Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 578 Encouraging Business
"Okay, this matter will be discussed tomorrow morning, to encourage business, what do you think?"

Qin Tiandao: "Your Majesty, it is much easier to encourage business. Merchants seek profit. As long as you give them benefits and benefits, you can naturally encourage some merchants and promote the prosperity of Chang'an City."

"Do you have any specific suggestions?"

"First of all, what we need to do is to ensure the legitimate rights and interests of merchants to trade in our Tang Dynasty, and to ensure the safety of their property and lives. With this guarantee, they will naturally have less worries and will be very active in doing business. The other thing is , to exempt them from some taxes, so that they will be more profitable when they come to do business, and naturally they will come more frequently and more..."

Qin Tian made some specific suggestions, and Li Shimin nodded after listening to them: "Okay, this matter will also be discussed in the court tomorrow morning, and if it is feasible, it will be implemented immediately."

After the two monarchs and ministers finished speaking in this way, they just waited for the morning court tomorrow.

The weather in Chang'an is still very hot, and the eastern and western cities are very lively in the morning.

Even standing in the palace, one could faintly hear some noisy cries.

However, the bustle of the east and west cities at this time was not enough to compare with the prosperity of the east and west cities known to Qin Tian in later generations.

When the East and West cities were the most prosperous, there were more than 2 shops, but in today's East and West cities, [-] stores is already very good.

In other words, there is still a lot of space in the east and west cities.

Of course, when the east and west cities were the most prosperous in history, the east and west cities had already extended to the Lifang. After all, although the east and west cities were large, they couldn't bear so many shops.

Therefore, the east and west cities began to extend to both sides, and eventually Lifang was also occupied.

This is a very normal economic phenomenon, just like how lively a temple fair is, the street intersections outside the temple fair will also be occupied by businesses.

But today's East and West cities obviously haven't reached this level of prosperity.

In the early morning, Qin Tian stood in front of the main hall, listening to the indistinct cries.

"My dear friends, now that the Tang Dynasty has gradually stabilized, we will develop the economy and make my Tang Dynasty prosperous and strong. Qin Aiqing has a few suggestions. Let's see what you think, Qin Aiqing?"

Qin Tian took the order, and then stood up, talking about planting wheat in the south and reclaiming wasteland first.

After saying this, the courtiers looked at each other and talked a lot.

"My lord, this is nonsense. We all know that wheat can be grown in the north and the Central Plains. No one has ever grown it in the south. The south has always been rice. Planting wheat is a waste of food."

"That's right, oranges grown in Huainan are oranges, and oranges grown in Huaibei are oranges. The climate is different in different places, and the things grown are not good. If the wheat does not produce food, isn't it a waste of land and a waste of seeds? "

"Yes, my lord, moreover, people in the south generally don't know how to sow wheat. More importantly, people in the south don't look down on wheat. They basically don't eat pasta. They think pasta is the food of inferior people. Let them They may not be willing to plant such a cheap thing."

"........."

The ministers said each other, Qin Tian frowned slightly, is wheat a cheap thing in the south, why hasn't he heard of it before?
He thought about it, searched in his mind, and then more or less understood.

Wheat was not grown much in the south before the Song Dynasty, and the southerners could not accept pasta. However, after the Song family moved to the south, wheat was also left in the past. After decades, the southern People gradually accepted wheat and some pasta.

This is a sad thing.

It is easy to grow wheat, but it is difficult to make wheat recognized by the southerners.

As everyone was talking, Qin Tian stood up and said, "What you said is all reasonable. It is true that some places are not suitable for growing wheat, but some places are okay. There is a large area of ​​wheat planting in the south. We can send people to select a piece of land in various places and conduct experiments. If we can grow wheat, we will plant it on a large area next year. After all, we can plant a variety of wheat for one season, which can provide a lot of food for our Tang Dynasty. Ah, as for the matter that southerners do not accept pasta and do not grow wheat, I think it is easy to solve. People are interested in profit. They do not eat wheat, so they can buy wheat from us in the north. As long as the price is reasonable, I believe there will be Many people are willing to take advantage of that time to plant another season of wheat to increase their income, so why not do it?"

Qin Tian's words made sense. After he finished speaking, the officials looked at each other. Immediately afterwards, there were fewer people who opposed it. After all, to be honest, if it is true that wheat can be grown in the south, it would be very difficult for them. It couldn't have been a better thing.

There is enough food, what can't be done well?
People, don't panic if you have goods in your stomach, as long as you can eat enough, you are not afraid of anything.

"If Hou Ye wants to say that, we will experiment for one year."

"That's right, it's been tested for a year."

Everyone expressed their support, and this matter is finally over. Then, I talked about the matter of reclaiming wasteland. This matter is not designed to benefit the interests of some people in the court. After all, they do not have wasteland in their hands, and they will not let them Those who went to cultivate land were tenants without land, slaves, prisoners, etc. It was a good thing for these people to have something to do.

Therefore, this did not arouse many people's objections, and it was quickly agreed.

After saying this, Li Shimin said again: "The food issue has been settled, let's talk about business matters next, my Great Tang wants to encourage the common people to do business, and I also want to attract businessmen from the Western Regions and other places to come to my Great Tang to do business, so , I decided to set up a foreign bureau in the east and west cities to deal with some problems of foreign businessmen in Chang'an City and ensure their property and life safety. Besides, any businessman who comes to Chang'an for business can Enjoy some tax benefits, dear ministers, what do you think?"

After Li Shimin finished speaking, a minister stood up and said, "Your Majesty, there is nothing wrong with setting up a foreign bureau. After all, it is normal to ensure that the interests of businessmen are not damaged. It is not appropriate to just reduce some taxes, right?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, our Tang Dynasty is currently short of finances, and we rely on taxes to enrich our treasury. If we reduce or exempt these businessmen from taxes, then our Tang Dynasty's income will decrease a lot. This cannot be done."

"........."

There are many people who oppose tax reduction and exemption. After all, Datang is very short of money nowadays. However, at this time, Qin Tian stepped forward: "Everyone, don't worry, this move will not reduce my income in Datang, but will increase it. You must have heard of small profits but quick turnover, right? As long as there are more businessmen coming to Chang’an to do business, even if we give them some discounts, I, Datang, can still make money.”

(End of this chapter)