The portable magic tower of the Three Kingdoms

"Cooking is just my hobby... If Your Majesty likes it, I will cook for Your Majesty from time to time." Liu Tao politely declined. If he really became the imperial chef, it would be too bad.

Chapter 192 money money money

Of course, Liu Hong would not really let Liu Tao be the chef. Seeing his embarrassed expression, he thought it would be a good after-dinner pastime.

"Although I haven't actually seen the drill, the soldiers are in good spirits and full of fighting spirit." Liu Hong stood up, "I was a little surprised by the food, or I was very surprised by General Habayashi's cooking skills."

"Your Majesty is absurd." Liu Tao replied hastily.

"I know you want to fight more, but stay in Luoyang for the past two years. Besides, the Yellow Turban is initially set, although there are still some remnants in various places, just hand it over to the prefects of the counties. It's just that in the past few years, there will be turmoil from time to time, and it will naturally happen." There is time for you to fight." Liu Hong walked up to Liu Tao and said in relief.

In fact, he was also worried that not fighting Liu Tao for too long would make him unhappy.After all, young people in their twenties have to do nothing. This feeling is very uncomfortable.

He also came from his 20s. For example, at Liu Tao's age, he couldn't sit still and planned to gradually take back his power.As a result, as soon as the attempt was made, the gentry fought back forcefully.

The yang ball he cultivated turned out to betray him.Cai Yong, who was supported up, also became a frightened bird.The idea that the gentry cannot be trusted has begun to settle in his mind.

So much so that Cao Cao, who was being trained at the same time, did not dare to trust so much...

Compared with these gentry, they are still clansmen, so they are more trustworthy.Liu Yan and Liu Yu, even Liu Biao, have more or less shortcomings of one kind or another, but at critical moments, they are still willing to stand by his side.

"Over there..." Liu Tao tentatively said, Liu Hong would probably still care about his training soldiers like this, but he didn't see his true intentions, so he naturally didn't mind, and followed him. Conjecture back and forth.

"After Tan Shihuai's death, the Xianbei people themselves fought fiercely. At most, after autumn, a small group of people went south from time to time. This amount of troops is nothing to worry about." Liu Hong shook his head.

The frontier army is the real big consumer of food, and almost half of the tax that is not much is used to support that side.Fortunately, both Liu Yan and Ding Yuan have at least stabilized the situation on the border.

Xianbei during the Tanshihuai period brought too many shadows to the great Han. Emperor Huan planned to maintain the stability of the border by making kings and marriages, but Tanshihuai was not a bird at all.He even saw through the emptiness of the big man and accelerated the speed of the invasion.

Fortunately, Tan Shihuai died three years ago, and his son Helian also died in the same year, so that Xianbei was divided into three parts.Fighting against each other, and they all intend to be the second Tanshihuai, but the border of the big man is a little relieved.

"It's because of Tan Shihuai's death that Xianbei's side is unstable now, so they should take the initiative to attack..." Liu Tao muttered, "Otherwise, when the second Tan Shihuai appears, the headache will be even worse."

"You..." Liu Hong did not deny this statement, but only he knew the bitterness in it, "After two years, young people have to learn to be calm!"

"Abiding by the order..." Liu Tao replied, somewhat unwillingly.

Liu Hong was also helpless, he really didn't want to stay any longer, so he simply left.When passing in front of Cai Yan, he stopped and said, "Tell your father, Wang Fu has already asked to beheaded, if he wants to go back to Luoyang, come back!"

"Abiding by the order." Cai Yan nodded, feeling a little happy in his heart.

Father has avoided going to Wu County for several years, and there is no way.It's not that she really wants to be a hermit, and she knows very well that her father still has a certain desire for official positions and power.

After saying all this, Liu Hong had actually achieved the real purpose of this trip, so he left without stopping.

Money, money, money, with the current financial situation of the big man, Liu Hong feels that it is good to be able to maintain the stability of the big man, and if he keeps everything, how can he keep it?If it wasn't for not being able to sit back and watch the Han Dynasty fall, he would have given up his burden long ago!

The key point is that those officials, few of them have clean buttocks, and if they dial down a thousand pens, they do things that are less than fifty pennies.If the funds continue to be allocated, there is no way to benefit the people except for fattening a few rats.

To avoid this situation, it is necessary to gradually replace the gentry and select talents.But the problem is that under the current system, the recommended so-called "virtuous talents" are basically people from the gentry.

So he planned to establish Hongdu School and cultivate talents by himself.In order to avoid the suspicion of the soldiers, at the beginning, they mainly focus on skills, and then depending on the situation, they will gradually let the disciples learn to read and learn to govern...

It's just that he underestimated the gentry's guard against him, even if there was a slight possibility, he couldn't let it go.So under the attack of public opinion, no one dared to come to Menxue in the end, so that his plan completely failed.

"The world is so big, how can there be someone who can make money for me?" Liu Hong suddenly said with emotion.

"Your Majesty, Habayashi Churo, isn't he quite resourceful? If the paper-making workshop starts producing paper, it will be a lucrative business." Zhang Rang, who was next to him, leaned forward and said.

"I'm not talking about that kind of small money..." Liu Hong shook his head, "What I want is someone who can govern the country and the world, and make the big man rich!"

By the way, I added a sentence in my heart: the most important thing is that it must be able to be used by me sincerely!

"The great Han dominates the land of the thirteen prefectures, with a vast land and rich resources, and a wealth of talents. Since there are clansmen who are good at fighting like General Habayashi, there are naturally talents who can relieve His Majesty's worries." Zhang Rang could only reply vaguely.

"That's all, that's all..." Liu Hong sighed, even if there was, it would either be turned into theirs by the gentry, or they would be taken away by the soldiers.

The crux of the big man's problem is that he has no money to use. After the salt and iron monopoly was abolished, the salt and iron tax revenue continued to decrease.Without this income, relying on other taxes alone is not enough for various expenses.

If there is no money, then it is impossible to govern, and even now many officials are still complaining that their salaries have not been paid for a while... One or two families have a lot of fertile land, do you still care about this salary? !

If government cannot be governed, the locality will be unstable, and various problems will continue to emerge, and the result will be that taxes cannot be collected.The current situation is like a dead knot, and I don't know where to start to untie it.

"I'm tired, I'll just go back to my bedroom to rest tonight..." Liu Hong said dejectedly, he was really tired.

At the same time, seeing that Liu Hong had gone far away, everyone in the army breathed a sigh of relief, at least nothing went wrong.

"Speaking of which, my brother's craftsmanship is really good! Just now he even had to be careful about eating, but now he can finally speak freely." Zhang Fei spoke first, and the others also smiled, obviously agreeing with this statement.

"It's just a pity that I planned to have dinner with Cai Cai..." Liu Tao looked at Cai Yan.

"I'm Cai's school secretary now, and I'm just invited to a banquet." Cai Yan gave Liu Tao a blank look, and replied slowly.

Chapter 193 Zhen Jiang is Coming

Life in the palace is actually so boring and boring.Get up early every morning, do morning exercises, rest for about 10 minutes and start breakfast.For almost the whole day, various trainings were carried out, and a small battle was organized from time to time to maintain combat power.

Liu Tao has almost never been out of the palace, on the one hand, he is worried about all kinds of bullshits, and on the other hand, he is not familiar with Luoyang, and he is also worried about provoking someone.

When Liu Tao participated in the third court meeting, Zhu Jun returned to the court, and the Yellow Turbans in Nanyang were pacified, which indicated that the established Yellow Turban bandits had been completely wiped out.Liu Hong took the opportunity to amnesty the world, and Liu Tao thought it was mainly for Cai Yong.

After all, Dong Zhuo is still serving as the governor of Hedong in front of him.This time, he didn't participate in the crusade against the Yellow Turban Bandit at all, so naturally he won't lose, and he doesn't need a pardon.It's just that this also means that Dong Zhuo has more troops at hand!

The general on the right chariot, Doctor Guanglu, Marquis of Qiantang, the same as in history... Liu Tao muttered in his heart, but on the surface he kept his eyes on his nose, his nose, his nose, his heart, and his heart, without showing any signs of expression.

After the next court, many people surrounded Zhu Jun.Liu Tao and Zhu Jun were not familiar with each other. Although they both belonged to Guang Luxun, the problem was that other people still had the title of a right-handed chariot general.

On the other hand, he came over to talk to me after he finished lying down, but in fact, it was just a few words of unnutritious pleasantries.Everyone is deliberately acting very close, but this closeness seems dry.

After leaving Nangong, the two parted ways. After saying goodbye and turning around, the two left silently like strangers.

"General Zhu serves as Dr. Guanglu, so he and Deran are considered colleagues?" In the evening, Cai Yan came over for a meal, and after the meal, he inevitably talked about the content of today's court meeting.

With her status, she naturally cannot go to court, and even if she is allowed to, she probably won't dare to go to court.

"Suddenly there is an extra superior on the head. It is clear that everyone has a rank ratio of two thousand stones, so it is said that they are equal..." Liu Tao also took the opportunity to complain, "But who dares to neglect the general on the right, Marquis of Qiantang?"

"Although you both belong to Guang Luxun, you have different responsibilities. As long as you don't intentionally provoke them, you will probably be fine." Cai Yan smiled and said comfortingly.

Since the last time he was invited over for dinner, Liu Tao has made invitations from time to time.Cai Yan was half-pushed at first, but after two weeks passed, she seemed to be gradually getting used to coming over as a guest.

She would not come here empty-handed, and would usually bring pastries and caramel, which she made at home.When Liu Tao received it for the first time, he expressed that he would cherish it as a family heirloom for the rest of his life.Cai Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he heard the words, and said that he would eat it early so as not to spoil it.

Cai Yan seems to know a lot of dim sum from Wu Yue, and I don't know if it was learned from Cai Yong's letters, or through other channels.But it is certain that she, who is a widow at home, is probably really free, otherwise she would not have time to ponder these things.

It is not ruled out that it was done specifically for Liu Tao...

"Let's not talk about that first..." Liu Tao waved his hand, "The paper mill I invested in next week should be able to make the first batch of bamboo paper. Do you want to go and have a look together?"