It seems that Liu Bei's current salary consumption is about three times that of the Eastern Han Dynasty. In fact, this is not the case. You must know that the Eastern Han Dynasty still bears the rewards left over from the Pre-Qin, Qin Dynasty, and Western Han Dynasty.
This is talking about some titles, which are titles of nobility recognized by scholars all over the world.
If this kind of inheritance is not canceled due to some special errors and omissions, it cannot be taken back even if the dynasty changes. Unless you want to make enemies of all the scholars in the world, including your own subordinates, after all, they say that it will last forever, but this kind of nonsense is also
Just deceiving a living person.
As vested interests, no one wants to be deprived of the benefits they currently enjoy during the change of dynasties. Therefore, the salary expenditure in the Eastern Han Dynasty was very high. Not only the emperors of the past dynasties sealed off the food for their descendants, but also included those of the previous dynasty.
And now Liu Bei's salary expenditure has exceeded three times that of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which shows how huge the expenditure is.
The system designed by Wang Xuan is good, and it has particularly deep control over local areas. However, the disadvantage is also obvious - it is expensive.
Problems that can be solved by money are never problems. The problem is that there is no money.
Now Liu Bei has this experience and has no money.
This is not to say that fiscal revenue is not enough. In fact, fiscal revenue alone is definitely enough, and there is still a lot of surplus. Looking at the future, fiscal revenue will continue to rise step by step, but the problem is that these increases require investment.
A large amount of infrastructure construction has stretched the finances.
What made Liu Bei even more depressed was that there were not enough coins in circulation.
In the palace, Liu Bei sat in the main seat, Mi Zhu, Su Shuang, Zhang Shiping, Li Ru, and Tian Feng sat on both sides. The atmosphere in the room was a bit solemn.
Liu Bei said in a low voice: "There are not enough coins circulating in the market, and many transactions cannot be concluded. We are about to fall into the dilemma of bartering. But if we are bartering, how to collect taxes? We can't collect a few cars of glass and a few cars of glass."
Coal, Zizhong, you know the best about business, please tell me what to do!"
"..." Mi Zhu, Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping looked at each other, and Liu Bei was stumped for a moment.
As a number of large merchants, the three companies are certainly not short of money, but everything has exceptions, and now this unexpected thing is... Mi Zhu looked at Liu Bei with a look of confusion on his face and whispered: "To be honest, recently,...
Even we encountered a similar situation..."
"What, you have no money?" Now it was the turn of Liu Bei and the others to be surprised. Although these three were not from aristocratic families, their business achievements exceeded those of most aristocratic families in the world, so they would say they had no money. This is a bit of a problem.
That's a big deal.
"No, no, no, it's not that we have no money." Mi Zhu quickly denied, "To be precise, I can clearly feel that the liquidity in my hands is decreasing rapidly. At present, some of the Mi family's business channels are shrinking."
As Wang Xuan's brother-in-law, he did not dare to evade taxes, and the same was true for the Su family and Zhang family. This was mainly because Liu Bei's command had completely abolished tax deductions in kind.
"Of course, if the country is in trouble, we, the Mi family, have no obligation to refuse and can use 3 billion for the national treasury." Mi Zhu said this categorically without any hesitation. At his level, he no longer cares about pure money.
Not to be outdone, the Su family and the Wang family immediately followed suit, "My Su family will contribute 1.3 billion." "My Zhang family will contribute 2.2 billion."
"No!" Liu Bei's face darkened and he objected directly, "How dignified is it? This hole must not be opened!"
Liu Bei knew this well. A country is a country, and a family is a family. If he dares to accept donations from the Mi family, then should he accept donations from other people? Once accepted, it means that the country owes a personal favor. These days, the debt of favors
The hardest thing to pay back.
In addition, this kind of thing cannot be hidden. When people find out, they think that the Han Dynasty has reached a dangerous moment, and they start to pay attention to the wealth of their subordinates. Once this kind of thing spreads, who knows what will happen.
The panic caused by that time may not cause him to explode on the spot.
Seeing Liu Bei's determination, Mi Zhu wisely said no more, but thought for a long time and said: "If it doesn't work out, make some big money."
"Big money? What big money?" Liu Bei suddenly became interested.
"New coins, or larger copper coins, are positioned as ten or one hundred." Mi Zhu thought of the gold and silver coins made by Wang Xuan. As soon as he said this, others roughly understood what he meant.
"A hundred dollars?" Liu Bei fell into deep thought.
"It's not a bad idea!" Li Ru thought for a moment and said, "If the gold and silver coins are based on the value of the gold and silver itself, the hundreds of dollars are based on the government's credibility. Based on the reputation on the Internet, it's not a bad idea."
Selling my credibility? Liu Bei blinked, always feeling a little unsure. He is good at making decisions, but that doesn't mean he dares to make decisions on everything. He doesn't understand this either.
Whenever this moment comes, he wants to find Wang Xuan, subconsciously looks up and around, and then remembers that the Wang family is hiding at home.
Just roll your eyes and you've got a plan on your mind!
"Zizhong, that's it for today, you go back first." Liu Bei raised his head and said to the three of them.
Mi Zhu was stunned, why did he suddenly chase people away?
However, the three of them didn't say much and stood up to say goodbye respectfully.
Seeing the three people leaving, Liu Bei coughed lightly and said, "Yuan Hao, um, the Imperial Master is back. You know this, right?"
Tian Feng's brows twitched slightly and he nodded slightly.
He has an upright temperament and would rather bend than bend, but that doesn't mean he's stupid, it's just that he has a better bottom line and is more serious. When it comes to IQ, few under Liu Bei can surpass him.
"As for money, the lonely king really has nothing to do." Liu Bei spread his hands very simply, "There is no precedent for this kind of thing. I don't know whether it is appropriate or not, but there is someone who definitely knows."
Of course Tian Feng knows who Liu Bei is talking about, but...why don't you go?
Intuition told Tian Feng that there was a pit in this!
Some of the things Wang Xuan mentioned before flashed in Liu Bei's mind, and Liu Bei's eyes brightened and he continued: "Perhaps, there is no need to do anything directly. All this time, I have never seen anything that cannot be solved by the national teacher.
of."
"Okay, then I will wait for the news from the king." Tian Feng said while maintaining an expressionless expression.
Liu Bei: "..."
Tian Feng: "..."
Tian Feng, you have changed! Liu Bei's heart is broken at this moment, and none of his subordinates follow the routine!
It’s so difficult to be the leader of a party!
"Ahem, Gu and Wenyou just came back from the Imperial Preceptor." Liu Bei looked at Tian Feng.
Tian Feng remained silent and made up his mind that he would not go until Liu Bei made it clear. He was not afraid of Wang Xuan, but it did not mean that he was willing to offend people for no reason.
"The Imperial Guard has just returned from the Northern Expedition and is unwilling to worry about state affairs." Liu Bei had no choice but to say it bluntly.
"I understand!" Tian Feng stood up resolutely. He who was dedicated to serving the public could not bear this the most, especially Wang Xuan's lazy look, "As a human minister, how can you abolish public service for personal reasons!"
That's it. Sure enough, it's up to Tian Feng to deal with this matter. Liu Bei's hand under the desk shook hard and he said, "Go!"