So poor!
There is a huge deficit outside, and there are a lot of wives and children to spend at home, and there are more and more children.
Empress Zhu Fengying gave birth to her legitimate son Zhao Ping. There was so much joy these days, and Zhao Kai had to give her a reward.
The imperial concubine Mrs. Pan gave birth to her third child. She was a girl. She was unhappy these days, so Zhao Kai had to spend money to buy gifts to comfort her.
There is still no movement in the belly of Princess Guo Tiannu, but she has been following Zhao Kai in these expeditions, and her hard work has not been lacking, and of course she has been rewarded heavily.
In addition, there are several female class members who have made Zhao Kai pregnant while sleeping, and they will definitely have to be rewarded. Even if you don't have a big belly, you still need to be promoted.
In Zhao Kai's concubine system, the female banzhi is the "starting price", and the salary is not high. It is used to arrange for the servants of Heshuo and Guanlong who have just entered the palace and are not too high-born - the names of those women They are all the daughters of generals, but in fact they are all concubines from the side of the mansion.
And the 36 female squad members of the first generation followed Zhao Kai to the battlefield. With "fatal love", of course they had to get promotions and salary increases!
These women in the harem have all been "promoted and paid more", and the size of the palace will inevitably expand - they have to be assigned maids and eunuchs to serve them!
When there are more people, the expenses of the palace will naturally increase!
These days, the women around Zhao Kai are all craning their necks, waiting!
Can Zhao Kai let his woman down? Is that still a manly man?
Of course, the women in the harem need to be "promoted and paid more," and the heroes outside need to be heavily rewarded!
Zhao Kai has always used the methods of "promoting investment" by granting officials, making wishes, and getting married. Those heroes who followed Zhao Kai in the early days, Heshuo and Guanlong who joined later, as well as a small number of Central Plains tycoons, also knew that it was Zhao Kai's entrepreneurial period, and they could not rush to ask for rewards, but had to make more contributions and make more contributions. ..... Only in this way can we collect enough dividends after Zhao Kai's dynasty stabilizes!
With the breach of the 10,000-year-old new dike of the Yellow River and the emergence of the Yellow Flood Area in the Central Plains, the situation of the world being divided into three parts has emerged, and will continue for a long time.
So Zhao Kai must pay dividends to the heroes!
And the dividends given to the heroes are not the biggest expense that Zhao Kai needs to pay... The more than 300,000 government soldiers are Zhao Kai's largest group of creditors. If they are not arranged well, Zhao Kai's dynasty will not last long!
Thinking of these unsatisfactory shortcomings, Zhao Kai was not in the mood to play with his son with Zhu Fengying, so he stood up, smiled and said to Zhu Fengying: "Fengying, I still have some government affairs to attend to... During dinner... I’ll come find you again.”
After Zhu Fengying gave birth to the child, she became much plumper and more beautiful than before. Zhao Kai also liked her more... After listening to her husband's instructions, Zhu Fengying pursed her lips and smiled lightly, then stood up and gave Zhao Kai Kai Xing made a blessing: "Officials should not work too hard. Government affairs should always be done slowly."
Zhao Kai nodded, strode out of the dormitory, and headed to the main hall of Zhenguan Hall... to summon the important ministers and generals gathered in Luoyang to discuss how to get money and land to fill the holes.
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"Long live Long live Long live......"
The ministers who were summoned quickly arrived at Zhenguan Hall. They all came empty-handed. They all held notebooks - they were all account books!
They all came to ask Zhao Kai for payment!
Where are the loyal ministers and generals of the Song Dynasty? They are all for collection!
Now he finally understands why some founding emperors in history liked to kill heroes so much... This is not killing heroes, this is killing creditors who collect debts!
What the founding emperors owed was not just ordinary money, but blood debts!
If you owe money or borrow money but don't pay it back, the worst thing you can do is your credit score. But if you don't repay your blood debt, your family and country will really be ruined!
You borrow and pay back, it's not difficult to borrow again... Otherwise, next time the gold thief comes again, there will be no one to kill for Zhao Kai!
"Stand flat, sit down, we are all our own people, don't be too polite." Zhao Kai should be polite to these loyal ministers and good generals who are "collecting money"... It's not like the birds are gone and the bows are hidden. when! Even if it were Zhu Yuanzhang who took the top spot, he would still have to find ways to repay the debt!
"Brother, my brother is sitting down!"
"Old minister, I would like to thank the official."
"I thank the official for the seat..."
These collection ministers were polite, but they didn't dare to look down on Zhao Kai. In fact, they were forced to do so!
It's okay to ask for less for their own share, but they can't give less for the more than 300,000 soldiers below... These people are the foundation of the prosperity of the Northern Song Dynasty!
"Has it all been calculated?" Zhao Kai asked, "How many job-related fields need to be given, and how many untouchable permanent fields are there?"
The so-called duty field is the land that Zhao Kai's court wants to give to the soldiers below - what are the more than 300,000 people fighting for life and death with Zhao Kai for? Just picture this!
Yongye field refers to the "private land" of the generals of the government - whether it is official land that has been invaded, hidden land, or private land, Zhao Kai has to recognize the "permanent property rights" of the generals, so The name "Yongye Tian" was used.
According to the newly promulgated "New System of the Twelve Honors" (which is a revised version), the "Yin Tian" quota will be canceled and replaced by "Yong Ye Tian".
And Yongye Field will be permanently determined in the inspection areas of western Beijing, Shaanxi, Hebei, Hedong and other areas in the near future - Yongye Field will be linked to military service, and the owner of Yongye Field must bear the responsibility The corresponding military obligation is to serve as a government soldier!
If he cannot bear the corresponding military service, Yongyetian will be taken back by the court.
Of course, not every soldier can own Yongye Field... Job fields are good, but Yongye Field is rare! Only those soldiers who owned non-official land in the camps in western Beijing, Shaanxi, Hebei, Hedong and other areas before the Hongwu Grand Inspection could transfer part or all of the land (basically all, some) according to their rank. A general with too much land can also register the land in the name of his children) and register it as Yongye Field.
Moreover, if others want to obtain Yongye Field, they must obtain it legally from these old soldiers or their descendants and assume corresponding obligations...or be given it by the court after making great achievements.
"Officials," Du Chong, the deputy privy envoy in charge of the "Grand Inspection Area", frowned and replied, "There are already 360,000 military households in the government, and their positions plus Yongye, I'm afraid... it will exceed 10 million acres! If you add Jue Tian, I'm afraid it will take 100 million acres to divide it..."
This time Zhao Kai gave him the hot job of "land inspection envoy", who was in charge of the land inspection work of the so-called Yingtian No. 4 Road!
The so-called "Yingtian Road" was also thought up by Zhao Kai after he returned to Luoyang. It was to merge the original Transfer Envoy Department and the Military Mansion to establish the Yingtian Envoy Department.
The four transshipment roads in Shaanxi, Hedong, Jingxi, and Hebei, which are located on the anti-golden front line, have all been converted into camp fields... In other words, the land on these four roads will almost become permanent. Industry land, position land, title land and official land to be distributed.
Civilian fields...or in other words, fields held by the scholar-bureaucrats and landlords will be forcibly bought at low prices!
How offending this is, you can even imagine it with your heels...
But Du Chong, who had made mistakes before, didn't dare not accept the job, so he had to bite the bullet.
"Is there enough land for four campsites?" Zhao Kai asked.
"Barely enough..." Du Chong said, "Just like this, the four roads of Shaanxi, Hedong, Jingxi, and Hebei have almost no people's land. Not only are the ordinary people struggling to survive, but the imperial court can no longer rely on the four roads. The road collects spring money and autumn taxes..."
Zhao Kai now has a total of six transfer envoys (field envoys) on hand, namely Shaanxi, Hedong, Jingxi, Hebei, Jinghu, and Sichuan. Among them, Hebei and Jinghu are not complete, and there are only a few state capitals. Now four of the roads have become camp roads that can only provide soldiers but cannot provide taxes. Then only Sichuan Road and Jinghu Road are left that can support the court...
"What about the commercial tax, mining tax, salt tax, tea tax, and wine tax on the four roads of Shaanxi, Hedong, Jingxi, and Hebei?" asked the poor Wang Zhaokai.
"Officials," Lu Yihao took up the topic, "of course there are still taxes... but there are four camp field envoys, four pacification envoys, as well as the local government, state, military, prison, The county also has to spend money, so the money and food that can be transferred to the Ministry of Household Affairs will not be too much."
"Only Sichuan and Jinghu are left in the imperial court?" Zhao Kai asked.
"Yes," Lu Yihao said, "the only two transfer envoys left... Among them, the Jinghu transfer envoy's territory is not large, so the financial source of the imperial court will be Sichuan in the future."
"Sichuan is the land of abundance!" Zhao Kai gritted his teeth and said, "With Sichuan all the way, it is enough to support the overall situation!" He thought for a while and then said, "Sichuan and Jinghu are where the country's money and food are, and they must work hard to manage them. No more government troops can be placed there!
From now on, Shaanxi, Hedong, Jingxi, and Hebei will send troops, and Sichuan and Jinghu will provide money and food... If the soldiers still want land, they can go to the Jin Kingdom to get it! "
After hearing what Zhao Kai said, Han Shizhong immediately asked: "Brother, do you mean that after the restoration of Jingdong, Hebei, Yanshan, and Yunzhong, the land will be distributed to the soldiers?"
"Yes!" Zhao Kai nodded heavily, "Go and tell the soldiers that the land in Jingdong, Hebei, Yanshan, and Yunzhong are all used to raise soldiers. In addition, there is Liaodong! If we can capture it, give it to the soldiers!"
I don’t know when the Northern Expedition will start. The land has already been divided up... Zhao Kai, an official family, is still very powerful!
But he didn't want to push the scholar-bureaucrats and landowners to a dead end... There are still Dajin and Southern Song Dynasties in the world! Moreover, direct confiscation of legal property would greatly dampen the enthusiasm for production and operation!
So he thought about it and said: "Can the court give some compensation to the original owners of the four fields in Shaanxi, Hedong, Jingxi, and Hebei? Only those with land deeds... For example, two or three horses per acre of land. Silk?"
"The officials," Privy Councilor Chen Ji said, "then they have to give tens to 100 million horses...can the court afford it?"
Zhao Kai thought for a while and said, "Then give me a cloth ticket!"
