Fu Song

Chapter 663

Xiao Cheng is not ashamed of being called Mr. Qian, but proud of it.

Can I have no money?

It's as low as ordinary people's homes, and you can open the door with firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea. Dare I ask which one doesn't need money?

As high as the court's diplomacy, war, etc., which one does not need money?

With money in your pocket and no panic in your heart, everything is easy to handle.

There is no money in your pocket, and you have to think before and after everything you do, so there is no reason not to panic!

Those guys who are clamoring for Xiao Chengli to take the lead, do not practice morality, take profits from the people, and commit the most heinous crimes, you go and investigate carefully, but they are really in charge of various profitable businesses, and they are constantly making money. Hold the money in your arms!
The people they talk about are not those low-level people who have worked so hard!
but themselves.

It is the so-called benevolence, righteousness and morality in front of others, and the thieves and prostitutes in the back.

Xiao Cheng took an iron picket and kept picking money out of their pockets. Could they not be in a hurry?

But so what?
Before doing these things, Xiao Cheng did one thing first, that is to gather military power and reform the military system.

Relying on the elite soldiers who had worked hard in the southwest for more than ten years, they won one after another on the frontline battlefield, and completely gathered the military power into their own hands.

With the handle of the knife, it is much easier to do things again.

Mouth, pen, no matter how powerful they are, they are not as powerful as knives!

Furthermore, Xiao Cheng's mouth and pen are not weak at all.

And when making these reforms, Xiao Cheng also spared no effort to win over local governments.

Take taxation as an example. In the past, the Song Dynasty government made a contract to the end, and all income was collected by the third division, and the third division paid for it.The so-called local "staying in the state", "minister's treasury money" and so on are all in name only.

If you want to use money in the local area, you have to ask the third department for instructions, and you can only use it after the third department gives you the money.

On the ground, it is called a poor man.

Now that Xiao Cheng has established the General Administration of Taxation, he has clearly divided the imperial court's due and local income from the law.

For example, there is no doubt that there are two regular taxes in summer and autumn, and they must be handed over to the court.

The poll tax is to be handed over to the imperial court.

And the income from salt, iron, wine, and so on, which is monopolized by the imperial court, also belongs to the imperial court.

But like commercial taxes, the imperial court has a share ratio with the local authorities.

Roughly, it belongs to [-]% and [-]%, the imperial court takes [-]%, and the local government takes [-]%.

Another example is the exempt money. The imperial court took [-]% of it for unified allocation and use, and left [-]% in the local area to complete some local projects. If it is not enough, you can apply for subsidies from the imperial court.Whether you can get the subsidy depends on everyone's ability.

And some other new laws, in general, are the same, always leaving enough benefits for the local area.

Only in this way can the enthusiasm for work at the local level be stimulated.

Especially for things like commercial taxation, which itself is the pillar of the Song Dynasty's taxation. If the local government wants to have more money that can be spent by itself, it can only vigorously develop local business, make business more prosperous, and receive more money. much money.

If you have it in the big pot, you can also have it in your own small bowl.

In this way, the court gave the local government more financial freedom, which also stimulated the enthusiasm of the local officials.

At first glance, the income of the imperial court will definitely decrease, but after the implementation of the new law, the income of the imperial court has steadily increased. After this year, with half of the income of the country, it can match The most glorious era of the Song Dynasty in the past.

As a result, the original voice of doubt, at least in the officialdom, has disappeared.

Uniting the majority of people and giving sufficient benefits to the majority has always been the trick that Xiao Cheng is most willing to adopt, and he never tires of it.

Now Xiao Cheng is more concerned about the place and not doing anything wrong just because he has some power in his hands.

Just like the loan behavior of Qingmiaoqian, you only lend if you need it. If you don’t need it, if you force others to borrow, there will be problems.Xu Xiangqi, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, proposed that in order to maximize the benefits of the young crop money, the amount should be allocated to the local authorities. If it cannot be completed, the assessment of the local officials will be lowered.

As soon as these words came out, Xiao Cheng was sprayed all over his face.

This damn old man is very bad!

If such a policy is really to be introduced, I am afraid that it will immediately become a disorderly government that will harm the country and the people.

Not only could he not support it, Xiao Cheng even passed the supervision department to strictly prohibit this kind of behavior.

Mr. Qian's prestige in the court is now in full swing.

To put it bluntly, most of it came from the fact that he got a lot of money.

For example, officials in this world have received a lot of benefits.

Just like now that Jiangning has become the accompanying capital, all the officials have gathered.

What was originally a small place suddenly became worth every inch of land.

If you can own a house in the city, you are definitely a rich man.

And the rent of the house has increased by more than ten times compared with the past, which made many officials feel overwhelmed.

Xiao Cheng got a rental subsidy so that these officials could afford to rent a house.

Meals are also expensive, so there are food subsidies.

Some people can't rent a house and can only live in the outer suburbs, so they have transportation subsidies.

All kinds of subsidies add up to more than an official's original salary.

Do you think officials can not support him?
If another person comes up, it is really uncertain whether there are any of these things.

And those high-ranking officials who don't care about such a small amount of money, such as Lu Wenhuan of the Ministry of War, who is also an official with great military exploits and high prestige, but now he is also listening to Xiao Cheng.

And one of the biggest reasons is money.

As a veteran general, I know that the army wants to be able to fight and win battles. To put it bluntly, it is piled up with money.

Better armor, sharper weapons, more bow feathers and various military equipment, higher salaries and rewards after winning.

Which one doesn't require a lot of money?
Without enough money, it is impossible to talk about winning battles.

And Xiao Cheng, for the Ministry of War, has always been responsive to requests.

Sixty percent of the Song Dynasty's current tax revenue is spent on the military!
Although the army of Song Dynasty is basically the direct descendant of the chief assistant, the two appeasement armies that Lu Wenhuan had just formed were not treated differently.

Moreover, he is also very good at making money in the military!

Although Lu Wenhuan doubted whether Xiao Cheng created the military drill code.

He always believed that this thing should have come from Xiao Cheng's elder brother Xiao Ding.

But that's always the Xiao family's stuff.

But the exercises are really useful.

Lu Duan and Shi Congming, Lu Wenhuan's direct subordinates, are also using this manual now.

Even those in opposition have nothing to say now.

Because although Xiao Cheng suppressed them politically, he found another way out for them economically.

The Frontier Corps now represents a bonanza.

The key is that the imperial court actually allowed the sale of various weapons to these pioneer groups.

Today, apart from gunpowder weapons, they are not sold to them, even things like the god arm crossbow are sold to them.

This once made Cen Zhong and others very worried.

Like Bagan, there are now more than a dozen pioneering groups operating there, with more than 5000 people.

And that's not even counting the unorganized and undisciplined rangers.

These people are basically guys who can't get along in Da Song, and have no choice but to escape to these places to take risks.

I'm afraid that one day these people will backfire.

Xiao Cheng dismissed it.

The imperial court doesn't care what they do outside, but if they can't become polite and civilized people back home, the Song Frontier Army will teach them how to be a person.

What's more, among these pioneering groups, people from the Overwatch Council and the Imperial City Division have also penetrated extremely deeply.

If there is any disturbance, the imperial court will get the news immediately.

Zhiqiu Academy is now even following this line, penetrating into the core of the Jiangnan Department.

As long as I am strong enough, all these forces will only bow down and be used by me.

When you are weak, you will be ridden on your head to shit and pee, but who can you blame!
Xiao Cheng is a good hand at making money for the imperial court,
But at the same time, to make money for himself, he is not left behind.

When he was still a young man with a weak crown, he quietly created Tiangong Iron Art, and then Tianxiang Pavilion.

The current Tiangong Iron Art and Tianxiang Pavilion are no longer the property of the Xiao family.

One of them holds the iron and steel smelting skills ahead of this era, the other controls the national spice market, and they also hold the technology of brewing high-grade wine and producing alcohol.

But now, Xiao Cheng has donated all of these two industries that brought enormous wealth to the Xiao family to the imperial court free of charge.

Now, it has become the property of the imperial court.

Such an earth-shattering move shocked countless people at the time.

Hu Qi, an old guy who is a stone in a latrine and has a grudge against the Xiao family, why is he so devoted to Xiao Cheng now, and helps Xiao Cheng to run around and watch the implementation of the new law after a long time?

It is nothing more than seeing that Xiao Cheng really wants to regain the old mountains and rivers, really wants the Northern Expedition, and he does not hesitate to spare his life and money for this.

Outsiders saw that Xiao Cheng sent out two chickens that could lay golden eggs,

But Xiao Cheng himself has the ability to hatch chickens that can lay golden eggs.

Especially when Xiao Cheng still had power in his hands, it was a breeze to hatch a few chickens that could lay golden eggs.

The largest breeding farm outside Jiangning City is now Xiao's property.

Every month, more than [-] chickens, ducks and geese are slaughtered.

This has caused the prices of these meat products in the entire Jiangning and its surrounding areas to drop significantly. Now even the lowest level of the people can afford one or two meals of meat within a month.

And feathers and down are used as raw materials for carved feathers and cotton clothes.

Up and down the whole body, there is no place to drop it.

And to match it, another garment workshop was built one after another, a large number of female workers were recruited into these garment workshops, and the salary they received each month has exceeded what an adult male in Jiangning can earn every month. earned money.

This also led to the rapid improvement of women's status in the family in Jiangning area.

Many people think that the reason why these women workers in garment factories can get so much money is because these industries have a woman who can call the shots.

Xiao Cheng did not expect the subsequent impact, that is, many female workers employed in those silk weaving workshops also came to their door, hoping to work in these garment workshops.

In order to keep these weavers and embroiderers, those weaving workshops had to raise their wages.

I don't know how many women are silently saying that it's good to have Shoufu in their mouths!
But if they knew that now that Xiao Cheng had already started planning to collect their poll tax, they wondered whether they would thank Xiao Cheng for the benefits he brought to them.

Da Song counted Dingkou, but women were not counted.

Collecting poll tax will naturally not be collected from them.

From Xiao Cheng's point of view, this is extremely unreasonable, how can a woman be counted as Dingkou!

Women hold up half the sky!

Look at the women around Jiangning right now, they earn much more than the average man.

Therefore, it is not too much to ask them to collect a poll tax every year, right?

Of course, this matter is still secretly hidden in Xiao Cheng's heart, and only the most core people know about it.

But even these core figures strongly opposed it.

Xiao Cheng could only let this matter go.

And now, these farms have begun to sell the cubs of chickens, ducks and geese, but for those who buy them, the farms are also responsible for recycling meat, feathers and so on.

Now inside and outside the city, there are chickens, ducks and geese everywhere, which caused Tian Chou, the magistrate of Jiangning, a headache, and finally had to issue an order that no free-range breeding of these things is allowed in the city, otherwise, a sanitation fee must be paid. , so that the sanitary conditions in the city have been greatly improved.

And this is just the industry that Xiao's put on the bright side. The real money is actually something that most people can't see or think of.

Among the United Bank, the Xiao family holds [-]% of the shares, and among the dozens of shareholders of the United Bank, [-]% is already the largest shareholder.

The United Bank has already occupied an absolute mainstream position in Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan and Guizhou. In these places, there is almost a tendency to dominate the banks. Other private banks can only drink a little leftover soup.

Now, the United Bank's tentacles have extended to areas in the south of the Yangtze River, and in the newly occupied places such as Qi County and Sui County, the United Bank has firmly established its foothold with the help of new laws such as the Green Crop Law.

When they gradually become popular in the north, at that time, the private banks backed by the big gentry and landlords in the south of the Yangtze River, who are still desperately fighting against the United Bank, may no longer be able to resist the attack from the north and the south.

Of course, Xiao Cheng also planned to nationalize such a sharp weapon as the United Bank after they completely defeated these private banks.

Of course, by that time, the Xiao family had already benefited enough from it.

As for maritime trade, Xiao's owns [-]% of Zheng's largest fleet on the sea.The largest overseas pioneering group belongs to the Zheng family. In fact, it can also be regarded as the Xiao family's.

Xiao Cheng plotted against the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and this time to rectify the Quanzhou Shipping Department, why did the Zheng family spare no effort and leave no way out for themselves?It was because they were already deeply tied to Xiao Cheng, Xiao Cheng was defeated, and his political opponents counterattacked, how could the Zheng family be any better?

(End of this chapter)