Cheng Lin already had an idea in his heart, otherwise he, the third envoy, would be too cheap.

As the head of the fourth, the third envoy and the governor of Kaifeng Mansion are the most cumbersome affairs, and many people use this son to ascend to the position, but many people in this position are incompetent. The trade-off between the two is that the average tenure of these two positions is very short, much shorter than the other two Hanlin scholars and the imperial historian.

Cheng Lin is an alternative, whether it is in the Zhikaifeng Mansion or in the three envoys, he is one of the small people who have been re-elected for the longest time. Cheng Lin has a talent and is recognized by the Manchu Dynasty, but Cheng Lin's personality is his own and he offends many people. People are one into four heads, and soon they will be in charge. Cheng Lin turned around in the two positions of Zhikaifeng Mansion and Sansi Envoy, but he couldn't go any further, and looked at the seat of Zaizhi in front of him, but he couldn't touch it anyway.

It is not feasible to cast a big ten money method, there is no need to say much about this matter, it is a mixed casting of copper and iron, and Cheng Lin does not agree. As a person in charge of the finances of the Great Song Dynasty, how could he believe in such nonsense as the secret law? If Xu Shen hadn't been so mysterious, but had directly minted money, or had a sample that was clear at a glance, and then talked about what conditions the imperial court needed to exchange for this secret method, just like the sugar shop that accepted Xu Ping back then, Cheng Lin would still be moved.

Now Xu Shen has been talking for a long time, but he refuses to say what the secret method is, only saying that if he entrusts him with the matter of minting money, he will inevitably make money. Coupled with Lu Yijian's actions behind the scenes, Cheng Lin is not a fool, how could he support Xu Shen.

Xu Shen saw that Cheng Lin agreed with Xu Ping's opinion, and he was a little anxious. It was not easy for him to find this way, and it was even more difficult to get on the line with Lu Yijian, and he was still counting on relying on this secret technique as his own advancement!

"Xu Ping, you are new to the third division, many things are unclear, don't talk too much! Now that the imperial court is useless, and the ceremony of sacrificing prisoners is imminent, the ceremony requires money, rewards hundreds of officials require money, and rewards officers and soldiers even more money! The left treasury is empty, where does the money come from? There is no money to reward it, and if there is a mess, who can afford it! ”

Xu Shen looked at Xu Ping, his ass got up from the stool, and asked aggressively.

Yes, for a prisoner sacrifice ceremony, at least one or two million yuan of money will be scattered. The others can be sloppy, and the money rewarded to the non-commissioned officers of the forbidden army is absolutely indispensable. These arrogant soldiers, just because the gifts they get are a little worse than the quality of others, can they mutiny in front of the emperor, and they don't want to lose their money?

Xu Ping looked at Xu Shen and his face did not change: "I have already said that if you want to get money out of the people, there are many ways, and casting new money is the lowest policy." It is not to say that the money you want to mint is not of good quality, or it is full of color, and it is not suitable. Now the price of goods outside is high, why? There is already too much money in the hands of the people. During the Dazhong Xiangfu period, the price of silver in Beijing was only one or two or eight hundred wen, but now it is two thousand wen, which has more than tripled. Wouldn't it be more expensive to throw millions of dollars out at once? Treat the sores in front of you, but take away the flesh of your heart, in the future, the price will be expensive, and the market will be disordered, so don't you want to fall on the three divisions? ”

Xu Pingxia is in charge of the commercial tax case, and these things are clearer than others, and he cares more about them than others. Prices are rising, commercial tax revenues are rising, and the increase is beyond the norm, and Xu Ping may not be rewarded.

Cheng Lin said lightly: "What Xu Shiguan said is also reasonable, I don't know if there is any way to solve the current dilemma?" ”

"That is, if you just say that other people's methods are not feasible, then what good solutions do you have? Speak it up and listen to it! ”

Xu Shen had already been impatient with Xu Ping's impatience to say that he couldn't do it, and immediately echoed Cheng Lin.

"There are many ways, when I was in Yongzhou, after the fight, I was also faced with rewarding the army. The last approach was not perfect, but it was not turbulent. ”

Xu Shen sneered: "You are in Yongzhou, you have sugar in your hand, and the most important thing you lack is money, how to compare with the current three divisions?" Now it is difficult for Zuozang Kuri to even send officials in Beijing to pay for it, where is the money to hold a ceremony for the sacrifice of prisoners! ”

Xu Ping nodded: "Yes, Yongzhou has money in his hands there, which is slightly different from the current Sansiwei." But then again, with the imperial court here, how can there be no money? The imperial court itself is money. ”

Speaking of this, Xu Ping looked at Cheng Lin and said, "There are three strategies for lowly duties, which can solve the current dilemma. ”

"Tell me about it." Cheng Lin has her own method in her heart, and let's hear if Xu Ping really has unique opinions.

Xu Ping said: "The next policy is nothing more than to include the people's wealth to help the country. Take the silk silk in the left treasury, overestimate the department, or borrow from the wealthy, and the worst can also be used as the deputy envoy and Xu Juan to cast new money. ”

Cheng Lin listened to it and smiled slightly: "The next policy, don't choose." ”

Xu Shen's face flushed when he heard this, but Ren Bu's face softened. Although it is said that his casting of a lot of money is the last policy, but he has pulled the arrogant Xu Shen to a level, and his mood is still a lot smoother.

"The middle and lower strategy is to borrow from the inner treasury. The wealth of the world, the imperial court gathers, does not enter the left treasure into the inner treasure, the left treasury lacks money, the inner treasury must be full. ”

Cheng Lin couldn't help but laugh when she heard this. This is exactly what he thinks in his heart, if the wealth does not enter the left Tibet, it will enter the inner Tibet, and now the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty is far from the time when he cannot make ends meet. The annual deficit of the three divisions is just a deficit artificially created by the emperor with the inner treasury. Since Emperor Zhenzong, it is strictly forbidden to leak the income, expenditure and savings of the Zuo Treasury with a strict punishment method, except for Ding Wei who briefly controlled the Inner Treasury when he was the third envoy, and the later three envoys no longer knew about the situation of the Inner Treasury. Although the ministers calculated, there should be no savings in the inner treasury, but the actual situation is far from the case. There will be no more people like Ding Wei's tough methods, and the three divisions have been firmly controlled by the emperor with the inner treasury.

Although he thought the same thing in his heart, Cheng Lin didn't show it on his face, and said to Xu Ping: "Since the Heavenly Sage, the three divisions have borrowed from the inner treasury over the years, and now they have accumulated to more than 15 million yuan, and they have not been repaid. In this way, it is still up to you to earn more than 2 million yuan a year in three divisions, otherwise it will be more. With so much debt, how can you open your mouth to the official. ”

The total price of sugar collected by the three divisions is only 10 million guan, after deducting the cost, plus the local layers of interception, it is not bad to have more than 2 million guan in the third division. As for the amount of money owed to the Inner Treasury, doesn't that mean that the Left Treasury has been cut too much meat by the Inner Treasury? If you are short of money, it is natural for the emperor to pay for it, what is there to be embarrassed about. The Song people originally believed that the inner treasury was not only the private collection of the Son of Heaven, but also a place for the three divisions to prepare funds.

Cheng Lin, as the envoy of the third division, must understand this truth, and only other government officials who don't understand the hands and feet in the middle will look at the third division often running out of money, shouting that the national strength is weakening and that they want to reduce staff and increase efficiency.

Xu Ping didn't dwell on this issue anymore, and said to Cheng Lin: "There is still a middle policy for lowly positions, and the provincial lord will refer to it in detail." ”

"Tell me about it."

"Even if you borrow money from the inner treasury and scatter it all at once, it will cause the price of goods in the capital to soar, so it is better not to send it."

When Xu Shen heard this, his neck stiffened: "Don't send it?" You are crazy! Holy grace, who dares to withhold! Not to mention that the forbidden army all over the city is looking forward to it, waiting for this reward! ”

Xu Ping ignored Xu Shen and said to Cheng Lin: "When I was in Yongzhou, I didn't pay all the rewards. Instead, only one point will be issued, and the other two points will be all issued coupons, and they will be cleared in three years. In three years, a little more interest will be paid according to the coupons, and all the soldiers are happy to do the same. In this way, the reward will be distributed in three years, and the government will not be short of money, and the money flowing into the private sector every year will not be large, so it will not cause prices to skyrocket all at once. This is the middle point, and it seems to be the safest at the moment. ”

Cheng Lin pondered for a while, and said to Xu Ping: "What you said is also reasonable, but the face of the imperial court, it is not appropriate to seize the reward money and goods after all, is there any best policy?" ”

Xu Ping smiled: "Until now, where is the best strategy?" The best strategies need to be considered in the long run, where the urgent and feasible methods can be done. ”

Cheng Lin said: "Okay, write it down first, let the three divisions gather together, and then hold a meeting." ”

He said to Ren Bu and Xu Shen again: "What do you think? ”

Ren said: "Although Xu Ping's method slightly damaged the face of the imperial court, since he has already done it in Yongzhou, he thinks that there is no big difference, and he can try it, which may solve the current dilemma." ”

Xu Shen just sneered: "I thought there was some way to turn decay into magic, but it was just a clever name, or a deduct of rewards from officers and soldiers!" This method is categorically unworkable! If it is forcibly implemented, it will eventually become the name of the official deduction! ”

Cheng Lin said lightly: "Okay, let's wait for the three divisions to meet." ”

In Cheng Lin's heart, he naturally knew the benefits of the method Xu Ping said, but he thought differently from Xu Ping. In this era, the official discipline of the specific work was relatively unreliable, and he left this opening, but I am afraid that some people will not recognize the account of the money coupon later, and the money that should be rewarded will be blackened, and then it will become a bad government.

At this time, there are many tax items, it is extremely inconvenient to collect taxes, and it is very difficult for the three divisions to make accounts, and many tax items are set up in parallel, and there is no need to exist at all. Someone proposed to Cheng Lin to merge the tax items to reduce the trouble of the three divisions, and did not increase taxes to the private sector.

Faced with this proposal, Cheng Lin said his far-reaching words. At this time, although it was much easier for the three divisions to make accounts, if the later officials faced financial difficulties, they would set up the merged tax items again, which was equivalent to an additional tax increase. At this time, although it was difficult to make accounts, it was not in the name of the later officials to raise taxes.

These words had a great impact on the financial officials of the two Song Dynasty, and it was also one of the reasons for the large number of various taxes in the Song Dynasty. Xu Ping's proposal gave Cheng Lin this kind of worry, and paying in installments would leave an excuse for the handling officials.

Of course, history has proved that Cheng Lin's worries are unnecessary and redundant, and when it comes time to raise taxes, the new names that officials come up with are imaginative, and they will not raise taxes less because Cheng Lin left those names. (To be continued.) )