To The Land of Nevernight

Yao Ji was originally a fifth-rank living doctor, but after being transferred to Du Zhisi, he became a fifth-rank Zhongsan doctor.On the surface, his official rank has not been promoted, but everyone knows that this is Zhao Fu's test of Yao Ji.Once Yao Ji made meritorious service in the Duzhi Division, he would be promoted and have a bright future.

Mei Shengze also came back from Youzhou, and went to Duzhisi to work as a Chinese doctor.They are all Zhongsan doctors, but he is under the management of Yao Tong, who is his immediate boss.

When Mei Shengze returned to Beijing, Tang Shen immediately invited him to the Xixia Tower for a party.Yao Bo also came with him.

The three Jinshi fellows were in the Xixia Building, eating the Boxia offering and drinking sake, very comfortable.

After drinking for three rounds, Tang Shen said: "Duzhisi is still the yamen of the former dynasty, and this dynasty has never been established. Now that it is established, I don't know what to do. Brother Yao, brother Shengze, you have already gone there a few days ago. Duzhisi Yamen has reported, but can I get an errand?"

This kind of thing is not a secret. The Duzhi Division is not the Imperial City Division, nor is it a secret service agency for the emperor's relatives. It doesn't matter what the officials inside say.Yao Bo and Mei Shengze aside, Tang Shen could also find out through other means, but it would be a lot of trouble.

Yao Pan didn't take it seriously either. He took a sip of his wine and said, "I haven't got any errands yet. Jing Ze, I envy you. You just went to the Ministry of Education and became a secretary after you were transferred from the living room. Sheren. Now it seems that I am not as good as you as the champion! However, what Du Zhisi has to do is a big thing, and it is a good thing for the country and the people." Speaking of this, Yao Ji's eyes lit up, quite soul-stirring "I can only say that it is a good thing, but it is also a difficult thing."

When Mei Shengze saw Yao Tong say this, he smiled and said, "It seems that Brother Yao knows more than I do. I'm really blind and don't know anything. After all, Brother Yao is a householder and a person close to the Holy Majesty, so I know something The inside story is also normal."

Tang Shen said: "Drink, I wish the two elder brothers a prosperous future!"

"drink!"

The three of them started eating again.

Tang Shen put down the wine glass, thinking about it.

Yao Pan's words gave him more guesses about what Du Zhisi was going to do.

What Du Zhisi has to do is definitely related to banknotes!

Yao Ji is the living man, although Zhao Fu was not on duty when he called Ji Wengji and Wang Quan to the Chuigong Palace that day.However, it is impossible to discuss such a major matter as paper tokens only once. Zhao Fu will definitely discuss this matter with powerful ministers and senior officials for several days in a row.So it is not impossible that Yao Pu heard some rumors.

Simply put, are banknotes a big deal and a good thing for today's Song Dynasty?

Of course it's a good thing.

Tang Shen sighed: Sure enough, maybe Wang Quan already had 23 tax reforms, and wanted to reform the tax system of the Song Dynasty.But now that he proposes it, he wants to use it to promote banknotes.

Just don't know what they're going to do.

Mei Shengze said: "Speaking of which, even if Brother Yao doesn't tell me, I know that what Duzhisi is going to do is definitely a big deal. But Jing knows, who did I see at Duzhisi's yamen yesterday?"

Tang Shen: "Who?"

Mei Shengze: "Master Zhao Jing, the governor of the province!"

Tang Shen and Yao Pu were startled together.

Yao Bo immediately put down his wine glass: "Zhao Shenzhi went to Du Zhisi, but does that mean that Du Zhisi will be led by him?"

"If it weren't for that, how could I have met Zhao Shenzhi in Duzhi Division?"

Yao Bo said with emotion: "It really is a big event!"

Zhao Jing, the No. 47 scholar in Kaiping for three years, is [-] years old this year.

In terms of official rank, Zhao Jing, like Wang Qin, is a second-rank official.However, the power of the Menxia Province is not as good as that of the Zhongshu Province. As the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Wang Qin also holds official positions in both the Shangshu Province and the Zhongshu Province. In terms of real power, he is somewhat greater than Zhao Jing.It's just that if Zhao Jing became Sikong of the Duzhi Division, it would be equivalent to taking away part of Wang Qin's power, and Zhao Canzhi would be considered to be in charge of power after that.

In addition, Zhao Jing has another identity, he is Zuo Xiang Ji Wengji's favorite student, the backbone of Zuo Xiang's faction.

Zuo Xiangyi strongly advocated the re-opening of the Duzhi Division, and he promoted Zhao Jing as the Sikong of the Duzhi Division, which is also reasonable.

Yao Bo and Mei Shengze were still talking about Du Zhisi's situation, but Tang Shen frowned and thought about it.

However, the major events in the court cannot be meddled by petty officials of the fourth and fifth ranks like them.

Two days later, Zhao Fu appointed Zhao Jing, the governor of Menxia Province, as Sikong, the governor of Duzhi.At the same time, a new tax reform system was formally implemented in North Zhili and South Zhili.In terms of the household department, Qin Si, the right servant of the household department, was transferred to the Duzhi division, and served as the doctor Zhengfeng of the Duzhi division, coordinating the exchanges between the Duzhi division and the household department.

In August, Yao Ji and Mei Shengze were dispatched to Nanzhili to supervise the implementation of Article 23 of the tax reform.

Looking at the eighth month, Zhao Fu finished cultivating immortals from the immortal platform and walked out of the palace gate.He looked up at the full moon in the sky, and suddenly felt that his already aged body seemed to be filled with strength again.He stopped and said to Ji Fu beside him: "How long has it been since I have done such a big thing?"

event?

What's the big deal?

Ji Fu was stunned, he couldn't understand what the emperor was saying!

After all, he is an old man who has been with Zhao Fu for decades. Ji Fu rolled his eyes and said: "The officials are working hard for the state affairs every day, and they have to eat and wear clothes. This is why my Song Dynasty is as strong as it is today!"

Zhao Fu was silent and shook his head.

Ji Fu knew that he missed Zhao Fu's point, but there was nothing he could do about it. It would be great if he didn't say anything wrong.

Zhao Fu sighed and said, "If Zifeng is here, he must understand what I'm talking about. If Feiran is here, he should be too!" The reason for not mentioning the ministers in the court is because Zhao Fu is too lazy to mention their names .Those old foxes all had their own ideas. Zhao Fu didn't like them very much, but he also relied on them.

When he walked out of Dengxiantai, Zhao Fu suddenly thought: "If Jing is here, maybe he can understand what I mean?"

After thinking about it, Zhao Fu smiled and said, "At least he knows how to make me happy!"

For a moment, Zhao Fu suddenly had the idea of ​​calling Tang Shen back.Tang Shen is now a member of the fourth-rank Zhongshushe. Although he did not make any mistakes, Zhao Fu has no reason to demote him to a fifth-rank living man and bring him back to his side.But what the emperor wanted to do, there was nothing he couldn't do.Zhao Fu is not an incompetent king who can be manipulated by others. If he really wants to get Tang Shen back, let alone Tang Shen did not make a mistake, even if he has made great contributions, Zhao Fu can toss him back.

This thought only flashed in his mind for a moment, and Zhao Fu gave up.

No need, Tang Jing is in that position and can play his role better.

At this moment, Mr. Tang, who knows how to make the emperor happy and blows the emperor's rainbow fart, is at home, eating the ancient version of moon cakes, looking at the moon, and thinking about the recent movements in the court.He didn't know that he was almost demoted by Zhao Fu, and returned to the palace as a living man!

However, Mr. Tang is also helpless.He is not a living man, he is not with the emperor, he is just a scholar of the middle school, and he is under the control of Xu Wei!

Xu Wei only let him take care of the memorials from the northwest, not the memorials from Beizhili and Nanzhili. He wanted to know what happened in the court.

You can also ask Wang Qin, but Wang Zifeng has been very busy these days. Tang Shen went to Shangshu Mansion to deliver mooncakes two nights ago, but he didn't wait for Wang Qin to come home until late at night, so he had to put down the mooncakes and leave.

If he hadn't known that the Song Dynasty had a curfew at night and that officials were not allowed to be prostitutes, Tang Shen would have suspected that his senior brother was doing something shameful!

Tang Shen looked at the moon and thought: "Two months ago, the emperor summoned Ji Wengji and Wang Quan at the same time, and he must have decided to let these two people do the thing of using paper currency. The reason for the banknotes is actually to decentralize power, and to transfer the benefits of this matter from households.”

Thinking of this, Tang Shen stopped thinking.

...is it really just that?

Was the re-opening of the Duzhi Division at the behest of Zhao Fu?

What is Zhao Fu's opinion on using paper tokens?

After a long time, Tang Shen looked up to the sky and sighed.

He is just a student of science and engineering, why make him think about these things!

Unable to figure it out, Tang Shen stopped thinking about it.

August passed, and in September, the tax reform system in North Zhili and South Zhili really showed results.

The reduction of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous policies has given the people a chance to breathe, and it has also reduced the taxes received by the two places this quarter.However, according to Article 23 of the tax reform, the Department of Duzhi cooperated closely with the Ministry of Household Affairs, vigorously supervised the Yamen of the Northern Zhili and Southern Zhili, and reduced the intermediate links of tax collection. In the end, the tax received from Shengjing was not only not less, but A little more than previous years.

This is just a little bit, insignificant, but in the morning, Wang Quan, the right minister, said: "Beizhili and Nanzhili are adjacent to Shengjing, and the reform of the two places is just the beginning of the results. If you really want to see results, you should take the next step." Go far away. Go to Ningzhou in the northeast, go to Jinling and Gusu in the south of the Yangtze River!"

When Wang Quan said this, Zhao Fu said: "From next year, the 23 Fu Reforms will be implemented in the south of the Yangtze River. Wang Xiang, can you do it for me?"

Wang Quan bowed and saluted: "I will not disgrace my life."

Among the civil servants, a middle-aged man with a beautiful beard stepped forward and said: "The minister is in charge of political affairs, Zhao Jing, and I have something to do."

Zhao Fu: "Play."

"The tax reform in North Zhili and South Zhili was implemented smoothly. I was deeply touched by the experience of the local area. But after experiencing the incident, I found that if it is adjacent to Shengjing, it is not difficult to improve the efficiency of tax reform. But if It is a big problem to spread the tax reform to the whole country and implement it to the south of the Yangtze River. I have a copy, and I want to submit it to Your Majesty for reading."

The chief eunuch Ji Fu stepped down from the hall and took the notebook from Zhao Jing's hand.

Zhao Fu took the booklet, opened it and looked at it.His eyes moved slightly, and after a while, he showed a surprised and curious expression.He looked at Zhao Jing and said: "Zhao Qing, tell me, what is a 'Fu Qi'?"

In the 29th year of Kaiping, on the fourth day of September, Zhao Fuzhun and Zhao Jing, a political adviser, implemented the tax reform in Beizhili and Nanzhili.

"Fu deed", that is, tax deed.

Among the 23 articles of Wang Quan's tax reform, the most emphasized is the consumption of all government affairs in the intermediate links.In this way, Zhao Jing proposed the "deed of endowment".The deed is a thin piece of paper.Officials at the lowest level write their names on this piece of paper, affix their official seals, and report upwards layer by layer.Officials at each level signed and stamped their seals, so that when they arrived in Shengjing, the Zhongshu Province would know the taxes for this quarter.

In this way, it will be up to His Royal Highness Qinzheng of Zhongshu Province to decide how to distribute this tax.After the decision is made, part of the tax will be kept locally for use, and the other part will be sent to the superior and sent to Shengjing.

This behavior greatly reduces the human expenditure and money consumption on the road.

At this time, some officials with a keen sense of smell have already smelled something different from this small deed.

"Taxation, isn't this just paper tokens?"

The author has something to say: Some people say that Lao Wang has been divided, it is miserable~

I can only say that no matter what time, you must trust Lao Wang~ Although our Lao Wang is young, but the author of his mother gave him a golden finger, he will never be cheated by those old fried dough sticks!

Old Wang next door: Oh?If you don't get cheated by the old fried dough sticks, then you will be cheated by the little fried dough sticks?

Little Youtiao Jingze: Huh?You don't want to be tricked by me?

Pharaoh next door: See what kind of "pit" it is. 【laugh】

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By the way, all the official position systems and all political opinions and strategies in this book are compared by the author blindly.

The official position system is a combination of many dynasties, which is not representative at all, and often even uses the same name.As for the strategy of political opinion, it does not have a little bit of practicability, and it only plays a huge role in this novel.If you want to research, please follow this stupid author and read it three times: what the author wrote blindly, what the author wrote blindly, and what the author wrote blindly.

finished~