In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 209 The Emperor Forced Me to Be a Villain

In the future, whether it is counting food or collecting commercial taxes, people from the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, and Jinyiwei will go to the scene to check together, and then register and make a book, each with a copy. Jinyiwei has the right to spot check every year.

For example, if you produce 50 jin of iron in Fujian this year, how much is used by the imperial court and how much is left must be correct in the end, and there must be no difference.

How much grain you have collected, how much you have used, and how much you have left over must also be able to match.

Hearing Feng Tong's explanation, Qian Hongzu and Yang Gongwen looked at each other, feeling more and more afraid of the emperor.

Jin Yiwei didn't have a lot of power, and they didn't care about other things, they just focused on two or three things, but these two or three things just showed the ability of officials.

If you are not effective in implementing the official documents of the court, your political achievements are not obvious, and your taxes and food are still reduced every year, that will definitely not work.

"Jinyiwei is only located in Fujian?" Qian Hongzu asked.

"Fujian is a pilot, and we will start to go to other roads next year."

"In the first three years, it will be set up in all counties." Feng Tongdao: "In the future, His Majesty will set up towns and townships below the counties."

"In the next four years, it will be set up in townships and towns. Within ten years, it will be set up in all townships, towns, counties and state capitals across the country."

"The local Jinyiwei does not use local people, and they rotate every three years."

"When checking counties, prefectures, and prefectural levels, Jinyiwei will be selected from neighboring counties, prefectures, and prefectures to conduct a joint investigation."

"Check the road at the first level (provincial level), and take Jinyiwei from neighboring provinces to check together."

"The Yushitai will also be set up at the county level, and there will be people from the Yushitai at that time."

Qian Hongzu knew the meaning of the last sentence.

The imperial court merged the various functional departments below, only the system of envoys, and the system of envoys will set up a supervisory agency such as Yushitai.

That is to say, at that time, among the people investigated, it would be fair for them to be with Jin Yiwei.

Feng Tong went all the way to Fujian with him, Qian Hongzu chatted with Yang Gongwen and Feng Tong for a while.

After chatting, I found that it will become more and more difficult to become an official in Song Dynasty, and the requirements will become higher and higher.

Those who want to live a foolish life are not easy to fool around.

According to Feng Tong, the emperor had very strict requirements on Jin Yiwei, and the monthly money was also very high, which was called high salary to support integrity.

Once there is any collusion with the local government, concealing or underreporting, even if it is only a stone of grain or a consistent amount of money, the whole family will be copied immediately, and the concealment and underreporting of more than a thousand guan, one thousand shi, etc., will punish the nine clans.

At that time, Qian Hongzu and Yang Gongwen's faces turned green. The emperors of the Song Dynasty were not so cruel.

Only the old Zhu's family is Ming, who always punishes people from the nine clans.

The emperors of the two Song Dynasties had to think about killing a chicken, and civil servants were not easy to kill, let alone kill Manchu and Zhu clan.

Because there is also a department called the Intelligence Department in the Imperial City Department.

At that time, the intelligence department will also draw people with the imperial city department of the capital, and randomly check Jinyiwei in various places every year.

See if Jin Yiwei is serious about his work.

Listening to Feng Tong's words, Qian Hongzu felt that the emperor was crazy. One department supervised another department, and the circle was intertwined. No one knew what department would supervise another department.

He thought of the target that the emperor gave him to Fujian this year: recruit 200 new soldiers, pay 200 million stones in summer and autumn grain tax, 500 million copper coins, [-] million tax revenue from commercial tax, tea, salt and wine, silk, etc., a series of data Just a headache.

Among so many data requirements, commercial taxes, tea, salt, wine, etc. are not difficult. Last year, Fujian turned over nearly as much, of which Quanzhou Shipbuilding Division accounted for the bulk.

The most difficult thing is to recruit 200 recruits, cast 200 million copper coins, and pay [-] million shi for summer and autumn grain taxes.

After entering the Southern Song Dynasty, due to poor management, the mine was closed, and the grand occasion of casting more than 18 million coins at the age of 500 money supervisors during the Xifeng period was no longer reproduced.As a result, the number of copper money prisons in the Southern Song Dynasty gradually decreased, and they were up and down.

In the first year of Shaoxing (1131), the Guangning Supervisor and Yongfeng Supervisor were abolished, and they were adjusted repeatedly until the third year of Qingyuan. In the end, only Jiangzhou Guangning, Chizhou Yongfeng, Raozhou Yongping, Jianzhou Fengguo Fourth Prison is still minting money.

Jianzhou Fengguo is in Fujian Province. Last year when Qian Hongzu took office, he minted 12 copper coins annually, which is pitifully small.

The emperor suddenly asked for 200 million guan, which put him under great pressure.

But Feng Tong said that His Majesty has reformed the system in Raozhou (that is, Zhao Yurui's own money-making place has been merged into Raozhou Yongping Supervisor), making good use of officials, coupled with effective supervision, taking back the copper mine as state-owned, and re-employing miners , The reward and punishment system is clear, which can effectively increase production. Last year, Raozhou Yongping Supervisor cast nearly 200 million copper coins annually. (actually over 400 million yuan, 200 million yuan was used by Zhao Yurui as private money, after all, it was all his previous property).

If you find it difficult, you can ask Quandu Commander (Quan Yong), who helped the emperor cast copper coins when he was in Xinzhou.

Speaking of this, Qian Hongzu understood what the emperor meant, and declared on the spot that he wanted to ask Quan Yong for advice.

Let's talk about food and conscription.

These two mainly depend on population and grain fields.

Fujian is a mountainous and multi-ethnic settlement. Before the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Fujian’s economy was backward and underdeveloped, with a sparse population. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, due to the war, more and more people moved in from other places. It began to rise. According to historical records, there were 46 households in the early Northern Song Dynasty, and it increased to 90 in the third year of Yuanfeng. At that time, the number of households had reached 16 million, about 1223 million people, and the population at that time had exceeded the population in the early Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.

However, because the local mountain area occupies more than 70% and the population is large, the area of ​​cultivated land is somewhat insufficient. Since the middle and late Northern Song Dynasty, the supply and demand of rice grains have been unstable.

The Song court divided Fujian into the upper four prefectures and the lower four prefectures. The upper four prefectures represent the inland regions, while the lower four prefectures represent the coastal areas. The lower four prefectures have a large population and greater pressure, but their commercial economy is developed. state.

The upper four prefectures are relatively poor, but there is a saying that 'customs are strong, and thieves are often used'. According to the arrangement of the imperial court, the local conscription in Fujian will go to the upper four prefectures first.

The upper four prefectures are Jian, Jian, Ting, and Shao. The local economic situation is a little bit worse, and the folk customs are strong. Qian Hongzu is now mainly recruiting soldiers in the upper four prefectures.

Quan Yong came to rectify Fujian's soldiers and horses. When the Ninth Army was formed, a group had already been recruited and eliminated. It took more than half a year to complete it, which was not easy.

The imperial court gave him another [-] recruits. Qian Hongzu planned to recruit [-] recruits in the upper four prefectures and [-] recruits in the lower four prefectures.

Because the imperial court provided food and housing, and monthly payments, and guaranteed not to default, it worked well in the upper four states and was able to recruit people, but it was more difficult in the lower four states.

These coastal prefectures are economically developed, and families have food and money. Those without grain fields also have salt fields, and those without salt fields can also fish in the sea.

That's why Qian Hongzu has a headache now. How can the ten thousand soldiers be recruited? It's okay if they are forced to recruit, because the Southern Song Dynasty often used forced recruitment, which is easy to arouse people's anger and force them to run away.

You must know that the upper four states have a small population, so it is not easy to recruit [-] people, but the lower four states have a large population, but it is difficult to recruit even [-] people.

But compared to conscription, what troubled Qian Hongzu even more was the 200 million shi of the Xiaqiu grain tax.

The overall food situation in Fujian in the Southern Song Dynasty was like this.

If there are no natural disasters, they are basically self-sufficient, and a small amount can be handed over to the imperial court, because the local grain area is small, but the output is relatively high. Like the two Zhejiang provinces, the yield is more than three stones per mu.

Once there is a natural disaster, Guangdong and Guangxi will be immediately rescued.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, Guangnan two roads (basically in Guangdong, with food coming in from Champa and other places) often provided food to Fujian. There was no other way, and natural disasters were inevitable.

Therefore, before Qian Hongzu took office, Fujian paid very little food tax every year, less than 50 shi, and sometimes the imperial court had to provide assistance from Guangdong and Guangxi.

Thinking of this, Qian Hongzu directly complained to Feng Tong.

There are limited grain fields in Fujian, all of which are in mountainous areas. In the case of floods the year before last, they were all donated from Guangdong and Guangxi. There is no surplus grain at all. Can you tell your Majesty to let the number drop to 50 first?

What's more, we have to cooperate with Quan Yong's immigration officer?
The emperor wanted to immigrate [-] households in Fujian. Fortunately, he was not required to do this. The capital, Quan Yong, was in charge. They only needed to cooperate and help buy some cattle, farm tools, etc. Otherwise, he would be devastated if the governor did so many things.

Feng Tong seemed to know what Qian Hongzu would say, so he laughed and said, "Does Qian Zhifu know about Zhang Dewen in the last years of Emperor Gaozong?"

Qian Hongzu was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, he really didn't remember.

Gaozong's period, after all, is far away from now, and his brain is not a computer.

Feng Tongdao, in the last years of Emperor Gaozong, Zhang Dewen went to Jianzhou to serve as magistrate. At that time, because of the fierce folk customs in Jianzhou, the imperial court stationed many troops in Jianzhou in order to contain and suppress various rebel forces.

However, the army was stationed, and there was no food supply for a long time, so the military situation soon became fierce, and the soldiers quit. Seeing that there was going to be a rebellion, Zhang Dewen hurriedly negotiated with the soldiers and got a one-month buffer time.

Then Zhang Dewen expropriated rice grain from local landlords to serve as military rations. Not only did he pay in time, but he also got nearly [-] shi of surplus grain.

In less than a month, Zhang Dewentong solved the rations of many troops that had been owed for a long time.

It can be seen from this that the landlords in the Jianzhou area at that time had considerable grain reserves.

Speaking of this, Feng Tong said with a smile: "Does Qian Zhifu understand?"

"The annexation of land in the Song Dynasty was very serious. The Qianzhi government said that there were few fields in Fujian? There was also little food, because the land was concentrated in the hands of a large number of landlords and gentry, and the food was also occupied by them."

"Zhang Dewen, a prefect, collected nearly 30 grain grains from Jianzhou, one of the four upper prefectures, whose grain production is insufficient every year and which still needs assistance from Guangdong and Guangxi."

"As the envoy of the system, is Qian Zhifu not as good as Zhang Dewen?"

Swipe, Qian Hongzu's face flushed, he was shocked, angry and frightened.

The emperor is giving him a difficult problem.

The emperor forced him to be a villain.

Is this tantamount to robbing the landlords of food?

How can I do this? (I am also a landlord.)
But I don't do it?The emperor wants to fuck me?
Qian Hongzu and Yang Gongwen involuntarily looked at each other at this time, with expressions uglier than crying.

When Qian Hongzu served as a pacifier on Guangnan West Road, he also accumulated a lot of grain fields. His Qian family was a big landlord in Taizhou.

After hearing Feng Tong's words now, he felt that the emperor might have to deal with the landlords of the entire Song Dynasty in the future.

Zhao Yurui and others' positions have been stabilized, and they will gradually assign indicators to various provinces and roads, and at the same time send confidant officials to supervise these matters.

In history, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, etc. were too easy, and basically did not play an important role in supporting the Southern Song Dynasty. Once the Yuan army came in, they surrendered faster than anyone else.

Now Zhao and Rui want to put pressure on them, recruiting soldiers, food and supplies from all provinces and roads.

It sounds barbaric, will it cause difficulties for the local people?

In fact, it is very simple for local officials to do these things well, just learn from Zhang Dewen in the last years of Emperor Gaozong.

Both food and money are in the hands of the local big landlords.

If you don't want to disturb the people and want to stabilize the territory, you can just be a big landlord.

Seeing him in a daze, Feng Tong hurriedly reminded him again.

"Does Qian Zhifu know about the situation of Jiankang Mansion last year?"

"I wish to hear about it." Qian Hongzu hurriedly said.

In the first year of Baoqing, Zhao Fan went to Jiangnan Road, and the imperial court merged the two Jiangnan Roads into Jiangnan Capital.

赵范去前，孝宗乾道二年(1166)建康府官方统计的农田有“770七万二千860三亩”，到了嘉定17年变为“430四万一千640三亩三角26步。

After nearly a year of collation by Zhao Fan, the official statistics of Jiankang Prefecture now have 1000 acres of farmland.

17 years more than Jiading, nearly twice as many, and more than Xiaozong.

"What?" Qian Hongzu and Yang Gongwen were shocked and couldn't believe it.

Although Qian Hongzu's family was also a big landlord, he never concealed the number of fields. Unexpectedly, the emperor now found out all the underreported and underreported land numbers in Jiankang Mansion.

how did you make it?

"Qian Zhifu wants to know how to do it, just go to Quan Yong." Feng Tong laughed.

Now he asks Qian Hongzu to find Quan Yong for everything. Quan Yong is as omnipotent as a god, able to turn money into food.

Quan Yong is the commander of the capital of Fujian, and has more than 5 soldiers and horses in his hands. Qian Hongzu vaguely understands why.

"Zhao Fan has done a very good job in Jiankang. This year and next two years, it will be extended to the Jiangnan Road. His Majesty has granted Zhao Fan the title of a noble and rewarded him with a thousand acres of land. Zhao Fan's son, Zhao Ping, was directly promoted from the magistrate to the magistrate, and he jumped several levels. His Majesty's reward for meritorious ministers."

"Qian Zhifu should think carefully about how to share his majesty's worries and how to accumulate blessings for his children."

(End of this chapter)