What a terrible thing that production and taxes are not proportional!

It's like a common man who can only produce ten dollars a year, but he has to pay ten consistent taxes...... How can the people not rebel and run away from all the other taxes?

Lu Yijian didn't wait for him to finish speaking, then retorted: "But the imperial court spends so much every year, is it a tax cut?" How can you afford to raise so many troops and officials, and ...... Those consume. ”

The annual military expenses and salaries, plus the clan, and various sacrifices...... These are bottomless pits, and no matter how much money you have, you can't fill them.

Lu Yijian sighed: "The old man also wants to cut taxes, and His Majesty also wants to, but the court can't move, and it will disperse as soon as it moves......"

He shook his head and walked out of the main hall first.

The sun was good, Ouyang Xiu sniffed, and then sneezed.

"How much of those expenses can be reduced......

"Wang Xiang!"

As soon as Wang Zhen started, Lu Yijian stopped him with a cold face.

Is it possible to say such things?

Wang Zhen also felt that something was wrong, and glanced at Lu Yijian lightly and stopped talking.

In order not to be said to be bullying the elderly, Lu Yijian held back his anger and said: "The army has no money and food to rebel, and the officials will make mistakes if they have no salary, and the clan ...... They will isolate His Majesty, as for the rest of the cost...... That was Da Song's face. ”

It is indeed the face of sacrificing heaven and earth, but the face of the Great Song Dynasty is so valuable that Wang Yaochen wants to be angry, and the three divisions want to roar.

Since the beginning of spring, the three divisions have been busy, and Wang Yaochen has not had time to take care of other things.

After returning to the political hall, Wang Yaochen picked up the pen and wrote a few words hard, and then got up and went out.

"The old man is not here today, he is going to the third division ......"

The one who can say that absenteeism is so straightforward and fresh is probably Wang Yaochen.

Because he didn't go to the third division at all, but turned around and went to the Qin family when he left the palace gate, all the way to Sweet Water Lane, he saw that the Qin family was full of people outside, so he shouted: "Get out of the way!" ”

When everyone turned around, they all avoided it when they saw that it was his old man, and then laughed and said good things.

"It's hard for Wang Xianggong to go out today......"

"Wang Xianggong, the villain just wants to see Qin Langjun, if he can't, the housekeeper will also be."

"The villain was a ghost a while ago, and he only asked Qin Langjun for forgiveness......"

“……”

Some time ago, these merchants thought that the Liao people would get the recipe for spirits, so they went to pick up the stinky feet. Now that the Liao envoy has been defeated and lost, your country in a hurry is probably going to be unlucky.

Liao made the unlucky merchants very happy, but Qin made them go crazy in order to cut off the supply.

This is revenge!

But they had no room to resist but to beg for mercy.

Wang Yaochen went over and knocked on the door, the door opened, Lin Xiaobei had anger on his face, and thought it was those annoying businessmen again, and when he saw him wearing an official uniform, he asked, "Who are you?" ”

"Killed?"

He was exuding a cold meaning all over his body, and Wang Yaochen asked subconsciously.

"I've seen the ...... of the Maharaja"

Sun Haomin also followed closely and said with a smile: "Why do you have time to come over, please come in, Lang Jun is updating in the study, the villain is going to call ......"

"No need, the old man will go by himself."

When Wang Yaochen arrived outside the study, he saw Zhao Yunrang and Pang Shiying standing quietly behind Qin Wei, Di Qing pretended not to care, but he tiptoed to look at it from time to time.

They were all watching Qin Wei write.

"Prince."

There was an old manuscript on the side, Wang Yaochen thought it was an article, and he couldn't help but rejoice in his heart, feeling that Qin Wei finally knew how to make progress.

"It's good to write an article......"

He casually pulled out a piece of paper and looked at it, and it turned out that he happened to see some girl in front of him......

"Who knew that this daughter-in-law had a natural interest, and once a man was beaten, she ......"

Qin Wei was stunned when he heard this, and he said innocently: "Prince, this is a paragraph, it's just a paragraph!" ”

Wang Yaochen's eyes showed a fierce light, and the blood vessels on his neck bulged out.

Big things are not good!

With a swish, Qin Wei ran away as soon as he slipped through the smoke, and Wang Yaochen's hatred of iron and steel came from behind him: "Obscene words and profanity are unsightly, unsightly!" ”

Then he chased after him.

Pang Shiying didn't persuade him, but familiarly found a bottle of wine in a cabinet. After turning around, Zhao Yunrang happened to find a bag of dried fruits in another cabinet.

Pour the wine and peel the dried fruit......

Zhao Yunrang took a sip of wine and said with a sigh: "Did your father allow you to drink?" ”

Pang Shiying shook her head and said dejectedly: "My father didn't say it, but my mother didn't allow it." ”

"My mother is not allowed either, saying that so-and-so is not in good health and can't drink now. It's just that my father sometimes gives wine to drink, and my mother just says a few words. ”

The two drank slowly, and Zhao Yunrang suddenly asked, "Why did you say the prince came?" ”

Pang Shiying looked like he was begging for a beating with a Zhizhu in his hand, and said in a sneering voice: "Mr. Today's performance in the court is too intense, and the prince must have come for this." ”

The Qin family jumped for a while, and Qin Wei, who was slapped with a bag on his head, came back dejected.

Lao Wang followed up angrily, but Pang Shiying quietly put the first chapter in his hand.

"What is this?"

A good song resonated with Wang Yaochen, and he couldn't help but look down.

Maharaja......

I don't know how long it took, Bao Zheng heard the housekeeper's call, so he looked up and saw Qin Wei and the three of them sitting opposite each other dozing off.

"Bao Gong...... Time to eat. ”

After dinner, Bao Zheng and Qin Wei took a walk in the courtyard.

"Your recital is ordinary, but the Queen Mother just woke up, and when Your Majesty is happy at this moment, your recital is a disappointment. But the wealth of the Great Song Dynasty is a headache! ”

Wang Zhen has been the third envoy for many years, and the finances of the Great Song Dynasty are indeed very nerve-wracking.

While rubbing his temples, he said: "But you mentioned that the border people ran to the Liao people's side, this is to stab Your Majesty and the courtiers in the heart, no wonder everyone is annoyed." Moreover, most of the benefits of those redundant officials and redundant expenses have been obtained by the officials and clans, how can they admit it? ”

"It's too much."

There will be inequality in any era, and good times will reduce this injustice, or make the cake bigger, so that more people can also get some benefits.

This is the prosperous age!

But the Great Song Dynasty is now in crisis everywhere, and the prosperous era is ...... Let's!

Feed a city with the power of a country, and feed those powerful officials with the world's financial resources.

Don't want this kind of prosperity!

Qin Wei frowned and said: "Prince, the royal family has always been the only one, but our royal family of the Great Song Dynasty is in a group with the officials and magnates, and all the benefits are given to them, but where do the benefits come from?" ”

He was a little angry, "Those who are subordinate to the hundred officials are afraid that they will be insufficient; Whoever takes wealth from all the peoples, he does not leave anything surplus. This is fishing with all his might, and the purpose is just to support the officials and magnates, and if there is no change, the Great Song Dynasty will be finished! ”

Wang Yaochen looked at the night sky with his hands in his hands, "The redundant officials and redundant expenses all started from the time of the first emperor, and he spent countless times to seal Zen three times, and the suburban sacrifice is even more ...... The children of the officials who returned Enmeng...... Ay! This Great Song Dynasty, the old man became the third envoy to know that the rot inside was unchanged...... The old man is afraid that he will not be able to see the future of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

He turned around and looked at Qin Wei, and said with a blazing gaze: "But these can't be dropped all at once." What is the difference between the big Song at the moment? Money and food! What can you do? ”

The melodious sound of Liu Shuwan's piano came from the backyard, accompanied by the sparse stars in the night sky, which made people want to immerse themselves in this moment and didn't want to think.

"Trade!"

"Trade?"

Wang Yaochen said: "The old man has seen it in the three divisions, and I remember that the annual income of the three divisions of the Great Song Dynasty is about 600,000 yuan, which is very considerable. ”

The first three divisions refer to the institutions of the DPRK and China, and the three divisions in the back refer to: Guangzhou, Hangzhou, and Mingzhou, the three foreign trade divisions, collectively referred to as the three divisions.

These three ports open to the outside world can earn huge profits for the Great Song Dynasty every year and fill the precarious finances.

Qin Wei smiled and said, "Prince, trade ...... There are many kinds, but the current one in the Great Song Dynasty is not good. ”

……

Since the Western Han Dynasty, the Central Plains Dynasty has a long history of foreign trade.

For example, the famous Silk Road, which was the earliest trade route, and in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, the state declined, and without a strong fist, the trade route was inevitable.

As a result, the trade routes on land were blocked, and maritime merchants began to appear.

After Zhao Guangyi destroyed the Southern Han Dynasty, the first thing he did was to open Guangzhou as a port for foreign trade and set up a city shipping department, which was the beginning of the foreign trade of the Great Song Dynasty.

By now, the money earned from maritime trade has become an indispensable financial income for the Great Song Dynasty.

But the Great Song Dynasty now mainly summoned foreign merchants to come to local trade, that is, export...... However, the proportion of domestic trade abroad is not large.

The sea ships of the Great Song Dynasty were actually not bad, but the trade routes were controlled by foreign merchants, and the profits would be exploited...... Qin Wei has long had an opinion on this, but Zhao Zhen is the emperor, and he can't implement many ideas.

"I can do it again over there."

Qin Wei said confidently: "There are many countries overseas, but many countries do not allow the maritime merchants of the Great Song Dynasty to trade, and only allow their own families to transport goods, doesn't the prince think this is unfair?" ”

"What do you want?"

Wang Yaochen is still calm.

He is not as good as Wang Zhen and Lu Yijian, although he is also Zaifu, he is also the third envoy, and many things must be handled carefully and properly.

Qin Wei said: "For example, Bomai, this is good, but there is no encouragement. ”

The foreign trade method of the Great Song Dynasty is very simple: you deliver the goods, extract them first, and then the official valuation of the Great Song Dynasty buys them, and the matter is over, and as for the goods bought by the official, they will be sold to the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty.

In fact, the foreign trade system after the Ming Dynasty was implemented on this basis, and this model was very profitable, but it was built on the basis of exploiting domestic merchants.

But Qin Wei's idea was to draw a salary from the bottom of the kettle: "Why did they sell goods and bring the goods of the Great Song Dynasty back to sell?" This meat was eaten by them, but Da Song just drank soup, which is not fair! ”

His voice was very excited, but Wang Yaochen suddenly shuddered and asked, "Do you want to drive away all those foreign merchants?" ”

Qin Wei looked at him in surprise and said, "Isn't this right? If you have money to earn yourself, why give it to greedy foreign merchants? What's more, they have already earned enough on my Da Song. ”

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