Northern Song Dynasty Revitalization Strategy

Chapter 518 What should I do if I have too much money to spend?
The official poem is obviously not my own experience.

In Li Qingzhao's view, these two poems actually describe more about the story of a couple who are forced to be together.

Li Qingzhao didn't interpret it further, she was afraid that she might misunderstand it, just like before.

Similarly, after she experienced what happened to Zhao Mingcheng, she has reached the point where she is neither sad nor happy.

If there are good results, then there will be.

if not...

She took a deep breath and wrote on the blank note:
[Don't be sad, don't be happy; don't cry, don't be sad; don't come, don't go; don't give up, don't leave. 】

In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Huan finally ushered in his first court meeting after returning to Beijing, which was extremely boring.

In Zhao Huan's view, the quarrels in the government are just like the quarrels between women on the street. They stand on their respective preset positions and start arguing.

I just want to convince the other party, but I will never be able to convince the other party, and I will not even take a step back.

The courtiers were arguing non-stop, and Zhao Huanduan sat on the throne, bored to the core.

Before this kind of tearing is over, it is not convenient for Zhao Huan to end.

Otherwise, if he is both a referee and a player, then the court meeting of the court will be of no use to him.

At the beginning of the court meeting, Zhao Huan was not in such a state of wandering too far, but was actively sitting in front of the imperial court and listening to the courtiers discussing state affairs.

The public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother says that the woman is reasonable.

At first glance, it all makes sense, but it doesn't seem to make any sense. Later, it just repeats the words repeatedly, and it becomes boring.

Zhao Huan scanned everyone's loyalty and ability value boredly.

Li Gang is extremely accurate in judging people.

At least Zhao Huan looked at the loyalty value and ability of the courtiers, basically there are not many positions that do not match the ability.

And some people are very capable, but they are in low positions. Zhao Huan looked carefully and found that they were all young people.

They are not experienced enough to fill more important positions.

The bad habit of seniority in the officialdom was also a common phenomenon in the Song Dynasty.

"Officials?" Zhao Ying reminded Zhao Huan in a low voice.

"what?"

Zhao Huan recovered from his wandering mind and said, "The discussion is over?"

Li Gang looked helplessly at the officials sitting on the throne, and he came out and said, "The officials are some opinions from the Foreign Encouragement Order, should the officials take a look?"

He didn't blame the officials for not being diligent in their administration. If the emperor is not diligent in his administration today, there will be no diligent emperor in the world.

In fact, when the courtiers were arguing, Li Gang almost fell asleep.

In the words of the officials, it's too boring to talk about the wheels.

The court debate is actually just a formality.

The formulation of most of the terms, the reduction and increase of benefits, were discussed long ago when all the forces sat together on the night before the Great Court Meeting.

It has already been submitted to the officials for approval.

But in this form, it’s not enough if we don’t go.

Zhao Huan pretended to pick up Li Gang's letter, and after Zhu approved it, he said, "Follow the order."

Most of the courtiers who couldn't reach the front row looked at the letter approved by the emperor.

Some courtiers were excited, they participated in the government affairs, and even their opinions were adopted by the court officials.

Some courtiers were ashamed, like a rooster who had lost a fight, and had no fighting spirit.

Participation.

Zhao Huan shook his dizzy head, stood up, and broke up the court meeting.

The servants of Li Gang's various ministries stayed and began a real exchange of interests.

Basically, the extraterritorial grace and relocation orders are all decided by the Chang Dynasty.

Zhao Huan finally cheered up and began to participate in the court discussion. Whenever he raised a question, the courtiers agreed or opposed to state reasons or put forward constructive opinions.

This also made him have to admire that this group of top-notch people who are always standing up, think about problems thoroughly.

Finally, under the persuasion of the ministers, Zhao Huan postponed various reforms aimed at the court's bad governance. Everything focused on stability. After defeating the Jinren, he would reform the court system.

But a problem that needs to be solved urgently has become a controversial point of discussion in today's government.

And there was a lot of discussion, and the discussion was extremely enthusiastic.

With the continuous advancement of commercial reforms, the tax system established by Dasong relying on monopoly monopoly and tax-packed purchase system has become extremely inefficient and cannot keep up with the rhythm of the times.

It has been 160 years since the Song Dynasty. This set of official system, tax system, land system, and military system has been implemented for 160 years, and there is a sense of decay and pedantry everywhere.

Still the same sentence, Zhao Huan still believes that the most exquisite language in the world is Chinese and Chinese characters, because it is broad, profound and all-encompassing.

But the words that shouldn't appear the most are almost these three words.

After the system of the Song Dynasty has been in operation for 160 years, it is almost the same everywhere.

Taxes were the first to come to light.

With the continuous advancement of commercial reforms, the tax inspection team of the Song Dynasty was composed of retired soldiers to conduct tax inspections and supervise the payment. The accountants of the provinces calculated the taxes, and then let the provinces approve the receipts for the unified collection and expenditure for distribution.

The inspectors of the retired soldiers did a good job. Even the first-class merchants in the mansion store were terrified when they saw the word tax inspection.

These inspectors don't show any kindness to you at all, and it's a snap to recover taxes.

There is no problem with the calculations of the accountants in the province, and a lot of stolen and missed taxes can be found through the account books.

The problem lies in the issue of unified revenue and expenditure.

The province of the Song Dynasty has really reached the point where it should be abolished and then re-established.

Except for raising a lot of accountants who are good at calculating accounts, Ji Sheng no longer has his original function.

Planning fiscal revenue and expenditure.

The Song Dynasty, or all feudal dynasties, did not have a complete financial plan.

In other words, it is the Qin Pavilion and the Chu Tower [Note 1] - do whatever you want.

In the whole year of the second year of Jingkang, nearly 7000 million guan was collected in light commercial tax!
As for the agricultural tax, because of Zhao Huan's large-scale tax reduction and exemption policy, the agricultural tax has been reduced by half compared to before, only about 1000 million guan.

But the national treasury is not only more than 8000 million guan, but more than 4000 million guan of money and food, lying there!

Where did this money come from?

The Ministry of Households wasted a lot of land and money.

The tabloids and morning papers that entered Zouyuan this year actually contributed a lot of money.

But this is all small money. What really makes money is Li Gang who sells a lot of luxury goods in Bianjing warehouse.

But out of the extra 6000 million guan, 4000 million guan was earned by the two departments of the Work Relief Institute and the Military Academy.

When Li Gang was the minister of the Ministry of War and also the military supervisor, in order to update the military equipment of the Song Dynasty, he did a lot of civilian work to keep it running.

However, the main responsibility of the Military Academy is to produce armaments. At Zhao Huan's request, it has slowed down and even canceled private orders.

So out of the 4000 million guan, 3000 million guan was earned from the work relief workshop and work relief guarantee of the work relief hospital.

Ji Sheng didn't arrange for the extra 4000 million yuan. They underestimated Da Song's ability to create wealth.

The national coffers of the Song Dynasty caused by the commercial reform continued to expand, and they could not keep up with the planning and provinces of the times, so they were the first to be eliminated.

The problem of planning and saving, in fact, Zhao Huan doesn't seem to have a big problem, isn't it just that there is too much money and no place to spend it?
easy to do!

Building roads and laying bridges is a bottomless pit!
As long as it is activated, the 4000 million yuan will be spent like running water.

This wasn't a big deal at first, Ji Sheng didn't plan where the 4000 million yuan would go, even if it wasn't spent and saved, it didn't matter.

But the core issue of today's fierce quarrel in the Chang Dynasty is caused by the 4000 million yuan of money saved.

This money, it can't be spent!
The people of the Song Dynasty did not recognize iron money, but only money.

More than a hundred transactions have started to use money to induce transactions.

Zheng Wangzhi, the servant of the household department, stood up and said, "Officials, there is still a day when the money will not be spent. I have been a member of the household department for more than ten years, and this is really the first time I have heard of such a thing."

Li Gang also bowed his head and said: "At the beginning of the year, after 1000 million silver dollars were released one after another, there was such a trend. At that time, no one cared about it. Now this one silver dollar can be exchanged for almost half of the iron money."

"What should I do?" Zhu Shengfei also looked helpless. At the end of the year, they discovered the iron money in the national treasury, and there was no place to spend it.

Zhao Huan nodded and said, "Isn't General Hu Shi going to Beijing to report on his duties? He has been busy in Shuzhong for almost a year, and he didn't go to Beijing last year. Ask Shuzhong if he needs iron money."

"This solves the urgent need for a while, what about after that?" Li Gang still said worriedly.

Zhao Huan was not in a hurry to answer the question. He leaned on the back of the chair and looked outside the hall, as if his eyes had traveled 900 years later, and he needed to play his role.

Use his vision beyond the times to find solutions to problems.

Zhao Huan didn't stay in a daze for a long time, then came back to his senses and said, "Yes!"

"I know what Da Song lacks."

　Qin Tower and Chu Pavilion: In the Qin Dynasty, there is an allusion that Nongyu, the daughter of Duke Mu of Qin, played the flute upstairs. Xiao Shi Nongyu not only has the meaning of becoming a married couple, but also implies an affair between men and women. The building where Nongyu lives, Fenghuang Terrace, is also called Qinlou.The Chu Pavilion is for that "the King of Chu is so thin-waisted": King Ling of Chu built the Zhanghua Palace, where beauties with thin waists live. It is known as the Chu Pavilion, Qinlou, and the Chu Pavilion generally refers to singing and dancing venues.In fact, it is the same thing as Fan Lou.

　　
　
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