Northern Song Dynasty Revitalization Strategy

Chapter 303

The content in the letter is very detailed, but Zhao Huan still wants to ask Chen Chong.

"The Chen family has done a good job in supervising the Pingzhou military ration matter. I am very pleased. The content in your letter is very interesting." Zhao Huan saw the uneasy Chen Chong.

Chen Chong was very nervous. It was different from the first meeting. The first meeting was for the Chen family to see if the official family could do it.

After all, there are too many variables in the imperial conquest. At that time, who knew whether the official family could secure the throne?

This second meeting, Chen Chong came here completely for the future, and the letter in his hand represented the future of the Chen family.

"Officials, the first ten rules of the mansion store, how to manage the mansion store, specifically stipulates that the merchants should submit the account books on time for review, and some policies on tax inspections are all related to Li Dazai's business tax reform. They complement each other, so I don't think there will be too many problems." Chen Chong said carefully.

Li Gang nodded. The reform of commercial tax system still needs to be supplemented in the management of merchants and merchants. Although Chen Chong's Ten Laws are naive in some places, most of them are advisable.

Chen Chong's Ten Laws of the Mansion Store are more about protecting small merchants and merchants. In terms of specific operations, the government has set up special management personnel for the mansion store, and the management of the mansion store is completely owned by the government.

However, Chen Chong did not think comprehensively enough about the collusion between government and businessmen, so Li Gang added a few rules to Chen Chong's Ten Laws of Mansions to make it more reasonable.

"I want to ask you something, what is your explanation for this law?" Zhao Huan was particularly concerned about the second item of this letter.

He is very interested in Zheng Yifa, but he is not sure whether this policy is good or bad for Song Dynasty.

Chen Chong thought for a while and said: "Kang Zhao Gou made three chapters in Jiangnan with landlords in Jiangnan. The third article is a physical mortgage, but the officials and businessmen colluded to drive up prices, and the goods in the hands of the people began to depreciate sharply."

"The minister just thought, how can we completely cut off this phenomenon, and only then have this levy method."

"The core of it is the people's collection of the people's solution, which is changed to the government's collection of the government's solution. The tax collection is changed to the collection of money."

Zhao Huan nodded, that's what he was asking. In fact, no matter if it's the chief of the village or the chief of grain, taxes and duties are collected by the people.

And this levy in kind, turned into money, can solve part of the problem.

"Continue to talk." Zhao Huan said with great interest.

The current reform of the commercial and taxation system has just started. If it does not start well, there will be deep, deep hidden dangers.

"Merge tax and service, combine land tax and corvee of various names, and at the same time, share part of the labor burden on the field. In the past, the corvee was done according to household and person, but it was apportioned according to the number of persons and field grain, and forced labor households can Pay for the labor, and the government will hire people to undertake the forced labor."

"Unify taxes, limit exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, so that the people can enjoy a little peace."

"Clean up the land, reduce concealment, and underreport."

"The accumulated grain is still grain and millet in kind, and the tax is not collected according to the kind, which saves the cost of transportation and storage.

After Chen Chong finished speaking, he quietly waited for the official's question.

Zhao Huan laughed and said, "It's a good idea, but it's a pity that if you don't charge for the lessons in kind, what is the charge? All of them will be converted into money?"

Chen Chong nodded and said, "It's converted into money."

Zhao Huan and Li Gang laughed loudly, and Li Gang said with a smile: "Your idea is indeed good. Discount all the money, and then unify the tax and reduce the number of hands. These are all good ideas. It's a pity."

Chen Chong looked at Guan Jia and Li Gang blankly, where did he think wrong?

"Our Song Dynasty is short of money..." Zhao Huan said with a smile.

The Song Dynasty was short of money, and the money shortage brought about by the money shortage caused public resentment. In fact, in the final analysis, it was a lack of money.

"Da Song Fushuo, why is there a lack of money?" Chen Chong still frowned and asked.

Zhao Huan waved his hands again and again, and said to Li Gang: "Dazai, Chen Chong is here for you. He is good at discipline, and he will become a pillar of talent in the future. Let him visit the village more often, and you will know why Da Song is short of money."

Zhao Huan knew that the Song Dynasty was short of money, and it was when he inspected Hedong Road and Guanzhong that he knew the extent of the lack of money in the Song Dynasty.

In some bazaars, there are even places where the original way of bartering is still used for transactions.

The money shortage in the Song Dynasty was very serious. Although the money making workshop in Bianjing had started working with all its strength, even the government turned a blind eye to the private minting of coins, but it still couldn't stop the money shortage.

In fact, all transactions in Dazong of the Song Dynasty were settled in silver.

But the amount of silver is still too small.

It can only be used for bulk commodity transactions, but copper coins and silver are still scarce.

But Chen Chong had no worries about food and clothing since he was a child. He was short of money and grabbed a handful of broken silver from the warehouse and went to the street. Of course, he didn't know to what extent Da Song was short of money.

When Chen Chong left, he still didn't understand why Da Song was short of money and where Da Song was short of money.

He is a scholar in a merchant's family, and he belongs to the person who is served by someone who wears clothes.

It's very similar to the previous emperor who didn't eat minced meat.

Of course, why not Jin Huidi, who ate minced meat, was a dementia himself. He couldn't even speak fully until he was almost an adult. What can such an emperor be expected to do?
But Chen Chong is not like this, he is rich and limits his imagination.

He has never been short of money since he was a child. How can he understand such a weird thing that he is rich but short of money?

Da Song Fu should be rich, why is Da Song short of money?
But that's the truth.

However, Chen Chong still left Chejia full of joy, because Zhao Huan gave him an assignment to participate in political affairs, and he was officially transferred from the local government to the central government, and he was still working under Li Gang.

"Lieutenant Yue. I leave the Hejian military training to you." Zhao Huan said to Yue Fei who was standing not far away.

"Today you are officially promoted to be the chief coach of the [-] flying army. If he succeeds in the Japanese army, you will lead it yourself." When Zhao Huan said this official name, he smiled.

Lin Chong is the coach of the 80 Imperial Guards. Leaving aside, there is no such thing as Lin Chong. In fact, the difference between the coach and the chief coach is far apart.

The instructor is a small official from the ninth rank, and the chief instructor is a fifth-rank official.

The highest military rank in the Song Dynasty is Taiwei, which is also a second rank.It is conceivable that the fifth rank is already very high.Yue Fei's military rank is lieutenant colonel, but he is only a fifth rank. In fact, the dispatch sent by Zhao Huan is a bit promoted.

Yue Fei, the chief coach, was subordinate to the guards, pro-army and infantry commanders in the three yamen.

But now the commander of the Sanya Commander, since Liang Shicheng fled to the south, has never heard from him again.

Zhao Huan played a trick here, he did not dismiss Liang Shicheng's status as the palace commander, which directly led to the current function of the Sanya envoy, which was directly used by Zhao Huan.

He has been delegating power, civil rights and ministerial power are constantly letting go, but he has been shrinking military power.

Even Li Gang had no say in Zhao Huan's appointment of generals.

When Zhao Huan tried to test Li Gang, he always changed the topic. Under the system of military meritorious ranks, military power can only be in his own hands. From training new troops to the final appointment of generals, he is directly in charge.

No comment.

Therefore, Yue Fei is actually training the new army, and the person directly in charge is Zhao Huan. His position as chief coach seems to be only rank five, but who dares to underestimate him?

"Officials, Yuwen Xuzhong has just passed Chenqiaoyi. When we return to Beijing, he should return to Beijing." Shen Cong suddenly said to Zhao Huan.

(End of this chapter)