Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 2328 Future Strategies
Autumn in Chang'an City is very strong.

On the second day after Qin Tian returned to Chang'an City, he went to court.

This was Qin Tian's first visit to the early court after being away from Chang'an City for several years.

That feeling is very strange, and it is not at all the same as the feeling he had when he went to the morning court.

Although Qin Tian does not have any position now, he is only the king of Xiliang, but he is standing at the front. Normally, the front is where the prime minister stands.

However, now that Qin Tian wants to stand here, who can do anything to him?
It started early.

Li Chengqian glanced at the ministers and said: "My dear ministers, when you first ascended the throne, you encountered rebellion without thinking. Now those rebels have been put down, and Tuyuhun has also been wiped out by our Tang Dynasty. Next, I hope to be able to I will work hard with all my lovers to create a prosperous Tang Dynasty, but it is not an easy task to create a prosperous Tang Dynasty. Do you have any good suggestions for some policies of my Tang Dynasty in the future? ah?"

After Li Chengqian asked this question, the court officials looked at each other, and soon someone stood up. ,

"Your Majesty, I think that if we want to create a prosperous age in the Tang Dynasty, we should rest and recuperate with the people. Only in this way can our Tang Dynasty accumulate a lot of wealth."

After the official started, the other officials followed suit.

"Your Majesty, I think that we should continue to strengthen the military strength of our Great Tang. Only when our military strength is strong can we ensure that our Great Tang will not be coveted by the enemy. Only when our Great Tang is stable can we develop rapidly. "

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The officials spoke one after the other, but Qin Tian stood in the hall very calmly.

After seeing this situation, Li Chengqian waved his hands, looked at Qin Tian and said, "King of Xiliang, do you have any good suggestions?"

Qin Tian smiled and said: "Your Majesty, what these officials say is reasonable. Our Tang Dynasty is based on agriculture. Naturally, agriculture must grow steadily. The people must be properly resettled, and the military force must not be wasted. Only we When Tang is strong, others dare not bully us. However, I think there should be one more thing, that is, to increase the construction of some infrastructure, such as roads. Greatly increase the speed of trade exchanges. Of course, infrastructure is not just roads. Our court should do everything that is related to people's livelihood, and try to make the people feel that being a Tang Dynasty is very happy and something to be proud of. matter."

Hearing Qin Tian's words, Li Chengqian subconsciously nodded.

Here, Qin Tian continued: "The construction of these infrastructures is not an easy task, it can be said that it involves all aspects, and the construction of these infrastructures needs money, so we should also encourage business .”

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Qin Tian summed up what the other officials just said made sense. After listening to it, the other officials naturally nodded in agreement.

Of course, Qin Tian didn't just summarize, he also put forward some suggestions of his own, which were not mentioned by others.

After listening to what Qin Tian said, Li Chengqian nodded and said, "The king of Xiliang is right, so let's make a decision according to what the king of Xiliang said. Next, we will discuss these matters one by one."

"The first thing is to recuperate with the people. What do you have to say about this?"

When Li Chengqian asked, all the officials started talking again.

"My lord, there are many kinds of crops in Tang Dynasty now. If these crops can be promoted, it will be very helpful to improve the living standards of the people."

"That's right, corn, peanuts, wheat, rice and other crops, I have to grow them in Tang Dynasty. In this way, if the arable land is not left idle, the people's income will increase. If the people's income increases, the people's life will naturally be easier."

"Yes, in addition to various crops, we should also reduce or exempt some people's taxes. The imperial court has some things that affect people's livelihood, such as salt and iron. These things are high profits. We should use these to fill our treasury , and cannot be squeezed from the hands of the people."

If a country wants to develop well, tax collection is indispensable, but in order to improve the quality of life of ordinary people, it is also necessary to reduce their taxes.

For example, some wealthy businessmen have high incomes, so we can increase their income from them. Ordinary people may have difficulty eating three meals a day. Naturally, they should not be taxed too much, and their taxes should be directly reduced or exempted. tax.

Of course, in addition to this, the state will also operate some industries, and the profits generated by these industries may be more than the collection of taxes. If the imperial court can carry out more such industries, then basically there will be no need for taxes from the people.

This situation is a bit similar to the state-owned enterprises of later generations. It seems that this is not a good thing for some economic development, but it is very helpful for reducing and exempting some taxes for the people and increasing the income of the court.

Many of these officials in the court were attached to Li Chengqian before, but now they are holding their breath and want to build Datang well, so they are very active.

Regarding the situation of recuperating with the people, the ministers quickly discussed a good policy and idea.

Of course, Qin Tian stood by and would make some corrections to some proposals that might be problematic. He had to ensure that these policies and strategies were feasible and that they could not violate the reality. They had to seek truth from facts and they could not overthink things Difficult, also can't think of things too easy.

Thinking of things too difficult will discourage the enthusiasm of the people, and thinking of things too easily will cause people to have some unrealistic ideas. These consequences are very serious for Datang.

After finishing this, let's talk about the military.

"Your Majesty, after this rebellion, we should learn a lot of wisdom. The vassal kings can have soldiers and horses, but their soldiers and horses must be controlled at [-], and they must not be too many. Moreover, these vassal kings also have soldiers and horses. You can’t just stay in one place and don’t understand, and within a few years, they have to change their fiefs, and if that’s the case, they won’t be able to make waves in their own fief.”

When discussing the military, a civil official stood up and said this sentence. He felt that if he followed his own ideas, Datang would never be in danger of rebellion.

It's just that after he finished saying this, many officials couldn't help laughing, and sneered at the official's proposal.

It sounds like this vassal's way of changing fiefdoms is pretty good, but in their opinion, it is the most terrible.

(End of this chapter)