Zhao Yu talked with Zhou Mi and Zheng Huchen at night, and had a more detailed understanding of the geography and humanities in the city, and asked people to send two plates of dim sum and tea for supper. And he reminisced and consumed what the two said, analyzing the situation.

"Chief Zheng, is Your Majesty often like this?" Zhou Mi took a small bite of a piece of dim sum and looked at the little emperor who was frowning and slid his fingers on the picture and asked.

"Of course, although Your Majesty is young, you are very incomparable, and the day when Xing Dynasty can return to Jiangdong depends on Your Majesty's planning. It's common to spend all night reviewing official documents and discussing state affairs! Zheng Huchen took a sip of tea and smiled.

"Then Your Majesty is not too hard!" Zhou Mi nodded.

"Hard work, Your Majesty guarded Qiongzhou at the age of six and commanded all the armies; After that, he inherited the unification, moved the dynasty to Qiong, and took care of the government. And the gentleman is afraid that he also knows that Qiongzhou is an overseas barbaric land, with a sparse population, financial difficulties, and constant slang. This requires His Majesty's hard work, and for so many years, we, the close ministers, have long been accustomed to it! Zheng Huchen said.

"In recent years, I have only learned that the Xing Dynasty is in Qiong, and it has been rumored that the politics are clear, the people are rich, and the soldiers are strong. I haven't been able to believe it, just a rumor, but now that I see Your Majesty working so hard, I don't need it. Zhou Miyan said.

"Hehe, when we first arrived in Qiongzhou, don't say that you don't believe it, I'm afraid no one will believe it. But His Majesty did do it under the painstaking management, and now Qiongzhou has a population of nearly one million, and the imperial court has an annual income of millions of yuan, and it attaches importance to the people's livelihood, thin taxes, and at the same time trains 200,000 soldiers. Jiangnan celebrities competed to vote, and the slang Tongnatu surrendered, paid taxes and went to service. Now Qiongzhou is rich and does not let Jiangdong prosper, and the prosperity is not inferior to Lin'an! Zheng Huchen said with a smile.

"Oh, such a grand occasion, I'm afraid that Tang Zong and Han Wu will not be able to reach it!" Zhou Mi listened and praised in amazement.

"Be quiet, don't disturb Your Majesty!" Seeing that His Majesty was in a daze, Wang De knew that he was settled again, and frowned and walked over to the two.

"Yes, sir!" Zheng Huchen hurriedly arched his hand, and Wang De refilled them with water before returning to the little emperor lightly.

"Chief Zheng, why didn't His Majesty attack Lin'an take a long time when he sent troops to restore the country?" Zhou Mi asked again.

"Although Lin'an is heavy, if the tartar is not removed, it will be gained and lost. Don't hide it, sir, Your Majesty yesterday has already annihilated more than 30,000 people from the enemy's Zhending Army, the Longwan Naval Division, and the Ten Thousand Households of the Sea Route. And now that the eight prefectures and eight prefectures of Jiangsu and Zhejiang have been recovered, only a lonely city is left in Lin'an, and it is better to take it than to explore the bag and take things! Zheng Huchen said.

"Your Majesty's clever plan, first cut its wings, and then dig out its henchmen." Zhou Mi touched his beard and praised, "Now the Tartars in the city are forcibly recruiting young people to guard the outer city, and their turtles are shrinking in Luo City, and the Tartars and Semu people in the city are determined to resist stubbornly, and a group of rabble is the opponent of my heavenly soldiers!" ”

"Mr. Gongjin, how many people are there in this Lin'an City?" Zhao Hao asked suddenly.

"Oh, Your Majesty, during the Xianchun period, there were 391,259 households in the nine counties of Lin'an Prefecture, 124,760 mouths, and about 400,000 people in the city. After the fall, the royal family followed the first emperor to hunt in the north, and the Tartars forcibly recruited tens of thousands of craftsmen and people of the three religions and nine streams to move north, and the old vassals fled, and the population decreased, but in the past ten years, there were other Tartars and foreign races who moved in, and the population recovered, and the population should not be less than 350,000 people. The little emperor suddenly asked, Zhou Mi was stunned for a moment, and quickly got up and replied.

"It's true that the inhabitants of Luo City are all Tartars and Semus?" Zhao Hao asked again.

"Your Majesty, after the Tartars entered the city, they did not dare to live in the palace city, but they occupied the official office of the government office to build a government, and after the fire in the inner part of the city was used as a garrison place, the Tartars occupied Luocheng exclusively for their residence, but the Han people forbade them to settle in, and they regarded it as private land!" Zhou Mi replied.

"I don't understand the taxes of the Yuan court, but Mr. Gongjin has lived in Jiangnan for a long time, can I know the details?" Zhao Yu nodded, had a plan in his heart, thought about it and asked.

"Your Majesty, I know a little bit below." "The tax system of the Yuan court is very chaotic, including both the inheritance of our dynasty and the old system of Jin, and the north and south are not the same......

Zhao Yu has always been confused about the official system of the Great Song Dynasty, so many years can be regarded as the right seat, for the tax in Qiongzhou he has always implemented reductions and exemptions, only basic taxes and commercial taxes, miscellaneous taxes have been reduced. And now that the war for the restoration of the country has begun, the seized territory is larger, but the cost is also increasing sharply, and the solution can only be to collect taxes.

Everyone knows that in order to support the war, the late Song Dynasty continued to increase taxes, so that the people's resentment boiled, and complaints everywhere were loud, which shook the foundation of the control system, and it was not unrelated to the rapid demise of the Yuan army after crossing the river. It can be said that Boyan played a great role in stabilizing the situation after pacifying Jiangnan, reducing taxes and rents, and winning over people's hearts, and in order to balance the relationship between the shortage of money and the collection of taxes, it is necessary to first understand the current situation.

However, it was precisely because of the frequent wars and the extravagance of the rulers that the financial expenditure became larger and larger, and the Yuan court could only constantly adjust the tax system in order to make up for the shortfall. Now that he met someone who understood, of course Zhao Yu didn't want to let go, and wanted to understand some of the truth from Zhou Mi's mouth, and he would know the right person by listening to his eloquent talk at the moment.

The taxes paid by the Yuan court in the north mainly consisted of tax grain and branch differences. The tax grain is divided into Ding tax and land tax, the Ding tax is two stones per Ding millet, and the land tax is three liters per mu of millet. The so-called Ding tax refers to the full amount of the Ding tax, but not all households who paid the full amount of the Ding tax at first. It was not until the seventeenth year of the Yuan Dynasty that a major adjustment was made, stipulating:

The tax of the whole household is two stones for each ding millet and one stone for driving the ding millet for each family; halve the tax of each household, one stone per ding; Xieji households (households that do not have a ding in the family) Ding tax, one stone per Ding Su; Newly collected and paid household (originally naturalized, and later moved to another place to naturalize the household) Ding tax, the first year of five buckets, the second year of seven buckets of five liters, the third year of one stone two buckets of five liters, the fourth year of one stone of five buckets, the fifth year of one stone seven buckets of five liters, the sixth year of two stones.

The general situation is that those with less ding tax and more land tax pay the land tax, and those with less land tax and more ding tax pay the ding tax. However, there is also confusion, that is, there is often a phenomenon of one household paying two taxes at the same time. In addition, when the grain is taxed, three liters of rats are levied per stone, and four liters are divided, which is extraordinary, and is embezzled by the localities and officials.

The branch is divided into three items: silk material, silver, and banknotes, all of which are levied on a household basis. When the silk material began in Wokotai, it was one pound of silk for every two households and paid to the government; Every five households produce a pound of silk, and pay the owner of the fief. This method was changed to Kublai Khan, and it was changed to two catties of silk for every two households and paid to the government; Every five households produce two catties of silk, and pay the owner of the fief, which is called five households of silk. As a result, the burden on each household is doubled.

When the silver was in Mengge, it was stipulated that each household would levy four taels of silver, of which two taels would collect silver, and two taels would be folded to collect silk and other things. By the time of Kublai Khan, each household paid four taels of silver to four taels of banknotes, because the ratio of banknotes to silver was two taels of banknotes and one tael of silver, so it was actually reduced by half. It also began at this time, and each household paid one tael of money to serve as the official's money.

The tax system in the south followed the two taxation laws of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the tax was levied according to the mu of land, which was divided into summer and autumn. The autumn tax levies grain, and the summer tax levies kapok, cloth, silk, silk, cotton and other things. There is also a branch difference in the south, which is divided into two types: household banknotes and silver. The household banknote is equivalent to the five households in the north, and Kublai Khan stipulated that 100,000 households should be levied 100 ingots in the rent of 10,000 households. Each household collects two taels of silver, and it is converted to ten yuan bills. In the Yuan Dynasty, the total amount of tax grain in the country was more than 12 million stone per year, most of which came from the south.

In addition to the above-mentioned taxes, the Yuan court also had a lot of extortion, and they cleverly set up all kinds of extortions and imposed them on the people from time to time, the main ones were horses, and buying, and hiring. The so-called "bracketing horses" refers to forcibly taking horses from the people at no cost. There is also the so-called "and buying" that means that the government buys private materials, or sends them to private manufacturing projects, without giving a price, or giving a very small price, which is called "and buying", but in fact, it is forcibly taken by the department. "Hehire" means that the government hires private vehicles to engage in transportation, and the price is less than two or three, which is called "Hehi", which is actually equivalent to levying and issuing conscription.

In addition, the Yuan court also had heavy forced labor and errand labor, and divided the population into civil households, station households, artisan households, metallurgical households, fishing households, salt households, kiln households, etc., called "all color households", so that each of them could perform their own duties. Ordinary households had to bear the burden of conscription such as river opening, embankment construction, transportation, and city repair, and were conscripted from time to time, with almost no days to rest. The other households are each burdened with a special kind of errand and will be borne for generations, never to be liberated. The onerous and harsh nature of the forced labor and the errand led to the bankruptcy and flight of the peasants, but it was imposed on others.

When the drums sounded, Zhao Yu ended the conversation and ordered Zheng Huchen to first place the good students, and then report to the Ministry of Officials tomorrow to restore the official status and then appoint them. And he finally had a long conversation with him, and after studying the albums and notes he brought, he went to bed, thinking that he had inadvertently become the first reader of Zhouwei......

In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Yu got up late, and when he finished breakfast, Lu Xiufu, Zhang Shijie and the ministers who accompanied him had been waiting in the hall for a long time. After a few words of greeting with the ministers, this turned to the topic.

"Your Majesty, the minister has sent officials to the recovered states and counties to receive the government offices to comfort the people, and the draft list of officials is also for Your Majesty to review!" Lu Xiufu went out of the concert first and sent him to the roster.

"Well, that's good!" Zhao Yu flipped through the roster and put it aside first.

"Your Majesty, a total of 500,000 stones of grain and more than 20,000 horses of silk have been confiscated in the recovered land, and 200,000 hectares of land have been confiscated. Yao Liangchen, the head of the household, also sent a note.

"Your Majesty, the minister was ordered to appease Shaoxing, and now 30,000 sets of winter clothes, 20,000 sets of single clothes, and 20,000 pairs of boots and shoes have been made from the warehouse, and the number of insufficient ones will take more than a month!" Ma Tingluan reported back.

"The colder the weather, the faster the production of winter clothes, the captured silk silk is given priority to supply military supplies, and the finished ones are allocated to Huguang first, where it is difficult for them to raise materials, and it is even colder than Jiangdong." Zhao Yu nodded. He was very satisfied that Ma Tingluan was able to accomplish such a huge amount of tasks in more than ten days, and gave instructions.

"Your Majesty, the confiscated silk and silk are all first-class things, and it is a pity to make military uniforms, so they should be sent back to Qiongzhou to supply the inner government, and wait for the Queen Mother to allocate and use them!" Yao Liangchen listened to the urgent words.

"To regain the homeland, the military comes first. The materials raised must be prioritized for military use, and the soldiers at the front are fighting bloodily, do we still want to let them starve and freeze? And I have enough clothes, what's the use of asking for these things, the Queen Mother is even more aware of righteousness, how can she agree! Zhao Yu said with a calm face.

"The minister knows his mistake!" Yao Liangchen was kind, but he hit a soft nail and sneered.

"This operation has just begun, in addition to money and food, all kinds of materials are also consumed, and the household department has a heavy responsibility, which must not be neglected!" Zhao Yu said.

"Obey the holy commandment, and do your best!" Yao Liangchen said.

"Well, when will the prison arrive?" Zhao Yu waved his hand to let him back down, and asked again.

"Your Majesty, the 1,000 people who will be the prisoner will carry the required equipment and 10,000 heavy troops have been loaded on the ship ten days ago, and the officials and some materials sent by the DPRK will be escorted by Zhang Zizhen's department, and they should arrive in the near future!" Zhang Shijie said.

"Okay, the defenders have been fighting hard one after another, and there is not much ammunition left, and if they can't be replenished, it will affect the battle to conquer Lin'an!" Zhao Yu breathed a sigh of relief and asked instead, "Prime Minister Zuo, how is the surrender?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister sent a messenger into the city to negotiate, the enemy Hangzhou Mansion Dalu Hua Chi Suo did not see, only sent the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang Ten Thousand Households to march and manage the army Ten Thousand Households Zheng You to talk, although he said that he was intended, but he refused to agree, just said that he needed to agree to it, and he would talk after returning to the court, but he had not seen him for several days." Lu Xiufu said.

"Hmph, it's deliberately delaying time, thinking about sticking to and waiting for help, I'm afraid that the negotiation will be difficult, and we still need to be based on fighting!" Zhao Yu snorted coldly when he heard this.

"Your Majesty will immediately order them to terminate the negotiations." Lu Xiufu said.

"Eh, don't be in a hurry to withdraw, since they think they are snakes, they will be perfunctory first. Although Lin'an City is empty, the city is deep and deep, and there is still a battle force, and we still need to replenish military resources and prepare siege equipment. Even if they can't surrender, it's good to stabilize them, lest their dogs jump over the wall and destroy Lin'an City. Zhao Yu waved his hand and explained to him.

"Your Majesty is far-sighted, and the minister understands!" Lu Xiufu said. At this time, he also reacted, Lin'an is the old capital, and it will still be the emperor's place and the residence of the imperial court. If the Tartars are really urgent, if they really burn the jade, a fire will ignite Lin'an City, and the century-old prosperity will be ruined, and the little emperor and the court will not even have a nest.

"Hehe, there are still 300,000 people in the city, if the city can be preserved, thousands of Li people will be grateful for the kindness of Lu Xiang!" Zhao Yu smiled and said with a smile, he transferred the credit back, he didn't want this kind of false name, what he was thinking about was the wealth in the city, and how much money he could save if he could complete the city......