On April 20 of the second year of Wenchang, the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty officially issued an edict, which was scheduled to reduce the agricultural tax of the Great Song Dynasty from 20 taxes to 25 taxes from the third year of Wenchang.

The tax rate is equivalent to being reduced from 5% to 4%, don't underestimate this percentage point, in fact, the imperial court is equivalent to giving up 20 million yuan of agricultural taxes every year; If you look at the fields and the peasants are running to tell each other and crying with joy, you will understand what this one percent means.

Zhao Jie is not yet three years old, but now his prestige among the people is surprisingly high, aside from Pingxia's martial arts, the achievements of governing the river, just the reduction of the endowment, so that he has won the support of most of the people in the world, which can be described as a Buddha of ten thousand families.

Although these policies were not formulated by Zhao Jie, in these years, the people's news was closed, and ordinary people may not know who is in power and who formulates the policies, they only know that all policies must be stamped with the emperor's jade seal to count, so most of the cultural and martial arts will be counted on the emperor's head.

Before Zhao Jie's accession to the throne, auspicious things continued to appear in various places, and these things were mentioned again, and the tabloids in Tokyo hyped up the matter one after another, and Zhao Jie's statement that he was the true son of the dragon became more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

As for whether the reduction of taxes will make the Great Song Dynasty's finances tight, there is no need to worry about this at all.

Since the reign of Yingzong, the actual taxable land of the Great Song Dynasty has been less than 30% of the total. In other words, seventy percent of the land was annexed by the families of the official eunuchs and gentry! And these people don't have to pay taxes.

Now, with the unification of taxation and the continuous advancement of the policy of integrated payment of grain by the officials and gentry, the original seventy percent of the land that did not have to pay taxes has been slowly cleared out and turned into tax-paying land, and the collection area of the imperial court has increased by two or three times.

In addition, since the first year of Shaosheng re-implemented the law of exemption from labor, the people dared to make a living, and they were not afraid of being arrested and sent to serve in labor due to the increase in property.

The amount of wasteland reclaimed in a few years is staggering, reaching more than one-third of the original land, and these newly reclaimed lands, which were originally tax-exempt for three years by the imperial court, are now slowly passing the tax-free period.

In addition, with the migration of a large number of people in the Jinghu area, the amount of cultivated land reclaimed is also extremely considerable, and these lands will also reach the tax period in a year or two. Coupled with the gradual recovery of the Hexi and Hetao areas, these are rich in livestock and can also contribute a lot of tax revenue to the imperial court.

Judging from the forecast of the household department, as long as there is no large-scale famine, starting from this year, the annual income of the Great Song Dynasty will have an explosive growth, and this year's annual income is optimistically estimated to be at least more than 250 million yuan, which is equivalent to double that of the first year of Shaosheng.

According to the strategy set by the government, the state treasury will retain a maximum of 50 million yuan of emergency funds, and the rest of the money cannot be retained, but must be spent thoughtfully.

With such a large sum of money, how to spend it well in order to keep the economy of the Great Song Dynasty growing sustained and rapid is indeed a headache.

Yesterday in the political hall, Zhang Dian actually sighed: "Alas! In the past, the imperial court always worried about how to find money, but now it has to worry about how to spend it. ”

Just such a sentence, the prime minister and Shangshu sitting there couldn't help laughing, proud at the same time, but also deeply felt the heavy responsibility, according to Yang Yi's previous analysis, if such a large amount of money rots in the treasury, it will definitely cause the economy of the Great Song Dynasty to stagnate.

Therefore, how to spend this money has now become a hot topic in the imperial court.

Even Su Wulang came to Yang's house and asked Yang Yi this question, but Yang Yi almost rewarded him with a brain!

"It's a ghost of flowers, and now I don't see the shadow of the money, so I think about how to spend it, which is simply unfounded and mediocre people disturb themselves."

Su Jiagolang looked innocent, spread his hands and said, "Uncle, didn't you propose the budget?" Isn't the purpose of the budget to calculate spending in advance? ”

"The core of the budget is to live within the means, in other words, there is income first, and then to calculate how to spend, which is why it is stipulated that all departments submit budget applications at the end of the year.

"Uncle, what do you mean by egg pain?"

"As the name suggests, a bunch of bastards, it's painful!"

Su Wulang rolled his eyes and asked cautiously, "Uncle, this group of people shouldn't include me Ah Weng, right?" ”

"Not including my father-in-law, of course, but including you."

Su Wulang almost fainted, he wanted to set up a little trick for Yang Yi, but he didn't expect that he stepped on the thunder first!

He angrily opened and closed the folding fan and said, "Uncle, how can you include me?" I'm just shameless to ask, I'm just asking you for some questions about governance, how the money of the court is generated has nothing to do with me, I haven't thought about how to spend this money, how can you include me? ”

"What? Don't be ashamed to ask? Well? Yang Yi's legs were originally wide open, and he was sitting behind the desk, when a brain adze, like a comet hitting the moon, knocked on the door of Su Jiagolang's head with a bang.

"Ouch! Uncle, I just made a slip of the tongue, what about you? ”

"With your word choice, I thought about the Ministry of Rites test and dreamed about it in the coming year."

Su Jiawulang covered his head, his face was extremely embarrassed, he was old just now, even if the two were the same age, but he had been bullied by Yang Yi like a child, he wanted to make some money back in his words, but he didn't want to exchange for a storm millet immediately, it was really stealing chickens and turning rice into a counter-erosion.

He lived in Mingdianfang for a few days, and was cleaned up by Su Song and almost died young, so he made an excuse, saying that he was here to learn from Yang Yi, and Su Song agreed after thinking about it.

Because now the imperial examination of the imperial court pays more attention to current affairs and policies, at this point, it is better to let his grandson follow Yang Yi, the son-in-law, than to be confined to himself, Su Song thinks so.

Su Wulang is happy to escape from the "tiger's den", who knows that this side is just a "wolf's den", not much better.

Yang Yi said unceremoniously: "I'm afraid that your problem is really passed on by Mi Youren!" ”

"Uncle, just spare me, I'm wrong, is it okay if I'm really wrong?"

"Okay, it's good to know that it's wrong, let me tell you, although the imperial examination of the imperial court now focuses on current affairs and policies, but the subset of classics and history still needs to be thoroughly studied and kept in mind, because all policies must be quoted from the words of the former sages to be more convincing. You remember, this is very important, the emperor acts, but also to speak of a great righteousness, these words of the former sages can be said to be applicable everywhere, this is the best righteousness, it can not only allow you to easily knock down the opponent, but also provide you with shelter, standing under the banner of the saint, you are invincible! ”

Su Wulang understood that Yang Yi was teaching him the way of life, so he listened carefully, others would not say these words so thoroughly, although the meaning was this, but most of them were vague, only Yang Yi would tear off all the bright coats, ** return to the original naked, which made Su Wulang have a feeling of epiphany.

Yang Yi will not instill Houhei to him at one time, the human body eats one egg a day is enough to supplement the required protein, and if you eat too much, you can't absorb it, it's a pure waste.

After Su Wulang withdrew, Yang Yi thought alone in the study, about the wedding bride price, he had written all the chapters, but he had not handed it over, because he felt unsure, the court had issued a decree, and the reason why it had not been effectively implemented has fully demonstrated that this matter can not be changed by a piece of law.

But the extravagant marriage behavior has indeed brought great harm to the Great Song Dynasty, and thousands of families are in debt because of this, this is definitely not alarmist, can you just let it go?

Yang Yi was worried about this matter, and suddenly there was a sound of Qing Niang's laughter outside the door, he walked to the door, only to see Qing Niang holding a scroll in her hand, and she was turning around and laughing with Yahuan Xiao Ai.

Yang Yi shifted his position and stood in front of her leisurely.

"Ahh

"Brother Yang, how is it, where did you hit it?"

Yang Yi was like a boiled shrimp, covering her hands so that Qing Niang didn't know where she hit him, her face was full of anxiety, she handed the scroll to Xiao Ai, and hurriedly came to help Yang Yi.

"Ahh

This time it was Qing Niang's turn to exclaim, Yang Yi laughed and hugged her sideways, touching the tip of her nose with the tip of her nose, Qing Niang couldn't help but wrinkle her little nose, and snorted softly: "Brother Yang is dead, which makes people worry in vain." ”

The girl's coquettish attitude was like Chunlan, Yang Yi carried her into the study and began to extort a confession: "Say, I haven't seen you in the past two days, where did you go?" ”

"Don't tell you, who made you scare!" Qing Niangyu's arms wrapped around his neck, and her curved eyebrows were full of smiles.

"Well, I apologize, I was wrong!"

"That's pretty much it."

"Then you don't say it quickly!" Yang Yi scratched his armpit twice.

"Hee-hee......" Qing Niang laughed so hard that her body softened, where could she still answer him.

In fact, Yang Yi knew that she had gone to the family pharmacy in the past two days, and most of the orphans brought back from Huanzhou had now entered the family's pharmacy as apprentices, and Qing Niang would go to see these students if she was fine.

After Qing Niang laughed, her pretty face was flushed, and when she saw that there were traces of writing and painting on the plain paper of the bookcase, she struggled down and walked to the desk to see what he wrote.

"Brother Yang, are you still worried about marriage and financial gifts?"

"No, no, Brother Yang is just idle and has nothing to do." Qing Niang's frowning appearance was distressing, and Yang Yi stretched out two fingers to wipe her eyebrows, wanting to stretch it out.

Qing Niang grabbed his arm and sighed: "Brother Yang, I know that you are kind-hearted, I hope that the people will have a better life, but the people have long been accustomed to asking for wealth before getting married, and this is the case all over the world. Brother Yang, don't worry about this anymore! ”

Yang Yi no longer concealed it, shook his head and said: "No matter how difficult it is, you have to do it, Qingniang, what do you think, which family has no children?" Always encounter the matter of marriage, this wind does not change, the rich are fine, the poor will only be poorer, the savings of most of the parents' lives, to the children to do a marriage, not only spent everything, but also borrowed a lot, I have frequent turmoil in the Great Song Dynasty, and this extravagant wind has a great relationship; The recently introduced consumption tax is aimed at the wealthy, and if ordinary people can't change their love of vanity, no matter how much care the court gives them, it will be in vain. ”

"But to change the minds of the people, I'm afraid only immortals can do it, Brother Yang ......"

"Stop! Immortal? Immortal? Yang Yi was so happy that he picked up Qing Niang, spun around a few times on the spot, and kissed her pretty face, "Hahaha, Qing Niang is a fairy, only a god can come up with such a method." ”

Qing Niang blushed and asked, "What did Brother Yang say?" Didn't they come up with anything? How did you become an immortal? ”

"Hahaha, you are my fairy, a fairy sent by God to help me......"

"Brother Yang, what's the method?"

"Shhhh The so-called heavenly machine can't be leaked, and it won't work if it is passed on, hahaha......"

"Say it!"

"Aha, you kiss me first!"

"No! People ignore you! "Qing Niang is like a peony that is about to bloom, her eyes are shy, and her cheeks are flying.

(To be continued)