Hebei is full of towering trees planted for more than 100 years, which was originally the policy of the Great Song Dynasty to resist the Khitan cavalry, and the emperors of all dynasties have ordered to protect the forest.

These giant trees blocked the roads in Hebei, making the local people poor and isolated, and forcing Hebei, which was still prosperous, into a poor and remote country.

But now, it has become a good place, not to mention thousands of acres of giant wood forests, which have become ready-made materials for the Mizhou Dock.

On the official road from Hebei to Mizhou, there are transport teams, bustling and lively.

Zhang An, the governor of the river, looked at a transport team in front of him, rolled up his sleeves and said: "It's really not possible, let's report to the imperial court and dig a river to transport timber." Let the giant trees in Hebei drift down, and you only need to send someone to take care of them along the way. ”

The officials of the river control department behind him all looked at each other and did not dare to speak.

This governor can really take care of things for himself, for the development of his hometown Hebei Zhulu, he is out of the way.

These people have not yet completed the plan to straighten the canal, and if they divide people to dig some shit and transport the wooden river, wouldn't they be full of food.

As soon as Zhang An turned around, he saw the expressions of his subordinates, and immediately understood it.

He scratched his head and smiled, "I'm just joking, look at you, take it seriously." ”

Only then did everyone take a breath and stroke their chests, much more relaxed.

Zhang An lowered his head, returned to his makeshift tent with his hands behind his back, picked up a pen and pondered for a moment on the table, and wrote:

On September 20 of the second year of Xuanhe, Zhang An, the governor of the River Division, played a recital. The minister heard that the world was ruined and ruined, and the benefits of the river canal. Only the saints are on top, and the virtuous ministers are in charge, then the benefits are eliminated and the harm is eliminated, which is easy to achieve but difficult to abolish.

Jinchen saw that the giant wood of Hebei was lost in Mizhou, which cost countless money and grain, and suffered heavy losses along the way, and the officials were tired of answering, and had to ask for a false loan, and the market was worried about it. It is not only public and private labor expenses, but it is deeply regrettable.

May Tongting be merciful, Xu Chen dug the river canal to transport wood, and dredged the lower reaches of the Yellow River, and the floods in the north of the river were also killed. The secret court of the three provinces ruled that it would be recorded and waited for the decree.

After writing, Zhang An looked left and right to make sure that no one was there, so he pretended to be a thief and ordered his cronies outside to be sent to the post station.

"This group of short-sighted petty officials, how can they see the benefits of digging the river, there is only Yang Shaozai in the world, and he is my Zhang An's Bole and bosom friend. I dug this Yunmu River. ”

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Zhaodefang, Yang Lin has not been to Mingtang for three days, and he has not participated in the early dynasty.

Today's early dynasty is a virtual reality, His Majesty the Emperor only has fun in the palace, and he can't hear any political affairs in the court, and he doesn't know how to deal with it.

In the outer courtyard of Zhaodefang, Mei Daoren took a group of Taoist children and followed Yang Lin to finish the morning class and disperse early.

When the prime minister Bai Shizhong was not in Mingtang, he came here. Because there is an important letter, I have to report to Yang Shaozai.

Xu Saiyue was waiting behind him, wearing a white silk jacket, a light purple collar, a plain streamer skirt with a shallow waist, and a pair of watery apricot eyes on her sparkling face. A handkerchief was handed over, and there was a hint of fragrance.

Yang Lin wiped his sweat and looked at Zhang An's letter, a little undecided.

The matter of digging the river is not a trivial matter, but Zhang An did not mention the details of digging the river at all, if it is left to him to do, how long it will take to do it, how much it will cost, and nothing will be said.

"How does this make this official, it's a fool." Yang Lin scolded with a smile.

In front of him, Bai Shizhong, who came to discuss the matter, said with a smile: "Nanhai Sailor, I don't know how much money, food, and materials have been spent, if there is really this benefit and the cost is not large, it is not bad to dig a river canal." ”

Yang Lin nodded, building a sailor is by no means a simple matter of building a few warships, and then recruiting a group of sailors to complete the work.

As a matter of fact, a large formed naval division needs flagships, horse ships, grain ships, warships, guard ships, and herald ships, as well as warships and weapons for water and land warfare in all aspects of command, combat, supply, and transportation of the entire huge fleet.

Hearing Bai Shizhong's words, there were some slight words about the cost of the South China Sea Sailors, and Yang Lin couldn't help but sigh.

At present, there is a shortage of money everywhere, and this South China Sea sailor is like a monster that eats money, but he has not yet seen the benefits.

After all, the Cham people will not be able to defeat it for a while, and I don't know what the situation of the South China Sea Trade Route is now.

knocked on the table, and Xu Saiyue behind him immediately bent down and poured a cup of ginseng soup warm in a charcoal cage.

Yang Lin took a sip and said, "Let Zhang An, a stunned young man, come to the show, come up with an exact plan, and then we will make a decision." As for the South China Sea Mariners..."

Bai Shizhong's ears moved, and he looked at Yang Lin intently, waiting for his decision.

Yang Lin's eyes were fierce, and he said: "Send the order to Wu Lan, he has spent so much money, food and materials in the South China Sea, and has won so many battles, but the imperial court has not seen any benefits." Let him figure out a way in the South China Sea, whether it is... Whether it's robbing, robbing, or robbing, you have to get some money back, right? A small country in the South China Sea, it has always been rude... Occasional attacks can be regarded as propagating the king's Taoism. ”

After Yang Lin finished speaking, he also blushed a little, this is already encouraging his hands to engage in colonization.

But there is no way, what the imperial court lacks most at this time is money, as long as this bottleneck period is passed, just wait for the new deal to work.

Colonization is the best way to accumulate primitively, and at this last resort, it is impossible to say that it must be used.

Bai Shizhong was also very embarrassed, but he glanced at Yang Shaozai stupidly, and suddenly felt a little confident.

"The South China Sea is a small country, full of treasures, Wu Lan can only fight, he may not be able to do this well." Yang Lin groaned: "Let Qin Hui go!" ”

Bai Shizhong was slightly surprised, he didn't expect Yang Shaozai to play such a card, Qin Huizhi had just been brought into the Ming Hall by himself, and he was about to go out to do this.

Yang Lin didn't have the heart to think about this, he trusted Qin Hui's ability, this person should have a set of ways to collect money. Let him out, and harm the aborigines of the South China Sea and Taiwan, and he is not very distressed.

Yang Lin saw that he had no intention of leaving, and asked, "Lao Bai, is there anything else?" ”

Bai Shizhong gritted his teeth, and finally said the biggest purpose of today's visit: "Yang Shaozai, there is also the matter of the City Division... The imperial court has six city divisions, but the gains are very small, and the shortage of the household department is too great..."

Yang Lin understood as soon as he heard that the city division was his own, and the people under him were inevitably a little arrogant.

It is also difficult to let them spit out the benefits they have obtained, after all, they are the fathers of their side, and now that they have gained power, Mizhou Zhang Heng and Huating Jiezhen Jiebao, these people will inevitably rise and want to get a piece of the pie.

This kind of thing, no one dares to give their own opinions, and now the court is poor, and Bai Shizhong has no other way but to stare at this big piece of meat and shake things out.

Yang Lin stood up, walked back and forth seven or eight times, finally sat down, and said in a condensed voice: "You go and negotiate a new regulation, the formulation of commercial tax laws, tax laws, tax types, and the responsibility of supervising taxes will all be handed over to the household department; Collect and pay taxes to the Municipal Division; Mutual market litigation, maritime market litigation, and tax litigation should be handed over to the Criminal Department, and the three should achieve mutual checks and balances.

The transaction tax can be divided into a part according to the transaction amount, transaction volume and products related to the national economy and people's livelihood of the unique products in various places, which will be directly collected by the local government, and there is no need to hand it over to the imperial court and then be returned by the imperial court, which saves the trouble of collection and transportation; Second, it can make local officials embrace this strategy. Spare no effort to implement it, so as not to be disobeyed by the yang and yin of the local government. ”

Bai Shizhong was very excited, but he didn't expect Yang Shaozai to deal with it so quickly without protecting his shortcomings. As long as Yang Shaozai's method is followed, the city will become a big taxpayer again, and the crisis of lack of money in the imperial court can be easily overcome.

However, this time is a little tight, and I don't know if the implementation process will be smooth.

Yang Lin added: "This is also written into the new policy, and it is implemented in coastal cities, but if there are those who are not convinced, you can tell me that we can kill chickens and show monkeys." ”

Bai Shizhong completely put his mind at ease, hugged his fists and said: "With this sentence, I will be much more down-to-earth in doing it, Shaozai rest assured, this matter will definitely live up to Shaozai's expectations." ”