Chapter 13161316: Whose food will you eat? (Part 2) [Ask for monthly ticket]
Soldiers will sacrifice their lives for whose food they eat?
How simple and realistic is this short sentence?
Miao Ne habitually wanted to say a few words of comfort, but the words were swallowed back when they reached his throat. The Lord was not the first Lord of Qi State, so he did not need to obtain spiritual satisfaction from the flattery of others. She was a little helpless: "Can I only be controlled by others?"
Even if Cui Xiong was just a facade being pushed out, Miao Ne couldn't help but anger him. People from aristocratic families are accustomed to calculating gains and losses, and even Cui Xiong is not exempt from this habit. It's really disgusting!
Shen Tang laughed and said, "Not really."
She started her own business from scratch, and Kang Guo started a business from nothing, which was much more troublesome than it was right now. I didn't choose to compromise back then, so how could I swallow my anger now? Can it still be considered her territory if she cannot truly control it? I want to be a local emperor in her territory, parasitize her body, and absorb her nutrients to enrich myself...Have you ever asked her for her opinion?
She is not made of mud.
Miao Na perked up and said, "My lord, do you have a way to break the situation?"
Shen Tang said: "I am not really trapped in this game. How can I break the situation? The treasury of King Kang's court is indeed...somewhat tight. The scale of the officials of the court has expanded, and their salaries cannot be defaulted. Those who have made meritorious service in this battle The soldiers cannot be treated badly. Therefore, my plan is to use this part of the national treasury budget to offset the food shortage in the country."
To put it more simply, Shen Tang's current assets are all high-quality, non-realizable fixed assets that cannot be converted into circulating cash. In terms of assets, she is really not poor, but in terms of cash flow, she really has no money. Abundant food can appease the people.
First, we would use work as relief. Wang Ting would allocate a small portion of the money, and the remaining remuneration would be converted into grain. This might buy time.
Even if the economy cannot be boosted in the short term, as long as there is no major famine disaster, the boiling public dissatisfaction that the family thought would not break out for the time being. Shen Tang: "Even if things don't work out, I can restart the Baitiao from the He Yin period, and it can also be used to relieve cash pressure."
Now with Kang Guo's endorsement, Bai Tiao can be compared with the grain stored in the grain depot. As long as the people believe that Bai Tiao can be cashed into grain, it can temporarily replace the circulation of money. However, this approach is not the first choice. At that time, Heyin only had one-third of an acre of land, Baitiao management was simple, and the cost of fraud was also high. Until Shen Tang was transferred to Longwu County, no large-scale fraud scandal broke out. It is different now. Her stall is so big that no one can guarantee that there is no master forger in every corner.
What if it is cracked and a large number of fake notes come to cash it?
Cash in?
The Kangguo grain depot cannot be saved, and everything will be in chaos.
Not cashing in?
The royal court's reputation among the people was ruined.
Once the people no longer trust the royal court, how long can Kang State last? How is the currency promoted circulated? How are the policies implemented implemented? Seriously, it may even make Shen Tang's years of hard work go down the drain. Therefore, she must be cautious, balance the civil and military affairs, balance the royal court and the place, always suppress the local gangsters of the aristocratic family, and live her life carefully down to the last millimeter.
Lord of the country, this is really not a job for human beings.
Neither cattle nor horses are capable of such oppression.
I feel like bitter gourd in my heart, with tears streaming down my face, but I still have to maintain a confident smile on my face: "The period of difficulty is only for a short period of time. You can get through it by gritting your teeth. Destiny always has a clear price tag in the dark. If you bow to the family for a moment of relaxation, In the future, when they recover from the war, they will turn into cancer again. Then there will be too many interests entangled, and it will not be easy to touch them again. "
The tax rate paid in the southwest region should be the same as that in Kang State.
The proportion of regional survival is also stuck at the lowest level.
While Miao Ne admired Shen Tang's decisiveness, he was also worried about her: "What if the Southwest family headed by Cui is causing trouble?"
We can't kill them all.
The aristocratic families in the northwest were torn apart by frequent wars. Local snakes like the Miao family could be considered moderate, and their control over the local area was not too deep, but it was different in the southwest. Taking the Cui family as an example, officials in various places have traces of the Cui family, Cui family's affiliated families, Cui family's in-laws, Cui family's disciples and former officials... There are hundreds of people with names and surnames. It's not difficult to kill so many people. What's difficult is finding someone to take over immediately without causing chaos. This is just the Cui family. How many other families, large and small, are there together?
Shen Tang chuckled: "There is a great man named Huang Chao. He created a brand-new method of killing. He kills according to the family tree! Although I am not so manic...but if I am pushed to the limit, I can live as long as the world."
"Heaven and earth have the same lifespan? Immortality?"
"We will die together."
Miao Ne: "..."
This is the first time I know that this word can be used in reverse.
"...How can their despicable lives be worth the Lord's exchange?"
Shen Tang just patted Miao Ne heavily on the shoulder.
"Ximin, please report a work-related injury."
The child Miao Na also suffered too much mental pressure from being around the First Lord of Qi State. Miao Zi, who used to be upright and taciturn, could not change his oral habit that penetrated into his bones. Shen Tang asked her to report a work-related injury. Miao Ne looked down at herself in confusion. She was not injured?
It was already a month later that Cui Xiong was summoned by Shen Tang again.
The location is in the capital of King Qi.
The royal capital surrendered in Kaicheng yesterday, and the person who was elected as the new leader of Qi State was the heir of the previous leader. The little girl, who walked steadily, wore a plain robe that didn't fit well and led the ministers to surrender. The little girl's biological father was Youshi, the male favorite of the previous ruler of the country. She didn't even know what happened. She only remembered her biological father's despair as if the sky had fallen, which made her even more worried and confused.
Shen Tang was surprised for a moment when he saw the young ruler of the country who was not even waist high, and was speechless to the old ministers of the Qi Kingdom. How can a little milk baby save the building from falling? It's just a scapegoat.
Qin Li also told Shen Tang about one of the secrets, which made Shen Tang speechless: "Originally, I wanted this baby king to perform the ceremony of binding a jade in front of him, exposing his body, and leading all the officials to decline... After all, he is just a baby with no sense of shame. Even if he suffers such a shameful humiliation, no one will take it easy..."
The surrender of a defeated country is a reward for a victorious country.
Losers should bear whatever humiliation they suffer.
In the past, this kind of surrender gift was given to the king in his prime. Who would have thought that Qi Guiguo would push out a milk baby on the eve of the destruction of the country.
Isn't this totally sick?
"I heard that the child's biological father almost committed suicide by hanging himself from a beam."
The baby didn't know how humiliating this was, but her father knew that, but neither father nor daughter could resist, so he could only choose to commit suicide out of grief and anger. The servants noticed the movement and rescued him, but the child was frightened by the movement and almost suffered from the syndrome of leaving the soul...
The Cui officials who stayed in the city handed over the news.
It reached Chu Yao's ears in a roundabout way.
Time was running out at that time, and Chu Yao had no time to report back to Shen Tang, so he directly sent someone to beat up the person who was planning to do this. He pulled a set of plain robes temporarily and put it on the head of the country. The child did not need to be **** with jade, and other Things like coffins were not moved. Chu Yao's people also coaxed the stupid child: "When you turn around, you just have to walk out of the city gate and I will give you candied haws." 】
I just used candied haws to coax the child from crying.
I don’t know how these officials are so smart. Winter in the southwest is much warmer than in the northwest. It’s also winter. In the coldest month of winter, a child is allowed to lead hundreds of officials to surrender? Why don't they take off their clothes? Hundreds of people gathered naked to walk the birds?
That was truly a scene that could be written down in history books!
In a certain month of a certain year, the state of Qi surrendered, and hundreds of officials went out to welcome the king. History books dared not be written and future generations would not dare to read them. A group of adults, even old people with one foot in the coffin, bullying an orphaned girl and a widowed father like this? If no one informs these old people of their plans in advance, the person who will be criticized by the history books later will be the owner of the family.
Future generations will not remember who arranged the surrender, but they will definitely remember who the surrendered party was, and they will even speculate that this was a perverted move by Kang Guo to bully the weak. Shen Tang almost became the historical version of E'e's injustice.
Shen Tang didn't even sleep for an hour during the whole journey.
With the southwest territory in her hands, she must have a general understanding of the situation here. Even with Wen Xin's assistance, which gave her a learning ability similar to copying and pasting, Shen Tang was still so busy that she didn't have much time to sleep. She had to sort out the situation in the shortest possible time. If you know yourself and your enemy, you will be victorious in any battle, and you will not be easily deceived by local forces in the southwest relying on information gaps. Therefore, she didn't know how to deal with the situation at first.
Seeing the baby who was no longer as tall as her waist, the tired smell of a social animal in her body became lighter, and she forced a smile.
After going through the process and moving into someone's home, I realized that there was still this part: "If I were the one, I could rob everyone else!"
Chu Yao: "It's not that I don't want to, it's just indecent."
If there were only a few of them at the scene, it would be okay to do this. It is estimated that more than half of these old guys would commit suicide when they go back, but the Lord is also present, and they can't let the Lord see such a dirty thing. As a last resort, I spared these old guys.
Shen Tang thought about that scene for a while.
He closed his eyes in pain: "It is indeed indecent."
I just want to poke my eyes out.
Shen Tang secretly wrote down this account.
Not long after, the guards came in to report.
"Your Majesty, the eldest son of the Cui family is waiting for summons outside the palace."
“Bring people in.”
Perhaps because of the good food in the army, Cui Xiong not only did not continue to lose weight, but became plumper and looked good. He looked more like a son of a noble man than at first sight. He didn't know what was going on behind Xianjiang, so he was still in a sunny mood.
"I've met Mr. Shen."
Shen Tang rarely gave him a good look, but Cui Xiong was flattered. He was left alone by Shen Tang for more than a month. He was stable in the first half of the month, but became a little discouraged in the second half of the month. The Southwest has reached the final stage, and Kang State has no signs of financial collapse. In addition to the shortage of manpower, there are few civil riots in the land, and it seems that the state treasury is constantly spitting out money.
Cui Xiong knew that those people's calculations were wrong.
In the second half of the month, he was in a bad mood. He ate and drank well every day, went to bed early and got up early, and didn't have to work. How could he look bad?
Shen Tang pointed to the lower position and motioned for him to take a seat.
Cui Xiong became more and more startled and restless, his movements cautious.
"How has Hou Bai been doing in the past month or so? Cui Zhishan is already in the city. You and your son will be reunited when you get back."
"Very good, thank you Mr. Shen for your concern."
"As long as you live a good life, the elders in the family should be worried if you go out alone for such a long time." Shen Tang smiled gently, like an amiable elder. He was concerned about Cui Xiong's quality of life during this period, and even allowed him to eat and take food with him. Return to specialty products.
A "specialty" for Cui Zhishan.
Cui Xiong didn't even have a chance to mention the mission during the whole process.
Returning to Cui's private residence in the royal capital, it was rare for the family to be so tidy. Not only his father Cui Zhi, his mother Cui Hui, his younger brother Cui Mi, his elder sister Cui Long, but also his unnamed "brother-in-law" beside his elder sister. The serious brother-in-law Yuan Wulang was nowhere to be seen.
There was a depressing feeling in the house that a storm was coming.
My sister nestled in her mother's arms and expressed her longing for her. She almost couldn't help crying, and her mother was so moved that her eyes became wet. Cui Mi wished he could shrink his presence, while his father looked at the people in his daughter's room who were bowing and bowing their heads with an angry face.
Hearing Cui Xiong's movement, everyone looked at it.
Cui Xiong was so frightened that he wanted to take a step back.
Before I even took a step forward, my father stopped me sharply.
"Get in here too!"
"oh!"
Cui Xiong did not dare to disobey at all.
Cui Zhi put his daughter's matter aside and asked Cui Xiong about the progress of the matter. Cui Xiong has only been talking to Shen Tang for more than a month, so what progress can be made? He could only take out the "specialty" given by Shen Tang, and Cui Zhi opened it, looked at it and closed it.
"Father, what's inside?"
My father's face looked quite ugly.
Cui Zhi threw the thing aside as if it was some dirty thing, but what he said made everyone present frightened: "It's just a few of Cui's real account books. These things should have been kept in the most secret and safe place. So did Lord Shen." What a good idea!”
Cui Xiong used his peripheral vision to see his mother's reaction.
The latter still has a heart-to-heart with my sister.
Cui Xiong murmured: "Could it be fake?"
Maybe the real ledger is still in place?
Cui Zhi was too lazy to put in the effort: "No matter whether the content inside is true or false, the appearance of the real accounts can be forged. Isn't it easy to get the original ones? There is no need to verify the authenticity."
Cui Xiong’s mission is not without progress.
These ledgers are Shen Tang's answer.
"...I believe that not only the Cui family, but also other families should have received similar 'special products'." The name is a special product, but it is actually a clue. These clues may be related to the lifeline of survival, or to reputation and glory, or they may be the crime of uprooting the entire clan.
He didn't want to get involved.
While other families were worried, the Cui family had the confidence to escape unscathed. There was really no need to mess with the situation anymore, but the person above her was unwilling to do so. Cui Zhi wanted to throw things directly in front of him. Can the former Cui family be compared with the current Cui family, the former Qi State and the current Kang State?
You have to use your stubborn and arrogant attitude to drag people to hell!
"How did Mr. Shen search for these things?"
Cui Zhi doesn't want to know these nonsense.
He just wants to know when his daughter became crooked!
"You have to make your father angry to death before you give up!" I have been a father and a mother for so many years. When did my daughter change drastically? Women’s eighteenth-year-old reform shouldn’t be like this, right? Why did she bring a few unworthy people over for today's family dinner?
Cui Zhi was so angry that he almost burst into tears.
Is it the son-in-law? Just show it to him?
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