Great Wei Nengchen

However, after graduating from the school, either joining the student army, becoming an official, or starting a business by themselves, there are very few who can be recruited by the powerful!

For ordinary powerful families, if they can recruit one or two students from academies, that is a high incense, such as Cheng Shangshu, Mao Pushe, and General Man's subordinates, there are only four or five students, and they are still obtained through connections!

But there were at least [-] or [-] students behind that black-covered cart, and they were all respectful. Who should be sitting in the cart with such abilities?

Monk Shenguang thought hard, and suddenly thought of a person, a person with great power in the world, a person with a deep connection with the school, a person who has been away all the year round and rarely returned to Xuchang City, and he was also a person who he could not afford to offend!

"Come on, send a few novice monks to follow that car to see where the other party came from. If you figure it out, report back to me immediately!"

"Tathagata Buddha bless you, the person sitting in the car must not be that person, otherwise my Buddhism will be in danger!"

Chapter 1374 A rich man is hard to be a man without money ([-])

"I'm waiting to welcome Master Sima, the welcome banquet has been prepared, I would like to show my subordinates a little bit of my heart!"

"Hehe, I've got my heart, let's hand over the official duties first, and we'll talk about the drinking later. Why didn't you see the advising doctor?"

"The advising doctor became sick from overwork, vomited blood, and is recuperating in bed at home, so he can't come here!"

"Ah, I'm so anxious to vomit blood!"

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As the saying goes: Taishan does not compete with stubborn rocks, and rivers do not distinguish clear from Kanjing. Faced with the bullying of bald monks, Xiao Yi chose to remain silent. After the opposing team passed, he slowly started his journey again. All the way to the gate of Taicang.

Taicang left and right Zhongcheng: Chen Qun and Yang Fu, leading more than a hundred officials, big and small, had been waiting at the door for a long time. When they saw the Wuchou Hou's team appearing, they quickly knelt down on one knee to salute, and Xiao Yi came to take office. Da Si Nong, but they still used to respectfully call him Da Sima!

Near the gate of Taicang, there are also a lot of officials kneeling, so dark that there may be thousands of them, belonging to various departments of the imperial court. They come here to congratulate them in name, but their fiery eyes are full of anticipation!

Xiao Yi stepped out of the wagon, first helped Chen Qun and Yang Fu up, and then waved to everyone, but he didn't see the previous chief minister - Wang Lang. He only found out after asking, because he was sick in bed and couldn't hand over his hand!

Wang Lang, courtesy name Jingxing, was a native of Donghai County. Advising the doctor, he was promoted to the post of Da Si Nong, also known as the senior minister.

Wang Lang's character is average, his temperament is narrow, but his internal affairs ability is good. After the death of Xun Yu and Xun You, he was responsible for dispatching money and food to support the army's battle. Now he is so anxious that he vomits blood. It shows how bad the Caoying Group's finances are. Where is it?

Next, surrounded by the crowd, Xiao Yi stepped into the gate of Taicang. When he passed the threshold, he turned his head and saw that there were a few monks poking their heads at the entrance of an alley not far away...

They were ordered by the monk Shenguang to investigate the situation. Although they were too far away to see Xiao Yi's face, they already knew who they had offended just now from the slogans of the officials kneeling down, and they were so frightened that they froze. He quickly ran back to deliver the letter...

If the country is turned into a family, the emperor is the head of the family (the current one has no rights), the prime minister is the deacon butler (this is too domineering), and the chief secretary is the accountant, who is responsible for the income and expenditure of the whole family, and countless money and food are passed on. (Good job, plenty of oil and water!)

In order to manage the money and food well, the accounts must be sorted out, so the first thing Xiao Yi did when he took office was to get out the photo album of Taicang, and let his subordinates check it carefully, to see how much property is left behind, and how much expenses are needed, so that he can live within his means .

"In July of the ninth year of Jian'an, the six counties of Qingzhou sent 400 million yuan in money, 50 dendrobium of grain, and 20 catties of pig iron into storage, all of which were sent to the front line of Jingzhou..."

"In August of the ninth year of Jian'an, Taicang once again cut off the salaries of officials at all levels: 65 shi of corn to be used as military rations, and the money was cut off for four months..."

"In September of the ninth year of Jian'an, 500 million copper coins and 48 dendrobium of corn were loaned from the gentry and wealthy merchants of Xu, Yan, and Henan provinces... to be used for the army's campaign. The interest is [-]% and the principal and interest will be returned in three years!"

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The fifty students brought by Xiao Yi have all received strict training. They can hold a writing brush in one hand, calculate an abacus in the other, and read the numbers in the account books at the same time. The coordination of mind, hand, and eyes is extremely close, and the leaders are Cui Lie and Meng Jian!

They originally lived in seclusion in Wollongong and were forcibly invited out. Their hearts were full of resentment, and they were extremely uncooperative in doing things. But after getting along for a few months, they were impressed by Xiao Yi's personality charm, and they all became officials of the Marquis of Wuchou , concurrently serving as a doctor of Zhengming Academy!

Taicang photo albums piled up like a mountain. Under normal circumstances, it took at least three or four days to sort them out. The students only spent half a day, and they were clear, but the final result made Xiao Yi smile bitterly...

Because of successive years of wars, the treasury was extremely empty, and people often used the term 'empty like wilderness, hungry and running mice', but after checking the accounts, Xiao Yi found that this statement was wrong, at least it was the treasury of the Han Dynasty, and there were still some things in it!

However, Xiao Yi would rather have nothing, because what his predecessor left behind was a receipt full of eight big boxes, and the empty land was a flat land, but what he was about to face was a big deep pit?

It turns out that the Southern Expedition in the past two years has already emptied the imperial treasury. In order to support the military needs in the front, Taicang officials can only borrow money everywhere, from civil and military officials, noble families, wealthy businessmen...everything that can be borrowed. , and some are usury!

If it's just a loan, Xiao Yi doesn't have to worry about it. The money and food are borrowed in the name of the court. No matter how courageous the officials, gentry, and wealthy businessmen are, they dare not go to the prime minister's mansion or Wuchouhou's mansion to collect debts. Repay them slowly!

What's more terrible is that the country urgently needs a lot of money and food: the soldiers who have made great achievements in the war need money to reward them, and the officials of the imperial court also need to receive salaries. The spring plowing season will soon come, and the people need cattle, seeds, farm tools, and boiled rice. The rations until the autumn harvest...

The country's finances are so poor that it is rare in all dynasties. No wonder Wang Lang is sick in bed and dare not come to hand over the accounts.

And the officials outside the gate of Taicang, rather than coming to welcome them, they are looking forward to relief, because according to the accounts, the imperial court has not paid salaries for more than half a year, and the officials are still waiting for food, and the whole family is waiting for the rice to be cooked!

"It's all because of my incompetence, which led to the empty treasury and a large amount of money and food in arrears. I also ask Da Sima to punish me!"

"You don't need to blame yourself. The army is constantly fighting, and the money and food are consumed. Even the gold and silver mountains should be exhausted. It is not easy for you to support yourself!

I have already presented to the Prime Minister, all the meritorious personnel in Taicang will be promoted and rewarded, and I hope that all of you will work together to help this great Sima tide over the difficulties! "

"Thank you, Master Sima, for your understanding. The subordinates really have nothing to do—woooo!"

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Chen Qun, Yang Fu and the others knelt down one after another. They were to blame for the country's poor finances. Xiao Yi's comforting words moved them even more, and some even burst into tears...

Hundreds of thousands of troops marched south, eating horses and feeding people consumed a lot of food. In order to ensure the supply of the front line, officials of all sizes in Taicang raised food and grass everywhere. ...

Especially during the Wulin War, military weapons, food, medicinal materials, winter clothes... military orders one after another, all of them were urgently needed. The officials worked hard day and night. ...

However, what is recorded in the history books are only the generals who charged into battle, the counselors who made plans, and the debaters who spoke with swords... Cao Cao, Xiao Yi, Cheng Yu, Zhou Yu, Lu Su... each and every resounding name will become a household name after thousands of years!

As for these internal affairs officials, they can only work hard without complaint, and they will be unknown when they are exhausted. Now they are comforted by Da Sima's words, which is really sweeter than eating honey, not to mention the generous rewards!

"It's hard to be a man with money, but it's hard to be a man without money... If you want the country to be peaceful and the people safe, you must have a lot of money!"

After appeasing the officials, Xiao Yi closed his eyes and thought about it. Now that the national treasury is extremely empty, crying can't solve the problem. Finding ways to get some money and food is the way to go, but where to start?

Dahan is an agricultural empire, the main income comes from farmers, land tax accounts for more than [-]%, and the rest is vehicle and boat tax, livestock tax, five animal tax, entertainment tax... salt, iron, wine, wood and other miscellaneous taxes!

I just presented "Ten Strategies for Governing the Country" to reduce and exempt the land tax and labor in the Central Plains for one year, so that the people can cultivate and live. If it is re-levied, wouldn't it be the opposite of what it said?

Of course, the word "official" makes sense anyway. Land taxes are exempted, poll tax is exempted, corvee service, and military service are exempted. Does the imperial court want to search for the common people? There is no need to worry about finding an excuse!

However, the civil upheavals in the Central Plains are raging, and they are already in full swing. If they want to forcefully expropriate land taxes, they can only force the people to rebel. At that time, the imperial court sent troops to conquer, and they needed countless money, food, weapons, and farmers. They could only continue to squeeze the people, and then viciously The cycle continues...until the Han Empire collapses!

As for other taxes, they have been pre-collected three years in advance, and further collection will cause a rebound, and the amount is insufficient and the cycle is too long. If you want to carry out business tax reform, it will take a lot of time. Fire!

I must get a large amount of money and food in the shortest possible time, and get through the difficulties in front of me first. It is impossible to use normal channels, so I can only take a sideways approach. Now the richest person in Xuchang City...

"Inform Xuchang City, powerful and rich businessmen from all walks of life inside and outside the city, tonight my chief Sima will host a banquet, invite them to drink and celebrate, and discuss some things by the way!"

"Order the Hell Evil Ghost Battalion to enter combat readiness immediately, and let the 'Four Beasts' come over, they need to take action if something happens!"

"promise!"

The four peoples of the world, scholars, farmers, businessmen: officials owe a lot of salaries, and it is not appropriate to borrow money. Farmers and craftsmen live in poverty, and they can't collect money and food. To solve financial problems, they can only "lay black hands" on businessmen.

But businessmen value profits the most. If they want to give generously, they must exchange at an equal value. Fortunately, I still have some 'dry goods', so I am not afraid that they will not be tempted!

The power of Buddhism has expanded viciously. Not only believers and Japanese TV dramas, but also seized a lot of money and occupied a lot of land, just like a fattened 'pig', just used to rob the rich and help the poor!