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"What about taxes?"

"The minister has issued a decree to all roads except the East Road and Hebei Road to let the transshipment envoys collect taxes. At present, the two roads in Huainan (a part of Anhui and Jiangsu) have reported a sum to the minister. The total income of the money is estimated at 300 million strings, 100 bolts of cloth and silk, 80 million stones of grain, and [-] bundles of grass."

As soon as Zhao Ning heard this number, he immediately noticed something wrong.

Huainan East Road and Huainan West Road were very prosperous in the Song Dynasty, and many canals passed through here.

The annual cash income is only 300 million guan?

Who are you lying to!

Zhao Ning, a few months ago, when the Jin army was still besieging the city, had read the entire financial revenue of the Song Dynasty, and it was almost imprinted in his mind.

When the Song Dynasty came to Yingzong, that is, 60 years ago, the total income of money in one year reached 36822541.165 guan.

To abbreviate, 3682 million guan!

There were 24 roads in the Song Dynasty, on average, the income of each road was 153 million yuan, and the income of Lianghuai was definitely much higher than the average.

In the Yingzong era, it has reached 500 million.

In the period of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, Cai Jing was in power and started the "money printing machine". The total income of the country's money had reached more than 5000 million guan, not counting grain, grass, and silk.

The total income of Lianghuai is around 700 million Guan.

The Great Song Dynasty was not good at war, and it said it was second when it came to money, while other dynasties dared not say first.

Chapter 80

Chongzhen would probably faint in the toilet crying when he saw the fiscal revenue of the Great Song Dynasty.

You must know that in the later period of Chongzhen, they could not receive 300 million taels a year in cash, and could only pay three more, which caused a nationwide uprising, and they barely managed to get over 1000 million taels.

At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, under Cai Jing's operation, more than 5000 million guan (usually equal to one or two), this is not food income.

Why did the Song Dynasty have food income?

The taxation of the Great Song Dynasty is the two-tax law.

Farmers pay grain directly as tax.

In Cai Jing's era, the grain income was as high as 3500 million shi.

What is this concept?

The tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty is also the two-tax law, which generally travels around 2800 million shi, which is the rule set by Zhu Yuanzhang.

In the later period, it collapsed, shrank to about ten million shi, and then it disappeared, no cash income, that's all.

It wasn't until Zhang Juzheng vigorously implemented the "one whip" method that there was a large amount of cash income.

If it is said that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was cutting leeks, then the Song Dynasty would regularly plan the roots of leeks.

Rich or not?

Rich!

The year before Cai Jing's death, that is, two years ago, Da Song's fiscal cash income reached 5000 million!

But the financial expenditure has reached 4900 million!

The food income is as high as 3500 million shi, but the food expenditure is as high as 3700 million shi!

Where are you going to reason?

Zhao Ding tried his best, and in just one month, he gave the financial revenue of the Lianghuai area. This ability to handle affairs can be said to be very strong.

Zhao Ning didn't ask, it was the time of the war, the north of the Yellow River was hit, the capital was besieged, the administration was definitely affected, and some officials wanted to take the opportunity to deduct money, that's for sure.

He knew that Zhao Ding was also under a lot of pressure. Zhao Ding was different from Qin Hui, Gao Qiu and others. Zhao Ding was a real good minister of the society and could not be controlled by intimidation or coercion.

Zhao Ning sighed, and said: "Mr. Zhao has worked hard, and some conclusions have been reached so quickly, and I feel a little more at ease in my heart."

Zhao Ding hesitated for a moment, then said: "The official family, the minister came back, and heard that the official family killed 37 officials in the capital?"

Zhao Ning was silent for a moment, wondering if he was brewing emotions, he said in a helpless and sad tone: "Yes."

Hearing the change in Zhao Guanjia's tone, Zhao Ding couldn't help asking: "What worries the Guanjia?"

"You must be thinking, I shouldn't have killed so many people."

"I'm just confused. If the killing is too heavy, I'm afraid that the sanctity of the officials will be damaged."

"Come on, take a look at these, the crimes of these people." Zhao Ning picked up the things Gao Qiu made up.

"Swallowing tea for private use, colluding with private businessmen, and making deals with the Kingdom of Jin." Zhao Ning expressed hatred for iron and steel, "Now our dynasty has an enmity with the Kingdom of Jin to destroy the country. If I don't kill them, how will I explain to the soldiers and civilians in Hebei and Hedong?"

"I ask you, how to win this battle with the Kingdom of Jin?"

Zhao Ding said: "Clean up military discipline, rectify the court, enrich the country and strengthen the army, get rid of the old and innovate."

"I'm here to tell you that the key to winning this battle lies in the people. The court wants to mobilize the people, establish military towns in Hebei, and establish a complete logistics dispatching route in the south. All of these require the participation of the people."

"Therefore, we must respect public opinion and stand with the people. Only in this way can we defeat the gold thief."

"In the past six months, I have often been unable to sleep at night. The bad government of the country has reached the point where we have to change the system. How can we get the people to support us?"

"Come here, take a look, these lands should be owned by Zhengshitang, and you should also know that land mergers, tax evasion, refugees are everywhere, the number of troops is too large, officials are redundant, and the country's income is very high. But the payout is higher."

"These are all my concerns. Shaanxi is going to invest more troops soon. Camps will be built in Hebei and Hedong, and military towns will be built on Jingdong East Road. The situation is so critical that we can't wait any longer. Back off."

Zhao Ning's tone sounded very sincere, almost heart-pounding.

If Gao Lian was here, he would suspect that the Zhao Guan family he knew before was a fake.

Zhao Ding was moved by the emperor's candid tone.

Especially the last sentence "You and my monarch and ministers have no way out", the implication is that I treat my ministers as national scholars, and we will live and die together.

This is the devolution of pressure. To delegate the pressure of power to Zhao Ding, he will not think that it is wrong to kill so many people.

"The most serious thing about this matter is not their corruption. There are three points that the court must pay attention to."

"First, I have asked people to verify the land property. Their land property is much more than those who pay taxes at the Ministry of Households. They all have hidden land and evade taxes. With so many land in their hands, there are more refugees. My big Song internal turmoil, how to start a war with Jin?"

"Second, in a private transaction with the Kingdom of Jin, will someone privately send information to the Jin people? This shows that our anti-secret affairs have been done very badly. I know that they have criticized the Imperial City Division. I will expand the recruitment of the Imperial City Division. In order to cope with the meticulous work of the Jinren."

"Third, during the war, the control of merchants must be stricter. Look at this Wang Xun, who dares to give inferior iron materials to the military inspector."

What is climbing along the pole?

This is!

As soon as the case comes out, it is necessary to kill and ransack the house, but to dig deep into the problems behind, and then take it out to make troubles, and promote the rectification of the whole to achieve your own goals, is the last mover.

Killing people and ransacking their homes is a temporary solution.

If you want to destroy an order, you must replace it with a new order, otherwise there will be chaos.

Digging out these things as typical examples and discussing reform plans is the only way to solve the root cause.

Only by addressing the root cause can we truly solve the problem.

Only by solving these problems can the administrative efficiency of the Great Song Dynasty be improved, the administrative efficiency will be improved, and the military logistics system will be improved to ensure that the front-line troops can fight.

Therefore, doing logistics is not about transporting food. If you don't rectify the administration of officials, you will become bald.

Zhao Ding was convinced by the emperor's words, and even his blood boiled.

From this point of view, Zhao Guan's family has the ambition to get rid of the old and innovate.

Zhao Ding said: "I'm stupid, if that's the case, those people really should be killed."

"Okay! I have summoned Zongze to Beijing, and Li Gang will be there soon. Our task is very heavy, and I want to build a long line of defense here."

"I'll give Prime Minister Zhao the bottom line, and I will kill more people in the future, but I will never kill indiscriminately." He grabbed Zhao Ding's hand and said in that sincere and touching tone.

"Here!" In front of Zhao Ning's map, it was the map of Kaifeng Mansion.

"I've already made up my mind. Let's start with the land reform, which is in Kaifeng Mansion. The New Deal will start in Kaifeng Mansion."

Zhao Ning began to state his thoughts on land reform to Zhao Ding, only limited to Kaifeng Mansion, and did not move elsewhere.

Make a model in Kaifeng Mansion first, that is, to reform the special zone.

After finishing speaking, Zhao Ding was already sweating on his forehead.

In a blink of an eye, it was already afternoon.

Gao Lian is still taking his henchmen on the way of ransacking the house to make money.

At this time, Zhao Gou returned to Tokyo City and soon entered the palace.

Later, see you in Wende Hall.

Chapter 81 Who dares to have an opinion, I will let Jiumei bite him

Zhao Ning saw a young man walking in.

This young man has delicate features and fair complexion, and he looks a bit like a young meat star in the 21st century.

This is Zhao Gou.

The founder of the Southern Song Dynasty, a controversial historical figure.

Zhao Gou walked up to Zhao Ning, saluted and said, "I see the officials."

"Quick and free." Zhao Ning had a very good attitude, every hair on his face exuded a warm smile, he got up, walked in front of Zhao Gou, and patted Zhao Gou on the shoulder, "Ninth brother, Thank you for your hard work this time.”

Zhao Ning almost blurted out: Sister Nine!

(In the Song Dynasty, there were no such titles as Jiudi and Jiumei. No matter how old they were, they were called brother or sister according to their ranking, regardless of age.)

"It's all about worrying about the officials."

"After you left, I thought about it carefully. I shouldn't let you take such a big risk!" After "heart-to-heart" with Zhao Ding, Zhao Ning began to "heart-to-heart" with Zhao Gou.

However, the purpose is completely different.

With Zhao Gou's performance in Hebei this time, bystanders naturally know that he is a piece of rubbish.

Even Zhao Ning knew that he was staying in the Daming Mansion, and the battle was supported by Zong Ze.

However, the ministers didn't think so. They believed that Zhao Gou opened the Grand Marshal's Mansion and appointed Zong Zenan to Huazhou to resist the Jin army.

They even think that Zhao Gou's appointment is wise, so Zhao Gou has credit.

As for Zhao Gou's refusal to fight, who can say a standard?

Wang Boyan would say that the Generalissimo has sent Zong Ze to fight forward, and the rear is transporting food and grass, waiting for the opportunity, and the whole army will attack at any time.

The subtlety lies in this "anytime", the Chinese language is really broad and profound.

This is politics.

If Zhao Ning stubbornly defended his behavior with Zhao Gou, it would cause great misunderstanding in the court, and even fall into the quagmire of arguments, and thus be fanned by villains like Wang Boyan behind his back.

You know, my Great Song Dynasty never lacked treacherous ministers, especially in the late Northern Song Dynasty.

Nests of treacherous ministers are all blinking below, looking at the court with their big eyes, and start making troubles whenever they have the opportunity.

Did he really approve of Zhao Gou?

Bullshit!

It is impossible to recognize Zhao Gou, and using Zhao Gou is the right way.

When Zhao Gou comes back this time, his political reputation will definitely skyrocket.

After all, he was the one who took the initiative to go to Jinying.

In which group is it most affected?

imperial clan!

Originally, King Su was sent to negotiate a peace, but King Su was detained. Wan Yan Zonghan asked the prince to come and reconcile, but none of the princes dared to stand up, only Zhao Gou took the initiative to stand up.

Just for this point, Zhao Gou's prestige in the clan has been greatly improved when he comes back this time.

It can be said that from now on, when he walks among the princes, he can look down at other princes with that kind of gaze.

This is easy to handle. Now I just want to implement a new land reform policy. Many of the land in Kaifeng Mansion belong to the prince.

And the clan is very rich!

First kill King Pu, kill the chickens to warn the monkeys, then encourage Zhao Gou to go, let the clans hand over their unreasonable property, finally Zhao Ning came out to be a good person, and started to play the old trick of deterrence.

This minimizes the clan's resistance, hello, hello, hello everyone.