Dahan first prince

Chapter 339 My memory
"Ah······"

"As expected..."

In the winter and December of the 14th year of the Han Dynasty, seventy miles north of Chang'an.

Standing at the 'Fing Qu' where the general context has been shown, Liu Ying looked at the briefing in her hand, and shook her head with a sneer.

Seeing Liu Ying's face, Yang Chengyan, who was standing beside Liu Ying, took a half step forward with a little hesitation, and looked at Liu Ying suspiciously.

But Liu Ying reached out her hand indifferently, handed the briefing in front of Yang Chengyan, and said at the same time: "Yan Xiang came to report-I got the edict of 'returning Pyongyang to the Joseon Lord', Wei Man has already The envoys were sent back to report, saying: The previous disputes have caused the Korean monarchs to disperse; if Pyongyang is returned to the Korean monarchs, North Korea will be in chaos."

"So Wei is satisfied: for the time being, rule Pyongyang on behalf of the Joseon monarch, and wait for the Joseon monarch to gather up the scattered tribes, and then get close to the Joseon monarch, and discuss the return of Pyongyang..."

When Liu Ying spoke, Yang Chengyan had already seen the simplified version, and immediately looked at Liu Ying with a slightly serious look.

"According to His Majesty, what should be done about this matter?"

Asked in a low voice, Yang Chengyan seemed to be afraid of Liu Ying's misunderstanding, and hurriedly added: "If your majesty wants to send troops to fight for it, although the Shaofu doesn't have a lot of cloth and ordnance, the matter of military rations is nothing to worry about... "..."

Hearing this, Liu Ying, who was about to shake her head in denial, froze, and immediately looked at Yang Chengyan's confident face full of jokes.

Today's Shaofu is really "different from the past"~
Back then, when the first emperor Liu Bang was still there and the Shaofu had not monopolized the grain market in Guanzhong, Yang Chengyan, as the minister of the Shaofu, was busy all day trying to melt all kinds of miscellaneous money into three baht coins .

Liu Ying remembered that at that time, there was a joke related to it in Chang'an City, saying that Yangcheng was renamed Jiuqing, but in fact, it was a supervisory order of the "Minister of Money"...

And this is not the loneliest period for Yang Chengyan.

——In Liu Ying's previous life, after the death of Emperor Taizu Liu Bang, the Shaofu first tried its best, and even dragged the treasury together to "bankrupt in situ", and finally finished the funeral of Taizu Liu Bang.

Immediately afterwards, the Regent Empress Dowager Lu Zhi issued an order: three bahts of coins are prohibited, private coins are prohibited, and eight bahts of coins are diverted;
In this way, the Shaofu was first wiped out by Liu Bang's funeral, and then lost the profit channel of "casting money", so he could only hope that the annual oral tax would bring a little contribution to the internal funds .

However, after the Queen Mother Lv Zhi ordered the abolition of the three baht coins and nationalized the right to mint coins, after the implementation of the eight baht coins, she added a sentence: the three baht coins minted in the past are also allowed to circulate...

In this way, although the coin market destroyed by Liu Bang's three baht coins has improved slightly due to the nationalization of the minting rights, Shaofu has been interrupted several ribs one after another.

——First, Liu Bang died, scraping away the property of Shaofu;

——Afterwards, the "banning of three baht" made Shaofu no source of income;
In the end, "Xu Min used three baht" and turned all the money received by the Shaofu into the inferior three baht money he had spent...

Liu Ying didn't know how long the Shaofu in the previous life slowed down this series of blows.

Liu Ying only remembers: until the time when she was about to die in her previous life, Yangcheng Yandu, who was the young minister, was still crying;
Rumors spread everywhere inside and outside the palace: Your Majesty has passed away 'again', so what to do now...
But in this life, the hero who was once stumped by three cents has completely stood up.

——In the spring of the year before last, the late emperor Liu Bang passed away, and the Shaofu paid for all the funeral expenses, so he didn't ask the Prime Minister's treasury for help!
After a year of "rest and recuperation" last year, this year's Shaofu seems to have become the largest household in the Han Dynasty!
——Two months ago, the batch of military supplies sent to the front line of the North Wall by Liu Ying, although it was a bit difficult, the Shaofu completed it alone;

Right now, this new canal named 'Bing Canal', with a total length of more than [-] miles, has also been dug out by the Shaofu alone to form a prototype, and in two months, it will basically be able to pass water;

In addition, the Shaofu also plans to officially start the construction of Chang'an City after the beginning of spring, and at the same time start the layout and planning of the royal garden: Shanglin Garden...

Liu Ying couldn't help feeling refreshed when she thought of the series of feats that Shaofu had completed, was completing, or was about to complete.

Because of all of this, it is because of Liu Ying's promotion of "shaofu official grain rice", so that Shaofu can monopolize the Guanzhong grain market, as the economic basis of "determining the superstructure"...
"I still don't remember anything about North Korea."

Pulling her thoughts back to her eyes, she saw Liu Ying turned sideways with a slight smile, walking [-] steps along the side of the canal in a direction where no one was there, intentionally or unintentionally.

Seeing this situation, all the officials of the Shaofu who accompanied Liu Ying's 'inspection' also stopped knowingly, allowing Yang Chengyan to follow alone.

"Emperor Taizu Gao passed away, and I was still too young to be crowned as a pro-government;"

"For the Xiongnu, this is the time when the head of our Han family is less suspicious of the country and the court is dark and weak."

"If I insist on sending troops to North Korea, I will be suspected of 'putting the cart before the horse', or make the northern barbarian Huns take it lightly, thinking that I don't understand state affairs, and that I am younger and easy to bully..."

Hearing this, Yang Chengyan only nodded thoughtfully slowly, and then expressed his position again: "Your Majesty's intention, I know."

"Only today, there is a lot of money and food in the Shaofu, and the ministers should reserve the needs of the collection for the future."

"Whenever there is a sudden war in Kanto, or Lingnan, or North Korea, or Qiangbei, His Majesty should be able to take it immediately and use it without worrying about the lack of treasury."

Hearing Yang Chengyan's earnest words again, Liu Ying shook her head and smiled again, patted Yang Chengyan's shoulder with happiness, and took advantage of the opportunity to hug Yang Chengyan to herself.

"It doesn't have to be~"

"Right now, Qing is still dealing with matters related to Feng Qu, the Four Walls of Chang'an, and Lin Yuan."

"And for conquest, there is no need to reserve it."

After saying that, Liu Ying did not forget to pat Yang Chengyan's shoulder again, showing a very satisfied smile, and nodded to Yang Chengyan, and then finally withdrew her hand again and put it on her back.

For the Shaofu, Liu Ying really has high hopes, but Liu Ying also knows what is meant by 'too much to be missed'.

——The grain monopoly business, especially the grain monopoly at the Guanzhong level, has huge profits;
But even so, Liu Ying also clearly understands: Today's Shaofu has not exaggerated enough to be able to "reserve military expenses".

For example, last year, the average yield per mu in Guanzhong was three and a half shi, and the average household recovered 350 shi of corn per year; after deducting taxes and taxes, there were more than 330 shi left.

However, there is a slight discrepancy from Shaofu's expectation of "an average of 120 shi per household storing grain in Shaofu" is that last year, the average amount of grain deposited by each household in Guanzhong into Shaofu was only more than [-] shi.

As for the reason, it naturally made Liu Ying extremely happy.

——After recuperating for the past few years, quite a few people in Guanzhong have started to build small granaries in their homes!
Liu Ying didn't know how these farmers dug out a small warehouse that could hold hundreds of shi of grain out of a meal of corn porridge;
But when she thought of future generations, the Huaxia nation could save a house abruptly with an income of several thousand, and Liu Ying felt relieved.

——The Chinese nation has always been the nation that can endure hardships, struggle the most, and know how to plan for the future.

The principle of "renting is worse than buying" is almost engraved in the genes of the Chinese nation.

And the common people began to build large-scale warehouses by themselves, which naturally means that the Shaofu's policy of "storing grain on behalf of the people" is speeding up the countdown.

For example, in Guanzhong last year, each household stored grain at an average of 120 shi, which means that the average "storage fee" paid by each household was only [-] shi;
Including the storage fee, which is divided [-]-[-] from the treasury of the Xiangfu and the internal funds of the Shaofu, the only thing that the Shaofu can get is six shi.

So how much is the income of Shaofu's "grain storage on behalf of the people" in the next year?
The answer is: six shi per household, and there are nearly a million households in Guanzhong, and the total income of Shaofu is less than 600 million shi!
As for the less than 600 million shi of grain, 200 million shi have been taken out and sent to Yanji to supplement the rations of the troops guarding the North Wall.

To be precise, after the national treasury allocated the basic military rations of 'two meals per person per day, half full for each', Liu Ying paid for the nearly 30 border guards on the North Wall with a reward of 200 million shi out of her own pocket.

According to the military ration standard of the Han Dynasty "three stones for the death of the moon and two stones for the civilian husband", nearly 30 pure combat troops can eat 90 stones of grain in a month!

90 stones a month, tens of millions of stones a year!

In the past, the treasury of the Prime Minister's Mansion could only transfer 500 million shi of grain every year due to "inability to afford the allocation of military grain". The severe border defense situation made the Han Dynasty dare not withdraw a single soldier from the foot of the Great Wall.

As time goes by, the nursery rhyme of "garrisoning the northern wall and eating half a millet" has gradually spread across the country.

From this point of view, Liu Ying allocated 200 million shi of military rations from the Shaofu to give extra meals to the border guards on the front line of the North Wall. look full;

Or, in addition to two half-full breakfasts and dinners, there is not even one half-full meal, which can only be regarded as a [-]% full lunch or supper.

From this, it can be seen that although the current Shaofu seems to be able to handle it with ease, in fact, it is already on the verge of its limit.

The reason is very simple: this year, Shaofu's income from "grain storage on behalf of the people" alone is 600 million shi;

The food shortage of the side wall garrison troops is more than 500 million shi.

So, why did the Shaofu only allocate 200 million shi to feed the half-fed border guards to 600% full, instead of allocating [-] or even [-] million shi to feed the border guards?
The answer is: 200 million shi is already the "soft limit" of Shaofu.

Soft limit, in the words of later generations, is 'spare money'.

In other words, the "surplus grain" in Shaofu's hands is only these 200 million stones, and the remaining 400 million stones have their own destinations;

For example, the rations needed to be distributed for the enlistment of civilians to dig the canal for free, the construction of Chang'an City next year, and the needs of Shanglin Garden.

The reason why it is said that the 200 million shi of grain is Shaofu's "soft limit" is because the remaining 400 million shi of grain in Shaofu can also be taken out if necessary.

However, if the 400 million stones are taken out, the construction of Chang'an City and Shanglin Garden will have to be postponed, and even the current Fengqu Canal will have to be dug and searched, and then the treasury will be used to distribute it.

When the 400 million stones are gone, Shaofu's "hard limit" has been reached.

Combined with this reality, Liu Ying does not expect Shaofu to be able to reserve the military expenditure needed for a medium-scale battle today after only two or three years of monopolizing the grain market.

It's not unnecessary, it's just unrealistic.

——Based on the calculation of 20 troops participating in the war, the Shaofu has now prepared 400 million orders of food for the construction of the Bing Canal, Chang'an City, and Shanglin Garden, which is only enough for four and a half months!

If we really wanted to fight a war in Korea, it would probably take a month or two for the Guanzhong army to start from Chang'an, arrive at Yanji, and then cross the Yalu River eastward.

Therefore, instead of letting the Shaofu go all out to eat milk, but only reserve the "travel expenses" for the 20 troops to go out for a circle, it is better to do a good job of construction and finish the projects accumulated in hand.

As for military spending...

"Jianling Yang, have you returned to Chang'an?"

Thinking of 'military expenses', Liu Ying couldn't help but think of Yang Li, the Shaofu Supervisor who was sent by herself to reclaim salt fields in Wu State the year before last, the last fire of the Mohist family: Yang Li.

Liu Ying vaguely remembered: After deciding to set up the "Captain of Salt and Iron", Liu Ying seemed to have talked to Yang Chengyan and asked Yang Chengyan to recall Yang Li to Chang'an.

Liu Ying said, "The nobleman forgets things too much", and said, "Call Yang Li back", and forgot about it, but Yang Chengyan seemed very sad about it.

"Your Majesty."

"Last autumn and September last year, Yang Jianling arrived in Chang'an. At that time, the envoys from the Han Dynasty entered the court, and the court meeting at the beginning of the year was imminent. I was afraid that your majesty was busy with government affairs, so I didn't report it."

"At the beginning of the year, the Yuanshuo court meeting, Yang Jianling also attended the meeting with his ministers..."

Hearing Yang Chengyan's words, Liu Ying blushed and coughed twice with a stiff expression.

——Collaborating with Dachaoyi, Yang Li was standing in Changxin Hall, and it was on the Yanbian of Yangcheng, but Liu Ying didn't pay attention...
"cough."

"Cough cough..."

A few more dry coughs rang out, and Yang Chengyan finally came to his senses, and hurriedly changed the subject: "Your Majesty, do you want me to call Yang Jianling here for His Majesty's advice?"

But when Liu Ying heard the words, she shook her head slowly with a little tiredness.

"No need."

"This is from Chang'an, but I want to see Fengqu;"

"See you now, and turn around soon."

After dropping this sentence with a slightly tired tone, Liu Ying looked around again, and then walked straight towards the chariot not far away.

But behind Liu Ying, recalling Liu Ying's words just now, Yang Chengyan's face gradually took on a little anxiety.

"Yang Chengling left Beijing only a few years old..."

"Could it be that His Majesty has ignored you?"

(End of this chapter)