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This is nothing new. In the past five generations, isn't it normal for there to be some financial crisis or something?

In the case of the Great Zhou Dynasty, its area of control was actually not large. In the south, there are Southern Tang, Wuyue, Nanping, Houshu, and Khitan in the north. If we look at the current administrative region, the complete province is Shandong, Henan, and Shanxi -- of which Shanxi is still because it has just won the Northern Han Dynasty, or it is less than half of Shanxi. In addition, there is also a part of Hebei (the sixteen states of Yanyun are in the hands of the Khitan), half of Shaanxi (part is in the hands of Shu), and part of Hubei, Anhui and Jiangsu.

The area isn't really that big, and much of it is dilapidated. Luoyang, Guanzhong, has suffered repeated military disasters since the Anshi Rebellion, and now the people's livelihood has long since withered, otherwise the Central Plains Imperial Court would not have set the capital of Bianliang. Moreover, since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the war and disasters have been connected, especially in the north, and there is basically no long-term peace in this area.

The Hebei warlords went south to fight for the world, and the Hedong warlords went south to fight for the world...... Everyone was calling back and forth, endlessly. Henan is not peaceful, and Bianliang has suffered more than one military disaster. In addition, during Guo Wei's time, Shandong had a rebellion, and as soon as Zhao Kun ascended the throne, he fought a series of battles in Hedong......

It can be said that the current control area of the Zhou Dynasty, that is, half of Hebei and most of Henan around Bianliang, can be regarded as regaining a certain vitality. In contrast, the warlords in Jianghuai, Jiangnan, Jingxiang and other places where they all started to eat people were relatively stable. Especially in Shuzhong and Jiangnan, although they also used swords, Yizhou and Yangzhou were originally rich, and the scale and frequency of wars in these years could not be compared with those in the north, and the recovery of vitality was also fast.

In general, the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty was relatively large, but it was very dilapidated. Moreover, the local heroes and strongmen have formed villages to protect themselves, and there are a large number of military leaders distributed in various states, and there are many places where Bianliang needs money, no matter how Guo Wei cultivates and recuperates, and tries to solve problems by political means, he can't accumulate too many materials.

Now Zhao Kun has fought a war with the Khitan and the Northern Han Dynasty, and the scourge of Hedong is not clear, and he can't count on the tax payment in a short time. Liu Chong's goods burned down the palace and treasury again, and calculated the cost, the pants that were really lost were sold. The army must be rewarded when it is opened, and there will be a reward if it is won, and in addition to the consumption in the war, the treasury will be exposed in its original form after a battle.

In addition, Zhao Kun recruited warriors into the forbidden army, although he also eliminated the old and weak, and let them go to Tuntian, but there were more people recruited than those who opened, and there were still more than 100,000 forbidden troops to support in Dazhou. At the same time, the cost of the Jinyi pro-army on weekdays is higher than that of other previous armies -- at the beginning, the reincarnations were trained according to the methods of military training of college students, and the cost was not small. There was also a new armory, mainly built with a walled city - to prevent leakage of secrets - and the craftsmen and officials in it were supported by the state treasury.

It is an organization that includes steelmaking, water conservancy forging machines, and firearms manufacturing, although the firearms project has not yet come up with firearms with good actual combat results. For the sake of secrecy, the city was also brought in with their families, and the daily expenses and rewards of the craftsmen and their families, plus the raw materials that were brought in every day...... The Armoryman is also a gold-swallowing beast.

In addition to the newly compiled forbidden army and ordnance superintendent, the Great Zhou also had martial arts, east and west factories, and other projects that did not originally cost money that the imperial court did not have. The money, grain, and silk in the treasury were all consumed very quickly. As the government affairs hall announced, if it continues, and there are no new receipts or cuts, the treasury will be able to run out of rats in February next year.

In fact, there is no need to be reminded by the political affairs hall, Zhao Kun also knows that the treasury is running out of money. Even many high-ranking officials in the imperial court, as long as they have the heart, can estimate the emptiness of the treasury. The expenses in the first year of Xiande were so large, but the taxes were so small, it would definitely consume a lot of Emperor Taizu's savings.

For this situation, everyone knows that the imperial court will definitely do something.

The only thing they didn't expect was probably that the imperial court reacted so violently.

For this kind of thing, the civil officials in the imperial court will always say anything to persuade farmers to ignore business, lightly punish small endowments, and advocate a frugal style, or to streamline the administration of the army, reduce the number of troops, and reduce the salaries and rewards of the forbidden army. For them, this is always the case for recuperation and the resolution of the financial crisis.

It's a pity that Zhao Kun didn't listen to this set at all. Enriching the warehouse, of course, is the royal road to the prosperity of the country and the prosperity of the people, but disarmament? Wake up, it's five generations and ten kingdoms! Instead of throttling and developing, it is better to open source and eat big accounts.

In November of the first year of Xiande, after discussions among the prime ministers, the emperor finally issued an edict and began to control the scale of Buddhism. In addition to the two proposed by Zhao Kun that day, there are three very radical provisions in the edict.

The first is to abolish the privilege of exempting monastic property from paying taxes, and instead impose heavy taxes on all monasteries. If the monasteries that have been discontinued have their property confiscated, and the monasteries that have been allowed to remain have to pay taxes, and the monks in the monasteries have the bad habits of committing adultery, committing adultery with their wives and daughters, or continuing to make the nunnery into a great health care facility, the monastery will be destroyed.

Then, in response to the problem of money shortage -- copper coins in all Chinese dynasties were a problem, and when they were minted, they were all worth 100 yuan and even handed over with iron money -- the edict announced that since the first day of December in the first year of Xiande, in addition to the imperial court legal objects (temple instruments, honor guards, chariots of the Son of Heaven, etc.), military weapons and bronze mirrors, and bells in the temple, all kinds of bronze utensils and Buddha statues in the temple will be destroyed and sent to the local government to mint money within 50 days, and the government will pay for it. If there is a concealment and failure to pay within the time limit, the sentence shall be according to the number of catties and taels, and those who exceed five catties shall be sentenced to death. And from now on, all the statues of Buddha and Bodhisattva can only be made of clay, in addition to the prescribed ritual utensils in the temple, those who use copper in vain confiscate the temple property, and all the monks flow to the east of the river to dig coal or do coolies, and they will not be returned in case of forgiveness.

Finally, the edict also specifically stipulates that it is strictly forbidden to destroy the body, tease props, forbid the left way, falsely claim to realize the barbaric and ignorant acts of the Nagisa species, as well as the gathering of people to dazzle and dazzle the customs such as soul resurrection, holy water and holy lamps, and demons, which were popular among monks and nuns in the past, and instruct the government to carefully supervise and inspect them.

As soon as this edict was issued, the world was in an uproar. Since the Sui and Tang dynasties, Buddhism flourished, and Buddhist monks and nuns in Buddhist monasteries and nuns had a huge influence while posing a serious financial burden on the state, and it was only during the period when Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty destroyed Buddhism that Buddhism was in a period of decline.

Because of the edict, the government and the opposition have compared him with the three martial arts (Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty) who destroyed the Buddha before, and there are quite a lot of officials and celebrities who have written the book, and the senior monks of the Buddhist sect have also come to knock on the que, asking the emperor to retract his order.

Zhao Kun was so annoyed that he simply demanded that these people who discussed political affairs in vain should be fined in the name of resisting the laws of the imperial court, and the amount of the fine should be according to the number of words in the book. There are also those high-ranking monks, knocking on the que, asking for orders, all cancel their temples.

At the same time, in order to ensure that the property of the temple could indeed replenish the treasury, he ordered the Jinyi Ti to ride out in all directions, and sent some reincarnators to personally handle the affairs of closing the temple, clarifying and confiscating the temple property, and ordering the monks and nuns to return to the laity.

He also knew that the problem of corruption in the Great Zhou Dynasty was not light, and there was greed from top to bottom. People die for money, birds die for food, and it is difficult for the government-run yamen not to be greedy. Besides, if the water is clear, there will be no fish, he just hopes that these people will not look too ugly, and they will be greedy for money as long as they can get things done. It's just that the amount involved this time is too large, and he is not at ease, so he has to send the Jinyi pro-army out to supervise. To ensure that the fields were not encroached upon by the local magnates and gentry, and that the people who had been ordered to return to the world would not become slaves to their families again. Although it is impossible to put an end to these phenomena, it can make the country eat a little more.

Especially regarding copper, ancient China was always in a state of deflation, and every dynasty lacked currency. Heavy metals are not only scarce, but also the minting of copper coins is a loss-making transaction, which is completely a kind of good governance of the imperial court in order to govern the world, and the same work as building water conservancy. But this behavior can't be without. For Zhao Kun, the land and taxpayer population are tolerable, but the problem of copper is really imminent and has to be done.

If he could, he would also like to carry out reforms, such as the issuance of paper money, such as collecting money and food instead of goods when collecting taxes......

However, if you take too big a step, you will get an egg.

Paper money is fundamentally realistic, even if it is not possible to get a printing press in the 21st century, and the common people do not recognize it.

Tax reform sounds even better. At present, the two taxes of the imperial court (summer and autumn field tax) and even the commercial tax are all levied in kind. The physical object is relatively cumbersome, so it can only be stored in the local treasury. In addition to meeting the needs of the government, the treasury can only be transferred and transported through the nearest household department, which is really inconvenient and gives many people the opportunity to get on and off their hands. However, Zhao Kun can't change taxes into money, from Wang Anshi to Zhang Juzheng, everything that has been played like this has been proven, which will only increase the burden on the people at the bottom. Because the peasant households and businessmen are short of cash, the result of having to collect money is that the big households and the powerful wantonly exploit the people at the bottom.

Therefore, there is no time for farming, and the flow of reform is unrealistic, so instead of engaging in those unrealistic, it is better to do a good job of eating big households and fill up the treasury, which is the first priority at present.

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Unexpectedly, the progress of cleaning up Buddhism was not smooth, and the speed of the loss of the Jinyi pro-army was beyond Zhao Kun's imagination.

On this day, after Wang Xiao, the eunuch of the official school of the Dongchang official school, the governor of Qincha, waited for the emperor, and just arrived at the Dongchang factory out of the palace, a little eunuch hurriedly came in and reported: "Godfather, it's not good! ”

Wang Xiao turned around, glared at the little eunuch, and said in a serious tone, "What's the hurry, our family has educated you a long time ago, you can't panic in case of trouble, just say, what's the matter?" ”

"Godfather," the little eunuch cried with a sad face, "It's a big deal, our spies found a group of Jinyiwei's corpses in Songzhou, and there is a fellow ...... inside."

Wang Xiao, who had just sat down on the chair in a big way, jumped up from it as if there were nails on the chair, and asked sharply, "The military attache of the Jinyi Guard was killed?" What is the situation, say it quickly! ”

"According to the report of our spies, it should be that a team of brocade guards have been killed. According to our people's report, it is suspected that it was done by the Jianghu people, but the mastermind and the murderer are not very clear. Because our people reported it immediately after finding out, and they are investigating the rest of the situation. ”

"Check!" Wang Xiao's voice was eight tones higher, "We must find out, our family wants to see who ate the courage of the ambitious leopard, dared to confront the imperial court, and killed the Jinyi pro-army who was entrusted with the order!" ”

Before the words fell, he made a bitter face again and frowned, "Our family will enter the palace now and report this matter to the official family." ”

At the thought of this, he couldn't help but shudder. Zhao Kun is usually very kind, but if he gets angry, he will die. Especially in recent times, Empress Fu couldn't persuade her. Don't look at his name was given by the emperor, and he was appointed to supervise Dongchang, and his power is very great, but the son of heaven is a slave, isn't life and death just between the emperor's thoughts?

Most of the old people when the emperor was still a prince either died or were sent out, and few of them served in front of him. His batch was promoted later, and the eight great eunuchs who were named by the emperor at the beginning of the year were filial piety, loyalty, courtesy, righteousness and shame, and now there is only filial piety, courtesy, righteousness and honesty left. Zhao Yi was beaten to death with a stick, Liu Zhong was beheaded for colluding with foreign ministers when he was admiring Xichang, and Wang was beheaded because he leaked a military plane during the Northern Expedition.

God knows if this news caused the emperor to be angry, will he be angry?

"Your Majesty," Wang Xiao trembled, entered the imperial study, and walked in with a respectful attitude. Seeing that Zhao Kun was reading, he silently stood on his side.

"Wang Xiao, you are not in your Dongchang Yamen, what are you doing?" Zhao Kun asked, he estimated that this big eunuch must have something to say when he came back.

Wang Xiaodao: "Official, something happened to Jinyiwei, and a team of Jinyiwei led by Tongzhi was killed in Songzhou......"

Zhao Kun raised his head, "I already know, the same acquaintance who was killed was called Song Chou, Bagongyuan was still a top ten general of the Crane Army during the Great War, and he made meritorious contributions when he fought Jinyang, and later transferred to the Jinyi Pro-Military Division, and transferred from the deputy commander to the Tongzhi ......"

"The official family is really discerning," Wang Xiao hurriedly spoke, .......

Zhao Kun shook his head and sighed "sigh". "It was my negligence that I almost forgot that this was a martial arts world, and Made's gang of Jianghu people actually dared to do it! Don't worry about this matter, Dongchang doesn't have to worry about it, I have already transferred the two commanders of the Jinyi pro-army to go out, and I must take down these people. ”

Before he could finish speaking, he slammed the inkstone on the table and threw it towards the door. "What a big guts, it's really lawless!"

A golden light shot from outside the hall, hitting the inkstone and shattering it, but the momentum was also stopped.

Zhao Kun wristed, and an extra long sword appeared in his hand. Wang Xiao was stunned for a moment, but immediately reacted and shouted: "There are assassins, escort!" ”

Outside the hall, there was another white light, Zhao Kun moved his wrist, and knocked the light away, and the white light was castrated, and it pierced into the pillar and went straight to half a foot. The long sword is like a pool of autumn water, clear and dazzling, and the apricot-yellow sword spike floats and gradually stops.

"Yesterday I killed Tongzhi, and today I dare to enter the palace to assassinate." Zhao Kun said hatefully that at this time, the guards outside the hall had already gathered, protecting Zhao Kun while pursuing the assassin, and the assassin seemed to know that there was no chance and did not attack again. (To be continued.) )