Chapter 180 For the benefit of the people's livelihood

"The spring breeze in February is like scissors."

The weeping willows, newly planted on both sides of the street, begin to grow delicate goose-yellow leaves as spring returns, and when the wind blows, they sway back and forth, like green silk on a girl's head. They are full of spirit of Lin'an City, adding a bit of grace, looking at such a street, Zhao Heju can't help but sigh, the wisdom of these "ancients" is really not to be underestimated.

Cement is used on a large scale in road construction, which is a matter of industrial society, but now the craftsmen from Liuqiu and Lin'an have perfectly combined the building materials of this industrial society with the style of the ancient city of Lin'an, making the city not only have the poetic charm of ancient Chinese architecture, but also extremely convenient and concise, which is conducive to travel.

The cement road in Yujie is the best advertisement, the Lin'an cement kiln has been renamed the cement factory, and has begun to move farther away, one is that Zhao and Ju are worried that the cement factory will pollute the scenery of the West Lake, and the other is closer to the source of raw materials. The ministers of the DPRK and China were all in favor of promoting the concrete road in Lin'an and the whole country, but some of the shortcomings of the cement road had not yet been revealed, and because there were no trucks, the maintenance of the cement road was not as difficult as in later generations.

At present, the construction has been started, is the West Lake several famous embankments, taking advantage of the farming season has not yet arrived, Lin'an Prefecture Yu Tianxi organized manpower, dredging the lake, strengthening the embankment, but also on the embankment to build cement pavement. Because the wages are abundant, and it is not the busy season for farming, people from nearby villages have come to earn this money.

For the Great Song Dynasty, there were still many places to pave cement roads, so some ministers realized that only paving roads could absorb a large number of displaced people, and the only question was where to raise the money to pave the roads.

However, this problem soon became a problem.

"The flow of taxes to be paid to the treasury, all converted into flow of gold dollar bills, a total of ...... 2,400,000 gold dollars, equivalent to 24 million yuan! ”

In the Daqing Palace, the faint Nanxiang hovered at the end of the courtier's nose, but the precious spices that made people calm down now have no effect, and after Wei Liaoweng finished speaking, there was an uproar in the hall immediately.

The surprise is absolute, the reason is very simple, Liuqiu is just a place all the way, hundreds of thousands of people, and the wealth handed over to the treasury is nearly one-third of the whole country of the Great Song Dynasty!

Moreover, according to the "Liuqiu Natu Law Decree" decreed by the Son of Heaven, Liuqiu only needs to pay half of his annual net income to the national treasury, which means that Liuqiu's net income last year was nearly 50 million yuan!

"All the way, all the way......"

Liuqiu is just a place along the way, that is, after the acceptance of land, the whole population is only about 600,000, but the wealth created is more abundant than that of the Great Song Dynasty, which has a population of tens of millions. The courtiers did not know that this was the difference between an industrial society and an agrarian society, but only that the disparity between the two sides in terms of land area and population was unbelievable.

In the midst of the chaotic discussions, there are also some things that cannot be said directly. Liuqiu is so rich, it can be said that there is gold and silver everywhere, but unfortunately he wanted to reach out to Liuqiu several times, but he was blocked by the Son of Heaven, for which the Son of Heaven even did not hesitate to dismiss Xuanxuan Du, after the change of Lin'an, the prestige of the Son of Heaven has not diminished at all, and he wants to put pressure on the Son of Heaven again, and the first one in Cui Xianggong will not be able to pass.

In these days, some people have also tried Cui He, Cui He just smiled and asked in a hurry, so he asked rhetorically if the Son of Heaven agreed to send him to Liuqiu, but what if he encountered an accident such as a shipwreck on the way? Remembering that the elite of the Liuqiu Water Division was better than the forbidden army, these ministers were silent. Although the money is good, it is not worth it to go to the sea to feed the king for this reason.

"Twenty-four million yuan, that's a lot of money." Zhao Youju looked at everyone and smiled faintly.

This year, so much money can be accounted for, in fact, it is a blowout effect, for a long time, for the sake of secrecy, the trade with the Great Song Dynasty is not meticulous, only concentrated in a part of the goods, and by the limitation of raw materials, the production capacity can not be fully released. However, in the past year, the practical use of the steam engine in industrial production has made Liuqiu fundamentally free from the shackles of power, and more than ten loan agreements have provided sufficient raw materials for Liuqiu, and after the donation of land in May, the last barrier to trade between Liuqiu and the Great Song Dynasty has also been broken.

"Why is Liuqiu so rich?" Immediately, someone asked suspiciously: "Official, if you fish with all your might, it won't be beautiful......

"This ...... Let the scholar of Boya Building University, Yelu Chucai, explain it to Zhuqing. Zhao Youju said with a smile.

This is a rare opportunity for Yelu Chucai, which means that he has officially ascended to the Great Song Dynasty. Because it was a great court meeting, although he was extremely low above the rank, he still arrived at the Daqing Palace. Hearing the name of the Son of Heaven, he stood up unhurriedly, first saluted the Son of Heaven, and then talked eloquently to the courtiers.

"Flowing for agricultural endowments, what you do is to spread the land into the mu." His first words surprised the ministers.

"Calculate the average income of the land endowment for five years, and then divide it by the total number of fields, and do not collect the ding tax, but only the land endowment, so the tax is not heavy." Yelu Chucai explained quietly.

The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty looked at each other, since ancient times, the collection of Ding tax per capita is an important income of the country's government, but the flow of Qiu actually canceled the Ding tax! Immediately, some people remembered that the land annexation of the Great Song Dynasty was also extremely heavy, and if it was also divided into acres, the burden of the common people who had no land and little land would inevitably be greatly reduced, and the big landlords who had land in the same way would have to pay more taxes.

"Compete with the people!" Immediately, some people secretly thought in their hearts that if the Son of Heaven was also preparing to implement the apportionment of the land into the mu in the Great Song Dynasty, then they would use this to fight against the Son of Heaven.

Those who can be above the court, nine times out of ten, are landlords, and the apportionment of the mu is to ask them to pay more taxes, how can they be willing!

Zhao Heju quietly glanced at Yelu Chucai, and at this time, he threw out the paving into the mu, just to startle the snake, so that these spokesmen of the powerful interests in the court did not oppose his other policy, so this is not the point, like a whip method, when the time is ripe, he will naturally launch it.

"Therefore, the flow of taxes mainly comes from industrial taxes, commercial taxes, and mining taxes." Yelu Chucai continued: "The way of collecting these three taxes is quite different from that of the Great Song Dynasty, so although there are many taxes, they do not disturb the people, and since the government collects taxes, it must use this tax as a business reality. ”

With Yelu Chucai's words, the hundred officials in the court quieted down, the importance of commercial taxes to the finances of the Great Song Dynasty, the hundreds of officials above the court all understood, and listened to Yelu Chucai's explanation one by one.

"The country and the business, when complementing each other, the business to the tax to the country, the country to help the business, so the flow of merchant ships to go to sea, if there is danger, the flow of the coast guard will come." Later, Yelu Chucai even declared that the force of the flow of the flow was the backing of the flow of the merchants, the tax of the flow of the merchants, and the logistics of the flow of force.

Although Zhao and Ju can't remember the full text, the general content of it is still written in a small book, plus some of his own views, left in Liuqiu, and Yelu Chucai has seen this booklet. In the past few years, the development of Liuqiu and this booklet have been confirmed one by one, so he had to marvel that Zhao and Ju saw things far away.

"This ...... This ......"

After more than half a year, the "Weekly" and other "Weekly" spared no effort to advocate and publicize, Chen Liangye's utilitarian theory has been recognized by these courtiers to a certain extent, and their own families and relatives have many industries, in addition to real estate, many people also have such and such connections with workshops and shops, if the imperial court openly supports these industries......

This was very heartening to a small part of the courtiers.

Zhao Youju had been observing the expressions of the courtiers, and when he saw these people with stunned, confused or complicated expressions, he felt a little happy in his heart.

Yelu Chucai's conversation took two hours, begging the PCPD to support the merchants, and the merchants paid taxes according to the law, and the PCPD used the tax money to maintain the operation of the PCPD, the research and development of new products, the education and livelihood of the people, and many other aspects, thus forming a reciprocating cycle, all of which came out of his mouth. The courtiers may not understand, let alone accept, this combination of interests of Chiguoguo, but at least one thing, they understand that in this way, the people are inexhaustible and the country is sufficient.

"The system of flow and demand, or there is merit......" I have seen more new things, and the courtiers also faintly have such thoughts in their hearts, but the time is not yet ripe, and no one is willing to put it forward, becoming a tide maker on the cusp.

"Okay, do you understand?" After Yelu Chucai finished speaking, Zhao Heju smiled and said: "Now all of you know that the flow of money to pay these many taxes is not to compete with the people, but to benefit the people. It is a big mistake to compete with the people for profit, but for the benefit of the people, there may be something to learn from. A few days ago, Zhen Dexiu gave me a letter to me, that is, to build a salt field on Huainan East Road for the benefit of people's livelihood...... I'm ready. ”

Zhen Dexiu is a master of science, and he has always been disdainful of words when he was in the court, but when he arrived at the place, he was a practical minister, quite able to benefit the people, and everyone heard that the Son of Heaven took Zhen Dexiu as an example, which not only admired the strength of the Son of Heaven, but also secretly felt funny. Zhen Dexiu racked his brains in Lianghuai to make the people rule in order to promote science, but it turned out to be a model used by the Son of Heaven to promote the theory of utilitarianism.

"When the ministers are in the court, the major affairs of the country are determined by me and the secretaries, and when the secretaries play, they must also think carefully about whether the things they play can benefit the people's livelihood......

Zhao Youju looked over while talking, and found that the group of Zitai counselors looked eager to try, and he said: "There are many kinds of benefits, righteousness is one of them, it can teach the people righteousness, it is also profitable, it can educate Li Shu, it is also profitable, it can continue to learn from the saints and open peace for future generations, and it is the most beneficial." In order to continue to learn from the saints, not to cling to the defects and rest on their laurels, when the Three Emperors were slashing and burning, and the descendants tamed the cattle and horses to sympathize with the people's strength, it was to continue to learn from the saints; At the time of Confucius, the scriptures were written in wooden tablets, and there were very few people who were fortunate enough to see them, and later artificial paper was made to carry the words of the sages, and the printing was printed to spread the way of the sages. ”

His words actually changed the concept, but it couldn't be more appropriate here, and the ministers nodded again and again, even those officials who wanted to jump out and accuse the Son of Heaven had now shrunk back.

"This matter will be stopped, and the next step is to ask for the usage of these 24 million guan." Zhao Youju looked at the ministers and said slowly.

"The minister has a book!"

"The minister has the book!"

"Your Majesty, the minister has a discussion!"

As soon as his words fell, all the ministers who had already been preparing to attack jumped out, and there was a lot of noise in the court. Zhao Youju not only did not get angry, but smiled slightly, afraid that if these people do not fight, the more they fight, then the better the effect of the "for the benefit of the people" launched by him this time.

Cui He looked up at Zhao and Ju, the two exchanged a look, Cui He coughed, although he was only involved in political affairs, but he was the head of the three political affairs, although he did not have the name of prime minister, but he had the position of prime minister, and his reputation was high, so under a cough, all the ministers were quiet.

"Your Majesty just said that it is for the people's livelihood and interests, and the ministers are extremely frightened, and the ministers have been in Shu for decades, and every time they introspect themselves, they feel that the benefits of the people's livelihood are really less, and there are many intrusions into Li Shu." Cui He looked at the ministers, and then smiled: "The ministers feel that in the past year, the princes of the Manchu Dynasty have worked extremely hard for the benefit of the people. ”

Of course, there is a knowing smile in the hall, a million times, but this is not a small number! The dynasty is a good man and treats officials well, but he is a clean official, and he will not think that the Son of Heaven will reward him too much.

"The land of Jingdong and Huaibei, which has been ravaged by war and the people's livelihood, is now in ruins, and each is given a million yuan, but it is not really rewarded to the people, but it is used for work relief, which not only helps the people's livelihood, but also does not raise a heart of arrogance."

"Huainan through Li Quan's rebellion, Zhende Xiu to govern this, stretched, and the Son of Heaven once said with him, where Huaibei has, will be with Huainan, so one million should also be allocated to dredge the canal and build roads."

"Lin'an, the place where you walk, the residence of the Son of Heaven, must not be unimportant, so one million yuan should also be allocated to build cement roads and resettle the unemployed."

Cui He calculated it little by little, 24 million guan spent 4 million guan in an instant, only Wei Liaoweng was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks, this money has not been fully released to the household department, and he has only seen 4 million guan at present, originally thought that the treasury could be filled again, but he didn't expect this Cui Xianggong to spend money like flowing water.

"The military, the major affairs of the country, the minister heard that the flow of the tiger Ben, the military system is quite different from my Great Song Dynasty, the elite soldiers, the equipment is rigorous, so the first battle of Xuzhou, and then the battle of Huaibei, Li Quan stupid thief, frightened when he heard the wind, the Jin country was captured in the north, and the flag was invincible. The minister thought that in the remaining funds, five million should be used to raise soldiers, and the Son of Heaven should select the elite from the forbidden army, and use the method of training the army to drill the exercise, so that it is no less than the flow of the tiger, so that I have one more pillar of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

These words made the hearts of the ministers sink, and the ministers who were begging for combat power all knew that the "artillery" was a sharp weapon, although they had not seen it, they had also heard of it. Originally, this combat force was not in the hands of the Privy Council and the Ministry of War, which made them a little uneasy, if this force changes one day, then who can control it! Cui Hefang's words seemed to be boasting about the Liuqiu Escort Team, but in fact, he proposed to train an elite team that could compete with the Liuqiu Escort Team to check and balance.

The Son of Heaven has always been accustomed to Liuqiu, and he made such a request at this time, although it is for a long-term plan, but can the Son of Heaven agree, and also, use the money of Liuqiu to raise a force to balance Liuqiu, can Liuqiu agree with it?

Since Cui He joined politics, he has always been measured in doing things, why did he put forward such an idea at this time!