Fu Tang

When Li Congjia heard the news, for a moment: who am I, where am I?When am I?

Now there are still people who dare to rebel?Dislike yourself for living too long?

Of course, although it was said that Xia Shuang rebelled, it was actually not just him, but the military group that drove Zhizhou Niu Mian away, and then killed Qian Ju and Fu Zhaoshou who refused to join them and made himself king.

Li Congjia was very angry. It was almost the Chinese New Year. No one wanted anything to happen in the new year, but turned around and rebelled against him?

After he came back to his senses and scanned around and found that everyone was sitting there with a calm face, he felt a strong sense of unreality. What does it mean that everyone is so calm?

Oh, you have already discussed who to send to quell the chaos?

Even a general plan has been discussed over there, and Li Congjia wiped his face and asked, "Don't you want to know why he rebelled?"

Zhao Kuangyin said with a nonchalant face, "There are always people with backlashes, what's so strange about that?"

Li Hongji also said: "What's the use of knowing the reason? If you are a civilian, you can still recruit. Xia Shuang is the Duke of Yu, knowing the law and breaking the law, what else can you say?"

Of course it was caught and killed!

Li Congjia asked: "Pan Mei is now in the Western Regions, Gao Huaide is still in Shuozhou, um, send Yang Ye there?"

Zhao Kuangyin said: "Yang Ye is mostly in the north, so I'm afraid he is not familiar with Shu."

Li Congjia was right when he thought about it. Although Yizhou is the largest plain in Shu, it is also full of mountains and rivers. You must be familiar with the southern terrain. Yang Ye is indeed not suitable.

"Then what is the result of your discussion?" Li Congjia went through some candidates in his mind, and he had a few candidates in his mind, but he couldn't make a decision for a while, so he wanted to hear Zhao Kuangyin's opinion.

Zhao Kuangyin thought for a while and said, "Maybe Lei You will eventually be able to."

It happened that this person was in the range of Li Congjia's candidates, but he was not the first choice. He always felt as if he had heard this name before, or remembered that this name seemed to be recorded in history books.

The most important thing is that Li Congjia still doesn't remember whether this record is good or bad. After thinking about it for a while, he decided to ask everyone's opinions. After finding that Li Hongji and Li Jingda felt that it was suitable, he directly ordered Lei Youzhong to suppress the rebellion. Oh, By the way, let's check, what the hell is going on with this group of people?

Li Congjia thinks that he has never been extravagant and licentious since he ascended the throne, and he has never done anything harmful to nature. Although sometimes his thoughts are a bit out of date when he gets hot, they are all beaten back, and they have not been put into practice at all. These people are full Supported?

What's more, the land of Shu can be said to be Li Congjia's first land after he returned to the Central Plains, except Zhao Kuangyin's original territory. Did those people forget how he took the land of Shu?

After getting the order, Lei You finally led the team to set off very excitedly. Now the generals all know that the world is basically entering a period of peace. Will they fight with Khitan for a while? Naturally, someone will be sent to fight, but it is likely to be led by Gao Huaide.

The rest is the Southern Zhou Dynasty, but now it seems that the possibility of large-scale military operations against the Southern Zhou Dynasty is not particularly high. In the future, the main responsibility of the Privy Council will be transferred from expanding the territory to defending the country, so the generals want to make meritorious deeds. It's not easy to become, and now that you have the opportunity to make military achievements, it's a godsend.

After Lei Youzhong brought people there, he didn't rush to fight Xia Shuang. Instead, he sent people to find out the local situation first, to see if he could find out the reason for Xia Shuang's rebellion.

Originally, Lei Youmo had no hope, but he actually asked. Of course, this is not because he is so good, but because the local old Baixiang seems to know it, and he can ask it casually.

The result of the question made Lei Youzhong very speechless. After thinking for a long time, he didn't know how to write an excerpt for Li Congjia. In the end, he decided not to write so many fancy words, but just say what you have. This matter has already made Li Congjia very angry. , If he talks nonsense again, if Li Congjia is not allowed, he will be transferred back.

Of course Li Congjia would not do this as long as he didn't have a convulsion. In fact, after seeing Lei Youzhong's note, he verified the information he got from the intelligence department, and he couldn't laugh or cry.

He looked up at Shi Xueting: "Is Xia Shuang out of his mind? When others think that I want to take back the military power, he thinks that I will definitely do so? The most important thing is, isn't the military power in my hands these days?" ? Do I need recycling?"

Shi Xueting was also a little helpless: "But he just believed it, and it caused a lot of trouble in the city. Now the counties and counties around Shu know that His Majesty has started to target meritorious ministers, and they are talking about cunning rabbits and lackeys."

Li Congjia said bitterly: "The cunning rabbit is dead, and the lackey is cooking? If this is the case, there will be no one left in the Privy Council!"

Shi Xueting said: "Now is not the time to be angry, you'd better write an imperial list to announce to the world, and stabilize the hearts of those middle-level officers, otherwise there will be chaos."

Li Congjia pulled a piece of paper and wrote while saying: "This is really a mouthful of rumors, and it is impossible to refute them."

This is really a waste of time. After all, someone is required to send the mansion report. Li Congjia is most annoyed by this kind of thing. When the report from the intelligence department came up, he still didn't believe it. How could there be such a stupid person?Facts have proved that there is no dumbest, only stupider.

Xia Shuang can rebel because of such a rumor!

After hearing this, Shi Xueting said: "I don't think so, maybe he has rebelled long ago, but he has not been able to find a suitable opportunity. This time the rumor is spread, and it is likely that he is behind it. In this way, at least he has his own reasons. After all, in order to save his life, what's the point of treason?

Anyway, it's death, it's not as vigorous as death!

After Li Congjia's imperial list was posted, most of the middle-ranking officers were relieved to some extent. Of course, this was also because there was no one among them who was naturally rebellious like Xia Shuang.

And Li Congjia has always had a good reputation. He either doesn't say anything or doesn't agree to many things. Once he agrees, he can definitely do it. Now that he said that he would not withdraw military power from officers, everyone believed it.

However, those who can see clearly, such as Zhao Kuangyin, Li Hongji, Li Jingda, etc., they don't even need to think about it. After that, most of them will be transferred from their original posts in order to reduce the influence of these officers.

Of course, Li Congjia was not so simple and rude. Once these officers who left their original posts passed the examination, they would go to be promoted. Most of them would not be unhappy. It is interesting to be an emperor in a place, but how could a man be satisfied with this?

After the imperial list was posted, the feedback Li Congjia got was that most of the officers were still very honest.

That being the case, he simply put this matter aside and started to improve and establish various welfare systems.

To be honest, many people oppose Li Congjia's suggestion, but few people agree. After all, this welfare system puts a lot of pressure on the country's finances. Some people may say that those people should pay first, but even if they first Paying money, in this era, there are too few investments that can be made, and it is very difficult for money to be transferred.

Strictly speaking, most of the current merchants rely on established word-of-mouth to sell things, and of course there are luxury goods, but Li Congjia doesn't intend to get involved in it.

It's just that everyone's objection was not so serious. After all, Li Congjia had previously engaged in the road repairing event that shocked everyone to make money. Perhaps the money collected by this welfare system could be used for road repairs and the like.

Of course, if the money for medical care and pensions is used to build roads, the choice of road construction must be reliable, not in particularly remote places, at least the tolls and the like should not be too small.

Li Congjia thought very openly, establishing a state-owned bank, providing mortgage loan services, and charging interest according to a certain percentage.

Of course, there are many other ways, but many of them are not suitable for this era.

If you want to adapt to the times, you must let the people of this era do it. Li Congjia can at most open up their minds, well, anyway, he is not a professional in this area, so leave these things to the bosses.

The bosses are simply desperate for their boss's waywardness, and their ideas have not changed yet.

A regime that can maintain a reasonable tax policy, avoid exorbitant taxes, and reduce corvee as much as possible is a promising regime. As long as it can be maintained, there should be no major problems.

But his boss not only didn't want to exploit the people, but also gave them money?What's the point?

There is also Shi Xueting who can't change his mind, but he is more casual, even if others question him, he is whispering in private. He directly found Li Congjia to ask.

Shi Xueting asked: "Didn't you encourage the arrogance of the people to get something for nothing?"

Yes, from their point of view, at least half of the money distributed to them by the people in the later period came from the court, so wouldn't these people get something for nothing?

Li Congjia asked strangely: "Get something for nothing? How can it be considered something for nothing? They had to pay before."

Shi Xueting asked again: "But according to the regulations you gave, the imperial court has to bear a large part of the money, and they don't pay enough."

Li Congjia suddenly discovered that Shi Xueting may be very talented in politics, but he often cannot turn this corner in economics.

He had no choice but to explain in detail: "No, let's look at it this way. The bank I proposed before can borrow money, and borrow money with interest. Don't think about the situation of not getting the money back. Whoever dares to fight against the court is to There is nothing else to say about rebellion, arresting directly, no one except desperadoes would do this kind of thing, right? Well, let’s count it, from the time a person pays the money at the beginning to the time he is given the routine money, what he does The interest earned on lending money is more than the money we sent him, right?"

Shi Xueting raised his eyebrows and asked: "You are calculating according to the average life expectancy. What if someone lived a particularly long time?"

Li Congjia scratched his face and said: "Well... you have to think about it, maybe there are still people who can't wait for the day to get the case silver? This is full of uncertainties, but generally speaking, there will be no loss , will make money instead, and you haven’t noticed that my guarantee is only for the scholar-bureaucrat class? Only those who have been admitted as scholars have this qualification.”

Shi Xueting asked in his heart: "So the next step is to let the scholar and the common people pay the food together?"

Li Congjia nodded and said: "That's right, but at the beginning, no one was willing, because it was basically an old-age security to prevent them from being miserable in their later years, but at the beginning, younger people couldn't understand it, and they would definitely feel that these two items are both It is not considered a welfare, so at the beginning, if the registered old scholars can pay the required fees in one go, then they can start to get the sample money every month after that, we still need to establish some typical."

Shi Xueting still needs to get used to what Li Congjia said. After all, this concept is too advanced. These days, providing for the elderly is a personal matter. They even think that raising children will prevent them from being old. Who would expect the court to help them provide for them?

After a while, Shi Xueting suddenly asked: "What if someone is corrupt?"

After all, with such a large amount of money, not everyone can control their hands.

Li Congjia paused and said: "It is estimated that there is no way to completely avoid this. The only thing that can be done is that as long as no loss is caused, the small amount should not be pursued. If the amount is huge, I'm sorry, just wait for the house to be ransacked."

In the past, Li Congjia hated corruption deeply. In fact, it is the same now. However, there is no way out. If the water is clear, there will be no fish. Li Congjia wants to stabilize the entire court. Sometimes he must learn to turn a blind eye. .

What?Learn from Zhu Yuanzhang?

This... Li Congjia felt that it was a bit overkill. Anyway, he has already followed the policy of high salary to support honesty, but the high salary these days is not money, but various substitutes.

In fact, Li Congjia thinks that the banknotes of later generations are quite good, at least saving metal resources, but if you think about the treasure banknotes in the Ming Dynasty, you know that the number of printing of this thing must be controlled.

So the question is, with the current printing technology, can private printing be completely avoided?

Yes, the cost of printing is very high now, and basically no one would do it. However, the problem is that it is money when it is printed, and there are always people who will take the risk to do it.

If Li Congjia wanted to promote banknotes, he had to push down from the upper level little by little, and he had to do a good job of anti-counterfeiting. After thinking about it carefully, he turned his head and asked: "Yang Xin is now in the Ministry of Households. Come take care of it?"

Shi Xueting replied: "Among the children I adopted before, there is one who is more talented. I asked Shi Shilang to take him with him, and now I have started." At this point, he paused and said: "That child this year , if you think he is young and unreliable, I can go out and find him."

Li Congjia waved his hand and said, "That's not what he meant. Well, he has been in charge for a long time, right? I can see that the interest rate is similar to when Eleven Lang was there before. Age is not a problem, as long as you can be trusted."

Shi Xueting said with a smile: "I can believe it, the child's biggest goal now is to work hard, and strive to see His Majesty one day."

Li Congjia smiled immediately: "Hey, is this still my fan?"

Shi Xueting knew what he meant, and couldn't help but shook his head with a smile. In this dynasty where the emperor was as big as the sky, most of the common people were basically fans of the emperor, right?In other words, even if they don't particularly worship the emperor, they will be more excited if they have the opportunity to meet the emperor. Who makes the emperor a rare species?

Among them, the founding emperor will have more fans. After all, this emperor at least allowed everyone to live a stable life, and he is legendary.

Li Congjia stroked his chin and said, "What is the size of the firm now?"

Shi Xueting asked: "I only remember a general idea, I'll ask A Rong for the paperwork?"

Li Congjia shook his head and said, "It's enough to have a general idea. I just want to know a general idea. If you bring me the paperwork, maybe I won't bother to read it."

Shi Xueting shook his head helplessly and said: "Basically, commercial banks in towns with larger mountains have opened there."

Then Shi Xueting counted the cities and towns with commercial firms, and after he finished speaking, Li Congjia looked at him speechlessly and asked, "You still only know a general idea?"

Knowing such details, is this a rough idea?

Shi Xueting said calmly: "That's right, as far as I know, the company's current accounts are not particularly delicate."

Li Congjia felt that what Shi Xueting said was detailed, probably to be specific to each account, and he really wanted to kneel down to the boss.

Li Congjia made some calculations and said: "Now there are still two months before the Chinese New Year. Go and tell that... Ah Rong, right? You go and tell him to expand the business as much as possible within these two months. Of course, it is on the basis of not losing money, and the supplies sold by the business are more complete, if you do well, I will see him during the Chinese New Year."

Shi Xueting was very at a loss, wasn't he still researching on old-age care just now?Why did you start researching the firm now?Li Congjia's jump thinking is indeed beyond the reach of ordinary people.

"Why are you in such a rush to expand? As for the new year's products, the large-scale sales haven't started yet, right?" Shi Xueting was a little puzzled, mainly because he didn't know what kind of fool Li Congjia wanted to do.

Li Congjia rubbed his hands and explained the concept of banknotes to Shi Xueting, and then said: "This is actually not easy. I will ask the academy to study it later. This year, I will ask for money to give everyone benefits, but Welfare is shopping coupons, paper! This shopping coupon can be used to buy things in commercial stores, and those who have shopping coupons can get discounts. Anyway, when everyone gets used to the existence of shopping coupons, paper money can be slowly introduced, or shopping coupons can A direct substitute for banknotes."

Shi Xueting lost his temper after being tormented by him: "If you want to do this, you can directly order it to be carried out, how can it be faster than this?"

Li Congjia nodded: "I know, but what I am worried about is whether this model will work or not. I just want to do an experiment first. If the experiment is not done, I will implement it directly. It will cause the collapse of the currency system at that time. That is a very terrible thing." thing."

Shi Xueting gave up telling him these things: "If you have time, ask Wei Cifu more, I think he seems to have a lot of research on these things."

Li Congjia looked at Shi Xueting and said with a smile: "Oh, finally there is something you don't know?"

Shi Xueting stared, feeling very depressed. It's not that he doesn't understand these things at all, and now the firm is in his hands, but the problem is that Li Congjia's ideas are too advanced, and only gods can keep up with him thinking!

This is banknotes, the pension system, and the medical system. What is it all about?

But if you think about it carefully, what Li Congjia did seems to be to protect the survival of the people.

It won’t work if you don’t do this, Li Congjia can’t look directly at the current average age. The payment period initially set by the cabinet is at least ten years. The more you pay, the more you will be paid after the time many.

The age for payment starts from 20 years old, and the age for receiving regular silver starts from 30 years old.This setting is mainly because the groups they face are relatively special. If ordinary people are excluded, the average age will rise. After all, the living standards of the scholar-official class are always better.

Li Congjia looked at this age setting and was completely confused. How could he not keep up with the good thing of being able to retire at the age of 30?He is almost 30 years old now, can he retire?

Of course not, even if Li Congjia said this in a joking tone, he was almost killed by the eyes of the ministers.

The ministers are also very tired. Every day following an emperor who is either convulsed or wants to retire, I feel that my hair is falling out a lot. Many ministers are starting to worry about what to do if they will be bald in two months?

Of course, it’s okay now, Li Congjia hasn’t brought up the issue of benefiting his wife from the pension system, otherwise these people may go crazy again, but Li Congjia thinks that women also need a certain security system, and this pension system is actually very good. It's not fair, but everyone thinks it's fair nowadays.

In the end, Li Congjia decided not to disturb everyone a year ago, so he didn't say anything about it.

But without this matter, there are other things that add to the obstacles - Lei You finally fell into Xia Shuang's trap, lost 6000 people, and retreated to the neighboring city to guard behind closed doors.