Zhao Shu didn't survive much time, and after the New Year, the previous ministers had just been registered in the Daqing Palace, and Zhao Shu died. The appearance of Zheng Lang caused Zhao Zhen's life to be extended by half a year, but Zhao Shu died early. But behind this there are stories that many people don't know.

Especially Zhao Shu suddenly burst into tears, why did he cry.

Of course, Han Qi can't say that he has no credit at all, although the possibility of a palace change is extremely small, it can't mean that there is none, because of Han Qi, at least to ensure the smooth transition of the emperors of the two dynasties. However, it was still done in too much hurry.

First, he hurriedly handed the pen to Zhao Shu and wrote down the name of the crown prince.

For the sake of the country, there is something to be desired.

Then another incident happened during the Chinese New Year, and news came from the palace that Zhao Shuyan was driving, and hundreds of officials entered the Funing Hall to mourn, and the official announcement of the legacy system was announced. Zeng Gongliang suddenly smashed Han Qi's elbow and gestured. It turned out that Zhao Shu was lying on the hospital bed, and his fingers were moving.

From a medical point of view, it was shock, but it could not be regarded as real death.

However, the medical conditions in this era are backward, and the doctors cannot be blamed for being sloppy.

Now whether Zhao Shu has woken up from shock, whether he continues to be in a coma, or whether he has woken up, it is unknown whether he is moving because he is seriously ill. But the fingers were moving, and they must have woken up, not really dead.

Han Qi glanced at Zhao Shu with contempt and said, "The first emperor is resurrected, and he is the emperor." ”

Then he said to the propaganda officer: "Read quickly." ”

After reading Zhao Shu, he is the emperor, and even if Zhao Shu wakes up, he can't change it.

The Xuan official continued to read the book of Zhao Ji's succession.

Hearing about the loss of the throne, Zhao Shu swallowed in one breath, and after reading the book, his fingers stopped moving.

It can be said that Han Qi is selfish and wants to have the merit of supporting again, and it can also be said that Han Qi is taking care of the overall situation. How, exactly. It is difficult for anyone to know Han Qi's true thoughts.

Zhao Ji ascended to the throne. Han Qi exerted a lot of strength.

It also depends on what Zhao Ji thinks. If he thinks that he is the eldest son and sister-in-law, the Empress Dowager Cao is honest, and the two younger brothers have not grown up and are obedient to him. Mother is very important to herself, and she may not appreciate this affection. After the more terrible crown prince was drafted, Zhao Shu lived for a while, and the ministers forced him to make the crown prince. actually made him cry, but everyone will not stay in his dormitory forever, although he can't speak, he is still very conscious, has he used pen and paper to explain anything to Zhao Gao's mother and son?

If Zhao Ji, like Zhao Shu, is a rebellious, disobedient and unfilial child, and wants to be the emperor urgently, then he will continue to favor Han Qi.

Zhao Ji is the emperor.

Summoned Sima Guang to the palace.

Ask one thing, when the Alliance of the Abyss. The Song Dynasty lost face, so what to do. So ask for a little cheapness from the title, the Song Dynasty is the brother, the Liao State is the brother, Zhao Zhen is on the throne, Liao Xingzong is on the throne, Zhao Zhen is still the brother, the problem is not big. Yelu Hongji is on the throne, Zhao Shu is on the throne, and Zhao Shu is still a brother. However, Zhao Shu is dead, and now that Zhao Shu is here, he can no longer be called a brother. When the Khitan New Year's Day envoy came, he did not expect that the emperor of the Song Dynasty died young, but when he died, this series of problems was exposed.

The Privy Council convener asked how to call the Khitan national book, wanted to weigh his nephew, and called him his mother, while Li Khan Zhi and Song Minqiu of Taidang Temple said that they called themselves nephews and grandchildren, and they called them uncles and grandmothers.

Zhao Ji was a little unconvinced.

asked Sima Guang, Sima Guang said: "The northwest is flat, and Forgive Zuo is ambitious......"

"I understand," Zhao Ji said helplessly, and asked again: "How is Zheng Gong'an?" ”

"Zheng Gong and a few gentlemen are studying the history of Confucianism, and I heard that the imperial court is financially tight, so he took some students and craftsmen to develop steel, and once successful, it will add a safe prison for the imperial court. Originally, I wanted to dedicate it to the first emperor, but I didn't want the first emperor to die. Sima Guang said with a lot of emotion.

What is Zheng Lang's heart, he can guess two or three, but can he say?

"Gong Zheng is a loyal minister," Zhao Ji looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "When my father was dying, he repeatedly told me and my mother that the real person who can be entrusted by the country is Gong Zheng. It's a pity that in the past few years, several of Zhenggong's mothers have passed away one by one, and they can't serve their father. ”

Sima Guang listened to this and felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart.

Still silent, he said calmly: "Young Zheng Gong often corresponded with me, but in fact, he was also very lazy at that time, and he didn't dare to take the lead, saying that I would only be dedicated to Renzong. Later, the process of cultivating Confucianism, the process of cultivating Confucianism is also a process of self-reflection. This is also the luck of my Great Song Dynasty and Your Majesty. ”

"My luck?"

"Although Zheng Gong had quite a lot of political achievements when he was young, he was still young, his ideas were not so perfect, and his wisdom was not harmonious, but now he is the best Chenguang, which is just used by His Majesty, isn't it Your Majesty's luck."

"I'd rather not be used by me, and I hope that my father can live in the world," Zhao said with tears in his eyes.

Sima Guang was very pleased in his heart, it was easy to deal with conscience, but he was afraid that he would not speak of conscience like Zhao Shu, and he would not eat soft and hard, and he would have no choice.

He whispered, "Your Majesty, for two months, you must be quiet. ”

Don't be in a hurry, although the imperial power has smoothly transitioned into your hands, there are still some unstable factors, if you want to use a certain person, it will take two months, and everyone in the world will recognize you as the emperor before you can be appointed by edict. Now that he is the emperor, he still has to compromise!

Zhao Ji bowed respectfully.

Strictly speaking, they are a senior brother, and Sima Guang is still his senior brother.

An edict was made to Han Qi as the envoy of the mountains, since the first year of Jiayou as the privy envoy, three years as the prime minister, Han Qi served as the prime minister for eleven consecutive years, nine years as the prime minister, twice the envoy of the mountains, if you talk about the scenery, there are few people in the early Song Dynasty can reach it.

Someone wrote to Zhao Ji to recall Zheng Lang. However, Zhao Shu just died, "the whole country mourns", and there are not many people who write the book, and they do not report it.

Han Qi knew that Zheng Lang would recall Zhongshu, this problem was not big, there were still a few months to arrange, and it depended on what the new emperor thought.

There is a dark tide surging below.

First of all, Zhang Fangping played, the country had no money, and it could no longer be like when Zhao Zhen died.

Han Wei said that according to the story, Emperor Daxing should have a legacy to give to his subordinates (that is, the old emperor died, and took out the property in the inner treasury to reward his subordinates), but now the national finances are not as good as Renzong's later years, and the three divisions are seriously indebted, and it is estimated that the inner treasury is empty. Whether it is a mountain or a reward, it should be based on economy.

Zhao Ji had long heard about the financial difficulties.

In fact, he didn't understand. The Song Dynasty attached great importance to internal governance. Regardless of whether Taizu or Taizong and Zhenzong Renzong. Finances were tight, but not as tight as when my father was alive. Even if Zhao Zhenchao was nervous, it was also a vicious battle fought in the northwest for three or four years, and the northwest was also fighting in the first two years. But where is it like Qingli, large-scale battles of tens of thousands of hundreds of thousands of people often lasted for several months. Where is this money spent?

After seeing Han Wei's folding, he summoned Han Jiang, the third envoy, into the palace. Make an inquiry.

Han Jiang is a person on that side, and everyone knows it. didn't immediately take out the account book, but had a conversation with Zhao Ji, and made a small test to find out the emperor's mind. Zheng Lang was good to the new emperor, deliberately took him below for more than a year, and personally instructed him to receive the squire officials, hone them, and increase practical experience.

But Han Qi had the merit of supporting, and the officials wrote to the court to ask the court to summon Zheng Lang back. didn't report it, so Han Jiang couldn't figure out Zhao Ji's intentions.

Zhao Ji is finally tender. After a cat-and-cat conversation, Zhao Ji said depressedly: "I know that the book is missing, isn't it the fault of the three divisions?" ”

Han Jiang understood, and returned to the third division to bring the account book. A lot of ledgers, a few officials moved in.

Han Jiang handed out the general ledger first, and Zhao Zhen opened it to check it.

In the seventh year of Jiayou, the cashier was very normal, and there was a slight surplus, but in fact, there was not much left, and most of the river workers were maintained by the surplus and loans generated by the bank. In the eighth year of Jiayou, when Zhao Zhen died, the branch was far greater than the out. In the first year of the reign of peace, the money was 59 million yuan, and the expenditure was less than 40 million yuan. Savings. The silk silk is more than 16 million horses, and the expenditure is more than 8 million horses. Savings. The grain is more than 20 million stones, and the expenditure is more than 30 million stones, which are not paid. The grass is nearly thirty million bunches, and the expenditure is flat. (The historical money is 36.82 million yuan, and 33.17 million yuan is out.) The silk is 8.74 million horses, and the output is 7.23 million horses. The grain is 26.94 million stones, and the output is 30.47 million stones. This refers to the cashier of the three divisions, and the treasury is still in the treasury, even if the three divisions have some other income. This figure accounted for about six to seventy percent of the total state income of the Song Dynasty. It's not just out, there are bigger expenses in the back, very out! ）。

If you look at this bill, it is still good, at least it can maintain the fiscal balance.

Actually, no, there is a huge bad debt behind it. Zhao Ji continued to look down irritably. The biggest disparity is the second year of peace.

All incomes are shrinking severely, including money, and the income from money in the second year of the peace is only 55 million. This money includes gold, silver and copper, of which silver income accounts for 24 million taels, and the sources of silver are somewhat scattered, some of them are from private collections, some are from the major silver mines in China, and some are brought from overseas. However, because government affairs have gradually eroded, the expenditure has reached more than 14 million taels, which is still a surplus. If this is the case, Zhao Ji is not in a hurry.

Also, a new term, very out. This extraordinary expenditure amounted to more than 12 million taels (the historical income of silver was 16138400 taels, the recurrent expenditure was 12343100 taels, and the extraordinary expenditure was 11521200 taels). But silver is only a part of it, the Song Dynasty has not been extravagant to the point that the Qing Dynasty completely used silver as currency, income includes gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, lead, mercury, etc., as well as grain, silk and grass, and all kinds of local products, a bit messy, which is also a product of insufficient currency.

So what is the total income of the year? Nearly 135 million, how many guan, it's really hard to calculate, this is the total of all kinds of money and things, it's not bad, at least 110 million guan, think about the Ming Dynasty for a long time, the total annual income is only a few million taels of silver, and the comparison between the two is almost a world of difference.

But don't be in a hurry, the normal expenditure is 130 million, the surplus, and there is 115 million extraordinary expenditure. (Historically, it is a little more than 116 million, the normal expenditure is more than 123 million, and the extraordinary expenditure is more than 115 million).

Looking at the thick account book, Zhao Ji was dumbfounded. That is, in just two years of peace, there was a deficit of 15 million! Is there a way to live this day?

After three years of peace, Zhao Ji didn't watch it, and if he continued to watch it, he would vomit blood.

Touching his chest, he asked, "Han Qing, what is extraordinary?" ”

"Your Majesty, that is, unreasonable expenses, such as the non-institutional misappropriation of the Chinese book, as well as some very misappropriation in the first emperor and the palace, the minister once wrote to the first emperor and talked about this matter."

"So last year's income and expenditure will be a little better?" After Zhao Ji finished speaking, he wanted to turn it again.

"It's not good, it can only be said that it is slightly better than the second year of Zhiping, but because of the conflict between the ministers and the prime ministers of the two governments. The decree is not smooth. To each his own thing. Coupled with the drought and the additional use of the military in the northwest, although the ministers restrained the extraordinary expenditure, the regular expenditure increased by 60 million. ”

"How much is the country in deficit?"

"The minister doesn't know, but the deficit between the three divisions and the inner treasury will not be less than 250 million. There may be more than 300 million, but because officials from all over the country have borrowed money and some officials have some waste, there may actually be more. ”

"All of this deficit is due to borrowing?"

"Not really. The borrowing is partial, and there are also some surpluses left by the former Renzong, such as the warehouse grain; However, since last year, the financial situation has become more and more difficult, so officials in various localities have no choice but to impose harsh conditions on the people, and some of them often collect taxes for the next five or six years. This is not serious, if it is not corrected, the first emperor will die this year, and the cost will be even greater. That is, this year, next year, and the year after that, it will continue to be in deficit......"

Speaking of this, Han Jiang didn't dare to continue.

Now a river worker has been lost. But this pressure is still within the reach of the people. If we continue to lose money like this. The country has to make a big deal.

Zhao Zhen had a splitting headache and said to Han Jiang: "You go down." ”

Han Qi led his ministers into the palace to discuss the mountain mausoleum.

Looking at Zhao Zhen's face while playing the report, Zhao Zhen checked the cashier of the three divisions and the inner treasury, which caused the ministers to discuss. This made Han Qi very worried, in fact, if there was no Zhao Shu and Zheng Lang, Han Qi would instead hope that Zhao Shu would die early and be reincarnated.

Without Zhao Shu's nonsense, he can handle government affairs with peace of mind, and stabilize the political situation before Zheng Lang enters the middle school. If you have the merit of taking care of your life, you won't be decentralized.

Zhao Ji's expression was still very calm, and he said to the prime ministers: "The country is in difficulty, in the past four years, there have been great funerals, public and private hardship, and it is advisable to make Wang Tao reduce redundant expenses. ”

The envoy of the mountain is Han Qi, who is only responsible for the general supervision, and it is Wang Tao who goes to Gong County to supervise the work.

Han Qi dissuaded.

Zhao Ji said: "The funeral of Renzong, the first emperor was far away and did not dare to cut it, but now he is not suspicious. ”

I am the son of the first emperor, do I still want to avoid suspicion?

However, some rules are still unavoidable, and he took out some treasures from the poor Baba's inner treasury to reward the close ministers of the clan, and said: "Renzong has ruled the world for more than 40 years, and the palace is rich, so the legacy is very rich. The first emperor has only been in power for four years, and it is incomparable to Renzong, but it is also indispensable. ”

Sima Guang made it very clear that in the next two months, it is still necessary to focus on a stable transition, and it will not be rewarded, but it has been reduced by one-third. I can't say that my father didn't do well, and I can't slap my father in the face again, I can't say that Zhao Zhen has been in charge of the world for a long time, and his father has been in charge of the world for too short, and there is no money in the inner treasury.

This cover even covers Han Qi's fault.

Han Qi let out a long breath.

What I am most afraid of is finance, since Zhao Zhen said so, what else can he say, and he took the lead and said: "The minister obeys the order." ”

But Zhao Ji is having nightmares every night, the temple is preparing for the mountain mausoleum, Zhao Ji has given Wang Tao two decrees, I am deep but the mountain mausoleum is huge, the treasury of Fang Jinfu is empty, the people's power is withering, just when the danger is saved, and the country is four years old and two catastrophes, although the ambition is in the province, and there is a division can not obey the decree of the contract, now send the secretary to Henan Mansion to plan, everything must be saved, there is a time to do the first thing, it is also advisable to hear.

Before I wanted to send Qing to Henan Mansion to save the floating fee of the mountain tomb, I would obey the will. Thinking about it repeatedly, the mountain tombs are always used in the three divisions and the young government supervisors, and they want to make the same discussion with the secretary to reduce the economy, and they have ordered the auxiliary ministers to surrender. And I used Qing in the East Palace, pushing sincerity to assist me, and at the beginning of the government, it was Lai Qing and I who tried to govern, so I was not dismissive.

The two will go to Gong County.

Zhao Ji was still sitting in the palace in a daze.

With Zheng Lang for more than a year, he learned a lot. Some of them didn't think of it at the time, didn't understand it, and some forgot it, but a lot of it continued to be remembered in his mind, and even some knowledge made him write down a diary with pen and ink, and some even corresponded with his mother.

Later, when I grew up, I heard that the country's finances were corrupt, and I took out my previous notes and read them.

At least economically, Zhao Ji is far better than Zhao Ji at the same time in history. Don't lose 100 million, look at the Qingli period, just because of the expenditure of 50 or 60 million more than a year, forced the peasants to revolt everywhere. Of course, the nature is still different, and the great rule of Renzong in recent years has brought terrible wealth to the people, and it is "borrowing", and there are few people who are really expropriating and expropriating.

But there is a limit to this borrowing.

Although the people have accumulated terrible wealth, this wealth is divided into fixed wealth and expendable wealth, some of which are manors and workshops, and there is not much real liquid property in their hands. Can you still 'borrow' now, but can you 'borrow' geometry?

Thinking of this, he said to the eunuch beside him: "Pass Deng Baoji over." ”

After a while, Deng Baoji brought it up, and Zhao Ji asked: "You have been to Zhengzhou twice to deliver the decree, have you heard Zheng Gong discuss the national economy?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has heard that Zheng Gong said that the country's finances are corrupt."

"It's not just corruption!" Zhao Ji snorted and stroked his chest again, so angry that his chest hurt.

"Yes, yes, Zheng Gong said that it doesn't matter, even if the country has a deficit of tens of millions, it can be completely made up for in two or three years."

"Tens of millions?" Zhao Ji smiled bitterly and paced around the palace. It's not that 300 million will kill him, Guan Jian, who continues to be in deficit, is fatal. If Zheng Lang hadn't explained, maybe he was in a hurry, but he could still be patient. Zheng Lang gave another explanation and talked about a lot of knowledge about interests.

How many interests are involved in this extra spending, and how much chaos will it cause if these spendings are cut? And where to cut it from?

Thinking of this, he said: "Deng Qing, I ordered you to go to Zhengzhou secretly and pass on a secret decree for me." ”

"Whoa."

Zhao Ji took out a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and only four big characters were written on the secret decree: Teacher, save me.

Don't talk about Zhao Ji, this is in ancient times when the productive forces were extremely backward, the average annual national total finance of the Tang Dynasty was only about 20 million, and now there is a deficit of nearly 100 million a year, and anyone will be in a hurry to hang himself! (To be continued.) )