Dahan first prince

Chapter 20 Overdraft future three baht money
After asking about this article solemnly, Liu Ying couldn't help but sighed secretly.

In fact, today, Liu Ying came here uninvited, and specially came to find Xiao He, just to ask for help...

The reason is also very simple: from the establishment of the Han Dynasty to the present, in the five years since the establishment of the Han Dynasty, the average grain yield per mu in Guanzhong has been cut in half!
If it is placed in later generations, it is equivalent to that under the governance of Prime Minister Xiao He, the gdp of the Han Dynasty did not rise but fell within five years, and fell at a rate of more than 10% per year for five consecutive years!
Logically speaking, with such solid 'evidence' in hand, Liu Yingruo's investigation would not only shake the court, but at least temporarily divert the court's attention.

But looking at the shame in Xiao He's gaze, Liu Ying couldn't bear to be too harsh.

As for the reasons, after a while, Xiao He, who was ashamed but did not shirk his responsibility at all, was put in front of Liu Ying.

"At home."

After confirming that Liu Ying 'had no' intention of prosecuting the teacher, Xiao He had no choice but to ponder for a while, and then told the truth of the matter.

"In the fifth year of the Han Dynasty, the yield per mu in Guanzhong was indeed more than four shi; in the area of ​​Zhengguoqu in Weibei, there was even a grain yield of nearly five shi per mu on the fields, which His Majesty regards as auspicious..."

"At that time, Han Zuo was flourishing, and the treasury was empty. The policy of light corvee and low tax should have been implemented. Allowing the people to recuperate and live, and to support the people with leniency, can everything be prosperous."

"However, since Han Zuo was established, there have been many princes with different surnames who have caused chaos in the Guandong. In the fifth year of the Han Dynasty, Zang Tu, the king of Yan, was the king of Linjiang in the sixth year. In the seventh year, he was the king of Han. ..."

Speaking of this, a faint grievance finally appeared on Xiao He's complexion.

"When I was five years old, my minister was exhausted, and I used the agricultural tax and oral tax for millions of people in Guanzhong to raise food and pay for the army to suppress the rebellion."

"As well as the salaries of the hundreds of officials in the court and the officials and officials of the counties and counties in Guanzhong, it has been four years since the salary was temporarily distributed. Only when the year goes to the old year and there is no chaos in the Guandong, can all be distributed."

"This year's autumn harvest has not yet arrived, and the minister Chen Xi's general chaos has already been heard by the court; the minister's return to Chang'an this time is also to raise food and salaries for the army to suppress the rebellion."

Speaking of these "old events" with a little emotion, Xiao He finally sighed and brought the topic back to the topic.

"The family asked the ministers: In the five years of the Han Dynasty, the yield per mu of fields in Guanzhong was still more than four shi. Today, it is only five years old. Why did they fall to less than three shi per mu?"

"This is the malpractice of Mr. Huang's inaction!"

Speaking of this, Xiao He couldn't help feeling a little excited.

"Huang Lao does nothing, and he does everything. Those who govern by doing nothing, their intention is that if there is no prohibition, there is no blame."

"However, today, the treasury of the court is empty, and the salaries of the courtiers are also unable to provide (jǐ) all. Governance by doing nothing is misunderstood by the county officials and officials, thinking that it is a lazy and lazy government."

"A few times I summoned the magistrates of Guanzhong County, but before I could ask them, I heard the local chief said: the government has no money and food, and the roads of the vertical counties and villages are also unable to repair, and there is no way to talk about water conservancy and channels..."

"The minister wants to spend money from the treasury to dredge the water canals in various places in the Guanzhong. However, every autumn tax arrives, the war in the Guandong suddenly ignites."

"I also have insufficient food and pay for the army. Guanzhong water conservancy and canal dredging and repair work have continued since the fifth year of the Han Dynasty until now, and there is no money or food for it..."

Listening to Xiao He pouring out bitter water with a sad face, Yang Chengyan beside him couldn't help but nodded.

"Xiao Xiangguo's words are not wrong at all."

"Family, please understand that His Majesty Chen Meng entrusted the construction of Chang'an City for five years, but there are still no bricks or tiles on the four walls of Chang'an City..."

Hearing Xiao He's talk about the current financial difficulties of the Han Dynasty, Liu Ying's complexion sank. Hearing Yang Chengyan's kind addition, even her brows were subconsciously frowned by Liu Ying.

——In her previous life, Liu Ying had a certain understanding of the matter of "the central poverty of the Han Dynasty", but she never thought that the situation would become so serious!

The construction of the capital Chang'an was ordered to start as early as the fifth year of the Han Dynasty, but so far, Chang'an still looks like a large village!
The fact that the central government is unable to build the capital alone is enough to explain the problem.

In the past five years, the answer to the deteriorating grain production in Guanzhong was finally presented to Liu Ying without reservation.

——Water conservancy!
Prior to this, Liu Ying only relied on the superficial historical knowledge of her previous life, and naively thought that Qin Shihuang built the Zhengguo Canal, but it made the Qin State's national power flourish and pacified the entire Central Plains in one fell swoop!

The Han Dynasty, which also owns Zheng Guoqu and also dominates the Three Qin Dynasty, should also have fertile land and thousands of miles.

But now, Liu Ying finally realized that water conservancy projects in this era are not plastic bags without service life and degradation cycle...

Even the world-famous Three Gorges Dam in later generations still needs a large number of maintenance personnel to guard it alternately, and tens of millions of dollars are spent every year. What about Zheng Guoqu, which was made by manpower rammed earth?

The central government has no money, and the local government naturally has no money. Without money, it is impossible to maintain and repair the canal. In this way, the irrigation function of the Zhengguo Canal, which has not been repaired and maintained since Qin II, naturally declined year by year.

This is the case with the famous Zhengguo Canal in history. Small water conservancy projects in various counties and counties, ranging from large reservoirs and river courses to small canals in rural fields, will naturally gradually depreciate.

Coupled with the continuous years of war in the Kanto region, the people in the Guanzhong area have to shoulder heavy military service and corvee duties almost every year, making them even less able to repair and maintain these water conservancy projects.

So far, Liu Ying's purpose of this trip has actually been achieved.

——Put an attitude of "not worrying about the unstable storage position" to confuse the court audition, especially to attract Liu Bang's attention, and by the way, find out the reason for the decline in Guanzhong's grain production, and prepare for the future!
But in the end, Liu Ying still couldn't hold back, and asked out the confusion in her heart.

"Even if this is the case in Guanzhong, why did the emperor insist on casting three bahts of money?"

"Prime Minister, you should know that the people in Guanzhong have complained a lot since the emperor made three bahts of money, and even bartered things, so don't do things like copper coins..."

Hearing this, Xiao He sighed again and shook his head helplessly.

"Your Majesty's move will bring endless disasters, but if it is not like this, I am afraid that when Yan Wang Zang Tu was in chaos in the Guandong, the court would not be able to send troops east to suppress the rebellion..."

"The matter here, the ministers know it, the courtiers and officials know it, your majesty, also know it..."

Hearing this, Liu Ying finally gave up encouraging Xiao He, and proposed to Liu Bang the plan to "abolish the three baht money", and immediately fell into long contemplation.

The more she thought about it, the more difficult Liu Ying's complexion became.

Before the anger welled up in her heart, Liu Ying got up slowly, bowed to Xiao He and Yang Chengyan, said nothing, and walked straight out of the living room.

——The matter here, Liu Ying, there is no need to speak up...

(End of this chapter)