Chapter 491: The Wolf Is Coming

Bashu's small-scale rebellion was a mutiny, not a peasant uprising, or a bad job of officials, but Zhao Hengnai carefully governed the country. The first step is to divide the world into fifteen roads, and then to divide Bashu into four roads, which is actually eighteen roads. Since then, Bashu has gradually evolved into Sichuan.

Then all the eighteen route transfer envoys were recalled, and they were warned, and from then on, all those who were unable to do forced labor were stopped, and the civil construction was suspended, so that the peasants had a time to rest. Then let the transshipment envoy encourage them to reclaim the wasteland, plant mulberry and raise silkworms, carry trees and plant cotton, not to mention that our land has been annexed by the powerful, and now give you a chance, all the wasteland opened up is yours, and the state also strongly supports you to open up the wasteland, and exempt all taxes for the first five years.

You transshipment make the one who does it well, and the one who has made a good job will have a political achievement!

At the suggestion of Ma Yuanfang, the "pre-purchase silk policy" began to be implemented.

That is, when the common people are the most difficult to endure the spring famine, they can ask the government for some money and grain, and repay it with silk or other things after the autumn.

In fact, it is an interest-free or low-interest loan specially issued to the poor people, "Quasi-purchase of silk, not to suppress the allocation of households, as you wish to ask for money, listen!" ”

When people ask for money, they must give it. However, the common people do not ask for money, and they are not allowed to use any means to apportion it.

Song Jiu was very surprised when he received the imperial edict in Suzhou, which made him think of Wang Anshi's Qingmiao method.

However, with a wry smile, at this time, the imperial court was economically prosperous, and at that time, Wang Anshi's changes were mainly for profit. But the big black hole of the country must be filled, otherwise the country's finances will collapse immediately, and where can these small sections be taken care of.

But follow through. It's not easy.

Why did Song Jiu's interest-free loan in Suzhou deliberately post the names, hometowns and quantities of the donors and recipients, but they could not be forced to recover the loans in any form? Once used strong. This creates a myriad of problems and increases the cost of managing the donation. At the same time, it is not allowed to operate in any form. Otherwise, all of them fell into the pockets of the officials and gave them to Guo Meimei.

This pre-bought silk is a nature.

In one example, Song Renzong exempted Qiongzhou from the monopoly income of 1,000 yuan of salt, and the result was calculated in the second year, and the imperial court paid more than 10,000 yuan for it. As soon as the officials are dismissed, they can't stretch out their hands, and then all kinds of uses come out.

As a result of this, the court will spend more money for it.

In order for the country's economy to reach a balance, it is necessary to complete the supply of these money. Zhao Heng did what his Lao Tzu and his uncle did not do, or Song Jiu read it N times, but Zhao Kuangyi still did not carry it out.

In just a few years of Xianping, Zhao Heng laid off nearly 200,000 officials and officials.

Xu officials don't need to be paid by the state, but they don't have too many tricks to collect money, these accumulations actually come from the people, even if an average person is 100 yuan a year, the people of the Song Dynasty have reduced the pressure of 20 million yuan a year.

As Zhao Heng's position stabilized, several reforms were initiated.

First of all, it is necessary to build a clean and honest government.

Zhao Heng issued seven articles of civil and military affairs. The first is to be pure-hearted, to treat things calmly, and not to influence political affairs for one's own joys, angers, loves and hatreds. The second is to be fair and upright. Self-integrity. The third is to cultivate virtue, to convince people with virtue, rather than to oppress people with power. Fourth, be pragmatic. Don't be famous. Fifth, we must be discerning and diligent in observing the people's feelings. Don't be unjust in taxes and punishments. Sixth, we should be diligent in our studies, and we should be diligent in political affairs and agricultural affairs. Seventh, reform and malpractice. Efforts should be made to eradicate all kinds of malpractices.

Zhao Heng does not peel the skin, but he has his anti-corruption means, first define the crime of corruption as a private crime, and the official probationary period must have other officials to protect before he can become a regular, but no official may protect a probationary official who has a private crime. Officials may participate in the imperial examination when they are in office, and those who pass the examination can be regularized in advance or be promoted to a higher level, but those who have committed private crimes are not allowed to participate in the imperial examination. Officials can be promoted by seniority, but those who commit crimes are not among them. In addition, all official performances must be documented, and every move must be recorded.

The second step is to regularly dispatch supervision officials to inspect the performance of officials in various localities, but a set of dereliction of duty collection and selection criteria and a system of recusal have been formulated for inspection officials, and once the inspection supervision officials take the lead in committing crimes, they will be punished more severely. It is this kind of system that has created Bao Zheng and other Qing officials.

These systems were not flawless, but at least in the past 20 years or so, they have created the most modest official style.

Secondly, we attach importance to the way of speech, especially for the selection of ministers with strict standards. First of all, it is necessary to "speak out brightly", be honest and selfless, and not avoid the powerful. Second, it is necessary to have a high level of cultural quality and practical experience in politics. The third is to implement the system of recusal of officials and relatives. None of the persons recommended by the governor, as well as the children, relatives and subordinate officials of the governor, shall serve as Taiwan officials. The governor shall not recommend the imperial history, and the person recommended by the governor shall not be the imperial history, and those who have relatives and townsmen, or are subordinate officials of the emperor shall not be allowed to serve as the imperial history.

The third reused and trusted the ruling ministers, first promoted Li Xin, Lü Mengzheng, Xiahou Qiao, Yang Li and other elders, and retained the positions of famous ministers Zhang Qixian and Lü Duan, and then really gave them power to govern the world, instead of being like Zhao Kuangyi, who took the power of the two rulers alive and void.

Fourth, the use of lenient punishment has been abolished, such as amputation of hands and feet, hooking and branding of the body, prohibition of the use of extrajudicial criminal law, and severe criticism of the army's practice of burning the wrist and breaking the shin bone of deserters. At the same time, the punishment for serious crimes such as the illegal minting of copper coins and the illegal manufacture of controlled weapons will be reduced.

At the same time, a picket criminal prison department was set up in Beijing, and a criminal prison department was set up in the local government to supervise all kinds of criminal trials, punishments, and prisons. All offences punishable above imprisonment must be notified to this body, which has the right to consult and review. If the trial officer mishandles the matter, this body has the right to file a complaint with the imperial court and impeach the official.

The fifth is the reform of the system, the expansion of official holidays, like Zhu Yuanzhang to be hard, not enough, with a high salary, enough vacation and rest, coupled with a complete set of supervision and punishment system, officials can become honest and more efficient. Of course, with a high salary, there is no anti-corruption, and even corrupt officials are still hired, so no matter how high the salary is, it is still greedy.

If you are greedy from top to bottom, then it seems that it is not very fun to receive red envelopes for noble professions such as teachers and doctors, which is not as good as the so-called "rule by virtue" in the early days of Zhao Heng.

Sixth, we should attach importance to agriculture. Including his reclamation order, it is only in his hands. The cultivated land area of the whole country has reached more than 5 million hectares (500 million mu), exceeding the 5 million hectares at the peak of the Tang Dynasty. Hidden fields are not counted, and hidden fields in the Tang Dynasty are equally scary.

In addition, agricultural tools are not included in the property tax, and even the use of soldiers and soldiers to reduce the number of people as much as possible.

Seventh, to stabilize grain prices, the whole country has established a regular liquidation, and in the event of a disaster, it is sold to the people at a parity price, so as to reduce the fish and meat of profiteers to the people.

Eighth, it is good to increase the levy and do good deeds, but the country must have economic resources. If there is less here, there will be more, so the law will be increased, the tea is expensive, and if you don't drink it, you won't die, and if the wine is expensive, you won't die if you don't drink it, but if you don't have to eat, then the people will rebel. Therefore, increase the levy and improve the commercial tax. However, while increasing commercial taxes and levies, the imperial court also encouraged commercial development.

Almost five of the eight are related to officials.

The actual officials are good. The state will be easy to do.

After the governance of these policies, in history, the highest annual income in Zhao Heng's hands alone reached 150 million, which was seven times the economic income of the Tang Dynasty at its peak, but the difference between the land of the Northern Song Dynasty and the peak territory of the Tang Dynasty was more than six times. The number of households may be more than that of Tianbao, but considering that there are more hidden households in Tianbao, the two are about the same. It was only in the sixth year of Xianping. In less than seven years, the number of households in the country has increased by 2 million. The increase rate of 30 percent is of course also related to the good foundation laid by the first two emperors. At this time, the "thick accumulation outbreak".

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"Official, Your Majesty is more capable than you." Pan Li'er said.

Song Jiu stayed in Suzhou for almost six years.

It was a terrible time, in just six years, the six counties of Suzhou went from 40,000 households to 100,000 first-rate state capitals in the country, and tax revenues and cultivated land area more than tripled. But it is also Zhao Heng, if Zhao Kuangyi is still alive, he will either be transferred back to the capital or transferred to another state.

But this increase in the number of households is not only the increase in the number of local households, not so fast, but also the people from other states. However, after Zhao Heng's three years of political leniency, the number of escapees who poured into Suzhou this year has become very few.

In fact, Song Jiu forced the officials of the surrounding states and counties to be extremely hard.

The Song Dynasty did not prohibit the movement of the people, and when they flocked to Suzhou together, there would be fewer and fewer people in the territory under their jurisdiction.

And although the new emperor ascended the throne and did not move Song Jiu, he gave Song Jiu the title of official title, the prince of the Jin State was the same as the Zhongshu Sect under the Ping Zhangshi, Song Jiu was the prince of the country very early, but it was the title of the small country, the Jin country is the name of the big country, the Taishi is the highest official position among all the rank officials, and he is at the top of the three dukes, and Zhao Pu was just the Taibao during his lifetime!

At the same time, Song Jiu's two sons and several sons-in-law were successively promoted.

Maybe Song Jiu will go back that day.

Others dare to be sloppy, who dares to hit Song Jiu's sloppy eyes.

This forced all the surrounding state and county officials had to be carefully managed, so that the transfer between the two Zhejiang provinces made Liu Wenzhi play, saying that 19 officials, including Gao Fuzhi, the son of Gao Baoyin, Li Yizhi, Ai Zhongru, Mei Xun, Gao Yiqing, Jiang Yu, and Qi Lun, had traces of governance.

But it is easy to govern a state and a government, but how difficult it is to govern this world.

Song Jiu smiled slightly, shook his head and said, "Not necessarily!" ”

And again, "Here comes the wolf." ”

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Cry wolf.

Zhao Kuangyi first quelled the rebellion against Bashu, then became seriously ill, and then Zhao Heng came to power, almost giving the Liao State a precious ten years of respite.

In the past ten years, Xiao Yanyan has also been reforming.

Not standing on a hostile position, this is a great woman, if you don't take into account the restrictions of the country, her martial arts definitely surpass Wu Zetian, Tubo's Wuyi clan, and Liu E, as for Gao Taotao, it is beyond the reach of the horse.

There are mainly four reforms, the first of which is to learn from Zhao Kuangyin and Qi Min's policy, to civilianize the slaves in various ministries as much as possible, and to reduce the contradictions of all strata. Although it is even more impossible to do it well under the conditions of Liao, it has ushered in a prosperous era for Liao.

Secondly, it was further implemented to govern the Han with the Han Dynasty, the Qi and the Han were equal, and the legal equality was carried out, and Han officials were allowed to enter the top level of the state. This led to the complete conversion of many Han Chinese in the Bohai region, as well as in the Yanyun region.

The third is the imperial examination. This is a bit difficult to say, but for the time being, this policy has forced everyone to pay attention to internal governance.

The fourth is to push the tax policy of the Yanyun region to the whole country, so the Liao country is getting richer and richer.

And with the help of this precious time, he sent troops to the northwest and Goryeo, almost crippled Goryeo, and completely accepted the funding left by the "New Bohai State" and obtained many Jurchen soldiers.

and Zhao Heng's attitude,

So Zhao Heng ushered in his first big test after ascending the throne. (To be continued......)