Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

Li Shimin didn't ask the reason for the share in Li Ke's mouth, but directly frowned and asked, "What does it have to do with Li Shiji?"

"It's nothing, he is a gold member of Erchen Youjian Mall, and Erchen told me to take him to do business." Li Ke shrugged.

"If you give him 50 yuan, you will give him a second member of a business with a profit of 200 million yuan a year?!" Li Shimin's eyes widened, and he really wanted to say that you have no problem with your head.

"If you buy a horse bone with a thousand pieces of gold, of course you have to set a good example." Li Ke said as a matter of course.

"Okay, the technology is yours, you can do it yourself, but is it too much to leave [-]% for the local garrison? Also, I don't need the [-]%." Li Shimin thought for a while and said.

"You have to take this money. If you don't take it, others won't feel at ease. After all, there are tens of thousands of troops here. If you hand them over to the generals, these soldiers will be very loyal to the generals. This is not good for your rule, so , this matter must be done in your name, if you really don't want the [-]% profit, I can make Tuyuhun a monolith within a few years! It will be completely owned by Datang!" Li Ke said with a smile.

"If I say no, I don't want it. How do you operate it?" Li Shimin's eyes lit up. He is not interested in any money. To some extent, the money in the treasury of an emperor is his money in Li Shimin. library, but you have to see what the emperor thinks.

Li Shimin doesn't like this little money, but the temptation to expand the territory is even greater for Li Shimin!Because of the change of Xuanwu Gate, Li Shimin urgently needs more achievements to prove himself!

"This is simple. If 10% is only used to maintain the Tang Dynasty's garrison in Tuyuhun, 10 people will be enough! I don't think 36 people will be needed here, and [-] elite soldiers will be enough! Take [-] as an example, and the servants can do other things business, but the local grain should not be purchased from the [-] countries in the Western Regions, nor should it be transported from the Hexi Corridor, but from the interior of Shannan Road and Hedong Road." Li Ke said straightforwardly.

"Why?!" Li Shimin was a little confused, didn't this cost too much money? "Do you know how much food was lost from Shannan Road and Hedong Road? At least [-]%."

The so-called "seven achievements" means that 100 catties of grain were transported from these places, and only 30 catties were left when they arrived, because the soldiers transported also needed to eat, and these were losses.

"I know." Li Ke smiled, "Don't you want the [-]%? The [-]% is used to pay the soldiers who deliver the food. Since these soldiers are only responsible for transportation, I can consider it if you mind." Use some Fubing who are old, or have made meritorious service, but returned to their original places."

"Using them to deliver food, firstly, they have combat effectiveness, and secondly, this can be regarded as a subsidy to them, and they will be paid military salaries."

"Isn't that in conflict with Datang's existing military system?" Li Shimin frowned.Here I have to say that the military system of the Tang Dynasty was established. In the impression of everyone in later generations, it is rich to be a soldier and fight a war, but the annual income of the Tang Dynasty is only 1000 million. How can it afford to support nearly 80 soldiers across the country? !

In fact, there is a misunderstanding here. First of all, there is no military salary in the Fubing system.That is to say, when the Fubing has no money, this is because when the Fubing is issued to you by the state, you need to perform military service, so you have no money to take it. Not only do you have no money, but the Fubing also You also need to prepare yourself to buy light weapons.

For example, bows, horizontal knives, and self-contained food!That's right, the food for military service is brought by itself!Of course, this refers to the non-war period.These weapons are kept by the imperial court at ordinary times, and they receive relevant weapons with a certificate issued by the imperial court when they serve.

The imperial court is only responsible for the armor, but the armor can be used in rotation.

Therefore, Datang's army consumed very little funds from the court.

But there are special troops in it, such as guarding the border. The troops guarding the border can get their salary after more than one year!But there are not many soldiers in this part, and for the Tang court, the burden is naturally very easy.

This is also the reason why Datang was unable to station troops in these small vassal countries for a long time, because they could not afford to station them.

"No conflict, this part of the government soldiers can be hired by the emperor." Li Ke grinned and said.

Li Shimin was a little confused, obviously not understanding.

"This is because the imperial family of the Tang Dynasty wanted to sympathize with the frontier soldiers, and then hired meritorious soldiers from their own treasury to solve the food problem of the frontier soldiers. This is not an act of the state, and it does not conflict with the country's military system." Li Ke explained with a smile. for a moment.

Li Shimin: "..." Isn't that just another way of saying it?But if you think about it carefully, it seems...it really makes sense?And this also publicized his reputation as Li Shimin, making him quite prestigious among the soldiers at the bottom.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin glanced at Li Ke strangely, no wonder the entire courtiers and aristocratic family he could single-handedly be helpless.

"You haven't explained why you have to transport grain from the mainland." Li Shimin looked at Li Ke and asked.

Li Ke has a headache, this thing is hard to explain, it is an economic issue.

In the minds of people in this era, for example, if there is a war in the Western Regions, in order to save the court funds, it is natural to directly adjust the grain from the Longyou Road in the Hexi Corridor, which is not wrong.

However, although Longyou Road can produce grain, the output and surplus grain are not much at present, and too much grain is pumped out, which will inevitably cause local grain prices to rise.

However, the output of a country is constant, and the number of people who eat food is also constant, that is to say, the total amount is constant.

It seems that [-]% of the grain allocation from the mainland is consumed, but in fact, [-]% of this is eaten by the army soldiers who transport the grain, and the food in these army soldiers who transport the grain is left. When the food of the people cannot be preserved in large quantities, It will be sold naturally, so the total amount of grain on the market remains unchanged.

As for the inland transportation of grain, the surplus grain in the Hexi Corridor will be retained, which itself is also a method of strategic storage, which can assist in the regulation of grain prices in various regions of Datang.

Secondly, sending money to these government soldiers also has a hidden effect of hiding wealth from the people. If the people have money, they will naturally have money to buy the goods produced by Li Ke. If Li Ke has money, he can find ways for the people. Earn some money, and in the process, the country has also developed, a virtuous circle, a win-win situation!

In ancient times, both ordinary people and aristocratic families had a bad habit of burying money!The people are okay, after all, there is not much money.

And like these big clans with five surnames and seven wangs, as well as wealthy households, their money is either moldy in the warehouse, or they have secretly found a place to bury it.

And these aristocratic families are all thieves with money. Once they are buried, they will cost millions, tens of millions, and the money will not circulate after being buried. What is the difference between that thing and an underground copper mine?If there are fewer copper coins available in the whole country, it will naturally not be enough. This is a vicious circle.

Now all the aristocratic families in the Tang Dynasty must have a large number of coins from the previous dynasty, and even the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

If they dug out all the money and recast it, the copper coins of the Tang Dynasty would definitely be enough, and there would be no need to use silk and silk to replace currency.

What Li Ke is doing now is to find a way to circulate money. This method can only be him or Li Shimin spending money and giving money to the people. In fact, this is also part of improving the country's strength.

"Father, why don't I explain this to you another day?" Li Ke said helplessly, this thing cannot be explained in a short while.

"What do you mean?" Li Shimin glared at him.

"I'm afraid you don't understand." Li Ke said tentatively.

Li Shimin: "..." Is your butt itchy again?