Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

The scope of the New Deal has only been extended to Huaixi and Hebei.

As for the money, one is to fill up the salaries of officials, the other is to fill up the disaster relief funds in Hebei and Hedong, and the third is to cover the border military expenses.

After calculating these things, there is basically not much left.

In the fifth year of Jingkang, that is, this year, with the advent of the Song-Xia War, the imperial court's expenditure in Shaanxi will definitely increase. As for the increase, there is no figure yet.

And there are pension and military pay vacancies.

Fortunately, 4000 million copies of the pension case have been copied, and the number of officials who have stepped down is hundreds of people.

In the first half of the fifth year of Jingkang alone, the salaries of officials were 100 million less than in the first half of the fourth year of Jingkang!

The commercial income of Taifu Temple has reached 200 million in the first half of the year.

"Shaanxi's pension and vacant military expenses have been fully replenished, officials' salaries have been reduced by 100 million guan, and Taifu Temple's income has increased by 200 million guan."

Mei Zhili continued: "If Xixia agrees to use the banknotes, buy Qingbai salt from Xixia for 4 Wen a catty, and sell it for 40 Wen a catty, and the 500 million Guan that Qingbai Salt loses a year can be fully recouped."

"What if the green and white salt bought by the imperial court is sold for 10 Wen to the people?"

"If 10 coins were given to the folks, it was regarded as the investment in mining salt in Jiezhou in the past, then the income of 500 million guan will be reduced to 300 million guan. If the scope of green and white salt continues to expand, and the number of buyers continues to increase, the greater the price difference earned by the court, the more likely it will be. More than 500 million hits."

"Then pay 10 Wen to the people."

"Your Majesty, if you give 40 Wen to the people, the people are also willing to pay."

"How many people can afford it?" Zhao Ning obviously didn't believe it, but he didn't bother with this issue. He continued, "Have you heard about the sea salt income on Jingdong East Road, Liangzhe Road, and Fujian Road?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the last time I got to know Taiwei Wang, Sanlu's sea salt income is currently 50 yuan a year."

"Since this is the case, there is no need to sell 40 yuan a catty to the private sector. When the production of Sanlu sea salt increases, it can completely fill in the backwardness of the salt industry in the past."

"But in the past, the income of the salt industry was as high as 1500 million guan."

"Didn't you just say that if Xixia accepts the banknotes, the difference in price earned by the court will be enough to cover the excess?"

"That's true, but I feel that since the imperial court can earn more, why not earn more."

Zhao Ning said: "If the imperial court can benefit the people as much as it can, it should benefit the people as much. The burden of the people is already heavy enough, so let's not mention this matter."

"Yes."

"If I want to invest 1000 million yuan in buying horses this year, is it okay?"

"Currently the horses bought in the Northwest, due to the long distance, the total cost of each horse is nearly one hundred. Ten million can buy one hundred thousand horses. At present, the Southwest supplies 1000 horses per month, and the Northwest supplies at most one horse per month. Thousands of horses may not be enough.”

"The Ministry of Household should not worry about the quantity. I want to keep 1000 million yuan to buy horses for the Tea Horse Company. Can the Ministry of Households spend it?"

"There are some difficulties."

"Isn't Northwest accepting banknotes? It's okay to print money to buy it?"

"That is Xixia accepted the handover, but the Tubo people may not accept it."

"Can you buy horses from Xixia people privately?"

"The Xixia Kingdom strictly controls war horses."

"If I buy a horse for [-] yuan, would the people of Xixia volunteer to sell it?" Zhao Ning said boldly, "Anyway, my money is printed!"

Chapter 399 The Zhao Guanjia who started playing hooligans (first update)

Why is it said that the sixth Song-Xia War received a lot of money at the strategic level of the Song Dynasty?

It is reflected in this aspect.

As long as Xixia accepts the payment, Zhao Ning can quickly and cheaply obtain war horses and green white salt through financial means.

Competition between countries is often a race against time.

Especially the two countries of Song and Jin raced against time.

After the Kingdom of Jin settled the threat of the Mughals and internal chaos, it was bound to go south again.

And if Song Dynasty wants to destroy Xia and fight against Jin, he must seize the time to develop, wasting every minute and every second is digging his own grave.

Especially the reserve of war horses.

It is obviously impractical to buy war horses only with the revenue from the treasury, because the stability of the entire internal plate of the Song Dynasty requires money from the treasury to maintain it.

The sales of Taifu Temple cannot be seen immediately in a short period of time.

Therefore, the banknote delivery strategy this time undoubtedly injected a boost to the rise of the Song Dynasty, slowly waking up the sleeping dragon.

Zhao Guanjia said so, and Mei Zhili had nothing to say. Printing money to buy war horses at a high price in Xixia, instead of using the treasury, must be a good thing for the Ministry of Households, after all, the pressure has also been reduced a lot.

When necessary, it is not impossible to flood the territory of Xixia with banknotes.

"Your Majesty, if excessive printing and delivery of banknotes is used to trade with the Xixia people, then the Xixia people will take a large amount of handover banknotes to Shaanxi for exchange. I am worried that Shaanxi will not have enough copper coins."

"Xixia people take a large amount of banknotes to Shaanxi to exchange?" Zhao Ning smiled. "The entry of Xixia people is strictly controlled. Except for businessmen with certificates, who can enter and leave the Song Dynasty at will?"

"But if the western thief pretends to be a frontier citizen to exchange, it can be handled."

This is a bit of talking on paper, or looking at the problem from the perspective of an official of the Song Dynasty.

After the banknotes were dispersed to the people of Xixia, the banknotes were the legal currency of Xixia, and the price for ordinary people to travel far away was very high, let alone the Song Dynasty, where they were not familiar with the place and language.

It is even more impossible to entrust others to do things like exchanging money.

Some people will come to exchange, for example, Li Qianshun arranges people to exchange, but that can only be a part of it, the vast majority of Xixia people can't just say that they come to exchange.

Zhao Ning didn't explain too much, just said: "There is no need to discuss this matter in detail, the truth will come out from practice, and we will discuss it when there are problems after the banknote payment is implemented."

"Yes."

Zhao Ning asked again: "Based on Shaanxi's current military deployment, what is the annual military expenditure in the future?"

"Shaanxi Six Routes has a total force of 30 troops, including the Forbidden Army, Xiang Army, Fan Army, and Turk Army. The annual military salary is 200 million guan, and the annual food consumption, including the consumption during transportation, is a total of 360 million shi. The cost is 252 million guan, and the armament budget is calculated at 50 guan for each person, and the service life is 10 years, and an average of 150 million guan is needed per year."

"If there is a war in the middle, it may be necessary to prepare an additional 300 million guns for pensions and temporary needs."

"Comprehensively calculated, the Shaanxi Sixth Road spends about 700 million yuan in military expenditures a year."

Mei Zhili's mind is still very clear.

"However, what Shaanxi consumes the most is not the military expenditure, but the construction of the city wall, and the needs of Fanbang Huairou."

"During the Xuanhe period, Xihe Road needed 400 million guan every year, of which 300 million were invested in the construction of the walled city and the implementation of Wanghua."

"Now the imperial court is re-emphasizing Xixia, building a city between Yanyan Road and Yinzhou, and continuing to promote kingship in Longyou, opening up business with Uighurs and Tubo. For this alone, I am afraid that an additional 500 million yuan will be invested every year. above."

"The imperial court's annual trade with the Xixia people is about 70 guan, including green and white salt, a small amount of horses and daily necessities."

"If you print money to buy green and white salt, and then return to the Song Dynasty to sell it for 10 Wen, you can earn about 100 million Guan."

"If you print money to buy war horses, you can further reduce the military expenditure. If you can buy 5 war horses within five years, you can reduce nearly 10 million horses, and reduce 1000 million horses every year."

In the end, Mei Zhili gave a total amount: "If no money is printed, Shaanxi Liulu will invest 1200 million guan every year. If it prints money to buy green and white salt and war horses from Xixia, it will invest 900 million guan every year, which can save the court about 300 million guan."

Every year, Shaanxi Liulu invests 900 million guan, and the annual salary of officials is still maintained at about 1400 million guan.

These alone will cost 3200 million guan.

Not counting administrative expenses, internal road construction, station construction, etc.

And then to implement the New Deal, Zhao Ning intends to abolish many exorbitant taxes that cost the people and money, which means that the court's income will decrease.

While the income is decreasing, even if the business of Taifu Temple can rise, it will almost maintain an annual income of more than 3000 guan, and it is difficult to increase.

Zhao Ning said: "If you build a city and distribute banknotes to the people, how much can you save?"

Mei Zhili was stunned for a moment, then said solemnly: "Is Your Majesty going to print money to pay the soldiers and civilians who build the city?"

"Why not?"

"This is absolutely impossible. If this is the case, too much money will be paid by the people, which will inevitably lead to an increase in prices."

"Increasing prices, people who participate in labor have money in their hands. This is relative. There are Changping divisions in various parts of the imperial court. The imperial court regularly invests food, cloth and other materials to the people to stabilize prices. Is this feasible?"

"But……"

Zhao Ning said bluntly: "But some people are worried about the depreciation of the banknotes in their hands?"

"That's true. Those big households must worry about paying too much money and devaluing it."

Zhao Ning's behavior of handing over banknotes to the people who built the Walled City can be summed up in four words: Steal the rich and help the poor!

In ancient times, there were no investment institutions. The money was kept at home, and the banknotes of large households must be placed in the bank.

If the imperial court continues to release water to the people, and the money handed over goes to the people who build the city, the overall amount of money handed over will increase, and the money in the hands of big households will inevitably depreciate.

"Large households are worried about depreciation and will exchange copper coins." Mei Zhili continued.

"If the imperial court wants to use the printed money to pay the builders of the Walled City, how long will it take to complete the whole process?"

"After the whole process is implemented, it may take three years for the banknotes to be handed over to the private sector."

"The big family is worried about depreciation and wants to exchange copper coins. It will be three years later?"

Mei Zhili said: "It may take five years, or even longer. After all, it will take a process to spread banknotes to the people, and it will really be excessive."

"That's good."

"Your Majesty is stupid, what does your Majesty mean?"

"What I mean is, after reaching a certain level, the people will accept handing in banknotes, and the exchange of copper coins can be completely closed."

Mei Zhili was shocked, sure enough, Zhao Guan's family was ready to play hooligans in the later stage.

"This……"

"Does this have an impact on ordinary people?"

"In case more and more banknotes are paid..."

"I have already said that there are banks and localities that have promoted the Changping Department to control prices and return banknotes on a regular basis."

"His Majesty……"

"This matter is settled like this. I don't want to explain any more. This matter is confidential and cannot be publicized. I don't want a third person to know."

Mei Zhili took a deep breath and said, "Yes."

"If so, how much money can Shaanxi save each year?"

"Another 300 million can be saved."

"In this way, it is feasible for Shaanxi to regularly invest 600 million yuan from the treasury every year in the future?"

"feasible."

"That's settled then."

Chapter 400 The disciples of Confucianism are about to start fighting back? (Second more)

Mei Zhili was about to go out when Zhao Guan's family stopped him.

"Is there any place to save the official's salary?"

Mei Zhili said: "Officials, the current rectification of officials by the imperial court has caused a lot of complaints. If they lower their salaries again, it may be inappropriate."

"I didn't say I would lower my salary."

For things like salary, it is very easy to increase, but it is very difficult to decrease.

Now the high-pressure measures are being used against officials, and wages must not be cut at will, otherwise the entire bureaucratic group will be really offended.

I'm afraid the New Deal faction will complain.

Saving money isn't saving like that.

While increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, it is still necessary to ensure the enthusiasm of officials.

Mei Zhili hesitated for a moment, but did not speak.

Zhao Ning said: "Retired officials can consider reducing all benefits at their discretion."

"Your Majesty, most of the retired officials of the imperial court are in Luojing and Yingtian, and they still have a strong influence. If their retirement salaries are to be reduced, I'm afraid..."

"how many?"

"The number is in the official department, but not here."

"I'm asking about money."

"The total number of retired officials is about 200 million."