"Turn losses into profits!"

With the change of state-run workshops, more and more wealth myths emerged, and these four words gradually became the oral tradition of the people of the Great Song Dynasty.

"A state-owned workshop that has been losing money for many years, after being privately owned by businessmen, turned losses into profits within a month!"

"A poorly run state-run workshop, after being contracted by the management, immediately came to life and increased a lot of taxes for the imperial court."

"Many state-owned workshops have undergone changes in the law, strong alliances, the strong are up, and the weak are eliminated, changing the previous decline.

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After the change of state-owned workshops, the entire economy of the Great Song Dynasty surged like living water, and the entire market prospered visibly with the naked eye.

"Fan Xianggong is talented!"

The entire government and the opposition were full of praise for the changes of the state-run workshops, so that not only the predicament of the state-owned workshops was swept away, but the taxes of the entire Great Song Dynasty would usher in an explosion.

In May of the fourth year of Shaosheng, the tax payment of the imperial court exceeded 10 million yuan in a single month, and according to this trend, at the end of the year, the tax payment of the Great Song Dynasty will officially exceed 10,000 yuan.

"Wanwan!"

The government and opposition of the Great Song Dynasty couldn't help but be shocked, such a high tax can be said to be the most in all dynasties, which made the government and the opposition quite proud, and more importantly, the deficit crisis of the Great Song Dynasty was solved.

"This time it became a French workshop to solve the crisis of the imperial court deficit, and Fan Aiqing should be the first to make the contribution." In the vertical arch hall, Zhao Xu said excitedly.

The Great Song Dynasty's taxes are about to break through 10,000,000 yuan, which will suddenly inject fresh blood into the government and the opposition, so that the Great Song Dynasty's taxes will be revitalized, and more importantly, there will be sufficient taxes to support its grand cause.

"Weichen doesn't dare to take credit, this is the blessing of the official family!" Fan Chunli said modestly.

"The official family has a good eye for talents, Fan Xianggong is eloquent and strategic, and the monarch and the minister are suitable, so that I will have the arrival of the prosperous era of the Great Song Dynasty!" Hundreds of officials congratulated one after another.

In the harmonious voice of the Great Song Dynasty, an abrupt voice suddenly sounded: "Although it is good to change the French workshop, I am afraid it is not without mistakes. ”

Suddenly, the officials couldn't help but be stunned, and they all looked over, and they found that it was Fan Zheng who questioned it.

"Ugh!"

Baiguan couldn't help but be stunned, the big drama of Fan Zheng and Fan Chunli's father and son fighting didn't seem to be finished yet, and they were still fighting each other.

Cai Jing heard this, and said in his heart: "In Fan Taicheng's opinion, what are the disadvantages of changing the French workshop this time?" ”

As a new party, it is natural to be happy to see Fan Zheng's father and son fighting.

Fan Zheng didn't seem to see Cai Jing's gloating expression, and said loudly: "The so-called wealth myth of turning losses into profits in January is just a collusion between businessmen and state-owned workshops inside and outside, deliberately shorting state-owned workshops and lowering the price of the workshops. As for the poorly managed workshop being contracted by the original owner and immediately revitalized, is there no suspicion of enriching one's own pocket? ”

As soon as Fan Zheng's words came out, the entire court was in an uproar immediately, although Fan Zheng's words were extreme, but it was not impossible!

Fan Chunli frowned and said: "Could it be that according to what Fan Taicheng said, it is correct for businessmen to buy or contract state-owned workshops at a loss, if so, who in the world is willing to buy state-owned workshops!" ”

The ministers nodded one after another, and Fan Chunli's move was not unreasonable.

Fan Zheng explained: "Fan did not question the correctness of the French workshop, but suspected that there would definitely be some moths in it, and if it was the collusion of officials and businessmen that caused a large loss of imperial court property, this must not be investigated!" ”

"As it should be!" Fan Chunli nodded solemnly.

Seeing this, Zhang Dian couldn't help frowning, he could see that Fan Zheng's move was not to attack his father, but to take precautions, if the nest case of the state-run workshop broke out in the future, with today's court discussion, the hundred officials would no longer have any reason to attack Fan Chunli.

After all, no one dares to guarantee whether there is a case of collusion between officials and businessmen in this French workshop.

After Fan Zheng checked and filled in the gaps for his father, he nodded with satisfaction and said: "Qiqi official family, Weichen thinks that the system of three provinces and six ministries has been hundreds of years, and it is time for the court to add another one." ”

"One more!"

The officials of the court suddenly looked at Fan Zheng in disbelief.

Although the Great Song Dynasty implemented the system of three provinces and six ministries, it had a great change compared with the Tang Dynasty, except that the Criminal Department still retained the power to hear major cases in the world, the main functions and powers of the three provinces and six ministries have been transferred to other institutions, and their prefects are only used as official titles, and the system of three provinces and six ministries exists in name only.

All the officials of the Manchu Dynasty knew that Fan Zheng's ultimate goal was to upgrade Doctor Tai to the Ministry of Medicine, ranking in the seventh department of the court, but although the doctor family was in the ascendant and the scale expanded rapidly, it was still far from becoming the seventh department of the court.

Zhang Dian sneered: "Fan Taicheng is too anxious!" Although today's doctors are booming, they are still not enough to become the seventh department of the imperial court. ”

Other officials also agreed, this is not because they deliberately suppressed Fan Zheng, but because today's doctors are indeed not on a scale comparable to the six departments.

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "What Fan is talking about is not the medical department, the scale of the doctor family now only covers the major cities, when the doctor helps the world, even if the remote countryside can still be touched by the doctor, even if the Manchu Dynasty opposes it, it still can't prevent the doctor from becoming a part of the imperial court!" ”

Hearing Fan Zheng's domineering words, the officials of the Manchu Dynasty were silent, but they knew that what Fan Zheng said was the truth, the six departments were the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Crime, and the Ministry of Industry, which of which were all important departments to popularize the world.

"But if it's not the medical department, which one is it?" In addition to the ambition of the doctor, Guozijian was also not to be left behind, and began to form compulsory education in the whole city, and became a new Ministry of Education.

"Nope! Guozijian's compulsory education in the whole city has just been popularized in the other three capitals of the Great Song Dynasty, and its scale is not even as good as that of doctors. ”

Many officials shook their heads in denial.

Zhang Yong also sighed in his heart, the doctor still has a chance to become a new court, and Guozijian may need a long time of hard work.

Zhao Xu was also curious: "I don't know if Fan Taicheng has added another one, what is it?" ”

A group of officials in the court also looked sideways, wanting to hear what Fan Zheng had to do.

Fan Zheng looked around at the ministers and said word by word: "What Weichen said is the Ministry of Commerce!" ”

"Ministry of Commerce!"

"Merchant's Ministry!"

The court was silent for a moment, and then an uproar suddenly broke out.

"Ministry of Commerce? Fan Taicheng wants to let Shang Jia rank in the court like me? Yang Wei said angrily.

"It's just nonsense, the merchant is a person who does not produce, and my court is already tolerant enough of him, how can I set up another one for him." Cai Jing also frowned.

"How can we wait for scholars and doctors to be in the company of businessmen, and the ministers impeach Fan Taicheng for messing with my Great Song Dynasty!"

Hundreds of officials rebuked angrily, and even radicals directly impeached Fan Zheng in court.

Fan Chunli also frowned, he originally thought that Fan Zheng's proposal was the Ministry of Medicine, but he didn't expect Fan Zheng to speak for businessmen, and what was more serious was that Fan Zheng had not discussed with him at all.

Fan Zhenglang said: "The imperial court has set up a ministry of industry, and there is no craftsman in the court, and there is naturally no prisoner in the criminal department, and in the same way, Fan's proposal to set up a ministry of commerce is naturally not to let the merchants rank in the court, but to let the court manage the merchants!" ”

"Let the court manage the merchants? The change of the imperial court into a French workshop is to reduce the number of merchants, why do you propose such a proposal above the imperial court. Fan Chunli was angry at Fan Zheng on the surface, but in fact, he was giving Fan Zheng a chance to explain.

"Because of the taxes!"

"Taxes?" The hundred officials of the court couldn't help but be stunned, and looked at Fan Zheng puzzled, this year's taxes in the Great Song Dynasty are enough to break through 10,000,000 yuan, which can be described as an unprecedented breakthrough, why the Ministry of Commerce was established because of taxes.

Fan Zheng took out the tax statistics of the past dynasties, handed them to Zhao Xu, and said loudly: "Official, please see, this is the tax structure of the imperial court from the Zhenzong Dynasty to the present. During the Zhenzong Dynasty, commercial taxes only accounted for forty percent of the taxes, and the main body of taxation in the Great Song Dynasty was still Tian Fu. ”

From the Renzong Dynasty to the present, the proportion of commercial tax in the Great Song Dynasty has been expanding, from less than 50% to 70% now, which can be said to occupy the main body of the Great Song Dynasty's taxes. Is the commercial tax so important that it is not enough for the court to pay attention to it? ”

Zhao Xu's eyes suddenly froze, Fan Zheng's report was not represented by cold numbers, but with a common circular scale chart in later generations, which can be said to be clear at a glance.

Since the Renzong Dynasty, the proportion of commercial taxes has expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye, and it has been the main body of taxation in the Great Song Dynasty.

Baiguan took Fan Zheng's statistical table, and immediately frowned, although they didn't like businessmen, they had to admit that now that the Great Song Dynasty can support it until now, the taxes contributed by businessmen are indeed the top priority.

Fan Zheng continued: "In terms of proportion, the proportion of commercial taxes is getting bigger and bigger, and in terms of amount, from the Zhenzong Dynasty to the present, the field tax has hardly increased, and sometimes it is even negative. ”

The officials of the Manchu Dynasty couldn't help but be embarrassed, it was the court that repeatedly reduced the field endowment, so that the Great Song Dynasty had a crisis, which led to Fan Zhongyan's Qingli New Deal and Wang Anshi's reform, but when the two changes were implemented, the imperial court Tian Fu began to increase, and after the failure to abolish, the Tian Fu of the Great Song Dynasty decreased again.

"If it weren't for the implementation of the imperial court to implement the apportionment into the mu, so that the field tax will increase by more than three percent, this time the income of the tax will occupy more than eighty percent, now the population of my Great Song Dynasty is close to 10,000 people, and the wasteland that can be reclaimed in the world has also been greatly reduced, and now the implementation of the apportionment into the mu, a large number of hidden fields and people have been found, and it will be difficult to increase the field in the future, if the imperial court wants to get more taxes, then there is only one way!" Fan Zhenglang said.

"Business tax!"

There is no need for Fan Zheng to say it, and an answer automatically appears in the hearts of all officials.

"Not bad! It's a business tax! Fan Zheng said solemnly.

Cai Jing frowned and said: "The commercial tax is indeed very important, but if it is self-contained, I'm afraid it will be a bit too much!" ”

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "It's not an exaggeration at all, the four people of the world are farmers and businessmen, not to mention that businessmen are one of the four people of the world, and the more important businessmen are born for profit, and they themselves have inferior roots, if they are indulged, they will definitely cause a catastrophe, hoarding, price gouging, and coll..................usion between officials and businessmen."

The officials nodded one after another, it was because the merchants had such inferior roots that the scholars looked down on the merchants so much, and at the same time, they also reacted so much to Fan Zheng's proposal to establish another Ministry of Commerce.

"And now the official family wants to show their ambitions, and it is impossible to do it without money, and now the tax for the Great Song Dynasty wants to increase, the only way is to increase the commercial tax, and the current situation of the merchant is also not good, the status is low, the world despises it, the officials extort money, and the officials despise the merchants, but they connive at the family members and servants to do business, tax evasion, which is also an obstacle to the increase of commercial taxes!" Fan Zheng changed his words.

The faces of many officials suddenly changed, except for a few officials who were frank in their hearts, many officials had ghosts in their hearts, because Fan Zheng directly touched the secret in their hearts.

"Humph!"

Zhao Xu didn't say anything, but snorted coldly, like a thunderclap in the hearts of the officials.

Many officials trembled in their hearts, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat behind their backs, after all, their affairs could not withstand scrutiny at all, and once the imperial court was more seriously scrutinized, then they would be difficult to hide.

Fan Zheng continued: "Wechen proposed to set up a Ministry of Commerce, firstly, the imperial court also has state-owned workshops to manage, and foreign trade needs to prepare for the establishment of a city shipping department!" All belong to the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Commerce, secondly, it is to standardize the relationship between officials and businessmen, officials and their relatives are not allowed to do business, and the people are not allowed to compete for profits, this is the iron law of the imperial court, thirdly, the imperial court can succeed in the success of the Maritime Silk Road, the imperial court came forward to guide the merchants, support the merchants, after all, the Great Song Dynasty's taxation is further, not to mention the taxation of 10,000,000 yuan, and even the future tax of 20,000 yuan is even higher It is not impossible to achieve. ”

"Twenty thousand!"

As soon as Fan Zheng's words fell, all of a sudden, the hundred officials of the Manchu Dynasty fell into a reverie, the tax of ten thousand guan was already the most in the past dynasties, and it had already made the hundred officials cheer for it, what a concept of twenty thousand yuan, not to mention that there were more.

"Is this possible?"

Some officials questioned.

Fan Zheng said proudly: "Of course it is possible, from the Zhenzong Dynasty to the present day the Great Song Dynasty's taxes have increased several times, 10,000 to 20,000 yuan is just doubled, as long as our dynasty establishes a Ministry of Commerce, guides and supports merchants, according to an annual increase of about 5 percent, in less than 20 years, the Great Song Dynasty's taxes have exceeded 20,000 yuan." ”

"Twenty years!"

"Twenty thousand!"

Baiguan suddenly breathed sluggishly, according to Fan Zheng's calculations, it is not impossible to break through 20,000 guan.

"All dynasties have emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce, and the establishment of the Ministry of Commerce in the Great Song Dynasty is not against the ancestral system of the past dynasties!" Yang Wei still hesitated.

The old and new parties nodded one after another, and the establishment of the Ministry of Commerce meant that the Great Song Dynasty would change from the original neutrality to heavy business, after all, they still had to count on merchants to pay taxes.

Fan Zheng retorted: "The previous dynasties were indeed heavy on agriculture and suppressed business, but the successive dynasties did not have the important task of recovering the sixteen states of Yanyun, and there was no strong foreign enemy faced by the Great Song Dynasty. ”

In an instant, the eyes of all the officials were focused on Zhao Xu's body.

Zhao Xu pondered for a moment and said, "This matter is very important, I need to think about it in the long run!" ”

"The official is wise!"

Hundreds of officials have surrendered, but everyone understands that the officials must be moved, after all, compared with businessmen, Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures is the biggest heart disease of the Great Song Dynasty.

(End of chapter)