Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 857

It has to be said that Wang Xiu let Ouyang Che take the lead. He really has the eyes to recognize talents. Even Zhong Lirui didn't come out of the town to become a minister. .

You must know that in just eight years, Ouyang Che didn't even have experience in a big county. He had been serving as a literary courtier in the imperial court, and he went directly out of the town of Chengdu Mansion, and also served as the Cao Si of Chengdu Mansion Road. Definitely not bold.

Ouyang Che did not disappoint Wang Xiu's hope. He fully demonstrated his talent and established his authority right after he took office. He started with the villagers and a certain bully, and with a dazzling array of tricks, he used both kindness and power to help him follow the vine, and defeated a group of stubborn people. The power, however, withdrew appropriately, did not cause a big backlash, and initially opened the way.

Then, it is not in a hurry to implement it on a large scale, but to start with the land of the small people in the countryside, so that the small people can taste the sweetness. After all, the body money is cancelled, leaving a large amount of money, and there is no need to be wronged when having children. money.

Don't underestimate the small amount of money each year, everyone adds up the mess, and there are three hundred cash per year. How many people are there in a family!Definitely a lot of money.

Step by step for a period of time, he suddenly broke out and publicly announced the cancellation of the branch of Chengdu Fulu.This is a big deal!It is equivalent to giving everyone great benefits. Don't be surprised by ordinary people, even rich people are happy to brow.

what?The transfer is also very simple, that is, the taxes paid every year, the government has the final say, and you designate a place to send the money and goods to you.

If the money and food are indeterminate, the tricks are even bigger. For example, if a farmer grows crops, he can only pay for food, but the government has to ask you to pay money, and you have to exchange food for money to pay. During the money conversion, tricks can come out. Unscrupulous grain merchants take advantage of this time to drive down the market price, and it is Shengdou Xiaomin who suffers.

Even if you are a businessman, if you have plenty of money and you are not afraid, that is fine.If you are a grain merchant, I will ask you to pay silk. If you are a workshop owner, it is even better, then you should pay japonica rice. Anyway, there are so many names that make people dazzled.

What's more, let you send the taxes you paid to the designated warehouse. Some need to be paid to the state government, and the counties in the north have to be sent to the counties in the south. The cost of traveling on the road is by no means small number.

Even if you want to hire someone to hire a car to transport food?That's a little unlikely. The people along the way can pick bones from eggs, so you can't go by yourself.

Since you can’t go there, it’s easy to handle, the government will do it for you, as long as you pay the fee for footwork, carriage and horse money, etc., you don’t need to bother about anything, and the government will politely serve you at your door.

Just play like this, if you pay taxes worth the same amount of money, you will have to pay a tael of official silver, and the transportation fee, which originally cost a few hundred dollars, then you have to pay extra for tea.Oh, it seems that Yiguan money is equal to the same two official silver, and there are more tricks in it. The current currency in the Song Dynasty is not silver, you have to convert it into copper coins or Jiaozi, silver is expensive and money is cheap!You'll be smeared with oil again.

It can be said that branch transfer is the biggest exploitation item other than the regular tax. It is even more unpopular than those miscellaneous taxes. The people have repeatedly protested, but they are still tacitly retained by the court, because it allows the court to earn three tiers of money, which is amazing. income!Even if you folks racked their brains to fight, what the Song Dynasty court lacked most were elites with financial acumen, and people would have to pay a certain price.

Therefore, since the founding of the Song Dynasty, the officials who were able to open up sources of income were promoted the fastest. It was while shouting that the Confucians did not talk about benefits, and at the same time they were fighting for benefits with the people with abacus.

The reason why Ouyang Che dared to cancel the transfer was also supported by Wang Xiu, otherwise, he would not be able to open up the situation if he was too powerful. This matter is tantamount to winning the hearts and minds of the states and counties, but he is hated by the local subordinates who have vested interests in the bones.

The step-by-step method is equivalent to encircling the city from the countryside, and finally unites all walks of life to deal a heavy blow to the bureaucratic and subordinate staff. Finally, after the impeachment and removal of two magistrates, one county magistrate, and the beheading of more than [-] subordinate staff, the whole road was implemented. Two silver law.

With the introduction of the two silver laws, in addition to keeping the tax on the purchase and sale of major items, the imperial court also has taxes on property inheritance. Miscellaneous taxes such as rice consumption, scientific and technical equipment, big fights, and advance payments have all been cancelled. Official class, and some people who hide their property are unhappy, but overall it is not too much.

Of course, without Wang Xiu's firm support, and the social and economic development of the Song Dynasty, it would have been impossible to implement the two bank laws, or even cancel those miscellaneous taxes.

Just because of the Jurchens' invasion, the cost of traveling to the court is too difficult, and it will not be reduced in the era of peace, not to mention the financial difficulties in the first few years of the southward migration. Seeking to obtain development funds, Wang Xiu also remained silent at the time.

Today, after ten years of recuperation in the Song Dynasty, Sichuan, Jinghu, and Jiangyou have once again formed a troika. Whether it is the improvement of the salt and tea system, or the development of industrial and mining industries, including the rapid development of maritime business, they have given the court sufficient support. Wealth, Taifu, and Hubu treasury have increased significantly every year.

In other words, the Song court had enough money to solve most of the problems. The era of raising military expenses and development funds through exorbitant taxes was coming to an end, and the financial situation of the court would be better.

If the economy of the Great Song Xing Dynasty gradually recovered, but did not reach the level that Wang Xiu wanted, then it was no longer necessary to exploit the living people, but to transfer the object of exploitation from the domestic to the barbarians.

It is worth mentioning that the court ministers did not oppose Wang Xiu's plan.

It is also easy to understand that the vast majority of ministers are clamoring not to compete with the people for profit. With the financial situation improving, they are also happy to stop those exorbitant taxes. This is something that can gain a good reputation, why not support it?

Few of the officials in the prefecture and county of Chengdu have any objections. According to common sense, they have received the most losses. Not to mention the exorbitant taxes and exploitation, the transfer alone has caused them both public and private losses. But there is no large-scale boycott, and there are many reasons.

In fact, Wang Xiu sent a letter to Ouyang Che, saying clearly that it was not the officials who benefited most from extortionate taxes and exploitation, but the subordinate officials in the prefectures and counties.A considerable amount of money goes into their pockets, or passes through them to reach the upper class. This is an invisible vested interest class.

To deal with such a class, Wang Xiu has long been prepared. The improvement of the Song Dynasty's economic situation is the basis for solving the problem. In this general environment, any resistance is a piece of shit.

(End of this chapter)