Convincing the God of Wealth, Zhao Kai, was just an excuse. Chen Qing was the de facto ruler, so how could the financial power not be in his hands? However, Chen Qing was not a dictator, and he clearly divided the power between the king and the prime minister.
He established two treasury, one is called the Treasurer, which is the money and material warehouse of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Xuanfu Envoy Department. All tax income, mining money income, official leasing, transfer, official and commercial trade and other operating income, etc., are
It is included in the treasury, the financial power is controlled by the Internal Affairs Hall, and the counselor of the Finance and Taxation Department has the authority to review.
Normal military expenditures, government salary expenditures, education expenditures, relief expenditures, etc. are all expenditures from the treasurer. Normal expenditures within the budget do not require approval by Chen Qing and can be implemented after approval by the Internal Affairs Hall.
However, large extra-budgetary expenditures, such as locust plagues, floods, etc., need to be given to the people in a certain place. Such expenditures must be approved by Chen Qing, and in Chen Qing's absence, the princess will approve them.
The other money treasury is called the treasury, which is the money and material treasury of Prince Yong's palace. It has only two incomes, war income and overseas trade income. The treasury is controlled by Chen Qing, and the Finance and Taxation Department manages it on his behalf.
The treasury is generally used for strategic expenditures, and the scope of strategic expenditures is relatively wide. For example, one hundred large-scale ships with thousands of stones are privately owned by Chen Qing and Zheng Ping, and cannot be requisitioned for free. In the end, Chen Qing and Zheng Ping sold each one for 3,000 guan.
Given to the treasury, as an asset of the treasury, normally a ten thousand stone ship would cost more than ten thousand dollars and would take a long time to build.
War expenditures are also strategic expenditures. War expenditures are not the same thing as normal military expenditures. In peacetime, soldiers' salary is two thousand dollars a month, tax exemptions and exemptions, and land rewards when they retire, etc. But once it enters wartime,
The soldier's salary will become four guans a month, and the additional two guans will be war expenditures.
There is also money to be spent on requisitioning people to transport supplies, requisitioning civilian doctors, etc. These are also war expenditures. There are also pensions for disabled and fallen soldiers, rewards for soldiers, etc., which are also war expenditures.
The northward expansion of the city wall proposed by Jiang Yanxian should be paid by the treasurer as part of the military expenditure. However, because of the huge amount, costing 80,000 yuan, it was a bit difficult for the treasurer to bear it. In addition, the attack on Datong Prefecture had a lot of income, so Chen Qing
It was specially approved for expenditure by the treasury.
The treasury is the real foundation of Chen Qing's strategy in Sichuan and Shaanxi. In Zhao Kai's words, the treasury is their base. How much wealth is stored in it has always been a top secret. Only Chen Qing and several counselors in the Internal Affairs Hall know.
After Guang attacked Xixia, he captured
Although the Xixia official treasury did not have much money, the wealth accumulated over the past century in Xixia was all turned into spoils of war, as well as all kinds of huge supplies, after deducting war expenses, all went into the treasury.
There is also the capture of Datong Prefecture this time. Datong Prefecture is Xijing of the Liao Kingdom and a strategic place of the Jin Kingdom. Although most of the gold, silver and curios were transported away by the Jin Kingdom, the remaining gold and silver was equivalent to more than 15 million guan.
There are also 800,000 guan of copper coins. In addition, the Jurchen money from plundering Mongol merchants was captured by the Song army before it could be transported away in time. This part of 2.3 million guan was used as rewards for soldiers and as war expenses for the attack on Hebei Road.
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In addition, there are a large amount of supplies, including 6 million jins of pig iron, 4.5 million jins of copper, one million sheepskins, 800,000 pieces of cloth, 100,000 pieces of silk, as well as countless tents, wood, medicinal materials, furs and other supplies.
In addition, grain, mutton, cheese, mutton oil, sheep wine and other materials go directly to the granary and are not monetary materials, while armor and arrows go into the armory and are not monetary materials.
Of course, Jingzhao's treasury is different from Lin'an's inner treasury. Lin'an's inner treasury is the emperor's private property treasury, while Jingzhao's treasury is state-owned, a bit like a reserve treasury, except that the approval power lies with Chen Qing.
In hand, no approval from the House of Councilors is required.
As for Chen Qing's personal property, it has nothing to do with these two warehouses. He has his own small treasury and his own real estate. He has a 3,000-acre manor in Yunyang County, and he also bought three 5-acre buildings in Jingzhao City.
They own a house and own two hundred acres of land fronting the street in the newly developed south city. This is a welfare for high-ranking officials. Those who are above the military command and above the fifth rank of civil servants will be rewarded with land in the new city. The area varies.
At dusk, Chen Qing returned to his mansion. There was still half a month before the Chinese New Year. Every household was busy celebrating the New Year, and Chen Qing's mansion was no exception. However, there were two special 'patients' in their family. One was Zhao Yingluo.
She has a big belly and is expected to give birth in the next few days. Dr. Liu has already moved into Chen Qing's house. The other one is Yu Ying. Not long after returning from Hebei Road, she became pregnant. This made Yu Ying, who had suffered a miscarriage, overjoyed.
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As usual, Chen Qing returned to his study and sat down. Not long after, his wife Lu Xiu brought him a cup of tea. Chen Qing's study was not allowed for maids to enter, so Yu Ying usually cleaned and served for him.
Tea, if Lu Xiu brings tea in, it means that his wife has something to ask of him.
Chen Qing picked up the teacup, took a sip and said, "When will Yingluo be born?"
"It's only been the past two days. Dr. Liu said that the fetal position is relatively correct and there will be no problem with the natural delivery. Both midwives have been invited and everything is ready."
Chen Qing hesitated and said, "I may have to go to Xianyang tomorrow and won't be back until tonight."
"Husband, don't worry and go! I will make arrangements."
After a pause, Lu Xiu smiled again and said, "Actually, I have something to discuss with my husband."
"What's up?"
"It's a row of warehouses opposite our door. The owner's surname is Lu. Do you remember, husband?"
Of course Chen Qing knew that their back door led to a river, and on the other side of the river was a small street, paved with stone slabs, which was relatively quiet. The entire small street was a row of warehouses, and to the north of the warehouse was one of the three major tiles in Jingzhao City.
,Wazi, Northwest Street.
The warehouse my wife was talking about was a long one on a small street, covering an area of about ten acres. The owner of the warehouse was named Lu and was from Hanzhong. His warehouse was facing the back wall of the palace. Chen Qing had been thinking about converting this warehouse into a warehouse.
He bought it and built it into a house, but the deer owner refused to agree.
"Why, is he willing to sell that warehouse?"
Lu Xiu nodded, "He found Butler Liu today and wanted to trade a piece of land with us. Didn't my husband share two hundred acres of land in Nancheng? He wanted to trade with us for the land facing the street at Nancheng Gate, ten acres for five acres.
, he may want to open a restaurant."
Chen Qing said with a smile: "This businessman named Lu is very smart! The land facing the street at the South City Gate is worth at least four or five times that of his side. If he builds a restaurant, he will make a fortune, but this Lu
The proprietor exchanged ten acres for five acres, and the lion didn't even open his mouth."
Lu Xiu said helplessly: "The key is that we really need the land behind. If we can build a medicine shop for Dr. Liu, she can move here. She can come to our house at any time and build six or seven more yards. The wet nurse's house can also be moved here."
, making it easier for them to take care of their families, it seems like the deer owner took advantage, but that’s not necessarily the case.”
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "It can be exchanged. Have you told Dr. Liu?"
"She now has three female apprentices. The original shop was less than one acre, which was too small. I gave her three acres of land, and she happily agreed!"
Dr. Liu in Chen Qing's mansion is the most famous female doctor in Jingzhao City. Chen Qing wanted to hire her as a dedicated physician for the palace, but the other party refused to agree. She has many patients, and there is no way she would leave others behind just for Chen Qing's family.
The patients don't care.
According to Chen Qing's character, if he refuses, forget it and find another family doctor. But the problem is that Chen Qing also trusts Dr. Liu very much. His eldest daughter, Chen Xue, was born prematurely and would usually die in infancy, but in her case
Under careful treatment, he not only survived, but is now very healthy and lively. He is Chen Qing’s cherished treasure.
Several other wives were able to give birth naturally, which is closely related to Dr. Liu. You must know that women in the Song Dynasty were prone to dystocia. If the fetal position was slightly incorrect, they would not be able to give birth, and then one would die and two would die. Giving birth to a child was a woman's death.
However, Dr. Liu's original fetal positioning exercise method basically enabled Chen Qing's wives and concubines to give birth smoothly. Based on this, Chen Qing had enough trust in this female doctor. Land was not an issue. The key was that her medicine shop was next to his palace. Since it was not
It affects her ability to see doctors outside, but she can also come over at any time, killing two birds with one stone.
"Let the housekeeper replace it as soon as possible! In addition, when the house is being repaired, a small bridge will be built so that it will be convenient for us to go there."
"I understand. Then I will tell the housekeeper today to find the people first and start construction after the New Year."
"Okay, don't bother with this matter, leave it to the butler."