Chapter 19: Consolidation of Imperial Power

"Your Majesty, Lin Chong predicted that the earth we live on is extremely huge, the diameter should be more than 20,000 li, and the circumference of the earth is about 80,000 li.......

Lin Chong spent so much trouble just to let the little emperor have the curiosity to explore the sea of stars!

In front of everyone, holding a globe, he pointed out to the little emperor: "Your Majesty, from the skin race, blood to discuss, in fact, our Great Song Dynasty, Liao, Western Xia, Tubo, and even Dali are all from an ancestor, that is, the Yanhuang Miao descendant, later, Xia Qi ascended the throne and divided the eight hundred princes, passed to the Western Zhou Dynasty, the people went out, and were scattered outside the territory, which slowly formed Liao, Western Xia, Tubo, Dali and other countries. ”

When the little emperor and everyone heard Lin Chong's **, they all opened their mouths wide, and the statement that Huaxia and Yidi's family were close was simply heresy in the Song Dynasty.

Lin Chong was not in a hurry, and explained: "Confucius wrote "Spring and Autumn", and once said: Yi Di enters China, then China, China enters Yi Di, then Yi Di! Theoretically, Yidi and we share a common ancestor. ”

Lin Chong knew that if he wanted the Great Song Dynasty to subdue the four seas, first of all, the Great Song Dynasty itself must have an inclusive mind, and this broad mind was first of all the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty.

Because Lin Chong helped the little emperor gradually control the government, the little emperor also trusted Lin Chong 99 percent.

Lin Chong's knowledge of popular science can be found in the dusty books of history, so the little emperor wrote down what Lin Chong said and waited for later verification.

And Lin Chong talked so much, and in the end, he finally tried to see the dagger.

"The Warring States are juxtaposed, the soldiers of the Qin State are not as strong as the Wei Wushu, the territory is not as large as the Chu State, the economy is not as good as the Qi State, and the geographical location is not as good as the Zhao State, but the Qin State can unify the six countries successively, there is an important reason, that is, the soldiers are noble and fast!"

Lin Chong said: "As the saying goes, the soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, and the Qin Dynasty built a gallop road, which can transport grain for thousands of miles in a day. And my Great Song Dynasty fought against the Western Xia, the army was stronger than the Western Xia, the economy was strong in the Western Xia, and the territory was also stronger than the Western Xia, why did he defeat his soldiers instead of plundering his land? It is the problem of grain and grass transportation. ”

"Now Jiucao has earned tens of millions of dollars for His Majesty, and now it is convenient to build a gallop road!"

Lin Chong said, presenting the "Chi Dao Shu" written by himself.

In this "Chi Dao Shu", it is stated that transportation is beneficial to political communication, to the development of commerce, to counterinsurgency and war, and so on.

The most important thing is that this construction of Chi Road can learn from future generations, collect commercial taxes, and use business to support the road!

Of course, due to the weak supervision of the Great Song Dynasty, this collection of commercial tax cannot be set up to collect taxes, but to collect taxes from the root, for example, how much tax is collected by merchants in a hundred miles, how much tax is collected by merchants who travel thousands of miles, and how much tax is collected by merchants who travel thousands of miles.

These merchants have their own advantages, a hundred miles of merchants, the name of the business must be named after the county, the business name is not allowed to leave the county, and the goods are not allowed to leave the county.

Thousands of miles of merchants, crowned with the name of the state and the road (the Song Dynasty took the road as the administrative unit), and the business name was not allowed to leave the state road.

Thousands of miles of business, there is a royal family business, can pass the whole country.

In addition, it is necessary to establish a national brand business, which can be allowed to travel abroad.

Of course, this is only an approximation, and the hundred-mile merchant can also be merged under the name of a thousand-mile merchant, or under the name of a thousand-mile merchant.

In this way, the imperial court will not manage.

However, once there is a problem with the goods, the imperial court will have to find trouble with this Wanlixing merchant ticket number.

In addition, such an act may also hit a part of the commercial atmosphere of the Great Song Dynasty, but Lin Chong added, for example, trafficking in more than a dozen commodities such as grain and timber is not within the scope of the levy.

In addition, the temporary commercial tax is also very low.

Hundreds of miles of businessmen, pay taxes of 10 yuan a month, pay 100 yuan a year, thousands of miles of businessmen, pay taxes of 100 yuan a month, pay a one-time payment of a year, only consistent money.

Even if it is a merchant who travels thousands of miles, he only pays ten taels of tax and silver in a lump sum a year.

This amount of money is almost nothing to those merchant ticket numbers.

"Is that possible?"

The little emperor read Lin Chong's "Chi Dao Shu", and his mind was full of Venus turning, according to Lin Chong's calculations, just to build the Chi Road of Gyeonggi Road, it would cost 10 million taels of silver.

This ten million taels of silver, according to Lin Chong's charging method, will take at least fifty years to collect.

Those merchants only pay a little bit of tax a year, and it is estimated that they will not be distressed, but as the little emperor himself, he will be uncomfortable.

The little emperor looked at Lin Chong now and felt as if he was hurting himself.

120,000 silver, it's not just talking, even if the little emperor's income now reaches 60 million taels of silver in a year, but the expenses are still very large, especially the new army and the royal academy made by Lin Chong, it is simply a bottomless pit, and by the end of each year, the little emperor's internal money has been spent.

If Lin Chong's proposal to build a gallop road is approved now, I am afraid that the internal government will start running rats.

The little emperor didn't have any city government, and besides, in this study, they were all the little emperor's hardcore henchmen, and he immediately expressed his complaints.

"Your Majesty, in fact, this money is not calculated like this!"

Lin Chong knew that although the little emperor was already a little enlightened under his own influence, after all, he had been thinking for a long time.

"The money for the construction of the Chi Road, Your Majesty should be calculated like this," Lin Chong looked at the little emperor with a stingy face, raised his hand, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, every year from the whole country to the capital, and then from the capital to the border pass, the loss is close to fifty percent, but after the construction of the Chi Road, the loss can be reduced to two percent, or even one percent, in this way, it can save one or two million silver for the treasury, and the Great Song Dynasty Guozuo can also continue to be transported for a long time......

"Lin Qing's words are very reasonable, but what about my internal money?" The little emperor agreed with the suggestion to build a gallop road, but he still cared about Lin Chong if he wanted to use the internal money to build the gallop road!

"Your Majesty, as the so-called, take it from the people, use it for the people, Your Majesty's internal money is also taken from the mountains and rivers of the Great Song Dynasty, and now in order to consolidate the rivers and mountains of the Great Song Dynasty, ......"

Lin Chongzheng was talking, and suddenly saw the little emperor with a black line, and his eyes began to show a vicious look, so he hurriedly closed his mouth, but glanced at everyone around him, and didn't talk much.

The little emperor had already had a tacit understanding with Lin Chong, Lin Chong was hiding his words, and he could only say it to himself.

The little emperor drank back the others, leaving only Lin Chong alone in the entire Shang Study, and scolded in a low voice: "Your suggestion is very good, but if you can't come up with a way to fill my internal money, I will let you use the money to repair this gallop road yourself!" ”

"If Your Majesty really asks Weichen to repair this galloping road, Weichen will thank the Lord Longen instead!"

Lin Chong smiled and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, there are two ways to build this road, one is to build the treasury, and then the fees collected will be put into the treasury in the future. One is the construction of internal money, and the fees charged in the future are such as internal money. ”

When the little emperor heard this, he was even more puzzled, just now he questioned this, since the construction of Chidao is a major event for the country and the people, and the ministers should not object to it if they use the treasury to repair it, why should they use their own internal funds in Lin Chong's opinion?

Is it just because he is not in power yet?

The little emperor didn't think that a person like Lin Chong would think so shallowly.

"Your Majesty, use the treasury to build a gallop road, and the officials appointed will be under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Officials, and if the officials are corrupt, they will be under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs and the Dali Temple, and the progress and location of the construction will be under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry......"

Before Lin Chong finished speaking, the little emperor suddenly understood.

Use internal money to build a gallop road, in the final analysis, you still have to seize power!

"Lin Qing is really my humerus!"

The little emperor really admired Lin Chong.

"Your Majesty, the benefits of using internal money to build a gallop road are more than these," Lin Chong smiled slightly, revealing a trace of remembrance, and only after a long time did he explain in the expectation of the little emperor: "The shape with the least material in this world, but the strongest is the triangle. Nowadays, scholars control the government, resulting in the low status of military generals, although this can prevent military generals from seeking to usurp the throne, but it is not good for the country. His Majesty can now make use of the construction of the galloping road, pave the world, and re-establish a community independent of the court scholars. The civil officials of the court govern the government, the military generals stick to the border passes, and His Majesty's Shaofu develops the economy for the Great Song Dynasty, the three complement each other and supervise each other, and can consolidate the imperial power of the Great Song Dynasty and avoid one party monopolizing the government! ”

"Lin Qing is really a national warrior!"

The little emperor heard the high-fives.

Hearing the little emperor's praise for himself, Lin Chong would not tell him that the real stable triangle was not the division and opposition of financial power, politics and military affairs, but just to give the little emperor a thought and tell him that he was doing this completely for the sake of the Great Song Dynasty.

As long as the little emperor believes that he is dedicated to the country, he can use his power for personal gain.