The First Happy King of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 667 Where Does the Money Come From?

Facing Li Shimin's stubbornness, Li Muyun didn't know how to continue the topic. He stood up, patted the back of his head and spun around in place a few times, saying, "Brother Huang, why don't you understand that money is only money when it flows, and it is piled up Together it's a pile of useless copper."

Li Shimin feigned anger and stared at him: "If I knew that I would have kicked you out a long time ago, I would still let you do whatever you want here."

Li Muyun sighed helplessly: "No, I'm not presumptuous, I'm in a hurry! Think about it, Brother Emperor, the people in Tang Dynasty actually don't have much money at home, and some people even don't have enough to eat, yes Bar?"

Li Shimin nodded. He had to admit that Li Muyun was not wrong, and he was merciful, because although Datang looked bright on the surface, in fact, the people were really poor. Half of the population is struggling on the verge of life and death. It's not just that some people can't eat.

But it was precisely because of this that he did not agree with Li Muyun's raising the cost of hiring workers so high, because it would cause regional conflicts. If those people who could not afford to eat knew such news, they would probably take risks out of dissatisfaction. Go up the road of no return to rebellion.

But Li Muyun has his own unique way of thinking. Seeing that Li Shimin didn't speak, he continued: "So I think we can let some people get rich first, and then through correct guidance, make those people who are still struggling on the line of food and clothing realize that through The completion of their own efforts can get rid of poverty, thus stimulating their heart to give and take."

Although this explanation is a bit nonsense, it is the best explanation Li Muyun can think of. After all, he did not choose political economics as his major at the beginning, and he couldn't think of a better explanation.

And what he wanted to express was not limited to this, without any pause, he continued: "Brother Huang, this is actually an invisible circle. You want to feed the people of the whole country, but you don't It may be possible to achieve the goal at once.”

"To give the simplest example, there are five children in a family. It is impossible for parents to make them rich at the same time, so they can only do it one by one. For example, invest in a certain one first and let him go to school. After reading the book and becoming a high-ranking official, the parents and the eldest will support the second one to do business, and when the second one has money, then four people will support the third and fourth children either to study or to study. Do business, and when the fifth child is supported, then the whole family will really become rich."

"The same is true for the country. You need to make some people rich, and then these people will provide more taxes for the country, and the country can use these taxes to repay the people. For example, invest in some poor areas so that the people there can live in More jobs outside of farming, it may be a long process, but it's the only way to solve the problem."

Li Shimin and Empress Changsun looked at each other. Although they didn't all agree with Li Muyun's point of view, at least what Li Muyun said was not wrong in the general direction.

Changle was still young, so he couldn't understand what Li Muyun was talking about, but at a critical moment, he asked Li Er's question: "Why do the people have to provide taxes to the country when they are rich? As far as I know, the people My biggest hobby is to bury money and save it.”

Li Muyun shook his head: "People like to bury money because they always think that money is not enough, so they do this. In fact, a family's consumption is directly proportional to income. Your monthly income of [-] Wen may be worth Save money and eat rice bran, but when you have [-] Wen a month, you will replace rice bran with rice, which is just a need and has nothing to do with habit.”

"As long as the people consume, there must be taxes. Although the court does not collect taxes from the people, it does collect taxes from the merchants. The more they sell, the more taxes they pay. Taxes will naturally come up."

Chang Le wrinkled his nose, and said softly: "Why are you so sure that the common people will consume, if they continue to bury their money?"

Although the little girl's question was a bit outrageous, Li Er didn't stop it, because he also wanted to hear how Li Muyun answered this question.

Li Muyun spread his hands and said: "Because of human nature, it is not impossible to spend money suddenly after being poor for a lifetime, not to mention that the people of the Tang Dynasty all have a subconscious mind to honor their ancestors, and for ordinary people It is said that the most direct way to honor our ancestors is to consume, improve the quality of life, and let people around us know that we have become rich."

It has to be said that what Li Muyun said about human nature is not an exaggeration at all, these are all summed up through his experience in later generations.

If some friends do not believe it, you can ask yourself, if you are just an ordinary working class, what kind of reaction would you have if you suddenly won 500 million.

You might say that I would save my money and not spend it.

But the reality is definitely not the case, because you have absolute needs that need to be resolved, such as buying a house and getting married?Like buying a nice car?
If you say that I have all these, my parents have bought them all for me.

Well, don't you want to repay your parents when you suddenly have so much money?As the saying goes, the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop, and the child wants to support but does not wait for the relatives. After getting rich, who doesn't want to be comforted by their parents and elders, and let the two elders be honored in front of relatives and friends.

Of course, it is also possible that you said that I bought my house and car by myself. If this is the case, then you are a successful person and you don’t need to consider the above expenses.

But also you don't care about the 500 million, you will also spend it with it, such as travel?For example, rewarding the anchor, in short, if you are a successful person, even if you don’t have the 500 million, you are also paying taxes for the country.

So no matter what, when ordinary people have a lot of money at once, their lives will definitely change, which cannot be controlled by reason.It is precisely because Li Muyun knows this that he is so sure that after letting the people have a lot of money at once, it will inevitably stimulate consumption.

Of course, Li Muyun actually talked for a long time, but there were still some things he didn't say.

Although he is distributing a lot of money, those people who have made money have no more places to spend it, because they need to work on the construction site every day, so they generally spend their money near Mount Li, such as Say to buy some meat today, some clothes tomorrow and so on.

But the problem is that the shops near Lishan Mountain are all opened by Li Muyun himself, that is to say, the money he sent will only go around in the hands of the common people before returning to him again. Although some of them will be missing, in general Didn't lose too much.

After listening for a long time, Li Shimin felt that his mind was a little messed up, so he simply didn't want to think about it anymore, and sent Li Muyun directly, and didn't bother about how much he paid.

After Li Muyun left, His Majesty finally showed a headache expression and said with a sigh: "Is what this kid said true or not? Could it be that what we did was wrong before?"

Empress Changsun also frowned and said uncertainly: "Hearing what he said seems to make sense, and I can't judge whether it's right or wrong. It's not easy to try this kind of thing. If something goes wrong, it will cause trouble. The country is in turmoil."

"I think what Mu Yun said is very reasonable. At least my current expenses are much higher than before, and I can't control them even if I want to."

Chang Le interrupted suddenly to startle Empress Changsun, and turned to stare at her: "Why are you still here, girl?"

"People are always there!" Chang Le blinked his big eyes, and his tone was full of grievances for being abandoned.

Li Shimin spoiled Changle like his heart and soul. He didn't see his daughter being wronged. He immediately called her to his side and asked in a harmonious voice: "Li Zhi is good, tell my father, do you really believe what that kid said?" of."

"Of course I believe it." Chang Le nodded heavily, and replied very positively.

"Why?" Li Shimin asked with a fatherly image.

"No reason." A trace of confusion flashed in Changle's eyes, as if he didn't quite understand why the always wise father would be so confused today.

Empress Changsun couldn't stand her daughter's stunned look, so she nodded on her forehead: "No reason, then why do you trust that brat, you girl must have been stunned by his few words. "

"No." Chang Le took a step back, and asked a little puzzled: "Father, Queen Mother, haven't you understood what he said all this time?"

Li Er stopped his wife who wanted to criticize his daughter, and said in a harmonious voice: "What is he talking about? Why don't you tell my father about it, Li Zhi?"

"Father, mother, Li Muyun is actually talking about a virtuous circle. For example, if the common people have money, they will buy clothes, so that the court can take part of the tax from the merchants who sell clothes, and sell clothes. Clothes merchants have to buy clothes after selling them, so the court can get part of the tax from the cloth merchants, and the cloth merchants need to buy dyes, so..."

Changle counted around with his fingers, and then concluded: "From this cycle, we can see that in fact, all the expenses here are only the money that the common people used to buy clothes at the beginning. In the hands of cloth merchants, dye merchants, and finally to the treasury of the court. And the court will take out the money and redistribute it to the people for the purpose of building walls and roads.”

"Money is actually the same money, but the people have more clothes, merchants have more goods, and the country has an extra section of city wall or a section of road. In this cycle, the people's homes will gradually have more things, such as clothes, cattle and sheep, etc. For example, jewelry, so that the people will become rich and the country’s roads will be longer and longer.”

"You, you..." Li Er stared at his 14-year-old daughter dumbfounded, and after a while he asked in confusion, "Did you just hear that brat's words?"

Chang Le blinked innocently, looked at his father and then at his mother, and finally shook his head: "I heard it when Mu Yun was chatting with the prince's brother."

(End of this chapter)