Chapter Twenty-Eight: Song Jiu, Zhao Kuangyin's Gamble (II)
"Second brother, you listen to him," Zhao Kuangyin said. If abandoning ninety-nine percent is child's play, this bet is beneficial to the court regardless of whether you win or lose, and if you win, this kid said that he will serve the court with all his talents, and who will he serve if he is talented and does not serve the court? It seems to be a cold joke, but how many scholars and doctors have really served the court out of ten? can use six or seven points of strength to serve the court, this person is a good minister. With this kid saying this, he can't be underestimated anymore.
There are also benefits to lose, not to give him the land, it is equivalent to temporarily giving him to operate, 100,000 yuan a year, and now the entire Song Dynasty two taxes and commercial taxes and salt and wine franchises are combined, and they are less than 20 million, some of which are still calculated with bundles and stones, such as a stone of grain and a bundle of grass, which can only be equivalent to 500 wen yuan, not a penny. If even a small river island can get 100,000 yuan, wouldn't the entire capital get 10 million and 20 million yuan, and magnify it to the world, how much income will the country have in a year? The two taxes of the Song Dynasty were based on 20 taxes and 1 10 taxes on land in various places, a maximum tax of two or three buckets per mu of land, and a maximum tax of 30 stones per hectare of land (Note), plus various miscellaneous taxes and taxes of no more than two yuan per hectare of land. It seems that there are more than that, there are a few small wine shops on Hezhou, but they are still mainly vegetable gardens and wasteland, and Zhao Kuangyin definitely doesn't know how much Zhao Kuangyin has, but all kinds of taxes are added together in a year, and there are absolutely no hundred. If it weren't for the fact that Song Jiu was a strange story, Zhao Kuangyin would have wanted to sign a 10,000-year contract with Song Jiu!
"Why did it become 60,000 after 11 years?"
"Your Majesty, the minister is betting that my dynasty can unify the world after eleven years, at least Jiangnan will be recovered, eleven years is not long, and it is not short, if it is eleven years before His Majesty has the ability to recover Jiangnan, then His Majesty is at most only a person like Liu Yu, not a male lord like Tang Taizong, Emperor Wen of Sui and Guang Wuhan Gao. Maybe because of the stalemate between the two countries, even the two Huai can not rest and recuperate, and this river is not a golden river, but only a white galaxy. At that time, the minister can only go bankrupt. β
"If you take back Jiangnan, you can only go bankrupt," Zhao Kuangyi scolded with a smile. This kid doesn't know how thick the sky is, and the money is so easy to make!
"Second king, there is a reason why the minister said this."
"Tell me why."
"The Han Dynasty has not been mentioned for a long time, just say that the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty Li family itself is an aristocracy, so there is a slight negligence of the people, such as the Tang Dynasty has a trilogy, our dynasty is gradually canceled, the Tang Dynasty gate valve is everywhere, although our dynasty is powerful but there is no gate valve, although the minister was a mustard before, you can also see, after His Majesty ascended the world, immediately issued an edict to build water conservancy, attach importance to agriculture and mulberry, and attach great importance to internal governance. Raising a seedling on an acre of land, this seedling will certainly thrive, but will there be a high income from raising ten seedlings, hundreds of seedlings, and thousands of seedlings? Ten years later, if Jiangnan is reclaimed, the economy of our country will be far more developed than everyone imagined. β
"Even if you're right, why should you hand it over to the imperial court fifty years later?"
There's a play!
Song Jiu was ecstatic in his heart, it took fifty years, and after thirty years, he would make a lot of money.
"Your Majesty, there are several reasons, in the past, taxes mostly came from farmers, and a workshop made a profit of 1,000 yuan a year and was only a small workshop, so they could live by paying 100 yuan in taxes. A peasant family has 50 acres of land and a harvest of 100 stones, natural and man-made disasters, production costs, and heavy taxes, even if it is 10 stones, plus miscellaneous taxes, the peasants' life is also very difficult. Ten stones, only two pieces of money! But it is not possible to levy heavy taxes on the small citizens, who are equally difficult to live. The state wants to pay taxes well, first, to encourage the people to get rich, and second, to develop commerce, and at the same time to ask, to tax the business and the rich. What the minister did may be an example. β
There is a precondition for saying this.
Chai Rong and Zhao Kuangyin are both heroes of a generation, which is even more powerful, each has its own statement, but seriously speaking, Chai Rong fought the Khitan on the frontal battlefield without the power to fight back, and he is a pioneer, relatively speaking, he is a little smarter than Zhao Kuangyin. Chai Rong Qing rule, selection of talents, Juntian endowment, rectification of the forbidden army, restriction of Buddhism, reward farming, restoration of Cao Yun, construction of water conservancy, revision of criminal law and calendar, examination of Yale, correction of the disadvantages of the imperial examination, search for books, carving ancient books, great prosperity of culture and education, because he was a businessman, but also attached importance to commercial development, these policies were well inherited by Zhao Kuangyin. After Zhao Kuangyin ascended the throne, he also attached great importance to commercial development, and in the Song Dynasty, merchants were no longer the most shameful industry, including some ministers themselves, Zhang Yongde, Zhao Pu and others also did business, and the business was still very large. Where will the commercial tax be paid!
Zhao Kuangyin saw through Song Jiu's trick and said, "Don't tremble at this one, continue to talk about it." β
"Fifty years, the minister is alive and old, and at that time, ninety percent of his majesty is still healthy...... Speaking of this, Song Jiu secretly glanced at Zhao Kuangyi, his expression was normal, Song Jiu wondered in his heart, could it be that the Song Dynasty is under a lot of pressure now, and Zhao Kuangyi really has no thoughts about the throne? continued: "The minister believes that our dynasty will become more and more prosperous under the leadership of His Majesty, and at that time it will be very few even 100,000 yuan, but at that time it is too far away, and the minister cannot say the specific suitable number, so the doctors of the Chevalier look at the red eyes, it is better to set a deadline and hand it over to the imperial court, and the imperial court will not operate, either reward it to the meritorious minister, or sell it for the imperial court to get a fortune, no matter what, it will reduce the minister's troubles." Be content! β
Hearing Song Jiu say that people should be content, several people laughed angrily together.
"Although the defense of the capital is difficult, there is the convenience of the big river, the transportation is developed, the supply is easy, and now there are still some vacant land in the capital, fifty years later, the minister believes that the outer city has been expanded, and the city is also crowded, and the minister occupies such a large area, the minister is not satisfied, and the people will also be dissatisfied. And fifty years later, when the economy is developed, the ministers can still control it, but the ministers are not there, and the children and grandchildren are not capable, that is not to give them blessings, but to give them disasters. Therefore, either way, it must be returned to the imperial court after fifty years. β
"You're really ...... Long...... Far away, "Zhao Kuangyi didn't know what to say.
"Why did you move the school house here?"
"Your Majesty wants to use talents, the minister's house is too small, it is easy to find a talent from a thousand people, and it is difficult to find a talent from ten people. Your Majesty respects Dr. Zhang and Dr. Yan, but they may not be able to respect me, the contradiction still exists, it is better to expand it, and simply come to a hundred schools of thought. In the future, the population of the capital will increase, and the wharf will inevitably develop outside the city, so the minister said that he would leave a place for the imperial court to be a wharf and a place for the transfer of goods. β
But Song Jiu was secretly happy in his heart, and wanted the land to be valuable, not only for business, but also for schools, entertainment venues, and various living facilities, so that the land could be fried into gold, gems, and diamonds.
"Tao Zhugong and Lu Buwei are not so easy to do."
"LΓΌ Buwei controls the government, Tao Zhugong meets a bad king, they don't want to be a minister, and the minister's example is Zhao Xianggong."
"Zhao Xianggong, your goal is so small." Zhao Kuangyi couldn't help but sneer.
"The two kings, how far people can see, how high they can fly, Han Wu saw the northern desert, and then there was the glory of the rise of the Han people, and His Majesty saw the pain of five generations of splitting the people, and there will be the emergence of the strongest internal ruling country in the future."
"Boy, don't say nice things about you. Tell me, what's the bet with me? β
"Your Majesty, the minister admires Zhao Xianggong very much, but Zhao Xianggong disagrees with a word, saying that the minister is a strange skill, and whether the minister has used his talent to make a plaything to please His Majesty."
"No, if you don't sit here today and have tea and chat with me, maybe you will go to Salmon Island."
"That's a heavy penalty."
"Wrong, it's light, with your crooked talents, if you lead many people to think in that direction, the consequences will be even worse, and exile on Salmon Island is light."
"Remember, but the minister is not a trick, let His Majesty take a look today. Your Majesty, look at the shops on both sides of the street. β
"What do they have?"
"The larger ones have a bookkeeper who manages the accounts, and they are all old bookkeepers who are very familiar with the account books."
"Quite normal, what's wrong?"
"The minister has set up the school house for less than two months, those students know less than 1,000 words, and so far the words on a thousand-word text are still incomplete, but the minister will make a bet with His Majesty, the store is their store, that is, these accounts are familiar with the store, and they are more familiar with their account books, the minister selects ten students from the school, and they compete, and they use the account books of their respective stores to calculate the accounts, to see who calculates fast, if the students are fast and accurate, then the minister wins. If the bookkeepers calculate quickly and accurately, it is a win. Do you dare to bet on this? β
Not only will it be a big gamble, but it will also prove his arithmetic methods, but at the same time, Song Jiu is also thinking about his disciples, just studying for two months, if he learns for a year or two, what will it look like? The imperial court will reuse it, and even pay attention to that larger academy in the future, which is good for the country, but it will be of greater benefit to himself.
Zhao Kuangyin looked at him suspiciously, and said, "How sure are you that you will win?" β
"Your Majesty, no matter whether you win or lose, the imperial court is the biggest beneficiary."
"Okay, I'll make a bet with you, but don't publicize this matter to the public, or I'll hang your head out of the noon gate."
Gonggong Liu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, what a gamble?" β
"It doesn't matter, I used to gamble on property, but this time the bet is different, that is, I lost the bet, and I also want to see how this kid can make 100,000 yuan a year."
Song Jiu was stunned when he heard this, it turned out that this Taizu was also an old gambler, so was the three games of chess on Huashan real? I guess it's true, and he won't say it. Zhao Kuangyi said: "Brother Huang, do you want your brother to set up a document for you." β
"Go, don't mix it, a gentleman's word, it's hard to chase a horse, besides, it's me." Zhao Kuangyin shouted outside again: "Prepare three carriages for me." β
You have to pull the students over quickly.
Suddenly, a person walked up and said, "What is the use of the carriage to be prepared?" β
PS: In ancient times, a hectare of land was 100 acres in the Song Dynasty and 50 acres in the Ming Dynasty. But mu is different from mu, one mu in the Song Dynasty is equivalent to about 0.9 mu now.
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