The budget left by the Ministry of Accounts is of great use and cannot be moved.

In addition to the household department, the second is the military commander's book.

Pensions for fallen soldiers, awards for meritorious generals, there are a lot of them... The demand for pressure is to hope that the military budget will increase in the coming year. The last point is the most important! Kang State's annexation of the entire southwest is a certainty, and various places must set up discounts.

If the government wants to recruit troops and train elite troops, it will cost money. Military expenditures must at least be doubled, right?

How could the Ministry of Revenue refute such a small and normal request?

Is the treasury running out of money?

Feelings of grievance can overflow through words.

They are aggrieved, and the Ministry of Revenue is even more aggrieved. It does not mean that if the treasury has money, it can be used casually. In the great Kang country, they are not the only generals waiting to spend money. How many places are waiting for food? There is only so much money, and the responsibility of the Ministry of Revenue is to let people Everyone is barely half full, rather than one party being full and the others starving to death.

The military commander has another opinion.

Why, they got so many trophies from the war?

Isn’t this all money?

Unexpectedly, the Hubu was hesitating and talking about him, talking about everything but not money. The two groups of people scolded each other fiercely in the distance, and some of the words were even eye-opening to Shen Tang. This also hurt her, I've been suffering from insomnia all night long, and my palms and backs are all fleshy.

Shen Tang's temples hurt sharply.

It would be great if there was a second Jimo Qiu in this world.

"How can he have such ability?" Shen Tang's brows and eyes were filled with worry, which made Miao Ne feel blocked, and even had opinions about Cui Xiong, "My lord has traveled across the four realms for many years, but now the monarch and his ministers are united and everything goes smoothly. Isn't it right?" Is it when the sun is at its peak?"

Shen Tang: "..."

She half-smiled but looked at Miao Ne helplessly.

Miao Ne stared at her for a few seconds and suddenly reacted.

I have been following the previous leader of the Qi Kingdom for too long, and I have used different tricks to flatter him every day. I have unknowingly developed a habit of flattering him every time he opens his mouth. Everyone wants to hear good things, but if you are so flattered by the good words that you forget yourself and become arrogant, that is naked. Miao Nazheng didn't know how to end it. Shen Tang suddenly reached out and pinched her face: "You have honey on your mouth, right?"

Miao's voice is as quiet as a mosquito's: "It's also what he says from the bottom of his heart."

The situation is indeed very good right now.

It was too easy for her to move the Cui family. She didn't even need to use heavy troops to suppress the situation. She could bury the three tribes of people in the ground with just a few soldiers and horses. What scruples, fears, and weighing the pros and cons?

The Lord needs the aristocratic family. Such a large royal court cannot operate safely without the aristocratic family. Only then can the aristocratic family have a bargaining chip.

The chips in Cui's hands obviously haven't reached this level yet.

Insufficient chips mean that you can be slaughtered.

How could Cui Xiong bite a piece of meat from her mouth?

Isn’t this a fantasy???

Shen Tang said: "It's money, it's taxes."

Kang Guo is currently short of money.

Shen Tang rubbed his swollen forehead and sighed: "How come a noble family or a warlord can mobilize so many soldiers and horses at every turn? As the saying goes, if you have milk, you are a mother. Who pays for the soldiers and horses? Yes, whoever has the right to speak."

Private tribes are just small fights. Hundreds or even thousands can only dominate a small area. But if the stage is enlarged and then enlarged, the opponent's force size has reached "10,000". In this regard, private tribes It's not enough to squeeze people's teeth.

"Before, the boundaries of the southwest were in chaos, and the tax items in various places were unclear. Nine out of ten were in deficit, and one was in deficit for consecutive years. Not to mention that it was taken back to the royal court. Every year, it cried to the royal court about natural and man-made disasters, and begged to be exempted from paying taxes.

Guess how much of this is true and how much is false?" The collected taxes were roughly divided into two parts, one part was handed over to the royal court, and the other part was retained to maintain governance.

The retention rate is getting higher and higher.

How many of these are not on the books?

Wang Ting didn't want to suffer a loss, so he simply reduced certain expenses.

"A soldier will give his life to whomever he eats."

When the ratio of local survival is too high and is high enough to raise soldiers, of course the soldiers will eat local food and follow the generals or local high-ranking officials. Most of the high-ranking officials are from local wealthy families. If you steadily control this link, you can make profits from it. One link after another.

Ring, interlocking.

To operate on this part is to cut directly into someone's main artery.

The embarrassing thing is that the deficit in the southwest is too big, and the current financial situation of Kang State is not healthy. It would be fine if the Wang Ting lowered the local retention ratio. The local deficit account would be settled by the Wang Ting. The retention ratio is high, and the proportion turned over to the Wang Ting every year is lower.

Each region can pay for its own profits and losses, and the short-term pressure on the Royal Court will be greatly reduced, and it will not affect subsequent plans to use troops in the central region.

What's the cost?

The price is that Shen Tang cannot completely control the southwest.

She is a king on the surface, but there are countless emperors behind her back.

The local government soldiers will also turn away from her.

The southwest territory is too big, and the royal court cannot take care of every corner. It may take until the termites fall to find that the beams and wooden pillars have been eaten away by them to the point of crumbling. When Shen Tang was at the peak of his power, they might not dare to make it too obvious.

, but what about when Shen Tang gets old or abdicates? Tigers always take a nap.

It can be seen from the development of Kang State in recent years that as long as time can be extended, the prosperity of the territory is inevitable, at least it will be much better than the current devastation. And the current financial distribution of Kang State can almost be controlled by the royal court.

The biggest lifeline everywhere.

This is obviously contrary to the interest groups behind Cui.

No one wants to wait to be fed. If they obey, they will be fed. If they disobey, they will starve to death. They dance in shackles and have no control over their own fate.

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Chapter completed!