Wei and Jin Cooks

  Chapter 1029 Suggestion and persuasion

  Zhao Hanzhang returned to the imperial city, saw Zhao Shen swaying to leave, and immediately stopped him, "It's just right that you are here, I have something to discuss with you."

  When Zhao Shen heard this, he immediately regained his energy and asked, "Is there going to be a war?"

  Zhao Hanzhang nodded after thinking for a while, "It's about the same. Although you don't use a sword, it's similar to fighting a war, and it's a tough battle."

   Zhao Shen, the newly appointed Minister of the Ministry of War, has not had a war since he took office. What he does most every day is quarrel with Chang Ning of the Ministry of Households, forcing him to take out money to pay military salaries and pensions...

   Otherwise, it is to count the number of people who need pensions from each army, and to settle the wounded and disabled...

  Because everything he came into contact with was miserable, now Zhao Shen felt that his whole being was also miserable, so he wobbled about commuting to and from get off work every day, out of his mind.

  He felt that at least half of his soul went to **** with the fallen soldiers.

  So he felt that he urgently needed a soul-stirring battle to arouse his ambition.

   Then Zhao Hanzhang led him to Chang Ning, and said to the two of them: "You two discuss it, and hold a blind date for the Luoyang military and civilians."

  Zhao Shen picked his ears, "Why?"

  Zhao Hanzhang reiterated: "Blind date!"

  Zhao Shen couldn't believe it: "What dear?"

Zhao Hanzhang looked serious, "Zhao Shen, this is not a joke. You have to fight it as a tough battle to solve the problem of single young men in the army who are old, have great military achievements and have no wives. By the way, everyone in our army, You can only marry one wife, and you are not allowed to take concubines, and I will issue an edict later."

   "Wait a minute," Zhao Shen quickly returned to his senses, frowned and said, "Isn't it good to issue such an edict?"

   "Why is it not good?" Zhao Hanzhang said: "Isn't this flexible? There has always been a law that only those who meet certain conditions can take concubines. Now I just set the conditions a little higher."

"But I'm thinking for the sake of the soldiers. Now there are more men than women, and the army is full of bachelors. If a general takes ten or eight concubines, where will my ordinary soldiers go to get wives? He takes ten less concubines." , I can have ten soldiers to start a family."

   "I set an example in this matter, and I swear, I will never take a concubine!"

  Chang Ning on the side:...

   Zhao Shen thought for a while but gave a thumbs up, and boasted: "The general is still very powerful, okay, I will handle this matter, and the army will leave it to me, and the civilians..."

  He looked at Chang Ning.

  Chang Ning said blankly: "Shouldn't this matter be handed over to the magistrate of Luoyang County?"

  Zhao Hanzhang smiled at him and said: "We want to cooperate with Luoyang County, but the money for the blind date and the marriage of the soldiers, we always have to reward one or two, this money..."

Zhao Shen immediately turned his head and stared at Chang Ning, "Yes, I have to ask for money, among other things, I can't still pay the soldiers in arrears, marry a man, marry a man, dress and eat, and don't even pay the army. What do the soldiers do to support their wives and children?" ?”

   Taking advantage of Chang Ning being entangled by Zhao Shen, Zhao Hanzhang patted his **** and left.

  Chang Ning was very angry. After dealing with Zhao Shen, she had already run away and disappeared.

"Didn't the money come out of the treasury in the end? Now she has to plan for the money in the treasury, encouraging Zhao Shen and me to take the money, isn't it just with her? I really don't know what it means. My brain was kicked by a donkey. I hurt myself. I ..." Chang Ning was so angry that he pinched his waist and stood in the corridor cursing for a long time, until his mouth was dry before giving up.

   Zhao Hanzhang went to the palace to find the emperor, told him the problem of the empty treasury and the urgent need for money, and asked, "Does your majesty have a good solution?"

  The emperor felt that the sweet-scented osmanthus cake he had just eaten was not fragrant at all. After thinking hard for a while, he said, "Tax increase?"

  Zhao Hanzhang sighed: "But the people in the Central Plains and the North have been very difficult this year, and they still need relief from the imperial court. How can they have money and food to supply the imperial court?"

  Zhao Hanzhang left with a sigh. The emperor felt uneasy, and hurriedly went to Xun Fan for advice.

Xun Fan thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty is not to blame for this matter. Our general has many methods and treacherous methods. Since the quelling of the Huns' rebellion, she has thought of enough ways to earn money to support the people. The tax increase is a must. It is normal that His Majesty cannot think of the most undesirable one, and even the ministers and others cannot think of a method other than the general's current methods."

  He paused and said: "Not only the minister, but even the civil and military of the whole court can't think of other ways."

   "Then why did she ask me?"

  Xun Fan bit his lip, and said in a low voice: "The general only mentioned the Central Plains and the North, but Jiangnan and Jiangdong also belong to our Dajin territory."

  The emperor was stunned for a moment, lowered his eyes and said: "But that is under the rule of King Langya, and even the general can't order them, what can I do?"

   "There is still a way," Xun Fan said in a low voice: "If His Majesty personally issues an edict to ask King Langya to pay taxes, and then writes a private letter to ask for it, King Langya will also pay part of it for the sake of fame."

  Part of the taxes in Jiangdong and Jiangnan may be able to feed the people of a state in the North, which is quite a lot.

  Xun Fan often has to go to the front hall to discuss matters with Zhao Hanzhang. He knows how poor she is living now. Not only will the money in the treasury be split in half, but her own money will also be saved and saved.

  But the emperor didn't want to lose face in front of King Langya. He felt that the world would be taken away by Zhao Hanzhang one day. Why did he bother about her country?

Xun Fan looked at the little emperor's face, sighed in his heart, and carefully persuaded him: "Your Majesty is still the emperor and the father of the world. Zhao Hanzhang, a foreign minister, is working so hard. Why don't you work hard? Even in the future... With such a good reputation, she will treat you well."

"Doesn't she have copper mines? The copper mines in Yuzhou and Luoyang are all in her hands. Now the copper coins on the market are all "Zhao" coins, and it is difficult to see old coins. In this case, it is not as easy as she wants to mint. How many?"

  Hearing the childish words of the little emperor, Xun Fan couldn't help but smile wryly, "Your Majesty, the matter of casting money is very complicated, and you have to take it for granted."

  He said: "Copper mining requires manpower and material resources. There is a limit to the amount of copper that a copper mine can produce every day. In addition, the ore must be smelted into copper blocks before being sent to mint copper coins."

   "The money minted in the Qianfang is also limited every day. As far as I know, the money minted now is just filling the gap."

  What is filling a vacancy?

   During the war, a large number of coins were shipped to the south, or lost, and the wealth disappeared out of thin air.

   But current assets can disappear, but fixed assets are difficult to destroy, but they cannot be turned into money because there is no money in the market.

  Because a large number of coins were sent to the south of the Yangtze River, causing a money shortage in the Central Plains and the North, wealth cannot be realized, and resources cannot be used, so the money minted by Zhao Hanzhang is actually filling the gap.

   In addition to the shortage of money in the Central Plains and the North, the most important problem is the shortage of food.

  Although Zhao Hanzhang had a caravan to buy grain from Jiangnan and Jiangdong, it was not enough, far from enough, and they needed more grain.

  They can spend money to buy food, but the problem now is that they can't buy food even if they have money.

The current balance is maintained by the efforts of all parties. Everyone's nerves are tense. As long as there is a mistake, the balance that Zhao Hanzhang has worked so hard to maintain will be broken. The Central Plains and the Northland are likely to fall into a new melee. .

   Don't underestimate hunger.

   It was no less of a threat than the Huns.

It’s winter, and then there will be a five-month period of coldness, and the wheat will not be seen until five months later. They will experience three and four months of green and yellow. If the food is cut off and the people are extremely hungry, they will definitely conflict in order to survive. County government, state capital, and even the palace.

   It is not without such a precedent.

  So Xun Fan persuaded the little emperor, "Your Majesty's move is not for Zhao Hanzhang, but for the people of Jin Dynasty, and also for himself."

  He whispered: "Have you forgotten the time when the late emperor was in a dilemma when there was a grain shortage in Luoyang?"

See you tomorrow

  (end of this chapter)