Dressed as the cannon fodder who died prematurely, I will marry the villain in anger

Chapter 668: % of the national power

Chapter 668: % of the national power

Changan

In order to support Xiao Qun, officials from Xie Zhan's group spent a lot of effort to promote and implement the new tax law. Coupled with Song Mo's support, they were completely merciless and directly pushed back against the stubborn resisters encountered during the implementation process. flat.

The result is very good.

Through the clearing of land, Dali directly gained more than 1.5 million hectares of land!

The entire treasury income in Tianhe's five years was five times that of Tianhe's four years.

Of course, the reason for the immediate effect is also related to the fact that in the fourth year of Tianhe, Dali official salt was attacked by Pingzhou, and the salt tax revenue could not come up.

Song Mo was shocked by such a big achievement. After being surprised, his face turned gloomy. You can imagine how much land these silverfish in Dali had hidden, and how much tax revenue had been embezzled in previous years!

As the saying goes, nothing can be established without breaking. The wealth that the new tax law has brought to Dali has forced a new wave of blood for Dali.

There are other benefits to the new tax law.

Since all taxes and servitude were calculated in terms of money, except for a small part that was collected in grain, the status of silver in the monetary system was virtually strengthened.

When money becomes valuable, silver becomes valuable, and at the same time it promotes the circulation and development of commerce.

If Pingzhou hadn't intervened, the new tax law would indeed have brought a new atmosphere to Dali, allowing the old tree of Dali to sprout new buds.

It's a pity that because of Pingzhou, a large amount of silver flowed into Dali and secretly took away countless supplies. Prices in Dali have been rising. The most intuitive thing is that a pound of eggs has risen from twelve cents to thirty-six cents. Wen weighs one pound and has grown twice as much.

All in all, the money is worthless.

The people of Dali were full of complaints.

They had sold some supplies at high prices and saved a lot of money. They also feel that it will be easier to make money this year, and they are thinking of repairing the house for their family, or marrying a wife for their children when the farming season is slack.

Now, don't think about it, it would be nice if you don't starve to death, or rather don't starve to death.

The abnormal prices among people in Dali alarmed Song Mo.

"What's going on?" Song Mo didn't understand what happened at all.

Damn it, money can be worthless?

There are tens of millions of taels of silver lying in the treasury. How much more can we buy? Thinking of this, Song Mo's face turned dark.

Xie Zhan also frowned, "Weichen has already asked someone to check."

"Check! Find out as soon as possible!"

Yanmen

At this time, the members of the Xianbei Royal Court were also dumbfounded.

"What is Dali doing?"

"I don't know, it suddenly happened. Everything has become more expensive, especially food, which is ridiculously expensive." Things that could be bought with one tael of silver in the past may not be available for three taels of silver now.

"Things are expensive in Dali, so go to Pingzhou to buy them!"

"Over in Pingzhou, the prices of things haven't increased, but people use Pingzhou treasure banknotes for transactions!"

The key is the Pingzhou treasure banknote. They have to go to Pingzhou bank to exchange it. Now three taels of silver can be exchanged for a ten-yuan Pingzhou treasure banknote. This is not the case in the past when one tael of silver could be exchanged for a ten-yuan treasure banknote.

The members of the Xianbei Royal Court looked at each other in confusion. What is the difference between Pingzhou and the rising prices in Dali?

At this time, the Xianbei herdsmen regretted selling so many cattle and sheep before. At that time, they felt that the price was high and they had taken a big advantage. Now, they can't buy it back even for double the money!

At this time, the people of Pingzhou who had responded to the call and exchanged their silver and copper coins for Pingzhou treasure banknotes were extremely happy. At the same time, they were more determined to follow Pingzhou's policies in the future.

There were also people who were stubborn and did not exchange it, or in other words, only exchanged part of it, and all of them were crying at this time.

This is equivalent to a reduction in household savings or assets.

These people also secretly vowed that from now on they would do whatever the Pingzhou government ordered them to do, and they would never act smart again.

In addition, through Pingzhou's overt and covert propaganda, the people in Dali knew the prices in Pingzhou and also knew that the current lives of the people in Pingzhou were not affected.

Eggs still cost ten yuan (ten yuan) per catty, and ordinary people can earn about ten yuan (one tael) a month.

Among the common people in Dali, smart people calculated that in Pingzhou, ordinary people could buy a hundred catties of eggs after working for a month.

It's very intuitive to calculate it this way. In their opinion, the people in Pingzhou are living a life of gods.

In Dali, they worked hard for a month and could buy thirty kilograms of eggs after working hard.

This huge gap has made many people in Dali excited, and they want to go to Pingzhou.

After more than a year of planning, Lu Songli and his subordinates allowed the Song Dynasty Mo Xie Zhan and the Xianbei clan to see the power of inflation for the first time.

At this time, Song Mo and Xie Zhan really had a headache.

Xie Zhan led people to study the reasons for the abnormal rise in prices in Dali, and also asked people to check the relevant information in Pingzhou. He had an intuition that the matter was related to Pingzhou.

By tracing the origins, he learned about Pingzhou merchants shopping in Dali that year.

At this moment, he finally understood the purpose of Pingzhou issuing Pingzhou treasure banknotes. This Pingzhou treasure banknote is like a puppet, staying in Pingzhou to stabilize the daily transactions of the people in Pingzhou, while Pingzhou's money comes out to do things.

What puzzled him was, where did Pingzhou get so much money?

"Trash, all trash, Pingzhou bought so many things, and no one noticed anything unusual!" Song Mo was very annoyed.

Xie Zhan said objectively, "When the Pingzhou merchants acted, it was just after the Juyang negotiations." Forced by Pingzhou's threat to the salt tax, Dali agreed to lift the blockade of Pingzhou, and Pingzhou merchants came to Dali to do business. is legal.

"Then what happened next? Pingzhou attacked Leling, Zhuozhou and other places, and they all fell out and expelled Pingzhou merchants. Why were they still able to buy so many supplies?"

Xie Zhan was silent. He found out that there were handwritings from aristocratic families.

"Forget it, there's no point in pursuing this anymore. Tell me, what should we do now?"

Song Mo could feel the power of Pingzhou's move. Just say that the tens of millions of taels of silver in the national treasury had shrunk two or three times, let alone the entire Dali.

Song Mo's hunch was right. In later generations, some experts estimated that Emperor Lu's move directly took away 20% of the national power of the Dali Dynasty at that time.

In response to Song Mo's question, Xie Zhan could only reply, "Unless a large amount of grain can be put into the market now, the problem cannot be solved." To put it bluntly, the problem in Dali now is the shortage of materials.

At this time, there is grain in the national treasury, but the grain collected is a strategic material. In order to cope with the upcoming battle, it is impossible to put it into the market.

The wealthy families have food, but they will definitely not be generous now.

The last option is to wait for this autumn harvest. In one word, endure.

"Your Majesty, there is food in the treasury..."

"No!" Song Mo refused without thinking.

"Otherwise, let the people suffer. As long as we survive this period, it will be fine when the autumn harvest comes." Xie Zhan said again.

"Don't the aristocratic families have food?" Song Mo did not allow him to escape.

Xie Zhan, who lowered his head, had a cold light in his eyes. Did the emperor not care about his life or death? After forcing the family again and again, do you really think they are soft persimmons?

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is inappropriate..."

"I don't care, you have to solve this problem for me!"

"Yes."