The state uses the division to command the soldiers' rations

Set up a consul-general office to supply military supplies

For the emperor Zhao Kuo, the humiliation of the second emperor of Jingkang, the occupation of the Central Plains, there is no concept, Han Yanxuan said, as long as the army marches into the Northern Expedition, you can avenge the humiliation of the second emperor, and the territory of the Great Song Dynasty is doubled, which is the wish of the ancestor Emperor Xiaozong for a lifetime, and then His Majesty can be as famous as the Taizu and become the great emperor of the Great Song Dynasty.

The right prime minister Ding Qiaoan and the same privy councillor Li Shizhang privately asked to see each other and poured cold water: Your Majesty, the Northern Expedition is not easy, it may succeed or fail, according to the current situation of the Great Song Dynasty, there is not much chance of victory.

At first, Xin Qiji, and then Ye Zhengze, as soon as these two talked about it, they decided. Master Han is solely responsible for this matter.

Since Lou Zhixin's impeachment last time, Chen Zhishan, the prime minister, has reined in and ordered his sons and nephews to do business with peace of mind.

But there was one thing that deeply stimulated him.

Chen Zhishan has a wife and two concubines. Before entering Beijing, he had been working in the position of a county professor and a county officer, with a low official position and no oil and water, and his family background was thin, so he had always been accompanied by his wife, Qi. After entering Beijing, he rose year after year, and married two concubines successively, one surnamed Zhang and the other surnamed Li, both of whom were about 30 years old.

Who knows, his wife Qi died of illness the year before last. The Zhang and Li clans are vying to be the steproom, which makes Lao Chen in a dilemma. It was Su Shicheng who came up with an idea and settled down.

It has been three or four years since Zhang's Li entered the door, and he has no children. Su Shicheng's idea is: whoever has a child will be turned into a wife.

A year later, the stomachs of the two of them have not changed, and they can't help but be a little disappointed: Old thing, you just asked us to give birth, and you have a soft machine, and there are no seeds, how can you give birth.

can't have children, in this family, it's not much better than the next person, as soon as the old thing dies, you have to get out, and the only useful thing is silver. The two little wives seemed to have made an appointment, trying to find a way to get money from him, but there was no extra money, and the son didn't give it.

It is said that the officials of this dynasty are the most generous in the previous dynasties, and the monthly salary of a high-ranking official can reach 400 guan (always 1,000 wen), which is ten times that of the Han Dynasty, and the monthly receipt of Lu rice is 15 stones, and the bonus is 120 yuan, in addition, there are 20 horses of silk, 1 horse of Luo, and 50 horses of cotton every year. In addition to the above-mentioned salaries, there are also various welfare subsidies such as tea and wine money, kitchen material money, charcoal money, horse feed money, etc.

Mrs. Zhang's younger brother is getting married, and the prime minister's brother-in-law will of course pay to congratulate her. Chen Zhishan was ready to give out 1,000 taels of silver, but Zhang's played tricks: No, 1,000 taels is too little, and I can't take it.

One thousand taels is less, but my salary for three months. Chen Zhishan was anxious.

Zhang pointed at him: You are the prime minister, and you are not afraid of being embarrassed by a thousand taels. Last year, Li's father celebrated his birthday, and you took two thousand taels.

Two thousand taels is two thousand taels, now it's all right. Although it can be taken at home, for those who have lived a hard life, taking so much at once is like cutting his flesh with a knife.

"No," Zhang bewitched him, touched his white beard, and said with a smile: "Xiangye, at least four thousand taels, marriage is much more important than longevity." ”

Up to three thousand taels. Stop making trouble, it will make you ugly.

Seeing Chen Zhishan's face tense, Zhang knew that this was the end of it. said with a smile, Okay, the slave listens to Xiangye's words. Tonight, the slave and maid will serve well and make you comfortable.

Chen Zhishan felt that he had no money in his hand and panicked. The prime minister looks at the glory, but doesn't care about the money. Undoubtedly, this is a big pity.

He suggested to Han Yanxuan: Since the king of Shiwang had the intention of the Northern Expedition, he should follow the story of the Xiaozong Dynasty and set up a state department to raise money and grain from all walks of life, supervise the state finances, and prepare military funds.

At the beginning of Xiaozong's reign, he tried to restore the Central Plains, taking into account the fact that the use of troops against Jin would inevitably consume a lot of money, and in line with the principle of leniencing the people's power and controlling the country's use, to ensure that the state's finances were in and out of the country. In the third year of the main road (1167), the three provinces of household housing state division, referred to as the national division.

Han Yanxuan thought about it, this is the reason. Since it was decided to go on the Northern Expedition. In order to cope with the financial burden and huge military expenditure brought about by the war, the system of inheriting filial piety and integrating the functions and powers of the three divisions, the household department, and the military department related to money and grain, and creating a state division is conducive to overall planning and allocation.

Previously, some ministers had also called on the governor to know the country's wealth, and Liu Luan, who was also the secretary of the Privy Council, said: "Recently, the prime minister and privy envoy want to make the prime minister know the soldiers." Now the prime minister knows the soldiers, and the origin of the wealth valley is still unknown. Looking at the system of Li Tang, the prime minister is also the leader of the three envoys, the outline of the cashier of the valley, the prime minister is led by the above, and the household department is full of years.

A few cronies, after discussing it together, all thought it was a good idea. Han Yanxuan said to Chen, Chen Xiang handed the excerpt to the emperor, and the emperor decided.

The emperor approved the establishment of the State Department, and Chen Zhishan, the prime minister of Zuo, concurrently served as the state envoy.

After the establishment of the State Division, Zhou Yunluan was the State Counselor. I don't know where he came from, he suggested that the state use envoys to restore the system of the consulate general in order to facilitate the transportation of various roads and the collection of money and grain.

Naturally, there is a precedent for this. In the 11th year of Shaoxing (1141), Gaozong Zhao Gou appointed Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, and Yue Fei as privy envoys and privy deputy envoys, and transferred them to the central government, while the armies of the three major towns were also commanded by their generals. Subsequently, the Huaidong Consulate General was established in Zhenjiang Mansion (now Zhenjiang, Jiangsu), the Huaixi Consulate General was established in Jiankang Mansion (now Nanjing, Jiangsu), and the Huguang Consulate General was established in Ezhou (now Wuhan, Hubei). The three consuls-general were in charge of the financial resources for the army and the writing of the imperial army, controlling the finances of the army on the one hand, and the military documents on the other hand to directly control the army. In the fifteenth year of Shaoxing (1145), the Sichuan Consulate General was added to Lizhou (now Guangyuan, Sichuan Province).

In the military system with the imperial armies as the core, the four consulates general are responsible for providing military supplies and financial resources. The functions and powers of the three consulates general in the southeast are different from those of the consulate general in Sichuan. The power of the Southeast Consulate General is limited, and its financial policies depend on the orders of the household department. The Sichuan Consulate General is not instructed by the Ministry of Household Affairs and can be deployed on its own. The reason is that the Sichuan region is located in the west, and it is difficult to allocate it, and the imperial court whip is out of reach.

Among the four major consulates-general, the Sichuan Consulate General uses the wealth of Sichuan to supply the financial needs of the prefectures, Xingyuanfu and Jinzhou. The source of the wealth of the Huguang Consulate General is Guangnan East and West Road, Jinghu South North Road, Jiangnan West Road, and Jingxi Road, a total of six roads, to provide military and horse money and food from Ezhou, Jiangzhou, and Jingnan Commandery. The financial endowment of the Huaidong Consulate General comes from Jiangnan East Road and Liangzhexi Road, which provides financial endowment for the Zhenjiang Metropolitan Unified Division, and provides financial endowment for Jiangnan West Road, Liangzhejiang West Road, Jiankang Mansion and Chizhou Metropolitan Unified Division. Under the leadership of the General Consulate General, there are large military warehouses, large military warehouses and other storage institutions. In addition, the Audit Institute is responsible for checking the number of non-commissioned officers, and the Grain Institute is responsible for distributing them. In addition, the business activities of the Consulate General itself are operated by the Tea Farm and the Pharmacy. The four consuls-general offices played a very important role in the country's military needs and economic circulation through the collection and distribution of financial endowments.

The State Department and the Consulate General are connected from top to bottom, which is extremely beneficial to military operations. After deliberation with the Central Library, it was decided to select personnel and restore the Consulate General in the above four places as soon as possible.