The Jin army besieged the city, and the Song emperor’s daughter died

Chapter 116 Economic Conference of the Song Dynasty
When it comes to making money, in the current court, besides Li Bangyan and Qin Hui, there are still some ideas.

Others, such as Li Gang, Zong Ze, and Zhang Shuye, although I dare not say that they are completely immune to money, at least they do not have high desires.

This is true for myself, let alone the imperial court.

So after Zhao Fujin finished talking about all the things that the court currently needs to spend money on, the first thing most of them could think of was: the palace took the lead in saving money, and all government offices followed suit and cut down on unnecessary expenses.

Throughout the dynasties, those who can be called virtuous and loyal ministers in history books are generally so.

As long as you have high moral standards, as long as you love the people as your own son, as long as you have a breeze on your sleeves, as long as you serve your country with your life... you will be praised by history books, and you will be respected like a mountain by future generations.

Zhao Fujin used to read history books, and every time he read about these things, he felt very sad. The Confucian method of recording history is really biased!
If any court were to be filled with people like this, they would not be able to survive even a lifetime!

Therefore, the existence of Li Bangyan and his like is also extremely important.

Sure enough, Li Bangyan proposed his own method: "Print money!"

This is indeed the easiest way to solve the financial crisis. If you don’t have money, just print. It’s simple and quick.

Although more than half of the officials in the imperial court knew the consequences of indiscriminate issuance of banknotes, they did not know the deeper reasons. Therefore, even if someone objected, they could not provide a tenable reason.

Zhao Fujin still has some knowledge of civil economics.

Printing money without reserves, or printing money with a certain percentage of excess reserves, will result in inflation, eventually the collapse of currency and credit, and the collapse of the economy.

But the advantage of doing so is also obvious, that is, it can quickly loot private wealth.

For example, Lao Zhu's treasure banknotes were designed from the very beginning to loot private wealth, so he didn't care whether it would lead to economic collapse. Anyway, as long as the money was used to support the Zhu family, that would be a good thing. policy.

Of course, Zhao Fujin thinks it's not impossible to plunder private wealth. Which dynasties and generations don't do this?The difference is that some dynasties want to be shameless, and some dynasties are shameless.

But now, it's really not to that extent. There's no need for Zhao Fujin to lose face.

So without waiting for the debate to get heated, he decisively rejected Li Bangyan's proposal.

Qin Hui's method is more in line with economic laws. After all, he has tasted the benefits from Chen Dong's Song Dynasty Daily: "It is better to invest, or stop thinking about what kind of company to open. I looked at the dog that bit Li Xianggong that day. , that’s good.”

Qin Hui sold the dog and became a laughing stock in the court.

Zhao Fujin would not be stupid enough to engage in such a petty profit business.

"The imperial court's financial affairs are different from your family's making money." Zhao Fujin was speechless.

This doesn't work, that doesn't work either. The officials discussed it for a long time, but they still had no clue.

Zhao Fujin patted the back of the chair: "The direction is wrong. We are not discussing any specific business now. We are the court, not businessmen. The court's wealth lies first in taxation. In matters of taxation, the first thing is the tax base. If the people make money If there are more ways, won’t taxes go up?”

Li Gang, who had frowned and had a dark face for a long time, finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

Although Zhao Fujin's logic of "making money is to respect the ancestors" is correct, Li Gang still believed that the court's business was not doing business properly, but competing for profits with the people.

Li Bangyan, Qin Hui and others were just talking about specific business matters, which made Li Gang very unhappy. He was holding back his breath and waiting for a big move.But when Zhao Fujin made it clear that the imperial court was not a businessman, he finally felt relieved: "The officials are right, we are making a living for the people."

The pattern of the court meeting opened up instantly.

The only things that people can do to make money are doing business and farming.

The ceiling for farming and collecting taxes is very low. There is only so much land in the country. If there is a natural disaster or something, don't collect taxes. If you don't starve to death, it will be good.

So when someone discussed local taxes, Zhao Fujin didn't want to listen at all, because no matter how he played tricks, the ceiling was so high, and snatching three melons and two dates from farmers would not solve the fundamental problem.

Moreover, when the Song Dynasty was in the hands of Emperor Daojun, the cultivated land tax accounted for only [-]% of the court's total tax revenue, so it was easy to maintain.

You can't be like Wang Anshi, who dragged the Song Dynasty into the party struggle for a long time for three melons and two dates, and he also suffered a century of infamy. If Liang Qichao hadn't overturned his case for some reasons, he would still be in the dark.

For commercial taxes, the ceiling is very high. In theory, as long as commercial activities do not stop, commercial taxes can be increased indefinitely.

One is stock and the other is incremental. Any fool knows where to start.

"I feel that the first is to stimulate people's desire to do business, and the second is to optimize the business environment. If these two are done well, supplemented by reasonable tax items, it is the best way to expand our base in the Song Dynasty."

None of the two items proposed by Zhao Fujin can be easily achieved.

Zhao Fujin himself also knew that today's court meeting would not produce any specific plan. As long as the ministers in the palace knew the focus of the next government policy and why they should do so, then this court meeting would be considered a success.

"Those who can stand in this Chui Gong Hall today to discuss matters are all ministers of the Great Song Dynasty. I know that many of you are confused about my sudden concern for financial affairs. Some of you are even wondering whether I also want Fengheng. Yu University?"

Zhao Fujin paused and glanced at everyone in the hall with half-smiling eyes.

Some people bow their heads, others take care of them.

Zhao Fujin continued: "It seems true." Zhao Fujin stood up slowly while holding on to the back of his chair: "There is only one thing I want to do, and that is to ensure that the territory of our Song Dynasty is intact, that our people of the Song Dynasty are safe, and that we are harmonious with the Jin Dynasty , it will never be able to maintain peace for a hundred years like the Tanyuan Alliance. Sima Xianggong traveled thousands of miles to buy a short respite for us in the Song Dynasty. Now King Yun still voluntarily stays in the Kingdom of Jin as a hostage. All this is to let Our monarchs and ministers can build more powerful bows and crossbows, strong ships and powerful cannons!"

Zhao Fujin walked down the imperial steps with a heavy face and resolute eyes: "But these all require money. We can neither plunder the people nor take advantage of them, so what should we do? The Academy of Song Dynasty is waiting for the money to improve the Thunderbolt Bomb and Kaifeng City Besides, there are so many soldiers of King Qin under Taiyuan City who are still waiting for military pay and food... Everyone, please!"

Speaking of emotion, Li Bangyan couldn't help but wipe away his tears: "I am willing to donate again..."

"Xianggong Li!" Zhao Fujin interrupted. "I know you are loyal to the country, but if you spend all your wealth, how many soldiers and horses can you raise?"

Li Bangyan raised his head: "I dare not say that there are too many, but Han Shizhong's mighty army, I can support them for a year and a half!"

Zhao Fujin was shocked, and immediately cursed in his mind: "I finally managed to stir up the atmosphere, are you here to ruin the f*cking place?"

"Give you three days to think carefully. Within your powers and responsibilities, what can you do to mobilize people's interest in doing business and optimize the business environment of our Song Dynasty? If what you say is reasonable and feasible, we will There are still many vacant positions in the Song Dynasty!"

The atmosphere is here, the cake is drawn, and now it’s up to the organization!

Zhao Fujin is just a time traveler, not chatgpt10.0. How can he be able to do everything accurately and cover everything by himself?

Tired and want to catch up on some sleep!
(End of this chapter)