Li Shimin

Chapter 267
"Li Wei, hurry up and send all the states and counties to find that divine doctor Sun!"

Hearing this, Li Shimin turned around quickly, and shouted to Li Wei who was not far away.

Li Wei quickly responded and ran out quickly.

Li Shimin and Empress Changsun couldn't help but feel joy from the bottom of their hearts when the matter of Qi disease was resolved.

In addition to being happy, Empress Changsun walked around the paddy fields even more vigorously.

Xingqi, with the support of Li Shimin, squatted down by himself, reaching out to tease the silly little fish in the water.

After more than half an hour, maybe Empress Changsun was tired from shopping, or maybe Li Shimin was tired, and they finally returned to Li Xuan's hut.

Seeing this, Li Xuan, Li Chengqian and the others subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Baoding, Li Chengqian and the others personally made a cup of hot tea for Li Shimin, Empress Changsun and others, and then they took Li Tai, the little fat man who still had something to say, and Li Lizhi, and ran around in the manor.

However, after seeing Li Xiong, Li Tai and Li Lizhi were overjoyed.

The only pity is that the chubby Li Tai can lick the bear at will, while Li Lizhi can only watch helplessly from a distance, with a grievance on his face,
In the house, after Li Shimin drank a cup of fragrant tea, he couldn't help but smack his mouth a few times, savoring it carefully and enjoying it all over his face.

Then, he looked at Li Xuan.

"Sure enough, I still want the tea from Xuanba's place, it's so refreshing."

"Your Majesty is thirsty, that's why you feel this way when you drink it!"

Li Xuan said calmly.

Li Shimin looked startled, then said with a smile.

"Xuanba, I have one more matter to ask you during this trip!"

"Please speak, Your Majesty!" Li Xuan said.

"It's about refined salt!"

Li Shimin said: "In a few days, those aristocratic families will come to Chang'an City again to negotiate with me about refined salt. I intend to eradicate these worms directly. However, these aristocratic families have already integrated with the Tang Dynasty, half of the courtiers , are people from aristocratic families.

And I am extremely unwilling to let some of the salt benefits go to these aristocratic families.

What good strategy does Xuan Ba ​​have for this matter? "

"I don't know how many salt fields His Majesty controls now, how much refined salt and coarse salt can be produced in a month?"

Li Xuan asked.

"I already have ten salt ponds, and now I can produce [-] shi of refined salt and [-] shi of coarse salt every month!"

Li Shimin said directly.

"Your Majesty, what is the population of Great Tang?" Li Xuan continued to ask.

"When the Tang Dynasty was first built, there were about 180 million households. We have been restoring people's livelihood for the past ten years, and now it has risen to 290 million households, about 900 more than [-] million people!" Li Shimin looked proud.

"However, the salt you produce in a month is less than half the population of Datang!"

Li Xuandao.

Li Shimin looked dull.

"Of course, His Majesty can also snatch all the salt fields from all the aristocratic families, or expand dozens of salt ponds again, so that he can completely control the world's salt!"

Li Xuan continued: "However, no matter what, those aristocratic families will not be willing to give up the benefits of salt!"

"After all, hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars in profits every year is like cutting off the flesh of these aristocratic families, and these aristocratic families will definitely rise up and resist!"

"What good strategy does Xuanba have?"

Li Shimin looked at Li Xuan expectantly.

"Your Majesty can only cooperate with those aristocratic families!" Li Xuan said.

"Ugh!"

Hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help but sigh lightly.

"For example, like Lu Jiansi, let those aristocratic families pay for the members, and then they can only collect the members' money honestly every month." Li Xuandao.

Li Shimin's eyes lit up, and his face was overjoyed: "So, can those aristocratic families agree?"

"Your Majesty doesn't want to fight too hard with those aristocratic families, and those aristocratic families don't want to fight too hard with Your Majesty."

Li Xuan sneered, "If they don't agree, then let's compete with each other, if they are still not convinced, let's pull out an army and fight a battle?
Don't tell me, Your Majesty, there are no private soldiers in those aristocratic families! "

"So, I will set up a salt sales company!"

Li Shimin said slowly.

"As it should be!"

Li Xuan nodded and said, "It's just that His Majesty, the salt sales department, needs to collect taxes?"

"Taxation?"

Li Shimin was stunned, "The Salt Sales Department is an official office of the imperial court, so there is no need to collect taxes!"

"In this way, those aristocratic families have paid a lot less tax money. Your Majesty needs to clarify this matter with those aristocratic families!"

"This……"

Hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help feeling distressed.

You know, one year's salt tax can collect more than 500 million guan.

"Xuan Ba, what if the Salt Sales Company should also pay taxes?"

"On this matter, His Majesty can discuss it with all the ministers in the court, and I don't understand it very well!" Li Xuan shook his head.

He really doesn't understand this kind of thing.

"However, His Majesty can take back the salt ponds of all the aristocratic families in the form of members. From now on, those aristocratic families will only wait for the dividends of the salt profit, and must not interfere in the affairs of the salt pond.

In addition, the transportation of salt to border counties is unfavorable, and the price of salt is relatively high.

Your Majesty can create salt banknotes. Once merchants transport and sell goods to border states and counties, and pay consistent money, they can sell a piece of salt banknotes to Jiehe River Salt Lake for [-] catties of salt, and let those merchants sell them. Enrich the frontier expenses, and at the same time save the toil and wasted cattle and donkeys of the Salt Sales Department in transporting salt in dozens of states and counties!
However, if this kind of salt banknote is implemented, the price of salt will fluctuate from time to time, and His Majesty needs to set up a capital salt department to be responsible for the sale of salt.If the price of salt is too high, large quantities of salt in stock will be released to curb the sudden profits of merchants.

If the price of table salt is too low, some salt has to be stored in storage instead of sold, so that the price of table salt will rise.

With this method, the imperial court controls the salt and keeps it stable. The advantage is that your Majesty can collect salt tax, and it can also allow merchants to make money, mobilize the enthusiasm of salt merchants across the country, and the price of salt eaten by the people of the world will not be too high. , It can save all kinds of sufferings of salt service in the country and counties, and prevent some salt workers from selling salt privately! "

Suddenly remembered something, Li Xuan continued.

"Salt money, salt money..."

After hearing this, Li Shimin's eyes couldn't help but brighten up.

The various benefits of salt money directly made him feel itchy, and he couldn't help thinking about it.

Seeing this, Li Xuan chuckled, stood up slowly, and walked into the house.

He didn't forget that he still promised to give that little Changle a small gift.

Sitting at the desk, taking out the pen and paper, Li Xuan began to draw.

After a while, a small box composed of several large pieces of glass appeared on the paper.

Afterwards, Li Xuancai took the paper and walked out.

"Xuanba, the law of salt banknotes and salt sales department, after I go back, I will discuss with Xuanling, the auxiliary machine and others for a while!"

This time, Li Shimin had come to his senses, sitting on the sofa, making tea for himself, looking very relaxed.

"Your Majesty, do as you please!"

Li Xuan said calmly.

Coincidentally, at this moment, Li Lizhi, Li Tai and other little brats were crazy enough, and they walked in with beads of sweat on their heads.

"Xiao Changle, Uncle Wang drew a zoo for you. After you go back, ask the Shaofu supervisor to calcinate several large pieces of glass according to the drawing, assemble them into a small glass room, and lock the small animals in it and keep them in your palace. You When you are free, you can play with those little animals with you through the glass!"

Li Xuan took out the blueprint and said to Xiao Changle.

"Thank you, Uncle Wang!"

Hearing this, Li Lizhi was overjoyed.

Immediately, he quickly took the blueprint and hugged it tightly in his arms.

"Thank you Xuan Ba!"

On the side, Li Shimin and Empress Changsun also thanked Li Xuan with joyful faces.

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(End of this chapter)