Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 166

one year later
Yongguang four years
"Empty treasury?"

Hearing the report of Da Si Nong, Emperor Liu Shi was very surprised. He was already very frugal. He never built palaces or cultivated immortals. Except for beating Wuhuan a year ago, he did not take any major military actions. How could the treasury emptiness?
"Yes, there are hundreds of thousands of refugees in the Kanto counties this year. We spent a lot of money for disaster relief, and various disasters occurred frequently, the population decreased a lot, and the taxes we collected were also much less. The cavalry attacked Wuhuan and spent 4000 million yuan. Although they won a complete victory and killed tens of thousands of Wuhuan people, they only killed some herdsmen, and no livestock was captured."

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Da Sinong complained a little when he said this, complaining that the chariot general Wang Hongnian went all the way to fight Wuhuan, but in the end he didn't kill even a Wuhuan nobleman, but slaughtered tens of thousands of Wuhuan herdsmen in Wuhuan Shanyuting , and not even a single livestock was seized. This war only spent money and did not return the cost. If this kind of war happens a few more times, the big man will go bankrupt.

Emperor Liu Xi didn't think too much about it. In his opinion, as long as he wins a war, it's fine. If he loses money, he should try not to fight in the future.

As a lover of Confucian moral education, he would not go against his heart to appoint cruel legalist officials to make money for himself.

Like Emperor Wu, Huo Guang, and Emperor Xuan, they all used the legalist cruel officials to toss the local tyrants, so as to make money for the national treasury.

But Emperor Liu Xi didn't do this. He didn't like the cruel legalists. His only income was simply collecting taxes.

Only relying on tax collection can only maintain the daily operation of the imperial court. Once a disaster occurs and there is a need for disaster relief, or a war is about to be fought, there will be no money in an instant.

"There are still 10,000+ refugees in the Kanto counties who have not been resettled. It takes a lot of money to resettle them, but we..." Da Si Nong glanced at Emperor Liu Shi in the middle of speaking, and waited for the emperor's instructions.

"There are so many places to spend money, but so little tax money, alas..." Emperor Liu Shi sighed, and then said helplessly: "Starting from this year, all counties and countries will restore the official salt and iron camps."

At this point, he can only restore the Yantie official camp, relying on the Yantie official camp to increase income for the treasury.

However, Emperor Liu Shi's salt and iron official camp was different from the previous ones.

In the previous Yantie official camp, some cruel officials were appointed as Yantie officials to help the court make money. Although some Yantie officials filled their pockets, colluded with powerful people, and even developed into new powerful ones themselves, such as the Lu family in Liaodong, but after all There are only a few, and they dare not be too blatant.

However, Emperor Liu Xi wanted the sons of the powerful gentry to serve as the chief of Yantie, because he liked Confucian morality and disliked the cruel officials of Legalism.

In the end, Emperor Liu Shi appointed the sons of the Wang family in Liaodong as the Yan Shiling of Liaodong County, the children of the Lu family in Liaodong as the Tieshiling of Liaodong County, the Zhang family in Liaodong as the Yan Shicheng, and the Li family in Liaodong as the Tieshicheng.

The same arrangement was also made in other counties, letting the children of the gentry be in charge of the local Yantie official camp. He believed that only those scholars who had studied the Confucian classics could become good officials, so there was such an arrangement.

Liu Xi didn't understand that he was already so diligent and thrifty, and he didn't waste people's money, why the people in the world still couldn't get enough to eat.

I ruled the country according to morality, why didn't the rule of saints mentioned in the book appear?
Didn't the book say that as long as these moral teachings are implemented, the world will be stable and prosperous?But why do so many people die of starvation when I copy the strategies of governing the country from the books of sages and sages to govern the great Han?

I was wrong?Or is the sage book wrong?Or what is wrong?Why is the country governed according to the method in the book, but the happy ending expected in the book did not happen?

Father Emperor Liu Xun appointed so many cruel legalist officials to make money, but made the people rich. Why?
Emperor Liu Xi couldn't figure it out, so he could only sigh and hope that the people starved to death because of simple bad luck and too many natural disasters, and the rule of saints should appear in a few years.

He doesn't believe that saints are wrong, nor does he believe that what Confucian scholars say is false, but thinks that he is just unlucky, and there have been too many natural disasters in the past few years since he took the throne.

When he returned to the Queen's bedroom, Liu Shi shook his head and put aside these troubles, but picked up Liu Ao, who was only 12 years old, and smiled at him, "Ao'er, how did you learn today? Did Mr. Chen praise you? ?”

Mr. Chen refers to the world-famous Confucian Chen Shen, who is now the teacher of Prince Liu Ao, teaching Liu Ao the way of a sage.

"Mr. Chen said that I am smart and studious, and I will be a good emperor who is diligent and caring for the people in the future, hee hee." The little boy Liu Ao laughed. He was young and innocent, and now his biggest dream is to be praised by the great Confucian Counselor Chen. Tell your parents.

"Hahahaha! We big men have you. In the future, the country will be prosperous and the people will live and work in peace and contentment!" Liu Xi laughed, then put Liu Ao down, and said to Wang Zhengjun who was teasing the big white tiger: "It's so big, why don't you send it out of the palace? ? In case someone is bitten to death..."

"Dabai is very good, it won't bite." Wang Zhengjun stroked the big tiger's back, and then asked the big tiger to play with his son: "Dabai, go play with Ao'er."

The big white tiger opened its bloody mouth and gave a huff, rubbing its nose against Prince Liu Ao's face.

Prince Liu Ao hugged the big tiger's head with both hands, and stuck his own small head on the big tiger's head, sticking to the big tiger with zero distance, grinning: "Dabai, let me ride you. Emperor, look at how powerful I am!"

"Ao'er!"

Seeing this scene, Emperor Liu Shi was very flustered. He was very worried that the big tiger would eat his son, but he didn't dare to step forward to stop him, for fear of angering the big tiger.

Prince Liu Ao ignored it, stepped on a wooden platform, and then rode on the back of the big tiger, laughing at Emperor Liu Shi: "Look, father, do I look like a general like this!"

After that, he pointed his finger in front of him and shouted: "All the soldiers obey the order, the whole army goes out and destroys the Xiongnu!"

Roar--

The big tiger roared towards the outside of the palace, shaking like thunder, and the bronze utensils in the palace vibrated and rattled amidst the roar.

After everything quieted down, Wang Zhengjun took Liu Ao off the tiger's back.

"Don't pamper him too much, let him study Confucian classics carefully, and don't play with things and lose his mind all day long." Emperor Liu Shi believed that only by studying Confucian classics well can he govern the country well, and raising a big tiger in the palace is purely playing with things and losing his mind.

"Okay~" Wang Zhengjun is also a woman without her own opinions. She used to obey the family's orders in everything, and now she obeys the emperor's orders in everything.

Seeing that the emperor wanted to send Dabai out of the palace several times, Wang Zhengjun could only order someone to transport the big tiger Dabai back to Liaodong in a horse-drawn carriage even though he was reluctant to part with Dabai in every possible way.

(End of this chapter)