I am Da Song

Chapter 547 Qingyuan Party Ban
Zhao Huan looked at Li Gang, the envoy of the third division, and asked, "How does Minister Ji think that the ships of the vassal state are evading taxes in the name of paying tribute?"

Li Gang said resolutely: "The payment of tribute by the vassals is not only the tribute to the party, but also the rites of the monarch and ministers."

"The so-called only objects and names cannot be faked from others. The ritual of paying tribute must never be discarded."

"Only by letting these vassal kings clearly feel the gift of paying tribute can they remember the reality of vassals."

"For a solid vassal clan system, tribute is an effect that no amount of wealth can replace."

Zhao Huan nodded at this point, and sometimes he can't fully settle the economic account.

Without a stable political rule, the businessmen of the Song Dynasty would not be able to do business so freely.

Zhao Huan said: "This is exactly the meaning of convening a meeting, to find a suitable plan and take into account both parties."

The Right Prime Minister took the initiative to speak and said, "This matter is easy. The most appropriate way is to reduce the frequency of paying tribute."

"The tribute paid by the Nanyang vassals has changed from one tribute per year to one tribute every three years and one tribute every five years."

Reducing the frequency of tributes certainly does not mean reducing the amount of tributes.

Don't think imperial rule is so gentle.

A gentle and considerate mother is a loving mother, but the emperor of the empire is a loving father, and only the iron fist of imperialism comes from a loving father.

The three-year tribute is to accumulate the annual tribute and send it to the Central Plains when it expires in three years, instead of sending a one-year tribute in three years.

Zhang Jun continued: "One tribute every three years or one tribute every five years, the scale of tribute will be even larger, and a fleet must be formed to transport it to the Central Plains. Such a single ship cannot be disguised as a tribute envoy."

"Secondly, the fleets of any tribute missions are not allowed to dock in Quanzhou, Suzhou and other places. They must take the dedicated tribute route along the Huaihe River. The fleets sail directly to Tokyo and are received by Honglu Temple. They are not allowed to participate in trade privately."

"Finally, anyone who announces that a businessman pretends to be a tribute envoy to enter the Central Plains for trade can get third of his wealth by reporting it. If he knows it and does not hold it, he will cover up and trade with him, and he will be guilty of the same crime. All will be punished for the crime of deceiving the emperor."

It is not an exaggeration to say that they are the most deceitful, after all, they are bluffing and cheating in the name of Zhao Huan, and evading taxes.

Either of these two items is a felony in Song Dynasty.

Zhao Huan turned to look at the captains, and asked, "What do you think of the right minister's proposal?"

A captain asked straightforwardly, "Are you telling the truth?"

Zhao Huan said with a smile: "Of course tell the truth, or you also want to commit the crime of deceiving the emperor?"

"Of course this grassroots dare not. It's just that it doesn't sound good to tell the truth."

"You know it's not good, so don't say it!" Han Sui glared at him.

Zhang Jun's complexion was also very ugly, but he still said directly: "Don't be shy, just speak up. This is also the purpose of allowing you to participate in the court meeting today."

The captain then stood up and said, "I don't know this senior official, but I just want to ask, what if a caravan with a tribute flag sails from Sanqi Buddha Kingdom to the Angkor Dynasty?"

"They claim to be tribute envoys, but they don't go to the Central Plains at all."

This question clearly shows that officials and businessmen have completely different ambitions or different ambitions.

Officials are completely responsible for themselves, and their priority is the interests of the Central Plains directly under the jurisdiction of the region. This plan can directly guarantee the tax revenue of the Central Plains.They didn't pay attention to the matter of the distant kingdom.

But the merchants are different. Their ambitions are even greater, and they want to control the entire ocean.It is not only necessary to control the commercial routes on the tribute route, but also to monopolize the trade routes between all countries, so as to fully confirm the status of the coachman on the sea.

So although the captain said it very politely, he actually expressed a very clear meaning. This plan is a piece of shit!I haven't thought about it with my toes.You really don't have any skills as a high-ranking official.

So Zhang Jun's face instantly turned livid, very ugly.

But Zhao Huan showed a smile. It has to be said that, driven by profit, the initiative of businessmen is indeed far higher than that of officials.

Zhao Huan did not show favoritism to the right minister, and said directly: "This captain summed it up very well. All the ministers are the pillars of my dynasty, the humerus of the society, and think about how to solve this problem."

This problem is difficult because it is very tricky. If someone maliciously wants to take advantage of loopholes and want to put an end to this kind of behavior, it will be very difficult to rely on laws and regulations.

When several ministers were thinking hard, an official behind Li Gang said calmly: "If you only rely on traditional thinking, to solve this problem is hard work, and it is hard to escape the loophole."

"I think that to solve this problem, we need to use professional warehouse-to-warehousing clauses, Lloyd's organization and the principle of subrogation, and the three parties will work together to achieve the full result."

Zhao Huan was surprised for a moment, turned his head to look at the speaker, and asked, "Where does Qing live now?"

Li Gang immediately introduced: "Officials, this is the chief envoy of the three divisions, named Han Cheng, after Han Qi, the famous Prime Minister of our court."

The name Han Cheng is not well-known, but his ancestors and descendants are well-known.

His ancestor, Han Qi, was the prime minister of three dynasties in the history of the Song Dynasty. He was known as a good minister of the country when he was young, and he once made the world-shaking feat of dismissing the four prime ministers with a piece of paper.

That is, his letter of impeachment led to the simultaneous resignation of four prime ministers.

This feat is probably unprecedented.

After being young and vigorous, he assisted the three dynasties of Song Renzong, Song Yingzong, and Song Shenzong as prime ministers, and supported the two emperors Song Yingzong and Song Shenzong.

The most important thing is that he died well, and he can be said to be a role model for every official in the Song Dynasty.

And Han Cheng's son is also a well-known figure, that is, Han Tuozhou who presided over the Northern Expedition with all his strength in the Southern Song Dynasty.

In addition to the Northern Expedition, this person is most famous for being banned by the party. The Qingyuan party banned by him presided over Zhu Xi, Lu Jiuyuan and a group of Confucianism and psychology masters were all rebellious.

Books such as "Quotes" written by Neo-Confucians are also prohibited.In the imperial examination, scholars who have a little bit of righteousness will not be admitted. The books of "Six Classics", "The Analects of Confucius", "Mencius", "The Doctrine of the Mean", and "University" are banned in the world.

Reasonably speaking, this should be the best opportunity for the Central Plains to break the 2000-year-old confinement of thought by the "Analects" and "Mencius".

If the Qingyuan party ban had not been reciprocated, and scholars in the Central Plains would no longer have been studying "The Analects" for 2000 years, history might have taken another fork in the road.

After all, from the Song Dynasty to the Celestial Dynasty, there were nearly 1000 years in between.

If in the past 1000 years, hundreds of millions of scholars in the Central Plains freed their energies from the "Analects of Confucius", researched something casually, and engaged in natural science, the scientific and technological level of the Central Plains would advance by leaps and bounds, and they would not fall behind the world in the later period.

You must know that when the Qingyuan Party was banned, the technology of the Song Dynasty was still at its peak, hundreds of thousands of years ahead of the West.

Zhao Huan looked at this Han Cheng and asked, "Are you a graduate of Taixue?"

(End of this chapter)