Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

Li Ke glanced at Duan Lun, and the reaction was quite quick. Li Ke nodded and said: "At present, these enterprises are all registered as state-owned commercial banks, but the imperial court is not 100% of the shares. Now that we have reformed the currency system, Then after reducing the relevant costs, it is natural to promote it. Now most of the people wear tattered linen clothes, and now we want to let the people of Datang wear good clothes."

"Will this direct promotion destroy the market?" Xiao Yu who was next to him hesitated and asked. As the minister of the Ministry of Commerce, Xiao Yu must care about business matters. After all, in the words of His Highness, this It is the pillar industry of Datang.

Indeed, the textile industry has always been a pillar industry in China for 21% of the time from ancient times to the beginning of the 90.00st century, but for ordinary people, most of them have no way to enjoy this pillar industry The convenience brought about.

At least the clothes of many ordinary people will always be linen clothes.

Even the linen clothes can't be put on new ones, they are all tattered, layer after layer, and it took three years to mend.

Now that the situation in Datang has changed in this regard, it is necessary to increase the convenience for the common people. Food, clothing and housing are the most basic needs.

"No, Datang Weekly can directly follow up and tell the common people that in the future, the cloth of Datang will be reduced to half of the current price on a large scale, or even lower." Li Ke said with a smile, "At that time, each household will naturally They have to be shipped first, of course, when these machines start selling later, they can naturally buy them as well.”

"For example, several garment factories will be established under my name, and when the time comes to launch new products, there will be a wave of sales fairs." Li Ke said with a smile.

Everyone didn't ask too much about the enterprises under Li Ke's name. Since His Highness is going to sell machines, if you don't plan to use these spinning and weaving markets for the time being, the impact will not be a big problem.

"Li Shangshu." Li Shimin thought for a while and said.

"The minister is here." Li Yan bowed and saluted.

"Can Datang complete all copper coin tax collection this year?" Li Shimin asked.

"Returning to Your Majesty, at present, the income of the Tang State treasury is mainly composed of two parts, one of which is copper coins, and the other part is composed of grain. The taxes of farmers and people are directly paid to the country's grain reserve depot, which can be directly deducted from taxes. There is no problem with the taxation of the treasury consisting of money and food." Li Yan said.

"However, during this period of time, I have conducted investigations on the people and related industries in various parts of the Tang Dynasty, and I found that in fact, the Tang Dynasty can now implement agricultural tax exemption."

"Exemption from agricultural tax?!" As soon as Li Yan's words came out, all the ministers exclaimed.

Huang Fulin said immediately: "Li Shangshu, although we have already started to collect commercial tax, it is still unknown whether commercial tax can support Datang's treasury revenue. Is it too early to exempt agricultural tax at this time?" Too big? If you take too big a step, it may have the opposite effect!"

"I also object. If the agricultural tax is exempted, it will not be so easy to make up for the agricultural tax due to the country's tax shortage in the future." Tang Jian also followed suit.

"I also object." Changsun Wuji also spoke at this time.

"Li Shangshu, can you tell me why?" Li Shimin asked curiously, because taxation means that the Tang Dynasty began to collect commercial taxes. Importance through the ages.

The scholars, farmers, industry and commerce also explained all the problems, but now Li Yan boldly said that the agricultural tax should be completely exempted.What is this concept?

Doesn't this mean that Datang's treasury lost the biggest piece of income?

Li Ke didn't speak at the side, nor did he participate in it, because these things were not what Li Ke told Li Yan, but Li Yan's own thoughts, and he also wanted to hear Li Yan's thoughts.

Using Li Ke's personal experience, Li Ke doesn't know the various periods in history, but he is most familiar with the later generations after the founding of the country, from the initial ownership of the agricultural tax, then it was reduced, and finally it developed to the beginning of subsidizing farmers.

To be honest, Li Ke didn't know what kind of development strategy the process was based on. He was not a national decision-maker in his previous life, and he couldn't see the data of national development. Although he has access to these in this life.

However, the social nature of the two sides determines that the Tang Dynasty is different from China after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and there is a big difference.

"My research is based on Your Highness's currency theory. In fact, from ancient times to the present and throughout the dynasties, we Chinese people in the Central Plains have a characteristic, that is, we are used to planning for rainy days. Some wealthy people always save a little money. At home, to deal with emergencies."

"This habit has deeply affected everyone from ordinary people to powerful families to the Tang Dynasty. But for the most ordinary people, the amount of money they can save is actually not too much. And the money will eventually be saved. They will buy some big things in the house, such as a pot, repair the house, get married, buy a cow, pack horse and other animal power, or build a plowshare, etc. "

"All in all, if a country's economy wants to prosper, it is not enough to rely on powerful families, because no matter how they spend money, they will earn more money than they spend. If this situation is reversed one day, then these powerful families will The slightly wiser Patriarch of the family will immediately make a change."

"That is to say, the riches of aristocratic families far exceed the common people's money, which is not good for the economy. Therefore, we must find a way to make the common people rich first and keep the wealth in the people. When the common people are rich, the country will be rich. This theory must be Now everyone understands." Li Yan said with a smile.

Everyone nodded. Li Ke has already written a book on the theory of economic circulation, which is the theory of basic economic circulation, and almost all the officials of the imperial court must read it.

Although Li Ke and Li Shimin didn't force it, these ministers knew it very well.

"But the problem now is that there are too few channels for our Tang Dynasty to make the people rich. To put it plainly, we have to find a way to give money to the people, but there are too few such channels! Because at present For most people in Datang, their only income is farming.”

"Even if it is planted according to the official requirements of our Tang Dynasty, since there is no shortage of grain in the Tang Dynasty, the price of grain in the hands of the people will not be so high. Think about it, everyone, the price of grain sold in the market is in Chang'an. It used to be 120 a stone, but recently it has dropped to 100 a stone for new rice, and even 90 a stone for old rice."

"The price of grain in the market is so low, how much can the grain grown in the hands of the common people sell for a year? In other words, no matter how rich the imperial court is, we can't give the money to the common people, and the money will not circulate. "