Shen Yijun suddenly shuddered, and immediately replied solemnly: "Of course, it belongs to the emperor, and the whole world is not the king's land, and everything in this Great Zhao country belongs to the emperor." "I secretly wondered in my heart, could it be that I heard myself complain that there were too many departments, so that I provoked the emperor's anger? I couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive in my heart.

Zhao Zhe was a little amused at Shen Yijun's carelessness, and glared at him and said, "I am asking you how the iron ore will be transported next and which department will manage it." I'm asking you questions, not picking on what you're saying. ”

"Part of the iron ore will be smelted into iron ingots and shipped to the capital. A large part of it will be stored in the warehouse established by the mine, which will be registered and stamped with the official seal by the officials, and finally collected to the household department, which will then allocate resources in a unified manner. What resources need to be used, you also need to apply for approval like money. For example, other land applications and grain applications can only be used after approval. But these things belong to the emperor. Shen Yijun replied quickly, but added with a bent face.

Although he said this with a feeling of being too cautious, Zhao Zhe liked to listen to it. Everything is your own, well, that's what I love to hear. In my heart, I wondered how this sounded like the prototype of a planned economy. You have to change it, otherwise the efficiency is too bad. Although Zhao Zhe is not too good at the economy, fortunately, the information in his world is inflated, and he is many years ahead of the people of this era.

It didn't take long for him to have a conclusion in his heart, and he said to Shen Yijun: "I have an idea in my heart, and you can help me analyze it." Let's take iron ore as an example, if we don't do it. First, we don't give a penny to the mines, but let them keep 10% of the mines to sell themselves, and the money from the sale will feed and run the mines. Second, we don't allocate money to the local government, we leave a mine for them to sell themselves, and then the money we get will feed the government and use it to build the place. Third, the Admiral's Mansion doesn't need to give money, and directly leaves a percent of ore for them. Of course, this is only one part of the mine, other things such as salt, grain, commercial taxes, and so on. As long as the imperial court collects taxes, a part of the profits will be given to the localities. Of course, that part of the money can only be used for local construction, the establishment of workshops, the repair of water conservancy, or the opening of mines and salt works, etc. It can not fall into the pockets of officials, and must be supervised and reviewed by vertical officials of the household department. In this way, if the magistrate wants to have more financial power at his disposal, he must increase local production and construction, and the greater the local output, the higher the income. As for the central court, the national tax is extracted and used to build the army to defend the country, research the latest technology, subsidize some places where natural disasters occur, or build national projects, and so on. Of course, the method I said is still very crude, and it is necessary to convene a court meeting for the ministers to discuss and study together. ”

"The emperor's idea, Weichen also understood a little." Shen Yijun frowned and listened carefully to Zhao Zhe's every word: "In this way, the magistrates can freely develop the territory under their jurisdiction, and the central court only needs to supervise it effectively, and then it can sit and take it over." There are also pros and cons to this, the advantage is that the local government including the governor's office, because their financial power is linked to the total income of the local government, is bound to actively increase the total income of the various industries under their jurisdiction. The downside is that local officials may be able to collect taxes indiscriminately under false pretenses. ”

"Any tax ratio must be implemented in accordance with the standards set by the Ministry of Households. Shen Aiqing, if you don't mention it, I also want to say that among your household departments, there are already administrative departments corresponding to each province, and I will delegate some more power, and the corresponding administrative departments of each province have the power to supervise and investigate the finances of this side. Once it is discovered that there is a wanton squandering of finances, embezzling finances, using one's own people to embezzle finances in the name of construction in disguise, or making major mistakes in financial decision-making, they have the right to file a case for investigation. Once it is found to be true, I will be killed, my family property will be used to the state treasury, and my family will either be confiscated into the army or sold into slavery. I myself will also set up a separate secret investigation department in the Jinyi Guard, and I will visit various places all the time to listen to the voices of the people, and I will investigate privately. His immediate superiors, close colleagues, and even the corresponding provinces and departments of your household department, including you Shen Yijun, will not have good fruits to eat. ”

Shen Yijun was full of excitement, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "Since the emperor is willing to hand over such power to Weichen, Weichen should do his best and die." ”

Zhao Zhe's method was also used in many countries in his later years, in fact, it is an extremely excellent method, and the problem is only in the supervision. If it's well regulated, it's an excellent way to do it. If regulation is unfavorable, or even collusive, then this is a harmful policy.

But in this feudal era, the idea was put forward by Zhao Zhe, the emperor. Then this kind of policy is not impossible to try, because the country and the world belong to Zhao Zhe, the emperor. Corrupt officials and corrupt officials occasionally make people angry, and the final victims will turn to the emperor. Maybe there will not be a large-scale rebellion because of this government in his lifetime, and I can't say which of his children and grandchildren, the problem will erupt.

Because of this, the vast majority of Huang Yanjing will pay more attention to public grievances. After all, the common people are the most massive cornerstone of this society, and water can carry boats and capsize boats, which is the truth. For himself, for the continuation of the dynasty, for his sons and grandsons. Zhao Zhe must also do a good job in this supervision.

There is also a great advantage to being an emperor, as a reader, you can carry out your will thoroughly. Thoroughly inspect every local government, once a problem is found, the knife under the emperor's command is not soft. In order to consolidate their power more effectively, the will is carried out to the greatest extent. Zhao Zhe only needs to firmly grasp the military power and make his strength strong.

What an emperor has to do is actually very simple, that is, to constantly consolidate and strengthen his position. Then use the status to gain some popular support. Then use the people's will to strengthen the position. At hand, keep gathering some power that really belongs to you. Of course, this is only internal. Externally, it is necessary to use one's own power to make the country strong, so as not to be bullied, and to have the spare strength to bully and bully others. If you can do this, you can be regarded as a successful emperor.

Internally, the butcher's knife of regulatory power is profitable. Externally, the army's butcher's knife is advantageous.

"Your Majesty, what should we do with all the resources that Weichen has gathered on hand if the army and other departments want to use them?" Shen Yijun put forward a new idea.

"It's also simple, according to the income of the household, as well as the total income of resources. The budget expenditure of the army for the next year is determined in proportion to the military expenditure, which is collectively referred to as military expenditure, which is uniformly measured by silver taels, and then distributed to the military governors' offices, as well as to my pro-military governors. They pay silver and reward silver, and they can use these silver taels to make money, and if they want weapons, they can use these silver taels to buy them. All resources, including weapons and food, everything will no longer be free in the future. Unified by the army's military purchase expenditure. Another example is the department that you have the most headache with, and in the future, it will also cancel its endless plan to give resources and money. Today's agency department is very fragrant, and the exquisite guns and cannons it has researched and produced are very popular. Naturally, they can be sold to various armies, and each army, according to its own military spending, can also order armaments from the department of the organs, and can also order various weapons and armor from the armory workshop of the military department. Then, institutions such as the Department of Agencies and the Armory Factory get money from selling weapons, and naturally they have money to continue new research or buy various raw materials, and this forms a simple cycle. ”

"Your Majesty, this is a brilliant idea. I just don't know if our household department can collect taxes from places such as government departments, armory workshops, horse farms, etc.? Shen Yijun's small eyes shone brightly, although what the emperor said sounded very laborious, but he pondered it carefully. But it made him think about it in his heart for a while, how much money can the household department save just by supplying money and resources from an agency department? Not only that, but if you can still draw the money from the department to sell weapons and the money from the weapons workshop, then you still have it? What satisfied him the most was that the previous year had already measured how much military spending would be given to each army governor's office, and in the future, those big-shouldered and thick-waisted military masters rushed to their homes to throw things, then they would wait for bad luck. Don't say that they do things according to the emperor's rules, if they want to make trouble, the emperor will clean them up. Next year's military spending, just wait for bad luck.

"VAT? Pump, why not? Zhao Zhe glared and said: "It is definitely impossible for them to sell weapons at a loss." Since they have made money by processing iron ore, timber, etc., into weapons, of course, they have to take VAT. ”

"VAT? Uh, good name. Wechen went back and studied it carefully. Shen Yijun's small eyes were smiling. I secretly thought in my heart that the crying child had milk to drink. I cried and made a fuss, how much power did the emperor and his old man give to himself?

"It's almost the end of the year, and in the new year, we're going to do things according to the new rules. Shen Yijun, you go back and discuss with the people in the household department to come up with an outline and detailed rules, and take it to the court meeting to discuss. Zhao Zhe paused for a moment and said, "Also, you have to be cautious about this matter, I can only provide you with a general idea." You are an old man in the court, and all kinds of details are more thoughtful than me, don't be lazy. ”

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, even if this matter is fought by Weichen, it must be done well." Shen Yijun said solemnly with a straight face.

Zhao Zhe also searched for this goods should be done, Shen Yijun regarded money as his surname, although he said that the money was money in the treasury. dared to spend too much money for the department and occupy too many free resources, so he dared to come and cry with himself, and he was really convinced.

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(To be continued)