Destiny Only Han

Xuanshi hall.

Wei Wuzhi was a little confused.

After all, he was transferred from the imperial order to internal history, and suddenly he was not used to Liu Ying's way of handling government affairs.

But Cao Shen has long been accustomed to it.

Seeing that Zhang Cang was silent, Cao Shen bowed slightly and saluted, and said with a smile: "Actually, the three of us have been talking for a long time, just for one word..."

Liu Ying had some suspicions in her heart, but she still smiled and asked: "Which word?"

Cao Shen replied: "It's the word 'money'! As the saying goes, a penny can stump a hero. Whether it's an individual or a government, it's absolutely impossible without money!"

Nonsense!I know an old man who eats and drinks for free when he has no money. At the end of the year, the owner of his store even took the initiative to write off his accounts... Liu Ying had a funny face and didn't speak.

"Nowadays, Chang'an City is becoming more and more densely populated. The Imperial City is not bad. The population here is not large, but the inner city seems to be congested..." Cao Shen shook his head and continued: "Sometimes from east to west, even riding a bicycle is difficult. It takes a whole day!”

Well, he didn't say riding a horse.

After all, in order to forcefully promote bicycles, Liu Ying imposed a lot of taxes and fees on those who entered the city on horseback, such as horse manure removal freight, public security management fees, etc. Therefore, except for those traveling scholars who came to Chang'an City from other places, as well as conservative and wealthy people Except for the rich people, everyone else has a bicycle.

rental.

It is easy to lose the bicycle you bought yourself...

Wei Wuzhi added: "Road congestion is only one aspect. Except for the morning and evening rush hours, you can just overcome it... What worries me is that there are rows of residential buildings. If one of the houses is damaged, I am afraid that the entire neighborhood will be burned to the ground." White land!”

"Nothing else. People use firewood for heating and cooking, and trees are planted in front of and behind the courtyards. In autumn and winter, the weather is dry and it is easy to burn. If there are one or two urchins playing with fire..."

Could this guy be arranging a plot... Liu Ying's eyes slowly narrowed.

"Ahem!" Cao Shen coughed twice violently.

Others may not know what Liu Ying did to cut off Liu Taigong's retreat, but Cao Shen had a good relationship with Liu Jia and Tang Li, the Marquis of Chuqiu who was also from Zhongyangli, so he naturally knew a lot about this matter.

At this moment, seeing Wei Wuzhi preparing to uncover the dragon's scales, Cao Shen, who was also a minister in the same palace, naturally wanted to stop him.

Well, it is convenient for others and for yourself, just sell the favors. After all, for many people, the favors sold will always come back to them in some way in the future.

For example, Yuncheng Hu Baoyi.

Wei Wuzhi, Wei Wuzhi, you are really ignorant... Zhang Cang remained silent.

Well, he was on good terms with Liu Jiao and Xia Houying, and he knew exactly what happened in Zhongyang back then...

At this moment, only Wei Wuzhi looked confused.

After all, 'family scandals' should not be publicized. Even though he was once Liu Bang's Zhongshu Ling and later became the Supreme Imperial Order, he had only heard about that matter.

Well, the version he heard was that Liu Fei burned a fire in Zhongyangli in order to roast a frog for Liu Le...

Liu Ying squinted her eyes and asked: "But what do these things have to do with lack of money? Are they worth disturbing my dreams early in the morning? I have a lot of things to do. I didn't fall asleep until the early morning last night. I was already tired, and I still need to listen to you." Are you going around here and wasting time?"

"I leave the state affairs to you, and this is how you share my worries and solve my problems?"

Liu Ying said, with a look of grievance and anger on her face.

Well, angry.

After all, someone called the monk bald in front of him!

Cao Shen secretly screamed that something was wrong, and walked out from behind the case in a panic, bowing and saluting: "I am guilty, please punish me!"

The same is true for Zhang Cang.

It's just that he is a fat man who is even thicker than Liu Fei. After asking for forgiveness, I don't know whether he was tired or frightened. He was panting and there were faint beads of sweat on his forehead.

Of course, more is still hot.

After all, they are now in ambush. There is an ice mirror behind Liu Ying, and there is a small electric fan blowing the wind, which is naturally cool and sweat-free. However, Zhang Cang and the others only have fans around them. If they blow for a long time, they will become hot air, so if they don't move Fortunately, I was sweating every time I moved.

At this moment, Cao Shen and Zhang Cang squinted at Wei Wuwu sitting on the futon, with resentment on their faces.

They both knew very well that the reason why the Emperor above Dan suddenly went berserk was because this guy unintentionally criticized Sang and Huai, which offended the stingy and vindictive Emperor...

and so……

Why are you standing there... Zhang Cang waved invisibly, signaling Wei Wuzhi to come over and apologize.

Wei Wuzhi reluctantly walked out and bowed and saluted: "It's the ministers who have disturbed His Majesty's tranquility at an inappropriate time! But state affairs are like a cricket, Your Majesty..."

Shut up... Cao Shen interrupted Wei Wuzhi's words with a flattering look on his face: "Your Majesty is so smart. If we really couldn't come up with anything, how could we dare to come and disturb your Majesty..."

"What you said makes no sense!" Liu Ying said sternly: "I am the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and it is my duty to deal with the affairs of the state! If according to Prime Minister Cao, I am the kind of king of Jie and Zhou who neglects the affairs of the state?"

Cold sweat broke out on Cao Shen's face, and he hurriedly said: "I don't dare, I just made a slip of the tongue... Please punish me!"

Liu Ying nodded: "In that case, let's fine him a salary! Since Cao Xiang has a good attitude towards pleading guilty, let's just fine him a month's salary for the time being! Well, the penalty for treating internal history and internal history is half a year each!"

After he finished speaking, Cao Shen felt a little happy in his heart, and led Zhang Cang, who was at a loss, and Wei Wuzhi, who was full of grievances, to come forward and salute.

"I would like to thank Your Majesty for your grace——" Liu Ying waved her hand and motioned for them to sit back.

Then, he asked: "Tell me, what is the method for short of money?"

Wei Wuzhi leaned forward and said: "Since I became the inner historian, I have deeply felt the great responsibility on my shoulders. In order to benefit the people and for the safety of Chang'an City, I want to further widen the roads in the inner city and relocate some people out of the inner city. City, live in the outer city or around Chang'an County..."

"After talking for a long time, it turned out that it was going to be demolished!" Liu Ying became interested.

Cao Shen almost laughed out loud.

As someone who was trying to perfectly succeed Xiao He's position as Prime Minister, Cao Shen often speculated about Liu Ying in private, knowing that Liu Ying had a strong interest in civil engineering for no apparent reason...

Zhang Cang shook his head invisibly.

This is what worries him the most.

The country's money will soon flow into other people's pockets through various means, especially Liu Ying's small treasury!

Without him, other people need to recruit all kinds of talents to carry out projects, but the young master who is in charge of the emperor's private funds is also in charge of the general young master!

It is no exaggeration to say that there is an entire 'Construction Engineering Group' in the Young Master Jiang's Mansion!
National money... Zhang Cang sighed, deeply feeling how difficult it was for the 'Minister of Finance' to do his job under the double suppression of imperial power and prime ministerial power.

Liu Ying dragged a futon down from Danbi, sat on the steps, and asked, "Tell me your specific plan!"

Wei Wuzhi suddenly became energetic and asked someone to take out a map from outside.

That was the plan he had made after inviting specialized people to conduct repeated surveying, mapping and demonstration.

He pointed at the map and said: "I have had people inspect it. In many cases, the inner city is extremely congested. It only appears on a few main roads. As for the small roads on both sides of the main roads, there are no signs of congestion."

"The reason is simply that there was something wrong with the early road planning."

"In addition to the imperial city, Chang'an City, both the outer city and the inner city, were gradually formed gradually with the increase of people in Fuguo, so there is no plan."

"I will take Xingqingfang to Chang'an West City as an example."

"The straight-line distance between the two is no more than two kilometers, but if people from Xingqingfang want to go to Chang'an West City, they need to detour to Xingqing Road first, then turn east to Jingjiu Road, and merge into Qingong Road to the north , then take Xishi North Road southward to Chang'an West Market."

"In this case, we need to go around for more than ten kilometers!"

"These are just people from Xingqingfang. If people from other lifang also travel together and merge into the main roads that run through the inner city such as Jingjiu Road and Qingong Road, how can Chang'an City not be blocked?"

Liu Ying nodded: "So, you are going to demolish houses and open up dead roads, so as to reduce unnecessary travel time for people and achieve the purpose of easing traffic?"

"That's what I mean!" Wei Wuzhi's face was full of excitement.

Liu Ying nodded again: "Then do it! You are now the internal historian, and this is your duty!"

Wei Wuzhi looked sad: "No money."

Well, he pretended.

Although the Imperial Palace has no money, the country does. The gold bricks in the treasury are covered with a thick layer of dust, and the emperor's private money has become moldy!

and so……

Liu Ying's eyes widened: "You have no money and I don't have any either! Look at me, do I look like a rich person?"

As he spoke, he waved his sleeves vigorously to show that his sleeves were refreshing...

Cao Shen: "..."

Zhang Tang: "..."

The expression on Wei Wuzhi's face remained unchanged, but his heart was filled with contempt.

He has served as Liu Bang's Zhongshu Ling and Liu Bang's Supreme Imperial Order, so he knows very well how much Liu Bang's personal income is every year, and Liu Ying's annual income is at least ten times that of Liu Bang!
No money?

Just stingy!

Wei Wuzhi remained silent, just staring at Liu Ying with bright eyes, trying to instill in him the principle that the emperor did not have to produce food but had no worries about food and clothing, so he should take it from the people and use it for the people.

Liu Ying ignored it completely and turned to look at Zhang Cang: "This is a state matter. Should the state allocate funds?"

Zhang Cang shook his head: "Building large-scale construction projects within the city is the internal affairs of each county, so the money should be borne by the Internal Affairs Bureau! After all, when the calculation is made every year, the expenditures reported by various places for the coming year include money specifically for bridge construction and road paving. …”

"But Nei Shi is different!" Wei Wuzhi interrupted Zhang Cang and said seriously: "There is no county in the world with a population of tens of millions like Nei Shi. The money Nei Shi spends on road construction every year is far from enough. We need to borrow private money to complete the relevant planning and construction!”

"Now that the year is over, there is no money left! Where will the money come from to build bridges, pave roads, and demolish residential buildings?"

"Besides, summer has passed and now comes autumn, when the weather is crisp and dry, and fires are easy to occur. Therefore, another amount of money is needed to expand the firefighting department to 5000 people!" (Note [-])

"These all need money!"

"Your Majesty, please make a clear decision on everything!"

Note 12: "Zhou Li" states that the Sixuan clan of Qiu Guan Sikou had six corporals and [-] disciples.Xuan, Yin Rui, means fire. Si Xuan's palm captures fire and prevents fire. (End of chapter)