The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 124 Audit Supervisor

"Is the big business money waiting for the old money to be spent?"

After setting a new currency issuance policy, Yang Tong asked Yang Shidao and Ling Jing.Back when he said that money was worthless, Yang Tong had already made five preparations for the issuance of new money:

[-]. Unified statistics of Zhuojun warehouse, Liyang warehouse, Lushui warehouse, Linshuo Gongcang city, Linyu Gongcang city, Beiping warehouse, Tongding town warehouse, Jinyang Gongcang city and other warehouses for copper coins, sorting out heavy weight coins [-]% copper Kaihuang five baht;
[-]. Take the Kaihuang five baht and silver to pay salaries to soldiers, officials, teachers, and workers, and collect bad money in the country through taxation and other means;
[-]. Except for the authentic Kaihuang five baht, all coins are prohibited from entering Jizhou;
[-]. Keep improving and perfect the coin casting process, melt the excess Kaihuang five baht that exceeds the domestic economy into copper, and recast new coins;
[-]. Put bad coins such as Daye money in the Liyang warehouse;
[-]. The Ministry of Commerce set up a 'private' caravan to exchange bad money such as Dayeqian to the Central Plains, Guanzhong, Jiangnan, and Bashu for real goods.

"Your Highness, due to problems such as a lot of bad coins, few caravans, heavy copper coins, and continuous recycling of bad coins, the consumption is very small, and [-]% is spent at most [-]%."

"I also know that there is no way to have the best of both worlds. It's really embarrassing for you, so be it."

Yang Tong thought about it for a while, then smiled and said, "We have a lot of bad money, few people, and spend slowly. But it's easier to change it."

"Another way?"

"First, expand the scope of procurement. As long as there are channels, iron ingots, copper ingots, grain, oil and salt, cloth, silk, wood, spices, livestock, pearls, etc. can be purchased."

All the officials stared wide-eyed. They understood what Yang Tong meant. Up to now, all the major princes are using the current currency. Except for the Northern Sui Dynasty, which forbade the entry of inferior currency, no one has prohibited business exchanges, nor banned inferior currency. currency.And what Yang Tong did was nothing more than using bad money to empty out the wealth of the princes.

Fang Xuanling smiled and said: "No one is aware of this problem now. I suggest not to touch the three major strategic materials such as iron ingots, copper ingots, and grain at the beginning. These things are too sensitive and easy to be noticed and banned. You can start with Cloth, satin, livestock, medicinal materials, wood, pens, inks, papers and inkstones, etc. should not be purchased on a large scale, and the caravans should be broken up so that they are not easy to be found. Maybe the princes are very happy. For them , Trade is booming, business taxes are increasing, money is pouring in, wait until the bad money is almost spent, and then concentrate on buying copper, iron and grain, regardless of whether they will fall."

Yang Gongren nodded heavily, but said again: "Xuanling's method is good, but the problem of too many bad coins and few caravans still exists."

Yang Tong said: "Broadening the scope of procurement is the first method. Second, send capable personnel to contact large merchants in various places and tell them that we will buy everything that is useful, and we will buy as much as we have. Let them deliver the goods to your door. Don't worry about us If you don’t accept it, the precondition is that you can’t shoddy it. This will solve the problem of more money and less money, and those big merchants will deliver the goods to your door, and the method of bargain hunting is more secretive, and we don’t need to take risks.”

Everyone laughed and gave thumbs up one after another, "Your Highness is more thoughtful!"

"Speaking of money! I think we lack a key department." Yang Tong said seriously: "Money in all dynasties has been spent passively. For example, where there is a drought or flood, and then go to rescue, the army will report How many troops will be dispatched, and then the full amount of military pay will be paid in a targeted manner. If there is a disaster in one year, they can barely support it. If there are natural disasters, man-made disasters, and wars for two or three consecutive years, everyone is dumbfounded. Where to collect money for disaster relief, I don’t know where to save money...The Ministry of Civil Affairs is in charge of land, taxation, household registration, military supplies, salaries, food, and financial revenue and expenditure, but lacks vision in spending money. Therefore, I decided to set up an audit supervisor! "

Yang Gongren asked: "What is the function of the auditor?"

Yang Tong said: "Calculate the expenditures of the previous three years, and find out which department spends more and which department spends less, and deeply analyzes the reasons for spending more and less! Then analyze each department, Given the same population and land conditions, why did they spend less money this year but much more last year? What is the reason? If several departments encounter a year of high spending at the same time, how much money will the DPRK and China need to deal with? If it lasts for three years If you spend a lot of money, how much money do you need in order not to cause social turmoil? This year, how should you spend the money next year? Is it to raise the salaries of officials or build places?"

"To give a simple example, in the past, the local government reported that it was going to build a canal, and the court thought it was a good thing, so let's build it, but no one has ever calculated how much this canal will cost after it is completed! When the whole country When they were all under construction, when they finally asked the court for money, the court was dumbfounded to find out that the money was not enough, what should I do? Lower the wages, or not pay them at all. In this way, the common people will definitely quit, and the court will lose its promise Yu Min, the seriousness of the consequences is not hard to imagine."

Everyone was thinking silently.

"If there is an audit supervisor, it will be different! When counties across the country report that they will start construction projects, he will evaluate from the past projects: what is the cost of a mile of roads and a mile of canals? How much money does the imperial court need to start work and complete within a year? Only when the project is completed can a lot of money be distributed to the people. If he sees from the income data of the Ministry of Civil Affairs that the imperial court is not so How much money, he has the responsibility to tell everyone that part of the project should be cut off! In this way, the project is successfully completed, and the people are promised to pay a lot of money, and the people are happy; , without affecting the progress of other aspects, everyone is happy. All in all, the function of the auditor is to allow the court to spend money in a planned way, spend money calmly, spend money clearly, and spend money without affecting the overall situation. "

"The minister agrees!"

"The minister agrees!"

"..."

This new type of planned way of spending money, as well as this whimsical idea, made everyone amazed and praised again and again.If audit supervision can achieve this level, annoying financial problems will no longer exist, and even if there are major changes, preparations can be made in advance.

Auditors can be called the big stewards of a country and a party.

"Audit supervisor, Lai Ji will be in charge, give him more talents who are proficient in arithmetic."

"promise!"

"In the future, all ministries and counties will make expenditure statistics books, and attach the ins and outs of the expenditures. What is the purpose of the expenditures and what is the use? Four copies will be submitted, one to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, one to the Imperial Ministry, and one to the Imperial Ministry. Give it to the Auditor and keep a copy for yourself."

"Although there are some more procedures, it is very necessary. Fill in the statistical form designed by His Highness, which saves trouble and is clear and clear at a glance."

"That's good!" Yang Tong laughed. This is the advantage of the traversers. The first income and expenditure data that Yang Shidao submitted was a long speech with tens of thousands of words. , somehow.Annoyed and helpless, Yang Tong popularized the data statistics table, and now implements this form reporting system, which saves time and trouble, and does not need to rack his brains to conceive articles, everyone agrees.

Then, everyone entered the hall to discuss the issue of new money and supervision.With everyone's unanimous approval, Yang Tong divided the territory under his control into five inspection areas.

[-]. Shanggu, Zhuojun, Yuyang, Beiping, Baitan, Shuangliao, Xiangping, Lushun, and Pegasus County, which specializes in raising horses, were drawn from Jizhou to establish Youzhou, and the center of the inspection area was located in Zhuojun!

[-]. Northern Jizhou inspection area, including Hejian, Boling, Hengshan, Zhaojun, Xindu, Pingyuan, and Bohai seven counties. The inspection area is located in Xindu.

[-]. Southern Jizhou inspection area, including Xiangguo, Qinghe, Wu'an, Wuyang, Weijun, and Jijun six counties. The inspection area is located in Guantao County, Wuyang.

[-]. Northern Bingzhou inspection area, including Dingxiang, Mayi, Yanmen, Loufan, Lishi, Taiyuan, and Xihe seven counties. The inspection area is located in Taiyuan.

[-]. The inspection area of ​​Nanbing Prefecture, including Longquan, Wencheng, Linfen, Shangdang, Hedong, Jiangjun, Changping, and Hanoi eight counties. The inspection area is located in Linfen.

The inspection area is an agency in charge, with only two departments, the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Defense.The district-level criminal department has one chief and one deputy criminal envoys, ten people in charge, to supervise the county-level criminal department; the district-level imperial department has one principal and deputy imperial envoys, 20 people in charge, to supervise the county-level censors.

We have been discussing until the evening, and then we dispersed.And Yang Tong has to stay up all night to review. It is not an easy matter to really manage Jizhou, Bingzhou, and the 37 counties of Liaodong. One is easy work.

If you want to do a big business, you need a lot of hard work, and to achieve an imperial career, you need endless hard work. In a word: a superior person may not be proficient or professional, but he must be knowledgeable and memorized. point.

(End of this chapter)