Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 148 It is difficult to be a family

King Jianning didn't know what his father was worried about far away in Fengxiang Mansion, but he himself in Longyou couldn't share his worries with his father.

He still has a lot of troubles on his hands that he can't solve.

There were not many soldiers in Shazhou and Guazhou, but relying on the money and grain confiscated by Da Suo Maungyue, they managed to capture Moli and Doulu armies.

But now there are more Yumen Army and a group of captures and guards from the north, and now Li Yan's money and food are tense again.

Although Baowenshan Shouzhuofu and other border military towns farm their own fields, these Shouzhuofu are all near the border desert. The land is quite desolate, and farming alone is not enough to eat.

After taking over several Shouzhuo Mansions and Yumen Pass on the border, Li Yan will naturally have to bear the problem of feeding so many troops.

Baowenshan Shouzhuo did not surrender for a month under the siege of the Uighurs. This kind of integrity naturally needs to be commended.

In order to reorganize the defense against the Uighurs, several beacon fortresses in Shouzhuofu had to be repaired, weapons had to be updated and repaired, and war horses had to be replenished.

These large expenditures fell before Li Yan's case. This time, King Jianning finally understood the difficulty of being in charge.

It stands to reason that Longyou was already considered a relatively prosperous place in the Tang Dynasty, and relying on Dasuo Maoyue, the taxes and corvees in Longyou also maintained a range acceptable to the common people.

By cracking down on the powerful, plus the money and food sent by the monks of Leiyin Temple with both hands, at least this month's money and food have been sent out.

But raising so many troops still made Li Yan feel stretched.

It's no wonder that before the Anlushan Rebellion, many ministers in the imperial court proposed to abandon Longyou, and it was also because the expenditure of Longyou was too great!

And all of this is under the condition that Longyou has already mobilized 20 troops to enter the customs. Just relying on one place in Longyou, it is simply not enough to support the food and drink expenses of 20 troops.

In the past, the imperial court transferred a huge amount of materials to Longyou every day. It can be said that Kaiyuan's strong financial resources supported the expansion of Longyou.

Historically, when the national strength of the Tang Dynasty declined, Longxi was quickly abandoned, just like the Eastern Han Dynasty decisively abandoned the Western Regions.

Sitting in front of the case, Li Yan carefully looked at the income and expenditure records of the Bafu that Jiang Lun had sorted out.

Shazhou and Guazhou are generally in balance of income and expenditure. Relying on a large group of dedicated players who don’t need a penny of salary, the income and expenditure of the two states are basically the same. The cost of building water conservancy and reclaiming wasteland is basically the same. There is no need for Li Yan to post money online.

Li Yan also ordered the abolition of many exorbitant taxes, but also improved the treatment of officials and servants.

Originally, the tax collectors in the governor's mansion were not paid. These government servants belonged to the governor's mansion, and they were voluntary labor.

However, voluntary labor will waste their own fields and work hard in the Governor's Mansion. These tax collectors have no spirit of serving the people, so many methods of extortion have been derived.

For example, if the dead people are not written off, the people are still asked to pay the rent to the dead.

For example, low-grade fields are counted as high-grade fields, and ordinary people are exploited.

These "free" tax collectors actually got more oil and water from the people.

And the tax collectors just exploited the people, so the yamen servants of Facao made people bankrupt.

A few days ago, Zhou Hao, who served as the head of the Facao at the Governor's Mansion in Shazhou, sent a case. This is a servant of the Facao, who deliberately made people falsely accuse his neighbor of stealing cattle, and arrested the neighbor's male owner in prison.

The yamen servant then ran to the neighbor's house, saying that he had the ability to clear up the relationship, and that he could get the male master out of the cell as long as he gave money.

The family members visited him several times, and the falsely accused man was chained by the prison guards to the side of the dung bucket, and he had to eat out of the dung bucket every day.

The family couldn't bear it, so they could only take out the family's money and bribe the yamen servant to let him fish for someone.

Unexpectedly, after taking the money, the yamen servant was still greedy and wanted to take over the family's Yongye Tian.

It was also the son of this family who was dissatisfied and went to the Fa Cao to sue, and the matter was brought to light.

This yamen servant was arrested by Zhou Hao, and several cunning subordinates were also arrested from Fa Caoli.They were sentenced to be beheaded together.

Seeing these subordinate officials who were domineering and exploiting the people on weekdays were killed, the people naturally clapped their hands and cheered.

But Zhou Hao also wrote to Li Yan at the same time, because Datang had no salary, and many officials' families were very poor.

These crucial departments have a lot of power in their hands, but they don't have a penny of income. The former governor's office also tacitly allowed them to exploit the people by themselves.

As long as no one is killed, the Governor's Mansion will turn a blind eye.

If there are a few subordinates who have gone too far, then the governor's office will arrest them and kill them to quell public grievances.

But in the final analysis, relying on personal moral sentiments to do things, not paying money and asking subordinates to abide by the law, this is the Tang court playing hooligans.

Law-abiding people have no food, and those who oppress the people get promoted and get rich. This pattern of bad people driving out good people is also one of the reasons for the continuous corruption of the grassroots officials in the Tang Dynasty.

In order to allow these subordinate officials to support themselves, Li Yan included them in the ranks of eating the imperial rations, and specially allocated a sum of money to the governor's office to distribute regular salaries to these subordinate officials.

At the same time, the business assessment is also strengthened. If the subordinate staff fail the assessment, they will be eliminated. Anyway, there are still many players waiting to become officials.

Being able to receive salary every day, King Jianning brutally killed several cunning subordinates, which greatly frightened these cunning subordinates.

Now the officials of Shazhou and Guazhou Governor's Office are law-abiding, and the common people also praise them.

However, Li Yan has no choice but to use these subordinates. Players have no longevity in doing things, and it is impossible to work safely in the game.

The talents trained by ourselves are still unable to take over these tasks, so we can only gradually eliminate those with the worst reputation. Only when we have the manpower trained by ourselves can we truly govern the officials.

However, there were hundreds more people who ate the imperial rations, and the expenditure of Li Yanba's mansion increased a lot.

There is also the reorganization of the Doulu and Moli Army, the demobilization and resettlement of old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers, the regular salary of ordinary soldiers, and the improvement of daily food treatment.

Now Li Yan can only rely on exploiting players and continue to draw blood from merchants and players to maintain the balance of income and expenditure of the Overlord.

The only thing that makes Li Yan feel gratified is that in the two wars with Tubo and Uyghur, the Bafu can be said to have made a lot of money.

It's no wonder that the frontier troops in the Kaiyuan period all wanted to fight. War is really a good opportunity to get rich overnight.

In the last battle with Tubo, a large amount of cattle, sheep and weapons were seized. Although Tubo's weapons were outdated and the Tang Dynasty didn't like them, businessmen from the Western Regions liked them.

There are also a large number of cattle and sheep brought by Tubo, which are now cheaper than Li Yan.

The battle with the Uyghurs was the same some time ago, and a large number of Uyghur horses were captured. If these high-quality horses were transferred to the pass, each one could be sold for several bucks!

Next is the problem of Xizhou!
　I ate and drank during the Dragon Boat Festival yesterday, and today I feel uncomfortable.

　　There are only two updates today, sorry!
　　There seems to be something wrong with the chapter comment recently. I see it in the background but it can't be displayed.

　　Let's have a group tomorrow, I'll drink slowly today.

　　
　
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