I will never be Renzong

Chapter 199 Official Transfer
In the past three years, Zhao Zhen has gradually handed over sea salt, well salt, and even mines to the Royal Chamber of Commerce, and Shen Moran has not failed Zhao Zhen's expectations. Under her operation, the Royal Chamber of Commerce has made more and more profits. It has far exceeded the imperial court's land tax income.

And Shen Moran also gave birth to a daughter for Zhao Zhen at the end of the seventh year of Tiansheng. Since Shen Moran was the only one left in the Shen family, the daughter was finally named Shen Ruojia.

In the seventh year of Tiansheng, the total tax revenue of the court land tax was equivalent to 2600 million taels of silver, and the total commercial tax was 3600 million taels. The reason why the land tax was so low was that the early Song Dynasty was in an era of many disasters, droughts, floods, and severe cold It didn't stop. If the reason is to be investigated, it should generally start from Changbai Mountain.

In the winter of 946 AD, the Changbai Mountain volcano ushered in a rare eruption, which was equivalent to thousands of nuclear bomb explosions, and the volcanic ash even covered half of the earth, which made the early Northern Song Dynasty have been in the Little Ice Age.

You must know that a little ice age destroyed the Ming Dynasty. Of course, to put it bluntly, it was basically because the Ming Dynasty court had no money. The early Northern Song Dynasty was also full of disasters, but the commodity economy was developed, although there were three redundancy problems. , but the annual commercial taxes collected by the imperial court could already make up for this hole, so the Northern Song Dynasty did not collapse.

Right now, there are corn and potatoes in the Northern Song Dynasty, and the promotion of the use of cheap briquettes, so Zhao Zhen did not panic in the face of various natural disasters, but dealt with them in an orderly manner, appeasing those who could be appeased, and those who could not be appeased. Move to Taiwan Road and Hainan Road. After all, the roads in the south are not affected by the Little Ice Age.

Last year, the total tax revenue of the Song Dynasty was 7000 million guan, including 2600 million guan for the army, 890 million guan for officials, 800 million guan for education, 1300 million guan for administration (road construction and disaster relief), 200 million guan for the harem, 100 million guan for scientific research, and everything else After that, there is generally a balance of about 1000 million guan, and it has been a surplus for three consecutive years, which means that the current treasury of the Song Dynasty has a balance of nearly 5000 million guan.

Because the harem expenditure, education expenditure, and scientific research expenditure are not going to the national treasury, but Zhao Zhen's internal treasury.

In the past three years, the Royal Chamber of Commerce has paid nearly 3000 million yuan in profits to Zhao Zhen's inner treasury every year. It can be said that Zhao Zhen will not be short of money for a while.

After Zhao Zhen separated the production and research and development of weapons and equipment, he established the Royal Academy of Sciences.

The main purpose of the Royal Academy of Sciences at the beginning was to study cannons, such as enhancing the power of cannonballs, front sights, and reducing the bombing rate of cannons, etc., and to study lighter cannons so that cannons can be loaded on naval warships above.

Due to the implementation of Gewushu, talents from all walks of life have gradually increased, so the research scope of the Royal Chamber of Commerce has also expanded. In addition to researching cannons, there are also researches on new textile vehicles. For example, the cotton seed remover is Tiansheng. The product of the seven-year Royal Chamber of Commerce, and of course the research on new warships.
In the Chongzheng Hall, Zhao Zhen was discussing political affairs with Prime Minister Wang Zeng and Deputy Prime Minister Lu Yijian. There were originally two deputy prime ministers, but Lu Zongdao, Minister of the Ministry of Political Affairs and Rites, passed away due to illness last year, and Zhao Zhen has not been appointed since then. new vice.

Wang Zeng said: "Officials! Since the death of Lu Zongdao, the post of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites has been vacant. I hope that the official will decide it as soon as possible, so as not to affect the operation of the government!"

Zhao Zhen thought for a while and replied, "I don't know who Wang Xiang and Lu Xiang want to recommend for the post of Minister of Rites?"

The two of them couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, because Zhao Zhen didn't mention the appointment of deputy prime minister at all.

Seeing this, Wang Zeng said: "Officials! I think Jia Changchao, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, is very talented and knowledgeable, and he is quite familiar with the political affairs of the Ministry of Rites. Since Lu Zongdao passed away, he has managed the Ministry of Rites in an orderly manner!"

Lu Yijian said: "Report to the officials! I believe that Xia Song, the governor of Fujian Road, is on the political side and has made quite a lot of political achievements. He should be promoted!"

After Zhao Zhen formulated the system of Lufu County, the governors, magistrates, and county magistrates of all walks of life were discussed every three years. Xia Song originally served as the governor of Taiwan Road, but last year he was transferred to Fujian Road as governor.

Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian did not deal with each other. In the past, Lu Zongdao could still play a mediating role. Now that Lu Zongdao has passed away, Zhao Zhen has been reluctant to accept the new candidate. Therefore, when the two discuss political affairs, they often have disagreements and quarrels. In the end, he had to find Zhao Zhen to make a decision, and Zhao Zhen also had a headache for this.

Zhao Zhen glanced at the two of them, and then said: "In addition to handling the affairs of the court, the two ministers also have to serve as ministers of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Industry. The two ministers are really tired!"

Seeing this, the king hurriedly bowed and said: "Eat the king's salary and share the worries for the king, all of which are the duties of the ministers!"

Lu Yijian also hurriedly bowed and said: "I am loyal to the official family and work for the country. How dare I say that I am tired!"

Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "Now I have four daughters and two sons. I canceled the vacant positions such as Taishi before, but still retained the post of Taifu. I decided to appoint Wang Xianggong and Lu Xianggong concurrently. With the post of Taifu, I enter the palace to teach my children to read, the future of the Song Dynasty belongs to them, so I hope that the two ministers will teach them with all their heart!"

"The minister takes orders!"

Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian hurriedly prayed, but they didn't know why the officials brought up this matter, because the two princes were still in the stage of breastfeeding, the first prince didn't even know what to say, and the second prince was still in his infancy.

Zhao Zhen said again: "Although those who can do more work, the two Qings are already in their destined years, so I decided to lighten some of the burden on the two Qings! In addition to handling the court affairs, the two Qings also teach me in the palace. For my children to study, I will select the talented ones to take up the errands of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Works!"

The two couldn't help being a little stunned. Although they were awarded the title of Grand Tutor today, they must gain and lose, but compared with the position of the big boss in the same film, the two still suffered a lot.

"I'm a bit tired! If there's nothing else, the two gentlemen will go down first. As for the appointment of officials from various ministries, I will announce it tomorrow morning!"

Zhao Zhen waved his hands towards the two of them.

"The officials take care of the dragon's body! The ministers will leave!"

The two saluted hurriedly, and then walked outside.

After the two left, Zhao Zhen began to think about how to appoint candidates. Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian were in the same situation, competing with each other to exclude Zhao Zhen. Another Lu Zongdao came out. The most important thing is that Zhao Zhen plans to start further reforms on the land tax system.

The next day, at the court meeting of the Xuanzheng Palace, Zhao Zhen issued an edict after the ministers had finished discussing the political affairs, first announcing that Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian would be exempted from the positions of Minister of the Ministry of Officials and Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and then they were promoted to Taifu, and Wang Zengjin was granted the second-class honorary title. Weather, Lv Yijian was awarded the third-class Marquis of Jiangling in Jin Dynasty.

Later, he was promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Yan Shu, as a political adviser, a first-rank bachelor, and a second-class Zhengzhou uncle.

He was promoted to Xia Song, the governor of Fujian Road, as the Minister of Rites and a second-rank bachelor.

He was promoted to the governor of Sichuan Road, Zhang Dexiang, as the minister of the Ministry of Industry and a second-grade bachelor.

Fan Zhongyan, the governor of Shengshan West Road, was the secretary of the household department and a second-rank bachelor.

Gao Ruona, the governor of Shenghu North Road, was the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and a second-rank bachelor.

Jia Changchao, the left servant of the Ministry of Rituals, served as the governor of Sichuan Road and a third-rank bachelor.

Cheng Lin, a bachelor of Tiao Hanlin, served as the governor of Shanxi Road, and a bachelor of the third rank.

After these adjustments, an unspoken official rule has basically been formed, that is, the prime minister of Zhongshu must be born from the six ministers, and the six ministers are basically born from the governors of all walks of life.

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　I also imagine that, like in the emperor's growth plan, famous ministers can be directly appointed and dismissed as prime ministers and other important positions, but that is not realistic. For example, Han Qi, Wen Yanbo, Bao Zheng, etc. are still accumulating seniority.

　　
　
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