Northern Song Dynasty Revitalization Strategy

Chapter 519 Fortunately, the King of Rulers!

The functions of the province itself, due to the lack of three envoys and various divisions, led to the existence of the province in name only.

From the long river of history, Zhao Huan saw that the Song Dynasty should establish a new accounting province, and the main post of this new accounting province should belong to the Sangong Jiuqing, who had appeared in the Chang Dynasty for a long time.

And the new province needs to take up their own jobs.

Including commercial taxation, agricultural taxation and other fiscal and taxation development strategies, planning, policies and improvement programs and organizing their implementation.

It is also necessary to analyze and predict the macroeconomic situation, participate in the formulation of macroeconomic policies, and put forward specific guidance and requirements for Dasong's commercial activities.

It is also necessary to formulate distribution policies between courts and localities, the state and enterprises, and improve and encourage social security systems including nursing homes and Anjifang.

New tax laws and tax audits also need to be established.

It also needs the taxation of the Shibo Department of the increasingly prosperous maritime trade in the Song Dynasty, that is, how to collect customs duties and the collection ratio of various goods.

Also need to be responsible for the financial and accounting audits of various roads, states and governments.

These are all things that the Ministry of Finance itself should do, but after the restructuring of Yuanfeng, these functions are all owned by the Ministry of Households.

The Ministry of Household Affairs was originally responsible for the appointment and assessment of the personnel and officials of the Song Dynasty. It had a heavy workload and was also responsible for taxation.

After adding the job function of planning and saving, it seems impossible to turn around, but it can barely cope.

After all, before Zhao Huan ascended the throne, everyone was slipping on watermelon skins, and it counted wherever they slipped.

Now that the commercial reform continues to advance, the disadvantages of the Ministry of Households' inability to do so are gradually revealed.

Can't even spend the money, doesn't it just mean that the court of Song Dynasty is gradually losing its original role?

Zhao Huan saw the bad governance of the court in the Song Dynasty, but he was powerless to change it now. To be precise, the time was not yet ripe.

Take the establishment of the Ministry of Commerce as an example.

From the time when Wu Min and Li Yu's family was copied by his own officials and his internal funds became rich, Zhao Huan began to plan the affairs of the Ministry of Commerce. It took two full years, from the selection of personnel to the decentralization of power from various departments.

This was done with the help of Li Gang.

But it is still a general framework. If Li Gang didn't free up a shuttle loom, it is still ambiguous whether the Ministry of Commerce can go on.

Zhao Huan looked at the eager eyes of the courtiers and said, "Let's do it."

"Let's talk about the currency first. Da Song's Qianyin cannot be overissued. This is the bottom line! One silver dollar and one Qianyin. Absolutely not overissued."

Zhao Huan first set a lower limit for Da Song's financial and accounting reforms. This lower limit is a guarantee to prevent the weak economy of Da Song's handicraft workshops from being directly washed away under the impact of financial and accounting reforms.

The Song Dynasty was very rich, but the economy of the feudal dynasty was a workshop and small peasant economy, which could easily lead to various social chaos.

Food should be eaten bite by bite, and the road should be walked step by step.

"Zhao knows, I remember that we have a lot of money banks in our country, right." Zhao Huan said suddenly.

Zhao Ying was taken aback, since when did Chang Chao have something to do with him?

"Yes, most of them are in the Northland. There are more than 100 bank accounts of the Song Dynasty, and the officials' silver dollars are exchanged from these bank accounts." Zhao Ying bowed her head and said hastily.

Zhao Huan nodded and said, "Give the Bank of Internal Money to the Ministry of Commerce, and let the Ministry of Commerce form the Great Song Bank."

Zhao Ying's eyes widened!
At first, the government used internal funds to cover the pensions for the soldiers and civilians who died in Chen Liumen's battle.

Make up for the food and salaries of the soldiers of the Song Dynasty on Yunzhong Road.

He lent money to Sun Bo and He Li on Hedong Road to fill the hole in the Changping warehouse.

During the war in Pingzhou, the internal funds were used to buy grain.

When the Great Song Bookstore was established, all the internal funds of the bookstore were given to Jin Zuoyuan and Li Bangyan, and the Great Song Bookstore was established!Proceeds go to the state treasury!
Even the 1000 million silver dollars robbed by the imperial decree have been returned to the state treasury!

Now that there are not many bank accounts and banks left in the internal funds...the officials also want to take them to the foreign court?

Li Gang, Zheng Wangzhi, and Zhu Shengfei looked at each other, what are the officials going to do?They looked at Zhao Huan inexplicably, not knowing what he wanted to do.

Looking at Zhao Ying's expression, Zhao Huan knew that he was reluctant.

In the Song Dynasty, the internal money bookstore was gone, the silk workshop was given to the textile factory, and all the money from house raids was used for national military and civil affairs.

Now the ticket bank is going to disappear?
Zhao Huan said with a smile: "It is necessary to establish a bank of the Song Dynasty, formulate and implement the issuance and recycling of currency, formulate monetary policies, and manage private banks."

"I don't know if you still remember the reason why you chose Zhao Gou instead of Zhen in the Liangshu area?"

Li Gang nodded and said, "One piece of money does not enter Shu."

Although no one was named in the court, the government decree that a piece of money does not enter Shu and the money in Shu is cited like waste paper is a decree issued by Zhao Ji in order to cut down the land in Shu.

This led to Shuzhong's natural distrust of Bianjing Chaotang.

Zhao Huan saw that the courtiers were all sensible people, and all the elites in this group knew why Shuzhong chose Zhao Gou.

I'm not confused.

Zhao Huan said with a smile: "The business in Song Dynasty is extremely prosperous, but there is a shortage of money. It's not that Song Dynasty is not rich enough, but that Song Dynasty lacks currency for transactions, that is, money shortage."

"Using an imperial decree, I robbed a ship of silver from the Japanese kingdom and obtained 1000 million silver dollars from the Great Song Dynasty."

"It aims to establish a silver-based currency and establish a new currency system."

"How many silver dollars will be issued? How much money will be printed? Who will print the money? What is the exchange rate between silver dollars and iron coins? What regulations should be followed when using silver dollars for foreign trade in the Song Dynasty? There is no regulation."

"At the beginning, the Supreme Emperor slapped his head and printed a bunch of money quotations, and slapped his thighs and printed a bunch of money quotations."

"This kind of imprinting method means that the people are in dire straits, the hearts of the people are absent, and the society is in turmoil. If something happens, it will be alienated from morality."

"I never blamed the people in Sichuan, it was Da Song who was sorry for them."

Zheng Wangzhi, the servant of the household department, stood up and said, "Officials, how about leaving this matter to the household department?"

Zhao Huan looked at Zheng Wangzhi, which made Zheng Wangzhi's heart tremble.

Then Zheng Wangzhi sat down resentfully, he already understood the meaning in the official's eyes.

At the beginning, the Ministry of Households swallowed up the work of the Ministry of Finance and failed to do a good job. This silver standard system is obviously an extremely important department, and the Ministry of Households cannot afford it.

"I said Zheng Shaoqing, this household department is already fat enough, and you can't walk if you eat any more." Zhu Shengfei sneered and said with a smile.

Liu Chengqing patted Zheng Wangzhi and laughed.In an instant, the Wende Hall was filled with joyful atmosphere.

Zhao Huan also shook his head, Zhu Shengfei said what he wanted to say, the household department has too many functions, no matter how many they have, it will be impossible to turn around.

Liu Chengqing asked suspiciously: "Officials, there is absolutely no need to take out the banknotes from the internal funds. Let Chen Chong pay some money from the national funds. After this matter is done, why take out the internal funds?"

Liu Chengqing's doubts are also the inner doubts of Chang Chaoshang, the six divisions and nine ministers, and Li Gang, the Dazai of the Song Dynasty.

"Officials and ministers thought it was inappropriate to build some bank accounts. The officials have never taken money from the state treasury since they took the throne, and they have been subsidizing the state fund. Now, if they take out the bank accounts, what will the Ministry of Internal Affairs do?" Li Gang He also stood up and opposed the government's move to dismember internal funds again.

"That's right, the officials, the spittle of the people of the Song Dynasty will scold us to death, and we can't treat the officials poorly if we treat anyone poorly." Liu Chengqing hurriedly stood up and responded.

If this really emptied the emperor's small treasury and the common people found out, they would be scolded to death!

Zhao Huan shook his head and said: "There is still some property in the internal funds, just enough to spend."

Zhao Huan has been consciously cleaning up the internal money industry, including the internal money workshop he inherited when he succeeded to the throne and the workshop that was seized later.

He has been consciously reducing the Zhao family's ability to accumulate wealth.

The courtiers didn't understand, and even if they understood, they didn't dare to think about it.

But Zhao Huan knew that internal money was a product of deformity.

The industries with domestic funds are not affiliated to the state, but belong to the private ownership of the emperor.

And the emperor is the most powerful person in the world, so there must be a lack of supervision of internal funds. How much corruption and privileges will breed?

If the scale of domestic funds becomes larger and larger, and the industry becomes larger and larger, it will eventually become an extremely large and deformed interest group.

And this interest group has become a new moth on the newborn tree of Song Dynasty.

Zhao Huan wanted Song Yongchang, but he continued to expand internal funds, create privileges, and create abnormal interest groups. That is Shi Lezhi.

Li Gang obviously cooperated with Zhao Huan for a long time, and he somehow wanted to understand the inner thoughts of Emperor Song.

But he didn't know how to express it.Do you want to persuade the officials to be stupid?
"Officials, Da Song is not short of this money, let's reorganize." Li Gang said still with his neck stuck.

Li Gang's attitude showed that he was resolutely opposing Zhao Huan's decree.

It's not against Zhao Huan's idea of ​​establishing the Great Song Bank, but against Zhao Huan's continuous reduction of internal funds.

Li Gang is the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, and he is the kind of independent minister who does not form a party. He wants to be a moral saint and does not want to have stains on himself.

He also wants to follow Zhao Huan to work hard to change the current predicament of Song Dynasty.

It all decided that he needed a powerful emperor to support him.

The emperor with military, political and financial power!
Zhao Huan took a deep breath and said, "Then let's vote with a show of hands. Vote on the first item first, ordering Chen Chong from the Ministry of Commerce to set up the Great Song Bank. Raise your hand if you agree."

Several important ministers all raised their hands to express their agreement and support for Zhao Huan's decree.

The Song Dynasty Bank is still called Qianzhuang now, maybe it will be called something in two years, and Chen Chong, in a few years, will definitely stand on top of the court.

Zheng Wangzhi bowed his head and said, "Ah, the officials are wise! The issue of planning and saving is actually a currency issue in the final analysis. Only by solving the currency issue can other problems be solved smoothly. Officials are indeed officials."

Liu Chengqing said with a smile: "Fortunately, the king of Zhizhi!"

"The officials are wise!" Several courtiers said in an untidy, but extremely sincere manner.

Zhao Huan shook his head with a smile, and said, "You guys know how to flatter, and I believe it."

"All right. Vote on the second resolution."

Zhao Huan paused, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, just now he had a good idea.

He said with a smile, "If you don't agree with the transfer of the bank of the domestic money bank to the Ministry of Commerce, raise your hand."

?

The courtiers slowly raised their heads to look at Zhao Huan, they looked at the smile on the official's face, their eyes were full of doubts.

Shouldn't it be a show of hands in agreement?
There is a big difference between raising hands that agree and raising hands that disagree.

Raise your hand if you agree, even if you don't raise your hand, it means to reserve one's opinion or abstain.

As for Zhao Huan's move, raising his hand in disapproval made some sense.This expresses a clear objection!
Li Gang and the others looked at each other twice, the officials are cheating!
Zhao Ying slowly and tremblingly raised her hand halfway, and slowly put it down again under the threat of Zhao Huan's gaze.

Li Gang smiled, raised his hand, and said: "The official, the minister disagrees."

Li Gang took the lead, and the other important ministers finally breathed a sigh of relief and raised their hands.

"Okay, let's put your hands down. I'll tell you about this internal money matter." Zhao Huan looked at the performance of the courtiers, and knew that the matter could be resolved by being clever.

Zhao Huan's reason is still the reason of not wanting to create interest groups and not adding hidden dangers to Song Dynasty.

He spoke for a long time, and the faces of the courtiers began to hesitate.

Apparently officials have concerns.

"How about this, official. The bank and the bank belong to the Ministry of Commerce, and let Chen Chong use it to form the Dasong Bank. This minister has no objection."

"However, this income is the funds for storage and management, and it belongs to internal funds. How about it?" Li Gang thought of a compromise and said.

Dasong’s ticket number and bank’s money deposit and withdrawal business require management fees, which are similar to the handling fees of certain treasures and certain micro accounts.

But the nature is not the same.The savings in the banks of the Song Dynasty cannot be used for loans and investments, so the only income is the storage fee.

Moreover, when a large-scale withdrawal is made in a certain place, the silver and iron money are transferred for the withdrawal here, and the risk of freight and transportation must be borne.

There are some profits, but not many.

A certain treasure, a certain letter, took the money, but made a lot of investments.

Looking at Li Gang's persistent expression, Zhao Huan knew that today's matter might not be bypassed.

I found a good Zai Zhi, but this Zai Zhi is sometimes a bit of a headache.

But he chose the person himself, and he had to accept Li Gang's objection even if he had to bite the bullet.

He smiled and said: "Then today's Chang Chao will come here first, Lu Shaoqing, and organize the content of today's court meeting, and I will read it tonight."

"Everyone has worked hard all morning, and you will be busy in the afternoon. After you go back, make a charter for the Dasong Bank. Everyone will express their opinions, and we will discuss this matter at the court tomorrow."

"Li Dazai, please stay here. I have something to discuss with you."

Li Gang bowed his head and said yes, and the others left the Wende Hall, leaving only Li Gang and Lu Zai, the two outer court ministers, Zhao Ying from the inner court, and the emperor Zhao Huan.

Even the palace people withdrew.

This is the habit left over from the beginning, screen away from the left and right, and talk about secrets in secret.

Now that Li Qingzhao took over the management of the inner court, the palace people are safe and sound, but this habit has remained.

"The new planning province is going to be established. You are preparing for it. This is a major event, so you can't be careless." Zhao Huan said the most important thing first.

It's not that the new planning province will not be built, but it is not suitable to build it now.

If the currency problem is not solved, the province will be built the same as in the past, and it will not be able to play its due role.

It turns out that the idea of ​​planning and saving is definitely good, but it is a pity that it is too difficult to realize after implementation.

"Chen Xing." Li Gang bowed his head and said.

Zhao Huan nodded, and then talked about the inner money. He had communicated with Li Gang for a long time.

In the end, according to Li Li Gang's suggestion, the ticket number should be operated by the Ministry of Commerce, and the income from the storage fee should be owned by the internal funds.

"Then there are more than 100 banks, and the income of other bank accounts is different from the income of these [-] banks. There can't be more." Zhao Huan reluctantly agreed.

He couldn't convince Li Gang, because Li Gang had already made a pre-set position, and no matter how many times he said it, it was nothing.

He needs enough power from Zhao Huan.

And Li Gang couldn't convince the officials, he still couldn't understand why the officials insisted on cutting internal funds.

However, the two each took a step back, and one handed over the internal money bank to Da Song for the supervision department of Da Song to supervise.Reduces the likelihood of borers appearing.

One puts the proceeds in the internal funds, which can be regarded as making life easier for the officials.

However, after communicating, Li Gang somewhat understood the purpose of the official's move, and he said with a smile: "The official family has been like this since ancient times."

"Since the end of the six kings, the four seas have become one, and within Liuhe, it is the land of the emperor, and the whole family belongs to the world."

"The power and dignity of the official family is what the official family deserves."

"If it weren't for the officials who were ordered to save the country and the people in times of crisis, the world would not know what it would be like today."

Li Gang finally persuaded him to leave Wende Palace, he still has things to do.

Zhao Huan looked at Li Gang's back and was in a daze. In fact, the fundamental conflict between him and Li Gang was a conflict of ideas.

In Zhao Huan's heart, the world of the Song Dynasty belongs to all the people in the world of the Song Dynasty!It doesn't belong to me, nor does it belong to the Zhao family!

But Li Gang's heart is still the family world of the monarch and ministers.

Zhao Huan never thought that the world belonged to him.

And doesn't he think that the biggest moth in the world is himself, the emperor?
It's a pity that even Li Gang, who cooperates very well with him, doesn't quite agree with his ideas.

Zhao Huan fell into deep thought, could it be that I am being hypocritical?
Li Gang's meaning is obvious. Officials are obviously the tigers at the top of the food chain, so they must eat grass?
Li Gang didn't even eat lunch, he needed to communicate with Chen Chong to ensure the government's control over financial power.

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