The number one scholar of the Song Dynasty

The First Champion Chapter 492

It's so cold at the top...

Chapter 557 Get some money to spend

Towering trees that have been planted for more than a hundred years are everywhere in Hebei. It was originally a policy of the Song Dynasty to resist the Khitan cavalry, and the emperors of all dynasties ordered to protect the forest.

These giant trees blocked the roads in Hebei, made the local area impoverished and closed, and forced Hebei, which was still prosperous, into a backcountry.

But now, this place has become a good place. More than a thousand acres of giant woods have become ready-made materials for Mizhou Dock.

The official road from Hebei to Mizhou is full of transport teams, bustling with people.

Zhang An, the governor of the river, looked at a transport team in front of him, rolled up his sleeves and said, "It's really impossible. We will report to the court and dig a river for transporting timber. Let the giant logs in Hebei drift down, and just send someone to guard them along the way." gone."

The officials behind him all looked at each other in blank dismay, not daring to speak.

This governor can really take care of himself. For the development of his hometown, Hebei, he is going all out.

For people like myself, the plan to straighten the canal has not yet been completed, and if they are assigned to dig some shit to transport the wooden river, wouldn't they be full.

As soon as Zhang An turned his head, he saw the expressions of his subordinates, and immediately understood it.

He scratched his head and laughed, "I was just joking, look at you, you still take it seriously."

Only then did everyone take a breath and stroked their chests, feeling a lot more relaxed.

Zhang An lowered his head, returned to his temporary tent with his hands behind his back, picked up a pen, meditated on the table for a moment, and wrote

On September [-]th, the second year of Xuanhe, Zhang An, the governor of the River Management Department, made a memorial.The minister heard that the world is up and down, and it is in the interests of the rivers and canals.Only when the sage is above and the virtuous prime minister is in charge, he will make good and eliminate harm, which is easy to achieve but difficult to abolish.

Today, I saw that the giant wood from Hebei was transported to Mizhou, costing countless money and food, and suffered serious damage along the way. The officials were tired of responding and had to ask for false loans.Not only public and private labor expenses, it is deeply regrettable.

May Tong Ting be merciful, and Xu Chen will dig canals to transport timber, and also dredge the lower reaches of the Yellow River, so as to eliminate the flood in Hebei.Begging for the ruling of the secret court of the three provinces, I would like to record the news and wait for the edict.

After finishing writing, Zhang An looked around to make sure that no one was there, so he pretended to be a thief, and ordered his cronies outside to send it to the post.

"How can this group of short-sighted officials see the benefits of digging the river? The only one in the world is Yang Shaozai, who is my Bole and bosom friend of Zhang An. I have decided to dig the Yunmu River."

In Zhaodefang, Yang Lin hasn't been to Mingtang for three days, nor has he participated in the morning court.

Today's early court is useless, His Majesty the Emperor just wants to have fun in the palace, he can't hear any political affairs in the court, and he doesn't know how to deal with it.

In the outer courtyard of Zhaodefang, Taoist Mei led a group of Taoist boys, followed Yang Lin to finish the morning class, and left early.

When the prime minister Bai Shizhong was not in Mingtang, he came here instead.Because there is an important memorial to report to Yang Shaozai.

Xu Saiyue waited behind him, wearing a white silk double-breasted jacket, a light purple collar, and a light-waisted plain ribbon skirt on her lower body, and a pair of watery apricot eyes on her shining face.Passed a handkerchief, with a hint of fragrance.

Yang Lin wiped off his sweat, looking at Zhang An's memorial, he was a little undecided.

Digging the river is not a small matter, but Zhang An didn't mention the details of digging the river at all. If he was entrusted to do it, how long it would take to complete it, and how much it would cost, he didn't say anything.

"It's a fool how I make a decision." Yang Lin scolded with a smile.

In front of him, Bai Shizhong, who came to discuss the matter, said with a smile, "Nanhai Admiral, I don't know how much money, food and materials have been spent. If there is really this benefit and the cost is not big, digging a canal would not be bad."

Yang Lin nodded, building a navy is not simply building a few warships and then recruiting a group of sailors to finish the job.

In fact, a large and established navy needs flagships, horse ships, grain ships, warships, guard ships, and order ships, as well as warships in all aspects of command, combat, supply, and transportation of the entire huge fleet, as well as water and land warfare. weapon.

Hearing Bai Shizhong's words, Yang Lin couldn't help but sighed a little bit about the expense of the South China Sea Admiral.

Right now there is a shortage of money everywhere, this South China Sea Admiral is like a money-eating monster, but has not yet seen the benefits.

After all, the Champa people will not be defeated in a short while, and the South China Sea trade route does not know what the situation is now. After really trying to open it, will there be enough benefits.

After knocking on the table, Xu Saiyue behind him immediately bent down and poured a cup of ginseng soup warmed in a charcoal cage.

Yang Lin took a sip and said, "Let Zhang An, a stunned young man, come over and come up with a definite plan, and we'll make a decision. As for the South China Sea Navy"

Bai Shizhong's ears twitched, and he looked at Yang Lin intently, waiting for his decision.

Yang Lin's eyes turned hard, and he said, "Send an order to Wu Lin. He has spent so much money, food and materials in the South China Sea, and won so many victories, but the court has not seen any benefit. Let him find a way in the South China Sea, whether it is to rob , or rob, or rob, and get some money back, right? The small country in the South China Sea has always been rude and occasionally attacked, and it can be regarded as advocating kingship and enlightenment."

After Yang Lin finished speaking, she also blushed a little. This was already encouraging her subordinates to colonize.

But there is no way. The most lacking thing for the court at this time is money. As long as this bottleneck period passes, wait for the New Deal to take effect.

Colonization is the best way of primitive accumulation, and it is absolutely necessary to use it when it is a last resort.

Bai Shizhong was also quite embarrassed at first, but when he glanced at Yang Shaozai resentfully, he felt a little bit more confident.

"The small country in the South China Sea is full of treasures. Wu Lin only knows how to fight, so he may not be able to do it well." Yang Lin pondered, "Let Qin Hui go!"

Bai Shizhong was slightly surprised, he didn't expect Yang Shaozai to play such a card, Qin Huizhi was just brought into the hall by himself, and he was about to go out to do this.

Yang Lin didn't think about it, he trusted Qin Hui's ability, this person should have a way of collecting money.Letting him out would harm the natives of the South China Sea and Taiwan, and I didn't feel very distressed.

Seeing that he had no intention of leaving, Yang Lin asked, "Old Bai, is there anything else?"

Bai Shizhong gritted his teeth, and finally said the biggest purpose of today's visit, "Yang Shaozai, and the matter of the Shibo Division. The imperial court has six Shibuji Divisions, but the income is very little. The vacancy of the household department is really too big." "

As soon as Yang Lin heard it, he understood that Shibo was his own at the beginning, and the people under him were inevitably a little arrogant.

It is also very difficult to let them spit out the benefits they have gained. After all, they are heroes around them. Now that they have gained power, Zhang Heng of Mizhou and Huating Xiezhen Jiebao, these people will inevitably rise with the tide and want to get a bigger share of the pie.

No one dared to comment on this kind of thing. Now that the imperial court was so poor, Bai Shizhong had no other choice but to stare at this big piece of meat and shake things up.

Yang Lin stood up, walked back and forth seven or eight times, finally sat down, and said in a concentrated voice, "Go and agree on a new regulation. The formulation of commercial and tax laws, tax laws, tax types, and tax supervision are all in the hands of the Ministry of Households; Tax collection and payment are handed over to the Department of Maritime Ships; mutual market litigation, sea market litigation, and taxation litigation are handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, and the three must achieve mutual checks and balances.

The transaction tax can be divided according to the transaction amount, transaction volume, and local products that are related to the national economy and the people's livelihood, and the local government can directly collect them without having to hand them over to the imperial court and then return them to the imperial court. First, it saves the trouble of collecting and transporting; Local officials embraced this strategy.Spare no effort to promote it, so as not to suffer from the yin and yang of the local government. "

Bai Shizhong was very excited, he didn't expect Yang Shaozai to deal with it so quickly without protecting his weaknesses.As long as Yang Shaozai's method is followed, Shibosi will become a major taxpayer again, and the court's money shortage crisis can be easily overcome.

However, this time is a bit tight, and I don't know whether the implementation process will go smoothly.

Yang Lin added, "Write this into the New Deal and implement it in the shipping departments of coastal cities, but if you are not convinced, just tell me, we can kill chickens for monkeys to see."

Bai Shizhong was completely relieved, clasped his fists and said, "With these words, I will be much more steadfast in my actions. Don't worry, Shao Zai, this matter will definitely live up to Shao Zai's expectations."

Chapter 558 Don't do business properly

After getting up to send Bai Shizhong off, Yang Lin was a little out of sorts.

When the order came to Wu Lin, it was announced that for the small countries and countless islands in the South China Sea, Song Dynasty had become a colonist from a kingdom of heaven.

Even if the method will not be as bloody as the later generations of the West, but relatively mild, it is not something glorious after all.

After thinking about it, this matter is not necessarily a bad thing for them.The natives on the island now live like wild animals, almost in a slave society. As long as what I bring is not massacred, it can be regarded as a hand to them.