Chapter 421 The New Century(1/2)
In fact, Wang Ju didn’t want to scold Fan Chunren. Even if he scolded him, he would have a sense of regret.
If Wang Ju can understand the arguments between war and harmony, there are not many people who can think of the deep-seated reasons for the failure of the Qingli War, and they are even unwilling to think about it. If they can't imagine or are unwilling to think about it, then what they see is the huge harm caused by the Qingli War to the country to the people, so Jing, He, and An occupied the mainstream in the Song Dynasty.
However, Dacheng is just a chess piece, and Fan Chunren couldn't even think of it. Isn't he an idiot?
But it doesn’t matter whether Wang Ju scolded Fan Chunren or not, or whether he ridiculed Cheng Hao by the way. The main reason is that he has too many private goods and too many out of words.
After he said something, some officials were even more impressed, but some officials were even more disgusted.
This doesn’t matter, because the eunuch summoned them and let them enter the palace, and the new century begins!
The prime minister was in front and the officials behind entered the hall according to their respective ranks.
Zhang Dun moved to the back and said, "Zi'an, you said it well."
"Zihou, I can't do it myself."
"The Song Dynasty will definitely have a good era."
Wang Ju smiled slightly.
The new century has begun, but it may not be a beautiful era.
At this moment, Wang Ju's mind suddenly became extremely clear.
The so-called rights are divided into two parts, and part is decision-making and authority.
Just like the real officials and rank officials of the Song Dynasty, no matter how big these two official positions were, the one who really did the job was the official. Therefore, since the time of Zhao Kuangyi, the Song Dynasty began to repeatedly overturn the power, including the official system of the official.
The system of officials in charge turns the power of the director into a temporary system, and the rights will be reduced accordingly. The powers of various ministries and departments overlap, that is, the decision-making and power of the director are expanded and mutually restrained. Therefore, there is a little democratic style.
However, in this way, the government orders naturally could not be smooth. So after the beginning of the Regulation Department, the Song Dynasty gradually "simplified the administration". Simplified administration was not centralized by the prime minister. It also centralized by the emperor. This required the emperor to manage the government, but the emperor would ignore the government. These matters had to be decided by someone, and then they could only fall on the prime minister, and Cai Jing and others appeared.
The second is human.
For example, the governor of Jiangning was Wang Anshi's man, so he would definitely support the reform. From the bottom to the bottom, Jiangning would invisibly become Wang Anshi's territory. However, it was also difficult for the Song Dynasty to control the place through this person. First, the various transshipment envoys and the criminal envoys were just a contributing agency and had no actual control over the army of the state. Second, the number of army of the state in the Song Dynasty was too large, with more than 300, and there was no prime minister able to control the officers of more than 300 states.
Therefore, in the early Song Dynasty, except for Zhao Pu in the Zhao Kuangyin era, there was no super powerful minister.
But now, in order to reform, Wang Anshi had to "simplify administration" and clearly divide the rights. The powers of each ministries were concentrated, including himself. For example, military weapons supervision, it turned out that the Western Prefectures intervened. The three departments intervened, the internal warehouses intervened, and some major prefectures intervened. However, in addition to the local area, the remaining capitals were concentrated together. The benefits of concentration, the rights and responsibilities were clear, and the real accountability system could be achieved. But in this way, fewer constraints were restricted.
Military weapons supervision is not a big problem. It is only responsible for the production and storage of weapons. However, what about the national major policies?
Han Qi disgusted Zhao Xu again.
Therefore, Zhao Xu had the later psychology. If he wanted to reform, he had to give Wang Anshi more rights and more rights. Zhao Xu was even more worried, so he insisted on "disturbing each other" and kept the opposition in the court.
Such a mentality...
Wang Jiefu, are you really ready?
All the officials entered the hall in succession. This dynasty meeting was not as thought by later generations. There were many first people, even if they lived in the dynasty, there were nearly 100 people. There were hundreds of people in this kind of dynasty, and there were actually more Beijing officials, and there were many lower-level Beijing officials who did not even have the qualifications to participate in the dynasty.
Secondly, the greater the dynasty, the closer it is to the formality. Generally speaking, the memorial is handed over to the two governments or the censorate, and then the decision is made through these three departments. If it is of great importance, the three departments will hand it over to the emperor personally for the criticism. In addition, some close ministers have the power to report secretly and directly handed over to the emperor, but not many.
In addition, it is not allowed to violate the court ceremony. For example, Fan Zhongyan asked Wang Zeng, why don’t you care about Lu Yijian? Wang Zeng said the famous saying, “If the ruler wants to return to his own kindness, who will return to his grudges?” Later, I couldn’t bear it anymore. Lu Yijian, let’s die together.
He didn't have to write a letter, but simply came to Zhao Zhen and said that Lu Yijian accepted bribes and formed a clique for personal gain. Lu Yijian said the evidence. Wang Zeng smiled slightly, why do you need evidence? Then he magnified it to the court meeting, which led to a quarrel between Cai Qi and Song Shou. Cai Ting Wang, Song Ting Lu. OK, it was contrary to the court ceremony, and all four chiefs and deputy prime ministers went down!
Therefore, in addition to speaking, real big shots rarely report to court meetings.
I just fear that the "little ministers" will fight with the opportunity, and exchange small for big, and change myself.
Therefore, the meetings of the grand court are often a form. When everyone goes through the formalities, they will disperse and return to their respective ministries to do things.
But this time the dynasty will be somewhat exceptional.
Ministers came in one after another, and several ministers, especially those who spoke out, were preparing to participate in Wang Ju's report.
Before they could speak, Lu Huiqing walked out and held the tardry and said, "Your Majesty, all the roads are always peaceful, and the warehouse is wide, and the money and grain are scattered, so it is not suitable for it. Therefore, it is not profitable. Now, if you want to see Douhu, you will reduce the market price and increase the market price and purchase the food in a low amount. You can redeem the transfer department's tax. If you make money in Shaanxi Qingshou money, you can also exchange it. Still, you can follow the money in Shaanxi Qingshou money. If you want to borrow money in advance, you will be allowed to pay Douhu according to the tax, half as summer material and half as autumn material. If you have the desire to ask for your true nature, or if you take the time price, you will be willing to pay the money from it. If you encounter a disaster, you will be able to pay the next day. Not only can you wait for the trouble of bad luck, but if the people receive the loan, the merger family will not be allowed to take advantage of the new situation. If you encounter a disaster, you will be able to pay the money every day.
If you don't receive information, you will not receive information. Also, Changping, Guanghui's things will be collected and accumulated. You must wait for the year's bad things to be expensive, and then you will be able to go out. You can only go to the city's no-brainers. Now you will have any information on the road, and you will be expensive and conservative, so that farmers can go to the times and make money and prices, so that farmers can go to the times and do things, and those who have merged will not take advantage of the urgent situation. All of this is for the people, but the public has no profit. This is also the intention of the former kings to scatter the money and wealth of the road, and to send officials to the promotion. Each state will select the magistrate, and a member of the magistrate, and the official position will be transferred to the cashier. It will be implemented from Hebei, Jingdong and Huainan first. After the situation is in progress, it will be recommended to all the roads. It will be stored in a wide range. The amount will be left to the elderly, poor and poor, and the remaining amount will be used by Changping's transfer method."
What does this passage mean?
It means that the original lands often close the positions, and Guanghui warehouses are scattered due to poor management and other reasons. The money and grains are scattered, and they are not good at playing their role, and there is no profit to make a lot of money.
This benefit does not refer to the amount of profit, but their original role.
For example, Changhui warehouses are mainly for relief, Changqing warehouses are to regulate prices, and grain is stored in low prices in the bumper years, and grain is expensive in the disaster year, so use this to stabilize the price of grain.
However, due to poor management, the country spends a lot of money on these two types of warehouses every year, but it does not actually help many widows and lonely people and stabilize the food price.
This is the reason for using Changping Position and Guanghui Position.
With this premise, there is a subsequent strategy.
This Miao Tax does not refer to the Qingmiao Tax of the Tang Dynasty. It is even more deceptive. After Emperor Suzong of Tang Dynasty, the treasury was empty and even the official salary could not be paid. Therefore, the state forcibly levied 15 cents per mu of tax from the people, and there were also land money. Twenty-five cents per mu, and later two cents were combined, and thirty cents per mu was levied. It is also known as Qingmiao Money.
It refers to the two taxes in the Song Dynasty.
That is, the transfer departments of various routes must play a good role in the original mechanism of the two warehouses. On this basis, they will withdraw some of the grain from the Changping Warehouse and Changhui Warehouse, and then allocate some money and grain from the two taxes to issue green seedling loans. They will be distributed twice a year. According to the time, as the summer tax or autumn tax arrives, they will be paid together with the tax.
In addition, two precautions were also mentioned. The first one was to encounter disasters and injuries. That is, if you encounter a bad situation at home, you are allowed to pay until the next time the two taxes are well-established. In addition, taking Li Shen’s Qingmiao money as an example, people who are willing to borrow this Qingmiao loan are not forced.
But the following sentence has caused many people to have a toothache: it is not only enough to wait for the danger of bad luck. Since the people receive loans, the merger family will not be allowed to take advantage of the news and not accept the information.
In the year of a major disaster, it is impossible to implement Qingmiao loans, which is an exception. But in normal times, the court is issuing Qingmiao loans. Dear powerful and rich people, you are not allowed to issue any form of usury!
What we talked about later is to open a long-term liquidation position. In the past, the target of the regular liquidation position was mainly the people in the market. Now it is officially launched, buying and selling from everyone at a low price, controlling the price of grain, and the court used it to make up for storage losses and making a little profit.
The second is to promote Changpingsi.
In the past, there were Transport Departments, Criminal Prison Departments and Comfort Departments, and Changping Warehouses had Transport Departments or officials who were selected as staff members in charge of their work. Since Wang Anshi introduced the Qingmiao Law, he also set up two members of the Promotion Office and the Manager of the Hedong, Hunan, Zizhou, Lizhou, and Kuizhou, Jiangxi, Hubei, Chengdu Prefecture, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fujian. He also managed the Qingmiao Loan, Changping Warehouse and Changhui Warehouse.
The Qingmiao Law has not been perfected yet, and the Chief Executive Officer has not been perfected either, so I only said one thing: a member of the magistrate or a lieutenant in each state will be transferred to the cashier.
Also, it is not the Shaanxi Road that the ministers heard about, but the Third Road of Hebei East Huainan.
However, Wang Anshi was also afraid that the officials below would wince their eyes and deliberately said that Guanghui Cang must leave some of the food for the elderly and poor according to the amount, and the rest should be used for the Changping Transfer Method.
Zhao Xu said calmly: "Accurate."
Everyone was silent. Don’t look at Lu Huiqing’s short memorial, the amount of information was too great.
Zhao Xu said again: "Sanqiu."
Everyone retreated in amazement.
Wang Ju also retreated.
Da Su caught up from behind, grabbed Wang Juyi's sleeve and said, "Zi'an, didn't you say it's Shaanxi Road?"
He asked Wang Ju, because Wang Ju had just come down from the regulations and might know the truth.
"Zizhan, I don't know much," Wang Judao said in his mind. Isn't the truth very simple? There are many poor people on Shaanxi Road, can you get money? Not only Shaanxi Road, but also Jingxi Road and Hedong Road, which are slightly depressed, Wang Anshi is not interested in it. Where can they catch up with Jingdong Road and Huainan Road. The entire north is densely populated, and the most developed economy is these three roads.
Everything is for money.
However, Comrade Da Su, it is best to tell him less the truth now.
I want to hear what I think. In a few years, we will be able to tell everything after we come back from Huangzhou.
"How is this so?"
"Brother Zizhan, can the country not allocate money and food to provide disaster relief for the disaster two years ago, and the victims will die for themselves? That's how great it is?"
Lu Huiqing also came over and snorted coldly from the side.
Su Dongpo also snorted coldly and left, but there was disappointment in his eyes, disappointment with Wang Ju.
Lu Huiqing said: "Zi'an. What advice do you have?"
In fact, Lu Huiqing was also a little disappointed with Wang Ju, but what Wang Ju said just now was adding points to Lu Huiqing's heart again.
Moreover, when he and Wang Anshi were talking about Wang Ju, Wang Anshi's evaluation of Wang Ju was three words, which was very wise!
Others think that Wang Ju is showing his sharpness in his work, but Wang Anshi is not. He thinks that Wang Ju's wisdom is almost close to the devil, and this one is similar to Sima Guang. It's just one with an appreciation attitude and the other with a critical attitude.
Wang Ju did not assist Wang Anshi in reforming, and Wang Anshi was not happy. But Wang Ju did not object, and Wang Anshi was not good at saying anything.
But being able to make Wang Anshi say this evaluation shows Wang Ju’s status and response in Wang Anshi’s heart.
Wang Ju whispered: "When you were reading the memorial, I was also listening carefully. The origin of the Qingmiao Law was Li Shen's Qingmiao money. After Wang Guangyuan went to Qizhou, he saw the difficulties of the victims and thought about the financial difficulties of the court. So he adopted a compromise strategy and misappropriated the money and grain of the Transportation Department to lend, with an interest of up to five cents. But why don't the people complain? That was after the disaster. The people had nothing. Although it was five cents of interest, it was much better than the interest of the merger family. Even twenty and thirty cents of interest, and there was no ugly phenomenon of profits. This is an exception. If it was normal, even if it was a cent of profit, the people would not be willing to lend it. I said it was not a forceful way to repay it. Also, if the people did not pay it back, you would not mention it. It would be inevitable that they would be arrested and slack. So I adopted a evasive attitude..."
"An urgent solution."
"Hope is an urgent solution..." Wang Ju shook his head and said. If it was an urgent solution, it would be better.
He paused and said, "Once it is implemented, troubles will inevitably be inevitable. If you listen to my words, I will only say one thing! The highest level of a king is to never add tribute. How is that possible?"
Just like the founding of the Song Dynasty, there was only a few populations, some officials, some officers, some soldiers, and some royal family.
How many officials, soldiers and royal families are there now? If you don’t increase taxes, will you starve to death together?
"It's a dream to never add fu, but after the implementation of the Qingmiao Law, please remember four words and never add profits!"
Lu Huiqing did not say the specific amount of loans, but Wang Ju still remembered some of them. The total amount of money and grain in the three routes was 15 million guan (stone). Because Wang Ju built Zhengbaiqu, the number may be larger now, but not much larger.
This is used as principal to turn the nature of the Changping Warehouse and relief remittances into the nature of the relief loan, that is, the Qingmiao Loan. There are still relief remittances, but they become auxiliary, and relief loans are the main ones.
The interest rate was not mentioned, but it was agreed earlier that it was a two-point profit.
Many people may not see through it. Some say it makes money, while others say it is a benefit to the people. If it is really a benefit to the people, it is really a benefit to the government. But it is impossible. How much money can the poor people collect when they have been issuing them? Second, it is okay for poor people to release them occasionally. If they don’t repay them, they will inevitably cause more disputes. Therefore, after the Qingmiao Law was truly introduced, it was issued in sequence according to households and other places. The more high-loan households, the better. The amount of loans to the real lower-class households and tenants should not exceed 500 documents.
To be continued...