Zhang Duan didn't think that Zhao Xu would go to Yang Huairen's idea of beating Yang Huairen's property, and he also understood Zhao Xu's intention of coughing hard, from this point of view, Yang Huairen was still too tender compared to observing business.

Zhang Dian said, "If Yang Jungong has any good ideas, let His Majesty give more rewards to the meritorious soldiers, don't let it go and listen to it." ”

Zhang Xianggong reminded him like this, and Yang Huairen reacted, it turned out that Zhao Xu did not mean to occupy his family property, no matter how he said that he was the emperor and worried about the wealth of a courtier, it seemed that no one would do this kind of shameful thing.

Yang Huairen thought that maybe it was just that Zhao Xu suddenly thought that Yang Huairen was a good money-maker, so he wanted Yang Huairen to help him come up with an unusual idea to solve the difficulties in front of him, so he was a little relieved.

He thought about it, and suddenly felt that he should seize such an opportunity.

Because the emperor rewarded meritorious courtiers, generally by adding officials to knighthood, plus rewards of land or property.

Adding officials to knighthood is actually free for the emperor, especially in the current situation of the Great Song Dynasty, there are many redundant official positions, and it is just a matter of promoting a meritorious general casually.

And the titles and titles, there is also a set of self-contained system, the really high titles and titles are more natural rules, the middle and lower class, just reward, the emperor is just a matter of mouth.

However, this does not mean that there is no loss, according to the rules, whether it is a false position or a title and title, although it is just a name that can allow a meritorious person to get back his hometown and show off his ancestors, but the actual economic effort, Zhao Xu still can't escape.

First, the imperial court will give these knights and medals official salaries in the future, although the number of each person is not much, but this Song and Xia war produced a large number of meritorious ministers, so if you calculate it, it will be too much.

Don't look at the Song Dynasty is the most taxed dynasty in history, but there are many officials, and there are many false positions, titles and titles, and the emperors like to wear big hats to their courtiers and play the emperor's grace.

In Yang Huairen's words, the emperors of the Song Dynasty cherished their own face very much, even to the point of pretending to be not afraid of thunder, but in the long run, they will inevitably pay the price for pretending to be forced to never forget.

After talking about the seal, let's talk about the reward. The emperor's reward for meritorious officials is a personal act, and this has nothing to do with the imperial court, so how much money the emperor wants to give to the meritorious courtiers as a reward depends on personal feelings, because this money comes from his personal money, that is, he takes money from the inner treasury, and the household department does not care.

What is the emperor's inner treasury for? It's very simple, the emperor's private money is saved, that is, the emperor's expenses are all from the treasury of the inner government, and it has nothing to do with the imperial court.

For example, the emperor felt that the palace he lived in was old, and the decoration was not fresh and boring, and if he wanted to rebuild the palace, he had to take the money from the inner treasury.

Also, the queen wants to buy a headdress, this concubine wants to buy a golden hairpin, and the beauty wants to buy a ring, and the money is also from the inner treasury, and the emperor has more wives, and the emperor's money is not enough to spend.

In short, that is to say, the expenses of the emperor's daily life are all spent on the money in the treasury of the inner government, and the money in the treasury of the imperial court is the key to the normal operation of a state machine, and the emperor cannot easily move it.

Therefore, Zhao Xu said that the reward for the soldiers this time was "more than the reward and less reward", which means that he was not satisfied with the fact that he wanted to give a large amount of money from his money bag to reward these meritorious soldiers.

The reason is very simple, his own money hurts to draw, and when he spends it, it is not enough for him to squander it himself.

Yang Huairen figured this out, and quickly came up with an idea, on the one hand, he could solve the problem of Zhao Xu's money bag, and at the same time, let his plan to build a foreign trade base in the west carry out smoothly.

"Your Majesty, Wechen has a way, but no one has used this method before, so Wechen is afraid that he will upset His Majesty by saying it."

When Zhao Xu heard that Yang Huairen had a way, he immediately raised his eyebrows, his throat was no longer itchy, his head was no longer painful, and it was not difficult to go upstairs......

What Zhang Dian thought of was that Yang Huairen had a lot of ideas, but sometimes it seemed a little opportunistic, but if he could solve the current problems of the official family, it was not impossible to give it a try.

"Yang Jungong has thought of a good way, you might as well say it and listen to it, and the old man will also help you refer to it."

Yang Huairen said, "Your Majesty's Inner Government and Weichen have cooperated in the cultivation of new vegetables, although it is said that a lot of money has been made, but the number of meritorious soldiers in this Song-Xia War is too large, and it is far from enough to use the money of Your Majesty's Inner Government as a reward."

But so many people need to be rewarded, and His Majesty is not good to be too stingy, so Weichen feels that the rewards given to meritorious people should be varied, and they don't necessarily have to be all cash. ”

Two sentences hit Zhao Xu's mind, and he hurriedly asked, "A variety of rewards? What does this mean? ”

Yang Huairen continued, "The purpose of the reward is to show that Your Majesty is gracious, and he will definitely not treat the ministers who have contributed to the Great Song Dynasty.

For most of the meritorious generals, they actually did not lack money, even if His Majesty rewarded them with gold, silver and jewelry, they would not spend this reward, but took it home and offered it, and bowed three times a day to show their glory and loyalty to His Majesty.

Gold and silver, if offered, lose their value as currency in circulation, and gold and silver that cannot be circulated, and money that cannot be exchanged for things are really no different from dung.

Therefore, the practice of directly rewarding gold and silver is more formal than the actual reward. Instead of turning so much money into dung, it is better to give the soldiers something more practical directly. ”

"What does it mean?"

Zhang Dian stroked his beard and thought for a while, "What Yang Jungong said is very reasonable, but what is it necessary to reward the meritorious soldiers with practical significance?" ”

Yang Huairen replied, "Land." ”

"Land?"

Zhao Xu shook his head first, "The royal family doesn't have so much fertile land to reward, if it is rewarded with wasteland, I am afraid that it will chill the hearts of the soldiers." ”

Yang Huairen said with a smile, "Your Majesty, the land that Weichen said is not the royal field, and it is not in the Central Plains. ”

Now Zhao Xu is even more puzzled, rewarding land does sound more meaningful than directly rewarding money, this is the difference between giving people fish and teaching people to fish, land can generate value, and it can be passed down from generation to generation.

However, although there are many royal fields, it is not enough to reward so many meritorious soldiers, so Zhao Xu vetoed it, and later heard Yang Huairen say that the land awarded to the soldiers is not royal, nor is it in the Central Plains, so Zhao Xu's second monk is puzzled.