It's in the midst of such uneventful days. Zhao Xing is gradually moving towards maturity and comprehensiveness. Although this kind of progress cannot be explicitly stated to outsiders, nor can it be immediately shown to be powerful and effective, only Zhao Xing himself knows that it is actually a very important thing to think about the ethnic group in the dead of night alone, which is almost like self-harm.

A general who is a town can ensure that his country will not be invaded by foreign enemies for twenty or thirty years, an enlightened and benevolent monarch can maintain the prosperity of the country for fifty or sixty years, and a sage who seeks up and down and thinks about the future of the nation and the country can make his own race last for a thousand years.

Zhao Xing didn't want to be the kind of sage who opened up a peerless study for the future, because he knew that there was no kind of thought and theory in this world that could become a peerless scholar in stone. The so-called "absolute learning" is all the argument that later generations fool others in the name of defending the founding thinkers and seeking their own interests and benefits. Once a doctrine becomes a "master", it is enough to lead the descendants of the believers to a dead end!

In the midst of Zhao Xing's painstaking meditation, the New Year was approaching, and Liu Jili and Qin Yilu, the two chief managers, in accordance with the previous practice, jointly came to ask Zhao Xing about the distribution of New Year's gift packages to the people. However, this time the situation has changed a little, because in addition to the two of them who came to meet Zhao Xing, there was also Mi Zhu from the East China Sea.

Mi Zhu arrived in Crouching Tiger City more than a month ago, and this eldest brother who was busy for Zhao Xing came to Crouching Tiger City this time as the chief logistics officer of the Qingzhou and Xuzhou Legions, and applied to Zhao Xing for funds and military supplies.

Before the three of them came to see Zhao Xing, they all privately learned from Zhao Xing's wives that Zhao Xing seemed to have fallen into a demon recently, and often locked himself in the study for half a day without moving, sometimes looking at the map hanging on a wall and thinking hard, sometimes looking at the words "constitution", "monarchy", "people's livelihood" and other words written on the white paper and frowning. However, several ladies said that Zhao Xing's temper had not changed much, and he was still as gentle as ever, but he occasionally wandered and was stunned.

Since Zhao Xing's temper is not bad, then Liu Jili, Qin Yilu and Mi Zhu don't mind coming over to disturb or annoy Zhao Xing. After all, if you give out a gift worth 20 million taels of silver like a fortune boy all of a sudden, it is estimated that whoever has your turn will be sad for several days.

After entering the mansion in a familiar way, the three of them thought that they would wait outside Zhao Xing's study door for a while, but they didn't expect Zhao Xing to come out with a smile on his face.

Zhao Xing said to everyone with a smile: "I happen to be free today, a few of you will come to drink a few cups with me, distribute the New Year's gift package, and add funds and military supplies to the Qingxu Legion, let's talk slowly at the wine table!"

The three of them were puzzled for a while, thinking that the king of Pingxi had encountered something happy today, and it was rare to keep himself in the mansion for dinner.

After the food and drinks were served, there were no outsiders, so everyone chatted while eating.

Mi Zhu couldn't help but say at first: "Guochang doesn't have to worry too much about the increase in military spending of the Qingzhou Legion and the Xuzhou Legion, I came here this time mainly to confirm a few things with you." As for the lack of military spending for the two corps, it can be completely solved by actually basing it in the state. ”

Zhao Xing asked, "I don't know if Brother Zizhong has a few things that need to be confirmed with me?"

Mi Zhu replied: "The funds allocated by the Crouching Tiger Command to the legions every year are handled at the beginning of the year through the branches of the Agriculture, Soldiers, Merchants and Financial Bank in various states, and the funds required by the armies throughout the year are allocated at one time. I think it would be better to set up an investment office in each legion, so that each legion can invest the funds that are not needed for the time being into short-term construction projects that are urgently needed in the state, and then the state treasury will repay a monthly interest. In this way, the additional military expenditure required by the two legions will be settled!"

As soon as Mi Zhu's suggestion came out, it immediately attracted the exclamations of Liu Jili and Qin Yilu, they really didn't expect Mi Zhu to be so old and spicy in financial management. After listening to Mi Zhu's suggestion, Zhao Xing was also very satisfied, and agreed on the spot.

Mi Zhu also said: "The expenditure of the Jin naval division has always been the highest among all armies, and now Youzhou, Bingzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Dongsheng, and the newly occupied Benhan and other places can communicate with each other through the sea trade route. I suggest that a maritime trading fleet be set up in front of the Jin State Naval Division, and merchants from all over the country should be involved in it, and the dividend ratio should be determined according to the amount of capital contribution, the number of ships and the number of manpower. ”

"In this way, we can not only make up for the shortfall in funds for the development of the Jin State Naval Division, but also promote the commercial development of various coastal areas! I have roughly calculated that if this matter is put into operation, the water and sea transportation alone will be able to raise 10 million taels of silver for the naval division in a year! If the development is carried out for three or five years, the wealth that may be earned is more than 20 million taels. ”

Mi Zhu's idea was once again praised by everyone. Zhao Xing then appointed Mi Zhu as the chief commercial officer of the Jin State Navy, and was fully responsible for making money for the financial management of the Sailor in the future.

Next, Liu Jili and Qin Yilu reported in detail to Zhao Xing on the operation of the agricultural, soldier, commercial and financial banks in the past year, the tax revenue and expenditure of the local government, and the total amount of new wealth in various places.

After listening to the reports of the two, Zhao Xing was very satisfied, and he said: "Although the funds on the books of the state and county officials in various regions are always less in and more out, judging from the growth rate of new private wealth, the operation and investment of the government at all levels are obviously successful. Although only a few counties with highly developed internal commerce and trade in the Jin Kingdom have now begun to feed back to the farmers, soldiers, merchants, and gold banks, the other counties have reached more than half of the breakeven, and by this time next year, we will have a large amount of surplus funds to use!"

Qin Yilu reminded Zhao Xing a little weakly: "The problem is, we don't have too much spare money in our hands now, and the New Year is about to be celebrated, so the matter of distributing gift packages to the people can't be delayed......

Liu Jili was silent on the side, and the expression on his face fully showed how much he supported what Qin Yilu said.

Unexpectedly, after Zhao Xing listened, he didn't look anxious at all. He said confidently: "I have already thought about the big gift package for everyone to relax this year! Not only does we not need to invest too much money, but also can make the people happy after receiving it!"

When the other three people in the banquet heard this, they all looked at Zhao Xing with bright eyes, because they really couldn't think of any other way for the "empty glove white wolf" to tide over the difficulties in front of them.

Zhao Xing didn't sell it, he said: "I just heard from you, and now we have about eight million taels of funds at hand, which is enough. We currently have a population of 12 million, more than 2 million households, and this year each household will be given half a tael worth of silver, which will cost about 5 million taels. Of the remaining 3 million taels, 1 million taels will be used as a serious illness medical fund, 1 million taels will be used as a poverty alleviation and relief fund, and the last 1 million taels will be used as a pension fund for the casualties of the soldiers of the National Protector Army. These three funds, once established, can benefit many people for a lifetime......"

Zhao Xing said three "chicken gold" in one breath, and he confused Mi Zhu, Liu Jili and Qin Yilu at that time.