coat of 'supporting the army's national defense'.

Naturally, it was enthusiastically sought after.

At the time of the monthly finals, a bet is often tens of millions or even tens of thousands of funds, which flow into Shaofu.

Just relying on betting on horses, Shaofu sits on the ground and earns tens of thousands of dollars a year.

This is still a conservative estimate.

As for this year......

Zhou Yafu heard that in the final in April, the betting amount has exceeded 50,000, and there is even a gold betting amount of more than 4,000 gold.

This made Zhou Yafu wary of Shaofu and its horse gambling industry.

Shaofu itself controls the income of the world's mountains and forests, and controls the Shanglin Garden and the huge group of workshops.

At the same time, it also controls one of the largest financial revenues of the Han family, the oral endowment.

A yamen who was not short of money is now even richer.

What will it do?

According to normal logic, it must be to expand one's power and territory, and stretch out one's hand longer and longer.

Since the beginning of this year, Shaofu has decided to build a track from Xiaoguan to Taiyuan at the foot of the Great Wall.

Zhou Yafu's doubts were even heavier.

Zhou Yafu will not forget who turned the tide when Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebelled, the world was in turmoil, and the Qin Empire was crumbling.

Shaofu!

Qin Shaofu ordered Zhang Han to send hundreds of thousands of prisoners to Lishan, armed into an army, and went out to extinguish the rebellion.

The army, which consisted of prisoners, officials of the Shaofu and the garrison of Lishan, destroyed the righteous army of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang with the momentum of devastation, and also went south, defeating Xiang Liang, if it was not for the crushing defeat of Julu, it would almost be able to renew the life of the Qin Dynasty.

However, Zhou Yafu didn't have a good way to stop Shaofu.

Just like today, many scholars and nobles hate merchants, but they can't hate merchants' money.

Zhou Yafu can be wary and vigilant against Shaofu.

But he and the Prime Minister's Mansion under his control couldn't refuse Shaofu's money.

Just like that horse garden, there is no sponsorship from Shaofu.

The Prime Minister's Mansion is about to watch that plan come to naught.

Not to mention that now, if there is no Shaofu to transfer money and grain to the Prime Minister's Mansion from time to time, it is estimated that it will be a little difficult for the civil and military officials to distribute it.

Moreover, Zhou Yafu also understood that the Shaofu controlled the finances, which was the result of the design of the emperors of the Han dynasty.

The emperor needs to prevent being elevated by holding the money bag.

The only thing that reassures Zhou Yafu is that today, he is also watching out for and paying attention to Shaofu and controlling its authority.

so that they cannot stretch out their hands everywhere.

It also established a rule prohibiting the common people with the title of five doctors and below from entering the racecourse to gamble on horses, so that betting on horses was confined to wealthy merchants and local sovereigns.

It does not spread to the lower layers.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yafu raised his head and asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, the minister heard that the secretary of the young mansion, Cen Mai, presided over the construction of the 'Lingyan Pavilion', and now, the Lingyan Pavilion is about to be completed, after Cen Mai stepped down as the ambassador of the Lingyan Pavilion, I don't know what arrangements Your Majesty has?" ”

Liu Che smiled when he heard this.

Cen Mai did an excellent job in the two positions of ambassador of Shaofu and Lingyange.

At the very least, the test papers handed in are qualified.

If you are reasonable, you should give him more important responsibilities and go to a more important position to shine.

Obviously, a more important position than Jiuqing is the Three Princes.

The three princes of the Han family, the imperial historian, the captain, and the prime minister.

Nothing is missing now.

Liu Che is also having a headache about this!

Originally, Liu Che planned to invent a new position.

However, now Prime Minister Zhou Yafu suddenly mentioned this matter.

Obviously, it is impossible for Zhou Yafu to come to seek an official for Cen Mai.

This donkey, when he suddenly mentions this matter, he must have his appeal.

Liu Che took the wine bottle, thought for a moment, and deliberately said: "Cen Gong has worked hard and made great achievements, and I think that after he stepped down as the ambassador of Lingyan Pavilion, he would be worshiped as the Marquis of Guannei and given him praise and worship...... However, this arrangement has not yet been thought ......"

"Since the prime minister mentioned this matter...... Liu Che blinked his eyes and said: "It must be an opinion, please don't hesitate to teach the prime minister!" ”

"Don't dare!" Zhou Yafu bowed his head and said: "The minister is just a little superficial......

He raised his head, looked at Liu Che, and said: "Since Your Majesty ascended the throne, he has used virtue and literature to show mercy to the people, so Guangshang Lin Yuan is Zhen Yuanyuan, and Guangsi Guan is to consolidate the country!" This is beyond the reach of ministers, and good governance cannot be practiced by three generations...... And ......"

Zhou Yafu raised his voice slightly, and said: "Shanglin Yuan is three hundred miles wide, and the land under its control is already like a country, and the ministers think that it seems quite inappropriate to be supervised by the Shaofu......

The year before and last year, the Upper Forest Garden was expanded at the north and south ends, respectively.

Today's Han family Shanglin Yuan, east from Hangu (old pass), south to Hongguyuan, north to Qishan, a radius of seven or eight hundred miles, almost equivalent to half of the small Guanzhong (Guangguan front).

This land, put in the Kanto region, is enough to become a kingdom of more than a dozen cities.

Naturally, there were also discussions between the government and the opposition.

said that Shanglin Yuan would be separated from Shaofu.

Of course, Shaofu swears to the death!

Are you kidding!?

Today's Shaofu, most of the industries and officials are in Shanglin Yuan.

Most of the political achievements also came from Shanglin Yuan.

You say strip and peel off?

When hundreds of thousands of craftsmen and officials in the Shaofu are vegetarians?

Immediately, countless royal trolls poured up, and the proposer's life couldn't take care of himself.

Anyway, Shaofu is very rich!

Nowadays, the hundreds of schools of thought, and the schools and private schools opened by the giants in their hometowns and Chang'an basically rely on the Shaofu to maintain them.

Otherwise, like the Confucian Hu Wusheng and Dong Zhongshu's academy, there are thousands of disciples.

Just to give each of these disciples a beard or Dong Zi's summary of the subtle words, I don't know how much.

What's more, a disciple and disciple, during the period of study, eat, drink, Lazar, and live, all of which cost money.

And, the bundles they paid were obviously not worth a few dollars. (The giants of the various schools are also embarrassed to be too restrained, after all, they want to pretend to be coercive, and they want to appear to treat money like dung.)

Nowadays, the world's academies and private schools can be so prosperous.

Thanks to the merchants and the Shaofu.

In order to stuff their children and nephews into those well-known academies to follow famous teachers, merchants have sponsorships every year.

Numbers range from thousands to millions.

As for Shaofu, since Liu Che was not yet on the throne, he has begun to subsidize these academies, and as time goes by, the subsidies will naturally increase.

By last year, the one-year-old subsidy of Shaofu Tianxia Academy reached as much as 50 million.

Although the majority of the school sponsors the old Huang school.

This is also what Liu Che meant, to support Huang Laoxue financially, so as not to let these guys get away with themselves.

But the funds flowing to other schools are also close to 10 million.

The so-called, take people with short hands and eat people with soft mouths.

The Shaofu gives money every year to spread its ideas and knowledge to others.

Now, Shaofu is in trouble.

Naturally, everyone will show their solidarity.

What's more, just spray a few small shrimps.

And Liu Che didn't care about these situations at all.

After all, Shaofu spends money to support education, which is something he instructs.

Shaofu took the opportunity to stuff some private goods, which is human nature.

As for the world's businessmen and wealthy families, it is only natural that they give money to the giants of various schools to let their children go to school.

It is better for them to send the money to the academy than for them to bury it in their own cellar and get moldy, or to give it to the gods.

But Zhou Yafu suddenly brought up this matter again, which is very interesting!

Liu Che pondered for a moment, turned his head to look at Chao Cuo, and asked, "Is this what Doctor Yu Shi means?" ”

Chao Cuo bowed and said, "The minister does have this intention!" ”

Chao Cuo and Zhou Yafu are the three princes and the rulers.

Whether it is public or private, they will not want to see Shaofu continue to expand like this.

Shanglin Yuan was spun off from Shaofu and a separate management agency was established.

This is a kind of salary draw.

It is also a check and balance on the Shaofu.

This is not only for the sake of political stability, but also for the sake of maintaining the authority of the Three Princes.

Otherwise, Shaofu will continue to swell like this.

Sooner or later, Shaofu will not only have more money than Sangong, but also have more resources than Sangong.

It is more likely that there are more employees than Sangong, and the authority is stronger than Sangong.

At that time, Sangong became a subordinate of Shaofu instead, and it was up to Shaofu to act.

Liu Che naturally knew for a long time that such a day would come.

In fact, when he expanded the territory of Shanglin Yuan, he had already guessed this day.

In recent years, he has allowed Shaofu to continue to expand his authority.

It is for today, to be able to dismember the ambush laid by Shaofu.

The best way to fight and weaken a force is to hold it up until everyone sees it.

And suddenly withdraw the hand that was holding it!

This is called boom and bust.

But......

Liu Che's eyes rolled, and he suddenly remembered his plan for today, and he smiled in his heart.

Then, he said to Zhou Yafu and Chao with a serious face: "What the prime minister and the imperial doctor said is quite reasonable......

"The power of the Shaofu is a little too big......," Liu Che smiled slightly.

In fact, the power of today's Shaofu is not too big, but too terrifying.

Produce it yourself, sell it yourself, hire your own workers, and even collect your own taxes.

It's simply an independent kingdom.

However, since this matter was raised by the prime minister and the imperial historian first.

Then, it proves that the prime minister and the imperial historian are more anxious than him, the emperor.

That's where there is room for trading.

"I plan to make full use of the scholars of the sons of the merchants and the sons of the merchants, enrich the Yamen of the lord and the captain, and set up the institution of the lord and the lord in the county and the key points in the world, collect taxes on my behalf, benefit the country, enrich the inner treasury, the prime minister, and the imperial historian, what do you think?" Liu Che stood up and asked.

Zhou Yafu and Chao Cuo glanced at each other, of course they knew that the Son of Heaven had started to play with bondage again.

He linked the stripping of Shanglin Yuan with the expansion of the army of the lord Duwei Yamen.

These two things should be done together, and if you don't do it, don't mention one of them.

This rogue and nonsense Liu tradition has reached a peak in today's hands.

I dare not say that there is no one who will come after, at least no one before.

As courtiers, the two of them really don't know whether to cry or laugh!

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Tomorrow at 13:00, "Undefeated Legend" will officially start testing, I will play with everyone, how are we preparing for the "leaving" army? Tomorrow I will go to the battlefield of Yan Kingdom in the Tian Region, this undefeated trip can't be cowardly, whether it can become a legend is up to everyone! (To be continued.) )