"Lu Dafang actually recommended me as the right man of Shangshu!"

In Fan Fuzhong, Fan Chunli couldn't help but stay there when he heard the news, and he didn't dare to accept the news.

Because of Fan Zheng, a rebel, he was almost intolerable to the old party, but he never thought that Lu Dafang would actually nominate himself as Shangshu Youcheng! That's one of the three prime ministers.

"The master is going to enter the court!"

Ma said with a look of ecstasy and walked around excitedly.

Any woman wants her husband to be able to worship the prime minister! Ma is no exception, and now this opportunity has finally arrived.

However, Fan Zheng was not the slightest bit happy, but snorted coldly: "Mother really thinks that Lu Dafang really kindly recommended my father, he saw that he couldn't suppress me, so he just pushed the boat down the river to do a personal favor!" Even if there is no recommendation from Lu Dafang, with his father's political achievements, it is a sure thing to enter the court! Fan Zheng snorted coldly.

Based on Fan Chunli's political achievements in Bozhou and Kaifeng Mansion, which local official in the world can be compared, and it is a sure thing to enter the court in the future! This was originally the road that Fan Zheng paved for his father, but now he was caught off guard by Lu Dafang's recommendation.

Ma Shi glanced at Fan Zheng and said: "It's a good thing for the master to enter the court, after all, you, a leather monkey, have repeatedly caused trouble, and the master can just discipline you and save you from causing trouble everywhere!" ”

For Fan Zheng, Ma Shi hated it so much, Fan Zheng loved evil prescriptions, and always made a lot of noise, and now with Fan Chunli as the prime minister, he can also support Fan Zheng.

Li Qingzhao on the side hugged her already pregnant belly, and couldn't help covering her mouth and snickering, obviously agreeing with her mother-in-law's words.

Fan Zheng couldn't help but turn dark, and snorted coldly: "Father, don't think it's a good thing to enter the court at this moment, according to the news that the child got from controlling the Royal Bank, the deficit crisis of the imperial court is quite serious!" ”

"Deficit crisis!" Fan Chunli's face suddenly changed.

If he serves as the right man of Shangshu, then this errand will probably fall on his head.

"What is a deficit crisis?" Li Qingzhao was puzzled.

Fan Zheng explained: "The household department has to spend a batch of money every year, and at the same time will also collect a batch of money, if the annual expenditure of the household is greater than the difference in income, it is usually outlined with a red pen, so it is called a deficit, usually this number is not too big, and the tax in the coming year will be made up, but now the Great Song Dynasty has been fighting year after year, the domestic law is constantly changing, and the amount of deficit is getting bigger and bigger. ”

"Is that so?" Ma Shi couldn't help but exclaim, looking at her husband worriedly, she originally thought that it was a good thing for Fan Chunli to worship the prime minister, if the deficit crisis kept expanding, I am afraid that Fan Chunli would not be good!

Fan Chunli couldn't help frowning and said: "The expenses of the court and the central government have been too big in recent years, and it is time to cut expenses and maintain people's livelihood." ”

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "Now that the Great Song Dynasty has won great victories against the outside world, and the morale of the officials and hundreds of officials is flourishing, it is impossible to stop, otherwise it will only make the Great Song Dynasty return to the point where it was slaughtered by others." ”

Now that the Great Song Dynasty is suppressing Liaoxia and is famous all over the world, the momentum is very good, I am afraid that no one wants to return to the previous situation of being bullied.

Fan Chunli couldn't help but sigh, he knew that what Fan Zheng said was true, and now the Great Song Dynasty has won great victories one after another, not to mention the new party, even the old party has also changed greatly, after all, who doesn't want to complete the great cause of destroying Western Xia and recovering the sixteen states of Yanyun.

"Furthermore, the official family appointed my father as Shangshu Youcheng, with the help of my father's experience in governing the local government, so that the government and China would greatly increase taxes and reduce the deficit, rather than letting my father block the pace of the Great Song Dynasty to dominate the world!" Fan Zheng hit the nail on the head.

Fan Chunli suddenly fell silent, and he had to take one step at a time for the future.

……………………

"Passing on the will of the official family, promoting Fan Chunli, the prefect of Kaifeng, to be the right ,..................。 of Shangshu"

In the vertical arch hall, hundreds of officials gathered, Zhao Xu sat on the dragon chair, and Yang Jian, a close attendant, read out Fan Chunli's appointment loudly!

"Shangshu Youcheng!"

Baiguan suddenly cast envious and gloating eyes.

Shang Shu Youcheng is one of the prime ministers, and it is an achievement that many officials can not reach in their lifetime, but this Shang Shu Youcheng is not so easy to do, and now the deficit crisis in the DPRK is well known, if Fan Chunli cannot solve the crisis in the DPRK, it is very likely that he will be blamed for it.

Fan Chunli's face hesitated, and finally nodded and said, "Weichen takes the order!" ”

"I hope Fan Aiqing will not live up to my trust and serve the imperial court." Zhao Xu nodded with satisfaction.

"The minister will definitely do his best!" Fan Chunli solemnly promised.

"Congratulations to Fan Xianggong!"

Baiguan's face was complicated, since Fan Chunren stepped down, there is another person in the Fan family who is in the position of ruler, not to mention that Fan Chunli's son Fan Zheng is the future candidate for slaughter.

Coupled with Fan Zhongyan a few decades ago, the Fan family is one of the four prime ministers, and it will definitely become a beautiful talk.

"Please also ask for your help!" Fan Chunli replied.

After the ceremony of worshipping the prime minister, Fan Chunli returned to the political hall and sat on the right side of Shangshu.

"Someone!" Fan Chunli shouted.

"What do you command?" Soon, an official pushed the door open and said respectfully.

"Immediately send all the situation of the imperial court deficit and the expenditure of the last few years!" At that moment, Fan Chunli commanded.

"Yes! Lord Xianggong! ”

The lower officials received orders one after another, and soon, the expenditure account books of the court were soon placed in front of Fan Chunli's case.

"Officials' retirement expenses! Military spending! Officials! Repay the national debt! Compulsory education in the city! Disaster relief! Always close the position! ………………”

Looking at the huge amount of expenses, Fan Chunli suddenly felt like a mountain pressing down, such a huge expenditure was unimaginable before, but now it is sparse and ordinary.

In addition to the huge expenses of the imperial court, it is not without good news.

Now the Great Song Dynasty has abolished the annual coin, which can save 500,000 yuan of annual coins every year, coupled with the implementation of apportionment into the mu, the tax on the fields in the world has directly increased by more than 30%, plus the income of the Maritime Silk Road, the profits handed over by the Royal Bank, the annual tax of the Great Song Dynasty has increased significantly compared with the Yuan Yu period, but it is still not enough to fill the big hole of continuous foreign wars.

The Great Song Dynasty has won consecutive battles with foreign countries, and the situation is very good, but the price is that the Great Song Dynasty spends money like water, and the huge deficit is shocking.

"You can't go on, otherwise the Great Song Dynasty has not recovered the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, and he will definitely fall into collapse."

In the political affairs hall, Fan Chunli said with a solemn face, behind the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty, the price paid is not good, if the hidden dangers cannot be solved, it will definitely cause a catastrophe in the future.

Zhang Dian objected: "Although the Great Song Dynasty has a deficit, it has not reached the worst point, and the Great Song Dynasty must always maintain its force, otherwise even if the opportunity to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun is placed in front of the Great Song Dynasty, the Great Song Dynasty will not be able to seize it!" ”

For a hundred years, the Great Song Dynasty has been under the suppression of the Liao State, and now the Great Song Dynasty has changed the law, and the national strength is strong, although the deficit is amazing, but the results are also gratifying, and the Great Song Dynasty cannot give up this great opportunity.

"Compared with dominating the world, it is more important to maintain the inheritance of the Great Song Dynasty, if the skin does not exist, Mao will be attached, as long as the Great Song Dynasty exists, one day it will find an opportunity to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun." Fan Chunli said solemnly.

Zhang Dian shook his head and said: "Now that my Great Song Dynasty has not fallen into the road of exhaustion, as long as I continue to issue treasury bonds to the Royal Bank, it is enough to continue to operate for this court, as long as I destroy the Western Xia and recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, then all the problems of the Great Song Dynasty will be cured without medicine, Fan Taicheng is now in control of the Royal Bank, and Brother Fan must be able to easily solve the deficit of the imperial court!" ”

Obviously, Zhang Dian hit the idea to the Royal Bank, Fan Chunli is Fan Zheng's father, Fan Chunli came forward and presumably Fan Zheng would not refuse.

Su Song sighed helplessly, the reason why the court dared to have such a large-scale deficit was because of the Royal Bank. Compared to the 20,000 yuan in deposits in the Royal Bank, it is enough to deal with the deficit crisis.

Fan Chunli said coldly: "Relying on national bonds can only quench your thirst, the first time the imperial court issued five million national bonds, the second time issued ten million national bonds, and also issued education national bonds, such a huge national debt plus interest needs to be repaid by the imperial court, so this year, how many national bonds does the imperial court need to issue, fifteen million guan I am afraid it is more than that, so what about next year?" And the year after? What about five years? What about ten years? Even if the Western Xia can be destroyed and the sixteen states of Yanyun can be recovered in ten years, that huge debt will probably drag down the Great Song Dynasty! ”

Treasury bonds can only save emergencies, and the rational use of treasury bonds can naturally achieve miraculous results, and in recent times, the Great Song Dynasty Lianke Liaoxia is the best proof that if you put all your hopes on the national bonds, you will only be crushed by huge debts.

Inside the government hall!

The three prime ministers were silent, 10 million of the Great Song Dynasty can be repaid, and 15 million of the Great Song Dynasty can be repaid, if it is 20 million or 30 million in the future? Or even 50 million? The huge interest rate alone is breathless.

Su Song frowned, Fan Chunli's plan naturally wanted to shrink the Great Song Dynasty's forces and reduce financial expenditures in order to stabilize the Great Song Dynasty's deficit.

Zhang Dian planned to continue to pursue the policy of opening the border, and take the opportunity to continue to suppress Liaoxia, the two sides naturally had their own reasons, and whoever could win would determine the policy of the Great Song Dynasty in the future.

"Don't argue anymore, the official family asked me to wait here, I'm afraid there is only one purpose, that is, to maintain the military advantage over Liaoxia, but also to reduce the deficit of the imperial court! Instead of letting the two of them fight for each other! Su Song said loudly.

Fan Chunli and Zhang Dian were suddenly silent, they both wanted to argue about right and wrong, but they ignored the meaning of the official family.

Su Song said loudly: "After changing the law to become stronger, the taxes of the Great Song Dynasty have reached nearly 10,000,000 yuan, and the national debt of 15 million yuan is still affordable for the Great Song Dynasty, and even more will not hurt!" The biggest problem today is the fiscal deficit. ”

Zhang Dian nodded slightly, which was also the confidence of their brazen side.

Fan Chunli shook his head and said: "Within five years, the national debt of the Great Song Dynasty will be maintained at a maximum of 20 million yuan, otherwise the huge interest alone will be enough to drag down the wealth of the Great Song Dynasty!" Even more powerless to solve the imperial court deficit! ”

"Twenty million!" Zhang Dian frowned, according to the plan, the national debt will reach 20 million yuan next year, so wouldn't it be that the Great Song Dynasty will not be able to increase the national debt in the next four years.

Su Song calculated a little that the 20 million national bonds will have an interest of nearly 1 million yuan every year, which is more than double the original annual currency, although it is for the people in the country, but it is already the limit of the Great Song Dynasty.

"Yes!" Su Song said with a final word.

Zhang Dian nodded helplessly, although the national debt of 20 million yuan was very different from what he expected, but fortunately, the big detour strategy has gone south, and there will be no big war with Liaoxia in a short time, as long as you make careful calculations, it is enough to open the border to the southwest.

"In addition to military spending, if you want to solve the deficit of the imperial court, you must open sources and reduce expenditure, and now the construction corps has been very successful, and it can be implemented in the van soldiers, eliminate the old and weak, and retain up to 100,000 elite van soldiers." Fan Chunli told him about his plan.

Su Song nodded slightly, the box soldiers are indeed the easiest problem to solve, with the doctor's Artemisia factory, and the sugar cane factory in the south, plus the Qingtang construction farm, they are all mature plans for the placement of the box soldiers.

In this way, it is enough to solve the problem of many box soldiers, and retaining 100,000 box soldiers can be regarded as a supplementary soldier for the forbidden army.

"It's too much to cut at once!"

The corners of Zhang Dan's mouth twitched, and Fan Chunli's fluttering words were enough to cut off more than 200,000 van soldiers, although the van soldiers were not strong enough, but they were able to escort grain and grass and the like, but fortunately, there were still 100,000 van soldiers to spare.

Fan Chunli shook his head and said: "Even so, it still can't reduce much of the imperial court deficit, and these farms alone also need to allocate a batch of money, and it won't work for a few years!" ”

Fan Chunli also understood that it was impossible to solve the imperial court deficit in a short period of time, and his best plan was to control the imperial court deficit at a reasonable level during his tenure.

Su Song shook his head and said, "Lord Fan not only wants to control the deficit of the imperial court as soon as possible, but also to accumulate a sum of money for the imperial court, so that he can destroy Western Xia in the future and recover the sixteen states of Yanyun for later use!" ”

Su Song understood that at this moment, the center of gravity of the imperial court moved south, which was the best time to solve the domestic contradictions, if it could not be solved in the future, in the future, the Western Xia would be destroyed and the sixteen states of Yanyun would be recovered, and the Great Song Dynasty would need more money.

"How is this possible?" Fan Chunli was shocked when he heard this!

Su Song was silent for a moment, this is indeed a difficult task to complete, otherwise the imperial court would not have agreed to transfer Fan Chunli as the prime minister.

Zhang Dan said loudly: "Lord Fan is too modest! Brother Fan's achievements in Bozhou and Kaifeng Mansion can be described as extremely dazzling, how can he be arrogant. ”

"That's ............." Fan Chunli smiled bitterly and wanted to explain, but suddenly had an epiphany.

Didn't the officials and officials of the Manchu Dynasty know that his political achievements were due to obeying Fan Zheng's evil formula, and even Kaifeng City still circulates the legend of Fan Yanei.

I'm afraid that this time, when he is the prime minister, he will still borrow his hand and promote Fan Zheng's evil formula, after all, no one will wholeheartedly implement Fan Zheng's evil formula.

"This rebel!"

Fan Chunli suddenly felt a deep powerlessness, this time, Fan Zheng's title is probably going to change from Fan Yanei to Xiao Xianggong.

(End of chapter)