The Great Grandson of the Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the slaughter of General Tiance's mans

Chapter 352: Holding the Cuju Games, the treasury is empty?

After the resolution made by Li Chengdao was passed, it was quickly implemented.

The first batch of cultural squares, libraries and Cuju courts began to be established in core cities such as Chang'an and Luoyang.

Li Chengdao's purpose in establishing these infrastructures was to enrich the people's spiritual and cultural life.

In order to arouse the enthusiasm of the people, Li Chengdao also specially announced the holding of the Tang Cup Cuju Games.

After the news spread that the imperial court was going to host the Datang Cup football match, it quickly became popular.

the reason is simple.

Cuju is a very popular sport among the people, and it is also loved by many people even among nobles.

Besides, there is another reason.

Any team that wins the Cuju competition will receive an award from Li Chengdao himself!

Being able to get up close to the emperor!

And anyone can participate in the Cuju competition, there are no restrictions!
So after the news spread, countless people were discussing the matter heatedly.

"The winner of the competition will receive the award from His Majesty himself! This is a supreme honor!"

“Do you have any friends who are good at Cuju to form a team to participate?”

"Me me me! I must participate!"

"I am the one who deserves to be rewarded by His Majesty to meet the Emperor!"

"Rush rush!"

Even Li Chengdao did not expect such an enthusiastic response from the public.

Hall of Mental Cultivation.

"Your Majesty, regarding the Datang Cup Cuju Games. According to rough statistics from various places, more than 300 Cuju teams have signed up."

Fang Xuanling said with a wry smile.

Li Chengdao left him in charge of the sports meeting.

The people's enthusiasm for the Cuju Games was so great that it exceeded his imagination.

It has been less than two months since the news spread, and it has already spread throughout the entire Tang Dynasty.

Not only domestic, but also foreign teams even have to arrange teams to participate.

More than 300 teams signed up in such a short period of time, which shows how popular it is.

"It's a good thing that people like it. Exercising more can keep you healthy."

Li Chengdao said with a smile.

Although he was a little surprised, overall, he was very happy with the result.

The idea of ​​holding the Cuju Games was just a whim, because he liked watching football games in his previous life.

I didn’t expect that it would be welcomed by so many people as soon as it was announced.

"By the way, Your Majesty, there are also many generals in the army who spontaneously organize soldiers to form Cuju teams to compete. Is this no problem?"

Fang Xuanling asked.

Li Chengdao couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and said: "Since they want to participate, let them go."

"Just ask them to restrain themselves, and don't beat the people's Cuju team too badly, otherwise I will not let them go lightly." Li Chengdao's words immediately made all the ministers burst into laughter.

However, among the ministers, only Wei Zheng sighed. After hesitating for a moment, he suggested: "Your Majesty, the Cuju competition is so popular, why not let our court set up a gambling game for the Cuju competition this time."

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of all the ministers became a little strange, and they all looked at Wei Zheng.

Li Chengdao also glanced at Wei Zheng in surprise and asked in confusion: "Why did Wei Qing say this?"

Although the Tang Dynasty did not prohibit gambling activities, it did not promote it.

Also, what does it sound like for the imperial court to start a gambling game?
After hearing what Li Chengdao said, Wei Zheng cupped his hands and said, "Returning to your majesty, I have calculated that during this Datang Cup football match, the total amount of private gambling opened in various places reached tens of millions.

With such a huge amount of money being gambled, the benefits are extremely considerable. Our court might as well set up a gambling bureau and make a lot of money. "

After hearing this, Changsun Wuji smiled and said: "Master Wei, when did our court reach the point where we need to set up gambling bureaus to make money?
Moreover, this is too outrageous, and it would be unseemly for the court to set up gambling. "

Wei Zheng looked sad and replied: "You are not a family and don't know how valuable firewood and rice are.

Now I am in charge of the Account Department. Not long ago, after a thorough check of the accumulated accounts, I discovered that our Datang treasury is now unable to make ends meet, and has even begun to suffer a deficit. "

After Wei Zheng finished speaking, everyone was shocked.

Since Li Chengdao promulgated the New Deal more than ten years ago, the Tang Dynasty has been prosperous and prosperous, and the economy has prospered.

And Li Chengdao was also called the Mingjun of the Ming Dynasty!

The king is wise and the ministers are virtuous. Under such circumstances, how could the national treasury be empty?
"Wei Qing, please tell me in detail why the household department is in deficit."

Li Chengdao's face also became serious.

He didn't pay much attention to these matters and left them to the ministers below to deal with them.

This is the reason for the three provinces and six ministries mechanism. He only intervenes in important national policies.

He didn't understand. After the promulgation of the New Deal, the Tang Dynasty's national power became unprecedentedly strong. How could the national treasury be empty?
Is it because some officials are corrupt?
If this is the case, it seems that he needs to kill a group of people to scare the monkeys.

The so-called embankment of a thousand miles collapses in an ant nest. This situation must not be allowed to happen to Datang today.

Wei Zheng answered truthfully: "Your Majesty, please listen to me carefully.

Although the Tang Dynasty is now rich and prosperous, it is due to its yearly outward development and the optimization of the welfare system.

In addition, the number of elderly people and newborns is increasing, and people generally live longer. Our expenditures now far exceed tax revenues, and we cannot make ends meet. "

After Wei Zheng finished speaking, Li Chengdao was stunned.

After the Tang Dynasty unified the world, various policies he promulgated that were beneficial to the people were indeed implemented.

Moreover, the policy was very effective, and it was for this reason that the people of the Tang Dynasty united.

However, there are also disadvantages, that is, every policy requires huge amounts of money to support.

The current tax and corvee system in the Tang Dynasty can be said to be the lightest in all dynasties, and there are also various welfare systems that are unimaginable to ordinary people.

For example, the pension system, the poverty subsidy system, the maternity subsidy system, etc.

Coupled with external expansion and development, the captured Byzantine Empire territory also needed construction, which led to the situation of being unable to make ends meet.

In fact, this situation occurred a year ago.

But it was not until recently that Wei Zheng discovered this problem when he started a thorough investigation of the household accounts.

(End of this chapter)