Chapter 103 Great Song Yinzhuang

Seeing that everyone was silent, I continued: "As for land ownership, in a nutshell, there are two models of land ownership, which have coexisted for a long time, and the proportion of the two is ultimately determined by a free market. I went on to talk about the second point, the land use system, which is an integral part of the land property system, which stipulates the procedures, means, and methods of land use by the peasants. The land planning system should make planned regulations on the development and use of land, such as restricting deforestation and land reclamation, and not endlessly increasing farmland at the expense of the environment. When I said this, I suddenly thought of urban land planning, and changed the topic, "Regarding urban planning, we must also mention the agenda, Xiao Qi, and it is rumored that Lin'an Mansion will say that you will wait for the decree of the court meeting." ”

"Yes, the little one will send someone to deliver the decree at once."

I then elaborated on the specific meanings of the land protection system, the land acquisition system, the land taxation system, the land management system, and the land supporting system. I finished it all in one breath, and I saw that the people here could not fully understand for a while, and it is indeed not easy to understand all of this series of systems. I took a big sip of tea, moistened my throat and said: "The land system is not a small project, it will take at least three to five years to see results, it involves the foundation of agriculture in our dynasty, and all ministries need to be assisted. ”

"The minister is here."

"Re-planning water conservancy construction in various places, ensuring the irrigation of farmland during drought and flood, improving agricultural tools, such as the hoe for weeding, the iron rake for crushing and thinning the soil, the iron ploughshare installed on the cocoon car, etc., and the keel dumper that has been used in water conservancy irrigation, etc., I will also let the soon-to-be-established Lin'an University make tool improvement a research project to achieve the purpose of improving productivity."

"Obey."

"The Ministry of Commerce's Guantian Department will build branches in various places as soon as possible to lay a good foundation for the national land measurement. In addition, we will support and encourage the development of handicrafts and commerce in agricultural areas with surplus labor. ”

"Chenjiang Wanli, Chen Liao Yingzhong obeys the order."

"The task of the Ministry of Household Affairs is to urge displaced people in various localities to enter their homes, re-examine land taxes, introduce high-yield crops, expand crop varieties, and formulate policies to reward childbirth, so as to restore the population of our dynasty."

"Ministers and horses obey the order."

"The Ministry of Rites, redefines the household registration of the population, improves the status of tenant farmers in our dynasty, and registers according to the place of origin, which is uniformly called agricultural household registration, and its status is equivalent to that of urban household registration. In addition, in addition to the embargoed goods, we will expand trade with overseas countries in order to increase the customs revenue of our DPRK. ”

Ma Tingluan thought for a while, and finally said: "Minister Ma Tingluan obeys the order." ”

"The Ministry of Justice, all the supporting laws have been issued to ensure the implementation of the land reform."

"Chen Zongli obeys the order."

In addition, in order to improve the efficiency of land reform, I plan to set up an eighth department, the Ministry of Agriculture, with Zhao Kui, the prince of the royal family, as the secretary and Chen Yizhong as the squire. Ladies and gentlemen, I once again emphasize that our dynasty must recover its vitality in the next two or three years, otherwise it will certainly not be an enemy of Mongolia, and this reform will start with the reform of the rural land, and then slowly extend to all walks of life and towns. ”

"The ministers should do their best."

Jia Yidao and Liao Yingzhong glanced at each other, although they did not fully understand my approach to land reform, and they also opposed the establishment of the Ministry of Agriculture, Jia Liao and Liao naturally knew that the more departments were divided, the more decentralized the power became, but seeing that I was clear and logical, I couldn't refute it for a while.

Jia Rudao secretly said in his heart, this Zhao Yu is indeed too deep in the city, and the crown prince Zhao Yu and the emperor Zhao Yu are not the same person at all, especially after the vision from the sky, he actually had a little fear of it. But fortunately, Zhao Yu seems to be always afraid of Mongolia, and it seems that I can only make a fuss about it.

"Master."

"Ah, Your Majesty." My cry brought back Jia Yidao's fugue.

"I heard that Shichen has been working hard for the economic development of our dynasty recently, but I don't know what good plan I can think of?"

Jia Rudao was stunned for a moment, I don't know why I asked like this, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that the currency of our dynasty is chaotic at present, and the five years of Jingding are to buy back the public land, and a large number of Huizi banknotes are issued, which leads to the continuous depreciation of the Huizi, this is one of them, and there is another thing, when the old minister implemented the public land law, he found that many farmers wanted to rent the official land of the imperial court, especially the displaced people, but they generally lacked funds in their hands, so that they could not afford to rent, the old minister was anxious about these two things, I don't know what your majesty has to counteract?" ”

"Shichen is worthy of being the pillars of the imperial court, and he can see at a glance the primary problem that hinders the economic development of our dynasty." I secretly praised to myself, this guy is not useless, but I don't know if it is his own idea or the suggestion of his staff?

I didn't answer directly, looked at Liao Yingzhong, and said to Wen Tianxiang: "Wen Aiqing, I know that you used to be an official in Ruizhou, how did you do it?" ”

Wen Tianxiang replied: "Back to Your Majesty, when the minister was in Ruizhou, the war just ended, and the minister raised funds and established a convenient treasury, which has two major functions, one is to provide loans for the people in need; The second is to purchase crop seeds in large quantities at low cost and sell them to farmers at a low price. ”

"Yes, that's good. Master, I was also thinking about what you were anxious about, until last night I got a good plan in a dream. ”

"In a dream?" Jia Rudao blurted out, not only Jia Nidao, but the rest of the people also remembered what the first emperor said about his dreams.

"Yes, a lot of my thoughts come from dreams."

Most of the people present are confused, but what can be explained if it is not from a dream? I smiled and continued: "Ladies and gentlemen, you all know Qianzhuang, right? ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers and others all know."

"Our dynasty to silver as the first currency in circulation, so I intend to set up the Great Song Dynasty Imperial Silver Village, the silver village is owned by the state, its main functions are as follows: first, the establishment of a unified monetary system, the current circulation of Jiaozi Huizi copper coins and silver, the unified use of the Song Dynasty banknotes, and gradually transition to the Song Dynasty banknotes become the only standard currency in circulation in our dynasty, in order to avoid the depreciation of paper money, the silver village will be based on the gold and silver stored to issue banknotes, the issuance plan must be approved by the imperial court, not arbitrarily issued; the second is to quickly build branches and form a national silver village system, which covers our dynasty; The third is to implement the unified currency management of the state, and all private banks must comply with the regulations of the Great Song Yinzhuang; Fourth, carry out people's deposit and withdrawal, loan and lending business, and pay interest and receive interest respectively; Fifth, the functional commercial credit notes in the early stage of Jiaozi will be restored to meet the needs of large amounts of transactions; Sixth, the rise and fall of prices should be adjusted through the amount of money issued. Of course, there are many more that I didn't expect, so I slowly added them. In this way, the two major problems that the master and the minister were worried about could be satisfactorily resolved. ”

The earliest banking industry originated in the currency exchange industry of ancient societies in Western Europe. Initially, money changers only exchanged money for merchants, but later developed to hold money for merchants, receive and pay cash, handle settlements and remittances, but do not pay interest, and charge storage fees and handling fees. With the development of industry and commerce, the business of money changers further developed, and they gathered a lot of money in their hands. The money changer industry developed into a bank when money changers used the money they had gathered to make loans for interest in order to make more profits.

The Babylonian temples of 2000 B.C., the Greek temples of 500 B.C., and the private banks of our country all had institutions for the custody of gold and silver, the collection and payment of interest, and the issuance of loans. Modern banks arose in medieval Italy, and due to the special geographical location of Venice, it became the center of trade at that time. In 1171, the Bank of Venice was founded, the first bank in the world. Jerry. Polo also confirmed the existence of the Bank of Venice, which, although not as fully functional as the bank of later generations, was fully adapted to the needs of society at the time.

"Your Majesty, what should I do with the original Jiaozi Huizi and silver and copper coins?" Ma Tingluan asked cautiously.

"All of them can be exchanged for new Da Song banknotes, and Huizi and other currencies will be discontinued after a period of time in parallel with Da Song banknotes. I am going to spend three months to prepare, May, leap May, June as the preparatory period, and until July 10, the official establishment of the Great Song Yinzhuang to manage the currency of our dynasty. ”

"Which department does the silver village belong to?" Jiang Wanli asked.

"Reading power is outside the ministries, and it is directly responsible to me."

"Why is this Zhao Yu so greedy for money?" Jia Rudao thought in his heart, but his face was still the same, "Your Majesty, who is in charge of this silver village?" ”

"Does the master have any suitable personnel to recommend?"

"Well, not for the time being, let Lao Chen think about it carefully when he goes back."

"Okay, I'll think about it for a while, and I'll make a decision in two or three days."

"The emperor is slowly dividing the power of the various ministries, is this for all the ministers, or only for the Taishi? However, the emperor is indeed a genius in the sky, with an all-encompassing chest, and what he says is often incredible, and I am far from being as good as it. Liao Ying secretly said in the center, do you want to persuade the adults to give up their original ideas and assist the emperor instead? But when he thought of what Jia Nidao said, he opened the bow and didn't turn back, and his heart suddenly became uneasy, and he was worried about Jia Nidao.

"Your Majesty, Song Chengzu, who was sent to Jinhua to investigate the case, has returned and is waiting outside the palace for His Majesty to summon him." Chen Zongli, the secretary of the Criminal Department, said at the end of the meeting.

"Xiao Qi, pass on Song Chengzu's imperial study to see me."