It's hard to be the emperor who crosses the eagle

After Su Ruochen's lifeless tossing, the money obtained by copying Shi Miyuan and others was soon used up, and the household secretary Zhen Dexiu finally became anxious.

"Your Majesty, the treasury is now empty!"

Su Ruochen looked at the tragic Zhen Dexiu with a headache. This old guy lost the awe he used to have when he got acquainted with him. Instead, he had a tendency to develop into a rascal—could it all be infected by Su Ruochen? ?

"It hasn't been a few months since the last raid on Liang Chengda's and others' home?" Su Ruo pretended to be confused, "Why is the national treasury empty again at this moment?"

Zhen Dexiu gritted his teeth with hatred.He said sternly: "Your Majesty, five months have passed since your last income, and you spend a lot of money, and the national treasury has to lose a lot of money. Besides, your daily training equipment for the Holy Army is not That's a lot of money; you've added a firearms battalion..."

...In fact, Su Ruochen sometimes sympathizes with Zhen Dexiu.Zhen Dexiu is really pitiful to meet such an emperor who can spend money.

But sympathy belongs to sympathy, and the money that should be spent cannot be spent less.

"Don't King Rong still have some unfinished rebels?" Su Ruochen smiled gently, but it made Zhen Dexiu break out in a cold sweat.

"Your Majesty is saying..."

"Copy the house," Su Ruochen picked up the teacup on the side, and casually fiddled with the tea leaves floating on it, "Currently, the fastest way to get money is not to copy the house?"

Although copying the house is very cool, it is not a long-term solution.Su Ruochen turned his mind to sailing again.You know, it's all huge profits!However, the things to be exported must not be gold and silver, gold and silver and the like, they should be imported domestically.Then thinking about the issue of banknotes, Su Ruochen couldn't help feeling a little dizzy.

The navy has just been reorganized, and Yan Zhijing has just taken office, so it is still some distance away from being able to fight at sea.

Forget it, let's come a little bit.

The issue of commercial tax control and the gradual improvement of the social status of merchants that I came up with a few days ago is not bad around Nanjing, but it is not going well outside of Nanjing, and Su Ruochen needs to further rectify it.

Having said that, let's first take a look at the composition of the Song Dynasty's income.After the mid-Northern Song Dynasty, less than 30% of national tax revenue came from agricultural tax, and more than 70% came from industrial and commercial tax.In the Southern Song Dynasty, due to the reduction of land, the agricultural tax revenue was further reduced, accounting for only about 20%, and the tariff accounted for more than 15%.

The main currency in circulation in the Song Dynasty was copper coins, and the basic unit was money, and 1000 coins were called consistent coins, which were 1 min.During the stable period of the Song Dynasty, the price of rice was stable at 300-600 yuan per stone.In the Song Dynasty, a stone of rice could be converted into 66 kilograms in modern times (many people mentioned "48 kilograms", which actually means that a stone of wheat weighs 48 kilograms). Now the average price of rice in China is at least 2 yuan per catty, that is, at least 4 yuan /catties, taking inflation into account, let’s calculate it at 4 yuan/kg.That is to say, the purchasing power of 300-600 yuan is equivalent to 264 yuan, that is, the purchasing power of consistent money in the Song Dynasty is equivalent to the purchasing power of 440-880 yuan now.

The taxation in the Song Dynasty was relatively high among all previous dynasties.The agricultural tax rate is about 1/30, but the Song Dynasty divided residents into five classes according to their property, and the richer they had to pay, the higher the tax rate. Therefore, the agricultural tax rate in the Song Dynasty was almost impossible to calculate, and only an approximate figure could be calculated; the commercial tax rate was relatively fixed. The residential tax is 2%, and the overtax is 3%, which can be taken as an average of 2.5%. In the Southern Song Dynasty, the customs duty rate of the Ship Division was about 7%-10%.

So we can roughly think that the tax rate in the Northern Song Dynasty was 2.5%, and the tax rate in the Southern Song Dynasty was 3.5%.

The most affluent period in the Southern Song Dynasty was the Jiading period of Emperor Ningzong, that is, from 1208 to 1224 AD. Taking the 17th year of Jiading, that is, 1223 AD as an example, the Song Dynasty had a population of 1267 million households, or about 6500 million people.At that time, the annual fiscal revenue could reach 10000 million yuan. Dividing it by the average tax rate of 3.5%, and then dividing it by the population, it is not difficult to conclude that the per capita GDP in the mid-Southern Song Dynasty was 38680 yuan, equivalent to about 5460 U.S. dollars.

It can be seen that the per capita income of the Song Dynasty was quite high, and it could be considered rich.

Su Ruochen ascended the throne in 1216 AD, and it was only 1219 at this time, which was the most prosperous era in the Southern Song Dynasty.That's why Su Ruochen was able to spend so much money lavishly for so long, and Zhende Xiucai had no choice but to mention the problem of the emptiness of the national treasury.

The navy of the Song Dynasty was so powerful that it sailed to the port of Luyi Dashi (Fatimid Egypt).Soldiers are well-equipped, driving large ships with directional anchors at the stern, and using a compass to determine the direction of navigation.Although it has regressed a bit now, Su Ruochen believes that as long as he carries out a little modification and tricks those overseas customers to promote trade, he will no longer worry about money.

The first batch of sea travelers who went to trade, I am afraid he will have to go to fool him himself.Royal Chamber of Commerce?pretty good idea.

The customs need to be careful not to miss the meat that reaches the mouth.But before that, shouldn't there be momentum?

Thinking of this, Su Ruochen put down his teacup, and said to Zhen Dexiu: "True Aiqing, let's do this first, the others have an idea."

Zhen Dexiu said: "Your Majesty, please tell me."

So, after Su Ruochen said such and such, Zhendexiu understood a little bit, and asked some questions about what he didn't understand, and then left happily.

Watching Zhen Dexiu lead the order to leave, Su Ruochen called out: "Dong Wei."

Dong Wei immediately stepped forward and said, "Officials."

Su Ruo said seriously: "I want you to do something, but it's not certain, so I want you to do it in secret."

Dong Wei knelt down and said, "Dong Wei is determined to die."

Su Ruo smiled and said: "This matter is not that dangerous, I just want you to find a few people."

Dong Wei was taken aback for a moment, and then said, "I don't know who the official is looking for?"

Su Ruochen motioned for him to get a pen and paper, and then wrote something before handing it over to Dong Wei.

"I'm not sure about the person mentioned above, I just heard about it." Su Ruo paused, and then said: "If you can't find it, you don't need to force it."

Dong Wei said: "Dong Wei must do his best, please rest assured the officials."

Su Ruochen just smiled, but didn't answer.

Li Yong, Wang Jian, Qin Jiushao, Zhang Shijie, Li Tingzhi.

The date of Li Yong's birth and death is unknown, but in history, Emperor Li Zong bestowed a plaque on "Zhuyin Jingshe" in his special handwriting, so he should be able to be found now; Wang Jian and Qin Jiushao should be children or at least young; whether Zhang Shijie was born or not is unknown ; Li Tingzhi should have been born this year in history.In this way, there are not many who are sure to find it.

Su Ruochen instructed: "You can leave tomorrow."