Chapter 122 New Era
Han Qi and the other two heard what Du Zhongxiao said, the overall situation of the future reorganization of the imperial guards was decided, which was unexpected. Originally, today, the three of them were just thinking about talking about their relationship and talking about some gossip, but they didn't expect such important news.
Fu Bi said: "Everything else is easy to say, but Taiwei Di will return to Beijing this time, and any subsequent position will be difficult."
Han Qi said: "In the capital, there is no free position with Gao Luhou."
Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "What will happen to Taiwei Di in the future is something that the Supreme Master is concerned about. We are the first new position, so there is no need to worry."
Di Qing returned from victory this time. Although it was no longer a few years ago, after winning the glory of Nong Zhigao's return to Beijing, he still won a great victory. In the future, high officials and generous salaries are inevitable, but in a short period of time, he will no longer be allowed to take charge of military power.
After drinking a few glasses of wine, Bao Zheng said, "But I don't want to, this time I go back to the capital, I feel that everything has changed." He sighed very much.
Han Qi said: "Zhongcheng has been in Hequ Road for several years, can't he still see it? Du Zhongxiao saved Tanglong Town, spreading the land for thousands of miles, and his troops were invincible. Naturally, the court should change. In recent years, Hequ Road has gathered many outstanding generals, and they will be of great use in the future."
Several people laughed together. This is true. The officials of Hequ Road were all valued during this personnel change. Fu Bi and Bao Zheng, one was the deputy envoy of the Privy Councilor and the other was the chief censor. Han Qi happened to catch up with Du Zhongxiao's contribution and was promoted to prime minister. Everything is obvious, and the future will be different.
Du Zhongxiao looked at the flowers and plants next to him, and watched the butterflies flying from the flowers, and suddenly realized. Zhuang Zhou dreamed of the butterfly, and he couldn't tell whether this was true or not. He had been in this world for more than ten years, and now is the time to achieve real success.
Han Qi said: "In the next few years, we will build the two lakes of the fields and train the imperial guards. Apart from this, there seems to be no major event in the court."
Du Zhongxiao said: "How come there is no major event? For the Privy Council, this is true. Did it become a military officer? But for the Political Affairs Hall, there are many major events in the court. Not long after I first entered the capital last year, when I was the chief censor, I received a letter and went to Ye County to check. Later, Wang Anshi was sent as the governor of Yezhou to rectify the place. Half a year has passed, and although everything cannot be said to be smooth, it is roughly stable. Last year, Yezhou's commercial tax exceeded that of Kaifeng Prefecture, which is a first-class major event."
Han Qi was surprised: "Yezhou is small, and the commercial tax actually exceeds Kaifeng Prefecture?"
Du Zhongxiao nodded: "Not bad, and the amount exceeds it is not small. Where is Kaifeng Prefecture? The commercial tax was exceeded by Yezhou, which shows that there is a lot of money and grain in the world, but it just cannot be collected. With the example of Yezhou, the world will change as well."
After hearing this, Han Qi felt that it was very magical and could not understand how this happened.
Kaifeng Prefecture is the best place in the world. There are officials from the court here and hundreds of thousands of troops. How much money and grain will be there in just these years? Compared with Kaifeng Prefecture, Yezhou has nothing and has a much smaller population. How can commercial tax be collected?
Du Zhongxiao said: "Now half of the factories in the world are in Yezhou. Isn't it natural for commercial tax to exceed Kaifeng Prefecture? In terms of making money, what else is more profitable than opening a factory? After Wang Anshi arrived in Yezhou, he cleaned up the factories and households under his jurisdiction and improved taxes. This result is normal. Next, it is how the court will promote Yezhou's experience elsewhere and collect more money and grain."
Bao Zheng said: "With money and food, there will be no difficulty in the world. It is easier to develop the two lakes."
Du Zhongxiao said: "Yes, money and grain are the foundation of the world. As long as money and grain are not short of money and grain, many things are easy. Some people have land, isn't the lack of money and grain in the development of the two lakes? Yezhou has developed to this day, and so many factories are just supporting the development of the two lakes."
After Wang Anshi arrived in Yezhou, he managed all the factories under his control and standardized taxes. Last year, the commercial tax exceeded Kaifeng Prefecture. This incident had a great impact. This year's government affairs were about how to learn from Yezhou's experience. Yezhou was in the world and had a superior geographical location, but it was not enough for the Song Dynasty. There were always a few more Yezhous in the east, west, south and north.
The court's financial situation improved, Dangxiang was destroyed, and the emperor's trust was the confidence of Du Zhongxiao to truly dare to make comprehensive military reforms.
In addition to the two governments, the generals of the three governments are about to change on a large scale. It is just that the two government officials have to be replaced, and they have to discuss. At that time, when they were on Hequ Road, Du Zhongxiao decided to be a general in the army, and he had to be replaced every few years. Later, the entire army was reorganized and the court had different opinions, so the matter was delayed. Now Du Zhongxiao is the Privy Councilor, presided over the military reform, and the generals are responsible for large-scale transfers.
Han Qi has been in charge of military and political affairs for more than a few years and is not familiar with the government. Today, he heard that Yezhou's commercial tax exceeds Kaifeng Prefecture and was extremely shocked and kept asking Du Zhongxiao about Yezhou. With this example, other parts of the world have developed, and that's not bad.
Du Zhongxiao said: "My husband, Yezhou is Yezhou, not as easy to learn in other places. Everything there was developed because of the Iron Supervision. If there is no such place as the Iron Supervision, please don't think about it."
Han Qi said: "That's not the case. Yezhou can be developed by iron supervision. Why can't other places develop by other places? For example, Bingzhou has the largest fur market in the world. Can livestock be raised around? Liangzhe silk is of high quality, can localities learn from Yezhou to raise silkworms? In recent years, Guangnan has produced sugar a lot, so can localities learn from it?"
Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "What my husband said is that I think badly. It's not just factories that make money in the world. Other places can make money by relying on specialties from various places. After all, there are railways now, and the world's transportation is convenient, and there are many ways to make money. It's like oranges in the Two Lakes area, because the railway can be transported to Zhongyuan for sale. Things that no one wants on the roadside before can now be exchanged for money."
Han Qi nodded: "That's true. In my opinion over the years, with the railway, the world can collect more than twice the amount of money and food."
The impact of railways on the world is far beyond Du Zhongxiao's previous imagination. As the whole country has formed a market, the commercial network has formed, and commercial tax has grown exponentially. It is just that the tax collection system cannot keep up, which has hindered business. Reforming the fiscal system is an impatient task.
Speaking of the impact of railways on life, the topic of several people became obviously active. The goods from the two Zhejiang and two lakes were continuously transported to the Central Plains with the railways and exchanged for silver and money. The goods produced by the Central Plains factory were also transported to all parts of the country.
After speaking up, Fu Bi said, "I have been on Hequ Road for several years and returned to the Central Plains again. I really feel that the world has changed."
Han Qi said: "It's not a change. Things that I thought were impossible before are very easy now. I remember that when I was an official in the capital, there were officials from Jiangnan who wanted to eat fish sashimi, but I couldn't find anyone who could do it all over the capital. Now there are everything in the market. In the past, there were no fruits in the capital in winter? Now there are oranges and other things in the two lakes. People are living well, and the government also has taxes."
Bao Zheng said: "Yes, since the railway was opened, the imperial court received more money and grain every year. I remember that in the past, the imperial court earned 100 million guan a year, which was the ultimate. Last year, it was only money, and it earned nearly 300 million guan a year. With so much extra money, everything was easy to do."
In fact, if you collect so much more money, it is not just the contribution of the railway, but the more important thing is the development of industry and commerce. In the past, the money collected was mainly based on physical goods. In the past two years, the issuance of money has gradually changed to currency. Since last year, the issuance of national unified currency has begun, and the money received in the next few years will inevitably be more money and grain. Now the Song Dynasty has indeed entered a new era.
It is precisely because of economic development that Du Zhongxiao has confidence that as long as the emperor supports, he can train a completely different imperial guard. He has tried everything he should have, and he has an organizational structure and never lacks talents. As long as he has several years, this matter can be completed.
Chapter completed!