Du Wenhaoqi said: "Where did you get so much money?" ”

Gao said: "Yes, I also asked the chief manager." As soon as I listened to his explanation, I realized that the first emperor appointed Wang Anshi to change the law, service money, green seedling money, workshop money, etc., and the treasury income increased dramatically, of which the green seedling law alone amounted to 50 million! For more than ten years, there has been a surplus every year, and it has increased year by year, and the first emperor transferred most of the annual balance of the treasury to the palace treasury, so there is so much silver deposited after accumulation. ”

Du Wenhao suddenly realized and said: "I didn't expect that Wang Anshi's reputation for changing the law is so bad, but his ability to collect money is really not small." ”

"Yes, when Emperor Renzong and Emperor Yingzong knew very well, it was often beyond their means, there was almost no silver in the treasury, and there was very little silver in the palace silver, I didn't expect that the first emperor had saved such a huge amount of silver for more than ten years, which is really amazing."

When Du Wenhao heard that there was still so much money, he was overjoyed and asked, "Then how much will it cost us to repair this garden?" ”

"Our yard is mainly to dig an artificial lake, which costs some money, I want mountains and rivers, not high-rise buildings, so the cost is not too much, and the Ministry of Industry has calculated an estimate, which will cost about 43 million."

43 million copper coins, equivalent to 43 billion yuan! It accounted for almost half of the annual fiscal revenue of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Du Wenhao was speechless: "So much? As soon as you lowered the curtain to listen to the government, you built buildings and halls on a large scale, and spent so much money to build such a large garden, I am afraid that the ministers will have objections. ”

"It's okay! Money, it's used to spend, this is our royal treasury, not the money of the national treasury, the money of the palace treasury and the ministers of the central government don't know the specific number, these money are extra funds, and they don't know if they spend it. Besides, the money has been piled up in the silver treasury for more than ten years, the rope is rotten, and it is a waste to put it, it is better to use it, we have 170 million silver in the treasury, and forty percent is only used less than one percent, the cost should not be too big, and then earn it after spending it. ”

Du Wenhao smiled bitterly: "After Wang Anshi resigned, I am afraid that it will be difficult to find someone who has the ability to make money like him." ”

Gao Tao pondered for a moment and nodded slowly: "Yes, he is very good at managing money, which is recognized by the whole court, and the 170 million silver deposits in our bank fully prove this." Otherwise, I'd better use him as the account department to manage money, but his changes can't be continued. ”

In the early period of the Song Dynasty, three envoys were set up to be in charge of the world's financial revenues and expenditures, and later the power was too inflated, and many of the functions and powers of the six departments of the imperial court were encroached upon, and even the powers of supervision were violated, and several institutions were bloated, and it was not conducive to the separation of powers. The Household Department is in charge of the country's money, taxes, and household registration. It is equivalent to the current Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Gao Taotao's deep hatred for the change of the law Du Wenhao knew about it, and he had actually thought of this result, but he still asked: "Do you want to completely abolish the change?" ”

"Yes!" Gao Taotao put his hands behind his back and said: "If you don't abolish the law, if you don't abolish it, in the long run, the people will change!" ”

"If it is abolished, I am afraid that Wang Anshi will not agree to help us manage our money, even if he comes, his means of managing money is to change the law, that is, to compete with the people for profit. If it is completely abolished, I am afraid that he will also be alone with others, and he will not do much. ”

"If you don't, there's no good ......" After saying this, Gao Tao felt that it was too arrogant, lowered his head and thought about it, and sighed: "It's a pity, if the law change can not harm the people, but can fill the treasury, it will be good." ”

"Yes!" Du Wenhao said, "The last time I made a private visit with Emperor Xian's microservice, I investigated the effect of the law change and found a lot of problems. In fact, most of Wang Anshi's reform measures themselves have no problems, but the problem lies in the fact that they have been promoted too quickly and have not been done step by step, so that the whole society does not have a stage to adapt to the law change, and the people have not seen the benefits of the law change, that is, there is a lack of a benchmark and a demonstration, and it will be comprehensively pushed forward all at once, and the situation in various places is different, and there will naturally be deviations. His variations can be applied in some places, and difficult in others. In addition, the abuse of power by the officials who implemented the reform of the law preyed on the common people, which made the change even more flavorful. ”

Speaking of changing the law, Gao Tao instinctively resisted, and if she was someone else, she would have interrupted a long time ago, but now it was what her lover said, and she wanted to hear it, not caring about the words themselves, but experiencing the emotions in them, so she didn't interrupt Du Wenhao's words, and looked at him with a smile on her face.

Seeing this, Du Wenhao decided to strike while the iron was hot, talk about the change of the law, and said: "Most of Wang Anshi's changes are actually very good in purpose, benefiting the country and benefiting the people, taking into account the interests of both parties, as long as we use the law properly, we can still achieve this purpose." ”

"Really?" Gao Tao said casually.

Du Wenhao could hear that she was perfunctory, and he didn't agree with it at all, but when it came to this, he had to continue, and continued: "For example, oppose the most powerful Qingmiao method. The original purpose was to enable the people to borrow money from the state to tide over the difficulties when the youth was scarce, and the state would also benefit from it. This starting point is definitely good, but it is absolutely wrong to let the government and yamen do business directly! Officials have public power, and officials have become accustomed to using power to implement the system, so there will inevitably be abuses of public power in the course of implementation. Resulting in distortions. I carried out the reform in Chengdu Fulu Yazhou, adjusted the system that was supposed to benefit the people, and implemented the shareholding system reform. The effect is not bad. ”

Gao Taotao knows that his sweetheart will not deceive himself, and if he says that the effect is good, then the effect must be good. She was deeply impressed by the 170 billion yuan of silver in the small royal treasury, which changed her extreme aversion to the change to a certain extent.

In the past, Gao Taotao only knew that the change of the law would harm the people, and some people were unhappy, and they did not know the huge income brought by the change.

This time, Gao Tao was ready to expand the Yuhua Houyuan for himself and Du Wenhao's small life, and he actually had to invest 60 million yuan (60 billion yuan), but fortunately, the first emperor left the balance of the treasury for her to squander for more than ten years, otherwise, she could only look at the garden and sigh, which couldn't help but make her not pay attention to the way to fill the treasury.

So Gao Tao asked with interest, "How did you adjust the Seedling Method?" ”

Du Wenhao said again about his rectification measures for the Seedlings Law, and finally said: "Before I left, the reformed Seedlings Law did not have all the drawbacks of the previous Seedlings Law, and the people responded well. When I left, it was handed over to Su Shi to continue to implement, so I don't know what the situation will be in the following year. ”

Gao Tao groaned: "Su Shi's literary style is good, he cherishes the people, if this method really benefits the people and the country, he will implement it well, otherwise, I ordered him to return to Beijing, talk about the change of the law over there, if it is really effective, you can consider retaining this green seedling method, no, it should be said that it is to retain your improved green seedling method." ”

Du Wenhao was overjoyed: "Great, so let's do it, Chengdu Fu Road is too far away, how good is the effect to investigate in time, or, after Su Shi comes, you listen to the report, if you decide to retain my improved seedling method, let's choose one or two prefectures and counties around the capital to carry out a pilot, accumulate experience, and observe the effect." What do you think? ”

Gao Tao smiled in a low voice: "When did I object to your proposal?" ”

"Hehe, my most obedient and well-behaved talker!" Du Wenhao said softly.

Gao Tao glanced at him happily: "I hope that your improved Qingmiao Law can truly benefit the country and the people." In this way, there are discrepancies, and we use the silver left by the first emperor, and our hearts are more steady. ”

"Yes! Some of Wang Anshi's other changes are also very good, should you also consider improving them and keep them? ”

"Greed can't chew more! As you just said, the change of the law should be done step by step, step by step. ”

"Yes, yes! Hey," Du Wenhao hurriedly replied. He knew that Gao Taotao still couldn't completely change his dislike for the change in his heart, if it weren't for the fact that the improvement of the change was the result of her sweetheart, she would never consider keeping it, even if others said that this change could benefit the country and benefit the people, she would not consider it. Keeping this seedling method is already the bottom line that she can accept, and if she wants to keep it, it will be difficult for her to bear. can only come step by step, and then say, Gao Tao is also right, he can't think about taking his time and reforming step by step, but he can make the mistake of making a rash step by step in implementation. It is already very good to be able to retain the seedling method as a test field for changing the method.

"Let's go back to the garden." Gao Taotao stretched out his arm, pointed to a large area in front of him that was planned to be expanded, and said: "I only thought of listening to the rain on the island in the middle of the lake, and what else to repair. ”

"But I'm really not good at architecture."

"I don't want you to fix it, you just need to tell me what kind of scenery you like, and naturally someone from the Ministry of Engineering will consider and design it according to your needs."

"Well, let me think about it." Du Wenhao looked into the distance and said slowly: "I hope that the high platform can be a little higher, preferably higher than all the buildings in the capital, so that the feeling of climbing high and looking far away and seeing the mountains is strong." ”

"I also thought of this, originally I wanted to build it higher, at least higher than the tower of Xiangguo Temple. However, the people in the Ministry of Industry said that if it is too high, it will be suspicious of the sky, and there will be thunder and lightning, and lightning will strike the high platform. The tower of Xiangguo Temple was originally seven-level, but in the year it was built, it was split by lightning and half of the story. One of the monks who swept the tower was hacked to death. Later, Xiangguo Temple calculated a hexagram, said that the tower was too high, and was suspicious of the sky, and quickly changed the tower to five floors, and since then, the tower has never been struck by lightning. ”