The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

Speaking of salt, no one has been able to lack it since ancient times. We have to eat food every day. News about it is constantly in modern times, and it has caused some storms from time to time. Moreover, salt has been strictly controlled by governments of all dynasties, but it

Not only people's livelihood, economic materials, but sometimes even involve political and military levels..././The Song Dynasty also implemented the official sales of salt. Not only did he provide a large amount of taxes for the government, he also played an important role in international relations.

It was enough to influence the relationship between neighboring countries such as the Northern Song Dynasty and Western Xia, and became a powerful tool to attack opponents, and this is by no means an exaggeration.

Dangxiang people who were engaged in animal husbandry mainly exchanged food with border residents with natural and abundant local salt. When Li Jiqian first rebelled, the Song Dynasty immediately stopped importing green and white salt. At that time, the Song Dynasty's salt ban policy was intended to cause a food crisis in the Western Xia, but the

However, the people from Longbian border were also uneasy because of the cut off salt, and the nomadic tribes even disturbed the border due to food panic, which fueled Li Jiqian. Later, the Western Xia and the Song Dynasty signed a peace treaty in Jingde. In order not to open up the import of green and white salt in Xixia, the Song Dynasty Ning

Give more gifts to Xixia, and cancel the conditions for allowing Li Deming's son to be hostage as a guard of the Song Palace.

The green and white salt produced in Yanzhou in Xixia has a good taste, good taste, and cheap price, so it is quite popular in the western region. Since the contract does not allow Xixia to sell green and white salt to the Song Dynasty, the market has not disappeared, and this is also an important one in Xixia.

Fiscal income was exchanged for the main materials for food, so the Xixia government adopted a policy of turning a blind eye, and sometimes even encouraging salt smuggling.

The condonization of the Xia government was that the contract turned into waste paper. A large amount of blue and white salt was sold into the territory of the Song Dynasty by smugglers. It seriously affected the salt industry policy of the Song Dynasty and affected the country's income. Later, the Song government discovered the well salt of the Tubo people and the Western Xia.

The taste of green and white salt is similar, so I started to introduce Tubo well salt to attack green and white salt. So the Song Dynasty sent troops to Tubo and forced Muzheng Yanjing to rebel, which caused the Song Dynasty and Tubo to turn against each other, and Tubo turned to the Western Xia.

The long-term battle between the Song and Xixia caused a large supply of grain and grass in the border areas, but at that time there was no current developed highway and railway system, so transportation was very difficult. In order to reduce the burden of grain transportation in the northwest, the imperial court tried every means to encourage private merchants.

Assist the government in transporting grain and fodder to the northwest border. But merchants are "no profit, no matter how early they are", not everyone is like Lei Feng. If you don't give him some benefits, how can he give you in vain! The same is true in ancient and modern times, now the country's northwest major

Development and attract private capital, but the state does not give any preferential policies. At that time, the country also had to provide policy guidance, so the government put its brains on "salt", and the Salt Banknote Law was born.

Because salt is a necessity for people's livelihood, most people cannot live without salt. However, at that time, salt was sold by the government and not open to private enterprises, and all the benefits obtained were nationalized. However, the northwest border area of ​​the Song Dynasty was mainly from the Song Dynasty.

The salt land is far away, and the government has to manage salt traffic in addition to the military in the northwest. It is really busy and can't take care of it. Since that's the case, just open up the profits of salt traffic to merchants to encourage merchants.

'Help the government transport supplies to the northwest frontline.

This system of letting private merchants use money to buy money and get money and salt allows merchants to make profits of salt trading while assisting the government in transporting materials to the northwest. However, the government uses private merchants to redeem official fortunes and does not make the government's official fortunes At a loss, first of all, there is no need for the government to pay freight fees, reduce the financial burden, and it can also exempt private corvee and not use people's power. Furthermore, the government does not make a penny without making any money, and can also make profits from merchants, as well as salt that can be obtained in the northwest region The increase in channels will reduce the demand for the green and white salt of the military and civilians in the northwest region, and will crack down on smuggling activities in the Xixia and weaken the enemy's economic power. This shows that the wisdom of the ancients should not be underestimated. How good is this policy formulated, Now the various "investment" policies that are so wise that I have photographed on my forehead...

However, when Zhao Ji ascended the throne, the "money and salt system" that had been implemented for nearly a hundred years was almost on the verge of collapse. This was due to its own reasons and of course there were external reasons.

Of course, merchants transported salt to seek profit, but after Xihuang opened the border, the local Tubo and Qiang tribes had realized that salt brought them wealth, and they also caused a murderous disaster, so they gave out the salt well and obtained it in the northwest. There are more channels for salt than in the past; on the other hand, the smuggling of salt on the border between Xia and Song dynasties has become increasingly fierce, and the influx of blue and white salt has also impacted the market. The salt removal has also risen due to flooding and the price has risen, so the salt transported to the northwest cannot be sold. It was severely unsalable, and the activities of Chage on the northwest border of the Song Dynasty also made the merchants of the Song Dynasty regard the northwest as if they were afraid of the northwest. Therefore, the merchants gradually refused to buy salt bills, and transporting supplies to the northwest became empty talk!

The issuance of salt banknotes in the early stage did play an active market and increase fiscal revenue. The issuance of salt banknotes also provided convenience for big merchants to include resources and obtain huge profits. At the same time, salt banknotes are an investment method, and also seek illegal activities for merchants. The interests provided convenience, and modern stock exchanges, like Jiaoyinshang, appeared in the market. They started speculative business by colluding with officials from the Department of Affairs to resell securities and made a fortune. In addition, the issuance of salt bills and Recycling is carried out by the government, and merchants cannot participate. This also provides convenience for the government to deprive salt merchants of their interests by controlling the issuance of salt banknotes and exchange of salt banknotes, causing merchants to lose confidence in buying banknotes and lead to depreciation of salt banknotes.

So in the later stage, due to changes in the external environment, system defects, difficulties in entering the market, and quality inspections of grain and grass, the price of grain and grass increased, and on the other hand, it consumed a lot of national finances! In addition, salt After all, the banknote has been in circulation for almost a hundred years. In the past, salt banknotes have been widely used in various transactions as checks. By the time of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, salt banknotes had become an indispensable part of various consumer transactions. It is circulated in the market, but because of the gradual collapse of the banknotes and salt system, people gradually lose confidence in salt banknotes, and the transactions on the market are also affected by the gradual collapse of the banknotes and salt system, and the economic system is in chaos.

Zhao Ji faced such a situation when he came to power, and then Cai Jing became a part of the matter. The first problem he wanted to solve was how to reform the banknote and salt system, revitalize the market, and stabilize prices. Cai Jing then carried out drastic reforms to the banknote and salt system.

First, open up private enterprises in an all-round way, expand the plates, expand the salt production nationwide, and allow merchants to use salt banknotes to collect salt from all over the country, and expand the sales scope from the northwest to all parts of the country. Depreciation is like a waste Cai Jing's method is also very simple. Replace old banknotes with new banknotes. This method is still used in modern times, but he is much inferior to Cai Jing. After the two world wars, many countries faced prices. The problem of soaring money has become worthless. After a long period of discussion and research, careful evaluation and planning, some countries have come up with this method to control prices and stabilize currency value. As for the problem of difficulty in getting into it, Cai Jing believes that the central government should handle it directly in the future, and the local government will change the distribution of salt banknotes to the central government for the coordinated distribution of the central government to ensure benefits and eliminate the tricks involved.

However, Cai Jing's rectification of the banknote and salt system was also caused by insufficient conspiracy and insufficient supervision, which caused frequent problems and mixed reputations.

Originally, the salt system was sold by local officials and officials, and most of the salt profits obtained were classified as prefecture and county governments and used as local funds. After Caijing was fully coordinated by the central government, most of the salt profits were classified as central governments, and

Local prefectures and counties have lost their main source of funds. Local governments have therefore "forced" to exploit the people, and of course the accounts have to be counted on Lao Cai (for specific circumstances, please refer to some strange phenomena after the implementation of the "purchase restrictions" policy)

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After the new salt production was implemented, many large salt merchants tried to buy old salt banknotes at a low price, go to Kaifeng to exchange for new salt banknotes, collect the price difference, and make a big profit. However, because the old salt production was used to make people

The shadow is too big, so Cai Jing keeps his eye on prices and currency values ​​and controls them at any time. Therefore, the sequelae of "overreacting" is that the salt banknotes are often replaced. The original new salt banknotes have not been used up yet, and the updated salt banknotes are issued again, and the merchants are doing so.

Only by putting money on it can you trade the old for new ones. However, more businessmen do not have enough money to exchange for new salt bills, but can only hold the new salt bills that have become waste paper and commit suicide. This account is naturally Lao Cai.

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Although Cai Jing's rectification of the banknote and salt system had the above negative impact, in general, it still promoted the social economy of the Northern Song Dynasty. By the sixth year of Zhenghe, when Song Xia started war again, the government's salt tax revenue had reached 40 million yuan.

, economic abundance and natural protection of foreign military activities, Zhao Ji's confidence increased, thinking that the treasury had too much money, and he started the largest image project at that time, "Gen Yue", which resulted in endless harm...

Zhao Qi used his prophet to make a lot of money on the issue of salt, but now he is not speculation, but a serious crisis. If he can make good use of the salt resource, he will not only overcome the difficulties, but also

Make sufficient material preparations for future wars. However, it is not Director Zhao Qi who is responsible for economic development, and his staff are not proficient in the operation of salt banknotes. Wei Bochu is an expert in this field. It can be said that the new banknotes are

Cai Jing is the designer and Wei Bochu is the actual operator. No one in this world can know more about the "mysteries" than him!

So Zhao Xiao knew that Wei Bochu had a problem with his character, but he eventually took him in. Zhao Xiao thought that "those who are close to the Mo are black, and those who are close to the Zhu are red." He felt that although Wei Bochu did a lot of bad things, he was also affected by Cai Jing, a big bad guy.

Instigation, under the influence of myself as a "good guy", I will definitely change my past and become a good person again, and become a good person who is beneficial to the country and yourself! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to start a new place

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