While Zhao Zhen and the others were discussing, Zhao Jun was still chatting with Yan Shu outside the Guanjia Palace.
The Jiaozi he just mentioned actually only solved the problem of empty treasury, but the problem of businessmen was still not solved.
When Yan Shu asked about this matter, he did not hesitate and quickly gave the answer.
"The businessmen's problem is also simple. The big tea merchants and the local officials who colluded with them will investigate what should be investigated and kill what should be killed. They must not be lenient when they confiscate their homes and exterminate their clans.
"Tea in the Song Dynasty was a monopoly system, and merchants could only obtain tea through tea sourcing. The Song Dynasty court could have killed a group of disobedient tea merchants in the name of investigating and punishing corrupt officials."
"Isn't it much more convenient to use the monopoly power of Chayin to support other obedient tea merchants, or to let the small and medium-sized tea merchants unite to establish a chamber of commerce, with the court as a shareholder, half-official and half-private, and use the chamber of commerce to transport grain to the border?"
"In this way, with a knife in one hand and a date in the other, a two-pronged approach is used to support the smart and obedient ones and kill the stubborn ones. Kill a group of people, suppress a group of people, win over a group of people, divide and conquer, and you can make them obey."
"And you don't have to worry about the businessmen not coming. If you don't do it, there are plenty of people who will do it."
"Just like Masao Takagi in South Korea, he vigorously supports a group of chaebols to build up the economy first, and then slowly develop national strength."
"And in addition to tea merchants, there are also salt merchants, spice merchants, and grain merchants, all of whom can participate. Competition among everyone is fierce, and the falsely estimated prices will naturally return to the actual prices. Wouldn't this alleviate the financial pressure on the government? ?”
"To sum up, the tea system in the Song Dynasty was in chaos, and the emperor and the prime ministers were not very smart. They fished in the court every day and did not know what politics was or what it meant to use the power of the state for good guidance. It’s really a bit stupid.”
"As long as the state carries out macro-control of the market like we do now, the tea introduction system of the Song Dynasty is actually a small issue, not worth mentioning."
At the end, he added: "Of course, we are in New China anyway, not the backward and decadent Song Dynasty. Song Renzong, Lu Yijian, and the others can't hear what I say. What I say here is nothing but nonsense." Is there any need? Just listen to it, the village chief and party secretary, I’m just bored to chat with you.”
Lu Yijian, who had just come out of the palace, almost peed when he heard these words.
This kid is addicted to scolding, right?
It's all Yan Shu's fault. Why did he have to mention his words? Now Zhao Jun has to bring him with him when he curses.
For a moment, Lu Yijian couldn't help but look at her old friend with a resentful look.
This terrifying whale.
On the contrary, Zhao Zhen smiled again and felt happy.
He hoped that Zhao Jun would mention him less when he scolded people in the future, otherwise it would be too shameful for him to be confused and unable to reply every time he scolded someone.
And that doesn't seem like a bad thing.
Zhao Zhen couldn't help but think about it. It seemed that he would have to mention these ministers under his rule more in the future.
Firstly, it would allow him to know who were loyal ministers and who were traitorous ministers, and secondly, it would divert the firepower and let Zhao Jun scold them, so that he would be scolded less.
Everyone came closer and continued to listen to Zhao Jun's chatter.
Zhao Jun has actually given a solution to the cross-citation method.
The opposition forces are tea merchants and court officials, so we will target these two aspects.
The officials of the imperial court felt that it would lead to a emptiness in the treasury, so they used Jiaozi to open a bank to make up for the emptiness in the treasury.
The tea merchants adopted a divide and rule approach.
Because the New Deal can quickly obtain cash, some tea merchants who need funds to withdraw funds are more supportive of the New Deal.
With the support of these tea merchants who supported the New Deal, the court did not have to worry about having no one available.
The tea merchants who opposed the New Deal were those with relatively strong financial resources and did not need to withdraw funds so quickly. Instead, they asked the court to settle the money slowly, but the settlement was nearly double the actual estimate.
Moreover, the tea policy will not only provide funds to tea merchants, but also provide tea merchants with tea inducements. Although tea merchants still have to pay when they go to tea farms to get tea, certain discounts will also be given.
Therefore, for tea merchants with strong family backgrounds, if they wait a little longer, they can not only get a large amount of funds from the Song Dynasty government, but also get a full amount of tea specialized by the government at the tea farm. The profit will be more than twice as high as Difference, why not?
However, they forgot that the Song Dynasty court was the one who set this set of rules and order. The Song Dynasty specialized in tea, and private tea merchants could only obtain tea through grain transportation tasks, and they could only obtain tea through tea farms.
The tea plantation was controlled by the imperial court, which also meant that the monopoly on who could and could not obtain tea was in the hands of the imperial court. Isn't it funny to try to make profits through the legal loopholes promulgated by the Song Dynasty court?
Therefore, Zhao Zhen only needs to hold the monopoly of tea in his own hands, support a group of obedient tea merchants, and ask them to obediently give up their originally inflated profits, which will naturally save money.
After everyone heard this, they thought this method was very good.
The only problem is that this guy Zhao Jun seems to be a ruthless person.
Zhao Zhen, Lu Yi, Jian Yanshu and others looked at Zhao Jun who was still talking with mixed emotions.
Are the people in the future who are thinking about the future generations really just full of blood and decisive in killing?
It was the same when I talked about the Qingli New Deal before. I kept talking about killing a group of corrupt officials who violated the law and discipline.
Now they are targeting businessmen again, confiscating their homes and annihilating their families one by one. The methods are really ruthless.
It seems that the young people of later generations are indeed domineering and have a bloody spirit that is rare in the Song Dynasty.
Soon the morning passed. Zhao Jun felt a little hungry and was helped back to his room. After lunch, he sat outside in the sun and chatted with Yan Shu about the history of the Ming Dynasty.
It's just that the history mentioned by Zhao Jun is relatively fragmented, and he has not sorted out the complete historical process with Yan Shu. Therefore, the information Yan Shu has now is relatively incomplete, and he can only get some intermittent historical news.
For example, after Yan Shu, the Northern Song Dynasty was followed by the Southern Song Dynasty, and the Southern Song Dynasty was followed by the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, followed by the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Republic of China and New China.
But he didn't know what major events happened inside.
Including when the Jingkang Disgrace occurred, the specific details, and what Song Huizong, Song Qinzong, Song Gaozong and others did to trigger the Jingkang Disgrace, he had no idea at all.
no way.
Yan Shu could only try his best to guide him and let him take the initiative to talk about history, but did not dare to directly participate in Zhao Jun's discussion of history.
He doesn't know the history after the Renzong Dynasty. What if he says something wrong and is suspected?
So currently only one record can be made.
In the afternoon, the ministers who had digested the knowledge for a long time gathered together again in Guanjia Hall.
"The information we have now is as follows. Everyone knows what happened before the Guan Dynasty. After the Guan Dynasty, the successors were Song Yingzong Zhao Shu, Zhao Yunrang's son, Song Shenzong Zhao Xu, Song Zhezong Zhao Xu, Song Huizong Zhao Ji, Song Qinzong Zhao Huan."
In the Guanjia Hall, Yan Shu held the recording paper in his hand and read: "Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan were fatuous and incompetent, which caused Jingkang to be humiliated. The Jin army attacked the city and the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed. Then Zhao Gou, the ninth son of Zhao Ji, went south to Hangzhou on Jiangnan East Road to establish the Southern Song Dynasty. , in the 152nd year of the Nine Emperors of the Southern Song Dynasty, they were wiped out by the Meng Yuan who rose from the north, and the Song Dynasty was finally destroyed!"
"Officials, in my opinion, we don't need to worry about things after the Southern Song Dynasty. The top priority now is how to develop national power and strengthen itself so that the Song Dynasty can avoid the Jingkang humiliation in the future."
Fan Zhongyan said.
"Um."
Zhao Zhen nodded, but also said: "But we can't ignore it completely. If we can know the development of future generations and learn from experience and lessons, we can avoid many detours."
"I heard Zhao Jun say that the power of science and technology is infinite. Only by developing the industrial revolution can national power spurt out."
"But who can do that?"
"It seems that we can only wait until Zhao Jun's eyes regain sight before we can talk."
"It should be soon, so why don't we just wait during this period? Why don't we plan the tea ceremony, so that if Zhao Jun regains his sight in the future, he will have to hand over this job to him. We haven't done anything, and he will inevitably return the favor. You have to blame us for being useless."
"But speaking of it, do we really want to leave it to him to handle important national affairs in the future? It is true that Zhao Jun is a descendant, but he has no identity and is not from the imperial examination. How can he take on such an important task?"
Everyone was talking freely, this was the doubt raised by Vice Prime Minister Song Shou.
Zhao Zhen muttered: "Zhao Jun said that he is one of the top graduates in the country in later generations. I think his knowledge is indeed extraordinary, and many of the things he proposes are also very novel. It doesn't matter whether he can be responsible for national affairs. Isn't there still something else? Can some gentlemen take care of me?"
"Yes, although we are old, as the prime minister, we still have no problem helping him to check things. Let's spread Jiaozi in Bianliang first, and then recruit wealthy businessmen to discuss these matters. What do you think?"
Wang Zeng said.
"What the Prime Minister said makes sense."
Several people looked at each other, and then suddenly laughed, although it was inevitable that this important national matter would be handed over to a young boy in his twenties.
But with several of their prime ministers behind the scenes to help Zhao Jun check, there would be no mistakes no matter what.
The literati of the Song Dynasty have always had the courage to reform.
"Um."
Lu Yijian also said: "Although Jiaozipu failed in Shu, it would really benefit the country if it could be completed. And according to Zhao Jun, later generations of banks evolved from Jiaozipu in the Song Dynasty into money banks in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The bank account eventually became the New Bank of China, which shows that this thing is indeed necessary for the country. As for the issue of Zhao Jun’s identity..."
At the beginning, he suggested a long-term plan, such as waiting until Zhao Jun's eyes recovered before proceeding. But Zhao Zhen had already made up his mind and decided to pilot it in Bianliang first. That was naturally another matter, so he began to support it.
"It's easy."
Yan Shu laughed: "There are people who forge the "Jidou Book" and "Public Inspection" among the people, and use them to do evil things. But if the "Ji Dou Book" and "Public Inspection" are made by the government, is it still called forgery? ? That is a genuine thing, it depends on whether the official wants to admit him into the clan."
"Jidou Book" is the household registration book during the Tang and Song Dynasties, which is the household registration system of later generations. It can also be said to be the household registration book.
Because in ancient times, ordinary people in Shengdou might never leave their place of residence throughout their lives. The most they would do was visit the county town. Therefore, they only needed to register at their place of residence without issuing additional certificates.
But if you cross the state and go to other places outside the county, you have to go to the government to apply for a "public verification". This thing is equivalent to an ID card, which will not only record your basic information, but also your portrait, fingerprints, etc. Only the seal of the local government is valid. If you forge it, you will be punished.
However, those who committed crimes forged the "Jidou Book" and the public inspection. No matter how authentic they were, they were still fake. But once the government enters your identity information, that thing is real. Even if your life experience is fabricated, it is extremely true, and it is not a forgery.
So the issue of identity is very easy to solve. The only problem is whether Zhao Zhen wants to enroll him into the clan. It would be a lot more troublesome to enroll him into the clan. He needs to go through Zongzheng Temple and distribute jade plates to clan members. He will definitely not be able to hide it from Zongzheng...
After hearing Yan Shu's words, Zhao Zhen pondered for a moment, shook his head and said: "Forget it if he is admitted into the clan. Although he is said to be a descendant of my Zhao family, this cannot be completely accurate. What's more, the current Dazong Zheng..."
As he spoke, he frowned. Zhao Yunrang was not actually King Pu at the moment, because he was posthumously granted the title. The highest he was during his lifetime was Runan County King, and he has not yet ascended to the throne. He is Da Zongzheng.
Although there was nothing sordid between him and Zhao Yunrang, Zhao Yunrang had been the royal family's pregnancy for a period of time. After the death of his father, Song Zhenzong's eldest son, Zhou Wang Zhao You, he was worried about having no children, so he took Zhao Yun into the palace to raise him. As a result, when Zhao Zhen was born, he was given away.
It can be said that if Zhao Zhen had not been born, then Zhao Yunrang would probably be the current official family of the Song Dynasty. Especially after hearing that he would have no son in the future and that Zhao Yunrang's son would take the throne of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Zhen felt even more uncomfortable.
Even though this person has no real power and can't make any big moves, Zhao Zhen doesn't want to give him any clues. Zhao Jun is the top priority. This matter must be kept secret and must not be spread everywhere.
Thinking of this, Zhao Zhen said again: "I reiterate that Zhao Jun's matter is the first secret of the Song Dynasty. Apart from you, it must not be spread out. If Liao Xia knows that we have a future, who knows The direction of history will inevitably lead to people being frightened and obtaining or even destroying him at all costs, do you understand?"
"yes."
Lu Yijian, Yan Shu, Fan Zhongyan and others bowed their hands and saluted.
Not many people know about Zhao Jun now. Yan Shu delivers his daily meals, and Yan Shu helps him even when he goes to the toilet.
The guards outside the door stood very far away and could hardly hear their conversation. Moreover, Zhao Zhen had issued a gag order and a no-entry order. All the guards who were originally on duty were stationed in the back garden and were not allowed to enter or exit.
Even Zhao Zhen's confidant eunuch Wang Shouzhong could not get close to eavesdrop on their conversation, so the news in the palace could still be blocked.
The only problem is the children and the old ladies.
Now they all live in Houyuan.
Fortunately, the back garden is relatively spacious, and craftsmen are currently building some wooden houses, preparing to officially start building a Nini Village.
It has been a month since Zhao Jun traveled here. According to the imperial doctor, as long as he insists on acupuncture and loosens the congestion in his brain, if he is lucky, he will be able to see something in ten days and a half. If he is not lucky, basically You should be able to see light in the first two months or so, and your sight will be completely restored in three or four months.
Now Zhao Jun changes the gauze every day, but his eyes can only see a blurry line at present, which shows that he is the type with relatively bad luck, and it will take more than two months to recover.
So in the next period of time, they will have to get more useful information from Zhao Jun as soon as possible.
