Volume 3: A Generation of Heavenly Pride - Chapter 25: The Sacredness of Monarchy (3)
β¦β¦ The establishment of the country, no plan is not enough to determine the foundation, lack of planning is embarrassing for the law, the same is true for everything, especially the wealth. For example, together with taxation, the pre-Qin Dynasty ruled the internal history of Su and unified it with each other; And filial piety and martial piety are important to the inner court, and later generations have the establishment of the household department. Salt and iron affairs, the national lineage is the same as the grain endowment, so the Sanghong Yangzhi Conference is in the front, and the Xiaoqin Emperor sets up three divisions in the back, which shows the benefits of industry and commerce, and the wealth of non-Ding households is sufficient; The wealth of the city, the amount of tax that is difficult to enter and exit. If the people take food as the sky, and if the agricultural use is insufficient, the industrial and commercial wealth will be useless; Therefore, the industrial and commercial trip must not exceed the limit of grain ration. And industry and commerce to promote financial use, Ding skills, a craftsman to build a waterwheel, time-consuming a month, consume a number of money, but the benefit of the waterwheel, can make a hundred acres of land moisturize for several years, its benefits are heavy, enough to talk about it. Therefore, there is an ancient proverb: when the blade is timeless, it does not consume wages, and the reason is that it is also. The two theories are both strong and indebted, only the land endowment is not enough to strengthen the military state, only the industry and commerce are embarrassed to get rich, the two go hand in hand, and their way is not alone. However, up to a country, as small as a mile, agricultural surplus and arrears, short working hours, short commercial length, its technology, its potential, its law, are all national plans. Today's temple three divisions, only Dinghu, salt and iron, degree branch, although the name of the total financial endowment, in fact, is only the way to enter and exit, not enough to be called the "national economy". According to the past precedents, the actual situation of the base year, the surplus and wealth of the future years, the law and the fixed number, and the distribution of cashiers, so that the resources of a state and a county are not only enough to eat Li Shu, but also to promote industry and commerce, so that the cart and the horse are balanced, even if there is a failure to govern, there is a plan to be embarrassed, so that the life is corrupt, there are accounts to follow, and the law of benefiting the people should not become a law that harms the people......
Chen Su read these almost vernacular words, and his heart has long lost the irony of the first sight, although this pamphlet can be seen at a glance as a person of superficial writing, but the meaning in it is really extraordinary.
Plainly. The viewpoint in this booklet is that the fiscal policy of the imperial court is regarded as a broad and profound science. Although in fact, the current prime ministers and courtiers have gradually formed such a concept. However, for those who came out of the political tradition of the Tang Dynasty aristocracy, it was already a great progress to be able to break through the debate of righteousness and benefit. You must know that during the Zhenguan period of the early Tang Dynasty, the position of the subordinate subordinate of the household department was regarded as a daunting path by the government and the opposition because of dealing with mundane affairs such as money and grain every day. Those humble gentlemen who talked loudly in the court every day would rather be an idle post than serve as a branch of the Tiantian plan, resulting in the sage Shangshu Zuo Servant Fang Xuanling, who was the prime minister of the dynasty and was famous all over the world, and had been personally holding this position for more than ten years. Dealing with books and abacus all day.
The so-called theory of national economy put forward by Li Wenge in the booklet actually treats the entire government as a large business, but the profit and loss of this business is not only considered in terms of income and money input, but involves a lot of knowledge in the social division of labor. To put it more simply, this article on the national economy is actually a piece of science about how the government should allocate the amount of investment and how to calculate the returns. In the era of Li Wenge, this discipline could be simply called "national investment".
In this article. Li Wenge simply classified the social division of labor according to the traditional agricultural and industrial divisions, and he proposed that the government should invest money or labor in these three fields in a planned way, and this plan should not be formulated blindly, but calculated according to the actual situation, past experience, and even the government's purpose, not only to ensure agricultural harvests, but also to increase government revenue, encourage the circulation of commercial trade, and promote industrial technological innovation.
The current situation in Yanzhou is actually a situation of emphasizing industry and commerce and ignoring agriculture, which is also a matter of no choice, after all, there are restrictions on agricultural time. At a time when agriculture was still stuck in a situation where the small-scale peasant economy was fighting in silos. It is not that you can get as many farmers as you take in the displaced people, and it takes time for the public land system to be implemented. It takes time to clear the field, it takes time to sow and cultivate, and in addition to the time of day and the fertility of the soil, this transformation process is difficult to complete in a short time.
However, tens of thousands of people waited with their mouths open to eat, so Li Wenge had to build roads, bridges, and water conservancy, relying on these major projects to temporarily absorb the labor force of the displaced areas, so that his physical strength would not be wasted, and he would not go hungry because he had nothing to do. This policy is called "proactive fiscal policy" in the 21st century, and its purpose is to stimulate domestic demand, create jobs, reduce the number of unemployed, and ensure social stability.
However, this kind of policy obviously cannot be long-lasting, although the infrastructure built by Li Wenge has promoted the development of industry and commerce, but fundamentally in the short term it is a money-losing business, and if it continues to do so, the Eighth Route Military Government will only go bankrupt. Therefore, in order to alleviate the financial pressure, Li Wenge had to wage wars one after another to obtain war dividends, and the Battle of Gyeongju was actually a typical example, Li Wenge relied on Gao Yunquan and Guo Yanqin, two misers, to survive the two years of his reign, and he used the money to buy grain, horses, equipment, and armor to feed the 300,000 people and 10,000 troops under his command.
However, this kind of policy obviously cannot be sustained, and special cases like Gao Guo are very rare even in Guanzhong, for example, this time in the expedition to Xiazhou, the consumption of the Eighth Route Army is obviously greater than the capture, as long as such a battle is fought again, Li Taiwei will face the dilemma of not being able to open the pot. Therefore, in the face of the Feng family's invasion, although Li Wenge was very annoyed, and he himself did covet the geographical location of Lingzhou, he still only left one and a half regiments of troops on the northwest front line, and withdrew the main force to Yanzhou, not that he didn't want to fight this battle, but he felt that it was really not cost-effective to send large troops to fight this battle---- judging from Feng Jiye's ugly appearance of coveting the salt transportation in the northwest and the number of troops the Feng family had, Lingzhou's treasury was only afraid that there would not be much oil and water. The huge military spending has made it impossible for General Li's purse to take such an economic risk.
Therefore, the proportion of industry and agriculture in Yanzhou must be adjusted, although at present it is still possible to live by buying grain, but this time Li Bin's feudal sparseness has already had a showdown with Bianliang, once Bianliang turns his face, Li Wenge will no longer be able to buy a grain from the Kanto. Although Li Wenge and the Yanzhou government were also prepared for this---- once Bianliang did this, the Eighth Route Army had no other way but to intercept all salt transportation from Yanzhou---- but this lose-lose method would not solve the actual problem. Therefore, in addition to opening up a way to trade grain from Guanzhong to Shuzhong, Li Wenge began to consider the issue of adjusting the proportion of industry and agriculture in the national economy.
Such a problem is, of course, a problem of the "planned economy."
On the debate between the planned economy and the market economy. Li Wenge has experienced it himself, but he has always believed that. This is actually a false proposition.
There is no such thing as an economy that is absolutely unplanned, nor is there an economy that is strictly executed according to a plan. In his previous life, the economic policy implemented in the name of "macroeconomic regulation and control" was actually a limited planned economy, but this kind of plan was more scientific and practical than all previous plans.
It was never the planned economy that was at fault. The mistake is only the one who formulates and implements the planned economic policy.
It is difficult to get feedback from the market when a plan is formulated and implemented that is detached from the laws of the market. It's a natural thing to do.
The market follows profits, but Li Wenge can't blindly follow profits, 300,000 people now support him, that's because he can feed them now, once one day this foundation no longer exists. These 300,000 people will eat him as food.
This is the reason why Li Wenge put forward the concept of planned economy.
It's hard to get started. He was determined to start with the "budget".
Money is needed for irrigation and land reclamation, money for repairing roads, money for group training, money for building and repairing farm tools, and money for buying donkeys, cattle and livestock......
This money is the financial allocation.
In the end, these financial allocations must be exchanged for the grain in the fields and the copper coins that are taxed, otherwise the government's investment will fail.
Speaking of which, budgeting is nothing more than dealing with numbers. Yet actually. Whether the budget is reasonable or scientific is not something that can be done by sitting in a room.
Although Chen Su has taken care of the business of the firm. But the complexity of that budget is a little too pediatric compared to what is in front of you.
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Han Weidi's face turned a little pale, in three months, to make such a so-called budget, he didn't worry about what would happen if he messed up, he felt sorry for his wife.
Sure enough, Chen Su bit his lip lightly, and his face was full of stubbornness.
"This budget must be passed at the state government meeting, and Zijian and I will be present at the right time, and the governors of the states and counties will make judgments on this budget, they are all local veterans, familiar with local conditions, and from the perspective of local interests, they naturally do everything possible to get more money for their own land, and this ring is not easy to fight. If you can't explain the budgets of the states and counties one by one, or let these people in charge of various places ask on the spot, even if Zijian and I want to support you, we can't ignore the actual ......," Li Wenge told Chen Su about the difficulty of this matter without subtlety.
Han opened his mouth slightly, but swallowed back the words that came to his lips.
After a long time, Chen Su finally spoke: "Give me the four books to complete the history, and in three months, I will give you a complete budget ......."
August 15 of the third year of Guangshun, Beijing Bianliang, Daning Palace, Zhongshumen Province.
In the face of the "Yanxia Officials and Civilians Please Build a Society" that was all spread out on the case, the three prime ministers Fan Zhen, Li Gu, and Wang Pu sat down without any expression like a mud fetus sculpture, Fan Zhen was elegant, Li Gu was upright, Wang Pu was graceful, and the three prime ministers had their own characteristics, but at this moment, the three prime ministers had the same expression on their faces---- their eyelids drooped, as if they were monks.
A stone-throwing order to ask for directions, in exchange for a shocking feudal sparseness, the court's deal is really worth it......
Even if he has a lot of slander for Chai Rong's style of governance that refuses to let go of everything on weekdays, his heart is full of sympathy for His Royal Highness the King of Jin at this moment---- the world is impermanent, who would have thought that the first direct shot of the King of Jin after taking over the government would be kicked on the iron plate?
Feng Gong founded the country, which is like a reverse, and these civil and military officials in Yanzhou are from Li Bin down. That's pretty daring......
After the edict was issued, Fan Zhen and the others did not imagine the consequences. Although they were not naΓ―ve enough to think that Li Wenge would obediently comply, they did not expect that the reaction of Yanzhou would be so fierce and perverse......
At worst, the consequence would be the collective resignation of all those involved in the edict......
This is the conclusion that Fan Zhen and Li Gu have come to after discussing it together countless times......
As for Wang Pu, this slippery guy didn't say a word about Tui Enzhao from beginning to end, let alone at this time.
Chai Rong, who was sitting at the top of the seat, smiled faintly. He lifted his robe and stood up and walked over to the case. Slowly put away the envelope, and said calmly: "I'll take it to Your Majesty......"
The three prime ministers still didn't react, and it wasn't until Chai Rong walked to the door that Wang Pu stood up: "The minister is willing to face the king with the king......"
Chai Rong glanced back at him, his eyes flashing. His face remained silent, and he replied softly: "No need! β
Guo Wei in the dormitory was lying on the bed. He looked at it with a blank face.
It has only been more than two months since Concubine De's Xianyou in May, Guo Wei seems to be twenty years old, his snow-white hair is silver and dazzling, his face is so thin that people can't bear to look at it directly, his beard is messy and his cheeks are white, except that his eyes are still bright, this lord of Kyushu has completely lost his former majesty.
He put Song Shu on the couch casually, and the corners of his eyes did not sweep Chai Rong, who was kneeling in front of the couch, and said slowly in a hoarse voice: "Tell me about ......!" β
"The reins ask for guilt ----" Chai Rong lowered his head, without the slightest intention of justifying. The tone is still flat and humble.
Guo Wei smiled faintly. Gently waved his hand: "Get up and speak!" β
Chai Rong stood up as he said, not politely and humbly. even took a step forward and tucked the corners of the quilt for Guo Wei.
"I chose this privy envoy for you, do you dislike it so much?" Guo Wei looked at this "son" and asked with a little puzzlement.
Chai Rong sighed, hesitating and about to speak, Guo Wei preemptively said: "To be honest, if you go against your will, I don't want to hear it!" β
Chai Rong was stunned, and then whispered with some emotion: "Daddy----"
Guo Wei showed a childlike naughty smile on his face: "Are you really old and confused when you are a daddy?" Whether it's Feng Dao, Fan Qian, plus Xiufeng, who is in the position, which one is a loyal and honest person, and he has been with them for decades, if your father doesn't have some ideas, how can he get today? β
Chai Rongqiang suppressed a breath of heat in his chest, and said with a reluctant smile: "My son is not filial, these things should not be bothered by Daddy!" β
Guo Wei smiled, but didn't speak, his eyes just stared at Chai Rong.
Chai Rong sighed: "The world has been in chaos for more than two hundred years, it was originally just a feudal town, and since Zhu Liang, the forbidden army has been added. The princes of the four directions sat in the town and the town, from the town to the front of the palace, and from the front of the palace to the cardinal...... On this road, who ended well? Either they killed someone else, or they were killed by someone else. Although Sang Weihan was shameless, he could not mobilize troops to protect himself; Although the prince of Xiufeng was domineering, his father immediately deposed him...... Privy envoys, or civil officials do a good job......"
"Is it for us to sit in the world from this seat?" Guo Wei asked.
"Yes, but not all!" Chai Rong replied, "Military power is a sharp weapon to promote ambition, no matter who it is, with military power, there are few people who are not good at being a prestige." Li Huairen is an outlier, but in a court, everything cannot rely on the self-discipline of the courtiers. Tang Taizong was not afraid of the rebellion of his courtiers, because he himself was the most capable general in the world, and Han Gaozu was not successful, and he was always worried that the courtiers who had the power to fight the war would make trouble. In the two hundred years of turmoil since the Tang Dynasty, in the final analysis, there is still one less emperor who knows the soldiers above the temple, and the military power is a thing, and the ministers are unwilling to fake their hands on others. Li Huairen is very talented, of course it is good to be able to drive, otherwise he is better in the local area than in the court, good for the court, and good for him......"
Guo Wei sighed: "I knew this was the case, he was in Beijing, so he should have kept him......"
Chai Rong shook his head: "To stabilize the northwest, it still depends on him, after all, the imperial court there can't take care of it!" β
Guo Wei looked at this righteous son intently, but did not speak, Chai Rong continued: "Besides, this time it is not nothing, this feudal sparseness, although it is absurd, it can also be seen that Yanzhou is not completely monolithic, otherwise Li Bin does not have to use such drastic means to show his support for Li Wenge......"
"The last time the king servant went to Yanzhou, it must have been arranged, you know what happened in Yanzhou in the past few months, right?" Guo Wei asked gently.
Chai Rong nodded, and said with a smile: "Li Huairen did not disappoint Erchen, although his actions seem unreasonable, they are actually commendable!" β
Guo Wei nodded: "I also underestimate this person...... Originally, I thought that he was just good at military affairs, but now it seems that there is more than that! The change in Yanzhou in July is not just as simple as not being thirsty for killing......"
Chai Rong smiled: "Actually, when it comes to military affairs, Erchen is not afraid of him, but his seemingly strange methods of governing the army make Erchen a little incomprehensible." But it doesn't matter, he and the civil officials of Juzhou openly fell out, in fact, it is also to tell the court that he will not rebel---- no matter whether what he does is true or false, as long as he acts in moderation, this can last, the ministers will tolerate him! β
Guo Wei thought for a while and asked, "You already understand his system of supervising the army?" β
Chai Rong shook his head: "I haven't fully understood, but don't worry, Mr. Wen Bo is doing this, his ability, Erchen is still relieved!" β
Guo Wei patted the envelope lightly: "What are you going to do with this recital?" β
"Dismissed, the imperial court is the imperial court after all!" Chai Rong smiled but said firmly.
A hint of cunning light flashed in Guo Wei's eyes, and he said with some mischief: "Daddy can't help you for long, so I'll teach you another trick to push the hand---- send this piece to Feng Daofu, and order him to deal with it......"