Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 110 The cornerstone of the prosperous age

After Emperor Taizong Li Shimin ruled Zhenguan, Datang has always advocated the policy of hiding wealth for the people.

It is precisely because of this policy that the common people have more money in their hands, making the Tang Dynasty more and more prosperous.It is said in the history books that the people of the Tang Dynasty were so rich that they did not pick up things on the road and closed their houses at night, which may be a bit exaggerated, but the people of the Tang Dynasty in the Kaiyuan period were really rich.

In the Tang Dynasty, the people have always been rich and the localities are rich, but the central court has never been rich.

Tang Xuanzong claimed to have created an unprecedented prosperity in the Tang Dynasty, but he was often in short supply, especially after the tired government focused on pleasure, the expenses were even greater.However, Tang Xuanzong loved face very much and often rewarded him generously. For example, Li Fei received a generous reward worth nearly 20 guan from Tang Xuanzong in just over a year.

Datang's finances have long been unbearable for Tang Xuanzong's spending.

As an emperor who calls himself the emperor of the ages, he has created an unprecedented prosperity. The people are so rich and the place is so rich. How can his elder brother, the emperor, be tight on money? How can he save face? Can he still enjoy himself?
So Yang Guozhong made such a suggestion, which catered to Tang Xuanzong's wishes very well, and Tang Xuanzong was of course happy.

"I will immediately decree that Yang Guozhong will be presided over by you, and you must prevent anyone from enriching their own pockets!" Tang Xuanzong said to Yang Guozhong with a smile.

"Your Majesty obeys the order!" Yang Guozhong was also very excited when his opinion was adopted. As long as he accomplished this, it would be a huge political achievement. His Majesty will be happy then, and seeing his talent, he will trust him even more.

Holding Tang Xuanzong's imperial decree, Yang Guozhong even didn't bother to inform Li Linfu, so he hurriedly did it.

Li Linfu didn't know the news until Yang Guozhong started to do it.

Fuck, Yang Guozhong is such a bastard that he doesn't care about the prime minister. Why didn't he notify the prime minister of such a big matter and discuss it with him beforehand.

Li Linfu naturally sued Tang Xuanzong, hoping that Tang Xuanzong could make the decision for him.

Whatever the master, Tang Xuanzong didn't trust Li Linfu at all, and he was for Yang Guozhong.Besides, he is the one who made the imperial decree. Could it be that he, the emperor, can't make the decision, and needs to discuss it with you, the prime minister.

With Tang Xuanzong's mentality, Li Linfu undoubtedly hit a wall, and he was furious.

Tang Xuanzong hit a wall here, and it can be seen that Tang Xuanzong is very supportive of Yang Guozhong's matter, so it is impossible to interfere with it, Li Linfu felt a little powerless, feeling that Tang Xuanzong's trust in him was far less As before, there is not only a strong sense of unwillingness, but also a sense of breath suffocating in the chest, unable to get out or get up, it is as uncomfortable as it is.

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With the emperor's decree, the efficiency is always very high, because no one wants to be beheaded.

When the order is transmitted to a county or county, the magistrate or sheriff of the county immediately leads people to carry it out.

Food is the most important thing for the people, and the most important thing for the people is food. The price of food sold by the court on such a large scale is naturally about [-]% lower than usual. People with spare money are happy to buy more food at this time and go home to store it .

Because of the enthusiasm of the people, the food in the Yicang was sold very quickly. In just the tenth day, the counties and towns closest to Chang'an City had basically sold out the grain in the local Yicang, and shipped the first batch of money or cloth to the warehouse. Chang'an city.

As time went by, according to the distance from Chang'an City, batches of money and cloth were continuously transported to Chang'an City for storage.

Although it was a peaceful era, grain and cloth were also hard currencies like cash, and even the world was a bit more chaotic, and grain and cloth were more valuable than cash.For the sake of "looking good", Yang Guozhong deliberately exchanged two-thirds of the grain sold in Yicang for cloth and one-third for copper coins. There is very little silver that can be exchanged for a thousand copper coins, and there is not even a single ingot of gold. .

Cloth and copper coins took up a lot of space, and soon, several large warehouses in the household department of Chang'an City were filled with cloth and copper coins.

The Ministry of Households is in charge of the national treasury, and these large warehouses are equivalent to the national treasury. When were they filled up in previous years, they are now full.Yang Guozhong wrote to Tang Xuanzong, requesting to build a batch of warehouses, and hundreds of them would be built as soon as he opened his mouth.

Tang Xuanzong was taken aback: "Can it hold so much?" In the past, there were only a few large warehouses in the Treasury of the Ministry of Households, and they were never filled. I'm very happy, but I don't really believe that hundreds of large warehouses can be installed, so I am a little surprised.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I promise that I will never waste a warehouse!" Yang Guozhong promised with his chest.

Since Yang Guozhong dared to guarantee it, Tang Xuanzong naturally had no reason not to approve it. If this is the case, then he will wait and see.

Tang Xuanzong immediately issued another imperial decree, asking Yang Guozhong to preside over the construction of a warehouse for storing cloth and silver. This time, he also did not discuss with Li Linfu. Talk to Li Linfu about everything.

When Li Linfu heard the news, he was so angry that he almost spit out a mouthful of old blood. His Majesty trusts Yang Guozhong so much!Li Linfu gritted his old teeth. He didn't believe that Yang Guozhong could fill hundreds of warehouses.

With Tang Xuanzong's full support, Li Linfu couldn't stop Yang Guozhong, so he could only watch coldly, hoping to catch Yang Guozhong's mistakes.

Selling all the grain from righteous warehouses all over the country, and exchanging them with cloth and silver to transport them to Chang'an City for storage cannot be completed overnight. After all, some places are not close to Chang'an City.

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Li Fei also heard about the righteous warehouse.

The huge amount of grain accumulated by Yicang over the years is actually equivalent to the most direct manifestation of the Tang dynasty, the real wealth of this prosperous era, and the cornerstone for maintaining the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.Now Tang Xuanzong, instigated by Yang Guozhong, digs the cornerstone by himself. Not only Tang Xuanzong himself did not realize the meaning of Yicang, but also old foxes like Li Linfu did not realize it.

Although Li Fei knew how inappropriate it would be to empty out the food in the warehouse at once.But it is impossible for him to say such a thing, only he knows in his heart that the prosperous age is only a few years away, and once the troubled times come, the Tang court will pay a heavy price for this matter.

In the end, no matter in the eyes of Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong, or Tang Xuanzong, Tang Dynasty is an absolute prosperous age, and it will last forever. Under the prosperous age and peace, who dares to say how big a problem it is to empty the warehouse.

Li Fei doesn't think he can continue the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, the decline of the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty is not something he can change alone, it is a kind of decline of Tang Xuanzong from top to bottom, and the entire Tang Dynasty.

Worrying about things beyond his control is useless, it will only cause trouble for himself, so Li Fei can only silently pretend that he doesn't know anything, live his own life and make his own preparations.

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(End of this chapter)