It is certainly not bad to have Bao Zheng resisting pressure for Su Xun.
Bao Zheng is benevolent, pragmatic, and capable of resisting pressure.
When Kou Ji led someone to translate the books of the Baghdad Wisdom Hall, he also sent someone to Bao Zheng to send some books to Bao Zheng, so that Bao Zheng could study the food and participate in the translation of the food books.
It has been a long time now. Among the first batch of scholars who translated the books in the Baghdad Wisdom Museum, only Bao Zheng and Ouyang Xiu insisted on the translation work.
Bao Zheng was in Luzhou, guarding the grave for his parents, and he had a lot of free time, so he translated relatively quickly, and he could publish one book in almost a month.
Ouyang Xiu served as the Zhizhou in Dengzhou. He was a little busy with official duties and barely managed to translate one book in two and a half months.
Through this simple matter, Kou Ji judged that among his many students, Bao Zheng and Ouyang Xiu were the most practical.
It is precisely because of this that when Su Xun proposed that Bao Zheng be his deputy, Kou Ji understood Su Xun's purpose.
Su Xun wanted to find a hard-working big brother to help him with the dirty work. Fortunately, he was lazy.
Because Su Xun was young, Kou Ji placed a heavy burden on his shoulders, and it was indeed a bit too much, so Kou Ji did not pierce Su Xun's real purpose.
After Su Xun agreed to this matter, Kou Ji reminded: "Bohai Mansion is near the sea. In addition to seafood, there are many merchant ships in the past. You can also get some grain into Bohai Mansion through merchants.
In addition, the sea-going ships used by the Jiaozhi soldiers and horses will soon be anchored outside the Bohai Mansion. You can then use this to buy food from Jiaozhi.
Don't think that there are few people in Cochin, just think that they have no food.
In fact, Jiaozhi is currently the only state in the Song Dynasty that can provide me with a large amount of food. "
When Su Xun heard Kou Ji's words, he rolled his eyes slightly, "Sir, although the students' ancestors have lived in Meishan for generations, it does not mean that the students are ignorant.
The student's Lao Tai Shan is in business.
Brother-in-law has been traveling around Sichuan and Fuzhou for many years.
Through their mouths, students learn more or less about Jiao Chi.
Students know that Jiaozhi has food.
Students also know that many businesses in my Dasong have stockpiled a lot of food this year.
They just wait for you to be short of food, and then sell the food to the court at a high price.
They are now waiting for the odd goods to be available.
So if the students can't get real money, they won't sell the food to the students. "
Kou Ji glanced at Su Xun and said bluntly: "There is no money. However, the commercial tax of Bohai Prefecture can be negotiated, and tax exemption is fine when necessary."
Su Xun heard that there was no money, and suddenly said with a black face: "The student can only take the captives to fish in the sea."
Kou Ji said angrily: "It seems that you don't know anything about business. Don't your father-in-law and brother-in-law do business? You write back to tell them about the tax exemption, and you can see how they react."
Su Xun is not a stupid person. He heard this and hurriedly said, "Listen to Mr., there are so many ways in this? But the prisoners in Bohai Mansion have no money in their hands, and the merchants can't do nothing for nothing. Bring the food to them, right?"
Kou Ji glared at Su Xu and didn't explain much. He just waved his hand to drive Su Xun away, and said: "Go back and think about it slowly. Once you figure it out, your future errands will be very easy. If you can't figure it out, then you Wait to suffer."
Seeing Kou Ji want to drive him away, Su Xun quickly said: "Sir, the students think Wen Yanbo is more suitable to be the governor of Bohai Prefecture than a student. It's like a feather.
If Wen Yanbo were to be the prefect of Bohai Prefecture, perhaps it would only take a word, and there would be countless merchants transporting grain to Bohai Prefecture. "
"Fuck off!"
Kou Ji yelled.
Su Xun, this kid is bad enough, he fell into the water, knowing that there is no hope of getting out of the water, he wants to pull others into the water together.
Su Xun shrank his head amid Kou Ji's cursing and escaped from the main hall.
After Su Xun left, Kou Ji groaned: "This kid is bad enough to pull others into the water. But what he said is not bad. The literary family can be regarded as a large family, and the Wen family's own businesses are countless Wen Yanbo's father worked as a transshipment agent on Hedong Road for more than ten years, and he also managed a lot of contacts.
If I promote Wen Yanbo to the fourth grade in one breath, the Wen family should have some blood in order to consolidate Wen Yanbo's position. "
Kou Ji thought about this, no longer hesitating, he scribbled a brush and wrote a long memo, changing the Jingdong Road of Liao State to Bohai Prefecture, and he announced the news that Su Xun was elected as the prefect of Bohai Prefecture. To Zhao Zhen.
At the same time, Kou Ji also proposed that the imperial court change the Southern Jingdao Road of Liao State to Langxie Mansion, and elected Wen Yanbo as the prefect of Langxie Mansion.
In addition, Kou Ji also proposed that the imperial court should formally transfer the Southwest Road and Northwest Road of the Liao Kingdom to the Song Dynasty and implement the government system.
The Northwest Road in the hesitation Liao Kingdom is very large, almost equivalent to the land of the Three Houses of the Song Dynasty.
Therefore, Kou Ji suggested that the court could divide the Northwest Road of Liao State into two prefectures.
At the west end of the Northwest Road of Liao, Kou Ji didn't care how the imperial court ruled.
At the east end of Northwest Road of Liao State, next to Shangjing Road and Jingnan Road, Kou Ji suggested that it be set up as Gumeng Mansion, and Zhang Fangping, whom Wang Zeng had previously valued, was elected as the prefect.
Zhang Fangping is a famous minister in history.
But Kou Ji didn't know much.
Previously, when Wang recommended this person to go to the Uighur territory of Xizhou to make trouble for the Black Khanate and the Allied Forces of the Liao Kingdom, Zhang Fangping did a good job, so he was exceptionally promoted to Songzhou Zhizhou.
Now that Kou Ji needed someone to manage the Liaotu, he suddenly remembered this person.
Although this person is not well-known, he is of average origin.
But being able to do things, no matter the multiple tasks entrusted to him above, he can find ways to accomplish it.
Today's Liaotu lacks such talents.
After Kou Ji finished writing everything, he ordered people to rush to Bianjing.
Kou Ji can't guarantee whether the Bianjing City will follow the arrangement mentioned in his memorial.
After all, he was a privy envoy who had promoted Su Xun to the presidency of Bohai Prefecture in an exceptional manner, which was considered to be ultra vires.
If the restructured Langxie Mansion and Gu Meng Mansion prefects were arranged together, it would not be ultra vires.
That is usurpation and dictatorship.
The nature is completely different.
After Kou Ji wrote the memo, he left the main hall and took people out to settle the prisoners.
Tanshan and other places have been cleaned up by the murderers, the Ayan tribe, and the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty, and it can be said that there are almost no people.
Almost all cities are empty.
Some villages and towns are also empty.
There are countless lonely tents scattered everywhere.
It is precisely because no one is there that it is easy for Kou Ji to place prisoners.
He only needs to distribute the prisoners according to the number of people, and then send someone to serve as the manager immediately.
Since the Liao area is now full of forbidden army officers, Kou Ji does not want to tie the forbidden army officers to one place, so almost all of the management personnel that Kou Ji dispatched are drawn from the sixteen states of Yanyun.
In addition, there are some soldiers who have made mistakes in the army and need to be dismissed from the army, as well as some wounded soldiers.
Although the Forbidden Army went out of the Great Wall, they were invincible and invincible.
Almost no enemy is their one enemy.
But there were still injured soldiers.
Some were injured for various reasons while escorting grain and grass.
Some were accidentally injured by their own people.
Only a small part was injured on the battlefield.
Some people may not understand that soldiers who do not think that they will be on the battlefield should not be injured.
actually not.
In ancient times, many soldiers would still be injured if they were not on the battlefield.
Some were kicked by horses, and others were kicked to death by horses.
There are accidental injuries on the training ground.
Others will be injured by wolf, insect, tiger and leopard in the wild.
Among them, most of the people who were kicked or killed by horses were civilian husbands who escorted grain and grass.
Most of those who were accidentally injured on the training ground were ordinary soldiers.
Most of those injured by wolfworms, tigers and leopards in the wild are scouts.
Therefore, even if you are not on the battlefield, there are often wounded in the military.
Kou Ji assigned the wounded to serve as grassroots managers on Liaotu and gave them very generous treatment.
As the cornerstone of the Song Dynasty's management of the Liaotu, they can play a very important role.
Just when Kou Ji was busy arranging prisoners.
Su Xun lowered his head and returned to his residence.
As soon as I entered the yard, I saw a little woman who was younger than him waiting for her in the yard.
Seeing this, Su Xun frowned slightly and said, "Why did you come out?"
The little woman smiled lightly and said: "Wait for you to come back..."
Su Xun scowled, and said displeased: "I will stay in the room after nothing else. There are soldiers and horses everywhere. If you let them see you staying at home as a woman, it's hard to guarantee that they can't treat you."
The little woman smiled and said, "With you and your husband sitting in town, who dares to mess around?"
Su Xun snorted, "There is no shortage of brave people in the army, and there are also those brave people. Just now, there was an idiot who did a fatal stupid thing.
Actually dare to quibble in front of her husband.
As a result, Mr. was angry and chopped off hundreds of heads. "
The smile on the little woman's face was slightly stiff.
Su Xun hummed: "You know you're afraid, right? If you know you're afraid, I'll stay in the room. After some days, I'm going to work on Jingdong Road in Liao Country. Then I will choose a few more young and strong people. The housekeeper is guarding the mansion, and then you can come out and go around."
"Listen to you… "
The little woman agreed in a low voice, and accompanied Su Xun into the main hall.
Inside the main hall.
The little lady has already prepared a table of food.
The little woman accompanied Su Xun into the main hall, and after helping Su Xun undress, the two sat at the table.
The little woman is Su Xun’s wife, Su Cheng.
Su Cheng was also a wise lady of the family. When Su Xun was eating with Su Xun, seeing Su Xun frowning, he guessed that Su Xun had something on his mind.
"Do you have something on your mind?"
Su Cheng understood Su Xun's temperament, until Su Xun didn't like his own people's whimsical talk with their own people, so he asked straightforwardly.
Su Xun did not conceal Su Cheng's family either, as the bamboo tube pours beans, and told Su Cheng's appointment of Kou Ji today and the difficulties he is about to face.
After listening to Su Xun's narration, Su Cheng not only did not frown with Su Xun, but said with a shocked expression: "Do you think what your husband gave you is a chore?"
Su Xun saw Su Cheng's face in shock, and asked suspiciously, "Otherwise?"
Su Cheng sighed: "The concubine feels that your husband has given you a lot of wealth."
"Great wealth?"
Su Xun looked stunned.
Su Cheng nodded, and whispered softly: "There are many doorways in this business field, you don't know it is not surprising. Mr. Bohai Mansion will be handed over to you for all the business taxes, which is just one thing. Great wealth.
If you dare to avoid the merchant tax on all transactions in Bohai Mansion, many maritime merchants in the Song Dynasty will go to Bohai Mansion to do business. "
Su Xun stared at Su Cheng without a word, and waited for her to follow along.
Su Cheng stared at Su Xun and asked, "The imperial court's commercial tax is twenty one tax. Do you know this?"
Su Xun nodded.
Although he doesn't know how to do business, he understands various taxes of the court.
He has been serving as a magistrate for the rest of the time except for the year he translated the book. If he doesn't understand taxation, he can easily be deceived by the people below.
For this reason, he had studied hard before going into office.
Seeing Su Xun nodding, Su Cheng continued: "But the commercial tax of twenty one tax is only set by the court. In fact, the commercial tax that falls on the merchants is much higher than this.
The imperial court set up the Metropolitan Commercial Taxation Yard in Bianjing City, and also established commercial taxation offices in other prosperous prefectures.
All the official yamen that collect taxes add up to only a thousand.
Most of the time, these thousands of tax-collecting offices are in charge of taxes on government-run sales of salt, iron, and wine.
In addition, taxes on the cloth, mule and horse markets are also under their control.
But only in Guanshi.
Outside the official city, they almost don't care. "
Su Xun raised his brow when he heard this, and said solemnly, "Aren't there many businessmen evading taxes?"
Su Cheng did not answer Su Xun’s question, but continued: “Because the imperial court manages only a thousand places for commercial taxation, and the imperial court has over a thousand counties, there are many places that cannot be taken care of.
And because the government's government administration of commercial tax only manages the commercial tax of some specific businesses, there are many commercial taxes that the court cannot collect directly.
In view of this, the imperial court implemented a way of selling, selling the remaining commercial tax collection power to the local wealthy.
When the wealthy and big family collect taxes, they use the rule of ten taxes.
Therefore, the imperial court used the rule of twenty taxes and one tax on the surface, but secretly used the rule of ten taxes and one tax.
With this method, the wealthy and powerful people eliminated dissidents and win over the hearts of the people, and almost controlled everything in the place in their own hands.
Therefore, you can easily find it locally, and the locals are full of rich and powerful businesses.
Moreover, local people with large surnames occupy nearly 80% of the local business.
Therefore, when doing business locally, the most important thing you need to get is the power to collect taxes.
Every year, when the business and taxation yamen of all parts of the imperial court threw off this power, it was the time when the competition was fiercest.
The money to sell power may not cost much, but the money secretly stuffed into yamen and officials is staggering.
Some people make a lot of money by virtue of this power.
Some people have lost their fortune because of this power.
Others are overwhelmed by this power.
So if you implement a tax exemption decree in Bohai Prefecture, I believe there are many businessmen who cannot survive and are willing to settle down in Bohai Prefecture.
There are also some maritime merchants who will go to Bohai Mansion to complete large-scale transactions.
As long as your Bohai Mansion has issued a tax collection document, they will be able to avoid the squeeze of the wealthy and powerful people in other places. "
After hearing Su Cheng's words, Su Xun looked very ugly and said, "The power to collect business taxes has become a business?"
Su Cheng nodded, "It's a business. Didn't you ask me just now, did anyone evade tax by doing this? The concubine will tell you.
Yes, there are many.
As long as it is a wealthy family with the power to collect commercial taxes, they do not need to pay taxes for a whole year.
Some people with big business, they threw away the power of collecting business taxes, the main purpose is to make money by not paying taxes, but it is only secondary. "
Su Xun said with a gloomy face: "No wonder Du Fu would say that Zhumen's wine and meat are stinky, and there are frozen bones in the road."
Su Cheng hesitated for a while, and said, "The Du family where Du Fu is located is also considered to be the Zhu Sect, and you and I are also considered to be the Zhu Sect."
Su Xun's face turned dark for an instant.
Su Cheng continued: "Since Mr. Bohai has given you the power of taxation, you have the final say on how to collect taxes in Bohai Prefecture.
The benefits are beyond your imagination.
So with the power of taxation, you can easily bring in a large number of businessmen for Bohai.
It is also easy to buy a lot of food through their hands. "
Su Xun seemed to have not heard Su Cheng's words, gritted his teeth and said: "There is a problem with the court's commercial tax laws."
Su Cheng was stunned when he heard the words, and hurriedly said to Su Xun: "Husband, don't mess around. You Dao is not in its place and do not seek its own government. The benefits involved behind the commercial and tax laws are so huge that you can't even imagine.
If you declare this to the court, regardless of whether the court justifies or ignores it, you will be targeted by all the wealthy and powerful people in the world.
The rich and powerful are based on the world, one is the official, and the other is the business.
For most of the big wealthy families, some of them are officials and some of them are in business, and they almost complement each other.
Once you are missed, your official career with your father-in-law will be over. I am afraid that Jingxian and Shi'er will also be implicated in their official careers.
My Cheng family’s business may also be suppressed in various ways. "
Su Cheng mentioned Su Jingxian and Su Shi, and Su Xun's eyes suddenly appeared worried.
The Su family's heirs were a little uncomfortable.
Su Cheng's first child gave birth to a baby girl, who died shortly after her birth.
The second child also gave birth to a daughter, some of whom were born with deficiencies, which is a medicine jar.
The third child gave birth to a boy, Su Jiada Lang Su Jingxian.
It's just that Su Jingxian's situation is a bit wrong, and now he is also ill.
The fourth child gave birth to another daughter. In order to avoid her midway death, Su Xun didn't dare to give an official name.
I don't know if it is because there is no official name, or because of God's blessing, Su Ba Niang is healthy.
The fifth child was Su Shi. Su Xun was transferred to the prefecture of Ruzhou, and when he left home with Su Cheng, the little guy was only five months old.
If it weren't for a nurse at home, I'm afraid Su Xun would have to take Su Shi to take office.
Because Su Shi is too young, so far there is no problem.
However, the children in front of them either died prematurely or were born with deficiencies, and then acquired serious illnesses.
So Su Xun was very worried.
Kou Ji didn't know about this. If Kou Ji knew about this, he would definitely pinch Su Xun to death with the corner of his eye. By the way, taking Su Xun and his wife as an example, he would do some popular science for his children.
Tell your children, the fifteen-year-old bad boy, who harms the 14-year-old girl, will give birth to a child that will not have a good result.
Of course, the marriage of Su Xun and Su Cheng was not a special case in the Song Dynasty.
On the contrary, it is very common.
Most of the men and women in the Song Dynasty were married and had children at this age.
It is precisely because of this that the mortality rate of children born is very high.
After all, two people who have not yet developed a healthy body and bones will certainly not have good results if they marry and have children together.
However, most of the Song people, including Su Xun, did not know this at all.
So they always attribute the death of their children to God.
I feel that God did not give them the opportunity to be parents.
In fact, they are all doing evil themselves.
Su Xun thought of his heirs, and his ambition for justice became much less.
He stared at Su Cheng with a wry smile and said, "You are right, we are also Zhumen. If the court is really invoking the tax laws, we will also suffer.
Maybe we won't be able to live a life of good food and clothing in the future.
It's also right to say'not in the position, not seeking political affairs', I'm just a prefect of Bohai Prefecture who has not yet taken office.
It is called the prefect, and the people under its jurisdiction are just a little bit larger than the states in the hinterland of the Song Dynasty.
So I am at most a large Zhizhou.
I just need to find a way to feed the people under my control.
The issue of commercial taxation laws is something that Mr.'s central ministers only worry about.
Only people like Mr. dare to touch the business tax law. "
Su Cheng felt that there seemed to be a sense of injustice in Su Xun's heart, and when he felt distressed, he reminded him aloud: "If the husband feels the resentment in his chest is uncomfortable, he can tell him about it.
If the husband handles this matter in the future, it can be regarded as the husband's contribution. "
Su Xun looked at Su Cheng and sighed, "I don't want to harm Mr. Mr.. To offend all the big names in the world, the officials may not be able to hold it, let alone Mr.
My husband has done a lot for me since he was an official.
My husband can have today, and my husband should be the first.
If the husband can live forever, he will definitely be able to do a lot for me.
So I can’t tell your husband about this, let him offend and be targeted. "
When Su Cheng heard this, his expression was a little sad and said: "It's the concubine who has failed to speak..."
Su Xun shook his head and said, "Don't blame you..."
After a pause, Su Xun hushed: "I hope that one day, my husband will have the power to change this world and return the world to a bright future."
Su Cheng nodded obediently.
After Su Xun sighed, he looked at Su Cheng and said, "You write a letter to Lao Taishan and ask him to buy a batch of grain and ship it to Bohai Mansion by sea."