In the afternoon of August 11, Huo Guang was busy with official duties at the Shangshu Desk, Liu He was still sleeping in the greenhouse hall, while Tian Yannian "surveyed" the Cang Bing near Du and returned to Chang'an.

During the war, the Grand Persian Agricultural Mansion in Chang'an was always busy.

As the Ministry of Finance of the Han Dynasty, the Qin system was still named "Ming Mi Neishi" in the early Han Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Jing, it was renamed Da Nong Ling. In the first year of Emperor Wu's Taichu, he was renamed Da Si Nong, and he led the world's money and grain for common use by the country.

The officials of the Grand Secretary of the Agricultural Office were Taicang, and they were both saved and even correct. The capital was in charge of the five lords of the Tian, ​​the two lords of the Yan, the Iron City, and the sixty-five officials of the Dushui were all in charge of the treasury. The extremely important one was the capital in charge of the treasury.

Now the capital's commander is called "Yin Wenggui". He is a soldier from Hedong, Huo Guang's hometown. He lost his father at a young age and lived on his uncle. When he became an adult, he became a jailer, was well-versed in grammar, and he practiced good swordsmanship.

At that time, General Huo Guang was in charge of the government affairs. His relatives of Huo lived in Pingyang. The slaves relied on their power and often carried swords and weapons on the streets to bully men and women. Officials could not be banned and dared not be banned. Only Weng Yin became a municipal official and ruled the law was strict and used cruel officials to control these slaves honestly. He was honest and did not accept bribes, and hundreds of Jia were afraid of it.

He also made his mark and was appreciated by Tian Yannian, who was the prefect of Hedong at the time. Even if Yin Weng was arrogant, Tian Yannian believed it and used it. He promoted it all the way, from the Sei Shi to the Supervisor of Fennan and the Grand Administration of Fennan.

Tian Yannian also recommended him as the commander of the Xihe County Agricultural Command, responsible for the border land affairs. Now he has started a war with the Huns, and the expenses of money, goods, food and fodder are extremely expensive. He needs honest and capable people to coordinate. He transferred Yin Weng to the capital and was appointed as the commander of the capital.

"I used to take millions or tens of millions of dollars, but now it's tens of millions."

Looking through the bamboo slips and booklets, Yin Wenggui felt that he was very responsible.

The most important responsibility of the Du Neiling is to keep the annual income of the Grand Secretary’s farmers, live within their means, and make good budget planning.

The majority of income is taxes, salt and iron, tributes, public land rentals, etc., which are about 400,000 yuan a year and are hidden in the capital. In addition, the Shuiheng Duwei can also create a profit of 250,000 yuan, and can also be used as a public service. As for the Shaofu money of about 180,000 yuan, it is used for the royal family, and it will only be used to save the Grand Minister's Essence in urgent need.

With all the plans, except for the expenses left by each county to build bridges, pave roads and open canals, the central government can get 650 million yuan in a year, and the official salary will cost 200 million yuan, and most of the remaining amount will be used as military expenses.

The rations of the garrison soldiers and county soldiers can be solved by the military farming and local finances of the Agriculture Commander, and have achieved self-sufficiency. Although most of the Han army brings their own clothes, they have to be distributed from time to time, spending 40,000 yuan a year.

All the horses with big appetites have to be subsidized continuously. The Han Dynasty's pastoral gardens had 360,000 war horses, horses were eaten by a month, and soldiers were used for a year. In addition, the northwest border was long and the water grass was not enough, so they still had to eat food. In addition, the salary of horse officials and slaves would cost about 200,000 yuan in horse-raising money a year!

In addition, there are a large number of armored vehicles and ships to be repaired, especially the arrows and ships that are consumables, which cost about 60,000 yuan a year to enrich the arsenals in various places.

In the blink of an eye, the treasury spent only 150,000 yuan, and this money would be stored in the inner warehouse. It depends on it to provide disaster relief, river embankment, Great Wall, and barriers. Xiaozhao was in peace in the 13th year. Although there were several wars, it was not large in scale. It saved about one million yuan in all of them. It felt a bit like "the capital was huge in a huge amount of money, but it was rotten but could not be sank."

However, as the Han Dynasty re-explored the Western Regions and the two battles in the first year of Yuanting, all the savings of the more than ten years were destroyed in one breath!

War is a detestable four-legged gold-swalking beast.

"The art of war says that the army will be built with a 100,000 yuan a day, and I think it's far more than that." After a few months in Chang'an, Yin Wenggui began to fall into his hair.

When the Xi Qiang Dynasty was pacified, the military expenditure was about 10 million yuan per day. After more than three months of fighting, 100,000 yuan was spent. In addition, the rewards of soldiers and burial pensions after the war were given, a total of 140,000 yuan was spent.

The five generals conquered the Huns even more. They fought 160,000 cavalry and more than 200,000 livestock. The expenses were amazing. Horses and armored soldiers had accumulated on weekdays, but they had to prepare winter clothes, recruit hundreds of thousands of civilians, and transport food from thousands of miles away.

From July to now, in just one month, the expenses have exceeded Pingqiang, reaching 150,000 yuan! If the war continues until the beginning of spring, nearly one million yuan in the inner treasury will be wiped out!

Seeing the smaller and smaller treasury, Yin Wenggui was very worried. If the Grand Secretary Nong and Shuiheng Commander had enough money, they would have to use the Shaofu ban to renew it.

We must also be wary of those officials who took advantage of the war and made profits. Since the war started, many corrupt grain officials and minor officials in various counties have appeared, and these people will never be killed.

Fortunately, there was something that made Yin Wenggui feel a little comforted, that is, after he secretly checked the accounts in the city in recent years, at least on the books, there was no loophole.

But the books cannot be trusted. Yin Wenggui also paid attention to the military rations and equipment sent to the front line by the Grand Secretary. At least when he left Chang'an, he was also a big rat below, and the source was still clear.

When he visited Yannian's mansion in Dasi Farmland, he found that Tian Yannian's life was far less glamorous than his appearance, and even patches were sewn on the cuffs. The children of the Tian family were also beautiful outside and shabby clothes inside.

"Those merchants in the city are rumored that the greedy farmers of the Grand Secretary are mostly slandering. They are still as honest as when they were the prefect of Hedong."

Yin Wenggui was completely relieved, but he didn't know that Tian Yannian knew best when to be greedy and when not to be greedy. The Pingling Project could do anything, but the five generals conquered the Huns was a major event that Huo Guang devoted his efforts. He was very careful and the food and fodder distributed to the armies must be harmless.

So even though he had tens of millions of dollars a day, he didn't put a penny or a grain of rice into his pocket.

It seems that everything is normal, but recently, Yin Wenggui also discovered a problem, and today I will report to Tian Yannian:

"The three generals of the Grand Secretary, Qilian, Huya, and Liao set out from Shuofang, Wuyuan, and Yunzhong respectively, and the local agricultural commander and Juncang took on part of the troops, horses, grains, and fed them to the north, and then transferred part of them from Sanfu to the north."

"Arriving in Shuofang, the food in Yunzhong was generally not bad. However, the money and food sent to Wuyuan to Tian Shun, General Huya, were a little strange. Because the civilians were short of carriages and horses, a large amount of food was stranded in Shangjun and could not be sent to Wuyuan."

The book that Tian Yannian sent back from crossing the front line was indeed the case, and Tian Shun also wrote a letter to complain.

He sighed: "The amount of food and fodder transported is too large, and the chariots and horses and civil servants are limited. In my opinion, Shangjun may give priority to the grain in Shuofang and Yunzhong. Brother, you also know that these local officials are the best at treating people. General Qilian is the main force, and General Du Liao is the son of the general. They dare not neglect it. Tian Shun is just the son of the former prime minister, who is easy to bully, so he is the descendant."

Tian Yannian shook his head and felt sad about the ills of the grassroots of the empire.

The great man is too big, and everything has to be implemented by others. The wise and foolish person in charge of every link will affect efficiency.

It takes time for the central and local governments to negotiate, but the front line is short of military funds, but a large amount of grain is stuck on the road, and it is piled up in a certain warehouse and even rotten. When did not? Two soldiers sent people to transfer stations to escort grain, rob supplies, or even draw swords to face each other.

The generals and lieutenants on the front line also pay attention to whoever is the first to whom the baggage transport is the first to whom the baggage transport is the first to get the baggage and food when they stop at the Jiuquan border in Dunhuang.

Yin Wenggui nodded. This was indeed inevitable. Even if he and Tian Yannian went to take charge personally, they would not be able to control every link.

Little did they know that there were certainly disadvantages, but Tian Yannian did it on purpose this time. He has been a senior manager for many years. He knows how to transport food and fodder with the highest efficiency, and also knows who is the worst.

For example, if you send a grain official with low prestige, poor ability, and unwillingness to the hearts of the people of the people, airborne from Kanto to Wuyuan, and be responsible for the logistics transfer of General Huya. It would be strange if there is no problem.

In the end, he could not cut off the head of the Grand Secretary: the food sent from Chang'an to Shangjun was sufficient, and ordinary orders were not recommended, so he did not have to bear the responsibility of holding the boss.

Besides, now that the problem is discovered in time, Tian Yannian will immediately dismiss the man, but can Tian Shun wait until then?

Now the problem has emerged. When General Huya went out of the frontier, the food and fodder were not enough?

Yin Wenggui was very worried that this might affect the war, and Tian Yannian was also worried, but he knew in his heart that he had to remove the "possibility".

In the absence of food, the general must be uneasy and complaining to the court that he could not let the stranded food fly into the army, so he could only go out with his teeth.

At that time, Tian Shun will definitely remember the kindness of Tian Yannian, who was the confidant of the general, to him when he left Chang'an:

"You are not the son-in-law of the old general, so don't make too much contribution to avoid being too sharp."

The trap has been dug, and then it depends on whether Tian Shun will jump in. The general ordered the five generals to go out for 5,000 miles. How far can he go when the baggage and food are insufficient and he is nervous?

When it was almost dark, Tian Yannian knew the result.

One of Huo Guang's son-in-law, Ren Sheng, the Yulin Supervisor, hurried to Tian Mansion and said that the general asked him to come over.

Tian Yannian immediately went out. When he got in the car, Ren Sheng was a little anxious and whispered to him:

"The Grand Minister's Estate, something big happened!"

...

Ren Sheng had no relatives with another guy named Ren. After Xiaozhao's death, he controlled the Yulin Imperial Guards and was also responsible for monitoring Liu He's behavior.

The general is not a god, he can listen to his ears thousands of miles away and sees within all directions. He wants to summarize his program and rely on subordinates to implement specific matters. In Huo Guang's words, they are the "owls" on the chessboard.

Tian Yannian, who is the most loyal to Huo Guang and the most ruthless and decisive in his work, is the best among the owls. The Sikong of the Grand Sima Army, Du Yannian, is responsible for making suggestions, and the General Chief Tian Yannian is responsible for making decisions. He can be said to be Huo Guang's eyes and nose, sniffing out and eradicating the enemy.

Now only he and the other sons-in-law are young and have limited abilities, so they are ordinary chess pieces. They have no other advantages except trustworthy.

Below the chess pieces, there were chess pieces. The work that monitored Liu He and his confidants was handled by several Yulin Guards who were promoted by nepotism under Ren Sheng.

"Recently, Zhonghuangmen Shixian was quite favored by the emperor. He drank with the emperor all night last night. This morning, several Yulin cavalry followed him and lost him as soon as he entered Jiucheng."

When Ren Sheng complained, Tian Yannian was serious, but in fact, how could a few nephews of Ren Sheng's family who were careless and careless, keep an eye on Tian Yannian's "old son" Shi Xian? To put it bluntly, what Ren Sheng is doing now is what Tian Yannian had ten years ago, which is really far from it.

It was not until the evening that the few suffocated little Yulins finally found the trace of Shi Xian. However, this man appeared openly near Guangmingmen in the east of the city and was in a secret conversation with someone in a small village.

After the little Yulins rushed in, they found that the room was empty, Shi Xian had already stabbed himself to death, and there were two silk books beside him that had not been burned because the kettle had been knocked over and poured out the charcoal basin and was not burned...

Tian Yannian listened very seriously: "Oh, I wonder what is written on the silk book?"

Ren Sheng didn't dare to say anything more, so he only led Tian Yannian into the general's shogunate. In the hall, Huo Guang sat behind the desk, his expression was not unusual.

But just summoning Tian Yannian alone late at night is enough to illustrate the seriousness of the matter - whenever a general encounters a major event and needs to discuss it, the first person he thinks of is always Tian Yannian!

Seeing Tian Yannian arrive, Huo Guang looked at his confidant, pondered for a moment, and told him something first:

"An urgent report was sent from the border: General Tian Shun of Huya went out of the border at the end of July and walked more than 800 miles to Danyuwu Water. He stopped his troops and refused to advance, and returned to Wuyuan!"

Huo Guang examined Tian Yannian: "Zibin, in your opinion, why did Tian Shun rush forward?"

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Chapter completed!