Among the several feudal dynasties in the ancient history of our country, the most rich and prosperous was the Song Dynasty.

The prosperity of commerce promoted the progress of science and technology, and the progress of science and technology fed back the prosperity of commerce, and the result of complementing each other was the great development of mining, textile, handicraft, military industry and other industries in the Song Dynasty.

Even if it was driven to the south by the Jin soldiers and lost half of the Southern Song Dynasty, a year's tax should not be small, the industrious Song people with rough hands, resolute legs to develop a desolate miasma of smoke, into a land of fish and rice, can not grow food on the land to plant trees, where the trees can not be planted to mine, the mine can not be dug out, then the whole family began to do business, just like that, the Song Dynasty was beaten half to death dead wood in spring.

In terms of economy, it ranks first among the small countries in the Jin Kingdom, the Kereh Division, the Menggusi Department (Mongolian Division), the Western Liao, the Western Xia, the Tubo Division, and the Dali Kingdom.

However, looking at the essence through the appearance of things, behind the "wealth" of the Song Dynasty, how many people know how much bitterness and pain there is in it?

When Wen Yanbo and Wang Anshi said to Emperor Shenzong the words "rule the world with scholars", the Great Song Dynasty, which was already disabled in the right leg, put a heavy shackle on his head, and the government was very right, and the Great Song Dynasty was also governed by this group of scholars, and the Song treasury in its heyday collected more than 160 million yuan in taxes annually.

But when the second and third generations entered the officialdom, the Great Song Dynasty, like being bitten by insects and rats, was full of holes, unable to make ends meet, when the Jurchens in the north annexed the Liao State, and shook hands with the Song Dynasty in an aggressive way, a large Song treasury that was once full of gold and silver developed to the point where it could not even take out the money for the front-line soldiers.

At this time, the Great Song Dynasty was still wealthy, but only the middle group of officials and gentry were rich.

The rich Song Dynasty officials were reluctant to eat mutton soup, and the low-level ordinary people were even more miserable, this is a disease, a serious disease called polarization, and the smart civil officials naturally diagnosed it, but it hurts to scrape the bones and heal the wounds, and no one is willing to be ruthless to themselves, so the sick and disabled Song Dynasty was driven to the south by the Jin people as a matter of course, relying on the terrain to survive, but this disease still exists.

In the face of the Jin soldiers and iron cavalry, it is natural to recruit troops to fight, and it costs money to fight, and the Song people's force is not as good as the Jin people, so they have to rely on the power of the armor staff, so the cost of fighting a war has doubled dramatically, but the treasury has no money!

The officials holding the seals, in the name of resisting gold, imposed harsh taxation policies on all classes except "scholars".

In the autumn and summer, there are many taxes such as field tax, body tax, conversion tax, and purchase, etc., in addition to the imperial court, there are also a variety of local miscellaneous taxes.

Among them, there are two kinds of taxes that can kill people, one is called "monthly pile money", which is a kind of military tax ordered by local states and counties to be paid on a monthly basis in order to meet military expenses in the Southern Song Dynasty.

The second is called "royalty money", which is also a kind of tax levied by the local government for the military under the pretext of these two taxes, as long as you are a Song person, you have to pay, of course, officials with tax-free privileges are not included.

In order to defeat the gold thieves, the people of the whole country are of the same heart, not only the common people are "crying and taking the initiative to donate money", but even those "stupid officials" are anxious to contribute to the country, such as Li Chunnian!

It is said that if you can do a good job for the country, you will earn hundreds of thousands of taxes every year, and the emperor is very happy, so he set up a meridian bureau in Pingjiang Mansion and ordered him to try out the "meridian law".

The content is very simple, and it is also the consistent style of the government, taking the township as a unit, sending the government service soldiers to clear the fields of those large households, verify the acres, and then register in the register, the land is more and less, paddy fields and dry fields, and divide the grades, pay different tax rates at different levels, and then divide the anvil book according to the official households and private households, just like the house book and field book in later generations, and the topographic map and other detailed information are attached to the back of the book, and the government will tax according to this book, to put it bluntly, it is to have the most acres of land and some people who have evaded taxes and evaded taxes, eat big households!

Li Chunnian, a young man born in a peasant family, is indeed a good official, he has been honest and honest since he became an official, he has never been corrupt and bends the law, and he is a clean official who is for the people and the country.

Just when he was about to die in the line of duty, the pioneer of the tax reform, his old mother suddenly left him first, and he had to return to his hometown and keep filial piety for three years.

After four years, although the "Jingjie Law" has advanced slowly, it has indeed collected a lot of money for the imperial court, but for the war of "a cannon sounds, ten thousand taels of gold", this money is still a drop in the bucket and useless.

In the face of the rising military spending, the imperial court unanimously decided that the wise policy of "half of the military spending" was an important reason why Wu Luan frequently took care of a little baby who was only twelve years old.

The promise of the Jin people is that the sow goes to the tree, so Wu Lan is not optimistic about the "Song Jin Peace Conference", this year's war is a bloody example, if he is not always on guard against them, the territory of the water army will completely enter the belly of the Jin people this day.

This battle drove the Jin people away, but it also impoverished the western army, and the Lizhou West Road was even more dragged by the people's and financial resources.

But the Jin people will come again, and the battle will have to be fought, as the coach of the West Road, under the precautions, a "little God of Wealth" who can collect money for the army, Wu Lan will never let him go back to be a shit catcher, and he will not succeed after some persuasion, even if he is given an official and a knight, this kid will not change, if it is not for his young age, a whip is naturally indispensable.

Dogs are not stupid, a little doll who has just finished reading enlightenment books can have a fart talent, isn't it just that he has a fancy to his relationship with those businessmen, and can give him the benefits of earning military expenses from time to time, coaxing the master is a fool?

In the end, under the dog's "argument for reason", Wu Lan finally put the dog back, read it for the sake of acquaintance, and generously recommended the dog to be promoted.

But the dog is more modest, rather than die, and then it is really "gracious and difficult" to accept it, with the help of Wu Yong, the dog who trembled and climbed up from the well, and then faced Wu Lan, the lion opened his mouth, thinking that he could make some trouble for him, but he forgot that he was a dignified all the way to appease, and his brows did not wrinkle, so he smiled and let himself go.

"Alas! What a memory to look back on! ”

The dog on the horse whipped the mule under him so hard that it barked and ran away with its hooves.

After running two or three hundred meters, I saw a man on a horse running over excitedly in front of me, and shouted from afar: "Dog, I asked clearly, they said that five hundred meters ahead is the wharf, and after noon, there will be a boat going to Xihezhou!" ”

The dog hung his head and said, "I know Brother Da, can you ask him for the money of the boat?" ”

The man who spoke was Gou'er's cellmate Da Lang, the two of them had lived in the prison for more than two months and had been acquainted with each other, and when he escaped from Wu Peel's clutches this time, the righteous dog fished him out, and of course, the mute men were also brought out together.

"I asked, and they said that since they were doing things for the army, they would give thirty or fifty taels for the ship's money!"

"Thirty fifty taels! Alas! ”

The dog sighed, this is all his own money!

"Brother Pang, let a few brothers speed up and hurry to the dock early for a good meal, by the way, why didn't Brother Lu An come back?"

"Lu An! Flirt with the little lady who sells cooking cakes again! ”

Panglang replied and shouted loudly to the few mute men who were driving the carriage to hurry up.

But the mute man sat on the chariot like a wooden man, silently and without charioting, and the angry huge man ran directly over with one person and one whip, and the three carriages only sped up a little.

Seeing this scene, the dog had to shake his head weakly, his heart was dead, living was a burden, if it weren't for the fact that Da Da Lang didn't allow a few people to cut themselves, the dog's team would have been disbanded a long time ago.

"Puppy! Don't be angry, a few of them just don't have a lot of skin, and they will be fine if they go back and raise them for a few days! Guaranteed to be obedient! ”

Glancing at Da Da Lang, who was rubbing his hands and explaining to himself with a flushed face, the dog said lightly: "Don't worry, Brother Pang, there are a few of them, I finally fished them out, and I won't give it up!" ”

Da Da Lang arched his hand with a smile on his face, and said curiously to the dog: "By the way, dog, how did you get out of Wu Dashuai's hands?" ”

"Without him, I bought it with money!"

"Spend money?" Panglang frowned and asked, "How much did it cost to buy us?" Is there a hundred taels? ”

The dog looked at the black crow croaking on the branch in the distance, and said leisurely: "One hundred and one hundred taels!" ”

"One hundred and one hundred taels?"

Dang Lang silently calculated, opened his mouth and shouted in disbelief: "Dog, don't lie to my brother, where can we be worth 10,000 taels!" ”

The dog sighed: "Not only the two of you, but also those people in Longzhou. ”

"Minfu? Dogs, they didn't go to jail, why did you buy them? ”

"You don't understand!" The dog shook his head and said, "This is the price of going home!" ”

I heard that a few of them were bought by the owner for 10,000 taels of silver, and the mute men who were originally a little lifeless actually had a rare expression, although they couldn't understand a few of their finger-pointing and random gestures, but looking at the huge man with a black face, one person whipped them a few times, and scolded them to make money for the owner, don't look for a dead end, the dog understands a little.

"Brothers, it is really unfair to suffer this great calamity, but it is a blessing that people are still alive, as long as everyone works together, they will definitely be able to live a personal life! The tongue is gone, you still have hands, and the bottom is gone, but you still have this blood, as long as we look at ourselves, other people's eyes don't care about him! ”

"Brothers, my body is disabled, there are a lot of orphans in my family, and I can continue this incense when I turn around and adopt my two adopted sons, but my heart is dead, think about Cai Lun who made paper, General Yang Fuguang who suppressed Huangchao, and Zhang Chengye, a virtuous general, not to mention the previous ones, just the supervising military envoy who can make my Western Army Marshal Wu retreat, that is not majestic, who does not take a look! Therefore, the brothers should not have the will to die again, stay this remnant, and wait for the opportunity to gain a good reputation as a husband sooner or later! ”

A heart-to-heart, passionate speech, I thought it would make a few people bow their heads, but the result was silent.

Sensing the awkward atmosphere, the huge man hurriedly ran out to play the round, "Brothers, the owner said that as long as he has a bite to eat, he will never forget us!" ”

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"Dog, let's hurry up, I'm afraid we won't be able to get on the boat if it's late."

The dog said, "Good! ”

The two of them turned and walked away.