Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 1006

Liu Mu asked for the third sum of money.

Li Shimin replied: "The third tranche of money is not to be moved. It is money for war, [-]% is for border defense, and [-]% is used to wipe out the Western Turkic rebellion. There was originally a fourth tranche of money, but it turned out that it was not saved enough. It has already started to be spent, it is the money for the six imperial edicts."

The various reserve funds mentioned by Li Shimin are indeed extremely important.

The emergency armament funds for border defense cannot be easily moved. Datang must also guard against Tupan at the same time, focusing on Goguryeo.

Especially in Goguryeo, Datang is ready to go to war at any time, leaving a lot of coins to prevent this day, if they really want to fight, they will even use Zhen Guoyin.

If you want to fight, you must destroy Goguryeo in one battle.

Out of the habit of later generations, Liu Mu lit a cigarette for himself when talking about things, and handed Li Shimin one as well.Li Shimin took it and smelled it, tried to take a small sip, but didn't swallow it, just passed it in his mouth, it felt very strange.

Liu Mu would say, "I brought back a large amount of gold and silver."

"It is used to subsidize the military expenses of the Six Edicts and to build the railway. Originally, only one railway was built, but now three are built together. This expenditure is extremely huge. It costs more to build a railway than to build a canal."

Li Shimin began to calculate for Liu Mu: "Look, according to the new laws of the Tang Dynasty, some subsidies are required for land acquisition. This is a small amount of money. Then, when the railway is built, a straight road should be built in conjunction with it, and every important state capital must have a train. For example, from Chang'an to Luoyang, it is said that it is a railway, but in fact there are several poor roads."

"kindness."

Liu Mu understood this without Li Shimin explaining it.

The railways of later generations are denser than spider webs. The main road from Chang'an to Luoyang must be selected for repair, and then the branch roads will also be built in several key counties.

For example, states and counties with developed workshop industries such as Huayin and Hedong must have trains.

Even if it's not the heavy track, you have to choose the second heavy track.

Not to mention Li Shimin's enthusiasm for railways, he must ask for heavy rail repairs, and it will be in place at one time.

Liu Mu thought for a while and came up with an idea: "Second brother, why don't we issue national bonds."

"National debt?"

"Just like the previous Western Expedition bond, we will issue a national bond for vaccinia this time, pay it back in three to five years, and use the dividends from the development of the Indochina Peninsula to repay the bond. What do you think of this idea?"

What Willow proposed is indeed a good idea.

However, people in the era of Datang are more used to saving money to do things, and Li Shimin is not used to such things as early consumption.

"Not good. Next year's coins will also be useful next year. This national debt can only be a bad idea."

Is national debt a bad idea?
Liu Mu doesn't want to argue about this issue, at least national debt is a very useful financial tool in later generations.Although I don't understand it very well.

Liu Mu said: "Second brother, you can't do the business of killing chickens and taking eggs. Right now we don't have any money to grab. To vaccinate the Roman nobles, my opinion is that a total of [-] Roman gold coins will be collected symbolically. It is the friendship between the two countries. We have already taken the benefits of defeating Saracens, and we cannot take away the deposits from Africa, which needs to be developed."

"Bullshit, you think the second brother doesn't even understand this." Li Shimin explained with a scolding smile, "In fact, the Ministry of Accounts can still provide part of the money. Right now, we can consider delaying a railway for a year, so the second brother will pay for it." There is a gap of about 700 million guan, how can you make up for the 700 million guan?"

Liu Muxin said that he didn't want to issue bonds, and he didn't want to borrow money from powerful people, and he didn't allow transfer of targeted funds.

In fact, this is Li Shimin himself making difficulties for himself.

As if guessing what Liu Mu was thinking, Li Shimin explained again: "Mu, you have to understand that there must be rules in everything when governing a big country. Datang communication is inconvenient, even if there is an emergency from Huazhou to Chang'an, it takes a day. There is no strict rule. If the rules and regulations of the government are handled flexibly, the consequences will be disastrous."

Willow patted his head lightly.

"Second brother is wise."

Li Shimin laughed: "Tell me about how fast the information was transmitted at that time?"

"Second brother, light travels 30 kilometers per second. The speed of lightning is also 30 kilometers per second, and half an hour is 1000 seconds. One kilometer is equivalent to [-] meters, and one meter is equivalent to three feet and three inches."

"Excellent!" Li Shimin said so quickly, and immediately asked: "Then from Chang'an to Rome, can it be so easy to stand a little farther away and shout?"

"Of course, it's as convenient as if we talk face to face, but Datang won't be able to achieve it in two or three hundred years. It will take at least 300 to 300 years of development, from electric current to analog, from electricity to the extreme. From analog to digital, from digital to quantum, it seems to be called quantum, which is too high-end and I don’t understand.”

Hearing what Liu Mu said, Li Shimin laughed heartily.

The eldest grandson Wugou and Dugu Lanruo, who were steaming wine in the house, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they heard Li Shimin's laughter.

Liu Mu said to Li Shimin: "Second brother, in fact, it is because you care too much about the train, so when you hear that the construction of the train will be postponed, it affects your mood. 800 million yuan may be a lot in the past. In the former Sui Dynasty, it may be a forced new tax, etc. Wait, right now, I believe the Ministry of Household Affairs will definitely have a solution."

"That's right, let the Ministry of Households discuss it first. We must find a way to squeeze out some coins. We can't do tax increases. People's hearts come first."

"Second brother, in the future, you can consider reducing agricultural taxes, or even not collecting agricultural taxes on grain fields."

When Liu Mu said this, his expression became excited.

Li Shimin saw his eldest grandson Wugou and Dugu Lanruo walking through the kitchen, he hastily gestured for Liu Mu to pause first.

But Liu Mu lowered his head and said while fiddling with his pipe: "In my time, the country no longer collected agricultural tax, and every year there was a lot of subsidy for grain growers. But that's it, grain growers There are not many farmers, and most of them have gone to the city to work, and the fields grow vegetables and cash crops.”

As soon as Li Shimin covered his face, he couldn't stop Liu Mu, and he didn't know how Liu Mu would explain it.

Liu Mu still lowered his head, lit his cigarette butt and continued: "I remember that the year before I came to Datang, my country's grain was 120 million tons, and I bought [-] million tons from abroad. The amount of one ton, second brother, you know , which is equivalent to [-] shi of our Datang, which is [-] billion shi of grain."

bang...

Behind Willow, a chrome-plated steel basin containing vegetables fell to the ground.

Hearing the sound, Liu Mu turned his head abruptly, only to see Dugu Lanruo looking at him in surprise.

Li Shimin said lightly at this time: "Second brother, I gave you winks and gestures, but you didn't see it. Think about how to explain it yourself."

(End of this chapter)