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The others didn't notice, these two people were like two straight lines, and it was impossible for them to meet together. Zheng Lang's moral integrity and self-restraint did not make everyone suspicious. Look at Su Wu and Liu Ping, although they did not surrender to the enemy, they still found a female companion in the enemy country, and the Khitan sent four beautiful girls to surround Zheng Lang all day long, and Zheng Lang didn't touch it. Besides, Zhao Niannu has already been engaged. Even Zhao Zhen didn't doubt it, thinking that his daughter was crying and worshipping, and watched with a smile as his daughter hung a peace charm for Zheng Lang, and said in his heart that he felt guilty for doing a good job, but what could he give Zheng Lang? The daughter also expressed some thoughts for herself.

Said to go, after the banquet, Zheng Lang took a hundred Jurchen elite horsemen, left the capital, and after the moon, he sent the materials from the Jingshi to Lingnan together, so fast that the people were stunned, and the people who benefited were still ready to see them off, Zheng Lang left. In fact, what Zheng Lang is most afraid of is that the people will see them off, the place is better, if the people of the capital send each other off, oh, the sky is falling.

When he arrived in Tangzhou, he caught up with Zhang Shu and the army of Chongge.

But I heard two pieces of news from the imperial court, both of which were the reforms of Pang's nationality.

In the past four years, Zheng Lang has done fine-tuning in addition to the reduction of troops, banks and farmland and water conservancy laws, and the salt reform initiated by Fan Xiang has little to do with Zheng Lang, but he just tacitly expressed his support. But before, Zheng Lang had laid some good foundations for the Song Dynasty, such as the improved exemption law, the warehouse law, the Ping'an prison, the Sanbaiqu, Jiangdongwei, and the Mizhou port, as well as the improved armor protection law that has not allowed Zheng Lang to see what the benefits are, the victory of the war with the Western Xia, the diplomacy changed from passive to active, pragmatic style, and used the golden finger to use some good officials, so there was the rule of the emperor, and the common people did not know the truth, thinking of the Fan Lou banquet, and seeing that the Fan Lou banquet and several ministers were all in the temple, so it was also called the prosperous era of Fan Lou, Describe the Song Dynasty in recent years as if it were a magnificent Fan Tower.

In fact, there are still many drawbacks, Zheng Lang is in power, he is young, and he controls the two governments, and many ministers may not be convinced, so Zheng Lang did not do it. This led to the two reforms of Pang Ji, the first of which was to take the initiative to use the surplus money of the imperial court to participate in the bank.

Zhao Zhen is harsh on himself, but he is very lenient with his subjects, and his hands are very scattered, not Zheng Lang alone realizes it, many ministers recognize Zhao Zhen's shortcomings. Can't let the three divisions and the inner treasury have a large amount of surplus, as soon as there is Zhao Zhen, he will be rewarded indiscriminately, and it is better to really reward the people, often most of them are rewarded to people who should not be rewarded. Therefore, Pang Ji wrote a letter and proposed that the inner treasury and some coins, gold and silver stored in the three divisions should be put into the bank together with the necessary expenses.

The bank has been in operation for more than two years, and most ministers have understood some of its modes of operation, one is the principal, the second is the interest rate difference between deposits, and the third is the intermediary fee charged for long-distance transfers. In the actual process, the capital is still insufficient, there is a sentence in later generations, will borrow money to get rich, no one in this era proposed, but some shrewd businessmen have a preliminary awareness, coupled with low interest, many people also think of borrowing chickens and eggs, but the money is small, in fact, it is still insufficient money, resulting in difficulty in borrowing, often to treat guests and gifts, in order to let bank officials issue loans.

The state money is stored in the treasury of the three divisions and the treasury of the treasury, there is loss, there are management costs, there is mildew, put it in the bank, but it will turn out a lot of interest, the deposit interest rate is low, but the amount is very considerable, although there is no dividend for the time being, this money is always the state.

Putting it in the bank also revitalized the country's economy and currency shortage, and if it was put into the bank, there would be less savings, and Zhao Zhen would not be extravagant. In fact, under the persecution of Pang Ji, the Inner Treasury and the Third Division successively handed over more than 15 million copper coins and gold and silver and deposited them in the bank. However, Pang Ji still restrained his desire to accumulate wealth, did not covet high interest, and the time of saving was revealed once a year. In the next year's settlement, the state will use the money, take it out, and take interest on it if it is not used. It's not a lot, 300,000 yuan, and the country has an alum monopoly, but that's just the number. After various reforms, the tea administration has changed slightly, and it is only 780,000 yuan a year. When the state set up the city department, it was only more than 300,000 yuan. After it is released, it can generate a price difference of more than one million taels in at least one year, and the state can divide half of it, and if it is settled in this way, it will reach one million yuan. If you settle the storage costs and losses of the three divisions, it will be even higher. …,

This is also the reason why Pang's advice was implemented.

Sima Guang, the secretary of the accompanying march, was puzzled, so he asked Zheng Lang: "Zheng Xianggong, why don't you do it?" ”

"Junshi, think again?"

Zheng Lang deliberately brought Sima Guang out as the secretary of the march, not to let Sima Guang make meritorious contributions, Zheng Lang never worried about him and Wang Anshi's career. It is to open up Sima Guang's mind, although after his own teaching for several years, Sima Guang is much better than in history, but in the correspondence, you can still see some conservative shadows of Sima Guang. Therefore, he took a trip to the south, let him go through a military career, and make Sima Guang's mind more magnificent, otherwise under the dyeing of the Song Dynasty officialdom, maybe Sima Guang will be able to fight with him in the future. How powerful Sima Guang is, in a few decades, everyone in the world will know.

Sima Guang pondered, and finally said: "Inner Library! ”

"Medium!" Zheng Lang laughed first, then shook his head, with a black belly, Sima Guang was too powerful.

It was this treasury that only a part of the state revenue flowed into the treasury for the urgent needs of the state, and it actually became the royal treasury. Generally, most of the people in charge are nobles or eunuchs, such as Cao Wei and Lan Wuzhen. Ordinary ministers don't know how much money it has, so Zhang Fangping asked himself and let himself guess. You can also guess a little, for example, there is a disaster, or there is an emergency, Zhao Zhen is generous, the surplus of the inner treasury is a little rich, if you are stingy, the storage of the inner treasury is not much~ It can't be said that it is all bad, and it is less in the efficiency of the use of this money...... It is much higher than the three divisions, and even in the past few years of Zheng Lang's administration, the waste rate of the three divisions is higher than that of the inner treasury. Because behind it stood the back of a loving and thrifty man. But in the time of Song Huizong, it was terrible.

In the Song Dynasty, the power of the ministers declined, and the power of the monarch also declined, and the edicts of the kings often could not be implemented if the ministers of the two systems did not agree. Therefore, the inner treasury will make the king's heart feel a little more at ease.

Pang Ji forced this batch of money out, which seems to be very good, and the value directly or indirectly generated in a year can be more than more than one million yuan, and only Zhao Zhen "has no money to use", it will generate more value and prosper the local economy. However, there will be a lot of trouble, the proportion of the state's financial revenue flowing into the treasury is very small, but most of them are gold, silver, copper coins, pearls and jade spices, but the three divisions are mostly goods, grain and silk, this force is actually to transfer the money from the treasury to the bank, under the management of the book, is it troublesome? And the emperor has less money in his hands, and the private rewards will inevitably decrease, will the officials be resentful when they see their rewards drop?

Zheng Lang muttered: "Master Pang, what a good husband!" ”

Words of appreciation.

For the later phases, including the two students, Zheng Lang is most optimistic about Pang Ji. It's not Wang Anshi, Wang Anshi's change is very famous, but he didn't do it well, it became a bad thing, and the bad side is better than the good side, and Zheng Lang's evaluation will not be very high.

The great man once said that a black cat and a white cat are good cats if they catch mice.

Zheng Lang said, if I want to govern, I am ready to go to hell. This going to hell means doing whatever it takes to succeed. The nature is similar.

Can't Pang Ji see the difference? I saw it, but for the sake of the country, I still did it, so he is said to be a good prime minister.

In fact, Zheng Lang spoke slightly higher of Pang Ji.

Pang Ji forced, from all aspects, Pang Ji took over a good team, efficient, even if there is Nong Zhigao's rebellion, Zheng Lang and Di Qing move forward, I am afraid that it is the beginning of Li Jiqian's rebellion, if there is no Khitan force, Li Jiqian can be taken down, and it will not be harmful.

But what about fiscal revenues? Huangyou's three-year expenditure was only a little more than 100 million yuan, and his income reached more than 143 million yuan, which combined to produce a surplus of nearly 40 million yuan, and the minimum amount of money reached more than 30 million yuan.

This figure appeared at that time, all the ministers were dumbfounded, and without him, this surplus was more than the highest annual income of the Tang Dynasty. And this surplus is generated on the basis of various policies to benefit the people and allocate a large amount of money for disaster relief. …,

Otherwise, why did Qionglin come to see off, and even Zhang Guifei came out of the deep palace to see off Zheng Lang? If Zheng Lang is Zhao Zhen's confidant minister, does Zhao Zhen have no other confidant ministers?

In recent years, it has become a milestone in the history of the Song Dynasty. Pang Ji didn't plan to cross the past, but he didn't want to be too gloomy. After taking over the affairs of the two governments, he thought about it seriously for a while, but it was actually a little difficult.

A policy of reducing consumption and money will enable countless peasants to further rest and recuperate, but the state will reduce their income by at least 10 million yuan. It may not be enough.

This is a small head, and there are two larger big heads in the back. The first is Zheng Lang's continued counterinsurgency, which will bring a lot of military expenditures, I don't know how long Zheng Lang's battle will last, if it is as Zheng Lang's plan said, it will be carried out for more than five years, and the annual military expenditure will be at least one or two million, or even more. Also, Zheng Lang's development of the south will benefit the country for a long time, and it will benefit a lot, but at present, it must be spent first, and the various projects will begin, and the imperial court will need a lot of money, which also depends on how big Zheng Lang does, and it may be no less than military spending.

If the three things are combined, it may cost four to fifty million yuan a year, but if it succeeds, the Song Dynasty will become better, stronger, bigger and richer ten years later. However, it is very difficult at the moment, and although there was a surplus of more than 30 million yuan last year, it will be insufficient from this year onwards, and it will be seriously insufficient. It doesn't matter much, the country still has plenty of savings to support. I'm afraid that these savings will also be used up, and compared with Zheng Lang's four and a half years in power, Pang Ji will be forced to suffer. So before Zheng Lang left, Pang Ji deliberately said to Zheng Lang: "Xingzhi, save money for my province." ”

Thank you for your kindness and repeated recommendations to make me a veritable prime minister, but don't make me unstoppable!

Zheng Lang said: "Mellow, so I ask Your Majesty to use you as the prime minister, and no one else can serve unless you are a king." ”

Although it was praise and trust, Pang Ji was smiling bitterly.

made Zheng Lang forced, and Pang Ji had to think of another way. The first is to increase the amount of money into the bank to generate profits, and to save state expenditures in case of unforeseen circumstances.

The second is to start with redundant officials, the Song Dynasty is redundant, redundant politics is invisible, Zheng Lang only improves a small part, and the others dare not move, it is too troublesome to move. The redundant soldier Zheng Lang made the biggest move, cutting off the forbidden box soldiers to more than 400,000 in one go. This has also become the bulk of the country's surplus. If it weren't for Zheng Lang's lavish efforts to build water conservancy and provide relief to the victims, the country would have generated a surplus of more than 30 million yuan just by laying off troops and providing safety prisons. However, it did not really solve the problem of redundant soldiers, which is a series of problems, some of which are not easy to move at all, such as the excessive emphasis on literature and dethronement in the Song Dynasty, which will transfer the middle court from the hands of the emperor to the hands of Wenchen, a large amount of greed and waste, and there are still serious problems in the production, storage and transportation of weapons, and so on.

Pang Ji didn't dare to move on this, so he thought of redundant officials, and proposed that the state gradually reduce the number of unnecessary officials every year, and that unnecessary rewards for officials can be rewarded, but they must be rewarded for meritorious service. This policy is still a neutralization policy developed from Fan Zhongyan's Qingli New Deal, including Bao Zheng, Zhang Fangping and others also put forward similar suggestions, it is too troublesome to reduce officials, but from now on, from the source to put an end to the proliferation of officials, in order to achieve a peaceful means, year by year to reduce the flood of redundant officials, not only in the long run, but also in the present. However, in doing so, it will offend some officials. Therefore, as the prime minister, Fan Zhongyan mentioned it first, and the other prime ministers did not mention it, including Zheng Lang, who only vaguely mentioned the streamlining of the administration of elite soldiers, which is aimed at redundant officials and redundant government.

It was clearly stated that as the prime minister, Pang was the first person.

The action is still not big, but throughout history, only when Pang was in power, the phenomenon of redundant officials began to decline by a small part, but the overall trend of the Northern Song Dynasty was on the rise. Until the Southern Song Dynasty, Song Xiaozong did a good job in the early stage, and it was relatively modest, and some practical practices were still developed and extended in Fan Zhongyan's strategy, but more emphasis was placed on reducing contradictions and practicality, and removing the sharp part of Fan Zhongyan's reform and the broad and impractical part, so Song Xiaozong did the best. But in the late period, the country was difficult to return, and the opposition was huge, so Song Xiaozong gave up. But it is some of Song Xiaozong's strategies, Zheng Lang didn't dare to use them, this is a kind of pulling, or boiling frogs in warm water, and launching too many strategies together, the interests of many powerful people are damaged, and even a few strategies that he has implemented may be overthrown by these people, and he will end up with Wang Anshi in history. So I saw it, Zheng Langwei said. …,

Pang Ji dared to put it forward, and his courage was commendable.

Sima Guang pondered the stakes, his life, in his early years, was influenced by his father, then by Zheng Lang, and then by Pang Ji. In some ways, Pang Ji was his second mentor.

Zheng Lang spoke: "Since Pang Yuzhi is not afraid of trouble, I will simply add another trouble to him." ”

"Grandfather Zheng, what?"

"Qianzhou Salt Continue!"

Qianzhou is Jiangnan West Road, so the salt belongs to Jianghuai salt, which is also a matter of no choice, although the salt administration belongs to the management of the Salt Institute, but the local government must also cooperate. If the Qianzhou area is divided into Guangyan, Jiangnan West Road belongs to the Jianghuai form government, and there will inevitably be a lot of chaos when the salt administration is implemented, so there are many drawbacks in Qianzhou salt, but no one cares, so they can only forcibly send officials to arrest the illegal salt criminals, so that the people of Qianzhou are extremely dissatisfied with the imperial court.

But if you really want to solve it, there is also a way to break the tenon.

The reason why Qianzhou salt is expensive is that it is expensive in the transportation process, although the waterway transportation in the Ganjiang River basin is developed and the forest resources are abundant, so Jizhou and Qianzhou once became the manufacturing base of the official ships of the Song Dynasty (nearly 3,000 large ships built by the official government during the Song Zhenzong, six hundred and five thousand large ships in Qianzhou, five hundred and fifty in Jizhou, one hundred and seventy-seven in Mingzhou, one hundred and three in Qizhou, one hundred and twenty-five in the early period of Wenzhou, one hundred and twenty-six in Taizhou, eighty-seven in Chuzhou, two hundred and eighty in the late period of Wenzhou, two hundred and forty-one in Dingzhou, six hundred in Fengxiang Xiegu, forty-five in Jiazhou, The rise of Wenzhou is the whole of Zhejiang to become richer, Fengxiang is the Tang Dynasty left a large number of dock bases, plus the number driven by the needs of the Northwest Campaign, Qianzhou and Jizhou are worthy of the name of the national needs, accounting for almost more than forty percent of them).

However, no matter how convenient the flow of the Ganjiang River in Jizhou and Qianzhou is, the freight will become extremely expensive to transport Huai salt from Huaidong to the mouth of the Ganjiang River, and then upstream to Jizhou Qianzhou and other Guangnan Road areas. Guangyan is competitive.

It seems that the contradiction between the administration of the terrain and the freight is irreconcilable, but in fact there is a way to reconcile.

Zheng Lang came up with a way to start the area south of Hongzhou from the Linjiang Army, the Linjiang Army is not counted, it is close to Hongzhou, and Guangyan has little impact. Starting from Fuzhou, until Jizhou, Qianzhou, Jianchang Army, and Nan'an Army, the First Army of Sanzhou changed from the forbidden area to the Yanzheng Trade Zone, and it was still administratively managed by Jianghuai, but the salt let the salt merchants use salt to buy salt from Guangnan East Road, and the First Army of Sanzhou implemented the trade law. The reason is the same as Fan Xiang presided over the salt reform in Shaanxi, and the salt in northern Sichuan is expensive, so the salt is used to circulate to northern Sichuan, and some areas in northern Sichuan implement the trade law, and the actual management rights still belong to all roads in Sichuan.

This strategy seems to be very simple, but in fact it is more complicated and difficult than the salt trade in northern Sichuan, first of all, once the trade law is implemented, it is not a private salt team composed of militants, but a real team of major merchants. There will be some conflict with the private salt elements, and by the time it is executed, Zheng Lang has already arrived in Liangguang, and there must be a powerful minister to protect him. Secondly, after passing through some barbarian areas in Wuling, it doesn't matter if the private salt elements are killed, or killed or co-opted, the gains and losses have nothing to do with the country, once the official salt, the imperial court must clear some stubborn barbarians on the Wuling channel. The third is that the salt comes from Guangnan Road, which is mostly barbarian areas, and the imperial court officials must have the ability to control these areas strongly. The last two points are Zheng Lang's responsibility to go south. But the previous point, once implemented, the imperial court will have a headache. There is also a trouble, that is, for a long time, the management of Qianzhou is not very strong, and it has also formed a chain of interests, once it becomes a trade law, Guangyan openly enters, although the imperial court may not be able to benefit, but the people will benefit, Qianzhou has also reduced a large number of armed conflicts between the government and private salt elements, which seems to benefit the people, but in fact it will cause a lot of opposition, and even large-scale armed confrontation. It is possible that some armed forces with the smuggling of salt have colluded with the barbarians to endanger the official salt channel.

It's not a big problem, Zheng Lang led many troops south, what did he do?

The key is whether Pang Ji has the courage to take advantage of himself to lead tens of thousands of troops to the south to relieve this trouble once and for all.

wrote a good report, did not explain the stakes to Sima Guang, and now Sima Guang does not need him to teach, this trip is just to broaden Sima Guang's enterprising spirit. sealed the credit fire paint and asked Sima Guang: "Junshi, guess if Pang Yuzhi will agree?" ”

PS: From today, it will be gradually added, and there will be a change in the evening.

(To be continued.)