Hanbo

Chapter 43

Although there is food, you can't compare the officials in the last years of Emperor Wu with the officials in the era of the gathering of heroes in the early days of Emperor Wu!
The opinion they gave is still Tun Bian...

After Huo Shan heard the news, he just laughed twice and said three words:
"pretty good!"

Huo Shan was not angry either, he just felt sad!

Sad for the 200 million people, sad for the group of sages in the early days of Emperor Wu, the big man they fought for is already riddled with holes, and these pigs are still invisible, or pretending to be invisible!

At that time, he only had one thought, that is, Sang Hongyang still raised them, why did he raise this big man, why not just collapse!

But after the anger is over, you have to find a way. It is not impossible to settle the frontier. It stands to reason that you have just laid down a large territory and enriched the border territory. Although there are some temporary pains, it will be of great benefit in the future!

But you also have to look at the domestic environment. In such a domestic environment, if you move aside, that is the way to die!

Huo Shan instantly felt that it was right that he caught the tail of the peak, but he also caught the beginning of the decline!
After that, Huo Shan often wandered around in front of Liu Che.

On the third day of June, Liu Che came to visit Huo Shan's Qilin Hall.

After hearing this, Huo Shan was 'surprised':
"What? 200 million refugees, and 40 unregistered? This is a great thing. My big man can increase the population by another 40!"

Liu Che was speechless:
"Two million refugees live for free for a year without money or food!"

Huo Shan looked like you were teasing me:

"There is so much money and food in the national treasury. Although the wars have consumed a lot in the past few years, it is understandable that there is a shortage of food, but recently it has added [-] million shi. What is my uncle doing with those things?"

Liu Che looked ambitious:
"Fight the Xiongnu, wipe out the kingdoms, I want to lay down a big frontier..."

Huo Shan interrupted him with contempt and disgust:
"The people are gone, who will live in the vast territory my uncle laid down? Also, who will fight?"

Liu Che took a break from cooking and fell into thinking.

On the second day, Liu Che came again!
Liu Che looked expectant, and pointed to the sky:

"Zihou, I heard what you said yesterday, do you have a way, did you teach you anything?"

Huo Shan didn't speak, just hugged his own water bottle to drink water, Liu Che was silent for a while, then smiled with an exclamation tone and only said one sentence:

"Zihou, it's not easy for me!"

Huo Shan looked up at him. Although Liu Che said this with a smile, Huo Shan saw a trace of sadness and longing revealed in his eyes.

A thought came to Huo Shan's mind:
'He's 49 to [-], he's old, but he's still struggling, and I'm only thirteen... In this way, I'm the old one. '

Huo Shan stood up, and patted Liu Che's shoulder carelessly:

"It's a very simple matter, there is a way, but... there are conditions!"

Although I am moved, I also know that you are seeking sympathy, so don't delay me in negotiating terms!

At this moment, the expectations in Liu Che's heart disappeared, and he really felt like he was beeping the dog.

When a minister governs the country, he has to negotiate with the emperor about conditions, otherwise if you don’t work, why don’t you go to heaven?

But, it's true...

"Tell me!"

"My uncle can't stop me from going to war. I know what my uncle is thinking. He just wants me to be given an official position after I finish my military training, and then hold me back and prevent me from leaving your side!"

Liu Che decisively agreed.

But Huo Shan didn't believe him. Although the emperor spoke well, there was no one to witness it. Repenting was only a momentary thing, so he stretched out his hand.

"what?"

"Edict, lest you go back on your word!"

Originally, Huo Shan wanted to take care of him. When the time came to the Bing area, Liu Che would not be able to find him. As for the issue of food and grass, his supply points would be everywhere in the Xiongnu.

But when he turned his head and thought about it, Liu Che issued an edict to close the door and block it, so he might not even be able to get out of the Guanzhong.

The old and the young confronted each other for a while, and finally gave Huo Shan an edict. Huo Shan took it and read it:
"What about Yin, who is ordered by the heavens, so he can live forever?"

Seeing that he couldn't get past the foolishness, Liu Che could only call Fu Jieling, and watched Huo Shan holding the big seal to examine carefully, Liu Che sighed repeatedly beside him:

"Oh, the cub is getting older, I can't control it!"

"Tell me, what can I do!"

Huo Shan held the big seal in his hand, looked at it and said:
"It's still the same sentence, this is a good thing, there are 40 more people!"

"Uncle and grandfather only think about how much food 200 million refugees will eat, but don't you want to think about how many things 200 million refugees can do?"

"How many canals can 200 million refugees dig? How much wasteland can 200 million refugees open?"

"Why keep them for nothing?"

""Yanzi Chunqiu" records: "Qi hungry Yanzi used to relieve the people because of the battle in the road bed."

"Relief with work, don't they read books?"

Huo Shan's series of questions stumped Liu Che!
As for the issues of national policy, taxation, officials, big households, and various other issues, Huo Shan didn't say anything.
Then Liu Che left in a hurry. Huo Shan knew that he would keep it a secret and would not reveal himself, so Huo Shan didn't say anything!
After two days, the news has been kept hidden, but Huo Shan knew in advance, and the solution was found, which was exactly what Huo Shan said, without changing it at all.

Huo Shan was a little happy, but he was even more disappointed!

Happy that they can only apply rote, and disappointed because they can only apply rote!

But that's fine.

.........

"Let's go!"

After thinking about it carefully, Liu Che realized that he was actually a little emboldened, so he asked Huo Shan to suppress the situation for him...

No one would believe this. An emperor who has sat on the throne for more than 13 years and made great achievements called a [-]-year-old boy to take over the place...

Huo Shan thought about it for a while, then let's go there, he didn't want to be in the top position, and there will be more troubles when he is in the top position, which will delay his military training.

But if you think about it in another place, it might not be a bad thing to be in the early stage. Let’s kill two people first, so that no one will feel that they are easy to bully every day!

Thinking of this, Huo Shan raised his head and glanced at Liu Xu, looking at him inexplicably!
Perhaps, in the past, he just sat down for a while, and Liu Che would take care of it before it was his turn. If not, he could leave early!
When this matter is over, I will live in the barracks directly, and I won't see anyone, and don't bother myself with anyone!

"That's okay, you can go. But let me talk about the plan first, and my uncle will work out his ideas!"

After thinking about it for a while, Huo Shan decided to tell him the plan first, and leave directly when the time comes, the operation should be discussed later!

This kind of thing is a common thing for Liu Che. It was agreed by the inner court and arranged by the outer court for acting, but it was the first time that it was as straightforward as Huo Shan said.

He was very interested, so he nodded, and at the same time sent everyone in the hall out, and Sun Shang led people to seal the door of the hall.

"Your original plan was that the imperial court would provide money and food to raise them, and then move back to their original place, let them build water canals in their original place and nearby areas, open wasteland, distribute grain seeds, and let them farm until next year, right?"

Liu Che nodded.

"exactly!"

"It's going to be a big problem!"

Liu Che is in a daze, isn't this your plan, why is there such a big problem?

Speaking of this matter, Huo Shan is also helpless, it's very good to play this routine mechanically, without adding anything, you should add a supervision anyway!
"Naturally, the common people will not have any problems. They are actually very good. As long as they have a bite to eat, they can survive. They don't want to be gangsters or bandits."

Liu Che looked a little embarrassed, but Huo Shan ignored him and continued:

"So, they won't have any problems, not to mention that this is building aqueducts for their hometown."

After listening for a long time, Liu Che understood:

"You said the problem would be with the officials?"

Huo Shan nodded, and then said in his usual aggressive style with his usual rhetorical question:

"You know, most of the local officials are from wealthy families. My uncle is sure that they won't fill their pockets?"

"Uncle is sure that they don't have any plans for their own family?"

Liu Che had long been used to Huo Shan's tone of voice, and upon hearing this, he asked quickly:
"What's the meaning of this?"

"Your people are fed by the imperial court, so they have to work hard and arrange tasks that cannot be completed every day. Then what will happen to the people?"

Huo Shan clapped his hands!
"It will be exhausted, and then those officials will jump out and say, this is the arrangement of the court, I can't help it, what will happen to the people?"

The compassionate and helpless gesture on Huo Shan's face was very vivid, but Liu Che's hairs stood on end.

"Then the common people have two ways to go. The first way is to riot, and then send troops to suppress it. In the end, they survived by luck and disappeared overnight because they sold themselves to the rich or became bandits. The second way is to directly sell themselves to the rich."

"It boils down to a path!"

Liu Che was sweating coldly, slapped the table and stood up, gritted his teeth with red eyes and shouted:

"They are trying to dig out the foundation of my man!"

Huo Shan picked up the water bottle and took a sip, curled his lips when he heard this:
'What do you think? '

Until this moment, according to this incident, Liu Che remembered those things that he didn't care about at all before, and after associating, Liu Che realized that this big man was already riddled with holes!
Although on the surface, this situation has nothing to do with Qin Mo, but when you think about it carefully, the nature and consequences are exactly the same.

It's just that things like building the Great Wall in the late Qin Dynasty turned into wars and settlements.

The nobles from the Restoration of the Six Kingdoms became these big families.

The Qin law is strict, the people can't pay the taxes, and they can't finish the service. The big man's tax is not high, but the tax is not low, and after these officials change...

Then the consequence is that the people gradually disappear and are embezzled by big households, and then the taxes cannot be paid, and the big men are getting weaker and weaker.

He is fighting two big battles, all these problems will appear one by one, he has no way to do it, and then he will directly change back to Qin Mo, and the big man will die in his hands...

Liu Che swayed and almost stopped, Huo Shan quickly helped him to sit down.

At this moment, Huo Shan wanted to laugh very much:
'It deserves it, let you only know how to live forever, parade every day, scare you to death! '

Liu Che firmly grasped Huo Shan's hand, and asked with a blank face:
"Why didn't anyone tell me this? Are they still the courtiers of the big man?"

(End of this chapter)