Zhao Jun had a bold idea.

In fact, he didn't expect that the harvest from going to sea this time would be so big.

In addition to so many crops that increased productivity, he actually brought back more than three million taels worth of gold and silver.

The Song Dynasty had very little silver, far from being like the Ming and Qing dynasties, which had more than a billion silver reserves.

Therefore, although the official quota is that 1 guan is equal to 1 tael of silver, since the official 1 guan is 770 Wen, it often takes more than 1,000 Wen to exchange for one tael of silver, so the actual proportion is higher.

That is to say, if these more than 3 million taels of silver are converted into Song Dynasty copper coins, they can be worth more than 5 million guan, which is equal to one-fifteenth of the financial revenue of the Great Song Dynasty last year.

It doesn't seem like much, and it cost more than one million yuan, and it took five years to earn more than five million yuan, which is equivalent to earning 800,000 yuan a year.

However, a city in Guangzhou only collected more than 1.5 million yuan in taxes a year after working tirelessly.

At present, those nobles of Jiangmen are probably paid more than 200,000 soldiers, and because the high-ranking soldiers and low-class soldiers are different, the average of 30 per person per year is 6 million in a year.

The problem is that these 6 million guan are not eaten by one family, but by the descendants of dozens of founding generals of the Great Song Dynasty, and it would be good to have tens of thousands of guan and hundreds of thousands of them in each family.

And the ocean profits can be much more profitable than this.

Zhao Jun didn't expect the ocean to be so profitable before, and from the perspective of the imperial court, he felt that crops such as sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes played a greater role.

But from the perspective of the people and others, the white silver and the yellow gold are the charming eyeballs.

If these people are fooled into going to sea, won't the problem be solved?

Therefore, Zhao Jun suddenly felt enlightened, and Chen Haizhong's ocean-going fleet came back, opening up a new idea for him.

Really.

In the new era of the later generations, under the situation of global saturation, the upward channel is blocked, the factory is screwed, and no matter how hard you try, you can at most be on par with your parents, and ordinary people will have no promotion channel at all.

But in such an era when the whole world is a blue ocean, Europe, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, North America, South America, Australia, and Africa have many opportunities to make a fortune.

Inside the Chongzheng Palace.

It was already completely dark outside.

Since noon today, everyone has been listening to Chen Haizhong talk about overseas affairs, and only now has they begun to talk about government affairs.

Zhao Jun looked around at everyone and told everyone that he had a new idea.

Yan Shu was curious: "Han Long, what do you think?" ”

"Actually, I haven't told you about it."

Zhao Jun looked at everyone and said: "Originally, I wanted to officially start solving the problem of three redundancies, but I was afraid that you would oppose it, so I pressed it first, but I didn't expect that I might be able to solve this problem easily." ”

"You mean."

Lu Yijian rolled his eyes anxiously, the scholars of the imperial court did not want to solve the problem of redundancy, otherwise no one would have raised it and found a solution.

It's just that they all know that the interest groups offended in this way are too big, so it has always been a thorny problem and difficult to deal with.

If it can be solved, of course it is the best.

Everyone looked at him curiously, only to see Zhao Jun take a long time to say: "That's the case, I originally planned to take a hard line against disarmament, eliminate officials, check the number of troops, and simplify the ranks of officials, but these problems are full of difficulties. ”

"You also know that the problem of three redundancies has always been a cancer rooted in the history of the Northern and Southern Song Dynasty for more than 300 years, which has deeply affected the lifeblood of the Northern and Southern Song Dynasty, seriously dragged down the imperial court finances, and became a heavy chain locked on the heads of the Song Dynasty court and the people of the Song Dynasty."

"If this problem is not solved, then in this era when the cake is not so easy to grow, it will only continue to bring burdens to the imperial court. Even if the cake has been made a little bigger by me now, if the three redundancies are not solved as soon as possible, it will slow down the pace of progress. ”

"For example, the current annual income of the imperial court is 70 million guan, of which 50 million guan has to pay for the military expenses of 1.2 million people, including money, horses, weapons and equipment, etc., then the money available to the imperial court is less than 20 million guan, and it has to be used to fill in redundant expenses and redundant officials."

"In that case, the imperial court will not be able to build canals and schools this year, and society will not be able to develop, and we will not be able to move forward. Even if I make the cake bigger and the fiscal revenue becomes 100 million next year, how much money can I use, how many canals can I build, and how many schools can I build? ”

"Therefore, you should also understand that only by solving the problem of three redundancies and reducing military spending and official spending can we have spare money to do other things, increase investment in education, economy, construction, scientific research, and so on, and only then can the country become better."

"I'm sure you agree with me on this point."

In the end, Zhao Jun looked at everyone and asked.

This is obviously a commonplace problem, no matter whether everyone agrees with it in their hearts or not, the truth is this truth, and there is no way to refute it.

So Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, Yan Shu, Fan Zhongyan and others also said: "Yes, that's the case. ”

"We naturally agree with you, but here's the problem, what can we do?"

"Let's talk about what you think."

The crowd said.

"Then let me talk about disarmament first, what difficulties will be encountered here."

Zhao Jun said: "The first difficulty is naturally that they, as vested interests, will definitely not give up this part of their interests easily. ”

"If these generals break the law, it's okay to say that everyone has someone to be a villain, such as Lao Fan, and they will be directly found guilty and dealt with, and this problem will naturally be solved."

"But"

He smiled bitterly and said: "You also know that this matter is actually the ancestor behavior of my grandson, a cup of wine to release the military power, and raise the generals like pigs, only when there is a war, they will be sent there, so that the generals do not know the soldiers and do not know the generals." ”

"This is the benefit that the imperial court completely gave them, and if the imperial court forcibly takes it away, it will obviously have a great impact on the royal family."

"It's not easy to solve the problem of a harem alone."

"So I've always been more cautious about this issue, and I haven't solved it for seven or eight years, mainly because there has been no particularly good solution."

"Before, I was planning to let them take a stake in some companies, or build steel factories together, build a corps and so on."

"But it's hard to see the benefits of these things in the short term, and they don't necessarily agree."

"But now the word"

Saying that, Zhao Jun looked at everyone, pointed in the direction of the door, and said with a slight smile: "Isn't the profit of this voyage rich?" ”

The founding generals of the Northern Song Dynasty don't seem to be very well-known, compared with Liu Bang, Li Shimin, and Zhu Yuanzhang, who were the founding heroes of the world, I am afraid that future generations will know at most one Cao Bin and one Pan Mei.

This Pan Mei is still here because of notoriety, and the rest of the people don't know who the characters are, except for those who specialize in history or Song history.

Are these people powerless?

Of course not.

In fact, in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, there were many powerful generals, such as Wang Xianqi, Shi Shouxin, Gao Huaide, Murong Yanzhao, etc.

So why is it not known in later generations?

Because Zhao Kuangyin inherited the Hou Zhou of Chai Rong, the first Ming monarch of the fifth generation, Zhou Shizong, and waited until this period to achieve a very strong national strength in the Later Zhou, and it was not difficult to eliminate the remaining separatist forces.

The second is Zhao Kuangyin's release of military power with a glass of wine, these founding generals retired quickly after almost no years of fighting, and they all became rich men.

As a result, the generals in the early Northern Song Dynasty were not well-known.

And Zhao Kuangyin's way to solve them is actually very simple, that is, to give them a luxurious life.

As a result, it was legal for the generals to do business, eat empty salaries, drink the blood of soldiers, occupy land, own farms, hold privileges, and even let hundreds or thousands of soldiers be slaves for them.

To put it simply, it means that the royal family acquiesced, or even connived at them, to do so.

Of course.

It's still easy for the royal family to turn their faces.

Acquiescence is acquiescence, once the imperial power wants to collect these things, it will be difficult for the generals who have already taken away the military power to resist.

But there is a little bit of embarrassment, the royal family of the Song Dynasty is actually very entangled with the noble generals.

For example, queens are often born in high-level military aristocratic families, only a very few are born in high-level civilian families, and there are only a handful of queens from civilian backgrounds.

In addition, although the honorable generals are not directly in charge of the army, the second and third generations often serve as middle and lower-level officers in the third division, and once the war starts, these people will be sent to the front line to lead the army to fight.

In the Northwest Army during the time of Renzong in history, most of the middle and lower-level officers, and even middle and high-level generals came from noble families, such as Cao Cong as Cao Binzi, Ge Huaimin as Ge Bazi, Gao Jixuan as Gao Qiongzi, Wang Kai as Wang Quanbin's great-grandson, Liu Hu as Liu Wen's proton and so on.

Although these people did not have direct military power in peacetime, they had a certain influence on the army, and the Song Dynasty royal family itself gave them great privileges, and they were deeply tied to their interests, so that the two sides were in a mutually beneficial situation.

Therefore, Zhao Juncai said that dealing with the problem of redundant troops is a knife to himself. As a last resort, he really didn't want to have a head-on conflict with Jiangmen Xungui, which would implicate too much and even his wife would be affected.

But these people control the army, let the soldiers of the army serve as slaves for them, and they also do business in the army, let the army help transport goods to the border to sell, and eat empty pay and drink the blood of soldiers, as if they have become the moth of the country.

The royal family of the Song Dynasty wanted to win them over to maintain the stability of their imperial power, but Zhao Jun also wanted to solve the problem of redundant troops and make the Great Song Dynasty stronger.

Although Zhao Jun wanted to solve this problem many times before, there was no particularly good way, especially if his wife's family was still involved, it was even more difficult to do.

After all, this matter is very acquiesced by the royal family, and the privileges given to them by the imperial court, it is easy to let this thing out, but it is difficult to take it back.

So Zhao Jun actually has a lot of headaches.

Including the selection of elite people, it was also to prevent accidents, and finally forced to clean up.

But I never expected that the profits brought back by Chen Haizhong were quite high.

And it has already set off waves in Bianliang, and it is estimated that by tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, the whole thing that Bianliang is talking about is the news that Chen Haizhong and they have found the new continent and brought back countless gold and silver.

This profit is much higher than eating empty salaries and drinking the blood of soldiers, not to mention that the powerful people themselves can also mobilize hundreds or thousands of soldiers to be slaves for them.

If you fool them, you can not only open up overseas, but also solve the three redundancies, which can be described as a good thing to kill two birds with one stone.

"What does Hanlong mean by officially opening up the Americas?"

Lu Yijian, as a supporter of the pioneers, was overjoyed. His younger brother is in business, so he is naturally more concerned about this matter, and the profit is too high.

"Wrong, I support the powerful and wealthy businessmen to open up, and I don't support the common people."

Zhao Jun shook his head: "The cost of development is still too high now, and it is impossible for ordinary people to afford it, only those who have a family background can go." ”

"I see."

Yan Shu suddenly realized: "If you go overseas once, the cost alone will be hundreds of thousands, and the imperial court can let those nobles unite the generals and help them go overseas to run the Americas at the cost of making them give up the interests of the army?" ”

"Exactly."

Zhao Jun approvingly: "With such a high profit, I don't believe they are not impressed." But they didn't have a nautical map, and they weren't familiar with the situation along the route. If they want this profit, they can only find Chen Haizhong, or they can find the surviving sailors, but how can these sailors be controlled by the imperial court? ”

"Hmm."

The crowd groaned.

Yan Shu pondered: "So this is an exchange of interests, the imperial court can let those sailors help them go overseas, but they must no longer eat empty salaries, no longer be responsible for arms sales, and no longer have a certain private army?" ”

Zhao Jun nodded and said, "Yes, if you want to get higher benefits, you naturally have to pay some price, otherwise why should the imperial court help you?" ”

Not surprisingly, tomorrow all Bianliang will know about it.

If the newspapers and Di Bao publicize it again, it is estimated that the entire Great Song Dynasty will soon know the news that Chen Haizhong brought back more than three million taels of silver.

If the imperial court pushes the flames a little more, and then sells the maps drawn, and by the way, allows those sailors who have already had one experience to act as guides, it is estimated that in recent years, the entire Great Song Dynasty will set off a craze for sailing to the sea.

But the difference between reality and ideal is very big, the ideal distance, everywhere gold and silver wealth, a boat, can make a poor boy become a rich man in an instant, directly across the class to complete the dream of life.

But the reality is that the coastline of more than 10,000 kilometers is not as dangerous as crossing the Pacific Ocean, but it is also difficult, and ordinary people simply do not have the ability and cost to do it.

The Generals and the wealthy merchants were different, they had the money, they could hire more ships, more sailors, and more goods.

Even if there is a risk on the road, if a rich man invests 500,000 yuan, hires more than 20 large ships, and more than 3,000 sailors, it will not be possible for these more than 20 large ships to be wiped out at the same time.

Even if only half of it goes to North America, the money brought back can make several times as much.

So it's still the same sentence, the rich man's ability to resist risks is much stronger than that of ordinary people, and this matter is for the imperial court, one can expand foreign trade and collect taxes and commercial taxes. Second, it can also expand the route and stabilize the route.

Last but not least, fooling the generals and nobles can also solve the problem of redundancy, liberate a large amount of fiscal expenditure, and relieve the pressure on the treasury.

With one stone, the court is going to make money.

I have a bold idea, last month, I updated an average of about 9,700 words per day, almost 10,000 a day, which caused me to have serious mental internal friction, and the plot was sometimes sparse, and the number of water words for the sake of the number of water words. So I thought I'd relax a little bit this month and polish the plot by the way. For example, yesterday there were 2 chapters of 8,000 words, and today it is 4,000 words, two changes in 15 days, and one change in 15 days. I've done the math, even if it's just 8,000 words and 4,000 words, it's 180,000 words a month. And it is impossible to maintain, often more than 8,000 words and 4,000 words, often 5,000-6,000 words a chapter, so even so, 200,000 words a month, an average of 7,000 words a day is more than enough.

Let me take a break, please.

(End of chapter)