One Piece of Song Dynasty

Lu Yihao continued: "If you add hundreds of officials and internal funds, even if you earn ten thousand yuan a year, you will still be short of money. As long as you keep Jiangnan and Sichuan and Shu, I dare to protect the imperial court's annual income of ten thousand yuan."

Zhao Gou frowned and asked: "During our ancestors' time, we opened shipping companies in Fujian, Guangdong and Zhejiang in the southeast. How much did we earn every year?"

Lu Yihao replied: "The annual customs duties of the three cities' shipping companies are nearly one million yuan, and the purchase cost is tens of millions of yuan, and the annual interest is hundreds of thousands. After Li Gang took office, he handed over the city's shipping companies to various transshipment envoys. The transshipment envoys had no capital and could not do anything. Just don’t have it and buy it.”

The Municipal Shipping Department introduced by Lu Yihao is equivalent to today's customs. Tariffs are divided into coarse and fine materials, ranging from \ to \, with an average of 4%. The so-called coarse materials and fine materials are raw materials and high value-added commodities today. As for Hemai, the Song Dynasty stipulated that the highest quality parts of foreign imported goods must first be purchased by the court at market prices for the purpose of awarding ministers or processing for profit. In other words, Hemai belongs to the business scope of today's state-owned import and export companies.

"The return of the Municipal Shipping Department to the transfer envoy does not mean that the central finance is transferred to the local government," Zhao Gou pondered. "From now on, separate Municipal Shipping Departments will still be established in Fujian, Guangdong and Zhejiang, and will be directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court. Only the Municipal Shipping Department The tax collected by the department is far from sufficient for daily use, and it cannot quench our thirst."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty," Lu Yihao nodded in agreement, "Your Majesty wants to quench his thirst, and there are ways to quench his thirst."

Zhao Gou said in surprise: "Oh, tell me."

"It's nothing more than wool coming from the sheep's body. As long as we resume making money, we can get an extra seven million yuan a year."

"Restore the economy and make money." Zhao Gou pondered. Lu Yihao thought that Zhao Gou was not familiar with the economy, so he talked eloquently: "In the fourth year of Xuanhe's reign, in order to support military expenditures, Chen Tuan, the economic envoy of the Seventh Route of Jianghuai, Jingzhe, and Fujian, pioneered the idea of ​​adding a tax on selling wine, grains, etc., which is called economic system money."

"For example, if you pawn a house or land, you will receive more money every time you get money. Officials will ask for money from the boss. Every time you collect money, you will receive additional money for renting a building." Zhao Gou has been most concerned about the economy since he opened the government, so he is very concerned about the economic system. Money is no stranger.

Lu Yihao was surprised: "I didn't expect that Your Majesty is well versed in economics and knows everything about managing money."

"To put it mildly, making money is called gathering strength and making money, and it is accumulated in the smallest details. To put it bluntly, it is an after-tax tax, a typical exorbitant miscellaneous tax, so the emperor banned it last year." Zhao Gou shook his head, "The people have learned this. In the midst of war, we have to kill chickens to obtain eggs, how can I bear it?"

"Your Majesty is kind and can't bear to plunder the people. I have another idea: only border generals are allowed to do business in our dynasty, but General Liu Guangshi is still making great fortunes during the national war, earning tens of millions a year." Lu Yihao saw Zhao Goushen Being well versed in economics, he had no choice but to turn the topic to military generals doing business. But as soon as he started talking, he saw Kang Lu combing Zhao Gou's hair and was listening attentively, so he stopped talking.

Zhao Gou was surprised and said: "The country has an annual income of ten thousand, and Liu Guangshi alone has made ten million. How can such a thing happen?"

"Your Majesty is unaware that among Liu Guangshi's soldiers, a thousand soldiers have become merchants. Not only Liu Guangshi, but also Zhang Jun and Han Shizhong, almost all generals are engaged in business."

"How can we fight this war when the generals are doing business?" Zhao Gou nodded worriedly. Lu Yihao took the opportunity to suggest: "When Your Majesty is using troops, it is inconvenient for the generals to scold him harshly. You might as well lend them some capital and get millions in dividends every year."

"How unworthy is it for me to do business with a military general?" Zhao Gou was shaking his head, and Lan Gui hurriedly came in to report: "My uncle has also fled to Yangzhou and is eager to see the emperor."

Zhao Gou couldn't think of it for a moment: "Who is the uncle?"

"The Queen Mother's brother Wei Yuan, the Emperor doesn't remember him," Kang Lu reminded him. Zhao Gou frowned and nodded, and talked to Lu Yihao for a while before following Lan Gui out. He turned around and said, "Lv Yihao is the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Money is what we fight in wars. I have handed over all the national finances to my husband."

"I will live up to your majesty's kindness." Lu Yihao bowed his head and saluted. Kang Lu stared at him and made up his mind.

Zhao Gou walked into the so-called palace in Yangzhou Prefecture's Yamenhouyuan, paid a visit to Empress Dowager Meng, and accompanied her to dinner before returning. He saw his uncle Wei Yuan displaying dozens of pieces of silk and satin to flatter Wu Shaofen. Zhao Gou always frowned when he saw this unworthy uncle. Wei Yuan turned around and saw Zhao Gou, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "My minister Wei Yuan went all the way south to follow the emperor, and he was just a hair away from seeing the emperor."

"Isn't this what you have seen?" Zhao Gou replied coldly. Shaofen draped silk and satin around him to compare, and said in a low voice: "My uncle wanted to be the prefect of Fuzhou, but now the relatives of the clan are in decline, Your Majesty."

"You don't know, my uncle is the most rogue." Zhao Gou refused in a low voice. Seeing Zhao Gou shaking his head, Wei Yuan burst into tears and cried: "When I think of my poor sister suffering in the North, I feel so sad that I want to go to the North to accompany my sister."

Speaking of his mother, Zhao Gou couldn't help but feel sad, and his heart softened: "For the sake of my mother's sake, let's go to Fuzhou. I believe that after this death, my uncle's problems will be cured."

"Now that I have restrained myself, I have changed my mind. Thank you, Emperor, and I will take my leave." Wei Yuan hurriedly left with a lot of gratitude and joy. Wu Shaofen saw Zhao Gou looking at Wei Yuan's back and shaking his head, and hurriedly put the silk and satin on him: "What kind of material does your majesty like? I will make a new set of clothes for your majesty."

"If you don't want to wear it, send it to the Queen Mother." Zhao Gou threw away his sleeves in disgust and went back to the study.

In the blink of an eye, the New Year of the second year of Jianyan passed, and all the generals came back one after another as promised. Liu Guangshi, still dressed in Confucian clothes, was the first to enter the government office. When there was no one around him, he gave Kang Lu a gift sheet and said that he got a few things when he wiped out the bandits in Jiangning and asked Eunuch Kang to accept it. Kang Lu put the gift slip into his sleeve and whispered to him. When Liu Guangshi heard that Lu Yihao had betrayed him, he raised his head and said angrily: "Lu Yihao is an old man."

"Liu Shuai is trying to light a fire, but we can't sell our house." Seeing Wang Yuan come in, Kang Lu hurriedly led Liu Guangshi to his seat and turned around to greet him. Wang Yuan asked him why His Majesty summoned him. Kang Lu smiled and sat him down: "It's a good thing. The emperor is convening military generals to award rewards based on their merits."

Seeing Liu Guangshi being rude and rude, Wang Yuan just nodded to him, still sitting in his seat and trimming his nails, and sat down opposite him full of displeasure. Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, Yang Yizhong, Miao Fu, and Wu Zhan came in one after another. All the generals were dissatisfied with each other and wary of each other, but they exchanged loud greetings on the outside. In the midst of the excitement, Lan Gui led Zhao Gou in, and all the generals stood up and saluted. The generals of Zhao Gou's last meeting were still in Nanjing. Although they are now in Yangzhou, they are still very happy to meet the generals again after a long separation: "For more than half a year, the generals have sent out their troops in all directions, and they have been successful in all directions. The bandits in the Jianghuai River have been initially determined. I If you have merit, you will be rewarded, and you will not hesitate to be granted the title of marquis, and all the generals will accept the title."