Throughout late February, King Shao of Chu was ordered to attend the tribute four times.
During this period, everyone led by the army Cui Yue, friends Xian Yuqu, Lieutenant Gai Hou and Dayuan Li Jun gathered in the royal palace every day. Among the four people, Dayuan Li Jun was new, and his ex came home.
Ding You left. When Shao went south, he learned in Nanyang that this person was good at breeding, so he became a big farmer.
Nanyang has "evil nature". Since the Later Han Dynasty, it has been a wealthy businessman, such as the Li family in Wancheng, and the other ones are He Jin and Empress Dowager He's family.
Li Jun is still in business business. His family is rich and he often "donates" whenever there is war.
But it was precisely because the donation was too "happy" that the Li family had to hold on, so they took the initiative to rely on the "national people" of the King of Chu.
For some reason, Shao directly appointed the director of the Nanyang Haoshang Family, who had no family, as the farmer of the Chu Prince's Mansion, to specialize in managing the family business for him.
Li Jun was also happy to do this, and stopped doing business for this, and threw it to his nephew. He was talking all the time: "As far as I know, Your Highness's fief is actually more than 10,000 households, so
There were 12,000 households. In the past, when His Majesty was enthroned, he gave pictures and plates. Anyone who entered the pictures was a household. Your Highness could strive to collect more than 1,000 hu of grain and nine thousand pieces of silk every year.
Six thousand kilograms of cotton and ten thousand bunches of hay, so one by one.”
Cui Yue, the King of Chu, coughed, and Li Jun shut up.
"How about the Qi Palace?" Cui Yue looked at the servant Tian Bo and asked.
"Return to Duke Cui, according to my investigation, the King of Qi has cleared 11,000 households, and the whole county of Qi also only distributed grain and silk according to 10,000 households." Tian Bo replied: "Also, the counties in Nanyang have a medical department.
There is no Qi County, so the King of Qi has a little less income than His Highness.”
The so-called surgical tax is a tax that is levied in addition to taxes. Each household in Nanyang counties pays five bunches of grass a year to provide military supplies. This tax has existed for many years, and even though Xiangyang and Jiangling have been seized, it has not been cancelled.
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To be honest, collecting taxes is quite good, and it is really difficult to get officials to cancel them voluntarily unless they get attention from the upper level.
Cui Yue heard this and thought for a while and said, "Your Highness may submit a memorial, please stop this and give the surgical department."
After saying that, he looked at everyone.
Wang Youxian Yuqu and Li Huai looked at each other and nodded.
"What Mr. Cui said is very much." Li Huai bowed and said, "Your Majesty has come to a small state of mind and has always attached great importance to the sufferings of the people. The matter of donating grass is small, but it can make Your Majesty know that the king complies with the people's hardships and loves the people."
"Your Majesty once said that if you impose a policy, you must first ask about your suffering." Xian Yuqu said: "You can submit a memorial to the matter of donating grass to be suspended, and you will collect it when there is war in the future."
Xianyu Qu's words corrected Cui Yue's opinion without any trace, that is, it would not be permanently cancelled, but suspended collection. After all, the next step is to attack the Puguo.
Cui Yue heard this, so he looked at Xian Yuqu and said, "That's it."
After saying that, he mentioned another matter: "The kings are bound to go south to build a house, so it is not too late to do so. Lian Fang, what's wrong with Quling?"
"Jun Li's mansion in Jiangxia heard that he was leaving on his orders, and he was neither cold nor hot." Li Huai said, "Quling Chang is quite close, but he said that the county is still flooding and wants to dredge the river channel and build it.
However, there was no den to be pursuing the pond and no money to be used. When I returned to Nanyang, Zhuge Hui of Wuchang sent three thousand barbarians to come by boat, plundering Quling, and the county magistrate only protected the city. This place was indeed difficult, only
Your Highness and the two Hedong Wei families have been pioneering here. If you want to improve, it may cost a lot."
Cui Yue frowned, as if thinking.
Everyone looked at him, but they didn't say anything, as if they were afraid of interrupting his thoughts.
The princes of Daliang are all empty titles, so they do not place the prime minister or the inner historian. There is only one farmer responsible for collecting fiefs and taxes. When His Highness was not here, he took charge of all the affairs of the king's army Cui Yue, so the officials of the royal family were all his.
subordinate.
Of course, this is the rule of His Highness of the King of Chu, so other royal palaces may not be certain. After all, the royal army is often not young and may not be in charge of affairs. Some people take charge of government affairs by the farmers, and it depends on how the government master arranges it.
Cui Yue thought for a long time before she opened her eyes, and said, "The money matters must be settled on the breeding of goods. Judging from the emperor's words and deeds, it seems that he is very important to breeding of goods. In this way, he will give his preferences. The breeding of goods can bring money, but he will come.
Money can set up a manor in Quling to open up, which is also what the emperor values——”
Cui Yue said that his thoughts became clearer.
When he said this, he smiled confidently and said, "But there must be some considerations about what this house does. Last year, people who went south mostly reclaimed land and planted millet, rice, wheat, and beans. For the nobles and nobles, this is not the case.
Wrong, after all, the food is not abundant, so you have to fill your stomach first, right? But for Your Highness, you can't do this."
Everyone was thinking.
When the new Left Attendant Deng Tao heard this, the first thing that came to mind was that the King of Chu was recently appointed as the young supervisor of Dushui, inspecting the rivers and ponds in Jingzhou, and immediately realized it.
It seems that Mr. Cui is determined to rely on the business side, which is what he likes. He will do whatever the emperor likes, and it is that simple.
Suddenly, he felt that his chance had come.
The Deng family in Xinye was no longer good, and the King of Chu did not like the Deng family when he went south. The reason why he entered the Chu Palace was mainly because he persuaded Deng Yue to surrender. The emperor could not find a suitable official position and reward for his contribution, so he blocked him.
When he arrived at the Chu King's Mansion, he served as the vacant eighth-rank Zuo Changshi.
At this point, he had no other way to go. Even if he left the Chu Palace, it would be difficult for others to accept it. The Zuo Changshi of the King of Chu was his only chance to become an official.
Perhaps, it's time to send your son back to Xinye.
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After nightfall, Shao Cai returned from the palace, Cui Yue, Li Huai, and Gai Hou were waiting for him.
Before entering the study room, he gently rubbed his face and adjusted his emotions. Soon, the eyes that had originally looked at some deep and even darker genus disappeared, and the smile that had been tempered for thousands of years appeared again.
He stepped inside and said, "Mr. Cui, then, will have something important to do."
Cui Yue smiled and said, "It's really delicious food in the palace, so I can't help but stay and disturb you."
Li Huai and Gai Hou looked at each other and smiled, saying, "Who in the capital doesn't know that the Chu King's Mansion's blister kitchen is good at cooking deer tails? I finally got it today."
Shao didn't talk much, but just greeted everyone with a stylized smile, and then sat down at the desk and looked at Cui Yue.
"Your Highness, the ministers and others are discussing the transfer of food fief, money and food." Cui Yue said.
"Oh? How to transfer?" Shao asked.
"I would like to lose all the food and food in the fief." Cui Yue said.
"Why?" Shao Guai didn't look surprised when he asked this. He only looked at Cui Yue with a scrutiny in his eyes.
Cui Yue looked at Shao with his eyes and said carefully: "Your Highness will have some feelings when inspecting the four counties of Nanyang, Xinye, Xiangyang and Jingling?"
Shao Gao retreated his gaze.
The candlelight swayed, and the jade seal in his hand was shining with a dark and gloomy light. After a while, he stood up and walked two steps, saying, "The pond has been disrepair for a long time, and there are many silt places in the river channel, so people need to be recruited.
Ding Zhi. During these days, I was ordered to enter the court several times, and I talked about these things. I will start cleaning this year, at least the river from Wancheng to Xiangyang must be broadened and dredged."
Cui Yue laughed immediately when he heard this, and only heard him say, "If all the food and food resources are sent to Luoyang, the loss will be significant halfway. But if the ship is transported to Xiangyang or even Jiangxia, there will be almost no loss. Sixty thousand hu of grain a year can be maintained.
Thousands of people are here.
Some say this is a wasteland opening, and 60,000 hu is not enough. However, Quling also has wild fruits, mulberries, vegetables, and fish and salt.
With this item as a supplement, and the main food and food tax, you can raise 5,000 men, women, young and old to pioneer the territory. As for 45,000 pieces of silk and 30,000 kilograms of cotton, this is a light item, and it is okay to send it to Luoyang, or buy farm tools.
Plowing oxen, or giving rewards and salaries.”
"Is it enough?" Shao looked at Cui Yue with some doubts.
The taxes collected by the fiefs of 10,000 households, in addition to supporting the 200 guards of the royal palace, also include social engagements, salary and other expenses.
There is really not much left. Not to mention anything else, when he hired Cui Yue as the king's army, he presented 500 pieces of silk.
Once all 60,000 hu of grain is transferred to Quling, there will be no enough in Luoyang.
"Princess" Cui Yue said vaguely.
Shao did not answer immediately, but looked at Cui Yue, secretly guessing the intention of his words.
The Fanyang Zu family was not easy. They were located in Youzhou and often went to war. They also had to transport grain to the county government to support the troops.
A while ago, Zu Huan was appointed as Lieutenant Sima, but he heard that he had a bad time with Cui Yue. Cui Yue even angrily accused Zu Huan of making trouble, and Zu Huan ran to Congmei (the princess) to slander Cui Yue.
The relationship between the two is relatively bad. Although they reconciled after his mediation, who knows the truth or falsehood?
However, Cui Yue proposed that Zushi pays money as a way.
Among his two hundred guards, there were a total of 100 armored cavalry, namely Lu and Zu, who paid for money. In those years in Zuo Guoyuan, these 100 armored cavalry were the Dinghai Shen Needle, and they even went to work in the State Council for the commission.
It also played a great role.
Let them pay more?
It is not a small amount to build a manor. According to my father's wishes, the royal mansion will pay 70% and the Shao Mansion will pay 30% of the subsidy. But even if it only pays 70%, considering the difficulty and huge risks of land reclamation, it is still a big burden.
Everything goes well, and people who have been renovated will have to be raised for about three years.
"Your Highness." Seeing Shao pondering and saying nothing, Cui Yue said again: "Last year, when autumn began, Your Majesty ordered the kings to go south to select wasteland and build their own manors. Last month, Shaofu began to prepare farm tools, seeds, oxen, household items, medicinal materials,
Vehicles, it is obvious that this matter is not just a talk. I heard that King Zhao and King Qin had sent people to investigate. King Zhao intended to be the ling, King Qin was interested in the ling, and King Qin was Xin Zuo, and the right attendant Lu Shang traveled back and forth between Jiangling and Huarong several times.
His Highness chose Quling early,
He has already taken the lead. Now he can allocate food and beans nearby, and the opportunity is even greater. If he can't seize such a good opportunity, it would be a pity."
After hearing this, Shao Guai was moved, but there was no change in his face and he just slowly looked at his steps in the study.
After a moment, he stopped.
The candlelight jumped suddenly, and in the shadow, Shao Guai's slightly narrow eyes gradually brightened. He walked to Cui Yue and said, "Previously, my sister was in Yangkou and Jiangling, and she had a lot of money to get.
Could this work?”
Cui Yue immediately said, "I am about to mention this matter. Merchants are also valued by the emperor. After the completion of Quling Manor, it should focus on merchants and crops as the supplement."
"Oh?" Shao Yi.
"If you can sell local products in the north, you can do it vigorously." Cui Yue said: "You can try gurban, medicinal materials, fish salt, brocade, bamboo utensils, lacquer utensils, dried fruits, etc. Once you have achieved success, the emperor will definitely be happy."
Shao thought for a while and asked again: "If King Qi, King Zhao, and King Qin reclaim the wasteland, where does the food come from?"
"The King of Zhao must have relied on Wei." Cui Yue said: "During the former Jin Dynasty, the Wei family manor was in Jiangxia. Now when he moved to Quling, the people were still there, and there were still a lot of food. Mrs. Wei, the mother of the prefect of Jiangxia, Li Chong,
It’s Wei Zhan’s daughter, so it’s not difficult to send some resources to Jingling.”
"King Qin Yiyi" When he said this, Cui Yue frowned and said, "The Yu family has attracted many people to Shangtun before. I didn't understand the meaning, but now I know it. However, how can the Yu family know the kings?
What happened to go south to build a house?”
After hearing this, Shao was a little disappointed and his face became even more gloomy.
The queen is the one next to the emperor. Is it strange to hear a word on weekdays? Even if the queen doesn’t understand, Yu Liang doesn’t understand either? Yu Liang doesn’t understand, so he has his own guests and staff to analyze it.
"The grain from Shangtun can only be sold to the Jiangling Governor's Office." After a long time, Shao said, "Zhuge Hui attacked Jiangxia before, and Li Chong was helpless. Is there any such thing?"
When Cui Yue heard this, she immediately said, "Your Highness, no."
Shao Wa looked at Cui Yue and nodded after a moment.
He knew that to be honest, there is still a little "friendly brothers and respectful brothers" between the royal palaces, at least on the surface. The reason is very complicated, because the emperor's prestige is too high, and the kings are not long-term, and they are old.
Not a big factor.
This trend or tacit understanding is unstable and can easily be broken.
As time goes by, the emperor grows older and the kings grow older and their wings grow stronger. This tacit understanding cannot be maintained.
But you'd better not take the initiative to speed up and destroy the tacit understanding.
The emperor couldn't rub the sand in his eyes. Do you really think he could only control women?
Shao followed his father to fight a war. His father was either calm or brave, and his heroic posture was like a mountain pressing on his heart.
At the critical moment, he was afraid.
"Lian Fang." He turned to Li Huai and said, "You go to Xiangyang and Jiangling, choose a location to build a warehouse, and take a look at what local products can be sold to the north."
"Yes." Li Huai stood up and responded.
Chapter completed!