"Money, ......," Wang Ming sighed.

It's not that Wang Ming fell to Zhao Pu, he was a centrist, Song Jiu said that it was difficult to choose a privy envoy, and he wanted to be both civil and military, Zhao Kuangyi felt very difficult, so he asked who else could be a privy envoy, and Song Jiu immediately said Wang Ming.

Zhao Kuangyi was silent.

For various reasons, Zhao Kuangyi trusts Cao Bin very much, but he can't see it when he compares it, and when he compares it, Song Jiu is many times stronger than Cao Bin.

However, Song Jiu proposed that this series of plans would cost astronomical sums, so Wang Ming complained.

Song Jiu took out something and said, "You can take a look." ”

It is a financial statement.

In the past, Song Jiu told the Pan brothers that there would be a lot of good things in Hezhou in the future, and some gadgets had been invented in the past few years, but they were not what Song Jiu was referring to. Song Jiu refers to new textile machinery.

However, Song Jiu withdrew, and the state finances were also relatively tight, because the new workshop became completely state-owned, just outside the East Water Gate, but in Hebei. Song Jiu was a little spoofed, so he took a Kaifeng weaving for it.

Jiangnan weaving, changed the previous address.

Of course, the wool is still bought by merchants, after all, it needs to be more flexible, the state will be rigid to manage, and the state will enter, but that will be related to policy, for example, in the future, the imperial court will send special personnel to the northwest to go deep and block divination. But when the purchase came back, it was handed over to the weaver to weave wool cloth. Start making a profit, and more and more, until it's all corrupted, and that's the profit that comes with the monopoly of technology.

In Song Jiu's hand is Kaifeng Weaving's financial statements for the last month.

It's not that Song Jiu wants to show merit, and if he has the right to this extra wealth, isn't there any of these things above. Is the country not functioning?

Wang Ming sighed, and Song Jiu counted this report. Wang Ming doesn't know how much it earns? But if it is spent, the finances of the three divisions will be tight.

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Outside the city of Xiazhou. The snow was vast, but at this time, there were countless corpses lying on the wilderness, and the blood was blooming plum blossoms on the snowy field.

Farther away, Li Jiqian was like a wounded wolf scurrying around.

The officials of the Song Dynasty came and were going to collect taxes, which was also a symbol of the imperial court's ability to a certain region.

Cao Guangshi definitely did not levy heavy taxes, but now that the Song Dynasty suddenly entered directly, it would be difficult and chaotic, so it was obviously a light tax and a thin tax. But in various places, some taxes are very heavy. In the past, the Tuoba Li family also levied taxes, which may not be lighter than those of the Song Dynasty.

However, in the hearts of all tribesmen, the Li family's taxation is a matter of course, and the taxation of the Song Dynasty is a bastard......

Therefore, some tribes are not satisfied.

Li Jiqian thought that the opportunity had come, so he counterattacked Xiazhou, but as soon as the army came to the city of Xiazhou, he was defeated by Cao Guangshi in the blink of an eye, and nearly half of the soldiers and horses were folded here. He fled back into the desert.

However, at this time, the weather was very cold, and the northwest was even colder, and Cao Guangshi had no choice, so he collected his troops and returned to the city.

At this time, he received an edict from the imperial court.

Previously, the imperial court took Li Jizhui as the envoy of the Zhangde Festival to enter Beijing. Then he ordered Li Kexian, the assassin of Suizhou, and Li Kewen, the assassin of Yinzhou, to enter Beijing and resigned, and awarded Kexian the history of the single state of the assassin and the history of the Kewen Li Prefecture. Li Kexian did not obey the order at the beginning. Yuan Jizhong persuaded him, so he came to the capital with Li Kewen.

That's why. It was the imperial court that wanted to strengthen the control of Xiazhou step by step.

Because of Song Jiu's persuasion, all the strategies formulated by the imperial court were changed.

It can't be so urgent for the time being. I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry.

Still let Li Kewen return to Xiazhou, not only let Li Kewen return to Xiazhou, but also let the four states of Dingnan themselves select ten representatives to participate in government affairs with Han officials, deal with ethnic disputes, and even directly write to the imperial court to impeach Han officials for their tyranny and illegal and corrupt behavior, and at the same time enjoy the salary of a real governor.

This article was strongly opposed by Zhao Pu at first.

But then Song Jiu said: "No power and no money, it is difficult to be loyal, there is less power, and it is difficult to be loyal if the benefits are not thick, only if the court cuts off a part of the money and silk, and lets go of some rights, they will be loyal to the court." Zhao Gong should not ignore the country because of hatred of me. ”

You have bad intentions.

Zhao Pu snorted angrily, but he couldn't speak.

In fact, the so-called representative system has long been realized in the Hezhou industry, once successful, ten deputies means ten powerful forces, and they will follow the imperial court, and this is a new institutional model, that is, the pseudo-parliamentary system.

This is the beginning, once more than ten years have passed, the eight states of Dingnan have settled down, and the imperial court can take back these rights at any time with this real Qiang and Han co-governance model.

So Zhao Kuangyi thought about it and agreed, after all, the country's center of gravity is Yanyun, so don't let the northwest drag its feet at this time.

The second is to amnesty all taxes related to the two taxes, but the commercial tax must be grasped in hand.

It is impossible not to collect taxes, but it is difficult to enforce them fairly, and there may be a lot of taxes, which are not much at the bottom and not much at the top, so it is exempted from taxation. After the wool trade route was opened, the business gradually developed, so it was better to concentrate on the business tax.

There will be losses, but there is no way, who makes it difficult for the people to only think about the benefits of the Li family, not the Song Dynasty.

The third is to confer a false position, as in the Southern Barbarian Region of the Song Dynasty, as long as the leader of a tribe, even if there are only a few hundred people under his command, he will also be given a false position of assassination, everyone is on an equal footing, and the various ethnic groups will be further divided.

The fourth is to take out 100,000 catties of tea and 50,000 horses of silk, and reward them to the leaders of the major and central tribes, and use them to buy peace.

The fifth is to send people to guide the local people to raise cattle and sheep in captivity, killing cattle and sheep to take leather is to kill chickens and eggs, raising sheep to take hair is to raise chickens and eggs, it is difficult to find that the eight states are too poor, or green salt, and what, cattle, horses and sheep, because many areas have begun to desert Gobi, and can no longer be like the Tang Dynasty, the Nanhetao is the most important pastoral area. Then this kind of farm-based operation, planting pasture, and raising cattle and sheep in captivity will achieve greater economic benefits.

When people are not poor, they don't want to be robbers, and even if the leaders want to, the people won't want to. And once all of them are settled, it is also conducive to the management of the imperial court.

Therefore, people were sent to guide the development of the farm, including site selection, planting and breeding, and then providing its agricultural tools. However, instead of coercing, Cao Guangshi gathered the leaders of various tribes to persuade them, and those who wished sent people and materials to support them, and those who did not want to let them go, so as to cause misunderstandings, but provoked a popular uprising.

These five are the side of grace.

There is also a side of power and a side of defense.

The imperial court will send thirty additional battalion officials to Xiazhou.

Several roads were built, the first one was from Taiyuan to Fuzhou and Fengzhou, which was related to the wool trade route, and if the Khitan invaded, the imperial court could also send officials to support in time.

The second is that Xiazhou follows the Wuding River to the ancient Great Wall, and then goes to the Mingtang River, the Tumao River, and the Quye River and then arrives at Fuzhou to build a road, which is on the west side of the two states of Fulin and the north side of Yinzhou, and then builds fifteen forts and divides the troops to garrison.

Once successful, all the areas with the most abundant water and grass are all enclosed behind this fort, and the court on the northwest side does not ask, there are also pastoral areas, but they are all semi-Gobi, if Li Jiqian is happy, he will jump there.

The third road starts from Xiazhou, goes to Youzhou, and then to the ancient Great Wall in the north of Yanzhou, and all the way to Lingzhou, if possible, the ancient Great Wall will be repaired, which not only prevents Li Jiqian from expanding the scope of power to the Yinchuan Plain in the future, but also prevents the invasion of the Khitan West Road. Fifteen forts will still be built on this road.

The fourth is not related to the wool trade route, but to build five forts from Helan Mountain to the Yellow River, which correspond to Lingzhou at any time.

The fifth road is relatively scattered, Shizhou to Suizhou, Yanzhou to Suizhou, Suizhou to Xiazhou, Suizhou to Yinzhou. Yanzhou to Baoan, Baoan to Xiazhou, Baoan to Youzhou, Baoan to Yanzhou. Huanzhou to Yanzhou, Huanzhou to Lingzhou.

Twenty-five forts will be built here, all of which will be built on the main road of Hengshan, and Hengshan will be controlled before the rise of Western Xia.

In fact, there are roads here, but many of them are small paths, which are now forcibly widened with gunpowder.

The fort is divided into two kinds, one is the military-specific fort, which is not open to the outside world, and only allows passers-by to pass the commercial taxes related to the levy. There is also a kind of dual-use fort, its scale is slightly larger, one is divided into two cities, the inner city is put in the material storage grain and weapons, not open to the public, and the outer city is set up with residential houses, inns, for business travel to rest.

At the same time, part of the land outside the fort was set aside for tuntian, reducing the supply of the imperial court and making it self-sufficient. In some of the more loyal areas, some small pastures were developed, half herded and half captive, raising war horses, and at the same time training cavalry for future crusades against the Khitan.

Secondly, it is strictly forbidden for the ministries to rebel, and those who are loyal to the court will be rewarded every year, and they will also enjoy all kinds of treatment from the court, and even support them to participate in the wool trade route to make a profit. But if you are not loyal to the imperial court, then there is nothing. Once the rebellious tribes were identified, they were not only prepared to be expropriated, but also ordered that the merchants should not trade with them, otherwise they would be punished for treason.

Cao Guangshi smiled bitterly, this little Song Jiu, what are you going to do, is it worth it?

In fact, the original Song Jiu plan was even larger, not 55 forts, but 80 forts, with 50 battalions of officers and soldiers stationed, and at the same time the time of construction was not the current three years, but one year, the imperial court used millions of money and silk, shipped 50,000 people in Shaanxi, and built these forts and roads together within a year.

There were even two families who co-opted the two families of Zhewang to cooperate with the imperial court to exterminate Li Jiqian.

He also offered 10,000 taels of silver, 10,000 horses of silk, and 20,000 catties of tea to reward Li Jiqian's head.

How much is it?

It's not much at all, and in the future, the imperial court will have to pay a huge price for the northwest, and even the forts opened on the border are unknown, and the money and silk used are even more unknown.

Then a part of the green salt will be openly released, and the green salt will be prepared to circulate in the north of the three prefectures of Pifang and Dan, so that all ethnic groups in the northwest can further make profits.

But let Zhao Kuangyi veto.

Song Jiu has no choice, now he can't see the back, and anyone feels that Song Jiu is making a big fuss. If it weren't for his careful investigation to find out the reason, and there was a wool trade route, I am afraid that even the edict in Cao Guangshi's hand, Zhao Kuangyi would not agree.

In addition to this edict, there is also Song Jiu's post, so that Cao Guangshi must implement it and not slacken.

Cao Guangshi muttered in his heart, what is this, could it be that this Song Jiu has become a frightened bird since the battle of the Gaoliang River? (To be continued......)