Zhao Xu has a bad mentality.

In fact, its real cost of a mu should be converted into the income of six or seven stones of rice, workers' salary, and the cost of a bed of ordinary cotton cover will not exceed three hundred cents. In addition to freight, tax and profit, it is enough for other people to have a bed of quilt of six hundred cents.

This price is almost the same as the price in later generations. Wang Ju said that it can be used for civil use. At this price, it can truly enter thousands of households and start with civil use.

But now, the inner warehouse has given a high price of six guan per bed, which is "bad intention" and is a rare product. How can merchants not raise their heads?

This is the real business.

For example, Zhao Xu and Su Lishe were worried that the Bian River was frozen and could not reach the capital? But it would be easy to deal with when it was in the hands of merchants. Don’t forget that the people in the Jianghuai River were also very cold in winter, and they still snowed and freezed. Strictly speaking, after passing Wuling, all the people needed a large amount of cotton products. This output would not be possible for stagnation.

~No~Wrong~ Zhao Xu was unbalanced, so he issued an edict to the Third Division.

They eat meat, so they have to let me drink some soup.

I am so poor that I am not only poor, but also super poor, carrying a huge and heavy burden.

When the edict arrived at the Third Division, the officials of the Third Division were actually watching the matter.

The officials of the three departments have also not a good mentality and have nothing to do with taxation. What should be collected will inevitably be collected, and what should be collected will not be collected even if they should be collected.

But they were thinking about another thing. The income was too strong. The inner warehouse could handle it. Our three departments could handle it. Should we let the officials from Guangdong and Guangxi transfer to operate the cotton, at least the inner warehouse should eat mutton. Our three departments should eat some pork.

Why can Wang Anshi Qingmiao Method, the Market Easy Method and the Equal Transfer Method be promoted? It does have a certain amount of soil.

Except for ministers whose interests are damaged, or ministers who only speak out loud and do not do practical things, other ministers are a little anxious about this finance, especially the ministers of the Third Division are even more anxious.

After Zhao Xu issued an edict, he called Wang Anshi for discussion.

He really couldn't figure it out. Think about it, what the country has paid to make this money, don't ask the inner treasury. The inner treasury is also a state institution. Many officials on Fujian Road cooperated to organize the migration of the people, and many officials on Guangdong Road cooperated to build water conservancy, labor, road construction, and advance money. It alarmed so many officials and clerks and mobilized so many people, why did the merchants make more profits than the court when they changed hands?

Wang Anshi said: "This is the technique."

"Wang Qing, come and listen. What is a technique?"

"Your Majesty, how many people in the country live in the city. How many things do you need to buy in a day? As a result, many merchants become rich... However, this matter is very disturbing, and I can only answer His Majesty after I think about it."

Zhao Xu understood and said, "Xu, don't worry, you really need to think about it."

He could hear what Wang Anshi said, but Wang Ju repeatedly talked about commotion, noise, and controversy. Zhao Xu knew that if the country interfered in business, these three words would be available.

In fact, the two have fallen into the biggest misunderstanding. For example, this quilt can be sold for more than ten cents of money in one bed. It is not bad. The goods are rare and expensive, but it is also the result of businessmen's operation. Its real cost is only consistent with the money!

Leave it to the court, can the court prosper such a sky-high price?

How much money can this market method and equal-to-loss method actually make?

There is no need to use the market change method and the equal-to-date method. As Wang Anshi said, the Song Dynasty would have a transaction volume in a year. It was planned to have three million urban residents. All the people would have to buy food and drink. A rich and poor household had to buy one hundred jin a year, which is 300 million. In addition to the rural and trade between countries, the transaction volume was at least 500 million yuan per year, which was actually more than 500 million yuan, and it might be an increase of 200 million yuan. After deducting 100 million yuan of countries' direct transportation and supply, the rest would be paid commercial tax, and there would be no need to set up a site to intensively impose commercial tax. As long as one tax and housing tax were paid, the commercial tax revenue in that year would reach 30 to 40 million yuan. Even if it was loose, it would still be 20 million yuan.

However, now that he is so conservative, why is he only about eight million yuan?

If you have this idea of ​​operating the market change law and the equalization method, why not regulate commercial tax?

This is money, and there is a river.

The two dams of the Yellow River broke through, and the river water was flooded in the four prefectures of En, Ji, Shen and Ying. The hundreds of miles of plains were regarded as rivers and flowed happily to the East China Sea. It flowed smoothly, but Zhao Xu made it suffer.

So he summoned his ministers to discuss.

You can't just flow like this, what should I do?

Of course, someone raised the title of Wang Ju, but it was immediately refuted by everyone.

How much does it cost to build a river channel that accommodates the Yellow River? How much does it cost to build a Yuedi dike from Sanmen to the new river channel? How much does it cost to re-drift the Ji River? How much does it cost to re-drift the Ji River?

Let alone labor, just this money can’t be taken out now.

Furthermore, the river channel that is more than a thousand miles long has different heights, widths, mountains, plains, and turbulences. The construction of various moon dikes involved must also be different. If you negligently, a tragedy of Jiayou's major dam breaking and diversion will occur. It will take a long time for this technology and related investigations.

Therefore, it is still an old topic, Dongliu or Beiliu. After quarreling for so long during Renzong, how can we make a good argument now?

Zhao Xu was almost vomited by the noise, and waved his hand weakly and said, "Let's go, let's go."

Then he thought of someone. But even if he thought of Wang Ju, it would be useless. How much money does it cost to do something big? With the current finances, what good strategies does Wang Ju have to manage the river? Whether it flows eastward or northward, it is not a good strategy to manage the river.

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"Zi'an, new recruits from the Fifth Battalion, please accept them." Zhang Qi said.

"Brother Husband, when will Mr. Han end up?" Wang Ju smiled bitterly.

This is the difference in military philosophy.

The redundant military system of the Song Dynasty must be improved, which is the view of all scholars and officials. Of course, politics is the highest task. If we do not use means and only talk about laying off troops, God knows what will be misinterpreted by some ministers?

But putting aside these bad so-called politics, the entire scholar-official idea of ​​redundant soldiers was generally divided into two types. One was Wen Yanbo-style, including Sima Guang and Lu Huabi, which all had this kind of view.

They opposed war and exchanged for peace to the greatest extent. With peace, there would be no need for so many troops. They could lay off large amounts of troops and save national funds. They would not have to raise 50,000 less soldiers, which would be enough for the Liao and Xia countries to be popular and spicy.

One is Han Qi-style idea, including Wang Anshi, Guo Kui and Wang Shao.

They also agreed to lay off troops, but did not think that it could bring true peace. Therefore, they could lay off troops, not mainly to lay off troops, but to find ways to support the army with the minimum cost. However, they also knew that the Tang Dynasty's government system or the previous various military service systems could not be implemented. So they changed the methods, such as Han Qi's righteousness and Wang Anshi's Baoding.

Both are misunderstandings. The former's ideas are too naive. With Xixia here, it is impossible to get real peace.

Peace is made, not bought.

The latter's view is too romantic. It is not that the people cannot join the army. It is the key to this. People in peacetime have not been tested by war. Then all kinds of bad stories can happen in winter training. How can they train a strong army and go to the battlefield? Unless they live in a harsh and poor environment like the Jurchens, it is dangerous for the Liao Kingdom to use a large number of soldiers.

However, these people's ideas are not easy for ordinary people to change.

The court wanted to lay off troops. After Han Qi came to Shaanxi, he took the initiative to cooperate with the layoffs and did a good job. Although there was some turmoil in Shaanxi's layoffs last year, because Han Qi was in charge, it was only a little turmoil and finally implemented them one by one.

But if you can carry troops, you will have to increase troops. Zheng Baiqu will have many benefits. The first concentration is that if there is a war on the front line, it can gather quickly. It is located in the heart of Shaanxi, and it is very close no matter where it goes. Even if it reaches the farthest Suizhou, half a month is enough from assembly to arrival. If you arrive in Qingzhou, it will be faster, at most seven days.

The second is that the cost is small, and it is just to pay money. Raising an injunction can support four Poche soldiers like Zheng Baiqu.

Third, there are some barren mountains in the water level area. If you plant some alfalfa and reeds in the water, and then you can raise several battalions of Poche cavalry.

Fourth, it is scattered right in front of Chang'an, forming a powerful barrier in front of Chang'an.

Fifth, they are far away from the prosperity of the city, the people are simple, and the local people will be very powerful when fighting.

Sixth, these Poche troops were both farming and fighting, and they did not have to pay taxes or sell land in seclusion. The government could purchase grain at a fair price and transport grain and grass to several major war zones in Shaanxi. Once a large-scale war broke out, it would be like before, just food and grass, which would make the imperial government's finances hard.

Therefore, he instructed Wang Ju that it would not be necessary to place the wing soldiers. It would not be of much use if they were placed. These wing soldiers had heavy tasks. Can they take time to farm? The main focus is on the Poche Army. This is the effect that is actually needed.

Zhang Feng also asked Zhang Feng to select Poche among the volunteers and soldiers in the inland areas of Qinfeng Road, Huanqing Road, Fuyan Road and Jingyuan Road.

Including the fifth battalion of Poches in front of us, the 46th Battalion of Poches have been selected. In the future, Zheng Baiqu alone may have installed more than 90 battalions of Poches. Of course, this will have many benefits. There are no Poches in Shaanxi, and the ban is being severely slapped. What should we use to fight at that time? But with these 90th Battalion of Poches, it is a different story. No matter which battlefield is placed on, it is a weapon to determine the direction of victory or defeat.

However, Wang Ju smiled bitterly again: "You can't send more troops. If you send more troops, you won't have such arable land. I only promised the government to place the officers and soldiers in the 80th battalion, not more than 100 battalions."

"Can't Shangbaiqu be placed?"

"My husband, I'm going to tell you that the Kapok in the Neiku got a surprise fortune, so Your Majesty issued me an edict, allocating an additional 500,000 yuan for the use of the canal construction. A few days ago, I and Magistrate Hou went to the north to inspect the canal workers. The canal workers would not make major changes. But see if we can build a few more water weirs in the upstream and without interfering in the downstream water storage to maximize the river water of several tributaries, so that one or two thousand hectares of arable land can be reclaimed. This is the only way, otherwise even if you, the Poche Army of the Five Battalions, will the farmland in my hands be tight. I'm afraid you don't know one thing yet, even though I issued a cloth to ban the trading of Zhengbaiqu arable land. But it is rumored that private transactions have begun, and a mu of fertile land has increased to six cents of money."

“This year’s harvest.”

This year, the flood and earthquake in Hebei Province, and the harvest in Shaanxi was very good. Almost all arable land per mu of Zhengbaiqu was more than two and a half stones. Some used Wang Ju's transfer method to carry sorghum. The yield in two seasons actually reached three and a half stones, and the high yield reached four stones.

How much sensation will the yield of four stones per mu occur in the north?

Land prices suddenly rose.

This is Wang Ju's ban, otherwise the land price will rise faster.

"A good harvest is a good thing, but this land price... think about it. How troublesome will it be when dividing the land next year."

"Continue to search the house." Zhang Qi joked.

"Brother Husband, why did I only raid one this year? I still persuaded me that I had been raided for a long time and I had raided my house. Last year, Sima Guang almost wanted to bite me to death. If I raid four or five houses by next year, I don't know how big the storm will cause."

Zhang Qi stopped talking. Don’t say anything else, just say that the Zhang family is that clean? It’s not the same.

However, Wang Ju also wanted to take care of it. As long as he could arrange the sergeant and promised to arrange the arable land for the people, his mission would be completed. For this land, he almost turned his hair white.

Wang Ju said again: "In fact, apart from Zheng Baiqu, there is no land, such as the Dali River in Suizhou and the Yingtian in Qingjian City. I heard that there are also many desert fields in Qinzhou. Mr. Cai reclaimed 2,000 hectares on the banks of Hulu River. The large ones are two or three thousand hectares, and the small ones are hundreds or tens of hectares, which will add up. It will not be less than 20,000 hectares, which is enough to accommodate 100,000 Poche Army. In addition, the Zheng Baiqu Army, which is a Poche Army, and tens of thousands of foreign cavalry, the number of Shaanxi border troops is enough. Even if the imperial court only stationed 100,000 forbidden troops in the future, it will have the power to fight with Xixia. Of course, except for the battle of the country, the imperial court lacks unified planning."

"Not 20,000 to 30,000 acres."

"I will only talk about one place. Hundreds of miles of Shufan were abducted by Xixia in the surrounding Gangu City of Qinzhou. Where is it almost deserted now? If it is cultivated, how much arable land will be there?"

"Yes, yes." Zhang Feng suddenly reacted.

Not only that after Wang Shao obtained the four prefectures of Xihe, he said that he could find 15,000 hectares of idle land that could be cultivated by soldiers or recruited by people to cultivate.

All these lands were cultivated, and the court no longer had to pay for food and grass in the northwest. Of course, before Wang Shao opened the border, he had to have food in his hands, and the Xihe area run by Wang Shao, Huanqing and Fuyan, could not benefit, so this Zheng Baiqu was the most important.

With Zheng Baiqu’s food and grass, if the court has a little wealth, it can launch an attempt to attack Xixia.

Sima Guang said that the important thing is money. Now he is short of money, but he doesn't think of a solution, or he doesn't want to say it out. Wang Anshi said that the important thing is not wealth, but the fact that he has not obtained the skills.

In fact, it is not right. It is not money. The problem of money is easy to solve. There are strategies to slow down and urgent methods. Besides, Wang Anshi, are you still worried about money?

What matters is not about money, but military. In these thirty years, if the Western Xia cannot be resolved in one go, the Song Dynasty will still perish. Some people blame Tong Guan’s maritime alliance, but without Tong Guan’s maritime alliance, the Jurchens would not expand?

As long as the Northwest problem is solved, even if the Uighurs are left without asking, they can pull out their troops and focus on the north.

So Wang Juming knew that Zheng Baiqu was a pit and was extremely hard, but in the end he jumped without hesitation. With Zheng Baiqu, he immediately saw the benefits. This year, he only harvested part of Zheng Baiqu’s arable land. Even though the arable land that was distributed last year has not been fully reclaimed yet, with this part of the harvest, a truckload of food and grass was sent to Suizhou. If it is completely reclaimed and more than 40,000 hectares of fertile land are harvested together, will the northwest still be oppressed by food and grass in the past twenty or thirty years?

"So I hope my husband and wife will say a few good words in front of Han Gong and talk about their interests. We can't set up the Poche Army anymore. Otherwise, with Han Gong's character, it would be better to turn all the righteous heroes into the Poche Army, but where can I go to farm?"

"If the imperial court had sufficient finances, it would have been better to open the canal from the upstream," Hou Ke sighed.

"Minister Hou should be satisfied," said Wang Ju. At the end of last year, the internal treasury money was used up. Zhao Xu had no choice but to take out the internal treasury pearls and sell them to advance the salary of the royal family. This spring, the canal workers started construction, and Zhao Xu sold the internal treasury pearls again. This was something he could not sell, otherwise he would sell them for money if he wanted to.

ps: Note, in November of this year, Fengchenkuzhu was sold for 23.4 million yuan, and paid to the four quors in Hebei to buy horses. Because the Song Dynasty did not buy horses, or to buy horses, the price was too low and he could not buy horses. However, the Western Xia repeatedly invaded and had to buy horses for borders. However, the finance was still very difficult this year. The Sansi and the Inner Cut had no money, so they had to sell Fengchenku pearls to buy horses. Although most of the historical materials of the Song Dynasty were "fantasy version" historical books written by Fan Zuyingzi Fan Chong, these clues can still see the financial difficulties of the Song Dynasty at that time.

Maybe I have written a lot of branches, but these branches serve the main lines. I personally think that writing this way will be huge and the story will not be thin. After all, it is an overview novel that lasts several million words. (To be continued...)

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