The Great Han Dynasty: From Feng Lang Juxu to the Eternal Emperor

Chapter 153 Solve problems for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty
Weining returned to the Hou Mansion from the suburbs.

Today in the farmland outside Chang'an, he sat in a daze for a day.

He was thinking about how he could help Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty solve his problems.

Weining knew that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty wanted to use force to open up the Hexi Corridor as soon as possible, so as to realize normal trade between the Central Plains and the Western Regions.

But the country was short of money, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had no choice but to give up.

Sang Hongyang suggested to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that the country should rest for another year and wait until the country had sufficient economic reserves before going to war against the Huns in Hexi.

Wei Ning knew that Sang Hongyang was just stalling.

The tax-heavy area of ​​Shandong has been exempted from taxes for three months. This year's tax revenue will be reduced by less than half. The business network has not been completely established yet, and the benefits that can be obtained from businessmen are not likely to be too much.

The empire now relies on agriculture for economic taxation.

The only way to think about it is from agriculture.

Weining sat on the farmland in the suburbs and thought for a day, and he came up with a good idea.

As long as it is realized, doubling Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's treasury should not be a problem.

When Weining first returned to the mansion, it was already time to light the lamp.

"Uh, Your Majesty, are you there too?"

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty glanced at Weining and said, "I've been here since the afternoon. Where have you been?"

Wei Ning thought for a while and then said, "Go out for a walk."

"Anything on your mind?"

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked Weining.

Wei Ning nodded and said, "Well, I want to think about how to get some money for His Majesty. I see that you worry about money every day."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was stunned for a moment, looked at Wei Ning with emotion, and said softly: "Is this what you are worried about?"

This brat can still think about my difficulties.

He smiled and said: "Don't worry about adults' matters."

"It's not difficult enough for me to worry about. Although the treasury is short of money, it will be abundant in a few years."

"Didn't you also suggest that Shandong be allowed to open up wasteland? You have already thought of a good way for me."

Wei Ning shook his head and said, "That's too slow."

"I know that His Majesty has always wanted to open up the Hexi Corridor. I don't know how many years it will take to open up the land."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sighed slightly, then smiled and said: "Then you go out and think for a day, have you come up with a solution?"

Wei Ning smiled and said, "I really figured it out."

Wei Ning suddenly thought of a story from the time of Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty, and smiled and said to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty: "Actually, there were a lot of miscellaneous ideas in my mind at the beginning."

"I also thought about increasing the production of copper coins, but thinking about it afterwards, this idea was too naive."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said curiously: "Oh? Let's talk about it, why is it so naive?"

Wei Ning said: "If you print too many copper coins, it will cause chaos in the world."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty certainly knew these economic principles.

Sang Hongyang and other financial officials are not useless, how could they not explore the feasibility of this method.

But in the end they were rejected.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty wanted to hear Weining's opinion.

Wei Ning smiled and said: "For example, I compare the country to two of us. You are the king and I am the common people."

"You initially issued me a thousand coins. According to the market price, the tea cup in front of us costs three coins."

"But if Your Majesty gives you another ten thousand yuan, then the price of this tea cup will definitely increase accordingly, right?" Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty nodded: "Yes."

Weining added: "Then the price of tea cups has increased to [-] yuan a piece, but the money I have in hand is still [-] yuan."

"In the past, I could buy a tea cup for three yuan, but now I have to buy it for thirty yuan."

"The money I have is worthless and has shrunk!"

"In this case, I will definitely be dissatisfied with the imperial court... Then if the whole world is like this, wouldn't it be full of complaints?"

After hearing this, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty laughed loudly and said: "You are a good boy! You know how to come up with your own ideas, and then you can verify whether your ideas are correct or not."

"You came up with it all by yourself?"

Wei Ning nodded: "Well, it's all just nonsense."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty shook his head solemnly and encouraged Weining: "This is not idle thinking. This is how you should do anything. First of all, you must dare to think."

"If you don't even have the courage to think about it, it won't work. If you don't think about the feasibility after thinking about it and decide everything on the forehead, that would be even more stupid."

"You are very good. You can think and verify feasibility. This is very good. This should be the case in everything you do, especially in governing a country."

"Governing a country is not a trivial matter. National-level matters require decision-making. You must not just slap your forehead on the decision and put it forward, otherwise you will be laughed at."

"do you know?"

Wei Ning nodded and said, "I know."

"Um...is this considered a joke?"

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty rolled his eyes at him and said: "Of course it doesn't count. You have rejected your own ideas... You are telling me this as a joke at most."

"Well, okay, let's get down to business. What method did you come up with to make money for me?"

"I will also help you refer to the feasibility."

Wei Ning thought for a while, organized his words, and then slowly said to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty: "At this stage, the court wants to make money from business to enrich the national treasury. This is unrealistic."

“So we still have to start from agriculture.”

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said with a smile but not a smile: "You still want to suck the blood of the people? The people can no longer bear the burden of the war, otherwise Sang Hongyang would not suggest that I live with the people for a year."

Wei Ning said: "I know that when I talk about starting from agriculture, I don't mean asking the court to increase taxes."

"The so-called enrichment of the treasury is nothing more than four words: increase revenue and reduce expenditure."

"Let alone reducing expenditures, no country can become prosperous by saving money. We still need to find solutions from sources of income."

"The traditional farming system is still based on the farming methods inherited from the Qin Dynasty. Farming efficiency is very slow, not to mention land reclamation."

"I thought of a farm tool that can replace farming, and the efficiency is greatly improved."

"Improving agricultural efficiency will not only increase people's enthusiasm for farming, but also improve the efficiency of land reclamation, thereby increasing food production, in order to achieve the ultimate goal of increasing tax revenue."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty listened to Weining's words carefully and asked calmly: "Oh? Then how do you plan to improve farming efficiency?"

Wei Ning said: "Use the curved-column plow to replace the grass."

He directly crossed two stages, without even raising the idea of ​​a straight plow, and directly proposed the Quyuan plow of the Tang Dynasty.

There is a model of the curved shaft plow in the system. As long as it is turned into a paper template and made, the farming efficiency of the Han Dynasty will be improved, so as to achieve the ultimate goal of abundant tax revenue!

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked curiously: "What is Quyuanli?"

Weining said: "I can't describe it, but I am sure that the farming efficiency will be greatly improved."

"Nowadays, in traditional farming, one person cultivates about one acre per day, and the curved plow can probably increase that to ten times, maybe ten acres, or at least that much."

puff!
When Weining finished speaking, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty spurted out all the tea in his mouth, spraying it all over Weining's face.

(End of this chapter)