The weather is clear, and a thin moon has already hung on the willow branches. The night sky is full of stars like snow. Li Wei, Wei Siqian and Wei Xuan are sitting on a river boat. It is also quiet, without wind, and the water waves are not stirring.

The bow of the boat is a small wood stove with a large iron basin on it, with a large fish weighing four or five kilograms mixed with some spices, minced ginger, star anise, and a few boxes of tofu. On the side is a blue sap, which contains washed garlic sprouts, vegetables, spinach and other vegetables. When eating, boil the vegetables and you can eat it, which is quite like the way to eat hot pot, but there are many seasonings missing.

It is easy to eat and intimate. Whether it is Wei Siqian or Wei Xuantong, they all like it.

Drinking wine and eating hot dishes, I don’t feel the coldness of the river in October.

After a silence, Wei Siqian said, "Let's eat fish."

Although the fish is delicious, it looks bad, and its pink skin is not much the same as the common fish. However, Wei Siqian grew up in Xiangyang since he was a child and ate many fish. Wei Xuantong was demoted to Lingnan for several years and also ate all kinds of strange fish, and did not think it was evil.

But after boiling the water, it looks almost the same. Wei Siqian said again: "In spring, eat puffer fish, knife fish, and saury in summer. However, saury can be eaten all year round, and is known as the Four Beauty of the Yangtze River. But when boiled, it loses its freshness and tenderness, and it is not delicious."

Of course, fame, squid fish is much smaller than the first three, and is not as fresh as it is, but the meat is tender and melts in the mouth. It is also better than the artificial breeding type in later generations, and has a bit of umami flavor. In October, Danshui is not only squid fish, but also some crabs start to have yellow crab roe, and other well-known and unknown fish. In late autumn, it is also the fattest time.

Li Wei has been feasting these days, but at this time, the fish is cheap and the meat is expensive, which makes the officials think that the prince is frugal. In fact, if it weren't for his father's capriciousness and his mother's unfathomableness, Li Wei would still be very happy. For example, when he was with him, all the officials were careful and sincere. Nearly a hundred guards were with him to protect his personal safety. He had to eat, drink, wear and live, and there were no need to worry about it. Even marriage, although he was dissatisfied, it was unimaginable in later generations. Bier took it away, and was already satisfied, and there were two extremely beautiful little lolitas growing...

In fact, thinking this way is one-sided. The cultivation of the prince is sometimes like Li Zhi. If it is not for this kind of environment, Li Wei would not learn to think about many problems. The main reason is that not only Li Zhi, but also some people have bad intentions, and their mothers have made the future full of variables, so they are anxious.

After eating fish for a while, and drinking a few cups of wine, Wei Xuantong couldn't help but say, "Your Highness, although you can raise money, it always does not conform to the system."

"Gu knows," Li Wei took a piece of fish, put it in a spoon, blew it, and said after eating it: "Gu had already predicted the controversy. But Wei Changshi, have you ever thought that if the two canals were steeped in the past two years, would Guanzhong have such a tragic phenomenon of starvation all over the country? However, Guanzhong is narrow in area, with more and more populations, and it is just a good weather. What should I do if I encounter a famine like the previous year, or if there is a continuous disaster, and the drought will last for three or five years? Or if the grain yield increases slightly, the grain yield increases and the people are also increasing. Chang'an is the foundation of the country."

Wei Xuantong cannot speak. The importance of the two channels is not to be too much, it is just the method of the prince...

Li Wei said again: "And it benefits many people..."

I originally wanted to say another benefit, prosperity, but I didn't say it, which reminded him of another city. The largest city in ancient China might be Chang'an now, but the most prosperous and wealthy one was Bianliang. It was not only the wealth of the Song Dynasty, but also related to the development of Bianliang's grain transportation.

But after getting money, it is hard to explain clearly in this era.

Wei Xuantong frowned and asked, "Your Highness, even if that's the case, what will happen next year? What about the next year? Your Highness wants to open the Shengui Island River, Guimen Island River, and Guimen Peninsula River. All three projects will not be small in the past few years, but the Danshui project is getting heavier every year. What should I do in the future?"

Li Wei put down the wine cup, laughed loudly, and said, "Changshi Wei, you underestimated the shipping. In fact, Gu used the canal transportation this time to organize the shipping. If it weren't for Xinqu, Gu would be afraid that there would be too much discussion. Because of Xinqu's financial pressure, everyone could pass the shipping issue. By the end of this year, you can see that there will be a shocking increase next year. It is possible that in ten or twenty years, the tariffs of the Maritime Transportation Department alone will bring us five million yuan in income."

This is roughly estimated. The share of shipping in the Northern Song Dynasty was not heavy, but in the Southern Song Dynasty, due to its difficult situation, he attached importance to shipping, which was as high as 10 million yuan a year. But it is not like that, although it was the Southern Song Dynasty, its economy was much richer than the current Tang Dynasty, but the Tang Dynasty also had advantages and a larger Central Plains as a shield. However, the Southern Song Dynasty had developed for many years and was also the best operating conditions among the three dynasties of the Tang, Song and Ming Dynasty. It seemed that the Ming Dynasty had no success in its ban and release. The Qing Dynasty was even more indifferent. Therefore, this number was mentioned.

Then he said: "There are various commercial taxes, such as the development of navigation, and more sugar sold to foreign countries, and the income brought by foreign cities is fragmented and may reach *** million yuan. Wei Changshi, how much tax revenue can the current court have in a year? Or, with this income, can all people be exempted from renting?"

The current income of renters is only *** million, less than 10 million yuan. But the account cannot be calculated like this. How many families can spend as much money? If the income is really increased, the court's expenses will also increase. However, it will reduce the pressure on some people, at least the miscellaneous taxes in each prefecture and county will be less.

In fact, if you don’t need five million, you can get two million, which is enough to make all the ministers of the court moved.

Wei Xuantong still said in embarrassment: "But you have to use it now..."

"I know that even if the development is fast, the income of the Haishi City will not exceed 500,000 next year, and will not exceed 800,000 years after that. I will withdraw a large amount of finance and repay the debt. But the new channel costs are getting more and more...

"This is exactly what I am worried about, not only that, but also the controversy between the government and the public."

"I have calculated it, but the second minister must not disclose it to outsiders. I asked you, although there are 100 places, except for some merchants in the two capitals and some merchants along the coast, can merchants in other states compete with each other?"

Wei and Wei shook their heads.

"Besides, can anyone compete with the wealthy and powerful families of various prefectures and counties?"

He shook his head again. Not to mention the prominent families of various prefectures and counties, even the Wei family and Du family in Jingzhao had never fought against him, so he was disdainful to do so.

"In fact, they are wrong. Ships return with a lot of wealth. Even the five surnames and seven families have to eat, drink, wear and live. Moreover, these families are extremely large and have a large number of people, and they need a lot of money to support them."

"Your Highness is saying..." Wei Siqian and Wei Xuantong already understood.

"They have to take the initiative to lobby to avoid controversy. Therefore, the two ministers should not disclose it to outsiders."

"Yes," but the two of them looked subtle, and this method was also very lazy, and they didn't know whether it was right or wrong.

Looking at their expressions, Li Wei took a sip of wine and said, "What should we do if the world slanders me, bullies me, insults me, laughs at me, despise me, despise me, hate me, hate me, and lie to me, and lie to me. Just tolerate him, let him, let him avoid him, be patient, respect him, ignore him, and stay tuned him, and stay tuned him for a few years. The country will be prosperous for a long time, and the country will be lucky to the people. However, the poorer the poorer the rich, the richer the richer, which is not a long-term solution. I cannot forcefully extort from the rich and spread the poor. I have to come up with some solutions, generate new sources of wealth, and then move it to the court's treasury, and the court will use it for the people. For the sake of the country and the people, the world will say that, what's the harm? Looking back a few years later, I will take a look."

This statement is not a controversy, but a sense of righteousness, and both of them are in awe.

In fact, Li Wei was very depressed when he said this. He did a lot of things, not only Xinqu, but some things have brought at least 1.5 million yuan in taxes to the court every year. Grain production increased, cotton became popular, bamboo paper appeared, and movable type printing was released in advance. However, he was even more afraid of his father, but the censors did not understand. He kept writing a letter to impeach for the sake of his reputation. Thinking of this, he took a big sip of wine and said: "In the past, the road to reading Qu Yuan was long and arduous, and I will seek it out, and I felt that the poet complained. Only now, I know the poet's grievances and injustice. Come, come, I will read a poem to you. The boy did not know the taste of sorrow, but fell in love with the upper floors. Falling in love with the upper floors, and forced to say sorrow to write new poems. Now I know the taste of sorrow, and I want to say it but I want to say it but I want to say it but I want to say it but I want to say it but I want to say it but I want to say it but I want to say it but I want to say it but I want to say it but I want to say it but I want to say it but I want to say it but I want to say it but I want to say it but I want to say it but I want to say it but I want to say it but I want to say it so cold and autumn."

After saying that, he leaned on the table and became drunk.

...

This topic was caused by Li Wei's method of raising money.

Yao Shuo quickly rushed to Jiangnan, starting from Chuzhou, then Yangzhou, Hezhou, Xuanzhou, Runzhou, Changzhou, Suzhou, Huzhou to Hangzhou, which is the most prosperous areas in the south of the Yangtze River. The two capitals did not count, and they were piled up with money.

The ships transported by these large states and prefectures were borne by the ships.

It is not unfair. Lingwu and Longyou, Hebei, Hedong, Hebei, Hebei, bear the security of the border, and the surrounding areas of the two capitals are undertaking strong labor. Jingxiang in the south of the mountain is too far away and it is beyond reach. It seems that once the Danshui Canal is connected, it will also have to share the burden. Moreover, Jiangnan is rich and famous all over the country, so it is reasonable to let Jiangnan bear the ships.

Although the imperial court issued an edict to ship the ships and transport them separately, even the ships rented in Guanzhong were still borne by the wealthy families in Jiangnan, and they did not escape.

Therefore, this allowed Li Wei to see the wedge machine.

So Yao Yu was sent to lobby, but they could not ask them to raise funds. Even if they were good at talking, they could not raise a lot of money, which made them look slutty. Li Wei thought of a way to make a solution, borrow it, and then repay it from the next year with the income of the Maritime Bureau. It was close to the beach and was well-informed, and could probably see the prospects of the Maritime Bureau. After five years of repayment, he also took Li Wei's handwritten letter and seal talisman as a quasi-letter. No matter how much he borrowed, he would probably pay it back in five years.

There is a reason for this. Every year, due to the canal transportation, many ships have sunk, one-third of which may have an accident directly or indirectly near Sanmen. After the Sanmen is well managed, these wealthy families will also reduce their losses.

But after all, it was just a free loan and the court would not pay interest. Therefore, the officials in this trip were required to speak well. And there were many controversies. It was the first time the court borrowed money from the people. That day, Li Wei asked Pei Xingjian so many strange conditions to select people.

Yao Yu did not visit each house. Every state he went to immediately recruited all the wealthy families and then lobbled. He did not do too badly, but Li Wei's own contributions were also due to his good reputation among the people. He had a good reputation and reassuring reputation. Of course, everyone had different ideas, and everyone took out a sum of money, but one was more and the other was less.

After getting the money, he signed the painting immediately, and wrote a grand plan. He wrote to the court for every family's loan. However, some were money, some were silk and cloth, and they would not arrive in the capital all at once, so he notified the court again with a quick horse. Every time he received a sum of money, he would notify the court. The money was released and was transported to the court on the way to the court. However, the water conservancy project was waiting for rice to cook, so the court was asked to allocate the funds from the treasury first to move the new canal project.

At least the money from Xinqu was released this year, but there was a sudden noise. Many censors wrote letters to ask the prince to stop this ridiculous fundraising plan, saying that the country was sweeping the floor with face, sweeping the floor with politeness, etc. The impact was inevitable. After all, the country borrowed money from private people, and even Li Wei was affected in Danshui.

Li Wei was very disgusted when he heard too many oppositions in the capital. He wrote three articles, asking the guards to ride a fast horse back to the capital. Two were posted in front of the gate of the East and West City Square, and one was posted in front of the Danfeng Gate of the Daming Palace. It was not written that it was known that the two canals were not built. It was just that stupid people thought less, and smart people could think more. It was just that the national treasury was causing disasters in the past few years, and the national treasury was empty. It was slightly better in the past two years. However, the *** was unstable, and the Tubo wolf was ambition and the war was imminent, and more money was needed. However, the new canal was repaired one day earlier, which was beneficial to the people. At least it was possible to prepare for the sudden arrival of the famine year, and the starvation was everywhere. But the national treasury could not pay the money, so what should I do? If you impeach me for making a mistake, please give out 10 million yuan of money to maintain the cost of the two canals. I will immediately return all the money and apologize to you.

If you don’t have ten million yuan in money, even if you have hundreds of thousands of yuan, these censors will not be able to make it.

Then Wei Xuantong and Wei Siqian Shen Yuan again. A conversation with the prince, especially before drunkenness and the prince's helplessness, made the two feel disappointed. At this time, the two seemed to have the idea of ​​willingness to serve the prince.

The two of them released the conversation that night, but the quota was not mentioned. The conversation between Hanshan and Shide was passed down through the ages and was easy to talk about. The poem by Xin Qiji was also very interesting and spread immediately. However, after savoring it carefully, I suddenly remembered that the prince had done so many things, including Xinli, bamboo paper, benevolent government, border merit and Xinqu. The prince did this, and wanted to do the country and the people, and the censors were too harsh on the prince. They just wanted to do more good things for the people of the country, but they actually forced the censors to "the world slandered me, bullied me, insulted me, laughed at me, despised me, despised me, despised me, despised me, despised me, and despised me, and deceived me", or to "now that I have known the taste of sorrow, and I want to say it, but I still want to say it, but I still say it is cool and good autumn."

Therefore, the wind changed again, and the censors felt that it was not human inside and outside, and finally the discussion became less. Moreover, when these two jokes were heard, Yao Shun and Jiangnan became more relaxed, and some wealthy families took the initiative to borrow some money. There were not many families, but there were only a few thousand families. In the end, they raised more than 140,000 yuan in money.
Chapter completed!