The debate in Wenhua Palace is still going on, and the war situation is gradually spreading. Now it's just Qiu Linjiang and Gu Heng refuting each other's words. Now Fang Qianran on Qiu Linjiang's side
He and Yu Zhongle also joined the "discussion group", and Gu Heng, as one of the four giants of the famous sect, has now also won the support of Qin Ting and Du Fan. Only Shen Cheng is still squinting on the ground.
Silent
The emperor of Wanchang, Lin You, felt upset for a while. He actually had the urge to drag them all out and hit fifty boards each. This thought just passed through his mind, but Lin You frowned. Why has he become more and more anxious recently?
When you get up, even the capacity to accommodate people is much smaller?
He took a deep breath, put down Yun Lan's memorial, closed his eyes, seemed to be brewing for a while, then suddenly opened them, and said in a low but powerful voice: "That's enough! In the Wenhua Hall, the dignitaries are noisy and noisy.
How unbecoming!”
The several pavilion elders who were almost blushing because of the argument immediately shut up and snorted disdainfully at each other without even looking at each other, as if one more look would contaminate themselves with something unclean, and then they were very "
With a tacit understanding, they all went to Lin You to apologize: "I have violated my decency before you, your majesty, please forgive me."
Lin You waved his hand with some annoyance: "Come on, what crime? What kind of crime? Disgrace before the king? Huh, it's a crime that deserves Wan's death again." - I don't know how many times Wan has died, but now he is still alive.
If you're not jumping around here, I...I really don't know if you can't change the word."
Unsurprisingly, as soon as Lin You said these words, the six people suddenly choked with "I deserve to die for my crime", which made him even more unhappy. He waved his hand and said: "Get up, you are kneeling there pitifully, you can't kneel down."
Annoyed, I'm tired of looking at it." After the six people stood up to express their gratitude, he said again: "I have listened to what you just said, and I have carefully thought about the wishes of Mr. Gu, Mr. Qin Ge, and Mr. Du Ge. Naturally, I will comply with them.
This is a mature and prudent statement made by our ancestors. Of course I understand the meaning of Qiu Ge Lao, Fang Ge Lao and Yu Ge Lao. I also understand it. It is nothing more than increasing revenue for the imperial court in order to make the imperial court spend money.
It can only balance the income and expenses. This is also the crux of the current imperial court. It is considered a top priority and is understandable."
As soon as Xiniba came together, Lin You didn't wait for them to express their opinions, and continued: "I have been thinking these days, whether the new law proposed by Qiu Aiqing is good or not, and if it is good, what is good about it? If it is not good,
, what's the bad thing? I don't know if you have thought about this issue carefully. In my opinion, first of all, Qiu Aiqing's original intention of proposing the reform was good. He saw the current problems in the court and worked hard to improve it.
The imperial court solved these problems. Regarding this point, I think we should give it affirmation first. So whether his new method is good or bad, I think it is generally a good one. Please don’t rush to talk. Let me tell you.
I think Qiu Aiqing's new law considers "open source" on several issues related to property. Because of this "open source", it reminds Gu Xiang of Sang Hongyang of the early Han Dynasty (referring to the Western Han Dynasty).
I don’t think it’s necessary to use other tricks. For example... Qiu Aiqing, let’s talk about the method you mentioned.”
Qiu Linjiang bowed slightly and said: "Yes, Your Majesty is in a financial crisis today. Officials in various places are stuck to the original imperfect methods. They don't know each other between the inside and outside. The surplus and deficiencies do not complement each other. Each province has a quota for each year.
In a good harvest year, we dare not take more than three si, and in a bad harvest year we do not dare to take less than three si. The shipping envoys collect according to the book, and there is no increase or loss. If there is a large expenditure for military and suburban sacrifices, we have to send envoys to collect the goods (search for the Qianyin products).
Chan, the third tone), there was almost no surplus. The provinces hid their wealth and did not report it to the court and the Ministry of Households truthfully. At the same time, they doubled taxes on items needed by the court under the names of "transfer", "transformation", etc. Most of the items needed by the court were not reported in accordance with the regulations.
The origin and season resulted in an increase in private taxes, and the imperial court was still in financial distress, but the wealthy merchants were able to benefit from it. The method of equalizing exports proposed by the minister, the main point is: establish a shipping envoy to take charge of the taxation of the six southeastern provinces.
He has the right to inquire in detail about the financial situation of the six provinces. All items purchased, taxed, and donated can be transferred to the expensive ones and shipped to the people. At the same time, he has the right to know the fixed amount of the Kyoto inventory and the items that need to be handled.
, it can make it easier to save money and buy it, and store it for backup. This can reduce the possibility of those people speculating, so that the state can have enough money and the people's wealth is not in short supply."
Gu Heng couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, I have said before that this method originally came from Sang Hongyang. If there is such a shipping envoy, all the wealth in the world will be monopolized by it. The place where such a shipping envoy will earn income will certainly be
It's quite rich, but the merchants all over the world have been deprived of even the slightest profit, so how can they make a living?"
Lin You disagreed and waved his hand: "If this fortune teller says that it can save those big businessmen and wealthy merchants a way to make money, I believe it, but after all, this fortune teller cannot count every detail. The small things that ordinary merchants do
The volume of business will not be affected much. Moreover, with this shipping agent, it is quite beneficial to deal with what was said before that the annual harvest and harvest vary from place to place, and there should be some ups and downs, so I think this method is good."
Gu Heng frowned. The emperor's words were obviously to sacrifice the interests of big businessmen and "average" them to ordinary people. The emperor finally said that this method is a good one. Although he, Gu Heng, is the Prime Minister, he also
It’s not easy to object directly, so I have to keep silent.
Lin You smiled imperceptibly, but her face still looked normal, and said: "Qiu Aiqing's other new laws are generally drawn up based on this principle, but these new laws, I think they are just open source...
But it is not enough to increase revenue, what is more important and urgent is to reduce expenditure.”
He glanced at several ministers and elders and talked eloquently: "Increase revenue and reduce expenditure. Increase revenue to increase the income of the court, and reduce expenditure to reduce the expenditure of the court. I think these two are indispensable. Since the court is in a state of distress, it can only be bold."
Reform, how to change this law, is nothing more than increasing revenue and reducing expenditure. However, reducing expenditure is more difficult than increasing revenue. Where does the reduction come from? I think all of you dear friends also know where the money from the treasury of the Wei Dynasty is spent, "military pay"
,'official salary', two big tigers."
Qiu Linjiang was a little excited. He didn't know the importance of reducing expenditures. He really felt that it was too difficult. Even though he had already planned to "go all out" when he wrote the Wanyan book, he still felt that there was a possibility of success in reducing expenditures.
It’s almost zero, so why didn’t I mention it? It depends on military pay, official salary, and who got these two sums of money.
Those who receive military pay seem to be soldiers from various guard posts across the country, but in fact they are internal and external warlords. Not to mention "foreign" warlords, the four major border towns are also "internal". In many eras, there are wealthy families who served in the army. They are in the central government
The influence in the military cannot be coveted, and the Central Army has a "good tradition" of empty pay. Who gets the extra military pay? It's not just the commanders from the capital, from the commanders to the centurions, this group of high-ranking and low-ranking officers
Officers at all levels?
If you want to make a fuss about military pay, you have to take into account the military morale of the more than one million troops in the country. You have to take into account the attitude of the four major border towns and even the leaders of the Central Army. To put it bluntly, the big army
For any matter within the Wei Dynasty, as long as the leaders of the Central Army and the four major border towns are opposed to it, let alone Qiu Linjiang, even the Emperor Wanchang himself can only follow their hair, otherwise
It’s hard to say whether I can sit still in Luoyang Palace.
Military pay cannot be easily touched, so the only official salary is official salary. However, official salary cannot be touched by Qiu Linjiang. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Emperor Taizu, in order to show his respect for the literati, the salaries of all officials in the country were increased.
It was generally set quite high, which was different from the high salary of senior military generals and the low salary of middle and low-level officers. This did indeed please the literati, and the Wei Dynasty, which had just been established at that time, quickly
The rule has been consolidated, but with the development of Enmeng and the imperial examination for two hundred years, this system has become a knife, and it has to be slashed from the treasury every year.
Therefore, this is an ancestral system, and it is a benevolent government that is praised by scholars all over the world. Which person in the Wei Dynasty is greater than "Taizu"? Which thing in the world is greater than "benevolent government"? As everyone knows
Is the good or bad of everyone in the world determined by the mouths of the world's scholars? An official from a poor family will try every means to prevent a famous official from benefiting, but an official from a famous family can also be unscrupulous
This is something that everyone knows very well, but no official can overthrow all the hundreds of thousands of officials in the country in one fell swoop - that is completely political suicide.
However, the "spending" that Qiu Linjiang wanted to mention but didn't dare to mention was now actually mentioned by Emperor Wanchang in no uncertain terms!
Qiu Linjiang's body trembled slightly, his lips moved, but in the end he only said four words: "The Emperor's Holy Ming"
"Haha" Lin You chuckled and waved his hand: "If you are not a saint, don't worry about it. Dear friends, please come and analyze it for me and see how to reduce expenditures."
As soon as Lin You said these words, the Wenhua Palace suddenly became quiet. In the blink of an eye, you could hear a needle drop. Shen Cheng returned to his usual half-awake state of sleep; Gu Heng lowered his eyes, as if he was observing the ants underground; Qin Ting
Gently stroking a volume of documents, as if it was an authentic work by Wang Xizhi, which he couldn't put down; Du Fan looked at his tea cup, seeming to be admiring the detailed picture of a small bridge and flowing water on it; Fang Qianran frowned, as if suddenly
Thinking of the arduous task of river management this year, Yu Zhongle frowned, as if he was being pressed for money by various yamen and several marshals again.
Qiu Linjiang looked at Lin You who frowned slightly but immediately regained his composure. His heart felt cold and a little blocked. The emperor...is he afraid that he often forces a smile on his face?
"I think that if you want to open up money, four words are enough." Qiu Linjiang endured the bitterness in his heart, stepped out of the queue, and said proudly
A bright light flashed in Lin You's eyes, and he became energetic and said quickly and forcefully: "Speak!"
Qiu Linjiang was completely prepared, and his already straight waist became even straighter. His eyes were firm and his voice was like gold and stone hitting each other: "Elite soldiers, simple administration!"
----------Dividing line----------Ordinarily, today I should have changed the amount to 5,000, so that I would no longer be in debt.
But this chapter is just right. If I write it any more, it would be superfluous.
That's it. Fortunately, tomorrow is the weekend, so I can publish it in two chapters. The second chapter is used to make the weekly list. If you have time, remember to read the book around 12 o'clock tomorrow evening...
