During these days, the emperor rarely went to court. He took the ministers of the two palaces to discuss matters in his imperial study every day. From morning to late at night, he would eat here every day, and sometimes he would close his eyes and rest on the spot after lunch break, and then start discussing again.

Finally, a result was discussed, which was highly summarized in the emperor's words: If you want to be rich, build roads first! Abolish corvee and then abolish taxes!

After being pulled by the emperor and forcibly instilled various strange ideas in the house, the heads of the two husbands also changed a little when they came back. It seemed that the emperor said.

Basically, seven points proposed by the emperor more than half a month ago:

The first one is the strategy of enriching the country and strengthening the army. That is to say, to make the national treasury and the army stronger, tax and military systems need to be redefined.

One of the very unreliable military systems of the Northern Song Dynasty was the law of re-garrison: the imperial guards were stationed in the capital and the outside counties, and the inside and outside were rotated, and they returned to the capital regularly, so it was called the law of re-garrison.

The garrison troops were also given the title of garrison, garrison, and food.

Usually, the garrison troops in Jingdong, Jingxi, Hebei, Hedong, Shaanxi, Jiangnan, Huainan, Liangzhe, Jinghu, Chuanxia, ​​Guangdong and other places will be rotated for three years.

The troops who go out to guard the border and harsh conditions will be rotated for half a year.

The imperial court temporarily appointed the garrison commanders, which caused the soldiers to be inactive and the generals to be inactive and easy to control.

Although this method is beneficial to preventing the autocracy of the generals, it weakens the combat effectiveness of the army.

Fortunately, during the reign of Emperor Shenzong of Song Dynasty, the law of the garrison was abolished.

However, the century-long accumulated problems brought about by the law of Gengguan have not been eliminated and have been affecting the present.

Zhao Huan means to divide the country into several major war zones: Yanyun War Zone, Northwest War Zone, Southeast War Zone, Southwest War Zone and Central War Zone.

Each of the five major war zones is equipped with the highest general, called the Strategic Commander. The Strategic Commander is no longer a temporary appointment, but a long-term position. Two Strategic Commander are also equipped to assist the Strategic Commander in managing the War Zone.

It is called assisting in management, but in fact it is mutual constraints. Why are there two? It is too easy to overturn one deputy envoy, so the difficulty of two envoys is greatly increased.

The deputy envoy has great power, not a simple deputy. The power of commanding the military is in the hands of the deputy. After the military power is declared to the court by the military envoy, the Privy Council and the emperor will be approved by the Privy Council and the emperor to continue to be enforced.

Each theater is equipped with five armies, each standing army has 10,000 troops, each army has three generals, and each general has three commanders, and the commander has a capital, with a unit of hundreds of people.

The Strategic Envoy can declare the number of recruits to the court based on the war, and the emperor and the Privy Council will release the recruitment after the emperor issued the documents.

Only then did Zhao Huan, the arbitrary emperor, personally felt the importance of military power. In this regard, the power of the prime minister still had a certain role in the imperial power. For example, recruiting and sending troops must also pass through the Privy Council.

By the Ming Dynasty, it was very different, and Zhu Yuanzhang gathered all the power in one.

In order to consolidate the emperor's strength, the emperor was not only the highest head of state and the herdsman of the Heavenly Heaven, but also was awarded the position of Supreme Commander of the National War Zone. This was what Zhao Huan forced his husband to agree. In other words, at any time, the appointment of the five major war zone strategic envoys was finalized. When marching and fighting, he directly obeyed the emperor's dispatch and appointment.

In the words of historians, the Jingkang New Policy's reform of military and political affairs was full of magnitude. In addition to the identity of the common ruler of the world, the emperor also had the identity of the highest military commander, which marked the growth of militarism in the Song Dynasty and herald the arrival of the era of expansion.

This greatly weakened the power of the Privy Council. The emperor used means to strengthen the imperial power again and gradually began to undermine the Western Prefecture.

The second article is to promote population, and population is a strategic resource in later generations, not to mention in ancient times.

At that time, the Song Dynasty had a population of 126 million, which was the most populous country on this planet, but Zhao Huan felt that it was still not enough. The more population, the better. There must be more places to accommodate the population. If the Central Plains could not fit, they would colonize Southeast Asia. If Southeast Asia was full, they would go west to the Mesopotamian Basin. When the Mesopotamian Basin was full, they would continue to go west, transnational Asia Minor, cross Constantinople, march into Europe, or take a boat across the Pacific Ocean and enter the Americas.

Anyway, this planet is big enough, the more people the better.

The whimsical Zhao Huan proposed to abolish the tax system of the poll tax to alleviate the economic pressure caused by having children among the people, and abolish all kinds of harsh and miscellaneous taxes, completely releasing the vitality of ordinary civilians.

At the same time, it is strictly forbidden for people to kill infants and those who kill infants in the country to cope with each other!

The Chinese have had a fine tradition of inheriting the family line since ancient times. Infant killing in the Song Dynasty is now very common, because there are too many counties and various harsh taxes, and ordinary civilians cannot raise a child at all.

This aroused strong opposition from my husbands. If these were abolished in one go, the tax collection would be reduced by 20%. According to the fiscal revenue of 80 million guan last year, 20% would be 16 million guan, which is a huge amount.

When he thought that this number would be erased from the fiscal revenue, Zhou Chao, the Minister of Revenue and the envoy of the Third Session of the Ministry of Revenue, jumped. He almost blushed and shouted with a thick neck. The other husbands really sweated for the sake of this official family. This official is different from being in charge. Zhou Chao, you are trying to die!

Unexpectedly, Zhao Huan was not angry, but smiled and comforted the Zhou Dynasty. Don’t care about this little money. Zhou Dynasty became even more excited. It’s still a little money! The emperor usually doesn’t know how much pressure the labor and capital are if you don’t look at the financial statements, right?

The atmosphere was very tense now, but the emperor was still patiently explaining to Zhou Dynasty, calculating the emperor's account.

Now my husbands find it strange. Emperor, have you always liked to threaten people with a knife? Why did you suddenly change your temper today? Your brain is wafting?

In fact, when Zhao Huan first came, he threatened the ministers in the court. So he was forced to do so. Wanyan Zongwang was beaten to the city, and some unreliable messing sticks were still whispering in the court. If you don’t chop a few people, how can you express your determination to the people of the world?

The situation is different now. If the emperor wants to reorganize, he needs these ministers to help him do things. Of course, he must start to be more patient. Moreover, the Zhou Dynasty argued over official affairs and was for the good of the country. Zhao Huan was angry about this matter. Who dares to tell the truth in the future?

Therefore, getting angry is not for getting angry or killing people, but for establishing principles. The emperor's words and deeds are seen by the ministers. The ministers must know that the emperor is not angry if he doesn't follow the emperor's will, but is angry if he is harmful to the country.

Now everyone's originally tense heart gradually relaxed and became a little bolder. They even started arguing with the emperor on some issues, but they also knew the emperor's bottom line. The problem with the emperor's bottom line is that they would never argue with the emperor.

Gradually, the ministers actually had a tacit understanding with the emperor.

Regarding the abolition of the poll tax and the harsh taxes, the husbands in the house were divided into two factions, led by the Zhou Dynasty, and firmly opposed the abolition of the poll tax and the harsh taxes.

However, Li Gang was the leader, and Tang Ke also agreed.

In the end, the emperor made a compromise decision, with a maximum period of two years. When the marine trade and the emerging commercial banks in the court showed good momentum, the poll tax and miscellaneous taxes must be abolished immediately.

Now the husbands agree.

Then the question is, this will be a huge test for the court's business.
Chapter completed!