Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 601 Li Chengqian is bright

When it comes to the law, it is not a trivial matter, and it needs to be passed in the court meeting one by one. Therefore, the elders took a long time in the morning court the next day, and Li Chengqian almost dozed off.

"I don't know, the prince who has worked in the bank experience, what's your opinion on this matter?"

"Uh, ah! Opinion..."

Li Chengqian, who was in a state of distraction, was suddenly called by Wei Zheng for questioning, and quickly got up and walked slowly to the center of the court.

During the few months when Li Shimin went to Shanyang to participate in the sports meeting, it was Wei Zheng who assisted Li Chengqian in supervising the country. To be honest, Li Chengqian performed very well, and Wei Zheng also recognized him very much. In dealing with various social problems, he can also put himself in the shoes of the parties concerned, that is, he is generous, fair, and has the appearance of a virtuous king.

Of course, this has something to do with Sun Xiangfu's education for more than a year. The effect of this kind of professional experience is that Li Chengqian can see the actual situation of the people clearly. The whole court now basically agrees with Sun Xiangfu's education The method, because Wei Zheng was not sure about the ministers' proposal just now, he remembered that Li Chengqian had half a month's management experience in the bank, so he wanted to ask him if he had any good suggestions.

The reason why Li Chengqian walked slowly was because he had to think carefully about the issues that everyone mentioned just now. It seems that what everyone was arguing about just now seemed to be whether the bank's loans and a series of management should be included in the bank's internal rules and regulations, or Issues with national laws and regulations.

Officials from the Ministry of Justice, such as Wei Zheng, of course suggested that all be brought under the jurisdiction of the law, while Wen Yanbo, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui felt that a few main principled regulations should be included in the law, and the rest should be regarded as belonging to the bank. The internal management system, in this way, is also easier for the court to operate.

Originally, Li Chengqian had a seat beside Li Shimin's dragon chair. Usually, it was not a formal performance. If someone asked him, he would just get up and answer, but in order to give himself time to think, he got up and went to Walking over to the middle of the court, and standing in the middle of the court to play something, it looked very formal. Even Li Shimin sat upright to see what the son who was praised by the left-behind ministers had to teach.

Not to mention, in just a short ten seconds, Li Chengqian really had a flash of inspiration, thinking of some bits and pieces that Sun Xiangfu told him when he gave Sun Xiangfu his inspiration after the experience in Shanyang Bank. broken things.

"Father, my son thinks that all laws and systems of the imperial court should put justice first, and should not make the people feel unfair or be treated differently for the convenience of operation and to meet the needs of the imperial court. After all, The money of the bank belongs to the common people, not the imperial court. The imperial court cannot use it as its own money. It should include all the terms of lending and lending in the law. Whether it is the common people or the imperial court officials, they must abide by the terms , borrow and use according to the regulations, so that the safety of the property of the common people can be guaranteed to the greatest extent.”

Hearing this, Li Shimin on the dragon chair was taken aback for a moment, and fell into deep thought. Previously, Changsun Wuji's memorial had already been pointed out, and all the money in the bank was saved by the common people. Li Chengqian pointed it out again, which made him more aware. this problem.

The money belongs to the common people, and it must be safe. Once it is used by a certain department of the imperial court or arbitrarily dispatched by a certain chief official, who can guarantee its safety?That is hundreds of millions of money, which can have a huge impact on the country. Now the person in charge of the Ministry of Finance or the bank is Gao Shilian who is absolutely loyal to him, but what about the future!

Li Shimin himself now feels a little like spending the money from the bank as his own, so what about his descendants?
If something stupid happens and the money in the bank is overused, leading to the collapse of the entire country's financial system, then, can the common people with their lost money agree?At that time, I'm afraid it will be an unmanageable situation.

After reflecting for a while, Li Shimin nodded to Li Chengqian with some relief, and then asked in the direction of Wen Yanbo, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others, "Do you think the prince's words are reasonable?"

Wen Yanbo came out of the shift and replied, "Your Majesty, I would like to ask the crown prince, so that when the court needs money, it also needs to be approved by the bank? However, the supervisor of the bank is also an official of the court. How can this be?" Isn't it superfluous?"

Regarding this issue, Li Chengqian actually listened to Sun Xiangfu the most. Shanyang does not rely entirely on people to manage affairs. If this is the case, the Wang family, which has a large number of officials in Shanyang, has already controlled Shanyang, and his face is relaxed. Dao said, "It should not be an official of the imperial court that supervises the bank, but the system.

Putting people first, after all, cannot get rid of selfish desires. If a department like Qianzhuang, which is in charge of the huge property of the people across the country, only relies on the personal morality of officials to supervise it, corruption will inevitably become serious in the long run.

Focusing on the system can prevent corruption to a great extent.

All loans must meet the prescribed standards before they can be approved and the actual loan can be obtained. When any level of supervisor or chief officer is not allowed to approve in violation of regulations, this forms a standard loan requirement for all borrowers.

In addition, all auditing processes are carried out independently, subject to triple supervision within the bank, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Law. Any manager or official who participates in illegal approval and illegal lending will be deemed illegal and be punished accordingly .

Only in this way can the people feel justice. I believe that as long as the people feel the justice of the court and the safety of the bank, more people will choose to deposit their money in the bank so that the money that is not in circulation can be circulated. It played a positive role in the construction and development of our Datang. "

Does Datang really only have more than 3 million yuan in money?Far more than that, because the imperial court can see from the data of the coin factory and the fiscal and tax data of the whole country.

Since the coin minting started in the second half of last year, the total amount of new money minted by mints in various places has exceeded 5000 million coins per month. In more than a year, more than 3000 million coins have been minted. Among them, more than [-] million coins have been printed. This is why Datang implements a low tax rate of [-] to [-], and the court can receive more than [-] million yuan in taxes a year when most of the small transactions in the private sector are not taxed.

However, the bank now only has more than 3 million deposits in deposits. In the market, does it really need [-] million deposits to circulate?

of course not.

Many people take their own gold, silver and copper to the coin factory to cast new money with higher fineness, and then take it home and store it, because the imperial court can use the money from the bank arbitrarily, and they don't believe it. The safety of the bank, especially the major families, after several families in Shannan Road were strangled to death by Sun Xiangfu through financial means of the bank, they each kept nearly half of their cash reserves in their own homes, lest when the imperial court banned their accounts , They immediately became paupers at the mercy of others.

However, if it weren't for the large amount of gold, silver and precious metals they took out to be minted into currency, the court would not be able to mint so much money in a year.

For example, during the Northern Song Dynasty, if the newly mined copper was used to make coins, it would only be a few million coins a year. The current mining capacity of the Tang Dynasty may not be able to catch up with the Northern Song Dynasty. The annual new copper coin currency may only be a few million coins.

As for the currency of gold and silver, it is not easy to say, it depends on the external inflow. Datang itself did not mine gold and silver mines. According to Sun Xiangfu and Li Shimin's thinking at the time, their own local currency should be kept as a reserve first. .

When Li Chengqian said this, Li Shimin's eyes lit up a little. This son really surprised him. He had a deeper understanding of Qianzhuang than himself.

But he didn't know that what Li Chengqian said were just some original words that Sun Xiangfu told him after his internship in the bank. Of course, when Li Chengqian said these words to everyone, he himself felt that Reasonable, but also have more insights.

After a short pause, he said again, "Father, in fact, not only in the management of the bank, but in all other management of the court, the system should be the first. Our princes in the court only need to understand the rules of these systems." Rationality and practicality should be carefully studied before promulgation and implementation. If necessary, we will invite some representatives from various industries to come and explain their demands to the court.

For example, what do farmers want?What do workers want?What does a merchant in business want?Even, what do the officials want?
We can all count them up and gradually satisfy them under the existing conditions. As long as our court is serving all the people in the world, then the court will always get the support of all the people in the world. With the support of all the people in the world, there is nothing impossible. "

If Li Chengqian's words before just made Li Shimin's eyes light up, then Li Chengqian's words now made Li Shimin's heart light up.

Even Wen Yanbo and others, who originally wanted to argue with Li Chengqian, felt that the argument was indisputable, because this involved the core political ideas of the Li Tang Dynasty. Support, it is not easy to speak to set the tone, it can only be said by the monarch and the prince.

"These words were given to you by Professor Sun Zhengming?"

At Li Shimin's level, his emotions and anger have long been invisible. He hid his inner joy very well, and looked at Li Chengqian seriously.

"Exactly, Master Sun was my son's music teacher before he became the prince's junior teacher. Even if he doesn't have the position of prince's junior teacher now, he is still my son's teacher. My son can get some income from administration. It's all thanks to Master Sun's teaching, and I dare not forget it to this day."

Li Chengqian answered without hesitation, making all the court officials nod their heads in praise. At least, everyone saw Li Chengqian's responsibility and would not deny Sun Xiangfu's achievements just because he was a sinner who was dismissed by Li Shimin.

Even Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian with an unconcealable sense of relief, and asked him again, "Sun Zhengming is working hard in Jiuyuan County to promote free medical care, free education, and free pensions, etc. The people's livelihood security project has been implemented, what do you think he will promote next?"

"Uh, I don't know about this, maybe it's tax exemption!"

After all, Li Chengqian is a young man, he may still have some impressions of what Sun Xiangfu said, but he hasn't said it!He lacked confidence. He vaguely remembered that Sun Xiangfu seemed to have said that if ordinary peasants did not have to pay any taxes to the country, then there would be less exploitation and conflict between the court and the people, or between the ruler and the people. The relationship of being exploited, in this way, naturally reduces a lot of outbursts, so he replied a little unconfidently.

"Tax-free? What does that mean?"

Pressed by Li Shimin, Li Chengqian just had to bite the bullet and answer, "That is, let all the peasants and common people who cultivate land in the world not have to pay any taxes to the imperial court."

"What? Farmers don't have to pay any taxes to the court? Now, how does the court work?"

Li Chengqian's hard-headed explanation made the courtiers' jaws drop. You know, in the farming society, the peasant class is the largest group in the whole country. The number of people is more than all other classes combined. If they are all tax-free, then It's not a trivial matter, and thanks to Li Chengqian who proposed it, if someone else proposed this idea, they would definitely be called an idiot by the minister.

On the other hand, Li Shimin on the dragon chair didn't speak for a long time after listening to it, thinking about something in his mind.

Is it difficult for farmers to farm without paying taxes?

not necessarily.

When our country was still a developing country in later generations, it had implemented the policy of tax exemption for farmers, and even gave money to farmers who planted land as subsidies. Sun Xiangfu wanted to make this country a developed country, even surpassing many developed countries in later generations How can the country and agricultural tax exist?
Anyway, Li Chengqian, who for the first time proposed in the court that farmers do not have to pay taxes for farming, made it clear.If the duet in the court today spread to the people, his reputation will be infinitely boosted, because all those who own the land will benefit, including even the descendants of the aristocratic family who own the most land.

(End of this chapter)