In the first month of the seventh year of the Qing calendar of the Great Song Dynasty, Su Jin was officially transferred back to the capital from the northwest, and was awarded the privy deputy envoy to participate in political affairs, and at the same time served as the deputy envoy of the three divisions, and the rank of scholar of Jialongtuge University; The position of the pacification envoy of the Northwest Fourth Road was also officially revoked, the former commander of the Jingyuan Road was promoted to the commander of the Jingyuan Road, the former Qinfeng Road was deployed to make Jingtai promoted to the commander of the Qinfeng Road, the former Weizhou Tongju Wei Songhe was promoted to the prefect of Weizhou, and Li Chong, the former prefect of Weizhou and the warehouse secretary of the Northwest Fourth Road, was transferred back to Beijing with Su Jin and awarded the post of squire of the household department.

In February, the imperial court established a new department, the Development and Reform Department, which was subordinate to the Third Division, with Su Jin as the envoy of the Development and Reform Department and Li Zhong as the deputy envoy.

The establishment of the Development and Reform Department has become a small news, and people have been discussing what kind of yamen the Development and Reform Department is, and Su Jin will actually serve as the envoy of the Development and Reform Department, which shows that this new yamen has its own uniqueness.

The final mystery was unveiled on the front page by the chief reporter of the Beijing branch of the "Pearl Daily", and everyone knew that the Development and Reform Department was a department in charge of development and reform affairs, which could not help but make public opinion even more uproar, how hot Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi and others were, and finally because of the new policy change was demoted out of Beijing, and what friends were sentenced by the emperor to never enter Beijing as an official, will the establishment of the Development and Reform Department at this time also follow in the footsteps of Han Fan and others?

The people discussed, and the nerves of the officials were also tense, like a hedgehog that had been attacked, and the burrs all over their bodies had exploded, just waiting for the development and reform department to do something harmful to its own interests, and it would immediately launch a counterattack.

But after being lively for a while, everyone didn't find any movement, Su Jin and Li Chong should eat and drink, they didn't see them release any terms and conditions, but they saw them on many literati gatherings and banquets. Master Su seems to be living a very leisurely life, and in addition to enjoying the mountains and rivers, a few good words and poems have been circulated, and he can't see what he has done at all.

Until the end of April spring, the Development and Reform Department finally made the first move, but this action is ridiculous, it turned out to be the mixed reviews of the Pearl Newspaper branches all over the Song Dynasty, the Pearl Newspaper is Su Jin's private industry, in the name of the imperial court to expand their own private industry, and it is blatantly done, this Su Daren is afraid that the position will not be stable.

The officials are always waiting for the old ministers of the court to play this matter in the palace, but the chief officials of the two governments and three divisions seem to have reached a tacit understanding, and they did not mention the matter at all, which makes some people who are not willing to be lonely to impeach the officials and fight for the top position of the drill camp can not sit still, someone raised the matter in a righteous and strict manner, the representative figure is the military department Langzhong, Kaifeng Prefecture Quan Zhi Zhang Yaozuo, the other is Su Jin's old acquaintance, the palace test was pressed behind him Han Jiang, this gentleman after several years of tired officials, plus the ancestral shadow of the official eunuch family, after being a state official for a period of time, At this time, he was already a squire in the Criminal Department.

Zhang Yaozuo doesn't know Su Jin, but this gentleman is not an ordinary person, Zhang Yaozuo's niece is the emperor's favorite concubine Zhang Guifei, Zhang Guifei only took a few years to jump from a talented person to the position of the concubine, only one step away from the queen, if Su Jin is a miracle from cloth clothes to ministers in just six years, Zhang Guifei's promotion is the inner palace version of Su Jin.

Zhang Yaozuo got the help of Zhang Guifei, and after more than ten years in the position of auxiliary officials in various counties and prefectures, he was finally able to enter Beijing as an official, and the starting point was quite high. With the help of someone in the palace, Zhang Yaozuo became more and more active in the court, and after several attempts to enter the center were refuted, he was extremely indignant about Su Jin's direct entry into the center; This coincided with Han Jiang, and the two took the opportunity to impeach Su Jin for fake public welfare on this ground.

The battle only took a second, and before Zhao Zhen could speak, Yan Shu killed the two of them in a word, Yan Shu said: "The court has long known about this matter, and the emperor personally promised Lord Su to do this." ”

Zhang Yaozuo and Han Jiang suddenly deflated like deflated balls.

Although Zhao Zhen didn't understand why Su Jin did this, for the sake of Su Jin's promise to pay for himself, even if it was meaningless, Zhao Zhen would never point fingers at these small things.

But for Su Jin, this kind of thing couldn't be bigger, the influence of the Pearl Newspaper is gradually increasing, with the experience of later generations as a reference, Su Jin of course understands the strength of public opinion, the Pearl Newspaper as a mouthpiece, can accurately and quickly convey their intentions, but also can influence public opinion on a large scale, and can even refer to the deer as a horse to paint red as black, of course, Su Jin is not so dry, his intention is to let every measure of the Development and Reform Department be publicized through the Pearl Daily, without going through the transmission of the official yamen, through the transmission of those links, A lot of things will be out of shape, and he doesn't have the energy to verify them one by one.

At the end of April, the front page of the Pearl Newspaper of all state capitals simultaneously issued a notice from the Department of Development and Reform, the main clause of the notice is very simple, only four articles, but these simple four clauses suddenly poured a scoop of oil on the fire, and instantly ignited the public opinion of the whole Song Dynasty.

Article 1: Reclamation of land for self-retention, where I am the people of the Great Song Dynasty, open the ownerless wasteland as a field, every ten acres can be left as private property, and the newly cultivated land is exempt from taxation for one year. The land to be retained is self-retained, and the household department of the three divisions shall issue an official document to prove that it is retained.

Article 2: Encourage business, all the people of the Song Dynasty who intend to engage in business can be subsidized by Huitong Yinzhuang interest-free loan for a period of one year and returned at maturity; Practitioners need to describe in detail the industry, business strategy, counterfeiting and fraud, or failing to repay the money within the time limit without a valid reason, the law is engaged.

Article 3: 3,000 cities, the Development and Reform Division will be in the Great Song Dynasty, choose the thoroughfare, build 3,000 blocks, new and old businessmen with an annual throughput of more than 100,000 yuan can settle in, the new market entrance is rent-free for one year, the next year is halved, and free public services are provided.

Fourth: access roads and canals, the Department of Development and Reform raised tens of millions of dollars, from south to north, two vertical and two horizontal from east to west to build four national highways; In the arid areas of the north, 100 ditches were dug and 100 reservoirs were built to store water for irrigation to facilitate agricultural affairs. This item does not levy hard labor, only recruits people's husbands, and is paid on a daily basis; Disaster and famine displaced people, poor people have priority access.

Under the main clause is a dense number of detailed rules, how to reward and punish, how to calculate, how to settle in, etc., these four articles are like dropping atomic bombs all over the Great Song Dynasty, no one thought that the Development and Reform Division would not be able to make a sound, a blockbuster, bold and magnificent; Ingeniously, these four do not harm any vested interests, and do little harm to the traditional clans of officials, on the contrary, they can participate in them and obtain benefits.

Someone with a heart roughly calculated, in addition to the first article of the development and reform division does not need to cost money, if the other three are implemented, the cost is as high as seventy or eighty million, people who are familiar with the inside story know that with the strength of the imperial court, it is simply unable to afford it, where does such a large amount of money come from, has become a topic of scramble for everyone.

Regarding this matter, everyone in the Su family also had questions, Yan Biyun was born in business, and she couldn't find an opportunity to quickly recover the funds in it, with the strength of the Su family, it was impossible to complete such a large investment, and the imperial court could give a fraction at most.

From February to April, Su Jin interviewed no less than hundreds of large merchants in the Great Song Dynasty, and absorbed the spare money in the hands of these people in the form of issuing treasury bonds, and issued 40 million yuan of three-year and five-year treasury bonds; Su Ji raised 20 million yuan by himself, and the other part needed to be allocated by the imperial court, which was not much worse.

As for the return of these funds, it is not a problem for Su Jin, the tax at the entrance of the city is one, the roads built naturally have to charge the customs clearance fees stipulated by the imperial court, and the cultivated farmland and the grain produced by the ditches will increase the revenue of the treasury, these are all channels for the return of the funds.

And Su Jin has obtained Zhao Zhen's approval, in order to support more and more infrastructure, Zhao Zhen agreed that Su Jin would seek ore in the name of the imperial court, and at the same time agreed to let Su Jin negotiate with Xia to open trade, when the time comes, briquettes, grain, tea, etc. can be dumped in Xia, with the support of many profit points, Su Jin is not worried about the return of funds.

After Su Jin's explanation, Yan Biyun also had to admire Su Jin's courage, she would never have thought of this in her life for anything like issuing treasury bonds, some things seemed to be extremely difficult, but as long as her mind turned around a little, it would immediately become clear.

Inspired by Su Jin, Yan Biyun also saw the huge interests of Su Ji in it, first of all, take this opportunity to open the Pearl Newspaper of the Great Song Dynasty is a growth point of interests, although each copy of ten is not much, but the circulation has been close to one million, although the ten days, plus the profit of advertising also has 30,000 net profits per month, in addition, the business of the silver village will also be hot, the money needs to be exchanged by the bank, and the profits are quite profitable, but it is urgent to expand the semicolon of the bank.

The greater benefit lies in the prospecting and mining rights obtained by Su Jin, Yan Biyun is the head of Su Ji's firm, she naturally understands that the income from the two mines is already Su Ji's biggest piece of cake, if there are a few more mines, Su Ji will be rich, although the imperial court is going to share the account with Su Ji, but even so, it is still astronomical, the only question is whether the confident Su Jin can find these treasures buried in the ground, but from Su Jin's mysterious smile, Yan Biyun feels that this problem does not seem to need to be worried.

Beginning with the announcement of the four laws and regulations of the Development and Reform Department at the end of April, within a few months, the entire territory of the Great Song Dynasty was like a pot of boiling water, steaming with white gas, and large-scale construction and reclamation were carried out everywhere throughout the country, and the prelude to a new era was slowly opened.