Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

As Xu Chao gradually settled down, Guo Shao changed his rules. For fifteen days and three days to discuss politics, he would only meet with the Minister of the Chinese Army in the East Hall once every three days, and named the place where he met the ministers.

It’s early in summer, and when people come to Jinxiang Temple early in the morning, the sky is already bright.

It was a little different when Guo Shao came in today. He also brought two four-year-old children. The last time Jinzhan talked about raising the prince, Guo Shao only paid attention to a question. If the future heirs don’t understand anything, wouldn’t his situation be ridden in decades?

Guo Shao was going to take his own teaching, but he found that he didn't know how to teach children, so he wondered how to find a teacher for them first.

When the two dozen ministers saw the two children, they all watched curiously.

Guo Shao took a child in one hand, walked up to the upper position, sat down on the chair, and let the two children sit next to him. The chair was a bit high, but the second sister's son Guo Hong was clever, he jumped up and sat there still moving around. Guo Zhang was much more restrained. He slowly climbed up the chair and sat there with his two small hands on his knees.

"The ministers pay homage to your majesty, your prince." The crowd bowed.

"Flat body." Guo Shao said.

Unexpectedly, at this time, Guo Hong said in a formal manner: "You are all elders, sit down."

Suddenly the people below laughed: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Second Prince." Guo Shao turned his head and said: "Hong'er, sit down and don't say anything, just watch and listen."

Guo Hong looked innocent and said: "Auntie taught me." After saying that, he winked at Guo Zhang next to Guo Shao. The two brothers were about the same age and often played together.

At this time, Lu Duoxun, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, said: "Yesterday the Khitan envoys entered Beijing, and the ministers met first. The Khitan people came for Xiao Chuo, the daughter of Xiao Siwen, the prime minister of Liao, and wanted to redeem Xiao Chuo."

Wang Pu immediately said: "This is a very promising matter. According to the news from the Beijing Branch of the Army and Cao Division, Ye Luxian, the lord of the Liao Kingdom, and Xiao Chuo have a close relationship with each other; now Liao and Da Xu are enemies of each other. If you come to negotiate, you must be instructed by Yelvxian to avoid being criticized."

Wei Renpu said: "This Xiazhou party will not listen to the imperial order and threaten to defect to Liao. Since the lord of Liao intends to exchange, it is better to refuse to aid Xiazhou as a condition."

Guo Shao was noncommittal and said: "We can discuss with the Khitan people and allow them to set up the Liao State Post in Tokyo so that we can discuss this matter in the future.

Lu Duoxun said: "The minister abides by the decree."

At this time, Guo Shao looked sideways at the **** Cao Tai. Cao Tai then sent the two memorials to the ministers for inspection. The officials of the Zhengshitang had seen memorials, but the generals generally couldn't see memorials. They can only see them now.

Guo Shaodao: "One of the two memorials is "The Theory of Money Lack" by Li Gu, the Shangshu of Hubu, and the other is "The Theory of Absence of Extravagance" by a scholar of the Imperial Academy. Today, all the public can comment on one or two."

Some of the ministers below had already seen it, but no one was anxious to say anything. It is said that it is a comment, but the remarks on the Jinxiangdian will be regarded as opinions, and people are more cautious.

The remarks made by the Bachelor of the Imperial Academy are to persuade agriculture to be less commerce, to be less generous, and to advocate frugality; the other is to reduce the number of the army, and cut the prohibition's salary and rewards, because the current army consumes a lot of money. The purpose of these claims is to rehabilitate and rejuvenate the people.

He believes that treasures of money cannot be full when the people are hungry and cannot keep warm in the cold. It will only bring the wind of luxury and increase the exploitation of arrogance | And only farming and weaving, enriching the warehouses, is the kingly way for the country to prosper and prosper the people.

(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page) This remark makes sense at first glance, and is quite in line with traditional ideas. Guo Shao also felt that gold, silver and bronze coins really cannot be eaten.

... But Li Gu, who actually presides over the Ministry of Households and Military Supplies, advocates completely contrary remarks. Li Gu tried his best to write more copper coins (not for the revenue of the treasury, because the money is a loss-making business). His reason is that from the court to the locality, there are money shortages everywhere, which has greatly affected the normal income and expenditure and transactions.

Money shortages have not been rare since the end of the Tang Dynasty, and all countries have faced problems. At that time, the Kingdom of Shu really had no money to reward the imperial army, and had already used iron to cast iron money.

Li Gu’s remarks are based on his experience in organizing military supplies for several major wars. Except for rations, other munitions need cash to spend, otherwise it would be difficult to requisition on the spot or allow merchants to transport them. The method has been corrupted at this time); unless the method of forced conquest (robbery | robbery) is used, but such a method is inconvenient. One is easy to cause resistance, and the other is a waste of most of the property. The supplies are hidden.

The imperial two taxes (land taxes in summer and autumn) and commercial taxes are mainly in kind, because farmers and merchants are short of cash; these kind of objects are generally bulky and are usually stored in local treasuries. In addition to meeting the needs of the government, the expenses are transferred and transported through the nearest household.

The imperial court collected a lot of taxes, but they couldn't mobilize them from various places and send them to the front lines. There were too many and heavy things. It's different if you have cash, you can buy materials from the private sector nearby.

The most consuming cash is the army's salary and rewards. Can't you collect a pile of firewood from the wood dealer and reward the soldiers for the wood?

……Someone finally took the lead in expressing his claim!

The first to stand up was all the generals of the Forbidden Army, who unanimously opposed the "stupid words" of the Bachelor of the Imperial Academy. Very simple, actually want to cut military spending? !

Even Shi Yanchao couldn't help but yelled: "Brothers just got off the battlefield, and the civil servants will calculate us behind!"

A civil official said: "The purpose of raising soldiers is to protect the land and the people, and many soldiers do not open up farms and cultivate the land. Most of the treasury is consumed in it, and they are overwhelmed. How to live with the people?"

Li Chuyun did not break away from the positions of the military generals, stroking his beard and said: "Generals are not tenants. If they grow in the field, how can they grow in battle? A large number of sergeants can't be dressed like a beggar and eat chaff. ..."

"The founding father said this without conscience. A commander's military pay is more than a prefect. If a soldier asks to eat chaffy vegetables, don't we want to beg!"

Guo Shao didn't say anything, he just sat there to be disputed by the ministers. He had to wait until the last look at the situation before expressing his position, because his words were imperial decree. Guo Hong and Guo Zhang turned their heads from time to time and looked at their father with curious eyes. Guo Shao didn't teach them. He felt that these styles were precepts and deeds, and the children could learn how to do it over time.

Zuo You got up and prayed: "The minister supports Li Xianggong's proposition. The shortage of money is detrimental to the country and the people. Those who have food may lack clothing; those who have food and clothing, if there is no desire | The clothes are changed to those who have food, but the excess can be sold for money.

When the world is short of money, everything is inaccessible, and those who are in a poor state will not cultivate, if the meridians are blocked..."

At this moment, Guo Shao said, "Deflation."

Everyone is puzzled, but can vaguely guess what the word means, because it can be related to the context.

Guo Shao doesn't know much about economics, but his knowledge is definitely different from that of the ancients. He knows some common sense anyway. Deflation is definitely not good for economic development, no matter what society you are in.

(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page) A very simple idea, as Zuo You said, in a self-sufficient state, there is very little demand, and after it is met, it loses the motivation to continue production... This is also a fact. , Besides serving in the corvee, they basically have nothing to do, or do some trivial things that are extremely inefficient; even the seven aunts and eight wives just spend time when they have nothing to do. This is a waste of labor and productivity.

If the reward for work is currency, and enough material temptations are produced in the world, it will increase labor enthusiasm. In order to obtain currency and in order to be easily exchanged for currency, people will also produce and obtain what the world needs... …Such as food during famine.

However, ancient China was in a state of deflation for a long time, and there was a shortage of money in every dynasty. One is because of the scarcity of heavy metals, and the other is a loss of money to make copper money. It is a kind of good governance for the court to rule the world, and it is the same job as building water conservancy.

Guo Shao immediately stated his position, saying: "As I have played by Li Xianggong, the household department can agree to make money."

At this moment, Li Chuyun pondered: "If your Majesty can obtain Silver Mountain and mine for silver to make silver coins, it will be a very profitable way."

Everyone fell silent, and everyone suddenly discovered Li Chuyun's previous "famine theory" proposition, and now they took it up again. He didn't seem to be talking nonsense at the time. This time, for the sake of Yinshan, he was involved in the topic of opening up the territory... Sure enough, everyone who is not talking nonsense is not so absurd at first sight.

Guo Shao is noncommittal, because this matter is more involved. He didn't comment on who was poorer, civil servants and military generals. There was no truth in this matter. It was all for the benefit of each family.

Guo Shao pondered for a moment and said, "The two princes and princesses have reached the age of Mongolian school. I want to choose a teacher for them."

This topic once again attracted everyone's attention. Of the two princes, one should be the prince, and being the teacher of the prince is not that simple.

Guo Shao looked at Zuo You and said: "Lesser Zuo taught my three children to read and read."

Zuo You hurriedly said, "Your Majesty trusts me, and the ministers are willing to do their best."

There is some cold spot in the temple~www.readwn.com~ because Zuo You is not a great scholar, regardless of official position, he is a person with no status in Shilin... He was born in Ye Luzi, and has no fame and fame. First, he is a poor official. Then do the staff. What knowledge do these people have to come to the Pope?

But Zuo You was Guo Shao's confidant, and everyone guessed that this was just a grace for Zuo You.

Guo Shao said again: "Dong Zunzuo, you teach the two princes how to ride a horse and arch a horse and let Zhou Tong help them."

Dong Zunhao got up and said, "Chen Zunzhi."

This Dong Zunzuo came from a family of upright military commanders. Various martial arts and military rituals are well-mannered and very upright. Guo Shao believes him very much. Zhou Tong is also a very interesting martial artist. Guo Shao taught archery back then.

As for Zuo You, Guo Shao feels that he has enough education and learning, and the article is better than Guo Shao anyway. Moreover, Guo Shao felt that learning too deeply the thought of sages, as a belief, would be harmful to the job of being an emperor; Zuo You was a half-hearted person, and the important thing was that Zuo You's ideas were not pedantic.

(End of this chapter)

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