Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 797: My money

Xizhou.

This new year has begun, but the Xizhou border is even more chaotic.

Based on the judgment of the chief judge and Wang Shao's encouragement, basically the merchants in Xihe can go and come back whenever they want. This makes the merchants more confident and makes more money through smuggling.

However, the government's decree caused another problem.

According to the decree of the Zhengshitang, the people in the Xihe area, who had temporary household registration at the beginning, will automatically obtain the Song Dynasty household registration. Of course, the people are very happy, and the foreign businessmen are also very satisfied, because as long as they live here for a few years , after paying the residence tax for a few years, you can obtain a Song Dynasty household registration.

Although this residence tax is the first time that the Xihe government has levied taxes on local people, they are very happy because Wang Shao issued an administrative order and all the money collected will be used to protect merchant trade.

However, the Xihe Imperial Court judged that the Tubo, Qiang, and Dangxiang small tribes who later surrendered to the Song Dynasty were not among them.

The chiefs and village owners came to find Wang Shao.

Didn’t we surrender?

Our territory is now all under the control of the Royal Police. Why can't we obtain household registration?

Who are we?

Orphan?

They are very nervous because now they completely rely on Da Song's protection.

Wang Shao was also very angry about this, so he ran to find Lu Dajun and Fan Zhen.

“Everyone has already surrendered, and they have brought territory and population, so why can’t they be included?”

Wang Shao hated seeing the two of them the most in his life, unable to communicate.

Lu Dajun said: "This is the responsibility of Wang Xuanfu. Your memorial did not mention them. The imperial edict only covers the six states that Wang Xuanfu had previously recovered.

This matter of household registration and territory must abide by the law, and it is not the case that Wang Xuanfu can issue it to whomever he wants. ”

Wang Shao said: "They are returning one after another. It's hard for me to write this. I will write a report to explain this issue immediately, but I can give it to them first to prevent them from having grudges and to put the overall situation first in everything."

Lu Dajun and Fan Zhen looked at Wang Shao without saying a word.

The meaning is obvious, no need to discuss it.

"Okay, okay!"

Wang Shao said angrily: "I don't ask you for help."

After that, he left angrily.

However, this trivial matter did not trouble Wang Shao. He immediately explained clearly to the chiefs that this was all my negligence and forgot to write you in. He will write it now, but before that, I can Use administrative power to sign a subordination agreement with you first.

As long as you are attacked, no matter who the other party is, we will definitely send troops to protect you. We are a family, and your business is my business.

The contract has an unparalleled status in the Xihe area, and everyone abides by it, because if the businessmen here do not abide by this, whoever is more powerful will have the final say. Now the strongest here is Da Song Dynasty, they are a foreign race, they support the public security and law more than the Han people.

This is how to appease these people.

Just after seeing off these village owners and chiefs, Ma Tianhao and Lu Bin suddenly arrived.

"What do you two want?"

Wang Shao asked very enthusiastically.

Although he was also a civil servant, he would rather talk about dawn with Ma Tianhao and Lu Bin Bingzhuye than spend a second with Fan Zhen and Lu Dajun.

Ma Tianhao and Lu Bin looked at each other. Ma Tianhao chuckled: "Envoy Wang Xuan, we just got news."

Wang Shao asked: "What news?"

Ma Tianhao said: "Then Xixia has closed down trade, which has caused some merchants and nobles in Liangzhou, Ganzhou, Suzhou and other places within their territory to be very dissatisfied. After all, most of the merchants from the Western Regions who go there are still They want to trade with our Song Dynasty, so now those merchants from the Western Regions are taking the route further south, and this also affects the finances of those places."

Wang Shao asked: "Are you trying to take the opportunity to sow discord between them?"

Ma Tianhao chuckled: "It's not that simple. Through our detailed work in Xixia, we can provide suggestions to Liangzhou, Ganzhou and other places, so that they can send troops from Liangzhou and other places to destroy the trade between the Western Regions and us? Everyone? Don't think twice, you can even force businessmen to continue on their path."

Wang Shao was surprised, "What do you want to do?"

Lu Bin hurriedly said: "Mr. Wang Xuan, please don't get me wrong. In fact, this strategy is not difficult to imagine, but why have Liangzhou, Ganzhou and other places not done this for the time being?"

Wang Shao said: "Because the tribe over there is dependent on them."

Lu Bin nodded and said: "But after the negotiations between Wang Xuanfu and those tribes, the tribes in the northwest are cooperating with us in trade. After all, they have the advantage. In the past, many merchants did not go there. Go, if Xixia sends troops, those tribes will inevitably turn to us. Then Wang Xuanfu will unite the tribes in the west in the name of protecting trade. This will not only weaken Xixia, but also force Xixia to attack the west. We need to deploy heavy troops to reduce the pressure on our side."

Ma Tianhao said: "In the future, we can also use this to alienate the relationship between Ganzhou and Suzhou and their courts. The businessmen there are also looking for money!"

Wang Shao's eyes flashed sharply. After a while, he laughed and said, "That's a good idea. Haha. Okay, okay, let's do it."

As he said that, he suddenly thought of something, "Just wait a moment."

He turned around and went to the back room, and quickly took out a few articles, "You take them and print them, and then ask the merchants to send them to Xixia."

As soon as Ma Tianhao heard this, he knew that he was promoting the Public Security Bureau. They were already using smuggling and secretly promoting it with some Xixia businessmen.

After all, businessmen like this system.

Wang Shao is a scholar after all, so he prefers this strategy. When he has nothing to do, he writes a few articles himself.

Daming Mansion.

Su Shi and Fan Chunren, who had just arrived here, first met with Song Shouyue, the commander of the Palace Front Division, who was reorganizing their troops here.

"The palace commander should know that the Ministry of Household Affairs has just issued a decree to change the household registration to a new one." Fan Chunren said.

Song Shouyue nodded, but there was confusion in his eyes. What does this have to do with him?

Fan Chunren added: "Our procuratorate will use this name to conduct a general survey of the various forbidden troops in Hebei."

Song Shouyue frowned slightly and said, "This is your duty, why do you have to tell me?"

Su Shi smiled and said: "This is to avoid misunderstandings. I am self-proclaimed. When the current president of the court was the president of Hezhong Prefecture, he established an unwritten principle that the new law will ignore the old affairs.

We are very aware of the situation in the military camp, so we hope that the palace commander will explain to the generals in advance that we are just conducting a re-census, and we will not pursue any previous matters. ”

This refers to empty wages.

Fan Chunren said: "But if we do it again in the future, we will definitely pursue it to the end."

Song Shouyue nodded, but thought in his heart that these two prosecutors were indeed as rumored, and they were not easy to mess with. They planned to use the imperial army to establish their power when they first came here.

But in fact, he is responsible for this. Fan Chunren and Su Shi are not stupid. If Song Shouyue hadn't turned many forbidden troops into royal police, they wouldn't have dared to investigate!

Something went wrong this time.

Although the imperial court issued several military-related arrangements in succession, especially requiring the strengthening of armaments in the Hebei region, it cannot be said to have changed the country's overall strategic policy.

Because this is all about defense, not preparation for sending troops.

However, in the view of the prime ministers, starting from this year, we must pay equal attention to the inside and outside. After all, the tree wants to be quiet but the wind will not stop.

Youdao is that once you are born, you will be familiar with it twice. After a year of running in with the president of the court, Wen Yanbo and the others quickly adapted to this new system, that is, they have to take the initiative, and the power of the Political Affairs Hall is actually greater than their own It's bigger than you can imagine.

Today Wen Yanbo suddenly came to Han Mansion to visit Han Qi.

"Is Mr. Han in good health?"

“It’s still the same!”

Han Qi looked at Wen Yanbo, who was about the same age as him but energetic, with envy in his heart, and asked: "I wonder why Kuanfu is here today?"

"Liao Kingdom."

Wen Yanbo was straightforward.

Han Qi was not surprised. Although he lived in seclusion, he was still aware of the affairs in the DPRK. He said: "My strategy to control the Liao is still the same. Rectify the armaments and strengthen defense, but at the same time try to maintain Friendly relations with the Liao Kingdom."

Wen Yanbo asked: "Is it the same now?"

Han Qi nodded and said: "Although the national power is increasing day by day, and I also know that the officials have arranged for the palace commander to use the name of the royal police to rectify the military discipline in Hebei. But I think that we still have no ability to destroy the Liao Kingdom or recover it. Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures.

To organize such a large-scale war, we need a commander who is good at fighting, but currently our country does not have such a person. In addition, we have no war horses. If we want to attack, the risk is extremely high. If we are not careful, we may make the same mistake again. I, the Song Dynasty, can no longer bear such losses.

Although the offensive is insufficient, if the training of soldiers is strengthened, military discipline is rectified, and the Liao Kingdom is defended from going south, it will be more than enough. Therefore, the final result of going to war with the Liao Kingdom is that both sides will suffer losses, so why bother. ”

Wen Yanbo said: "Does Mr. Han still remember that when Mr. Fan was fighting against Xixia, he proposed a strategy and achieved good results?"

Han Qi pondered for a moment, "Build a fortress and actively defend to defend and destroy the enemy?"

Wen Yanbo nodded, "Yes, the Liao Kingdom is currently in turmoil, and our country's national strength is booming and the government is clear. If both sides suffer, but as long as we can bear it in the end, and they can't, then they will perish. ."

Han Qi said: "But Fan Gong's strategy only weakened Xixia, but did not destroy Xixia. In addition, in the northwest, we can build fortifications based on the terrain, but in Hebei, there is a flat river, which wants to block the entry of the Liao army's cavalry. , is impossible. Even if we can hold key fortresses, this will cause great harm to the people of Hebei."

Wen Yanbo said: "The failure to destroy Xixia is also because Fan Gong's strategy was not implemented thoroughly. As for the people of Hebei, if they do not regain the sixteen states of Yanyun, the people of Hebei will never have peace. Moreover, now we can use The whole country’s financial resources will be used to support Hebei.”

Han Qi said: "I don't think it's the right time yet."

Wen Yanbo said: "But we have to be prepared for this. The Liao Kingdom has repeatedly pushed forward, increased the annual currency, and encroached on our territory. I don't think such a relationship can last for long, so we have to make other plans."

Han Qi stroked his beard and said, "But this is just a strategy."

Wen Yanbo said: "If it can bring down the Liao Kingdom, this is the best strategy."

After coming out of Han Mansion, Wen Yanbo went to the Political Hall again, and the officials below handed Wang Shao's letter to Wen Yanbo.

After Wen Yanbo read it, he thought for a while and said, "Go and invite the Minister of Household Affairs and the Third Secretary."

"Yes."

The highest royal court.

"I didn't expect that the chief judge was so relaxed. The day's work was completed in less than an hour."

Xu Zhiqian put down her pen and stretched.

President Zhang Da was grinding his ink aside, "Wouldn't it be better to relax a little?"

Xu Zhiqian said: "It's better to go home and stay."

"Okay!"

Zhang Fei put down what he was doing and said, "After get off work, go home and see your son."

Xu Zhiqian glared at him: "How can you do this?"

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "No matter how hard I work, I can't make a splash with my own efforts. If the country wants to be strong, it must rely on the system. Nowadays, the Public Security Bureau and the Procuratorate are becoming more and more perfect, and it is time for them to play their part. You can’t rely on me alone for everything, and I don’t have the ability.”

Xu Zhiqian said: "I can't defeat you, you can always find some fallacies to make excuses."

At this moment, a civil servant stood in front of the door and announced that Mr. Zhao asked to see him.

Xu Zhiqian suddenly jumped up and ran to the side to stand.

Zhang Fei laughed and asked the civil servants to invite Zhao Bian.

After a while, Zhao Pian entered the house and bowed to each other. Zhang Fei asked Zhao Pian to sit down again and asked, "I wonder what the reason for Mr. Zhao's visit is?"

Zhao Bian said: "Dengzhou submitted a complaint, and they relied on the judgment of the chief judge of Xizhou businessmen not long ago. I am too old and powerless, so the chief judge has to make a judgment."

After that, he handed over a complaint.

Xu Zhiqian immediately stepped forward and handed the complaint to Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei opened it and saw that it was about a weapons case.

The Security Department of the Song Dynasty in Dengzhou recently seized a crossbow transaction, and the purchaser was a maritime merchant. The Erbi they hired took the judgment of the chief judge on the protection of Xizhou merchants as an example and believed that maritime transport was extremely risky. It is tall and equipped with a strong crossbow for self-protection.

Zhang Fei said: "If I remember correctly, our government has relatively loose control over weapons."

Xu Zhiqian rolled her eyes quietly, how embarrassing!

Zhao Bian said: "In the past, it was relatively loose. Sticks, knives, bows and spears could all be traded. However, in the homes of common people in Kyoto, no private weapons were allowed.

However, with the popularity of police stations, the provisional law has stricter controls in this area. Although transactions are still allowed, both merchants and buyers must register. But whether it was before or now, crossbows and armor were strictly prohibited. ”

Zhang Fei pondered for a while and asked, "What do you think, Mr. Zhao?"

Zhao Bian said: "Although the maritime merchants are right, crossbows are indeed very beneficial to ship warfare, but they will also threaten national security."

Zhang Fei thought for a while and said: "I will send people to consult the naval generals later. If they can prove the necessity of the crossbow for maritime transportation and confirm that the crossbow is only used to protect maritime transportation, I will They are also inclined to acquit them because outside, they can only protect themselves."

Zhao Bian said: "What about national security?"

Zhang Fei said: "That is an issue that the political affairs hall should consider. Nowadays, maritime trade has increased a lot of tax revenue for our country. The court must also provide protection to those maritime merchants, so of course this policy must be changed."

At this moment, Li Si suddenly came to the door and winked at Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei just nodded slightly, knowing that it must be someone from the palace.

Zhao Pian understood this and said, "Since the Chief Justice is very busy, I will not disturb the Chief Justice."

Zhang Fei said: "When this matter is found out, we will go to the Legislative Council to discuss it with Mr. Fu."

Zhao Bian nodded.

After Zhao Pian left, Zhang Fei assigned the task to Xu Zhiqian, and then hurried to the palace.

When they came to the attic, they saw Zhao Xu pacing back and forth, seemingly very angry.

"Zhang San has met His Majesty."

"No need to be polite."

Zhao Xu waved his hand and continued to pace.

After seeing this, Zhang Fei asked curiously: "What is it that makes His Majesty so angry?"

Zhao Xu threw the memorial in front of the door in front of Zhang Fei, "Read it for yourself."

"Yes."

Zhang Fei picked up the memorial and saw that it was the memorial handed over by Wen Yanbo, which involved three suggestions.

The strategy of destroying Liao.

Territory law.

Military Pay Act.

Zhang Fei asked: "Although some of this is debatable, it won't make His Majesty so angry, right?"

"Can you look at things carefully?"

Zhao Xu was so angry that his face turned red.

"Yes."

Zhang Fei looked at it carefully again and then discovered something fishy inside.

The reason lies in the final military pay bill. The military pay bill is to increase the pensions and pensions of soldiers in the border states. The money comes from the internal treasury, but Zhang Fei thinks this will not make Zhao Xu angry. , because the internal treasury has this function, but one of them is to require the emperor to disclose the accounts of the internal treasury, so that the national finances can be planned in a unified way at critical moments.

"Your Majesty is angry because of the internal library, right?"

"Although the national strength has been growing rapidly in recent years, there are still many things that have not been completed. The public security law has not been popularized in Shu, Huguang and other regions, so they are eyeing my inner treasure. It is really unreasonable."

Zhao Xu felt both aggrieved and angry.

Zhang Fei immediately said: "Your Majesty, just ignore them. What are they doing with the money in the inner treasury?"

Zhao Xu sat down and said, "None of these old ministers are good. They are now demanding the treatment of border state soldiers. This is to deal with the Khitan. Of course it is reasonable. Now is the time to use troops. , if I don’t agree, then who will resist the Khitan?”

Zhang Fei said: "Then agree to increase military pay, but not disclose the internal treasury accounts."

Zhao Xu waved his hand, sat down, and said excitedly: "It's not that simple, don't you understand?"

Zhang Fei was confused, "I, I..."

He really can't understand.

"You have to consider this in conjunction with the first two suggestions."

Zhao Xu said: "The policy of destroying Liao, the territorial law, and the disclosure of internal treasury accounts actually mean that we must be tougher on the Khitan and not retreat. At the same time, they are also on guard against me."

Zhang Fei looked at Zhao Xu doubtfully.

Zhao Xu said: "You really don't understand, or you are pretending not to understand."

Zhang Fei said aggrievedly: "I really don't understand."

"You."

Zhao Xu said: "The territorial law is to prevent me from secretly ceding land to the Liao Kingdom, and the disclosure of the internal treasury is to prevent me from secretly giving money."

"Huh?"

Zhang Fei was shocked and said angrily: "Who do they look down on?"

Zhao Xu said: "Isn't that right? They are simply insulting me."

Zhang Fei said: "This is an unfounded charge. Your Majesty does not need to pay attention to them." But he was thinking in his heart, why are they so guarded against the emperor? It seems that the Zhao family has done this kind of thing before.

After hearing this, Zhao Xu felt a little guilty, "This is just the reason why I am angry, but there is another point that makes it difficult for me to refute. Speaking of which, it is all your fault."

Zhang Fei looked innocent and said: "Your Majesty, what does this have to do with me?"

Zhao Xu said: "You helped me plan it at the beginning. Try to collect commercial taxes from various places to the internal treasury, and agricultural taxes to the national treasury. Now that the finances of various places are increasing, it seems that there is more."

Zhang Fei asked curiously: "That's too much. How much too much?"

Zhao Xu fidgeted with three fingers timidly.

Zhang Fei said: "Three million strings?"

Zhao Xu said: "If it's three million strings, can they care about it?"

"Thirty million strings?" Zhang Fei said in surprise.

Zhao Xu nodded.

"Why so many?" Zhang Fei said:

Zhao Xu said sarcastically: "When the Ordinance Department of the Second Government was abolished, Academician Wang transferred all the benefits from the New Deal from Sinong Temple and Taifu Temple to the Neizang Treasury. In the past three years, local taxes Income has surged. Although the new tax law is calculated based on total income, when filing taxes, they will indicate the source of income. Therefore, the Third Department and the Taxation Department still calculate all taxes that previously belonged to the internal treasury into the internal treasury. Those There were not many tax items before, so no one cared about it, but now it is almost becoming the main tax revenue."

Zhang Fei said depressedly: "Your Majesty, you are so rich, and you asked me to pay for the construction of military equipment supervision in the northwest."

Zhao Xu immediately said: "Isn't this what you asked for?"

"Me." Zhang Fei thought about it and said: "Forget it, I want so much money anyway, it's of no use. I might as well give it to His Majesty and use it to expand the territory."

Zhao Xu hummed: "I save all this money to expand my territory, not for my own enjoyment. As you know, many ministers in the DPRK are conservative and unwilling to fight."

Zhang Fei nodded, "Of course I understand His Majesty's difficulties, but I can't help much with this matter, and the Supreme Court cannot interfere with the finances of the Neicangtreasury."

Zhao Xu sighed: "It would be great if everyone thought like you. Just tell me, should I disclose the accounts of the internal treasure trove?"

Zhang Fei immediately said: "To be fair, whether this should be done or not depends entirely on your own opinion, Your Majesty."

Zhao Xu was silent for a while and suddenly asked: "What do you think of this strategy to destroy Liao?"

Zhang Fei said: "I think this is completely consistent with our plan, and it is also the best strategy, because our country has always been short of war horses, and the Liao Kingdom occupies a favorable terrain and financial resources cannot make up for this. The risk of attacking is too high. .

War is extremely depleting of national strength. Once the power of the Liao Lord is weakened, he will be unable to suppress domestic instability. Coupled with our infiltration, this may be our only choice. ”

The Han and Tang Dynasties had the advantages of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and the Song Dynasty also had the advantages of the Song Dynasty. If the Song Dynasty wanted to fight like the Han and Tang Dynasties, Zhang Fei had no confidence at all.

Based on previous battles, they were often cut off and then directly surrounded and annihilated.

The war horse is still very crucial.

Zhao Xu struggled for a while and said: "But once the accounts of the internal storage library are made public, then our actions in Xixia will be known to them."

Zhang Fei said: "It doesn't matter. Opening the accounts does not mean that Your Majesty loses the right to use it. Your Majesty can allocate this part of the tax revenue to the expenditure of the Security Department of the Song Dynasty. As for the details, set it to the highest If it’s confidential, then they won’t be able to find out.

In addition, His Majesty can also stipulate that only tax revenue accounts will be published, and His Majesty's income from gold and silver mines and farms in various places will not be disclosed. ”

Zhao Xu nodded slightly.

Although he is unwilling at all costs, Wen Yanbo, an old fox, wants to disclose the accounts of the internal treasury to defend against foreign enemies. Didn’t you say that the purpose of saving money is to fight the war? That’s fine, let’s do it. You can do it. After the accounts are published, we will do unified planning, and you will receive all the money into the internal treasury. How will the country formulate a unified strategy?

The key is that the collection is indeed a bit too much.

Zhang Fei suddenly thought of something, "Your Majesty, I happen to have a way to make money here. It is best for your Majesty to do it."

Zhao Xu hurriedly asked: "What is the way to make money?"

Zhang Fei said: "Selling weapons."

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