Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 538 Wang Xiu's Great Ambition

Zhao Chen blinked, and said with interest: "Tell me, my lord."

Zhu Lian frowned slightly, looked at his son's back dissatisfied, and finally sighed softly.She intended to let her son call Wang Xiuzhong's father, but Wang Xiu refused, thinking that their relationship should not be seen too closely. She made the next best thing and asked Zhao Chen to call Mr. Wang Xiu. Unfortunately, her son thought he was the emperor and argued. It took a long time to compromise, instead of calling him Mr. Wang, he changed it to Prince.

Wang Xiu's face was calm, but he just looked up at Zhao Chen, and said indifferently: "Your Majesty, in the past dynasties, land tax was the main thing, but how much tax can be paid by relying on the sky to eat? Ordinary people mostly have Susukida, and they have food and clothing in times of famine. If you are not self-sufficient, how can you have the energy to pay taxes. What's more, adding taxes is forcing the people to take risks."

"In the country, industry and commerce have always been in parallel with agriculture and mulberry. Since King Wu of Zhou, industry and commerce surpassed agriculture and commerce for the first time, and the imperial court was able to recruit millions of soldiers. Now, the mountains and rivers are broken and all industries are withering. The captives are greedy, and the imperial court is exhausting. Changes are not enough to strengthen the country, and laws are not reformed are not enough to prestige the Quartet."

He is well-founded. The taxes in the Han Dynasty in his memory are only 200 million yuan, and the sum of the emperor's calculated taxes is only 400 million yuan.It was even worse in the Ming Dynasty. In the early stage, it was only 800 million taels of silver. During the Wanli period, it was only [-] million. In order to cope with the war and increase the Liao tax, Emperor Chongzhen almost exhausted his resources. The tax in the Ming Dynasty reached its peak, which was [-] million taels of silver. .

Only when the head tax was abolished in the Qing Dynasty, the population grew explosively. In the late Qianlong period, there were only 7000 million taels of silver, which was not even half of that in the heyday of the Song Dynasty. It was simply weak.

"This guy wants to reform!" This idea flashed in everyone's mind.

"Instead of using exploitation and taxation, it is better to encourage business, operate outside the territory, and use the financial resources of all nations to provide for China's expenses."

"The sage regards agriculture and mulberry as the foundation of the country, and gold, silver and jewelry are not enough for food and clothing. Why do they use mulberry, hemp, millet, and millet to help the world? Merchants are treacherous, and they are not trustworthy. How can they benefit the country? What is the faith in China when it oppresses foreign countries?" Sun Fu retorted Wang Xiu, he is not opposed to overseas trade, but he does not want the government to intervene in overseas trade. What's more, Wang Xiu's intention is obvious, which is naked conquest.

"Agriculture and mulberry are the foundation of a country's survival. Food for nine years may be indispensable, but it is by no means a strategy to make the country rich. The imperial court has 4000 million yuan, and more than half of it is paid by the businessman. The land tax cannot even be paid by ordinary people." Wang Xiu looked. Playful, even a bit provocative, he said teasingly: "Plowing the fields and planting mulberries is not just taking out money to live on. The ancient sages are mostly skilled workers. In my opinion, what the sages taught are all cheap jobs?"

"Faithful, diplomatic relations only have interests but no morals. Dangxiang, Jurchen, Jiaozhi, Guangnan, etc., the result of the court's trustworthiness with them, the Hexi did not exist, the two rivers fell, and the Southwest was not stable. Obey and transform it with glory and prestige, Those who are stubborn, destroy them."

Wang Xiu's strong words were unreasonable, and Sun Fu had almost nothing to refute.Take diplomatic relations as an example, that's naked!You can talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality, but you must have a steel knife in your hand.Otherwise, for the nonsense about benevolence, righteousness and morality, you can only become a fish on the backing board for the person opposite you.

Sun Fu looked at Wang Xiu helplessly, and sighed, "Master Wang acted too hastily, which is against the way of a sage."

Wang Xiu sneered, and said in a deep voice: "The way of a sage is that the ruler treats the people of the country well. If you are not sure about yourself, go to treat tigers, wolves, and foreign countries well. It is no different from Mr. Dong Guo. There was only one in the Central Plains in the pre-Qin Dynasty, and it was inherited by the first emperor for 500 years." The national prestige, the survivors of Fen VI, conquered the six kingdoms. Hanwu had the Western Regions, Tang Beiting, Anxi covered thousands of miles of land, Guanshan thousands of miles, Shaanxi as the hinterland, is it the way of a saint? Now Guanzhong has become a frontier, Le Lang The county is a ranch for the Tartars, and Kaifeng is reduced to a border guard town."

Sun Fu looked ashamed, Wang Xiu's words were sarcasm, pointing the finger at the scholar-bureaucrats talking about Wu.During the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties, Guanzhong was the capital city, but now, there are thousands of miles of frontier fortresses, not to mention the city of Kaifeng.Wang Xiu's words were a bit too much, and it was reminiscent of Zhao Song's royal family, but when he thought about it carefully, what he said was not unreasonable, his face was flushed, but he couldn't refute it.

"Emperor Renzong set up a primary school, so that the people of the world can enjoy it, and the people in the country are gentle and gentle. This is a great act of kindness. People siege cities and cut down land, and it is obvious that China will be destroyed. If the court uses benevolence and morality again, it may not be able to relieve the crisis, so we should work hard to rule and get rid of bad governance. "

"What do you say about operating outside the territory?" Li Gang asked coldly. He is not a pedantic person, and he can have limited support for those who can benefit the Northern Expedition.

Wang Xiu frowned, and said: "Businessmen and merchants communicate with each other and collect huge wealth, but they can also bring huge taxes to the court. For example, Huainan citrus catties are ten Wen, farmers take three Wen, and merchants send money." Going to Jingdong can cost [-] cents a catty, throwing away all the travel expenses, and making a profit of [-] cents. Only this can support farmers, servants, and merchants. Huainan citrus is made locally, and local sales can also increase the profit by six or seven layers, and the profit of sending it to Jingdong is no less than double, and the government can extract two layers of taxes. How much profit do you want the court to make?"

"By analogy, the porcelain, silk and other items of the Song Dynasty were consumed outside the territory in exchange for scarce items such as gold, silver, copper, iron, and sulfur. The current foreign trade structure is too small to support the imperial court's wealth. The minister thought that the navy should be expanded. Add sea ships and expand the trade fleet jointly organized by the government and the people. Use the navy to occupy the key points of the East China Sea and the South China Sea to build city walls, set up government offices, and station the navy and sea boats to escort them. Chiefdoms, tribes to control and, if necessary, colonize."

"Colonization?" Tange understands overseas trade, he doesn't bother to talk about profit, but he can turn a blind eye to the wealth, as long as he can solve the problem anyway.When it comes to colonization, he doesn't quite understand it, and thinks it's the same thing as conquering all nations.

Wang Xiu smacked her lips and said with a smile: "To encourage subjects to trade with foreign countries, the navy will expand overseas territory and protect the interests of Song Dynasty outside the territory. Of course, we can't hang alone overseas. Whether it's a walled city or a dock, it's most convenient to use our own people."

"So that's how it is." Tang Ge's eyelids twitched, and he didn't continue.

"My lord Wang is also a student of Confucianism. It's fine to talk about profit. How can you give birth to the words of stripping the country's wealth and enslaving its subjects? Is this the way of a sage? It's still the official's way to move the people of the Celestial Dynasty to Fanwai. The people?" Li Gang retorted immediately.

(End of this chapter)