Making money for your husband (Part 2)

Xiao Cheng was not ashamed of being called Mr. Qian, but rather proud of it.

Can you do it without money?

It's as low as an ordinary people's house. You can open the door with firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea. I wonder what you can do without money?

As high as the imperial court's diplomacy, war, etc., which one does not require money?

If you have money in your pocket and don't panic, everything will be easy to handle.

If you don’t have any money in your pocket, you have to think carefully before doing anything. How can you not panic?

Those guys who are clamoring that Xiao Cheng is responsible for profit, has no morals, competes with the people for profits, and is guilty of the most heinous crimes. If you go and check carefully, you will find that they are really in charge of all kinds of money-making businesses, and they are making an endless stream of money.

Keep the money in your arms!

The people they talk about are not the people at the bottom who work hard to support themselves!

But themselves.

It is the so-called benevolence, righteousness and morality in front of others, but in the back they are male thieves and female prostitutes.

Xiao Cheng was holding an iron picket and kept taking money out of their pockets. Could they not be in a hurry?

But so what?

Before doing these things, Xiao Cheng did one thing first, which was to consolidate military power and reform the military system.

Relying on the elite soldiers who had worked hard for more than ten years in the southwest, they won victory after victory on the frontline battlefield, completely taking the military power into their own hands.

Once you have a knife handle, it will be much easier to do things.

No matter how powerful your mouth or pen is, they are not as powerful as the handle of a knife!

Moreover, Xiao Cheng's mouth and pen are not weak at all.

And when making these reforms, Xiao Cheng also spared no effort to win over local governments.

Take taxation as an example. In the past, the Song Dynasty court was responsible for all the revenue. All income was collected by the three divisions and paid by the three divisions. The so-called local "liuzhou", "ministerial treasury money" and so on were all

In name only.

If you need money in the local area, you have to ask the third department for instructions. You can use it only if the three departments give it to you.

Above the place, it is called a person who is so poor that he has little water.

Now that Xiao Cheng has established the General Administration of Taxation, he clearly distinguishes what the court deserves from local income based on laws.

For example, the regular taxes of summer and autumn are unquestionable and must be handed over to the imperial court.

The poll tax was paid to the court.

The income from items such as salt, iron, and wine, including those from the market, which were exclusively run by the imperial court, also belonged to the imperial court.

But for things like commercial taxes, the court has a share ratio with the local governments.

Generally speaking, it is divided into 70 and 30, with the court taking 70% and the local government taking 30%.

Another example is the exemption money. The imperial court takes 60% for unified allocation and use, leaving 40% for the local government to complete some local projects. If it is not enough, you can apply for subsidies from the imperial court. Whether you can get the subsidies depends on each country.

People are capable.

As for other new laws, this is generally the case, and they always leave sufficient benefits to local governments.

Only in this way can enthusiasm for work at the local level be stimulated.

In particular, commercial tax is the mainstay of taxation in the Song Dynasty. If local governments want to have more money that can be used by themselves, they can only vigorously develop local business, make business more prosperous, and receive more money.

A lot of money.

It’s in the big pot, but it’s also in your own small bowl.

In this way, the imperial court gave local governments more financial freedom, which also stimulated local officials' work enthusiasm.

Sufficient benefits have been left for the local government. At first glance, the income of the imperial court will definitely decrease. However, after the implementation of the new law, the income of the imperial court has steadily increased. After this year, half of the country's income has actually exceeded

The most glorious era of the Song Dynasty in the past.

As a result, the original voice of doubt has disappeared, at least in the officialdom.

Uniting the majority of people and providing sufficient benefits to the majority of them has always been Xiao Cheng's favorite tactic that he is most willing to use, and he never tires of it and has tried it repeatedly.

Now Xiao Cheng is more concerned about local authorities not being able to act recklessly just because they have some power.

Just like the loan practice of Qingmiao Qian, you only lend when you need it. If you force others to borrow money when you don’t need it, there will be a problem. Xu Xiangqi, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, proposed that in order for Qingmiao Qian to produce the greatest benefit, it should be given to local governments

If the allocated quantity cannot be completed, the local official's assessment will be downgraded by one level.

As soon as these words came out, Xiao Cheng was immediately sprayed all over his face.

This damn old man is very evil!

If such a policy is really introduced, I am afraid that it will immediately turn into a chaotic policy that will harm the country and the people.

Not only could Xiao Cheng not support it, Xiao Cheng even passed the supervision department to strictly prohibit this behavior.

The Qiangong's prestige in the court is now at its peak.

To put it bluntly, most of it comes from the fact that he has made a lot of money.

For example, officials around the world have received a lot of benefits.

Just like now, after Jiangning became the capital, many officials gathered.

A place that was not big in the first place suddenly became very expensive.

If you can own a house in the city, you are definitely a rich man.

The rent of houses has increased more than ten times compared with the past, which makes many officials complain that it is too much to bear.

Xiao Cheng provided a rental subsidy so that these officials could afford to rent a house.

Food is also expensive, so there is a food subsidy.

Some people can't afford to rent a house and can only live in the outer suburbs of the city, so transportation subsidies are provided.

The total of various subsidies exceeds an official's original salary.

Do you think officials can't support him?

If someone else comes up, I really can't say whether these things are still there.

And those high-ranking officials who don't care about this small amount of money, such as Lu Wenhuan of the Ministry of War, who is also an official with great military exploits and high prestige, but now he also listens to Xiao Cheng's words.

And one of the biggest reasons is money.

As a veteran general, I know very well that if the army wants to be able to fight and win wars, to put it bluntly, it is all done with money.

Better armor, sharper weapons, more bows and feathers and various military equipment, higher wages and rewards after victory.

Which one doesn’t require a huge amount of money?

Without enough money, there is no way to win the war.

Xiao Cheng, on the other hand, has always responded to the Ministry of War's requests.

Sixty percent of the tax revenue of the Song Dynasty was now spent on the military!

Although the armies of the Song Dynasty are now basically the direct descendants of the chief minister, the two appeasement armies that Lu Wenhuan had just formed were not treated differently. They also had what the border troops had.

Moreover, my husband is also very good at making money as well as the military!

Although Lu Wenhuan doubted whether the military drill code was created by Xiao Cheng.

He always believed that this thing should have been made by Xiao Cheng's eldest brother Xiao Ding.

But those are always things belonging to the Xiao family.

But the Code of Practice is indeed useful.

Lu Wenhuan's direct subordinates Lu Duan and Shi Congming now use this code of conduct.

Even those in opposition have nothing to say now.

Because although Xiao Cheng did everything possible to suppress them politically, he still found another way out for them economically.

The Frontier Development Corps now represents a wealth of money.

The key is that the imperial court actually allowed the sale of various weapons to these pioneering groups.

Nowadays, in addition to not selling them gunpowder weapons, even things like divine arm crossbows are sold to them.

This once made Cen Zhong and others very worried.

For example, in Bagan, there are now more than a dozen pioneering groups operating there, with more than 5,000 people in total.

This does not include those unorganized and undisciplined rangers.

These people are basically guys who can't survive in the Song Dynasty. They have no choice but to flee to these places for adventure.

I'm afraid that one day these people will bite back.

Xiao Cheng dismissed it.
To be continued...