The so-called two thousand stones is actually because the salary of the county magistrate in the Han Dynasty is two thousand stones, which is 120 hu of hu per month. Therefore, two thousand stones become a dividing line, and at this level it is a big figure at the county magistrate level.

As for the two thousand stones mentioned by Wang Xiao, the Chinese character actually refers to the meaning of being an official in the ZhongX court. His monthly salary is 180 hu, which is much higher than that of the county magistrates outside.

When the Han Dynasty paid half of the salary, half of the money was usually paid. Not all the food was distributed. When the money was distributed, it was paid according to the price.

Dong Zhongshu was happy, not because of his high salary and salary, but because of his level as a county magistrate.

In the Han Dynasty, the level is much more important than money and salary.

The Shaofu Order Zhao Yu was called over, and Wang Xiao simply pointed at Dong Zhongshu and said to him, "Dong Zhongshu is now the editor-in-chief of Dahan News. You will support any expenses he needs here."

"Hey, right." Zhao Yu responded repeatedly, then turned to Dong Zhongshu and asked, "How much does it cost?"

Dong Zhongshu thought for a while and said, "Let's get twenty million yuan first."

After hearing this number, Zhao Yu almost kicked him over.

Twenty million yuan, come first?

These days, a stone of grain costs only more than a hundred yuan, and a good horse costs only ten thousand yuan.

Dong Zhongshu opened his mouth and asked for 20 million yuan, thinking it was 20 million grains of corn?

In front of Wang Xiao, Zhao Yu suppressed his anger and asked him, "Why is the expense so high?"

"Mainly because paper is expensive."

Dong Zhongshu began to settle accounts for him. "According to Your Majesty's wishes, one issue will be sent every ten thousand, and all counties, marquis, towns, and roads will have a total of 1,587. Then, according to the population, your Majesty will be distributed at least 1,000 people per share. The Han Dynasty currently has a population of 36 million, which means that at least 36,000 copies will be required every ten thousand."

"more than."

Wang Xiao simply shook his head, "There are too many people who conceal the population, starting at least 40 million."

The Han Dynasty collected a lot of taxes, and the cap tax was paid every year.

If there are five or six or seven children in the family, then the starting price is 100 yuan a year.

A hundred dollars is enough to buy a dog, it is the kind to eat. Isn’t it delicious to leave such money to the emperor and stay at home to eat dog meat?

"There are so many things in the world that hide people."

Wang Xiao sighed slightly, "The head of the pavilion is all the villagers in the countryside, and even if you know, you will help you cover it up. No matter how many children there are at home, when the tuition is received, the baby is the second child, and the strong man with a beard is also the second child."

The collection of tuitions is not something that can be collected casually by grabbing people, but there is a special list.

Every household has anyone and who is registered.

The collection of tuitions is based on the list. If there are a few people in this family on the list, then they can only be counted by a few people.

The eldest child in the family must register, otherwise your family will become a family.

The second child is to make it easier to go out and to allow other children to have a way out.

If you go further, there will be no registration on the roster.

Anyway, in the simple and simple Han people, basically every household has two children, which is very uniform.

So, economic means are the best way to control the population.

"Your Majesty, this, this" Zhao Yu was a little nervous because it was the matter of the Shaofu.

Now the emperor knows so well about these small tricks among the people, and he doesn't know what to say.

"It's okay."

Wang Xiao waved his hand and signaled that he didn't have to care about this matter. "Anyway, it will be cancelled in the future."

Zhao Yu and Dong Zhongshu were both stunned. What does Wang Xiao mean by what he said would cancel the future?

Anyway, they will not think about canceling the collection of oral calculations, because if you think about it from the perspective of others, the emperor will not be willing to earn hundreds of millions of dollars a year.

Such a huge sum of money, and it's available every year, is really delicious.

Wang Xiao did not mean to explain in detail to them, and his eyes signaled Dong Zhongshu, "You continue."

"Shaofu Order, please see this."

Dong Zhongshu handed Zhao Yu the newspaper that Wang Xiao had read before, "A piece of paper is as large as six pages. Just so much money is enough for so much paper, it will take a month."

"There are more and more paper production in Shaofu workshops, and the prices are getting lower and lower."

While Zhao Yu was still confused, Wang Xiao had already responded to the question, "The greater expense lies in building a transportation channel to the whole country."

"Every county has to be delivered, and it must be delivered as soon as possible. Although time will take place, the current newspapers cannot be delivered to the local area after one or two years."

After Wang Xiao said this, Zhao Yu could understand it here.

Speaking of which, there are tens of thousands of newspapers every time, but in fact, at most, a few large trucks can be towed away.

But it is obvious that the emperor did not want to use a slow cart, so he could only use a method similar to a military newspaper to send a trained messenger to a fast horse.

In this case, the cost will be high.

The expenses of messengers, the expenses of horses, the expenses of establishing stations in various places, etc., add up to the bottomless pit that cannot be beaten.

Fortunately, Wang Xiao said, "When sending, borrow the military information delivery station, just expand and increase the scale." This made Zhao Yu breathe a little relieved.

"There is still a expense." Dong Zhongshu stabbed him over there immediately. "Propagandas from all over the country also cost money."

"Xuan, what is Xuan?"

Zhao Yu said that he was ignorant and had never heard of any propagandist. Can he eat it?

Dong Zhongshu looked at Wang Xiao, who invented this word and this job, and directly explained to Zhao Yu, "It is necessary to have a publicist in the villages, pavilions and places, and is responsible for explaining the contents in the newspapers."

If the newspaper is delivered to various places, it is not for the county magistrates, pavilions, the three elders, the ranks, the husbands, and the travelers, but for all the people.

However, the Han Dynasty was an era when illiterate occupied the mainstream, and most of the people here were illiterate.

If you don’t know the words, of course you can’t read the newspaper, you can only listen to others reading it.

Recruiting these newspaper readers is the so-called propagandists.

The most basic condition for being a propagandist is that you have to be able to read. People who are literate can basically be attached to the word talent in the big man.

It is definitely a huge expense to recruit such people, and to recruit a large amount of long-term work.

These propagandists cannot say that they will pay a salary of 100 stones, after all, 192 stones a year is too much.

But at least it must be a 11-hu of food for Yuegu, or a 8-hu of Yuegu.

There is no doubt that this expense will also fall on the Shaofu.

Because Wang Xiao was pushing this matter in the end, as Wang Xiao’s money bag, the Shaofu has no choice but to do so.

As for other inks, typesettings, proofreading texts and even writing various news, most of them are the Shaofu’s own workshops and staff, so the expenses are not too much.

What really made Zhao Yu embarrassed was not that Dong Zhongshu wanted 20 million yuan when he opened his mouth. Although this was a huge sum of money, it was not a big pressure for the Shaofu.

The real reason is that you can't see where the headlines are.

It is obvious that the so-called newspaper has to be compensated for one issue, and the more you get it, the more you pay.

But depending on the emperor's intention, I guess this matter must be handled all the time. That means that this loss-making transaction will be compensated every ten days.

As the Shaofu Order, Zhao Yu felt that his head was big.

Wang Xiao saw his embarrassment and smiled and explained, "Actually, it's not all about making newspapers. You can also find a way to earn some money through newspapers and subsidies for one or two."

Zhao Yu looked at Wang Xiao in confusion. It was really impossible for him to have any open understanding.

“You can add another piece of paper to the newspaper.”

Wang Xiao's words made Zhao Yu smile bitterly. A piece of paper at home was equivalent to adding an additional expense.

"This paper is left to make special advertisements. Advertisements mean advertising. You can go to those big businesses, such as dog meat shops, blacksmith shops, cobbler shops, carpenter workshops, etc., and let them pay to buy a place on this paper, promote their own shops, and let the people all over the world know their shops."

While Zhao Yu was still thinking about things, Dong Zhongshu, who was standing beside him, yelled with his eyes lit up, "I can buy a seat in my Yang Pian and promote my Yang Pian!"

"This requires my consent."

Of course, Wang Xiao would not give all the schools of thought a chance to cheat. This kind of publicity must be in his own hands.

"There are also big businesses everywhere who can also pay them to buy pages and promote their own opportunities."

Wang Xiao gave Zhao Yu an idea, "You can also go to those poor nobles who are only rich and tell them that they can write the great achievements of their ancestors on the pages they bought with money, or they brag about their own manuscripts, as long as they don't surpass them, they can send them out."

He stood up and walked to Zhao Yu and said, "This is a real good thing, a good thing that everyone in the world can see. There is no way to measure its value just by money."

"Here."

Zhao Yu hurriedly saluted, what else could he say, and he couldn't say anything. He could only find a way to see if he could recover some of the costs through the publicity.

After the newspaper matters were arranged, Wang Xiao continued to stay in the palace.

He was not trying to take the girls to travel around, but was waiting for Wei Qing to come back, and was also digging a hole for Queen Mother Tian Fu and even the nobles.

When the pit is dug and whether to jump or not will be decided by themselves.

After the autumn harvest, Wei Qing's army finally returned to Chang'an City from the distant south.

Wang Xiao took Wei Zifu and carried Huo Qubing out of the city twenty miles to welcome Wei Qing.

Just like the last time he went to Weiman North Korea, Wei Qing also returned with honor.

He himself took another step, from Guannei to Lehou, which was the highest point of his title.

Wang Xiao announced on the spot that he was appointed as Changping Marquis, with a fief of 3,800 households.

Gongsun Ao, Su Jian, Zhang Cigong and others who fought with him were all awarded the title of Marquis of Guannei. Hundreds of other people who made meritorious service and were awarded titles of hundreds.

Just after this large-scale reward, Wang Xiao once again announced that he would appoint Wei Qing as the general of the guard and take charge of the military power of the Northern Army.

If Wei Qing was also adding to the Yulin Military Captain and Huben Military Captain who were still serving as the concurrent position at this time, almost 90% of the military power around Chang'an City would fall into Wei Qing's hands!
Chapter completed!