"Yingzhong, why did Zhao Yu do what he did today?"
Liao Yingzhong smiled: "My lord, Yingzhong thought that firstly, the emperor was using the power of the Queen Mother to establish an imperial image for himself, implicitly hinting to your lord that the king is the king and the ministers are ministers; secondly, she was testing whether the lord wanted to be Meng Shuai or Meng Shuai.
Be Shi Miyuan."
Jia Sidao lowered his head and said, "That makes sense, so what does Yi Yingzhong mean, what should we do next?"
"Sir, we are currently unable to figure out the emperor's intentions, and since the emperor's reputation has greatly increased since the celestial phenomenon, we can only resort to tricks for the time being, and then counterattack when we have the opportunity. Therefore, as your lord said before, in terms of etiquette
A slight show of weakness, secondly, Meng Shuai has to do it, and Shi Miyuan has to do it too."
Jia Sidao was puzzled: "Why is this?"
"Your Excellency is involved, and you only need to think about it for a moment." Liao Yingzhong did not say it directly, but continued, "My Lord, I have just thought of a plan to spread words inside and outside the court, saying that the emperor is about to promote the public land law in various places."
"Yingzhong, this is a no-brainer. Only Zhao Yu, I, and the Queen Mother know about this. Wouldn't this make it easy for Zhao Yu to guess that I was the one who told the truth?"
Liao Yingzhong said calmly: "My lord, it should not be possible. The emperor has just expressed his attitude towards the public land law, and the courtiers will naturally guess that the emperor has this idea. Yingzhong thinks that the emperor will not think of you, my lord, who supports the public land law, and
I will speculate on those fierce opponents, and then I will try to add fuel to the flames, intensify the contradiction between the two parties, and achieve the purpose of dividing the Queen Mother's party."
Jia Sidao thought for a moment and said, "Yingzhong, this plan is feasible. Let's arrange for someone to do it tomorrow."
"Yes, sir. The current situation is in a trial stage for both parties. Yingzhong suggests that your Excellency must not be like before and must temper it a little."
There will be a large court meeting in two days.
"My dear friends, today we will continue to discuss the economic issues of our dynasty." I said first, "There is news from Mongolia that Kublai Khan has put down the civil strife and is currently preparing to move the capital to Yanjing. At the same time, he is also building horses and troops and hoarding grain and grass.
Once it regains its vitality, it will invade our country from the south at any time. I estimate that it will only last for two or three years at most, so there will not be much time left for our country."
When the courtiers in the palace heard this, they began to whisper privately, "Mongolia invades the south?"
Weng Yinglong took the lead and said: "Your Majesty, our government must seize these two or three years to develop its economy in order to cope with the Mongolian invasion."
It's impossible, this Jia Sidao group actually spoke for me.
Ma Tingluan reported: "Your Majesty, although I am not familiar with military affairs, I also know the saying of making a country rich and strengthening its army. As long as our country is rich, we can strengthen our army. Naturally, we will not be afraid of the Mongolian invasion."
Ye Mengding also reported: "Master Ma's words are reasonable. Although I don't know when the Mongols will invade the south, as long as our army is well-prepared and the army and the people are united, we can be invincible."
"Well, what the three of you said is very reasonable. Before that, I will announce two things. First, I plan to establish a department in addition to the six ministries specifically responsible for our country's economy (except agriculture), called the Ministry of Commerce.
Jiang Wanli."
"I'm here."
"I order you to be the first Minister of the Ministry of Commerce, with the rank of third rank."
Jiang Wanli hesitated for a moment and said, "Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty."
I knew Jiang Wanli didn't understand economics, so when I saw his hesitation, I didn't point it out and continued: "Liao Yingzhong."
When Liao Yingzhong left her duties, she knelt down and worshiped: "Your Majesty, Liao Yingzhong, is here to see my emperor. Long live, long live, long live."
"Liao Aiqing is alive."
Liao Yingzhong is in her thirties, with a moderate figure and looks gentle and elegant.
I looked at Liao Yingzhong and said: "Liao Aiqing, I will appoint you as the Minister of Commerce, with a temporary title of fifth rank."
"Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty. I will do my best to serve our court."
"The second thing is that I have promoted the former Government Land Office to the Government Land Division, which is directly under the Ministry of Commerce and will no longer be under the jurisdiction of the local government. I ordered Liao Yingzhong to concurrently serve as the first Government Land Supervisor of the Government Land Division."
Liao Yingzhong came out again and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Well, okay, now let's talk about increasing revenue and reducing expenditure." I looked at the crowd and said, "Let me talk about reducing expenditure first. I saw a note from the late emperor in his study, which said, "Yu Yu"
A minister must first control the king. It is for the sake of the king that he will serve as a minister. In other words, only when he goes up can he go down. I have seen the expenditure list of various expenses in the court last year. The first thing to bear the brunt is the expenditure of the inner courtyard of the palace, which accounts for 50% of the total expenses.
50%. Therefore, I decided to start with myself. This year, the budget of the palace inner courtyard will be reduced by 50% on the basis of last year, and will decrease year by year. Each ministry, academy, and province will re-verify this year's budget, starting with the central court, and then
Go to the government offices in each state. In addition, the Ministry of Punishment will strictly investigate all types of corruption cases. From now on, any officials involved will be punished with an additional level of crime. We will not tolerate it. I hope all of you, my dear friends, will clean themselves up."
"I obey your orders."
"Now I will focus on the matter of increasing income. Our government is based on agriculture, and I will increase investment in agriculture. The Ministry of Household Affairs will follow orders."
"I'm here," Ma Guangzu, the Minister of Household Affairs, responded.
"I order the Ministry of Household Affairs to work with the Government Land Division to re-measure the land. It is strictly forbidden to make false reports or omissions. We must first concentrate manpower and material resources. Starting from Guangdong and Fujian, all measurements must be completed within three months. I will implement it in agriculture according to the condition of the land.
The New Deal encourages farmers to farm. At the same time, I am more in favor of the coexistence of multiple economic methods, and the development of commerce and trade in various places according to local conditions. The day before yesterday, you all heard Lu Xiufu talk about the practice of Yangzhou Master Li. The recovery of Yangzhou's salt industry has driven the entire Yangzhou
The recovery of the economy is a good example. I established the Ministry of Commerce to change the current single agricultural model. I plan to use Lin'an as a pilot and promote it in various places in six months. Like agriculture, the Ministry of Commerce must be established in
At the same time, all businesses in Lin'an City will be registered within three months, and business certificates will be issued. They will be exempted from any tax during these three months. After three months, the tax rate will be formulated based on the harvest situation of each business. From now on, things will be done in accordance with the regulations, and
Merchants without certificates will be prohibited from operating. I will work out the specific measures together with the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Household Affairs to which Jiang Aiqing and Liao Aiqing belong. Jiang Aiqing and Liao Aiqing, please formulate a plan first."
"I obey your orders."
"Dear sirs, the keynote of our future economic development is to run along an economic model that is based on agriculture and parallel to commerce and trade. Under this principle, if you have any good ideas or suggestions, you can directly submit your memorial to me. Starting today,
, this new economic model will become the main model of our country's economy, and this will also be the main affairs of the court in the future, so remember it!"
Our country has always been based on agriculture. Although capitalism appeared in the Ming Dynasty, it disappeared with the destruction of the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent braided dynasty was even more ignorant and ignorant, just like returning to a slave society.
Until he was awakened by foreign guns and cannons.
I know that there are very few people who understand economics in this era. It is a helpless move for me to appoint Jiang Wanli as Minister of Commerce. I can only slowly train new people.
Fortunately, there will be another imperial examination next month. There has never been a shortage of young people who have the courage to innovate in history. As long as they are properly guided, there will surely be those business masters of later generations. I have already thought of the imperial examination questions, which are called "On the Economy of the Country". There is no need to follow a fixed format.
, all students can use it on their own.
Ma Tingluan said: "Your Majesty, I have this memorial."
"Speaking."
"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Commerce is a new department, and all the previous departments should support it. I propose to select knowledgeable people from each department and recommend them to Mr. Jiang, so that the Ministry of Commerce can be put into operation as soon as possible."
"Yes, it's time to play."
Ma Tingluan then said: "Your Majesty has upgraded the Official Land Office to the Official Land Division and re-measured the land. Do you want to promote the public land law in various places?"
Jia Sidao glanced at Liao Yingzhong and thought to himself, "This is coming so fast."