Chapter 516 Analysis

The thing "Tomorrow's Calendar", the minister and the clan brother, the righteous brother, the brother-in-law, the book inspector Shen Kuo, and the two foreign astronomers who came from heaven have all talked about it, because they did not consider the precession, it is indeed a little inaccurate so far.

However, the basic operation of calculating the lunar eclipse should not be inaccurate for Si Tianjian.

The big guy reacted at this time, I relied on Su Tanhua and the gang he talked about, probably the top astronomers in the Great Song Dynasty today, Your Majesty, why don't you leave this matter to Su You?

Su You rolled his eyes and said that it was not a big problem to make a new calendar, and it was not a problem to find out if there was a lunar eclipse on the night of the earthquake, but these problems were not the focus now.

The big guy reacted at this time, and self-righteously thought that Su Tanhua was really heartbroken for the country, yes, yes, the new calendar is not the focus today, and the focus now should be - Your Majesty, you should ask for outspokenness, ask for missing!

Su You was about to cry, blaming me for not making it clear, but where did I mean that?!

However, everyone enthusiastically responded to Su You's "call" and began to speak.

Lu Gong spoke, Your Majesty, in the past, when people and monarchs encountered such a situation, under normal circumstances, they would be blessed with fear and worry; Misfortune will bring disaster. If you treat your subordinates with sincerity, your subordinates will think sincerely to deal with them. The top and bottom are sincere, and those who do not disappear are not there.

Therefore, Your Majesty should listen to the disadvantages of the sole authority, not be preconceived, and not be confused by heresy.

"Yan Yuan asked Confucius how to be a state, and Confucius took the Yuan Yu as a warning."

"Because the servant is afraid of not being in harmony with the king, he is easily approached; Righteous people are afraid of being unrighteous, so they are easily alienated. Therefore, only by upholding justice can a king govern the country effectively. ”

Qian Gongfu, the new governor of the Yuan, said: "Let me say something practical, every time the ancestral hall encounters a hunger and a river, it has to rely on the sale of the degree to support the urgency of the moment. Therefore, this thing is very valuable and very important, and I implore Your Majesty to start today, the birthday of the Emperor and Empress Dowager, and the time when the gift of the purple clothes is halved, and the redundancy of shaving is slightly removed. ”

Sima Guang said: "It is not easy for people to know, there are more than 300 states in the world, and it is indeed difficult to choose carefully. If the national officials are properly selected, the country will naturally be safe and secure. ”

Zhao Ji thought of a question and stubble: "Then if the official is rare, how should I get it?" ”

Sima Guang said: "Whoever chooses a speech official, he should put three things first: the first is not to love wealth and wealth, the second is to cherish the name and integrity, and the third is to know how to govern the body. ”

"But it's rare to have all three qualities at the same time. From the minister's point of view, Lu Xu, the deputy envoy of salt and iron, Wu Jing, the servant of the imperial history, and ......"

After speaking, he glanced at Su You: "The sentence will be the prison Su You, and these three people seem to be worthy of the choice." ”

Zhao Ji shook his head silently in his heart, the first two are gone, Su You is better to earn money for me first, but unfortunately my Shenji Battalion, an earthquake, a flood, is gone......

Only then did I think of the disaster in Hebei: "Let's talk about disaster relief first." ”

Wen Yanbo said: "There was a big earthquake in Heshuodi, and I ordered to pacify the division and the Xiongzhou assassin along the border, and wait for the Liao people to report their movements. and give money to the dead. ”

Zeng Gongliang said: "The loss of Hebei people is huge, please reduce the crime of Hebei prisoners by one degree." ”

Sima Guang said: "In the age of famine, the gold silk is useless, but the food can not be without ears for a day, and it is advisable to go to the Caojiang River and the Huai Valley to help it." ”

Su You hurriedly waved his hand: "The golden silk should also be used, just see how to use it." The valley of Jianghuai, relying only on the official Cao may not be enough for Hebei. Please follow the Shaanxi Salt Law, and use the case to lure merchants Jia Guang to enter Hebei with the recently produced bronze ware, and to receive the bronze ware in Beijing with the official introduction, and they will inevitably be enthusiastic. ”

Wang Anshi said: "What Mingrun said is reasonable, in addition to luring him to benefit, he can also lure him to his name, begging to surrender his name to the Hebei Pacification Division of 70 Dao, and recruit the people into Su." ”

Zeng Gongliang said: "Heshuo disaster injury, the country is insufficient, before everyone discussed, begging the suburbs this year, the two governments do not give gold silk." ”

Su You chuckled in his heart, oops, it's going to be noisy again.

The excessive rewards during the suburban rituals consumed a large amount of government property, which was indeed a financial problem for the Northern Song Dynasty.

Excessive government financial expenditures, redundant troops, redundant officials, and redundant expenses are the direct causes of the state's financial strain.

Sure enough, I heard Sima Guang say: "The use of disaster relief should start with people close to you, and your Majesty should agree to the resignation of the two governments." ”

Wang Anshi objected: "In the past, Gon often resigned from the court, but when he thought that Gon knew that he couldn't, he should resign, not resign." And now it seems that the lack of national resources is not an urgent task today. ”

Chang Gon was the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Cuisine was the working meal distributed by the Political Affairs Hall. At that time, Chang Gon took the lead in skipping working meals, saying that he would save money for the country. People ridiculed him at the time If he knew that he was incompetent, then he should honestly resign from the post of prime minister, and what is the point of resigning from work?

Sima Guang said: "Although Chang Gon Cilu is nothing, he is also wiser than those who hold the throne. Besides, the lack of national use is the urgent task of today, and Anshi's words are not right. ”

Wang Anshi said: "So those who are insufficient, it is because of those who have not been good at managing their finances. ”

Sima Guang retorted: "People who are good at managing money will not be able to make the most of the people's wealth." The poor people are thieves, not the blessing of the country. ”

Wang Anshi said: "Otherwise, those who are good at financial management will use the country enough without endowment." ”

Sima Guang sneered: "There are all kinds of wealth and goods produced in heaven and earth, and there are only so many things, if they are not in the people, they are in the officials, such as rain, and summer floods are autumn droughts. ”

"The so-called "not giving more money and the country using enough, to put it bluntly, is just trying to steal the interests of the people, and the harm is even worse than the increase. Don't think that I don't know that this is what Sang Hongyang said to deceive Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Shi Qianshu is to highlight its uncertainty, how can future generations follow suit? ”

The two argued endlessly, and saw that the court had to quarrel again.

Su You came out: "Your Majesty, the minister has a word." ”

Generally, after the officials sent to Shuzhong return to Beijing, they will be labeled with a "understand the economy" on their backs, not to mention that this baby is born and raised in Shuzhong, Sitong business, I heard that it has a deep relationship with it.

At the age of nine, he followed the old Ji Si Zhang Fangping, and at the age of ten, he followed Zhao Pan all the way to explore the "Shuzhong model".

Zhao Ji then nodded: "By the way, Su You's actions are made by craftsmen, and the officials and people are convenient, so tell me, who is justified in the words of the two bachelors?" ”

Su You arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, during the Han and Tang Dynasties, the people were mainly engaged in farming, measuring and granting land, and the state counted the mu according to the Ding, adding one Ding would add one more Ding tax, and adding one mu would get a field endowment, and the state would rely on it, probably like this." Therefore, Sima Gong said that Sang Hongyang's words were to deceive Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, which is generally not wrong. ”

Everyone nodded secretly.

Then Su You's words changed: "However, this was the situation thousands of years ago, is it still the case today?" ”

"According to the economic statistics of the past years, at the time of the Han Dynasty, the proportion of industry and commerce in the country's income was only two or three; There are the best years of the Tang generation, but they are only three or four; And since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty a hundred years ago, the salt, Gu, tea, metallurgy, Shiyi, Jisi and the left and right libraries under the jurisdiction of the royal family, the internal storage, the sealing pile, and the local ministers have been included in the total annual income, and the income of industry and commerce has accounted for six or seven out of ten! ”

"Therefore, the words of Master Sima are the truth in the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, but to this day, it is debatable."

"Why? Because agricultural hours are fixed, while industrial and commercial output is not fixed. ”

"One season of wheat is planted in the north, and two crops of rice are planted in the south, and as far as rice and wheat are concerned, if the land cannot be increased, the agricultural endowment cannot be increased."

"Industry and commerce, on the other hand, if the workshop is compared to land, financial circulation is compared to a canal, and the product is compared to rice and wheat, then its output is completely dependent on the efficiency of production and sales."

"In terms of salt production in Shu, fifteen years ago, Shu salt began to dry up, which is like agriculture suffering from drought, but since the deep well was drilled, the process was improved, and the big ship was built, now in Shuzhong, the salt output has increased tenfold compared with fifteen years ago!"

"Even so, the market is far from saturated, and the price of salt has not fallen so far, why? Because a large part of it is used elsewhere. ”

or for the treasury, as a reciprocal pledge for salt and treasure banknotes; or as a raw material for the production of the rest of the material. In any case, Master Sima said that there are only so many things born in heaven and earth, and if it is not in the people, it is in the official, which is applicable thousands of years ago, but it is not the status quo today. ”