Dahan first prince

Chapter 101 Up to five years!
Of course, keeping the Shaofu and the pitiful right to speak for herself after she ascended the throne in the future is only a decision made by Liu Ying from a long-term perspective and taking precautions.

The most important thing right now is to repair the Zheng Guoqu, and give a satisfactory answer to the big test given by the father.

But on this answer sheet, the most difficult problem to solve is not money and food...
"That is to say, the Shaofu knows the reason for the emptiness of the treasury today, so I can speak bluntly."

As she said that, Liu Ying lowered her face a little, and bowed slightly to Yang Chengyan.

"The Shaofu said that the agricultural tax earned by the national treasury depends on the abundance or scarcity of agricultural products; the oral tax earned by the Shaofu depends on the number of private households."

"But I just thought that the two can actually be combined into one solution!"

Speaking of this, in Liu Ying's expression, it is rare to see an undoubted strength!
"In today's Han Dynasty, agriculture is the foundation of the country; the people plow the fields in spring and summer, and get the harvest in autumn."

"When the grain is plentiful, the agricultural tax will be plentiful, and the grain from the national treasury will be plentiful."

"However, the grain is plentiful, so how can Min'an not pass on the descendants?"

"When the sons and heirs are old, they will be divided into different households, and the mouthful gifts that the young mansion will enter, can they be safe?"

After asking two questions in succession, Liu Ying stretched out her right index finger, and poked hard on the floor in front of her with a determined face.

"That's why I think that no matter whether it is the agricultural tax of the national treasury or the oral tax of the internal money, it can be solved in one way."

"—to make the grain of the peasants more abundant!"

"When the people have plenty of food, they will have more children; if there are many children, the population will be rich, and this will be the wealth of the people!"

"When the people have plenty of food, the agricultural tax will be rich, and the treasury will be rich in food. If the people have surplus food, they will have a rich mouth when they give birth to children, and if the mouth is rich, the household will be rich, and the internal money will also be rich!"

"This is the wealth of the country!!!"

Listening to Liu Ying's sonorous and forceful words, even though he was not very familiar with people's livelihood and internal governance, Yang Chengyan couldn't help but nodded slightly.

Liu Ying was right.

As long as the people can get more food, everything will be fine.

More grain harvested means more agricultural taxes and more income for the treasury;
If there is enough food, the common people will not worry about 'not enough food to eat, and they will not be able to support their children';

The more children are born, the population will naturally increase. When these children grow up and start their own families, Shaofu will have more mouths.

This is also the characteristic of every feudal agricultural regime.

——As long as there is enough food, any problem can be properly solved; but once the harvest is not enough, no matter how small the contradiction is, it will become an unsolvable problem.

Seeing that Yang Chengyan could listen to her words, Liu Ying also breathed a sigh of relief.

Saliva moistened her throat, and Liu Ying continued: "Therefore, the renovation of the Zhengguo Canal is the most important thing in today's world."

"Why?"

"Because the opening and closing of the Zhengguo canal is directly related to the civil farming in Guanzhong, the abundance of grain obtained!"

"If Zheng Guoqu is open, the people will be rich, and if the people are rich, the country will be rich!"

"However, if the Zhengguo Canal is still as it is today, blocked and unable to benefit the people's farming, the people will suffer from lack of food, and the treasury and internal funds will also suffer from the lack of taxes and taxes, so they have to 'govern by doing nothing'..."

"If Gu said so, the Shaofu might understand?"

After saying that, Liu Ying felt her mouth dry for a while, and she looked towards Yangcheng with a tired expression on her face.

This is why Yangchengyan is a technical house, so Liu Ying is so earnest, breaking apart and talking about these things.

If it were Xiao He, Liu Ying, a rookie, would not need to talk so much about this matter. I am afraid that Xiao He would nod his head and say, "Okay, I know everything, so there is no need to say any more".

Seeing the uncontrollable exhaustion in Liu Ying's expression, Yang Chengyan's face froze as if feeling something, and then he coughed twice in embarrassment.

After thinking for a moment, Yang Chengyan frowned again, and raised his head in confusion.

"At home."

Seeing Yang Chengyan's posture, Liu Ying felt that there were ten thousand muddy horses galloping past in her heart...
——So you don’t even understand? ! !
Her heart was close to going crazy, but on her face, Liu Ying still had to put on a gentle and cheerful expression, and looked at Yang Chengyan with a smile on her face.

It's just that there seems to be a little shortness of breath in that 'smile'...

"I generally understand what the family said."

"If you want to make the government and treasury full, it is necessary to dredge the Zhengguo Canal so that the people can get rich first."

"Even so, the soil in the upper reaches of the Zhengguo Canal must be solidified with stones and bricks?"

Talking full of confusion, Yang Chengyan couldn't help picking up the mini bedroll from the short table in front of him.

"From a family point of view, it can also be used as a material to strengthen Zheng..."

Yang Chengyan had just spoken halfway, when Liu Ying shook her head helplessly, then stood up from the ground with a sigh.

When she came to Yang Chengyan, Liu Ying struggled for a while, and finally knelt down directly in front of Yang Chengyan, just across the table.

"Why doesn't Shaofu understand..."

After she said something jokingly, Liu Ying couldn't help but smile kindly, and finally put her true thoughts in front of Yang Chengyan without reservation.

"If you want to make the treasury full, you should make the people rich first; if you want to make the people rich, you should renovate the Zhengguo Canal, so as to promote a bumper harvest in Guanzhong in the next few years!"

"Whether the people become rich because of a good harvest, or the treasury is filled because of the people's wealth, the most important thing is money and food."

"You know from the Shaofu: What is the most important thing in the renovation of the Zhengguo Canal?"

"Money?"

"Food?"

"Is it also stone bricks, or soft willows or crushed stones for making eucalyptus?"

After asking several questions in succession, Liu Ying shook her head impatiently.

"It's all wrong."

"——The most important thing in the renovation of the Zhengguo Canal, and the one who is devoting all his energy to plan it now, is a human being!"

"It's the young and strong man who repairs the canal!"

Saying this with a little irritability, Liu Ying took a deep breath to suppress her irritability.

"The Shaofu just said that there are only more than [-] households in Guanzhong today."

"There are more than 60 households of the people, and the emperor's father has already mobilized more than [-] people for this expedition!"

"In other words, most of the young and strong in Guanzhong are gone, and there is nothing wrong with it!"

"In such a situation, how can Gu Dang make up the [-] labor force that the Shaofu said to repair the Zheng Guoqu?"

"Thirty thousand slaves from the Shaofu, three thousand slaves from hundreds of officials, and more than [-]. Where did they come from?"

Speaking of this, Liu Ying couldn't help but let out a long sigh, looking at Yang Chengyan with a little helplessness.

"There are 90 households in Guanzhong, and more than [-] young and strong have been transferred for the emperor to serve as an army. He is alone as a prince, and there is really no way to reconquer and serve the Guanzhong people."

"However, if it is not levied, the Zhengguo Canal will be endlessly repaired. Until next year, the people of Guanzhong will still have no hope of a good harvest. The people suffer from the lack of rations, and there is no way to talk about the wealth of the people and the wealth of the country."

"For the current plan, the only way to make the people feel deeply in their hearts is to use the 20 stone bricks stored by the Shaofu to build Chang'an, so that they can go to build the canal."

"If not, the renovation of the Zhengguo Canal will be in the foreseeable future..."

After saying that, Xiao Ran finally let out a long sigh from Liu Ying, and immediately stood up and bent down, looking at Yang Chengyan with shame on her face.

"Shaofu suffers from the construction of Chang'an City, and the construction of Chang'an City is indefinite, and I am alone in my chest."

"However, I want to build the Zhengguo Canal alone, but I am worried about being unable to work. Shaofu, do you know?"

"I spent 20 stone bricks from Shaofu alone, in order to ask Guan Zhongmin to go and build the canal. Shaofu, maybe you understand???"

Seeing Liu Ying bowed with hands behind her back, standing two steps in front of her, looking at herself with a melancholy expression, Yang Chengyan didn't know how to answer for a while.

Liu Ying insisted on laying the Zhengguo Canal with stone bricks, what exactly was she trying to do?
Although Yang Chengyan couldn't express it clearly, he already understood it in his heart.

If Liu Ying knew what Yang Chengyan was thinking at this moment, she would definitely introduce a brand new word into this pre-BC world.

- Whoring for nothing.

Yes, that's right.

No matter how nice Liu Ying said, no matter how extravagant the hype, the essence of this matter is still white whoring.

Use the 20 stone bricks in Shaofu to put on a gesture of 'my Han family doesn't even build the imperial city, but I will also build water canals for you common people', to see if some simple and honest people can be moved and prepare for themselves Dry rations, go to Zheng Guoqu, and volunteer as a labor force!

Disgusting?
nausea!

Very disgusting!

If you don't know the reason, even Yang Chengyan, who has been in the court for more than ten years, will feel extremely contemptuous of it!

But Liu Ying's words made Yang Chengyan want to stand up every time, but he couldn't do it in the end.

——If not, what else can we do?
——Otherwise, how can Zheng Guoqu be repaired?
If there are not enough people, the Zhengguo Canal will not be able to be built, so next year, the fields in Weibei will still have no water to irrigate?

If the grain production in Weibei is still the same as this year, and the yield per mu is three shi, two and a half shi or even lower, how can the national treasury get agricultural tax?

The rations are not enough for their own use, so how can the people have more children?
How can the population and household registration of Guanzhong and the oral tax of Shaofu increase steadily?

The national treasury has no agricultural tax for childbirth, and the Shaofu has no income from oral taxation. How can we talk about building Chang'an, and how can we talk about governing the people of the world?

Until this moment, Yang Chengyan finally understood: 50 years ago, the Zheng Guoqu, which was only [-] miles long, became the core of Han Wangran's "tired Qin plan".

——Once such a large-scale water conservancy project is completed, there is a high probability that it will lose the hearts of the people!

Fifty years ago, Ying Qin, who was living in a corner, relied on the blood of the old Qin people, the determination of the first emperor Ying Zheng, and Qin Prime Minister Lu Buwei to resist.

However, today's Han Dynasty dare not place the bet of 'I abused the people thousands of times, and the people treat me like first love'...
"Ugh······"

"Never mind, whatever..."

"At least this method is better than forced labor..."

They are all bad choices, so choose one that is not so bad, right?
With such thoughts in mind, Yangcheng Yan finally got up from his seat with mixed feelings, bent down extremely slowly, and bowed to Liu Ying.

"The worries at home, minister, know it..."

"This matter, Chen Wei's family's order is from..."

"Please show me your family."

"--What can I do to help you with this matter?"

"Is there any other explanation from the family for the case of Zheng Guoqu's renovation?"

Seeing Yangcheng Yanman's expression of entanglement and hesitation, she finally stood up with a guilty face, and said to herself the phrase "obedience", Liu Ying finally felt relieved.

Wen Er smiled, stepped forward, and pulled Yang Chengyan's arm. Liu Ying's complexion suddenly straightened, and she stared solemnly into the depths of Yang Chengyan's eyes.

"Today, the Shaofu is willing to help, I am lonely, even if I die, I dare not forget it!"

"Five years!"

"No more than five years!"

"Gu and Nuo Shao's mansion: at most five years, the mansion and treasury should be filled, and the money and food should be more than enough!"

"At that time, Gu must remonstrate with his father and speed up the construction of Chang'an City!"

"If the father and the emperor don't agree, and the orphan will bear the burden, I will apologize to the Shaofu face to face!!!"

(End of this chapter)