Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 586 Finance
December, Chengdu.

It was winter, and there was light rain in the sky of Chengdu, accompanied by a biting cold wind from time to time, which made the attendants who inspected the palace shiver uncontrollably.

In the palace, Liu Chan was concentrating on browsing the memorials, with the vermilion pen in his hand reviewing the memorials from time to time, very busy.

As the end of the new year is approaching, the rice and silk handed over by the states and counties will also arrive in the account, and the central court has also begun to calculate the budget of various departments for the coming year.It is necessary to squeeze out the quota for the 12 troops to conquer Nanyang next year, and then the salaries of the officials, and the rest of the finances will be used by the central and local governments for various expenses.

The large-scale war involving more than [-] troops for two consecutive years caused Jiang Wan to lose a little of his hair, which may be the price for him to serve as the minister.

Before the Northern Expedition of the Great Han Dynasty, when Zhuge Liang did not give up the Minister's Order, Zhuge Liang took care of the annual military expenditure.And when Jiang Wan took over as Shang Shuling, all the annual military expenses, food and grass were all paid by Jiang Wan.

Going eastward this year to the east, the big men were in vain. In half a year, 200 soldiers ate horses and chewed horses, and they spent nearly 200 million stones of grain and grass. Calculating the taxes paid by the common people, 200 million stones of grain and grass is almost the tax paid for 30 million hectares of land.

Not including the state and county garrisons who stayed in the country, if the salaries paid by the more than 5 officials at all levels of the Dahan were added, there was almost nothing left for the Dahan to spend on government departments at all levels.

Next year, they will go to Nanyang and send [-] soldiers. According to the past practice, the big man must reserve at least half a year's food and grass as a budget, that is, more than two million stones of food and grass.

In the past, the big man would have spent at least one or two years slowly, but now we have to thank the big man for laying down the big granary in Guanzhong.Zhuge Liang dredged more than [-] hectares of fertile land in Zhengbaiqu, and Luzhi moved tens of thousands of Qiang and Yi people to live in Guanzhong, so that they could support large-scale military operations for two consecutive years this year and next.

However, if the surprise attack on Nanyang is fruitless and the two armies are in a stalemate, logistics supplies may become a nightmare for the big man.

After reading the memorabilia submitted by Jiang Wan, Liu Chan breathed a sigh of relief, and finally deducted all the budget, and there were only more than [-] stones of rice and more than [-] pieces of Shu brocade left in the treasury of the Han Dynasty.But it is not the last account of the big man, there is also the last payment.

Liu Chan commented on Jiang Wan's memorandum, saying: "Ji Xing, let Shang Shuling disburse money and food, Shu brocade and Beitai from the treasury, and use it to reward the country, Taoism and the heads of the Hu tribe."

"No!" Zhang Shao agreed.

In order to make the Hu people return to their hearts for a long time, the big man must not only rely on force, but also rely on real money to pay the Hu people. Otherwise, why would they recognize Liu Chan as their Shan Yu without a brain convulsion.

Liu Chan took a pen and gave Ma Zhongshang the thank you form, replied a few words, and said: "This year, there are local officials who are greedy for ink and official valleys?"

Liao Li saw that Liu Chan's directorship was over, and he reported: "Your Majesty, in October, the prefectures and counties have checked the local officials' plan, and have sent those who are corrupt to the officials and valleys to Yousi Lun."

"Who is there?"

"Zhu You, the magistrate of Jiangyuan County in Shu County, Wang Feng, the magistrate of Xixian County in Tianshui County, and Zhang Zhan in Zhiyang County in Jincheng County." Liao Li replied.

During the period of the Han Dynasty, the counting of local states and counties was September, which was called "Jijuan September". The remaining days rushed to the capital to make the plan, let the central government check the financial situation, and sort out the financial budget for the year at the New Year's Day meeting.

However, there were changes in the Shuhan. In the early years, the Dahan only had Yizhou, because it produced rice.The rice harvest was in October, a little later than the chestnut harvest, and because Yizhou was not big, Zhuge Liang ordered to postpone it by one month, which was to "calculate October".And the Great Han unified Liangzhou and Guanzhong, and this law has not been changed.

Liu Chan gave Wang Ping's greeting memorial again, and said perfunctorily, "How is the situation? Have the three pleaded guilty?"

Liao Li shook his head and said, "Wang Feng and Zhang Zhan have already confessed, but Jiangyuan County Magistrate Zhu You refused to plead guilty?"

Hearing this, Liu Chan looked at Liao Li and asked, "Is there any interrogation by the officials of Jiangyuan County?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, most of the officials in Jiangyuan County said that Zhu You, the county magistrate, was greedy for ink officials, but only Chang Bo and Yang Wan, the chief bookkeepers, agreed that Zhu You, the county magistrate, was not corrupt for ink officials."

Liu Chan frowned slightly, and continued to ask: "Is there any evidence?"

"There is no official valley in Zhu You's family."

Liu Chan's face was slightly cold, and he said: "It's been two months, and the witnesses and confessions have been mixed, and there is no physical evidence. How can we judge that Zhu You corrupted Mo Guangu? Is it absurd? If it is true, why can't we check it clearly?"

"Handling." Liu Chan stood up and ordered in a loud voice: "Let the admonishing doctor Fei Shi investigate this matter strictly, and make sure that the truth comes to light before I march to the east."

Guangu's corruption of ink, firstly, involves the offender being an official, and secondly, the corruption is turned over to the central government, so it is a felony beheading in the Han Dynasty.This time, it happened again in Jiangyuan County at the foot of the Son of Heaven. After two months, there was no progress, so Liu Chan had to pay attention.

After all, whether Zhu You really embezzled Guangu, in the final analysis, it is still the administration of officials, which cannot be sloppy.

"No!" Liao Li responded.

Liu Chan waved his sleeves, sat back on the couch, picked up his pen, and asked casually, "Where is the First Prince?"

Liu Chan visited Beidi County in the north, and after taking Shanyu, he deliberately left Liu Sui to study in Liangzhou and Guanzhong, and asked him to cooperate with Zhang Jiu, Du Shu, Lu Yi and other Liangzhou local and Beitai officials to manage and compile "Daoguo" law".

Before and after the death of Queen Zhang, Liu Sui went back to the court to attend the funeral.Later, Liu Sui went north to Beidi County to inspect the Hu tribes in northern Xinjiang for Liu Chan, in order to win over the Xianbei and Qiang tribes.The purpose of letting Liu Sui return to the court on New Year's Day this time is to canonize him as the crown prince, to completely confirm his status, and to regard him as the governor of the country.

Your Highness, Liao Li put down his pen and put it on the shelf, and said: "Your Majesty, the eldest prince traveled to Hanzhong, and after greeting the Prime Minister, he went south from Hanzhong again, and will be able to return to the court on New Year's Day."

Liu Chan opened Zoushu's hand and paused for a moment, then said, "What do you think, Prime Minister Shang?"

Liao Li nodded slightly, and said: "The Prime Minister commented, 'The eldest prince is strict in governing the country, always diligent in state affairs, but weak in military strategy. It is a little insufficient to let him calm down the troubled times, but if the world is stable, he will be a wise king."

After a pause, Liao Li said in a low voice: "I heard Fei Yi once said that the eldest prince is always inseparable from the prime minister's side. He is inseparable from day to night, and the prime minister loves the eldest prince very much."

Liu Chan chuckled, he was still very satisfied with his eldest son.

Liu Sui has been obsessed with the law since he went north to study the law.During the period of repairing "Tao Guolu", he went to Wuwei County without hesitation, and asked Du Shu, the prefect of Wuwei, the legalist Du Shu, for advice on the law.

Later, he followed Zhuge Liang in Guanzhong, and studied the two books "Han Feizi" and "Guanzi", and he was involved in Northwest government affairs.Such hard work probably has a lot to do with the words and deeds of his mother, Mrs. Wang, and the strict requirements of his master, Zhang Wen.

After Zhuge Liang's inspection, he was full of praise for Liu Zhen's character.What Zhuge Liang likes even more is that Liu Zhen is full of energy and has his own demeanor.

Liu Chan spread out the memorandum, and said lightly: "The eldest prince's ability is not yet achieved, and he still needs to practice, so don't over-praise. The words of the prime minister and I should not be leaked. Gongyuan, remember it!"

"promise!"

Liao Li, who is more than fifty years old, is not as self-confident and arrogant as he was in the early years.Now that he has experienced the world, he has matured a lot, his personality is more reserved, and he can keep secrets.It's just that he has been following Liu Chan all year round, running around, and his health is a little weak.

(I can only make an update today)
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