Chapter 1075: Internal Affairs Money Shortage, Dont Forget the Original Intention
The rainy days in Han Dynasty lasted until mid-August and then slowly ended.
The rainy weather south of the Yangtze River continues.
According to a report from the Imperial City Department, more than a dozen of the more than 100 cities in Ma Chu Kingdom were washed away by heavy rains.
In this case, Ma Chu State did not reduce or reduce taxes.
The people had no choice but to leave their homes and flee into the mountains and forests.
Flood disasters in the Southern Tang Dynasty were not too serious.
Moreover, the Southern Tang Dynasty was only established this year, and it also annexed the Wuyue Kingdom and the Min Kingdom, so the problems in the Southern Tang Dynasty did not break out until September.
Early September.
The floods across the country are over and the epidemic is gradually emerging.
Su Mingzhe of Han State took precautions in advance and suppressed the epidemic when it first appeared.
However, due to two wars that destroyed the country in the Southern Tang Dynasty, there were rotting corpses everywhere.
Just after the flood disaster, major epidemics appeared in many places.
The original Wuyue Kingdom and Min Kingdom both experienced severe state-wide lockdowns.
The news reached Luoyang.
The courtiers of the Han Dynasty petitioned the Han Emperor to delay the southern expedition to the Southern Tang Dynasty.
Su Mingzhe was naturally not willing to delay the unification of Kyushu.
However, in order to prevent the Southern Tang from being able to control the epidemic, Su Mingzhe simply sent someone to contact Tang Emperor Li Sheng and sent a lot of anti-epidemic pills from the Han Dynasty.
Li Sheng is also a character.
Knowing that the two countries were in a state of hostility, they still generously accepted the anti-epidemic materials sent by Han.
As a result, the relationship between the two countries has eased a lot.
On the Yangtze River, there were many businessmen coming and going.
This day is in October.
The Winter Clothes Festival is also known as the ‘Autumn Festival’ and the ‘Underworld Festival’.
This day has arrived.
The emperor should personally preside over the sacrifices.
After the sacrifice, Su Mingzhe did not accompany the woman to play around, but returned to the imperial study room to continue handling government affairs.
The founding of the Han Dynasty was too short, and it did not fully accept officials from other countries. This resulted in that more than 50% of the officials in the Han Dynasty were newcomers to the officialdom.
There are many new people in the officialdom, and the efficiency of work will indeed be improved, and it will be less prone to malfeasance and indolence.
However, these newcomers have little experience in handling affairs and often mishandle accidental incidents, offending many local powerful forces.
As the head of a country, Su Mingzhe had to protect these newcomers.
Fortunately, at the beginning of the founding of the Han Dynasty, power was extended to local towns and villages.
The foundation stone of the Han Dynasty was far superior to that of the previous dynasties.
Some local dignitaries with ulterior motives want to establish ties or collude with enemy countries, but they cannot do so.
"The most troublesome thing for the big man now is probably his small number of generals."
Su Mingzhe fell into deep thought as he watched the memorial handed in by Lu Wen, Minister of War, requesting an expansion of 200,000 troops.
Don't look at the fact that the Han Dynasty has been conquering east and west, south and north, and is invincible in these years.
In fact, the Han Dynasty's regular Han army only numbered more than 500,000.
Among these 500,000 troops, more than 300,000 are distributed in various states and counties to maintain local security, deter and suppress local bandits.
There are only about 200,000 Han troops who have followed Su Mingzhe to conquer enemy countries all year round.
Next year, the southern expedition will continue. Both the Southern Tang Dynasty and the Ma Chu State are large countries with vast territories. If they only bring an army of 200,000 to the south, Lu Wen, the Minister of War, is afraid that due to insufficient troops, his achievements will fall short.
Wan Hou, who was assisting the man in handling government affairs, saw the man holding the memorial in silence. After thinking about it for a moment, he guessed the reason:
"Your Majesty, but the Ministry of Finance is out of money?"
"Yes, the Han Dynasty has all kinds of businesses waiting to flourish and wants money everywhere. The people have just settled down, so I am embarrassed to reach out and ask them for money."
Su Mingzhe put down the memorial, picked up the tea cup, took a sip of tea, and then sighed.
Empress Wan frowned slightly and said in confusion:
"Why are you in such a hurry, Your Majesty? Didn't the Navy already report that they have found the Shijian Yinshan you mentioned? When the silver from Shijian Yinshan is transported back, the money shortage will naturally be solved."
Hearing the woman's relief, Su Mingzhe couldn't help but chuckle:
"Queen Wan, the money you can see with your eyes is the white silver and the brilliant gold."
"And the money that I can see is labor force. Without an increase in the labor force, we rashly spend money that exceeds the value of the labor force, which can only solve temporary problems and ultimately leave the problem to future generations..."
Wanhou listened to the man nagging for a while, but in the end she didn't understand what the man said.
After all, she doesn't understand economics.
Had lunch.
Just as Su Mingzhe was about to rest with Wanhou in his arms, a chamberlain reported that Qingnv and Qingping asked to see him.
Seeing the two pure beauties walking into the imperial study, Su Mingzhe suddenly felt happy.
Ruolun's appearance and figure, among the more than 60 concubines, Qingnv can only be considered average.
However, young girls seem to be naturally charming.
Her every move, every smile, and every move she makes is full of charm.
Ever since he got his daughter, Su Mingzhe favored her far more often than any other concubine. Even Mrs. Fei, the "little flower pistil", was slightly less favored.
Seeing the young girl arriving at this moment, Su Mingzhe quickly waved to the two girls to come and sit down next to him:
"You two beauties, why didn't you go to Beimang Mountain to play?"
Today is the three major ghost festivals, and it is also a day to worship ancestors.
Local people in Luoyang will go to Beimang Mountain to play on this day after worshiping their ancestors.
Many concubines in the harem also made appointments with each other and went together.
"I already went there during the Double Ninth Festival last month."
The young girl's naive voice made Su Mingzhe smile brilliantly:
"Luoyang is the capital of the gods for thousands of years, and there are many interesting places. If you want to go somewhere, as long as it is an unowned land, just take someone with you."
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"Your Majesty, we heard that there are many empty palaces in the West Palace, and we want to move there!"
Qingping's personality was more lively. Seeing how generous the man was, she simply told the purpose of the two women's visit.
"It's just a palace. Juan, take your two concubines to Shangyang Palace to choose a palace."
Su Mingzhe handed the two girls to Huan, the eunuch chief of the royal study, and asked Huan to take them to Shangyang Palace to choose a palace.
As for the bedrooms that Cui Yingying arranged for the two girls in the palace, they are still reserved for them.
After the two women left, Wan Hou suddenly smiled softly at the man and said:
"Your Majesty, the two palaces in Luoyang are almost out of capacity. I am afraid that a large amount of money will be needed to expand the palace..."
"I am really poor!"
Su Mingzhe gave a wry smile, pulled Wan away, and stopped letting her speak.
This woman is really a bit petty.
I just used my knowledge of economics to show off in front of her.
As a result, if there is a chance, this woman will cause trouble for herself.
Turn around.
The chill is getting thicker and autumn taxes are coming into the treasury.
Although Su Mingzhe continued to worry about money, after the winter came, he continued to provide relief to the people, launched a "relief for work" program, and spent a lot of money on various infrastructure construction.
Wanhou assisted the man for two or three months, and only then did she gradually start to admire her:
"With Your Majesty serving the people wholeheartedly, it is no wonder that the morale of the Han people is far better than that of other countries."
Su Mingzhe accepted Wanhou's words calmly:
"In my eyes, all the people in the world are not the king's land, nor are they the king's ministers on the shores of the land. I regard all the people in the world as my own children, and everything I do is done from the perspective of a parent. Even if there are accidental A few unfilial sons, but the majority of the people must be able to distinguish right from wrong and be loyal to the country..."