The Song army garrison that spent the winter in Zheng County was heated with coal, and although the house was not good, it was not very cold when wearing thick clothes. Zhao Qian was wearing a military coat and a hat, and he didn't notice the temperature when he was writing and drawing on paper.

At this time, all he was thinking about was Da Song's income, and after listening to his father's account of the current financial situation, he was very interested. After taking the meridian passing through the Kaifeng Guantiantai as the prime meridian, the Great Song Dynasty determined a set of metric units based on the diameter of the earth. Now all officials adopt the metric system, which is precisely the metric system to determine the unit of weight inherited before the Great Song Dynasty.

The traditional catty of the Great Song Dynasty is about 640 grams, 16 taels per catty. According to the metric system, one kilogram = two catties = twenty taels. The traditional tael is about 40 grams, and the metric tael is 50 grams.

Theoretically, the Great Song Dynasty has always been a thousand copper coins, but in fact, the Great Song Dynasty has always used 770 coins. Under the metric system, it is completely calculated according to the usual money of 1,000 Wen. Always exchange money for one tael of silver.

Zhao Qian's pen spent a lot of zeros on the paper, which made him have to count carefully every time. But there is no way, the number that Zhao Qian wants to calculate is too big. Zhao Jiaren's Zhao Guanjia got about 300 tons of silver and 100 tons of gold from the Wa Kingdom every year. One ton of silver = 1,000 kilograms = 2,000 catties = 20,000 taels. 300 tons is six million taels. The ratio of gold to silver is about 1:10. 100 tons of gold is equal to 1,000 tons of silver, 20 million taels.

The two together are twenty-six million taels of silver. According to the relatively strict 20% reserve, the annual amount of banknotes that the Great Song Dynasty can issue is as much as 150 million yuan.

According to Daddy, the reserve system has to be issued in conjunction with state deposits, but in fact there are not so many issuances. However, after 20 years of accumulation, just the gold and silver in his hand, the amount of currency that the Great Song Dynasty could issue was as much as 3 billion.

After calculating the money that Daddy used as the bottom of the box, Zhao Qian carefully recalculated it several times. Tear off the paper full of zeros and burn it. Watching those zeros burn to ashes along with the flames, Zhao Qian felt that his heart was beating much faster. According to statistics, it is said that the population of the Great Song Dynasty has now gone straight to 100 million. In the past, a forbidden army had three guan of money per month, and thirty and six guan a Chinese New Year's Eve could support a family. The three billion guan in my father's hand average to 100 million people, and each person can get thirty guan. Daddy Zhao Jiaren unknowingly accumulated such a huge sum of money, Zhao Qian felt that Daddy was simply a monster.

Of course, as a water conservancy expert, Zhao Qian also knows that this money cannot be counted in this way. Theoretically, the Great Song Dynasty now has about one billion mu of land, and even if it is a consistent land tax, there will be one billion yuan per mu. It's really impossible. The imperial court can really receive 500 million guan every year, even if it is burning high incense.

But if money is treated as an equivalent exchange, just these three billion yuan of real money and silver can be circulated, for example, twice a year, which is six billion dollars in monetary circulation. What a huge transaction that these six billion dollars in circulation.

One stone laid down by the Duke of the Great Song Dynasty is one hundred catties, and one stone of rice is two runs. Six billion guan is three billion stone grain, three billion catties. The average person is 300 catties of grain. Although there is not enough to eat, it is not enough to starve to death. Moreover, the peasants would leave their rations before putting their annual harvest on the market, and they could not have sold the grain and starved themselves to death. This means that the annual production volume of Da Song is much larger than the actual trading volume. Daddy holds the right to use three billion banknotes to allocate various surplus commodity transactions, no wonder the imperial court spends so much, Daddy Zhao Jiaren still looks unimpatient.

Thinking about it from this perspective for a while, Zhao Qian's thoughts of a little prostration unexpectedly turned back to him. I got 10 million yuan, if each of those big clans has so much money of its own, how many big clans can I support with 3 billion yuan?

This level of calculation does not require pen and paper, and Zhao Qian relied on mental arithmetic to get the result. Three hundred.

If a big clan has 10 million yuan in money, the three billion yuan in the hands of Daddy Zhao Jiaren can only support 300 families. And this number happened to be the number of wealthy families among the Jinshi families who were in the dominant position in the Great Song Dynasty before the surrender of General Lin'an.

Zhao Qian shuddered greatly. He only felt that this calculation made him shiver all over, and his body shivered uncontrollably several times in succession. Daddy's words sounded in Zhao Qian's heart, "The so-called scholars and officials rule the world together, probably means that the wealth of the whole world is divided by such a little people."

Looking at the back of his hand, Zhao Qian saw that every pore of his body stood up, and the hairs looked like thorns on a hedgehog's body. If three billion yuan serves all the people of the Great Song Dynasty, in fact, it is just so that everyone can just be able not to go hungry, have clothes to wear, and buy some daily necessities. That's all there is to it.

But if this money is monopolized by the rich families, it will only support 300 families. But what about the people? How do they live? Before the surrender of Lin'an, the imperial court also truly realized the rule of the world between scholars and officials. And then what?

Yin Jian is not far away, and Zhao Qian no longer feels the impact and joy of three billion guan. The greater sense of threat made Zhao Qian feel that his breathing was a little unsmooth. It's like a long snorkel. As the air in the lungs is consumed, the sense of crisis and anxiety becomes more and more intense.

Daddy said that the collapse of all dynasties begins with the collapse of finances, and the establishment of all dynasties is also based on a system that effectively maintains finances. What he wants to inherit is a rich and powerful court, and he has the most powerful power on the earth at this time. But standing on such a high mountain, the endless abyss can be seen more clearly.

Wealthy families must not be allowed to monopolize wealth. History has proven countless times how families that drained the government's finances did not hesitate to betray the regime to which they should have been loyal when the regime fell. Those who are still fighting for a dying regime are precisely those middle and low-level officials who have little money. But they were empty-handed, and they did nothing but cry out in vain and die miserably.

The more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became, Zhao Qian simply stood up and went to find his father. Dad Zhao Jiaren is easy to find, he is probably working every day. When I'm at home, if my dad isn't in the study's reception room, I'm probably tired of being with my mother. Seeing the cordon laid by the guard regiment, Zhao Qian was sure that his father was having a meeting with the generals of the army. went to ask if he could go in, and the cadres and soldiers of the guard regiment immediately rejected Zhao Qian's request.

Zhao Qian didn't blame them at this time, these people were undoubtedly absolutely loyal to Zhao Jiaren's strength. With them, Daddy's safety can be guaranteed.

At this time, Zhao Jiaren didn't know that his son was outside, and even if he knew, he wouldn't care. After the previous two meetings, Zhao Jiaren had a showdown with these generals. Now that it's happened, there's no need to put it off any longer. Zhao Jiaren already has people to deal with, so he is even more reluctant to drag it out meaninglessly.

Looking at these generals with different looks, Zhao Jiaren said calmly: "I emphasize again, if you want to have a chance to make a lot of money, take off your military uniform and go to various enterprises to learn to be a manager." If you manage it well, you will never lose the bonuses you deserve. If you don't do it well, you can only blame yourself for not having the ability. If you still want to stay in the army, this situation is definitely not possible. ”

The generals all knew that the Zhao family did not tell nonsense, let alone punish them without teaching. Correspondingly, if you follow the direction pointed out by Zhao Guanjia, don't shout regret it. There is no turning back when you open the bow, and you jump from the pit you dug yourself.

"Officials, those civilian officials are now in a bad state, if you let them do whatever they want......" Song Huchen, the chief senior in the army, said.

Zhao Jiaren didn't want to look at Song Huchen, this guy may have his views on loyalty, but this guy is the existence that Zhao Jiaren wants to remove immediately. Of course, the troops are used to suppress the rebels and thieves, but it is not up to the troops to determine who is the rebels and thieves.

But at this time, I can't clean up this guy and a group of crazy guys, and wait until the guys in the army are driven out of the army. Zhao Jiaren said with a smile: "Of course I won't let go of those things, but at this time, I have solved the things that everyone cares about first." Not seeing the future will make people desperate, help everyone see the future first, and don't worry about not ending up with no results, not to mention the bad things of those civil officials. ”

After speaking, Zhao Jiaren looked at the generals again, "Our Great Song army is the dry city of the country, and it has a reputation that cannot be slandered. If there is even the slightest edge attached to business, will the army become thugs hired by those who do business. The reputation we have built up over the decades cannot be so smeared. It is human nature that everyone wants to live a prosperous life. It would be strange not to think so. So I asked everyone to make a decision, and if they wanted to get rich, they would take off their uniforms. The army is not a place to make money, it is still a very hard place. It's up to you to decide. ”

In silence, Li Yun and Yang Tiexin spoke almost at the same time: "Report ......"

Seeing the crash, both of them paused. Yang Tiexin made a gesture and asked Li Yun to speak first. Li Yun continued: "Official, I want to stay in the army. Complete. ”

Yang Tiexin followed and said, "Official, I want to stay in the army." Complete. ”

With these two speakers, the generals found that the time for their hesitation was running out of time. Many people are entangled in their hearts, in fact, what everyone hopes is to stay in the army, and at the same time be able to have a great say in other departments under the jurisdiction of the imperial court. But Zhao Guanjia has already explained that this idea can be put to rest. Not only were the troops not allowed to meddle in other departments, but even the previously vague judicial power had to be taken over to the imperial court.

In the face of others, these generals have never obeyed. But when facing Zhao Jiaren, the momentum of these people disappeared without a trace, and they couldn't even say anything against it. Seeing Zhao Jiaren's bright gaze sweeping over, the generals bowed their heads one after another, not daring to look at Zhao Guan's family.

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