The Three Kingdoms

While the snowflakes were fluttering, Sun Yi walked out of the governor's mansion with mixed feelings, and murmured as he walked: Jinyiwei... Jinyiwei... Jinyiwei...

He was still too careless.

Wu Guo Jinyiwei naturally knew that he was present when Sun Quan formed the Jinyiwei in the past, and he was the most terrifying group of people in Wu Kingdom.

Once Jin Yiwei finds out about his plan, then...

Thinking of this, Sun Yi's face became more and more ugly.

"Uncle Bi!"

At this time, in the wind and snow, a young man in a brocade coat came over and patted Sun Yi on the shoulder.

"Brother Bowen!" Sun Yi was startled suddenly, and when he looked back, he regained his composure.

The person who came was Sun Jing's eldest son, Sun Hao, named Bowen. In this era, many characters for the eldest son begin with Bo, which means the eldest son.

"Seeing your expression, you must have been reprimanded by your father!" Sun Hao narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "Since Father knows, it seems that things are not going well!"

Sun Hao is also an ambitious person. In history, after Sun Ce died, he once led the army to seize the power of Sun Quan, but was defeated by Kuaiji.

After Sun Yi came to Liaodong, he began to expand his ambitions. It was he who had been supporting Sun Yi behind his back. If he hadn't used Sun Jing's relationship, Sun Yi would not have been able to gain a foothold in Liaodong so easily.

"Uncle may think that we are not sure of success!"

Sun Yi smiled wryly: "That's why I don't support it, and even warned me not to let me use the elite soldiers of Liaodong!"

"Father is getting old, and he's a little more comfortable with the situation, but we can't be easy with the situation, we must let the king look at us with admiration, so that we have a chance."

Sun Hao's eyes erupted with a ray of light, and said: "Uncle Bi, now is a good opportunity to take advantage of the Jin State to attack the Yan State and send troops to seize it. As long as we can successfully capture the Yan State, I believe that the King will never blame us. !"

"Brother Bowen, you are right."

Sun Yi nodded, a look of unwillingness broke out in his expression, finally gritted his teeth, and said firmly: "Yan Guo, we must take it!"

"Uncle Bi, let's go. Today I will take you to see General Gu Bo. He has [-] elite cavalry in his hands. As long as we convince him, we can send troops!"

Sun Hao said suddenly.

These days, the two of them visited many Liaodong generals, and indeed persuaded many soldiers to accompany them on adventures. Even Sun Yi, relying on his status as the third prince of the Wu Kingdom and his personal bravery, gained the support of many Liaodong generals. and support.

But now the four generals who are suppressing Liaodong are all holding heavy soldiers, and none of them let go to support Sun Yi.

This is also where he has been a little hesitant.

"Will General Cooper agree?"

As the two walked, Sun Yi still had no idea, so he asked.

"General Gu Bo was originally Liu Yu's subordinate. Since he defected to Wu, he has always hated Gongsun Zan. As long as we have enough persuasion, I believe we can!"

Sun Hao is full of confidence.

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Jinling City.

The royal palace, the royal study.

Sun Jian's body was sitting on a grand teacher's chair, his face was gloomy and uncertain, while in front of the desk, the prime minister Zhang Zhao, the censor doctor Zhang Hong, and the Taiwei Cheng Pu were all standing quietly, with ugly expressions on their faces. .

As Sun Jian kept flipping through the copy in his hand, his complexion became more and more ugly, and the atmosphere became more and more depressed.

This is the list of casualties in the battle of Wu State against Lu State.

Shouchun, Xiapi, Donghai, the three-party battlefield, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses fought, this time the sacrifice of Wu State was huge, especially the East China Sea battlefield.

"The three of you came here today to tell Gu that Wu has no money!"

After a while, Sun Jiancai turned pale, closed the document, raised his head, his gaze fell on the two of them like a sharp blade, and said coldly: "My country of Wu sits in Jiangdong, is unparalleled in wealth and famous in the world, how come Could it be that you can’t even get the pension for the soldiers?”

"Your Majesty calm down!"

Zhang Zhao came out in a hurry, his face was a little bit bitter, and he clasped his hands to explain to Sun Jian, "Our country of Wu is indeed the richest country in the world, and the people under its jurisdiction have clothes to wear, food to eat, and fields Farming, and the merchants have been booming recently, and many people have become rich, but our court is not rich."

"Why?" Sun Jian was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, and asked.

"Your Majesty, the area of ​​Wu State is getting bigger and bigger, and the expenses in various aspects are also high. Liaodong is self-sufficient, but there is no money left to hand over. Only a few hundred thousand Shanyue was resettled a few years ago, which is also a lot of money. Jiaozhou has not been stable for a long time, and our court must allocate money for development every year. In addition, our soldiers and horses cost more money than ordinary princes. Navy ships need to be repaired, and cavalry horses have to be constantly replaced. These are all costly. !"

Zhang Zhao continued softly: "Although the state of Wu is rich, the taxes we set are not high. The land tax is only [-] yuan, and since the fifth year of Chuping, the city entry tax has been lowered again and again. Jinling doesn’t even have a city entry tax, and it’s fortunate that Jiangdong’s merchants are booming now, allowing us to collect a lot of commercial taxes, otherwise our court expenses would have already become restrained.”

"Hey, the people of the Wu Kingdom are richer than my great king, what is this?"

After hearing this, Sun Jian heaved a long sigh, but he understood Zhang Zhao's words, the state of Wu is rich, but only the people are rich, while the court is so poor that it can't be solved.

The most important stalls are too big, and many of them are desolate places. If you want to develop them, you have to invest. Now that Xuzhou has been smashed, it will take at least several years to recover.

"Your Majesty!"

With a calm face, Cheng Pu stood out gently, and cupped his hands and said: "This time the battle against Lu State, Shouchun Battlefield, Xiapi Battlefield, and East China Sea Battlefield are all added up. All the casualties have been investigated clearly. The soldiers of Wu State The number of casualties is 210. According to the pension of our Wu State, the matchmaker must be at least [-] yuan, and we need at least nearly one billion yuan. This money must be taken out as soon as possible, otherwise there will be changes in the army. !"

This pension is higher than that of other vassal states, but it is actually very low. Fifteen thousand dollars is just one hundred shi of the worst grain.

Life is so cheap sometimes.

"My lord, our tax this year is 60 billion yuan, and it is already the end of the year, so there is not much left!"

Zhang Zhao gently sent out a copy, and said with a wry smile, "This is the settlement of Da Si Nong."

Da Si Nong, one of the Nine Ministers, is equivalent to the Ministry of Finance, responsible for the taxation and money of the whole country.

Ten thousand dollars is one gold. From this point of view, the income from taxes is not high.

"What's going on, this year is actually... a deficit?"

Today's ledgers are not very complicated, as long as the records are simple, they can be understood directly. Sun Jian first looks at the expenditure and income, and then at the final settlement.

He stayed.

"Your Majesty, this year the Wu State has used hundreds of thousands of troops to fight against the Lu State, and the expenditure has already exceeded the budget."

Zhang Hong sighed and said helplessly.

"Okay, you guys just come and tell Gu what to do in order to take out this sum of money and send pensions to the soldiers!"

Sun Jian closed the ledger with a snap, and said in annoyance.

The pensions of the soldiers must be distributed before the new year, otherwise it would be tantamount to announcing to the world that there is a problem with Wu's finances, which would bring great trouble to Wu.