Chapter 757: The treasury is rich in money in the New Year

The day after Li Longji returned to the capital, he held a large court meeting, and all the fifth-rank officials who worked in the capital were arranged at Hanyuan Hall Station.

The light snow was still floating, but there was no snow under the steps of Hanyuan Hall. The snow that had been falling before had been cleared out, and hot water pipes were also laid below, which is geothermal heat, which is considered a welfare for officials.

The officials have been very busy recently, and there are many things to do at the end of the year. After a while, the annual leave will be in a few days, so you can have a good New Year with your family.

The busiest among the crowd was Wang Shi, the Minister of Revenue, who was standing in front. He had been working for six days at the Ministry of Revenue for the past half month. He was busy until dawn every time, so he naturally could not go home.

I lost a few pounds and was very energetic and rich. Except for the last month, I had to wait for the calculation in January next year, the tax data for the previous year have been sorted out.

"Wang Qing, can the taxes for eleven months be calculated this year?" Li Longji arrived at Hanyuan Hall and just sat down. He couldn't wait to ask about the money.

Wang Shi glanced at Zhang Zhong next to him and was in a good mood. He thought that His Majesty would ask about the Ministry of Works first, but he wanted to ask about his own Ministry of Revenue. Money is really important.

Zhang Zhong glanced at Wang Shi in the aftermath and ignored him. The money was just that. Don’t ask me for money, it’s meaningless.

Wang Shi obviously felt Zhang Zhong's contempt, and secretly cursed himself, "Tomorrow, you will lose all your business." Then he stepped out.

He also held a tablet in his hand, which was different from the original long and wide one foot each, with a clip at one end and a small groove on the right. A pencil was stuck in the groove. Under the pencil was a piece of rubber. The rubber was transported back and the rubber was found. There was a piece of paper on the tablet, which was actually a clamp for office use, which was kept in line with the times and was inconvenient in the past.

"Reply to Your Majesty, our department has calculated that the taxes collected in the first eleven months of this year are equivalent to 311,669,622 guan and 400 coins, and the expenditure in the first eleven months is more than 106 million coins. As of yesterday, the treasury silver had a total of 367,792,150 guan and 316 guan."

Wang Shi finished reading the book, straightening his chest and looking up, as if he had earned the money.

The civil and military officials in the court lit up. Wang Shi looked at Zhang Zhong proudly. He could estimate the annual income of the Zhang and Wang families. Unless the other party evades taxes, it would be clear based on the tax paid.

The Zhang and Wang families' revenue this year is more than 4 million yuan less than last year. The only thing that cannot be calculated is the Baby Candy House, which is a tax-free industry. Another thing that cannot be calculated is the income of the Datang Money House. The Datang Money House is owned by His Majesty and also filed taxes. However, the tax reporting is inaccurate, and the interest rate difference between the reporting loss and the payment period is different.

Obviously, there will be no shortage of tricks in it, and it was the command of His Majesty. How can the emperor's money be understood by people? In addition, the money spent in many aspects cannot be recorded, such as intelligence costs. Which official is qualified to know how much the emperor's intelligence system costs?

The Zhang and Wang families probably also had the same concealment, but they were just like His Majesty’s, and they could not be investigated because Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan sent a lot of intelligence personnel abroad, and all kinds of obscure flowers were eliminated.

But no matter what, the normal accounting is indeed less than last year, but I haven't found time to check why there are fewer ones.

Zhang Zhong still ignored it. He could guess what Wang Shi thought. Isn’t it just that his income is less today? That’s right. Otherwise, the Tang Dynasty would not be more money. Some of the family’s money is for expansion of private military use, especially in terms of weapons. Whether it is improvement or consuming ammunition, it is money. After all, it is going to fight, so you need to reserve more.

Li Longji, who was sitting above, was not far away. When he saw Wang Shi's small movements, he ignored it. The main reason was that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan didn't care.

"Okay, next year, our court can do a lot of things. Each department will make the budget for the work and make money after the review." Li Longji, who was in a good mood, started to pay money.

"Your Majesty, I have something unknown. Why is our dynasty twice as much as last year?" A young general of the Ministry of War who used to be a guard at the border was promoted to the military sand table assessment last month, and he was brave enough to stand up and ask.

A few days ago, he heard others say that the fiscal revenue of the past year exceeded 130 million trump card. He knew a little bit and knew that if the money suddenly became too much, it would be easy to cause money to be worthless. For the sake of the brothers in the army, he also asked.

After asking, he found that the entire Hanyuan Palace was silent, and he couldn't help but feel even more worried.

After a while of the cold, Li Longji looked at the minister below, sighed softly, turned on the microphone, and said to Zhang Jiuling: "Zhang Qing, say it."

Zhang Jiuling's expression was very unnatural. His family was in Guangzhou at that time, where plum vegetables were produced there. Some people at home followed suit. The officials had the income from the land as their salary for the first half of the year. Now he handed over the land, so he naturally had no excuses for his own production and sales. However, the business at home did not stop and he was still selling plum vegetables, making a lot of money.

Your Majesty named him, and Zhang Jiuling was reluctant and had to stand up. He looked at the faces of other ministers. All the ministers looked at their noses, their noses, their mouths, and their mouths, and their hearts were in a state of meditation.

"Yang Zuo Fengchen, this matter is simple." Zhang Jiuling said loudly to the inquiring military officer. This person's surname is Yang, and he was Zuo Fengchen Guard. He used to be Qianniu Mansion. The power of this official has become very small for a period of time. Now, due to the change of the military service system and the increase in the economic strength of the Tang Dynasty, more force is needed to maintain, which has increased the power of this department.

The military officer named Yang did not speak out and continued to listen.

"Listen to me one by one." Zhang Jiuling took a deep breath and organized his words: "Last year, the tax collection ratio of our government was set at a low level. The salaries of officials were more produced by land. This year, His Majesty was wise and went out to inspect local land construction. On the way, he heard the advice of a capable official, so he changed the tax and salary of our government and made changes to the form of taxation and salary of officials.

As for taxes, the business has increased by nearly five times. There are not many people who voluntarily pay taxes during the trial period. In addition, officials receive salaries, and the consumption of money will promote the circulation of materials, forming part of the tax. Therefore, our country's fiscal revenue has increased, and it may double next year.

Furthermore, after years of hard work, Sinong Temple has distributed a large number of crop seeds this spring, and the yield per mu has increased significantly. There is no major event in our country this year, and the people live in peace and livestock production has also increased."

Zhang Jiuling reluctantly finished speaking and kept wiping his sweat.

The surname Yang raised his head and rolled his eyes and nodded, admitting that tax revenue could be increased in this way. When all the merchants in the Tang Dynasty agreed, doubled it would not be a problem.

"Oh, I know, I just don't know which capable official is? But will the decision be made in the court? What if I speak out on a business trip?" The surname Yang is still more serious. Who dares to directly influence His Majesty's decision on state affairs?

Zhang Jiuling glared at him: "General Yang, who do you think it is?"

"Oh, I am not very clear about it. I just don't ask. Those who come up with this strategy are really capable officials, Your Majesty is wise." The surname Yang only considered a few breaths to guess who it was, and his confidence was obviously insufficient.

Do you know you are afraid of the ministers?

Li Longji did not mention the names of Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan. Anyway, ministers of a certain level knew who could easily influence the decisions of the Tang Dynasty.

"Next topic." Li Longji leaned back and waited.

He felt uncomfortable because he had too much tax revenue. He exchanged benefits. The railways in various parts of the country have not been fully connected and the trains have not been sent to the place. The steam engine's car was already divided, and the salaries of officials are more than twice as high as those given to the fields now.

'If Xiaobao hadn't had his amazing plan, it would have caused new changes in railway transportation in the future and the land would have become more valuable. This time, I would have been so angry that I would have been so angry that I would have been so angry that I would have been so angry that I would have been so angry that I would have been so angry that I would have been so angry that I would have been so angry that I would have been so angry that I would have been so angry that I would have been so angry that I would have been so angry that I would have been so

Li Longji thought, and his eyes towards the officials in the court became bad. How many ministers had no private property? When they said that they didn't see who was willing to pay for money when they were disaster relief, they had money when they invested in the new industry of the Ministry of Industry. Especially after the tractor carried the investment officials on the streets of Beijing, more officials were willing to pay for money. Why didn't you see you so active when the treasury was not in money?

In Xiaobao's words, the food looks are too ugly. It's okay to show off a hundred or ten thousand people. If you bully me, you can't do it. Please invest in it. I'll let Xiaobao deal with you.

When Li Longji was considering retaliating against the officials, the court's issues passed one after another, and almost no obstacles were encountered. The treasury became rich, and many issues eventually pointed to money.

The wealthy Li Longji felt that the problem that can be solved with money is not a problem.

When it was almost noon, after what others said was almost the same, Li Longji discovered something. No one mentioned the infrastructure of the Tang Dynasty. There was a way for railways, but what about highways? The country's inventory of too much spare money is not a good thing, it will depreciate.

So he looked at Zhang Zhong: "Does Zhang Qing's Ministry of Work have any issues?"

Zhang Zhong shook his head: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Works is not short of money now. The Ministry of Works has released many new chemical products. In addition to research costs, there is also a slight surplus, such as soap, toothpaste, chemical fertilizers, kerosene lamps, which sell well, as well as candles and rubber-soled shoes."

While talking, Zhang Zhong finally looked at Wang Xing. Last year, the Ministry of Works studied the need for money and was stuck very much by the Ministry of Revenue. His son and daughter-in-law were angry and later took revenge on the other party. However, after all, it was better to beg for others than to ask for others.

According to my son, our technology is not good, and we can only produce it by local methods. There is a lot of waste of resources and serious pollution. However, it must be treated specially during special periods. If the unit's production department has low production capacity, add workshops.

Wang Shi looked down at the folder and was very devoted, not knowing what good story was written on it.

"Where is the road infrastructure?" Li Longji ignored the struggles among his ministers and asked what he wanted to know the most.

"In terms of roads, I will wait for local officials to report. After the report is completed, I will go to the Ministry of Revenue to submit the accounts. The Ministry of Revenue will review it and then issue it through the Datang Money House." Zhang Zhong answered truthfully.

Li Longji nodded, yes, the money needs to be paid by the Ministry of Revenue, or he himself, the Secretary of the Central Committee ordered the management of the Ministry of Works, but the Ministry of Works has no real power in local infrastructure construction. The Ministry of Revenue can bypass the Ministry of Works and directly discuss the allocation of funds with local officials. Of course, now the Ministry of Works can also bypass the Ministry of Revenue and allocate money directly to the local fortification management part, because the Ministry of Works itself has money, but Zhang Zhong just refused to allocate money.

Li Longji had a serious expression and said to Wang Shi: "Next year should be a special year for transportation. I don't want key materials to be blocked by money."

"I understand." Wang Shi replied loudly, looking down on Zhang Zhong more and more. The other party was too immoral. He pointed out himself and asked His Majesty to warn him.

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