Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 654 Lu Qian's Daily Life
His elder brother's ability is not as good among the trainers. Although the race teacher was able to make up three shifts because of the meritorious service of his ancestors [this is a military post], he was able to enter the official career as a civil servant after changing the test in the lock hall.After all, Lao Zhong was a person who studied under Zhang Zai in Guanzhong in his early years, and he was much better than Xiao Zhong who had always been a military officer.

Zhong Shizhong is better than the army, and he has guarded the northwest frontier for a long time. There is nothing worthy of praise in terms of literary talent and poetry.

But his current life is much more comfortable than that of his elder brother.At this moment, the latter was already wishing to spit out a mouthful of blood, and almost died.Wu Sheng's eyes were sharpened by Geng Nan in front of him.

Guangnan East Road, Nanxiong Prefecture Government Office.

"Could it be that Prime Minister Geng doesn't know that there are not many soldiers but good ones?" The old man who was nearly seventy years old was furious and asked sharply.

There are [-] to [-] people in the Guangnan regiment training here, but they are all a group of mobs.Most of the people who lead the soldiers are literati and Confucian scholars. People of this generation go to take the initiative to fight, and there is no other way than to seek death.

From the point of view of Zhong Shidao, the regiment training army only needs to defend with peace of mind. Why did they cross the ancient Meiling Road, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, to attack the Nan'an army north of Dayuling?Could it be possible to turn the current situation into a safe place by winning there?

Not to mention the soldiers attacking, the outcome of the battle is unpredictable, who did Geng Nanzhong take advantage of to become so angry?Think you have the chance to win?
"Don't want to increase the enemy's prestige and destroy your own spirit. The Nan'an Army's Beini only has 2000 troops, and most of them are local soldiers in southern Hunan. What is the point? I have [-] Guangnan Jianrui in Nanxiong. If you have more than enough, it can be destroyed as easily as turning the palm of your hand." Zhang Jun shouted first.

Geng Nanzhong used to mention Guangnan East Road Criminal Prison, there are many old friends on Guangnan East Road, many of the [-] to [-] regiments gathered here for training were drawn up by his old friends.Judging from the number of people, it can be said to be strong.It's best to brag about every literati and celebrity. After reading some military books, they only think that they are both civil and military.

There are many people who compare themselves with Chen Qingzhi and Wei Rui.Chen Qingzhi, who was deeply respected by later generations, despite his 7000 people, fought 47 times from Zhixian County to Luoyang in the north, defeated 32 cities, and defeated hundreds of thousands of Northern Army.But people don't know how to shoot arrows or ride horses.

And what about Wei Rui?That is even more fanciful.The army also dressed like Confucian scholars. Even in battle, they often wore loose official uniforms and rode in chariots, holding bamboo ruyis to command the advance and retreat.This is simply the scene that Song Confucianists dreamed of and sought after, pretending to the extreme.

It's just that people Wei Rui and Chen Qingzhi are really awesome, but the current Song Confucianism is more of an idiot on the battlefield.

And that Geng Nanzhong was also the one who made the initial decision on the team training strategy.The Qi army trained thousands of soldiers in the massacre regiment in southern Hunan. When the news came, Guangnan was shocked.The group training that had been surging up all over the place suddenly stopped.This is extremely intolerable to Geng Nanzhong.

He must fight back as soon as possible.In front of Lianzhou and Shaozhou, there were Qi troops gathering, and he didn't dare to provoke them easily, so he could only pick the soft persimmons and pick the Nan'an army.

Zhong Shidao suddenly had a feeling in his heart that Ge Shuhan "wailed out" under the Tongguan city in the Tang Dynasty.

But all of this has nothing to do with the division, and even the general policy of the Qi army has nothing to do with it.Even if the Guangnan regiment can successfully capture the Nan'an army and wipe out [-] defenders, it will not help the general situation of the world.

Just like in the Forbidden City, in the Wenhua Palace, Lu Qian is listening to reports and handling official business.

"Your Majesty Qizuo, the taxation of the shipping department this spring has been counted and verified. The total tariff is 170 million guan, and 240 catties of spices, 66 dendrobiums of pearls, 210 dendrobiums of agate, [-] ivories, and [-] rhino horns. Jin, four corals [-]." Xue Shao didn't read the booklet at all, he had long been familiar with some numbers in it.

Qi State's customs tax is common to goods, and generally speaking, merchants are willing to pay money rather than take goods.There must be those who evade taxes, but when this kind of black goods are traded, you can't show the official deeds on the surface, and the sellers had better pray that they are all trustworthy people.

After hearing this, Lu Qian smiled and said: "Yes, in just one season, more than 200 million yuan of goods have been collected. The shipping department has a lot to do." Not all of these 170 million yuan of taxes came from overseas merchants, many of them came from domestic exchanges between the north and the south. Sea trade.But so what?Just pay.And this amount is only for one season!
"How much food does the treasury have?" Lu Qian asked Jiang Jing again.

The latter replied: "The state has 370 million shi of grain in stock." This is a granary directly under the central government, not counting the grain depots of local and state capitals.Not a lot, but enough.In another month, it will be time to harvest the summer grain.

"110 pieces of cotton; 70 pieces of linen; 30 pieces of silk; [-] pieces of cotton, [-] pieces of tea." Of course, this did not exhaust all the classifications.

"There are 930 million guan in the recorded money. Among them, 550 million guan are copper coins. 380 million guan are gold and silver..."

This number seems to be a lot, but it is not very useful, and it is only on a safety line.Otherwise, then calculate the monthly salary consumption of the entire Daqi, the figure can be scary.

Many of Lu Qian's current sites have not yet entered the harvest period, so he can only hold back the flowers.Otherwise, I'm afraid it won't even be enough to maintain the military.So, he turned his head to look at Zhu Gui. "How is the case of the pseudo-Song Huangcheng Division going?" Zhu Gui had reported it before, and it involved a group of people.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the security bureaus of various places have already reported that 650 thieves have been beheaded and arrested. Most of the leaders have been arrested, involving [-] local gentry and merchants, and some sporadic ones are still under investigation." Zhu Gui quickly bowed his head. back.

"It's almost enough. Don't overcorrect, and don't expand your involvement further." Lu Qian said.

Zhu Gui said that he was stepping down.Then turn to the next topic, the promotion of new coins.

This gold and silver coin has been promoted for several years, and it can be said that the effect is very good.As the former said, the weight and fineness of gold and silver coins are uniform, and it is clear at a glance to use them according to the number.

And what about folk gold and silver ingots?Or change it to gold and silver fragments, such as the ingots of gold and silver ingots in TV dramas, which are rare in reality.Moreover, the Yuan Baoben is also located in the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties.

Folk pieces of silver and broken gold vary in size, weight, and color.The usual copper coins are exchanged for one tael of silver, and the silver is a standard silver in the current era, with a fineness of around ninety-five.In other words, if anyone buys and sells traffic with silver bullion that is only [-]% or even less than [-]% fine, it will be more than a waste of time and effort.

There are many silver taels of different fineness and color in circulation in the world, including yuan silk, black silk, white silk, water silk, peas, stone, willow, camellia, fennel, single, double, and so on.This is indeed a major obstacle to the circulation of gold and silver precious metals in reality.Now Luqi Bank turns these different types of precious metals that need to be converted into national unified gold and silver coins, which is more than a convenience.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, copper coins, gold and silver coins have been in the world for a long time. They were first distributed as officials and soldiers' salaries, so they are very reputable among the people. In addition to the growing prestige of the imperial court, their circulation has gradually increased, and the response has been very good." Although it is not enough to replace copper coins, it has alleviated the pressure brought by the money shortage to a certain extent.

This is a real money shortage.The unshakable silver-to-copper exchange ratio actually changed from 1:1000 to 1:900 after the autumn of last year, and even further fell to 1:850.Although this was only limited to Qilu, and it quickly returned to its original state.When it comes to banknotes, because they are endorsed by the government, their value remains strong.This is like a good advertisement, opening up a new space for the paper currency market.

This situation only lasted for two months, because as soon as this situation occurred, all the money from the Central Plains, Northern Hebei, and Huainan circulated.In this way, it was restored to its original state a year ago, and Lu Qian took the opportunity to make a small profit.

However, the money shortage in the land of Qilu has not been substantially resolved.Chai Jin, who oversees the bank, proposed to print more banknotes, but was rejected by Lu Qian.He has high hopes for paper money and dares not let it suffer any setbacks.In that case, he is more inclined to maintain stability.Who told him to be ignorant of economics?Because you don't understand, you have awe.

"This spring, branches and sub-branches in various places collected a total of 1104 million taels of gold and silver, and distributed 13 taels of gold and 81 taels of silver. Compared with the previous quarter, this is a year-on-year increase of 5000%." The last expression is obviously brought by Lu Qian. coming impact.

"What about the private casting and counterfeiting of gold, silver, copper?" Lu Qian asked again.

"It is natural that when there is profit, some people will take risks. However, who is not afraid of strict laws and severe punishment? This spring, more than a hundred people have been convicted and arrested for illegally minting gold and silver coins, and more than [-] counterfeiters have been arrested. According to His Majesty, Everyone has their own will to deal with. I think this kind of thing may happen in sporadic cases, but it will definitely not happen on a large scale." Chai Jin had also engaged in private casting in the past, and he was very aware of the profits and conveniences here.But now that copper coins have become gold and silver coins, the profits during this period are so large that people can be desperate.

After discussing one matter, there will be another matter, which is Lu Qian's daily routine.

There are many important things in it, such as the delineation of various provinces in the south of the Yangtze River and official officials, such as the quarterly summary of taxation and the Ministry of Households, but there are also many miscellaneous things.

"Huang Qianshan."

"The minister is here."

"You are by my side, you have made many meritorious deeds, and you must be rewarded." Lu Qian held a memorial in his hand, but it was sent by Zong Ze, which marked each vacancy and the corresponding state capital situation.County-level officials don't need Lu Qian to worry about it.

"I have two options here, one in Suzhou and the other in Mingzhou. What decision do you want to make?" Lu Qian didn't give Huang Qianshan extra time, this was actually a test of his vision.

That Mingzhou is also Ningbo. Although it is far less famous than Suzhou, in the early days, Zhao Song opened a lot of shipping companies, but the most famous ones were Guangzhou, Quanzhou and Mingzhou, which can be called the three major foreign trade companies in China today. port.

Especially Lu Qi's current trade policy has greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of Fanshang.It must be known that although Zhao Song had preferential treatment for Fan merchants in the early days, such as setting up huge Fanhuo markets in various foreign trade ports, they were called "Fanshi" at that time, and the places where Fan merchants lived were "Fanfang" (also known as "Fanxiang"). ").It even allowed Fanfang to set up "Fan School".Zhao Song also formulated the "Punishment Articles for the Crimes of Fans and Merchants". The crimes of Fans and merchants, those who committed crimes of emigration or above, shall be judged by local officials; Hit the hips, overseas countries hit the back.

However, Lu Qi not only abolished Fanfang, but also abolished the punishment and punishment of Fan merchants, and prohibited preaching.In terms of attitude, he is completely different from Zhao Song.Tariffs have also been set, which is very painful.

However, the strictness of the judiciary has been exchanged for the freedom of commerce.

In the past, in Sino-foreign trade, imported goods imported into China had to be "extracted" (taxed) and "bought" (purchased) by the local shipping department in accordance with regulations.Extraction is taxation; bomai means that the government buys most of the imported goods at a low price, and then organizes and transports the goods, and the officials are in charge of their circulation and transactions.

The Zhao and Song governments implemented a ban policy on the main part of imported goods from overseas, that is, the government monopolized the transportation and sales of most imported goods in order to obtain huge profits.The remaining small portion of imported goods are sold and traded by Chinese and foreign traders themselves.

But now there is no such restriction at all.It is conceivable that in the coming years, Sino-foreign trade will inevitably usher in an unprecedented prosperous period.

Mingzhou, which is near the sea, is not as good as Suzhou now, but it may not be as good as Suzhou in the future, and it may even surpass Suzhou.

"The minister is willing to go to Mingzhou to serve!" Huang Qianshan said excitedly.He finally waited for the outside release!
(End of this chapter)