Chapter 166: The most prosperous one will decline (2)

Author: Xianren Grass Tofu Milk

Chapter 166: The most prosperous one will decline (2)

One year later

Four years of Yongguang

"The treasury is empty?"

Hearing the Grand Secretary’s report, Emperor Liu Shi was very surprised. He was already very frugal. He never built a palace or cultivated immortals. Apart from fighting Wuhuan a year ago, there was no major military operation. How could the national treasury be

emptiness?

"Yes, there are hundreds of thousands of refugees in Kanto counties this year. We spent a lot of money to provide disaster relief. Various disasters occur frequently and the population decreases a lot. The tax we collect is also much less, plus the 50,000 yuan levy last year last year.

The cavalry attacked Wuhuan and spent 140 million yuan. Although they won a great victory and killed tens of thousands of Wuhuan people, they were all herders and no livestock were seized."

(Sometimes it is 100,000, sometimes it is 100,000, one word and two meanings, the specific meaning should be combined with the context, here is 100,000)

When the Grand Marshal said this, complaining that the general of the chariot and cavalry, Wang Hongnian, went to fight Wuhuan all the way, but he did not kill a Wuhuan nobleman, but only slaughtered tens of thousands of Wuhuan herders in the Wuhuan Shanyu Court.

And even a livestock was not seized, and this war was spent only but not paid back. If such a war happened a few more times, the Han Dynasty would have to go bankrupt.

Emperor Liu Shi didn't think so much. In his opinion, as long as you win the war, you can do it. If you lose money, try not to fight in the future.

As a fan of Confucian moral education, he would not go against his original intention to appoint cruel officials from the Legal family to make money for himself.

Emperor Wu, Huo Guang and Emperor Xuan all appointed cruel officials from the Legal family to mess with local tyrants, thus making money from the national treasury.

But Emperor Liu Shi did not do this. He did not like the cruel officials of the Legalists. His only income was to simply collect taxes.

Relying on tax collection alone can only maintain the daily operation of the court. Once a disaster occurs, disaster relief or war will occur, you will have no money in an instant.

"Now there are still more than 100,000 refugees in the Kanto counties that have not been resettled. It takes a lot of money to resettle them, but we..." The Grand Priest glanced at Emperor Liu Shi in half and waited for the emperor's instructions.

"There are so many places to spend money, but so little tax. Alas..." Emperor Liu Shi sighed and said helplessly: "From this year, all counties and countries will restore the official business of salt and iron."

At this point, he could only restore the official business of salt and iron, and rely on the official business of salt and iron to increase the income of the treasury.

But the official salt and iron camp of Emperor Liu Shi was different from the previous ones.

In the previous salt and iron official camp, some cruel officials were appointed to be the chiefs of salt and iron to help the court make money. Although some salt and iron officials had fed their own pockets, colluded with powerful people, and even developed into new powerful people themselves, such as the Lu family in Liaodong, after all

It's just a few, and I don't dare to be too blatant.

However, Emperor Liu Shi wanted the children of powerful and powerful gentry to serve as the chief of Yan Tie because he liked Confucian morality and did not like the cruel officials of the Legalists.

In the end, Emperor Liu Shi appointed the children of the Wang family in Liaodong as the Yanshiling of Liaodong County, appointed the children of the Lu family in Liaodong County as the Iron Sealing of Liaodong County, the Zhang family in Liaodong as the Yanshicheng, and the Li family in Liaodong as the Iron Sealing of Liaodong.

Other counties also had the same arrangement, allowing the children of the gentry to be responsible for the local salt and iron official camp. He believed that only these scholars who were well-read in the scriptures could become good officials, so there was such arrangement.

Liu Shi didn't understand why he was so thrifty and did not waste the people's money, so why did the people still have trouble with each other?

I govern the country according to moral education, why did not the saints’ rule mentioned in the book appear?

Doesn’t the book say that as long as these moral education are implemented, the world can be stable and prosperous? But why do I copy the strategies of governing the country in the books of sages to govern the Han Dynasty, but so many people still die of famine?

Is it wrong? Or is it wrong for the book of sages? Or is it wrong? Why do you govern the country according to the methods in the book without the beautiful ending expected in the book?

My father, Liu Xun, appointed so many cruel officials from the Legalists to make money, which made the people rich. Why is this?

Emperor Liu Shi couldn't figure it out, so he could only sigh and hope that the people starved to death, but simply had bad luck. Too many natural disasters occurred, and in a few years the saints would have been ruled.

He did not believe that the saints were wrong, nor did he believe that what the Confucians said was false, but he thought that it was just that he was not lucky and that too many natural disasters had occurred in the years since he ascended the throne.

When he returned to the queen's bedroom, Liu Shi shook his head and shook his worries away, but picked up Liu Ao, who was only twelve years old, and smiled at him, "Ao'er, how did you learn today? Mr. Chen praised you.

without?"

Mr. Chen refers to Chen Shen, a great scholar who is famous all over the world. He is now the teacher of the crown prince Liu Ao, who teaches Liu Ao the way of the saint.

"Mr. Chen said I am smart and studious, and I will definitely be a good emperor who works hard and loves the people in the future, hehe." The little brat Liu Ao laughed, young and innocent, and his biggest dream now is to be praised by the great scholar Chen Chan, and then put this in a vain way."

Tell your parents about it.

"Hahahaha! Our great man has you, and the country will be prosperous and the people will live and work in peace and contentment!" Liu Shi laughed, then put down Liu Ao and said to Wang Zhengjun who was teasing the big white tiger: "It's so big, won't it be sent out of the palace?

?If someone is bitten to death..."

"Dabai is very obedient, it won't bite people." Wang Zhengjun stroked the big tiger's back and asked the big tiger to play with his son: "Dabai, go play with Ao'er."

The big white tiger opened its bloody mouth and slapped it, rubbing the face of Prince Liu Ao with his nose.

Prince Liu Ao held the big tiger's head with both hands, and put his little head on the big tiger's head, and stuck it to the big tiger's head at zero distance, and said in his mouth: "Dabai, let me ride you, I want to give it to my father.

Look at my awesomeness!”

"Ao'er!"

Seeing this scene, Emperor Liu Shi was very panicked. He was very worried that the big tiger would eat his son, but he did not dare to come forward to stop him, for fear of angering the big tiger.

Crown Prince Liu Ao ignored it and stepped on a wooden platform. Then he rode on the back of the big tiger and laughed at the emperor Liu Shi: "Father, look, do I look like a general like this!"

After saying that, he pointed his finger in front and shouted: "All the soldiers obey orders, the entire army attacked and wiped out the Huns!"

roar--

The big tiger roared outside the palace, trembling like thunder, and the bronze utensils in the palace were shaking and making noises.

After everything calmed down, Wang Zhengjun hugged Liu Ao from the tiger's back.

"Don't spoil him too much. Let him study the classics well and don't lose his ambition all day long." Emperor Liu Shi believed that only by studying Confucian classics well can he manage the country well. Raising a big tiger in the palace is purely abortion.

"Okay~" Wang Zhengjun is also a woman with no opinion. She used to obey the family's instructions, but now she obeys the emperor's instructions in everything.

Seeing that the emperor wanted to send Dabai out of the palace several times, even though he was reluctant to leave Dabai, Wang Zhengjun could only order someone to transport the tiger Dabai back to Liaodong with a carriage.
Chapter completed!