According to Song Lu, it is necessary to be executed if so many smuggled.

But Zhang Xingguan looked at Sun Gu with a pitiful look and thought to himself, who is this stupid turtle? It seems that he is not young.

However, before the Song Dynasty, their vocation was ready, including the possibility of making things difficult for someone. Therefore, Zhang Xingguan glanced at Sun Gu and said calmly: "Your Majesty, this is the case. Last year, I didn't bring many commercial goods to the Maritime Warehouse Department. There are two reasons. In order to resettle the migrant people and provide various support at the request of the prince, we built a lot of ships, which caused a lot of expenses. Therefore, precious wood, coral, and spices were violently mined. But when the people began to migrate, they had to consider their descendants, so they stopped mining last year."

"In addition, at the request of the prince, we will organize merchant ships to go directly to Dashi for transactions in order to exchange for a large amount of gold and silver. It will be of great use when the prince said that it will even make the Song Dynasty extremely prosperous. The Song Dynasty is the master, the other shore is the auxiliary, the Song Dynasty is the mother, and the other shore is the son. The more prosperous the Song Dynasty is, the more it is conducive to the prosperity of the other shore."

This is easier to understand.

Moreover, Wang Ju often instills his "new economic ideas" in everyone.

These maritime merchants did not want to make money from the people. The profit came from trade. Whether it was planting, breeding, fishing, animal husbandry, processing, spice and jade, they could only be transported to the Song Dynasty by ships to make money.

The more rich people in the Song Dynasty, the faster their production will be sold and the higher the price will be.

Don’t ask about the Dashi, the countries of India or Japan. These countries combined together may not be as much as the trade volume of the Song Dynasty.

Zhang Xingguan continued: "So we will sell the main commercial ships to Dashi for sale, so... Your Majesty, look at this chart."

The earliest and perfect sea chart was painted by Wang Ju based on his memory.

But don't take it seriously, the error is too big, and even many large island kings have not been drawn in.

However, later, the islands and coastlines gradually became accurate based on the continuous comparison of this chart. At least most coastlines can be used as reference.

This is just one of each chart, and there are many charts of specific terrain, but there is no need to bring them here.

The bottom of the sea map is fine silk. It is not just in the solemn morning hall, so Zhao Xu asked Zhang Xingguan to lay it on the ground and spread it out.

Everyone looked at the chart together.

The east side of the chart reached the later New Zealand Island, but the two huge continents on the other side were not on this chart.

However, the place we arrive on the west side is even more distant, covering almost half of Europe.

These are the European maps brought by various seamen from Dashi, and then pieced together to form a whole "most half of the sphere" map. Therefore, not only Dashi, but also the territory of most of Europe, but also the territory of Liao, Goryeo, Japan, and the Song Dynasty.

In other words, almost 90% of the relatively developed areas of civilization are marked on this map.

"Your Majesty, please look at this slender bay entrance. In the northwest of it are the countries of Daqin called by the people of the Tang Dynasty. In fact, there are many countries, including Dashi and other countries. These countries mostly use gold and silver coins as currency. Originally, most of the maritime merchants in our dynasty only arrived in the South China Sea countries, and few ships actually went to Dashi for trading. Only by entrusting by the princes and princes, we officially opened up trade with the other shore."

We are not smuggling, but we are suspending mining, and transporting it to Dashi for transactions. Why are we going to trade? We are preparing to provide a large amount of gold and silver to the Song Dynasty!

Sun Gu was so excited that he said sternly: "Take it seriously? Your Majesty, please ask the minister to investigate this case."

Can this be checked?

A brief look at it can find n pieces of evidence.

Wang Ju walked out and said sternly: "Mr. Sun, so what if you are a private businessman? Don't forget, during the drought, who spent countless money and shipped ships of grain to the north. How much money and grain have they funded over the years? After all, it's just for money. But you won't settle this account!"

"Sun Qing, you retreat. Wang Qing, you retreat too." Zhao Xu said.

But more than a dozen seamen were a little turbulent. They ignored the fact that this place was Yanhe Hall. Standing on both sides were the top ministers of the Song Dynasty, and there was an emperor on it, and they began to whisper.

Zhao Xu thought for a while and said, "You are here to work hard. I will prepare a banquet in the palace. Let's wash away the dust for you."

In fact, Zhao Xu sent someone to investigate secretly a few years ago.

There were hundreds of sea passengers who went to the other side, most of them were merchants in Quanzhou. It was the benefit of Wang Ju's visit to Quanzhou. Generally speaking, the Song Dynasty is not strict in the management of household registration, so Wang Ju took advantage of the loophole and sent people to do something secretly, so there was the information Zhao Xu had inquired about.

These merchants had been operating maritime trade for a long time, and at the beginning they mostly used boats to go overseas.

This boat trip also needs to go to the government to register.

However, the regulations are regulations, and how many people have followed them seriously.

Many ships even go to sea or return and do not register at all, otherwise they will be disconnected.

These people have been overseas for a long time, so the governments of various states are not very clear about their situation.

Later, Wang Ju arrived in Quanzhou. Perhaps because of Wang Anshi's market change, he forced Wang Ju to hand over the soju workshop. He was furious and sold the bamboo paper workshop to the Gao family, and then he had the idea of ​​developing the other side. Just as the merchants also completed the accumulation of original wealth, so a huge fleet of ten merchants in Yanzhou began to develop the other side.

At the beginning, it may have been mainly for wealth, as Wang Ju said. However, as the migration of people increased, the focus of these merchants moved from the Song Dynasty to the other side. They almost migrated their families, and those who stayed in the inland were only managers, economic people or servants.

In other words, the state machinery of the Song Dynasty was not very binding on them.

Maritime smuggling is a normal state. Nine ships may smuggle in ten ships to avoid the removal of the Maritime Bureau. Therefore, whenever a sea ship takes the initiative to enter the port, the Maritime Bureau officials will personally welcome him and hold a banquet to entertain him.

And this map.

The state has little binding force, and smuggling is the norm. This map means that these seafarers can completely avoid the Song Dynasty and trade with Japanese, Goryeo, South China Sea countries, India, Dashi and some countries with strange names.

But now the court hopes that these seafarers will pay taxes on their own initiative, cooperate with the imperial court to send officials to govern, and prepare for the large amount of gold and silver that the banking department must prepare in the future.

Sun Gu was stubborn, Zhao Xu was not stupid. He knew clearly that today was the main one, and the Song Dynasty was the auxiliary one.

It was not because the hikers asked for help from the Song Dynasty, but the Song Dynasty had to win over the hikers.

Smuggling is inevitable, and what these merchants are saying is not false. However, after saying this, everyone has a way out.

If Sun Gu holds it and continues to blame it, he will undoubtedly anger these seamen. And whispering to each other is a bad signal.

That's why Zhao Xu said he would invite them to the palace.

As he said that, he walked down from the dragon throne, came to Sun Gu, and whispered: "Sun Qing. Put the overall situation first."

Stop making trouble.

If it weren't for his words, Sun Gu would have really argued again.

Palace banquets are normal. Not only in the Song Dynasty, but also in any previous dynasty, the emperor often left ministers to have dinner in the palace.

But what is left is the minister, not the merchant, so how can this be?

Zhao Xu said something, causing him to shut his mouth, but his eyes were full of angrily open. He was very uneven.

Wang Ju whispered: "The clown jumping."

Cai Que laughed.

Anyway, it has nothing to do with him, just watch the show. I don’t know if it will be Wang Juhuo fighting against Sun Gu or Sun Guhuo fighting against Wang Ju.

Come to a door hall behind.

The eunuchs in the palace were preparing meals, and the banquet began for a while.

Zhao Xu asked the group of seamen to sit down.

Everyone looked at each other.

Zhao Xu said, "This is the gate hall, there are not so many rules, please sit down."

He has a gentle attitude.

These maritime merchants seemed very moved and sat down in panic.

Zhao Xu looked at Zhang Xingguan again. He saw that the group of people was undoubtedly led by this person, and then asked: "Zhang Qing, I asked you. You have selected some officials..."

"Your Majesty, the Caomin has the courage to select officials, not officials, but cadres, and only His Majesty can appoint officials."

Zhao Xu laughed silently, officials were a good cadre. What is the difference? And what is the difference between this province, city, township, and township and roads? This is just a cover-up of the bell.

But he was also negligent, so that if you cover it up like this, you won’t be able to catch the handle.

"Okay, then how much salary do you pay for this cadre?"

"Your Majesty, it is divided into four levels. The provincial level is just an idea. The area on the other side is too large. Wherever more than two million people are scattered, the area occupied is only one percent. Therefore, it is just settlements and has not really been connected into a large area. In addition, it is divided into four provinces, and some provinces have exceeded the area of ​​our Song Dynasty, so it does not work at all."

In fact, provincial officials and institutions have been established, and central-level management agencies may be established in the future.

But this cannot be said. It already belongs to the core area of ​​the other shore's rights. If the Song Dynasty knew about it and would have sent officials to enter, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Therefore, although the provincial system was established, it was on the other side, and only core officials at the municipal level or above knew about this matter, and ordinary people did not know it.

Zhao Xu was even more unclear. He came to his mind about the area of ​​large and small islands on the other side. Then, compared with the territory of the Song Dynasty, it was indeed too large.

So Zhao Xu didn't doubt this thought.

"So what is the salary of cadres at the municipal level...?"

"Your Majesty, the annual salary and benefits of municipal-level cadres are about 600 trump card, and the deputy-level cadres are about 300 to 500 trump card. Town-level cadres are about 200 to 300 trump card. Each clerk is about 50 to 100 trump card. If the village chief is a villager, he will be tax-free and some subsidies, if he is a higher position, he will be about 100 trump card."

"So little?" Zhao Xu murmured.

This municipal cadre is undoubtedly a state-level official. In the Song Dynasty, the average salary and benefits of a prefecture in various states exceeded 1,000 guan. At the town level, that is, the county level, the average official was about 400 guan.

It means that if the Song Dynasty sent officials to govern in the future, the court would have to pay additional salaries. Otherwise, such a low salary would risk going to such a faraway overseas, who would be willing to go?

In fact, this salary was considered repeatedly by Wang Ju.

The salary seems to be low, but compared with the Song Dynasty, the prices there are relatively low, just like the housing prices in Beijing. An ordinary house may cost two or three guan, but at most it costs more than a dozen guan.

Also, it was not that the officials of the Song Dynasty were not paid enough, just like Su Dongpo went to Huangzhou to sell paper bags and farmed by himself, but he barely supported his family. He also took a boat to the Yangtze River and sighed: The river goes east, the waves wash away...

Maybe Zhang Zai was in Yunyan County. His salary was pitifully small, but he also supported the family and also supported the county school.

However, if you spend money on your life and money, you will be rewarded with 10,000 yuan a year. This is not enough.

Is the officials who are living in the world what Wang Ju wants?

Moreover, the officials in the Song Dynasty were very well paid by ordinary officials, but senior officials. Just like Wang Ju himself now has more than 20,000 yuan in various salary plus benefits per year. As for Wen Yanbo, it is even more scary. Maybe Wang Ju’s salary is three or four times that of the US president, and it is twenty times the annual salary of the US president. Is this normal?

Of course, the salary will increase in the future.
To be continued...