Chapter 1316 1316: Whose food will we eat? (Part 2) [Please vote for me]
Soldiers will sacrifice their lives for whose food they eat?
How simple and realistic is this short sentence?
Miao Ne habitually wanted to say a few words of comfort, but the words were swallowed back when they reached her throat. The Lord was not the first Lord of Qi State, so he did not need to obtain spiritual satisfaction from the flattery of others. She was a little helpless: "Can I only be controlled by others? ?”
Even if Cui Xiong is just a facade being pushed out, Miao Ne can't help but anger him. People from aristocratic families are accustomed to calculating gains and losses, and even Cui Xiong is not immune to this. It's really disgusting!
Shen Tang laughed and said, "Not really."
She started her own business from scratch, and Kang Guo was created from nothing, and it was in more trouble than it is now. She didn't choose to compromise back then, so how could she swallow her anger now? If she couldn't really control a place, could it still be considered her territory? She wanted to be there Become a soil emperor on her own territory, parasitize in her body, absorb her nutrients to enrich himself... Have you ever asked her for her opinion?
She is not made of mud.
Miao Na perked up and said, "My lord, do you have a way to break the situation?"
Shen Tang said: "I am not really trapped in this game, so how can I break it? The treasury of King Kang's court is indeed...somewhat tight. The number of officials in the court has expanded, and their salaries cannot be owed in arrears. This battle has made a contribution." The soldiers cannot be treated badly. Therefore, my plan is to use the state treasury budget for this part and deduct it from the food used for civilian reconstruction. Kang's lack of money is not a lack of food."
To put it more simply, Shen Tang's current assets are all high-quality, fixed assets that cannot be converted into cash and cannot be converted into cash that can be circulated. In terms of assets, she is really not poor, but in terms of cash flow, she really has no cash flow. Abundant food can To appease people's hearts.
First, we should use work as relief. The royal court will allocate a small part of the money, and the remaining remuneration will be converted into grain. This may buy time.
Even if the economy cannot be boosted in the short term, as long as there is no major famine disaster, the boiling public dissatisfaction that the family thought would not break out for the time being. Shen Tang: "Even if things don't work out, we can restart the Baitiao during the Heyin period, and it can also be used to ease the cash flow." pressure."
Now with Kang Guo's endorsement, Bai Tiao can be compared with the grain stored in the grain depot. As long as the people believe that Bai Tiao can be cashed into grain, it can temporarily replace the circulation of money. However, this method is not the first choice. He Yin back then also With only one-third of an acre of land, Bai Tiao's management is simple, and the cost of fraud is also high. Until Shen Tang was transferred to Longwu County, no large-scale fraud scandal broke out. It's different now. Her stall is too big, and no one can guarantee which one. There is no master forger in every corner.
What should I do if it is cracked and a large number of fake notes come to cash it?
Cash in?
The grain depot of Kang State cannot be saved, and everything will be in chaos.
Not honored?
The royal court's reputation among the people was ruined.
Once the people no longer trust the royal court, how long can the Kang state last? How will the currency circulated? How will the policies be implemented? In serious cases, Shen Tang may even lose all her years of hard work. Therefore, she must be cautious and balance civil and military affairs. , balance the royal court, always suppress the local gangsters of the aristocratic families, and live a life of careful calculation down to the last millimeter.
Lord of the country, this is really not a job for human beings.
Neither cattle nor horses are used for such oppression.
I feel like bitter gourd in my heart, with tears streaming down my face, but I still have to maintain a confident smile on my face: "The period of difficulty is only for a short period of time. You can get through it by gritting your teeth. Destiny always has a clear price tag in the dark. If you bow to the family for a moment of relaxation, In the future, when they have recovered from the war, they will turn into cancer again. Then there will be too many interests entangled, and it will not be easy to touch them again. "
The tax rate paid in the southwest region should be the same as that in Kang State.
The proportion of regional survival is also stuck at the lowest level.
While Miao Ne admired Shen Tang's decisiveness, he was also worried about her: "What if the Southwest family headed by Cui is causing trouble?"
You can't kill them all.
The aristocratic families in the northwest have been torn apart by frequent wars. A local snake like the Miao family can be considered moderate and does not have too deep control over the local area, but it is different in the southwest. Take the Cui family as an example. Officials in various places have the Cui family, and the Cui family is affiliated with the family. , the in-laws of the Cui family, the shadows of the Cui family's disciples and former officials... there are hundreds of people with names and surnames. It is not difficult to kill so many people, but the difficulty is to find someone to replace them in the first place without causing chaos. This is just the Cui family , how many other large and small families are there together?
Shen Tang chuckled: "There is a great man named Huang Chao. He has created a brand-new method of killing. He kills according to the family tree! Although I am not so manic... but if I am in a hurry, I can live as long as the world."
"Heaven and earth have the same lifespan? Eternal life?"
"We will die together."
Miao Ne: "..."
This is the first time I know that this word can be used in reverse.
"...How can their despicable lives be worth the Lord's exchange?"
Shen Tang just patted Miao Ne heavily on the shoulder.
"Ximin, please report a work-related injury."
The child Miao Ne was under too much mental pressure from being with the First Lord of Qi State. Miao Zi, who was upright and taciturn in the past, could not change her oral habit that penetrated into her bones. Shen Tang asked her to report a work-related injury. Miao Ne looked down at herself in confusion. She didn't. Injured?
It was already a month later that Cui Xiong was summoned by Shen Tang again.
The location is in the capital of King Qi.
The royal capital surrendered in Kaicheng yesterday, and the person who was elected as the new leader of Qi State was the heir of the previous leader. The little girl, who walked steadily, wore a plain robe that did not fit well and led the ministers to surrender. The little girl's biological father was the previous leader. The prince's male favorite, You Shi, didn't even know what happened. She only remembered her biological father's despair as if the sky had fallen, and she was even more worried and confused.
Shen Tang was surprised for a moment when he saw the young ruler of the country who was no more than waist high, and was speechless to the old ministers of the Qi State. How could a little baby boy save the building from falling? It was just a scapegoat.
Qin Li also told Shen Tang about one of the secrets, which made Shen Tang speechless: "Originally, I wanted this baby king to perform the ceremony of binding a jade in front of him, exposing his body, and leading all the officials to decline... ...After all, he is just a baby with no sense of shame. Even if he suffers such a great shame and humiliation, no one will take it easy..."
The surrender of a defeated country is a reward to the victorious country.
Losers should bear whatever humiliation they suffer.
In the past, this kind of surrender gift was given to the king in the prime of his life. Who would have thought that Qi Guiguo would push out a milk baby on the eve of the destruction of the country.
Isn't this totally sick?
"I heard that the child's biological father almost committed suicide by hanging himself from a beam."
The baby didn't know how humiliating this was, but her father knew that, but neither father nor daughter could resist, so he could only choose to commit suicide out of grief and anger. The servants found the movement and rescued him, and the child was frightened by the movement and almost fell ill. The disease of leaving the soul...
The Cui officials who stayed in the city handed over the news.
It reached Chu Yao's ears in a roundabout way.
At that time, time was tight, and Chu Yao had no time to report back to Shen Tang, so he directly sent someone to beat up the person who was planning to do this, and temporarily pulled a set of plain robes for the king of the country to put on, and the child did not need to be tied up with a jade, and other Things such as coffins were not moved. Chu Yao's people even coaxed the stupid children: [When you go back, you just have to walk out of the city gate, and I will give you candied haws when you are done.]
I just used candied haws to coax the child from crying.
I don’t know how these officials are so smart. The winter in the Southwest is much warmer than that in the Northwest. It is also winter. In the cold winter months, a naked child is allowed to lead hundreds of officials to surrender? Why don’t they take off their clothes? Hundreds of naked people gather to walk the birds?
That was truly a scene that could be written down in history books!
In a certain month of a certain year, the state of Qi surrendered, and hundreds of officials walked to greet the king. History books dared not be written by future generations. A group of adults, even an old man with half a foot in the coffin, bullied a pair of orphans and widows. Father? If no one informs these Lao Deng of his plans in advance, he will be the one who will be criticized by the history books later on.
Future generations will not remember who arranged the surrender, but they will definitely remember who the surrendered party was, and they will even speculate that this was a perverted move by Kang Guo to bully the weak. Shen Tang almost became the historical version of E'e's injustice.
"Wu Hui's approach was too gentle."
Shen Tang didn't even sleep for an hour during the whole journey.
With the southwest territory in her hands, she must have a general understanding of the situation there. Even with Wen Xin's assistance, which gave her a learning ability similar to copy and paste, Shen Tang was too busy to touch the ground and had little time to sleep. , it is necessary to sort out the context in the shortest possible time. If you know yourself and the enemy, you will be victorious in any battle, and you will not be easily deceived by local forces in the southwest relying on information gaps. Therefore, she did not know how to surrender at first.
When she saw the baby, who was no taller than her waist, the tired smell of a social animal in her body faded a little, and she forced a smile.
After going through the process and moving into someone's home, I realized that there was still this part: "If I were me, I could kill everyone else!"
Chu Yao: "It's not that I don't want to, it's just indecent."
If there were only a few of them at the scene, it would be okay to do this. It is estimated that more than half of these old guys would commit suicide when they go back, but the Lord is also present, and they can't let the Lord see such a dirty thing. As a last resort, they will be spared. These old guys.
Shen Tang thought about that scene for a while.
He closed his eyes in pain: "It's indeed indecent."
I just want to poke my eyes out.
Shen Tang secretly wrote down this account.
Not long after, the guards came in to report.
"Your Majesty, the eldest son of the Cui family is waiting for summons outside the palace."
"Bring people in."
Perhaps because of the good food in the army, Cui Xiong not only did not continue to lose weight, but became plumper and looked good. He looked more like a son of a noble man than when he first met. He didn't know the mess behind the surrender, so he was in a good mood. The sun is shining brightly.
"I've met Mr. Shen."
It was rare for Shen Tang to give him a good look, so Cui Xiong was flattered. He was left aside by Shen Tang for more than a month. He could be stable in the first half of the month, but became a little discouraged in the second half of the month. Southwest was in the final stage of finishing. , there is actually no sign of financial collapse in Kang State. In addition to the shortage of manpower, there are few civil riots and riots in the land, and it seems that the state treasury is constantly spitting out money.
Cui Xiong knew that those people's calculations were wrong.
In the second half of the month, he was in a bad mood. He ate and drank well every day, went to bed early and got up early, and didn't have to work. How could he look bad?
Shen Tang pointed to the lower position and motioned for him to take a seat.
Cui Xiong became more and more startled and restless, and his movements were cautious.
"How has Hou Bai been doing in the past month or so? Cui Zhishan is already in the city. You and your son will be reunited when you get back."
"Very good, thank you Mr. Shen for your concern."
"As long as you live a good life, the elders in the family should be worried if you go out alone for such a long time." Shen Tang smiled gently, like an amiable elder. He was concerned about Cui Xiong's quality of life during this period, and even allowed him to take food and drink with him. Return to specialty products.
A "specialty" for Cui Zhishan.
Cui Xiong didn't even have a chance to mention the mission during the whole process.
Returning to Cui's private residence in the royal capital, it was rare for a family to be so neatly organized. There were not only his father Cui Zhi, his mother Cui Hui, his younger brother Cui Mi, his elder sister Cui Long, but also his unnamed "brother-in-law" beside his elder sister. Serious His brother-in-law Yuan Wulang was nowhere to be seen.
There was a depressing feeling in the house that a storm was coming.
My sister nestled in her mother's arms and expressed her longing for her. She cried so much that she could hardly help herself. Her mother was so moved that her eyes were wet. Cui Mi wished he could shrink his presence, while his father looked at his daughter who bowed and bowed his head with an angry face. People in the room.
Hearing Cui Xiong's movements, everyone looked at him.
Cui Xiong was so frightened that he wanted to take a step back.
Before I even took a step forward, my father stopped me sharply.
"Get in here too!"
"oh!"
Cui Xiong did not dare to disobey at all.
Cui Zhi put his daughter's affairs aside and asked Cui Xiong about the progress of the matter. Cui Xiong had only two hands with Shen Tang in the past month, so what progress could be made? He could only take out the "specialties" given by Shen Tang ", Cui Zhi opened it, took a look and closed it.
"Father, what's inside?"
My father's face looked quite ugly.
Cui Zhi threw the thing aside as if it was some dirty thing, but what he said made everyone present frightened: "It's just a few of Cui's real account books. These things should have been kept in the most secret and safe place, and so did Mr. Shen." What a great trick!"
Cui Xiong used his peripheral vision to see his mother's reaction.
The latter also had a heart-to-heart relationship with my sister.
Cui Xiong murmured: "Could it be fake?"
Maybe the real ledger is still in place?
Cui Zhi was too lazy to put in the effort: "No matter whether the content inside is true or false, the appearance of the real accounts can be forged. Isn't it easy to get the original ones? There is no need to verify the authenticity."
Cui Xiong’s mission is not without progress.
These ledgers are Shen Tang's answer.
"...I believe that not only the Cui family, but also other families should have received similar 'special products'." They are called special products, but they are actually handles. These handles may be related to the lifeline of survival, or to fame and glory, or they may uproot the entire clan. crime.
He himself didn't want to get involved.
When other families were worried, the Cui family had the confidence to escape unscathed. There was really no need to mess with the smell anymore, but the person above her was unwilling to do so. Cui Zhi even wanted to throw the thing in front of him. Before, Can the Cui family of the past be compared with the Cui family of today, and the Qi State of the past and the Kang State of today?
You have to use your stubbornness and arrogance to drag people to hell!
"How did Mr. Shen search for these things?"
Cui Zhi doesn't want to know these nonsense.
He just wants to know when his daughter became crooked!
"You have to be angry to death for your father!" I have been a father and a mother for so many years. When did my daughter change drastically? A girl's eighteenth birthday shouldn't have such a change, right? Today at the family dinner, she Why did you bring a few people with no status over here?
Cui Zhi was so angry that he almost burst into tears.