Luoyang, inner hall of Jiade Hall.

Liu Hong summoned Zhao Zhong and Lu Zhi.

Lu Zhi had already figured out why Zhao Zhong was so active at this time.

Liu An wanted to use money to offset taxes and food. With the character of the emperor's mistress, he would inevitably transfer the money to his small treasury.

As for disaster relief?

He had no intention of caring about the lives and death of the people of the four states. Now he has been reduced to Zhuo County to provide taxes and food for disaster relief, which is an extra kindness for the people of the four states.

What if you just cross out one of the counties?

If it weren't for Liu Hong's attitude of indifference to the lives and death of the people, the Yellow Turban Uprising that occurred next year in history would not have sounded the horn of resistance, and millions of people would have responded to the eight states.

If the people were not really unable to survive, who would be willing to rebel?

Zhang Jiao probably saw that the drought had been hit by two consecutive years and the emperor's indifference caused the people to lose their hearts, so he decided to revolt in the seventh year of Guanghe.

Lu Zhi had a stern face. He had decided that if His Majesty really wanted to do this, he would stop him no matter what.

After Zhao Zhong presented Liu An's memorial and seal to Liu Hong, he did not look as Lu Zhi expected, and Liu Hong's face showed joy.

But he did not agree immediately, but asked:

"Who is this Zhuo County Magistrate Liu An?"

Zhao Zhong lowered his eyebrows and replied with a pleasing look: "By the master, this Liu An is the county magistrate of Jiuyuan who defeated the Xianbei. He called himself the great-grandson of Emperor Jing of Han and the descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan."

"Oh? It's him." As the emperor, Liu Hong naturally forgot about his affairs. Even if he had the merits of defeating the Xianbei, it would be difficult for him to remember it.

After Zhao Zhong reminded me this, I had some impression.

"Since I have been a relative of the Han Dynasty, I have forgiven him for his disrespect. As for the memorial he submitted, I have been remembering his heart for the people... I will report it!"

Liu Hong is not a fool, so he would not expose his covetousness for the money in front of Lu Zhi, and only said the report was correct.

As for how to deal with the money, as long as you send someone to supervise the transportation of tax, grain, money and money to the four states, isn’t it up to you to deal with it?

What he said was high-sounding, but in fact he was already full of joy.

It would be a big deal to exchange 50% of the tax grain in a county for money, almost equivalent to a two-digit official position that sells two thousand stones.

Lu Zhi didn't expect that the emperor would take it so lightly and didn't even get into the mouth.

But even so, Lu Zhi was not without a solution. He stepped forward and bowed:

"Your Majesty, the matter of tax and grain relief in Zhuo County is of great importance. I ask to go to supervise the transportation of tax and grain."

Liu Hong raised his eyebrows, and unexpectedly, this old man would have pestered him all the time.

Then Liu Hong laughed again and said to Lu Zhi in a gentle voice:

"Shangshu Lu is old and he is exhausted in supervising the transportation of tax grains. I will not bother Mr. Lu. I already have a good choice in this matter, so I will be able to transport tax grains to the four states with steadily."

"Dare you ask who your Majesty wants to send?" Lu Zhi asked unyieldingly.

"Shangshu Lu will know by then." Liu Hong was a little impatient and didn't want Lu Zhi to continue, so he got up and yawned, saying, "I'm tired, let's go."

"Your Majesty..." Lu Zhi was still trying to say something else, but Liu Hong had already walked to the inner room. Zhao Zhong also dragged Lu Zhi out sensibly, and persuaded him while walking, not letting Lu Zhi say it out.

After he could not see the emperor at all, Lu Zhi pulled Zhao Zhong away in anger: "What kind of style is it to pull and pull? Shangshu Zhao, please respect yourself!"

Seeing that Lu Zhi had given up his entanglement, Zhao Zhong quickly distanced himself from Lu Zhi, and even swept his sleeves in disgust and left on his own.

...

The tenth month of the lunar calendar is already late autumn.

Last night, the wind was strong, and the withered and yellow leaves were scattered everywhere in Zhuo County.

The first thing that people who wake up early is to clean the fallen leaves in the yard, then open the door and clean the fallen leaves near their homes outside the door.

It is convenient for others and for yourself.

Then, they would rush to the place where the notice was posted at the city gate to see if there was good news about the reduction in taxes and grain today.

For more than ten days, they have been looking forward to it and have almost formed a habit of seeing it once a day.

This is not only about personal tax and food issues, but also involves whether their Liuxianzun will lose his official position because of this.

It just disappointed them, and there was still no news today.

It was about noon that a convoy entered Zhuo County.

Lu Qian led all the officials to accept the imperial decree, while Liu An immediately sent someone to post a notice to inform the people of Zhuo County that the tax and grain would be paid as per previous years without paying 50% more.

The people who happened to be near the city gate finally waited for the notice and immediately surrounded him and asked what was written on the notice of the county magistrate.

The servant told the truth.

After hearing this, the villagers couldn't believe their eyes, but they had not forgotten another important thing.

"What about the county master? Is the county master okay? Is it still the county master of our Zhuo County?"

"This is natural." The officer responded with a smile.

The crowd around heard the satisfactory answer and shouted randomly and happily.

After being happy, I did not forget to go home quickly and share the good news with my wife.

Although the purpose is clear, no matter who you meet along the way, you will happily repeat the matter about the city gate just now.

Just go home and spread the news, and those who spread the news will continue to spread the news.

It was passed down from man to man. In just half a day, most of the people living in the city knew about the return of tax grain.

At that time, the people outside the city who were doing business in the city would spread the news after they returned home. In just two or three days, seven or eighty-year-olds of the people in Zhuo County would know about it.

As for the fact that he used his own money to exchange for taxes and food for the people, Liu An did not explain directly in the notice.

But after the tax grain was still fermented, his personal guards asked his "accidentally" to reveal the matter.

After that, you just need to wait for the news to spread.

Time is coming late autumn, and the temperature drops sharply. In a few days, it will be snowing heavily.

Some time ago, Liu An sent a letter to Wuyuan Cheng Ze, who asked him to transport a batch of coal-burning stoves and pipelines, as well as a large number of coal.

Although Zhuojun is not as cold as Wuyuan, it is also difficult to spend in winter, especially at night.

It’s just that the people are fine in winter. Since they are idle, they might as well come out to work for themselves.

There are a lot of indoor work to do for cotton, grinding chili powder, weaving cloth, etc. Liu's Manor.

With this batch of coal, Liu An can provide free heating to the places where the recruited people work, without paying wages, but he can take some of the coal home to keep heating after finishing the work every day.

Although he is a bit capitalist and stingy, Liu An still needs to save as much as possible in his early development.

Moreover, in order to offset the taxes and grains of the people of Zhuo County, he took out 40 to 50 million yuan at once. The money he earned from selling system items before was consumed by half.

But the harvest is also considerable.

Since Liu An announced the notice, the contribution he gained every day has been rising sharply.

Especially after his personal guards "accidentally" revealed the reason why the court pleaded for restoring tax grains, a cliff-like rise occurred.

By the end of the sixth year, Liu An’s contribution has reached nearly 15,000 points!
Chapter completed!