This was something Wang Anshi couldn't understand. Originally, it was just about the Hebei Road incident, or the escape of the craftsmen, but the escape of the craftsmen became a complication.
"What do the officials want?"
Finally unable to hold it in any longer, Wang Anshi asked. His understanding of the official family was never as good as that of other cabinet ministers who had followed the official family for a long time.
"Lost the family!"
"Founded?"
Su Song did not hide it, but directly pointed out the official's intention. It is estimated that the official also wanted the cabinet and even the courtiers to understand his intention.
"That's right! It's the loss of family status. Officials once said that if one day, the scholar-bureaucrats of the dynasty no longer use the number of cultivated fields as the criterion for judging wealth, then the dynasty will have just started."
"At that time, Su Song couldn't understand the meaning of this statement at all, but looking back now, the actual development of the country does have such a trend."
At that time, Su Song had not long joined the guard camp. The guard camp workshop... which was the predecessor of the workshop city, had just begun to make all the uniforms, tents and military rations for the army. At that time, tanks had just begun.
With the prototype in hand, I am still experimenting with gunpowder and musket barrels.
At that time, the dynasty still had the disadvantage of being redundant. The court was still worried about the northwest. Both the scholar-bureaucrats and the common people still relied on farming to survive.
At that time, cakes were still a luxury product. Except for the generals and supervisors of the imperial court and the supervisors of Xuzhou, the various states, counties, and counties did not have the concept of workshops.
At that time, commercial taxes were less than 30% of the country's tax revenue. The court still relied on farmers' taxes. To put it bluntly, it was still in the stage of exorbitant levies of miscellaneous taxes.
At that time, officials also said something: the land issue is the root cause of the dynasty's change! Only by pulling the powerful class away from the land can we truly create peace for all generations.
Nowadays, I once thought it was the emotion of the officials who were young and did not know the feeling of sorrow, but now I seem to have seen the signs.
Agricultural taxes are now basically dispensable in the country. Although the absolute value of agricultural taxes has not decreased, due to the court's policy of encouraging mulberry farming, cultivated land is increasing, and the absolute value of agricultural taxes has increased after the reduction.
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However, in the tax revenue of the country, it is really negligible.
Of course, Su Song also thought of one thing. After many years of guiding scholar-bureaucrats to get rid of the land, the government has already achieved initial results. The weakening of land annexation is the main factor that keeps the absolute value of agricultural taxes rising.
As for the imperial court, almost 60 to 70% of the current government affairs are devoted to industrial development.
Su Song was a little distracted. The cabinet ministers were already discussing the so-called loss of family status.
It is also said that the bottom line of all industries can be known by selling in Gongfangcheng. It is also said that the tax income of the household department can be judged. It is even said that the wealth of an industry can be inferred based on the tax income. It is also said that the capital transactions of the Royal Bank can be used.
inferred.
In fact, in Su Song's view, the city's approval process can be enlightening...
In any case, the cabinet still carried out the tasks assigned by the officials, although it did not understand the purpose and even felt that it was a bit unnecessary.
Money and food have been allocated for internal affairs, so I think things like this should be easy to arrange.
"It's too general. Since officials and scholars are asked to do these things, there must be a clear direction and purpose. The wages of the hired workers are only part of it, what about the rest?"
Zhao Xi really couldn't understand the strategy presented by the cabinet. Also, it was a bit difficult to let the ministers and workers of this era have the concept of economic census. Even if these are the elites of the elite, they cannot have the concept of economic census.
If I hadn't dealt with this before, I might not be able to understand it.
"The main contents of the investigation include basic attributes...that is, whether it is state-owned, private, or a public-private partnership, and what type of industry it belongs to among the hundreds of industries. It should include the employment situation of each workshop, store, etc., and whether it is profitable or not.
, scale, fixed input, production capacity, proportion of raw materials, process improvement, etc.”
The charter agreed upon by the cabinet is very vague and can be defined as perfunctory. It is estimated that the cabinet is focusing on the investigation of the current situation of the employees, that is, an investigation into the escape of Hebei Province craftsmen, and is preparing to establish certain standards to prevent problems.
Not yet.
I didn’t understand the census matters proposed by Zhao Xi, and I thought it was meaningless, so I left it at that.
"Officials, what is the point of such an investigation? What role does it play in court affairs? I am stupid, so please give me a clear explanation."
The tradition of a dynasty does not mean that whatever the king says is what it is, or that throughout the years of the dynasty up to this dynasty, it is not that what the king says is what it is.
Zhao Xi doesn't think this is bad. As a later generation, he understands this kind of questioning phenomenon.
"Prime Minister Wang, a concentrated residential area no smaller than Zhongxian County has been formed around Southwest Mining City. Have you ever understood this?"
"Go back to the official's house, I will understand something."
"Do you know what the main business around the mining town is?"
"As far as I know, the freight industry is the largest, followed by prostitutes, and there are also some employees and brokers engaged in refining concentrated here."
"Then what industries are the main industries in Bianliang? What about Jingdong Road? What about Jingzhao Prefecture? What about Jiangnan Road? Similarly, which industry has developed the most in the past few years? Which kind of development is the best? What kind of foreign trade?
High profit? Which kind of domestic sales is more profitable?”
"As for the industries that Gongfang City has sold off in recent years, which industries have declined, which industries are rising, which industries have been improved and innovated, which industries have shrunk, etc."
"It seems that these issues are trivial, because they are not viewed from a high level. According to the imperial court's thinking, the industries of the country should develop in a balanced way, and even local and state capitals should have their own advantageous industries, or in other words
Systematic and complete supporting development for a specific industry.”
"Take glass as an example. The popularization of glass will definitely enter people's homes. However, if all the states in the country start the glass industry, what will be the result? It will be vicious competition."
"Issues such as these, from daily necessities, to building materials, to mineral resources, and even the supply of raw materials, all need to be targeted. Only by investigating real and basic data can the court take targeted measures.
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"Whether it's the improvement of the craftsmanship in Gongfang City or the imperial court's structural adjustment, conducting basic investigations is the guarantee for the imperial court to formulate strategies. Only in this way can the imperial court avoid working behind closed doors and avoid making mistakes in decision-making.
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Zhao Xi was not very proficient in economic theory, and he did not leave any records in his early years at the Martial Arts Hall. His brief remarks made it difficult for ministers and workers who had read his records to have a complete idea.
When it comes to specific issues, he can still speak some truth. Although it is not satisfactory, it is enough for this era.