The beginning is the emperor

Chapter 13

"After I went down to court, I went directly to visit this minister's house, and then do you know what happened? Fuck, this guy is actually pretending to be sick! The minister in this game is too shrewd!"

Seeing this post, Ren Tian pondered for a moment. He opened the attribute panel of his country again, and clicked on the [Treasury] column.

【Treasury】

Total funds: 902 gold

Monthly income: 1.4 gold

Monthly payout: 3.7 gold

Balance: -2.3 gold

Seeing this balance of payments, Ren Tian frowned greatly. The income in the early stage of the game is almost only taxes, and there are not many people who pay taxes, so the income is only so small, and the monthly expenditure is very exaggerated, including the imperial court. Officials' salaries, city wall maintenance costs, etc., as well as the 1 gold that Ren Tian specially allocated to the Praetorian Guards every month, a total of 3.7 gold, plus a few gold rewards at ordinary times, it can be said that the loss of treasury funds will be very large .

If there is no way to increase income, it is estimated that Nintendo's country will not last long, and it will go bankrupt directly.

As for the rest of the resources, there are about 16 shi of grain, which is pretty normal, and the rest of the resources, such as silk and tea, are relatively small.

After looking at the situation of the entire national treasury, it took only 2 days to spend about 100 gold, which is not optimistic, and most importantly, Ren Tian can conclude that the 30 gold that Sikong Du Hong asked him to add this morning was all taken by him. Filled the pockets!
"It's really possible. I didn't expect my ministers to be corrupt."

Ren Tian wanted to directly call for Sikong Du Hong to be imprisoned, but after thinking about it, he held back. After all, it is still the early stage of the game, and the position of Sikong is very important. Other officials have not been trained yet. If there is a vacancy, no one can replace it. Du Hong, the situation will be even worse.

Therefore, Ren Tian can only wait for a while and wait until suitable talents are available before replacing Du Hong.

I was thinking in my heart when suddenly, a voice sounded from the front.

"Excuse me, Your Majesty, can you tell me about it?"

Ren Tian raised his head, only to see a middle-aged man standing on the side of the road, looking at him.

Just seeing this man, Ren Tian's eyes lit up immediately, this man has an extraordinary momentum, his face is calm and composed, he is definitely not an ordinary person.

Could it be that a certain historical figure is here?
Ren Tian became excited all of a sudden, he smiled and said: "Of course, you can see that the gentleman is extraordinary, he should not be a citizen of our new country."

"My master is naturally not someone from your small country with few people."

The servant next to the middle-aged man immediately interrupted.

The middle-aged man looked at the servant, and the servant immediately retracted his head, realizing that he was talking too much.

Ren Tian smiled and said: "It's okay, it's okay, I also know that there are so many small countries on the mainland, springing up like bamboo shoots after rain, and the land of my two counties is naturally not a big country."

"Your Majesty was joking. The way to build a country is to respect propriety and righteousness rather than political strategy. The fundamental plan lies in people's hearts rather than skills, and the size of a country depends on people's hearts. Does your Majesty think so?"

Listening to this man's conversation, Ren Tian knew that this man was extraordinary, he should be a historical celebrity without a doubt, but he didn't know who it was.

Judging by his attire, he should be a civil servant, but there are too many civil servants in Chinese history, so it's hard to guess.

"What you said is very true, why don't you come with me, so that I can entertain you."

The man smiled and said: "That's unnecessary. I'm just a commoner in the countryside. I just saw that His Majesty cares about the people before, so I want to chat with His Majesty. Your Majesty thinks, what should the new country do in today's way?"

Ren Tian pondered, is this testing my way of governing?
It is not easy to recruit historical figures. This is because the first encounter with a historical figure is a random probability. The second is to see if it conforms to the character concept of the historical figure when you encounter it. The third is given by the historical figure. Task.

This historical figure will serve you only after completing his task.

After pondering for a while, Ren Tian said: "In today's world, wars are raging everywhere, people are displaced, and small countries continue to appear, but the more this is the case, the more I think it is necessary to recharge our batteries. The new country is still weak and the people's livelihood is dying, so recuperation is the most important thing. The top priority is to let the people have farms and make the new country rich before we can make other plans, and during this period, recuperation will be a long-term policy."

"How?"

The middle-aged man asked.

"Reduce taxes and corvee, exempt land rent for one year, corvee once a year, reduce punishment, and abolish corporal punishment."

Ren Tian began to search his guts: "Release the slaves and maidservants as commoners; dig deep holes, accumulate food widely, and don't seek hegemony."

These contents were all seen by Ren Tian by accident before, and he didn't know where they came from. Anyway, let's talk about it first, and they are all similar measures.

The middle-aged man was a little curious: "Guangjiliang understands, but why dig deep?"

Ren Tian was speechless for a moment, he seemed to remember, this slogan seems too advanced?
The setting cutoff of this game is before the emergence of artillery, that is, the history will end around the middle of the Qing Dynasty, and the slogan that Ren Tian just said is already after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

"It means being defensive."

"I see."

The middle-aged man nodded: "Your Majesty can have a correct understanding, and if he is in charge of the government and loves the people, there is hope for the development of the new country."

Ren Tian was overjoyed, and quickly asked: "Dare to ask the name of Mr.? Would you like to join our new country and help the widow?"

The middle-aged man smiled and shook his head: "I'm just a countryman at the moment, and my name doesn't deserve to be heard."

Ren Tian was disappointed for a while. Originally, he wanted to dig out the other party's name, or some nicknames, so that he could determine the specific identity of the other party.

"If Your Majesty is willing, I would like to live in Xinguo for a while."

Ren Tian was overjoyed: "Of course."

The man nodded: "I will find a house in the city, and maybe I will meet His Majesty in the future."

After speaking, the man saluted, turned and left.

Seeing this man leave, Ren Tian really felt an itch in his heart. He can be sure that this man is definitely a historical celebrity, but who is the question?

"It's a bit like a minister in the Tang Dynasty. Could it be Changsun Wuji? Impossible. Changsun Wuji's aura is not like this. Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling? Or people from the Three Kingdoms period? Xun Yu? Jiang Wan?"

The more Ren Tian thought about it, the more confused he became. In the long river of history, there are many famous civil servants. Without any information, he couldn't guess it.

"Forget it, don't think about it anymore. Anyway, he has already moved to the new country. As long as some time passes, he will never escape from my grasp."

Ren Tian was full of confidence, and even a little excited. He never expected that he would directly meet a historical celebrity on the second day of the game.

The plowing ceremony is almost over by this time, and Ren Tian and a group of officials from the Central Committee of the Xin Kingdom are also preparing to go back.

The little eunuch on the side shouted at the top of his lungs: "Get up and go back to the palace!"

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