Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 282 Talking Hearts
Sun Xiangfu explained a lot about the entire financial system. Ma Yiyi wrote it down. Any ordinary person in the future will roughly understand this knowledge. People in this period are completely blinded. Of course, such a big move , nor did Li Shimin have a meal with several ministers and make a decision after chatting for a day. There is still a long process from proposing ideas to formulating rules and implementing them.

But no matter what, Sun Xiangfu gave a very satisfactory plan on how to solve the problem of money shortage in the court and the market, how to reform the salaries of ministers, and how to implement the citizenship system. Once these things are implemented, then Many internal problems of Datang were easily solved.

After that, the ministers did not let Sun Xiangfu focus on the front. Li Shimin said before that today's discussion is how to put the government work in the front. Then, Ma Zhou, who has been studying the governance of Shanyang, has something to say. First of all, he said The most important thing is water control work.

He expressed absolute support for Sun Xiangfu's idea of ​​changing the criminal law, planting a large number of trees, and preventing soil erosion. The reason he used to persuade the minister was very vulgar, and it was the original words in the letter Sun Xiangfu sent him.

It means that if a person urinates in the loess, the urine will wash away the loess, but if he urinates in the grass or bushes, the urine cannot wash away the soil. It can be seen that planting trees and enriching vegetation can prevent soil erosion , We can't wait until the floods start to think about how to rescue disasters, but we should use the means that these people can do to prevent the birth of disasters. We must firmly believe that manpower can overcome the sky.

This kind of peeing scene, as a man sitting here, who didn't know it, immediately felt reasonable. Then, Li Shimin said that this plan must be discussed immediately and arrested earlier.

Later, Changsun Wuji proposed taxation reforms. This year, the tax revenue generated by the Yangzhou bean paste workshop exceeded 50 guan, which was higher than the previous salt tax in the Tang Dynasty. , Luoyang, Yangzhou, Yizhou and other places' commercial taxation, in Datang's overall taxation, commercial tax actually accounted for more than half.

He suggested that the government should abolish the control of the salt industry and allow private operations. The advantage of this is that all officials in the salt administration can be transferred to manage commercial taxes, because with the implementation of some of Sun Xiangfu's suggestions, Datang's commercial taxation will definitely increase rapidly. If the growth is too large, it will not work if there are not enough people to take charge of taxation.

Li Shimin would naturally not object to such a suggestion. What he was most keen on was to hide wealth from the people. The reason why the ancient government strictly controlled salt was because salt was a necessity for human beings, and there were not many places where it was produced, so it was easy to collect taxes in this regard. Now, there are other tax types to replace salt, so there is no need to worry about this daily necessities of the people. Anyway, there is salted fish and soybean paste, so I am not afraid that someone will monopolize salt. Treat it as an ordinary commodity and just charge a little transaction tax. In this way, at least it will be cheaper for common people to eat salt.

After that, Xiao Yu and Gao Shilian proposed some ways to make the imperial court's operating system simpler and more efficient. Li Jing and Du Ruhui proposed some new sergeant management and training methods. At dusk, that's all. However, Li Shimin still didn't let Sun Xiangfu out of the palace. Instead, he took him to the city wall for a walk to digest food. Of course, in fact, he wanted to chat with Sun Xiangfu.

"Since ancient times, the Chinese people have been valued, and the Barbarians and Didi have been valued. I only love them as one. I never thought that Zhengming, who was born in the outskirts of Youzhou, is the same as what I think in my heart." Li Shimin was half drunk and was blown by the cold wind on the palace wall. , Immediately felt refreshed, and said with a sigh.

In fact, Sun Xiangfu didn't remember much information about the original owner of this body until now. Of course, Sun Xiangfu knew what Li Shimin meant by saying that, a confidant is rare!Now that he is almost 20 years old, Li Shimin no longer calls him kid, but wants to talk to him openly.

"Your Majesty, the more you are a borderlander, the more you know the value of peace. However, the fusion of nations is not something that happens overnight. The ministers used their interests to draw the conflict between the Tang Dynasty and the family to the outside of the customs. They, Now it’s not because I like it from the bottom of my heart, I accept those barbarians, everything is just driven by interests, and it’s so difficult to achieve true integration.”

In fact, Sun Xiangfu said that he brought the conflict between the imperial court and the aristocratic family to the outside of the pass, but that is not always the case. The conflict has always existed, but Li Shimin wiped his ass for him. The internal affairs are done well, and the common people in the pass do not know how many families have become serfs of aristocratic families.

With a good strategy, you also need the support of Mingjun, and one thing can be done well. Right now, Li Shimin and Sun Xiangfu's doubles game is not bad, there are no internal problems, the external situation is good, and the future prospects are promising.

"Well, you are right. National integration is not such a simple matter. From the chaos at the end of the Jin Dynasty to the present, several ethnic groups have truly integrated into the Han nationality! We have a long way to go. !"

Sun Xiangfu nodded, and replied with firm eyes, "No matter how far the road is, we have to take it step by step. If it doesn't work for ten years, it will take 100 years. If it doesn't work for 100 years, it will take 1000 years. As long as it is consistent, there will always be One day, it can be done.”

Hearing this, Li Shimin looked at Sun Xiangfu appreciatively and said, "What you said is good. As long as it is consistent, it will be realized one day. What strategy do you have in mind to promote national integration? You can talk about it. If it is feasible, I will obey the advice."

It seems that Li Shimin still thinks that Sun Xiangfu didn't pour enough beans. Sun Xiangfu thought about it in his mind, but said, "Actually, there is no coincidence. In addition to what I said before, in addition to increasing cultural and educational propaganda, Your Majesty can also Walk around with them more often. Isn’t there a common saying in the folks that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors? If you often go to walk with those ethnic minorities, you will naturally deepen your relationship with them. If, during the walk, give them some life Supplies, good medicines and so on, can they not be grateful for His Majesty's kindness?"

"Hehe, you sounded good, my treasury can still starve to death rats! Then give them the things that come?" Li Shimin smiled helplessly.Who doesn't want to be a good emperor who spreads money everywhere and collects people's hearts!The premise is that you have to have money to disperse!
Sun Xiangfu said with a smile when he heard the words, "In fact, your majesty doesn't have to worry about the money matter. Datang's border troubles have been eliminated now. In the next two or three years, the economic situation will definitely be good. It's okay to spend a little in advance. Moreover, you forgot what the minister said before. Is there something I told you?"

"whats the matter?"

"Our Tang Dynasty will produce a large amount of cotton next year, and the cotton cloth produced will greatly impact the linen and silk markets. Now, these upcoming reforms will make cash transactions the mainstream of the market, which will make us The linen and silk originally produced by the Tang Dynasty have fallen in price, if we don’t take precautions early, the domestic products will enter a vicious circle of price reduction, and the cheap ones will be those Hu merchants who have trade relations with us in the Tang Dynasty.”

Li Shimin was taken aback when he heard the words. He read the letter from Sun Xiangfu carefully, and even gave it to Ma Zhou for analysis. Transformation, but never thought about how to deal with the large amount of inventory on the market in Datang.

After all, there is little silk. With the economic development of Tang Dynasty, more people will use it, and the price will not drop sharply. The most important thing is linen. For now, more than [-]% of the clothes of the people in Tang Dynasty are made of linen. However, there are a lot of private production reserves. Once the price drops sharply, it is the common people who will lose.

Regarding price regulation, Li Shimin's eyes were also darkened. No one in ancient times would encounter such a situation of jumping from insufficient production capacity to overcapacity all at once, so he looked at Sun Xiangfu with an inquiring look.

"Your Majesty, I suggest that you make a northern tour after spring plowing next year."

"Northern tour? What are you doing?" Li Shimin was a little confused by Sun Xiangfu's sudden suggestion.

"Of course it is to send clothes and fabrics to the people of the Anbei Dadu Protectorate! It is best to send even the people of Xue Yantuo's department for free. In this way, we can send the cheap linen fabrics that we produce in our country. use."

The population of Datang is not large. With the massive planting of cotton next year, obsolete products such as linen are bound to be useless, but the court cannot sit back and watch the people suffer. It is a good choice to buy them up and take them to the north to buy people's hearts. As for Lingnan people, they need silk that is extremely cool to wear on their bodies.

"I would be happy to take this loss, but can the court afford it?"

Li Shimin figured out what Sun Xiangfu said, and immediately felt that this proposal was very reliable!If I gave two sets of linen summer clothes to all the Turks, Huihe people, and even the surrendered Xueyantuo people during my northern tour, those people would definitely be very grateful to me. Clothes are not like food. They are gone after eating. They can be worn for a long time. However, he is still a little worried about the court's finances. After all, there may still be dead rats in the court's warehouse!
"Don't worry about the imperial court all the time. No, set up the free cabinets right away. Don't you have money to spend? If not, you can find a loan from Shanyang cabinets! The population of Xue Yantuo is less than 200 million! There are 400 million pieces of linen clothes, which are enough for you to send, and it will not cost much.

Moreover, don't underestimate the matter of giving them clothes. If the clothes we send to them are of the same style as the bunts we Han people wear when they work, it can also have an assimilation effect. "

400 million pieces of linen clothes, which Sun Xiangfu dares to say is not much money, in Li Shimin's view, more than 400 is a big number, but in Sun Xiangfu's view, a few pennies can buy a linen jacket , even if it is 2000 million pieces, it is only more than 2 million yuan. The emperor went to the north and distributed more than [-] coins to distribute benefits to the people. Isn’t that a small KS? If the production capacity can keep up, he even wants to let The emperor gave each commoner a set of spring or autumn clothes for free.

"Well, I think there is no need to borrow money for such a small amount of money, and I will leave it to you!" Seeing that Sun Xiangfu said it so easily, Li Shimin smiled happily and said.

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu really wanted to twitch his mouth, and thought, Second Brother Li, why haven't you changed your personality yet!It's really easy to play like this without friends.

Accidentally, Sun Xiangfu threw away more than 2 pens. However, for him who has many industries in Shanyang, this is just a few days' income. In terms of the stability of the people in the Peking University Protectorate, it is a matter of great benefit, and it is worthwhile to spend [-] guan to complete this matter.

(End of this chapter)