The emperor went to court.

This is the first time that Song Huizong has gone to court after taking poison pills for a month.

A lot of things happened in this month, Prime Minister Cai Jing, privy envoy Tong Guan, and Taiwei Gao Qiu were reprimanded, Shaozai Wang Huang was arrested, Cai You was demoted, Liang Shicheng, Yang Jian, and other big eunuchs were beaten and killed, and as many as forty or fifty officials were implicated.

Now in the court,

It felt a lot looser and emptyer than before.

This is the largest purge since Song Huizong ascended the throne.

Of course

The eyes of many officials secretly glanced at the young man standing in the group of important ministers in the purple robe, the Zhongshu Sheren, the direct bachelor of the Longtu Pavilion, and the deputy commander of the front division of the palace, Lin Yilin Dongyang, the champion of the current department, became a purple-robed member in just four or five months, which can be said to be the grace of the dynasty.

At the court meeting,

Cai Jing made a list to report on the major events that had occurred in these days, such as floods in a certain place, locust plagues in a certain place, and the evaluation of officials in half a year.

Song Huizong just briefly explained a few words, in fact, many things, the imperial court has a law, if there is no big problem, just operate according to the previous law.

The Imperial History of the Imperial History Observatory is listed, detailing the crimes of those officials, from Shaozai Wang Huang to Zhu Mian and a large number of officials.

Song Huizong only said one sentence, "Punish according to the law."

The three envoys were listed to report on the salt and iron revenue, fiscal revenue and government expenditure in the first half of the year.

Speaking of which,

The financial revenue of the Great Song Dynasty is still very high compared with other dynasties, such as the Ming Dynasty, the annual fiscal revenue is 20 million taels of silver, the Qing Dynasty can reach 80 million taels, and the peak of the Song Dynasty can reach 160 million taels, which is twice that of the Qing Dynasty and 8 times that of the Ming Dynasty.

Even in the current Song Huizong period, the annual financial income of the imperial court can reach about 110 million yuan.

But even so, it's still not enough to spend.

The annual deficit reaches about 10,000 yuan.

How did Lin Yi not have this money, Lin Yi was in the library, read a lot of relevant materials, plus the history books he had read, he could naturally simply analyze the reason why the money was not enough to spend.

The officials of the Great Song Dynasty summed up the financial problems by themselves, which are three redundant and three expenses, redundant soldiers, redundant officials, and redundant monks.

The finance of the Song Dynasty is mainly divided into three parts, palace finance, central finance and local finance, the palace finance is the emperor's internal money, the state allocates a part of the financial revenue to the emperor, and the emperor alone has the final say.

During the Song Dynasty, the proportion of domestic money was about %, that is to say, 100 million financial revenue, Song Huizong took 10,000, of course, this money he had to support the harem, the prince, and some other expenses of the royal family.

The central finance is the state finance, which involves all aspects of the country, including official expenditures, raising soldiers, fighting wars, paying annual coins, and so on.

Local finance is used as part of the tax revenue withheld by the local government as local construction expenditure.

Speaking of which,

In fact, Song Huizong was not short of money, his life was more nourishing than that of the emperors of all dynasties, and the local government was not short of money, and the most lacking of money was actually the state finance.

After listening to the report, Song Huizong nodded and said, "After the court meeting, Cai Jing, the three envoys, and the head of the household department stayed behind to discuss the matter of opening up the source of finance and reducing expenditure."

Cai Jing, the three envoys, and the head of the household should be listed together.

Song Huizong said again:

"The matter of open source needs to be discussed, but the matter of throttling can start from now, first, I have decided to stop the expansion of the royal garden, and now it will be finished, so that there will be 3 million left."

The ministers present were shocked.

His Majesty has changed his temperament, and even the royal garden has to be stopped.

"Second, the original plan to build dojos in the states will be cancelled, so that 6 million kan can be saved from the budget."

This article once again shocked the ministers.

"Third, all localities should be abolished by the bureau, and from now on stop collecting strange flowers and stones to cherish playthings, so that 10 million yuan can be saved every year."

The three envoys were overjoyed.

Song Huizong used 20 million less, then he was equivalent to spending 20 million less, which

The financial gap is gone, and he can relax a lot.

Song Huizong looked at Yu Shi Zhongcheng again, and said: "In order to prevent some people below from violating the law, the Yu Shi Tai sent people to strictly investigate in various places, and at the same time strictly investigate corruption, corruption and bribery in various places, especially the behavior of forcibly seizing people's land and property.

"Obey the order~!"

In the imperial history, Cheng came out and answered loudly.

agitated

Many righteous ministers were thrilled.

They have finally waited for this day.

Many officials automatically went out to bow and salute,

"Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty."

......

The internal affairs came to an end, and someone stepped forward and bowed down to report, "Seed Master Dao, Zhang Shuye, and Zong Ze are waiting outside the hall to see the driver."

"Xuan."

The three of them entered the hall together, bowed to Song Huizong, Lin Yi looked at the three of them, the seed master Dao was burly and majestic, although he was already in the age of the sixtieth year, his hair and sideburns were full of silver threads, but his body was tall and not old.

Zhang Shuye and Zong Ze are also about forty or fifty years old, and they are both upright.

Lin Yixin said,

In the future, we can train these people well to help the future.

Song Huizong encouraged them to work hard in the future and not to live up to their trust.

The pilgrimage ends.

Song Huizong called Cai Jing, the three envoys, and the household department Shangshu to discuss financial matters, and naturally called Lin Yi, and from this point the three of them once again felt how favored Lin Yi was.

And let's be honest,

Now Lin Yi's actual authority is not smaller than theirs.

In the past, Liang Shicheng was known as the "hidden phase", in fact, Liang Shicheng's biggest reliance was to write the holy decree to the emperor, and now Liang Shicheng was killed, and the work of writing the holy decree naturally fell to Lin Yi, and now Lin Yi is the first person to write the holy decree to Song Huizong.

Formally speaking, the Zhongshu Sheren is the genuine person, and the use of Liang Shicheng is Song Huizong's intention for convenience, in fact, he has messed up the rules of the court, and now this right is in the hands of Lin Yi, and many ministers agree with it in their hearts, because it is more regular.

As for whether Lin Yi will become another powerful minister, in fact, that is a matter later, at least many upright officials are very willing to see this result now, and Lin Yi is the champion, a literati leader-level figure, it is always easier to accept than a eunuch pressing on their heads.

Imperial

Summerhouse.

The breeze is gentle and the lotus leaves are in the fields.

Song Huizong, or Lin Yi called Cai Jing, the three envoys, and the three of them to come, not to discuss anything, but to announce some decisions to them.

Song Huizong sat cross-legged, the others stood beside him, Song Huizong said to the three envoys and the head of the household: "I have reduced the internal money, but there is always a place to use money, I have decided to open some royal trading business, and those businesses are ready to let Lin Qing be in charge, if Lin Qing finds you in the future, you must cooperate well."

The emperor made his own money to support himself.

How dare the two of them.

said some details for the two of them to leave, and looked at Cai Jing again, "Cai Xiang, do you have any opinion on my appointment as an imperial businessman?"

"The minister has no opinion."

"But I have an opinion about you."

Cai Jing's body shook.

I guess I'm going to be scolded again.

"You are openly implementing Wang Anshi's new policy, but it is different inside and outside, do you think I can't see it, this matter has always been in your responsibility, from now on, I want you to implement the new policy as it is, and you must not discount it, if you don't do it well, you Cai Jing is ready to say goodbye to the old man and return to his hometown, including you Cai and all the people you promoted, get out of here together."

Wang Anshi's New Deal,

Including the law of enriching the country, the law of strengthening the army, and the law of taking soldiers.

The laws of the rich country include the Green Seedling Law, the Conscription Law, the Fangtian Average Tax Law, the Farmland Water Conservancy Law, the City Easy Law, the Equal Loss Law, and so on.

The laws of strengthening the army include the law of protecting armor, protecting horses, the art of war, and the establishment of ordnance supervisors.

The main methods of selecting scholars are to reform the imperial examination system

degree, rectify Taixue, attach importance to the promotion and appointment of middle- and lower-level officials, and other specific measures.

Lin Yi has carefully studied Wang Anshi's reforms, which are considered to be good policies that are more in line with the conditions of this era, and Cai Jing is also a supporter of the changes.

The scripture is a good scripture, but it completely makes Cai Jing read crookedly.

Since it was Cai Jing's mess, Lin Yi naturally asked him to clean it up, with this worship skill, you have to listen if you don't listen, if you don't listen, you will break your oath, and if you don't listen, your heart will hurt and you will be thundered.

"The old minister will not live up to His Majesty's orders!"

Cai Jing bowed down with difficulty.

......

Afternoon

Lin Yi came to the Privy Council.

Tong Guan greeted the planter, and the planter knew that he could be transferred from the border army to Beijing to serve as the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, all because of the Lin scholar in front of him, so although he was old, he had a respectful attitude.

Gao Qiu and Zong Ze were also there, and it was Lin Yi who asked people to notify in advance and come over for a meeting together.

The topic of this chat is only one, to report on the situation of the army, and then find a way to carry out reforms, eliminate garbage and retain elite soldiers.

Lin Yi has seen history,

When the Jin State destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty, the Jin soldiers had about 300,000 regular cavalry, 100,000 regular infantry, and 500,000 reserves.

The Northern Song Dynasty had a regular forbidden army of one million and a reserve army of 1.5 million, but these soldiers were defeated at the first blow, and in the final analysis, they still had the will to fight.

elite soldiers,

What the Great Song Dynasty needed was not a large number of people, but elite soldiers, and eliminating redundant soldiers not only reduced expenses, but also improved combat effectiveness.

Speaking of this, the planter said, "I won't hide it from you, in fact, there is another reason for losing the war, that is, the arrears of military salaries are too serious."

"The border army is 500,000, dare to fight with the Western Xia, dare to fight with the Liao State, dare to fight with the Jin State, but you can receive half a year's salary, and half of the supply is considered good, because the salary and silver supply is insufficient, the army's morale will inevitably be weakened, and the food and clothing will not be warm, and the combat effectiveness will not be very high if the generals are corrupt and deducted."

Wars are fought for money.

This has never changed throughout the ages.

Even in modern society, if you don't have money, don't want to raise an army, don't want to send troops to fight.

At this time, Lin Yi said: "Your Majesty has ordered me to open an "Imperial Merchant", I am confident that I can earn a lot of money, even more than salt and iron tea, at most two years, I dare to guarantee that the imperial court will provide sufficient military expenses, of course, it also needs the cooperation of the army, and you will need to help one or two when the time comes."

Imperial Merchant.

The Emperor's Sale.

Naturally, a few people didn't dare to say a word.

"Your Majesty said that your next task is to integrate the army and build the forbidden army, the border army, and the box army into a more combat-effective army."

Several people got up together.

"By Your Majesty's will."

A lot of things, in the end, come together, and you will find that you need one thing to solve.

Money~!

Lin Yi had to sigh again.

Money is really a good thing, without it, the country is weak, the people are poor, life is hard, and everything is not clear.

So next.

Lin Yi is ready to start making money.

Now that the emperor is him, the prime minister, the household department, and the three divisions of the yamen have been opened, and several elders of the military have also been opened, and no one can stop him from making money.

evening

After the meeting, Lin Yi returned to the palace to resume his life.

At night

Song Huizong stayed in the harem overnight, tonight it was still the two beauties who were in charge of serving yesterday, yesterday for the first time unbearable whipping, today the recovery is almost the same, Lin Yi no longer spares effort, the torrential rain of direct killing, the river floods.

Following

On the outskirts of the city.

Lin Yi summoned more than 200 craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry, and these masters were in charge of an official, and Lin Yi asked these people to swear together, the first is to be loyal to His Majesty, and the second is not to leak out the technology.

Lin Yi's "this worship" came into effect.

Dozens of craftsmen were divided,

Lin Yi taught the "method of making white sugar", and the process of making white sugar was simple for these people, and these craftsmen rejoiced when they watched the brown sugar water turn white and make snow-white white sugar.

A craftsman said, "Brown sugar is cheap and white sugar is expensive, and with this method, you can at least triple the profit."

Then Lin Yi taught them how to make rock candy.

In fact, it is very simple, that is, put cotton thread in the white sugar water, and the temperature of the sugar water in the pot is always maintained at about 40 degrees, and it can condense strings of rock sugar in about a week, and this method is still used until the 80s.

Rock sugar is also very versatile, and it has a pure taste, it is one of the best sugars in the world, and it is also easier to transport.

......

The next step is to teach how to make snowflake salt.

This one is simpler,

Dozens of craftsmen were divided to teach the purification method, and these people produced several loads of snowflake salt in just one day.

Someone twisted a little salt and put it in his mouth, and immediately said happily: "This is the purest salt I have ever tasted, much better than green salt, but I didn't expect that with the method taught by adults, it can turn coarse salt into snowflake salt in an instant."

"The price of this snowflake salt is enough to sell several times that of coarse salt."

Lin Yi smiled, "The price of these snowflake salts will naturally increase, but I think that the price of coarse salt can be appropriately lowered, so that the people can eat salt, otherwise there is no salt and no strength."

"Your Excellency."

The third thing to be brought out is soap and soap-making techniques, but before making soap, Lin Yi first asked these craftsmen to make essence.

Spices have been used in ancient times, the use of the Great Song Dynasty has been very extensive, but the essential oil has not yet been studied, now is the flowering season, Lin Yi let people get a large number of spices and flowers, distillation to produce flavors, such as sandalwood, benzoin, rose, jasmine, acacia flower, camellia, orange peel, lemon and so on.

Get out the flavor,

Lin Yi also asked people to make distilled alcohol, which became a perfume after a simple mixture.

As for making soap,

It is to use lard, lime water, and lye to make soapy water after a few steps of chemical reaction, and then add different flavors, pour it into the abrasive to cool it to make beautiful soap, Lin Yi also deliberately added some colors to distinguish each fragrance.

When the craftsmen saw the beautiful and good-smelling soap, they liked it very much, and after testing, they found that these soaps were much easier to use than those soaps on the market, and the counterfeiting was much cheaper, and the cost was only one-fifth of the current soap.

Everyone knows that this one is definitely profitable.

Four products have now been identified.

sugar

snowflake salt,

Soap.

Perfume.

And that's not all,

Lin Yi took out something even more powerful.

Glass.

Is there glass in the Great Song Dynasty now?

Yes

Lin Yi saw a lot of glass products in the palace and the goods that robbed Cai Jing and Wang Hao, including plates, bowls, cups, bottles, etc.

But it is not called glass, but called glass, the color is not pure, many impurities, imported from the Western Regions, the price is very expensive, there is glass in the seven treasures of Buddhism, and the cultural relics unearthed in the Song Dynasty in later generations are mostly bottled with glass relics.

Even Song Huizong, Cai Jing, and Wang Hao got the glazed products, and they did not treat them as daily necessities, but as treasures to watch, and the preciousness of the glaze can be seen from here.

The glass that Lin Yi is preparing to produce is not only pure, transparent and beautiful, which can be made into glasses and bottles, but he is also preparing to produce glass mirrors.

He believes,

As soon as the mirror appears, it is definitely a big killer, and those who have money will rush to buy it.

After three days of arduous research and development, Lin Yi finally made the glass, and then he taught those palace people how to make various utensils, how to make mirrors, and plated a layer of silver foil behind the flat glass, and harvested a mirror.

When the craftsmen saw the silver mirror, there were many people

They were all frightened, "Oh my God, it's so clear, this is a baby."

I haven't been home for more than half a month.

Lin Yi let people load the car,

Bring a cart of samples back to Bianjing.

Lin Yi went home directly, Cui Niannu and Pan Jinlian hadn't seen Lin Yi for half a month, they all ran out to greet her, and Lin Yi smiled and took out the gifts.

"This is snowflake salt, we will eat this kind of salt in the future, this is rock sugar, you can taste it."

Several women pinched the rock candy and put it in their mouths, "Wow, this sweetness is so pure, it's delicious."

"It's nothing, look what it is."

Lin Yi took out a small box.

Inside the opening are small boxes, each box contains a piece of soap with a different scent, and each woman has a piece.

"The fragrance smells good, is this incense?"

"No, this is a bath soap, the foam is rich, the bath is cleaner, and it is good for the skin, it is fragrant and white after washing, Niannu, Linglong, Jinlian, Yinlian, you all bathe with soap tonight." Lin Yi said with a smile.

When the girls heard the meaning of the old man's words, they all blushed.

Lin Yi took out another box, inside which were small porcelain bottles, sealed with cork, "This is a perfume, a total of twelve fragrances, choose what you like."

Finally, Lin Yi took out two sets of glassware.

The women were amazed.

"It's such a beautiful glassware, I'm afraid this set is not less than one or two hundred, right?" Cui Niannu has seen good things, and he can see the extraordinary glassware at a glance.

Lin Yi smiled and didn't speak, he wouldn't tell the women that the cost of this set of things was only one hundred and ten yuan.

At last

Lin Yi took out a big killing weapon.

Glass mirrors.

When the women saw that their appearance in the mirror was so clear, they were all excited, "This mirror is so clear, it is really a treasure, it must be priceless."

Lin Yi took out six mirrors, each the size of a football ball, surrounded by tin flowers, with a bracket at the back, which looked very high-end.

Night

Several women waited for Lin Yi to bathe.

Naturally, it's a charming.

The next day,

Lin Yi came to the palace with the remaining samples, nominally to his majesty the emperor, and that night, Lin Yi and the doppelganger dolls exchanged and came to the harem with gifts to distribute to the queen and the concubines.

This night,

Lin Yi overnight at the palace.

I was fortunate to have two new beauties, and I have my own wonderful style.

The fact that Mr. Lin made many strange things quickly spread to the market, royal supplies are the best publicity, and many officials' family members are very curious about the rumored things, but Lin Yi is not in a hurry, it is estimated that it will be mass-produced in another month, and then it will be the time to make crazy money by selling special sales.