The first seventy-six chapters show their hands and feet
Smoothly passing through the first New Year after the change was a huge encouragement to the entire imperial court and even the Great Zhou Dynasty. For Lin Jue, he knew that this was the most dangerous period after the change.
These few months are crucial to stabilize people's hearts, allow the top and bottom to further digest the impact of the changes, and allow them to slowly adapt to everything after the changes. This is what Lin Jue hopes to see most.
Although Lin Jue knew that it was unrealistic for the people of the Zhou Dynasty to completely adapt to the new system in a short period of time, but in three, five or even ten years, everything could definitely be changed. During this period, he only needed to be careful about politics and not go out of his way.
This can be done by constantly improving the system. The most important thing is to develop people's livelihood, recuperate and let the people feel the rising momentum of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the improvement of their lives. This is a real thing. In fact, the people must
Most of them only worry about whether they can live and work in peace and contentment, and they don't care about how the court operates.
Lin Jue has naturally thought a lot about how to develop the economy, restore finances, and stabilize people's livelihood internally. Lin Jue believes that agriculture alone cannot do it, and commerce and industry must be developed. Maybe there will be no results in one or two years, and three
Five years can definitely become one of the pillars of the imperial court's finances. At present, it is absolutely not a structure for the imperial court to rely on agricultural farming for more than 70% of its fiscal revenue. In view of this, in March of the second year of Jianxing, after several months of investigation, Lin Jue drafted and promulgated
A programmatic cabinet order was issued, namely the "Three-Year Plan for Industry and Commerce of Dazhou". This plan clearly stated the goals and plans for the comprehensive and rapid development of industry and commerce of Dazhou. The "Plan" is in accordance with the provisions of the "General Law of Dazhou"
, emphasizing the equality of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, and clearly telling the people of the world that there is no shame in engaging in industry and commerce. The imperial court will vigorously support the development of industry and commerce, and will set up special institutions to manage and support it. At the same time, it is stipulated that the imperial court will select scholars in ordinary civil and military examinations
On the basis of this, miscellaneous subjects were added to specifically select such outstanding people to serve as officials in the court and take up corresponding specialized official positions.
In the industrial category, the plan clearly proposes to vigorously support the operation of various workshops, such as textiles, embroidery, porcelain making, mining, salt boiling, iron smelting, pottery making, lacquerware, stone carving, shipbuilding, copper making, woodworking, and iron making.
A total of 150 types of workshops were listed, such as sugar making, tea making, starch dyeing, etc. Except for salt and iron, which required official monopoly from the imperial court, the rest were allowed to be opened by individuals. The imperial court
The court will provide financial and taxation support and convenience. Especially for silk textiles and porcelain and lacquerware, the court will give greater support. This is because Lin Jue knows that these items will be key products for overseas trade and will
It is an important trading commodity.
Of course, in addition to the salt and iron monopoly, Lin Jue will take all the manufacturing and trading of gunpowder under the ownership of the imperial court, and it will be exclusive to the relevant departments of the Luoyan Army. The secrets of firearms will become more and more known, and it is necessary to ensure that
The Great Zhou Dynasty cannot spread, and it must be ensured that it will not be known to foreign countries. This matter must be strictly controlled.
The original commercial system of the Great Zhou Dynasty was very prosperous. In recent years, despite the chaos in the court and the invasion of foreign enemies, business has been seriously damaged. The status of merchants was originally low, and they were the targets of plunder and exploitation in troubled times. Therefore, in recent years,
It has shrunk. However, the business foundation is still there. For example, in Bianliang Market, in just half a year, the originally withered business almost recovered to the previous level. There are many shops, there are so many vendors, and the dock shipping is also extremely busy. Flower World Brothel Song
All the theaters have also returned to prosperity. Even the Lin family's grand theater was reorganized in February under the leadership of Xie Yingying and started acting again. Therefore, there is no need to worry about traditional business. This was also a large part of the previous imperial government's finances, and could be produced nearly every year.
Collect 20% of the fiscal and tax rates. In addition to further stipulating many measures to encourage merchants and merchants to improve the status of merchants, the "Plan" also favors Lin Jue.
The largest undeveloped industry is overseas trade.
The Lin family was already involved in overseas trade. Every year before, the Lin family sent ships out to sea for trade. Before Lin Jue returned from the capital, it was already the Lin family's largest source of annual income. They used silk, porcelain and other items that the Great Zhou Dynasty was good at.
In exchange for goods from other countries, it would be a huge profit. The only trouble is that going to sea is very dangerous, and the risks are not something ordinary merchants can bear.
In view of this, Lin Jue rebuilt and expanded the powers of the Municipal Shipping Department in the plan, and listed various preferential conditions to encourage overseas trade. At the same time, in order to reduce risks, in addition to vigorously developing the shipbuilding industry and the iron smelting industry, we must create larger and stronger ships.
In addition to the ships, Lin Jue also proposed a method of guaranteeing the city's shipping department and sharing risks, that is, merchants can pay a certain amount of silver to the city's shipping department for guarantee. If a ship is destroyed and people are killed on the sea,
If the consequences arise, the Municipal Shipping Department will pay full compensation. Of course, the amount paid is not cheap, and will be about 10% of the total price of the ship and goods. On the surface, this seems to be a very risky project for the court.
It is a loss-making business, but in fact, it is a guaranteed profit. It is very simple. The probability of an accident at sea is not high. Unless you are very unlucky, generally speaking, one out of ten ships is already a big deal. Under normal circumstances, it will not happen.
If there is too much risk, as long as you go to sea with an experienced caravan, you will know the ocean currents and weather conditions, and accidents will rarely happen. As long as ten ships pay a deposit as a guarantee, if one of them has an accident, the Municipal Shipping Department will also
There is no need to pay a tael of silver. Just use the silver paid by the merchants to pay the compensation. The ideal situation is that the merchant ships are all fine, and this large sum of money will be earned by the shipping department. Of course, Lin Jue explained the guarantee in the planning details
If there is a balance of money, this amount of money will be accumulated and cannot be used as a fund pool for subsequent compensation. Even if there is a major disaster, the money can be used as a fund for compensation and will not be used indiscriminately.
Lin Jue did some calculations. The Municipal Shipping Department took half of the trade volume for management and taxation. As long as overseas trade can develop, hundreds of large ships will go to sea for trade every year, and each ship will have a trade volume of 300,000 taels of silver.
, each year overseas trade alone will receive a tax of 1.5 million taels. With the expansion of trade, the increase in trade volume, or the arrival of merchant ships from overseas countries, the City Shipping Department will collect this part of the tax.
, it may eventually bring more than five million taels of tax revenue to the court every year. This is just the first tax in commercial trade. Later, shops and merchants will have to pay taxes on the sale of overseas goods, and the final figure will be even more considerable.
.This is only a small part of overseas trade. What a huge boost it will be to the imperial court.
Of course, the prosperity of commerce is inseparable from the improvement of basic people's livelihood. If the people have money on hand and no worries about food and clothing, commerce will be more developed. Lin Jue naturally pays special attention to basic agriculture. There is sufficient food, which is the reason for the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Basic guarantee of stability.
In April, Lin Jue promulgated a cabinet order on the "Guidance Strategy for Improving Farming Techniques". This strategy elaborated on and optimized various farming techniques such as farming, fertilization, intercropping and selection. Many practices are still unheard of by the current people.
For example, compost fermentation technology, the folk method is rough and simple, and the fertility is not enough. The strategy gives the method of stacking and fermenting human and animal manure plus plant ash and rotten grass. There are also information on seed selection, soil improvement, raising livestock and poultry, and rice field interbreeding.
Fish and other practices that make full use of the land and improve the yield of food crops and livestock and poultry. It also provides production patterns for many new agricultural tools to speed up work efficiency.
The "Strategy" also proposed the direction of vigorously developing the tertiary industry, encouraging people to free up their labor to raise silkworms, plant mulberries, plant fruit trees, raise fish and melons, etc. It also introduced in detail more than a dozen types of silkworm, fish, and melon farming in the attachment.
Detailed methods of raising chickens and ducks are popularized
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A more practical approach is that the strategy states that the Agricultural Office under the Cabinet will set up specialized technical departments to guide farming and breeding in various states and counties. Specialized personnel will go to villages to provide training and guidance to comprehensively improve farming levels.
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The promulgation of the "Plan" and "Strategy" made everyone aware of the responsibilities of a cabinet that does practical things. In the past, the court institutions were aloof, and how could they be so detailed and close to the people. Nowadays, the measures of the court are meticulous, even to the point of hand-in-hand.
.The worries and risks of the people have also been taken into consideration, truly thinking about what the people think, and being extremely considerate and heart-warming.
The people who participated in the formulation of these cabinet orders admired Lin Jue even more. They never imagined that in addition to being both civil and military, Mr. Lin also knew so much about commercial farming. He could even make agricultural tools, and those new agricultural tools were easy to use.
It was a figure drawn by his own hands. Mr. Lin is simply a man of all talents. He is omniscient and omniscient in heaven and earth, in all three religions and nine streams, just like a god.
In addition to agriculture, industry and commerce, what Lin Jue needs to make quick changes is the change in the military. The current total number of troops in the Zhou Dynasty is less than 300,000, and it needs to greatly expand its military strength. Although the Liao Kingdom and the Jurchens have now
It is unable to invade the south, but the national defense and military affairs must be resolved as soon as possible. Only by solving the military problem can we build with peace of mind.
Lin Jue proposed to the Council a plan to strengthen the army. According to Lin Jue's plan, the standing army of the Great Zhou Dynasty will be maintained at about 800,000 people. The previous number of two million soldiers and horses was too large and consumed a huge amount of money.
, brought down the imperial court, Lin Jue would never do this. The number of soldiers and horses has dropped, and the corresponding quality must be improved. The previous method of recruiting soldiers in the army must be abolished, and people who have committed crimes and are exiles must not enter the army.
, drag down the combat effectiveness of the army and create bad habits. The method of recruiting troops proposed by Lin Jue is the compulsory recruitment method, which stipulates that all people of the Zhou Dynasty have the obligation to join the army, and the court can select capable and brave people to join the army. In order to increase the attractiveness of the army
, it is extremely necessary to improve military pay and the treatment of military dependents. Ordinary soldiers in the army have their pay increased to four taels of silver a month, which is already an income that can support a family. In this way, if one person joins the army, the whole family will not have to worry about food and clothing. More
Needless to say, those who join the army will receive preferential treatment from the court, with exemptions on money, grain, taxes and silver, official condolences during the holidays, a house number issued by the court on the door lintel of the House of Glory, priority in entering and exiting the city gates, priority in buying and selling things, etc.
These measures are all aimed at improving the status of soldiers and military families, making joining the army something that everyone will envy. It is both glorious and allows soldiers to have no worries. Lin Jue calculated that the court would have to spend 50 million taels every year.
Solve the military expenditure problem. But even so, compared with the previous situation where the court spent 60 to 70 million taels of silver every year to support a group of wastes, it is much better.
Another important measure is to abolish the distinction between the names of the Forbidden Army and the Xiang soldiers, and unify the names, standards, and treatment. This will ensure the integrity and unity of the army and prevent estrangement within the army. In this way, the Forbidden Army will not
As for becoming a pension army, it has become a way for many people to send their children into gilding. Lin Jue's goal is to civilianize the army, unify the army, and make the army combat-oriented. The elite soldiers and horses of the original Luoyan Army have all been destroyed except for retaining part of the organizational structure.
Dispersed into various armies as the backbone, it became an elite force for training commanders and recruiting new soldiers.
This plan was discussed in the political meeting for three days, and in the final vote, it was passed with a slight advantage. Many people reasoned that the Liao Kingdom and the Jurchens were still there, and it would be difficult for the army to protect the Zhou Dynasty with such a small army. But they forgot
Well, how did the Luoyan Army accomplish the quelling of civil strife and the expulsion of foreign enemies with less than 200,000 soldiers and horses? Many people still do not know the ferocity of firearms until now.
