Chapter 465 Print Money for Me
Minister of Revenue Du Fan introduced the current prices and compared them with the county magistrate's salary. He believed that the pension for soldiers killed in battle was too low and should be adjusted.
Everyone agrees that the pension increase is inappropriate, but some people still think that it is too fast. Take the soldiers in the army for example. The pension standards last year and this year are so different. Will the families of soldiers have objections and make a scene at the government to demand an explanation?
Later, Fan Zhong proposed to increase the standard by 110 strings of cash this year, adjusting it to 410 strings of cash; and to give a subsidy of 50 strings of cash to the families of soldiers who died in battle last year; the Ministry of Revenue should issue another document, requiring all localities to visit the families of soldiers who died in battle for the country over the years, register the families who are extremely poor and in difficulty, and then give a subsidy of 30 strings of cash. How about that?
Zhao Yulin was very surprised by Fan Zhong's careful arrangements for pensions and subsidies. He looked at Mr. Fan, and Mr. Fan was also looking at him.
Seeing Ma Ling'er, who was sitting behind Fan Zhong and smiling at him, he had guessed 80% of what was going on. He said with a smile that Mr. Fan's suggestion was very good and that we should plan and plan for the soldiers fighting on the front line. He fully agreed with the opinions of the gentlemen and agreed with Mr. Fan's method of clearing out and registering the families of the soldiers who had died in battle over the years and including them in the recipients of the Ministry of Households' year-end subsidies and relief.
Zhao Feiyan immediately decided to announce to the world the pension standards for disabled soldiers in the new Song Dynasty. The officials also spoke enthusiastically in agreement, believing that this was a major move by the court to care for soldiers.
Then, Zhao Feiyan stood up and said happily, "It's time to eat. You all must be tired after sitting for half a day. Let's talk about it after lunch."
Meng Gong immediately stood up and seconded the proposal, inviting everyone to the back hall for dinner.
Zhao Yulin walked over and sat next to Meng Gong and said that the anti-Mongol soldiers in Jiangdong should not be forgotten. We should not forget all the soldiers who participated in the anti-Mongol war and the wars organized by the court.
Old Meng said cheerfully, "That's good, very good." He wanted to take Yu Gong to the Ministry of Revenue to talk about it. Meng Gong was very emotional. In the past, the Jiangdong Army was buried where they died in battle, and they got nothing. Those who survived could get a few bounties.
It’s different once you join the Shenwei Army. The imperial court will take care of everything from food, clothing, housing to transportation. Soldiers have an important position in society.
Zhao Yulin told Meng Gong that he would propose that new officials in the government should have one more requirement: they must have military experience and have served in the army for at least two years. They must first become a good soldier who is not afraid of death for the country and strictly abides by discipline before they can enter the court to work.
Meng Gong was overjoyed and thought this was a good idea, which would give soldiers supreme honor. There would definitely be more and more passionate men who would join the army and fight bravely on the front line.
Everyone took a short break and went back to continue the discussion: Mr. Qiu from the Ministry of Industry reported on the proposal to build handicraft industrial parks in Guanzhong, Xiangyang, Changsha and Jinling, and to relocate the mature new machinery sets from Sichuan and Shu.
This is the government-run industrial park that the New Song State is going to establish.
Everyone had no objection, so they asked if the Transportation Department had any money to spend.
Ma Linger told the officials openly that there was no need to worry, that the financial resources of the new Song Dynasty could support the expenses of the Ministry of Works. Lord Qiu was delighted and thanked Minister Ma Ling with a smile on his face, which made Ma Linger feel embarrassed.
Then, Yujie proposed water conservancy construction in various places.
Zhao Yulin suggested that the requirements for riverbank construction should be raised, and the prevention level of new riverbanks should be considered to prevent major floods that occur once every ten years or once every fifty years. A number of reservoirs and ponds should be gradually built to prevent droughts, so that our grain harvest will be more and more guaranteed.
When Yu Jie heard the word "prevention level," which was another new term in water affairs, he immediately wrote it down, and couldn't help but admire the Third Young Master's erudition and talent.
Seeing that the topic was concluded, Zhao Feiyan left the officials of the Central Council and Ma Ling of the Transport Department to continue discussing state affairs.
She said: You gentlemen had a very heated discussion just now, and Minister Ma kept talking about having money to spend. Do you gentlemen know if there is really enough money to spend this year?
Haha, so this is the key point.
Ma Ling, the Minister of Transport, spoke eloquently, detailing the issuance of paper money in the past three years, the opening of banks in various places, and the current inventory of silver coins, and proposed issuing an additional 50 million strings of paper money.
In this way, not only can all the expenses discussed today be met, but the national treasury will still be full of surplus.
Zhao Feiyan looked at the gentlemen happily and asked what they thought.
Of course these old guys were very happy. They all nodded and said yes, sure, let’s do it.
Meng Gong was deeply inspired by Qian Yin in Jiangdong. The Lin'an court opened up printing every year, and Qian Yin was still able to buy things. Chengdu only printed 50 million guan in two years, which was not much at all. Old Meng almost agreed with both hands, printing, opening the machine to print.
Later, Fan Zhong, Du Fan and others lined up to express their support for printing money.
Ma Ling'er was looking at him smugly from the side, and Zhao Yulin really wanted to raise his arms and shout: I'm going to go back and deal with you, you thief who betrayed your husband.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Zhao Feiyan said happily: Since you all agree, let's print five. Before , Zhao Yulin took over: Print five hundred million.
Everyone was immediately stunned, including Ma Linger, who was familiar with finance and looked at him blankly.
Zhao Feiyan wanted to say 50 million, but this guy wanted to print 500 million in one go. Is he going to issue so many more?
Ma Linger concluded that he was just speaking in anger.
However, Zhao Yulin said seriously: We don't print 500 million and use them all at once . We have to calculate the cost of printing money. It takes a lot of effort to improve the manufacturing machines every time.
Everyone laughed immediately, especially Fan Zhong, who said meaningfully that every time money was printed, Yulin had to stay in seclusion to build the machine, which was really tiring.
The gentlemen smiled knowingly.
He said nonchalantly that it was all his duty. We selected the paper material, printed 500 million at a time and deposited them in the government treasury for gradual use. The new currency would be damaged after a long period of use and would need to be exchanged. The new recovered areas would also need to unify their currencies, so new currency would need to be made for backup. We would make 500 million and put them there.
As for this year, he agreed with the opinions of the gentlemen to increase the issuance of 50 million new coins, but the Transportation Department should prioritize the issuance of coins and avoid flooding the market with money, so as to minimize the impact on the market.
Ma Ling'er was happy to hear this.
As long as Zhao Yulin agrees to issue an additional 50 million, it will be fine.
She immediately said that she would first transfer the funds for disabled soldiers, as the families of soldiers would not spend all the money immediately after it was distributed. The second was to allocate funds for water conservancy construction from the Ministry of Water Resources, which had to be verified and transferred immediately because the dry winter season was approaching, and it was a good time to build water conservancy projects.
Finally, the expenses of the major handicraft parks of the Ministry of Industry are transferred.
With this arrangement, it is expected that 50 million newly issued coins will be put into use from the end of this year to the second half of next year.
Zhao Yulin saw that Ma Ling's explanation was well-reasoned and clear, so he smiled and applauded her. The gentlemen were still rejoicing about the silver in the new Song Dynasty, and they immediately woke up and followed Zhao Yulin in applauding.
He said that the New Song State had strong financial resources, and the Transportation Department had made an indelible contribution, but we also had to see the crisis here. Banks in various places had been established for some time, and we had to conduct a careful inspection to see if they were all doing things according to the rules we had set.
Are the accounting and physical items consistent?
Do our rules meet the business needs of today's society?
These are all things that need to be understood.
Everyone agreed immediately and agreed that playing with money was too important and must be closely monitored at all times.
Ma Linger immediately said that she would ask the Censorate to discuss the special inspection of the bank.
Zhao Feiyan immediately arranged for Hua Yue and Ma Ling to handle the national bank inspection . After she finished speaking, she stretched her body and shouted, "Let's go, everything has finally been settled."
Several old men immediately stood up and said goodbye with a smile, and shouted in a concerned tone that the king was tired and should rest early.
When he got home, Ma Ling'er asked him proudly how he was.
You all agree, how dare I object?
Please return to Cuiping Mountain as soon as possible to print money for me.
The immortal is really unreasonable. Zhao Yulin served the woman well and went back to Xuzhou to print new currency.
Ma Ling'er didn't hesitate and took Yang Jin to inspect Daojiang County...
The grassland royal court in Mobei is also discussing the matter.
The life of the Grassland Empress was not as comfortable as that of the New Song Queen.
Not long after she sat on the throne, a prince from the old camp in Liaodong led his troops to the royal court to argue with her about the authenticity of the imperial power, and seemed to want her to hand over power.
This prince is of the same generation as her old grandfather, a genius of his time, and has been entrenched in Liaodong for a long time, so his strength is extraordinary.
The empress was nervous. There were only a few teams that could fight right now. After the defeat in Lingzhou, she did not dare to withdraw troops from Mo Nan, so she had to send a letter to Mengge to come to the rescue.
Mengge was delighted. This was a great opportunity to demonstrate the strength of his Toure family. He immediately led 50,000 troops back to Mobei, leaving Hubili alone to guard the Central Plains.
Hubili was still advising his elder brother not to expect him to go south to rob and make money, and it would be good enough if he could hold on to the existing territory.
But Mengge didn't care. He was now obsessed with how to expand his power in the royal court and take back the Khan throne. He left with a word "see what happens" and returned to Taipei with Subudu.
The Queen of the Grassland is still struggling with how to reward Brother Da Meng. She must keep him working for the royal court.
She thought of her own helplessness, and then sighed about her own son. She had originally intended to send this son to the throne, but after a series of tricks, she ended up sitting on the throne herself.
After the empress sat on the throne, she immediately enjoyed the endless benefits and the comfort of being admired by thousands of people, and she was reluctant to get off. On the one hand, she hoped that her son and his friend would come back to help her soon, and on the other hand, she was thinking about how to trick her son into not being in a hurry and let her sit on the throne firmly.
The female official in front of the tent of the grassland empress told her: Your Majesty, our wolf-head knife coins are becoming less and less valuable in the Central Plains. Almost all southerners are now using the paper money of the New Song Dynasty, and even the historians in Zhending Prefecture have begun to store New Song coins and no longer use our knife coins to calculate taxes.
The empress snorted coldly and cursed these traitors for being unfaithful and unfilial. After drinking a mouthful of the bird's nest, she asked her what to do?
What should we do if we cannot collect taxes and have no money to reward the people of the grassland?
