Chapter 255: Rent increase

Zhao Yu said: "I am ready to adjust the total number of forbidden troops to one million, and the border army to 800,000. ”

Ouyang Dao: "Your Majesty and Weichen said so much, do you want to ......?"

Zhao Yu looked up at Ouyang's painful face and smiled, "Either Ouyang is a genius." The treasury does not have much money, and it will certainly not be able to support such a large-scale recruitment. I am ready to raise the commercial tax by 20% and a half. ”

Twenty and a half, Ouyang pinched his fingers again. The tax rate for military factories is now 30%. For example, 100 times, the cost is amazing. Originally, I paid 30 yuan, and 20% and a half of 30 yuan was to pay 37 and a half yuan, and my income was about one million yuan a year, and I relied on paying an extra 70,000 yuan in taxes. Ouyang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's not good for production." "Of course, the taxes are different for each line.

"Do you really think so?" Zhao Yu asked.

Ouyang nodded: "Your Majesty is honest, it is difficult for Weichen to accept, let alone businessmen." "After all, I am profiteering, and I use a box army worker.

Zhao Yu said: "If there are millions of troops, at most three years, they will definitely be able to destroy Liao and Jin, and the four seas will be peaceful, and then part of the forbidden army will be disarmed and turned into farmers, won't it be restored." ”

Ouyang Dao: "Your Majesty knows that Weichen will step down as chairman of the Chamber of Commerce this month, and there are some things that I really can't do. Due to time problems, all the North-South Chamber of Commerce is scheduled to be held in Yangping on the 15th of this month. If Your Majesty wishes to participate...... These people are all big businessmen, and if they agree, it will be more difficult for the people below to object. ”

"That's what I mean." Zhao Yu said: "Originally, I didn't need to be so troublesome, just an edict." But the contribution of the Chamber of Commerce is obvious to all, and this time the Dongting Lake Zhongxiang ***, the Chamber of Commerce contributed money and efforts, which is very good. ”

"Your Majesty." Ouyang Dao: "If Your Majesty wants to increase it by two and a half percent, you must first increase it by four percent to give everyone room to bargain." ”

"Well, listening to your words is still towards me." Zhao Yu said: "I don't want to be too alarming, the officials will take annual leave on the tenth day, and then set off." ”

"Yes!" Ouyang felt a little reckless.

"Emperor Wen of Sui has been flat for ten years." Zhao Yu said: "It has been almost ten years since I took the throne, and I have only leveled the Xixia family, and I am already very embarrassed. ”

Ouyang Dao: "It's different, when Your Majesty was the emperor, the treasury was empty, and he had to support the people and reside the border. There are no unscrupulous generals in the court, and there are no good horses in the army. Naturally, it's slower. Moreover, Emperor Wen of Sui is peaceful, and His Majesty is destroyed. ”

"Yes!" Zhao Yu nodded.

"Ahem!" The ninth father-in-law coughed lightly and brought the tea up, suggesting that the two were too close now, although it was because they were reading official documents, but they were already very rude.

"Sit down." Zhao Yu commanded.

Ouyang sat down to take the tea and asked, "Father-in-law, are you going to make tea or take a bath, so slowly?" ”

"This water is very particular." The Ninth Gonggong glanced at Ouyang with disdain.

Ouyang picked it up and took a sip, not feeling any difference. After another sip, I still don't feel it.

"Go on." Zhao Yu said: "This time you have made great achievements and have not made mistakes, if you can't explain it without a reward, what reward do you want?" ”

Ouyang thought for a long time and said, "Weichen doesn't know. "I don't lack anything.

"Think for yourself." This question is also quite a headache for Zhao Yu. Ouyang's dispatch is too small, and the official has reached the peak of the sixth grade. It is even more impossible to be knighted, how can there be a county magistrate.

"Otherwise, Your Majesty will invite Weichen to dinner." In modern times, it is very popular for friends to help each other and then have a meal, and it is very popular to thank each other and connect friendships.

"Eat? Too casual, right? Zhao Yu smiled and asked, "Why don't I give Master Li to you." ”

Ouyang Khan. The ninth prince coughed again, reminding Zhao Yu that he and his courtiers couldn't talk so casually.

"Then let's talk about it." Zhao Yu said: "You step down." ”

……

Zhang San asked, "My lord, won't the emperor leave you for lunch?" ”

"She said it was too casual to eat."

"Lord Ou." A palace maid said, "Princess Wanyanlan has invited Master Ou to come over and talk about it." ”

Ouyang said: "There is something for her to come to the post house tomorrow to find me." ”

"Yes!"

Li Si sneered when he saw the palace maid leaving: "I don't know what kind of fame I want to make." "Since the conspiracy was broken, Zhang San and the others have not been very welcome to Wan Yanlan. And Wan Yanlan has been under house arrest until now.

The next morning, Wan Yanlan came to the post house accompanied by two internal guards. When Ouyang first met Yan Lan, her skin was still relatively dark, and now she is very fair, a little too white, and there is no blood. Ouyang greeted: "Princess, please sit down, I don't know what the princess has to do when she comes to find the lower official?" ”

"I want to go back to Jinguo."

"Don't let her go back?" Ouyang asked.

The inner guard hugged his fists and said, "It's Ouchi's order." ”

"Yes, what's so good about Jinguo, it's not good to eat or wear warm, here, you can pick up brocade clothes and satin, and you can eat delicacies from the mountains and seas." Ouyang said: "It's not good to go back to Jinguo and accidentally give away your life." ”

Wan Yanlan looked at Ouyang and said: "In our past friendship, you talk to the emperor and let me go back." ”

"This ...... Actually, you are a little misunderstood. Ouyang *** fingers.

"What misunderstanding?"

Ouyang said apologetically: "It was I who told the emperor not to let you go back to Jinguo, and it happened to be based on our past friendship." ”

"You ......" Yan Lan couldn't say a word.

Ouyang Dao: "Don't blame me, you are the real chief of the second Jurchen tribe, you can fight well, you know the internal structure of the Great Song Dynasty, and you have been wandering for a few years, and I am not sure what information you know." So you can't go back to Jinguo. ”

"Why are you willing to let me go?"

Ouyang thought about it and said, "It's basically impossible." You may not be clear about your own situation, but at least I won't let go of a person who will become an enemy. When the Kingdom of Jin does not exist, I will definitely persuade the emperor to let you go back. ”

"Humph!" After Yan Lan turned around and left.

Ouyang grabbed an internal guard and said, "Be kind to her, and meet any requirements as much as possible." Be especially careful, this woman has some means, don't let her run away. ”

The inner guard clenched his fists: "Don't worry, my lord." ”

……

Ouyang visited Taixuzi in Tokyo, and in the past year, under his guidance, Li Gang's decree has been relatively easy to implement, and there are also some ministers who support Li Gang. went to visit Xiaoqing again, and Xiaoqing married a champion. This champion Ouyang knew that he was a very talented young man. But after chatting with this champion, Ouyang felt that it was a very correct choice not to do the errand of the horse at that time.

What is a colt? Everyone knows it, but many people don't know that a colt is actually an official position. His full name is Captain Tsuma. It's a fictitious position.,As a rule, don't send horses.,Although it sounds very majestic.,It's actually an otaku.,To accompany his wife.。 If you have nothing to do, you have to accompany your wife to visit the prince or something, which is a rather boring position.

Ouyang saw that the colt's mental state was not very good, and he was absent-minded about everything. I usually write calligraphy and painting by myself to relieve boredom. Unlike any TV series, the princess can manage officials, and even if she is unhappy, she can directly kill officials. In fact, the princess has no right to change officials, and if she says too much, she will be impeached. Princess Zhao Yu was treated relatively well when she was a child, just like no one dares to disobey Song Huizong now, there are certain *** factors. The princess has nothing to do, and the concubine is even more fine, eating and drinking well every day and waiting for death, because the concubine belongs to the internal officials and cannot interfere in the government affairs. Ouyang sighed, a good young man who originally made great achievements was ruined like this, and he loved to be the champion. Should!

Xiaoqing is still very enthusiastic about Ouyang, she is now the child's mother. The colts, whether they wanted to or not, came to accompany them. While chatting, Ouyang knew why this colt was so miserable. Because Xiao Qinglao compared himself with his man, saying what Ouyang did today, what will he do tomorrow. It's all big deals. Look at the unpromising one next to you, they are all champions, why is the gap so big? It's really boring for such a man to live.

Then I went to see Wang Wenqing, and every time I came to Tokyo, I wanted to pay homage to the soldiers who died on the Silk Road. Ouyang had no choice but not to visit any Beijing officials.

On December 11, Zhao Yu set off. This time it was very simple, he brought eight capable internal guards and two palace maids, and even the ninth father-in-law was not accompanied. However, in the area of Kamiya and Yopei, the Tokyo Forbidden Army was stationed in case of an emergency. Zhao Yu didn't want too many people to know his whereabouts, so he rode in the passenger carriage of Yangping Logistics, and Neiwei and Ouyang and others followed on horseback. Until arriving in Yangping on the morning of the 14th, Ouyang arranged to stay at the Jinzun Hotel. Although Zhen Niang didn't see Zhao Yu and didn't know what the guest was, she saw that Ouyang was so respectful, and it was obviously not small, so she ordered someone to entertain her carefully.

Zhen Niang pulled Ouyang and asked, "Who!" ”

Ouyang replied, "You won't want to know. "Zhao Yu has never been good when he came to Yangping, and the first time he watched the sports meeting, it led to a conflict between the government and the forbidden army. The second time was the sinking case, and the third time was to raise taxes.

After Ouyang settled Zhao Yu, he didn't go home, and immediately went to the headquarters of Yangping Qianzhuang in Baiyun District. Everyone had read the newspaper and knew that Ouyang had already returned from Dongting Lake, so it was not surprising to see it, and they all politely congratulated him. Ouyang was polite while finding Su Qian, who was working on the sixth floor of Qianzhuang.

"Your Excellency?" Su Qian hurriedly instructed the secretary: "Go and fetch a basin of water for the adults to wash." "It doesn't seem like a good thing to be in such a hurry to find yourself in dust.

Ouyang washed his face, took a sip of tea and whispered: "The landlord is here, and now he is in Jinzun." ”

"......" Su Qian took a breath of cold air and asked, "It won't be for tomorrow's meeting, right?" ”

"Well, it's because of tomorrow's meeting, the landlord will increase the rent."

"......" Su Qianhan asked, "How much do you add?" ”

"Twenty into five of the original rent."

"If she can come in person, even if she adds eighty percent, no one dares not agree." Su Qian smiled bitterly.

Ouyang said: "Yes! I'll discuss with you if you can get some benefits back, otherwise even if we don't care, the people below will definitely be dissatisfied. ”

Su Qian asked, "What are you doing with the rent increase?" ”

"Recruit and fight."

"En......" Su Qian said: "In this way, if you want to add it, it is not impossible, but the land that has been beaten down must be exempted from tax for at least five years, after all, we can sell our things as soon as we fight, and if we can't hold it, we will hold a meeting and add the rent to the price of the commodity." ”

"Okay, you can talk to everyone." Ouyang said: "It's better to communicate these things first, but don't let everyone know that the landlord is coming." Everyone must be surprised when they show up tomorrow, or they will blame me for being too talkative. ”

Su Qian sighed: "I just hope that she will come safely and leave safely." ”

"Same!"

……

In the afternoon, Ouyang went to see Zhao Yu, Zhao Yu lived in a single courtyard, there was a mountain spring leading down a small pond, and the environment was elegant. When I went in, I saw Hu Wansan, Shopkeeper Wang, and Myolie Wu chatting with Zhao Yu. Ouyang asked, "What's the situation?" ”

"Shopkeeper Hu's daughter heard that adults have friends coming, so she specially brought her father and Shopkeeper Wang to get acquainted." The guard replied in a whisper.

Getting acquainted with a fart, Ouyang learned from Su Qian that Myolie Wu has been jumping up and down to promote insurance in the past few days. Everyone also gave Hu Wansan a lot of face, and bought a few copies. In particular, the Dongting Lake Uprising incident gave Myolie Wu more sales market.

Zhao Yu saw that Ouyang also came, pointed to the position beside him and said, "Ouyang, come and sit." ”

"Your Excellency!" The two shopkeepers stood up politely, and Hu Wansan said: "I heard that the adults have returned triumphantly, congratulations." ”

Ouyang said politely: "Let everyone wait for me for fifteen more days, I am ashamed." ”

Hu Wansan said: "What a shame, adults are for the country and the people, how can we be compared to businessmen and the like." Adults and friends said well, the country is stable, and everyone can do business better. ”

The shopkeeper Wang said: "Yes! Yu Niang said it well. Nearly 100 years after the founding of the Song Dynasty, Liao and Western Xia have always looked down on our Great Song Dynasty. Now that our Song Dynasty is rich and powerful, it is natural to solve this problem once and for all. Not to mention donating some money, even if Wang doesn't make money for three years, he will not hesitate to do so. ”

"Shopkeeper Wang, can you think about it?" Ouyang Khan, don't talk nonsense, this person is here to increase the rent.

Zhao Yu pulled Ouyang sleeves and sat beside him, and said to him: "Look at the king's shopkeeper Hu Zhang's shopkeeper really has the blood and bones of my Han people." Ouyang, I also think what you proposed last time was very good. ”

"What a proposal."

Zhao Yu stretched out four fingers and picked up the cup and took a sip of tea, smiling and not speaking. It's really the right place, the merchant is so patriotic, if he raises forty percent, he can have a forbidden army of 1.2 million, and a forbidden army equipped with firearms, and he can easily sweep Jinliao.

"A gentleman's word, the horse is difficult to chase." Ouyang said busily, forty percent of the pressure, I'm afraid that prices will rise sharply. Businessmen don't take such pressure, but pass it on to consumers. Zhao Yu doesn't understand the economy at all, even if you raise the price tenfold, the victim will not be the person who controls the circulation of goods. Prices are rising, but wages are not rising, and these people consume part of the market energy. Since the government has raised the price of grain, it will not be able to increase the price increase, so the peasants have also digested some of the upward pressure. Part of the pressure is also passed on to the market depression index.

Low-level personnel are a buffer against rising prices. They can only save money to get by, and they can only buy half a catty of pork, or they don't buy it, which will promote economic depression, lead to layoffs, and increase unemployment gradually fall into a vicious circle.

Zhao Yu smiled: "I am a woman, not a gentleman." By the way, I also bought an insurance policy with Sister Hu, you can help me take a look. ”

Accident Insurance...... Ouyang wiped his sweat, Zhao Yu had an accident, is it good to call usurpation. The maximum sum insured is 3,000. Ouyang Jue has the responsibility to talk to Zhao Yu about this issue. If it's two out of five, the businessman can sacrifice to digest some. But most of the forty percent must be borne by the low-level people. Ouyang said: "If the three of you have something, let's go and get busy first." ”

Myolie Wu was very ignorant and said, "I'm fine." ”

Shopkeeper Wang stood up and said, "There is indeed something to do, don't forget to accompany me to a place in the afternoon." ”

Zhao Yu shook his head: "Ouyang, how can you be so eager to make friends, besides, I want to know more." The king's shopkeeper sits. Don't be surprised, Ouyang is like this, he loves face, for fear that I will say the wrong thing. ”

Hu Wansan suddenly said: "It turns out that you are an adult......"

"It's not!" Ouyang said busily.

The shopkeeper Wang looked at Ouyang, Ouyang crossed his fingers with both hands and typed the word Wang, the shopkeeper Wang pointed lightly, and Ouyang nodded heavily. Ouyang was in favor of fighting against Jin Liao, but Ouyang was opposed to sacrificing the economy and productive forces to fight against Liao. Zhao Yu saw Ouyang's small movements and said dissatisfied: "Ouyang, what are you doing?" ”

Ouyang shook his hand: "Finger cramps." ”

Zhao Yu ignored Ouyang Dao: "Shopkeeper Wang, sit!" ”

Shopkeeper Wang nodded hurriedly and sat down, he knew Zhao Yu's identity, but he couldn't see through what Zhao Yu and Ouyang were playing. Cold sweat came out for a while. If you don't say a word well here, you may get into big trouble. Seeing this, Ouyang hurriedly said: "Shopkeeper Wang, I heard in Beijing this time that the imperial court is interested in raising the commercial tax by 40% on the original basis, I don't know what you think?" ”

After thinking for a while, the shopkeeper Wang said, "I'm afraid that something is wrong, and it may lead to the economic recession that adults say." ”

Zhao Yu said: "Ouyang, didn't you say that the imperial court raised taxes in order to quickly take down Jin Liao?" The court is fighting smoothly, there is a lot of territory, and the merchants are also making money. ”

"Well...... That jade lady. Ouyang patiently explained: "The money earned by the merchants is driven by the prosperity of the occupied territories, and has little to do with the mainland. Because prices in the mainland are rising, there will be places where prices are lower......"

Zhao Yu interrupted and asked: "What's wrong with a battle that has been fought for five or even ten years, and it will be resolved within two years?" ”

"War is consumption, and if it is properly allocated and keeps fighting, the domestic economy will remain prosperous, and even grow because of war. But if the economy is overdrawn, it may trigger a multi-point chain at one point, leading to five or even ten years of weakness. ”

Zhao Yu said in a deep voice: "Do you mean that you would rather use the blood of the soldiers to increase the prosperity of the country than sacrifice prosperity and die fewer people and end it early?" ”

Ouyang Yileng, this is indeed a problem. However, it seems that these issues are considered by the people. Just as the U.S. military fights wars everywhere, anti-war is the business of some people, and a war can withstand an economic crisis, increase the number of jobs, and increase the sales of surplus goods. It seems that politicians should put increasing employment and economic development at the top of their list. If you want a long-term war, you want the economy to develop for a long time without overdrawing your social and economic prosperity.

Ouyang was still pondering, and the shopkeeper Wang spoke: "Yu Niang is right. ”

Don't pay attention, but don't pay attention to what? Before Ouyang could think clearly, Hu Wansan spoke: "Since ancient times, there have been clouds, and forgetting to fight will be dangerous." For example, the Liao people are against the Jurchens, even if there are millions of troops, they can't help the Jurchens. The current forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty is all fought. The strength of Emperor Wen of Sui's army is well known to the world. But in less than 20 years, the quality of the four seas has declined sharply. I agree with the adults that you should not rush into battle. ”