MTL - I Built a Territory in Ancient Times-Chapter 141 Festival

The ministers in the hall saw that everyone had nothing to say, and said with a smile: "Since the question raised by Master Zou and Hou Xue is of concern to everyone, and it is also the obstacle to the discussion of this matter today. Then I will solve these two obstacles, it should be It won't be a big problem, will it?"

Whoa! What a big breath! Everyone in the hall was in an uproar and whispered. Isn't this Duan Wang doing something stupid again? He even uttered absurd words. Who he thought he was, the treasury couldn't get silver taels, and there was no extra troops in the border areas. These two things, even the present His Majesty can do nothing, it is too arrogant for a child with a yellow mouth to say that this can be solved easily.

Just now they felt that Duan Wang's attitude was modest and gentle, but they didn't expect his nature to be as much as the rumors.

"Fourteen, there is no room for false words in the court. What you say is responsible for what you say. You need to think about it before you talk about it!" The chatter in the court was buzzing, and the emperor couldn't stand it any longer, and reminded him.

Although the emperor heard Ming Yu reveal a little bit of wind, saying that he would find a way to make the Xiqi Corridor pass the resolution, he never thought that Ming Yu would say such a big thing. Can this problem be solved by one person? If it were so easy, the court would have come up with a solution long ago.

Ming Yu saluted the emperor, and said with a sworn oath, "Don't worry, the emperor, my son is sure to dare to say that."

The emperor had a headache, and he didn't know whether he should trust Ming Yu's words, or he should not put his hopes on Ming Yu.

Ming Yu blinked at the emperor, "Could it be that the father and the emperor still don't believe in the son?"

The emperor stretched out his hand to support his forehead, "Then tell me what kind of solution you will have?"

Ming Yu should be, with a charming smile, he is now in the center of the hall, and all eyes are on him. Now that the emperor has spoken, okay, let's see what he has to say.

"There is no money in the treasury, I know. I don't understand. The Ministry of Households has no money, so wouldn't it be able to increase revenue and reduce expenditure? Isn't it still a glorious thing that the state can't get money? Look at Dayan's financial losses every year, and don't even think about it. Change and enterprising, step by step, and rest on your laurels, there will never be a way out.”

As soon as these words came out, Zou Chang's face suddenly turned blue and white, and a mouthful of old blood was choked in his throat and almost didn't spit out. The officials of the Ministry of Household, and even the Minister of the Ministry of Household, had a gloomy expression on their faces.

"Old minister...Old minister is ashamed. It's just that natural and man-made disasters have occurred frequently in recent years, so tax revenue has not been satisfactory, so...there is today's situation." Zou Chang took a breath and explained.

Dayan is based on agriculture, and almost all expenditures are run on agricultural taxes. And because the emperor stipulated the 15th tax at the beginning of his tenure, and no additional tax was allowed, it has never been changed in the past few decades.

It was fine at the beginning, but with the war every year, the expenditure on armament has also increased year by year, and that tax will basically be maintained. In recent years, the south of Dayan has been hit by disasters again. Taxes have been reduced a lot. In addition, the disaster relief costs are huge. They had no choice but to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall, and they had to eat the grain.

Ming Yu shook his head, and now people's vision is about as small as this. "So, let's open source. In the future that this king is planning, the value created by this Xiqi Corridor is much higher than the agricultural tax. Now the opportunity is in front of you. Instead of actively fighting for it, you try to block it. , I really don't know what you think."

Zou Chang was so angry that he really didn't have back pain when he stood talking. Everyone knows how to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, but the real open source and cost reduction is not easy, and it is not something that can be achieved by just touching each other.

The Minister of the Household couldn't help but stand up, "Duanwang's words are bad, if I waited to block it, even if I didn't block it, I wouldn't be able to take out the silver taels. It is also written in the prince's booklet, the construction of the Xiqi Corridor. The cost of silver taels is not low."

Ming Yu smiled, "I don't need a penny from the treasury for this silver tael, and this king will handle it alone. How about it? Are you still stopping it?"

Everyone looked at each other in dismay. He didn't need to pay taels of silver from the treasury. Where did he get the money from Mingyu? Even if the emperor's small treasury still has this private housing subsidy, it can't be enough, right?

Zou Chang laughed in anger, "Since we don't need a penny from the treasury, then we don't have to hold on to it."

"Okay!" Ming Yu clapped his hands, and then said respectfully to the emperor: "However, there is one more condition for my son here, and I also ask the father and emperor to agree. All the ministers are here to bear witness."

The emperor nodded, already used to seeing Ming Yu playing cards unreasonably, Ming Yu was not surprised at all, "You say it!"

"Erchen is in charge of the Xiqi Corridor, not letting the imperial treasury contribute a single penny, but I don't want a swarm of people to stare at this fragrant pastry with jealousy in the future. I don't want to be busy in the last Even if it is to be handed over to the imperial court, it will take at least ten years, and the income of these ten years, even if the hard investment of Erchen has paid for the rent." Ming Yu rubbed his hands and said with a smile.

Even if he took out a loan for investment, as for the object of the loan, of course, whoever has the money to look for it. He looked at the emperor with bright eyes, "Imperial Father, if you have spare money, you can also invest a little bit. I will give you dividends at that time, and even the principal and profit will be earned back for you."

The emperor waved his hand angrily, like chasing flies, "Go, go, don't even think about it." After that, he looked at the courtiers below, "What do you say?"

Zou Chang was the first to stand up, "Since King Duan said so, the old minister has nothing to say, I agree!"

Xue Lun also stood up, "If King Duan can solve the problem of defensive troops himself, I will have nothing to say." After he finished speaking, he looked at Ming Yu, obviously wanting to see what Ming Yu said.

"The strength of the troops is easy to say. I will not use the defenders of Shi Chongguan, but ask for my own recruitment. The number of troops to be recruited can be determined according to the defense capacity of the Xiqi Corridor. Of course, these soldiers still belong to the jurisdiction of the imperial court." Ming Yu explained his plan. Say it.

In the end, he also explained that he would not take military power and hand it over to the court, which was also to get rid of trouble. Except for the strength of the guards sent by the emperor, the prince could not command the army. Private recruitment is even more taboo. He said it in the clear at this time, which is considered to be in the eyes of everyone. If this proposal is passed, others will not be able to talk about it.

In fact, he went back and organized a guard team by himself after selecting young adults to train in the village to facilitate the guarding of the village. That is to say, he did it according to a simple recruitment system, but the scale was small. These people can also organize training in the village on weekdays, and they can also take up weapons to kill the enemy when they attack.

"Self-recruitment?" Xue Lun was surprised: "What does this mean?"

Today, the Dayan military system belongs to the military household system, which means that if the family is a military household, all children and grandchildren have to join the army. And other common people could not become military households at all, which limited the source of troops and caused the shortage of reserve force.

Ming Yu explained: "Yes, as the name suggests, it means that people who meet the requirements can voluntarily join the army. They can take up weapons to kill the enemy in war, and they can still farm in their spare time on weekdays. Of course, these people do not enter the military household. They are still counted as commoners. When the world is at peace, or a few years later, when they are old and disabled, they can give a sum of compensation money and return them to their homes.”

"This—" Xue Lun was surprised, he had never heard of such a thing before. Military households serve as soldiers and go into battle to kill the enemy, this is just and righteous. Because they are military households, they have no land, and the only thing to maintain is military pay, and the children of military households have been trained with swords, guns and sticks since childhood, and at least they can kill the enemy as soon as they go into battle.

But what King Duan said, let a group of people go into battle to charge and kill the enemy, isn't this really a joke?

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"The common people farm the land, and the military households defend the country. Each has different responsibilities. How can they be confused?" Xue Lun asked forcefully.

"It's true that the responsibilities are different." Ming Yu agreed with some of them, but he didn't say it all, "Why can't they be integrated? Why must the military households be divided into military households? Door? First of all, such a system is not necessarily suitable for the status quo.”

When Ming Yu blatantly questioned the words, not only the ministers were in an uproar, but even the emperor changed his face. These words can be said to be outrageous and outrageous. The system was set by the ancestors, how can it be slandered at will?

Xue Lun frowned, "Bold and ignorant! This is the ancestral system established by Dayan at the beginning of the founding of the country. How can you make a fool of yourself!"

Ming Yu was not afraid, stubbornly said, "Although the ancestral system is important, it must also keep pace with the times, do you understand? The ancestral system is still in harmony with relatives? Now, the father and the emperor have also broken this routine? I think my father The emperor did this with great courage and grandeur. A group of big men have to sacrifice women to obtain a stable life. What kind of man is this? Just castrated and become a eunuch."

The emperor originally wanted to reprimand Ming Yu with the words of the ancestors, but Ming Yu really couldn't open his mouth after saying this. As the emperor, didn't he break through all difficulties in order to break the ancestral policy of harmony? Now the younger son does the same thing as him, but he has to blame himself, which is unreasonable.

Moreover, the younger son's words made him feel at ease in his heart. Compared to now, he still complained about back then, saying that his hands