Governor Duan didn't expect Bai Shan to ask about this matter, he sighed, but he didn't hide it, "Because the governor's office has limited money, I let them demolish all the post stations along the way that can be demolished."
In fact, it was not demolished, but it was just closed, because demolition also required money, and it would save some money when it needs to be opened in the future.
If it was other officials, Duan Cishi would definitely have a little shame, but for Zhou Man and the others, Duan Cishi would be very shameless.
For one thing, one or two of them are close to the emperor, crying poor can let the emperor know that Liangzhou is very poor and needs support urgently;
Secondly, everyone is the Prince's people, rounding up to one's own people, since they are one's own people, if there are difficulties, they should naturally let their own people know.
So Duan Cishi concentrated on crying poorly with Bai Shan and Mr. Zhuang, even Bai Erlang Yin or others beside him were stunned.
Liangzhou is very poor, manifested in all aspects.
Liangzhou originally had a fertile paddy field, which was not very large, but the government could still receive a certain amount of tax from it every year, and the people could barely support themselves.
But Liangzhou has had little rain in the past two years. The paddy field is by the lake. There are two lakes not very far apart. There are rivers and ditches to divert water from the lake to the paddy field.
The farmland was originally located at a certain distance from the lake to prevent water and soil from entering the lake, and the lake shrank instead.
As a result, in the past two years, there was drought first, and the output decreased. Then last year, many small bugs were born, and the food output was even worse.
Except for that one field, there are only scattered fields in other places, which are not enough to make ends meet, let alone collect taxes.
Other than that, they are all herdsmen.
Herdsmen's taxes are not low. Last year's snowstorm and epidemic situation, the medicinal materials provided by the imperial court to the disaster-stricken areas did not reach Liangzhou at all.
So Liangzhou had to take care of the smallpox patients by itself.
The prescription was delivered from the capital, but money is needed to buy the medicine, and the food and drink of the patient, including the food and drink of his family, also need money.
Otherwise, they didn't die of smallpox, but died of hunger and bitter cold, which was also a big mistake in his political achievements.
So Duan Cishi made an inventory a few years ago and found that he had no money.
It was fine if he ran out of money. At that time, he was in a hurry, so he temporarily embezzled the taxes and donations to be handed over to the court, thinking that he could use the excuse of going through the epidemic area along the road to push it off for a while, and then use the excuse of the snowstorm to push it off for a while...
Anyway, this kind of thing, these far-away state capitals often do it, and it usually doesn't matter.
The territory of the Great Jin Dynasty is vast, and the places north and west of Xiazhou basically cannot collect taxes, and they can't even be self-sufficient. The Ministry of Households has to help out from time to time, just paying tribute to the emperor and giving a gift to the emperor every year and festival. That's fine.
Inspector Duan has done a lot of things like this, and he did succeed this time. Not long after the beginning of spring, it became a prophecy that it was indeed snowing again in the north, and it was quite heavy. Liangzhou suffered huge losses. Lambs froze to death, even adult sheep froze to death.
Coupled with the loss of the smallpox epidemic, Liangzhou did not slow down at all.
So Duan Shishi wrote an apology and cried poor, meaning that the taxes and donations to be transported to Beijing were gone. In order to fight the snowstorm and smallpox, he had to embezzle it, but it was not enough now, so he asked for state support.
Then the Ministry of Households sent a document expressing understanding for his misappropriation of taxes. I know that this year is special, but I will make up for it in the future. By the way, Liangzhou has not paid taxes for three years in the past eight years. This year is the fourth time. I hope They will make up in one go in the future.
The Ministry of Accounting refused Liangzhou’s request for help, and said that the Ministry of Accounting is also very difficult now. The national treasury has paid a lot to fight the epidemic. It is the beginning of spring and all places need money. At present, there is no money left for Liangzhou. I hope he can If you can persevere, let’s increase revenue and reduce expenditure...
Anyway, there is no money.
Governor Duan sighed: "That's why I recalled all the people in the station. I really ran out of money. Except for the station, I also reduced the number of people in some gates."
The station continued to be open, not only the postman and his buddies needed to eat and drink, charcoal and other things, but also the equipped horses, etc. also needed to be fed.
It’s okay if they are merchants or private individuals passing by, they can barely make some money, and they can subsidize some expenses if they can’t get back their capital. If an official like Zhou Man lives in them, not only will they not receive money, but they will also be responsible for their food, drink, and livestock’s food and grass. wait.
The cost is huge.
So Duan Cishi simply recalled all the people and closed the inn, but he was still poor, so he urgently needed the help of the emperor and the prince.
He looked at Bai Shan with piercing eyes.
Bai Shan: ... He just asked curiously. After all, they could live in the post station every day. Even if there is no hot water for bathing, at least they have to eat hot food. But after walking through Huaiyuan, they have been sleeping in the wind. .
The emperor cannot make decisions about money alone, and the Ministry of Household Affairs should be right. Other places need subsidies more than Liangzhou.
So his eyes swept to Liu Huan.
Liu Huan immediately bowed his head as if he didn't know anything.
Bai Shan could only express that he would report to the prince if he had the chance.
Governor Duan breathed a sigh of relief, but Bai Shan couldn't help asking: "Is there no local products in Liangzhou to do business with the outside world? I remember that there are iron mines in Liangzhou."
Inspector Duan said with a complicated face: "The iron mines in Liangzhou were sold as early as the Dade reign."
That happened during the time of the first emperor, Bai Shan expressed his understanding, that period of time was very chaotic, Liangzhou belongs to the Jin Dynasty today, may belong to the Turks tomorrow, and may be taken over by Tubo the day after tomorrow.
Dajin must have been short of money after the occupation, so he simply sold the iron mines under its jurisdiction to the local rich.
Da Jin may not be able to hold Liangzhou, but the local rich family should be able to hold their own iron mines, and it's okay if they can't. Anyway, Da Jin won the money, and he won't be the one who loses.
Who knew that His Majesty gradually stabilized the situation after he ascended the throne. Not only did he take back Liangzhou, but he also expanded the territory and took back places that originally belonged to other feudal states. Take back the iron ore, right
The place also needs long-term peace and stability.
Bai Shan didn't dare to give him any advice, so he could only say: "Maybe we can ask them to donate some, at least we'll talk about it after this year."
Inspector Duan is not planning to put down his face to beg those people for the time being, he will wait for the court's assistance first, and then talk about it when there is no more.
Man Bao has already seen Mrs. Duan's medical treatment. She has rheumatism, so the bones of her legs and feet are uncomfortable when the weather is cold and rainy. There is no good way to do this. Foot bath and oral prescription.
She said: "I don't know if there is a doctor who knows acupuncture in Liangzhou City. If there is, I will leave a set of acupuncture methods. He can give the old lady a prick, once a ten-day period, together with medicine, the effect will be much better."
The old lady felt much better now, her legs felt warm, and she was not as uncomfortable as before. Upon hearing this, she immediately said: "It's best if Doctor Zhou is willing to leave a prescription, and we'll go ask the doctor later."
This set of acupuncture is mainly for pricking the lower limbs. The old lady is getting older, so even a male doctor can try it.
It's just that the back is not easy to prick. The old lady twitched and asked, "Is there any acupuncture method that does not prick the back?"
Man Bao thought for a while and said, "I can simplify it, but the effect is not as good as this set of acupuncture."
The old lady sighed regretfully, but she still accepted it. She could accept lifting up her trouser legs, but she couldn't lift up her clothes in front of the male doctor.
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