"In fact, if a court wants to make money, there is no need to start from the people, there are good places to make money everywhere, treasury bills are just a kind of sideways, if you want to make the country rich and stable for a long time, there is a better way. Let's take the maritime merchants I am most familiar with, who sometimes do not have sufficient funds, and often look at profitable transactions but cannot do them. Wouldn't it be a win-win situation if the state could set up a special agency to lend them the rich money in the treasury and let them use it to make money, and then pay the state a part of the interest. Don't underestimate this income, if it is really operated, this money is probably a big number, which will make Tobe Langzhong smile crookedly. Moreover, once this kind of lending business is started, it will take up a lot of manpower, and this kind of institution can be set up in every big city, and those redundant officials can be arranged to work in these institutions, and they are still working for the imperial court, which is no different from being an official, which is called a financial institution. With a financial institution, there must be a corresponding supervisory body, such as the HKMA, and some redundant officials can be arranged. Although it is said that there are more institutions, the additional institutions are all good deals for the state to make money, and they not only do not spend a penny in the state treasury, but also create profits for the state treasury, which is to reduce expenditure. "Just to get a treasury bill, Hong Tao felt that it was not enough to show his talents, and by the way, he could also get the national bank, let those officials who were idle and have nothing to do go to work in the bank, waste utilization, and redundant soldiers to build the corps is a reason.

There are questions and answers, there are things to say, and every time you get to the point, it is difficult for this meeting to end in a short time. The more Emperor Lizong listened, the more questions he asked, and he couldn't wait to take out the affairs of his harem and let Hong Tao come up with ideas. Hong Tao is not idle, he also has a stomach of doubts about the Great Song Dynasty. Now it's just right. It is not as accurate to ask anyone as the emperor and prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty. And don't just take anything from me. I'll have to get some from you, so it's a good deal."

Obviously, it was impossible to talk about so many things in one day, and it was not realistic to talk about eating the sea breeze at night, so the meeting was divided into three parts, talking from sunrise to sunset every day, then returning to each boat, and then gathering on a neutral ship the next day to continue talking. This time, Hong Tao was a little more generous, allowing Emperor Lizong to bring two more retinues. Because there are some questions that the emperor doesn't quite understand, and he has to ask professionals to get accurate answers. In addition, some written records also need to be done, and the prime minister and the emperor can't be allowed to write with paper and pen like elementary school students.

"Alas, several people were given such a thing after several days of eating and drinking...... Lao Wen, do you think it's easy for me to do something good? This is also my family's great business, otherwise the good things have not been done, and they will be poor! Look at your right prime minister, when you talk about people, you are the head, and when you eat, you are also in the front. He even dared to grab the skewers in the emperor's hand, and before leaving, he took away half a catty of sauce from me with his beard. Still a little out of interest? "Three days later, the serious matter was finally discussed, the emperor and these ministers could not always accompany Hong Tao to eat on the sea, and there were still a lot of things to deal with when they went back. They patted their buttocks, patted their stomachs and ran away, Hong Tao talked vernacular for three days, and spent wine and food and tea, and finally only got an appointment in his hand, and the person above was not him, but Wen Nan. Now that Wen Nan is no longer under the control of the Ministry of Rites, he has resumed his identity as a citizen of the Great Song Dynasty, and has also obtained an official position, called the Boat Transfer!

This official position did not exist at all in the Great Song Dynasty, it was invented temporarily, and the standard empty commander had no rights, no regular establishment, and no funds, and the only thing that was there was a supernumerary organization of the Ministry of Statistics, which obtained permission to pass through the waters of the Great Song Dynasty, and could also form a township army of no more than 5,000 people. In addition, a temporary land was obtained in Mingzhou Port, which could be used as a warehouse, and all kinds of materials for the fleet under the jurisdiction of the Lord could be hoarded here in the future, and as for whether the warehouse was enough or not, you had to figure out how to do it yourself.

As for other projects, Emperor Lizong listened very carefully, and asked his entourage to take a lot of notes, but he couldn't agree to anything, he couldn't be the master at all, just talking about the excitement, after three days of cheating, eating and drinking, he had to go back and discuss with the ministers of the court, and then make a decision. What does it mean to make a decision again? It's that the leaders in later generations said to hold a meeting to study and study, you wait, the tobacco and alcohol went up, the real meeting was studied, the tobacco and alcohol did not keep up, and you will almost be able to get a reply after you die.

But Hong Tao was also helpless about this situation, and through the small talk with the Great Song Emperor in the past few days, including those ministers, he finally had a clearer and more comprehensive understanding of the state structure of the Great Song Dynasty, at least in legal terms. It's not that this Song Lizong doesn't want to immediately implement the methods that Hong Tao said to save the war and save his country, but the problem is that he doesn't have the right to shoot this board.

Isn't it true that the king of a kingdom can't order his courtiers to do something? The Son of Heaven is full of words and follows the law, who dares not to listen? This is talking about the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the emperor of the Song Dynasty is really not so happy, he is a hypocrite!

Hypocrisy, this concept Hong Tao always thought it came from the United Kingdom, and it was not until the past two days that he understood that the concept of cost-effective hypocrisy was purely domestic, and it was also Confucianism. "End arch, vertical arch and rule, do not sit down and rule the world...... these Confucian ideas all contain the meaning of hypocrisy. When Cheng Yi, a physicist in the Northern Song Dynasty, explained "Zhou Yi", he clearly proposed: "Those who enter his position, Yao Shun also; Those who carry out their ways, Yi and Fu. ”

This sentence is also the consensus of the Song Dynasty's scholar class, who have made it clear countless times that the emperor, such as Yao Shun, is only the sovereign of the world; Yi Yin and Fu said that such prime ministers are the actual managers. Therefore, the Song Dynasty not only had the prototype of a hypocrisy, but also the reality system to assist, which was very close to the constitutional monarchy and the cabinet system of the prime minister in later generations.

Is this system considered advanced? It should be counted that the right thing must be constrained, whether it is the imperial power or the prime minister's power, once the restraint is lost, the result will inevitably be a disaster for the country and the people, and history has proved this truth with countless tragedies. And this idea is not advocated by the West, since Yao Shun, the emperor was elected by everyone, and it is also a cicada concession system, but later Dayu's son was ruined. Otherwise, this thing is likely to be passed down forever, and there will be no need to kill a river of blood every time the imperial power changes.

With the hypocrite and reality, is the monster of power restrained and balanced? Not yet, the imperial power is restricted, but the power is a bit big, what to do? At that time, Hong Tao also asked Zheng Qingzhi like this, and the old Zheng cherished the words like gold, so he spit out two words, Taiwan!

The Song Dynasty is the dynasty that attaches the most importance to the system of Taiwanese advice in history, and the Taiwanese admonition holds the rights of administrative supervision, impeachment, judicial review, etc., as long as the Taiwanese admonition believes that the regulations have been violated, even the edicts and decrees issued by the emperor and the prime minister have the right to recover it. What surprised Hong Tao even more was that this Taiwan department was completely independent, and his officials only accepted the emperor's appointment, and had nothing to do with the prime minister's government. The prime minister can appoint and dismiss hundreds of officials, but he has no right to manage Taiwan officials, and there are also clear regulations that relatives and protégés of prime ministers and government officials cannot be Taiwan officials. If a relative of a Taiwan counselor becomes prime minister or serves in the government, then you and he can only keep one, or you will resign as a Taiwan counselor, or he will stop working.

In this way, the power of the Great Song Dynasty is divided into two parts, one large is the imperial power, a large part is the relative power, and the other is supervised by the Tai Zhi, like the Western system of separation of powers? Of course, the system of separation of powers in the Great Song Dynasty is still very rough, not as detailed as that of later generations, and sometimes it will deviate, such as the emergence of power ministers like Shi Miyuan, and the phenomenon of Taiwan officials becoming tools of party struggle. However, its direction is correct, it only needs to be slowly groped and adjusted in the long river of history, and it will always tend to improve. It is more reliable than the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, where a group of people representing different interests sit together and finally pull out a decision that can be accepted by everyone, which is definitely more balanced than a person or a certain group patting their heads out of their own interests. A country, not how fast to run, the most important thing is to run in the right direction, and then don't keep falling, as long as you stick to the momentum of progress, a little slower is not a disadvantage.

Hong Tao planned to come to the Southern Song Dynasty as an escort helper, help it sort out the external environment, and don't let it always be in a state of passive beating. It is like a flowering plant, it is the most vulnerable period, if the wind and rain blow the flowers off, then there is no fruit to bear. Regardless of whether it is sweet or bitter in the end, Hong Tao wants to wait and see, after all, this is a nation's own choice, and he has no right to interfere with it, let alone forcibly reverse it. What you think is not necessarily right, if you arbitrarily intervene according to your own preferences, then what is the difference between yourself and those who pat their heads to make decisions?

According to Hong Tao's plan, it was best for the Southern Song Dynasty to develop like this, and it was only part of his attempt to make it what it could be. Sooner or later, Jinhewan will also change its management model, and the big pot of rice can't be eaten all the time, which is another model. In addition, there are a large number of places where Cabaran, Malacca, and Cape Town can be tested, and Hong Tao intends to turn them into experimental fields, manage them with different forms of government, and then see which way has advantages and disadvantages. If he can do this step, he will be content, life is just like this, no matter how many things are impossible to see, anyway, this crossing will be rewarded. As long as the grandson in the sky does not allow himself to travel to the primitive society next time, he can continue the following experiments, with these foreshadowing, Hong Tao believes that he will play more skillfully and purposefully in the next crossing. (To be continued.) )

PS: PS: It's the New Year, as a storyteller, there is only one red envelope that can be sent, which is to tell a little more! This chapter is my New Year's greetings to everyone, from the Chinese New Year's Eve to the seventh day of the new year, every day at noon on time......

There are also those overseas book friends, I wish you good health and smooth work in our own New Year, and we can toss them hard outside...... Turn your thoughts into motivation!!