Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 169 Annual Planning (2)

"Prime Minister! Longxi County in Liangzhou is still short of a prefect! I don't know who to send to take up the post?" Liu Bowen continued.

In this war-torn era, whoever decides who owns the territory, Longxi County is a county in Liangzhou, and Ma Teng and Han Sui now occupy Liangzhou. Naturally, the prefect must be a suitable candidate from among these forces. Just send a written report to the imperial court, it doesn't matter if you agree or not, they just appoint you directly.

Longxi County can now be said to be within Han Sui's sphere of influence. Longxi County borders Jincheng, Hanyang (that is, Tianshui County), and Wudu. This is to be taken from Han Sui, which does not mean cutting his flesh Well!
This is not the point, the point is how to control this county is the most important thing, don't underestimate this county, it can play an unexpected role at critical moments.

"How about my fourth uncle? Bowen, do you think my fourth uncle is qualified for the post of prefect?" Li Song thought for a long time and chose his fourth uncle Li Yan.

"As far as I know! Li Yan once served as the magistrate of a county! His ability is not bad, and he can be a prefect!" Liu Bowen commented.

"It turned out to be so! Let the fourth uncle Li Yan be appointed as the prefect of Longxi County, and this matter will be handed over to Xu Maogong!" Li Song said.

"Obey!" Liu Bowen responded with a salute!

Now that these have been finalized, Li Song turned the topic to money. After all, the whole year's plan is suitable to focus on internal affairs, supplemented by military affairs. The problem of food has been temporarily solved, and now it is natural to solve the problem of money.

"What's the tax situation such as commercial tax this year?" Li Song asked.

"Report to the Prime Minister! Last year's taxation situation, salt, iron, business taxes and other taxes have increased compared to before! However, since Dong Zhuo made five baht coins privately, the economies of various places have collapsed, and they can only use cloth as money. Now, The amount of cloth that can be received is more than before! Also, most of the salt and iron are in the hands of rich people from all over the country." Han Hao, the chief farmer in charge of money and food, said.

Since Dong Zhuo's reign, the salt and iron mines in various places have been controlled by the aristocratic families, so the tax revenue received by the salt and iron is very little!

Salt and iron has always been the best money-making tool for the imperial court. Since Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, the right to buy and sell salt and iron was taken back by the imperial court. This is the Yantie official camp!During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the official salt and iron camp was abolished and changed to a taxation system. As long as private individuals pay a certain share of salt and iron tax, anyone can trade salt and iron.

After Dong Zhuo entered the capital, the princes from all walks of life began to compete for territory. Natural resources such as salt and iron have completely become the tools of the aristocratic family to collect money. The object of wooing.

"From today! Salt, iron, mountains and rivers, etc., will be owned by the imperial court. Private people are not allowed to buy or sell them privately. The imperial court will conduct official salt and iron operations."

"The imperial court re-minted coins! Abolish the five baht coin, mint Tongbao, and no longer name it by weight! For the convenience of carrying around in the future, making banknotes will be popular in the world!" Li Song said, he was determined to carry out currency reform!
"Prime Minister! This banknote is unprecedented! I'm afraid it's inappropriate!" Cheng Yu saluted.

"There is no precedent! We set this precedent! Paper money is divided into three types, copper notes, silver notes, and gold notes, which can be exchanged for copper coins, silver notes, and gold! This matter will be presided over by Dasinong! The bank is used to exchange the above three kinds of coins." Li Song said in an unquestionable tone.

Everyone started a fierce war of words on the coin, and finally it was finalized. First, conduct some experiments in Xuchang and several counties around Xuchang. Promotion within.

After some discussions among the people, Li Song announced the adjournment of the meeting. As for making new coins, how to make them circulate was up to the officials in charge of money, and everyone bowed and retreated.

This year is destined to be another uneven year. Compared with previous years, this year is relatively better than previous years.

A fast horse galloped out of Xuchang City, and the messenger headed towards Guanzhong with Li Song's order on his back. He traveled day and night without stopping, and finally arrived in Guanzhong.

In Chang'an City, on the newly restored Chang'an Street, a fast horse galloped past, galloping all the way to the gate of a government office, stopped the horse, and the messenger flew off the horse, and quickly ran towards the government office.

"Master Xu! This is an imperial edict!" The messenger took down the sealed bamboo tube from Beishang, knelt down on one knee, and raised the bamboo tube above his head. Xu Maogong reached out to take the bamboo tube.

"It's been a hard journey for the envoy! Go down and rest first!" Xu Maogong asked the messenger to step back and rest, and the messenger clasped his fists and said, "No!" Then he turned and left.

After the messenger left, he immediately removed the mud seal on it, took out the bamboo slips and a copy of the imperial edict inside, opened it to check, and after reading it, he shouted to the door: "Come on! Go and call Zhong Shizhong to come, I have something to do with you." He negotiates!"

"No!" The guard outside the door responded, and immediately turned and left, looking for Zhong Yao.

"Oh! Master Xu, did you say what's going on?" The people sent by Xu Maogong found Zhong Yao and told Zhong Yao what Xu Maogong said. Zhong Yao asked.

"I don't know about this humble job! I only know that Xu Chang seems to be here! A secret letter has been sent! Perhaps because of this, Master Xu ordered me to come and look for the servant!" The guard said respectfully.

"Okay! Let's go back now!" Zhong Yao said, and immediately returned to Chang'an.

"Brother Maogong! I don't know what secret order the prime minister has!" Zhong Yao's voice came first before the man arrived.

Xu Maogong looked up and saw Zhong Yao stepping in. Xu Maogong handed the secret letter to Zhong You and said, "Yuanchang, you will know if you look at it!"

"Prime Minister intends to town Fuliangzhou and marry Han Sui! Also, he wants to cut a piece of meat from Han Sui's hands. I'm afraid it's not easy!" Zhong Yao said in embarrassment after reading the secret letter, he was worried that Han Sui would disagree , after all, this is someone else's territory, you can't just give it if you say it!

"The Li family is a prominent family in Longxi County, and this Li family is also the prime minister's family. Longxi can be said to be the prime minister's hometown! It is reasonable to want him back!" Xu Maogong laughed.

"The prime minister decided to let you handle the marriage and return to Longxi County with full authority! Brother Yuan Chang should think about what to do! After all, you are the only one who has dealt with Ma Teng and Han Sui here!"

"By the way, this is the emperor's edict! The prime minister asked the emperor to issue an edict to grant marriage, and to appoint Li Yan as the prefect of Longxi County!" Xu Maogong took out the edict from the side and handed it to Zhong Yao.

Zhong Yao took the edict and said, "Okay! It's not too late! I'm going to Liangzhou right now, and persuade Han Sui to hand over Longxi County!"

"Oh! Brother Yuanchang, there is a way to persuade Han Sui to spit out the "meat" of Longxi County so soon?" Xu Maogong was surprised.

(End of this chapter)