Boy!
Was the Great Song Dynasty rich?
Rich!
Rich and oily!
Was the Song Dynasty poor?
Poor!
Poor jingle!
Rich refers to the wealth of officials and nobles.
Poverty refers to the poverty of the imperial court and the common people.
People in the 21st century mentioned the Song Dynasty and said that the Song Dynasty was commercially developed, but Zhao Ning looked at these financial and tax expenditures, and no matter how developed the business was, this method of spending money could not stand it!
This is particularly high, the official Is high.
The annual expenditure of officials is too high!
And the annual military expenditure is no longer described as flowing water, it is a waterfall!
No wonder that in the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty, Cai Jing had to play the game of minting large coins and picking wool, because the expenses were too terrible.
Behind the prosperity, the national financial crisis has become increasingly serious.
Military expenditure is large, why is the military still so weak?
It seems that the officials of the Great Song Dynasty were not polite in drinking the blood of soldiers!
So the question is, how much money is left now?
There are also 500,000 guan (consistently about equal to one or two, according to the song dynasty grain prices, consistently equal to about 500 yuan).
This figure cannot even be paid by officials, let alone military expenditure.
That is to say, the mess that Zhao Ning has taken over now is not only the foreign enemy soldiers approaching the city, but also the accounts of the imperial court.
In fact, the finances of the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty have always been in deficit, and there are many reasons for this, which is a later story.
No money, a fart fight!
The Great Song Dynasty was a two-tax law, that is, two taxes in summer and autumn, and this year's autumn tax has not yet had time to collect.
Another part of the imperial court's income came from the income of the ban.
The so-called forbidden income is the income of the state monopoly.
However, due to the fighting and the siege of Tokyo City, these were largely semi-paralyzed.
Zhao Ning suddenly felt a mountain suddenly press down.
The situation he faced was definitely not just a strong foreign enemy.
The internal worries are even worse!
The Great Song Dynasty used heavy taxes from the people of the whole country to support the bureaucracy and the elite.
And because it faces several military threats, military spending is increasing year by year.
Of the huge military expenditures, how much of them were embezzled, and Now Zhao Ning is not quite clear.
He quickly flipped through the fish scale book again, although this fish scale book was incomplete, but at this glance, Zhao Ning instantly had an impulse to lift the table.
His previous career was to deal with money, and he was extremely sensitive to data and money.
According to the limited information in the Fish Scale Book, the current land annexation has reached an outrageous point!
According to some historical records, the state of land annexation at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty was that the elite class had more than 80% of the land, and the elite class had some tax-free privileges.
Coupled with the policy adopted by the Northern Song Dynasty that did not inhibit land annexation, so that the magnates were still frantically annexing land.
The entangled interest groups among them are not clear for a while and a half.
Half an hour later, Gao Li was upside down outside the Wende Hall.
Gao Li was trembling at this time, not cold, but afraid.
How did the emperor suddenly summon himself?
He had already resigned his official position and retired to hug his sister, and he did not participate in the struggle of the court, so how did he suddenly find his head?
He walked all the way, stuffed a bulging money bag for Wang Huaiji, and whispered to Wang Huaiji: "Wang Zhongguan, what is the matter with the official family announcing me?" ”
"High-ranking officials, I don't know, the officials suddenly said they wanted to see you."
Gao Li was worried in his heart, but he didn't ask more questions, and after he came, he honestly stood outside.
Wang Huaiji walked in and said cautiously, "Official, Gao Li is listening to the announcement outside." ”
Zhao Ning did not speak, and Wang Huaiji thought that he had not heard it, and repeated it: "Official, Gao Li is outside listening to the announcement." ”
"Got it."
Zhao Ning continued to read through the financial and tax expenditures, and the more he looked, the more angry he became.
This old Zhao family is really used to living a peaceful life, spending money indiscriminately!
For example, it is recorded here that Tong Guan took 1 million yuan to buy an empty city!
How much is 1 million?
In the Song Dynasty, especially during the song Huizong period, the imperial court minted coins indiscriminately, commonly known as the blind special printing machine, and 1 million yuan was equivalent to about 500 million yuan.
An ordinary person in Tokyo makes 20 yuan a day, 1 million yuan is equal to 1 billion yuan, and this ordinary person does not eat or drink for 50 million days, 140,000 years.
This happened in the seventh year of Xuanhe, that is, three years ago, when Song Jin was still an ally and together they destroyed the Liao state.
Tong Guan led an army of 200,000 to fight Youzhou, and was crushed on the ground by thousands of people and horses of the Liao army and rubbed back and forth a hundred times, and then Youzhou was taken down by the Jin people.
Tong Guan, an old clever ghost, consulted with Song Huizong: The official family, the minister has a brilliant plan, we do not need 1 million guan to buy the Youzhou mansion directly!
It is such a thing, after the 1 million yuan is spent, it must be found a place to get back, so Zhao Yao said to Cai Jing while painting and writing: Old Cai, there is no money, why is it grinning?
Cai Jing waved a big hand: Official, let's continue to print money!
Zhao Ning patiently continued to watch, and when he finished watching some, it was already half an hour past.
He took a deep breath.
Of course, the mess of the Great Song Dynasty was definitely not formed by the Song Huizong Dynasty, and many policies at the time of the founding of the country had problems, and the accumulation of more than a hundred years had caused the country to be in ruins.
What was left to Zhao Ning was a great Song Dynasty in which the golden jade was defeated.
Forget it, these things are slowly digested, and the current situation is stabilized first.
Everything has to come step by step.
When Wang Huaiji saw that the emperor had finished reading, he whispered a reminder: "Official, Gao Li is outside..."
"I know."
After a while, Zhao Ning said, "Let him come in." ”
"Yes!"
Wang Huaiji hurried out, and at this time Gao Li was shivering in the snow.
A man in his fifties, frozen like a grandson in the snow and ice.
"High-ranking officials, go inside, the officials are waiting for you!"
Gao Li hurriedly took a step, but because he was frozen, he almost fell to the ground, but Wang Huaiji supported him.
"Senior officials, slow down."
"It's getting old."
Gao Li hurried into the Wende Hall.
The Wende Hall was full of heating, and Gao Li felt comfortable as soon as he entered.
"See the official, St. Ann."
Although Gao Li no longer had a specific position, the official position was still retained, which was a feature of the Great Song Dynasty, and the official position and the position were separated.
So he called himself a vassal.
Zhao Ning held the book in his hand and glanced at Gao Li.
Gao Li's face was slightly fat, he looked like a fine skin and tender flesh, he looked harmless to people and animals, his two-stroke beard was wet with ice and snow, and his body was trembling uncontrollably.
Zhao Ning said lightly, "You are here." ”
"I don't know what happened to the officials summoning their ministers?"
"There is nothing wrong with it, that is, someone reported you for plotting against you, but is there such a thing?" Zhao Ning continued to look at the book, and his tone was careless.
Gao Li looked up violently and looked at the emperor with a confused face.
What's the situation, I'm plotting against you?
I can only play football Well, the Janissaries are all ruined by my high ranks, even if I want to plot against me, but the strength he does not allow ah!
Official, you know, my dream is to form the Great Song Football Dream Team!
"Official, this is a complete injustice, and the subject is loyal to the official family, and the sun and the moon can be learned."
"Is it?"
"Absolutely!" Probably because of the excitement, Gao Li's face was a little red.
Zhao Ning smiled, smiled very gently, he looked at Gao Li calmly, and said, "Then last year you took the Janissaries south, what did you do?" ”
Zhao Ning said that at the end of last year, the Jin army was about to go south, and Emperor Huizong of Song threw the throne to his son and fled south.
The situation at that time was like this: Emperor Huizong of Song did not want to be emperor anymore, and one night, he summoned Zhao Huan and forcibly gave his position to Zhao Huan, who was unwilling to become emperor at that time, and cried several times on the spot.
Later, there was really no way, Zhao Huan secretly dried his tears in the toilet, and barely ascended to the Tianzi position.
After Emperor Huizong of Song gave up the throne, he fled south at night.
Along with Emperor Huizong of Song, there were also his favorite courtiers Tong Guan, as well as Gao Li and others.
At that time, Tong Guan led an army of 10,000 to follow Emperor Huizong of Song, and Gao Li also led the forbidden army all the way south, and the two sides fought jealously and fought on the road.
Emperor Huizong of Song actually wanted to set up another small imperial court in the southeast, and he intercepted the taxes from the southeast to the north, and was still blindly commanding along the way.
This involved the power struggle between Emperor Qinzong of Song and Emperor Huizong of Song.
Gao Li was a favorite of Emperor Huizong of Song, as was Tong Guan.
Later, Emperor Zhao Huan of Song Qinzong coaxed Emperor Huizong of Song back to Tokyo according to Li Gang's suggestion, and Tong Guan and others were killed, while Gao Li, because he had lost the fight with Tong Guan on the road at that time, he returned to Tokyo and resigned from the official position of commander of the Janissaries, but escaped the disaster.
However, after all, he also led the army south to follow Emperor Huizong of Song, which was a big taboo.
Because of this incident, Tong Guan also lost his head.
Gao Li was not prosecuted, and he resigned and went home to play football.
Zhao Ning mentioned this matter.
If you want to do this again, gao Li should also lose his head now.
This incident tells us that it is okay not to participate in the struggle for imperial power, if you are not good, you are a victim.
When Gao Li heard the emperor suddenly mention this matter, he was frightened and fell to his knees on the spot.
"The official family, the minister was confused for a while, but then he suddenly woke up and returned to Tokyo, and the official family forgives the crime!"
Zhao Ning saw that this move was effective and continued: "Gao Li, they not only reported that you were plotting against you, but also some people reported that you had embezzled a lot of military salaries in the forbidden army. ”
As for who reported Gao Li, who knows!
Anyway, he Zhao Ning didn't know who reported Gao Li.
Probably in the 21st century, people think that Lieutenant Gao's departure has not eased up for more than a thousand years, so report him for not doing his job.
Anyway, Gao Li didn't know if anyone had reported him, and he couldn't go around asking who the said in front of the emperor that Lao Tzu was rebellious and corrupt! Says who!
Gao Li did not dare to ask, because corruption in the Janissaries was as common as eating in normal times.
At this moment, he only dared to tremble and say, "There is absolutely no such thing!" Officials look into it! Absolutely not! ”
Gao Li was so frightened that his whole body was shaking, he had been frozen outside for more than half an hour, it was already miserable enough, but he did not expect that as soon as he came in, one crime of rebellion was thrown down, and another charge of corruption was thrown down.
What the fuck is a surprise?
What a fucking surprise!
That's the surprise!
"Whether there is such a thing or not, it is not what you say, more than one of them told Yuan that you are plotting against you and corrupting the law!"
"What a wrong!"
"Do you want to know what else they said?"
"Fear!"
"I ask you, Tong Guan is dead, did you dream of him in your dreams?"
"Official! The subject is wronged! The subject is completely sincere to the official family! ”
After a moment of silence, Zhao Ning said, "Gao Li, they let you kill you." ”
Gao Li had just frozen like a grandson, and now he was sweating profusely like a waterfall.
The Emperor's words suddenly turned: "But I think you may have been wronged." ”
Gao Li, who had just lost all his thoughts, suddenly trembled again, as if he had grasped a straw when he was about to drown.
"I believe you are absolutely loyal to you, don't you?"
Finally, with the three words of "yes or no", the emperor intensified his tone, and Gao Li did not even think about it, and hurriedly said: "Yes! The officials let the subjects do what they want, and the subjects will do what they do! ”
"Really?"
"Really! If the minister dared to make half a word false, the official family would cut off the subject's head! ”
After a pause, Zhao Ning's words suddenly turned and said, "What do you think about the siege of the city by the Golden Thief?" ”
Gao Li's brain buzzed, and the emperor asked himself what to do with this question?
He thought quickly.
He had no opinion, but the emperor's question remained to be answered.
Recently, the emperor had activated the main battle faction, and thinking of this, Gao Li immediately blurted out: "Of course, it is a decisive battle to the end!" The Golden Thieves are barbarians, barbarians have no faith, they penetrate deep into the hinterland of our Great Song Dynasty, as long as we cling to the city as we did at the beginning of this year, they will naturally retreat. ”
"Well, you make sense!" Zhao Ning said that he was very satisfied, he didn't care if Gao Li was a straw bag, nor did he care whether Gao Li was perfunctory when he said these words.
He just wanted Gao Li to take a stand in front of him.
"Would you like to ask you to go back to the Imperial City Division and atone for your sins?"
When Gao Li heard this, his heart was suddenly overjoyed, but on the surface he was still very modest: "How can he be a minister." ”
"If you don't want to, you'll have to behead you for the crime of rebellion."
"No, no, no, the minister is willing!" The subject is willing to go to the soup for the official family! ”
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