I will never be Renzong

Chapter 129 Who is more beautiful?

On August [-]th of the third year of Tiansheng, the Xuanzheng Hall will meet.

Lu Zongdao, Minister of the Ministry of Political Affairs and Officials, said: "Officials! In the past six months, the imperial court has conducted more than ten assessments on monks and Taoists. There are many monks and Taoists in the world who complain about this! Look at the officials! Handle as appropriate!"

Zhao Zhen asked back: "Could it be that Lu Qing believes in Buddhism or faith?"

Lu Zongdao cupped his hands and said: "Go back to the official house! I neither believe in Buddhism nor do I believe in Taoism!"

"I heard that Uncle Ba Wang believes in Buddhism, and he gives a lot of incense money to the temple every year. I don't know how Uncle Ba Wang thinks about the court's monkhood assessment?"

Zhao Zhen asked Zhao Yuanyan, the eighth king who seldom went to court.

Zhao Yuanyan cupped his hands and said: "Officials! All the officials in the court know that the ministers believe in Buddhism, but one size counts for one size. The reason for the minister's belief in Buddhism is to cultivate one's morality and one's heart. It is not to want Buddhism or Taoism to override my Zhao royal family. Above all, in the past, the monks in the world were scattered, and most of them were impostors, even the Taoist priests who were strictly controlled by the imperial court were not lacking in fraudulent ones, but now the imperial court has established the Lifan Academy to govern the affairs of monks and Taoists in the world, and I think it is a good thing!"

Zhao Zhen said again: "What do Uncle Ba Wang think of those monks who have complained?"

Zhao Yuanyan replied: "Officials! Although I am not very proficient in Buddhism, I ask myself that there is no official who understands Buddhism better than me among the officials of the Manchu Dynasty. After reading the examination questions for monks in the Lifan Academy, I feel that it is very strange. The questions are not difficult, they can only be quite satisfactory, but those who are sincerely monks and devote themselves to the Buddha can pass the examination after five or six years of hard work. This is much less time than ten years of hard work. It is unreasonable for these monks to complain, and the court should not pay attention to it. If they dare to gather a crowd to make trouble, it would be a good choice to arrest and exile to Taiwan. I heard that the Taiwan government is currently short of manpower to build a city!"

"Hmm! Uncle Bawang is right, so let's do it!"

Zhao Zhen couldn't help smiling, it's true that Zhao Yuanyan likes Buddhism, but in the face of the interests of the Zhao family, all ghosts and monsters have to stand aside.

"A few days ago, I received a letter from Xue Tian, ​​the magistrate of Yizhou, saying: Juren sent by this prefecture were sent to Beijing as usual, and now I have received an official document from the third department, asking the officials of this prefecture to pay back the official property given to the juren. , Xue Zhizhou thinks this is not the intention of the court, it is a coincidence, I have never heard an official from the third department mention this matter to me? What do you think? Zhang Sansi?"

Zhao Zhen asked Zhang Shixun, the third envoy.In the Song Dynasty, when candidates from all walks of life went to Beijing to rush for the exam, the government provided travel expenses, but now the third division actually goes to the local government to pursue the money behind Zhao Zhen's back, and there is no one else.

Zhang Shixun panicked immediately, and hurriedly explained: "Officials! Previously, the imperial court abolished the Imperial Army and the Xiang Army, and I was worried about financial constraints. Therefore, after discussing with the officials of the Third Division, I decided to collect this fee to subsidize the government!"

In fact, the Third Division did issue such a document before, but it was issued on the grounds that the imperial court lacked funds to reorganize and abolish the Imperial Army and the Xiang Army, but in fact, nine out of ten of the money received went to the Third Division pockets of bureaucrats.

"My lords, who else knows about this?"

Zhao Zhen frowned and asked.

"I know!"

"I know!"

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Wang Zeng, Lu Yijian, Cao Lili, Lu Zongdao and many other bigwigs came out to pay homage.

"Okay! The important ministers of the two governments and the three divisions all know that I am the only one who is covered in my bones. You are so ruthless! Do you still see me as an official? Do you want to cover up the sky with one hand!"

Zhao Zhen said angrily.

"The officials calm down! The minister waits to be convicted!"

Long Yan was furious, and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty had long been used to it, and knelt down to plead guilty as always.

"Although I have been in power for less than a year, I also know that everything has a cause and effect. The third division did this out of good intentions, but the third division is in charge of the finances of the Song Dynasty, so such important matters are not informed to me. I decided on my own, how should I explain it to the scholars all over the world? Zhang Sansi~"

Zhao Zhen looked at the third envoy Zhang Shixun coldly.

In Zhang Shixun's heart, he still held the idea that the law does not punish the public, and thought that at most it was just a penalty of salary, but he didn't want Zhao Zhen to hold him, so he had to kneel down and plead guilty.

"A few days ago, I received a request from Kuizhou Road to send a memorial to Shengjing, saying: Zhongzhou's salt wells increase taxes every year, and many farmers have escaped. The salt tax cannot be raised, and it can only be distributed to ordinary people. I am determined to formulate a new salt tax policy, but the premise is that I am very dissatisfied with the actions of the third division! Therefore, I am determined to abolish the third division! Reclassify the imperial finances to the Ministry of Households and be directly responsible to me! objection?"

Zhao Zhen looked at the ministers and asked.

"The officials are wise! The ministers have nothing to say!"

The ministers below paid homage one after another, the three envoys were in charge of the money bags, and when the various ministries of the court went to ask for funds, they had to give Zhang Shixun some benefits, and Zhang Shixun was greedy, so everyone had long been disgusted with his actions, but because of the previous He has always been appreciated by the Empress Dowager Liu E, so the ministers did not dare to speak.

"Third Division Envoy Zhang Shixun and the Third Division officials issued the official document privately. Although it was out of good intentions, but without my consent, it is a crime of deceiving the emperor. Considering his merits, he will be punished lightly. Zhang Shixun will be dismissed from the school of Zhongshu." The position of envoy is to be the prefect of Luotan Prefecture! The rest of the officials of the Third Division will be fined for half a year, as a warning to others!"

One sentence from Zhao Zhen decided the end of this big man who had been in the court for many years.

"Promoted to Hanlin Bachelor, Ritual Minister Yan Shu is the Minister of the Household Department and the University of Zizhengdian University, Shenglong Tuge Direct Bachelor, Criminal Department Langzhong Liu Ye is the Household Department's left servant, and Qingzhou Zhizhou Han Yi is the Household Department's right servant. The discussion will begin today. The matter of turning the third division into the household department!"

Liu Ye lived in Henan and was an old family of scholar-bureaucrats. When he was the governor of Kaifeng, Liu Econg summoned him alone and said: "The Ai family knows that Qing is a famous family. I want to take a look at your family tree. I am afraid that I am of the same clan as me!"

Liu Ye hurriedly replied, "Don't dare!"

Liu E didn't give up, and wanted to exaggerate her background, so she asked again and again in the future. Liu Ye didn't want to climb the dragon and the phoenix, so he pretended to have a stroke to escape.

In order to control the government, Liu E, together with Ding Wei and others, drove away many upright ministers in the court. Now, Zhao Zhen wants to call them back one by one to contribute to the reform of the Song Dynasty.

After the dynasty disbanded, Zhao Zhen summoned Yan Shu and Liu Ye to the Chongzheng Hall to discuss the merger of the three divisions into the Household Department.

After the mid-Tang Dynasty, the financial administration became more and more complicated. The special ministers divided the branch, the household department, and served as the salt and iron transfer envoy, respectively managing financial revenue and expenditure, rent and tax, and salt and iron monopoly affairs.

After the establishment of the Song Dynasty, three departments were set up in the eighth year of Taiping Xingguo. At first, there were only three departments: Yantie, Hubu, and Duzhi.

In May of the fourth year of Chunhua (993), it was merged into three divisions, with one envoy.

Soon, the whole country was divided into ten divisions, which belonged to the left and right divisions. Tokyo was the left division, and Xijing was the right division.

At the end of the next year, Shidao and left and right counting were divided into three departments: Yantie, household department and Duzhi department, each with envoys and divisions.

In the sixth year of Xianping (1003), it was merged into three divisions again, with one envoy in charge of the finance, and three sub-envoys in charge of salt and iron, household department, and Duzhi in charge of the three departments. More than 20 tax cases, separate affairs.

So it is not difficult to see that the emperors of the Song Dynasty had different views on the three divisions, but there is one thing after all, that is, the financial power must be in the hands of the emperor himself.

The duties and powers of the three divisions are complicated and complicated. After several discussions with Zhao Zhen and the two, the household department has a chief official, a minister, with a rank of second rank, and an adjutant, a left and right servant, with a rank of third rank, in charge of the household registration and land administration of the whole country. .It consists of the Household Registration Department, the Salt and Iron Department, the Agriculture Department, the Commerce Department, the Finance Department, the Trade Department, etc., and each department has a chief executive and several other officials.

The main responsibilities of the Household Registration Department are: to take charge of the household registration of all workers in the world, and to count the number of people in the world.

The Department of Salt and Iron still manages the monopoly of salt and iron. Zhao Zhen originally wanted to hand over the salt to the Royal Chamber of Commerce, but the time was not yet.

The main responsibility of the Department of Agriculture is to manage farmland water conservancy.

The Department of Commerce is the department that manages the trade of merchants in the Song Dynasty.

The Department of Trade is equivalent to the former Department of Shipbuilding, but it has more power than the Department of Shipping. In addition to overseas trade, trade with Liao, Xixia and other countries is also under the jurisdiction of the Department of Trade.

The Financial Secretary is in charge of the collection of taxes and the distribution of salaries of officials and soldiers.

The establishment of the household department cannot be completed in a day. Zhao Zhen just discussed with Yan Shu and Liu Ye and came up with a basic plan. As for the specific matters, they still have to be resolved.

"Official! Try this!"

In Kaifeng Xinyue Restaurant, Shen Moran handed a piece of preserved egg to Zhao Zhen's mouth.

"Hmm! It's delicious! Isn't this preserved egg? I didn't expect you to make this thing out, I'm dissatisfied with you! My favorite food in my previous life was preserved egg!"

Zhao Zhenben was still standing at the window of the wing room watching the scenery on both sides of the Bian River.

"By the way! Is this thing easy to sell? Did it make a lot of money?"

Zhao Zhen asked Shen Moran.

"Of course it's easy to sell. A preserved egg costs less than three renminbi excluding labor and costs. After the preserved egg is made, each one sells for ten renminbi. When the promotion was first started, the sales were very poor. Now the sales have already opened, and it only opened for one day. It only consumes about [-] preserved eggs, and the net income is about [-] per day."

Shen Moran smiled at Zhao Zhen.

"Then the secret recipe of this preserved egg should be well hidden! It's just that it's impossible when you think about it. With such a huge market demand, I'm afraid that there are not a few workers needed, and it's difficult for everyone to keep the secret. After all, the production The preserved egg method is very simple!"

Zhao Zhen originally wanted to be monopolized by the Great Song Dynasty, in which case he would make a lot of money, but then he thought it was impossible.

"The officials only care about money!"

Shen Moran joked.

"I don't only have money in my eyes, but also beauties?"

Zhao Zhen said and hugged Shen Moran into his arms.

"To be honest with the officials, preserved eggs have already been sold in various places in the Song Dynasty. Presumably, the annual income can reach several million guan?"

Shen Moran showed off.

"So many? Tell me quickly, how did you do it!"

Zhao Zhen asked curiously.

"The officials may wish to guess?"

Shen Moran hooked Zhao Zhen's neck with both hands, and said coquettishly.

"I think about it! Probably [-]% of the time I used the method of joining as an agent!"

Zhao Zhen pretended to think for a while before replying.

"How can you guess right? It's so boring!"

Shen Moran pouted and said.

"What's so difficult about this, my son-in-law has watched it! Didn't the male protagonist use the method of franchise to sell preserved eggs? Why? You haven't watched it, the TV series is quite funny!"

Zhao Zhen asked back.

"Ms. Ben only knew how to study and study in her previous life. Even if she watched TV, she mostly watched financial channels and news broadcasts. How can she have free time to read those boring novels?"

Shen Moran gave him a blank look.

"By the way! Didn't you buy a lot of printing factories years ago? What's the profit now?"

Zhao Zhen asked suddenly.

Shen Moran sighed, and said: "Don't mention it! After Bi Sheng made the movable type printing book, he didn't hide it for too long, and was taught by other printing houses, so the printing house's income so far is It can be ignored! Although Miss Ben has a vicious vision, I have to admit that this investment has failed Miss Ben!"

"What kind of books do you print?"

Zhao Zhen asked suddenly.

Shen Moran replied: "It goes without saying, naturally it is a book like poetry and book Li Yi Chunqiu! Could it be that there are other books that can be printed in this era?"

"Kiss me! I'll tell you how the printing house makes a lot of money!"

Zhao Zhen looked at Shen Moran and smiled.

Although the two had been intimate for a long time, Shen Moran was still a little shy, and quickly kissed Zhao Zhen's face superficially.

"Say it!"

"This is too perfunctory! At least there must be a kiss from eight cameras!"

After speaking, she kissed Shen Moran's alluring red lips.

It took a long time before Zhao Zhen let go of Shen Moran, who was flushed and winking like silk.

"All the cheap things have been taken up! You should tell me now, right?"

Shen Moran looked at Zhao Zhen and asked.

"Tang Poetry, Song Ci, Ming and Qing novels, why don't you publish story-based novels? You must know that these things are not popular in this era, such as Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Dream of Red Mansions, Journey to the West, and Outlaws of the Marsh. It will definitely sell well!"

"Uh~ The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Journey to the West are okay, but Water Margin cannot be printed. It describes the end of the Northern Song Dynasty. Although it is fictional, the Dream of the Red Chamber does not tell the time. It can be slightly changed. I think it will be a big hit! "

Zhao Zhen said to himself.

"I've read all of these, and it's a way to make money, but who can remember the content! If you want me to tell a story about Snow White, I may not be able to tell the whole story!"

Shen Moran suddenly looked at Zhao Zhen full of pleading. You must know that Zhao Zhen was a graduate of the liberal arts class in his previous life.

"I usually have a lot of things to do! How can I have time to write these novels! Although I remember the general content, but if the dignified Song Dynasty officials write these novels, if they are passed on, won't it make others laugh?"

Zhao Zhen saw what Shen Moran meant, and hurriedly evaded it solemnly.

"Thousands of opportunities every day? I went to visit my godmother at my adoptive father's house, but I saw someone went to Liu's house! I heard that Mrs. Qi Wang Xiang'er is very beautiful, do you think so? Official! "

Shen Moran looked straight at Zhao Zhen and said.

"Eh~ Then what is it that I'm here to see my cousin!"

Zhao Zhen replied hurriedly.

"Tell me! I'm pretty! Or is Wang Xiang'er pretty?"

Shen Moran suddenly uttered Youlan Road towards Zhao Zhen.

"Of course the president looks good!"

Zhao Zhen picked up Shen Moran and walked towards the bed
(End of this chapter)