The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 197 The New Kingdom of Jin ([-])
"Foreign Minister Da Han Zhongshu Shooting Eagles, Da Sima Mansion in charge of Du Zhen, pay homage to His Majesty Wu."

"Hehehe, the envoys from the Shu Dynasty came here and worked hard. Huh? Both envoys are from Yizhou?"

"His Majesty Lao asked, the foreign minister shoots the eagle, and his ancestral home is Fufeng County, Yongzhou. However, the foreign minister has grown up in Yizhou since the day he was born, so it is not surprising that he has a Yizhou accent."

"The foreign minister, Du Zhen, is from Chengdu, Shu County."

"Hahahaha~~~ Well, Wu and Shu have had diplomatic relations for more than 40 years, and there are actually two native Yizhou people as envoys. This is really unprecedented!"

Well, brother, you are so openly mocking the factional struggle of my big man, the two of us really can't express anything other than laughing together.

"Two envoys, did you see the envoys of the Jin Kingdom when you went to the hall just now?"

Of course I saw it, you did it on purpose: "Report to Your Majesty, I saw it."

"Hey, the state of Jin is still very polite, a great general, and a servant of the Huangmen. It's really a high position."

"Hehehe, Your Majesty." At this time, it was Shooting Condor who spoke: "If enemies want to pretend to be false, they really need to do a good job in face. And when two allies visit each other's houses, whoever comes should not Is there a good wine and meat reception?"

"Hahahaha~~ Hitting the book is very interesting. Then hit the book, and when you come here on this trip, do your Majesty and Da Sima have anything to say to me?"

"It's nothing. It's just an ordinary visit between allies."

"Hmph! The envoy's words are not entirely true. Two years ago, when your country was facing the disaster of subjugation, our country mobilized the whole country to launch a full-scale attack on the puppet Wei in Jingzhou and Yangzhou. If we hadn't contained the puppet Wei With a force of 30 to [-] troops, the puppet Wei can completely increase its troops by more than [-] to attack your country. At that time, no matter how capable the great Sima of your country is, he will not be able to stop it! It can be said that our country has an intermittent relationship with your country. What about your country? Before the battle of Yang’an Pass started, you were busy adding troops to Badong County. Such behavior of your country really chills our country as an ally!”

"Hehehe, Your Majesty, the foreign minister is telling the truth. Our country increased its troops to Badong the year before last. In essence, it is the same as your country's sending money to Nanzhong in recent years. There is nothing to compare it with."

In fact, although the Han-Wu alliance is generally friendly, there are a lot of fights and filth among them.Soochow often sent money and food to some tribes in the south of Shuhan, and even sent military instructors to train the young and strong of these tribes.Then encourage them to rebel.Waste the national strength of Shu Han.Of course, the various rebellions in Jiaozhou of Eastern Wu, if you want to say that there is no trace of the Shu Han in it.It is estimated that it is impossible.

"Hmph, your emissary is as eloquent as Zong Deyan."

"Thank you for your praise, Your Majesty."

There is nothing left to do.Because the rulers on both sides are not fools, they both know the necessity of the continued existence of the Han-Wu alliance.So She Condor and Du Zhen's trip to Soochow is just to express the importance Shu Han attaches to this alliance-who makes Shu Han still the weakest among the three kingdoms in terms of comprehensive national strength?
On the other side, in the Chengdu court, another audience was also going on.

"Great Sima Shibao of the Great Jin Dynasty, attendant Xun Xu, pays homage to His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty."

It can be said that because the Sima family hastily ascended to power, there was a lot of dissatisfaction among the people, and there were many internal problems that urgently needed to be resolved.Therefore, the newly born Jin State urgently needs a time to recuperate.Therefore, this time, the envoys of the State of Jin who visited the Shu Han kept their posture very low: for the first time, they publicly admitted that the regime in Yizhou was Han and no longer Shu.

Guan Yi, who was standing on the lower left of Liu Chan, looked at the stone bud in the center of the hall, and almost couldn't help but laugh: Hey, if it wasn't for the fact that this master sold his [-] armors at all costs for money, this new one would have It's hard to say what the war will look like.

"The envoy has come from afar and worked hard. I don't know if the new emperor of Jin has anything to say to me?"

"Your Majesty, my emperor complied with God's will and had no choice but to replace Wei as the throne under the weeping blood of thousands of subjects. Now that the Great Jin Dynasty has been established, there is really no reason to continue the war between the Han and Wei in the past. Therefore, my emperor proposes that the two sides Form an alliance, stop fighting and stop fighting."

"Our country has reached a conclusion on this matter, yes. Does the envoy have anything else to say?"

"Your Majesty, my emperor also said that if Your Majesty has the idea of ​​taking Jingzhou back, I am willing to support it!"

"Ah? Hahahaha~~~ Da Sima, what do you think about this?"

"Hehe, let your envoy know that even if we want to get Jingzhou, we don't need your country's help."

In short, I only admit to signing an armistice agreement with you, but I will not sign an agreement at the level of a military alliance.Anyway, the current situation is obvious: everyone needs time to sort out some domestic affairs.So now everyone doesn't want to fight.But when whoever finishes the adjustment first, it will be torn apart!

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With the envoys of Jin, Shuhan and other countries running back and forth, the three kingdoms of Han, Jin and Wu finally ushered in a short-lived peace.Guan Yi and Sun Hao have more time and stronger determination to deal with some stubborn illnesses and problems existing in their country.And Sima Yan finally had time to clean up the mess left by his father - no, he made the mess himself.

The Jin Empire is undoubtedly the strongest in terms of overall strength among the Three Kingdoms.But it is also the most problematic.

It is true to say that he is a new empire, after all, it has only been established for more than a month.But it's also true that he's an old, corrupt zombie who reeks of shrouds.Because of the Wei, Jin and Zen dynasties, although Sima Jiayi wiped out many people's three clans during this process.But this head count is still too small compared to the sacrifices needed for a dynasty's innovation.

He accepted almost all of Cao Wei's aristocratic families, and because of the need to usurp the throne, he had to indulge some aristocratic families, and at the same time newly cultivated some aristocratic families.He also indulged his relatives without restraint.Therefore, in October of 265, all the autumn grains on the huge land were put into storage, and all kinds of taxes were counted.Shang Shu ordered Pei Xiu to give Sima Yan an extremely tragic data.

"Your Majesty, the autumn harvest in the first year of Taishi has come to an end. This autumn harvest, the court has accumulatively collected 520 million shi of grain and 150 billion in money."

Sounds like a lot doesn't it?This income is more than ten times that of the Shu Han Dynasty when Fei Yi was in power.It is a pity that the Jin Empire has a great business, a lot of income, and a lot of expenditure.

"After deducting various salaries and expenses, and calculating various losses, 630 million shi of grain and 35 billion in money have actually been put into the warehouse. Adding last year's surplus, there are currently 160 million shi of grain and money in the treasury. 83 billion."

"Here, Shang Shuling, what's going on? Why is it so small?"

"Your Majesty, the main reason is that this year, when the country is newly established, a large amount of rewards will be given to the ministers."

In fact, Pei Xiu didn't say a few words: more than 30 new princes, nearly fifty county princes, and there are also freaks like county marquises... This expenditure is simply heaven-stricken!
Sima Yan is not an idiot, of course he understands what Pei Xiu's words mean: "Then, how many household registrations do I have in the civil register? How many fields do I have?"

"In the first year of the Jin Dynasty, my registered permanent residence was 420 million, and the registered land was [-] million mu. On average, each person had [-] mu of land. However, your majesty, this year is mainly for the princes and county kings Jianguo. So the households on their fiefdoms still belong to the state this year, and their output also belongs to the state. Next year, there may not be so many."

"Ah? Then Shang Shuling, you do the math for me. How much income will we have next year?"

"Calculation is based on the fact that all the fiefdoms of princes, county kings, county princes, and county marquises do not pay taxes. Next year, the number of people paying taxes to the court will be reduced to 330 million, and the registered land will be reduced to about 9000 million mu. This income, There are only about 800 million shi of grain and 100 billion yuan of money. And next year we will start to distribute salaries to the newly-appointed princes, county kings, county princes, etc. Therefore, next year, it is estimated that the surplus of the imperial court will not exceed 300 million shi of grain and money. 15 billion."

(Guan Yi: I am so laughable. For such a big family, the year-round surplus is probably not as much as mine!)
"This, this is not right! Ji Yan. Although I have created many new princes, dukes, and marquises, I have also taken back all the fiefdoms of counties, townships, and pavilions that Cao Wei had awarded before. This time Why is there such a big difference between going in and going out?"

What's so strange about this?A county lord of Cao Wei had a thousand households, about three to four thousand people, when it was sealed off.Even if it was sealed up later, it would be a marvel of a million households.But what is the concept of your prince?4000 households, [-] households, a hundred thousand households will disappear with just one mouth!If you treat this family like this, it will be completely ruined in a few years!

(End of this chapter)