In the imperial study room in Chang'an City, after the palace examination, Zhang Hua summoned the best among them alone.

"As for managing finances, we have a little understanding of one or two."

The selected civil servant in front of me is quite modest.

The reason why he was received by Zhang Hua alone was very simple, that is, this person was in the imperial examinations' economics and arithmetics subjects, and all scored full marks, and even the examiners were amazed.

Moreover, this person has a very big background.

Zhang Hua personally met this person in the imperial study because he was too big and Zhang Hua gave him enough face.

The person in front of him is not a small role, but the chief minister of the finance minister of Emperor Wu of Han - the Grand Secretary of the Ministry of Aggression Sang Hongyang!

During the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, the most famous ones under Emperor Wu of Han were Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, the two gods of the Han Empire.

Wei Qing rode a cavalry in the desert, Huo Qubing sealed the wolf's servants, and used as few as tens of thousands of cavalrymen to more than tens of thousands.

In addition to being a peerless genius, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing had enough troops to defeat the powerful Huns, which was related to the continuous supply in the rear of the Han Empire.

In order to defeat the Huns, Emperor Wu of Han used hundreds of thousands of labor and hundreds of thousands of horses.

In order to launch a war to destroy the country, Emperor Wu of Han needed an excellent minister of finance, and Sang Hongyang played this role.

Sang Hongyang was extremely good at arithmetic and was born into a wealthy business family in Luoyang. In addition, as the commercial city at that time, Sang Hongyang had unique insights in economic operations.

Later, the war against the Huns led to a deficit in the Han Dynasty. In order to completely solve the financial difficulties, Sang Hongyang implemented a series of fiscal policies such as institutional reform, salt and iron official business, and the average income was even, and wine detention.

It can be considered that Sang Hongyang was the chief finance minister of Emperor Wu of Han. He needed to take charge of the entire empire's treasury and also met the expenses of Emperor Wu of Han's frequent wars without causing the collapse of the empire. This is not easy.

You should know that Emperor Wu of Han was a war-crazy man. During his reign, he launched at least twenty-eight wars. In addition to the attacks between Wei Qing, Huo Qubing and the Huns, he also sent Li Guangli to Dayuan twice, and attacked Xiqiang, Loulan, Cheshi, North Korea, Nanyue and other places.

If we change to a lesser minister of finance, the entire empire would probably go bankrupt because Emperor Wu of Han frequently launched wars.

Sang Hongyang's appearance in Chang'an City's imperial examinations really surprised Zhang Hua.

In fact, Sang Hongyang’s classics, history, and literature collections may not be able to pass, but the imperial examinations established by Zhang Hua include subjects such as economics, agriculture, and arithmetic, which naturally made Sang Hongyang stand out.

This is also the purpose of Zhang Hua's change of the imperial examination.

What Zhang Hua needs to select is practical talents, and he needs to have a worldly knowledge and only understand the classics, history, and collections of classics, history, and books, which are not within Zhang Hua's consideration.

"If you don't play for Liu Che, why do you come to play for me?"

Zhang Hua looked at Sang Hongyang, who was born as a businessman's son.

It is said that when Sang Hongyang was thirteen years old, he became famous by his heart. He wrote an edict from the Han court that Sang Hongyang specially selected him to enter the palace and served as the minister. He was the accompanying student of Emperor Wu of Han Liu Che. The two had a deep relationship.

Sang Hongyang replied helplessly: "I have been living in various places for four years. I really don't know where Liu Che is, otherwise I wouldn't..."

"oh?"

Zhang Hua knew that Sang Hongyang and Emperor Wu of Han played together since childhood, and were like brothers. Sang Hongyang was able to persist in finding Emperor Wu of Han Liu Che in this world for four years, which shows that Sang Hongyang was still loyal to Emperor Wu of Han.

However, judging by Sang Hongyang's experience, Emperor Wu of Han Liu Che did not seem to be in the pass?

Or maybe Emperor Wu of Han Liu Che might have been killed by bandits or bandits in the early stage. After all, Chai Rong was imprisoned by Temujin for two years.

Zhang Hua knew about the forces established by the Han emperors, including King Liu Bang of Hanzhong and Emperor Guangwu of Hebei Liu Xiu.

If Emperor Wu of Han was also in the pass, then there would be three major Han dynasties.

The Han and Tang dynasties were two powerful dynasties with large populations and long time spans, so the probability of a wise monarch was not low.

"Since you can't find Liu Che, then from now on, let's serve me."

Zhang Hua was very satisfied with Sang Hongyang, after all, he was the minister who had taken charge of the finances of the Han Empire.

If you take over the finances of Zhanghua's territory, it shouldn't be a big problem.

However, Zhang Hua did not directly appoint Sang Hongyang as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, but only appointed him as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

Sang Hongyang has not achieved his achievements, and his loyalty remains to be examined.

If Sang Hongyang is a person sent by other forces to disrupt Zhang Hua's power, the damage caused by intentional destruction of the economy will be unimaginable.

"An Shi, Sang Hongyang will be led by you for the time being."

Zhang Hua arranged for Xie An and temporarily optimistic about Sang Hongyang.

In order to win over Xie An, Zhang Hua, Xie Xuan and others, took Xie Daoyun as a concubine, and trusted Xie An more.

If Sang Hongyang can pass the two or three-year assessment period, then in the future, Sang Hongyang can take charge of the finances of the entire empire.

Zhang Hua launched wars more frequently than Emperor Wu of Han. Without a qualified minister of finance, the finances would collapse at any time.

"My goal is the whole world. Your task is to ensure that the wealth will not be exhausted before I gain the world. Can it be done?"

Zhang Hua looked at Sang Hongyang, hoping to get Sang Hongyang's promise.

"Get the world? If the territory of Ming Gong is just a village, it is full of variables. I dare not say that I can do it. But Ming Gong has now established its power, which is equivalent to having enough capital, but only lacking financial management personnel. I can help the lord to implement enlightened policies and continuously accumulate national strength. Before unifying the world, I will ensure that the lord's financial resources will not be exhausted. What's the difficulty!"

Sang Hongyang was famous for his calculations at the age of thirteen. In Zhang Hua's era, he could be said to be a genius child, and there was no case of injury to Zhongyong. He was appointed as the Grand Minister of the Western Han Dynasty.

Sang Hongyang has his arrogance.

Zhang Hua threw his eyes with admiration.

Although Sang Hongyang spoke wildly, this was within the scope of Sang Hongyang's ability.

Sang Hongyang knew that Zhang Hua's strength was already quite strong, which was equivalent to having the principal used for financial management. What Sang Hongyang had to do was to increase revenue and reduce expenditure and make money with money.

Sang Hongyang's theory is very familiar.

It turns out that the ancients had already had a lot of fun in macro-control.

However, a hint of cunning appeared in Zhang Hua's eyes, which made Sang Hongyang feel confused.

Sang Hongyang realized that what Zhang Hua said about achieving the world was not that simple?

Zhang Hua set up the "Kunyu All Nations Map" to fool Chai Rong, pointed to the parchment map, and said to Sang Hongyang: "The world I want to achieve is, this, heaven, below."

“!!!”

Sang Hongyang was stunned and his chin almost fell to the ground.

Sang Hongyang, who came from the Western Han Dynasty, believed that the world was the pass where the Han people lived, and at most it was a Western Region Protectorate.

Zhang Hua obtained the six towns of Guanzhong, Heluo, Shangdang, and Zhongyuan, half of Hedong, and the loess high slope. The territory was already very large. Therefore, Sang Hongyang swore to the point that he could ensure that the finances would not have any flaws before Zhang Hua won the world.

However, the world that Zhang Hua showed him was his fucking world map!

Sang Hongyang was shocked by the world at first, and then smiled bitterly: "This...this..."

Sang Hongyang knew that the cost of fighting inside the pass was not the same as fighting outside the pass.

The expedition to the northern desert and the Western Regions required far more food and supplies than the princes in the pass to fight.

Sang Hongyang couldn't guarantee that Zhang Hua would win the world and that the finances would be fine in the middle.

"Do you still dare to boast about Haikou now?"

"Don't dare..."

Sang Hongyang admitted defeat.

He could not estimate how much it would cost to conquer this world.

In history, except for Temujin and his descendants, no one had tried to conquer the East and the West at the same time. Moreover, Temujin had passed away before expeditioning to Eastern Europe, and Temujin's descendants only attacked Eastern Europe and did not touch the castle group in Western Europe.

"But you don't have to worry. Although the world is big, there are only a few places outside the pass where there is really strength."

Zhang Hua pointed to the Mediterranean, the grasslands, and Liaodong.

"There is a long way to go."

Sang Hongyang never felt relaxed.

He would serve as the chief minister of finance in an empire that was stronger than the time of Emperor Wu of Han. His lord was even more warlike than Emperor Wu of Han, and his burden must be done.

What should Zhang Hua do if the national treasury is deficient on one day and Zhang Hua uses his head to calm people's hearts?

Officials who manage money and grain are likely to take the blame.

Cao Cao called himself an expert.

Zhang Hua patted Sang Hongyang on the shoulder and signaled that he didn't have to be nervous.

Anyway, Sang Hongyang has taken the blame for this.

If Sang Hongyang can ensure that there will be no financial problems, that is another matter.

After learning about Zhang Hua's ambitions, Sang Hongyang followed Xie An to familiarize himself with the situation of the territory and began to plan the finances as soon as possible.

Before Sang Hongyang took office, Zhang Hua had already implemented the official system of salt and iron. Not only that, Zhang Hua also strictly controlled tea, horses, leather and other materials.

After Sang Hongyang left, Zhang Hua checked Sang Hongyang's heroic attributes.

【Hero】: Sang Hongyang

【Level】: 35

[Commander]: 30 [Military Power]: 21 [Intellect]: 92 [Politics]: 95

[First Talent]: Calculation (Sang Hongyang is sensitive to numbers, can remember the numbers he has seen, and has mental arithmetic ability far beyond ordinary people)
To be continued...