Chapter 295: Public and Private, Store Refresh
Gao Hui continued:
"The Rouran people value their own interests over justice. If Pei Gong can promise them great benefits, the Rouran people may not be unable to send troops."
Pei Yan immediately understood what Gao Hui meant. He was silent for a while and then said:
"I don't know how future history books will comment on what I did today."
Gao Hui also fell silent. The envoys of a country represented the country, and the promises they made would be recorded in history books. If Pei Yan wanted to induce the Rouran to send troops, he would definitely have to pay a heavy price, and these charges would naturally be borne by Pei Yan.
Thinking of this, Gao Hui could only comfort himself:
"Right and wrong will be judged by the public. The current state of affairs is not Pei Gong's fault."
Pei Yan bid farewell to Gao Hui and began to lobby the princes and tribal leaders of the Rouran royal court.
No one knows how much price was paid and how much benefit was gained, but in the end, the Brahmin Yujiulu came forward and petitioned Kehadun that they were willing to send troops to help the Wei Dynasty quell the rebellion.
Seeing that everyone was willing to send troops, Princess Shouyang could only reluctantly say:
"We just encountered a white disaster, and now we are in war. Will this bring punishment from the gods?"
The Brahmin Ukruta knelt before her golden tent and said:
"The Great Wei and our Rouran are cousins. Back then, the Great Wei escorted Khan Anagui back to the grassland to ascend the throne. Now that the Great Wei is in trouble, how can we Rouran people forget the kindness we showed them back then?"
In fact, according to the intelligence sent by Madam Feng, the Wei envoy Pei Yan paid a huge price, including allowing the Rouran people to plunder the Six Garrisons, and also offered a large amount of silk as a reward, before convincing the Rouran people to send troops.
Princess Shouyang pretended to shed tears and "reluctantly" agreed to the request of the princes and clan leaders, announcing that the Rouran royal court would send troops to help the Northern Wei Dynasty quell the rebellion.
After the Rouran royal court announced the dispatch of troops, several other large Rouran tribes also expressed their willingness to send troops. Troops began to gather on the grassland, and Pei Yan, who made everything happen, had mixed feelings.
What made him happy was that the Rouran agreed to send troops, and he had finally completed the task of the Grand Commander Yuan Shen.
What is worrying is that this time the Rouran troops will bring harm to the people of Wei, and the court does not know how much it will have to pay.
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Originally, three days after the wedding, it was the time for the bride to return home, and the groom would also have to follow the bride back home and be "beaten" by the bride's family.
However, Princess Chenliu's parents' home was not in Yongle City, so Su Ze did not have to accept such customs and was able to escape a disaster.
Three days after the marriage, Su Ze accompanied Princess Chenliu to burn incense to the successive emperors of the Northern Wei Dynasty. After making a wish to have a child, Su Ze led Princess Chenliu back to Baichi Tower.
After his marriage, Su Ze naturally could not continue to live in the military camp, but when the carriage returned to Baichi Tower, he saw Madam An and Lu Xiuning waiting for him at the door with their daughter in their arms. Su Ze glanced guiltily at Princess Chenliu beside him.
On the second day after the marriage, Princess Chenliu took the initiative to summon Su Ze's two "concubines".
Managing concubines has always been the right of the wife.
Especially since Su Ze's wife is a royal princess with a high status, Madam An and Lu Xiuning are even more cautious.
Su Ze didn't know how Princess Chenliu talked with her two concubines. Madam An quickly moved into Baichi Tower with her child and established a status for her daughter.
Lu Xiuning was still somewhat unwilling, as she was still a slave, probably similar to the maidservant who came with the dowry like Lu Zhu.
According to the lady, Lu Xiuning's status as a military slave was determined by her male master Su Ze, and she had no way to deal with Lu Xiuning without Su Ze's permission.
However, after these days of training, Lu Xiuning knew to control his temper and just stood behind Madam An with a grim expression.
Picking up his daughter, Su Ze looked at his wife guiltily, and saw that she didn't care, but started talking to Madam An about the matter.
The wife also has the responsibility of managing the family business. Among the large Han families, there is a mistress of the household, who is the person in charge of the entire family.
The mistress of the household is usually the wife of the male owner, sometimes the mother of the male owner. If both of them are gone, a concubine or an unmarried daughter will temporarily become the mistress of the household, but doing so will cause criticism from other clans.
Originally, it was Madam An who was in charge of Su Ze's private property. After the marriage, Madam An honestly handed over the household account books to Princess Chenliu.
After reading the account book, Princess Chenliu discovered that it was Madam An who had been using her business to supplement the family income these days.
Moreover, with Su Ze's spending, if he continues like this, I'm afraid the whole family will soon be left with nothing.
Most of the dowry brought by Princess Chenliu was used to reward soldiers on the way, and the remaining dowry was not enough to cover the expenses of the Pingxi General's Mansion.
So the first thing Princess Chenliu did after becoming the hostess was to call Su Ze's chief steward Su Chao and ask him to separate the treasury of the general's mansion from the private treasury used by Su Ze's family.
In addition to the ceremonial activities after the wedding, Princess Chenliu reconciled the accounts with Madam An in the past few days, separating the private and public properties of the Pingxi General's Mansion and clarifying the rights to the income.
Madam An said to Princess Chenliu:
"Madam, Su Changshi is here again."
Since Su Ze got married, Su Chao came to visit much more frequently than before.
And Su Cho's main purpose in these days is to quarrel.
The content of the argument was the division of income between the treasury of the Shogun's government and the private treasury of the Shogun's inner residence. Originally, Su Ze wanted to force Su Cho to take a vacation, but now it seems that the opposite has happened, and Su Cho has been forced to work overtime day and night.
In fact, Su Ze had already prepared to divide the shogunate's public treasury and the inner palace's private treasury.
Just like most companies in their early stages of business, the boss’s personal money and the company’s accounts are mixed together, and every penny must be spent wisely at this time.
Some companies do not have the conditions for loans, so it is normal for the boss to mortgage his own house to inject capital into the company.
However, a company that is on the right track must separate the company's public accounts and the boss's personal accounts.
For a country, the emperor also has a distinction between the national treasury and the private treasury.
The Han Dynasty's "Salt and Iron Discussions" also discussed very clearly that the land tax collected by the court was the fat and blood of the people, taken from the people and used for the people, and all of it must go into the national treasury.
However, according to the rules of the Zhou Dynasty, all the mountains, rivers and lakes in the world were the emperor's private property, and these were managed by the Shaofu in the Han Dynasty.
Simply put, farmland belongs to the people, while forests, minerals, and rivers are the emperor's private property.
In times of famine, he opened up mountains, rivers and lakes to provide relief to the people. This is also an example of a benevolent emperor in the Han Dynasty.
For example, Emperor Wen of Han, who was known for his love for the people, allowed the people to go to Shanglin Garden to make a living when a major disaster hit the capital. This was equivalent to using his own private property to provide disaster relief, which was recorded and praised by historians.
It was precisely because mountains, rivers and lakes were the emperor's private property that Emperor Wu of Han strengthened the status of the salt and iron monopoly on this legal basis, managed the salt and iron of the world through the Shaofu, and greatly enriched the Shaofu's treasury.
Emperor Wu of Han used the money from the Shaofu to build weapons, train the army, and attack the Huns.
This was also the reason why the ministers opposed Emperor Wu of Han but could not blame him. The emperor used his own private money to fight the Huns, so what else do you ministers have to say?
Even the fullness of the emperor's treasury determined his authority.
If an emperor cannot even reward his ministers, how can he gain the respect of his subjects?
Princess Chenliu also used this method to divide public and private property.
The rent and taxes from the five states and one county were all revenues from the treasury of the Pingxi Shogun's office, and the Shogun's inner chambers were never touched.
The mines, blacksmith shops, salt fields near the West Sea (Qinghai Lake), and various craftsman workshops invested by Su Ze were all private properties in the general's mansion, and Su Cho could not take them away.
There is no controversy about this part, but Su Chao is mainly controversial in two areas.
One is the market tax in each city. Su Chao argued that this was income from private business and should go into the treasury of the Shogun's government.
However, Princess Chenliu believed that the market tax of the Wei Dynasty was collected by the market tax collectors, and the market tax collectors belonged to the Shaofu, so it should also be the income of the general's mansion.
Second, the ranches established by Su Ze in Hezhou and Liangzhou. Is this part of the income considered as land output or a natural part of mountains, rivers and lakes?
Upon hearing that Su Cho had come again, Princess Chenliu immediately became high-spirited and went to the Mingtang with her secretary, Madam An.
Su Chao argued with reason, but Princess Chenliu did not give in at all.
Su Ze decisively let them argue for a while, while he held his daughter in the study to find some peace and quiet.
After the maid took his daughter away, Su Ze opened the system and found that today was the day to refresh.
With this upgrade, the system's commodity grid increased by two grids, reaching fourteen grids.
The grid for directional summons has become six grids, and the grid for random summons has become eight grids.
After much deliberation, Su Ze decided to specifically summon the [Armored Cavalry] series of followers.
There is no other reason. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it was an era when cavalry flourished. The armored cavalry of this era was the strongest fighting force!
Good steel should be used on the blade. If Su Ze wants to form a legion, he naturally needs a large number of orange and purple followers of the [Armored Cavalry] series.
Now that the grassland trade route has been opened, Su Ze can purchase horses from the vast sea. When the Western Regions are opened up in the future, he can also find a way to purchase Ferghana horses from the Western Regions.
It is now time to put the formation of an elite armored cavalry corps on the agenda.
The refresh countdown ended, and after a burst of orange and purple light, the system refresh after completing the task was a huge success.
Su Ze looked at the directional summoning grid with joy, five oranges and one purple!
[Calm Armored Cavalry]*2, [Armored Cavalry Strong enough to carry a tripod], these three are orange armored cavalry followers with positive affixes.
[Ordinary armored cavalry], this is a purple armored cavalry follower.
This time a new affix was revealed.
[Hot-blooded Armored Cavalry]
Grade: Orange;
Effect: A passionate armored cavalryman. This follower can give a passionate speech to boost morale in the team, greatly improving the morale of the team and making it less likely for the team to collapse.
Comment: "The blood is still hot!"
Price: 800 Wen Tai and 100 Baht coins, and a monthly maintenance fee of Wen Tai and Baht coins is required. The unit must be provided with meat for three meals, and the warhorse also needs professional riding slaves to take care of it.
This is another good follower! He is also a good follower who can serve as a grassroots officer!
Su Ze looked at the remaining eight random followers to see what surprises they could bring him this time?
(End of this chapter)