The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 2170
Maybe if it is passed on, it will still be a good talk in the future.

The older a person is, the more he cares about his own reputation. The officials who can enter the household department are all old courtiers who have been fighting in the court for several years or even ten or decades.

Where is the Ministry of Households?In charge of the world's money and food, in charge of the national treasury, the economic lifeline of the Tang Dynasty is in the hands of the Ministry of Households. If the officials of the Ministry of Households have no seniority, can they be controlled?
The same is true for the military department. Among the six departments, if one, two, and three must be separated, then the household department and the military department will be the number one.

Now because of the matter of the bank, the officials of the household department, large and small, have already lost their faces a lot.

"This time, I'm not asking the adults of the Ministry of Household Affairs to bow their heads, but to ask them to allow me to take money from the treasury." Xuan Shijing smiled helplessly.

"Pay money from the treasury?" Li Chengqian laughed and said, "Then let them bow their heads, it's easier."

"Isn't it?" Xuan Shijing said in a daze, "How come after so many years, the adults in the household department are still so stingy."

"This is a continuation of the household department, not to mention the elders of the household department, even if Fang Yiai is standing here, he is stingy. He has been an official in the household department for a long time, and he looks like this. When I was a prince, I have seen their fickle faces, and I am used to it."

"But for this matter, apart from paying for it, I can't think of any good solution." Xuan Shijing said.

"How much do you want?" Li Chengqian asked.

"I don't know." Xuan Shijing said, "Anyway, there are quite a few."

"A lot?" Li Chengqian said in surprise: "Even you said it was a lot, so the number must not be small. It's difficult, can you have an approximate or specific amount?"

"No, because it's a long-term expense that can't be calculated." Xuan Shijing said.

"Long-term expenses? What's going on? Tell me first." Li Chengqian said.

"It's like this. No matter what the court does now, the people will always have doubts about the court and distrust the bank. In order to make the people trust the bank, they can only let the people try it themselves. After the test, Knowing that the bank will not embezzle their money, not only will it not embezzle, but it will be profitable to deposit the money in the bank, then the position of the bank will be considered secure." Xuan Shijing said: "This is As the minister said, it costs money."

"Profitable? What profit?" Li Chengqian asked.

"The common people deposit their money in the bank and give them annual interest." Xuan Shijing said.

"Nianli?" Li Chengqian asked in surprise, "If this is the case, there will be no problem with the national treasury for one or two years, but in the long run, will the national treasury be able to withstand it?"

"If you can withstand it, you can withstand it. Not only can you withstand it, but if the Ministry of Household Affairs operates well, even the national treasury can make a profit. This is the same as the bank's lending." Xuan Shijing said: "If you can balance the middle If the speed is high, it is only the money earned from lending, which can not only equalize the interest, but also have a surplus, and the money deposited by the people in the bank is uniformly dispatched by the court, whether it is used for business for the court, or It doesn’t matter if you do something else, you will always make money.”

Li Chengqian nodded while listening.

But this matter is easy for Xuan Shijing to say, but where can I find talents who make money make money?
This is a whole Tang Dynasty, not a small Xuan family. Once everything is magnified dozens of times, it will be extremely difficult. The method is the same, but the people who do things are different.

However, even so, the interest on lending can offset the interest on people’s savings.

In Li Chengqian's heart, he still wanted the Qianzhuang to continue. Li Chengqian knew the benefits of the Qianzhuang, and so did the ministers in the court. Therefore, he was so concerned about the Qianzhuang.

"Lin'an!" Li Chengqian called out.

"Your servant is here." Lin'an stepped forward to answer.

"Quickly call all the officials of the household department to discuss matters in the Xuanzheng Hall, hurry up!" Li Chengqian said.

"Yes, I'm going now, slave." After Lin'an finished speaking, he trotted away from the Xuanzheng Hall.

"You stay and discuss with me and them." Li Chengqian said.

"Yes." Xuan Shijing replied.

Seeing Xuan Shijing's response, Li Chengqian gave a small sigh of relief, pointed at Xuan Shijing and said angrily: "You, if this matter is not related to someone who has a good relationship with you, you may not I'll take care of it."

"Not necessarily, Your Majesty forgot, who brought up the matter of the bank? This matter, part of the responsibility of the minister, does not mean that the minister will not care at all after it is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Household Affairs." Xuan Shijing cupped his hands and smiled.

"That's true, but fortunately, hahahaha." Li Chengqian laughed.

After about two quarters of an hour, people from the household department came to the Xuanzheng Hall one after another.

"Your Majesty, please greet me."

"There is no need to be too polite. Let everyone come to the Xuanzheng Hall today. It is still for the unfinished business in the court. Let's continue to discuss. In addition, Qi Guogong proposed a method. Let everyone see if it is feasible. If it is feasible, the specific rules , how to draw up, all of these require the concerted efforts of all of you." Li Chengqian said.

"Yes." The officials of the household department clapped their hands in response.

The situation is indeed as Li Chengqian said, when he said that the treasury should be paid to benefit the people, they all jumped up as if they had exploded.

"But if you don't let it go, what will the bank do? Although it is a profit on the surface, but after the calculation, the treasury still makes money." Xuan Shijing said: "Besides, what Datang wants to do is not to make the treasury rich, but to make the treasury richer." Wealth is hidden in the people. Looking at the previous dynasty, was the treasury rich? It was too rich, and the Tang Dynasty would not be able to catch up with the treasury of the previous dynasty in a few years, but what about the people of the previous dynasty? Are they rich? No, poor people They can’t even afford to eat, so if the treasury is rich, it’s useless. We have to hide the wealth from the people. As long as the people are rich, if we think about it, can the treasury be poor? If the people are rich, there will be more taxes. "

"What Qi Guogong said is true." After careful consideration, an official from the household department nodded and agreed: "In fact, the money in the treasury also comes from the tax revenue of the people? The purpose of the imperial court to govern the people is to make the world peaceful and the people rich. Have a good time, don't you?"

Everyone understood what he said, isn't that the reason?

On weekdays, they are used to digging, but they naturally object when they ask for money, but it also depends on how the money is used.

Take it from the people and use it for the people, isn't that what they want?

You can't just look at it differently just because the money went out through the bank, right?

(End of this chapter)