Chapter 1346: The Han Banner World (Thirty-Six) The Pain of Having No Money
In an unknown small courtyard by Dayan Lake, Wang Jian and Gao Yuan formally signed an agreement, clarifying the relationship between the two parties. Dahan also officially owned his first vassal state. At this point, the most important task of both parties was completed. The following bilateral cooperation was naturally negotiated by the subordinates Wang Jian brought with Gao Yuan's subordinates. Wang Jian happily pretended to be Gao Yuan's follower, and followed Gao Yuan to start a formal inspection of Dayan County. For Wang Jian, He said that the current Han Dynasty gave him a huge impact all the time, whether it was the development of the Han Dynasty or the concepts of the Han people.
He saw the unlimited support for Gao Yuan from the people of Dayan County, and that kind of respect from the heart made Wang Jian tremble a little in his heart. But at the same time, he also observed that the people here did not have any special fear of officials. On the contrary, those officials were deliberately trying to please ordinary people, at least in Wang Jian's opinion. When he saw the high-ranking councilors Gao Yuan was talking about, Wang Jian recognized one of them. He was a man who once had great power in the former Qi State. In a small-scale exchange, Tian Yuanyuan, the senior congressman, publicly refuted a senior official of the Han Dynasty, Sun Xiao, the Protector of the Eastern Protectorate, and criticized some of his policies. However, Sun Xiao always faced it with a smile. He kept explaining to the congressmen present, and Gao Yuan, who was sitting above him, was obviously standing in a neutral position and did not show any favoritism because Sun Xiao was his confidant.
This made Wang Jian very puzzled. If the Han Dynasty was like this everywhere, how could the authority of the government survive? How can one herd one side and govern the world?
Wang Jian saw the latest issue of Dahan Weekly and read about the major case in Liaolin County. This was a case that shocked Dahan. The county governor Mao Dewang was dismissed from his post and transferred to the post of the third military region. This was a case in Dahan. The imperial court is an out-and-out derogatory person. For this reason, hundreds of officials from the three counties of Liaodong lost their jobs. What shocked Wang Jian even more was that Mutu, the great hero who exposed this major case, was eventually sentenced to death by the circuit court sent by the Han Dynasty to the three counties of Liaodong. The dozen or so leaders who followed Mutu to launch the riot were also sentenced to death. One by one, they were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from ten to twenty years.
There are many things in the Han Dynasty that Wang Jian does not understand, and there are many ideas that are contrary to Wang Jian's rule of governing the country and bringing peace to the world. According to Wang Jian's understanding, such a country should be in chaos and on the verge of collapse. However, the fact is that this country's national power is growing day by day, and the strength it displays is beyond his reach.
He sent people to collect every issue of Dahan Weekly from the date of its publication, and collected various laws and regulations issued by Dahan. He planned to take these things back and study them carefully. Keeping the essence and getting rid of the dross, Wang Jian considers himself a good scholar who is not afraid to learn from the strengths of others. Given time, he will definitely create a world that is not inferior to that of the Han Dynasty.
Ten days later, Gao Yuan ended his inspection of Dayan County, and Wang Jia set off and returned all the way. It will pass through western Liaoning and reach Hejian. After detouring through Yuyang and entering Qianzhao, Wang Jian returned to Jiyang, and Wang Jian's trip was considered a successful conclusion.
After sending Gao Yuan away, Wang Jian returned to the post house where he lived, and Huang Xiao, who was responsible for the specific negotiations, was waiting for him exhausted.
"Thanks for your hard work.
"Looking at Huang Xiao, who had almost lost weight, Wang Jian said.
"This is the duty of subordinates." Huang Xiao said: "It's just General, these Han people are too treacherous. They have to dig out even a word and care about every copper. It is really speechless."
"This is the characteristic of a big man!" Wang Jian said with a smile: "Two days ago, I followed Gao Yuan to attend a meeting of councilors in Dayan County. Do you know what I saw? Their councilor was in front of Sun Xiao . Directly questioning Sun Xiao’s Dongduhu Mansion’s spending on entertaining guests in the first half of the year far exceeded the budget.”
"How do these congressmen know about Sun Xiao's expenses for entertaining guests?" Huang Xiaoqi asked.
"Because every quarter, these government expenditures must be announced in a list, and any member of the council has the right to request an audit." Wang Jian said: "How about it, it's strange, right? And the excess part was originally There was no such expenditure in last year’s budget for Gao Yuan’s inspection. Gao Yuan’s inspection was temporarily decided because of our visit.”
"Why don't you get married? Sun Xiao didn't put it in his own pocket or eat a lot of meat and fish in his stomach!" Huang Xiao said.
"Here's the problem. Some members, especially Tian Yuanyuan, said in front of Gao Yuan that there should be no expenditures without a budget. Your Majesty's trip will cost a lot and will definitely affect the operation of Dayan County Government next year. It brought a big dilemma, how do you think it was solved in the end?”
Huang Xiao really found it a bit incredible. On the shore of Sui Tu, could it be Wang Tu? When Gao Yuan came to Dayan County, the officials of Dayan County should be excited. How could they still account for the money Gao Yuan spent on them?
"In the end, Gao Yuan promised that the expenses this time will be settled by him personally." Wang Jian stared at Huang Xiao and said.
Huang Xiao's mouth opened wide, but he couldn't turn around in his mind, "The King of Han pays privately? The whole Han Dynasty belongs to him, he pays, and in the end it is not paid by the treasury. Isn't this putting the money in the left hand into the right hand?"
"Otherwise!" Wang Jian took out a piece of newspapers from a pile of specially selected newspapers in the room. "Look at the anecdote in this newspaper. It was about Gao Yuan seeking compensation from his finance minister. He failed to get his salary, so he chased and beat him in anger, but he still didn't get it."
Huang Xiao read it at a glance and couldn't laugh or cry: "This, this is really a big joke."
"This is no joke!" Wang Jian sighed: "Gao Yuan is indeed a holy king I have never seen before, so if Gao Yuan exists, our Daqin will never be able to turn around. Now you understand why I said that Do you want to work hard and work hard for one generation or even several generations? "
"Maybe this is just a show by Gao Yuan." Huang Xiao thought for a while and said: "Maybe that Tian Yuanyan will be unlucky if he turns around. He is not clean in the first place, and now he dares to ruin King Han's face like this. Even if Gao Yuan is a saint, Sir, I don’t feel dissatisfied, but I’m afraid there are people down there who will help the King of Han deal with him.”
"You are wrong again." Wang Jian sighed: "Gao Yuan also specially introduced Tian Yuanhua to me, claiming that he is the most popular candidate for the next Dayan County Sheriff. Do you know how the next Dayan County Sheriff is selected? Are they elected by the members of Dayan County, and those members are elected by all the people of Dayan County with one vote, and all men and women have the right to vote. "
"The governor of a county is selected in this way? So where is the power of King Gao Yuan? How can he control these local officials?" Huang Xiao said with a change of expression. “If the central government cannot effectively control local officials, isn’t that the beginning of trouble?”
"I don't understand either, but at least now it seems that Dahan does not have this problem. I also asked Gao Yuan, this kind of election of county magistrates. It is still in the pilot process. In the entire Dahan, there are no more than ten counties in the first batch. This method is the old foundation when Gao Yuan started. In other places, it is still appointed by the central government. But I think Gao Yuan's intention is to gradually expand it. We have been in Dayan County for so long. , you should also have heard that their chief minister this term is also elected by the senior council members!"
"I heard about it. Yan Shenghao and Wu Qi fought, and in the end Yan Shenghao narrowly won."
"I wonder if Gao Yuan wants to carry out the policy of pretending to be a king in ancient times, but what good will this do to him? Is it possible that a founding monarch like him is willing to be ignored by his subordinates and become a A high-end wood carving and clay sculpture?" Wang Jian said.
"Not necessarily. At least the military power is still in his hands."
"Yes, this is the only right that Gao Yuan still holds in his hands. Everything else is managed by his political affairs hall. But the political affairs hall has nothing to do with the election of the Great Council. Forget it, let's not talk about this. There are too many big men. Let’s study the things we don’t understand after we go back. How was your discussion?”
"They gave us everything. According to the procurement catalog given to us by the King of Han Dynasty, the director of military industry promised to meet the supply. But the price was a bit high. This first batch of purchases alone, according to their original estimate, was as high as five million yuan. This is How can we get five million taels of silver?" Huang Xiao said worriedly.
"So many?" Wang Jian was startled. "How many things did you ask for?"
"I calculated it based on the replacement of 50,000 people." Huang Xiao said: "General, if we set up an elite army of about 20,000 and a standing army of about 30,000, this is the lowest number. The remaining numbers you mentioned are Those purchased by the manor owners themselves are not included in my calculation.”
"In the past few years, we have worked so hard that we have only accumulated three million taels in the warehouse. After the black-clothed food invasion, the consumption and post-war pensions, one million taels are gone. We Where can I find such money? Can I owe some of it first?" Wang Jian asked.
"Gao Quan told me that if you don't have money, you can get a loan from their central bank, but once the interest was calculated, I was shocked again. I was originally prepared to pay one million taels in advance, and the remaining four million taels Pay it off in years, and it can be calculated according to their interest. According to our financial income, I'm afraid we will never be able to pay it back. If we can, we will buy weapons from them later. Many of these weapons are consumables. If not The invasion of the big food in black is imminent, and I really want to run away. "
"Isn't there another compromise?" Wang Jian kept shaking his head: "For example, lowering the interest rate?"
"That Gao Quan said, this is already the lowest interest rate. General, there is really no other way. After we go back, we can only think of ways to think about taxes. Let's increase taxes. As long as we defeat the black food, we will They are in pain and scared, so we won't need so many weapons in the future." Huang Xiao sighed.
"If there is no other way, this is the only way." This is the only way Wang Jian can think of.
There was a knock on the door outside, and a guard came in and reported to Wang Jian: "General, there is a businessman outside, claiming to be a hitchhiker, and wants to see the general."
"A businessman? How could the general have time to see him? Send him away." Huang Xiaozheng was not angry. When he heard that a businessman came to visit, he immediately became angry.
"Wait a minute!" Wang Jian stopped him: "Huang Xiao, my coming to Dayan County is a secret. Not many people know about it. How can a businessman know about it? Don't you find it strange? I'm afraid this businessman is not simple. Let him come in and I'll see him." (To be continued...)
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