Chapter 387 Internal strife in scroll C

  Exchanging glances knowingly, both Xu Xie and Feng Ziying relaxed.

  In fact, as long as the problem is explained, it is simple for the two of them who are obviously still at the level of minions.

The rest is the cooperation of the big bosses of all parties, testing and discussing with each other. Of course, there must be some specific details, but the big strategy can only be reached after some planning by the big guys of all parties. This is not something that can be finalized in a short time.

   But for Feng Ziying, this is enough. As long as this strategy can be finalized, it means that the Western Expedition to counter the rebellion can basically come to an end.

  The expenses required to counter the rebellion and Liu Dongyang’s all logistical supplies to capture Shazhou can basically be met, as long as the other is a deeper negotiation.

"Ziying, I guess it doesn't make much sense for the two of us to talk about it here. Well, why don't we talk about the debt, what do you think about it, and what is the most appropriate way to raise the debt?" Xu Xie was obviously more concerned about this. interested.

   "Why, brother Zixun intends to stay in the household department in the future?" Feng Ziying asked with a smile.

Xu Xie was taken aback, then thought for a while, "It's not impossible, brother Yu is getting older now, the more he feels that the imperial court's financial constraints are the key to the imperial court's difficulty in all aspects. The income of the government has increased a lot, just like the strategy of opening up the sea you mentioned, the difficulties in all aspects of the imperial court can be alleviated a lot."

   "Hehe, in the final analysis, it is all about money and silver. Brother Zixun, do you want to talk about this?" Feng Ziying shook her head and laughed at the same time. This Xu Xie seemed to be very touched.

   "Well, without money, nothing can be done, and many things can only be done with regret." Xu Xie nodded, "Ziying doesn't seem to agree with Brother Yu's views?"

"No, Brother Zixun, then how do you think the imperial court's finances will be sufficient?" Feng Ziying spread her hands, "Or, what situation does Brother Zixun think is enough? Is there a time when the court has been sufficient for so many years?" ?”

  Xu Xie was slightly shocked, as if he had captured something, but it was fleeting, thinking hard, but he couldn't find that inspiration anymore.

  Feng Ziying didn't say any more.

The modern financial system is not something that people in this era can understand. They live within their means, and even put the wealth of the country against the wealth of the common people. They think that the wealth of the world is fixed. If the government has more income, the common people will have less in their pockets. The static and solidified primitive financial concepts are still deeply ingrained in the hearts of many people.

  As for the budget and final accounts and fiscal deficit, as well as national debt and fiscal expansion policies, there is no need to mention them. Without a sufficient background in primary industrialization and trade systems, these concepts and policies are difficult to obtain the approval of the court ministers of the Great Zhou Dynasty in this era.

  But Xu Xie sensed something from Feng Ziying's mysterious smile, and he persisted in biting on it: "Ziying, I know you always have a lot of ideas and ideas, let's hear it."

Feng Ziying thought about it for a while, and felt that he could instill some concepts in this area in advance. As for whether the other party accepts it or not, it doesn't matter. If he accepts it all at once, he will be surprised instead. It's normal if he doesn't accept it. , but when you encounter some situations in the future, you will naturally think of these things.

"Brother Zixun, let me just talk about it. Well, it's my own thinking. For example, is there a fixed amount for the income of the court's wealth? I don't think so. The court's wealth seems to be very fixed now. From the earliest days It is the monopoly of land tax, salt, iron, tea and horses, and some specific scattered business taxes, such as bamboo and wood and some special products. However, as tea, ironware and horses become more and more popular in people's lives, there are no monopoly on these items, except for specific Areas, such as outside the Great Wall, customs and overseas sales, even so, tea is not part of this trip,..."

Feng Ziying talked eloquently, "One of the views among our scholars is that the collection of commercial taxes is to compete with the people for profit. The reason is that the imperial court increases taxes on these goods, and then the merchants will add them to the ordinary people who use them. But our From another point of view, if we don’t collect business tax, can the people spend less money? Will the businessmen be so kind and righteous? Our family is more or less earning a living. We all know that this is impossible. The essence of a businessman is to pursue profit,..."

  …

  From the nature of the imperial finance and the composition of taxes, from monopoly power to the meaning of commercial taxation, from the livelihood of the common people to how to achieve ample imperial finances, the discussion between Feng Ziying and Xu Xie opened many windows for Xu Xie.

   As for whether Xu Xie could stick his head out of the window to see something, Feng Ziying didn't know.

  Because he is not a professional after all, he just combined some miscellaneous views on finance, taxation, industrial development, even investment attraction and foreign trade in his previous life, and taught Xu Xie a lesson.

  Seeing Xu Xie stepping out of the gate of her house, she was still a little confused. Feng Ziying guessed that these hodgepodge that even she didn't really understand had completely confused the other party.

  God knows whether some plausible principles that seem to make sense at first glance can be applied in this era, but Feng Ziying feels that one must try, after all, society is moving forward.

  *******

  Wang Ziteng, who returned to the mansion, was a little tired and received the post from Niu Jizong and Chen Daoxian. He rested his forehead and pondered for a long time before asking someone to notify him.

  Niu Jizong and Chen Daoxian came very quickly, even faster than Wang Ziteng imagined. From this, one can imagine how anxious the two were.

  In addition to Niu Jizong and Chen Daoxian, there are also General Weilie Chen Ruiwen of the Duke of Qi, and General Weiyuan Ma Shang, the head of the Ma family who governs the country.

   Seeing that even Chen Ruiwen, who usually seldom appeared in public, also came, Wang Ziteng knew that something was serious.

  However, he had a rough idea of ​​the situation before, and now both the Shi family and the Ma family are in trouble, especially the Shi family, who might become the first family to be expelled from the family.

  The situation of the Ma family is also very bad. Ma Xia has been thrown into prison, and the Supreme Emperor has not expressed any attitude towards the affairs of the Ma family.

Niu Jizong's face was slightly gloomy, while Chen Daoxian's expression was calm, Chen Ruiwen's brows were slightly wrinkled, which was normal, but Ma Shang's appearance shocked Wang Ziteng, and it was only a few months since they saw each other. The white hair at the temples was already visible, and the exhaustion and helplessness on his face showed how exhausted General Weiyuan had been during this period of time.

   "The country, how did it become like this?"

Although the relationship between Wang Ziteng and Ma Shang is very ordinary, far less close than that of Niu Jizong and Chen Ruiwen, they all belong to the Wuxun family after all, and the relationship between the Jia family and the Ma family has always been good. With a big jump, he couldn't help standing up, and walked a few steps, trying to support Ma Shang.

   "Brother Ziteng, it's hard to say, Ma Xia has made our Ma family miserable."

   Ma Shang held Wang Ziteng's hand and couldn't help crying.

"I haven't had a full night's sleep in the past month, and I can't sleep at night. The hundreds of people in my family are all anxious, and I'm too scared to be scared at the slightest disturbance. A concubine of the fourth child was originally pregnant, but a few days ago It was windy that night, and I didn’t know that the copper ring on the gate rang loudly, which scared the whole family into a hurry, thinking that something was wrong, but after such a toss, it disappeared,..."

   What Ma Shang didn't dare to say was that there were people in Fusi, North Town of Longjinwei who came to harass them all the time, which would only make these companies want to draw a clear line.

  During this period of time, Long Jinwei asked the son of the family to report for duty today, and asked the son tomorrow, and they all chose a few sons.

All of them were so frightened that their faces turned pale. Every time they went to the door, they had to spend hundreds of taels of silver to send those little ghosts away, or the whole family had to take it away. Zhen Fusi, how can there be a good one? Even if there is nothing else to do, the only thing to do is to hang yourself when you come out.

Niu Jizong drooped his eyelids, but snorted coldly in his nasal cavity. Ma Xia made such a big deal, and even involved the servant next to the Supreme Emperor. Although the servant committed suicide by throwing himself into the lake, how could such things make him Is the Supreme Emperor satisfied? And those censors are still relentless.

   "The Shi family..." Wang Ziteng helped Ma Shang to sit on the seat, and then returned to his seat, but turned his gaze to Chen Daoxian, "Daoxian?"

"My lord, Long Jinwei has sealed off the Shi family. Although it hasn't been searched yet, all people are not allowed to enter or leave unless there is a joint document from the four families of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple and Long Jinwei. The Patrol Battalion and the Fifth Army Battalion each dispatched a hundred soldiers to take charge of the custody, and the three censors were in charge of the Shi family, and even Captain Long was not allowed to come in and out at will..."

  As soon as these words came out, it was like a gust of cold wind blowing, making the atmosphere in the hall as cold as winter.

  This is the founding of the country, and the Shi family is a well-known martial arts family. Did the Conglong family really want to wipe out all the nine clans?

  Hearing what Chen Daoxian said, Ma Shang was even more shaky, "Does the emperor not miss old love at all?"

   "Hmph, what old relationship does the emperor have with your Ma family? Before the emperor ascended the throne, when did your Shi family and Ma family pay attention to the emperor?" Niu Jizong said bluntly: "It's too late to think of a way now!

  " Niu Jizong, how much better is your Niu family than our Ma family and Shi family? Don't make sarcastic remarks there, it may fall on your Niu family tomorrow!" Ma Shang was furious, pointing his finger at Niu Jizong and yelling.

"Hmph, our Niu family is the same, but our Niu family knows how to restrain ourselves, unlike your family and the Shi family, Ma Xia, Shi Guangjue, who don't care about life and death. Ningxia and Gansu are both poor places, and the soldiers mutinied for this It's still less, you are really capable, you can get hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in two or three years, the emperor even sold several of the Huangzhuang in order to make up for the nine side military pay, but only got together three hundred thousand taels of silver Well, you two are fine, you can get hundreds of thousands of taels of silver by the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate casually, you are just trying to make the Metropolitan Procuratorate target us, and want to poach us martial arts The roots of the family!"

   Speaking of the back, Niu Jizong had already stood up and unbuttoned his clothes, his eyes were wide open, he stepped forward and grabbed Ma Shang's chest, and roared viciously.

  (end of this chapter)