Zhao Ji's face suddenly turned cold, and said, "Wang Ju, I went to the Third Division some time ago. Guess what I saw? The state treasury actually owes more than 160 million yuan, and some people, in order to cover up their ugliness, even say that the Beijing division is unpredictable. ”

"So much?" Wang Ju was deliberately surprised.

In fact, isn't it a fiscal deficit, there is a saying in later generations, those who can borrow money can get rich, and those who dare not borrow money will never get rich. That country doesn't have a fiscal deficit?

But it's true that this deficit is a bit stricter.

"It's funny that I have to pretend that nothing happened for the sake of the country's peace."

"It's a must."

"I know it's necessary, but how can I do it?"

"Your Majesty, the minister asked, how much is the country's annual income now?"

"110 million, sometimes 120 million, not 100 million."

"The minister knows that if there are bundles, stones, horses, taels, etc., that can be converted into more than 80 million yuan."

"About the same."

"Then ask again, how much is the annual fiscal revenue of the Tang Dynasty?"

"It's just that I can't figure out how to use so much money? In the past few years, there were some disasters, but there were military disasters? can't say no, it's the battle you fought with Cai Ting, but how much did it cost? ”

"Your Majesty doesn't need to worry, as long as you have this income, it's easy to do. The minister has a plan. ”

Wang Juxian said the fine art of war that he said to Zhang Ji, in fact, it is different from the art of war, Wang Anshi will be the art of war, one is for the elite soldiers, and the other is to select generals, so that the generals know the soldiers, and the soldiers know the generals, for example, the Hebei Theater is divided into 37 generals, each of which has nearly 10,000 people with more than 10,000 people, and only two or three thousand people with less.

It played some roles, but the Song Dynasty still emphasized literature over military force, and had little effect.

And once it is placed, there will be controversy, and it is not Wang Ju's job for the time being.

Therefore, it is mainly a crack soldier, and he also said it to Zhao Ji once, and now he said it more comprehensively, including some of his ideas, such as the idea of the compulsory military system.

"Are the forbidden soldiers bad?"

"Your Majesty, if you don't practice, in terms of combat effectiveness, two battalions of forbidden soldiers are not as good as one battalion of Baojie," Wang Ju replied honestly.

Speaking of this, he suddenly understood.

I've been thinking about it before, why can't the powerful Western Army go to the Hebei battlefield, isn't it adaptable?

This explanation is not appropriate, they are all in the north, and there is not much difference between the sea and the sea, if the Tubo people come down from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, they can still say that they are oxygen-rich, and what kind of oxygen-enrichment do Shaanxi people go to Hebei?

Therefore this water and soil cannot be explained.

The real reason is only now in mind.

The reason why the Western Army is strong is that it is mixed with many fierce Fanluo and Baojie, and it has become strong. But when it comes to the Hebei battlefield, it has nothing to do with the fall of Baojie, but if you draw these two branches of the army, it may still be stronger than the forbidden army in the capital, but in fact, it can no longer be called a powerful army.

This principle is the same thing as Ge Shuhan, Gao Xianzhi, Feng Changqing and others, they can't beat An Lushan, but their elite subordinates are in the Western Regions, in Qinghai, and what they use is Chang'an's fancy Yulin army, but the people, how can they not be defeated?

Later, the people gradually became familiar with the war, and with the command of Guo Ziyi and others, the situation was slowly saved.

It's just that the reasons for the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty are more obvious, and the Song Dynasty is more obscure. Including myself, I experienced the battle of Dashun City, and it took me so long to figure it out.

It's not that the people of Hedong in Hebei can't use it, after all, it's been peaceful for a long time, if a stalemate is formed, after ten years of training, the Jin people are not allowed to go south, but they haven't grown up, and the Jin people have broken through Kaifeng City.

In addition, the water of the Yellow River is flowing, and Hebei is getting flatter and flatter, which is more conducive to the Jin people going south.

Thinking of this, he said again: "Your Majesty, the forbidden soldiers are kept in captivity in the capital, and they are no longer reused. But the north is the real strong enemy, and if the forbidden army is not enough, the north has not organized a strong border army in time. In case something happens in the north, Hebei is flat, and our dynasty is in danger, nine times out of ten it will become the second Western Jin Dynasty, drift to the south, and then lose the country. This question is more severe than that of more than 160 million. ”

"As you said, the forbidden army moved outside the city, and now it is densely populated, where to move?"

"The minister and Zhang Qianfu's strategy, have you seen it?"

"See, oh, I know, you mean silt?"

Although Gyeonggi is populated, there are many saline-alkali lands that no one cultivates, and once the water is drained and silted, many barren lands will be turned into fertile soil again. Moreover, they are near the capital, not at the border, and once the country has something, they have enough time to calmly transfer to the capital to protect the safety of the capital. ”

"If Yanyun is not extinguished, the capital will never be safe."

Wang Ju was silent, the Ming Dynasty Son of Heaven guarded the country, although it sounded majestic, Wu Qi said that the country is not in danger in Germany, which is not unreasonable. But in this era of cold weapons, geography really doesn't matter?

If you count, you can find some shortcomings in Chongzhen, but he, like Zhao Ji at this time, is also in a hurry. At least he's not a faint king, why did the country perish? Who can guarantee that a person is virtuous to the point of not paying attention to risks?

After a long time, Wang Jucai said: "The north is strong, so let's come step by step." ”

Xixia can't clean it up, and Yanyun will return it.

"By the way, you're going to sell the land to raise money?"

"There is this plan, once the measurement is completed, the minister plans to do so, in order to raise more money."

"It's not proper, lack of money, I'll save it. But it can't be sold, Wang Ju, do you know that when Zhenzong was in the country, there were more than 5 million hectares of land registered in the country, but now there are only 2 million hectares. I really can't think about it, I can't even sleep well when I think about it. ”

In fact, Song Zhenzong began to hide the field, why the hidden field, don't pay taxes! But at that time, it was not strict. To this day, the real cultivated land area of the Song Dynasty has only expanded, and even expanded by one million hectares. There are too many people, so they have to compete with the mountains, the sea, the lake, the rivers, all kinds of fields, and even put rafts on them, spread soil on them, and put them in the lakes and rivers to grow rice and vegetables.

That's why there was a joke, a common man ran to the county and said, the county, a piece of my vegetable garden was stolen. The magistrate said that he was confused, if the vegetables were stolen, how could this vegetable garden be stolen?

I really stole it, it was this kind of floating field, I made a vegetable garden on the floating field, and a rope was tied to the shore, but someone untied the rope and stole the vegetable garden.

However, a new problem has come, and those who dare to hide the field are the really powerful families, including the relatives of the scholars, and those who dare not hide the fields are poor ordinary people. However, the two national taxes cannot be less, and it is better now, but the tax has been levied several years in advance. Therefore, Zhao Ji said again: "It's like a story of the Tang Dynasty." ”

What is the story, that is, the people are not willing to be the main households, and they will put their fields under the Haoqiang family to become tenant farmers. If this development continues, the hidden field will become heavier and heavier, but the two taxes cannot be less, so they desperately apportioned to the heads of the poor people.

But even Bao Zheng didn't dare to investigate this question, so Zhao Ji didn't embarrass Wang Ju, and turned back to the topic: "Give it all to the Baojie army or the van soldiers, how much arable land do you estimate you can get?" ”

"Part of it is used to compensate for labor, and if a large weir is built, it will inevitably flood some farmland, and if possible, the arable land that can really be handed over to the Baojie army will not exceed 10,000 hectares, and if all of it is handed over to the Baojie army, 30,000 Baojie troops can be placed."

"There are too many, the Baojie army must focus on combat training, once there is a lot of arable land, they pounce on the arable land, maybe it will backfire, so let's put a soldier on one hectare of arable land."

Wang Ju pondered in his heart, although the land has decreased, but this is fertile land, and the imperial court continues to distribute money, the family can still maintain a living standard above food and clothing, so he nodded: "It's okay." ”

Don't underestimate its significance, 40,000 Baojie troops and box soldiers were placed at once, even if these soldiers are poorly treated, as long as they are placed, the court does not need to send food and silk, 40,000 soldiers, and you can save 700,000 soldiers for the court in a year!

But in the series of plans that Wang Ju just said, it is nothing, of course, now it is just to talk about how to do it, and it is necessary to obtain the consent of various bigwigs, and there will also be quarrels. However, as long as it is carried out, the combat effectiveness of the army will be stronger, the income of soldiers' families will also increase, and the state may save more than 15 million yuan in military expenses every year.

This is the first article that Wang Ju said, and Wang Ju went on to say the second one: "The imperial examination is about to be released, right?" ”

"It's coming, there are still a few days, if you stay in the capital, you can see the Donghuamen event."

"No, the minister will return to Beijing to explain, and he will return to Shaanxi tomorrow. Danchen still remembered that the first emperor issued an edict last year, limiting the number of jinshi to no more than 200 per session, and the number of Ming Jing subjects not to exceed the number of jinshi. Majesty, please execute it. And with the edict of the first emperor, His Majesty will not be hindered too much. ”

"Redundant?"

"It is redundant officials, this is the biggest secret of the success of Xianping's governance, streamlining administration, reducing the number of officials, simplifying and smoothing government decrees, saving unnecessary floating expenses, one limits the number of imperial examinations, and two limits the number of shadow supplements. Then the prefectures will be cut and merged into counties, and some small counties such as Yunyan County can be cut and merged into other states one by one. Taizong Taizu killed many corrupt officials, not that the scholars said that the punishment could not be punished by the scholars, and the true sect could not bear to kill people, so he was convicted of private crimes, and those who had private crimes were not allowed to be reused. So Wang Qinruo accepted some small bribes and was ridiculed by the ministers. However, Fan Zhongyan was the first to open the Chen Liuqiao, and the state paid less and less attention to private crimes. If corrupt officials are not punished, how can the country be governed? Therefore, corrupt officials, old officials, incompetent officials, and sick officials are persuaded to retire one by one. In less than five or six years, redundant officials will be cured, and the salary alone will save more than 5 million yuan. And streamlining government will bring greater effect. ”

"The third is the Fangchang River Crossing."

It is to contract some loss-making Fangchang River Ferry to private individuals, but it is not the kind of apportionment that used to be, first send a Chinese envoy from the capital, it must be a person from the capital, otherwise it can collude with the local Haoqiang to make an assessment of the Fangchang River Ferry in various states and counties, and then open bidding, and the tenderer will go to the states and counties to get the number plate, and then write the bid price on paper and put it in the copper box. The one with the highest final price wins.

The first is to throw away these unnecessary burdens, and the second is to save a large number of officials and craftsmen and relieve pressure on the people.

But Wang Ju also said one thing by the way: "The minister offered gunpowder, and Han Gong was afraid of leaking the secret, so he locked his formula in the Chinese book." But can you really keep the secret? When it came out, it was used by the state, especially for mining and road construction. In fact, the problem is not big, in order to enhance the power, the outside is wrapped with thick oil paper, you can draw a symbol on the thick oil paper or something, and the oil paper sandwich is stuffed with some cheap things, so it is mysterious. Then look at the amount and distribute it to the various mines. If it is a private pit, it can be allocated depending on its usage. If the two are combined, one loses the burden and the other increases the income, then it can increase the country's income by 8 million to 10 million yuan every year. Your Majesty, no matter how diligent you are in government and love the people, within five years, the country's economic situation will improve. Ten years will be great. ”

"Save unnecessary waste, such as I worship the sky in the southern suburbs of the winter solstice, praying that God will have the virtue of great life and bless me with the Great Song Dynasty. However, since the time of Renzong, there have often been sacrifices every two years. The festival itself will not cost much silk, but according to the court practice, every time the southern suburbs worship the sky, the world must be rewarded, and often the treasury and the treasury will allocate more than 10 million and 20 million silk to reward ministers, soldiers, and give generous gifts to the people. If the state has sufficient finances, it can do so so that the people of the world will come to their hearts. But now that the court is embarrassed, it must be moderately reduced, even if it is reduced twice, it will save at least twenty or thirty million dollars. More than 160 million is a lot, but in this way, seven provinces and eight provinces will make up for it in a few years. And it can also take advantage of this crisis to correct some malpractices. ”

What Wang Ju said was an improvement, which was very similar to the rule of Xianping, or the reduction of the number of shade subsidies would be somewhat controversial, and the others could be easily implemented.

Because the hole is too big, it can't be as effective as the Xianping rule, but in ten years, the situation will all get better, and the deficit will be thrown off.

But there are still many problems, such as such a huge hidden field, the unfairness of commercial taxes, the disadvantages of errand labor, and the emergence of all kinds of powerful people.

However, these are too troublesome, and they will poke the hornet's nest when they touch it, and Wang Ju doesn't want to say it.

It can be touched, that is reform, **!

Zhao Ji carefully reflected on it, no matter what, Wang Ju pointed out a way out, so the more he thought about it, the happier he became, and said, "Wang Ju, it's a pity that you are too young." ”

"Yes, when I heard that His Majesty had ascended the throne, the minister thought at the time, at least His Majesty could let the minister enter the pavilion."

"You, when others enter the pavilion, they let me know, and if they can know and be familiar with it, they will be reused in the future, why should you? Leaving tomorrow? ”

"Yes."

"In this way, I will issue an edict later, and grant you a position as a Shaanxi camp envoy."

This official position is much higher than that of Zheng Baiqu's official envoy, and the jurisdiction is wider, but it can't be taken seriously, the main position is still Zheng Baiqu, just like Cheng Fang's official position is Zheng Baiqu's Tuntian Governor, but actually not Tuntian, but Zheng Baiqu's water conservancy supervisor, but with this errand position, it means that it is above Yang Pan's official position.

"The minister will accept it." Wang Ju said.

He must be the master, otherwise it will not be easy to deal with the future.

But this thing is not very good in the end, no matter what, he and Yang Pan have a gap.

Wang Ju pointed out a way out, and Zhao Ju was also relieved, and said: "I heard that you won a great victory last year, and my aunt learned to dance the Lanling King Entrance Song at home. ”R1152