The fiscal revenue of the feudal government is basically limited, and the main expenditure is only to maintain the operation of the feudal government. The constant expenditure must be the expenditure to maintain the officials and the army at all levels, as well as the irregular construction, flood control, disaster relief, and war.

Waiting expenses.

Let’s not talk about the irregular expenses for the time being. There is no accurate figure for them. As for the king’s legs and the need to build a mausoleum, not to mention, they are all uncountable. Although a certain amount of money will be set aside for such expenses.

, but it is often not enough and requires additional fundraising.

The main expenses are to pay the salaries of bureaucrats at all levels and the military expenses to maintain the regime. I won’t mention it for local officials. It doesn’t matter whether they are paid or not. They have become more capable of raising money at the local level. Even before, they often

A Beijing official requested to be appointed as a foreign official in order to earn income to support his elderly parents.

Now Hong Jinglai actually has an annual income of about five million taels of silver. Because he killed the Beijing merchants, the loss of tribute rice during transportation has been effectively controlled. Although the Song merchants can also do some tricks, such as stealing a bag of rice,

Take a bowl, add some sand in it, or quietly replace this year's new rice with old rice, but it is still better than Beijing merchants just losing 20% ​​of the rice.

Hong Jinglai would definitely not put out his hand for this money, but officials at all levels would get some expenses, such as money for red paper, etc., and take away 10%. The rest was mainly used to support the officials and soldiers of the court.

For more than a year now, Hong Jinglai has been paid monthly salary, which is completely different from those who were in power before and could only be paid a few months a year.

After distributing all this money, there is basically not much left. We still have to maintain the expenses of each government office, such as daily maintenance, buying firewood in winter, buying ice in summer, etc. The Xibing warehouse is almost empty for Hong Jinglai.

The only good thing is that the whole family of the Li family in Quanzhou does not need Hong Jing to support them all. Hong Jinglai only needs to take care of the salaries of those Li families who come out to serve as officials. The rest of the idle clans are all supported by King Li himself. As for Li Wang himself.

What does King Li use to raise him? It's none of Hong Jing's business.

The Lee Dynasty of North Korea has been around for more than 400 years. In the early years, fathers and sons killed each other, brothers killed each other, and there was a lot of internal fighting. But it is undeniable that all of them, Old Lee, are all human beings, and not a single one of them is a dishonest person.

.After all, Caipai will be eliminated, and if he is eliminated, he will die. Now this group of people, Xiao Li, is no longer good. More than half of them are lazy people who don't even know how to be officials. They are just bastards.

Come and save some money for Hong Jing!

Now Li Xianghuang proposes to transfer money directly from the fiscal revenue, without going through Hong Jinglai's hands, to obtain the revenue, which seems to guarantee the income of the royal family. In fact, it will offend the Hanyang army and the court officials. The money is mainly used for

They were here to pay their wages. What would they think if they were taken away by King Li in a grand manner?

If it was Hong Jinglai who allocated money to the royal family and then could not pay the salaries of the army and officials, then people would only resent Hong Jinglai, after all, it was Hong Jinglai's fault.

Some people may say that Hong Jinglai can blame King Li, but Hong Jinglai will never do this. After all, King Li first has the righteousness of the world and is the monarch. How can he attack King Li if he does not want to turn against him? Secondly, King Li only needs to

When the news about the settlement of Gongzhuang Tiandu was revealed, the corporal officers might have looked at Hong Jing as a trash person that day.

"Don't be like a wise king who embezzles Hucao's money!" Li Shujiu disagreed with this approach. The impact was too bad.

"Then how to ensure that Hucao pays the money in the palace?" Li Xianghuang was not upset. Originally, he was not sure about his own method, so he just proposed it.

"We still have to start from the Jiashan Copper Pit!" These problems are all one problem, and Li Shujiu has basically understood it.

That is financial dominance!

Hong Jinglai hoped to fully integrate the income from both inside and outside the Hanyang court, expand financial resources, master cash, realize his political ambitions, use money to clear the way, and carry out a series of reforms.

Naturally, King Li's palace and farmland were one of the sources of income for the Hanyang court, but they were controlled by the royal family for a long time. In the feudal era, it was a family system. What belonged to the court belonged to the king, and what belonged to the king belonged to the court. These things were mixed together,

In addition, over the past hundreds of years, various land systems have collapsed and wars have occurred repeatedly. This is simply a confusing account and indeed needs to be reorganized.

Now it is true that except for Hong Xianzhou, who is in charge of the Domestic Demand Department, even Li He himself may not know much about the actual situation of Gongzhuang Tian below.

Long-term physical income is indeed inconvenient for King Li. Especially this physical income fluctuates every year, sometimes more and sometimes less, so it is not a stable income.

After pondering for a long time, Li Shujiu finally made a decision!

"This time we do not necessarily have to decide the outcome with Hong Wufeng, but we just want to maintain the power of the Lord. If possible, it would be better to cooperate with Hong Wufeng for a win-win situation."

"Please ask uncle to teach me!" Li? Knowing that the only person he could rely on was Li Shujiu, he immediately left his seat and leaned next to Li Shujiu's seat.

"The income of the palace is uncertain, but the income from coining can be roughly determined!"

"Well……"

That's right! Now that the mining rights of Jiashan Copper Mine have been taken over by Li Shangxian's family, they need to pay a contract fee of 200,000 taels of silver to Hu Cao every year. This amount of money has never been seen in history, so King Li wants to take it

Hong Jinglai certainly couldn't blame this money by saying that it was going to be used for salary and military pay.

In addition to this amount of money from our old Li family, the Jiashan Copper Mine buys copper materials at 20% every year and can mint more than 500,000 guan. Moreover, this does not cut corners and contains 100% copper.

Fifty-five dollars is good money. Basically every thousand dollars can be worth one tael of silver.

This means that there is a completely certain income of 700,000 taels, and the remaining 500,000 taels are sold to Hong Jing to save face, so Hong Jing can raise the money and hand it over. Or we can open up some new financial resources and discuss it later.

As long as we can keep control of the Jiashan Copper Mine, at worst, our old Li family will sell the copper to themselves and make money themselves. Anyway, we won’t lose money!

You can also use this to ease the relationship with Hong Jinglai and hand over the Gongzhuang land that Hong Jinglai is eyeing, so that Hong Jinglai can take full control of the entire financial revenue of Hanyang.

"Jiang Shan is right. It would be best if we avoid quarreling with Wufeng. The harmony between the monarch and his ministers can last long!" Li Shangxian expressed support for this plan, not to say how good this plan is, but simply because it will not offend Hong Jinglai.

Since Hong Jinglai has set his sights on Gongzhuangtian, he can ensure that the interests of the royal family are not damaged while protecting the royal family. After all, both parties are on stage together. If they can sit down and talk, they can sit down and talk. There is no need to tear each other down.
Chapter completed!