Idle courtiers

Chapter 349
Jiashan: "But I have read books, and I happen to have read Song history. I don't know why Mr. Zimu asked this question?"

Zhou Nan thought about it, and she was right. This question was purely for nothing. As a child of the royal family, there are female officials in the palace to teach her studies. How could it be possible for her to be illiterate?After all, she is a daughter of the Tian family, even if she recruits a son-in-law in the future, as a wife, she will still be the head of the family.

Management of Nuoda's family business, has not received a complete set of cultural education, is it like that?

Not to mention the royal family, even the daughters of ordinary wealthy families have to study since childhood.In the ancients, the male dominated the outside, and the female dominated the inside.As a rich and famous family, as a big wife, that is to be a housekeeper.If you are illiterate and cannot read the ledger, no matter how big your family fortune is, you will still be embezzled by the people below.

Therefore, women's lack of talent is virtue. In the Ming Dynasty, at least among the upper-middle class in the Ming Dynasty, it was pure fart.

This set of theories that exudes the stench of shrouds was only carried forward in my Qing Dynasty. In Cao Xueqin's "Dream of Red Mansions", Wang Xifeng, as the head of the Duke's family, did not know a word.This is still a first-class aristocratic family, but I think how appallingly illiterate my Qing Dynasty was.

Zhou Nan said: "In the Song Dynasty, the Jin people invaded the south, Shenzhou fell, and Song Gaozong and Zhao Gou settled in the south of the Yangtze River. At that time, the south of the Yangtze River was different from my Ming Dynasty. All the wealth in the world came from the southeast, and the poverty was tight. Back then, all the wealth in the world came from Huaiyou, but that The place has been lost for years."

"As for the south of the Yangtze River, Zhong Xiang, Yang Yao and other Mani demons made trouble successively. It is already corrupted and cannot be recovered after 20 years of recuperation. However, the war opportunity will flow away after a while. If there is no Northern Expedition, the restoration of the Central Plains will be indefinitely. "

"Wars require money, but where does the money come from?"

"So, the situation faced by the Song Dynasty and Yue Fei back then was very similar to what it is now, and even worse."

Hearing what Zhou Nan said, Jiashan became short of breath.She naturally knew that the Northern Expedition went smoothly in the Song Dynasty, and Yue Fei also won an unprecedented victory in Zhuxian Town.

So, where did Zhao Gou and Yue Fei get their military salary from?

"Mr. Zimu, don't be a fool."

Zhou Nan: "During the Northern Expedition, Yue Fei asked the emperor for military pay. He said that the soldiers and horses had not been moved, and the food and grass went first. Your emperor can't send hungry soldiers. Help me settle 20 taels of silver, and the officials dare to pack the ticket to regain the Central Plains. When the emperor heard it, yo I want money, I only eat meat once a month now, if I want money, I have one. In this way, I will give you two hundred monks as a balance."

The words he said were well-spoken, and he spoke a smooth Tianjin dialect, just like talking about cross talk.

Jiashan: "That's not true. In the Song Dynasty, there was no money. They used copper coins. How did they get 20 taels of silver? The Song Dynasty didn't have a cabinet, so what guarantee is there? Monk, is it useful to ask monks to serve in the army?"

As soon as she said the words, she realized that Zhou Nan was learning from Mr. Storyteller. She wanted to laugh, but she respected her status and struggled to hold back.

Zhou Nan cleared his throat, and said: "It's not right, I was wrong just now, Song Gaozong rewarded Yue Fei and Yue's grandfather with two hundred Taoism certificates. This can't help but make people puzzled. Could it be that there are so many people in the Yue family army who see through the world and want to become monks for their own sake?" Monk? In other words, during the war, two hundred monks started to chant scriptures at the same time, so that the Jurchens put down their butcher knives and became Buddhas on the spot, turning hostility into jade? I think Tan Lun can do the same thing, maybe it will really make the Japanese pirates come drop."

Jiashan finally couldn't help laughing lightly: "That's true, I'm afraid Tan Erhua will be ashamed to see others."

Zhou Nan's complexion was complete: "Don't laugh, these two hundred taels are money, worth 20 taels of silver. Yue Fei can naturally sell them for money, as for the money sold and the expenses of the Northern Expedition."

Jiashan seemed to realize something, and stopped laughing: "Mr. Zimu, please continue."

Zhou Nan: "Duan is a certificate issued by the state to monks, which can exempt all taxes and corvee. It is real money."

Precisely because of this privilege, it became common practice in the market in the Song Dynasty to speculate on Duan, so the court simply did the business itself as a new source of state affairs.

In the seventh year of Yuanfeng in the Song Dynasty, the legal price of a certificate was one hundred and thirty thousand dollars, which was [-] Wen.

In Yuanyou year, it rose to three hundred thousand, doubled.

By the time of Shaoxi in the Southern Song Dynasty, it had skyrocketed to [-], or [-] wen.

From Yuanfeng to Shaoxi, the price has increased six times.

In addition, I would like to add that the purchasing power of copper coins in the Song Dynasty was very strong.

Converted into the RMB of later generations, if you want to become a monk, you have to pay 10 yuan.Otherwise, even if you want to take refuge, you have a reason and don't have the money to come in.

Therefore, the Song Dynasty's ultimatum can be directly used as money.

If you have a certificate in your hand and exchange it for money, you can immediately buy a house or a car, marry Bai Fumei, and reach the pinnacle of life from then on.

After saying this, Zhou Nan continued: "Because the degree certificate is so valuable, it is so difficult for ordinary people to become a monk. There is no other way, I can only become a wild monk to cheat some villagers and foolish women's sesame oil money, exempt from all taxes and corvees That's impossible. Have you read the book "Water Margin"?"

Tangtangtian family, how can they read such idle books, Jiashan only nodded slightly, but did not speak.

Zhou Nan: "In the book, the reason why Monk Hua was able to successfully become a monk in Wutai Mountain was because of some other member who helped him pay for it. Why Wu Song, the traveler, was just a Tutuo instead of a monk, was not because he had no money. Later, he was recruited, After becoming an official, Wu Song became rich, so he became a monk with Monk Hua, and Lu Zhishen probably helped him out as well."

After finishing speaking, he patted his thigh lightly with his hand as a gavel.Singing: "What is the most important thing in the rivers and lakes? Walking in the rivers and lakes, the key is the word money."

Listening to him change to the tone of a storyteller again.

Jiading couldn't bear it anymore, and giggled.

At this moment, the breeze came slowly, blowing away the clouds in the sky.

The moon came out and shone on her fair and dignified face.

Just like a white lotus blooming suddenly, it is so beautiful that people can't open their eyes.

Seeing her smiling like this, Zhou Nan also felt very happy.

After waiting for a while, he said again: "In the 14th year of Hongwu, Emperor Taizu, I issued an edict to the world to compile a yellow book of taxation and service, stipulating that 'monks, nuns, and Taoists should be given a certificate of duty. "All taxes and corvees will still be exempted. Just imagine, if the prince sells two hundred certificates every year, and then thinks of other ways and adds funds from the Ministry of War, wouldn't it be easy to make up enough for the Fujian army? Although my Ming Dynasty There is no need to spend money on the ultimatum, but two hundred copies are sold every year, and someone should be willing to spend this money."

There are so many benefits to being a monk or priest, especially in a peaceful and prosperous age.The abbots and abbots in temples and temples have money and leisure, and they have nothing to do except chanting scriptures and doing religious rituals.Being idle and bored, taking care of mistresses, playing with husbands, and giving birth to a group of children are common things, and the world doesn't take it seriously.

Buddhism and Taoism are just a kind of belief, not laws and regulations. If monks and priests break the precepts, you can't control them. At most, you can condemn them in the public opinion.

Morality can only be used for self-discipline.It is truly immoral if it is used to interfere in the lives of others.

"Ah... that's a good idea!" Jiashan stood up abruptly.

(End of this chapter)