In the palace of Xingqing Mansion, in Li Liangzuo's imperial study, Li Liangzuo sat on the dragon chair with his head bowed, one hand pressed his temple, although Li Liangzuo handed over most of the political affairs to the cabinet to deal with, but there are still many things that give Li Liangzuo a headache, and the most headache for Li Liangzuo is the financial problem, to put it bluntly, it is money trouble; In recent years, the lives of the people of the Great Xia Kingdom have slowly improved, and the taxes have increased a lot, but there are also many places to spend money, such as education, people's livelihood, building roads and bridges, and dealing with various natural disasters from time to time, so money has always been very scarce for the Great Xia Kingdom; If it weren't for Li Liangzuo who had looted a lot of property from the Great Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom, I am afraid that the finances of the Great Xia Kingdom would be on the verge of collapse by now.
Just when Li Liangzuo was worried about the money, a pair of small hands blindfolded Li Liangzuo's eyes from behind, Li Liangzuo smiled and said: "Who is this who is so bold that he dares to blind his eyes." ” "Guess who I am," a sweet voice said to Li Liangzuo.
Li Liangzuo smiled and said with a happy face: "Who could it be, I know, it must be Xin'er, right." ” The little girl hiding behind Li Liangzuo is Li Liangzuo's favorite daughter Li Xin, when Li Xin heard Li Liangzuo guess his name, Li Xin was very unhappy, walked out from behind Li Liangzuo, and then puffed up the chair on the side; Li Liangzuo looked at his angry daughter and asked, "Who is so bold as to dare to bully my princess, I must teach him a good lesson and be angry for my precious daughter." ” Li Xin pointed at Li Liangzuo and said, "It's you who bullied me, and your words don't count." ” "I don't have to say anything."
Li Liangzuo said with a smile.
Facing his daughter who has grown up, Li Liangzuo finds that it is becoming more and more difficult to fool, and now the children have their own ideas when they grow up, especially Li Xin, who grew up under Li Liangzuo's pampering, no one can control her in the entire palace except Li Liangzuo and Li Xin's mother Su Qiaoer, if there is a third person, it is that the queen has not hidden Feixue, after all, the queen is the master of the entire harem.
"Father, I said that I was going to take Xin'er out hunting today, Xin'er has been waiting for a morning," Li Xin said to Li Liangzuo.
Li Liangzuo patted his head and said: "Father forgot about this, you see that your father is busy and hasn't been able to rest for a while, or your father will let your brother Li Wuhuang take you to hunt, and your father will not go." ” "Hmph" Li Xin twisted his head to the side angrily, no longer looking at Li Liangzuo.
At this moment, Xiao Fuzi walked in quickly from the outside, but now Xiao Fuzi is not small; Xiao Fuzi walked up to Li Liangzuo's dragon case and said to Li Liangzuo: "Your Majesty, Lord Zhou has arrived. ” "Let him in," Li Liangzuo said to Xiaofuzi.
Xiao Fuzi shouted loudly: "Xuan Financial Secretary Zhou Shengcai is here." ” "Wechen see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live."
After Zhou Shengcai came in, he saluted Li Liangzuo and said.
"Aiqing is exempt, please take a seat," Li Liangzuo said to Zhou Shengcai.
Zhou Shengcai thanked Li Liangzuo and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ” After Zhou Shengcai sat down, Li Liangzuo asked Zhou Shengcai: "Zhou Aiqing, how much money is still in the treasury now?"
Zhou Shengcai replied to Li Liangzuo: "Your Majesty, there is not much money in the treasury now, only about three million taels left. ” "Why is there so much left, what about my money" Li Liangzuo asked anxiously: "Where did all that money go, it flew?"
"Your Majesty, if it weren't for the minister's money bag tightly, it is estimated that he would not be able to keep three million in a row, and now he will ask the minister for money for road construction, grain storage, farmland and water conservancy, military spending, and disaster relief, and the minister will not be able to give birth to money."
Zhou Shengcai complained to Li Liangzuo; "Your Majesty, if this continues, the Financial Secretary will not be able to do it."
Li Liangzuo said with a sad face: "When will the tax be collected next time?"
"Four months later, the money in Weichen's hands is enough to maintain the normal operation of the imperial court; If it weren't for the money that His Majesty got from the Great Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom, I'm afraid that the finances of the Great Xia Kingdom would have gone bankrupt long ago.
Zhou Shengcai said to Li Liangzuo.
Li Liangzuo looked at Xiao Fuzi and said, "Fuzi, how much money is left in my inner library?"
"Your Majesty, you have taken out a lot of money from the inner treasury over the years, and now there is not much money in the inner treasury, and there are more than 700,000 taels left."
Xiaofuzi said to Li Liangzuo.
"This money is not enough to spend," Li Liangzuo said sadly; "Zhou Aiqing, you can think of a way for me in the past two days to get me a sum of money, at least five million taels."
"Wechen can't make money."
Zhou Shengcai said to Li Liangzuo; "The only way is to raise the tax, now our agricultural tax is one out of thirty, and the commercial tax is one out of fifteen, this tax is far lower than that of the Great Song Dynasty Liao, if it can be doubled, Wechen will soon be able to raise this money; Dare to ask His Majesty what he intends to do with this money."
"Taxes must not grow; Recently, the Anbei Protectorate came to report, the barbarian department frequently harassed my border, I plan to send troops to destroy him, as the saying goes, good soldiers and horses go first before moving grain and grass, there is no money, how can you let me fight this battle" Li Liangzuo said with a sad face.
It has not been a day or two since the barbarian department harassed the border of the Great Xia Kingdom, since five years ago, the Naiban Department began to frequently harass the western part of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate and the northern part of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate of the Great Xia Kingdom, robbing pastures and cattle and sheep, at first Li Liangzuo did not take it seriously, but recently the Naiban Department has become more and more arrogant, Li Liangzuo has been unbearable, so he decided to send troops, but now the military expenses of the troops have become a big problem.
"Wechen do his best to prepare funds," Zhou Shengcai said to Li Liangzuo; "Wechen retired first."
After Zhou Shengcai left, Wuzang Feixue walked in, and after Li Xin saw Wuzang Feixue coming in, he saluted Wuzang Feixue and said, "See the queen mother." ” "Xin'er, get up," said Li Xin who didn't hide Feixue and helped him up; "Xin'er, what is the matter with your father?"
"Father's words don't count, he said that he would take me out hunting today," Li Xin said to Wuzang Feixue.
Wuzang Feixue said to Li Liangzuo: "Your Majesty, our family has tried to spend more time together, do you want to take time to go out and play, now is a good time for spring outing."
"Okay, then tomorrow, I will take you to Helan Palace, just to test the children's riding and archery skills by the way."
Li Liangzuo said to Wuzang Feixue.
Under the leadership of Wu Zang Feixue and Li Liangzuo's approval, the family of Li Liangzuo, the royal family of the Great Xia Kingdom, finally ushered in a rare spring hunting; Over the years, Li Liangzuo has successively included more than 30 concubines in the harem, and there are more than a dozen princes and princesses, the older ones are already fourteen or fifteen years old, and the younger ones are only more than two months old; The Great Xia Kingdom is based on martial arts, so Li Liangzuo has extremely strict requirements for the cultivation of the princes' martial arts, and every half a month, Li Liangzuo will take a day to teach these children the art of war; Under Li Liangzuo's strict requirements, the military quality of the princes of the Great Xia Kingdom was very high, and what the older princes lacked was only battlefield experience.
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