The capital of the public party in the Tang Dynasty was naturally the government-run usury loan. The government selected some high-ranking households under their rule to pay the capital, and the profits were made every month, usually six cents or seven cents. This part of the income was generally used as the welfare of officials, such as monthly materials and class money.

Ultimate is an industry with huge profits, and it is also an official business, so it is even more profitable and has no risk at all. But even so, many places, including in Beijing Baisi, often have insufficient profits and even shortages in capital.

There are only a few situations in which either the officials are fed by themselves, or the government colludes with the rich households. Those former rich households, as intermediaries, have forced their capital to the poor households. Those poor households rely on nothing more than farming, weaving, and collecting, and they bear many burdens such as renting, mediocre adjustments, and then they are forced to add additional funds and will naturally go bankrupt.

In either case, it reflects that the official usury has its institutional flaws. So can it be directly abolished?

It is really impossible to abolish. First, this part of the income is an important supplementary part beyond the government's normal tax collection. Second, the government can also use this to suppress the wealthy families under its rule. Third, the usury does have its foundation at present. Even if the government withdraws from this market, there will naturally be powerful people, rich houses, temples, etc. join in to compete for the market.

Of course, there is another fundamental reason, that is, it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. Extra money enjoyment has become a habit, and interests are related to the entire bureaucratic group. It is not easy to abolish it directly.

Li Tong looked at the capital of the government and the government government, and he had such an idea since he was a long time ago. First, this matter itself is a miscellaneous matter beyond military and political affairs, second, it involves a lot of wealth and personnel, and there is a lot of room for operation, and third, it is also related to his grandmother's thoughts.

Although the capital of the government has a long history, it is not very expensive. It was once stopped during the Yonghui period of Emperor Gaozong. However, not long after, as Emperor Gaozong guided the border areas and built the Dongdu, he was unable to deal with this part of the additional expenses and had to give up control, and it spread rapidly from the original Beijing Baishi to the local area.

During the Yifeng period of Emperor Gaozong's late period, the condition became more and more serious. Wu Zetian, who was still the queen of heaven, also became more and more autocratic, and the conflict with Prince Li Xian became increasingly deeper and deeper.

In this case, Wu Zetian started to pay the company's capital and transferred to the payment by levying household tax. The purpose is naturally to concentrate this part of the power in his hands. If you want to be obedient, of course, you must first grab their wallets.

However, this situation did not last long. With Xu Jingye and King Li Zhen of Yue, and the pace of the Tang Dynasty's revolution became more and more rapid, in order to stabilize the people's hearts, they had to reduce the people's taxes, and also reward all officials with salary and miscellaneous money. At the same time, they had to make great contributions and hold ceremonies. They could only relax the ban.

So when Li Tong proposed that the government's capital could be included in the jurisdiction of the court, Wu Zetian was so interested and even took a look at a shameless attitude. Although she was the lord of the world, she was also trapped by money and was a bit irritable to buy it.

"The capital of all prefectures and counties is set from dozens to thousands of cranes. Although their respective amounts are not large, if you look at them in summary, there will be tens of thousands of cranes. If you do not examine the distance and the center, the force of the states will be doubled!"

Wu Zetian nodded after hearing this, and his eyes lit up at the same time.

For example, the capital spent today is different inside and outside. There are many government offices between the two capitals, so the government has a large amount of capital, with more than 200,000 yuan.

Specifically in local areas, the government agencies are scattered and not concentrated. In addition to the public agency's funds, there are also various other funds, including boats, vehicles, bridges, relief, etc., and they are placed when encountering problems.

The young king's estimate of tens of thousands of coins is actually conservative. If we talk about the total amount of public money, we may not be able to stop it. The rent collected by the imperial court on the anniversary of the year was only a little over two million coins. Although the new funds were added to pay for the ranks, all the sex workers could pay for the service, but they could not be collected between one million coins.

Although the number is large, because it is spread all over the world, transportation is really difficult. If you want to coordinate management, it is even more difficult than her heroine.

However, the bill of exchange created by the young king can offset the freight to negligible. Although the states do not have to leave the country, the court deprived them of their management of the money with this piece of paper.

Although Wu Zetian does not have too advanced financial concepts, she is definitely not an ordinary person who is focused on the physical money. If she could deprive the states of the management of capital in the form of a law, she would still be afraid that the states would be slanderous and would still lend money privately?

Of course, if you don’t leave the country, you also need to consider how to manage your revenue. Originally, these responsibilities are all in various prefectures and counties. If you build a team specifically for this matter, not to mention the efficiency, the cost of hiring is also a headache.

However, she did not rush to ask questions, but stared at the young king with interest.

"The amount of money and money is itself free from the capital of money. If you want to use its strength, you must use things as a load. The permanent settlement set up by the states should be used in this way."

Li Tong's tone was slow, because he had to sort out his ideas while talking. The flying money bill was simply that there was a bill that had to have corresponding money or goods. If not, it was a piece of waste paper.

As for credit currency, in this era, whether it is ruling technology, commodity economy, and basic productivity development, they are too advanced. Not to mention using paper as money, even the new money created during the reign of Emperor Gaozong was inefficient because it was simple and crude.

Feiqian bill of exchange and credit currency are two concepts in themselves, so they must be supported by physical objects. Rebuilding a network is expensive and unpredictable. However, the regular liquidation system has a long history. If the two are operated in parallel, then the ticket world will have a material foundation.

When Wu Zetian heard this, she couldn't help but clap her hands and exclaimed: "It's wonderful, it's really wonderful!"

This is wonderful? Combining the bill of exchange and the Changping position only solves a basic exchange problem. Although the Changping position is relatively independent of the jurisdiction of the local government, it is not a profitable institution itself, and in fact it does not fundamentally solve the fact that the money and grain is still in the local area.

"Money and the use of goods can be used to attach the local tributes from various states to the capital, and the amount will be added according to the current price of the capital. The state will use the tribute and goods to be issued above, and the court will use the flying money bill to drop the talisman below."

Current financial behaviors cannot be separated from physical carriers. The so-called local tribute is the local specialties contributed by local areas outside the regular taxation. These specialties are cheap items in the countryside, while those outside are rare treasures.

If the local government uses the current price to pay the local government as the commissioned public office capital, it can offset the local officials' resistance to the greatest extent.

This is equivalent to the fact that they only need to actually take out a few thousand or even less money to get tens of thousands of dollars in the court, but the premise is that you have to be obedient, otherwise you will not even get a single hair.

When Wu Zetian heard this, her brows frowned slightly, and then stretched out for a moment. After all, she was not a market woman who lived by several meters. Compared with the amount of wealth, she actually had to pay more attention to the psychological control of the local officials through this exchange.

But she still couldn't help asking: "Although all the things she said can be praised as good, they do not involve the fundamentals of profit. The capital set up by the states is related to the food and clothing of the masses. If there is no sufficient profit, how can we meet the needs of all officials?"

Li Tong was naturally not afraid when he heard this question, and continued to laugh and said, "The capital set up by the court cannot be collected but not sold. The land tribute offered by the states can be sold easily. Although it is only available for purchase at the current price, the capital has been collected. With the huge amount of money accumulated, you can do it calmly."

“Continue.”

Wu Zetian's eyes were bright and he raised his hand with curiosity and urged him.

The capital of each state was collected through such twists and turns, and Li Tong did not intend to directly invest this capital into market trading activities. On the one hand, the quantity was too large and difficult to operate. On the other hand, he had an official background and had a strong capital. Once he competed for profit with the merchants in the market, he would not have been able to spend long, and all industries would be in a downturn.

"I have some plans for the future revenue. Whether it is feasible, and your Majesty still needs to correct it."

He first said modestly, because what he wanted to say next was offensive: "In the hundreds of officials in Beijing, there were many extra benefits in addition to the affairs. For example, the horses that were fed in the stables of the Jiamen, although the skin of the horses that died of illness entered the Sifu Temple, the meat would be easy to market and not be used by the officials. The hundred officials had been inspected for a year, and the remaining treasury remained unknown. The local criminal department recovered the stolen stolen stolen stolen stolen stolen stolen stolen stolen stolen stolen stolen stolen stolen stolen stolen stolen stolen stolen stolen stolen stolen stolen stolen stolen stolen stolen stolen stolen stolen stolen stolen stolen sto

What Li Tong said is all the accumulated problems in the officialdom today. The ancients were never stupid. They had already figured out some small things in the officialdom for thousands of years. For example, the year-end audit and the sudden expense budget, they were all very good at playing.

Tang Law stipulates that only if the stolen money exceeds a certain amount, it must be handed over to the central government. Within a certain amount, the place will be left for your own use. Naturally, some people exploit such loopholes and deliberately lower the value when evaluating the stolen money. This can not only reduce the criminal's responsibility, but also keep the stolen goods in the place.

"If you put all these extra money and benefits in the capital department, the so-called "packing the armpits into fur, the annual surplus will definitely grow, and the government will be honest..."

With so much money in your hands, bullying the people is not a skill, but if you want to do it, you can do it.

When Wu Zetian heard this, his smile was already bright, and he pointed at the young king and nodded repeatedly, which showed that he was extremely satisfied. After a while, she said again: "I have lived in the inner garden recently and have free time to discuss personnel affairs with your grandmother. There is no need for you to worry about everything outside, nor do you need to ask about it!"
Chapter completed!