Of course, Liu Hong would not really let Liu Tao be the chef. Seeing his embarrassed expression, he thought it was a good pastimes after dinner.

"Although I haven't actually seen the exercises, the soldiers are in good spirits and full of fighting spirit." Liu Hong stood up, "The food surprised me a little, or the cooking skills of the Yulin Central Army General were very surprised me."

"Your Majesty is wrong," Liu Tao replied quickly.

"I know you want to fight more, but I will stay in Luoyang for the past two years. Besides, the Yellow Turbans have just been decided. Although there are still some remnants in various places, I can just hand them over to the prefects of each county. But in the past few years, there will be turmoil from time to time, so there will naturally be times when you go to fight." Liu Hong walked to Liu Tao and comforted.

He was actually worried that not fighting Liu Tao for too long would make him unhappy. After all, young people in their twenties have to do nothing, which is very uncomfortable.

He also came from his twenties. For example, when Liu Tao was at this age, he couldn't sit still and planned to gradually regain his power. As a result, just as he tried, the gentry fought back with great force.

The Yangqiu he cultivated turned out to betray him. Cai Yong, who helped him up, also turned into a frightened bird. The aristocrats were not trustworthy, and this idea had begun to be settled in his mind.

So much so that Cao Cao, who was training at the same time, dared not trust him so much...

Compared with these gentry, they are indeed relatives and are more trustworthy. Liu Yan, Liu Yu, and even Liu Biao have more or less defects, but at critical moments, they are still willing to stand on his side.

"The side of the border..." Liu Tao said tentatively. Liu Hong would probably care about how he trained soldiers like this, but he didn't see his true intentions, so he naturally didn't mind and followed his guesses to reply.

"After Tan Shihuai's death, the Xianbei people fought hard, and at most, after the beginning of autumn, small groups of people went south from time to time. This little force was not enough to worry about." Liu Hong shook his head.

The border army is the real big food consuming household. Almost half of the taxes are supported by them. Fortunately, both Liu Yan and Ding Yuan, at least they have stabilized the situation on the border.

The Xianbei during the Tan Shihuai period brought too many shadows to the Han Dynasty. Emperor Huan planned to maintain the stability of the border by being a king and marrying each other, but Tan Shihuai was not a bird at all. He even saw through the emptiness of the Han Dynasty and accelerated the speed of invasion.

Fortunately, Tan Shihuai died three years ago, and her son and Lian also died in the same year, so that the Xianbei was divided into three tribes. They fought each other and planned to be the second Tan Shihuai, which instead made the Han border feel a little relieved.

"It is because Tan Shihuai died and the Xianbei area is unstable now that it should take the initiative to attack..." Liu Tao muttered, "Otherwise, when the second Tan Shihuai appears, it will be more headache at that time."

"You..." Liu Hong did not deny this statement, but only he knew the bitterness in it. "After two years, young people have to learn to calm down!"

"Abide by the order..." Liu Tao replied, looking somewhat unwilling.

Liu Hong was helpless and didn't want to stay there, so he simply left. When he passed by Cai Yan, he stopped and said, "Tell you my father that Wang Fu has asked for the death. If he wants to go back to Luoyang, come back!"

"Abide by the order." Cai Yan nodded, feeling a little happy.

My father has been avoiding Wujun for several years, and it is not a solution. He is not really going to be a hermit, and she knows very well that his father still has certain desire for official positions and power.

After saying this, Liu Hong's real purpose of this trip had been achieved, so he did not stop and left directly.

Money, money, just like the current financial situation of the Han Dynasty, Liu Hong felt that it would be good to maintain the stability of the Han Dynasty. He was not left behind in one of the whole worlds. How could he defend it? If he hadn't been able to sit and see the Han Dynasty fall, he would have quit his burden!

The key is that those officials, with few clean butts, do less than 50 guan. If the funds are allocated, they will not be able to benefit the people except for fattening a few rats.

To avoid this situation, we must gradually change the gentry and select talented people. But the problem is that under the existing system, the so-called "talents" are basically recommended, which are basically people from the gentry.

So he planned to establish Hongdu Gate School and cultivate talents by himself. In order to avoid the doubts of the soldiers, he mainly used skills in the early stage, and then followed the situation and let his disciples learn to read and learn to govern...

But he underestimated the guardians of the gentry against him, and even if there was a possibility, he could not let go. So under the criticism of public opinion, no one dared to come to learn from this side, so that his plan completely failed.

"The world is so big, where can there be a talent who can make money for me?" Liu Hong suddenly sighed.

"Your Majesty, the General of the Central Army of the Yulin, aren't you quite capable? If the papermaking workshop starts to produce paper, it will be a profitable deal." Zhang Rang next to him came forward and said.

"What I am talking about is not that kind of small money..." Liu Hong shook his head, "What I want is a talent that can govern the country and pacify the world and make the Han rich!"

By the way, I added in my heart: The most important thing is that I must be able to use it sincerely!

"The Han Dynasty is dominating the thirteen states, with great land and abundant resources and talents. Since there are relatives like the General of the Yulin Central Army, there are naturally talents who can relieve His Majesty's worries." Zhang Rang could only reply vaguely.

"Forget it, forgot..." Liu Hong sighed. So what if there is one, either they were turned into their people by the gentry or they were taken away by the soldiers.

The crux of the great man was that there was no money available. After the abolition of the salt and iron franchise, the tax on salt and iron continued to decrease. Without this input, relying solely on other taxes was not enough for all expenses.

If you don’t have money, you can’t govern. Many officials are even complaining that their salary has not been paid for a while... One or two families have tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land, but they still care about this salary?!

If you cannot govern, the local government will be unstable, and various problems will continue to arise, and then the result will be that you cannot collect taxes. The current situation is like a dead knot, and you don’t know where to start to resolve it.

"I'm tired, so I go back to the bedroom tonight to rest..." Liu Hong said dejectedly, he was really tired.

At the same time, seeing that Liu Hong had already walked away, the people in the army breathed a little relieved, at least there was no mistake.

"After that, my brother's skills are really good! He had to be careful when eating just now, and now he can finally speak it out." Zhang Fei took the lead, and the others also smiled, obviously agreeing with this statement.

"It's just a pity. I originally planned to have dinner with Cai Dacai's talented woman..." Liu Tao looked at Cai Yan.

"I am now Cai's proofreader, and I'm just invited to the banquet." Cai Yan gave Liu Tao a blank look and replied slowly.
Chapter completed!