Chapter 677
Chapter 667 Horrible military expenditure
“Tell me, did you use some witchcraft on me? Otherwise, how could I…how could I not want to kill you!” Wu Qian asked Liu Ji viciously. Liu Ji untied.
Liu Ji is very confident in the system. Since the system says that Wu Qian has been genuinely loyal to him, Liu Ji is not at all worried that Wu Qian will be against him.
“Hey, this shows that you are destined to be my woman!” Liu Ji said with a smug expression.
“Hum, can you tell me?”
“You dare to treat me with such an attitude. It seems that I haven’t surrendered you, so let’s continue!” After Liu Ji finished speaking, he pressed on Wu Qian again…
Liu Ji learned from Wu Qian that the reason why these female disciples of Kunlun Mountain can have the strength of a peerless general is because they have practiced the inner strength exercises of Guanghan Palace, and they often take Kunlun Mountain’s special secret medicine. It is also an important reason.
In addition to Wu Qian, the other 26 beautiful elders in Kunlun Mountain also have the strength of peerless generals, and among them, ten of them have a charm value of more than ninety points, and the remaining sixteen people also have charm values. Over eighty o’clock.
And these twenty-six beautiful elders, as well as the third elder Li Yong of Kunlun Mountain, and two male elders, like Wu Qian, were stunned by the special Mongolian sweat medicine of Heishuitai. Now these 26 Kunlun Mountain elders The beautiful elders were also sent to the palace of Canglong City.
After Liu Ji took all the other 26 beautiful elders from Kunlun Mountain as his own, it was equivalent to completing 26 hidden missions to subdue the peerless warlord. Liu Ji took the 26 beautiful elders from them. , Received a total of 296 groups of system rewards from the Beiwei Army.
The three elders of Kunlun Mountain, Li Yong and two male elders, of course did not have the treatment of those beautiful elders. Liu Ji gave them three, one of them fed a puppet pill, so that the Dahan Royal Guard had puppet bodyguards with peerless general strength. Three more people were added, reaching one hundred and sixty-three people.
From the three new puppet bodyguards, Liu Ji also received twenty-four groups of soldiers, plus the system rewards from the 27 Kunlun Mountain beauty elders including Wu Qian, Liu Ji received from Kunlun On the assassins of Shan, a total of 330 groups of Beiwei army and a group of Yanyunqi were acquired.
Liu Ji then summoned only 300 Yanyun riders into the real world, bringing the number of Yanyun riders in the Royal Guards of the Han Dynasty to 2,980.
The three hundred and thirty groups of Beiwei army are also three hundred and thirty thousand Beiwei soldiers. Liu Jinlai is going to summon these three hundred and thirty groups of Beiwei army, but now the 600,000 Beiwei army is already leading the blue Under the leadership of Yu, he rushed to the border area between Dahan and Lu, so Liu Ji was not in a hurry to summon the 306 Beiwei army to the real world.
On June 12, the second year of the Great Han, in a palace in the Canglong City Palace of the Great Han, the Crown Prince Xiao He said to Liu Ji: “Your Majesty, although our Great Han has a full treasury, the size of our Great Han Army is too large. With 14 main armies, 12 elite troops, and garrison troops in 130 states, our Han army has exceeded 35 million. As a result, monthly military expenditures are as high as 800. One million taels of gold is equivalent to 160 million taels of silver. This puts too much pressure on our finances.”
At this time, in the palace, in addition to Tai Wei Xiao He of the Household Department, the other five Tai Wei of the Han court, Tai Wei Zhang Liang of the Ministry of War, Tai Wei Zhang Juzheng of the Ministry of War, Tai Wei Chen Ping of the Ministry of Rites, Tai Wei Cui Hao of the Xing Department and Tai Wei Guo Jia Ye It’s all here.
As soon as Xiao He, the Crown Lieutenant of the Household Department, said, Zhang Juzheng, the Crown Lieutenant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, continued: “Your Majesty, the salaries of the officials at all levels of the Han Dynasty cannot spend five million taels of gold in one year. At present, the military expenditure of the Han Dynasty is so high. It’s too scary. If things go on like this, sooner or later, our big man’s treasury will be emptied.”
At this time, the military chief Zhang Liang said: “The size of our Han’s army of 35 million is indeed a bit scary, but there are many enemies around our Han. According to the information of Heishuitai, the Lu State alone has been reorganized. Ten main legions and thirty ordinary legions, this is 18 million people. If you add more than 10 million troops from the Europa Empire on the western continent, and tens of millions of cavalry from all races in the steppe, there are 100,000 mountains. The troops of all ethnic groups in the East Barbarian, the strength of our Han army, is actually at a disadvantage, it is best not to disarm for the time being!”
Liu Ji frowned and asked Xiao He, the Crown Prince of the Ministry of Households, “How many assets does the treasury still have?”
The Crown Prince Xiao He immediately said: “Your Majesty, the current treasury’s gold, silver, copper coins, and various gems, when combined together, still have about 800 million taels of gold.”
As soon as Liu Ji heard this, his brows stretched out, and he smiled and said, “Even if our big man has no financial income at all, with the wealth of the national treasury, our big man can persist for eight years. If we count our royal inner treasury, insist on two. More than ten years will not be a problem, not to mention that our big man’s fiscal revenue will definitely increase. Feeding the current 35 million army is absolutely not a problem!”
After Liu Ji became the emperor, he divided the wealth of the original imperial army into two parts. One part went to the Han’s treasury, and the other went to the imperial inner treasury. The wealth put into the imperial inner treasury was converted into gold. 1.2 billion taels.
After a pause, Liu Ji continued: “Yes, we captured Dawan City before, and we seized more than 500 million taels of gold from Dawan City, many of which were in the Royal Secret Treasury of Dawan. The king of Dawan, Yeman, opened the Royal Secret Treasury of Dawan to expand Dawan’s army, but Dawan only used a small part of it, and the rest of the property is cheaper for us, Dahan, now this batch of properties While still in Dawan City, I think I can attribute all of the property in Dawan City to the state treasury. Our royal inner treasury does not need to send anything inside this time.”
Hearing that Liu Ji was about to transfer all the seizures from Dawan City to the State Treasury, the Crown Lieutenant Xiao He immediately said with a smile: “Your Majesty, don’t worry, with the wealth of Dawan City, you don’t need to use your royal inner treasury. The Ministry of Households can guarantee military expenditures for the next 20 years!”
Guo Jia, the captain of the Ministry of Industry, suddenly smiled and said: “Xiao He, it turns out that you were crying poorly here, and you also suggested disarmament because of the idea of hitting the wealth of Dawan City!”
The Crown Lieutenant of the Household Ministry, Xiao He, said with a slight smile: “I didn’t recommend disarmament to your majesty. I just told your majesty that the monthly military expenditures of our Han army are a bit large!”
Liu Ji then asked Xiao He, the Crown Lieutenant of the Ministry of Households: “What is the current fiscal income of our big man in one month?”
Xiao He immediately said: “Your Majesty, the fiscal revenue of our Dahan has been increasing month by month. It has increased from about 6.8 million taels of gold in September of the first year of the Han Dynasty to 8.4 million taels of gold. Of course it has increased this way. Many, mainly because we have added 18 new states in Dahan, among which dozens of gold mines in the Karawan province of the former Dawan country can produce about one million taels of gold every month.”
Liu Ji nodded Xiao He with his hand, “Oh, you Xiao He! It turns out that our big man’s monthly financial income has been so high, so why are you crying poor with me? The wealth of Dawan City, I still income Royal Neku!”
The lieutenant Zhang Juzheng also said with a smile: “Xiao He, you have brought me in. With the monthly revenue of 8.4 million taels of gold, we big men can afford 35 million troops. !”
Xiao He bitterly smiled and said to Liu Ji: “Your Majesty, now that the monthly fiscal revenue has been deducted from the military expenses and the salaries of officials at all levels, basically nothing will be left. Even the Ministry of Households has to post some back and build bridges and pave the way. , Managing floods, helping disaster victims, and emigrating to the Western Regions and grasslands all require a large amount of gold and silver from the state treasury. Our household…”
“Okay! Alright! I just made a joke with you, the wealth of Dawan City is still all attributed to the treasury!” Before Xiao He’s complaint was finished, Liu Ji interrupted him.
“Thank you, Your Majesty!” Xiao He said hurriedly.
Lieutenant Chen Ping then said to Liu Ji: “Your Majesty, the total strength of our Han army is now as high as 35 million. With so many young people, if there is no war, it would be a waste of staying in the barracks. The minister suggested that a part of the army can be deployed to garrison the land, which can also reduce part of the military expenditure.”
Xiao He immediately agreed with Chen Ping’s proposal, “Your Majesty, Chen Taiwei is justified. If 10 million troops can be transferred to the field, then the remaining 25 million troops will be provided with rations. It can save about 2.5 million taels of gold in a month.”
Liu Ji pondered for a moment, then turned his head and asked Zhang Liang, Taiwei of the Ministry of War, “Zhang Liang, do you think it is feasible to farm land?”
Zhang Liang thought for a while and said: “Your Majesty, if the army is allowed to mobilize the land, it will inevitably reduce the combat effectiveness of the army. However, the garrison troops of the states do not expect their combat effectiveness. , Fell on the heads of the garrisons of the states.”
Liu Ji touched his chin and said: “Then let the garrison troops of the various states carry out the farming! As for the fields, farm tools, cattle, and seeds needed for the farming, the household department will be responsible for it!”
After deciding that the garrison troops of the various states should carry out the farming, Guo Jia, the crown lieutenant of the Ministry of Industry, said to Liu Ji: “Your Majesty, the land of the Western Regions is now owned by our Great Han, but there are many ethnic groups in the Western Regions, and there are hundreds of languages. Chen suggested that Chinese should be popularized in the Western Regions and all ethnic groups in the Western Regions should be Sinicized, so that the Western Regions can truly be included in the territory of our great Han!”
The Chinese spoken by Guo Jia, which is the language and script commonly used by the eastern countries, was called Lu Guohua in the Lu State, Zhou Guohua in the Zhou State, and Jin Guohua in the previous Da Jin.
Liu Ji nodded and said: “I had this idea a long time ago. At present, it is not enough to abolish the Holy Fire religion in the Western Regions. We must find a way to turn the people of the Western Regions into real Han people. Up!”
Cui Hao, the Crown Prince of the Criminal Ministry, frowned and said: “It is no easy task to popularize Chinese throughout the Western Regions. After all, there are almost 300 million people in the Western Regions, and those who can speak Chinese may not even reach 10%. Those who can speak Chinese still immigrated from Jin to the Western Regions.”
Liu Ji waved his hand and said, “No matter how difficult it is, the people of the Western Regions must be Sinicized. One generation is not enough. Only two generations and three generations. As long as our Han court insists on doing it, a hundred years later, the entire Western Regions will be Never leave the territory of our big man!”
Liu Ji’s words made the six Taiwei nod their heads. Zhang Liang, Taiwei of the Ministry of War, said: “Your Majesty said that as long as the people of the Western Regions become Han, then no matter what changes in the future, the Western Regions will not leave. Is under the control of our big man!”
After Liu Ji and the six lieutenants discussed in detail the strategy of the Sinicization of the Western Regions, Zhang Liang and others left the palace. Liu Jinlai was just about to return to the harem. At this time, the guards reported to Liu Ji that Heishuitai Commander Jia I beg you to see you.
Liu Ji immediately summoned Jia Xu, the commander of Heishuitai, into the palace, “Jia Xu, what can I do for you?”
Jia Xu said in a deep voice: “Your Majesty, we Heishuitai have just received information. The Huns, Khitan, Xirong, Donghu, Tiele, and Wuwan tribes in the grassland have secretly formed another group of people against our big Han. The alliance, the grassland, the six powerful clans agreed that once our Han’s army attacks any one of them, the other five clans will declare war on our Han.”
Liu Ji sneered, “These nomads on the grassland really don’t remember to eat or fight. It seems that I have time, and I have to take my troops to the grassland for a stroll, so that these nomads are sober, is that this thing?”
Jia Xu continued: “Your Majesty There is one more thing. The Europa Empire, which is adjacent to the Western Regions of the Han Dynasty, has recently sent a large number of troops to the border areas near our Han Dynasty, at least double the number of troops. The strength of our troops in the Europa Empire is very weak. We have not yet figured out the true intention of the Europa Empire’s increase in troops, but even if the Europa Empire increases its troops to the border areas, the total strength of the Europa Empire’s troops in the border areas is only Around seven million, there shouldn’t be any intention of invading the Western Regions.
Liu Ji said in a deep voice: “I will order the West Xinjiang Army and the Parthian Army to be more vigilant, and you will strengthen your intelligence work on the Europa Empire and the entire Western Continent in the future!”
Jia Xu said with some embarrassment: “Your Majesty, people from the Western Continent are all blond and blue-eyed. It is really difficult for us in Heishuitai to establish an intelligence network in the Western Continent.”
“If there are difficulties, we have to overcome. Now our big guys have become neighbors with the Europa Empire. There will be frictions in the future, and it is even possible that war will break out again. So you Heishuitai no matter what, you have to take the Europa Empire and the entire Western continent The intelligence network is built!” ()
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