"What are you doing? Aren't you just trying to get away with nothing?"
After listening to Old Man Xia's explanation, Fang Fang was divided into two hearts.
This is a thumbs up. There are many high-level talents in the Wu Dynasty. Milk powder, butter, syrup, and a plan to attack Xuan Tu by surprise. They put forward the scattered things and connected them in a way that Equation did not expect. .
Such a string, grasping with both hands, not to mention the various tribes in the Xianbei grassland that were originally indifferent to the Wanyan family and were under the power of the Wanyan family, even the loyal and Wanyan family could not stop it!
The other one was complaining, whether it was cream or butter, it was all a cake, and the abacus beads splashed on the equation's face, but there was no wealth at all.
Fortunately, they also know that if the benefits are not enough, the wooing is in vain, but why do they still use the big cake to smash it?
Give me money!
Fang Fang doesn't believe that the senior officials of the Wu Dynasty don't understand the principle of throwing money at people who want to take what they want before giving it back.
To put it bluntly, I still can’t bear it!
When grassland trade began, what was needed was exchanged. The grassland that the Wu Dynasty still ignored and turned into a supplier of raw materials could still escape the exploitation of the Wu Dynasty?
But if you don't give it, you just draw the cake, trying to win people over with the empty cake, and give uncertainty to the future.
Isn't this nonsense?
Fang Fang rubbed his temples and looked at the blushing old man Xia speechlessly, "Don't explain, I know why you did what you did. You are both unwilling and reluctant to let go!"
"But that's not how things are done. Money is a foreign race. They are afraid of power but not moral. They have small gifts but no great righteousness. If they don't smash it, they will smash it hard. They will smash things all at once!"
Snapped!
Snapping his fingers, Fang Fang stopped Old Man Xia from speaking with his eyes, "To put it bluntly, you guys still know too little about money. For example, I owe you Gui Gui, you owe Huang An Gui, and Huang An owes me Gui. I am now the fourth person to borrow the money. I will pay you back the money. You will pay it back to Huang An. Huang An will pay it back to me in the end. I will pay the money back to the person who lent me the money. Walking around in a circle, none of us are here. I owe money, so who makes money and who loses in this process?”
"..."
It was a very simple story, but Old Man Xia and Huang An were both stunned, with thousands of words in their hearts reduced to speechless words.
“Money is only wealth when it flows!”
"The example I just cited is by no means just an example, but it generally occurred in public at all levels of society in the Wu Dynasty. This way of indebted to each other was more concentrated among the Wu family and lower-level officials. This group In Wu Dynasty society, if you can’t get up, you can’t get down!”
"People have expectations for their own future. Ordinary people don't dare to consume. That's because they don't expect any growth. The grassroots Wu family and lower-level officials are different. They have good expectations for the future, and for this expectation they are willing to Keep investing in yourself, what should you do if your family has no money?”
"borrow!"
"I also lent them money and recognized their expectations. Is it the military merit system? Details of promotion channels. If I was the one being lent money, I would also be willing to lend it to them!"
"Have you paid it back?"
Fang Fang spread his hands, his eyes lingering on Old Man Xia and Huang An.
"I can't pay it back. The income is too low. I don't know the situation of the Wu family, but I know that after the implementation of the eight-level worker system, many mid-level craftsmen who were eager to change their current situation had to pay off their debts in less than half a month. A big sum!" Huang An said with a wry smile, "As you said, it is expected that they are very optimistic about their future!"
The Wu Dynasty was too poor and was short of money everywhere, so it was not allowed to borrow money to survive.
Those who can borrow money are pretty good, but if you have no status and no future, who will lend you money?
After the implementation of the eight-level worker system, why are so many low-level officials making trouble in management? In the final analysis, it is all about money.
"The expectations are good, but the future is full of uncertainty. You must know that borrowing money itself also costs money. There are favors between acquaintances, and interests between banks. The biggest surprise in life is that there are accidents everywhere. Once something goes wrong Don’t worry about whether it’s good or bad, once the money is not paid, the process just now will be stuck!”
"Still with the example just now, Lao Xia, you took the money and returned it to Huang An smoothly. At this time, Huang An's family suddenly needed money. Not to mention paying it back to me, he continued to borrow money. At this time, the debts piled up on Huang An. Get up, and because I can’t get Huang An’s money, I can’t exchange it for the fourth person’s money, so what should I do?”
"I don't want to continue borrowing money, so I will live a hard life. I won't be able to pay back the money for the time being, and at the same time it will lower my quality of life. I will grit my teeth and save the money in the shortest possible time!"
"There is no problem for individuals, but it will have a great impact on national finance and taxation. Wu Dynasty did not have clear commercial taxes, but there were city gate taxes, salt taxes, slaughter taxes, and city taxes. Downgrading one person's consumption will not affect the overall situation, but it can What do a group of people, the entire middle and lower classes of society do, and where do the finances and taxes come from?”
"There is no finance and taxation. People who rely on finance and taxation to make a living would be good if they can get a guarantee. They also want awards. Without awards, there will naturally be no money left. How can we pay back the money?"
"The final result is that the poorer the people are, the poorer the country will be!"
Knocking on the table, Fang Fang crossed his arms and said, "If you don't believe me, compare the city gate taxes in the twelfth and first months of previous years with the usual ones. I believe it's not double or triple, but four or five times, because don't worry. No matter how the Wu Dynasty’s finances are going, in the twelfth lunar month, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the inner government will send out a large reward!"
Old Man Xia shook his head, "No need to compare. I know this data. The city gate tax in the twelfth lunar month and the first month is nine times higher than in the past. I thought it was a reward, and it was due to the new year, so I didn't think about it further! "
"Yes, how much is the reward? Ordinary soldiers only get one month's military pay, and officials only get two months. If this amount of money is divided evenly, how can it be possible to bring nine times the city gate tax?"
"The logic is clear and the solution is simple, give me money!"
"Of course this is not given randomly!"
"The debt problem is not just our dynasty's problem!" Fang Fang paused and pointed to the southwest. "A detailed analysis of the specific situation shows that compared to our debt, the debt problem of the Song Dynasty was bigger. It was not easy to live in Luoyang. The officials of the Song Dynasty The salary is several times that of ours, and the higher the position of civil servants, the greater the annual salary!"
"If I remember correctly, Song Chaoyi and Sansi Yue Baiguan, special promotion of sixty guan, which is 160 guan a month, plus festival awards, the total for the whole year is nearly 2,000 guan!"
"This is also unlivable!"
Old Man Xia and Huang An nodded in unison. The salary of the Song Dynasty people was high, but the price expenditure was even more terrifying. After many civil servants retired, without the support of their families, their lives would be like those of small landowners.
"And this is the second characteristic of money. Money is not equal to actual wealth. Simply put, money is not wealth, it is just a representation of wealth, and the representation process is affected by various factors!"
"We don't have the conditions of the Song Dynasty, nor do we have the high prices of the Song Dynasty. The life of the middle class in our society is actually no worse than that of people with the same income in the Song Dynasty. On the contrary, because of the blessing of the military merit system, life is easier!"
"Not only is it easy, if the family owns real estate, not only will life be easier for officials who have passed the seventh rank, but they will also have more than ten taels of silver left every year!" Huang An agreed.
In the Song Dynasty, there were awards for special advancement, and in the Wu Dynasty, there were pensions for military merit. The pensions were given to the living, and the pensions were given to the dead.
At level 7 or above, basically everyone has gained more than three levels of merit. At this stage, the good side of military merit comes into play.
One hundred acres of Yongye land under his name is tended by dedicated personnel. The output is generally attributed to the household department, and the remaining half is allocated to the officials themselves. With the output of fifty acres, official uniforms, constant companionship, and preferential treatment are given when traveling. The salary is basically not needed.
In addition, the middle and lower-level officials have little business dealings. Except for the small living environment, the rest is really not comparable to that of high-ranking officials.
