At the end of August, Li Jia was lying on a bamboo chair, with a few charming maids beside him feeding him grapes. The iced grapes were indeed delicious.

Then, why only grapes?

Because many fruits such as lychees are seasonal, such as peaches, and are very large, only grapes are petite and exquisite, suitable for feeding.

Holding the book, putting his feet on his chest for massage. There were maids on both sides serving not far away. Several ice basins were placed aside, emitting air conditioning, and curtains blocked the surroundings to block the air conditioning escape.

"Fresh—" Li Jia took a sip of iced sour plum soup and took another bite of grapes. The beauties around her were pleasing to the eye. The taste was so comfortable.

"Your Majesty, Fengzhou is rushing for 600 miles--"

Tian Fu ran out of the curtain panting and reported softly.

"Six hundred miles? Send it here!"

Li Jia was shocked, then her brows relaxed. It seemed that there was good news all over the northwest.

Immediately, Tian Fu walked in carefully and presented it with a smile.

Li Jia looked at her ten things at once, and after a while, she laughed and said, "After a lot of hard work, there was no waste, and Yang Ye did not let our trust down."

Since conquering Fengzhou, Li Jixun, who came to Yang Ye, wiped out tens of thousands of Yinshan tribal cavalry, thus completely recapturing the boundary south of Yinshan.

The six military prefectures led by Fengzhou were all recovered, with a total of 100,000 Han citizens. It can be said that the essence of Beiting Protectorate was basically recovered.

Based on this, the boundaries south of Yinshan are no longer invaded.

After resting, the north of Tuyin Mountain is still there!

"I want to announce such good news when convening a meeting in front of the imperial court."

Li Jia stood up suddenly and laughed.

One step further before restoring the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

Immediately, just a few days after the emperor returned, a high-standard imperial meeting finally began again.

A few days ago, the entire Ministry of Revenue and the Governor's Office of the Five Army were busy rewarding the winning imperial camp.

Not to mention anything else, the more honorary things like the title are carried out the fastest, while the land and money are dragged to the end.

So, this war did not affect the places south of Hebei Prefecture. Although there were droughts and floods in the country, most of them were still peaceful. Therefore, after the summer harvest, it accumulated in Luokou Cang, Huiluo Cang, etc., and nearly twelve granaries of various sizes were all full.

At this imperial meeting, Sun Zhao happily introduced: "The ten northern prefectures collected a total of 13 million stones of grain into the warehouse in summer, and Shanxi is still exempt from taxes. The thirteen southern prefectures have a total of 30 million stones of grain, plus the city covers 500,000 stones and Jiaozhou 1.8 million stones, and the imperial court collected a total of 45.2 million stones of grain."

"In addition to the reserved money and salary in various places, there are still nearly 30 million stones left in the military salary in Luoyang."

Due to the radical expansion of the land, in 10 years, the country was almost unified, and a large number of officials were retained, and more than 20,000 officials ate imperial grain across the country.

Among them, there are 17,000 people in the local area and more than 3,000 people in the central area, and the money and salary of them are difficult to measure.

For convenience, the Transport Office naturally deducted the salary first and then transported the food to Luoyang, which saved a lot of operating costs, and therefore, the net income sent to Luoyang was considered.

The same was true for the Ming Dynasty. The reason why the central government's taxes were so small was that they were deducted first and then transported, while the Song Dynasty sent them to Bianliang and then transferred them to officials, and they had to make a fuss.

After all, there is a reason for local phobia.

"Thirty million stones?"

Li Jia nodded. This was just food, enough to allow the people of Luoyang City and the garrison to eat for two or three years.

"Where is the money?"

The emperor smiled and said, "Iron, copper, wine, and tea. Now, we have added Jianghuai Salt Industry, Shandong Haisan, salt removal, and well salt from Xichuan. We may receive a lot of money!"

"Your Majesty's clarity!" Sun Zhao smiled and bowed, "When the summer harvest was harvested, the salt industry alone collected 8 million guan, and tea, iron and other guan totaled about 3 million guan. In addition, local taxes and customs duties were also worth 9 million guan, and commercial tax was worth 20 million guan, which was enough to compare with food."

Taxation means taxation for shops and places to sell, while tariffs means taxation for passing the checkpoints, with a ratio of 50% to 50% in the central and local governments, which greatly adds local enthusiasm.

For the court, although the local governments have put too much effort into making money, business is the end, and it doesn't matter if it is too much.

What made Sun Zhao feel distressed was that this money has been lost like a flow of water recently:

"If you reward the Imperial Camp, you will naturally not be able to get food. For money, you will have a total of two million guan. There is still a lot of spare space on the land of Hebei Prefecture, Shanxi Prefecture, and Shaanxi Prefecture, which can be allocated to the soldiers of the Imperial Camp."

"The money and salary of the officials of the court, the rewards of holidays, the money for retirement, etc., will be lost to about five million stones a year..."

After talking for a while, Sun Zhao became more and more frightened as he spoke. The continued expansion of bureaucracy, especially the existence of half of his salary in retirement, made the court's losses more and more heavy, and it was impossible to limit the amount of time.

"Your Majesty, Is it too much to retire?

Sun Zhao's lips moved, and he finally said it: "The officials of the prefectures and counties have been handed over to the court several times, and they have sold too much money and food. I am afraid that the court will not make ends meet in many years."

"You mean, you will be exempted from retirement from the fifth rank?"

Li Jia shook her head and said seriously: "It's hard for the people-friendly officials. Besides, they retired at fifty years old. They were already dizzy and had no power to tie up their chickens. If they don't have half a salary for them, how can they retire?"

How can you retire and give way?

Thinking of this, Li Jia recalled that his father seemed to die of illness at around fifty years old. At the age of fifty, it is also a very important threshold now!

For the court, although the local governments have put too much effort into making money, business is the end, and it doesn't matter if it is too much.

What made Sun Zhao feel distressed was that this money has been lost like a flow of water recently:

"If you reward the Imperial Camp, you will naturally not be able to get food. For money, you will have a total of two million guan. There is still a lot of spare space on the land of Hebei Prefecture, Shanxi Prefecture, and Shaanxi Prefecture, which can be allocated to the soldiers of the Imperial Camp."

"The money and salary of the officials of the court, the rewards of holidays, the money for retirement, etc., will be lost to about five million stones a year..."

After talking for a while, Sun Zhao became more and more frightened as he spoke. The continued expansion of bureaucracy, especially the existence of half of his salary in retirement, made the court's losses more and more heavy, and it was impossible to limit the amount of time.

"Your Majesty, Is it too much to retire?

Sun Zhao's lips moved, and he finally said it: "The officials of the prefectures and counties have been handed over to the court several times, and they have sold too much money and food. I am afraid that the court will not make ends meet in many years."
Chapter completed!