"Budget?" Li Di read these two words and was silent for a while. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

After listening to Xu Ping's detailed explanation, no one sitting in the Chongzheng Hall spoke, and they all bowed their heads and thought.

After the handover with Chen Zhizhong, Xu Ping officially took over the three divisions, and while arranging personnel, he put forward the route of future financial reform, which was officially launched. Today, the ministers gathered in the Chongzheng Hall to discuss the outline of the fiscal reform.

The fiscal budget system is the first step, and if there is no clear and reasonable budget, it is impossible to talk about how much money is in the treasury and how much money is spent as before. In order to cope with all kinds of temporary expenditures, the three envoys are exhausted, where is the energy for the overall operation of finance? Without a plan and no co-ordination, the three divisions will still be the same as before.

In the end, Chen Yaozuo broke the silence and said to Xu Ping: "This matter sounds complicated at first, but it is actually not difficult to reason. The world's money and food are in the three divisions, and if you want to make a budget, you will also do it in the three divisions, and you can just report it to the political affairs hall. As long as all the yamen do things according to this budget in the coming year, don't make a temporary decision about everything, it will be easier to say that things will be done! ”

Cheng Lin, a bachelor from Hanlin, said: "Xianggong's words are good, it is indeed not difficult to write under the door in this matter, and it is not difficult for the yamen, in fact, it is not difficult for the three divisions to do." The difficulty is not here, in the Privy Council. ”

Speaking of this, he looked at Zhang Shixun, who was sitting beside Zhao Zhen, and was silent.

It's really not that hard for a normal administrative agency to make a budget. Originally, the three divisions were in charge of the world's money and grain, and now what is the budget system? It's easier for everyone to do things!

But what's the use? The bulk of the money and food is not here, but in raising soldiers and military expenses. Whether the budget is good or not depends not on whether the administrative yamen cooperates or not, no one can fight against the three divisions in terms of money and food, but the difficulty is in the forbidden army. The real difficulty is whether or not the three yamen are willing to make the finances transparent, let the budget system penetrate deep into the military, and sort out military expenditures clearly.

In peacetime, the money and grain collected by the three divisions were almost six to seven cents out of ten to support the army, and in addition, the income from the treasury, which accounted for one-sixth of the income of the three divisions, was basically used for military spending, and the military expenditure accounted for about seventy to eighty percent of the total financial receipt. If there is a war, this proportion will easily exceed 80%, and it is not surprising that it accounts for 90% in extreme cases.

Sometimes Xu Ping had a feeling that the Great Song Dynasty was a warlord regime that dressed itself as a civil state, and the princes in the court were full of the country and the world, and the civil officials chanted the rule of the sages, but in fact, it was just a dress for collecting military expenses. All major affairs in the world are decided by this group of civilian officials, and the premise is that the military expenses for raising the army are collected. Military spending and civilian officials can't control it, eighty percent of the world's money and grain are spent first, is there really any major event in the world?

The Privy Council is in charge of military orders, and according to the system, they should be in charge of the use of military funds, but in fact, what they can do is to send the money in full according to the edition of the Sanya. As for whether there were so many people on the roster of the Sanya, whether the money was distributed to the soldiers who received the salary, how the money was spent, and where it was spent, I don't know anything.

The forbidden army is actually the same forbidden army when the five generations of warlords were in the past, but before the Song Dynasty, they collected their own military expenses, and now the state has a group of civilian officials to help collect military expenses. In the past, when they wanted money, the forbidden army carried their own knives to find the common people to collect them, but now they are carrying knives to force the civilian government to collect them.

The state spends money to raise soldiers, and this soldier is used to fight wars, but this soldier cannot fight, and his biggest ability is to rob his own people, which is a big problem. From the time of Taizu, the strategy of unification was set first in the south and then in the north, and the military and political goals were in harmony at that time, and the secession regime over the south was almost like an autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, and the reunification of the Central Plains was basically completed. Taizong succeeded to the throne, and he lacked confidence in fighting the Northern Han, and when he waited until the Khitan was defeated, he was almost undefeated against the party and Jiaozhi. At this time, the interests of the armed forces will gradually drift away from the interests of the state, and the contradictions will become greater and greater.

There is a process in which civil servants slowly seize the initiative. The so-called power, the most important is nothing more than personnel and finance, and the change of initiative also revolves around these two aspects. During the time of Taizu, the army itself held the financial power and personnel power, and later released the military power with a glass of wine, and the decision-making power was slowly received by the emperor. It reached its peak when it was Taizong, and at that time, the commanders and above in the forbidden army, and the officers who led hundreds of people, were all personally appointed by Taizong to test martial arts, and civilian officials had no way to ask.

After arriving in Zhenzong, the personnel power was gradually ceded to the civilian government, the most obvious being that the Privy Council began to use civil officials and gradually became a permanent system. But this personnel power is only the right to suggest, and the decision power is still in the hands of the emperor.

Xu Ping's proposal of the budget system was to mobilize the financial power of the army. The absolute majority of the financial burden lies in military spending, and if the money in the hands of the army cannot be touched, reform will only be a child's play. Those who thought of this were silent.

Zhang Shixun saw that everyone was looking at him, so he had to say: "There is no big trouble here in the Privy Council, the edition is now available, and the cost of raising the army over the years is nothing more than that number, and it will be handed over to the three divisions in total." ”

Xu Ping said: "Cardinal, if you have a budget, you must have a final account. At the end of the year, whether the money was spent according to the budget, how it was spent, and where it was spent, it is necessary to find out. ”

Zhang Shixun shook his head: "According to the practice of previous years, the Privy Council can't do these things. How money is spent has always been decided by the commander-in-chief, and there are quite a few illiterate commanders in the army, so how can they do this? ”

Yan Shu said: "After all, it is not a way to go on like this, the people in high positions in the forbidden army, the servants who carry them are also silk and satin, and even mango shoes and stockings, which are more luxurious than those of the rich and noble." As for ordinary soldiers, money and food are often deducted, and there are many people who have no food and clothing, and they are full of complaints. If you take advantage of Xu Ping's budget and final accounts, it is a moral policy to spend the money where it should be. ”

Zhang Shixun hugged his hands weakly, hung them in front of his abdomen, and said lightly: "Virtue politics is naturally virtue politics, but the old man can't do anything, this matter must be discussed with the three commanders of the forbidden army." They agree, and things are possible. ”

Li Di said in a deep voice: "Wufu doesn't pre-empt national politics, let's settle down, just let them do it, why bother!" ”

Zhang Shixun gently closed his eyes and did not speak again. I said in my heart, what's the use of you playing hard with me? If you have the ability to talk to someone with a knife. The court spends money, what it buys is the loyalty of the generals, and they are not allowed to deduct military expenses, and you are responsible for accidents?

At this point, a stalemate is formed. Without the budget and final accounts spent by the forbidden army, even if Xu Ping's financial reform action made a lot of noise, it was actually a small fight. No matter how much money he made, it still fell into the hands of the commander of the forbidden army. Moreover, the military expenditure was originally to raise soldiers, but in fact, most of the money fell into the hands of officers at all levels, and the low-level soldiers who were really short of money still had no food and clothing, and even sold their wives and daughters, and all kinds of chaos.

Is it to buy off officers at all levels in exchange for the stability of the forbidden army, and at the cost of declining combat effectiveness, or to use military funds directly to really raise troops, win the hearts of the army, and thus ensure combat effectiveness. Zhao Zhen, as the emperor, has to make a choice.

The war in the northwest is about to start, and in Xu Ping's opinion, this choice Zhao Zhen can't be delayed.