Chapter 82: Yicang (2)

Eight rivers divert around Chang'an, Qinzhong since ancient times Emperor State, Guanzhong because of the solidity of the four stops, abundant products, since ancient times eight hundred miles of Qinchuan, extremely rich, but now the land of Guanzhong, raising the people of Guanzhong, is already a mirror flower and water moon, the whole Guanzhong depends on Cao Yun to support, if there is no Cao Yun, the scene in Guanzhong must be more tragic than the southeast Qingxu Yang Sanzhou.

Therefore, the fundamental point of Yicang is to balance the price of grain and the rationality of grain reserves in various places, and to let the Shaofu open up an additional source of finance, and completely separate the oral levy and forced labor from the local government.

Liu Xun thought of this and immediately said: "With Han Qing's strategy, I have calculated, in fact, the cost required is not very much, the Shaofu has to distribute Lu rice to the officials every year, it is better to be requisitioned by Yicang, and the Prime Minister's Mansion will directly allocate Chang'an and local officials to the Shaofu, and the grain sold by the people can also be converted into vouchers to offset the forced labor!" The first year may cost a larger amount, but it will not exceed 70 million dollars, and the grain harvested by the people everywhere is limited, after all, the people themselves have to eat, and the remaining grain can be allocated to Guanzhong, Southeast, Hexi, Henan, Liaodong and other places, fake people in grain!! ”

After listening to the answer of the Son of Heaven, Chen Wannian immediately calculated in his heart, Chen Wannian himself also understood in his heart that the virtue of the local officials, and the weight of the local forced labor, has been so heavy that it is jaw-dropping, and even if you pay the compulsory labor money in the local area, the local officials will still levy you to work, and even the local landlords and doctors will collude with the county order and the county guard, and the same peasant household will continue to go out for several years to encroach on the farmer's fertile land.

But Shaofu, every year the money supplement is also very tight, after Chen Wannian took office, began to work on this year's work plan, found that the entire army of weapons and equipment manufacturing, the east and west palace in the replenishment of materials, the repair of the garden palace, etc., these are all required a lot of five baht money, plus Shaofu itself is different from other Jiuqing, from the point of view, Shaofu is the great steward of the Son of Heaven, in essence, it is to gather wealth for the Son of Heaven, and Emperor Xiaowu divided the coinage power to the Shui Heng Duwei, and divided part of the tax to the big Si NongAfter the adjustment, only the main sources of tax revenue in Shaofu remained, such as the garden pond in charge of Shaofu, the fake tax after the holiday in the garden and the mountain wilderness, the business tax of private industry and commerce, the checkpoint tax, and the 20 yuan paid by children aged 7 to 14, which made the wealth of Shaofu shrink sharply.

Although the management and sale of Yicang require a large number of manpower, but this can increase the authority and rights of Shaofu and wealth, but this increases the cost of national financial operation, Chen Wannian knows himself, although he is flattering, and he is not a gentleman, but you really let him take the people's fat and people's ointment to gain a great future for himself, and he can't do it, so it is better to grasp the management of Yicang in his hands, and put the sale into the existing salt and iron yamen, so that Shaofu can not only get the right, but also the people have been facilitated. The state also has less labor costs.

Thinking of this, Chen Wannian bowed down and said: "Your Majesty knows thousands of miles, and non-ministers can be compared, but the ministers are ignorant and don't know what Han Shangshu's policy is, Dasi Nong's salt and iron yamen sells salt and iron in various places, does it really need Shaofu to sell in a market?" It is better to hand over the grain sold by the people to the big Si Nong to operate, and it can also reduce personnel costs. And whether all the money is collected by the treasury of the state? This still needs to be reviewed by His Majesty!! ”

After listening to Chen Wannian's recital, Liu Xun greatly appreciated it, and raised Chen Wannian's status in his heart to another level.

In China, the authority of a department is linked to the wealth of the number of officials in this department, and few people will put down the fat in their mouths, and there is a bottom line for doing things, and there is a pattern for life.

If the state cannot implement the laws fairly and strictly, and trample on the dignity of the law at will, it will cause confusion in social values, everyone knows the law but does not abide by the law, and the social atmosphere is not right.

Because no one is a fool, the upper echelons do not obey, and let the common people obey this impossible.

Therefore, Chen Wannian, an old official who knows the situation at the grassroots level, understood the inappropriateness at the first time, and pointed it out euphemistically at the first time.

Liu Xun said: "Since the Dasi Nong Salt and Iron Yamen has a sales channel, it will be sold by the Salt and Iron Yamen, and the proceeds will be opened seventy-three, and six cents will be transported to Guanzhong and stored in Shaofu as the money for the water conservancy road project, and the prime minister will allocate it uniformly to use it when building projects such as Longshou Canal and Baiqu, and the local government will keep four points for the cost of local water conservancy construction, but it is necessary to apply to the Prime Minister's Mansion and the local Yicang, and after getting the approval, you can start construction according to the money! ! ! The Prime Minister's Office should also come up with the assessment of local water conservancy projects, and in the calculation of each year, the imperial historian will also send the imperial historian to supervise whether it is really implemented!! ”

"Wow!!" Huo Guang, Wei Xiang, and Chen Wannian bowed together