Chapter 1181 Businessman’s Problem

"What do the auxiliary engines think?"

If it had been Li Shimin a few years ago, he would have decided this matter with a wave of his hand.

But Li Xiang is developing better and better, and Li Shimin is also secretly competing with Li Xiang, so such a policy requires asking many people to make it foolproof.

In fact, every decision made by the current emperor may be related to the lives of thousands of people, so there is nothing wrong with asking a few more people. Even if there are any deviations, three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang. , after they finished discussing it, the matter was basically fine.

"Weichen also thinks this is a good thing. In addition to promoting business development, the most important thing is to increase the court's tax revenue. Comparing the tax revenue from festivals and ordinary night markets, you can see that almost tens of thousands of dollars can be added every day. money."

Although Changsun Wuji did not supervise the household department, he still knew the income of the entire imperial court very well, especially the east and west cities of Chang'an City, which could be said to have the highest income in the entire empire.

"Then let's open it gradually. I remember that brat said before. No matter what you do, it's best to try it out for a period of time. Let's open it for 10 days this month and 20 days next month. If there's nothing in between. If something happens, then let everything go next month.”

Li Shimin thought of what Li Xiang said. At that time, he thought Li Xiang was a bit troublesome. Do there are so many old people in the court need you to teach them how to do things? Now that I think about it, it does make sense, mainly because there are too many people involved, so there is nothing wrong with being cautious.

"Your Majesty is wise."

Both of them are also cautious in doing things. If Li Shimin is greedy for credit and advances rashly, they may have to stop him. Now that Li Shimin is taking the initiative to slow down, of course both of them support it.

In the past, the Tang Dynasty focused on agriculture and suppressed business.

In fact, it is not just the Tang Dynasty, but any feudal dynasty in a farming society will basically choose this path. Businessmen can indeed make people get money, but if they destroy agricultural development, then they will be guilty of hurting people. Big.

Among the hierarchies of feudal society, why are there classifications of scholars, peasants, industrialists, and merchants? It is because merchants do not really produce food, but rely on trade to obtain certain profits. In the eyes of rulers, this is opportunistic.

If some people do this, it can indeed activate the economy of the entire empire, but if all people follow suit and leave their work in the fields to become businessmen, then who will cultivate these wastelands? If there is not enough food by then, the entire society may fall into famine, and the foundation of the rulers will be unstable.

Therefore, for the sake of the security of their own rule, all dynasties have restrained merchants and only allowed them to develop to a certain extent. If someone develops too much, the ruler will find a way to take them down, in order to frighten the country. Ordinary people, let them cultivate crops on the land honestly.

This situation no longer exists at all. According to figures obtained by the Tang Dynasty, 1/3 of the land has been handed over to slaves, and this number is increasing every year, not to mention a large amount of food shipped from abroad. , even if many people left the land, the price of food in Datang did not rise at all, but instead fell year by year.

In this case, we must start to develop business so that more people can be used. If we do not develop business, many people will become idlers in society, and the stability of this society will also begin to decline. .

Li Xiang will soon be able to see everything that happened in Chang'an City. Currently, the connection between Chang'an City and Li Xiang is very close. When he was in Fusang, he could communicate once every 15 days. Now Li Xiang has returned to the mainland. , the frequency of communication will be more.

At this moment, Li Shimin asked people to write down important national events on a few memorials, and then sent them to Lingnan Road at high speed. It is said that Li Xiang had already landed at a certain port on Lingnan Road.

If it were in the 21st century, then the major ports along the coast of Guangdong would be the most developed areas in the country, but now they are the most backward areas in the country. First of all, there are many mountains here, and without plains it would be impossible to gather a large number of people.

Secondly, the foreign trade here is not well developed. Even if someone wants to do business with Datang, they will always do it in Hangzhou, and few people will do it here.

Li Xiang also knew the reason. It was too far to reach Chang'an from Lingnan, and there were no good roads. He also passed through some native territories in the middle, and might be robbed by them.

Therefore, some merchants would rather stay on the ship for a while and transport the goods to the south of the Yangtze River than disembark here.

Another reason is that the population of Lingnan Road is too small. There have not yet been a large number of people migrating from the north. This is mainly because after Li Shimin ascended the throne, the war in the north has almost disappeared, so the people still like to stay in the plains.

"The last general Huo Qubing has met His Highness."

When Li Xiang was fighting on the grassland, a general appeared in the system, and that general was Huo Qubing.

This is also the God of War in the history of the Chinese nation, but it was short-lived at first. Later, Li Xiang sent Huo Qubing to Lingnan to train troops, which lasted for two or three years.

The reason why Li Xiang spent two or three years letting Huo Qubing train troops was because the various countries in the Indochina Peninsula were too difficult to deal with, especially jungle warfare. This was not a trivial matter. If not prepared in advance, it would be even more difficult than plateau warfare. Uncomfortable.

When evaluating the major toasts, Li Xiang had already seen the power of these people. If Jida Tusi is a hill, then Annan Chenla and other countries on the Indochina Peninsula are just big mountains.

The reason why there are so many Li Xiangs is because they want an outlet in the Indian Ocean. If the outlet in the Indian Ocean can be opened, no matter what the situation is in the Strait of Malacca, we will not be able to contain us in the future.

Of course, this will be very difficult, but Li Xiang believes that he was reborn just to challenge difficulties, not to mention that from the current perspective, countries such as Annan and Chenla are not very good. (End of chapter)