Mei came out to perform the ceremony.

What do I think?

How can I see it?

"Your Majesty, you should ask Minister Qian about this matter."

Qian Yuqing's head sank in the center of the crowd: Well, you old man Mei, Your Majesty asks you, will you pull me out to block the knife?

Zhao Ning asked: "I'm asking about the treasury finances. Qian Yuqing is in charge of maritime trade. Why should I ask him? Isn't this matter your responsibility?"

"Your Majesty, at least half of the current increase in revenue of the imperial court depends on Minister Qian."

His attention was suddenly drawn to Qian Yuqing.

Mei Zhili looked arrogant: Hey, Your Majesty, you want to squeeze money from me again? Go find your brother-in-law!

"how do I say this?"

"At present, there are several ways for the imperial court to increase revenue: First, increase revenue from maritime trade. Second, expand the tax base." Mei Zhili said in detail, "The first point is naturally how many goods can be exported to the sea by Qian Shangshu, and how much income can be earned every year.

It’s all decided by Qian Shangshu.”

Zhao Ning asked: "How much did you export this year?"

"This year has not yet ended. Let me say that in the first half of the year, the total overseas income was 2 million guan, and it is expected that in the second half of the year, it will be 1.5 million guan."

It would be embarrassing to report this number.

Annual income is 3.5 million yuan.

In fact, it is not low. Before the Song Dynasty, overseas income was about 1.5 million yuan.

But things are different now, damn Zhang Jun was fined 5 million yuan alone.

Zhao Ding once made a budget, and his overseas annual income could reach 10 million yuan.

Zhao Guan's family's appetite is getting bigger and bigger. How can 3.5 million yuan from overseas satisfy his current requirements?

But after all, Qian Yuqing is his brother-in-law and a very important force in the court. There is still a lot of space in the ocean, so he can't directly question him.

Qian Yuqing took the initiative to stand up and said: "Your Majesty, due to the impact of the war, the income to Goryeo has dropped sharply, and the trade between Japan and the countries in the South China Sea has reached a limit."

"What do you mean by reaching the limit?"

Qian Yuqing said: "After the ships of the imperial dynasty went to sea, they often encountered bandits and robbers at sea. Moreover, Srivijaya Srivijaya relied on his distance from the dynasty to always control important sea lanes and saw a large amount of goods from the dynasty.

After the influx, they took the opportunity to raise tariffs, and sometimes even impudently impounded Chinese ships, which discouraged many merchants along the coast."

He continued: "The people in Guangzhou also organized a group of armed forces to go south, but they came back defeated."

"Don't you have a navy?"

"Your Majesty, Sri Lanka is located in a remote area. Currently, our government does not know much about it. I cannot easily send large troops to penetrate deep. I have temporarily sent many private businessmen to collect intelligence first."

Zhao Ning nodded, and everyone had nothing to say.

The Song Dynasty’s understanding of overseas countries is still very limited.

However, since Qian Yuqing captured Champa, people in Fujian and Guangdong and Guangxi have become enthusiastic about going overseas.

Even many people in Tokyo are discussing interesting stories from overseas.

Various overseas books are now emerging in endlessly.

"What about Liuqiu's situation?"

Qian Yuqing replied: "Many people from Fujian are immigrating to Liuqiu Island. Since last month, someone has collected a large amount of guano there. The first batch has arrived in Hangzhou Bay. I don't know how the people have reacted. There is no news yet.

Passed."

"Mei Shangshu, what's your second point?" Zhao Ning asked, "What does this expansion of the tax base mean, and why is it related to Qian Yuqing?"

"Your Majesty, the establishment of official channels mentioned by Zhang Jiucheng is ready, but this requires a large amount of goods to enter Hebei. The original strategy is to convert rice to mulberry from overseas and the southeast, and the conversion of rice to mulberry in the southeast also involves

When it comes to overseas income, if Jiangdong can produce more textiles, the income from sea trade will be even more substantial."

"I remember that now we can transport a large amount of grain from Champa and Jiaozhou to the Central Plains?" Zhao Ning looked at Wang Zonglio.

Wang Zonglio immediately came out and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, yes, the amount of grain arriving in Gyeonggi from Champa and Jiaozhou this year is as high as three million dan."

"Mr. Zhao."

"I'm here."

"The investment of these grains in Hebei will be effective for Zhang Jiuzheng's official strategy, right?"

"It really works."

At this time, Cai Mao came out and said: "Your Majesty, just investing in grain can indeed curb the rise in grain prices while printing money, but other prices may be difficult to control."

"Food is the most important thing for the people. As long as the price of food does not increase, there will be no problem." Wang Zonglio said.

Cai Mao said: "But this kind of money printing will trigger opposition from wealthy households, which will cause the devaluation of their money."

"Who said I want to print money?" Zhao Ning said, "The bank has money now, and I use the bank's money to lend money to the trading companies building roads, that's all."

"This..." Cai Mao was a little surprised.

Isn’t this just a hooligan’s statement?

If your Zhao Guan family didn't print money, I, Cai Mao, would put my head here today and play it as a ball for Captain Gao!

Zhao Ning said: "Okay, since everything is ready, let Zhang Jiucheng do it."

Cai Mao added: "Your Majesty, I am worried that many people may object to this matter."

"How many people are there?" Zhao Ning asked, "Don't scare me with vague things. If someone objects, you have to tell who is objecting, and what is the reason for the objection, you have to explain it clearly to me!"

"I am scared, but your Majesty taught me correctly."

Cai Mao stopped talking.

Zhao Ning thought for a moment and said, "How is the development of Jinghu Road going?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, under His Majesty's wise guidance, the current number of fertile farmland on Jinghu North Road has increased from 26 million acres in the past to 30 million acres, while Jinghu South Road has increased by 40 million acres from 33 million acres in the past. Currently, there are

People from Jiangnan West Road and Jiangnan East Road have immigrated to Jinghu Road, and the local population is also increasing rapidly."

Zhao Ning asked: "Is it okay if we start changing rice to mulberry in Jiangdong and Zhejiang now?"

Zhao Ding said: "You can start trying it from Jiangning Mansion."

"Then let's do it like this." Zhao Ning said, "We need money now. You all heard just now that Cai Xianggong talked about the cost of destroying Xixia and taking over Yanyun. The court needs money!"

"Also, what we fight in a war is logistics, and logistics are all made of money!" Zhao Ning continued, "I don't want the army to be unable to continue moving north because of money problems, and I will never allow this to happen!"

The meeting ended quickly, and no one mentioned He Li's absence today.

On the evening of October 27th, when Zhao Guan's family was about to leave Wende Palace, Gao Qiu came in a hurry.

A summary of He Li's trial was placed in front of Zhao Ning.

"The officials and He Yong all admitted it, but He Li didn't admit it. He said he had no knowledge at all." Gao Qiu said with a smile.

After Zhao Ning read this report, he looked at the amount of money He Yong had raised. Good guy, 6 million yuan!

It’s 1 million yuan more than Zhang Jun’s!

"What do you think about this?"

Gao Qiu said: "I feel that He Li definitely knew about it. Not only did He Li know about it, He Li also had other purposes."

"Oh, how do you say this?"
Chapter completed!