Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

The so-called system examinations are major subjects and special subjects, which are the examinations for the selection of extraordinary talents in ancient times.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, the six theories of the Secret Court Examination was the key part of the system examination, and it was also the most difficult part. If you pass it, you can meet the emperor and take the imperial examination.

The so-called Six Theories of the Secret Court Examination has a very wide range of questions, including the Nine Classics, Concurrent Classics, Official History, and the Seven Books of the Martial Arts.

The Seven Books of Martial Arts in the Song Dynasty are the seven classics of "Sun Tzu's Art of War", "Wu Zi's Art of War", "Six Secret Teachings", "Sima Fa", "Three Strategies", "Wei Liao Zi", and "Questions and Answers of Li Weigong".

Obviously, Zhang Jiuzheng passed the six theories of the secret court test and entered the final stage.

In the official history, there were only 300 imperial examinations in the Song Dynasty for more than 22 years, no more than forty people entered the first class, and only four people entered the third class.

At that time, Su Shi took part in two system examinations, and both entered the third class, which shows Su Shi's talent.

Many people think that Su Shi is a writer and a foodie, but in the eyes of Song people at that time, Su Shi was a serious prime minister, a rare genius in the Song Dynasty.

As for some people saying that Su Shi has a low EQ, that may be the biggest joke in the history circle.

"Jiu Wenqing studied under Yang Shi when he was young, and only then did he know people."

"Students are just a little bit more hardworking than ordinary people, not to mention that they know people well."

Zhao Ning didn't hesitate to praise, he said: "Being able to come here shows that you really have talent knowledge, and I am very relieved to have a talent like you."

In fact, Zhang Jiuzheng, Zhao Ding mentioned to him many times, is indeed a talent who can do things and dare to do things.

Zhao Ning and Zhao Ding have always adhered to one principle in employing people: Dare to do things!

Officialdom is a place with an extremely complicated power system, and it has a huge inertial thinking: do less and make fewer mistakes, and it is good not to do it.

As a result, many things at the implementation level are difficult to implement.

The difference between the vast majority of people in the world does not lie in thinking about problems. Those who compare with each other "I have thought of this problem a long time ago", basically none of them can achieve anything.

Say it ten thousand times, it's better to fuck her once!

And Zhang Jiucheng is the kind of person who dares to do things.

Zhao Ning was no longer ambiguous, and asked the question directly, "What do you think about the relationship between Song and Jin?"

Zhang Jiuzheng didn't expect Zhao Guan's question to be so concise.

Different from those literary and pretentious titles in the past, this title sounds very simple.

If you were an ordinary person, you might have an answer right away, for example: the relationship between Song and Jin was eased, and the trade between the two sides was normal, just like the relationship between Song and Liao in the past.

Or they might say: That's a conspiracy by the Kingdom of Jin, they're paralyzing us.

But obviously what Zhao Guanjia wanted was not such a simple two judgments.

Zhang Jiucheng said: "For the relationship between Song and Jin, I think that different periods will have different states."

"Oh?" Zhao Ning was stunned for a moment, and when he became interested, he said, "Tell me in detail."

"During the Xuanhe period, our dynasty's martial arts were abolished, but we were rich all over the world, and the golden country was full of tigers and wolves, so why not go south? However, after several years of war, the golden country also suffered losses. Only when you come and go, can we have the current peace. But Jin Guo is only taking a short rest, and soon there will be a fierce battle."

"What is your basis for saying this?"

"Students looked at the casualties of the Jin soldiers in the official newspapers over the years. After several battles, the foundation of the Jin country was not harmed at all. The Jin country destroyed the Liao Dynasty too quickly, and internal control was unstable. This short-term peace was just a halftime break for the Jin country. .”

Zhao Ning was very satisfied with Zhang Jiuzheng's answer.

To be a real talent, you must be able to judge the outcome of the transaction, but also give a reasonable explanation.

But Zhao Ning didn't show it, he said: "Then how should Da Song deal with it?"

"Our dynasty has two major enemies, one is the Jin people, and the other is Xixia. The next time the Jin people go south, Xixia will definitely send troops. There is no doubt about this. If this happens, our Great Song Dynasty will be in danger."

"That's right, when Song and Jin fight, Xixia must be destroyed first."

"Now the situation is favorable to our Great Song Dynasty. The imperial court opened up the Liaodong Army Town and extended the battle line. Wu Jinqing regained Taiyuan and gained the advantage of regaining the lost land in the east. Then cut off the gold thief's right arm."

Zhao Ning still looked calm, and he said: "You talk about recovering Hedong, but also destroy Xia, how to recover, and how to destroy? Fighting is not a joke, you can't just talk about it."

Zhang Jiucheng said: "Students secretly think that war lies in logistics, and logistics is related to transfer, and transfer is related to officialdom and officials."

"How do you explain the officialdom and bureaucracy you mentioned?"

"Official roads determine the transportation of food and weapons, and official administration determines the number of personnel to be transported. The two are related to the cost of the front line. If the cost of the front line is sufficient, even if there is a small defeat, it is not a concern. If there is a winner, it will be a hundred miles into the enemy's territory. Build dozens of fortifications to connect the cities and villages in the enemy's territory. It used to be the enemy's territory, but now it is used by me, this is victory."

"Then how to solve the problem of officialdom and officials to achieve what you said?"

Zhang Jiucheng said: "The imperial court has a good plan, and the supervising and town officials are the foundation of the reform of the official system."

Zhao Ning said again: "Since the imperial court has a good plan, what use is there for you?"

Zhang Jiucheng replied calmly: "The government has built official roads for a hundred years, but they have not covered Xixia and Yanyun after all. If your majesty wants to destroy Xixia and accept Yanyun, you must build official roads. However, the cost of official roads is so high that you don't need many students In other words, the students have a strategy that can help the country to build quickly."

"You can say it anyway."

"Using banknotes as salaries, mobilizing private labor and concentrating on building official roads can quickly achieve the goal of the court." Zhang Jiucheng said, "If the court is willing to give people salaries, the people will be more willing to build roads, but the cost of road construction will be even higher. Now it has been accepted by the people and can be used further.”

Chapter 587 Large infrastructure inflation and imports (second update)

What the hell!

Zhao Ning sighed in his heart.

How long has it been since the handover started?

These Song Dynasty elites have already started planning to use money to play big infrastructure?

How else can we say that a group of qualified businessmen ruled the country in the Song Dynasty!

As for Zhang Jiuzheng's realization, it came too fast like a tornado.

And I'm afraid it's not his own idea. Is it possible that he visited Zhao Ding many times in private after winning the first prize, and this idea was also approved by Zhao Ding?

It's just that printing money to build roads, in this era, is a bit out of place, and Zhao Ding hasn't officially mentioned it yet.

Zhang Jiuzheng is courageous enough.

Zhao Ning deliberately pretended not to know anything, and continued to ask: "Payment of banknotes is also treasury money. If a large amount of road construction is required, I am afraid that the west wall will be repaired and the east wall will be demolished."

Zhang Jiucheng was more straightforward, he said: "You can print more."

Zhao Ning froze for a moment, good guy, I like your way of chatting!

But Zhao Ning still looked suspicious and said: "Payment of banknotes is currency, the foundation of business, how can you print it at will?"

"Your Majesty can do some calculations for your Majesty. If the country prints 500 million banknotes to build roads, the 500 million banknotes will flow like water, [-]% of which will flow to the people, and go to workers, blacksmiths, farmers, and stone quarryers. , but these people are precisely the poor in Song Dynasty, they are the ones who need money the most, and it not only solves the problem of building roads, but also allows them to have income.”

"But do you know that in this way, more banknotes will flow into the private sector, which will cause the value of the banknotes to depreciate?"

Zhang Jiucheng added: "Guochao has fully opened up maritime merchants, and more overseas goods flowed into the Song Dynasty, and the number of goods increased. How could the value of banknotes depreciate?"

Yo, does this guy know this?

Zhao Ning asked again: "Where is your road built?"

"From Gyeonggi Road to Taiyuan Mansion, from Taiyuan Mansion to Yanmen Pass, firmly lock the link between Gyeonggi and the Great Wall!"

"The people who get your banknotes are naturally the people in the Hedong area, but the commodities introduced by Haimao first arrive at the Liangzhe and Guangnan East Roads. How can you ensure that the people in the Hedong area will get you? After the salary is paid, can you quickly buy the goods that come in by sea?"

Zhao Ning asked very carefully, after all, it involves inflation.

It's not that if you send money and increase the number of products on the market, everything will be fine.

It's so fucking simple, butcher Zhao has been playing like this for a long time.

In fact, conservative liberals have a point of view that is correct: with the improvement of productivity, the human social system will become more and more complex. The more complex the social structure, a little fine-tuning will cause the butterfly effect.

The political and economic structure of the Song Dynasty in the seventh year of Jingkang was quite different from that in the first year of Jingkang.

And with the development in the future, the impact of any restructuring will be much greater than before.

For example, Zhang Jiucheng's mention of the bank's water release and large infrastructure construction involves the connection between the Central Plains economy and coastal commodity imports.

It's not a matter of one plus one equals two.

"Your Majesty, if you want to completely cut off the barbarian threat to our dynasty, you must regain the economic strategy of Taiyuan and Yunzhong. If you want to complete it in this generation, you must pay a certain price, although a large number of releases will lead to depreciation !" Seeing that Zhao Guan's family was unmoved, Zhang Jiucheng's tone also became impulsive, "But this is an act of robbing the rich and helping the poor!"

"How to say?"

"A Shangdang commoner is penniless, but because he participates in the imperial court's road construction, he earns ten guan in one year. Even if the depreciation exceeds eleven (10%) due to handing over banknotes, this common man is nine guan more than in the past. !The part of the depreciation loss is borne by the person who originally had the banknotes in hand, and the more banknotes he holds, the more depreciation."

"Then do you know that if things go on like this, people will go to the bank to run for copper coins?"

"The policy of exchanging copper coins for banknotes can be revoked!" Zhang Jiuzheng said again astonishingly.

Now Zhao Ning stopped talking.

Alright, [-]% of this piece is really fucking against my temper!

He Zhao Ning himself planned to play this way, and was prepared to do it before, but the timing was not yet ripe. At that time, the credit for paying banknotes had not yet been established, and the sea trade import had not yet been established.

Now with the introduction of banknotes into the countryside, at least the people in the north have begun to accept banknotes on a large scale.

Zhao Ning was silent for a moment, and said, "This is the end of today's exam."

Zhang Jiuzheng was stunned for a moment. In fact, he still had a lot to say, but since Zhao Guan's family didn't want to discuss any more, there was no need to say any more.

He saluted and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, the students will leave."

Zhang Jiucheng must have been inspired by Tokyo Post. He believes that Tokyo Post is good, but lacks more convenient roads and larger-scale roads. Even if the postal model works, it will be futile.

Zhao Ning left Daqing Hall.

He admitted that what Zhang Jiuzheng said was correct.

Using banknotes to drive road construction is a strategy of robbing the rich and helping the poor. The advantages are self-evident. It greatly stimulates the enthusiasm of the people to work and flows money into the hands of ordinary people.

The disadvantage is that it creates inflation problems.

In the ancient times when commodities were not moving quickly, the inflation problem may be a regional problem for a period of time, but the market has a hand.

For example, when the people in the Hedong area have money, the merchants in Hebei or Gyeonggi Road will find a way to transport their goods to sell.

It's just that it takes a little time to consume this kind of inflation.

This is not a big problem for Zhao Ning. As long as the goods from the South China Sea continue to pour in to make up for the delay in the policy of changing the southeast from rice to mulberry, inflation can be roughly balanced in the market.

The banknotes paid in advance can be supplemented by a steady stream of goods later, not to mention that once the southeast change rice to sangguo policy is pushed down, there will be more and more goods.

The big plate can't jump.

And Zhang Jiucheng said that the core of this issue is not to give money to the people. His key word is only two words: efficiency!

Use money to improve efficiency and complete a strong connection between the Central Plains and the northern border. Only in this way can it be regarded as an effective recovery.

Zhao Ning couldn't wait, and started the strategy of building a large infrastructure and building roads in all directions, which originally took decades to complete.

Zhao Ning intends to compress it to within 20 years.

why?

Again, most things in this world are uncontrollable, especially the future, which is full of variables.

All we can do is to complete one thing as soon as possible, even if we pay some price.

Having said that, there is a price to be paid for doing anything, isn't it?

The appearance of Zhang Jiucheng allowed Zhao Ning to find the most suitable person to implement this strategy.

He took a deep breath, and the sky was high in his heart.

The opening up of the maritime strategy will indeed change too much, from the restructuring of the political system to the innovation of the economic model, all of which will be affected.

Zhao Ning's highest national strategic rhythm is also moving forward step by step according to the strategic plan he made when he came to Song Dynasty, and there may be tinkering in the middle.

Chapter 588 Continue to Dig Pit for Qin Hui (Third)

After returning to Wende Hall, Zhao Ning immediately summoned Zhao Ding.

"Zhang Jiucheng, I have already met."

Zhao Ding stood there without speaking, he always maintained a calm posture.

"Have you read all the answers from this person?" Zhao Ning continued to ask.

"I have seen it all."

"I want to hear your opinion of him."

"This person is resolute in doing things, and what he is best at is not strategy, but judgment!"

"Good judgment?"

"Yes."