Renzong struck while the iron was hot, and after Zhang Dexiang agreed, he began to issue a decree jointly with the three divisions, the Zhongshu Province and the Privy Council, and the iron material was completely replaced, which was under the premise of the entire government and the opposition.

These three are the most powerful organs in the entire Northern Song Dynasty, the three divisions of the East and West Governments, the military, government and finance, after the integration of the three, they are the holy decrees issued by the court, or this in the name of economy, this is a great righteousness, and no one can violate it.

The Privy Council was almost swept away by Ye Qingchen, even if there was still iron material that was not the Daimyo Mansion, there were not many of them, and other places were also made by Ye Qingchen, I thought that if I brought down Ye Qingchen, I could solve the problem, but now, Renzong united the East and West Mansions, and there were more or less whispers in the court, but Renzong, the three divisions, and the Privy Council were all unified, and no one could help the remaining Zaifu in the East Mansion, so they insisted on it a little bit, and they left.

This is a valid reason to reduce a lot of spending, and the Zaifu of this era is well aware of the poor financial situation, since it is the best of both worlds, so why not do it?

In this way, after the three divisions of the Eastern and Western Mansions, the four most powerful and influential centers in the entire Northern Song Dynasty, were all discussed, then this matter was like a torrent of steel, which could not be stopped.

From top to bottom, it is easier than from bottom to top, not to mention, this is not an ordinary and people's livelihood field, it is the purchase of some bulk materials.

In the middle, there is also a little problem, it turns out that the iron supply of the entire Northern Song Dynasty is supported by many departments such as the Ministry of Industry and the Foundry Department, among which tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of various craftsmen are raised.

Now, when the iron material is replaced and all of it is handed over to the daimyo blacksmith workshop to produce, these people will not be able to get orders.

You know, this is organized, hundreds of thousands of people in the prime of life, and these people have no jobs, so this problem is huge.

Especially after the order of the imperial court came down, some people with a heart began to add fuel to the fire, these people, just craftsmen, what kind of vision, as soon as they were fanned, they immediately became chaotic.

There is no way, the rice bowl is the key, it relies on the imperial court, and there is an iron rice bowl that is not too bad, but it is suddenly pushed to the market, how can they eat.

This matter made a bit of a big fuss, alarming the East and West Mansions, and according to Jia Chaochang's idea, these people were merged into the Xiang Army and temporarily settled.

This point was opposed by Ye Qingchen, taking advantage of the establishment of the Ding Navy, he also thought about gradually abolishing the Xiang Army, which is a long-term economy, once the Xiang Army fell below a reasonable level, the annual balance will be more, and the financial situation of the Northern Song Dynasty will gradually improve.

This is a problem, hundreds of thousands of people, or strong men, although not all hit the capital, but the process is almost about 150,000, once there is a stir, there will be a big mess.

Renzong also has a headache, using iron materials, saving costs, this is a great thing, why can't it be implemented, to feed these people to eat, not to say, to give them orders, in that case, there is a large part of the price can not be reduced.

It's easy, through suppression, so that the entire court has passed this item, and it can't be returned.

But how to deal with these people, you can't push them to rebel or starve to death.

Suddenly, Renzong's eyes lit up, and he suddenly remembered why Zhao Xin wanted to build this blacksmith workshop, isn't it just to develop the Dinghai Navy, to get money through the blacksmith workshop, and the box army is also to get enough population and labor.

Can this part of the people be handed over to Zhao Xin to deal with, although it is just an idea, but can Zhao Xin support such a large plate?

Renzong is going to pacify these people first, for the time being, provide some work, reduce a small number of iron orders, let these people settle down first, and then talk about it after consulting with Zhao Xin.

Zhao Xin didn't know that thousands of miles away, he actually got such a benefit, hundreds of thousands of people, and it was still the prime of life labor he needed the most, or the kind of technology.

These people can't play their role in the hands of the Ministry of Industry and the Foundry Division, but in the hands of Zhao Xin, these are enough resources and can even play a very big role.

There is even an order for iron materials, and after solving the most critical problem of funds, when there is no shortage of money, with enough manpower, the development of the navy will definitely be plugged in.

This commotion, because of Renzong's slight compromise, came to an end, and after temporarily appeasing these people, Renzong asked Ye Qingchen to speed up the transfer, before, it was still a craftsman who was slowly transferred, but now as long as it is a craftsman from the Foundry Division and the Ministry of Industry, it is directly and rudely transferred, and Zhao Xin needs 30,000 craftsmen first.

Under this big turmoil, another thing caused a series of commotions. Zhang Yi was defeated, and then he invited himself to go down, and was pushed to the end by Renzong, who was originally the state judge of the title of governor of the government, and then went all the way down, cut the governor of the political affairs, and cut the title of Shangshu, but he was not allowed to return to his hometown.

Zhang Yi is also smart, he knows that derogation is just the starting point, as long as the matter of sticking continues to brew, find him, and find out him, it is only a matter of time, rather than waiting for these to be found out, it is better to take the initiative.

Without waiting for the imperial history to investigate, he took the initiative to hand over almost 3 million yuan of funds in exchange for his own safety, which was considered to have escaped, Renzong raised it high, put it down gently, and restored his title of secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and in the name of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, he knew Chuzhou.

3 million guan, it is very painful, but Zhang Yi still left a little, it can't be said that he is as rich as before, he can finally be unsatisfactory, he escaped this catastrophe, but he took the initiative to take out 3 million guan, so that Ye Qingchen and Renzong began to see the horror of this gray area.

There are so many people who participate in political affairs, and there may not be so many people at the bottom, but there are many people.

Ye Qingchen here, there is actually a list of some people, but there is no such opportunity, when the power of the three divisions, the imperial history platform and the Renzong triple comes through, the others are not so good.

With this as a link, in some gray areas, a total of more than 800 people were arrested, and these officials who were only the highest grade 3 were finally found out of almost 8 million.

It can be seen that the prosperity of the Northern Song Dynasty, the court, the annual income of more than 20 million guan, but only a small number of officials, in addition to 8 million guan, the financial problem was solved at once.

Of course, it can't go on, is it really clear, no, but if you continue to investigate, there will be problems in the entire court, and their position is even simpler, how many officials in the Northern Song Dynasty, how many people have no real positions, let them come over to replace them first, as long as there are a few months to a year or two, they will be familiar, and when the time comes, it will depend on the situation and come again.

The officials of the Northern Song Dynasty, I didn't expect Renzong to be addicted, but they were able to embezzle in the court and not be discovered, they were all capable, and they staggered the replacement of iron materials, which no one thought of, and it was very difficult to open the lid, and with this deterrent, they would also be careful, and they would not be found so easily.

Obtained so many gains at once, of course Renzong had to drink water and think of the source, all of this was brought by Zhao Xin, an extra 8 million guan, which was a huge benefit for the financial situation of the Northern Song Dynasty, not to mention the money reduced because of the replacement of iron, the two were superimposed, almost more than 15 million guan.

But how to give it? Even if it is Renzong, it is impossible to have no scruples, the matter of iron materials is justified, and under the premise of massive savings, if the navy money is given indiscriminately, it will affect the balance of the government and government.

In the end, after discussing with Ye Qingchen, he had promised to give the navy money in one step, and in addition, the requirements for craftsmen and others were also increased to be satisfied, and after a set of combination punches, Zhao Xin gained great benefits.

This storm with the blacksmith workshop as the main body, in a short period of time, swept the entire government and the opposition, from the center, to the locality, under the supervision of the three divisions, there are three divisions and some internal officials to monitor, under the deep digging, actually got more orders, the total amount is as high as more than 400 million catties.

It sounds like a lot, but this is about 200,000 tons, which is a little more than the output of the Northern Song Dynasty in a year, and at least more than half of it was originally not used iron, but after the price of iron was reduced, iron was used instead.

The first batch of orders was only 80 million catties, which was also a terrible business of up to 2.5 million catties, but initially, only those that belonged to the Privy Council in the early stage were sent to the Daimyo's Mansion, and there were only about 15 million catties, mainly 10 million catties of the Privy Council and several high-level ones such as Han Qi, and the rest were still improving, especially after the matter with Ye Qingchen, they needed to be integrated and then passed.

In the Daimyo's Mansion hundreds of miles away, Zhao Xin, who received the first batch of orders, was still a little incredulous, Cao Di personally sent it, the three divisions drafted, and finally the order endorsed by the East and West Mansion and Renzong was sent like this.

15 million catties is not much, it is also a week's full production output, which may not surprise Zhao Xin, but in the follow-up, there may be 2-300 million catties, which makes him surprised enough, conservatively estimated, if this is a year's amount, just from the blacksmith's workshop to buy iron as high as 10 million yuan.

The cost of Zhao Xin's production of iron materials has been reduced to about 17 Wen, and if the output is increased in the future and the scale is increased, there will be a small amount of reduction, under the figure of 300 million, every reduction is 300,000 yuan, and if it is reduced to 8 Wen, it may be a profit of several million.

An industrial revolution that Zhao Xin did not expect, just like that, with the blacksmith workshop, the Northern Song Dynasty will be equipped with more and better iron, this is the change, although it cannot immediately solve all the problems of the Northern Song Dynasty, but it can increase the strength of the Northern Song Dynasty from the root, which is what Zhao Xin values the most.