Zhao Xu's face suddenly became cold and said, "Wang Ju, I went to Sansi a few times ago. What do you think I saw? The national treasury actually owed more than 160 million yuan. In order to cover up the ugliness, some people even called it "the capital did not make any reservations."

"So much?" Wang Ju was deliberately surprised.

In fact, isn’t it just a fiscal deficit? There is a saying in later generations that those who can borrow money can only make money, but those who dare not borrow money will never make money. Which country does not have a fiscal deficit?

But indeed, this deficit is a little bit serious.

"What's funny is that in order to calm the country, I have to pretend to be nothing."

“This is a must.”

"I also know it's necessary, but how do I do it?"

"Your Majesty, I ask, how much does the country earn in a year now?"

"One hundred million, sometimes ten thousand million, not ten thousand million."

"I know that if there are bunches, stones, pounds, liang, etc., it can be converted into more than 80 million guan of coins."

"It's about the same."

"Then I will ask again, how much is the annual fiscal revenue of the Tang Dynasty?"

"That's right, I can't figure out how to use so much money? There were some disasters in the past few years, but there were wars. I can't say that there was no, it was the battle you fought with Cai Ting, but how much money did that cost?"

"Your Majesty, don't worry, as long as you have this income, it's easy to do. I have some strategies."

Wang Juxian told the elite military tactics he and Zhang Qi. In fact, it is different from the general's military tactics. Wang Anshi's military tactics are, first, to simplify soldiers for elite soldiers, and second, to select generals so that generals can know soldiers and generals. For example, the Hebei War Zone is divided into thirty-seven generals. Each general has a large number of people, while the few are only two or three thousand.

It played some role, but the Song Dynasty still valued culture over military affairs. It had little effect.

Moreover, once a general is set, there will be controversy, and it is not Wang Ju's job for the time being.

Therefore, it is mainly about elite troops and simplifying soldiers. He also said it to Zhao Xu once, and now it is more comprehensive, including some of his ideas, such as the idea of ​​the conscript system.

"Is the injunction bad?"

"Your Majesty, if you don't practice, in terms of combat effectiveness, the two battalions of imprisonment soldiers are not as good as the first battalion of Poches," Wang Ju replied honestly.

Speaking of this, he suddenly understood.

I have been thinking about why the powerful Western Army could not do it when it arrived at the battlefield in Hebei. Can’t we adapt to the local conditions?

This explanation is inappropriate. They are all in the north, and the difference in the sea level is not very big. If the Tubo people descended from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, they can still be said to be oxygen-rich. What oxygen-rich will the Shaanxi people go to Hebei?

Therefore, this water and soil cannot be explained.

Now I think of the real reason.

The reason why the Western Army is powerful is that it is mixed with many fierce Fanluo and Poche, which becomes powerful. But when it comes to the battlefield in Hebei, it has nothing to do with the Poche Fanluo. However, if you pull these two military branches, it may be stronger than the imperial guards in the capital. But in fact, it can no longer be called a powerful military branch.

This principle is the same as Geshuhan, Gao Xianzhi, Feng Changqing and others. Not that they can't defeat An Lushan, but their elite subordinates are in the Western Regions and Qinghai. They are using Chang'an's fancy Yulin Army and the civilians. How can they not defeat?

Later, the people gradually became familiar with the war, and with the command of Guo Ziyi and others, they slowly saved the situation.

However, the cause of the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty was quite obvious. The Song Dynasty was more obscure. Including myself, I experienced the Battle of Dashun City. It took me so long to figure it out.

It is not that the people in Hebei and Hedong cannot use it. After all, peace has been long. If a stalemate is formed and after ten years of training, the Jin people will not be able to go south again, but before they grow up, the Jin people have already broken Kaifeng City.

In addition, the water of the Yellow River was flowing, and Hebei became flattering, which was more conducive to the Jin people going south.

Thinking of this, he said again: "Your Majesty, the forbidden soldiers are no longer worthy of use. But the north is the real strong enemy. If the forbidden soldiers are unusable, the north will not organize a powerful border army in time. If something happens in the north and Hebei is flat, our dynasty will be in danger. The tenth* will become the second Western Jin Dynasty, drifting to the south, and then the country will be destroyed. This problem is more serious than that of more than 160 million."

"As you said, the forbidden soldiers are moving outside the city, and now they are densely populated, where are they moving?"

"Have your Majesty seen the son of the minister and Zhang Zhifu?"

"I've seen it, oh, I know, are you talking about silting fields?"

"Your Majesty is wise, it is the silt field. Although the capital is crowded, there are many saline-alkali lands that are not cultivated. Once water is discharged, many barren lands will become fertile soil again. And they are near the capital, not on the border. Once the country has something to do, there is enough time to calmly transfer to the capital to protect the safety of the capital."

"Yanyun is immortal, and the capital will never be safe."

Wang Ju was silent. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty guarded the country's gates. Although it sounded powerful, Wu Qi said that the country was in virtue but not in danger, and it was not unreasonable. But in this era of cold weapons, the geographical environment really is not important?

If you count, you can find some shortcomings in Chongzhen, but like Zhao Xu at this time, he was also anxious. At least he is not a foolish monarch, why did the country perish? Who can guarantee that his personal morality is so virtuous that he does not pay attention to danger?

After a long time, Wang Jucai said, "The Northern Territory is powerful, so our dynasty should come step by step."

The Xixia world cannot be cleaned up, so it’s still Yanyun.

"By the way, are you going to sell land to raise funds?"

"I have this plan. Once the measurement is completed, I plan to do this so that I can raise more money."

"It's not appropriate. I'm short of money. I'll save it. But I can't sell it. Wang Ju, do you know that during the Zhenzong period, the country had more than 5 million hectares of land, but now it's only 2 million hectares. I really can't think about it, and I can't even sleep well when I think about it."

In fact, the hidden fields began to be hidden during the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty. Why did the hidden fields not pay taxes? But it was not serious at that time. To this day, the real arable land area in the Song Dynasty would only expand, and even one million hectares were expanded. There were too many people, so they had to compete for fields with mountains, seas, lakes, rivers, and various fields, even tied up on rafts, lay soil on it, put it in the rivers, and plant rice and vegetables.

That's why there was a joke. An ordinary person ran to the magistrate and said, "Minister, my vegetable garden was stolen by someone." The magistrate said he was confused. If it was about the same thing as stolen vegetables, how could he steal this vegetable garden?

I really stole it. It was this kind of floating field, where I made a vegetable garden on the floating field, and a rope was tied to the shore. As a result, someone untied the rope and stole the vegetable garden.

However, a new problem has come. Those who dare to hide the land are truly powerful households, including scholars and relatives of the country, and those who dare not hide the land are pitiful ordinary people. However, the two taxes in the country cannot be reduced. Now it is better, and taxes have been imposed several years in advance. Therefore, Zhao Xu said: "It seems like the story of the Tang Dynasty."

What's the story? It's that the people are unwilling to be the masters, and they all hand over the land under the powerful to become tenants. If this continues, the hidden land will become heavier and heavier. However, the two taxes cannot be reduced, so they desperately pay the poor people. If there is another major disaster, then Huang Chao and Zhang Jiao will come out together.

But even Bao Zheng dared not investigate this problem, so Zhao Xu did not make things difficult for Wang Ju, and turned to the topic again: "Give it to the Poche Army or the wing soldiers, how much farmland do you think you can get?"

"Some of it is used to compensate for labor, and if a large water weir is built, it will inevitably flood some farmland. If possible, the cultivated land that can be handed over to the Poche Army will not exceed 10,000 hectares. If all of it is handed over to the Poche Army, 30,000 Poche Army can be resettled."

"There are too many. The Poche army must focus on combat training. Once there is too much farmland, they will hit the farmland, which may be counterproductive. Let's do this, a soldier will be placed in one hectare of farmland."

Wang Ju thought in his mind that although the land had decreased, it was a fertile land. Besides, the court continued to distribute money, and the family could still maintain living standards of food and clothing. So he nodded: "It's OK."

Don’t underestimate its significance. Forty thousand Poches and wing soldiers were placed in an instant. Even if these troops are under treatment, as long as they are placed, the court does not have to distribute grain and silk. Forty thousand soldiers can save the court 700,000 jin of military expenses in a year!

But it is nothing in the series of plans that Wang Ju just mentioned. Of course, now we are just talking about how to do it, and we also need to obtain the consent of various bosses, and there will be quarrels. But as long as it is implemented, the army's combat effectiveness will be stronger, the income of soldiers' families will increase, and the country may save more than 15 million jin of military expenses every year.

This is the first thing Wang Ju said, and Wang Ju continued to say the second thing: "The imperial examination is about to be released, right?"

"It's almost there. If you stay in the capital, you will see the grand event in Donghuamen."

"No, I will go back to Beijing and explain that I will return to Shaanxi tomorrow. But I still remember that last year the late emperor issued an edict, which was limited to no more than 200 Jinshis per term, and the number of subjects in the Ming Dynasty should not exceed the number of Jinshis. Your Majesty, please implement it. Moreover, with the late emperor's edict, Your Majesty will not be too obstructed."

"Red-official?"

"It is redundant officials. This is the biggest secret of the success of Xianping's governance. Simplify administration, reduce the number of officials, simplify and smooth government orders, save unnecessary waste and waste. One is to limit the number of imperial examinations and Jinshi, and the other is to reduce the number of subsidies. Then, the prefectures and counties are merged, some small prefecture military supervisors, and some small counties, such as Yunyan County, can be cut and reduced one by one and gone to other states. Taizong Taizu killed many corrupt officials, rather than what the scholars and officials said that the punishment of the scholars and officials was not enough to be punished, and Zhenzong could not bear to kill people.

So he convicted private crimes, and those who had private crimes should not be used more. So Wang Qinruo accepted some small bribes and was ridiculed by the ministers. However, Fan Zhongyan set the precedent for Chenliuqiao, and the country paid less attention to private crimes. If corrupt officials were not punished, how would the country manage them? Therefore, corrupt officials, old officials, incompetent officials, and sick officials were persuading them to retreat one by one. In less than five or six years, redundant officials would be punished, and the salary alone would save more than five million yuan. And simplifying administration would bring greater effects."

"The third is Fangchang River Ferry."

It means to contract all the losses of Fangchanghedu to private individuals, but not the previous levy. First, sending the envoy from the capital, must be from the capital. Otherwise, they can collude with local tyrants to make an assessment of Fangchanghedu in each prefecture and county, and then openly bid. The bidder goes to each prefecture and county to get a license plate, then write the bid price on paper and throw it into the copper pot. The final price is higher.

First, throw away these unnecessary burdens, and second, it can save a large number of clerks and craftsmen and reduce pressure on the people. As for how private people operate, it has nothing to do with the court.

But Wang Ju also said one thing by the way: "I presented gunpowder. Han Gong was afraid of leaking secrets, so he locked the formula in Zhongshu. But can he really keep the secret? It came out, and it was used by the state, especially for mining and road construction. In fact, the problem was not big. In order to enhance its power, thick oil paper is wrapped on the outside, and Taoist talismans can be drawn on the thick oil paper, and some cheap things are stuffed into the oil paper interlayer, which is a mystery. Then it depends on the amount of distribution to various mines. If it is a private mine, it can be used to distribute it. If the two are combined, one will have to lose the contract fee and the other will increase the income, then it can increase the income of the country by 8 million to 10 million yuan every year. Your Majesty, if you work hard and love the people, the country's economic situation will improve within five years. There will be a great governance in ten years."

"Save unnecessary waste, for example, I sacrificed the heavens in the southern suburbs of winter solstice, praying for God to have the virtue of life and bless me in the Song Dynasty. However, since Renzong, there was often a sacrifice in two years. The sacrifice itself would not cost much money, but according to court rules, every time the southern suburbs of heaven, I would have to reward the world. The treasury would often allocate more than 10 million and 20 million to reward ministers and soldiers, and give lenient gifts to the people. If the country's finances are sufficient, this can be done to make the people of the world return to their hearts. But now the court is in a difficult situation, it must be moderately reduced. Even if it reduces twice, it will save at least 20 to 30 million. More than 160 million is a lot, but this will save seven or eight times, and it will make up for it in a few years. And it can also correct some bad policies by taking advantage of this crisis."

What Wang Ju said was improvement, which was very similar to the Xianping Governance. Either the reduction of the number of subsidies would be somewhat controversial, and the rest could be easily implemented.

Because the hole is too big, it is impossible to take effect as quickly as the Xianping rule. However, in ten years, the situation will all improve and the deficit will be broken.

But there are many problems, such as such a huge hidden land, the unfairness of commercial taxes, the shortcomings of service, and the emergence of various powerful people.

However, these are too troublesome. When you touch them, you will poke a hornet's nest, and Wang Ju doesn't want to say it.

If you can touch it, that is reform and revolution!

Zhao Xu carefully recalled that no matter what, Wang Ju pointed out a way out, so he became happier the more he thought about it, and said, "Wang Ju, it's a pity that you are too young."

"Yes, I heard that Your Majesty ascended the throne, and I still thought at that time, at least Your Majesty can let me enter the hall."

"You, someone else entered the pavilion to let me know. If I can get to know and become familiar with it, I will use it in the future. Why do you have to do it? Let me leave tomorrow?"

"kindness."

"Let's do this, I will issue an edict later to give you the title of Shaanxi Field Envoy."

This official position is much higher than the official affairs of Zheng Baiqu, and has a wider jurisdiction, but it cannot be taken seriously. The main position is Zheng Baiqu, just like Cheng Fang's official position is Zheng Baiqu's military farming chief, but it is not a military farming chief, but Zheng Baiqu water conservancy chief. But with this position, it means that Yang Pan's official position is above Yang Pan's official position.

"I will accept it." Wang Ju said.

He must be the Lord, otherwise it will be difficult to deal with later.

But this matter was not great at all. No matter what, he and Yang Pan had a gap.

Wang Ju pointed out a way out, and Zhao Xu also relaxed and said, "Last year, I heard that you had a great victory, and my aunt learned to dance at home to the Lanling King's formation song." (To be continued)
Chapter completed!