After the Liao Kingdom was incorporated into the territory of the Song Dynasty, all the capital roads in the original Liao Kingdom were renamed as roads, such as Shangjing Road to Shangjing Road, Tokyo Road to Tokyo Road, etc., and the scope of their jurisdiction remained unchanged; Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan had meritorious service in the battle and were once again captured.
Granted the post of guarding the border, Fan Zhongyan went to the East Road to recruit pacifiers, while Han Qi was stationed on the Tokyo Road. On this matter, Zhao Zhen's attitude was clear. Merits can be rewarded, but the previous punishment must not be ignored.
, can be a local official, but will never be allowed to enter Beijing as an official, let alone talk about returning to the central government.
The generals of the Northwest Army led by Su Jin became the biggest winners. Jingtai was promoted to Minister of War and Qinzhou Road Envoy. Pan Jiang was transferred to Nanjing Road to recruit and pacify envoy, and was given the position of Minister of Punishment. Ma Han of the Dynasty was promoted to the front of the palace respectively.
The deputy commander of the military capital, and all other Northwest Army soldiers who returned alive were promoted and dispersed into various armies as generals; the fallen soldiers also received generous pensions from the court.
Di Qing was appointed deputy privy envoy due to his meritorious service in pacifying Nong Zhigao and cooperating with Su Jin. Some people originally opposed it, but Su Jin strongly recommended it. With Su Jin's influence at this time, he did not say anything, but said a word.
, there are indeed not many people who dare to speak out openly. The biggest obstacle to Di Qing's appointment as deputy privy envoy is the same as the obstacle Su Jin encountered at the beginning. Di Qing was born in the military and had no imperial examinations. This naturally became the opposition in the court to his appointment as deputy privy envoy.
The reason was that Su Jin was not angry about this, so he supported Di Qing in taking the position.
As for Su Jin's appointment, it has not been announced yet. Different versions are circulating, and there are many speculations among private officials. There are no clues in the "Pearl News", which is always known for its well-informed information, which only adds to the confusion of the matter.
Mystery.
Half a month later, the mystery was revealed. As expected by most people, Du Yan was removed from the position of Privy Councilor and became the prince's young master and the Duke of Qi. Su Jin became the most eminent minister of the Song Dynasty at the age of twenty-four.
The young Privy Councilor Du Yan was hesitant in his plan to counterattack the Liao Kingdom, almost delaying the opportunity to fight. His resignation was an inevitable result and was completely expected by everyone.
But what most people didn't expect was that Zhang Yaozuo, the powerful magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture, was actually appointed as deputy privy envoy Tongzhi Pingzhang's political affairs. He suddenly became one of the core members of the central government. Everyone was stunned. Anyone who knows the inside story knows that
, Zhang Guifei's pillow style worked. Taking advantage of this major adjustment of the team, Zhao Zhen also played a blind trick. Taking advantage of the adjustment of personnel, Zhang Yaozuo was inserted into the center.
For this reason, Bao Zheng and other admonishers strongly opposed it. After several days of quarrels, Yan Shu came forward and calmed down the anger of Bao Zheng and others, saying that he did not want to affect Su Jin's appointment.
In order to seek a balance, Zhao Zhen appointed Bao Zheng as the governor of Kaifeng to succeed Zhang Yaozuo, while retaining the position of censor Zhongcheng. Bao Zheng was indignant and refused to resign. Su Jin persuaded Bao Zheng in every possible way, and Bao Zheng agreed to take up this position.
Weaken Zhang Yaozuo's power.
Su Jin's appointment did not stop there. In addition to the important position of Privy Councilor, Yan Shu also served as the Third Secretary of State in honor. However, he publicly expressed his lack of energy in the court, and the third division's power was given to Su Jin, the deputy envoy of the Third Secretary, with full power.
, in view of Su Jin's contribution and means in the Song Dynasty's fiscal and taxation, Zhao Zhen was also happy to let Su Jin take over the finance and recover from the post-war depression as soon as possible.
Su Jin understood that the top priority at the moment should be shifted from military to production recovery and financial relief. The annexation of a large area of Liao land and population also brought a huge burden. The increase of nearly 20 million people brought even more severe consequences.
challenges, and the 20 million people of the original Liao Kingdom were in exile.
Most of the cities on Shangjing Road and Tokyo Road were burned down. Now they belong to the Song Dynasty, and these places need to be rebuilt.
Everything boils down to one thing, which is to generate fiscal revenue; in addition to actively implementing the policy of land reclamation and retention of the Department of Development and Reform, more ways to bring in money are also needed.
After the Development and Reform Department was handed over to Li Chong, Li Chong gave full play to his strengths. It was not easy to make trade-offs among tight funds and a large number of projects. In order to alleviate all these contradictions and pressures
, Su Jin decided to bear the pain and give up the big cake of overseas trade and nationalize it.
When Su Ji was making a lot of money by opening up overseas trade, major merchants in the Song Dynasty were also eyeing this piece of cake. During the war, Su Ji only had time to send his fleet on one more voyage. Before it returned,
Major merchants have assembled hundreds of ships and are preparing to follow Su Ji's fleet on its third voyage to the ocean.
Su Jin once again proposed the establishment of a Municipal Shipping Department to uniformly manage overseas trade. This time Zhao Zhen readily agreed. He had already known that Su Ji had opened a waterway. Zhang Yaozuo and others had long written a letter saying that they wanted to take back the rights to ocean trade, but Zhao Zhen was afraid
Su Jin was too worried and refused to agree. At this moment, Su Jin took the initiative to bring up the matter. Zhao Zhen was also surprised and a little touched. He had always thought that Su Jin was a capable official, but Su Jin's wealth-making was also
He was famous for making a lot of money under the banner of the imperial court. Zhao Zhen also used different methods to get money out of Su Jin's pocket. One of the tricks was to take out all the money from the Northwest Fourth Road and let Su Jin fend for himself.
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But at this time, his impression of Su Jin had changed a lot. From the moment Su Jin was willing to take the risk and lead 200,000 horses to attack the hinterland of Liao Kingdom, Zhao Zhen had a new understanding of Su Jin. He was not only a capable
The official is not only a guy who loves money, but also a stand-up person in terms of justice. This time he took the initiative to talk about nationalizing overseas trade, which made Zhao Zhen strengthen his opinion.
Out of consideration for compensation to Su Jin, Zhao Zhen tentatively proposed to let Su Ji participate in it, but Su Jin refused because Zhao Zhen completely misunderstood what he meant. Zhao Zhen thought that nationalizing ocean trade meant prohibiting private sailing.
Trade, this is exactly contrary to the strategy of encouraging merchants to enrich the people and the country. Su Jin just wants to establish and improve the shipping department, open many ports, encourage private merchants to trade, and collect tariffs on the import and export of goods. This is the long-term future.
The way of money; if the state organizes fleets to go to sea for trade, although it will be profitable in the short term, it will not be conducive to the overall economic activity of the Song Dynasty in the long run.
After explaining for a long time, Zhao Zhen finally understood what Su Jin meant. He realized that the gap between himself and Su Jin was not the slightest bit. In order not to show his ignorance, he pretended to be generous and told Su Jin: "Ai Qing
From now on, if you have any ideas, you just need to present them, and I won't deny them. There is no need to explain to me. I just need to know that what you do is for the sake of the Song Dynasty."
What Su Jin wants is this sentence. With Zhao Zhen's sentence at the bottom, he can unscrupulously implement all the ideas in his heart.
Su Jin immediately ordered the establishment of municipal shipping departments in Guangzhou, Mingzhou, Quanzhou, Hangzhou, Mizhou, Huating and other places to comprehensively manage overseas trade. All imported and exported goods will be subject to a one-tenth tariff. Private merchants are interested in this.
, can be reported to the record. If the smuggling is not guaranteed and the goods are confiscated, they will also be punished according to the newly added commercial penalty clauses of Song Xingtong. At the same time, Su Jin ordered to donate hundreds of sea-going ships to trade with the Tibetan countries along the way.
Encourage them to take the initiative to do business with Song Dynasty Navigation, and the customs duties will be recorded in their accounts every time they go back and forth.
In September of the second year of Emperor You's reign alone, more than 530 ships sailed in and out of each port. In this month, the city's shipping department imported more than 1.5 million yuan in customs duties, which was almost overwhelming for officials from the third department and Zhao Zhen and others.
I was so shocked that I couldn't close my mouth.
The four national highways were nearing completion. In order to repay the national bonds issued in cash, Li Zhong ordered to set up toll stations every fifty miles, put up signs for toll repayment, and set up public cargo stations and a public transportation system for interregional human transportation on the national highways.
Commercial taxes in various cities and towns are also gradually rising. By the end of the second year of Huangyou's reign, the fiscal tax revenue of the Song Dynasty reached 70 million guan. Although various expenditures reached 110 million and there was still a deficit of 40 million guan, the Song Dynasty still had a deficit of 40 million guan.
The investment is concentrated in this year. Over time, the deficit will be gradually eliminated.
In April of the third year of Huangyou's reign, Liang Shi, head of the Smelting Department of the Third Division, discovered several large mines in Shanxi, Tokyo Road, Huainan East Road, and Hubei. Su Jin took charge of mining. After overcoming many technical difficulties, three large mineral deposits were mined one after another.
, Su Jinzou asked Zhao Zhen to lift the export ban on charcoal ironware and export a small amount of charcoal ironware in exchange for strategic material reserves such as saltpeter, sulfur, etc. that were prohibited from export by the Tibetan state. Although he did not understand what role these things had in the country, Zhao Zhen had something to say first and also
It’s hard to say much.
In the two years from the second year of Huangyou to the third year of Huangyou, the territory of the Song Dynasty was almost completely changed. National highways were connected, branch roads were crisscrossed, wasteland was reclaimed, market entrances were prosperous, urban populations were concentrated, agricultural production technology was innovative, and iron tools and charcoal were widely used.
To make people's lives more convenient, more and more state governments are opening municipal facilities, buses and carriages, ring streets, and public entertainment venues under the supervision and promotion of the Development and Reform Department.
Mingzhu Bao spared no effort to promote the experience of various places. Every time there was a new weather, it would be spread throughout the Song Dynasty for several days. People no longer worked at sunrise but rested at sundown. With the improvement of labor efficiency and the abundance of pockets, Mingzhu Bao's subtle influence
It hints that they have something more to pursue, instead of just spending a lot of time and money by going to casinos and visiting brothels.
This period has always been talked about by future generations. It was once called the "Huangyou's rule" and also secretly called the "Su Jin's rule".