Cheng Lin had an idea in his mind, otherwise he would have been too expensive as a three-person envoy. △

As the fourth entry point, the Three Sessions and the Kaifeng Prefecture had the most complicated affairs. Many people took advantage of this position to take office, but many people in this position were not competent. After weighing the two, the average term of office for these two positions was very short, much shorter than that of the other two Hanlin bachelor's and Censor's Chief Censor.

Cheng Lin is an alternative. Whether in the position of Kaifeng Prefecture or the envoy of the Three Sessions, he was one of the longest re-elected candidates. Cheng Lin has a talented official and is recognized by the court, but Cheng Lin has a personality that is self-righteous and has offended many people. He entered the first place and soon took the position to the Prime Minister. Cheng Lin turned around in the position of Kaifeng Prefecture and the Three Sessions, but he could not go further. Seeing the position of the Prime Minister in front of him, he could not touch it no matter what.

The method of casting a big as ten coins is not feasible. There is no need to say much about this. Even copper and iron mixed castings, Cheng Lin did not agree. As a senior official in charge of the finances of the Song Dynasty, how could he believe in the nonsense of secret techniques? If Xu Shen did not make it so mysterious, but instead directly cast money, or had a clear sample, let's talk about the conditions that the court needs to exchange for using this secret technique, just like the sugar shop that Xu Ping had bought, Cheng Lin would still be moved.

Now Xu Shen talked for a long time, but he refused to clearly explain what the secret method was. He only said that he would entrust him to mint money and would inevitably make money. In addition to Lu Yijian's actions behind the scenes, Cheng Lin was not a fool, so how could he support Xu Shen?

Seeing that Cheng Lin had the intention of agreeing with Xu Ping's opinion, Xu Shen felt a little anxious. It was not easy for him to find this path, and it was even more difficult to get online with Lu Yijian. He also hoped to rely on this secret technique to advance to his own level!

"Xu Ping, you have entered the Third Division. There are many things that are unclear. Don't make any big statements! Now the court is useless, and the ceremony is imminent. The ceremony requires money, and the rewards of all officials, and the rewards of officers, soldiers and soldiers are even more expensive! The Zuozang warehousing is empty, so where can I make money? If there is no money to reward, and there will be chaos, who can afford it!"

Xu Shen looked at Xu Ping, his butt got up from the stool and asked aggressively.

Yes, at least one or two million guan will be spent at a prison ceremony. Others can be careless, and the money you reward the soldiers of the imperial army is absolutely indispensable. These arrogant soldiers can only support the emperor and mutiny just because the gifts they get are slightly worse than others. Do you want to pass the money if they lack them?

Xu Ping looked at Xu Shen, and his face remained calm: "I have already said that if you want to get money from the people, there are many ways to make new coins. Not to mention that the money you want to cast is not good enough, it is not suitable. Now the prices outside are expensive, why? The money in the hands of the people is already too much. During the Dazhong Xiangfu period, the silver price in Beijing was only one or eight hundred ounces, but now it costs two thousand ounces, which has increased by more than twice. If you spread millions of coins, will the price be even more expensive? The doctor has a sore in front of you, but the meat in your heart is gone. If the prices are expensive in the future, the market will be chaotic. Isn't it going to fall on the Sansi?"

Xu Ping is in charge of the commercial tax case. These things are clearer than others and more concerned about them than others. Prices rise, commercial tax revenue rises higher, and the increase exceeds the norm, so Xu Ping may not be rewarded.

Cheng Lin said lightly: "What Xu Shiguan said makes sense. I wonder if there is any way to solve the current dilemma?"

"That's right, it's not feasible for you to just say that other people's methods, so what's the best way to do it? Tell me out and listen!"

Xu Shen had long been impatient with Xu Ping's words that he could not do that, and immediately agreed with Cheng Lin.

"There are many ways. When I was in Yongzhou, I was also facing rewards to the army after fighting Jiaozhi. Although the final measures were not perfect, there was no turmoil in the end."

Xu Shen sneered: "You are in Yongzhou and have sugar services. What you don't need is money. How can you compare with the current three corpses? Now it is difficult for Zuozangku to even pay salaries for officials in Beijing. Where can you still have money to hold a ceremony for prisoners!"

Xu Ping nodded: "Yes, Yongzhou has money there, which is different from the current Sansiwei. But then again, with the imperial court here, how could it be that there is no money? The imperial court itself is money."

Speaking of this, Xu Ping looked at Cheng Lin and said, "There are three strategies for humble positions that can solve the current dilemma."

"Let me tell me." Cheng Lin had his own way in his mind, and let me hear if Xu Ping really has unique insights.

Xu Ping said: "The lower-level strategy is nothing more than to cover the people's wealth and help the country. Take silk from the left warehouse, overestimate the scientific provisions, or borrow money from wealthy families. The least it is possible to mint new money as the deputy envoy and Xu Juan said."

After hearing this, Cheng Lin smiled and said, "It's better not to choose the best strategy."

Xu Shen's face turned red when he heard this, Ren Bu's face calmed down. Although his bullish minting was the worst strategy, he still felt much more comfortable by pulling the arrogant Xu Shen to the next level.

"The middle and lower-level strategy is to borrow from the inward warehouse. The wealth of the world will be collected by the court. If it does not enter the Zuozang, it will enter the inward warehouse. If the Zuozang warehouse is short of money, the inward warehouse will definitely be full."

Cheng Lin couldn't help laughing when he heard this. This was exactly what he thought. If the wealth does not enter Zuozang, it will enter Zuozang. Now the national strength of the Song Dynasty is far from being inadequate. The annual deficit of the Sansi is just a deficit created by the emperor using the inner warehouse. Since Emperor Zhenzong, it has been strictly prohibited to disclose the income and expenditure savings of the Zuozangku. Except for Ding Wei who was temporarily controlled by the Sansi when he was appointed as the Sansi, the later Sansi envoy no longer understood the situation of the inner warehouse. Although the ministers calculated that the inner warehouse should not have much savings, the actual situation was far from being like this. There will be no more people like Ding Wei, and the Sansi envoy was firmly controlled by the emperor using the inner warehouse.

Although he was thinking the same, Cheng Lin did not show it on his face and said to Xu Ping: "Since Tiansheng, the three corps have borrowed loans from the internal warehouse for many years, and have accumulated more than 15 million corpses, but they have not yet paid them back. In this way, you still rely on your sugar business to earn more than 2 million corpses every year, otherwise there will be more. If you have accumulated so much, how can you speak to the official?"

The total price of sugar collected by the Sansi is only 10 million guan. After deducting the cost, and the local interception layer by layer, it is quite good to have more than 2 million guan when the Sansi is in. As for the amount of money owed to the inner warehouse, isn’t that exactly what it means that the Zuozangku has cut too much meat by the inner warehouse? It’s natural for the emperor to pay for money when he is short of money. What’s wrong with the people of the Song Dynasty? The Song people originally believed that the inner warehouse was not only privately stored by the emperor, but also a place where the three officials were prepared for funds.

Cheng Lin, as the envoy of the Three Divisions, must understand this truth. Only other officials in the government office who do not understand the hands and feet will see that the Three Divisions often have no money and are calling for the weaker national strength and the reduction of staff and efficiency.

Xu Ping did not bother with this issue anymore and said to Cheng Lin: "There is a high-level strategy for the low-level position, and the provincial master will take into account it."

"Speak and listen."

"Even if you borrow money from the warehouse and spread it out at once, it will cause the price of the capital to rise. It is better not to send it."

When Xu Shen heard this, his neck became twitched: "Don't you send it? You're crazy! Who dares to deduct the grace of the Lord? Not to mention that the imperial guards in the city are looking forward to it, they are waiting for this reward!"

Xu Ping ignored Xu Shen and said to Cheng Lin: "When I was in Yongzhou, I did not give all the rewards. Instead, I only sent one cent, and all the other two cents were issued to receive the Qing Dynasty in three years. After three years, I would pay more interest based on the coupons, and the soldiers would be happy to do so. In this way, if the rewards were distributed in three years, the treasury would not be short of money, and there would not be much money flowing into the public every year, so it would not cause a surge in prices. This is a central strategy, and it seems the safest at present."

Cheng Lin pondered for a while and said to Xu Ping: "What you said makes sense, but the court's face is not appropriate. Is there any better way to seize the reward money or not? "

Xu Ping smiled and said, "Where is the best strategy now? The best strategy requires long-term planning, and where can we do it urgently."

Cheng Lin said: "Okay, write it down first, and the three officials gathered together before discussing the matter."

He also told Ren Bu and Xu Shen: "What do you think?"

Ren Gongshu: "Although Xu Ping's method slightly damaged the court's face, since he had already been in Yongzhou, he thought there was no big mistake. He could try it out, and perhaps he would solve the current dilemma."

Xu Shen just sneered: "I thought there was any way to turn decay into magic, just to set up a name or to deduct rewards from officers and soldiers! This method is absolutely not feasible! If it is forcibly implemented, it will eventually become a name for officials to deduct!"

Cheng Lin said lightly: "Okay, let's wait for the three corps to discuss."

Cheng Lin naturally knew the benefits of the method Xu Ping said, but what he thought was different from Xu Ping. In this era, officials who did things in detail were not reliable, and they left this hole. I am afraid that later some people would not recognize the account of the coupon and blackmail the money they should be rewarded, which would become a bad policy.

At this time, there are many types of tax calculations, and it is extremely inconvenient to collect taxes. It is also very difficult for the three departments to make accounts. There are also many tax items that are established in parallel, and there is no need to exist at all. Someone proposed to Cheng Lin to merge the tax items to reduce the troubles of the three departments, and did not increase taxes to the private sector.

Faced with this proposal, Cheng Lin said his far-reaching words. At this time, although it was much easier to make accounts in the three departments, if later officials faced financial difficulties, they would establish the merged tax items again, which was equivalent to additional taxes. Although it was difficult to make accounts at this time, it was eliminated by the name of the officials who increased taxes later.

This statement had a great impact on the financial management officials of the Song Dynasty and was also one of the reasons for the numerous tax donations in the Song Dynasty. Xu Ping's proposal gave Cheng Lin this concern that paying installments would leave a hole for the handling officials.
Chapter completed!