Chapter 115: The Wealth of the Country and the Wealth of the People?
Zhao Huan had the courage to promulgate the new policy, so he naturally thought that these people would do this, otherwise how could Wang Anshi's reform be a mess? Otherwise, why did Wei Yang start a massacre in Qin that year, even the nose of Duke Xiao's brother was cut off!
Just say that he had collected 500,000 coins from He Liren's house.
According to the gold standard, the copper coins of Yizheng in the Song Dynasty were about 465 yuan. According to the rice standard, 1zheng copper coins were 148 yuan. The average value of 465 yuan of the gold price benchmark and 148 yuan of the rice price benchmark was 306.5 yuan, and the fractions were removed, and 1zheng was set to 300 yuan.
He Liren's 500,000 guan was exchanged for money from later generations, which was equivalent to 232.5 billion!
There are also the 13 wealthy businessmen of the Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce, who searched out a total of 8 million guan, and the money exchanged into later generations was equivalent to 3.72 billion yuan!
Looking at such a value, Zhao Huan himself felt his scalp tingling. This was the Song Dynasty. Unlike later generations, the country was huge. Even if officials embezzled more, the people still had money.
However, the production capacity in the Song Dynasty was limited and the economic structure was limited. Once huge amounts of property were gathered in the hands of officials, it means that the people had no money!
What do ordinary people rely on to live?
Zhao Huan had not had a deep understanding of the people of the Northern Song Dynasty, but he could roughly guess that the tenant farmers were tied to the landlord's fields for their entire lives and struggled to death from starvation every month. Not only that, they also had to bear the heavy labor service of the Northern Song Dynasty court.
No wonder when Wang Anshi was reforming, his student Zheng Xia was willing to impeach him as a behead. At that time, Wang Anshi's policy was not implemented properly, and became a policy of the court to attract money from the people, resulting in a large number of people going bankrupt and revealing the streets. Many people were unable to eat, not covered their clothes, and the children starved to death. There was a tragedy of changing their children to eat.
The reform of Wang Anshi has not been long since. The Northern Song Dynasty has continued to insurgents and external troubles, and the lives of the people will only be even more miserable.
This Qingzhou case has directly reflected the deformity of the wealth structure of the Song Dynasty!
Seeing this report, Zhao Huan felt heartbroken. He was just an ordinary employee in his previous life. He was very clear about the pain at the bottom of society. It was a despair of life that rich people would never understand.
The Chinese have been the most diligent and tenacious since ancient times. The European world believes in God and asks God for help when encountering problems. However, the Chinese people have relied on themselves since ancient times.
After a great flood, Dayu passed by his house three times but failed to enter.
When encountering foreign enemies from the north, they go north from marriage to tying their power to win over the country and seal the wolf's servant.
The Five Barbarians invaded China, the country collapsed, and millions of people were slaughtered. The Hu Ling appeared in the world, and the blood of steel bones and blood were shed in the sky, and then Nirvana emerged from the prosperous era of the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
Even though the Celestial Empire fell in later generations, forty-nine millions of compatriots went to Shura Hell with countless heroes to recreate China!
When the world is in full swing and the whole world is not optimistic about the re-established Eastern power, it once again reborn and amazed the whole world in the early 21st century!
Zhao Huan was determined that his transformation of the Song Dynasty would be successful. His confidence came from the thousands of people in China, and this nation had a kind of resilience.
Later Westerners felt that China had no faith, and even some keyboard warriors believed themselves, but in fact, China's belief was itself!
That night, the emperor did not sleep all night. Before dawn the next day, all the prime ministers of the two palaces were summoned to the palace, including Shi Ziming, Qin Hui, He Ye, Liu Yanzong and others.
The emperor raised a very sharp question: Why did Wang Jiefu's reform fail?
The emperor had discussed this issue with several prime ministers in private. Everyone concluded that Wang Anshi's reform policy itself had certain problems. At that time, the party struggles in the court were very serious. Many officials below were unwilling to implement it according to the wishes of the court. Many people even took advantage of the loopholes in the new law and made a fortune.
I don't know why the emperor suddenly threw it out again.
Everyone had to repeat the reason for the failure again. Zhao Huan was silent for a moment before adding: "What you said is very true, but I think there is one thing you should remember that a rich country should also make the people rich. A rich country should be poor and the people will not be able to fill their stomachs. This is our fault!"
The prime ministers looked at each other and knew that the Song Dynasty Commercial Bank, Song Dynasty Bank, and sea transportation had already started. These were all things to make money and the results were very good. However, these were all policies to enrich the country, but the policies to truly enrich the people seemed to have not yet.
Perhaps the emperor was stimulated by the Qingzhou case. Not only was the emperor stimulated, but the prime ministers were also stimulated. A prefect's family was richer than the prime minister of the current dynasty.
The collusion between officials and businessmen, from agriculture to commerce, squeezed the wealth of society layer by layer. The wealth of the Song Dynasty now takes a terrible pyramid shape, and the top of the pyramid is particularly narrow and the bottom is very wide.
The land issue is already very sharp, but the real core issue is the gap between the rich and the poor. The huge social resources and wealth are in the hands of a very small number of people. The poor people have to bow down because they want to survive.
What Zhao Huan really wants to solve is the problem of social wealth distribution. The ideal social form is oval and there are rich people, but the wealthy families in the middle should be mainstream, and those who are unwilling to work and lazy should be left on the streets.
Looking at his prime minister, Zhao Huan said, "Tell me, how can you become rich in the people?"
Xu Churen said: "Your Majesty, the establishment of the Song Dynasty's trading company can already drive some people to become rich. The specific execution of affairs will be handed over to the people after that, and the court will pay salaries, and the money will eventually be in the hands of the people."
Zhao Huan nodded. Of course he knew that the imperial court had many large fortifications, such as mining, building roads, building palaces and houses, and abolishing corvee labor, they all had to pay the people, and this part of the money would indeed flow down below.
What? said: "Your Majesty, I think the court can increase investment in the nursing homes and Anjifang. During the late emperor, the whole country began to implement nursing homes and Anjifang, but officials from all over the country failed to deepen it."
Zhao Huan nodded repeatedly. The Song Dynasty did have a relatively complete social security system, and the nursing homes and Anjifang were representatives. To be ironic, this is also considered Cai Jing's political achievements.
However, the administrative system of the Song Dynasty was bloated, and it was not the same thing if it was actually implemented.
Zhao Huan said: "This matter is included in the planning of the Political Affairs Hall."
"Affect the order."
Liu Yanzong suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I think that if you want to enrich the people, it is not only to make the people have income, but also to strictly curb the abnormal flow of wealth. I remember that Your Majesty stipulated in the new policy that except for the Song Dynasty, no other officials are allowed to do business, avoid collusion between officials and businessmen, and raise prices. I think that the Qingzhou case was because of collusion between officials and businessmen, and excellent resources such as land and commerce were all controlled by a few people, which greatly harmed the interests of the people and also caused a threat to the new policy of the court. Therefore, I think that Your Majesty should thoroughly investigate officials across the country!"
It’s not a pity that Liu Yanzong is a worm in my stomach. I asked you to come for this!
The official's atmosphere is not properly rectified, and many new policies should be implemented in earnest and will allow social wealth to flow to the people. It is very difficult!
Zhao Huan's expression remained unchanged and asked the other prime ministers.
Li Gang came out and said, "Your Majesty, I think what Liu Yusi said is very true. Mr. Fan once said that he would worry about the world first and then enjoy the world later. As an official in the court, he would always share the worries of the emperor and seek benefits for the people, rather than indulging in business and competing for profit with the people."
Zhao Huan glanced at the others and said, "Where are the others?"
Everyone said, "I will discuss it!"
Zhao Huan said: "Okay, Xu Qing, I will give you a task. The Political Affairs Hall must be well taken down. Next year, I will double the wealth of the people on the four roads of Jingxi Road, Jingdong Road, Hebei Road and Hedong Road! Remember, this is the task of the Political Affairs Hall!"
Chapter completed!