Northern Song Dynasty Revitalization Strategy

Chapter 280 The Closed Loop of Commercial and Taxation Reform Makes Li Gang Difficult
"The Zhazi of King Kang and Zhao Gou said that I should canonize him as King of Wu." Zhao Huan looked at the Zhazi in his hand and said with a frown.

He wanted to be self-reliant, but he didn't give him an excuse. As the emperor himself, he did a good job, and there were no traitors in the court, so he couldn't even play the name of a Qing emperor.

This is without a name, and you want to make him the king of Wu?

Li Gang thought for a while, and said: "Officials, why not confer a king of Wu?"

"If he is canonized, he can get some money and food from Jiangnan. Whether it is canonized by the court or not, he has already become substantially self-reliant."

Zhao Huan shook his head, he didn't really want to give Zhao Gou too much righteousness, but he still keenly felt that there was something in Li Gang's words.

"Is it because the business tax reform is not ideal? Or is there something wrong with Juntian? What made Li Dazai so difficult?"

Li Gang nodded and said yes, the reform of the commercial tax system was aimed at the great interests of outsiders, gangs in the city, and bandits outside the city.

"The government is still short of manpower. The commercial tax reform requires a lot of tax inspections. Although these inspections are out of the ordinary, a group of people from the Yongding Army is still not enough."

"Although there are no rush purchases, these past purchases are still stealing money and goods from traders. Those who do not pay are all bad people, and those who pay are all good people, and the goods of good people will not be stolen from outside the city. The rogue bandits rob, but the wicked will.”

Li Gang's words were very vague, but Zhao Huan understood.

This member supports the gangs in the city, and the gangs in the city take advantage of the merchants, and then share a share with the bandits outside the city, and the bandits outside the city let the good people in the city go.

This is a closed loop. If one of the loops is not eliminated, commercial and tax reform will undoubtedly be a castle in the air.

If you want to really change the business and taxation structure of the Song Dynasty, you still have to rely on force.

Moreover, the merchants who really want to hand over to the court's business tax have no business to do, so the resistance to the business tax reform can be imagined.

"Has the property on Hebei Road been clarified?" Zhao Huan asked.Eat food one bite at a time, and do things step by step.

"It's still quite a bit worse. There are also labor relief workers who are filling in the hole, so it will be almost next year to clarify." Li Gang wiped the sweat from his forehead and said.

"When the relatives and officials clear up the property, find out exactly where this group of outlaws camped. When I am free, I will wipe out the outlaws." Clean up the gangs in the city, clean up the outlaws outside the city, It's all a delicate job, so there's no rush.

"Without the taxes and food from the south of the Yangtze River, is there not enough money and food from the Song Dynasty?" Zhao Huan asked.

He felt that this was why Li Gang persuaded him to give King Kang the title of King Wu.

"A little bit." Li Gang said with a sigh.

Jiangnan has always been a granary. The pits on Hebei Road, Guanzhong and Hedong Roads are all cooked once a year, and they have to be cultivated in rotation. After accounting by the province, there is really a shortage of grain in Jiangnan.

"I don't want to make Zhao Gou King of Wu. Is there any other way for Li Dazai?" Zhao Huan frowned and said, if the treasury really can't spend without money and food from the south, then he can't just go his own way.

Li Gang hesitated for a moment and said, "Then you may have to use some internal money. With money, you can buy food."

Zhao Huan was taken aback for a moment, and walked around for a long time, feeling that he was asking for money from his small coffers.What are you doing in such a big circle.

Most of his internal money was stolen from his home. It was originally national wealth, and he had never spent the money in it. Most of it was used to reward soldiers.

He is an emperor, does he have a place to spend money?He didn't think so.

The inner money of the emperor of the Song Dynasty is very interesting. Zhao Huan has specially studied the inner money of the royal family of the Great Song Dynasty.

The source is the sealed pile storehouse established by Song Taizu Emperor Zhao Kuangyin.

This pile storage is Zhao Kuangyin's private property, and he wants to use this private property to buy Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures from the Liao State.

It's a pity that he was shadowed by the sound of the ax and candle before he talked with Liao.

Afterwards, the sealed pile library has been changing its name, first it was renamed Youzang Library, and then it was renamed Neizang Library.

Then the national treasury was tight. During Song Zhenzong's time, the national treasury was in a tight situation, and the scholar-bureaucrats put their ideas on internal funds.

Song Zhenzong didn't like his money bags being used by others, and the national treasury was not in a big deficit, so he let the courtiers figure out a way for themselves.

During Song Renzong's time, the treasury was officially in a state of emergency, and Emperor Renzong took out money from his internal funds to help the treasury.

When Song Shenzong came to the throne, he looked at the internal money of running a mouse, learned from the painful experience, and decided to reform.

The national treasury was in a hurry, and the internal funds were also in a hurry. Song Shenzong, who had a very poor game experience, turned his attention to the middlemen, buyers, and brokers, and then the treasury was full.

The internal funds were refilled with money, and the most direct result was that the Xihe River opened up more than 2000 miles.

How did the domestic money, which was enough to spend for a long time, disappear?
Zhao Huanduan sat in the Wende Palace, looking in the direction of Yanfu Palace and Genyue Palace, even shaking his head, money has built palaces.

Zhao Ji doesn't have any pragmatism spirit, he just uses whatever is extravagant and expensive, gold silk nanmu one by one, and Qijun stone materials are all expensive.

The luxurious Genyue Palace has emptied the internal funds and the national treasury.

Now Li Gang wants to use his internal funds to fill the hole in the national treasury, which in itself is a taboo.

Although it seems that the officials don't care very much, since the Qin and Han Dynasties, the internal money and the treasury have been clearly divided, and the courtiers are always asking the emperor for money, which is not good.

"How much does it cost?" Zhao Huan asked with a smile, the world is his, and this money will only rust if it lies in the money.

"Officials, about 3000 million guan is enough. This is still considered, not an emergency." Li Gang also scratched his head. If there is a way, can he ask the officials for money?

"3000 million guan?" Zhao Huan looked at Zhao Ying with a questioning gaze.

"Officials, give Dazai 3000 million guan, and we still have [-] million guan in our internal funds..." Zhao Ying whispered into the official's ear: "Did you raid a lot of shops last time? I am thinking about it, idle is idle." Then, the store opened again."

"No, the official's royal driver came back from the conquest and made a lot of money. In the past five or six months, the shops have handed in a total of 1000 million guan."

This Li Gang has a headache because of the money, but Zhao Ying has re-established the storefronts that were stolen from the house, which is interesting.

Zhao Huan knew clearly that it was not that Li Gang hadn't thought of Hui Yi, but the court officials were unwilling to touch or contact Hui Yi.

After all, the term collusion between government and businessmen is really ugly, and it is a felony.

"Dazai, we have so many workshops for military weapons supervision, and the craftsmanship is extremely advanced. Why don't you take out some workshops and make a deal? Collusion between government and businessmen is a felony, but this business is state-owned, so naturally there is no collusion between government and businessmen. Speaking."

"Also, didn't Li Dazai do this when he was the Minister of the Ministry of War?"

Li Gang nodded, and said with a wry smile: "That's no way, I must have found a way to renovate the arsenal. The court didn't give money, and there was no money, so I had to think of a way."

"Officials, do you have any ideas?" Li Gang asked.

Zhao Huan smiled and said, "I thought you would say that you are fighting for profit with the people."

"There are quite a few ideas, but none of them are suitable right now. What about you, let's finish the land equalization and business tax reform first. For 3000 million, let's go to Zhao Yingling." Zhao Huan considered Li Gang Yao's money idea.

It's just a little money, as long as he doesn't give Zhao Gou a name, he wants to see what tricks Zhao Gou can come up with.

"Is there anything else?" Zhao Huan asked.

As soon as Li Gang heard that he got the money, he was very happy. Only when he has money can he do things. If he has no money, he is also a smart woman who can't cook without rice. He said with a smile on his face: "Not for the time being."

"Okay. Isn't it just some money? I'll give it to you. If you lack money, just say it." Zhao Huan nodded, and it was the end of the match with Li Gang.

Li Gang left happily, Zhao Huan opened Zhao Gou's letter, with a smile on his face, he was indeed a familiar Zhao Gou, he was timid in doing things, since it was all about the showdown, everyone knew what you wanted to do, so just act recklessly in the end.

He also came up with the strategy of accumulating grain widely and becoming king slowly.

I also want to play King Wu too much, it's a beautiful idea.

In fact, Zhao Gou's terms are quite good, and everything will be played according to the old system in the past.

Money and food are paid according to the taxes in the south of the Yangtze River in the past.He wants a righteous name.

But Zhao Huan refused to give it.

I am not short of money, and I still have [-] million strings, so I can play for a long time.

"Officials, it's late at night, shouldn't it be time to move to Yanfu Palace?" Zhao Ying comforted.

It's been a few months now, and the officials are either going to conquest in person, or they are staying in Wende Hall, next to the harem.

In Zhao Ying's view, the biggest problem is the problem of children.

There was only one Zhao Chen, but this Zhao Chen is still a useless prince.

"Then let's have a look." Zhao Huan put down the note in his hand. The state affairs are endless. Today has today's affairs, and tomorrow will have tomorrow's affairs. Now that Zhao Ying said, what about Yanfu Palace? It's something.

Zhao Huan said: "Everyone knows, did something happen in Yanfu Palace?"

Zhao Ying said with embarrassment on her face: "It's nothing, but Concubine Zhu Guifei's life is not easy. People always say that life is a bit wronged."

Zhao Huan was taken aback for a moment. Although he was abolished, he still made Zhu Lian a noble concubine.It doesn't look like it's out of favor.

And even though Zhao Chen abolished the crown prince, he was still the prefect of Kaifeng. No matter how you look at it, he was still the crown prince. Was he being bullied?

"What's going on? Who has such a long tongue?" Zhao Huan stood up, ready to go to Yanfu Palace to have a look.

He was also to blame for this matter, he was very busy every day, but he never went to Yanfu Palace, fearing that his behavior might have misunderstood the palace people.

I'm afraid even Zhu Lian himself has misunderstood.

Thinking that his Sacred Heart was not there, he swallowed his anger.

"A court lady from Genyue Palace chewed her tongue indiscriminately. According to the rules, she was going to be expelled from the palace. But when the Supreme Emperor was involved, Concubine Zhu Gui asked the ministers not to make too much noise, so there will be no further point in this matter." Zhao Ying explained.

The harem relationship is intricate, and Zhu Lian is also very cautious.

"Let me go and talk about her. That maid of Genyue Palace, be expelled from the palace." Zhao Huan stood up.

When Zhu Lian entered Beijing at Bamen, what he did the worst, and what dissatisfied Zhao Huan the most was that his heart was too soft.

I gave her Cheng Chu and [-] relatives, so she became more cruel and cleaned up the entire palace, wouldn't there be so many troubles?

He also let the crown prince eat cakes for a month.

In the palace, especially next to the extremely busy emperor, how can you do it if you are not cruel?

"Chen'er, what about writing again? It's a good thing to study hard, but it's getting so late, go to bed quickly." When Zhao Huan arrived at Yanfu Palace, he saw Zhao Chen sitting on a stool and writing.

Zhao Huan's voice startled Zhao Chen. Zhao Chen had just written a character, but the last one was very long.

"Greetings to the emperor. My son is writing the big characters left by the prince's young master. It has been finished." Zhao Chen hurriedly jumped off the stool and said politely.

This was the first time he saw his father after he was deposed as the crown prince.

"The concubine pays a visit to the official's family." Zhu Lian was also frightened, and the needle thread in his hand was a little crooked, and he pricked his finger, and a bead of blood leaked out.

"Get up, get up and talk." Zhao Huan asked Zhu Lian and Zhao Chen to get up.

He deliberately didn't let Zhao Yingtong pass it on. He shouted and shouted in the middle of the night, which was a bit disturbing to the people, but judging from the results, it's better to pass it on in the future.

"Tomorrow, I will tell the prince and young master that I painted this painting. Don't punish you for copying the book again, go to sleep." Zhao Huan said with a smile when he saw the long stroke.

(End of this chapter)