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Song Guo has no money again?

Well...... It can't be said that there is nothing at all.

However, the designation is not enough to support the war with the Liao State, after all, the money in the sealing vault is also limited, and the cost of a full-scale war with the Northern Liao must be indispensable.

Moreover, the last time the troops were sent north, most of the money and silver in the pile vault had been used.

Some people may say: What, this is just a battle, and more than half of the famous pile sealing library is gone?

Indeed it is.

Speaking of which, I have to say that I have to go back to Zhengtian Hu, Wang Qing, and Fang La.

At the beginning, Zhao Ji and Li Yan borrowed 50 million to conquer Tian Hu, Wang Qing, and Fang La, which was actually enough.

It was spent to make up for the military expenses owed to the Western Army in the past.

The rest, Zhao Jijunchen misappropriated and quickly ran out.

This is also something that can't be helped, who let Zhao Ji Junchen go big and catch up with this eventful season, so where is this money enough?

This led to the fact that after the army of Zhengtian Hu, Wang Qing, and Fang La made meritorious contributions, there was nowhere to get the reward.

Not only that, but even Zhao Ji couldn't pay the military expenses of the army of Tianhu, Wang Qing, and Fang La-Zhengtianhu, Wang Qing, and Fang La, and it took more than a year to stand together, and the total military expenses of these expeditionary armies were added together, and there were 10 million yuan.

In desperation, Tong Guan and others could only acquiesce to the army of Tianhu, Wang Qing, and Fang La, who burned, killed, looted, and plundered the people in the Jiangnan region, leaving countless hidden dangers for the Song Dynasty.

Drawing on the experience of the Jiangnan region, the last time he went north, Zhao Ji started the pile sealing warehouse, made up all the money and reward money owed in the past, and asked the army to bring a lot of gold, silver, jewelry, silk and satin, ready to reward the soldiers after recovering Yanjing, lest they burn and loot in Yanjing like in Jiangnan, and then do bad things.

It can be said that Zhao Ji thought about it very comprehensively last time he went north.

The only thing Zhao Ji didn't expect was that as soon as the army collapsed for a hundred miles, many of the gold, silver, jewelry, silk and silk ribbons he brought with him were captured by Northern Liao.

Therefore, if the Song army wants to go north again, it is bound to get some more money - after learning from the experience of the last failure, Zhao Ji, Wang Hao and others agreed that it is unlikely that they want to recover Yanjing without fighting, and they must have enough money and silver to support the war.

Zhao Ji didn't tell anyone that unlike the last time he didn't want to fight, this time he actually hoped that the Song army would fight a few battles, so that Li Yan and Jin Ren could see the powerful force of his Zhao Ji's army to deter the frontier.

Wang Hao is very good at figuring out Zhao Ji's thoughts, and Liang Shicheng acts as Wang Ji's eyes and ears, so Wang Hao knows very well that at this critical moment, as Zhao Ji's prime minister, he must find money for Zhao Ji, otherwise, it won't be long before he loses this phase.

But the point is, where does the money come from?

In the afternoon of this day, the distraught Wang Hao quietly walked out of the imperial city and came to the Daxiong Hall of Xiangguo Temple—on the one hand, he was going to present a few pillars of incense to Li Chuwen and his son to express his condolences to their father and son. On the other hand, he wanted to pray for the Great Song Dynasty in the wind and rain and bless the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty.

It's not an open day, so it's quiet inside the temple.

The flowers and plants are secluded, the ancient trees are solemn, and in the main hall, the Buddha sits there motionless, his face is solemn, and the Buddha's light is shining.

And the two corridors of the main hall are hung with the poems and famous sentences of the famous princes of the past dynasties.

Wang Hao has been here many times, and each time he has to admire these ink treasures.

Inadvertently, Wang Hao saw a poem by Cai Jingti here:

All things are born in heaven and earth, and prosperity and decay are all grand. The four seasons are endless, and the world's articles are intended first.

Cai Jing's calligraphy is very distinctive, the penmanship is charming, and the words are heroic, but what attracts Wang Hao is not the artistry of Cai Jing's calligraphy, nor the artistic conception of this poem, but Cai Jing's inscription: Sikong Kaifu Yi and the three divisions of the Taiyi Palace, the left servant of the Shangshu Shot, the Taiwei Taishi, led the three provinces of Lu Guogong Cai Jing.

For Cai Jing's long payment, Wang Hao is deeply envious - the longer the payment, the older the seniority and the higher the position.

No one knows that what Wang Hao admires most in his life is Cai Jing, who once promoted him, and it can even be said that Cai Jing is his role model, and he is committed to the goal of transcending in his life.

But how easy is it to surpass Cai Jing?

Cai Jing has served as prime minister three times, and his martial arts have reached a rare height.

(Let's put it this way, if Cai Jing does not serve as prime minister for the third and fourth times (even if it is only a year later, he will not serve as the fourth prime minister), and if the Northern Song Dynasty died after Cai Jing's death, then Cai Jing will definitely be a famous minister of a generation.) ）

OK!

Wang Hao still has a chance to recover Yanjing.

Back then, Zhao Kuangyin, the Taizu of the Song Dynasty, left his ancestral training and recovered the king of Yanyun.

If he Wang Huang can recover Yanjing, even if he can't be called king, he won't be much worse than Cai Jing.

Therefore, Wang Hao made up his mind: "We must find a way for the official family to make a fortune and let the Northern Expedition continue!" ”

Wang Hao has a staff member, named Zhang Shili, who is a fellow villager with Wang Hao, both of whom are in line with Kaifeng, and is more than ten years older than Wang Hao, and is one of Wang Hao's most effective staff.

Seeing that Wang Huang was sullen, Zhang Shili asked, "Does the prime minister have something on his mind?" ”

Wang Hao casually told Zhang Shili about the current financial difficulties of the imperial court and the inability to go north to recover Yanjing.

When Zhang Shili heard this, he smiled and said, "What's so difficult about this? ”

Wang Hao was overjoyed and said, "Do you have a way?" ”

Zhang Shili said: "The recovery of Yanjing is a major event for the whole country of my Great Song Dynasty, and all the people of the Great Song Dynasty should contribute, if they can't contribute, then they should pay for it, and the imperial court can collect free money from the whole country according to the capitation, isn't this it?" ”

Wang Hao is so smart, after a little taste, he said: "Yes, if the imperial court can recapture Yanjing, everyone will benefit, and everyone should contribute, if you don't want to contribute, then you will pay." ”

Wang Hao immediately entered the palace to ask Zhao Ji for instructions.

Zhao Ji listened and said, "Isn't this just fundraising?" ”

"It's different from fundraising, it's similar to collecting taxes," Wang said. Besides, the official family, you recovered Yanjing, didn't you want to create a peaceful and prosperous era for them, and they should not take it for granted that they should contribute some financial resources? ”

Zhao Ji felt that Wang Hao was reasonable, but he still couldn't make up his mind, after all, since the Song Dynasty, he had never asked the poor people for money.

Seeing Zhao Ji's hesitation, how could Wang Hao not know what Zhao Ji was thinking, so he said: "There are priorities, if Li Yan escapes out of the clouds, then our Great Song Ke will be in danger." ”

Hearing Wang Huang say this, Zhao Ji immediately stopped hesitating and said, "Okay, just make it up to Aiqing!" ”

Wang Hao took the opportunity to say again: "In order to ensure that the special funds are earmarked, the minister suggested that a special agency be set up in the three provinces, called Jingfufang, to deal with the issue of military expenses needed to recover Yanjing, without the need for the Privy Council to intervene, and the minister himself will personally control it, so as to ensure that all the expenses required for the Northern Expedition can be paid in time." ”

The so-called three provinces, namely Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province and Shangshu Province.

As central government agencies, the three provinces emerged in different historical periods, and their organizational forms and powers have evolved in the course of their development.

Shangshu Province was born in the Eastern Han Dynasty and was called Shangshutai at that time.

Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province were formed during the Three Kingdoms period.

It was not until the Sui Dynasty that the three provinces were combined to form a whole, constituting the highest authority of the central government.

The three provinces were further improved and developed in the Tang Dynasty.

To put it simply, Zhongshu Province is the decision-making body, the chief is called Zhongshu Ling, the Menxia Province is the auditing body, the chief is called Shizhong, the Shangshu Province is the executive body, and the chief is called Shangshu Ling, left and right servants, left and right Cheng, etc.

Shangshu Province consists of six departments: officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, and workers, and the six ministers are all called Shangshu.

The three-province six-ministry system is a tightly organized central bureaucratic system.

However, the political system in the early Northern Song Dynasty was somewhat different from that of the Sui and Tang dynasties - the three provinces existed in name but died in fact.

Before the reform of Yuanfeng of the Song Dynasty, the Northern Song Dynasty implemented a system of two governments and three divisions.

The two governments, namely the Zhongshu Sect and the Privy Council, were in charge of government affairs and military affairs respectively.

Zhongshu is also called the political hall and the East Mansion, and the chief is called the same Zhongshu Men Pingzhangshi, that is, the prime minister.

The Privy Council is also called Xifu, and the chief is called the Privy Councillor, also known as the Privy Minister.

The three divisions are the Department of Households, the Division of the Degree Branch, and the Division of Salt and Iron, and the three divisions are known as the senior officials and officials are called the three envoys, also known as the ministers, and are in charge of the national finance.

In this way, the three powers of government, military, and finance were independent, and they were not subordinate to each other but checked and balanced each other, and they were all directly responsible to the emperor.

If it is said that the system of three provinces and six ministries is a procedural weakening of the power of the prime minister, then the system of two governments and three divisions is the weakening of the power of the prime minister from the substance, and its purpose is to strengthen the imperial power.

In the fifth year of Yuanfeng, Song Shenzong personally presided over the reform of the official system, abolished the Zhongshu Menxia, restored the three-province system in the early Tang Dynasty, and changed the imperial court power system into three provinces and one privy council system.

Shangshu's left servant and the door servant is the prime minister, Shangshu's right servant is the second minister, and the door servant, Zhongshu Shilang, Shangshu Zuocheng, and Shangshu right are the deputy prime ministers.

The three provinces were in charge of both government and finance, and the Privy Council remained in charge of the military.

During the Zhenghe period, Cai Jing served as the Taishi, and renamed the Shangshu left and right servants as "Dazai" and "Shaozai", and he himself set a precedent for the commander-in-chief of the three provinces.

And now, the one who leads the three provinces is Wang Huang.

After obtaining Zhao Ji's consent, Wang Hao immediately set out to work - he quickly issued instructions to all prefectures and prefectures across the country, asking them to complete the collection of free money within a time limit, and sent inspectors down to conduct a strict assessment of the progress of the work in each prefecture, which was directly linked to the officials' political performance and promotion.

Soon, 62 million yuan of money was transferred to the Jingfu house one after another.

Regarding Wang Hao's exclusive operation in the house, Li Xijing, a member of the military department, raised questions, and he said to Wang Hao: "The duties that should be served are not expected by the prime minister. Shangshu and Privy Council both have military rooms, which are enough to govern Xinjiang affairs, what is the care? ”

Wang Hao was very unhappy when he heard this, and Li Xijing had not been promoted for four years.

Cai Jing was also very dissatisfied with Wang Hao's establishment of the Jingfu Fang - although Cai Jing had already become a minister, he was still paying close attention to the affairs of the imperial court, and it could be said that although he was seventy-five years old, Cai Jing was still looking forward to a comeback.

When Cai Jing heard that in order to recover Yanjing, the imperial court would levy a capitation fee for the whole country, he couldn't help but weep.

Wang Hao and Cai Jingjing were selected as prime ministers by Zhao Ji, who likes to spend money, because they are good at managing money, but their financial management concepts and paths are very different - Cai Jing mainly uses various means to get money from the rich and businessmen, with many tricks and ingenious methods. Wang Huang collected money from all members of society regardless of category, and his methods were simple and crude.

On this day, Cai Jing entered the palace and said to Zhao Ji: "The old minister heard that the three provinces have set up a house for economic care, and everyone has to pay free money to it, is this true?" Isn't this taking money out of the people's rice bowls? This is not the right way, and it is also detrimental to the image of the official. The official Shengren, Ze and the four seas, but some ministers of the current dynasty did not think about the official family, nor for the sake of our Great Song Dynasty. ”

Cai Jing almost pointed at Zhao Ji's nose and said, "Wang Hao, this is cheating on you!" ”

Zhao Ji was silent after hearing this.

Zhao Ji actually already knew that local officials in some places, in order to complete the task targets issued by the Jingfu Fang, in order to obtain political achievements, forced the people to pay money, which made the people's resentment boil.

In other words, Zhao Ji already knew that the collection of free money was a policy that harmed the people.

But the wood has already been completed, the raw rice has been cooked and cooked, and it is too late to correct it.

Zhao Ji soon issued an edict to Tong Guan and Cai You, ordering them not to return to Beijing without a class teacher, and the imperial court planned to send 200,000 troops, and in September they would meet in Sanguan, Hebei, and this time Yanjing must be taken!

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