Chapter 231 Eat King's Prosperity
Changan City, North Taicang.
The imperial court finally began to open warehouses to distribute Lumi as salary years ago.
In Beijing Baiguan, all of them drove to collect money and food with their servants.
Qi Guogong Qin Qiong received six hundred stones of corn and three hundred and seventy-two coins.
"Ping Zhangshi please sign!"
The subordinate staff in soap robes respectfully presented the list in front of Qin Qiong, asking him to read it and sign it.
Qin Qiong glanced at it, but there was actually nothing to see. The current salary system of the imperial court is based on the salary of scattered officials, so scattered officials are also called Benpin, Jilu officials. Moreover, no matter what your actual job is, whether you have concurrent jobs or not, Datang will generally give you a salary.
Qin Lang’s current Sanjie is Dr. Zuo Guanglu, who is the same as Kaifu Yitong Sansi and is the first rank, so his yearly Lumi is six hundred stones, which is one hundred stones less than the first rank.
Officials' salaries are paid on a monthly basis, regardless of whether they are senior officials or subordinates. The monthly salary is 8,000, food is 1,800, miscellaneous uses are 1,200, anti-combination is 20,000, and the total is 31,000.
In the first half of this year, the Lumi was actually distributed, and the monthly salary has been distributed for several months, but this time the emperor borrowed one million yuan, and he has money in hand. Bonds, as well as the exemption of real rents, etc., the emperor specially decreed that this time the capital officials will pay the whole year's salary and salary for the whole year.
Six hundred shilumi is a lot.
The monthly salary is more than 300 guan, but the regular salary is actually only 96 guan. The rest is food money, miscellaneous money and other benefits. Miscellaneous servants, etc., are all conscripted by the common people. First to fifth ranks have defenses, and sixth to ninth ranks are concubine servants. First rank officials have a total of ninety-six defenses. This fee is actually the food and drink expenses of these people during their service.
Prefecture and county officials have Baizhi, and the palace has Shili.
Qin Qiong signed a pen to express that he would receive these salaries, and then some subordinate staff took the slip and began to distribute money and food to Qin Qiong's family.
This year, Qin Qiong has donated to the court many times, donating tens of thousands of coins and thousands of shi of grain, and has just claimed 5,000 guan of national debt.
Nowadays it seems that the recipients are a lot, but in fact they are not much compared to the donations.
Qin Lang's share has already been signed, and Xiao Yi brought his part to collect it. He is the Wensan class of the third-rank Jin Ziguanglu doctor, so the salary is received according to this.
Lumi four hundred shi, monthly salary is seventeen guan, of which the regular salary is five thousand, food materials one thousand and one, miscellaneous use nine hundred, anti-combination ten thousand, one year is two hundred and four guan.
Qin Qiong looked at the lively scene and asked Qin Lang, "This time, the imperial court will pay a year's salary all at once, so it's a lot of expenses, right?"
"This time the Beijing officials issued salaries, a total of more than 180,000 shilumi and more than 180,000 salaries."
Qin Qiong couldn't help being amazed when he heard this. In fact, many officials in the court were opposed to such a waste of money and food. The salary that had been cut before was ignored, but the emperor still thought that it would be paid, and not only did he send what was not paid, but also gave it away. It is necessary to make up for the previously reduced issuance, and even to issue additional ones.
The emperor has the emperor's considerations, the disaster has been brought under control, the situation is improving, and the new year is coming, especially this year will be the first year of the new year of Zhenguan, of course, we must show our energy and spirit, and let the officials live better.
Not to mention, the money is actually the food from the families of the officials, and it is the debt they subscribed for.
"The money was spent too quickly!" Qin Qiong said.
"There's no need to worry about that. With the establishment of the transshipment department, money will not be a problem in the future." Qin Lang has this confidence.
Qin Qiong lowered his voice and said to his son, "When you go out, bring more family members with you, be careful!"
He couldn't stop the emperor from using his son as a swordsman. He could only remind him to be careful. The young man was too aggressive and touched the interests of many people. There were many people who were dissatisfied with Qin Lang. They accumulated time and time again, and he was afraid that he would be very dissatisfied Yes, we have to prevent someone from taking risks.
"Grandpa, don't worry about this. His Majesty not only gave me forty-eight defenses, but also pulled out sixty-nine marriages and tents. I have a hundred servants myself. I would like to see which one is really that big." courage."
As a senior official, he not only has the defense of handyman, but also attendants.
The sixth and seventh ranks are for marriage, the eighth and ninth ranks are in the tent, and those who are officials of the third rank and above, the princes and the third rank, are all given to the marriage tent. , to one hundred and thirty people in the marriage account, and Qin Lang was a transfer envoy to bring to Zhuguo, sixty-nine people.
These marriage accounts are filled by the children of officials of the sixth to ninth grades who have reached the age of eighteen. As the attendants and guards of the high-ranking officials, it is also a kind of **** service for these officials' children. You can take the exam, and those who pass can get the official official background.
"I just left the Zhenfu Division, and now I am entering the Transit Division again, hey!"
Qin Qiong sighed.
The Zhenfu Division supervises all the officials, which makes the officials fearful, and now the power of the Transshipment Division does not fall to the Zhenfu Division, but it is in charge of the economy.
"When you do things, remember not to be too radical and leave some room." Qin Qiong reminded her son that he should not put himself into it just to do things.
"Your son has his own measure!"
After chatting for a while, Qin Lang led Qin Qiong to the other side.
"According to His Majesty's will, the six armies of the Beiya, with a total of 27,000 troops, will each be rewarded with 10,000 yuan for settling expenses this time. The captains and senior officers will be given another 20,000 yuan to buy horses, and the cavalry will also be subsidized with 20,000 yuan each." Thousands of horses, equipment money."
Qin Qiong is now Ping Zhangshi and Minister of the Ministry of War. Although the Sixth Army of the Beiya is not under the control of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of War, this time Li Shimin still ordered Qin Qiong to be in charge of the rewards and food distribution of the New Sixth Army of the Beiya.
27,000 forbidden troops, a total of 10,000 Chinese cavalry troops and 17,000 infantry troops.
Just the ten guan settling expenses per person is as high as 270,000 guan. In addition, the Ma Jun needs an additional 200,000 guan for raising horses, and the officers also have to spend a lot of money to buy horses.
These are 500,000 pieces.
The emperor just borrowed one million pennies, and spent more than 180,000 yuan on the official salary in Beijing. Now it is another half a million yuan, and more than half of it is gone in a blink of an eye.
This is actually two months of food distribution, and the production of silk cloth and money for winter and spring clothes.
Qin Qiong carefully calculated in his mind. Before that, the imperial court had built barracks and dormitories for the 27,000 recruits and forbidden troops. These soldiers had to eat in the barracks, and other military expenses were not included.
"There are still expenses in the palace, the million pens should have been spent already?" Qin Qiong asked.
Qin Lang nodded.
It is indeed spent. In fact, 1 million pennies seems a lot, but if you really need to use it, it is really useless. You are waiting for money everywhere. Li Shimin still wants to have a fat year in this disaster year. It is so easy.
"What should we do next?" Qin Qiong asked. You can't just borrow one million and then borrow again?
"Having this million solves this urgent need, and there will be a period of time to breathe, and there is no rush for the time being."
Qin Lang issued this bond mainly to understand the burning urgency and quench his immediate thirst. If he really wants to make money, he has many ways. It's just that those methods are far away, so you need a cash flow first.
"You really have a way?" Qin Qiong was a little skeptical.
After all, the money matters, but the prime ministers of the Zhengshitang are helpless.
"Actually, there are many ways. It's not that the princes of the court have no way, but they haven't thought about many ways, or they don't want to mention them."
"Since you don't want to mention the method, it means that this method has problems and hidden dangers. Have you thought about it?"
"I thought about it, but now there is no other way?"
After handing over the money, food and supplies to Qin Qiong, Qin Lang rushed to the East Palace again.
In the Hall of Xiande.
Li Shimin was sitting in the hall with some dull eyes. After another night, he just took a nap and squinted for a while, but woke up soon.
can not fall asleep.
As soon as he woke up, Li Shimin became even more anxious when he thought that the one million coins he had just borrowed had been spent.
Now the one million yuan is used up, and I have to bear the interest of 1.2 million yuan.
“Chen······”
Li Shimin raised his head and interrupted Qin Lang, "Come here, have all the money and food been distributed?"
"All have been distributed according to His Majesty's decree. The salaries of the Beijing officials and the clothing and food of the Sixth Army have all been dispatched in an orderly manner."
"Have you used up all the million?"
"used up."
Li Shimin let out a long sigh.
"One million, it will be used up so quickly."
He is like a gambler who loses his last chip.
Although the million-dollar spending was arranged by him, but when the spending was over, his heart ached again.
"Huailiang, what should we do next?"
"You told me earlier that you only need to borrow one million guan, and you can solve the rest. What is the best way?"
The emperor was very anxious, which made Qin Lang feel as if he was back before the fourth day of June.
"Your Majesty, as long as His Majesty gives an edict, the subject only needs ten days to get millions of coins!"
Li Shimin frowned, "Is it necessary to issue national debt again? This is not possible, the old debt has not been repaid, how to issue new debt, besides, the interest rate of this bond is also high."
Although compared with the imperial government's public money with a monthly interest rate of eight cents, the monthly interest rate of this national debt is only two cents, but Li Shimin still feels that the interest pressure is too great. The public money is a loan to collect interest, but now the national debt is borrowed to pay interest, and the feeling is completely different. up.
"Your Majesty, I also said before that borrowing money is only to alleviate the emergency, not a long-term solution. To really improve the financial situation, we still have to start with taxes."
"You want to introduce a new tax? What tax?"
"The new tax is not levied so quickly. It has to go through court demonstrations, and then publicity and collection in various places still need a process."
"Then you said that within ten days, you can get several million more guns. What do you mean?"
Qin Lang smiled.
"Your Majesty, who do you think is the richest person in the world?"
"The nobles, nobles and powerful!" Li Shimin said without hesitation.
"Your Majesty is right, but not complete, and some people are missing!"
"who?"
(end of this chapter)