Hearing this, Kou Ji felt mixed.
If Kou Ji knew that Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu, Han Qi and others were all great talents, I'm afraid he would shout the word'arrogant' without hesitation.
After all, through Fan Zhongyan's narration, Kou Ji can clearly feel that Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu, Han Qi and others feel that the senior officials in the DPRK are inferior to them.
A gang of people in charge of a decision made by a superpower’s important minister is judged by them as naive, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are arrogant.
However, Kou Ji knew that Fan Zhongyan and others were telling the truth.
Because the times have changed.
Kou Zhun couldn't understand the current state of affairs and the future direction of the Song Dynasty.
Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, Chen Yaozuo, Li Zhaoliang, Wang Shu and others may not understand it.
Most of them are just using their previous knowledge of the place to handle official duties.
But the place now is very different from before.
The reform of the military system has enriched the local forces.
Local officials can do many things with the help of soldiers and horses.
The road reform to the government system combined the previous government and road agencies, and many functions have undergone tremendous changes.
What local officials have to do has also changed.
The functions of local officials have changed even more.
Many previous decrees are no longer suitable for use.
Coupled with the continuous migration of the people by the imperial court, it made time for the abject local people and the poor people in many places.
The local food chain is missing one layer, maintaining local stability and maintaining local production, and changes have also taken place.
These large and small changes will be a huge change when they are brought together.
This huge change is not yet obvious, only the local sense organs clearly feel it.
As time goes on, the impact of changes is getting bigger.
At that time, the Dagongong in the court hall could feel it.
The Song Dynasty's way of governing the world by guarding the ancestral system has long been unsuitable for the current Song Dynasty.
Many people may question how the princes who hold the great power in the court may not notice the changes that have taken place in the locality.
That's because the changes in Song Dynasty were too fast, too fast, and there was no time for the kings who held the power to react.
More importantly, these changes are subtle.
Before the change has caused great harm, it will not arouse the attention of the princes in the court.
Even if one or two people's attention is drawn, they will silently assume that they don't exist before they can't solve these problems.
For example, Ma Zheng in the early Song Dynasty.
After the conclusion of the contract, there was erosion. Many people saw it, but no one spoke.
When he couldn't hide, Xiang Minzhong played the court and asked the court to sell a large part of the old and inferior horses kept by the court to the people.
Alleviated Ma Zheng's erosion.
However, the problems of Da Song Mazheng have not been cured.
It wasn't until Kou Ji opened up the huge horse farm in Hexi for Song Dynasty that the Song Dynasty's Ma Zheng was relieved to a certain extent.
Later, the Song Dynasty conquered the countries and destroyed them. After acquiring many horse pastures, the defects in the Song Dynasty horse policy were completely resolved.
Kou Ji stared at Fan Zhongyan and said, "Since you know the local problems, why don't you give it to the court?"
Fan Zhongyan coughed dryly and said loudly: "It's useful to play it? They don't understand it!"
Kou Ji looked at Fan Zhongyan in amazement.
Fan Zhongyan hurriedly explained: "These are the original words of Su Xun. The students are just speaking in Su Xun's tone."
Kou Ji glanced at Fan Zhongyan and said dumbfounded: "It is indeed Su Xun's style..."
After a pause, Kou Ji said again: "But even so, you should also play the court. It is precisely because the princes in the court do not understand or understand, you should tell them the changes in the place to make them clear. The place of recognition.
Only in this way can they formulate reasonable government orders. "
Hearing this, Fan Zhongyan's face darkened, and he sighed slightly: "The student is the first to play, and the reply he got is nothing to do.
Others have played it too, but it didn't attract attention at all. "
Kou Ji pondered and asked, "Where are the others besides you?"
Fan Zhongyan sighed again, and said, "Apart from the people who came out of your door, only officials from Wenchang Academy and officials who have been to Hexi have played this story.
Most of the remaining officials are pretending to be deaf and dumb.
The problems that occur in our regions are different.
After playing to the court, almost all of them were beaten back.
Only then two or three were adopted.
But they are all things that are not painful or itchy, or have very intuitive achievements. "
Kou Ji didn't blindly believe in Fan Zhongyan's words, but stared at Fan Zhongyan and asked: "You have all played something, talk about it carefully."
Fan Zhongyan nodded and said: "Su Xun once asked the court to set up a tax office on the coast of Bohai Mansion to collect taxes on passing ships.
The imperial court did not agree, but asked Su Xun to sell the merchant's taxation rights of merchant ships in accordance with the usual practice. "
Hearing this, Kou Ji narrowed his eyes slightly, and said: "Bohai Palace has now been managed by Su Xun as a hub to various parts of Liaoning. There are countless boats and merchants passing by.
The daily business tax that can be received is a huge number. "
Fan Zhongyan nodded heavily and said, "Su Xun said, when the autumn grain enters the warehouse, there are hundreds of large ships going to and from Bohai Prefecture every day.
Tens of thousands of commercial taxes can be collected.
If the imperial court set up a tax office in the port of Bohai Prefecture, it would be less likely to collect more than 3 million guans of business tax every year. "
The people in Liao are now small landlords. With the help of the criminals in Liao, they can cultivate a huge amount of land every year.
They don’t use much what is produced on their land.
Most of them were replaced by money and things.
Therefore, whether it is selling food or buying goods, the quantity is huge.
The port of Bohai Prefecture is by far the only place where taxes can be reduced or exempted in Liaodi, and it is also the only port in Liaodi, which naturally attracts business people.
After all, although the waterway is slow, the cost is extremely low.
For the same batch of food, by land, a large number of mules, horses, wooden carts, manpower, and the cost of eating and chewing are required. It also costs to pass the checkpoint along the way.
If you take the waterway, one boat and a group of rowers are enough. What you need to spend is only some food for people to eat, and nothing else.
You know, when on the road, mules and horses eat more than people, and sometimes they eat more money than people.
When encountering difficult roads, it is also prone to great damage.
Ships are also damaged, but the probability is far smaller than that of travelling.
Therefore, the port set up by Su Xun in Bohai Mansion is definitely the most favorite place for businessmen and the most willing place for businessmen to go.
For a port hub involving tens of millions of people in business, the business tax revenue per year is naturally a huge number.
Su Xun estimated three million Guans, which are all conservative estimates.
After all, there are many glamorous luxury goods in Liaodi. Luxury goods are often light in weight and high in value. Naturally, they can receive more taxes.
For example, ginseng from Liao, Dongzhu, fur of rare and exotic animals, precious wood and so on.
Some people may question that the only people in Liaodi who own property are the people of the Song Dynasty, and they have no property for crimes. Therefore, they do not participate in the sale and cannot stimulate consumption.
It can only be said that you underestimated the importance of the people of Song Dynasty to labor.
In the Song Dynasty, especially when the farming was busy, cows, horses, mules, etc. ate better than people.
If the main labor force in the family eats a lot when the farm is busy, other people are likely to be hungry.
If the people of the Song Dynasty want to cultivate with those crimes, they will surely let them eat and wear warmth.
Some people may also provide them with the opportunity to have children, allowing them to add labor to their families.
Even people with a good heart will regard those crimes for contributing to their own family as their own people.
So many of them will definitely spend money to buy a lot of daily-use things for those criminals.
Before they completely become the old wealth of the landlords, they will maintain considerable kindness to the first batch of heroes under their hands.
Only after they become the landlord’s wealth and enjoy the benefits of exploitation, they will enter the level of exploitation.
Therefore, Su Xun's estimated tax revenue of more than three million tons will only be more, not less.
Is it such a huge group of wealth that the court turned a blind eye to it
Is the court floating
Or did the people from the household department float away
Kou Ji sighed and said: "This matter is indeed the court's fault..."
Fan Zhongyan saw that Kou Ji recognized that the court was wrong, and continued: "In order to enrich the people of Shaanxi Prefecture, students set up many workshops in Shaanxi Prefecture.
In order to prevent the big family of Shaanxi Province from using the business tax power to suppress the workshops that the people depend on for survival, the students asked to set up a tax bureau in Shaanxi Province to take back the business tax power of the rich.
But the court turned down the students with no such precedent.
They even issued documents to the subordinate officials, so that the subordinate officials would not lead the people to practice low-level jobs, and let the people go back to work in agriculture with peace of mind.
If they have fields to cultivate, and get everything from the fields, they can use the grains produced in the fields to feed themselves and wear warmth. Why would the students bother to let them practice low-level karma
Don’t students know that in the Song Dynasty, the business status is far lower than the agricultural status
They can't get enough to eat, they want to occupy the mountain as the king, and they want to gather people to rebel
Does it make sense to mention anything about business and agriculture
Could it be that they become bandits before the court realizes that they can't get enough food? "
Kou Ji sighed and said quietly: "This matter is also wrong with the court..."
Fan Zhongyan said again: "At the ancient Meng Mansion, Zhang Fangping asked the court to transfer a batch of tree species from Hexi Mansion. He wanted to follow the example of Li Gong and lead the people of the ancient Meng Mansion to plant trees and cultivate.
But the court actually asked Zhang Fangping to negotiate with Li Gong himself.
Li Gong told Zhang Fangping that Hexi had gone through a great battle before, and many trees had been destroyed.
People might not be happy to provide Zhang Fangping with tree seeds free of charge.
So let Zhang Fangping give him something more or less, so he can give the people an explanation.
But the Gu Meng mansion where Zhang Fangping was located was very poor. He had a bad background and couldn't do it by himself.
Zhang Fangping was doing things for the court, not for himself.
With such a small amount of money, the court was unwilling to give it away, so Zhang Fangping was left to figure out a solution.
Had it not been for Wen Yanbo to lend Zhang Fangping some money, Zhang Fangping would probably take the people of Gumeng Mansion out to grab it.
If he really did this, the court would benefit, and the people of Gumeng Mansion would benefit, but he himself would be beheaded to show the public.
Because he led the people out as bandits without the permission of the court, and should be beheaded. "
Kou Ji slowly closed his eyes, took a deep breath, opened his eyes again, and said: "The court needs loyal ministers and good generals, and hopes to rule all loyal ministers and good generals, but when things happen, they will push down. All were forced to become rebellious ministers.
This matter is not right by the court. "
After Kou Ji said this, he looked at Fan Zhongyan and said, "Is there anything else to say?"
Fan Zhongyan sighed for a long time, and said, "There is too much to say, and there are so many examples to cite. I am afraid that the students will not be able to say it all day or night.
The students and others are now waiting for your husband to raise your arms, so that you can follow your command and do a vigorous event. "
Kou Ji opened his mouth, and just about to speak, he heard Fan Zhongyan say again: "If you linger, there will be several of the students who will resign... and some will go by themselves!"
Kou Ji instantly swallowed the words that came to his lips, then glared at Fan Zhongyan, and said grimly: "Your husband is only a year old, and there are still dozens of years to go to the tomb.
I'm not dead yet, you want to replace me as a chess player, do you think too much? "
Fan Zhongyan laughed in a low voice, "If the husband doesn't make his head, the students can only offend. When the husband taught the students and others in Hexi, he said.
Sir, what you most uphold is the creed of the mediocre and the inferior.
The students are not as good as the husband, but they are much better than the others. "
Kou Ji raised his eyebrows and said: "So confident?"
Fan Zhongyan straightened up slowly and said unceremoniously: "Students and others dare not say that they are better than the Dagongong in the court, but the students and others dare to assert that the students and the others are more than the Dagongong in the court. Understand Da Song."
Kou Ji smiled and said, "Know better than me?"
Fan Zhongyan hesitated for a while, and laughed in a low voice: "Students and others are better at managing places than their husbands."
Kou Ji couldn't laugh or cry: "You guys, it's just bullying me that I don't have the experience of being a foreigner. But compared to governing a place, it's not always the one who wins and who wins."
Fan Zhongyan smiled and didn't say ha.
Kou Ji sighed: "Although the Dagongongs at the court do not know the place as well as you, there are still advantages to the Gunguns at the court.
In the event of a major event, the Gungun guilds in the court are as stable as Mount Tai, but you may not.
Just like Su Xun, when I promoted him to the prefect of Bohai Prefecture, he didn't dare to ask for it.
In the end, he asked me for a Bao Zheng, and then reluctantly rushed to take up his post.
Wen Yanbo, Zhang Fangping, Han Qi and others have too little qualifications.
Even if he enters the city of Bianjing as an official, it is difficult to control a group of officials.
Among all of you, you are qualified.
To be an official in the court, not only depends on ability, but also on seniority and merit.
If all of you have failed to achieve an inch of merit and have little qualifications, and you just enter the dynasty based on your ability, the people above may not say anything.
But the people below must be dissatisfied.
You feel that your ability is not low, and the people below also feel that your ability is not low.
Is the court going to set up a ring for you when the people below refuse to accept you? "
When Fan Zhongyan heard this, he had no words.
If it were before, he would definitely say "what's wrong" without hesitation, but now he would not say that.
Because everything done in the court is related to the livelihood of thousands of people.
The imperial court set up an arena for two officials to slay, and one teaches the superior, seemingly able to elect talents for the imperial court.
But what about the people underneath
Are they childish
They are a life, not a bargaining chip at the gambling table.
Nor can it be used for competition.
Most people who can put the people on the gambling table have no people in their hearts.
People who don't have the people in their hearts, why should they be the parents of the people
Seeing Fan Zhongyan's silence, Kou Ji knew that Fan Zhongyan had understood what he said. He said with emotion: "People must have awe in their hearts, and officials should have them even more.
The awe in the hearts of officials is not the officials, but the people.
So you are more confident, I appreciate it, but you must not take the lives of the people as a trifling matter.
You can be an official in the dynasty, but they still lack some.
It has to be experienced.
Like Su Xun, I have to serve as two prefects for me. "
Fan Zhongyan recognized Kou Ji's words in his heart, but thinking of Su Xun's arrogant words when he wrote to himself, he couldn't help saying: "I'm afraid that Su Xun is unhappy..."
Kou Ji glanced at Fan Zhongyan, and said indifferently: "What is he not happy about? A prefect of Bohai Prefecture made him forget about it
I'm now helping him find a household book, is he sitting securely? Can you hold it
Tens of thousands of tens of thousands of dollars of money flowed through his eyes every day, can he reasonably spend every penny where it should be spent? "
These words do not need Su Xun to answer, Fan Zhongyan can answer for him.
Fan Zhongyan shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "I'm afraid he can't..."
Let alone Su Xun, even if it is Fan Zhongyan, it is not an easy task to arrange tens of thousands of thousands of dollars in a reasonable manner.
Kou Ji snorted coldly: "Since you can't, just settle in the place obediently, don't go too far. You communicate with them often, and you tell them what I have said.
If they could let the place under rule surpass Jiangning Mansion.
What do they want, what do I give.
If it can't, then let me lie on my stomach.
When I use them and when they are qualified, I will naturally send them to Beijing. "
"Exceeding Jiangning Mansion? It's impossible!"
Fan Zhongyan said with a look of astonishment.
Kou Ji glanced at Fan Zhongyan and said, "Gu Meng Mansion and Langxie Mansion may not have a chance, but Bohai Mansion must have a chance. It depends on how Su Xun did it."
A commercial hub that communicates thousands of miles of territory, and a commercial transit station that communicates more than half of the Song Dynasty, the potential of which is endless.
Jiangning Mansion is certainly prosperous.
But Jiangning Mansion has reached a bottleneck.
The development of Bohai Mansion has just begun.
Fan Zhongyan didn't quite believe Kou Ji's words, and shook his head: "Although there are many merchants in Bohai Mansion nowadays, few merchants have moved to Bohai Mansion.
What Bohai Mansion can see is the floating wealth, not the money that has taken root. "
Kou Ji stared at Fan Zhongyan and said, "Then if I allow Su Xun to open a tax office in Bohai Prefecture, by the way, let Yizijiaozipu establish a branch in Bohai Prefecture?"
Fan Zhongyan was taken aback for a moment, silently calculated, and hurriedly said: "The Bohai Mansion is expected to surpass Jiangning Mansion in terms of business tax. But fundamentally, it is still a bit worse than Jiangning Mansion."
Kou Ji said indifferently: "The only difference is the education and the background. The background can only accumulate slowly, but I can help him with the education.
As long as enlightenment and year-end harvest are up, the accumulation of background will be fast. "
Fan Zhongyan said solemnly: "Most people in Bohai Mansion are criminals, and it will take more than ten years to achieve the results of the promotion of education. It is impossible to compare the accumulation of Jiangning Mansion for hundreds of years."
Kou Ji smiled and said, "It's man-made, it depends on how Su Xun did it."
Fan Zhongyan looked at Kou Ji suspiciously.
Kou Ji smiled and said, "Many of the books you have translated have not yet been published. If Su Xun wants them, I can make them available in advance."
Fan Zhongyan said in horror: "In those books, there are many things that go against the saint's words. If it is spread out, it will be terrible.
Su Xun will probably be the target of public criticism. "
Kou Jishi laughed and said: "The living people can still suffocate their urine? Find a way to link them with the sage's speech, and then find some great scholars to endorse it, saying that it was researched from the sage's speech, and spread it under the name of the sage. Isn't it okay
If it doesn't work, I'll say it was written by my little Kou.
I'm also a rare talent in the Song Dynasty anyhow, writing one or two more powerful books, isn't it too much? "
Fan Zhongyan's mouth twitched, "Is that one or two?"
Kou Ji laughed and said: "Those enlightenment books can be classified under my name. The remaining derived things can be attributed to your name.
You are my students. You have researched some different things from my book, isn't it too much? "
Fan Zhongyan said with a look of shame: "But that is a book written by Western Confucian scholars. If we are an impostor, will it be too..."
As a scholar, there is a serious resistance to plagiarizing the works of others.
Kou Ji smiled and said: "You are worrying too much. We also want to let the knowledge spread better. We also want to let the people know how broad the world's knowledge is.
When people of the future know this, they will only praise us for our good intentions.
As for outsiders accusing us of plagiarism, who cares
Do you still want those outsiders to regard you as holy? "
Fan Zhongyan shook his head decisively.
joke.
In Fan Zhongyan's eyes, those people were barbarians.
Who wants to be a sage for the barbarian
That would have to fail in the Song Dynasty before going to the barbarians to rule the king and dominate.
"Then it's over?"
"It can be replaced by an impostor. It is really difficult for students to accept it."
"Then you don't admit it, don't deny it, it's over if you don't. It's really anxious to be asked, it can be said that I wrote it."
"Sir really..."
"Cheeky, right?"
Kou Ji asked with a smile.
Fan Zhongyan smiled dryly, "The student didn't say anything."
Kou Ji said contemptuously: "But that's what you think."