Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 705

Internal money; the emperor's private property, that is, the emperor's personal small treasury.

When Li Yuan was in office, taking private goods from the imperial court was only worth more than a hundred thousand yuan each time, and he didn't dare to greedy too much, lest he would be scolded by the censor.

Yes, Lao Li was also greedy for some money from the court back then. After all, he turned his family into a country, and when the world was in chaos, how could he feel at ease if he didn't have some money in his hands.

Now, Li Zhiyun's left hand is reversed to his right hand, and the two money bags are exchanged for money, which is justifiable.

The main reason is that Li Zhiyun makes a lot of money when the agents get the goods, as well as various business routes, those going to the Western Regions and the grasslands, Li Zhiyun has a commission, or cooperates with the people below to do business, making a lot of money.

It's not that the ministers don't know this, it's just that they don't want to say it out, because the emperor gave them jade badges for goods, and they make money themselves, so naturally they won't ruin their own jobs.What's more, the money earned by the emperor was not taken from the court.

Changle Hall.

Li Zhiyun was calculating this year's private income on a blank sheet of paper, while Empress Yang on the other side was taking the account book to calculate one by one.

"Your Majesty, in the past few months at the end of the year, the income going to the Western Regions is very high. Is it true that there are more than [-] taels of gold?" Empress Yang looked at the entry, a little surprised.In previous years, the Western Regions also had a big income item, but each time it was only about [-] taels at most.

Li Zhiyun made a vertical calculation, and replied: "Tuyuhun has been very honest recently, and the business roads are unimpeded, so he naturally makes a lot of money. There is a civil war in the Western Regions, and the prices we sell are very high."

"So that's the case." Queen Yang nodded, took a pen and wrote the word "read" on the account book, indicating that the account book is all right.

Half an hour later, Li Zhiyun finally calculated the income of 'sugar' clearly.

White sugar is divided into 'white sugar powder', 'ordinary white sugar' and 'rock sugar'.Among them, the price of white sugar powder is the lowest, and it is taking the low-end route.The price of rock sugar is the highest, and it is high-end.

Sources of income are divided into two parts, internal and external.

Inside, it refers to the money the agents made by opening sugar shops in the Central Plains.They get the goods from the workshop, give money to the emperor, and the selling price is strictly regulated by the court, so they can only make a small profit, and the emperor gets most of the profit.

Nevertheless, the income that agents earn is also considerable.After all, there are hundreds of states in the Central Plains and tens of millions of people. If one person earns a penny, that is quite a huge income.

As for the emperor, he is only responsible for the supply.And the manufacturing cost is kept low, after all, Feng An supplies the sugar cane to the imperial court free of charge.The difference between the cost price and the selling price is less than thirty cents.In this way, it is natural that the emperor earns more.

After all, the emperor did not need to pay for miscellaneous expenses such as transportation and running a shop.

In addition, it is merchants, referring to the Western Regions, Grasslands, Tuyuhun, Goguryeo and other countries.Externally, the money earned is too much.Some agents choose to cooperate with Fanbang merchants, they provide the goods, and Fanbang is responsible for the transportation.Some organize their own caravans and go to Fanbang to sell them.

In this area, Li Zhiyun also divided and defined for them. How many shares each family can sell each year must be agreed by themselves.

If you are not obedient, the share will be reduced if it is light, and the agent qualification will be directly disqualified if it is serious.

After all, he holds the goods, the soldiers and horses, and the court, who dares to be disobedient and directly do him.

No one will have trouble with money, and no one dares to fight against the emperor.

It doesn't matter if you earn a little less, it's very important to keep your agent qualifications.

"It's one night." Li Zhiyun said with a headache, looking at the dozen or so account books beside him.

Earn too much!
In addition to sugar, there are also soap, tea, woolen clothes, rice paper and so on.In addition, there are small items such as glass and glasses.

In terms of income, sugar is undoubtedly the first, followed by soap, tea, and rice paper in recent years.

Soap appeared early, and the goods spread quickly, and the scale has been formed.The rise of tea is very good, mainly because everyone loves to drink it.Rice paper is a high-end luxury item. Those who can buy rice paper are basically from aristocratic families with some money.

Especially for the aristocratic families who advocate farming and reading, when they come across rice paper, they are desperate to buy it back.

In the south, rice paper is even more in demand.

The woolen sweaters earned less, mainly because Li Zhiyun used them to suck grassland blood for the imperial court. Basically, most of his income came from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and he earned less himself.

When new looms become popular in the future, it is no secret that woolen sweaters can be made even less.

However, that is only relative to Datang.Externally, I still earn a lot.Many grassland tribes even hope that His Majesty the Holy Emperor Khan can let the court process wool for them, and they are willing to pay for the processing fee.

Some people even secretly said that slaves could be exchanged.

The current grassland tribes are either catching small tribes for slave trade, or they are selling slaves from their own tribe.

For grassland slaves, the imperial court has always clearly marked the price.

Except for the old and disabled, everything else is required.Adults and strong laborers are sent to dig coal and build roads, while women are sent to weaving.

The unwise children were placed by the court to teach them to be loyal to the emperor and love the Tang Dynasty, and then let them open up wasteland, or send them to emigrate in the future.

And those children who have already opened their minds and have the height of a wheel, absolutely don't want it.This is not only to prevent these children from causing trouble in the future, but also for sustainable development.

In this way, it is natural that Datang earns the most. With the labor force, the population has increased, and the money is not less.

Those who live most comfortably are the nobles among the grassland tribes.They live comfortably for themselves, and they don't care about the life and death of the grassland people.

On the bright side, the imperial court would naturally not trade slaves with the prairie people, this was all done in private.

After all, everyone still has to face.

Datang used many slaves, many died, and there were many resistances.However, there is also a lot of repression.Unarmed slaves are not opponents of the Tang army with blades at all, and the end of resistance is death.

However, Li Zhiyun has been gradually improving the living conditions of the slaves in the past two years, trying to squeeze more time.

As for whether it will be good for them?
That is impossible.

He didn't kill them all, it was his kindness as an emperor.He will not let the weak wolf go just because it is pitiful, on the contrary, he must kill it.

If the wolves are not killed, how can the people of Tang Dynasty live well.

Grassland tribes like the Turks don't care about you. Their nature is to destroy and plunder.

When they are weak, they turn into dogs.When the Central Plains are weak, they are wolves.

Li Zhiyun is not afraid of thousands of miles of grasslands, where humans and animals do not exist, because that is the effect he wants.

Being kind to the enemy is cruel to yourself.

If the Tang people want to rise, they must do this.

What's more, in the future there will be the Western Regions, Tuyuhun, and Goguryeo, so there will be so many foreign populations.

Not afraid of not enough.

When Datang consumes all the surrounding alien population, then Datang will complete the basic primitive accumulation.

At that time, future generations of emperors will not be able to expand externally, because if they do not expand, there will be internal friction.

Of course, at that time, Li Zhiyun can't control it anymore, and he doesn't care if the ball is dead.His pursuit in this life is to kill all the disobedient creatures around Datang while he is alive, and then see the whining train rushing forward, and the steamboat cleaving through the waves.

The best thing is to be able to complete the initial stages of the industrial revolution on your own hands.

He knew that doing so would kill many people.

However, for the sake of the Tang people, he had to do this, no matter what the later generations thought of him, he didn't care.

He even made up his mind that in the future, he would leave a kit for future emperors. Once the surrounding alien races were exhausted, he would prepare to immigrate and occupy the land.Or, you can start to immigrate in a few years.

He believes that in a few decades, Datang will be able to achieve a population explosion under his governance.

(End of this chapter)