Chapter 0878 Although Da Song has become stronger, there are still many problems
It's certainly not bad to have Bao Zheng standing up for Su Xun.
Bao Zheng is kind, practical and has strong ability to withstand pressure.
When Kou Ji led people to translate the books in the Baghdad Wisdom Museum, he also sent some books to Bao Zheng, so that Bao Zheng could learn Dashi literature and participate in the translation of Dashi books.
A long time has passed. Among the first batch of Jinshi scholars who translated the books in the Baghdad Wisdom Museum, only Bao Zheng and Ouyang Xiu persist in the translation work.
Bao Zheng was in Luzhou, guarding the tomb of his parents, and had more free time, so he translated relatively quickly and could publish one book almost a month.
Ouyang Xiu served as the magistrate of Dengzhou and was a little busy with official duties. He could barely translate a book in two and a half months.
Through this simple thing, Kou Ji judged that among his many disciples, Bao Zheng and Ouyang Xiu were the most practical.
It is precisely because of this that Kou Ji understood Su Xun's purpose when Su Xun proposed to let Bao Zheng be his deputy.
Su Xun just wanted to find a down-to-earth and willing big brother to help him with the dirty work, so he could be lazy at the same time.
Because Su Xun was young, Kou Ji put a heavy burden on his shoulders, which was indeed a bit excessive, so Kou Ji did not expose Su Xun's real purpose.
After Su Xun agreed to this matter, Kou Ji reminded: "Bohai Palace is close to the sea. In addition to seafood, there are many passing merchant ships. You can also get some food into Bohai Palace through merchants.
In addition, the ships used by Jiaozhi's soldiers and horses will probably be anchored outside Bohai Prefecture later, and you can use them to buy grain from Jiaozhi.
Don't think that there are few people in Cochin, just because they have no food.
In fact, Jiaozhi is the only one among all the states in the Song Dynasty that can provide us with a large amount of food."
Su Xun heard Kou Ji's words and rolled his eyes slightly, "Sir, although students have lived in Meishan for generations, it does not mean that students are ignorant.
Lao Taishan, a student, is in business.
My brother-in-law has been traveling around Sichuan and Fuzhou for many years.
Through their mouths, students can learn more or less about Jiaozhi.
Students know that there is food in Cochin.
Students also know that many merchants in Song Dynasty have stocked up a lot of food this year.
They are waiting for you to be short of food, and then sell the food in their hands to the court at a high price.
They are now waiting for something rare to find.
So if the students can’t get real money, they won’t sell food to the students.”
Kou Ji glanced at Su Xun and said bluntly: "I don't have any money. However, the commercial tax of Bohai Mansion can be discussed. If necessary, it will be tax-free."
When Su Xun heard that there was no money, he immediately said with a dark face: "Then the student can only take those prisoners to fish in the sea."
Kou Ji said angrily: "It seems that you know nothing about business. Aren't your father-in-law and brother-in-law engaged in business? You can write back and tell them about the tax exemption and see how they react."
Su Xun was not a fool. When he heard this, he hurriedly said: "Sir, there is a lot of secrets here? But the prisoners in the Bohai Mansion don't have a penny in their hands. The businessmen can't do it for no reason."
Send food to them?"
Kou Ji glared at Su Xu and didn't explain much. He just waved his hand to drive Su Xun away and said: "Go back and think about it slowly. Once you figure it out, your next errands will be very easy. If you can't figure it out, then you can
Just wait to suffer.”
Seeing that Kou Ji was about to drive him away, Su Xun quickly said: "Sir, the student thinks that Wen Yanbo is more suitable to be the governor of Bohai Prefecture than the student. His father used to be the transfer envoy to Hedong. He knows countless merchants and has many big friends.
There are so many.
If Wen Yanbo is appointed as the governor of Bohai Prefecture, perhaps with just one word, countless merchants will rush to Bohai Prefecture carrying food."
"Get out!"
Kou Ji cursed.
Su Xun was a bad boy. He fell into the water. Knowing that there was no hope of getting out of the water, he wanted to drag others into the water with him.
Su Xun shrank his head and ran out of the main hall amidst Kou Ji's yelling and scolding.
After Su Xun left, Kou Ji mused: "This kid is bad enough, he actually dragged others into trouble. But what he said is not bad. The Wen family is also a wealthy family, and the Wen family owns numerous industries.
, Wen Yanbo’s father has been the transport envoy of Hedong Road for more than ten years and has also developed many connections.
If I promote Wen Yanbo to the fourth rank in one go, the Wen family will probably shed some blood in order to consolidate Wen Yanbo's status."
Kou Ji thought about this and no longer hesitated. He wrote a long memorial, changed the Jingdong Road of Liao State to Bohai Prefecture, and informed him of the news that he had recommended Su Xun as the prefect of Bohai Prefecture.
Gave it to Zhao Zhen.
At the same time, Kou Ji also proposed that the imperial court change Jingnan Road of the Liao Kingdom to Langye Prefecture, and recommended Wen Yanbo as the prefect of Langye Prefecture.
In addition, Kou Ji also proposed that the imperial court formally include the Southwest Road and Northwest Road of Liao Kingdom into the Song Dynasty, and implement the government system.
The northwest road of the Liao Kingdom was very large, almost equivalent to the three prefectures of the Song Dynasty.
Therefore, Kou Ji suggested that the imperial court could divide the northwest road of Liao Kingdom into two prefectures.
Kou Ji did not care how the imperial court governed the west end of the northwest road of the Liao Kingdom.
Kou Ji proposed to set up the east end of the Northwest Road of Liao State, close to Shangjing Road and Jingnan Road, as Gumeng Prefecture, and recommended Zhang Fangping, whom Wang Zeng had previously valued, as the prefect.
Zhang Fangping can be regarded as a famous official in history.
But Kou Ji didn't know much.
Previously, when the king had recommended this person to go to the Xizhou Uighur territory to act as a stumbling block for the Black Khanate and the Liao allied forces, Zhang Fangping did a good job, so he was promoted to the magistrate of Songzhou.
Now that Kou Ji needed someone to govern Liao territory, he suddenly thought of this person.
Although this person is not well-known, his background is average.
But he can do things. No matter how many tasks are assigned to him, he can find ways to complete them.
There is a shortage of such talents in Liaoning today.
After Kou Ji finished writing everything, he ordered people to rush to Bianjing City.
Kou Ji could not guarantee whether the arrangements mentioned in his memorial would be followed in Bianjing City.
After all, he, a privy envoy, promoted Su Xun to the post of governor of Bohai Prefecture, which was beyond his authority.
If the post-reorganization magistrates of Langye Prefecture and Gumeng Prefecture were arranged together, it would not be an overstep of authority.
That is usurping power and authorizing power.
Completely different properties.
After Kou Ji finished writing the memorial, he left the main hall and took his people out to place the prisoners.
Tanshan and other places have been cleaned up by the murderers, the Ayan tribe, and the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty, and it can be said that there is almost no one left.
Almost all cities are empty.
Some villages and towns are also empty.
There are also countless lonely tents scattered everywhere.
It was precisely because there was no one left that it was easy for Koji to place the prisoners.
He only needs to disperse the prisoners according to their number, and then send people to serve as managers.
Since the Liao region is now full of Forbidden Army soldiers, Kou Ji does not want to tie the Forbidden Army soldiers to one place, so almost all of the management personnel sent by Kou Ji are drawn from the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun.
In addition, there are some soldiers who have made mistakes in the army and need to be expelled from the army, as well as some injured soldiers.
Although the Imperial Guards were overwhelmingly powerful after leaving the Great Wall, they were invincible and invincible.
There is almost no enemy that is their combined enemy.
But wounded soldiers still appeared.
Some were injured due to various reasons while escorting grain and grass.
Some were accidentally injured by their own people.
Only a small number were injured on the battlefield.
Some people may not understand and think that soldiers who do not go to the battlefield should not be injured.
Actually it is not.
In ancient times, many soldiers would still be injured if they did not go to the battlefield.
Some were kicked by horses, and some were kicked to death by horses.
There are also accidental injuries on the training ground.
Some will be injured by wolves, insects, tigers and leopards in the wild.
Among them, most of those who were kicked to death by horses were civilians escorting grain and grass.
Most of those accidentally injured on the training ground were ordinary soldiers.
Most of those injured by wolves, insects, tigers and leopards in the wild are scouts.
Therefore, even if they are not on the battlefield, there are often wounded soldiers in the army.
Kou Ji arranged for these wounded soldiers to serve as grassroots managers in Liaodong, and gave them very generous treatment.
As the cornerstone of the Song Dynasty's management of Liao territory, they could play a great role.
Just when Kou Ji was busy arranging the prisoners.
Su Xun lowered his head and returned to his residence.
As soon as he entered the yard, he saw a little woman who was younger than him waiting for her in the yard.
Seeing this, Su Xun frowned slightly and said, "Why did you come out?"
The little woman smiled lightly and said: "Waiting for you to come back..."
Su Xun grimaced and said displeasedly: "From now on, just stay in the room if you have nothing to do. There are soldiers and horses everywhere outside. If you let them see you staying at home as a woman, there is no guarantee that they will not treat you badly."
The little woman smiled and said: "With you here and your husband sitting in charge, who dares to do anything random?"
Su Xun snorted, "There are many daring people in the army, and there are also those who are daring. Just now, there was a fool who did something stupid that cost people's lives.
How dare you argue in front of Mr.
As a result, the gentleman got angry and chopped off hundreds of heads."
The smile on the little woman's face froze slightly.
Su Xun hummed and said: "You know you're afraid, right? If you know you're afraid, just stay in the room obediently from now on. In a few days, I will go to Jingdong Road, Liao State to take office. At that time, I will choose a few more young and strong people.
The servants will protect the mansion, and then you can come out and walk around."
"Listen to you..."
The little woman agreed in a low voice and accompanied Su Xun into the main hall.
In the main hall.
The little woman has already prepared a table of food.
The young woman accompanied Su Xun into the main hall, and after helping Su Xun undress, the two sat at the table.
The young woman is Su Xun's wife, Su Cheng.
Su Cheng was also a wise and thoughtful lady. When she was dining with Su Xun, she saw Su Xun's brows were furrowed and she guessed that Su Xun had something on her mind.
"Are you worried?"
Mrs. Su Cheng understood Su Xun's temperament until Su Xun didn't like his people talking to his own people in roundabout ways, so he asked straight to the point.
Su Xun did not hide anything from Su Cheng. He told Su Cheng about Kou Ji's appointment to him today and the difficulties he was about to face.
After listening to Su Xun's story, Mrs. Su Cheng not only did not frown along with Su Xun, but instead said with a look of surprise: "Do you think what the teacher has given you is a chore?"
Su Xun saw Su Cheng's look of shock and asked doubtfully: "What else?"
Mrs. Su Cheng sighed: "I feel that your husband has given you a great fortune."
"Great wealth?"
Su Xun looked stunned.
Su Cheng nodded and whispered softly: "There are many ways in this business world. It's not surprising that you don't know about it. Sir, I will leave all the business taxes of the Bohai Prefecture to you. It's just a matter of business."
Great wealth.
If you dare to exempt all transactions in Bohai Palace from commercial taxes, many maritime merchants in the Song Dynasty will go to Bohai Palace to do business."
Su Xun stared at Su Cheng without saying anything, waiting for her next words.
Su Cheng stared at Su Xun and asked: "The imperial court's commercial tax is one tax per twenty, are you aware of this?"
Su Xun nodded.
Although he didn't know how to do business, he knew about the various taxes of the imperial court.
From the time he became an official to the present, except for the year when he translated books, he has been serving as a local official for the rest of the time. If he does not understand taxation, he can easily be deceived by the people below him.
For this reason, he studied hard before he became an official.
Seeing Su Xun nod, Su Cheng continued: "But the commercial tax of twenty-one is only set by the court. In fact, the commercial tax that falls on merchants is far higher than this.
The imperial court established a commercial tax collection office in Bianjing City, and also had commercial tax collection offices in other prosperous cities.
There are only a thousand official tax collecting offices in total.
Most of the time, these thousands of tax collection yamen were responsible for the taxation of government-run transactions such as salt, iron, and wine.
In addition, taxes on cloth, mules and horses, etc. markets are also under their control.
But only in the official market.
Outside the official market, they almost don’t care.”
When Su Xun heard this, he raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "Isn't it true that there are many businessmen who evade taxes?"
Su Cheng did not answer Su Xun's question, but continued: "Since there are only a thousand places where the imperial court manages commercial tax, and the counties under the imperial government have exceeded a thousand, there are many places that cannot be taken into account.
And because the imperial government's commercial tax administration office only managed commercial taxes for certain businesses, there were many commercial taxes that the imperial court was unable to collect directly.
In view of this, the imperial court implemented a sale method and sold the remaining tax collection power of commercial taxes to local wealthy families.
When wealthy families collect taxes, they use the rule of one out of ten.
Therefore, the imperial court openly used the rule of 10 taxes and 1 tax, but secretly used the rule of 10 taxes and 1 tax.
Wealthy families use this method to eliminate dissidents, win over people's hearts, and control almost everything in the local area.
Therefore, you can easily find that there are businesses of wealthy and powerful people everywhere.
Moreover, a large number of local people with big surnames account for nearly 80% of the local business.
So now when doing business locally, what you need most is the power to collect taxes.
Every year, when the commercial and tax bureaus in various parts of the imperial court were trying to sell off this power, the competition was the most intense.
The money spent on openly selling power may not be much, but the money secretly given to yamen and officials is astonishingly large.
Some people make a lot of money by relying on this power.
Some people lost everything because of this power.
There are still people who are overwhelmed by this power.
So if you implement the tax-free policy in Bohai Prefecture, I believe that many businessmen who cannot survive will be willing to settle down in Bohai Prefecture.
There are also some maritime merchants who will go to Bohai House to complete large-scale sales transactions.
As long as your Bohai government issues tax documents, they can avoid being exploited by wealthy families in other places."
After listening to Su Cheng's words, Su Xun looked very ugly and said: "The power to collect business taxes has become a business?"
Mrs. Su Cheng nodded, "It's just a business. Didn't you ask me just now if anyone used this matter to evade taxes? I'll tell you.
Yes, there are many.
As long as a wealthy family has sold its power to collect business taxes, they do not need to pay taxes for a whole year.
Some people with big families and big businesses sell off their power to collect business taxes. Their main purpose is to avoid paying taxes and make money through it, which is only secondary."
Su Xun said with a gloomy face: "No wonder Du Fu would say that Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are bones frozen to death on the road."
Su Cheng hesitated for a moment and said: "The Du family where Du Fu lives can be considered a wealthy family, and you and I can also be considered a wealthy family."
Su Xun's face turned dark instantly.
Su Cheng continued: "Since Sir, I have given you the power of taxation in Bohai Prefecture, you have the final say on how to collect taxes in Bohai Prefecture.
The benefits are beyond your imagination.
So with the power of taxation, you can easily attract a large number of businessmen to Bohai Prefecture.
It is also easy to buy a lot of food through their hands."
Su Xun seemed to have not heard what Su Cheng said, gritting his teeth and said: "There is something wrong with the imperial court's business tax laws."
Su Cheng was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly said to Su Xun: "Husband, please don't act recklessly. The right way is not in one's position, and one does not seek his own government. The interests involved behind the commercial tax laws are so huge that you can hardly imagine it.
If you declare this matter to the court, no matter whether the court accepts it or ignores it, you will be targeted by all the wealthy families in the world.
The rich and powerful families are based on the world, firstly as officials and secondly as businessmen.
In most wealthy families, some of them are officials and some are engaged in business. They almost complement each other.
Once you are taken into consideration, your career and your father-in-law's career will be over, and the career of Jingxian and Shi'er will probably also be implicated.
I'm afraid that my Cheng family's business will also be suppressed in various ways."
Su Cheng mentioned Su Jingxian and Su Shi, and a look of worry suddenly appeared in Su Xun's eyes.
The heirs of the Su family are a little uneasy.
Su Cheng's first child was a baby girl, who died shortly after birth.
The second child also gave birth to a daughter, who had some congenital defects and was a medicine jar.
The third child gave birth to a boy, Su Jingxian, the eldest son of the Su family.
It's just that Su Jingxian's situation is also a bit wrong, and he is now also suffering from illness.
The fourth child gave birth to another daughter. In order to avoid premature death, Su Xun did not dare to give her a formal name. She just kept it close to her, hoping to provide for her better.
I don’t know whether it’s because she doesn’t have a formal name or because of God’s blessing, but Su Baniang is in good health.
The fifth child was Su Shi. When Su Xun was transferred to the post of magistrate of Ruzhou and took Su Cheng away from home, the little boy was only five months old.
If it weren't for the nanny at home, I'm afraid Su Xun would have to take Su Shi with him to take up the post.
Because Su Shi is too young, he still can't see any problems.
But the previous children either died young, were born with deficiencies, or became seriously ill the day after tomorrow.
So Su Xun was very worried.
Kou Ji didn't know about this. If Kou Ji knew about this, he would definitely pinch Su Xun to death with the corners of his eyes. By the way, he would use Su Xun and his wife as an example to do some popular science for his children.
Tell your children that the children born to a fifteen-year-old bad boy and a fourteen-year-old girl who cause harm to others will not have good results.
Of course, the marriage between Su Xun and Su Cheng was not a special case in the Song Dynasty.
On the contrary, it is very common.
Most men and women in the Song Dynasty got married and had children at this age.
It is precisely because of this that the mortality rate of children born is very high.
After all, if two people whose bodies and bones are not fully developed get married and have children together, there will definitely not be a good outcome.
However, most people in the Song Dynasty, including Su Xun, did not know this at all.
Therefore, they always attribute the death of their children to God.
I feel that God did not give them the chance to become parents.
In fact, they themselves are the ones doing the evil.
Su Xun thought of his own heirs, and his ambition to uphold justice diminished a lot.
He stared at Su Cheng with a wry smile and said: "You are right, we are also a wealthy family. If the court really changes the business tax laws, we will also suffer losses.
Maybe we won’t be able to live a comfortable life in the future.
It is also true to say, "If you are not in the position, you will not seek the government." I am just the governor of Bohai Prefecture who has not yet taken office.
It is called a magistrate, and the people under its jurisdiction are only slightly more than those in some larger states in the hinterland of the Song Dynasty.
So at most I am a large-scale Zhizhou.
I just need to find a way to feed the people under my rule.
The issue of commercial and tax laws is something that only central officials like Mr. are concerned about.
Only people like Mr. dare to violate commercial tax laws."
Su Cheng felt that there seemed to be an air of injustice in Su Xun's heart. Feeling distressed, he reminded her aloud: "If your husband feels that the resentment in your chest is difficult to relieve, you can inform your husband about this.
If you deal with this matter in the future, it will be considered your husband’s contribution."
Su Xun looked at Su Cheng, sighed and said: "I don't want to harm you, sir. If you offend all the rich and powerful families in the world, the official family may not be able to withstand it, let alone sir.
From the time he became an official until now, he has done a lot for us in the Song Dynasty.
For the Song Dynasty to be what it is today, you should be the first to contribute.
If sir can live forever, he will definitely be able to do many things for us, the Song Dynasty.
Therefore, I cannot tell my husband about this matter and let him offend others and be targeted."
When Mrs. Su Cheng heard this, she looked a little sad and said: "I made a mistake..."
Su Xun shook his head and said: "I don't blame you..."
After a pause, Su Xun sighed and said: "I hope that one day, sir, I will have the power to change the world and return the world to a peaceful world."
Su Cheng nodded obediently.
After Su Xun sighed, he looked at Su Cheng and said, "You write a letter to Lao Taishan and ask him to buy a batch of grain and transport it to Bohai Mansion along the coast."