Chapter 2393 Unwilling? Not Willing to Give In!

Not everyone has the right to veto.

Or when you want to veto, you have to think about "the people at home."

For ordinary people, "family members" are mostly their parents and wives, but for people like Xun Yu and people in the Shandong gentry, the scope of "family members" is Very big.

At least it includes their families, tribesmen, and various relationship networks established by various families.

"What exactly does the Cavalry General want to do..."

Xun Yu said softly, just like the breeze blowing through the new buds on the treetops in the courtyard.

Guo Jia was also looking at those sprouts, and laughed when he heard this, "What else could it be?" Just what you think..."

Although the temperature in spring is not high, and there may even be a late spring chill, the buds on the treetops still stretch out without hesitation, showing their childish smiles to the sky.

"Isn't he afraid? 』

"We are afraid, does he still need to be afraid?" 』

"Not afraid..."

"Hehe, hehe..."

There was silence.

Basically speaking, Yecheng is relatively stable. Although it is not the kind of "stability" that Cao Cao originally wanted, at this time of spring plowing, as long as it is in the interests of most Jizhou nobles, these guys will not be twitching. Come out and sing some kind of drama. Therefore, the entire Jizhou is busy carrying out spring plowing matters. There are no disputes or noises. Everything is stable and peaceful.

Among the feudal dynasties, who most hopes for a peaceful and prosperous era, with power passed down from generation to generation?

Of course the bureaucracy!

Among the feudal dynasties, who was the first to know that the house had begun to leak?

Of course it is still the bureaucracy!

The princes and grandsons raised in the deep palace are white and tender, like the queen in an ant nest. She is definitely not the first to know about external changes.

At the moment of the Han Dynasty, these officials at all levels who felt the changes in the Han Dynasty's body were the children of the gentry.

Among them was Xun Yu.

And Guo Jia.

As descendants of noble families, Xun Yu and Guo Jia saw the problems in society, and they also hoped that they could make up for and correct these problems. In some aspects, they did quite well, at least compared to those who only knew how to do some superficial things. , the officials posing for photos are much better.

But it's still not enough...

Because based on their wisdom, all the policies they are currently implementing point to destruction. They knew something was wrong with the big man and was sick, but they didn't know where the disease was, so they were at a loss for a while, searching and testing everywhere. Then, a man stood outside the side door, smiling, but pointing at their noses coldly, "What are you looking for?" The problem lies with you! 』

Suddenly, it was like a bolt from the blue!

"You are lying! 』

"I'm not! 』

"none of my business! 』

First, three consecutive set meals were served, and then the door slammed shut.

"roll! 』

He leaned against the door, his heart pounding wildly. After a while, he peered through the crack in the door and stared at Fei's retreating figure, "Boy, it's icy and snowy outside. I see you have nothing to eat or drink. You'll be freezing even if you're hungry." Damn you! Don't meet the wolf cub then, crying and begging me to open the door! 』

Two days later, there was a knock on the door. It was Fei Qian.

He opened the door slightly and was reserved, thinking that Fei Qian was coming to beg for mercy.

"look! This is the rabbit I shot! This rabbit hind leg meat is so delicious, do you want it? 』

Not here to beg for mercy?

Rabbit meat?

"I put it here for you..." Fei Qian walked away.

The people in the room looked at each other.

"Leaving now?" 』

"gone. 』

"The rabbit meat?" 』

"Don't eat!" 』

"..."

"It's a waste not to eat..."

"..."

"It smells so good!" 』

"What does it smell like?" At most, it's like hunting rabbits. If you're hungry and full, you won't have much potential! The crops in our fields are better! 』

A few more days passed.

"look! This is a newly caught wolf! Do you want wolf skin? I put this here for you! 』

"look! These are bear teeth! That bear is too big to move, so I’ll give you some bear teeth as a souvenir! 』

"look! This is the tiger you have been talking about for thirty years..."

Fei dives here again and again.

Then everyone in the room was shocked.

Even though they were blocked at the door, they watched the people inside the house try their best to climb out from the cracks in the door, jump out of the window, climb out of the smoke hole, and hold up those wolf skins, bear teeth, tiger claws and other things. Lift it up, hang it on yourself in the sun, show off, laugh, play...

Xun Yu is about to cry, why are you still happy?

Then the young master, who was huddled inside the room, coughed, "My dear, Qiusi's flesh seems..."

"Your Majesty! Xun Yu lowered his gaze and sighed quietly, "These are all cut from us!" 』

"Oh..." The little master looked at it with a sense of regret, "You are so pitiful... but it seems... it tastes delicious... Look, aren't you eating it yourself?" 』

Xun Yu was in great pain. He looked at the word "Demolish" in the red circle outside the house and was heartbroken.

Because there is no compensation...

In other words, there is compensation, but the gap is too big compared to what was originally imagined.

The spring breeze may be warm or cold.

"Your Majesty is moved..."

Xun Yu said slowly, coughing twice, breaking the silence in the room.

Guo Jia responded with a groan, "Oh...why didn't you ask His Majesty to wake up?" 』

"Filial piety!" Xun Yu snorted dissatisfiedly.

"Oh... I mean, why didn't you speak up and remonstrate..."

Xun Yu took a breath, turned his head and looked at the sky, "Didn't you also fail to remonstrate with the lord?" 』

"What are you admonishing your lord for?" Guo Jia asked, "Let him lie down?" So why did we look for him in the first place? Wouldn't it be better to just stay with Yuan Benchu? 』

"..." Xun Yu was silent for a moment, "But...doing this...isn't that much different from a hussar?" 』

Guo Jia turned around and asked Xun Yu, "Then what kind of difference do you think we need?" 』

Xun Yu was silent. Because he doesn't know, or he doesn't know, whether the so-called differences have any effect, or what impact such differences will have on the future.

"Puff, puff, puff..." Guo Jia couldn't help laughing at the side, and then after a moment, it turned into a hahaha, rolling on the floor holding his belly, "Hahahahaha..."

Xun Yu turned his head seriously and stared at the rolling Guo Jia. After a while, his eyebrows gradually softened, and finally he laughed too, a helpless smile, then closed his eyes, shook his head, and sighed. .

After a long time, Guo Jia stopped laughing, just lying on the floor, and asked: "I just want to ask this time... if we want to do it, um, similar, I mean similar to How much military resources would the Hussars need to pacify the Western Qiang and break through the campaign in the Western Regions? After all, you are more proficient in this aspect..."

Xun Yu closed his eyes and was silent for a long time. He didn't know whether he was calculating silently or thinking about something. Finally, he said, "If we follow the example of Hussar, we can quell the chaos of the Western Qiang and march westward with an army of one billion." , it is estimated that it will take one year, and an additional billion will be needed..."

"Two billion? ” Guo Jia raised his eyebrows, “So many? 』

"For quick victory." If so..." Xun Yu was silent for a moment, "If we use the previous method, it will not be advisable..."

"Haha..." Guo Jiayi smiled pointedly and repeated, "If the previous method is used, it is not advisable... Okay, okay, don't say it, just don't say it... In addition, the current battle between the lord Qingxu ...and how much military funding will it cost? 』

"The preliminary budget requires 800 million. If it is postponed to next year, it may be 2 billion..."

"Um? ” Guo Jia was stunned for a moment, then sat up, pondered for a moment, pinched his beard, “Are you including Qingxu’s tax loss? 』

Xun Yu nodded, his expression solemn. "Of course it has to be calculated...I know what you mean...How much money did we spend on military resources in total last year?" It’s 7 billion yuan... Last year, the imperial court’s annual expenditure was 15.3 billion yuan... Of which only 1.3 billion yuan was used for water conservancy canals and city-state repairs..."

As for other money expenditures, of course it was the salaries of the official officials of the Han Empire...

After all, Emperor Liu Xie is in Xu County, so the expenses in this area are not a small amount.

"What was the imperial court's financial income last year?" Guo Jia asked, "You should be the one who knows the results of the above plan best?" How much exactly? 』

Xun Yu's face showed some bitterness, "The land rent is 28 million dan, the mu tax is 600 million, the field and draft tax is less than 300 million, the oral and calculated tax is 1.3 billion, and the additional tax is 18." Hundreds of millions, count... 400 million, as for the Shaofu... 1.3 billion..."

"Ignore the Young Mansion for now, this is Zi... it's ridiculously small..." Guo Jia knocked on the wooden floor and said, "It should be at least 1.45 billion. Besides, this calculation is wrong... Jizhou, Yuzhou... 』

Xun Yu just smiled bitterly.

Guo Jia thought for a while, then shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"So the Emperor..." Guo Jia sighed, "Hey, to be honest, I really don't know if Qiaoqi thought of this or not... How about we send the Emperor there!" 』

Xun Yu became serious and said, "Follow me!" 』

"Okay, as long as you are happy..." Guo Jia waved his hand and said, "Then what are you going to do with such a big hole?" 』

Xun Yu lowered his head and said after a long time: "I don't know..."

"No! you know! ” Guo Jia slapped the wooden floor with a thumping sound, “The Huqi’s income has grown so fast. On the one hand, it is due to the Huqi’s agricultural and industrial skills, which have greatly increased the grain production in Hedong and Sanfu. In addition, On the one hand, it’s Qiusi’s new policy! 』

"The Hussar New Deal has been implemented in Beidi, Hedong, Shangjun, Guanzhong, Taiyuan, Shangdang and other places. It is already mature!" ” Guo Jia patted the floor, “We have more acres of land than Huqi, more people than Huqi, and we have more rivers, water conservancy, transportation, and cities. Then what? Look at all our taxes, all of them, which one can compare with the Hussars? 』

Xun Yu opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he couldn't.

It can be said that this year's taxes have increased, and are better than in previous years, but at the same time, there are more expenses. Among these expenses, they were paid in advance to the local nobles and powerful households. A considerable part of the tax money will inevitably be deducted by these local powerful households.

Moreover, Cao Cao still sent his own people to control the main counties, otherwise the income would be even less!

"Where is the money?" "Guo Jia suddenly slapped the wooden floor under him and said angrily, "Where is all the money of this big man? 』

Don’t you know where Guo Jia is?

Know.

Doesn't Xun Yu know where the money is?

Also know.

But I know that it is very difficult to get this money.

Everyone knows exactly where the big man's money went. Even Liu Xie in the palace knew that the 50,000-yuan jar of Zuixianjiu on the market could be sold out, and the people had no money. When they were hungry, they couldn't even afford steamed buns and had to dig up wild vegetables, grass roots, and tree bark. On that day, at the same time, the imperial court had no money, so it was searching everywhere to repair roads, maintain facilities, and build new water conservancy projects.

In the past, the richest people in the Han Dynasty, besides the emperor, were the princes and nobles.

The princes and nobles include kings, princes, princesses, Guan Neihou and other prominent dignitaries. These people all have fiefdoms, and their income is divided into public funds and private support. Public funds are collected from land rents and household taxes, and are mainly used for meeting the emperor, offering sacrifices to ancestors, etc. Private support means occupying the fields, slaves and maids in the fief, collecting garden, commercial and market taxes, etc. for private enjoyment.

The public income of these princes and nobles was limited, so in order to meet their own needs, they had to find ways to increase private support. The more common method was to annex a large amount of land and use a large number of tenant farmers, farm laborers and slaves.

Another way is to lend money in large quantities through merchants or simply in person and engage in loan sharking business.

Therefore, when the emperor wanted to implement so-called policies that were beneficial to the country and people's livelihood, such as restricting land property, restricting slaves, restricting lending, etc., he immediately fell into the situation of betrayal and separation from relatives. He was often strongly opposed by these princes and nobles, and often failed in the end. Let it go.

"The Hussar clan steals and sells war horses, harms the public and enriches private life..." Guo Jia sighed, "The Hussar said kill, so he killed... Hedong Pei family is also considered a close relative. If it weren't for Pei Juguang, he was still alert... I'm afraid it would be Pei family The entire clan will be exterminated in just a moment! Sanfu, Hedong, Hanzhong, Sichuan and Shu! This is the way of hussars! This is the reason why we have no money, but there is no shortage of money on the Qiaoqi side! 』

If the court wants to get the money back, it must first take action from these old forces. In the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, there was a successful precedent and a failed precedent. The successful precedent is Emperor Xiaowu. He implemented a series of measures, killed many people, and succeeded. The precedent for failure is Wang Mang. When Wang Mang came to power, the Han Dynasty was already in a deep crisis. Wang Mang also implemented a series of measures and killed many people, but he failed and finally allowed Emperor Guangwu to take advantage.

Therefore, when Fei Qian first implemented the New Deal, many people thought that Fei Qian would follow in Wang Mang's footsteps and just wait to take advantage, without even bothering to fight. As a result, I suddenly discovered that the clown was actually me who was watching.

Both Emperor Xiaowu and Wang Mang started the restructuring under the premise that the Han Dynasty was basically stable. However, with the current turmoil in the Han Dynasty, the risk of restructuring was naturally much higher than that of Xiaowu and Wang Mang!

"Dong's thieves harmed the country, Heluo was humiliated, and his three assistants were ruined!" ” Guo Jia sighed, “So at that time we thought that the third assistant in Guanzhong was finished, but we didn’t expect that this was an opportunity for the Hussar to rise! The wealthy and powerful families of various tribes in Guanzhong suffered just like ordinary people in the chaos! Therefore, when the Hussars implemented the New Deal, the local government was unable to resist at all! But now that the new policy has taken hold, it is like a torrent of water bursting from a dike, flowing down from high and unstoppable..."

"When the Hussars take Hanzhong, Sichuan and Shu into their hands again, people and property will be like mountains and mountains, like seas and abyss!" What will you and I do to stop it then? Guo Jia patted his chest, "I can fight with my flesh and blood for my lord, but what about the others?" The hussars and iron cavalry galloped through Longxi and traveled across the Western Regions... Thirty-six countries, what about us? How many cities and countries can it block? 』

"You still ask me how I can't persuade my lord..." Guo Jia sighed, "How can I persuade him?" Do you think the Lord doesn’t know this? Do you think I came here to drink? That’s what the Lord meant! 』

"My lord's intention..." Xun Yu whispered half a sentence.

Guo Jia made a clang and fell back, "Anyway, I don't care... Guo's current situation... Haha, it doesn't matter if I have it or not... Anyway, those guys didn't like me back then, but now... Haha, it's you... what do you want to do?" manage? 』

"The battle between Qingxu and Qingxu will definitely not last long... That boy from the Sun family is not clean down there..." Guo Jia's voice became smaller and smaller, "Guangling was divided into two, and Taishan was demolished." Half of it, Xiapi will be cleaned up, Qingzhou will be cleaned up, and then Yuzhou will naturally come next. If Yuzhou doesn't move, Jizhou can't move either..."

"But...how can the officials make up for it?" Xun Yu asked, "Could it be that... Yingchuan was transferred?" 』

"Yes, that's why I'm here..." Guo Jia nodded, "I must ask for your approval, otherwise it will be difficult, right..."

Xun Yu smiled bitterly.

On the one hand, he has to pay for his own business, and on the other hand, he has to go to other places. He also cannot make money and has to endure hardships. How many gentry children are there in Yingchuan...

wrong. It’s not just Yingchuan.

Does the Lord mean to recruit a large number of disciples from poor families, or from lower classes?

Xun Yu closed his eyes in pain. He could even predict that if this was the case, on the one hand, the powerful nobles would lose their financial resources, and on the other hand, they would lose their power. This wave of resistance would surely surge like the sky. !

Will these Shandong nobles be willing to accept this arrangement?

Definitely not willing to give in!

Um? Still not right!

Xun Yu suddenly seemed to have thought of something and turned to look at Guo Jia, "This is not what my lord meant!" It was your idea! 』

"You... thought of it?" ” Guo Jia’s voice was faint, “Did you just think of it at this time? If you care, you will become confused..."

"Even so, it is inappropriate..." Xun Yu said with a frown.

Guo Jia waved his hands feebly, "So what if it's inappropriate?" Do you have a better idea? Yes, just say it... Qingxu will have to fight for a while anyway... If not... haha..."