Chapter 169 (2/2)

Han Jianming spread out the map and put it on his desk, pressing the four corners of the map with Zhenzhi and inkstone. He drew a circle with his finger and said, ”this is Liaodong region.”

Yuxi looks at Han Jianming. He doesn't know what Liaodong does.

Han Jianming pointed to the place marked with red dots and said: ”this is Tongcheng, and there are Donghu people outside Tongcheng. In the past few years, the new king of Donghu had calmed down the civil strife because of the dispute over the throne. Liaodong, there will be no peace in the future. ”

Yuxi couldn't help asking, ”what does this have to do with me?”

Han Jianming didn't answer Yuxi's words. He crossed over, circled another place, then pointed to a red dot and said, ”this is Yucheng, the frontier in the northwest. Outside Yucheng is Beilu. Every spring and autumn, Beilu will go to the border city to burn, kill, rob and abuse. And the war there has always been unsatisfactory, with countless deaths and injuries. ”

Yuxi understood this meaning, so-called not ideal is to lose more win less. In Han Jianming, pointing to the southwest, Yuxi couldn't help asking, ”it's not peaceful there either?”

Han Jianming shook his head and said, ”the Miao people and Qiang Rong people in the southwest are against each other. The imperial court sent 100000 troops, not only failed to eliminate this traitor, but the whole army was destroyed.”

Yuxi opened his mouth: ”the imperial army is so useless?” Miao and qiangrong are both ethnic minorities with a small population. Even if the 100000 army cannot be eliminated, it will not be destroyed. How bad these troops must be! They have fallen into such a field.

”The government's taxes are less year by year, but the expenditure is more year by year,” Han said After a pause, Han Jianming said, ”the expenses of the emperor and the harem account for one fifth of the annual taxes.”

Yuxi takes a breath. Even if she is not an official of the court, she knows that the taxes of the State Treasury should be used for military pay, food and grass, official salaries, agriculture and water conservancy, etc. The emperor and the harem spent one fifth of their money. Where can the imperial court use the rest? However, Yuxi directly ignores the latter sentence, and it's useless to pay attention. No one can dispute how much the emperor and Laozi spent: ”why is the tax less and less, where is the money?”

Han Jianming said, ”all of them have been corrupted by corrupt officials.”

Yuxi often read historical books, which are also recorded in the peasant uprising. Which farmers just because of corrupt officials to collect money, so that they can not live. For these people, anyway, there is no way to live, and rebellion may not be able to kill a blood way out, so they rise up: ”if the people don't live, they will revolt.”

Han Jianming thought that Yuxi's historical books were not empty: ”at the beginning of the year, Henan was rebellious because of the excessive collection of corrupt officials, but those people were killed by the imperial army.”

Yuxi is a little spooky: ”how can I not hear of such a big thing?” Finish saying to know to be silly, wry smile. Although it's a big thing, it's normal for her daughter, a boudoir girl, to be suppressed because it's not glorious, not to disclose the news.

After listening to such a pile, Yuxi seems to understand what Han Jianming is going to say to her: ”big brother, the world is going to be chaotic?”

Han Jianming shook his head and said, ”not yet. But if it goes on like this, sooner or later the world will be in chaos. ” He was worried about the future chaos, so he asked Han Jianye to marry Lu's girl. It's true that only when the world is in chaos can we protect our family and ourselves by holding the military power.

Yuxi thought for a moment and said, ”I have seen the ninth prince. He is a very powerful man. If he succeeds, he should be able to control the situation! ”

Han Jianming also knows that the ninth Prince is a man of great skill in the city: ”no one is sure about the future. It is a question whether the ninth prince can successfully ascend the throne.” Speaking of this, he asked, ”what's your feeling after hearing so much?”

Yuxi shook his head and said, ”I don't have any feelings. It's too far away from me to make trouble in the world. Even if it does happen for a while, it won't affect me. But if I don't avoid it, in case I provoke my grandmother and my father, I can't eat it. Elder brother, I can't come to you often in the future. ” The second is to avoid the old lady and Han Jingyan. The main reason is that Yuxi is worried about the exposed edge, so it's not easy to make a match. In Yuxi's heart, she still hopes that she can marry a good family and live a life of husband and son.

As for the chaos in the world, it didn't happen when she died last life. Well, although there are refugees everywhere, the capital is still very peaceful.

Han Jianming didn't ask for it either. He said with a smile, ”if you don't come, you can do it.” After that, he handed some books on his desk to Yuxi and said, ”take these books back and let me know after reading them. I'll change it for you. ”

Yuxi took several books with both hands and nodded without reading them. ”OK, I'll read them when I go back.”

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