The three countries are very nuclear

Chapter 633 No money, no money, no money!

In the legalist theory, there is a very interesting saying called Jushi Zunjun.

This method of power has been used by the emperors of the Qin and Han Dynasties all the time, so it has created a sense of the supremacy of the monarch, even with a bit of sacred color.

The most wonderful use is Qin Shihuang and Han Wudi.

So that when later generations mentioned the Qin Dynasty, the first thing they thought of was the strength of the Qin army and the majesty of the first emperor.

The reason why there is such a feeling is that it is affected by the means of gathering power and respecting the emperor.

As a monarch, this method is indispensable if he wants to maintain the majesty in the hearts of his subjects.

But Liu Bei has never used this thing, and even dismissed it under the influence of Lin Chao.

It is far worse to make people respect than to make them fear.

Fear must be accompanied by resentment, but respect brings true loyalty.

Therefore, although Liu Bei is now the lord of the four states, except for formal occasions, he basically has no airs, and he can make some harmless jokes with his courtiers at any time.

This kind of behavior, in the eyes of the courtiers who follow the rule of the emperor, is simply the template of a perfect monarch!
Zhong Yao was naturally no exception, so when he saw Liu Bei pulling Lin Chao to call his brother-in-law, the shock in his heart was hard to describe with all the words in the world.

Lin Chao, on the other hand, looked at Liu Bei helplessly.

Could it be that you think that I came here today just to hear you call brother-in-law?
For a moment, Lin Chao doubted Liu Bei's IQ.

"Mr. Xuande, this is Zhong Yuanchang from Yingchuan, who came to Xuzhou to wait for his appointment by the emperor's edict."

Helpless, Lin Chao had to introduce Zhong Yao to Liu Bei.

As soon as the words fell, Zhong Yao had already solemnly paid homage to Liu Bei, and said loudly: "See Taiwei!"

Of course, Liu Bei had heard about Zhong Yao's reputation from Xun Yu, and now seeing him in person, he was naturally overjoyed.

"There is no need to be too polite. I look forward to Yuanchang, just like looking forward to rain in a severe drought! Now that Yuanchang is here, the great cause is accomplished!"

Liu Bei let go of Lin Chao's hand calmly, but pulled Zhong Yao back with lightning speed, and at the same time his face was full of excitement.

If you want to say what special talents Zhong Yao has, Liu Bei must not know.

But being able to be mentioned by Xun Yu, and brought to see him by Lin Chao personally, has already proved the weight of this person.

Since he is a great talent, soliciting is all about, why bother so much!

But this time Zhong Yao was really moved to tears, and while enjoying Liu Bei's strongest control skills, his voice was a little choked up.

I don't think that someone who is over forty years old can still get this enlightened master. I have enough wishes!
Uh... It's just the Taiwei's words, why does it feel like deja vu?

Seeing that he successfully used his arms together, Liu Bei intensified his efforts, grabbed Lin Chao with his other hand, and said with a smile: "It's a coincidence that someone has prepared a banquet in the mansion, Zichu and Yuanchang, and follow someone How about going in and conspiring to get drunk?"

"As ordered!"

The two agreed.

Only then did Zhong Yao understand what Lin Chao meant by Cengfan.

Said it was a banquet, but in fact Liu Bei was in a good mood today, so he made a hot pot and planned to drink it by himself, and happened to meet two people who came to eat for free...

For this new way of eating, Zhong Yao was also an eye-opener, but the way he sat at the same table made him quite cautious.

Fortunately, Liu Bei suffers from social overwhelm, and he helped Zhong Yao pick up food from time to time during the banquet, which once again moved Zhong Yao so much.

After a meal, Zhong Yao had been completely captured by Liu Bei, and he vowed to be loyal to Liu Bei.

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At the dinner table, Lin Chao proposed to let Zhong Yao be the prefect of Langya, and Liu Bei agreed on the spot, so after the meal, Lin Chao brought Zhong Yao to the Government Affairs Hall, ready to let Xun Chen, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, go through the process.

But at this time, the inner mansion was already full of quarrels, and the scene could be described as a group of demons dancing wildly, but Zhong Yao was taken aback for a moment.

To be precise, it was not the people in the inner palace who were arguing, but Tian Feng alone against everyone in the inner palace, including Xun Yu, the order of the inner palace!
Although we are outnumbered, Tian Feng's combat effectiveness is well known, not only did not lose the wind, but made everyone feel ashamed.

"It's an insult to the gentleman, it's really an insult to the gentleman..."

Jian Yong suffered a great loss in the confrontation just now, he was trembling with anger, his lips were blue, and he muttered to himself.

On the other hand, Tian Feng was still in a brave state, killing all directions, spitting stars so widely that they almost splashed on the face of Lin Chao who had just entered the room.

At this moment, most of the people in the inner palace were ashen-faced and silent.Only Xun Chen, who has a good personal relationship with Tian Feng on weekdays, is not afraid, and is still fighting bravely, but depending on the situation, he is still struggling.

"Yuan Hao, this battle of the three states lasted more than half a year. The soldiers were born and died, and countless victims were lost. Now that they have finally come back from victory, how can they only confer titles and not reward property?"

Xun Chen pointed to the list of rewards on the table, with a heartbroken look on his face.

Tian Feng didn't accept this trick, and said with a sneer: "Hmph, You Ruo don't want to spray people with blood, I didn't say that I won't reward money, I just postponed it."

Xun Chen said angrily, "Why do you want to postpone it?"

"Because the treasury has no money."

Tian Feng said with a full face as a matter of course.

Xun Chen: ...

Although Jian Yong was so angry that his liver ached, he couldn't help but continue to say: "Rewarding meritorious soldiers has been the way to strengthen the country since ancient times, how can we delay it? If you don't reward money, how will you make the soldiers use their lives in the future? How can we defeat the enemy and win?"

"What's the use of saying this, anyway, there is no money."

Jian Yong: ...

"Yes, I think what Xun Shangshu and Jian Shangshu said is reasonable." Ju Shou also joined the battle group, and persuaded, "Since ancient times, the major events of the country have been in the army and sacrifice, and it is really unreasonable not to reward the meritorious soldiers..."

"You can award any rewards you like, but there is no money."

Ju Shou: ...

Although everyone was speechless with just two words, Tian Feng felt very tired.

You can't understand human speech, can you?

Did someone say no rewards? It's just a delay.

There is no money in the treasury, how can I reward the soldiers?
Over the years, troops have been sent to fight many times, and now the war has just stopped for a few months, and they are helping the people, building a school palace, building a recruiting platform... which one does not cost money?

If it weren't for the hard work of someone, I'm afraid you wouldn't even have porridge to drink!
Now you still dare to talk nonsense here, it's all because of feeding you too full!

But at this time, Tian Feng's mouth was dry, and the passion in his chest dissipated a lot, so he didn't argue anymore, but sat down and drank tea, but spread his hands again.

"If you say one thousand, say ten thousand, the treasury has no money, and the reward for meritorious officers and soldiers can only be postponed."

Facing Tian Feng's mess, everyone lost their temper, but their faces were still not good-looking.

Jian Yong couldn't bear it anymore, pointed at Tian Feng and shouted: "Tian Yuanhao, you keep saying that the treasury has no money, but you dare to open the treasury and let me wait and see. Xuzhou's treasury is a public treasure, but now it has been stolen You treat it as a private property, so is it possible that you want to keep it for yourself?"

"Hehe, the government treasury is an important place for the household department, so how can we allow idle people to enter it?"

Hearing this, Jian Yong almost twisted his nose in anger.

Tian Yuanhao, that bastard, actually called someone an idler, it's really abhorrent!
"If you refuse to open the treasury today and give me an explanation, I will impeach you to the Metropolitan Procuratorate!"

Hearing this, Cui Yan, who originally stayed out of the matter and watched the show, immediately lowered her head, not wanting to be involved in the vortex of right and wrong.

If you can't get angry, just go out and fight, why do you have to drag someone into the water?

Tian Feng still replied very stiffly: "Haha, don't say that you impeached the Metropolitan Procuratorate, it doesn't matter if you impeach the lord. As long as one day you are still the Minister of the Ministry of Households, the reward will have to be postponed."

Come on, who loves whose grandson!

"You wait, I'm going to impeach you to the lord!"

Jian Yong never gave in to others in his life, even in front of Liu Bei and Lin Chao, he talked and laughed freely, how could he bear this birdish air, when he wanted to act, he was stopped by Xun Yu.

"Xianhe, don't worry, don't worry..."

At the critical moment, Xun Yu, the internal government order, had to act as a peacemaker. He frowned and asked Tian Feng, "Yuan Hao, is there really no money left in the treasury?"

Tian Feng said angrily: "It's only natural, does the government official think that you can't lie to me?"

"That's not what I meant..." Xun Yu said, "Since there is no money left, why doesn't Yuan Hao open the treasury and let me have a look at it, so as to convince everyone."

"If you don't open it, you won't open it!"

Tian Feng shook his head and said firmly.

Now, even Xun Yu was helpless.

Is there any money and food in the treasury?

Of course there are.

However, it is only enough to help nearly [-] refugees inside and outside the city in the coming spring, so that they will not go hungry.

The reason why Tian Feng didn't want to open the treasury was because he was afraid that after seeing the money and food, everyone would think of rewarding the soldiers first, regardless of the life and death of the people.

After all, everyone has a share in this award, and it is inevitable that some people will do foolish things.

Everyone was arguing in full swing, but they didn't notice Lin Chao and Zhong Yao at the door.

But at this moment, Zhong Yao was shocked again.

The atmosphere among colleagues in Xuzhou... seems to be different from what I imagined!

Lin Chao next to him frowned slightly.

It's broken, it's not the right time.

"Yuan Chang, I suddenly remembered that there is something important to do at home, let's take a step first, see you by fate..."

Lin Chao said in a low voice, while turning his body around, he was afraid that everyone inside would see him.

But just as he was about to carry the bucket and run away, Jian Yong's surprised voice came from behind him.

"Zi Chu! You came just in time, this Tian Yuanhao is really deceiving people too much, please ask Zi Chu to uphold justice!"

But for Lin Chao, this voice was like a magic voice filling his ears, and he was already complaining in his heart.

Jian Xianhe, it's fine if you can't spray Tian Feng, why drag me into the water...

Talk like I could spray this shit!
However, having been discovered, Lin Chao had no choice but to stop his escaping steps, and when he turned around, there was a very forced smile on his face.

"Everyone, it's not a coincidence that a certain family still has some important matters. Regarding the reward, you can decide for yourself..."

Before he finished speaking, Jian Yong pulled Lin Chaozao into the room.

"Xianhe, let go...we two big men, it's so unreasonable to argue like this..."

Alas, I hate myself for being a weakling!
"Zichu, we were just discussing how to award meritorious soldiers, but Tian Yuanhao said that the treasury has no money, so he insisted on postponing the rewards. Someone asked him to open the treasury, but he refused. How can there be such a reason in the world!"

Lin Chao nodded repeatedly, indicating that you are right.

But what does Tian Yuanhao have to do with me if that bastard refuses to open the treasury?
However, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Lin Chao, as the head of the Taiwei's residence, could not ignore it.

I saw Lin Chao weakly said to Tian Feng: "Yuan Hao, how about...you just open the treasury to make them give up."

Crowd: ...

What does it mean to make us give up, Lin Zichu, be careful with what you say!
Lin Chao originally thought that after he finished his sentence, Tian Feng would definitely welcome a storm of words, but he miscalculated.

I saw that Tian Feng did not refute, but stretched out his hand to open his coat, and then reached into his underwear to grope for a long time before he took out a steaming key.

Lin Chao: ...

Have you kept the key to the emotional treasury close to you?
Tian Yuanhao, as expected of you!

But at the next moment, Tian Feng even took out his seal and ribbon of the Minister of the Household Department.

"Here is the key, anyone who wants to go into the treasury can take it directly, but he has to take away the seal and ribbon." Tian Feng sneered at the crowd, "I will not hide it from you, there is indeed some money and food in the treasury , but only enough to help the people. If you insist on using it, if the people starve to death, it will be your fault!"

The lethality of this sentence was too great, causing everyone to be silent for a while, and even no longer had the courage to look at the treasury key.

Jian Yong, who yelled the most fiercely before, also died down at this time, so he had no choice but to let out a long sigh.

The crime of starving the people to death is so great that no one can bear it.

After waiting for a while, no one took the key from his hand, so Tian Feng sneered, and put the key in his bosom to keep it close to his body.

Hmph, how dare a group of scumbags dare to fight someone, they really don't know how to live or die!
The atmosphere in the field was so frozen, after a long while Xun Yu smiled wryly and said: "But it is not the best policy to only reward officials and titles and delay the reward of property. If it arouses the dissatisfaction of the soldiers in the army, it will be very troublesome."

In this battle, not everyone has established enough credit for promotion.

Those low-level soldiers with little meritorious service are still waiting for the rewards for the New Year!

What's more, the soldiers of Baishi who didn't have much credit but died in battle.Losing the pillars of the family, and the wives and children will no longer receive money and pensions, the people must be full of resentment.

The reason why Xun Yu and others insisted on immediately awarding meritorious soldiers is also based on this reason.

If the affairs of these people cannot be properly handled, who will work hard for you in the future?

So these two things formed a knot.

On the one hand, there are refugees who will starve to death if they are not given food, and on the other hand, there are meritorious soldiers who died for you. It stands to reason that both of them should be dealt with safely, but there is so much money and food in the treasury, how should we choose?
In other words, no choice is wrong!
After a long time, Lin Chao sighed and said, "It's really not possible, let's borrow some money and food from rich merchants in Xuzhou."

"Repay the loan?"

Tian Feng asked with his eyes wide open.

Last time, in order to help the refugees, they had almost borrowed all of Mi's and Zhen's family assets!
"So what if you don't borrow it?" Lin Chao smiled wryly, "Of course our rewards can be postponed, but the rewards and beard caresses of those who died in battle cannot be delayed. If the people's rations cannot be moved, only After getting out of the loan, there is no way to go.

Fortunately, there will be no more wars in the next few years, but there is no need to worry about it.

If it doesn't work, you can also pay the interest first every year. "

Crowd: ...

Lin Zichu's methods were as vicious as before.

For a while, everyone began to feel pity for those wealthy businessmen.

Tian Feng also nodded, acquiescing to Lin Chao's method.

Just when everyone thought the matter was over, Lin Chao suddenly laughed and said, "Yuan Hao, I heard that Mr. Xuande still has an internal treasury, which is very abundant. See if you can..."

Hearing this, the eyes of not only Tian Feng, but also everyone in the inner palace lit up.

The local tyrant is actually by my side!
If you don't grab a wave, what's the reason for it!

(End of this chapter)