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Zhao Ding paused for a moment, then said: "The officials and ministers agree to negotiate a peace."

As soon as Zhao Ding said these words, the atmosphere on the scene almost froze, and no one dared to say anything.

Everyone knows that Zhao Guan's family is determined to be the main combat faction.

Anyone who dares to talk about peace will be killed.

And Zhao Ding was the Prime Minister who was exceptionally promoted by Zhao Guan's family when they were in crisis.

There has been enough internal chaos in the past few years. Anyone who takes the position will probably feel powerless and even dare not take up this responsibility.

But Zhao Ding carried it up.

He went to Lianghuai many times to collect grain in person, rectified officials in many ways, fully supported the New Deal, and eased the complaints of all parties.

Which one of these things can be done easily?

The current situation is still very chaotic, so some people think that Zhao Ding's coming to power is useless.

But they didn't know that without Zhao Ding, the situation would be unimaginable, and Zhao Ning might not have time to do anything else.

Zhao Ding said again: "The minister's wording is a bit imprecise, it cannot be regarded as a peace negotiation, and the minister agrees to a temporary truce."

"Okay, just follow what Mr. Zhao said."

As soon as Zhao Guanjia said this, the atmosphere suddenly eased.

However, Zhao Ning continued to add: "When I went to Qingyuan Mansion this time, the scouts found a large number of Golden Army grain transfer teams in Zhending Mansion."

Found a large number of Golden Army food adjustment teams?

Zhao Ning must not have noticed.

But what he said immediately made everyone's nerves tense up again.

He Li said: "Could it be that the Jin people want to negotiate peace with us on the surface, but they are secretly dispatching troops?"

Now everyone's expressions became solemn, Jin Guo had used this method many times before.

Da Song, who was terrified, would immediately kneel down and lick him every time he saw Jin Guo propose to make peace, and then he was pressed to the ground and rubbed.

Zhao Ning's tone suddenly became tougher, and his gaze also changed. He said forcefully, "I can agree to a truce, but we must be clear that the peace they proposed is just to make us relax our vigilance temporarily. The golden man is ambitious! You want to kill me Da Song!"

Everyone cheered up and said, "Your Majesty is wise!"

"How about the Huaixi New Deal?"

Xu Han said: "The latest news is that the price of some fields in Huaixi has dropped to the same level as that in Gyeonggi at that time, and even dropped to [-] yuan in some places."

"What about Huaixi's tax this year?"

"As soon as it was reported, Huaixi alone has collected 1000 million shi in taxes this year."

Zhao Ning said: "Based on the nearly 5000 million mu of land in Huaixi, it should be more than this figure to collect with the new tax policy."

Everyone couldn't help but feel that Zhao Guan's family is too sensitive to numbers, and it is basically impossible to fool him with numbers.

Huaixi has nearly 5000 million mu of land, and the merger is as high as 90.00%.

Take 4000 steps back, of which 4000 million mu will be harvested according to the new policy, even if only one stone is collected per mu, there will be [-] million stone.

Zhao Ding said: "Huaixi has a vast landform. The new policy has just come into effect. There will always be people who conceal the report. Various places are already investigating. I feel that if the 4000 million shi is really collected, the people's livelihood in Huaixi will not be far away."

"This time Huaixi is focusing on rectifying fertile land and mergers. With the new policy in place, there will be chaos everywhere. We should allocate some tax and food, and appoint political envoys in Huaixi, promote Changping envoys, and sell tax and food in the market at low prices to stabilize people's livelihood."

"People's livelihood is stable, and the new policy is stable."

Chapter 304 Da Song's Whip Technique? (Second more)

Zhao Ning nodded, agreeing with what Zhao Ding said.

The core purpose of the new tax policy is not to collect more taxes, but to force landlords to sell their land.

Ten to five, the tenants will take another [-] to [-] percent, and the rest will basically be occupied by consumption, and in the end the landlords may have to pay for it out of their own pockets.

Gyeonggi Road has been verified. In this case, the landlords will sell the fields.

Who will hold negative equity in their hands?

Maybe some people will, and some people are always smart enough to think that if they survive this wave, they will be able to hold on to their property.

For example, in Gyeonggi Road, there are still landlords holding fields in their hands: I just don’t bargain and sell them. I don’t believe that the imperial court can continue to tax them so heavily!

The results of it?

This year, those who have more than 50 mu of land in their hands on Jingji Road, like last year, lost all their money and paid a fortune.

This is what Zhao Ning wanted.

As long as the merged property slowly disintegrates, it doesn't really matter whether so much tax is really paid according to absolutely strict standards.

The implementation of any policy must have a certain degree of flexibility and not be too rigid.

Because the implementation process of policies takes time, and if there is time, there will inevitably be information gaps.

For example, in Huaixi, for the part of the tax that is not paid, some landlords must have sold their fields as soon as they heard that the new policy was coming.

Then these people only need to pay one out of ten.

This is the information gap between upper and lower levels in the process of policy implementation, which needs to be viewed objectively and rationally.

This is also the reason why high-ranking people must go to the front line to experience more. If you don't go to the front line to see the real situation, if you stand on a high place, you will only be blinded by yourself.

Seeing that Zhao Guan's family agreed with Zhao Ding's words, everyone breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

They were afraid that Zhao Ning would set the standards of the New Deal too rigidly and would not leave any room for maneuver to the people below.

Playing like that will really kill the New Deal.

Zhao Ning said: "I know that you are worried. During the implementation of the new policy, there will always be a gap in the news between the lower-level officials and the upper-middle-level officials. It will take time to ease and straighten it out. There is no rush."

"I'm not in a hurry, and you don't need to be in a hurry either. As long as the new situation is gradually straightening out, I'll be satisfied."

"I don't need to ask more about the supplements from the Huaixi officials. You are welcome to make arrangements."

"The minister waits for the order."

"Wang Zongyi."

"The minister is here."

"How is the issuance of banknotes going?"

Wang Zonglin said: "At present, more than 50 guan have been deposited in banks by the people, and the amount of banknotes issued has also exceeded [-] guan."

Based on the calculation of 130 million people in Tokyo, each person circulates an average of 30 coins per day, and the total daily market circulation is 3900 million coins, which is [-] kan.

When the bank first opened, a few people exchanged money sporadically, and it was because of Zhao Guan's family's face.

In the past two or three months, more than [-] coins have been exchanged.

It shows that letting rich people deposit their money in the bank still has a guiding effect on the public, and many ordinary people also deposit their money.

Although they have no interest, at least they don't have to worry about being stolen at home.

Wang Zonglin also breathed a sigh of relief, the bank issued and handed over banknotes, and it was on the right track.

However, part of the money stored in the bank is subject to interest. Among the 50 guan, nearly 30 guan are subject to interest.

The interest of one thousand dollars a month is 30 yuan, and the interest of 300 yuan is paid a month, which is 3600 yuan in one year.

Zhao Ning asked again: "What are the opinions of the people?"

"Every day, people come to the bank to exchange banknotes, and some people exchange banknotes for copper coins. They can be exchanged freely. People's trust in banknotes has also been established."

"What I'm asking is what is the specific opinion of the people on the handover of banknotes?"

"Businessmen find it easy to use."

Zhao Ning said: "When I went to Hebei West Road this time, I found that the local taxation is extremely strict, the increase of dispatches is unscrupulous, and the consumption is even worse. This is the case in Hebei. Is it the same for the Jingdong Road? Is it the same for other roads?"

"I know that you have doubts about handing in banknotes. Handing in banknotes can not only solve the plight of the shortage of copper coins among the people, but also regulate taxation."

Everyone was shocked. Could it be that the Zhao family wanted to include the new policy of paying banknotes into the new tax policy?

As if seeing through the thoughts of everyone present, Zhao Ning also said bluntly: "I plan to include the payment of banknotes into the tax."

This is the famous whip method.

In the past, the grain tax was collected, and the one-whip method solved the tax deduction with cash, so that the maneuverable space of local officials was relatively reduced, and the loss of transporting grain tax was also greatly reduced.

In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, a whip method was able to be implemented because of the Longqing switch, catching up with the dividends of the great voyages of the West. At that time, one-third of the world's silver flowed into Daming.

Most of the silver that the Europeans worked so hard to get was pocketed by the Ming Dynasty people when they traded with the East.

This started the era of the silver standard.

The Song Dynasty was a copper standard, and the commercial volume of the Song Dynasty was larger than that of the Ming Dynasty. Even if the imperial court minted two to three million copper coins every year, it still could not satisfy the market circulation.

It is even more impossible to allow copper coins to be included in taxes.

Only when the era of banknotes is opened, can the "one-whip law" or similar taxation reforms such as "split to the mu" be implemented in advance, which will greatly reduce the loss of tax collection and greatly reduce the burden on the people.

The current new agricultural tax is just the first tax policy to curb the merger of fertile land.

The new order that Zhao Ning wants to establish has just begun.

The papermaking industry in the Song Dynasty has entered unprecedented prosperity, the technology is mature, and the raw materials for the promotion of banknotes must be sufficient.

Everyone also refrained from expressing their opinions. After all, the issuance of banknotes is currently stable.

Zhao Ning vaccinated them first and asked them to prepare the layout in advance.

"Since you have no objections, let's start implementing it in Qingyuan Mansion first."

On the second day, the news that Zhao Guan's family returned to Beijing has slowly spread.

Those officials who wanted to resign immediately rushed to the Ministry of Officials in small groups upon hearing the news.

For example, Zhu Changqing, a doctor in the Ministry of Industry, said privately to other officials: "We will go to the Ministry of Officials later, and we will all say that we will resign. It is better to make a big fuss, and bring this matter to the officials today."

Zhou Yi, a doctor in the Ministry of War of the Privy Council, said: "Will the officials withdraw the New Deal?"

"Yes, as far as I know." Li Changsu, the head of the household department, said, "There is even more trouble in Huaixi, and many local officials have already submitted their resignations, which is under the pressure of the official department."

Everyone nodded, that's all for this matter.

Anyway, there are a lot of officials in the capital who are complaining about their resignations, making things even bigger.

Zhou Yi said: "If Zhao Ding really agrees with our resignation, what should we do?"

"If you agree, you agree. Let's resign first. Are you worried that there will be no chance in the future?" Zhu Changqing said.

After discussing in this way, everyone went to the official office together.

Chapter 305 I just like to catch everything in one go (third update)

Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Mo Chou, is in a particularly good mood today. Regarding the matter of resigning from office, the Zhao officials have all spoken, so he has no worries.

Not long after, Zhou Yi and others arrived at the Ministry of Officials.

I heard that Zhao Guan's family came back today, and I heard that some officials have gone to the Ministry of Officials to make trouble.

So officials from other yamen also took action one after another, and even some idle officials also took action.

"It's not good, Mo Shangshu, they're making a fuss about resigning again."

What?

Resign again?

"Go quickly, go to the audit court quickly, and say that someone has come to submit a resignation letter."

Just as Lu Zai came back from seeing Zhao Ding in the Youpu Shooting Hall, he stepped into the gate of the Audit Court, and the staff from the Ministry of Officials came behind him.

"Land officer."

"What's the matter?"

"Mo Shangshu told you to go to the Ministry of Officials, and many officials came to submit their resignations."

Lu Zai was stunned for a moment, then he suddenly remembered what Zhao Ding had just talked to him.

From today onwards, the resignations of all officials in the capital must first be reported to the Ministry of Officials, and then the Audit Office will intervene in the audit. If there is no problem with the audit, the Ministry of Officials will file for the record again.

Now the resignations of officials in the capital need to be audited, but in fact Lu Zai received an order that all official resignations in the entire Song Dynasty must be audited and intervened.

Therefore, it is imminent to set up audit offices in various roads and state capitals.