Chapter 256: Enclosure

Li Jingxuan said with some displeasure: "If it is not for the two channels discussed by His Highness, such a proposal, the ministers will never let it pass." ”

Some ministers take the word reputation lightly, such as Xu Jingzong, Li Yifu and others, or they don't value the kind of reputation that Li Jingxuan wants, and just want to be low-key, such as Dai Zhide, Yan Liben, and some ministers are also "eager for success and profit", such as Wei Hongji. But some ministers have "self-love wings", such as Li Jingxuan.

If you scatter the money of the court to the people, you will immediately agree to it and use it for the people. But the treasury only has so much revenue, so it has to cut money. For example, to reduce royal expenses, such as saving expenses that the imperial court does not need, and so on. Most of these officials are Qingliu officials, and they are also the mainstream in the court. But let them "make money" for the court, and one by one they will retreat, because they are "competing with the people for profit". This kind of ideological conflict was most intense when Wang Anshi of the Northern Song Dynasty changed the law. But Wang Anshi is also wrong, his various actions are not open source, but just convert wealth, at first from the rich, transfer money to the treasury, and later even the common people did not let go. The old minister lacked the grace and vetoed it altogether. Therefore, it became a partisan dispute.

Li Wei has repeatedly paid attention to this point, taking advantage of it and giving it benefits, that is, a win-win situation. Of course, in any resolution, there will always be some people who will benefit and some people whose interests will be harmed. If the Fan City and the Mutual Market are opened, the interests of some powerful smugglers and some corrupt officials will be harmed. It can only be said that the interests of the majority of people will not be harmed. Also, for the "social elite" such as big families, big businessmen, and big landlords, try not to move or touch their cheese as little as possible.

This middle section is a benefit, so Li Wei did not explain or mention it, but asked a question: "Why did Sun Zhi exempt Emperor Wei Xiaoming from salt pond tax?" ”

This is a famous history, the early Northern Wei Dynasty had a tax-free policy on salt tax, which was similar to that of the Tang Dynasty. The people did not benefit, but let the local rich and powerful households control the salt ponds, and even deliberately reduced the output of salt in order to raise the price of salt. So the Northern Wei Dynasty transferred the salt to manage the salt and collect taxes. However, the salt merchants and tycoons were so powerful in the court that in the name of the ancient system that this strategy was once again abandoned. However, the former malpractice was revived, and then the salt supervisor was set up. Again and again, the country and the people are hurt. In the first year of Datong, there was Ge Rong's rebellion, Yongzhou assassin Xiao Baoyin rebelled according to the state, Xue Fengxian raised troops in Zhengping, Xue Xiuyi troops in Hedong, guarded Yanchi, and besieged Puban. Emperor Xiaoming was afraid that the salt people would change, so he issued an edict again to exempt the salt tax. The eldest grandson disobeyed the order, and played a game, indicating that the tax exemption policy was not appropriate, but it only gave preferential treatment to the huge businessmen, and it seemed that the imperial court gave benefits to the people, but in fact, it was difficult for the people to equalize. In addition, because of the lack of state use, it is possible to increase the burden on the majority of the people. This piece is very famous, and many history books have included it.

In a sense, there are many resonances with Li Wei's ideas. A good policy should not only benefit the imperial court, but also benefit a small number of people, but also benefit the majority of the people. Otherwise, if you want to make money, you can move out the housing reform policy in the previous life and sell the land.

Referring to this history, Li Jingxuan could not answer.

Li Wei didn't say it deeply, more than half of these bigwigs are from big and famous families, and it's not good to say it deeply. He also said: "The autumn harvest is coming, and since the new warehouse has been discussed, it needs to be implemented immediately." In addition, in order to prevent further extortion after the tax is paid, the department immediately accepts such cases, and each checkpoint can only check and verify the amount of goods taxed, and no further extortion is allowed. ”

The officials of the Tang Dynasty seemed to be generous, but they were far from keeping up with the Song Dynasty. It is only the high-ranking officials who are generous, even so, some prime ministers are incorruptible, and the capital is expensive, and even stay in various temples and inns. The prime minister is like this, not to mention the low-level officials below, especially the lowest level, like Lizheng and Fangzheng's treatment is only exempt from various military service, and it is difficult for the soldiers guarding the checkpoint to even get this treatment, since it is a gray area of the imperial court, it is unavoidable to be greedy for blackmail.

Hear cases and reduce extortion. The inventory and verification of the quantity at each checkpoint also prevented the officials of Fan City from being greedy for ink when collecting taxes and reduced the state tax revenue. It is still a policy of blocking and preventing the accumulation, and all kinds of greed and extortion will still not be less, such as deliberately detaining goods, or other things. In short, it is impossible to completely eliminate it, and it can only be said that it is better to prevent it than not to prevent it.

Then when he arrived at Xinqu and fundraising, Li Wei repeated what he said to his father yesterday.

Li Jingxuan immediately said: "Your Highness, no. ”

Not only Li Jingxuan opposed it, but many courtiers did not approve of it. There are two ideas, Li Zhi also wants the Li family dynasty to last forever, but these ministers pay more attention to their own name, and they can't let the prince drag down anymore.

Li Wei sighed and said: "Not only is it to raise donations for Xinqu, but the official field is gradually decreasing, and even the backward heroes cannot be sealed. However, the number of people is increasing, and the landlords are invading day by day, so the court is embarrassed and the people are poor. There is no solution. In fact, the idea of loneliness will still make the rich richer, but it can only lead to this disaster a little. ”

When it came to this, the ministers present could not say anything.

Li Wei took out the world map he had drawn, and did not dare to draw a circle, so the Atlantic Ocean was not on the map, let alone standard, and then pointed to Oceania and said: "The weather here is hot, and the climate is just the opposite of our dynasty, cold in summer and hot in winter." As well as elsewhere, there are many areas suitable for grazing and farming. There are some people above, but they are ignorant and backward, and they are not as good as the various bureaucrats of Nanzhao. The place is extremely vast, even no less than our Datang area. If you have the ability to go anywhere, why bother to exploit your neighbors in your own township? ”

Liu Xianli said: "Your Highness, have you ever thought that once the sea route is opened, the sea will be turbulent, and many people and merchants will die because of this?" ”

"How can Lone not know. However, without the opening of the sea route, the water conservancy fee cannot be raised. How many people died in a year because of Cao Yun, and it is clear that Liu Shangshu wants to come. Moreover, this proposal is only a trial opening, and if it succeeds, it can be expanded again, and if it fails, it can be withdrawn immediately. Otherwise, in a few years, or even a hundred or two hundred years, because there is less land and more people, and the people cannot survive, everyone can see our descendants slaughtered for Ge Rong and Zhang Jiao and others. ”

Speaking of this, Li Wei paused and said, "If you agree, Earth Horse and Liang Jinzhu can immediately take out 20,000 yuan as a donation." ”

Lu Liang and the prince have some faint relationship, and everyone is clear, of course, they don't know that the so-called Lu Liang and the two people's property is actually Li Wei's.

One by one, they were speechless again, and even many people were shocked, these two people not only donated 20,000 yuan, but also donated 10,000 yuan like movable type, and even some ministers knew that when the queen planted cotton, they took out another 10,000 yuan. And all the other things, this is on the table, and no one knows how much money was donated behind it.

The previous good deeds are not counted, and there may be so many profits, all from business. It cannot be said that the two are profiteers, it should be said that the two have done a good job, and even many ministers ask themselves, if they are themselves, they may not be able to do their feats. It also shows how fast business comes to money.

Aside from the big reason, it is enough to put 20,000 yuan here, and not seek an official title, which is enough to make the officials excited.

However, Wei Hongji glanced at Li Wei suspiciously, I don't know anything else, this method of making money was not long after the prince came up with it, and he walked with the prince all the way, and he didn't see the two businessmen send people to contact the prince. Where did the 20,000 yuan come from? Of course, I didn't understand, I didn't dare to ask, and I didn't dare to say.

After a long pause, he finally acquiesced and began to discuss. In the evening, orders were issued to the states and counties.

First of all, the granary, which was issued to Kyushu with a clear edict. Then there is the city of Fan and the city of Hai. This was discussed for a long time, so it was issued quickly. The main thing is to transport and open the canal, agreed with the proposal of the prince and Wei Hongji, and immediately looked for a place to change ships in Sanmen, and the river boat and river boat Wei boat were unloaded and sailed. He also asked the craftsmen to make drawings, improve the current technology of inland river transport ships, and assign various docks.

The next two edicts were controversial.

The first is to start the construction of the canal, and the imperial court will pay 200,000 yuan in advance, which is definitely not enough, but it can't wait for Li Wei's method of changing money, autumn is gradually coming, and the water potential is getting smaller and smaller, so it can be treated first. But it is not so easy, although there are canals, and some rivers have to be cut off, which must have an impact on the irrigation of the relevant farmland. Some of the canals passed through the city, and even the houses of the people had to be demolished in order to expand. Although it is a vulnerable group, it has no say in this era, but in order to be less controversial, it still needs to be negotiated.

The real controversy is Li Wei's fundraising strategy.

The Ming edict is that the imperial court prohibits the people from going abroad, but the people in some barren places near the sea have repeatedly forbidden and have not changed, and it is better to be sparse than blocked, so the imperial court selects some good businessmen to go to sea. The word "trade" is not mentioned, but since it is out to sea, it is impossible to go fishing. And you can bring some weapons and manpower by yourself. The number of this manpower has been disputed for a long time. He also said that the sea was stormy and the distance was far away, and it needed to be supplied by the islands, and yet there were many uncivilized natives in the islands. These maritime merchants are allowed to "become kings". As a reward, merchants are divided into three classes, each of which has restrictions on the ships and people who can go to sea. There are 40 first-class ships allowed to go to sea, with a total of 30 quotas. Thirty ships of the second class are also thirty places. Twenty ships in Ding, a total of 40 places.

A total of 100 places, with the popularization of new farming methods, and the nature of Fan City, there are very few places, which are counted as a pilot.

But Li Wei's idea is not like this, scarcity is expensive. There are too many places, and there is a possibility that funds will not be raised. However, as soon as Suzhou Port is opened, it will be directly connected to the Central Plains and Beijing, and if you see more benefits, don't persuade yourself when the time comes, it is possible that some large landlords and large families will take the initiative to lobby the imperial court. Water conservancy is not a year's work, as long as the money is sufficient, there is no need to exploit businessmen too much at once. The quota also has the advantage of being limited in quantity, forcing merchants to develop shipbuilding technology and increase the tonnage of their ships.

The edict also said that not only did these merchants be given the right to "universalize kings", but also let them operate the borderless islands independently. It was not until fifty years later that it was returned to the imperial court, but it was allowed to retain one-tenth of the territory as a fief and inherit it for future generations in perpetuity. Unless the ten heinous sins are committed, the court will not take it back. But what is no man's land? Even if these merchants regard the countries of Bori and Shui Chenla as borderless lands, as long as they have the ability to occupy them, the imperial court will not care. Before the return, all the fiefs were operated by the merchants themselves, and after the return, the fiefs had the right to operate, but they had no political and military rights. There is also a title of owner with no rank. Of course, there are three classes, each of which occupies a different area of the island. Anyway, it is a territory that does not belong to the imperial court overseas, so the area is very huge, not in terms of the number of islands, but in terms of area. After all, the size of the islands varies greatly.

But another order was given, it had to be Borderlands. When the imperial court is moved, there must be no hostile forces. This is also afraid that some businessmen, in order to embezzle them all, seduce other ministries and secretly resist the managers sent by the imperial court in the future.

This is also very far away, and fifty years later, no one can predict what it will look like. Leave this hand in case of emergency.

In fact, there is another ambush in the middle. If the fief is not kept, the merchant or some large family will not be tempted. If all of them are retained, they can only become a subordinated power for a long time. So the tenth was retained, as a driving force. If the number of islands occupied by the merchants exceeded the limit, the imperial court would naturally not care. However, without decades of operation, it will not become cooked soil, and the larger the area occupied, the more difficult it will become. It will be a pity to return it to the imperial court in the future. As a result, most merchants will not occupy more than the limit.

This is the result of a compromise again, as Li Wei's idea, as long as he has the ability, the more he occupies, the better, but the officials of the imperial court are afraid that these businessmen will have more area and more power, and it will be difficult to control.

But the direction has not changed, and I heard that Quanzhou has started to build sea ships by itself, which provides the possibility for Li Wei's idea to be realized. In order to fear that many merchants would fight for an island, or sit close to it, or sit on its production, let the merchants circle the painting themselves, and the first to go to the court will get it. But you can't sit at home and paint, you have to draw the auspicious terrain of the enclosed place, and the local aborigines. In other words, you have to send people to the island to inspect in order to compete for the first opportunity.

Then another secret edict was issued.

It is impossible to distinguish what is a good business or a bad business. Therefore, it can only be distinguished from the fundraising of the imperial court to build water conservancy and solve the suffering of Cao Yun. As an aside, the more money you donate, the more "good" it will be. But in the end, it will cause more controversy, it's hard to say, so the form of a secret edict is used, if a businessman is interested, he can let the assassins from all over the country use this to answer. In order to seduce their interest, Li Wei carefully drew a nautical chart, marked the knowledge in his memory, including the terrain, ocean currents, monsoons, and gave them a compass. If selected, one person will have "one picture and one needle". All the places will be decided at the end of the year, and in order to increase the speed, even the states will use fast horses to inform the capital.

Although all the words and sentences of this edict have been repeatedly scrutinized, the controversy caused by it can be imagined.

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