If Chongzhen saw the financial revenue of the Song Dynasty, he would probably faint in the toilet from crying.

You must know that in the later period of Chongzhen, he could not collect 3 million taels in cash a year, so he could only increase wages by three million taels, which caused a nationwide uprising, so he could barely make more than 10 million taels.

In the late Northern Song Dynasty, under Cai Jing's operation, more than 50 million guan (approximately one tael) was obtained, which was not income from grain.

Why did the Song Dynasty have grain income?

The taxation system of the Song Dynasty was the Two Taxes Law.

Farmers paid grain directly as taxes.

In Cai Jing's era, the income from grain was as high as 35 million shi.

What is this concept?

The tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty was also subject to the two-tax law, and was generally around 28 million shi. This was a rule set by Zhu Yuanzhang.

In the later period, it collapsed and shrunk to about tens of millions of dan, and then it was gone. There was no cash income, that's all.

It wasn't until Zhang Juzheng vigorously implemented the "one whip" method that there was a large amount of cash income.

If Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was cutting leeks, then the Song Dynasty would regularly dig up the roots of leeks.

Rich or not?

Rich!

The year before Cai Jing's death, that is, two years ago, the Song Dynasty's financial cash income reached 50 million yuan!

But fiscal expenditure reached 49 million yuan!

The food income is as high as 35 million shi, but the food expenditure is as high as 37 million shi!

Where can you go to reason?

Zhao Ding tried his best. In just one month, he provided the financial revenue of the Huaihe and Huaihe regions. This ability can be said to be very strong.

Zhao Ning did not ask further. It was during the war. The north of the Yellow River was attacked and the capital was besieged. It was certain that the administration was affected. It was also certain that some officials wanted to take the opportunity to withhold money.

He knew that Zhao Ding was under great pressure. Unlike Qin Hui and Gao Qiu, Zhao Ding was a true good minister of the society and could not be controlled by intimidation or coercion.

Zhao Ning sighed and said: "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Zhao. We have some conclusions so quickly, and I feel a little more at ease."

Zhao Ding hesitated for a moment and said: "The official family, I came back and heard that the official family killed 37 officials in the capital?"

Zhao Ning was silent for a moment, and he didn't know if he was brewing emotions. He said in a helpless and sad tone: "Yes."

Upon hearing the change in Zhao Guanjia's tone, Zhao Ding couldn't help but ask: "What is the official family worried about?"

"You must be thinking that I shouldn't kill so many people."

"I'm just confused. If the killing is too heavy, I'm afraid it will destroy the sanctity of the official family."

"Come, take a look at these, the crimes of these people." Zhao Ning picked up the things compiled by Gao Qiu.

"Smuggled tea, colluded with private businessmen, and made deals with the Kingdom of Jin." Zhao Ning said with a face full of hatred for iron and steel, "Now our dynasty has a feud with the Kingdom of Jin to destroy the country. In Hebei and Hedong, countless people have died under the swords of gold thieves.

If I don't kill them, how can I explain to the soldiers and civilians in Hebei and Hedong?"

"I ask you, how to win this battle with the Kingdom of Jin?"

Zhao Ding said: "Pure military discipline, reorganize the court, enrich the country and strengthen the army, and eradicate the old and innovate."

"I'm here to tell you that the key to winning this battle lies in the people. The court must mobilize the people, establish military towns in Hebei, and establish complete logistics dispatch lines in the south. All of these require the participation of the people."

"So, we must respect public opinion and stand with the people. Only in this way can we defeat the golden thief."

"In the past six months, I have often stayed up all night. The country's bad government has reached a point where it has to be restructured. How can we get the people to support us?"

"Come here, take a look. The political hall should have these properties, and you should also know about them. Land annexation, tax evasion, refugees everywhere, the army is too large, officials are redundant, and the government's income is very high.

But the payout is higher.”

"These are all my worries. Shaanxi will soon invest more people. Camps will be established in Hebei and Hedong, and military towns will be established on Jingdong East Road. The situation is so critical that there is no need to delay. You and I, our monarchs and ministers, have no time to wait.

There is no way out."

Zhao Ning's tone sounded very sincere, as if he was speaking from his heart.

If Gao Qiu were here, he would suspect that the Zhao Guan family he knew before was fake.

Zhao Ding was moved by the emperor's frank tone.

Especially the last sentence, "There is no retreat for you and I, the monarch and our ministers." The implication is that I treat you as a scholar of the country, and we will live or die together.

This is the decentralization of pressure. The pressure to be in charge must be delegated to Zhao Ding, so that he will not think that it is wrong to kill so many people.

"The most serious thing about this matter is not their corruption. There are three points that the court must pay attention to."

"First, I have asked people to verify their land. Their land is much more than those who pay taxes at the Ministry of Household Affairs. They all hide their land and evade taxes. With so much land in their hands, there are more refugees. I am sure

The Song Dynasty was in internal turmoil, how could it start a war with the Jin Kingdom again?"

"Second, in private transactions with the Jin Kingdom, will anyone secretly send information to the Jin people? This shows that our anti-elaboration work is very bad. I know that they have criticized the Imperial City Division, so I have expanded the recruitment of the Imperial City Division, that is

In order to cope with the meticulous work of the Jin people."

"Third, during the war, the control of businessmen must be stricter. Look at this Wang Xun, how dare he provide inferior iron materials for weapons."

What is climbing along the pole?

This is!

As soon as the case comes out, it is necessary to kill people and ransack homes, but to dig deep into the problems behind them, then bring them out to make things happen, and push the whole group to make rectifications to achieve your own goals is the second step.

Killing people and ransacking their homes is just treating the symptoms.

If you want to destroy an order, you must replace it with a new order, otherwise there will be chaos.

Digging these things out as examples and discussing reform plans is the only way to address the root cause.

Only by treating the root cause can the problem be truly solved.

Only by solving these problems can the administrative efficiency of the Song Dynasty be improved. With improved administrative efficiency, a sound military logistics system can be established to ensure that the frontline troops can fight.

Therefore, doing logistics is not about transporting food. If we don’t rectify the management of officials, we will become bald.

Zhao Ding was convinced by the emperor's words, and his blood even boiled.

From this point of view, the Zhao Guan family has the ambition to get rid of the old and innovate.

Zhao Ding said: "I am stupid. If so, those people should be killed."

"Okay! I have summoned Zongze to Beijing, and Li Gang will arrive soon. Our task is very heavy. I have to build a long line of defense here."

"I will give Mr. Zhao a clear answer. I will kill more people in the future, but I will never kill indiscriminately." He held Zhao Ding's hand and said in a tone that was so sincere and touching.

"Here!" In front of Zhao Ning's map, it was the map of Kaifeng Mansion.

"I have already thought about it. We will start with the land reform in Kaifeng Prefecture, and the new policy will start in Kaifeng Prefecture."

Zhao Ning began to state to Zhao Ding his thoughts on land reform, which was limited to Kaifeng Prefecture and not other places.

We should first set an example in Kaifeng Prefecture, that is, reform the special zone.

By the time he finished speaking, Zhao Ding was already sweating on his forehead.

It was already afternoon in a blink of an eye.

Gao Qiu is still leading his henchmen on the road to ransack homes to make money.

At this time, Zhao Gou returned to Tokyo City and entered the palace soon.
Chapter completed!