When it comes to hiding wealth from the people, the tone of the crowd is heavy. The Song Dynasty implemented the two-tax law in accordance with the Tang Dynasty, and Zhao Yu promoted the granting of land according to the population when developing Qiongzhou, giving land to both men and women, and then collecting taxes according to the number of acres of land. In order to prevent large-scale land annexation and the use of official status to avoid taxes, a system of integrated taxation by the government and the private sector was adopted, which meant that the privileges of officials were abolished and the scope of taxation was expanded.

Some people say that land annexation can promote the movement of people, and in turn transfer the landless population to other industries, thus promoting the development of handicrafts and commerce. However, Zhao Hao did not completely agree, and on the surface, the land annexation did not affect the state's tax revenue, but it was passed on to the tenant farmers who lost their land, making them even more miserable. Even if they move to other industries, they are often mostly employed at the lowest level, which is not conducive to the stability of the country's grassroots level.

On the other hand, the bureaucrats can reduce their taxes, and they use their status to acquire land on a large scale without paying taxes, and in fact the taxes of the state are reduced. Some unscrupulous landlords took advantage of this loophole and put their land in the name of the bureaucracy, paying them a small fee and not having to pay taxes to the state, but the tenant farmers still had to pay the landlords according to the taxes prescribed by the state, so that the poor became poorer and the rich richer, and the state taxes were decreasing day by day.

After the reconquest and fall, the land annexation reached a climax, and the Yuan court gave land to meritorious officials, temples and Taoist temples, and princes and nobles wantonly seized peasant land. However, this laid the foundation for Zhao Hao's implementation of the 'Qiongzhou experience', and he ordered the confiscation of the land of the Mongols, lawless gentry and temples without compensation, so that nine out of ten of the land in the south of the Yangtze River fell into the hands of the imperial court, so that the redistribution of land was in the hands of Zhao Hao.

As for how to distribute land, Zhao Yu adopted the county as a unit, breaking the restrictions of going to his hometown and the village in a unified manner. For the population that meets the division of land, the method of local household registration is adopted, that is to say, although your ancestral home is Hubei, but you are in Hunan, sorry you can only participate in the division of land in Hunan, but not in the original hometown. For the self-cultivated farmers who already have land, the policy of not returning more and less subsidies is adopted to ensure their interests.

For counties with little land and large populations, the method of relocation is adopted to move forward to counties with vast land and sparsely populated areas, so that the land can be fully developed and utilized. Every 10 years, land and population are re-approved and increased or subtracted, so as to limit the annexation of land, ensure that the cultivator has his own land, and also obtain a stable financial income. This policy was tried out in Qiongzhou, and the results were not bad, and a large amount of grain was accumulated for the counterattack on Jiangnan. There are also relevant regulations on the sale and purchase of land, and after the sale, the seller will be put into a separate register, and the land will not be granted for life.

In addition, the counties also retain about a quarter of the total amount of official land, one of which is used as a professional field, but the income is used to help the poor and pay for the expenses of welfare institutions such as the Leaky Pond Courtyard, Anji Fang, and Medicine Hospital; Both are reserved for rewarding meritorious persons and land adjustments. The government should expropriate private land and give corresponding compensation and redistribute the land.

In this way, Zhao Hao naturally established a grassroots leadership organization and extended his control to the grassroots level. Last year, after the completion of the land and population statistics, the land was allocated, and most of this year's summer tax collection has begun. But looking at the faces of several people, he knew that the situation was not optimistic. After asking, sure enough, although the summer tax can be collected in full, the commercial tax has dropped by more than forty percent compared with previous years, that is to say, eating and drinking "" is enough, but the pocket money is not much, and those who have a major illness or a small disaster have to borrow money......

"Your Majesty, affected by the war, the number of foreign merchant ships calling at the port this year has decreased sharply, less than forty percent in previous years. As a result, many kilns and silk weaving mills produced unsalable goods, resulting in a significant reduction in commercial taxes and customs duties, in addition to a sharp decline in the sales of tea picked, prices continued to fall, only the wine and salt taxes increased, and the miscellaneous taxes were basically flat. If it still does not improve in the second half of the year, it will inevitably lose money this year. Lu Xiufu sighed lightly.

"This is to be expected, the reduction of foreign merchant ships, the export of the goods produced is blocked, and can only be sold domestically, but the market simply cannot digest so many things, and the price will naturally fall and cause unsalable. Over time, the handicraft industry will inevitably be affected, affecting all industries. Zhao Yu nodded. He knew that as long as the taxes of the Great Song Dynasty came from commercial taxes, and tariffs accounted for the majority, the things produced could not be exported, so where would the taxes come from.

"Your Majesty, the ministers and others have also tried their best to retain foreign maritime merchants, reduce tariffs and provide preferential measures, but they still have little effect!" Lu Xiufu sighed lightly.

"It's understandable, no one wants to be involved in the war, not to mention losing the capital, if you don't get it, you have to take your life!" Zhao Yu nodded.

"Your Majesty, if this is the case for a long time, it will definitely affect the financial income, and it will be difficult to maintain not only public expenses, but also military expenses. Is it possible to consider raising taxes to make up for the shortfall? Lu Xiufu pondered for a moment and suggested. He knew that in order to win the hearts of the people, the little emperor reduced a large number of miscellaneous taxes, and the restoration would definitely make him unhappy, but if it was not increased, the treasury would continue to be empty, and it would be difficult for the imperial court to maintain it.

"Don't break faith with the people!" Zhao Yu waved his hand when he heard this, but he didn't get angry, and said, "Since the foreign maritime merchants don't come, how about we go out?" ”

"Your Majesty, it's not impossible!" Lu Xiufu nodded and said with a wry smile, "But Your Majesty also knows that the maritime merchants in Jiangnan were all controlled by the Mongols before, and after our dynasty returned to Jiangnan, they were either killed or exiled, and all the family property and ships were confiscated." And those who have nothing to do with each other are small maritime merchants, who are weak and unable to travel far to sea! ”

"Oh, it's because of me!" Zhao Yu touched his chin and smiled embarrassedly.

"The minister has no intention of blaming His Majesty!" Lu Xiufu hurriedly saluted.

"So do we give these small maritime merchants some preferential policies, support them, and encourage them to go to sea?" Zhao Hao waved his hand to show that it was okay, and said again.

"Your Majesty, it's just a little discount, and those little maritime merchants are also powerless. You must know that their capital is very small, and they only have one or two sea ships in their hands, and if there is a slight change in the boat, they will lose all their family assets. In the past, they could rely on the merchants of the sea, not only to carry their ships, but also to use their power for protection. So despite the huge profits of maritime merchants, they will only take risks unless they are greedy for money! Wen Tianxiang took over and said.

"Well, how about we follow Meng Yuan's example to implement the official ship?" Zhao Yu put forward his own suggestion again. The official ship is a form of trade that occupies a very important position in the overseas trade activities of the Yuan Dynasty, that is, the government provides capital to be operated by merchants, and its practice is to build sea ships by the government, issue the capital, select people to trade goods, and profit the court gets seventy percent, and the handler gets three percent, and the boat is ten outlines, and the past is given to the past, and the tax is levied as the system.

"Your Majesty, by all means, this is a move to treat the people as enemies and collect grievances for the country, and the Yuan Court will only be abolished in a few years, and our dynasty must not eat its teeth!" The little emperor spoke to Hong Kong and Lu, and Lu Xiufu resolutely objected.

"Your Majesty, the official ship is to compete with the people for profit, and you must not act rashly." Ying Jieyan also objected, and the other two also nodded.

"......" saw that several rulers were opposed, Zhao Yu was a little speechless, he thought that it was actually a good policy to use Lu Shirong's official ship to drive the sea trade and increase taxes, but it was only because he did not see the situation clearly, and tried to monopolize the sea trade in this way, but he was not only involved in the dispute between the Mongolian and Han factions, but also damaged the interests of the Mengyuan nobles.

Zhao Hao thought that Lu Shirong's mistake was to be too eager for quick success, and that it would not be a good policy to allow the existence of multiple forms of trade, rather than monopolize the entire maritime trade business, and at the same time reduce tariffs and encourage merchants to trade in China. But because of his eagerness to show his financial skills in front of Kublai Khan, it may not end in such a hurry, and it misunderstands the policy, so that he can't even pick it up again.

"Lu Xiang, how many ships have we seized and confiscated?" Zhao Yu pondered for a while and then asked.

"Your Majesty, there should be about two thousand sizes, and the specific ministers are not very clear, they need to be verified!" Lu Xiufu thought for a while, looked at him suspiciously, and couldn't figure out why the little emperor suddenly asked about it.

"What did you do with those ships?" Zhao Yu frowned and asked again.

"Your Majesty, those ships were originally intended to be allocated to the Ministry of War, but they felt that it was very troublesome to rebuild, so they only selected about a hundred as baggage ships, and the rest should be berthed in various ports." The little emperor repeatedly asked about the condition of these ships, which made Lu Xiufu vigilant and cautiously replied.

"The four of them are all in the phase, the important ministers of the country, I have a private matter I want to discuss with you, and please enjoy a thin noodle, it is convenient!" Zhao Yu arched his hand to the four people present when he heard this, and said with a smile on his face.

"Your Majesty, please tell me something!" Lu Xiufu was even more stunned, and he bowed back.

"Your Majesty's private affairs are state affairs, and the ministers are naturally responsible!" Ying Jie Yan knows that the little emperor's style is by no means a good thing to do, and he seems to be smiling but not smiling.

"Hehe, it's a private matter, and it's a small matter, I want to buy all these confiscated ships!" How could Zhao Hao not hear the warning in the old man's words, but Liu Huang smiled and said nothing, but Wen Tianxiang had a serious face, and he said with a smile.

"Buy a boat?! What is Your Majesty going to buy a boat for? Wen Tianxiang said in surprise.

"Of course, it's for you!" Zhao Yu took a sip of tea and said leisurely.

"What does Your Majesty say about this?" Ying Jieyan asked with a normal face.

"You see, there is no use for so many ships anchored in the harbor, and they need to be guarded. And the ship will decay after another year and a half, and if it encounters strong winds, it may be destroyed, and then it will be a pile of waste, and no one will want it for nothing. If I buy it, you don't have to worry about it anymore, and it will become cash for the country, so why not! Zhao Yu spread out his hands and said with a smile, all looking like he was thinking about you.

"What does Your Majesty want so many ships for?" Lu Xiufu wondered.

"Of course, it's to do a little business and make money!" Zhao Yu said unabashedly.

"What do we have to do with that?" Lu Xiufu was puzzled.

"How could it not matter?" Zhao Yu put down the cup in his hand and said, "There are two important things to do at the moment, one is to build a mausoleum for the emperor's brother and move the burial, and the other is to marry a daughter-in-law, I heard that the bride price is only 30,000 taels of gold." There are other places that don't need money, and there are not many dollars left in the treasury. Just now, Mr. also said that my family affairs are state affairs, and I will make some money by doing a small business, wouldn't it reduce the burden of the court, how can this have nothing to do with you! ”

"Your Majesty is right!" Lu Xiufu nodded. He knew that the emperor's funeral generally cost one-third of the country's total wealth, and the big wedding was also very expensive.

"Of course it's good, then you can make a price for those useless broken ships and sell them to me cheaper!" Zhao Yu immediately continued.

"Then what does Your Majesty plan to do in the business? It's not going to be a maritime businessman! Ying Jieyan is not so easy to fool, asked.

"My husband still knows my heart, but I must abide by the law and pay taxes according to the system, and I will never forget my husband's teachings!" Zhao Yu saluted the old man.

"Your Majesty......" Ying Jieyan saw the little emperor's serious appearance, and he was also angry, and he didn't know how to answer.

"Although Your Majesty has always been informal, he never jokes." Liu Huang smiled and said, "Your Majesty has bought many ships to go to sea, and one can turn the ordinary things of our dynasty into gold and silver; second, the payment of taxes can increase taxes for the state; Third, many merchants can follow His Majesty's track to go to sea and earn more wealth for the Great Song Dynasty; Fourth, one industry is prosperous, and all industries are prosperous, which can prompt the people to step up production and have surplus wealth; Fifth, as His Majesty said, if the inner treasury is overflowing, the state will not be used. ”

"Look, Governor Liu's eyes are like torches, and I can see through my heart for the country and the people at a glance!" Zhao Hao pointed at Liu Huang and praised.

"Wen Xiang thinks it's feasible?" Lu Xiufu turned to Wen Tianxiang and asked.

"I think it is feasible, Your Majesty has acted with foresight, and has always been self-disciplined, and will never do anything that competes with the people for profit and harms the country." Wen Tianxiang nodded and said.

"Your Majesty......"

"Sir, I don't need to say much, I know that there must be three chapters of the covenant. First, I will never allow my subordinates to buy and sell with power, and the buying and selling must be fair; Second, we must not take advantage of the situation to raise or suppress prices, damage the interests of the people, and disrupt the market order; The three are to be taxed according to the system, abide by the law and discipline, and do not do anything illegal! Ying Jieyan wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Zhao Yu, he knew that the old man was worried about his nonsense, and wanted to make a guarantee in front of the ministers......