I will never be Renzong

Chapter 74
At the end of the first year of Tiansheng, the palace was very busy.

The dignitaries and merchants transported cartloads of gold, silver, and treasures to Da Nei, but they did not go into the inner warehouse. Instead, Zhao Zhen chose another place to store them. After all, the money was to be used to form cavalry.

A total of 5760 million guan was obtained by auctioning the management rights of various channels of toilet paper, which is more than 1000 million guan more than the tax of the Song Dynasty this year. I don’t know how many courtiers were auctioned, but I can’t afford to inquire!

So not only the courtiers were jealous, but the Queen Mother Liu E was also jealous, and they all wanted to come and rob Zhao Zhen.

Liu E thought it was just toilet paper at first, and she couldn't sell it for much money, but she didn't expect that Zhao Zhen actually thought of auctioning it and sold more than a year's worth of taxes from the Song Dynasty. Zhao Zhen showed his powerful power in front of the ministers for the first time. His ability to make money, and the ministers were also impressed by him.

Inside the Chongming Hall.

Wang Zeng said: "Officials! There are many snowstorms in various places this year, and the government urgently needs relief. However, the silver in the treasury has reissued the military salaries owed to the frontier soldiers last year and the salaries of the court officials. I hope the officials will allocate it." Inner storage for emergency!"

Seeing this, Liu E said: "As we all know, a fire in the palace during the time of the first emperor destroyed more than half of the accumulation of the inner treasury. Now the three departments and various departments borrow money from the inner treasury every year, but they don't return half of it. Now the inner treasury There is no money to borrow!"

Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment, thinking: Good guy, it looks like he's going to bleed a lot today!

Lu Zongdao, the political adviser, said: "Queen Mother, I heard that the palace has received a huge amount of money recently, why don't you lend it to the court as soon as possible, and return it after the tax comes up next year!"

Liu E glanced at Zhao Zhen and said: "The palaces and palaces have been in disrepair for a long time. Although Ai's family pursues frugality, the palace is the face of the royal family after all. Even if they want to repair it, they can't afford the money! Palace Nei has indeed made some income recently, but it is because Aijia and Cao Xianggong approved the funds for the officials to train cavalry, but I don't know if the officials can allocate part of it to the imperial court for emergency, and secondly, to repair the palace Damaged palaces everywhere!"

It seems that the money must be paid out today, but it cannot be paid out for no reason. There must be more benefits.

Zhao Zhen thought for a while before replying: "You must all know how this income came from. Yes, it was obtained from the technology of auctioning toilet paper. There are nearly 6000 million sticks, but although it looks like a lot, it is One-time income, that is to say, is equivalent to killing a chicken to extract eggs, and in the future there will only be income from the Northwest Road Road, whether it can maintain the normal expenses of the cavalry is still a problem!"

"The official family! The imperial court only temporarily borrowed some money from the official family, and it is not that it will not be returned!"

Wang Zeng said frankly.

"The Ai family is also borrowing from the official family, and will return it in the coming year!"

Liu E also hurriedly added.

Zhao Zhen had a bitter look on his face, and thought to himself: Well said, return it, treat me as a three-year-old child!

"I decided to allocate 500 million guan to the court for disaster relief. In addition to the hard work of the courtiers this year, I decided to use 100 million guan to distribute year-end bonuses to everyone!"

"Long En, the official family's holy family, the ministers will never forget it!"

When the ministers below saw that there was a bonus to be won, they immediately sang praises.

"My lords, don't be in a hurry to thank you. The imperial court is not easy. It maintains the expenditure of nearly 200 million troops and the salaries of officials from all over the country. Therefore, the 500 million yuan is a gift from me to the treasury and does not need to be returned. But I want The imperial court handed over all the tea trade matters to the Great Song Royal Chamber of Commerce that I established! Of course, I can assure you that the annual tax revenue to the treasury will not be less than 300 million! What do you think?"

The toilet paper auction was very profitable. Although it was a bit like killing a chicken and picking eggs, Zhao Zhen took advantage of this to form the Royal Chamber of Commerce, and attracted all the big businessmen and dignitaries into it.

Some merchants with a keen sense of smell took the lead in joining it, but the dignitaries were very reserved and kept watching until the women's treasure-the sanitary napkin was invented, and the dignitaries saw the strength of the Royal Chamber of Commerce before they joined it, but But it is paid to join!

Last year, the imperial court received 180 million guan from the tea trade. Of course, this is not the entire year's income. It is not difficult to exceed 200 million guan next year. However, in Zhao Zhen's opinion, it is still too little. If the Royal Chamber of Commerce is allowed to operate it, I am afraid that it will be He must have an annual income of at least 500 to [-] million yuan!

There is no free lunch in the world. The ministers thought that Zhao Zhen would use this to take the tea tax revenue to the royal family, but what they didn't expect was that Zhao Zhen just wanted to replace the imperial court. And who would disagree?
Ever since, the boss of Zhongshu Province and the boss of the third department met each other and agreed.

"Officials! How should we deal with the renovation of the palace?"

Seeing that Zhao Zhen had satisfied the courtiers' request, Liu E spoke up.

"Auntie, my son allocated 500 million guan for the repair of the palace. I also don't ask for it to be returned, but my aunt please hand over the operation of the Shangqing Palace to the Royal Chamber of Commerce! Similarly, the annual income for the palace will not be less than 30 guan!"

The original name of Shangqing Palace is Yuqing Zhaoying Palace. It actually took 8 years to build. There are more than 2000 districts, including Changsheng Chongshou Palace and 2610 houses. Its huge cost and level of luxury even surpassed the Afang Palace of Qin Shihuang. The scholar-bureaucrat Tian Wei once called it "magnificent and indescribably magnificent"; Fate", which shows the amazing luxury and prosperity of Yuqing Palace.

Although the Shangqing Palace was previously rented out, the eunuchs in charge were picky and embezzled, and the annual income was not even [-] yuan. If this is the case, it will take N years to recover the capital!
Liu E thought for a while and realized that the Shangqing Palace brought in less than [-] yuan a year, which was just a drizzle, so she said: "The officials want to form cavalry in order to protect our country and the country of the Song Dynasty, so the Shangqing Palace The Ai family doesn’t want any of the profits! It’s time for the Ai family to support the formation of the new army!”

"My son thanks the eldest lady on behalf of the soldiers of the Xiaoqi Army!"

Zhao Zhen replied hurriedly.

"However, the establishment of the cavalry is a big matter. Although Di Qing is talented, he is only in his twenties, so he may not be able to take on a major position. Are the officials considering choosing a few generals to lead the army?"

Although Liu E is a woman, she also knows the importance of military power.

"I don't know who the aunt wants to take command of the Xiao cavalry army?"

Zhao Zhen asked without changing his face.

"The Ai family doesn't know how to train soldiers. As for who is suitable, the officials should discuss it with Cao Xianggong and Zhang Xianggong!"

Liu E said lightly.

(End of this chapter)