Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 542 Strong Tang Program
After talking about the use of imperial examinations to select talents, Li Shimin glanced at Qin Tian and said, "Qin Aiqing continue talking."

Qin Tian nodded, and said: "The other thing is to encourage business. Only frequent trade contacts can make our Tang Dynasty more prosperous and powerful, so that more money can flow in. With money, we can naturally strengthen our army."

Whether a country can be strong and rich, in fact, many times, it depends on whether their business is prosperous and strong. Only trade exchanges can truly make a country prosperous and strong.

After Qin Tian finished speaking, the whole hall suddenly became quiet, but this quietness was quickly broken by a person.

Gao Shilian stood up, looked at Qin Tian and smiled, and then said: "Your Majesty, I disagree with what Qin Tian said, business can indeed prosper our Tang Dynasty. After all, all the things we need are all What I got through trade is that my ministers do not agree to encourage business, we still have to encourage farming and suppress businessmen, otherwise, many people will go to business, and no one will be engaged in production. There will be a shortage of food in the Tang Dynasty. At that time, So what should I do?"

If it focuses on business, it may hurt farmers. This is a habitual thought of many people. After all, how much money do farmers earn for a year of hard work?

But if you're in business, you might waste a little bit of stuff, and in half a month, you can earn more than you earn in a year.

Merchants seek profit, and common people also seek profit. Those peasants who see that doing business makes money and have status as businessmen must have plans to do business.

Over time, many lands will be abandoned.

If no one farms the land, there will be not enough food, and if there is not enough food, there will be big problems in Datang.

Therefore, after Gao Shilian stood up, many ministers also stood up to echo him.

"My lord, the land of China has been emphasizing agriculture over business for more than a thousand years. This rule must never be broken."

"Yes, please think carefully, Your Majesty."

"........."

Many ministers stood up to oppose it. Li Shimin sat on the dragon chair, and he was also very entangled. He encouraged business, and the problems Gao Shilian said were really possible.

But if business is not encouraged, it may not be an easy task to make the Tang Dynasty stronger and richer in a short period of time.

There are two sides to the whole thing, which is very tangled, and I don't know what to do.

Qin Tian stood in the main hall, and was not in a hurry to refute. He didn't stand up until everyone had said the same thing, and said: "My lord, I said to encourage business, but I didn't say that I should lighten the peasants. What I mean is that business and Farming should pay equal attention.”

"Hey, what are you talking about? It's much faster to make money in business than farming. At that time, it's not something that you can solve if you don't pay equal attention."

"That's right, those farmers are not stupid. If it is more profitable to do business, it is no wonder that they are willing to continue farming."

"Pursue profit, everyone seeks profit, do you, Qin Tian, ​​understand this?"

Everyone blamed Qin Tian one by one, but Qin Tian just smiled indifferently: "In this world, there are many people who farm land, and some people only know how to farm land. These populations are completely enough to support the entire Tang Dynasty. Moreover, some policies can be introduced at that time to make it more secure for the common people to cultivate land, so that there will be no worries about no one farming.”

In this world, there will never be a shortage of people who cultivate the land, even in the era that is already very developed in later generations. Because food is the foundation, if there are fewer people who grow it, the price of food will naturally rise, and farming will also make money. Someone must be farming.

And doing business requires brains, not everyone can do business.

After Qin Tian said this, he was still attacked by some people. Li Shimin sat on the dragon chair and thought, if business and farming can be equally emphasized, this will naturally be the best thing for their Datang.

Thinking that Datang needs to be prosperous and strong now, maybe you can try it, if it doesn't work, you can stop it.

After thinking about it, Li Shimin waved his hands and said, "Okay, I agree with Qin Aiqing's point of view. I, Tang Dynasty, still want to encourage business. Qin Aiqing continues."

When Li Shimin opened his mouth, although Gao Shilian and the others were a little annoyed, they had no choice but to retreat angrily and let Qin Tian continue talking.

Qin Tiandao: "Your Majesty, apart from talents and business encouragement, I think the most important thing is to increase the military strength of our Tang Dynasty. If the military strength is not strong, how can we destroy the Turks?"

No one refuted these words. After all, this is a fact recognized by everyone. Only when the military strength of the Tang Dynasty is stronger, it will be easier to destroy the Turks.

In fact, what Qin Tian said is very simple and easy to understand. It is talent and wealth. With these, you can strengthen your army. As long as your army is strong, Datang will be invincible.

"Qin Aiqing is right, what do you think about strong soldiers?"

"Your Majesty, I believe that there are several aspects to strengthen the army. The first is the physical fitness of our soldiers in the Tang Dynasty. This cannot be neglected. We must practice hard to strengthen the physical fitness of the soldiers so that they can fight on the battlefield. , The second is to enhance the types of troops. I have cavalry, infantry, and archers in the Tang Dynasty, but the number is not very large. Apart from not many cavalry and archers, the tools are relatively poor, so the third point is to improve these tools. , cavalry, we need to use the best horses, archers, I want to use the best craftsmen, even infantry weapons must be improved."

When these words came out, the officials still had nothing to say, because what Qin Tian said was the truth.

The Turkic cavalry is very powerful. When they meet the Tang's infantry, they basically have little chance of winning. Even if their Datang's cavalry encounters the Turkic cavalry, they will lose.

Infantry, archers, etc. are relatively not particularly strong, and they are not as strong as the Turks. In this case, even if they have the same number of Turks in the Tang Dynasty, even if they are good at using formations and tactics, but they want to win. But it's not [-]% sure.

Only when they are stronger than the Turks in all circumstances, can they have the possibility of victory in the decisive battle.

Qin Tian said in the main hall, and soon, Qiang Tang's program gradually became clear, and after hearing these programs, everyone seemed to have a goal and a direction, and wanted to take a booster, a reassurance, and finally not so much. worried.

Qin Tian has said about all the situations, but there are some things that he thinks are very important, but he didn't say, that is the situation of the princes in various places.

The vassal kings of various places are indeed very beneficial to Datang, at least it is very helpful to be diligent and maintain the stability of the various places, but it is not good for Datang if the vassal kings do not return. Beware of these vassals taking a bite from the inside.

So Qin Tian wanted to talk about the cutting of the feudal clan, but the cutting of the feudal clan was a major event, and before Li Shimin's army became stronger, it would be useless to talk too much.

(End of this chapter)