Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 348 Hierarchy

After coming out of the Furong Garden, Gao Ming's mood finally calmed down a bit. He didn't choose to go to Huaqing Pool, but went back to the palace directly.

In less than a stick of incense, Gao Ming appeared at the door of the imperial study. Seeing him coming back, Liu Bing, who was giving lectures to the little eunuchs, waved the Buddha dust in his hand.

"You all go down!"

"Yes!"

After the little eunuchs went down, Liu Bing put Buddha Chen on his left hand, and greeted Gao Ming with a smile on his face.

"His Royal Highness, are you back? Did His Majesty just plan to send someone to pick you up?"

"pick me up?"

From Gao Ming's point of view, with Li Shimin's temper, if there is no important matter, he is definitely not the one to call him, so when he heard Liu Bing's words, he blinked his eyes suspiciously.

"What's the matter? Is there something important?"

"Yes!"

As soon as his words fell, Liu Bing nodded.

"Last time, Your Highness, didn't you say that you want to make some kind of medicinal wine with tigers? Last night, Qianniuwei came back from beating two tigers, and he was still panting. Now that it's so hot, His Majesty was worried that the tigers would stink when they died, so he said I want someone to pick you up."

"..."

In fact, after such a long time, Gao Ming had almost forgotten about it, and now he remembered it after hearing Liu Bing's words.

Looking at the smiling Liu Bing, Gao Ming immediately smacked his lips.

"Okay, you order to go down and deal with those two tigers. Except for the tiger penis, I only need the bones of the four legs. Remember to shave all the muscles and muscles for me."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Liu Bing nodded quickly.

"Yes, His Royal Highness, but what about the shaved tiger meat? Do you want to take it to Shangshi Bureau..."

"Need not!"

Before Liu Bing finished speaking, Gao Ming immediately waved his hand.

"Tiger meat nourishes the spleen and stomach, strengthens energy, and strengthens muscles and bones. I am very strong so I don't need it. Share it with the soldiers who are involved in the tiger hunt. If you like it, you can also eat a few catties!"

In fact, Gao Ming didn't want tiger meat not because he was strong, but because tiger meat was really bad, so he deliberately made up a reason.

But Liu Bing didn't know this, so when he heard Gao Ming's words, he was overjoyed and quickly bowed to Gao Ming.

"Thank you, His Royal Highness, for the reward!"

Seeing his overjoyed look, Gao Ming immediately smiled and nodded.

"Okay, we're old acquaintances, you're welcome, by the way, was anyone injured during this tiger hunt?"

"Reporting to His Royal Highness, no one was injured!"

Hearing Liu Bing said that no one was injured, Gao Ming was relieved.

"It's fine if you don't have one, that's fine. Just as I said just now, except for the tiger penis and the four leg bones, all the others will be given to the soldiers involved in the tiger hunt. By the way, I will also keep the four long tiger teeth. Okay." Come on, let's go!"

"Yes!"

Liu Bing agreed and went down, while Gao Ming went directly to the door of the imperial study, and knocked on the door.

"Master, it's me, I'm coming in!"

After finishing speaking, Gao Ming opened the door and walked in. At this time Li Shimin was holding a brochure to read, seeing Gao Ming coming in, he immediately put the brochure down, and then smiled at Gao Ming.

"Gao Ming is back? Did Liu Bing tell you about the tiger?"

"Say it, I've let them handle it!"

"That's good, sit down!"

"Ok!"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Gao Ming nodded immediately, then found a place to sit down.

Li Shimin also knew that Gao Ming was the master of the Three Treasures Hall, so after he sat down, Li Shimin laughed again.

"You came to me this time because you have something to discuss with me, right?"

"Yes!"

Gao Ming was originally busy, so he was naturally unambiguous. As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, he nodded immediately.

"My Tang Dynasty has a strict hierarchy. There are different levels of official positions and honors. However, I think that for the future prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, I suggest that the common people should also be divided into a clear level."

Gao Ming was not stupid enough to tell Li Shimin that everyone is equal, because it was impossible in Datang, so he simply did the opposite.

Sure enough, after hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin became interested immediately.

"Then tell me, how should the ranks of the people be divided?"

"Yes!"

After hearing Li Shimin's words, Gao Ming immediately stood up and bowed to him.

"According to my idea, in the future the people of Tang Dynasty will be divided into four grades, A, B, C, and D. At that time, this grade will completely replace the previous scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen!"

"Oh?"

As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, Li Shimin's interest suddenly became more intense. He simply put down all the government affairs in his hands, and then focused all his attention on Gao Ming.

"go on!"

"Yes!"

Seeing Li Shimin's high spirits, Gao Ming also had a smile on his face, and he immediately raised a finger towards Li Shimin.

"Let's talk about the first class first, that is, the first class. I think that scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen should be included in it, because whether it is scholars, farmers, craftsmen, or businessmen, they are all talents needed by the Tang Dynasty. Plus a profession, that is soldier!"

Having said that, Gao Ming immediately walked up to Li Shimin, and met his eyes.

"My Tang Dynasty implemented the government military system, which is also a soldier and a farmer. Under the condition of guaranteeing the land, this policy is correct. However, with the increase of the population, the land will inevitably decrease. This system has drawbacks."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin frowned when he thought that this was indeed the case.

"What should I do?"

As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, Gao Ming snapped his fingers.

"It's very simple, that is to implement the professional military system!"

"Professional soldier?"

Li Shimin was the first to hear this term, and his face suddenly became a little more curious. Seeing his questioning gaze, Gao Ming laughed again.

"The so-called professional soldiers mean that apart from being a soldier, they no longer participate in other chores. They just need to train well every day. The soldiers trained in this way must be stronger than the soldiers recruited temporarily!"

Speaking of this, Gao Ming noticed that Li Shimin frowned, watching this scene, Gao Ming laughed again.

"I know what you are worried about. It is nothing more than whether Datang's finances can afford professional soldiers. In fact, you don't have to worry, because with the collection of commercial taxes, our Datang's finances have been increasing, so we can take it slowly. I believe that within ten years, our Tang Dynasty should have a standing army of 200 million!"

"hiss……"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin immediately gasped, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

"200 million? And it's still a standing army?"

In today's Datang, the standing army is only about 50. Even so, Li Shimin felt that he could not support him. Now that Gao Ming said that the Tang Dynasty could support 200 million standing troops within ten years, his expression changed immediately.

Seeing Li Shimin's shocked expression, Gao Ming smiled and nodded again.

"That's right, it's 200 million. You don't have to be so surprised. In fact, with my current income, I can support 20 troops with my own money without using the treasury!"

"..."

After listening to Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin fell silent.

(End of this chapter)