At this point, the power structure of the Han court has undergone tremendous changes. Liu Ai, the Zhongshu Ling, Lu Duan, the Shangshu Ling, Zhao Kuangyi, the Shangshu Zuocheng, Zhang Qixian, the Shangshu Youcheng and Finance Envoy, Cao Bin, the privy envoy, Han Hui, the imperial envoy, and officials

Murong Defeng, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, Xiang Deming, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and of course, Zhao Wang Liu Fang, who was free from the center of power and participated in political affairs. Together, these people formed the power center of the upper class of the Han Dynasty.

Compared with the beginning of Yongxi's first year, the biggest difference is that Emperor Liu Yang's authority has been further consolidated, and he is gradually taking full control of the emperor's right to speak and initiative.

Shortly after completing the main personnel adjustments in the imperial court, Emperor Liu Yang issued another edict, asking all prefectures and states across the country to self-examine the storage and tax warehouse conditions of the "Second Warehouse". At the same time, officials from the Ministry of Personnel, the Department of Finance, and the Three Yamen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate rushed to the scene.

All localities cooperated in the investigation. This decree once again caused turmoil in the Han official circles, because everyone knew what it was for, and this level was not easy to pass.

In the process of raising supplies for counterinsurgency and subsequent aid to Shu, the imperial court discovered that there were gaps in many places, and it was impossible to meet the imperial court's dispatch needs. The problem, of course, was the misappropriation of money and grain, and even theft.

superior.

So taking this opportunity, Liu Yang will of course start the reform of the central government's supervision of local financial powers. This is also the second step of his "Yongxi Reform" and is particularly important.

Similarly, this job is still difficult to do. It is very common for local governments to misappropriate fiscal deficits, but how to solve it is not so easy.

It is of course unrealistic to ask local governments to generate money and food out of thin air to make up for the shortfall. Therefore, strengthening institutional supervision is the main purpose. In this process, of course, old accounts must be checked and the crimes of those silverfish should be traced.

Someone originally suggested that local governments should be given a time limit to make up for their own shortfalls, and those who are dissatisfied after the deadline would be punished according to law. This was simple and crude, but Liu Yang rejected it almost without thinking. After his judgment, this was simply another form of exploitation for local officials.

It is inevitable that the name of the place will be distorted, but the people of the Han Dynasty cannot afford to bother.

Originally, at the end of the Kaibao period, the court's finances were balanced with a certain deficit. After the Shu Rebellion, from the quelling of the chaos to the aftermath, coupled with the inherent series of large expenditures, a new round of financial constraints for the Han court came.

In this regard, Liu Yang chose "conservative treatment". On the one hand, he vigorously reduced expenditures from the palace to the imperial government, on the other hand, he increased the crackdown on corrupt officials, local tyrants and evil gentry, and on the other hand, he increased the acquisition of external resources.

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For this reason, Liu Yang even started a "population" business with the vassal states in Nanyang. There were nearly 300,000 people captured during the Shu Rebellion. The court did not dare to let go of these people, and it was impossible to kill them. They were raised in vain.

It cost money and food to live, so he could only be temporarily demoted to the prison camp to perform hard labor.

As one of Yongxi's benevolent policies, Liu Yang's reform of the prison camps could not be stopped, so exporting to the outside world once again became a choice based on comprehensive considerations.

However, the cost of transporting 300,000 people to various overseas feudal countries is too high. Even within the country, we can use the method of "migration", and there is always a need for ships at sea.

Therefore, the Nanyang kings "quickly" said that they could afford to exchange it with real gold, silver, and spice agate. Of course, the emperor also paid attention to food and appearance, so he accepted the real gold and silver. As for the rest, he used the military expenses of the Nanyang garrison.

compensation.

In this way, a deal that was beneficial to both internal and external parties was reached. As far as the court was concerned, the nature of blood transfusions did not fundamentally change, but the troubles and money and food saved were earned.

This seems to have also started a wave of accelerating external exports in the Han Dynasty. After all, no matter whether you are a criminal or a traitor within the empire, when you reach a feudal country, you are all talents and the most precious resources.

For this reason, Liu Min, Liu Ye, and Liu Wenyuan also made requests to the court. Finally, after careful consideration, 50,000 people were given to Anxi and 10,000 to Liu Wenyuan. Likewise, the immigration costs were borne by themselves.

Even Liu Yang sent more than 10,000 people to the Beiting Kingdom of King Zhao Liu Fang. He took the initiative and always gave some special care to this most special brother. As for the Beiting Kingdom,

It is currently run by Liu Fang's eldest son Liu Wen.
Chapter completed!