The first New Year back in Dajin was very lively, Liu Han gave a large bonus, and the guys of the trading company were all happy, and at the same time, Liu Han announced that if he had served in the Hanhai Trading Company and Liufu for more than five years, he would unconditionally return the deed of sale to them. [To see the latest chapter of this book, please go to Marshmallow]

To Liu Han's surprise, the two decisions had different reactions, receiving the prize and rejoicing, while the latter was silent, on the contrary, the newcomers were terrified and very frightened. Lao Huang explained to him that they were actually reluctant to leave Liufu, and that their life in the trading company was much better than that of a free man.

Liu Han was speechless, in his opinion, freedom was above all else, when he was in the killer camp, he tried his best to escape and return to the world of freedom.

However, throughout the New Year, Liufu is still very happy, everyone is jubilant, those more than 120 women who have just entered the mansion, they are wearing new clothes for the first time in these years, they decorate the mansion full of joy, and even Liu Han has been affected.

When Xi Feng arrived in the imperial capital, the New Year had already passed, and the entire imperial capital seemed to have become a construction site, various sheds were being built in front of each prefecture, the streets were cleaned, and some people who couldn't wait had already hung out the lanterns.

Xi Feng first went to the Taiwei Mansion to hand over the official duties, and then found an inn to live in, and then went to the Liufu Mansion in a big way, and he was not afraid to be discovered by the internal guards, in fact, if the internal guards wanted to investigate, they would have found it a long time ago.

"Brother Liu, Brother Liu, you still have that much guts!" Xi Feng sighed when he saw Liu Han, and he hated that iron could not become steel.

As soon as Liu Han saw Xi Feng, he knew the purpose of King Qin, and he calmly invited Xi Feng to the small living room instead of the study, and Tian Na withdrew after serving tea.

"The prince showed me your letter, and I said brother, you are too bold, although it is admirable, but it is really inappropriate," Xi Feng shook his head and looked at Liu Han.

"I was also forced to be helpless. Liu Han sighed, motioned to Xi Feng to drink tea, picked up another apple casually, peeled it off quickly, and almost blinked a few times, a bright apple appeared in his hand.

"Okay, although the prince was a little unhappy, he still accepted it and admitted that he was in a hurry, now you are satisfied. Xi Feng said.

Liu Han smiled faintly: "My lord, I don't have the slightest apology, I made it very clear from the beginning, we are a cooperative relationship, and I am not his subordinate." ”

Xi Feng was stunned, no one has ever been like this, King Qin is a famous virtuous king in the world, the prince is called, all compete to apply, it is a great honor to be able to serve the prince, but this not only does not want to serve the prince, on the contrary, he also said that it is a cooperative relationship with the prince, which will be spread out, and it will not shock the world

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"Okay, don't take it anymore, the prince has already taken back his life, alas, the prince can't help it, you don't know the situation in Yongzhou," Xi Feng sighed: "The situation in Yongzhou is even more serious than last year, the displaced people are in disaster, hundreds of thousands of displaced people are in exile in Chang'an and Yongnan Hanzhong, and the prince is dying of sorrow." ”

"I told the prince that I can't carry Yongzhou. ”

"It's not for you to carry Yongzhou, just to temporarily relieve the tension in the Yongzhou treasury, Mr. Luan told me that Yongzhou is now short of at least 150,000 taels of silver, and there is a month's worth of food for relief at most, and within a month, if the food is not enough, a large number of people in Yongzhou will starve to death, brother, just like that, the prince still withdrew his request to you. ”

Liu looked at Xi Feng coldly: "Brother Xi, I already understand what the prince means by letting you come, don't worry, as far as our friendship of life and death is concerned, everything will be solved if you come." ”

Xi Feng breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, to be honest, when King Qin showed him the letter, he was shocked by Liu Han's boldness and broke out in a cold sweat, fortunately, the prince did not pursue his rudeness, xt full works download

"You said that you didn't let me carry Yongzhou, but in fact, the prince's move was to put Yongzhou on my shoulders, 100,000 taels of silver, I can take it this time, but next time? Not to mention the Yongzhou treasury, the imperial treasury can't be relieved in a short time.

Can you convey my following words to the King of Qin, Yongzhou, and even the wealth of the world, where have they gone?

The gate lord clan, occupy the most land in the world, but do not pay taxes and do not pay grain, the huge expenses of the court are all pressed on the small people, the tax collectors desperately urge taxes, the small people can only abandon the land, become a homeless people, or take refuge under the gate valve, the imperial history of the gate valve occupies more land, the court has lost a large number of taxes, the Great Jin Dynasty has been established for hundreds of years, in these hundreds of years, the land annexation of the world has become more and more serious, and the financial and tax revenues of the imperial court are declining day by day, not to mention the disaster, even if the wind and rain are smooth, the imperial treasury is still empty.

Speaking of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, today, corrupt officials and corrupt officials are all over the court, these people suck the blood of the Great Jin Dynasty, eat the flesh of the Great Jin Dynasty, and how much of the disaster relief materials can fall into the hands of the disaster victims?

Similarly, there are silk, cotton, and taxes are getting less and less every year

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Brother Rhino, I can assert that the Yongzhou Treasury is still empty this year, if I promise the prince this time, the prince will still look for me this year, do I give it or not?!"

Xi Feng felt that his head was a little big, he didn't understand these at all, yes, he was also dissatisfied with the gate valve clan, but what he was dissatisfied with was the domineering appearance of those gate valve disciples.

"Alas, I don't understand these things, Brother Liu, the matter has passed, I can see that the prince appreciates you very much, don't think about it anymore. ”

Liu Han smiled faintly and patted Xi Feng on the shoulder: "Brother, let's go back after the Shangyuan Festival in the imperial capital." ”

Xi Feng was a little anxious: "Brother Liu, why are you still holding it, with the help of the prince, it will be easier for you to get close to the middle book supervisor, and it will be easier to find clues!"

"But so far, the prince hasn't given me anything other than asking for money. Liu Han said expressionlessly.

Xi Feng hesitated and asked tentatively: "Why don't I tell the prince, the prince's mother is still in the palace, and she is now the imperial concubine." ”

Liu Han shook his head: "This is our secret," he got up and stood looking at the sky of the imperial capital outside the door: "Do you know? Actually, I have already found some clues, but ,.。 , he is in the imperial capital, I can smell him. ”

Xi Feng couldn't help but be a little surprised, Liu Han told him that there was no clue from that person, and to find the clue, he had to go to the Zhongshu Supervisor to check Hu Benwei's file, but he didn't expect that it didn't take long to find the clue before he arrived at the emperor.

"Found that person?" Rhino Feng was a little curious.

Liu Han shook his head and took a deep breath: "It's just a clue, remember what I told you about our killer battalion?" ”

"Since only you know, how can you be sure?"

"No matter what kind of mastery, after being together for a long time, it will be revealed. Liu Han turned around, looked at him and said, "Forget it, don't talk about this, how about it, if I give you 50,000 taels of silver and let you take it back, can you make the prince appreciate you more and turn your fake captain into a real captain as soon as possible." ”

Xi Feng's face sank, and then he sighed: "Forget it, my fake lieutenant was not exchanged for silver, but killed with a knife and a shot, Brother Liu, thank you."

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Liu Han thought for a while and said, " Well, since the prince is so embarrassed, I will give 50,000 taels of silver, 100,000 taels, I really dare not give, don't look at the auction income of millions, but this year I plan to spend about 800,000 yuan, after the Shangyuan Festival, I want to go down to Jiangnan, Jiangnan pearls, gold, to buy some, this money will be about 400,000 yuan, and, I plan to buy some fields in Jiangnan, plant cotton and mulberry trees, and then set up a dyeing and weaving workshop, this money will be about 200,000, cotton and mulberry trees can only be effective on scale, in addition, and the caravan in Youzhou, and also, plan to buy a dock fort, the budget of these is 200,000, and the rest is prepared for accidents。 ”

Although Xi Feng didn't fully understand those terms, what budget, and benefits, he also understood that 800,000 of the millions of silver taels had already gone.

"I will definitely report your difficulties to the prince when I go back, Brother Liu, I thank you on behalf of the prince. ”

"Stay here and go back after the Shangyuan Festival. ”

Xi Feng shook his head and said: "Can you stay, maybe, with your 50,000 taels of silver, the prince will definitely hurry up to buy grain, I'm afraid this matter will also fall on me, hmph, the price of grain in Chang'an has increased fivefold." ”

"In that case, why don't you buy grain in Nanyang?" Liu Han asked curiously, Xi Feng was stunned, Liu Han analyzed: "Jingzhou has a bumper harvest this year, you go to Nanyang to buy grain, and then send it back to Yongzhou, even if there is a loss, it will definitely be less than fifty percent." ”

Hearing this, Xi Feng nodded and immediately decided to report to King Qin.

Sure enough, the King of Qin quickly replied, asking him to immediately leave Nanyang with the silver, and the Eagle Lingwei would send some soldiers to Nanyang to join him, and he was solely responsible for this matter.

Liu Han saw off Xi Feng two days before the Shangyuan Festival, and walked through the Imperial Capital Street in a carriage without the slightest scruples.

The imperial capital is full of festive atmosphere, this time is the official holiday, there are many holidays in the Great Jin Dynasty, in addition to the two days of rest every thirty days, the annual New Year to the Shangyuan Festival This time is also a holiday to rest, except for the officials who stay on duty, everyone else is resting.

But this is just an ordinary official, Shangshu Taizhong Shujian can't rest, King Qin's urgent report has been suppressed for a few days, Shangshutai has different opinions, and the emperor can't make up his mind.

The imperial treasury is already empty, the spring tax has not yet been put into the treasury, and the treasury will have to wait until March to have some money

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Soon after the urgent report of the King of Qin, the urgent report of Bingzhou also arrived, and hundreds of thousands of people from Bingzhou were exiled to Jizhou and Hedong, or they would have to flee to the vicinity of the imperial capital not long after.

"Aiqing, have you discussed it to a conclusion?" the emperor looked a little tired and a little irritable.

Peng Zhu looked a little anxious, Shang Shutai had a big disagreement, Pan Lian Zuochen Gantang was resolutely opposed, he resolutely supported it, and Qiuyun was conditionally supportive, Pan Ji was silent, the reason was that military issues could be approached to him, and he didn't understand this financial issue.

Gan Tang believes that under normal circumstances, Yongzhou's salt and iron income is between 500,000 and 600,000 yuan in taxes, and this auction can only recover 150,000 to 200,000 taels of silver at most, which will make the imperial court lose 300,000 to 400,000 taels of silver, and the imperial court's finances will be even tighter this year.

However, the imperial court's expenditure this year will increase, this is because Jizhou, Xuzhou, and Yangzhou all have to repair river embankments.

"Yangzhou Songjiang lacked embankments last year, and three counties were affected; Xuzhou's Huaihe River, last year's dam burst, eight counties were affected, and Jizhou was the same, two counties were affected, Songjiang needed 1.2 million taels of silver, Xuzhou needed 3 million taels of silver, Jizhou was less, only one million taels of silver, so after calculation, this year's imperial court expenditure will increase by 30 percent. ”

Gantang's reasons are very sufficient, but the plight of the King of Qin is very realistic, without food, those hungry people will rise up to rebel, and the loss of the court will be even greater.

The emperor was in a dilemma, Peng Zhu said very resolutely: "Your Majesty, the King of Qin is in a hurry, last year the first emperor allowed the Yongliang and Liangzhou scholars to collect the shade households, the first emperor did not know the harm of this move, but why still have to be implemented, there is no other reason, there is no other way, I have come to this day, although there are many reasons, but the most important thing is the loss of wealth, we must carry out a comprehensive rectification of finance, Du Zhi Cao, Tian Cao must be rectified, corrupt officials and corrupt officials must be thoroughly investigated!"

This is another action, the degree branch Cao Tiancao controls the country's financial and tax expenditures, and the tax collectors in various places are sent by these two departments.

The current Duzhi Cao Shangshu is Tian Huang, one of the favored ministers of the first emperor who was born in a wealthy family, Tian Huang was born in the Tian family of Jizhou, the Tian family is the family of the imperial concubine, and his nephew Tian Rong is the son of the son who competes with Liu Han for Qingjin.

Although Tian Huang was not included in the list of auxiliary ministers, the six Cao Shangshu could all participate in the Shangshutai discussion, and Tian Huang controlled the financial expenditure of the imperial court and was the most powerful of the six Cao.

The emperor was startled and looked at Pengzhu in surprise, obviously knowing what he wanted to do.

Pengzhu nodded: " Yes, Tian Huang has been in control of the branch for more than 10 years, and the tax collectors in various places are his cronies, Yangzhou salt and iron envoy Meng Jie is his protégé, Yangzhou salt and iron tax from more than 5 million more than 10 years ago, now only more than 2 million remaining, and Jiangnan's mining and transportation Yongtan is also his protégé, Jiangnan's silk and cotton cloth, ten years ago, the tax was 3 million, now only 900,000; and Shanglin Sanguan, I checked, last year to the imperial capital of copper for 300,000 catties, but more than 10 years ago, 700,000 catties of copper can be transported to the imperial capital every year

Where is all the copper!"

The more Peng Zhu spoke, the more excited he became, almost roaring, and the more the emperor listened, the more frightened he became, I don't know if I don't check this, there are so many problems in this check.

"With so many moths, how can the imperial treasury not be empty! If these moths are not removed, how can the Great Jin Dynasty be revitalized!"

Pengzhu's roar shook his ears, and the emperor rose up angrily: "Investigate! Thoroughly investigate!"

Peng Zhu struck while the iron was hot and immediately recommended: "The minister recommended Shi Guwei, the governor of the Taishi Mansion, as the envoy of the investigation, and thoroughly investigated the support of Cao!"

"Gu Wei?" The emperor was very hesitant, Gu Wei was the long history of the Taishi Mansion, Pan Lian's cronies, there were already two people from the Pan family in Shangshutai, plus Gu Wei, the Pan family's power in Shangshutai was too great.

"Yes, Gu Wei," Peng Zhu's expression was firm: "Gu Wei is famous all over the world, he is a famous wise man, and he will be able to live up to His Majesty's hopes." ”

"My father once said that Gu Wei is a good person who is like a hypocrisy and cannot be reused. ”

"The minister doesn't think so, Gu Wei has been famous all over the world for more than ten years, and in the past ten years, he has never heard of any scandals, so the minister recommends him, Your Majesty, you can also observe his ability through this matter, if it is feasible, you can recruit him into the court, and even hand over the branch to him. ”

The emperor wandered a few steps and then made up his mind: "After the Shangyuan Festival, let him come to see me." ”

Peng Zhu breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked, "Your Majesty, what about King Qin's recital?"

The emperor didn't answer, and Peng Zhu's mind turned quickly: "Your Majesty, the King of Qin is known to be virtuous, and he is known as a prestige in the clan, and he is known as the double sage of the clan together with the King of Qi."

The emperor immediately understood what he meant, and the king of Qi was always a threat to him, supporting the king of Qin to counteract the influence of the king of Qi.

So the emperor immediately understood what to do.

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