Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

The reason why Li Ke said this was not because he made it up, but because he had a basis, because he also had another document in his hand.

When Li Ke first took over the supervision of the country, it was calculated from the data of the imperial treasury and the annual grain income that about [-]% to [-]% of the land in the world was not cultivated at all. Li Ke didn't know the reason and asked the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Industry to investigate.

At that time, Li Ke gave a deadline of the end of July this year, but both Duan Lun and Fang Xuanling from the Ministry of Industry said that this time was too tight to investigate.

After that court meeting, Li Ke directly issued this order to Tian Meng, and asked him to investigate the reasons. Along with the investigation, he also investigated the stock and distribution area of ​​donkeys and horses among the people.

But now, less than a month and a half after Li Ke issued the order, he has received relevant information feedback.

Li Ke didn't know the progress of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Industry, but they said that it would not be completed in July, and now it will be completed in March, which is much more efficient than they don't know.

The gap here, Li Ke pondered, is of course because Yuelai Commercial Bank has fewer tasks. After all, the officials of Datang have to be responsible for other things, and the number of officials at the bottom is seriously insufficient.

In other words, the Tang court cannot currently support so many officials, and it cannot be called officials, but officials and servants to be precise.

After all, some things can actually be done by officials and servants.

Officials in the Tang Dynasty refer to those with formal ranks. In modern times, they are majors, minors, majors, and so on.

In the Tang Dynasty, the official staff were divided into salary and position size from the ninth class to the first class. It is a bit like a contract worker. There is no official level, but it can also guarantee your income, and you may become an official at any time. The salary is paid by the court of the Tang Dynasty.

The last servants, such as yamen servants, etc. belong to this category. This category is considered temporary workers, which are called temporarily. Their monthly money is paid by the local court themselves. Workmanship.

This has resulted in a severe shortage of personnel available locally.

The status of officials will not be changed for the time being, but if these officials can be promoted to the status of contract workers and given a stable income, just like those working people, so that they can support their families, then the efficiency of the Tang court will be greatly improved.

Especially for things that require more manpower, the efficiency will be greatly improved.

However, there is also a problem, that is, the financial pressure on the imperial court will increase greatly.

According to the information obtained by Li Ke, after Li Zhi succeeded to the throne, the salary paid by the officials of the whole Tang Dynasty in one year was almost equivalent to 1500 million guan. It can be said that more than 80.00% of the treasury revenue was used to pay the official salary.

It is conceivable that Datang's investment in other areas is low, which can be regarded as the advantage of the Fubing system.

This is also the reason why Li Ke wants to reform the currency, because if a country's economy is in a stage of significant growth and its national strength is significantly improved, it can actually issue more currency to quickly improve the country's economy and develop the country's situation.

However, Datang’s original monetary system was impossible. Based on the situation of bartering as the mainstay and copper coins as the supplement, how could overissue currency?

If over-issuing currency within the safety limit is not enough for national development, then issue treasury bonds. All in all, as long as the national economy is optimistic and the national development is optimistic, neither will lose money, and the country’s development will speed up.

Only after a complete currency reform has been carried out can Li Ke play like this.

After thinking about it, Li Ke took a cowhide notebook and began to record special problems.This is a blank notebook he found in the warehouse.

"On the Tang Dynasty Court and the National Policy Reform Outline"

[-]. The number of low-level officials and servants is small, which leads to the extremely slow handling of court affairs and the slow response of local governments to emergencies and the current situation analysis and improvement measures.

[-]. Analysis of the impact on Datang's existing financial pressure after the expansion of officials and servants.

[-]. How to maximize efficiency without increasing financial pressure on Datang.

Fourth, the necessity of Datang monetary system reform.

[-]. The necessity of reading and literacy for officials and servants.

Sixth, the necessity of reforming the education system derived from this.

[-]. The necessity of reforming the imperial examination system.

[-]. How to improve the social status of Fubing soldiers and carry out the reform of soldiers' professionalization.

[-]. It is necessary to improve the reading and literacy of Fubing soldiers.

[-]. Discussion on ways to temporarily complement and replace the policies of local garrison soldiers and local officials and servants to reduce financial pressure.

[-]. The necessity of optimizing and reforming Datang's fiscal and treasury expenditures.

[-]. The necessity of reforming the existing accounting system and the establishment of auditing.

Thirteen, the six functions of the detailed division of the discussion.

[-]. How to increase Datang's fiscal revenue.

14. Discussion on commercial tax reform derived from Article No.[-] (it is recommended to refer to the relevant income of Datang Everbright City).

[-]. The necessity of increasing the animal power of the Tang Dynasty (emergency)

Li Ke wrote down all these items in detail. Some of these things have already started to be implemented, some have already had an idea, and some have not yet started, but they are things to be solved in the future.

After writing No. 16, Li Ke decisively threw the pen aside, feeling a headache.

Forget it, don't write it, Yang Anning is so fun, why write this, it's bad luck.

Li Ke put this thing away, and then threw it to Tian Meng, "Take it, don't let anyone see it, and give it to me when I return to the palace."

"Yes." Tian Meng quickly took it, and then took out a carefully crafted wooden box from the back, put the notebook inside, locked it, and then put it in his arms, the key was hanging on the on his own neck.

Li Ke didn't care what he did. In the information sent by Tian Meng just now, Li Ke knew why the [-]% of the land was not cultivated.

It is his thinking from later generations that he took for granted, and the reason is actually very simple.

animal power!

That's right, it is the simplest issue of animal power. Not all people in the Tang Dynasty had cattle, or donkeys, pack horses and other animal power!In many places, a village or even a few households have only one cattle or horse.

Based on his childhood experience in his previous life, Li Ke believed that it would be no problem for the people of Datang to plant one hundred acres of land per family, but he was wrong.

When he was a child in his last life, his family had a mule. Although his parents could easily plant more than 50 mu of land, it was because there was no shortage of animal power in the village, and every household had mules and horses.Every household has farm tools such as plows, rakes, hoes, shovels, sickles, and small shovels.

These smallest things are ignored by him, but they have the deepest influence in Datang!According to the survey given by Yuelai Commercial Bank, the farming cattle in many villages in Datang are shared. For the sake of fairness, each family farms how many acres and replaces it to ensure that every household can sow a certain amount of acres on average during the best spring plowing time. number.

And after the best spring plowing time is over, it is time to draw lots and rush to plant as many species as you can.