Ada has been a financial officer for more than 20 years. In the meantime, he has always been close to the people, diligent and honest, eliminating disadvantages and promoting benefits, and achieved remarkable results. He is recognized as a rare financial planner in Chinese history.
During the Tang Dynasty, Chang 'an was the capital of China with a population of nearly one million. As a result, the grain produced in Guanzhong area was far from meeting the needs and had to be imported in large quantities from the southeast. At that time, grain transportation mainly depended on water, and the route was always from Huaihe River to Bianshui, then from the Yellow River to Weishui and into Chang 'an. However, since the Anshi Rebellion, the traditional waterway route has been cut off, so we have to go back to the Yangtze River, cross the Hanshui River, reach Yangzhou, and then transfer to land transportation. As a result, it takes too much time and the demand exceeds the supply, which leads to the soaring price of rice in Chang 'an, and ordinary people often have insufficient food. After dividing the financial power, Ada made up his mind to solve the problem of grain transportation. To this end, he followed the Yellow River to Sanmenxia, Shi Xia, Heyang, Luokou and other places to make a detailed investigation, held discussions with relevant local personnel for many times, conscientiously summed up previous experience in water transportation, personally organized and commanded migrant workers, and quickly dredged the long-abandoned river. Then, he improved the navigation method in many ways, reformed the grain transportation organization, greatly shortened the grain transportation time, and made the grain from the south of the Yangtze River continuously transported into Chang 'an, thus ensuring the grain demand and price stability in Chang 'an. To this end, the people are happy, and Tang Daizong is also very happy. He praised him happily: Qing, I _ Houye! Compare him to Xiao He, a famous figure in Hanshu and Liu Bangshi.
Since the Anshi Rebellion, in order to solve the financial difficulties, the Tang government changed the original practice of opening the salt ban and implemented the salt monopoly policy. Set up prisons in places where mountains and seas and stoves produce salt, so that professional salt booths can sell all the salt they produce to salt officials, and then the salt officials will transport it to other places, and the salt officials will sell it to the people. Because salt officials take bribes and bend the law, they extort money everywhere, and the people suffer greatly. In this regard, Ada first laid off a number of salt officials and private salt administration institutions, changed the original official sales system to official salt collectors to cook salt, and transferred it to businessmen. That is, private salt production is allowed, and businessmen are also allowed to sell salt. The government only controls the supply of goods. This measure fully mobilized the enthusiasm of salt farmers and salt merchants, and also saved the salt production, transportation and sales personnel appointed by the government. At the same time, Ada asked the emperor to agree that it is strictly forbidden to increase taxes on salt merchants in various places, so as not to increase the burden on salt producers. Later, he set up Changping Salt in remote areas with inconvenient transportation, that is, he transported the salt there to store it, and once it was short of salt, he sold it at a low price to prevent businessmen from driving up the price of salt and harming the people. In addition, he also set up many salt warehouses in Wu, Yue, Yang and Chu to prevent salt shortage.
After the reform of salt policy, the national salt revenue has greatly increased, making it more convenient for people to use salt. According to the history books, the official gains and the people don't lack salt, which really kills two birds with one stone.
Second, since the early Tang Dynasty, it has been stipulated that Dingnan should pay 2 grains of grain to the state every year, which is called rent. Serving the corvee for 20 days a year, or crossing the silk 6 feet or laying cloth 7.5 feet, is called agency; Another 2 feet of silk, 2.5 feet of cloth and 3 kilograms of hemp are called songs. In addition to renting, renting and transferring, farmers have to pay household tax by household, local tax by land, and bear all kinds of corvee. According to historical records, in January last year, Jianghuai was hungry and the people ate each other, but the government was still extorting money. In particular, Yuan Zai, a powerful minister who was a vassal at that time, always thought that Jianghuai was richer than other regions despite the shortage of soldiers. Therefore, not only was the rent adjustment forced, but the rent adjustment that had been in arrears for eight years since the Anshi Rebellion was also collected. Egged on by him, officials actually surrounded the house, forcibly searched and seized it, and divided it according to what they owned, even nine times out of ten. The people couldn't bear it, so they rebelled and shocked the court.
After Ada took office, he immediately ordered all counties to stop Yuan Zai's practice and return all the people's property seized by officials to all households. Then, I stopped collecting money without a name, that is, I canceled all arbitrary assessments, appropriately reduced some taxes, and helped a group of poor people. He also formulated two new flexible tax policies according to the actual situation at that time. First, it is harvested in normal years and saved in famine years, with a sharp increase of 1 1% in that year. That is, the tax is collected according to the annual quality, but the tax amount is guaranteed to be flat. Second, because the handicraft industry there is relatively developed, its products can't be consumed locally, so the places that are rich in bronzes, lacquerware, porcelain, silk, brocade and Four Treasures of the Study are allowed to use these products instead of the tax payable. This not only regulates the surplus and shortage of goods, but also facilitates the people to pay taxes, which is welcomed and supported by the people.
Due to the limitation of productivity development level and scientific and technological means, various natural disasters such as drought, waterlogging and locust often occurred in Tang Dynasty. Once disaster strikes, it is obviously the people who suffer the most. In response to natural disasters, Ada has also taken a series of effective measures.
First of all, Ada believes that disaster relief, like cure, should focus on prevention. He said: people who are good at treating diseases will not be exhausted; Those who are good at disaster relief, don't do it.
We should respond to the people's urgent needs, don't waste time, don't wait for them to be trapped, exiled or starved, and then give them relief. To this end, he asked the provincial patrol nursing homes and hospital officials to report to him every ten days about the rain, snow and frost in the counties under their jurisdiction, so as to accurately predict the signs of disasters and make relevant arrangements in advance.
Secondly, in the event of a disaster, Ada opposed the passive method of waiting for state relief, but led the people to actively produce and save themselves. He believes that the food shortage in the disaster area still exists. Other local products can be processed and produced according to local conditions. Then sell the products to harvest areas, or meet the needs of the government in exchange for food and so on.
Third, in order to improve disaster prevention and relief capabilities, Ada has restored warehouses that have been abandoned for many years, that is, warehouses set up by the government to store grain for disaster preparedness. When food is cheap in good years, the government buys food at a high price and stores it in warehouses; When crops fail in famine years, they will be sold to the people at low prices. In order to enliven the market, he also fully mobilized the enthusiasm of businessmen and encouraged them to go to the countryside to collect grain for the convenience of the victims.
The history books also say: Ada was lenient with others, strict with himself and noble in quality. It is more prominent in diligence, which is often a quality problem until midnight; If you are strong and have nothing to do, you must decide one day and don't spend the night. But it is a great pity that his loyalty to the monarch and love for the people offended a group of corrupt officials. They tried to frame him and even falsely accused him of conspiracy, which eventually led to his death. Based on his years of economic power in the imperial court, the traitors speculated that his family had countless wealth and tried their best to copy his family. But the result of the investigation is that only two miscellaneous books are multiplied, and Mimi is counted, which proves that he is a rare and honest official.