4868. Chapter 4868 The emperor's heart is like a sea 2
"The war between our country and the Southern Dynasties has lasted for decades. Although each has its own victory or defeat in the past few decades, in the end, the Southern Dynasty has been helpless and has not fundamentally won a decisive victory to unify the world. In the past two years, we have achieved
Two great victories, however, also consumed more than half of the national treasury. After autumn and winter, our decisive battle with the Southern Dynasties will begin. Where will this huge military expenditure go?"
Everyone, you look at me, I look at you.
Whether these people are good at literature or good at fighting, they are usually eloquent, but they are not experts in financial management. Even the Minister of the Ministry of Finance who specializes in managing money is in trouble. It is hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. Everyone knows the situation in recent years.
, In this world, nothing is more expensive than war.
No matter how much a person squanders or engages in eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, there is still a bottom line. Only war is like a cow sinking into the sea, and it can hollow out any amount of gold and silver for you.
Hundreds of thousands of people, eating, drinking, and urinating at every turn, as well as rewards after victory, and pensions for sacrificed soldiers... All of these are unimaginable astronomical figures. Even if the Northern Kingdom started to accumulate from the last years of Emperor Luojia, and went through Hongwen
In the three dynasties of the Emperor, Empress Dowager Feng, and Tuoba Hong, their families were very wealthy, but they could not withstand the demands of war.
The current emperor has great ambitions and moved the capital to Luoyang in order to unify the world - since he wants to unify, he must pay a huge price.
Money, where does it come from?
Everyone was talking about it and had no idea.
Even the princes and ministers began to worry about money - indeed, money is a bottomless pit, no matter how much it is, it is never enough.
Some people say, should we raise taxes?
Should I collect it in advance and keep it for a year or two?
Raise taxes on the people? No, Empress Dowager Feng had her last words before her death. In the past ten or eight years, we must not impose excessive taxes. Once the excessive taxes begin to spread, it will be the beginning of a high degree of land consolidation and concentration. The poor will lose their land again and fall into a new cycle of reincarnation.
The death of the dynasty is not far away.
Scraping fat from the mosquito's abdomen is a dead end!
So, apportioning money to the extremely wealthy royal relatives?
As we all know, after many years of reforms, not only ordinary people have divided wasteland, reclaimed mountains and forests, and become rich. Xianbei's great nobles, because of their rich financial resources and sufficient manpower, have occupied more unowned land in the Southern Dynasties, plus several
There was a great harvest, and the nobles were extremely wealthy.