"Your Majesty, last year's autumn tax, the envoys from various prefectures, and the grains, silks, and grains for the central government have been shipped to Tokyo one after another." Wang Zhang stood up and reported another piece of good news to Liu Chengyou.
Hearing this, Liu Chengyou's originally calm and almost dim eyes suddenly became more vivid, and he asked: "This spring, the action is faster!"
"In the prefectures of Gyeonggi, there are many officials sent by the imperial court, and there are transfer envoys to supervise their affairs. The vassal towns in various places have not deliberately neglected them!" Wang Zhang said, the old man's tone was rare and relaxed.
"how many?"
Wang Zhang obviously had an account in mind, and said directly: "So far, the money, silk, and interest, which are about 400,000 dan, have all been included in the internal funds and the national treasury. The grain totals about 720,000 dan, except for part of the investment. Tokyo market, come to Biancang!"
Liu Chengyou's heart beat vigorously. Although his face remained calm, he couldn't help but say: "It's quite a lot!"
In Liu Chengyou's impression, this was probably the most affluent moment for the court since the founding of the Han Dynasty. Of course, speaking of abundance is only a relative term.
Last year alone, the Han Dynasty was not at peace from beginning to end. In the first half of the year, there was the invasion of Hou Shu, in the second half of the year there was the rebellion in Hezhong, and the Khitan people threatened from time to time, but overall, it was developing steadily. The situation has calmed down, and coupled with the policy of emphasizing agriculture and persuading farmers that Liu Chengyou has insisted on since he came to power, there are finally some gains.
Of course, in terms of money and food, it was nothing to the Han Dynasty, which nominally controlled the vast territory of the Central Plains, Hebei, Hedong and Guanyou. It was not much, it was simply miserable. Raising officials, raising soldiers, distributing salary and rice, mobilizing border affairs, forging weapons, providing disaster relief, and water conservancy. Basically, you can't do much, and you have to use up all your money. In other words, Liu Chengyou was used to being poor, and he felt particularly deeply at this moment.
Wang Zhang was hunched over, obviously more hunched, and leaner. Liu Chengyou looked at the old minister with a softer look, and said with some sincerity: "Thank you, Wang Qing, for acting as the Third Division. It really solves my big worries." !”
Faced with Liu Chengyou's praise, Wang Zhang remained humble as usual, calmly and calmly.
It is not entirely true that Wang Zhang really had great talents and outstanding talents when it came to managing politics. Wang Zhang relied on his familiarity with grassroots affairs, his hard work and hard work, and was not afraid of hardship or infamy. It can be said that he managed the money bag of the big man conscientiously and diligently.
Of course, Wang Zhang's conscientious attitude is also constantly changing. Up to now, it can be described as hard work and great achievements. The finances of a big man are not so easy to manage. If it were someone else who didn't have amazing talents, he would probably collapse immediately.
Wang Zhang deserves to be the third envoy, but it is actually very hard. Precisely because he appreciates his hard work and observes his hardships, even though Wang Zhang was wearing the same trousers as Yang Bin at the beginning, as time went by, Liu Chengyou also grew fond of him. Also treat them differently.
"How is the price of food in Tokyo now?" Liu Chengyou asked.
"Your Majesty, one hundred and ninety-five cents per dou of rice, only one hundred cents per dou of millet and wheat!" It was Tao Gu who answered actively.
After glancing at Tao Gu for a moment and thinking for a moment, Liu Chengyou said in a relaxed tone: "Compared to last winter, it's actually a bit lower!"
Since the beginning of winter in the first year of Qianyou, the price of food in Tokyo has basically hovered around 210 tons of rice. It has indeed declined, although the decline rate is not high.
"In addition, the Money Making Supervisor has newly minted 630,000 pieces of Qianyu Tongbao. Each piece weighs five jins and consumes more than 2 million jins of copper materials. The remaining materials are almost exhausted. I have arranged to continue collecting copper materials. In my opinion, we should vigorously promote the mining matter!" Wang Zhang reported again, not paying much attention to Tao Gu's answer.
"This matter will be led by the three departments, and all departments will cooperate!" Liu Chengyou was much less scrupulous, and simply ordered: "Now that we have created new money, we should start implementing strategies to put it into the people, so that it can circulate in the market as soon as possible to alleviate the money shortage!"
"yes!"
Under the current situation, the imperial court's means of investment are actually very scarce. Expenditure activities such as paying salaries, purchasing grain, and preparing supplies, or directly doing a major project, Liu Chengyou suddenly thought of river management and work-for-relief. What......
Of course, the most direct way is for the government to directly set up offices and inform the people to exchange old money for bad coins.
Sure enough, as soon as Liu Chengyou came up with the idea, Wang Zhang proposed this strategy.
Liu Chengyou thought for a while, looked at Wang Zhang and said: "Yes! However, nowadays there are many old coins and miscellaneous coins among the people. A strict and reasonable system should be formulated for the exchange ratio of various large and small coins!"
"yes!"
More than 600,000 yuan of new money is nothing compared to the whole world, but it is still enough to stir up some waves in Tokyo, and this is just the beginning.
This should be an opportunity to harvest leeks. Liu Chengyou glanced at Wang Zhang. With his style, he would definitely try to make profits for the court in the process of exchanging money. If he was allowed to let go, Liu Chengyou believed that Wang Zhang would even dare to take Tokyo All the people's wealth is concentrated in the government...
However, an idea was already swirling in Liu Chengyou's mind. He wanted to build a big man's "central bank". But it's just a thought for the time being. On the one hand, he only has a rough idea of the business functions of the "bank", and on the other hand, such things cannot be decided by him on the fly, especially such new affairs, which must be based on the current situation. Machine to conduct investigation and judge the feasibility...
However, Liu Chengyou still has some confidence in this point. Jiaozipu was born in the early Song Dynasty. It was written in the books of junior high school and high school. It was issued decades in advance and was led by the government, so it is not considered a breakthrough in the era.
In addition, Liu Chengyou also had a clear understanding in his mind. When the national situation was not completely stable, the central government did not have enough control over the local areas, the government's credibility was not strong, and the business development and prosperity had not reached a certain level, it was better not to trade. Make things happen rashly.
However, it might as well come up with an idea and let the ministers study it. Thinking about it, Liu Chengyou turned his attention to Wang Zhang again. Unconsciously, Wang Zhang almost became the busiest person in the court.
Seeing the old minister's depressed expression, Liu Chengyou felt inexplicably sad for a moment.
"Zhang Dejun!" Liu Chengyou suddenly called.
"yes!"
"Remember, Wang Qing worked hard and worked hard on the king's affairs, and he was given a hundred coins, ten bolts of silk, and fifty dan of grain!" Liu Chengyou ordered.
Zhang Dejun quickly agreed, and when he suddenly heard about Liu Chengyou's reward, the ministers couldn't help but be surprised. Seeing Liu Chengyou's serious and respectful expression, they looked at Wang Zhang with a bit of envy. Everyone knew that Liu Chengyou was very "picky" and could make him It is really rare to receive such a "heavy reward" during the period of administration.
While Wang Zhang was surprised, he was not pretentious, moved quickly, and bowed respectfully: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After getting up, Wang Zhang reported to Liu Chengyou again, but this time, there was a little hesitation between his eyebrows: "Hedong Jiedu reported that the prefectures under his jurisdiction were hit by snowstorms last year, causing serious damage, and border preparations were urgent. Liuzhou , The envoy's finances are insufficient, so I sincerely request the court to waive the annual and autumn taxes!"
Nowadays, except for the special states and towns such as Youzhou, Fuzhou, Xiazhou, Yanzhou, Fengxiang, etc. and the disaster-stricken areas, the fiscal and taxation of local vassal towns in Han Dynasty, the two taxes and the remaining envoys' funds are temporarily divided into half. Even so, the matter of offering sacrifices had just begun, and various loopholes appeared. That is to say, the prefectures and counties under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court provided more blood to the imperial court.
After hearing Wang Zhang's report, Liu Chengyou was immediately connected with Xuzhou's affairs.
