Chapter 697: The New Imperial Palace of the Northern Song Dynasty
Someone once proposed to give these extra money as benefits to officials to improve the treatment of officials, which aroused the approval of many officials, but was vetoed by Ye Qingchen.
It is certainly impossible to send these balances of the treasury down, and the salaries of officials in the Northern Song Dynasty are already high enough, and if they continue to be issued, there will be no benefit, and it is impossible to greatly improve the entire government affairs and economy, and many large-scale projects have already been built, and the construction of railways has a certain speed and regularity, and it is impossible to improve them on a large scale.
Ye Qingchen thought about it for a long time, and there was no good way, and the surrounding staff had no good way to provide it, so they could only put it down, and when Zhao Xin entered Beijing, ask him, in the past few years, Ye Qingchen has felt more and more Zhao Xin's magic, not to mention, what difficulties he seems to be difficult to climb to the sky have been solved lightly in Zhao Xin's hands, this is his ability.
Ye Qingchen suppressed this idea and began to do the final sorting, this summary, as well as the plan for next year, is to be reported to the court meeting, seeing that there are not a few days left at the end of the year, he does not have much time, continue to prepare, it is necessary to take out these things and put them on the court meeting for discussion.
The New Year of the Northern Song Dynasty is getting better and better, money is people's guts, and this is true for individuals, and the same is true for a country.
Before, a few years ago, the war in the northwest, the incessant harassment of the Western Xia, the extortion of the Liao State, and many things in the country made the money extremely tight, and the finances were bankrupt.
But including Ye Qingchen, he also knew that this method was only a symptom but not a cure, and if he continued to be forced like this, it would not solve the actual problem.
Now, after 3 years, everything has changed dramatically, the most basic grain, at least several times more than before, the huge food supply, so that the food has not to worry about eating, under the premise of enough food, whether it is the guarantee of regular liquidation, or into other industries, such as the field of non-staple food, is a huge help.
In the same way, Dingjun began to import food on a large scale, in the middle, mainly all kinds of protein, fish and meat, etc., these people eat less, but in the people who have lived from the hard life, who will think that there is a lot of meat, as long as it is sold cheaply, someone will definitely buy it.
There is a lot of grain, a lot of various non-staple foods, plus the opportunity, to a certain extent, it has increased the total wealth of the Northern Song Dynasty, if you add all kinds of minerals, buried in the soil, in the mountains, these seeming, worthless stones, now have become treasures of varying prices, most of the land in these places is owned by the Northern Song Dynasty, which greatly promotes the finance of the Northern Song Dynasty.
With money, even an emperor like Renzong will not be harsh on himself.
When you don't have money, be thrifty and don't spend too much, this is the right choice, this is the symbol of Mingjun, but when you have money, you still don't spend money, and you are thrifty, that is a problem with your head.
Now, even the three divisions have a surplus of twenty or thirty million, Ye Qingchen's own money can't be spent, and the other rulers don't have more expenses, some people have proposed to expand the treatment, and after being vetoed by Ye Qingchen, they are all thinking about how to spend this money properly.
After Ye Qingchen didn't fight Renzong's idea, Renzong's money was really left.
Renzong's income is mainly divided into several parts, from the balance of the household balance of gold and silver, this money, since Renzong's personal government, has never been full, for a certain period of time, even several years, there is no at all.
Now that the treasury has money, what was owed before, let's not talk about it, the back is full, this money is enough for the entire palace, and there is still a large balance.
This money, it stands to reason, should be most of the emperor's income, and other imperial estates or royal workshops will produce some, but these are very small.
Here in Renzong, gold and silver are definitely small money, the real big head, or the dividends given by Zhao Xin.
When the entire Dinghai Navy's enterprise expanded to the entire Northern Song Dynasty, the sales revenue generated was an astronomical amount, except for a considerable part, the tax burden was paid for quality and quantity, which greatly promoted the financial revenue of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the remaining part of the profits, Zhao Xin fixed a part of it and handed it over to Renzong.
Of this part, at least 20% is given directly to the concubine as a gift from the son to the mother, and the rest belongs to Renzong.
When dividing this part, Zhao Xin had adjusted it as much as possible, but the total amount was still as high as 20 million, and it was more than 4 million for the concubine alone.
This amount of money is too large, if it was before the establishment of the Dinghai Navy, this is almost all the treasury revenue, and the one given to the concubine is more than one-fifth of the treasury revenue.
The concubine couldn't spend this money at all, and she didn't want it from a few letters, but Zhao Xin insisted on giving it, the key was to Renzong, and there were 16 million.
In the end, after several tosses, it was reduced by half, the concubine was 2 million, Renzong was 18 million, and the concubine left 50,000 yuan, which was put on hand for rewards and daily expenses, and the rest were invested by Zhao Xin in the name of the Miao family.
After there is no financial problem, Renzong's money can't be drawn, although it is impossible to take out all the 18 million, but at most three or five million, it has been held to death, and the rest is mostly put on investment, unconsciously, Miao Guifei and Renzong have become the largest individual capitalists in the Northern Song Dynasty.
In addition to individuals, at the national level, the government is, the annual surplus, plus the Dinghai and local gentry cooperative enterprises, the assets are already unreachable, and the annual financial revenue, at least more than one-third, belongs to investment income, and this figure is getting bigger and bigger.
In itself, the gold and silver are enough for the expenses of the palace, and there are more dividends from Zhao Xin, and the most important thing is the imperial village, which is only unsatisfactory in its own business, at most so that the royal family can have a little income and get some food.
However, with the help of the Ding Navy, Huangzhuang was the first to adopt scientific planting methods, not only more three-dimensional, but also huge benefits, the simple yield per mu has exceeded the average of the Northern Song Dynasty, reaching about 7 stones, and the income is also very considerable under the planting of grain and cash crops one to one.
In short, now for Renzong, in a word, it is not bad money, since it is not bad money, and in order to show the dignity of the royal family, then it is certain to build a large number of buildings.
In the past, it was always a matter of labor and money to build a large number of people, no matter whether the preparation was enough or not, whether it was bullying the ordinary people, it was naturally not good
However, in a series of large-scale constructions opened by the Dinghai Navy, whether it is farmland and water conservancy, or large-scale railways, under the premise of reasonable arrangement, sufficient salaries, and guaranteed funds, not only did not disturb the people, but allowed the people to get benefits.
This gave Renzong a great inspiration, and the expansion and renovation project of the entire imperial palace was also handed over to the construction team of the Dinghai Navy, and the construction team came up with a unified drawing, and then discussed it, and then carried it out.
Zhao Xin also attaches great importance to it, the palace has always been a place that Zhao Xin attaches more importance to, once in later generations, when I watched it on the Internet, there were some rumors, for example, when the palace of the Northern Song Dynasty was built, in order to avoid snakes, insects, rats and ants, heavy metals such as lead were used, which was also an important reason why the heirs of the entire Northern Song Dynasty were not prosperous.
However, the palace is a very special place, if Zhao Xin still maintains the identity of the prince, he can still explore, but now, Zhao Xin has been as the Marquis of Dinghai, as a border military state guard, which can not spy too much in the palace.
And this renovation of the palace is the biggest opportunity.
The old-style palace is so to prevent snakes, insects, rats and ants, that is because most of the palaces are wooden structures, wooden beams, if they are attacked by snakes, insects, rats and ants, it will collapse.
But after the Dinghai Navy has cement, with this cheap, high-quality material, and there is no need to worry about snakes, insects, rats and ants, these things can be removed.
After dispatching a designer to explore the site, sure enough, under the palace, a large amount of lead was buried, and Chinese medicine had already discovered his harm, so there was no need for Zhao Xin to talk about it, but it was just a matter of adding fuel to the fire.
After informing Renzong, Renzong was also taken aback, he didn't expect that he actually lived on a poisonous land, which was repaid, left and right, after entering the winter, the entire court hall, there was no urgent matter to deal with, then out of Bianliang, in the palace on the nearby hill, temporarily wintering, only once every 10 days of the big court, will come back once.
The original imperial palace was handed over to the Dinghai Navy for the construction of a large-scale palace complex.
In the feudal era, all the palace groups were the most expensive, and the three famous halls of the Forbidden City in later generations were almost all exhausted of the resources of the entire world.
If you change to cement, it will be much easier, reinforced concrete preparation, under the pouring of cement of various strengths, you can get out as big as you want, the construction speed is faster, and it is stronger.
Under Zhao Xin's suggestion, the design of the entire palace, according to the model of the Forbidden City in later generations, the huge palace group, as well as the three halls and squares of the central axis, completely changed the small family spirit of the Northern Song Dynasty court.
The court of the Northern Song Dynasty, which was renovated on the basis of Taizu's mansion, was renovated, and during the period of Taizong and Zhenzong, the finances were not bankrupt, and when there was some surplus money, they wanted to expand, but after asking about the surrounding land prices, the Zhao and Song royal families retracted.
It's too expensive, not to mention the investment in building the palace complex itself, even if it's a simple skinning money, they can't afford it.
Now, not only is the treasury rich, but Lian Renzong has a lot of money on hand, plus Zhao Xin has supported 60 million yuan in order to make the entire palace more magnificent, most of which is used to buy land.
The area of the new Miyagi was greatly increased, and the circumference increased from less than two kilometers to 16 kilometers.
This means that if you take a square with a side length of 4 kilometers, it will cover an area of about 16 square kilometers.
In fact, there are not so many, the size of the Bianliang in the Northern Song Dynasty, which restricts the palace city, according to the principle of distribution of the central axis, is a rectangle, smaller than the area of the square.
This is already very amazing, you know, as the master of the palace construction, the Forbidden City, the total area is only 720,000 square meters, that is, less than 1 square kilometer.
However, this is a simple palace area that has been reduced, you know, the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties, but includes a large number of gardens, as well as a large number of attached buildings.
Zhao Xin referred to the Forbidden City, the core building of the palace city and the core of the imperial palace, which was kept at a little more than 1 square kilometer, and a large number of palaces and huge squares were intensively built.
Because of the appearance of cement, and the cement mark is very high, so the palace is relatively tall, except for the three major halls as a face, in principle, it is one floor, but it is more towering, and there are many other high-rise buildings.
This greatly increased the usable area, almost 1.2 square kilometers, that is, 1.2 million square meters of Miyagi dense land, almost more than 14,000 rooms were built, and the foundation stone of the building also exceeded 400,000 square meters, which is quite a huge Miyagi.
However, the 16-kilometer core of the imperial city was replaced by pavilions and pavilions of later generations, and even a large number of gardens and landscapes with some Western characteristics.
There are as many as 8 huge royal gardens that are almost more than 1 square kilometer large, and the remaining small parks are a little smaller, dozens of acres, and hundreds of acres are as many as dozens, which perfectly achieve the harmony of garden and residence
In addition to a variety of buildings and functional buildings, this is also a huge fortress, in which, densely distributed more than 40 towers, these towers can play the role of embellishment, once encountering war, close some entrances, can become a similar fortress existence, plus the huge palace walls and gates, once closed, is a fortress, has a huge defensive effect.
The amount of this project is quite large, except for the building, the construction is a little faster, the three major halls and some major palaces, concentrated construction, may take a year to build, the rest, it is slow.
Cement and reinforced concrete can reproduce some basic landscapes, but some southern gardens, and even some buildings with Western characteristics, are not simply able to be built, as the center of the whole world in the future, this momentum still needs to be had.
The most important thing is that as long as there is a year, the three major halls and the most core palaces will be built, and the remaining palaces and gardens can be built slowly.
The most huge construction of Bianliang in the Northern Song Dynasty began, the original palace, began to be demolished in batches, mainly to remove the heavy metals underground, all kinds of wells and re-planning, the water located in this area, are not allowed to be used, because most of these are polluted, from other places, or a deeper level, in short, remove this poisonous land at one time, on this basis, the construction of the new palace of the Northern Song Dynasty.