The generals have cultivated a group of people here in Zhao Xing, in terms of prestige, although those generals are young, but they have strong connections behind them, and they were selected as the commanders of the expedition, and the court could not explain it, but unfortunately, most of the generals have been sent to Nanyang by Zhao Xing to participate in actual combat exercises. The only remaining disciple of the Shi generals, but he served as the head of the military affairs of the Beiyang Affairs Bureau.

In addition to the general, Zhao Xing has another candidate in his hand is Shuai Fan, on qualifications, prestige, and past achievements, Shuai Fan is enough for any general, unfortunately Shuai Fan is not good at officialdom, and he deeply understands his shortcomings, so he resolutely refuses to leave the Nanyang Affairs Bureau. And at this time, Shuai Fan still has a criminal who kills his husband on his head, and the court does not pursue him now, but there are major changes in the court, and he has no time to take care of it. In this case, to kill Shuai Fan, he is also unwilling to leave the Nanyang Affairs Bureau.

Zhao Xingzuo weighed and weighed, it seems that he will let go of this war after all. After thinking for a moment, he gritted his teeth and relented: "The selection of the commander is determined by the imperial court, and I obey the orders of the imperial court - in addition, in terms of ordnance and materials, the imperial court can only rest assured that my Nanyang Affairs Bureau has sufficient arms supply." ”

"The court has no money", three days later, in the imperial city, on the Zichen Palace, Zhang Shangying replied to Wang Qinchen who came in a hurry: "In the past few days, I have counted the treasury of the imperial court, all the treasury is empty, the sealing warehouse is also empty, and the court has no money, the plain point is: we can't afford to fight this battle." I know, but Zhao Laohu's ordnance and materials were given for free? Do you think I don't know Zhao Laohu's temper? ”

The household department is in charge of Zhang Shangying, and when he said this, Huang Tingjian straightened up in surprise and asked, "No money?" How can there be no money I remember that at the beginning of the year zhao liren just handed over a billion guan loot besides. The imperial court issued money indiscriminately. Changed the salt banknote law and established the Western Regions Kuotian Law, collecting countless money...... Not to mention anything else, just the spoils handed over by Zhao Liren are worth five to ten years of taxes from the imperial court, and they have only been spent for a few months? ”

Zhang Shangying raised his eyes and said stunned: "You don't want to think about how big the expenses are - there are more than 10,000 palace maids in Yanfu Palace, how much does it cost to support them every day?" Well, the Queen Mother's alimony is 100 per day. One million per month per year. But there is only one queen mother, but there are more than 10,000 palace maids, these 10,000 people, ten days can spend the queen mother's expenses for a year, how much money should you calculate?

This is still a small amount of money, the official family has to have a palace maid every few days, so as to pick yin and supplement yang, and give gifts afterwards, and the official family's reward has never been a score...... Huang Luzhi, Huang Luzhi, there are 10,000 people in Yanfu Palace. You calculate the reward of 10,000 people, and how much it should be.

Rewarding the palace maid is also a small amount of money. His Majesty also wants to reward Taoist priests, to Shaoli, His Majesty is rewarding Taoist priests every time he is 100,000 yuan, but His Majesty has summoned 3,000 Taoist priests, including 147 well-known Taoist priests. Each person has received no less than a million yuan in rewards, and these 100 Taoist priests have spent 100 million. The Taoist priest is still a small amount of money. His Majesty also built more than 1,000 Taoist temples everywhere, and one Taoist temple is counted as 100,000 guan. These more than 1,000 Taoist temples cost at least 100 million yuan.

The construction of Taoist temples is still a small amount of money, and His Majesty's flower stone gang is a big money. The freight of each flower stone gang is not less than 300,000 guan, and the number of them reaches one million, His Majesty built Yanfu Palace, built Genyue, and the garden is piled up with no less than 300,000 flower stones. Do you calculate how much shipping costs these stones? Can a billion be able to stop it?

Not only that, now stop Hua Shi Gang, you Huang Luzhi said that he pity the people of the world and want to compensate them, but the people who suffer under the name of Hua Shi Gang are not only millions of ordinary people, you lose ten yuan per person, that is ten million yuan, if each person loses 100 percent, is 100 million money enough? What's more, Your Majesty forcibly seized the folk Huashi Gang, and the freight alone will cost tens of thousands, and you will pay others a mere hundreds, do you think it is enough?

Now, not only is the imperial court treasury empty, but also the pile sealing warehouses in various places. Since last year, no, since two years ago, His Majesty has begun to use the sealing pile warehouse, Cai Yuanchang Cai Jing's house, also because the sealing pile warehouse in various places is empty, and the imperial court no longer has money, so the mutated salt banknote law was introduced, and the means such as indiscriminate payment of money were forcibly taken from the people's property.

These accounts. You do the math: not only are the imperial courts now empty. The Shaanxi Forbidden Army has not been paid for three months. If you press Huang Lu straight you algorithm. Compensate the victims of Huashigang. Not only is there no money for the imperial court now. On the contrary, he owes a huge debt to the people of the world - no money. The imperial court can't come up with a single money now, and the imperial court will inevitably have to use the palace treasury. ”

Huang Luzhi heard this. His eyes lit up: "Zhao Liren returned from the South China Sea." The number of pearls carried by ships is counted on ships. Gemstone Basket. The imperial court had no money. Can't you sell the spoils? I heard that Zhao Liren sold all those things in Hangzhou for a good price. ”

Zhang Shangying laughed even more fiercely: "Huang Luzhi." Do you want me to remind you again? There are no more than 10,000 palace maids in Yanfu Palace. There are also seven thousand palace maids in the imperial city. 17,000 people. Zhao Liren sent more pearls. He spoke of the pearls brought in the ships. But when His Majesty gives people land, he also talks about basket land—but the king will not. Your Majesty, why should you live within your means. Zhao Liren brought more land and things. So what? This time, I will reward the Goryeo envoys. The palace maiden's land collection has been looted. Then they will be ordered to donate. Go yourself! ”

When the minister talked about this. Song Huizong was sitting in the middle of the main hall. But the minister did not glance at his place at all. And Song Huizong is still quiet in his own world. Huang Luzhi has already decided to dismiss his palace maid. Song Huizong had no choice but to calm his mind into the art world. The words of the ministers below are sharp and thorny. If he doesn't know it. It's just that the fingers are repeatedly swiped in the sleeve. I pondered the painting that I didn't finish in the morning.

At this time. in the main hall. The king of Yan, who has been set up as a prison country, is also there. He was a little ashamed of the unscrupulous sarcasm of the ministers. Although the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty was used to being confronted by his courtiers. But the courtiers were arguing in front of the emperor. Don't forget to piggyback on every sentence. This made King Yan feel like he was on pins and needles. Like a cat on a hot tin roof.

King Yan forgot. Although Song Huizong suffered the treatment of the land, the Song Dynasty emperor did not encounter the land. But the absurdity of the Song Hui sect is also unique among the emperors of the Song Dynasty.

King Yan coughed lightly and interrupted everyone's argument: "Zhang Xiang, Huang Xiang, now the treasury has no money, and the sealing warehouses in various places are empty. But Zhao Xiang insisted on fighting. What can I do? Or, let's add a tax ......"

"Never!" Zhang Shangying and Huang Tingjian said in unison: "The people have been suffering from the imperial court for a long time, if we come up and raise taxes, we are no different from Cai Jing's traitor." ”

Liu Zhengfu of the Ministry of War coughed lightly and reminded quietly: "Seal the pile warehouse!" ”

Liu Zhengfu only said a few words, he didn't dare to say it too clearly, as if he was worried that his voice in the main hall would wake up a certain tiger.

Zhang Lei understood, he patted his stomach, and his fat belly made the sound of a radium drum, and then Zhang Lei showed a happy face like Maitreya Buddha: "That's right." The pile sealing warehouses all over the world are empty - is this really the case, but I know that a local pile sealing warehouse is not only not empty, but full. ”

Huang Luzhi's eyes lit up, and he nodded again and again: "By the way, Li Zhiyi wrote a letter a few months ago, saying that Zhao Liren allocated emergency funds to various states and counties, and asked all states and counties to seal all the emergency funds into the pile sealing warehouse...... That's right, last month, Li Gefei vaguely mentioned that it was too full of money in the Nanyang Affairs Bureau's pile vault. Zhao Liren is planning to hand over the local pile storage to the three major banks to take over, so that those idle people can earn interest. ”

Zhang Lei patted his stomach and said, "That's right. Li Gefei also ridiculed in the letter: Guangnan is obviously rich enough, Zhao Liren still wants to abolish the sealing pile warehouse, and share the cost of the imperial court's preservation of the sealing pile money by the three major banks, and he also wants to remove the guards of the sealing pile warehouse to save the expenses of the local government.

I remember you and I laughed at the time. said that Zhao was one way away, and the annual allocation of land for road construction reached 10 million yuan. How much money can be saved by eliminating those few pile sealing guards? ”

Huang Tingjian clapped his hands: "Lord Zhongzhi (Wang Qinchen)." You go to Yangzhou again and ask Zhao Liren for money, and you will say that the imperial court is burning your eyebrows now. Anyway, please ask him to support him......"

Huang Tingjian's eyes turned to Zhang Shangying, and Zhang Shangying questioned weakly: "Is Zhao Laohu's money easy to want?" ”

Huang Tingjian replied: "I know that Zhao Liren didn't save this money for himself - this matter of asking for money belongs to me, Zhang Xiang just told me: How much does the imperial court need to solve the urgent need?" ”

Zhang Shangying turned to Liu Zhengfu, Liu Zhengfu pinched his fingers, and replied: "Shaanxi wants to buy new firearms, and also give rewards to soldiers, grain and grass...... In the battle of Tibet, the imperial court needed at least 30 million guan, and in addition, the arrears of military salaries in various places also needed 6 million

Shang Li Jie, the Ministry of Labor, interjected: "The Yellow River migrant workers also need a salary of 120,000 yuan. ”

After Li Jie's finished speaking, the rest of the officials stepped forward one after another and told them about the annual money they needed, Zhang Shangying summed it up, and sighed that it would take 80 million guan, even if we were richer, so that when we got to Zhao Liren, if he discounted it, the court would be able to get through the difficulties - and it would cost 110 million guan. ”

Huang Tingjian glanced at Wang Qinchen, Wang Qinchen showed an embarrassed look, Zhang Lei patted his stomach, and said happily: "I'll accompany you!" ”

Huang Tingjian breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Senior Brother Zhang personally went out to the horse, how can it be worth 90 million guan - you say, we asked him for 200 million guan, will it be successful?" ”

Zhang Lei was silent for a moment and replied: "I still need to make some concessions!" ”

Huang Tingjian turned to Zhang Shangying and asked in a consultative tone: "The imperial court has to borrow money to live this year, but I know that Zhao Liren's money is not good, but if there are 200 million yuan, what concessions will Zhang Xiang make?" ”

Zhang Shangying blinked and replied: "I heard that Zhao Liren is trying his best to implement the budget and final account system, and half a year has passed at this moment, if there are 200 million yuan, you and I can maintain the past phase of this session, because when February passes, the money will be deported to Beijing from all over the country, and we will be able to spend next year safely...... So, I plan to implement the budget and final accounts system next year, what do you think? ”

Zhao Xing implemented the budget and final account system, which has a foundation, he taught economics in the college in Quang Nam for six years, and the first batch of students happened to have nothing to do after graduation, Zhao Xing launched this plan in real time, and immediately solved the employment problem of this group of students studying economics. Subsequently, the states and counties vied to hire them as subordinates. In this way, the county-level units of the Great Song Dynasty have also begun to move towards digital management, and now the annual expenditure and income are no longer extensive management in the pastoral style of the grassland.

When Zhang Shangying said this, he meant that he was willing to give up part of the power of the Ministry of Households, allow those students who studied economically to enter the Ministry of Households, and help the Ministry of Households to make budget and final accounts.

This move also means that Zhao Xing, or the centrist party to which Zhao Xing belongs. It has a supervisory role in the finances of the imperial court.

At the same time, it also means: In the case of fierce party strife, the household department has become a small microcosm of the party struggle in the court, and the three major parties have each intervened in the household department, Zhang Shangying's party is in charge of the "right to allocate funds," Han Zhongyan's party is in charge of the "power to collect revenues and expenditures," and Zhao Xing's party is in charge of financial supervision.

"This is not enough", Huang Tingjian shook his head: "When Zhao Liren was in Guangnan, he once said that the issuance of banknotes must be cautious, and it is best for professionals to do professional things...... Nowadays, the banknotes and the banknotes are both two-legged. Although the imperial court has stopped handing over the banknotes, I expect that when Senior Brother Zhang goes, Zhao Liren will definitely put forward many economic strategies, among which it is inevitable to talk about the issuance of banknotes - I ask Zhang Xiang again, is the court really going to never issue banknotes? If you are poor, you will think about change, and it is not a way to go on like this. ”

Zhang Shangying pondered for a moment and said slowly: "The stone of the mountain can attack the jade - the Guangzhou banknotes issued by Zhao Liren are more reputable than the banknotes, and the imperial court really wants to issue the banknotes." I am willing to learn from the issuance system of Guangzhou banknotes, so that I can take a shortcut. ”

Wang Qinchen interjected: "It's better to settle like this: the imperial court has set up a special exchange." The banknote bureau completely imitates the issuance system of Guangzhou banknotes, with gold and silver as reserves, and the issuance quota has been reviewed by three departments...... It is advisable for the three major banks to jointly nominate the directors of the banknote bureau, and then appoint them as the banknote bureau by the imperial court to be in charge of the issuance of banknotes. ”

Wang Qinchen was asking Zhang Shangying to hand over the right to issue currency. Let Zhao Xing, who has experience in issuing banknotes, send people to set up a banknote bureau to be in charge of banknote issuance. Helpers are not allowed to interfere.

Zhang Shangying did not look embarrassed at all about this proposal. Cai Jing learned from the past, and the complex truth in currency issuance is not something that he, a great poet, can understand. But by printing paper to make money. It was really a simple means for the imperial court to overcome misfortune, and Zhang Shangying knew that he would inevitably be tempted by this kind of temptation in the future. So, since I don't understand, I just let Zhao Xing, who has the "first golden hand in the Great Song Dynasty", do it.

"As it should be, it is easy to carry and easy to trade. And my Da Song is now trading more and more huge, and I will still use banknotes in the future. Zhao Liren is good at this aspect, I originally wanted to ask him, if he is willing to take over the banknote bureau, with his experience in the Liangguang Money Division, as well as the talent under his command, he will definitely be able to relieve the worries of the imperial court. Zhang Shangying replied.

Huang Tingjian was silent for a moment, and wanted to say something, but King Yan hurriedly interjected: "In the future, the imperial court will definitely take back the military power of the two major bureaus, and there is no need to discuss this aspect again." ”

Huang Luzhi nodded slightly.

King Yan added: "Xuzhou and Ting, the imperial court will appoint important generals to guard the palace. In the future, the Nanyang Affairs Bureau will be bounded by Yangzhou, and the Beiyang Affairs Bureau will be bounded by Puzhou, and the two major affairs bureaus will not be allowed to cross the boundary one step if they are not officially called by the Privy Council! …… In addition, the mouth of the Yellow River was defended by the Beiyang Affairs Bureau, but the Beiyang Affairs Bureau was not allowed to cross the Shunbao Village unless ordered to do so. ”

Huang Tingjian continued to nod.

Huang Tingjian, an honest man, also agreed with limiting Zhao Xing's power. He, a junior disciple, is bold and reckless by nature, knowing that Bianliang is a water city, and he will send troops to block the mouth of the North and South Canal at every turn, so as to threaten the imperial court, this habit is not good.

Huang Tingjian agrees with what Zhao Xing said - there are no rules in everything.

Now under the leadership of Zhao Xing, he can trust that the Nanyang Affairs Bureau will not have much ambition, just bluff to scare the imperial court. However, after Zhao Xing, he succeeded as the landlord of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau, if he saw that the imperial court was so vulnerable to threat, would he have inflated his ambitions and directly attack Bianliang City

In order to set a good rule for future generations, Huang Tingjian agreed with the Yan Wangdi restriction proposition.

Of course, this is also a disguised protection for Zhao Xing.

Huang Tingjian agreed, and the others naturally had no objections, and the court immediately passed, Liao Zhengyi and Zhou Bangyan wrote down the edict with a pen, and Song Huizong stamped the seal, and then King Yan added the seal of the prison state, and this holy decree officially took effect......

After talking about the restriction plan for Zhao Xing, Huang Tingjian seemed to be interested, and he lazily instructed Zhang Lei: "Senior brother, go and ask for money, Senior Brother Zhao will definitely be willing, it is not difficult to ask for money, the difficulty is: Senior Brother Zhao has always had many ideas, and he has always refused to suffer, what else does he have to ask you to do it yourself, if you can agree, you might as well agree; If you can't agree, you ask him to write a recital and bring it back to the capital to discuss it together. ”

A few days later, in Yangzhou City, Zhao Xing received Wang Qinchen, who hurried back, and he was enjoying the singing and dancing of geisha in Changchun Tower.

There is an unspoken rule in the music world, the female performers belonging to the brothels generally do not go up to other buildings, but Yangzhou made an exception for Zhao Xing this time, Zhao Xing's house, not only the Oiran of Changchun Lou is a Qing, but also the other four famous buildings of Yangzhou The Kabuki also came, and those brothels who were not invited, they also dressed up their own Oiran dressing up, sent to Changchun downstairs, and negotiated with the old bustard at the door of the building, complaining that Lord Taiwei underestimated them - the top ten famous buildings in Yangzhou, why did he only invite the Oiran of five buildings, this is not fair.

When Wang Qinchen and Zhang Lei ascended the stairs, there was only one guest Zhao Xing on the third floor of Changchun Building, and Tyson and several Gurkha warriors were guarding the staircase.

Following Tyson's fingers, Zhang Lei saw that the geisha were dancing, they were dancing a kind of puppet dance handed down in the Wei and Jin dynasties, the female dancers wore masks to make the appearance of Luo Fu female mulberry picking, Zhao Xing played the clumsy lascivious man chasing Luo Fu, he opened his hands to catch butterflies, and his every move was funny, causing the prostitutes watching to laugh. Dancing with him on stage was the Oiran of Changle Building, Autumn is famous for her singing, but her reputation is far less than Liao Xiaoxiao. On stage, she was gorgeously dressed and instantly recognizable as Oiran, while the four of them dressed plainly, with no ornaments except for a rose-red dress.

In addition to the five women and Zhao Xing, there was also a group of little girls, who lined up behind the adult female musicians, learning to dance with their hands. In the audience, the Oiran of the other four brothels were also accompanied by several girls, and they were also twisting their waists.

These girls were bought from brothels at a young age and were the backbone of the brothels. When these girls grow up, they will become the new generation of brothels, taking over the banner of the older generation and continuing to perform. In order to give them a taste of the atmosphere of a brothel from an early age, they were assigned to older prostitutes and learned the techniques of seducing men and the art of dancing and music from an early age.

And the girls who accompany Oiran are all carefully selected in the brothel and think that they have the hope of succeeding Oiran. These girls are usually responsible for taking care of the Oiran's life, serving the Oiran tea and water, supporting the guests, and of course, learning how to make a living from the Oiran. At this moment, they sat cross-legged beside the Oiran, dancing to the movements of the Oiran.

It is a cross-knee dance with only hand and upper body movements. It was created in the Spring and Autumn Period of our country and was most popular in the Wei and Jin dynasties. Since the Song Dynasty, this kind of dance is the dance of the guests in the cross-knee dance, when the people on the stage are dancing, the people under the stage are not bored to kneel and sit, so they dance with the beat of the music and move their hands and twist their waists. Its dance posture is very simple, the waist is combined with the hand movement, the hand is stretched into a line in turn, retracted, transitioned to the other side, and the cycle repeats itself - this dance was last seen in the Central Plains, in a tomb mural in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Seeing Zhang Lei's arrival, Zhao Xing, who had already received the notification, raised his hand to invite Zhang Lei's dance with him, Zhang Lei shook the fat on his body, shook his head and refused, Zhao Xing invited Wang Qinchen instead. Wang Qinchen happily danced with him.

The Song Dynasty was an era of hedonism, and the most popular thing for readers to do was official banquets - of course, at that time, the exchange of information between readers was mainly done through this form of banquets. Therefore, all famous talents can be proficient in the whole set of communication skills...... What this means is that Wang Qinchen, a genuine Song person, dances better than Zhao Xing.

At the end of the dance, Zhao Xing returned to his seat with a smile.

This dance is imbued with Chinese cultural heritage, and its movements meet the standards of elegance required by Confucianism. That is to say, the movements are more soothing and peaceful, not manic or eager at all, just like Tai Chi, which makes people feel relieved and rejuvenated, but they do not feel overworked. So after Zhao Xing danced, he didn't even have a bead of sweat, he sat down next to Yizhangqing, hugged Yizhangqing, and asked with a smile: "Brother Wenqian (Zhang Lei), why are you coming here?" An Oiran next to him replied casually: "Ask for money!" ”