readx;?readx; Chapter 218 Rules

Qin Lei flipped through the booklet while listening to the pavilion Tao's explanation: "It has been eight months since the establishment of the Government Affairs Temple in the first month, and it has gone through from scratch, and it still has certain results. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info" he said, and went through the specific situation.

As for the espionage department, it has set up espionage bureaus in nine provinces across the country, and together with the Central Capital Espionage Bureau, a total of 10 bureaus have been set up, and espionage offices have also been set up in important state capitals. So far, there are 64 spy offices in the country, most of which are concentrated in the three eastern provinces, the two southern provinces, and the Gyeonggi region. Among them, the major counties in the southern and Gyeonggi regions even have espionage bureaus.

Coupled with the establishment of several bureaus in Southern Chu and Eastern Qi, the structure of the Longjun Wangfu Intelligence Network was basically formed.

However, because the time is still short, it is still generally faced with problems such as a lack of spy personnel and poor network construction, which is far from meeting Qin Lei's requirements. In addition to the need to improve the quality of personnel, the main reason is the lack of money. Buying informants, building networks, and training all require a lot of money. At the beginning of the year, the government affairs temple gave the spy bureau a budget of 1.5 million taels, but the stalls were too large, and they were distributed to each place, which was about 10,000 taels, which was a drop in the bucket for the spy department, which spent money like water. Therefore, the Espionage Department requested an additional budget of 500,000 taels.

Hearing this, Qin Lei had a little headache and sighed: "Isn't this a gold-swallowing beast?" Saying that, he said to the pavilion Tao Zhengse: "The question is, where is all this money spent?" Lone didn't see any effect. If Shen Bing asks you for money again, you will tell him clearly that you will not give another penny of silver until the results of the year-end audit come out. ”

Guan Tao pulled his sparse beard, and said with a smile: "The prince doesn't have to worry, you just want to give, and your subordinates don't have that penny of silver." ”

Qin Lei was surprised: "The flowers are so light? Isn't there money in our business? ”

Guan Tao smiled: "But there are more places to spend money, what kind of silver ditch did you buy in the south......"

"Silver Cave Ditch." Qin Lei corrected.

"Oh, Yindonggou Mine, that's a full 3.25 million taels of silver, even if we borrow 2.5 million taels from the Xu family, it will drain our water all at once, and we haven't eased up until now."

Qin Lei smiled mysteriously, and said confidently: "You just wait, at most in the first half of next year, Lone will make you unable to close your mouth." ”

Guan Tao always thought that it was a political investment made by Qin Lei in order to maintain the stability of the south. But now it sounds like there's another way. Itching in his heart: "Could it be that there are still mineral veins there?" ”

Qin Lei nodded and said with a smile: "I won't be able to finish digging in the next life, I just have to dig deeper." ”

Guan Tao said happily: "Great, now I can show my strength next year." ”

Qin Lei shook his head and poured cold water on him and said: "Gu has investigated, with the current mining technology, one million taels of sterling silver and ten thousand taels of gold a year is not bad, and more of them cannot be mined." And this number will decrease as it becomes more difficult to mine. ”

Guan Tao smiled: "That's not bad, so that next year will be much more relaxed, and our Education Department can also prepare." ”

Qin Lei nodded and continued to look through the booklet in his hand. The next step is the Liaison Division, which complements each other, with a liaison bureau where there is an espionage bureau and a liaison office where there is an espionage office. The difference is that the branch of the liaison department is only laid to the state capital, and does not set up a branch in the county seat.

The task of the Liaison Division is mainly to deliver long-distance letters to the divisions, so the training expenses of Harrier Hawks and carrier pigeons are their main expenses, and the annual budget is 300,000 taels, and there are still 100,000 taels left, which is not a big problem.

However, they have only completed the preliminary development plan, starting from the spring of the eighteenth year of Zhaowu, the Liaison Department will open a car and ship shop between the various bureaus and offices in order to provide material transportation for the various departments, and it will also be open to the outside world in the future, and eventually become a transportation for the whole country and even the three countries, and finally achieve self-financing.

However, seeing the benefits is a matter of the future, and next year's huge budget of 1.2 million taels is real.

After reading this part, Qin Lei said depressedly: "It seems that I will still have to tighten my belt next year." ”

Guan Tao was stunned when he heard this, and was immediately amused by Qin Lei's playful words, and said, "Next year is really important." Seeing Qin Lei's sad face, he hurriedly comforted: "The prince can take a look at the situation of the Commerce and Trade Division, and his mood may be better." ”

Qin Lei smiled when he heard this: "I hope so." As he spoke, he turned to the page of the Commerce and Trade Division, glanced at it, and said in his heart, finally there is an entry.

The Department of Commerce and Trade is also associated with the other two divisions, but they have a higher degree of freedom and a denser network. Every province, every province and every county has outlets, but unlike the first two, in addition to the provincial commerce and trade bureaus, it does not set up subordinate agencies in the state capital, but instead is responsible for collecting commercial information of the business intelligence section, the commerce and trade bureau according to the information it collects and sorts out to buy low and sell high, open shops and set up shops, combined with the protection of the spy bureau and the communication guarantee of the liaison department, as long as the decision-makers are not too stupid, in this era of information blockage, it is not easy to lose money.

It is true that the ten bureaus of the Qin State and the two of the Southern Chu and Eastern Qi have not had a deficit. The best result is actually the Jiangbei Commerce and Trade Bureau, with a net income of 75,000 taels of silver in three quarters, the second best Zhongdu Bureau, with 44,000 taels, and the third best is Hou Xin's Nanchu Trade Bureau, which also has a huge 40,000 taels.

As for the last three, they are Hexi Bureau, 10,000 taels; Seven thousand taels in the internal bureau; Shannan Bureau, 1,500 taels.

The 12 bureaus achieved a total net income of 300,000 taels, of course, on the basis of not counting the initial investment of 1 million taels. According to the fourth-quarter forecasts handed in by the provinces, there is no problem with another 200,000 taels of silver coming in, after all, the fourth quarter is stained with a year's pass.

Qin Lei became happy and said with a smile: "I have an income of 500,000 taels in the first year, and I think I can earn back the capital in the third quarter of next year." ”

Guan Tao also smiled and said, "I hope so." He said with some emotion: "The same two southern provinces, one occupies the first and the other takes the tail, and the difference in income is fifty times, which is incredible." ”

Qin Lei said with a smile: "Lone thinks that Ma Xing of the Shannan Bureau is more capable than Xu Chun of the Jiangbei Bureau. ”

Guan Tao was curious: "How do you say this?" ”

"It is not surprising that one of the two provinces has made war money, and the other has fallen into war mold. Jiangbei because of Jingzhou Mansion, brought together almost all the big clans in the two provinces, as well as hundreds of ordinary merchants, plus the procurement of the Zhennan Army, even if all the goods in Beppu were smashed, the income of only more than 70,000 taels was not high. And the whole territory of Shannan collapsed, Ma Xing was equivalent to being smashed, and from the new opening, he could actually take advantage of the reconstruction of Shannan to erase the losses, which is not something that ordinary people can do. ”

Guan Tao said: "Then the Shannan Bureau will not join the assessment this year?" ”

Qin Lei bowed his head and said, "That's what it means." It's so unfair otherwise. ”

"Does the assessment coefficient still need to be adjusted?" Guantao asked.

Qin Lei pondered for a while, nodded and said, "Yes." Jiangbei is at the same level as Zhongdu. "The rewards and punishments of the Qin Lei government government system are all decided based on the assessment results. For example, according to the results of the year-end government audit, each bureau will have a net income amount, but the degree of prosperity of each province is different, and it is obviously unfair to compare the revenue alone.

Therefore, Qin Lei introduced the concept of prosperity coefficient, which is based on the total tax payment of each province in the previous year, the natural climate of the year, and the political environment. Qin Lei regarded the middle of the capital in the best years as a coefficient. If other provinces are stronger than Zhongdu, the base coefficient will be greater than one, and if it is weaker than Zhongdu, the base coefficient will be less than one. If there is a natural disaster** in the current year, the coefficient will be adjusted upwards appropriately. Finally, this coefficient is used to multiply the total income, and the resulting ranking is the final ranking.

After reading the situation of the Commerce and Trade Division, Qin Lei turned to the Garrison Division again, and when he looked at the numbers on it, he couldn't help but feel dizzy. I can't say yes: "Two million four thousand taels?" Is there really so much spending? ”

Guan Tao nodded, and said helplessly: "It's true." It happened to be the military expenditure of the Zhennan Army for one year. But there are more than 200,000 soldiers, and we only have 6,000 people. ”

Seeing that Guan Tao's face was full of pain, Qin Lei comforted him in turn: "It costs money for everything in the first year, and next year you won't have to buy so many belongings, and the military expenses will come down, and it is estimated that it will not exceed one million a year." ”

Guan Tao shook his head and said: "If you are worried about the money, these two million and 4.4 million will not be approved." Saying Zhengse, he said: "The 'meta rule' that the prince told his subordinates, the subordinates were originally a little skeptical, but when they looked at the history, they found that this is a turbulent and indestructible truth." ”

Qin Lei nodded and said in a solemn voice: "The establishment of all rules, in the final analysis, follows a fundamental rule: the strongest violent person has the final say. That's the meta-rule, the rule that determines the rule. ”

Guan Tao nodded a little heavily: "That's why my subordinates would rather sacrifice other departments to satisfy the garrison division." He sighed and said, "It's just that if you are like the First Emperor and advocate violence too much, I am afraid it will not be the blessing of all the people." ”

Qin Lei shook his head and said: "Sir, I'm too worried, King Wu will destroy Xu, Gaozu will destroy Chu, this is a violent duel, and in the end, the one with the stronger violence wins." But the 800-year-old Zhou family and the 400-year-old Han family did not die like the tyrannical Qin. ”

Pavilion Tao was silent, Qin Lei took a sip of tea, and continued: "In the era of great unification, the emperor is the most violent, but it is not the same for the blessing and disaster of the world. Take the most characteristic Sui Dynasty as an example, it is precisely because Emperor Wen mastered the strongest violence that he got the Guozuo from the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and destroyed the Southern Dynasty to unify the world, ending the 400 years of turmoil, not to mention, and giving the world 20 years of 'rule of the emperor'. It can be said that Ze is born and benefits the world. ”

Guan Tao is an extremely smart character, and after Qin Lei mentioned it, he suddenly said brightly: "And his son Yang Guang completely inherited his strongest violence, but he was tyrannical, arrogant and lascivious, and finally finished playing Lao Tzu's world." The harm to all peoples is unprecedented. ”

Qin Lei laughed and said, "Sir, I understand." That's it, the key is to see who holds the strongest violence, and not to be afraid of it. You must know that if you don't have the strongest violence, the original second strongest will become the strongest, and you will become a fish. ”

Guan Tao smiled: "In this way, our Majesty's accounts are a little confused. "He already knows about Emperor Zhaowu's appointment of Qin Lei." Isn't it a contradiction to create conditions for you to have absolute violence and to fantasize that you can play by his rules. ”

Qin Lei's face turned a little cold and said: "The Lone King can make concessions in anything, but absolute violence must be in his hands." As he spoke, he clenched his open palms into fists.

Guan Tao pondered for a moment, and said quietly: "What if Your Majesty's future unification is not passed on to you, the prince who has the strongest violence?" ”

Qin Lei's eyes narrowed, and the cold light emitted from the eagle's eyes made Guan Tao shudder, but he still insisted on looking at Qin Lei.

Qin Lei suddenly burst out laughing, his cold expression suddenly became springy, and he said lightly: "This won't happen, will it?" ”

Guan Tao was finally satisfied, got up from his seat, and bowed respectfully: "My subordinates are willing to follow the prince to achieve the great cause of the emperor and make contributions for all generations." ”

Qin Lei nodded and said with a smile: "Get up, it's okay to think about this kind of thing in your heart, there's no need to say it." ”

Guan Tao got up from the ground and said with a smile: "A big stone in the hearts of my subordinates fell to the ground, and I was a little carried away. ”

Qin Lei smiled understandingly, and said a little sluggishly: "You are too worried, with so many of your brothers, entrusting your net worth and life to the Lonely King, does the Lonely King have any other choice?" ”

Guan Tao bowed to the end and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness is noble." ”

Qin Lei quickly adjusted his mood, and said with a smile: "Off topic, off topic." Let's move on to the state of our palace. ”

Guan Tao hurriedly self-examined: "It's the subordinates who are not good, and it's really bad." ”

Qin Lei waved his hand, signaled him not to be noisy, turned the pamphlet to the last page, and read softly: "The total recurrent income is 300,000 taels, or the earned income is 3 million taels, the external debt is 3.5 million taels, and the total inflow of silver money in the three quarters is 6.8 million taels." ”

Recurring income refers to income that is reliable on an annual basis, and is now the same as the net income of the Department of Commerce and Trade. Or sexual income is naturally unreliable, not necessarily every year, including the New Year's money of Old Lady Shen, the reward of Emperor Zhaowu, and the income from robbing the fourth child. The foreign debt was borrowed from the Xu family and the Shen family.

"The total recurrent expenditure is 1.7 million taels, the contingent expenditure is 2.7 million taels, the investment is 4.4 million taels, and the total outflow of silver money in the three quarters is 8.8 million taels."

Correspondingly, recurrent expenditure is the expenditure that will be there every year, including the salaries of subordinates, the daily expenses of various departments, and so on. Contingent expenditures are not necessarily every year, mainly the start-up costs of several departments other than the Department of Commerce and Trade, as well as the procurement costs of the Garrison Department. The start-up expenses of the Commerce and Trade Department and the expenses for buying mines are placed in the investment column.

Guan Tao nodded and said: "The total inflow plus the 2.2 million taels of the previous year's balance, and then subtract the total outflow, which is the silver money we have in hand now." Said and exclaimed: "The prince's method of bookkeeping and accounting is really amazing, simple and clear. ”

Qin Lei smiled bitterly: "No matter how well you understand, you can't get money." ”

Guan Tao pointed to the balance at the bottom and comforted: "Anyway, there are still 200,000 taels of silver, which is not too bad." ”

Qin Lei said angrily: "Why don't you say that with last year's five million taels, the Lone King will have a foreign debt of eight and a half million taels." Lone, the position of the number one loser of Great Qin, I am afraid that no one can surpass it within a thousand years. ”

Guan Tao was a little puzzled and said: "Lord Wang, why do you have to regard these 8.5 million taels as foreign debts." This is clearly the 'donation' you mentioned. ”

Qin Lei drank saliva, put down the cup in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "The lonely king doesn't have to repay it with real money, maybe it will be replaced by some kind of right or a certain pardon, but no matter what way it is, the lonely king must repay this debt with interest, and if the lonely king can't finish it, let the descendants pay it back." The lone king cannot set an example for future generations that he only wants to take and is unwilling to give. Lone hopes that they can repay their kindness and not become like Yang Guang. ”

Guan Tao praised respectfully: "The prince is planning for a hundred generations." ”

Qin Lei scratched his head and said: "Although it sounds very pleasant, it is good to be able to seek three generations, and the rest can only look at the creation of the old Qin family." ”

Guan Tao asked unwillingly: "I feel that there is no way to plan for a hundred years?" ”

Qin Lei listened, closed his eyes, and lay back on the recliner for a long time. Just when Guan Tao thought that the prince didn't have any good methods, he heard Qin Lei say quietly: "Maybe there is, maybe not, but the lonely king won't try." ”

Guan Tao was surprised: "Why? ”

"Because...... Lone is a practical person. Qin Lei said softly.