Regarding Han Zhen's lack of money, everyone couldn't help but burst into laughter. Everyone knows that the reason why Yuxi Timur wanted to provoke a border provocation and prepare to attack the Song Dynasty in the south was precisely because of the lack of money and it was difficult to deal with the court's 'calculation hook test', but now he claimed that Meng Yuan's delay in sending troops was due to lack of money.

"Don't be impatient, listen to Deputy Envoy Han's explanation!" Zhao Hao listened to it but felt that it was not impossible, as the saying goes: "A rich man, it is difficult for a man without money." "This is true for one person and one family, and even more so for one army and one country. Sun Tzu also said: "It costs a thousand dollars a day, and then a teacher of 100,000 will do it." He pressed his hand to silence everyone and looked at Han Zhendao.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Meng Yuan re-activated Sang Ge to take charge of the government and solve the financial difficulties, and the 'hook test' policy implemented by him is similar to the 'plan method' of my court's traitor, and it is even the same." Han Zhen has always been unsmiling, and he is upright, strict in governing the army, and has few contacts with his colleagues, even the generals who are out of the marshal's mansion have always been official and have few private contacts. Now that he is being ridiculed by everyone, he is also saddened, listening to His Majesty's question, and saluting upwards.

"Is Vice Envoy Han thinking too much, even if they use the same method, what does it have to do with the current war?" Liu Zhu, the commander of the Privy Council's Navy Division, asked with some puzzlement.

"Liu Dutong has any questions, and then ask them later, and listen to Deputy Envoy Han first." Zhao Yu's face sank. He knows Jia Yidao's 'plan method', and also understands it, the meaning of the word "plan", the meaning of the word "plan" at this time is different from that of modern times, the meaning is accounting, accounting. In short, the planning method is a large-scale financial audit of the armies abroad, which is similar to the hook test method implemented by Sango today, which is inherited from Ahma, who was defeated and killed that year, and the two have the same end in the same way.

"At that time, the traitor Jia Nidao implemented the plan law, and the reason was that our dynasty and Mengyuan had been at war for more than 20 years, and the finances were close to collapse. The country's territory is declining day by day, and its financial resources are depleting day by day...... The number of ministers who heard the master's income was only more than 12,000,000, and the trip of the superintendent was 7 million; the reward of Xiang Lang, in the amount of five million; along the border, in the number of three million; The generals recruited two million; The edict in Shuzhong is also a million, a soldier's dispatch, and a branch, all of which depend on the imperial court and cannot be counted. …… Zhulu and the basket are not continued, and the line is sent, and it is in the middle of it. and even more than 25,000,000. It is evident that the annual expenditure is more than twice the income, and the imperial court can no longer afford it! Han Zhenyan said.

"In the twelfth year of Chunyou, the courtier Li Zengbo Shangzazi said: Since the opening of the Jubilee and Jiading, the military and government have deteriorated, and all roads have control and moderation, and they often encroach on the authority of the Rong Division, and create a ...... of recruiting troops, so that the new army everywhere is increasing day by day, and the old army of the Rong Division is decreasing day by day...... As for today, the Zhurong Division along the Yangtze River has collapsed, and it is not only the capital of Ezhou. His words directly pointed to the maladministration at that time, when there were many yamen, new ones appeared, and the old ones were still there, plus things like asking for more rewards, some money was misappropriated, and so on, which caused financial problems. ”

"The more Deputy Envoy Han said, the more he said, wouldn't the implementation of the 'plan law' with your intentions be a good policy to eliminate maladministration and govern the world, and how could it be regarded by the people of the time as the way to destroy the country?" Chen Renweng interjected at this time.

"What Chen Shangshu said is yes and no, at that time, in the army, the generals falsely reported military expenses and embezzled money and food, which should be rectified. But the mistake is that the traitor has a bad heart, Jia seems to be reckless in asking for merit, and the ministers outside the evil are already sharing the merit, but they plan to use the law to take all roads, and want to scatter officials and property when the army is prosperous. It becomes a means of attacking dissidents, so as to provoke unpredictable unrest. Han Zhen explained. His statement also made several people who had experienced it deeply believe that it was true, especially Lu Shiwen, who also suffered greatly from the Lu family, and laid the groundwork for the rebellion against the Song Dynasty in the future.

"Hmm!" Zhao Hao nodded secretly, knowing that his analysis was to the point. He understands that for the state, the main source of money comes from taxes, but what if the taxes are not up or the money is not enough? When it comes to taxation, the words "competing with the people" often appear in history books. But in reality, it will not be so simple, and the "people" in history books and the "people" we generally think are not the same thing in many cases. Specifically, when the state feels that its finances are tight, there are basically two ways: one is to pick money from some people and let them spit out things that do not belong to them; The other is to find new ways to make money.

The Southern Song Dynasty implemented the planning law, firstly because there was no money, and secondly, because the army was too strong, so the imperial court wanted to pick money from those generals. However, as a means of settling the financial measures of the Southern Song Dynasty, the plan law has always been controversial, and some generals are innocently shot.

For example, Zhao Kui, who is known as 'governing the army with Confucianism all his life', was rectified because of two things: the first was the money for the banquet with lanterns, and the second was the overspending of the money for recruiting the army. Strictly speaking, these two things are not out of line, they can only be regarded as flaws, but they have been magnified and become victims of this policy. Even more on the back are Cao Shixiong and Xiang Shibi, who have made meritorious contributions on the battlefield, but because of the nuclear military expenses,...... They all sat on the theft of official money and degraded Yuanzhou. And because of this, he forced the fierce general Liu Quan, which directly led to the fall of Xiangyang and the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty. Therefore, it has become a policy for the death of the country.

However, Zhao Hao thought that it seemed right and good to implement the plan law under the circumstances at that time. But the fault is that it is not implemented properly, and it is not that way. Jia Rudao turned the law into a tool for the whole person, and the discipline of those officials who governed the government was also unreliable, resulting in many generals who were convicted of this law, Jiang Yan Shi Yanzhi, Huai Yan Du Shu, and Guangxi Shuai all suffered from prison money, affecting his wife, Xu, Li, and Du were imprisoned, and after Du's death, the pursuit of money did not stop. As a result, Liu Chuan rebelled, with unpredictable consequences.

At present, Zhenjin uses Sango to implement the hook test method again, and its original intention is also to solve the financial difficulties caused by the loss of Jiangnan. But Sang Ge had other plans, he intended to use this to attack the Hanfa faction and ensure the interests of the clan faction, so it changed its taste. Yuxi Timur also had this kind of intention, intending to take the opportunity to win over the officials of Henan and Shandong provinces in order to consolidate his position, and his countermeasure was to launch a southern invasion to delay or sabotage the imperial court's hook examination.

"I still don't dare to agree with what Deputy Envoy Han said." Chen Renweng was not convinced, and retorted, "The enemy chief Yuxi Timur intends to invade the south precisely to avoid the difficulty of being subjected to the hook test, so as to avoid the so-called lack of money, and what Deputy Envoy Han said is still unconvincing to me." ”

Chen Shangshu was right, and Yuxi Timur's countermeasures were precisely in this way to avoid turmoil in Shandong and Henan provinces. But the world is unpredictable, a new policy was introduced in the past, revising the banknote law and increasing the curriculum, which greatly increased the burden on the provinces under its jurisdiction, and the autumn tax was almost exhausted, so it was unable to implement the southern invasion! Han Zhen listened to it but smiled rarely.

"This ...... How is it that I have not heard of this? Chen Renweng said a little embarrassed.

"What Deputy Envoy Han said is true." At this time, the Privy Council Ji Yi Shilang Zhong Mao Xiang continued, "After the Dragon Boat Festival this year, Sang Ge proposed to Zhenjin to increase the course tax, the salt quotation from the Zhongtong banknote increased to one ingot, the tea quotation from the five guan increased to ten guan, the wine and vinegar tax tax increased by 100,000 ingots, the inland 50,000 ingots, and only half of the income of the Xieji households increased their income. The commercial tax was also increased, and the hinterland area increased to 200,000 ingots, and 250,000 ingots. ”

"At the same time, it is also proposed to change the banknote law, saying that the banknote law is a failure, and intends to issue a new banknote - the Zhiyuan banknote, which will be used at the same time as the Zhongtong banknote, but the consistent text of the Zhiyuan banknote should be converted into the five texts of the Zhongtong banknote."

"In this way, wouldn't it be the best of the world's wealth to make the government and the opposition turbulent, and I completely ignored such a major event." Chen Renweng was ashamed to hear the dismissal, and he already agreed with what Han Zhen said in his heart.

"Chen Shangshu is busy with official business, and these things have nothing to do with the affairs of the department, so he may have neglected them." Han Zhen did not hold a grudge against the dispute just now, but excused it.

"To be a general, you must not only be familiar with astronomy and geography, observe the world's major events, but also understand the changes in facts, both of which are indispensable!" Zhao Yu sighed and said, but this statement is actually a reminder to the generals, and it is not a meaning of self-reflection. The change in Meng Yuan's policy, in fact, he was one step ahead of others, but it was not linked to the current war, and Han Zhenzhi's words also woke him up.

In the agrarian era, land was the main source of wealth. In ancient times, when the imperial court ran out of money, it would often use violent means to severely crack down on those who illegally occupied the land, and the current Mengyuan invasion of land was extremely rampant, and the nobles and local officials themselves had already occupied a large amount of land, but under the trend of greed, they extended their hands to the tribesmen and homesteaders, and even the military fields. The final consequence is that those who have money do not pay, and the burden falls on the poor people, which intensifies the contradictions between the court and the people.

On the other hand, the current increase in taxation not only increased the amount of tax paid by the local government, but also expanded the target of tax collection to the cooperative households, which had previously been half taxed, thus improving the financial situation of the central government, but the local finances were in a difficult situation. The local soldiers not only had to pay taxes, but also had to bear the money, food, horses, and weapons needed to go on the expedition, but the increase in taxes made them unable to bear it.

The banknote law is an important financial policy related to the rise or fall of a country, and it is necessary to be cautious if it is to be revised. At present, in order to solve the financial difficulties, the Meng Yuan issued new banknotes so rashly and forcibly promoted their use, which can indeed accumulate huge wealth in a short period of time, but it will certainly cause serious inflation, bankrupt wealthy households, and ordinary people fall into a desperate situation.

Generally speaking, in ancient societies, when there was a problem with fiscal revenue, there was often a situation where the expenditure was too high or a lot of money that should be collected was confiscated, which made it easy to run out of money to raise the army, resulting in the abolition of armaments and internal and external troubles. Once this phenomenon occurs, sending troops will become a delusional statement, and there will be no follow-up......