A great man of the Northern Song Dynasty

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Thousands of years of official-oriented thinking has caused officials to work hard at the people if they lack anything, thinking that enslaving them is a matter of course.

If there is no service and recruitment is replaced, what else can the government instruct the people to do?

The monarchs and ministers in the temple were meditating.

Zhao Xu couldn't wait any longer, "After changing to the recruitment system, the people will live and work in peace and contentment and concentrate on farming. Isn't this good?"

Of course that's good.

Zhao Shu thought it was great, but there was a problem.

“Where does the money for recruitment come from?”

Han Jiang, the third minister, felt that he would be forced to death by the prince sooner or later. He sighed: "The Song Dynasty employs a large number of people every year. If they are all exempted and replaced by recruitment, the amount of money required will be staggering!"

Where did this huge sum of money come from?

Zhao Shu sighed in his heart, feeling that his son was a little impulsive, but at least his idea was good. That's all, let's find a place for him to get off.

"This matter..."

"Your Majesty, there is no shortage of money!" Zhao Xu said confidently: "I have asked those rich households, and they hate the servants deeply, but they cannot be exempted..."

Damn it!

Shen An swore that he never told Zhao Xu about this.

Did he figure this out on his own?

Shen An was thinking about the past and present life of the exemption money. He was not very impressed, but he remembered that Wang Anshi's New Deal had been criticized, and the exemption money was among them.

Why is it being criticized?

he does not know.

"I suggest collecting exemption money." Zhao Xu said loudly: "But all poor families will be exempted, and only rich households will be collected."

Shen An suddenly remembered something, and he asked, "Is it enough if we only come from rich families?"

Zhao Xu said: "If it's not enough, the government will supplement it."

Shen An understood that this guy was planning to rob the rich and give to the poor.

Yes.

If the tax exemption money is levied based on household registration, those poor families will have even more difficulties.

How did those people in history attack Wang Anshi's exemption money?

It is definitely said to be harmful to the country and the people.

But why has this policy harmed the country and its people?

Shen An doesn't know.

But Zhao Xu simply and rudely avoided the common people and directly robbed the rich and gave to the poor.

The current financial situation of the Song Dynasty is much better than that of Wang Anshi's reform, so he naturally has the confidence to pay for the exemption.

Zhao Shu said: "We only accept rich households. Will the rich households be willing to do so?"

"Definitely not willing to give in." Zhao Xu said: "But Your Majesty, in this Song Dynasty, the poor have no place to stand, and the rich are arrogant and extravagant. The rich are getting richer, and the poor are getting poorer. This should be reconciled. I think the exemption money is just right. .”

There were many wealthy people in the Song Dynasty, such as Bianliang, where there were countless restaurants and brothels, and countless luxuries.

"Using free money to adjust the gap between rich and poor?" Shen An smiled.

This is similar to the personal income tax of later generations.

The richer you are, the more taxes you pay.

Han Jiang said: "There are many places where the Song Dynasty is short of money. What's the use of just focusing on this place?"

As the third envoy, he looks at the overall situation, so this is correct.

Zhao Xu looked at him and said seriously: "The Song Dynasty was short of money everywhere. For example, there was a shortage of money to support countless officials, a shortage of money to support countless armies, and a shortage of money for various inexplicable expenses... But who has asked the people? Short of money?"

The three redundancies of the Song Dynasty were, in the final analysis, serving the huge vested interests.

We used to shout loudly, saying that if the three redundancies were not eliminated, the Song Dynasty would never be able to revive again.

What about action?

Eliminating Sandu is like cutting off one's own flesh, who wants that?

So the taxes paid by the people still flowed into those bottomless pits.

Everyone is numb.

Today, Zhao Xu asked a question that was astonishing.

——Who ever asked the people if they were short of money?

You keep saying that the Song Dynasty was short of money everywhere, and when it was short of money, you would reach out to the people, regardless of their life and death.

Do you know that the people are short of money?

Have you taken care of it?

Han Jiang bowed and said, "I am guilty."

Although he felt that Zhao Xu's words were inappropriate, he felt deeply ashamed.

As the third envoy, he habitually forgot the sufferings of the people and only cared about paying taxes...

Zhao Xu's question today made his spine feel hot and his cheeks turned red with embarrassment.

Han Qi sighed: "Your Majesty is kind. This is a great kindness."

Zhao Shu also nodded and said: "The people are not enough, I am ashamed."

It is the king's fault that the life of the common people is miserable.

Zeng Gongliang said: "But will those wealthy households be willing to do so? Will they collude with the officials and turn themselves into low-class households?"

This is inevitable.

Zhao Xu said: "What Zeng Xiang said makes sense. I am thinking about one thing. If we want to reform the Song Dynasty, what is the most important thing to do? What I am thinking of is the administration of officials."

"No matter how good the idea is, the New Deal is mostly for the people, but what will happen next?" Shen An talked about this question more, and Zhao Xu was deeply impressed.

Shen An even compared the administration of officials to the decisive factor in the success or failure of the New Deal.

——The officials below are acting against the will, and any new policies are nonsense!

It's all nonsense!

He talked too much, and Zhao Xu was naturally deeply affected.

"Those officials will work against each other, and even stab people in the back because of their different political opinions... In that case, how can the New Deal be achieved?"

Shen An wanted to laugh.

The failure of Lao Wang's New Deal was at least half of the credit for the failure of officials to violate the government's policies.

"So I believe that in order to revitalize the Song Dynasty, the first priority lies in the administration of officials."

Make officials obedient, or make them have to obey.

This is what Zhao Xu wanted to express.

Zhao Shu asked: "What can you do?"

"Supervision!"

There is really no good way to do this, except to create an environment with strong supervision.

"I suggest that the scale of the censorship should be expanded, and more censors should be recruited. Two censors should be placed in each mansion, and they should be rotated every year. They should not be allowed to stay in one place for more than one year, so as to avoid being bribed..."

Putting two censors in one house, does this mean they have to keep an eye on the officials' work?

Is that too cruel?

Shen An laughed, gloating about his misfortune.

The Song Dynasty was really good to its officials. Now Zhao Xu is here to drain the salary from under the cauldron and make people watch your work. What should you do?

Want to cry?

Ha ha ha ha!

Shen An was holding back laughter.

Han Qi and others looked at each other.

Is this king too cruel?

"If these censors fail to detect love affairs, they are derelict in their duties."

Zhao Xu added another sentence.

Han Qi smiled bitterly.

The officials below were afraid that they would shout that this day would be impossible.

Zhao Shu looked at his son and said with a strange expression: "I have to think about this matter carefully."

Ideas like free money are good, but this is the New Deal!

There is no doubt that after Fan Zhongyan, the standard of the New Deal was to shake the ancestral rules.

Reforming the police force is shaking up the ancestral rules.

In the harem, the weather was good today, so Gao Taotao invited Empress Dowager Cao to inquire about Zhao Xu's marriage.

"...I heard that Mr. Xiang is very chaste and quiet..."

"Zhenjing?" Empress Dowager Cao said disdainfully: "If you let Da Lang face a piece of wood all day long, will he be able to survive?"

right.

Gao Taotao thought about it from his perspective and felt that this matter was a bit confusing.

"But he is the eldest son of the emperor, so naturally his wife cannot be too indulgent."

Gao Taotao explained: "Of course he will have many women by then, Xiang is just... just a show."

this person……

Queen Mother Cao felt that her niece was really shameless.

"The official family only protects you, but you let Da Lang have many women?" Can't we compare our hearts to ourselves?

Gao Taotao said plausibly: "He is the eldest son! It is best for an eldest son to have many children."

Empress Dowager Cao smiled, "The late emperor is also a group of women, but what is the result? If there is no one, there will be no one. This is fate!"

Seeing his aunt's gloomy mood, Gao Taotao said, "Where are the singing and dancing?"

The only advantage of being in the palace is that you can listen to singing and dancing alone and at any time.

After hearing about their brother's marriage for a long time, several princesses felt that the woman was so pitiful.

Zhao Qianyu muttered: "Will you have to argue with many women when you get married? That will be very annoying."

Princess Shoukang said with a sad face: "If you really want to do that, it would be better not to get married."

"We are not getting married." Princess Dening, the eldest, said, "Princess Shang, do you understand?"

Zhao Qianyu nodded and said listlessly: "It just sounds nice."

The singing and dancing are here, the music is long and the dancing is moving.

The most distinguished women in the palace were all here, and the musicians tried their best to perform various musical instruments exceptionally well.

Gao Taotao and Queen Mother Cao also put their thoughts aside and watched with smiles.

Beep...

At this moment, a sharp sound of music came from next door.

Why!

Gao Taotao and Empress Dowager Cao looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

The musicians played freely, but the tune gradually got lost.

The dancers gradually couldn't maintain their dancing posture. One dancer fell down with an ouch, and that was the end.

The musicians blushed and apologized. Gao Taotao said with a smile: "The officials' achievements in suona are the best in the world. It is understandable that you can't wait..."

The musicians nodded, but their hearts felt so aggrieved that they wanted to vomit blood.

The sound of the suona is too sharp, and as soon as it comes out, it is full of indomitable momentum. It can be called a gangster in the musical instrument world!

Gao Taotao listened carefully, "The official seems to be in a good mood, but he is a little troubled."

Empress Dowager Cao frowned and said, "You are in a good mood at one moment and troubled at the other. Is this because you misunderstood me?"

"Yes." As a queen, Gao Taotao is the master of the harem, but the person in front of her is her nemesis.

The identity of the aunt was on one level, and the identity of the empress dowager was on the other level. The two identities were superimposed, and Gao Taotao could only kneel down.

The key is that Queen Mother Cao's skills are so good. Last time Gao Taotao saw her go up to the roof in public and kill the rebels with one strike, it was like thunder and lightning...

I can't afford to offend such an aunt!

"The officials are here."

Zhao Shu came out and saluted Empress Dowager Cao.

"The queen said you are in a good mood, so why are you depressed?" Empress Dowager Cao thought Zhao Shu was not bad, at least he didn't have that much trouble.

"Da Lang said something before, and my husband and I were a little surprised."

"What's the matter?"

The Song Dynasty was very strange. On the one hand, it was said that internal servants were not allowed to interfere in politics, but it was not uncommon for the harem to interfere in politics.

The most typical one is that the Queen Mother listens to politics behind the curtain.

So when Empress Dowager Cao asked about political affairs, Zhao Shu still had no objection, "Dalang said that the people are taxed too heavily."

"It's too heavy. UU Reading www.uukanshu.net" Empress Dowager Cao sighed: "Tax reductions in all dynasties have been virtuous policies. The Song Dynasty is prospering at the moment. You can consider it as an official."

"Yes." Zhao Shusurong said, "He suggested turning service into recruitment."

"Where's the money?" Empress Dowager Cao's reaction was the same as that of the prime ministers and ministers. The first thing she thought of was money.

Zhao Shu said: "He proposed to collect exemption money from rich households and add some subsidies from the central government, so that the poor people would be freed from the trouble of serving as servants... I just went to ask, and the officials below summoned the people to serve, and they often Every year or so, the fields at home are all laid waste."

Empress Dowager Cao frowned and said, "I remember that I went to the countryside when I was a child. At that time, I saw many farmers who were not fully clothed. My parents said that they were reluctant to wear clothes, but later I realized that they were all poor."

Zhao Shu smiled bitterly.

As an emperor, this is his fault.

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