Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

But Chang Lin naturally couldn't argue with Li Shimin here, he concentrated on doing his own thing.

Seeing that tomorrow is the New Year, this new year for Datang may be very exciting!

The Great Tang Yuanzheng Great Court Meeting, the Great Tang Yuanzheng Great Court Meeting is also constantly changing. It is estimated that it will be changed to New Year’s Eve in two years, and the official holiday will be held at the beginning of the New Year’s Day.

And this year's Yuanzheng Dynasty Conference can be regarded as a year of relatively large changes, mainly because many young officials have been added to this year's Yuanzheng Dynasty Conference.

In addition, some other aspects of the business of various departments of Shangshu Province have also begun to change this year.

"Now, please report Datang's data about last year from the Statistical Temple." Chang Lin announced the first thing after finishing the etiquette at the beginning of the court meeting.

Statistical Temple is a brand new department just established this year. It is independent from the central bank and directly belongs to the Ministry of Shangshu, and is not under the jurisdiction of any department.

It is specially independent to be responsible for Datang data statistics, and unlike previous years, the current person in charge of Statistics Temple is also a woman.

However, she is not the Secretary of the Statistical Temple, and Li Yan is temporarily serving as the Secretary of the Statistical Temple, and she is the Shaoqing of the Statistical Temple.

"Chen Statistics Temple Shaoqing Wang Ying has seen His Majesty." The woman in her 20s stood up and bowed in salute.

Speaking of which, this one was born in the Wang family of Taiyuan, but she does not belong to the Wang family now. She was once a concubine of the Wang family of Taiyuan, so she is not considered the main line of the Wang family of Taiyuan, so naturally there are no restrictions on marriage and other aspects.

After all, the Taiyuan Wang family is very big, but she married a concubine son of the Xu family of Jingzhao. This man from the Xu family was a scholar, and he was very good at arithmetic, but it was a pity that he died young. , leaving behind two sons.

Wang Ying did not remarry either, but Xu's family lived well. After Xu's death, Wang Ying has been in charge of family affairs, and after she married Xu at the age of 14, she studied with her husband, so her arithmetic And so on actually is not bad.

This can be regarded as a talent discovered by Li Yan herself. From this, it can be seen that there are actually many outstanding women in Datang, but most of the time they are unable to make their mark.

"Well, let's talk." Li Shimin waved his hands calmly.

"Your Majesty, Your Highnesses, colleagues. Last year was the 25th year of the Tang Dynasty. According to the statistics of the Statistical Temple, in the 25th year of the Tang Dynasty, the tax revenue of the treasury was 750 million guan, and the profit handed over by the state-owned commercial banks was 950 million guan. The total income is [-] million guan..."

"...The total population of Datang is about 3680 million according to statistics. It is estimated that this year, which is the 26th year of Datang, the total population of Datang will exceed 4000 million, ranging from 100 million to 200 million. between."

"... At present, the country's main grain reserves are about 3000 million tons. It is enough to feed the entire Datang people for two years. According to statistics, the per capita food consumption of the people in the Tang Dynasty has increased, but the per capita food consumption in the vicinity of Chang'an has decreased. "

"Currently, the consumption ratio of white flour and rice in Datang is on the rise, while the planting and production of traditional grains such as corn are declining."

"According to the relevant data from the Ministry of Agriculture, the current potato production in Datang should have reached almost 3000 million tons. Many ordinary people can hardly eat this amount."

"In addition, according to the data from the Ministry of Industry, the national steel output reached 520 million tons last year, of which the steel output was close to 300 million tons."

"In addition, because there is no detailed statistics on coal and other related mineral resources, the current data is not very accurate. We are seeking to include these mineral resources in the resource statistics project in the new year."

"The above are the relevant statistics of the Datang Statistical Temple this year." Wang Ying read the report numbers issued by them to everyone.

To be honest, this figure shocked everyone, because in the past Datang’s relevant data statistics were still very slow, and many data were not transparent, such as steel production, etc. Many state-owned commercial banks in these areas were secretly producing and smelting.

Therefore, a lot of output was not reported, and even many commercial firms and courts were not very clear.

But this figure... is so true that everyone's scalps are numb. Datang's treasury income is close to 4000 million. They know this, and it has almost quadrupled compared to six years ago, and all of this is due to His Highness.

The important thing is that this quadrupling is due to the fact that Datang has now canceled the agricultural tax. If Datang had not canceled the agricultural tax, the tax would inevitably increase based on the current amount of grain.

But now that the common people plant so much food, it is clear that the common people have money in their hands. When the common people have money, it means that the common people want to consume, whether it is salt, better clothes, more clothes, And eat more delicious food, build a house, buy ironware, buy animal power, etc., these are all consumption.

And these consumptions drive the prosperity of Datang's business, and the prosperity of Datang's business means that Datang has more taxes.

Although it is said that Datang's current tax revenue is not enough to support the entire expenditure and development of Datang country, this is not important. Just issue national bonds directly. As long as Datang continues to develop rapidly, there will be no problems with national debt.

In addition, with the continuous development of state-owned commercial firms and private commercial firms across the country, more people will invest in the industry, and the income in the factories will also continue to rise.

But what shocked them was the steel output. What is the concept of 500 million tons? !As an official of Datang, since the weights and measures of Datang began to be unified, everyone has an idea of ​​the tons commonly used in large units.

One ton is almost equivalent to less than two thousand catties in the previous Tang Dynasty, so it is calculated as two thousand catties. How much is 500 million tons equivalent to?This is equivalent to 100 billion catties!Before the Tang Dynasty, the national iron output was only hundreds of thousands of catties, less than one million catties.

How many times has steel production doubled now?More than a thousand times!

The point is not the output of pig iron, but the output of steel is shocking. Is Datang able to make steel in this way now?

"Duan Lun." Li Shimin was also shocked. He hadn't paid attention to this for a long time, and now he suddenly heard this shocking number, and Li Shimin was a little unsteady.

"The minister is here."

"Is Datang's steel production already so much now? Within a few years?" Li Shimin looked in disbelief.

"Returning to Your Majesty, yes, this is all due to the new technology brought by the craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty, the improvement of the iron and steel industry, and of course the development of the most important coal production and coking industries."

"However, Datang's current steel output may maintain this figure for many years." Duan Lun said quickly.