Chapter 757

The New Year treasury has a lot of money

On the second day after Li Longji returned to the capital, he held a big court meeting, and all the five-rank officials who served in the capital went to Hanyuan Hall to stand in line.

The light snow is still drifting, but there is no snow under the steps of Hanyuan Palace, the snow that fell before has already been cleared out, and there are hot water pipes laid underneath, that is, geothermal heat, which is regarded as the welfare of officials.

The officials have been very busy recently, and there are many things to do at the end of the year, so if you survive this period of time, you will have annual leave in a few days, and you can have a good year with your family.

The busiest in the crowd is Wang Hui, the head of the household department, who has been working six days of night shifts in the household department in the past half a month, and every time he is busy until dawn, he naturally can't go home.

People have lost a few pounds, their spirits are good, and they have money, except for the last month, which needs to wait for January next year to be calculated, and the tax data before this year have been sorted out.

"Wang Qing, can the tax payment for the eleven months of this year be counted?" Li Longji arrived at Hanyuan Hall, just sat down, and couldn't wait to ask about the money.

Wang Hui glanced at Zhang Zhong next to him, he was in a good mood, he thought that His Majesty would ask about the situation of the Ministry of Industry first, but what he didn't want to ask was his own household department, money, it's really important.

Zhang Zhongyu glanced at Wang Hui, and didn't pay attention to the other party, money, that's what happened, don't mention money to me, it's meaningless.

Wang Hui obviously felt Zhang Zhong's contempt, and secretly cursed a sentence of 'let your family lose all their business tomorrow' and stepped out of the ranks.

He also took a wat board in his hand, which was different from the original long strip, but it was one foot long and wide, with a clip at one end, and a small groove on the far right, and a pencil was stuck in the slot, and there was an eraser hanging under the pencil, and the rubber was transported back to the eraser, and the wat board was a piece of paper, which was actually a clip board for office use, advancing with the times, and it was inconvenient before.

"Back to Your Majesty, according to the statistics of our department, the total amount of taxes collected in the first 11 months of this year is 31,669,622 guan and 400 yuan, and the expenditure in the first 11 months is more than 106,000,000 yuan, and as of yesterday, the treasury has a total of 367,792,150 guan and 316 yuan."

Wang Hui finished reading the book, straightened his chest and raised his head, as if the money was all earned by him.

The eyes of the Manchu Dynasty lit up, Wang Hui glanced at Zhang Zhong proudly, he could estimate the income of the Zhang and Wang families for a year, unless the other party evaded taxes, otherwise it would be clear according to the tax paid.

Zhang Wang's trading income this year is more than 4 million less than last year, the only thing that can't be accounted for is the baby candy house, which is a tax-free industry, and the other can not be accounted for is the income of Datang Qianzhuang, Datang Qianzhuang is owned by His Majesty, and it is also taxed, but this tax report is not accurate, and it is necessary to subtract the interest rate difference between the loss report and the length of the payment cycle.

Obviously, there will be no shortage of hands and feet, and it is also instructed by His Majesty, how can people figure out how much money the emperor has? In addition, the money spent in many aspects cannot be accounted for, such as espionage expenses, which official is qualified to know how much the emperor's espionage system spends?

Zhang and Wang are estimated to have the same concealment, but they are the same as His Majesty's, and they can't be traced, because Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan have sent a lot of intelligence officers abroad, and all kinds of obscure spending are indispensable.

But in any case, the normal accounting is indeed less than last year, but I haven't taken the time to see why it is less.

Zhang Zhong still ignored it, he could guess what Wang Hui thought, isn't it that today's income is less, that's right, otherwise Datang's money will not be more, and part of the family's money is to expand the private army, especially in terms of weapons, whether it is to improve or consume ammunition is money, after all, there is going to be a war, and there are more reserves.

Li Longji, who was sitting above, was not far away, and he saw Wang Hui's small movements, but he didn't care, mainly because Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan didn't care.

"Okay, next year I will be able to do a lot of things again, and the ministries will make a budget for the work, and after the review, we will allocate money." Li Longji, who was in a good mood, began to send money.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a matter that is unknown, why is the tax paid by our dynasty twice as much this year as last year?" A junior general of the military department, who used to be a guard at the border pass, was promoted only last month because of the military sand table assessment, and he mustered up the courage to stand up and ask.

A few days ago, he heard from others that last year's financial income was 130 million yuan, and he knew a little bit that it was easy for money to be worthless when there was a sudden increase in money, and he also had to ask for the sake of his brothers in the army.

When the words came out, he found that the entire Hanyuan Hall was silent, and he couldn't help but feel even more worried in his heart.

After being cold for a while, Li Longji looked at the courtiers below, sighed softly, turned on the microphone, and said to Zhang Jiuling: "Zhang Qing, you come." ”

Zhang Jiuling's expression was very unnatural, his family was in Guangzhou at that time, where plum vegetables were produced, and there were people in the family who followed the business, and the officials still had the income from the land as a profit in the first half of the year, but now he handed over the land, so naturally there was no excuse for his own production and sales, but the family did not stop buying and selling, and he was still selling plum vegetables, and he made a lot of money.

His Majesty named him, and Zhang Jiuling had to stand up with a hundred reluctances in his heart, and look at the faces of the other courtiers, all the ministers looked at their noses, noses, mouths, and mouths, and settled down.

"Yang Zuo Fengchen, this matter is also simple." Zhang Jiuling said loudly to the military attache who asked, this person's surname is Yang, Zuo Fengchenwei, it used to be Qianniu Mansion, and the power of this official has become very small for a period of time, but now due to the change of the military service system, and because of the rise of the economic strength of the Tang Dynasty, more military maintenance is needed, so that the power of this department has increased.

The military attache surnamed Yang did not say anything and continued to listen.

"Listen to me one by one." Zhang Jiuling took a deep breath and organized his language: "Last year, I set the proportion of tax collection

This year, His Majesty was wise enough to go out to inspect the construction of local land routes, and on the way he listened to the advice of a competent official, so he made changes to the form of taxation and official income in our court.

As for the tax aspect, the commercial side has increased nearly fivefold, and there are not too many people who voluntarily pay taxes during the trial period, and the other officials will have to pay money, and the consumption room will promote the circulation of materials and form a part of the tax revenue, so our fiscal revenue will be more than doubled next year.

In addition, after years of hard work, Sinong Temple distributed a large number of crop seeds in the spring of this year, and the yield per mu increased significantly. ”

Zhang Jiuling barely finished speaking, and kept wiping his sweat.

The surnamed Yang raised his head and rolled his eyes to ponder, nodded, and admitted that the tax could be increased in this way, and when all the merchants of Datang agreed, doubling it would not be a problem.

"Oh, I know, but I don't know which one is the best official? Can it be resolved between the DPRK and China? What if you go on a business trip? "The surname Yang is more real, who dares to directly influence His Majesty's decision-making on state affairs?

Zhang Jiuling glared at him: "General Yang, who do you say?" ”

"Oh, Ben, this official is not too clear, just don't ask, the one who came up with this strategy is really capable of officials, Your Majesty Shengming." The surname Yang only thought about a few breaths to guess who it was, and his confidence was obviously insufficient.

The ministers despise it, and you know that you are afraid?

Li Longji didn't mention the names of Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan either, anyway, courtiers of a certain level knew who could easily influence Datang's decision-making.

"Next topic." Li Longji leaned back and waited.

There are too many taxes, and his heart is not comfortable, he is exchanging benefits, the railways in various parts of the country have not been fully connected, the trains have not all been sent to the localities, the wagons of the steam engine have long been divided, and the income of the officials is more than twice as high as the income from the fields given now.

If it weren't for Xiaobao's amazing calculations, there would have been new changes in railway transportation in the future, and the land would have become more valuable. ’

Li Longji pondered, and looked at the Manchu officials with unkind eyes, how many courtiers had no private property? When I said that I didn't see who was willing to pay for disaster relief, I had money when I took a stake in the new industry of the Ministry of Industry, especially after the officials carrying the investment in the tractor went around the streets of the capital, there were more officials who were willing to take out the money, why didn't you see you so active when the treasury had no money?

According to Xiaobao's words, the appearance is too ugly, and it's good to pretend to be 100 or so consistent, I can't do it if I bully you, let's take a share, I will let Xiaobao clean you up.

When Li Longji was considering retaliating against the officials, the issues of the imperial court passed one after another, and there were almost no obstacles, the treasury had money, and many issues eventually pointed to money.

The wealthy Li Longji felt that the problem that could be solved with money was not a problem.

When it was almost noon, after others said about it, Li Longji found a thing, no one mentioned the infrastructure construction of Datang, there are ways for railways, but what about highways? It is not a good thing that the country has too much spare money in the bank, and it will depreciate.

So he looked at Zhang Zhong: "Does Zhang Qing have a problem in the Ministry of Industry?" ”

Zhang Zhong shook his head: "Back to Your Majesty, the Ministry of Industry is not short of money now, the Ministry of Industry has produced a lot of new chemical products, in addition to research expenses, there is also a slight surplus, such as soap, toothpaste, fertilizer, kerosene lamps, which sell well, as well as candles and rubber-soled shoes." ”

When he spoke, Zhang Zhong finally looked at Wang Hui, last year, the Ministry of Industry needed money for research, and he was badly stuck by the Ministry of Households, his son and daughter-in-law were angry, and later took revenge on the other party, but after all, it was better to ask for others than for yourself.

According to his son, our technology is not good, we can only use soil methods to produce, waste of resources, and serious pollution, but special periods should be treated specially, and the production capacity of the unit production department is low.

Wang Hui looked down at the folder, very engaged, and didn't know what good stories were written on it.

"What about road infrastructure?" Li Longji ignored the fight between his courtiers and asked what he wanted to know the most.

"The minister of the road still waits for the local officials to report, and after the report is completed, the minister will go to the household department to raise the account, which will be reviewed by the household department, and then allocated through the Datang Qianzhuang." Zhang Zhong replied truthfully.

Li Longji bowed his head, yes, the money needs to be paid by the Ministry of Households, or it is himself or the Central Secretary who orders it to manage, saying that the Ministry of Industry should be in charge, but the Ministry of Industry has no real power in the area of local infrastructure construction, and the Ministry of Household can bypass the Ministry of Work and directly negotiate with local officials about the allocation of payments, of course, now the Ministry of Industry can also bypass the Ministry of Household and directly allocate money to the local Ministry of Public Works Management, because the Ministry of Industry itself has money, but Zhang Zhong does not allocate it.

Li Longji's expression became serious, and he said to Wang Hui: "Next year should be a special year for transportation, and I don't want key materials to be blocked by money. ”

"I understand." Wang Hui replied loudly, looking down on Zhang Zhong more and more in his heart, the other party was too lacking in morality, so he pointed himself out and asked His Majesty to warn him.