The First Happy King of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 666 Where Does the Money Come From?

"Planting rice in winter? Emperor brother, are you kidding me?" In Li Shimin's study, Li Muyun's gaze was a bit strange. If Li Er wasn't the emperor, he probably said 'you're not sick'.

Fortunately, Li Shimin's mind was not on this, but his eyes stayed on the rice seeds on the table, and he asked in a daze, "Do you think I'm joking?"

"It's not like!" Li Muyun shook his head, but quickly followed up: "But brother emperor, we can't grow rice in the north in winter. The environment is not suitable. Even if we plant it, we will be frozen to death in a few days."

Li Shimin hummed with his nose, raised his head and said, "I know, otherwise what do you think I called you here for?"

Li Muyun muttered: "Uh..., Brother Huang, you don't mean you want me to plant rice?"

Li Shimin remained silent, obviously acquiescing.

'Bang Dang', Li Muyun slumped down into the chair placed by the window, showing a mournful expression: "Brother Huang, you should just send me to Lingnan."

Li Shimin also felt that his decision was a little too much, he clicked his tongue and said: "It's worthless, and I didn't tell you to plant it yourself. The rice seeds from Linyi were proposed by you, so why don't you just talk about it?" Don't care if you touch it?"

Li Muyun's entire face almost twitched together: "I can't control it, you don't need me to explain the truth of the southern orange and northern trifoliate brother, you should understand that the rice seeds in Linyi can grow for three seasons in Linyi, and when they come to our side Because of the climate, at most it grows for two seasons in the south of the Yangtze River, but in our north, it lasts for one season."

Li Shimin can still accept the conclusion that it can last two seasons in the south of the Yangtze River, but if it can only last one season in the north, His Majesty Li Er can't accept it, and his face slowly sinks: "Li Muyun, do you know the result of deceiving the emperor?"

What Banjun is like a tiger is really true, Li Muyun who was startled by Li Er's sudden change of face quickly sat up straight, waved his hands and explained: "No, I didn't bully you, Lin Yi's rice seed Although it is not possible to plant two seasons in the north, at least it can mature one to two months earlier, so the common people can use these two months to plant another crop of radishes and white cabbage."

It is said that the sky in June is the face of a child, and it changes quickly!
But Li Er's face changed even faster than the sky in June. Just now it was sunny and cloudy, and then it became cloudy in a blink of an eye. He nodded and said, "Is that so?"

Li Muyun nodded his head like garlic: "Yes, yes, that's the way it is. If you don't believe it, you can try it after the beginning of spring."

Speaking of this, Li Shimin basically already had an idea in his mind, he glanced at Li Muyun and said, "Alright, since you've already said so, then try as you said."

"Hey, good, good!" What else can Li Muyun say, one day is one day, the so-called King Yan fucks the brat, he will be free for a while, let's get past the current level first.

After finishing the matter of the rice planting, Li Muyun thought that there was nothing to do, and was planning to stay away from the 'tiger', but just as he said his farewell, Li Er stopped him: "Wait, your business is not over yet, I I have something else to ask you."

"What's the matter?" Li Muyun was a little worried.

Li Shimin hesitated for a moment, and reluctantly said: "It's about paying so much wages on your construction site. You pay so much wages every month. Now the people in the city have already expressed their opinions. Can't you lower the wages a little? "

Of course, it can't be lowered. If the wages are lowered, what prestige will he have in the future, the Xiaoyao King, and if he wants to hire someone again, it will be even more difficult.

Thinking of this, Li Muyun said with some embarrassment: "It's impossible to lower wages, and it's impossible to lower wages in this life. I don't know how to develop people's livelihood. I can only rely on money to ensure that the people in the fief will not flow out."

Li Shimin was a little speechless, and once again had a new understanding of Li Muyun's face, he sighed after a long time and said, "What about the people in the city? Right now, many workshops can't hire workers, and the people are all thinking about going to you. Working there, how do you plan to solve this matter?"

Li Muyun spread his hands: "This has nothing to do with me! You say that I'm a bumpkin from the countryside, who cares about my own fief, so I don't care about others, right?"

Li Shimin saw that the reasoning did not make sense, so he lowered his face and gave the death order: "I don't care about your messy reasons, in short, you must lower the wages, otherwise the people will only become trouble if they have too much money in their hands."

Li Muyun was slightly taken aback, "Trouble? How can common people become trouble if they have too much money? Brother Huang, did you make a mistake?"

On the issue of wealth in the world, Li Shimin doesn't think that Li Muyun is better than himself. Although he is known for his quick wit, the economy of the general environment is not something that you can definitely master if you are smart.

So Li Muyun's question made the Emperor quite displeased: "Wealth in the world has its own definite amount. If the people have more money, the treasury will naturally have less money. Do I need to explain this to you?"

Although Li Muyun did not study economics, he still understands some simple truths. Money is an indispensable thing for a country, but if money does not circulate, it is a pile of useless copper. Only when it is circulated can it play its original role.

Seeing Li Muyun's disgusted expression, hesitant to speak, Li Shimin was inexplicably unhappy, coughed and said, "Why, do you have a different opinion?"

"Brother Huang wants to hear the truth?" Li Muyun tried to ask.

"Yes, the truth!" Li Er nodded, but the disdainful expression on his face already showed that he only wanted to hit Li Muyun after he finished speaking.

As a killer, Li Muyun has really worked hard in psychology, so he couldn't see Li Er's true thoughts, but it was precisely because of this that he had the capital to show off.

After thinking about it for a while, he said slowly, "Brother Emperor, do you think the country will be rich if money flows, or if it is stored in the treasury?"

"Of course it is stored in the treasury! When the treasury is full, the world will naturally be rich."

The voice came from the door of the study. Li Muyun turned his head when he heard the sound, only to find that Empress Changsun had entered the study at some point, and beside her was Chang Le who hadn't seen him for a long time.

Out of etiquette, Li Muyun immediately stood up and greeted: "My brother has seen the emperor's wife."

"That's all." Empress Changsun waved her hand and said softly, "We're all one family, so if you can avoid these common etiquettes, let's just avoid them!"

"Promise!" Li Muyun bowed his head to promise, and from the corner of his vision, he saw that little girl from Changle, Pian Zi, sticking out her cute little tongue at him.

Seeing his wife coming, Li Shimin beckoned and said: "The Guanyin servant girl came just in time. I was discussing wealth with this stinky boy. You are good at this, just teach him."

"Your Majesty was joking. Although Mu Yun's title is the Prince of Xiaoyao County, everyone in the court calls him the King of Wealth in private. They all speculate that he is the reincarnation of the God of Wealth. I dare not make a fool of myself with this little ability."

Empress Changsun came to sit beside Li Shimin while talking. Although there were many beautiful words in her words, they always sounded a bit awkward.

Chang Le followed her old mother to Li Er's back, staring at Li Muyun with a pair of beautiful big eyes, as if he was waiting for his reply.

This little girl has long been attached to Li Muyun, so naturally she doesn't want him to be ashamed in front of her parents, but she also doesn't want him to be too showy, so it's understandable that she hesitated for a while.

But once Li Muyun's crazy temper came up, he couldn't control so much, besides, in front of Li Er and his eldest grandson, even if he used gallstones as guts, he didn't dare to flirt with Chang Le.

So he didn't look at Changle's constant glances at all, and just said to himself: "The emperor's sister-in-law is ridiculously praised, and the younger brother dare not take it! But to be honest, the younger brother does not agree with the emperor's wife's opinion. If the world is full, why not make more copper coins to fill the treasury directly, so that the people in the world will be rich."

"This..." Empress Changsun knew that Li Muyun was misinterpreting her meaning, but she couldn't think of any reason to refute her, her tone froze.

On the contrary, Li Shimin snorted and said, "Boy, don't play sophistry there. No one in this world knows that the national treasury refers to taxes, not printing money privately."

Li Muyun chuckled, and said, "Brother Huang, what you said is right on point. The national treasury needs taxes to fill it up, but Brother Huang, if the people don't have any money left, where will the taxes come from? Don't they just rely on digging the soil?" Food, can the treasury be replenished?"

Li Er continued to ask: "Then what do you mean?"

Li Muyun licked his lips: "Brother Huang, the only way to fill the national treasury is to stimulate consumption. Only by allowing money to circulate will there be enough tax revenue. When tax revenue comes up, the national treasury will naturally be filled."

"But when it comes to stimulating consumption, the problem now is that the people have no money in their hands, how do you let them consume? If the people don't consume, where does the commercial tax come from? Of course, you can say that there is an agricultural tax, but the agricultural tax How much is there? How can the country’s economy grow by relying on the same amount of agricultural tax every year?”

Li Shimin raised his hand to stop Li Muyun. After hearing a few words, he felt that his mind was a little messed up and he had to stop and sort it out.

After all, Li Muyun's point of view is too bizarre, and it is very different from the experience left by his ancestors.

After a while, Li Ercai asked in a deep voice, "So you mean business?"

Li Muyun nodded emphatically: "Yes, it is emphasizing business. Although businessmen have a low status, it is undeniable that they can indeed bring a lot of wealth to the country."

Li Shimin shook his head and denied Li Muyun's point of view: "Businessmen are after profit, and their purpose is to collect all the limited wealth in the world into their own families. If they focus on business, the country will be destroyed!"

(End of this chapter)