When it comes to the law, it is not a trivial matter, and it needs to be passed one by one at the court meeting, so the old elders of the court the next morning grew up, and Li Chengqian almost dozed off.

"I don't know, what is the opinion of the prince who has worked in the money bank?"

"Uh, ah! Insights······"

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

During the months when Li Shimin went to Shanyang to participate in the sports conference, it was Wei Zheng who assisted Li Chengqian in supervising the country, to tell the truth, Li Chengqian's performance was very good, and Wei Zheng also recognized him very much.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Sun Xiangfu's education for more than a year, and the effect of this kind of professional experience is to allow Li Chengqian to see clearly the actual situation of the people.

The reason why Li Chengqian is walking slowly is because he has to think carefully about the issue that everyone has just mentioned, and it seems that what everyone is arguing about just now seems to be whether the loan and a series of management of the money bank should be included in the internal rules and regulations of the money bank, or whether it is a matter of state laws and regulations.

Wei Zheng and other officials of the Ministry of Law, of course, suggested that all of them be included in the scope of legal jurisdiction, while Wen Yanbo, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui felt that several major principled regulations should be incorporated into the law, and the rest should be regarded as the internal management system of the money bank, so that the imperial court would be easier to operate.

Originally, Li Chengqian sat on the side of Li Shimin's dragon chair, generally, it was not a formal performance, and when he was asked, he got up and answered, but in order to give himself time to think, he got up and walked to the middle of the court, standing in the middle of the court, it was very formal, and even Li Shimin sat up straight, looking at this son who was praised by the left-behind ministers, what he had to say.

Not to mention, in just a dozen seconds, it really made Li Chengqian have a flash of inspiration, thinking of some bits and pieces that Sun Xiangfu told him when he handed over his feelings to Sun Xiangfu after his experience in Shanyang Qianzhuang.

"Father, the son thinks that all the laws or systems of the court should be justice first, and should not make the people feel unfair or treated differently for the sake of convenience and meeting the needs of the court, after all, the money of the money is the people's, not the court's, and the court cannot use it as its own money, and all the terms of the loan should be included in the law, whether it is the people or the court officials, they need to abide by its terms and use it in accordance with the rules and regulations. In order to ensure the safety of the people's property to the greatest extent. ”

Hearing this, Li Shimin on the dragon chair was stunned and fell into contemplation, before, the eldest grandson Wuji's recital had been pointed out, and all the money in the money village was saved by the people, and Li Chengqian pointed it out again, which made him more aware of this problem.

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

Li Shimin himself now has a feeling that he spends the money of the money village as his own, so what about his descendants?

In case someone who is stupid and overuses the money in the bank, causing the collapse of the entire country's financial system, then can the common people who have lost their money in vain agree? At that time, I am afraid that it will be an uncontrollable situation.

After reflecting for a while, Li Shimin nodded at Li Chengqian with some relief, and then asked in the direction where Wen Yanbo, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others were, "Do you think what the prince said is true?" ”

Wen Yanbo came out of the class and replied, "Your Majesty, the minister wants to ask the prince, in this way, when the court needs to use money, it also needs to be approved by the money bank?" However, the person who supervises the money village is also an official of the imperial court, isn't this an extra move? ”

Regarding this issue, Li Chengqian actually listened to Sun Xiangfu talk the most, Shanyang's side, it is not all about people to manage things, if this is the case, the Wang family, which has a large number of people in Shanyang officialdom, has long been in control of Shanyang, he said with a relaxed face, "The person who supervises the money village should not be an official of the imperial court, but the system."

If a department like Qianzhuang, which is in charge of the huge wealth of the people of the whole country, only relies on the personal morality of officials to supervise it, it will inevitably lead to serious corruption over time.

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

All loans must meet the prescribed standards before they can be approved and can be actually disbursed, and no supervisor or chief official at any level can approve in violation of regulations, which forms a standard lending requirement for all borrowers.

In addition, all the audit links are carried out independently, and are subject to the triple supervision of the bank, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Law.

In this way, the people can feel justice, and I believe that as long as the people feel the justice of the court and the safety of the bank, there will be more people who will choose to save money in the bank, so that the money that is not in circulation can circulate, which will play a positive role in the construction and development of our Datang. ”

Does Datang really only have more than 300 million yuan? Far more than that, because the imperial court can see it from the data of the mint and the national financial and tax data.

Since the beginning of coinage in the second half of last year, the total amount of new money minted by coinage factories around the country has exceeded 50 million guan every month, and in more than a year, more than 700 million guan has been coined, which is not counting the paper currency of more than 100 million guan printed, which is why Datang implements a low tax rate of 30 taxes and one yuan, and most of the small transactions of the people are not taxed, and the imperial court can also receive more than 30 million guan tax a year.

However, the money bank now has only more than 300 million yuan in deposits, and in the market, does it really need 500 million yuan of money to circulate?

Of course not.

Many people take their gold, silver and bronze to the coin foundry to mint new money with higher quality, and then take it home and store it, because the imperial court can use the money of the money bank arbitrarily, they don't believe in the safety of the bank, especially the major families, after several families in Shannan Province were strangled to death by Sun Xiangfu through the financial means of the bank, they each left nearly half of the cash reserves in their own homes, lest the time comes, once the court bans their own accounts, they will immediately become poor eggs to be slaughtered.

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

Like during the Northern Song Dynasty, if you take the newly mined copper coinage, it is only a few million guan a year, and the current mining capacity of Datang may not be able to catch up with the Northern Song Dynasty.

As for the currency of gold and silver, it is not easy to say, it depends on the inflow from the outside, Datang itself, did not mine much gold and silver mines, according to Sun Xiangfu and Li Shimin's ideas at that time, their own local, first as a reserve.

When Li Chengqian said this, Li Shimin's eyes were already a little bright, this son really surprised him a little, and his insights into Qian Zhuang were actually deeper than his own.

He didn't know that what Li Chengqian said was just some of the original words that Sun Xiangfu told him after his internship in Qianzhuang, of course, at this moment, when Li Chengqian took these words out to everyone, he himself had more understanding of these truths.

After a pause, he said, "Father, in fact, not only in the management of the money village, but also in all other management of the imperial court, it should be the system first, and our court princes only need to study the rationality and practicability of these systems, and then promulgate and implement them.

For example, what do farmers who farm the land want? What do the workers want? What do businessmen want? Even, what do the officials who are in power want?

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, and with the support of all the people in the world, then there is nothing that cannot be done. ”

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

Even Wen Yanbo and others, who originally wanted to argue with Li Chengqian, felt that there was no argument, because this involved the core political concept of the Li Tang Dynasty.

"These words, but Professor Sun Zhengming gave them to you?"

To the extent of Li Shimin, he was already full of joy and anger, he hid the joy in his heart very well, and looked at Li Chengqiandao with a straight face.

"Exactly, Master Sun was the music teacher of Erchen before he took the official position of the prince and young master, even if he does not have the position of prince and young master now, he is still the teacher of Erchen, and Erchen can have some gains in governance, thanks to Sun Shi's teaching, and he still dare not forget it."

Li Chengqian replied without hesitation, so that all the princes in the court nodded and praised, at least, everyone saw Li Chengqian's responsibility, and would not deny Sun Xiangfu because he was a sinner who was dismissed and removed from office by Li Shimin.

Even Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian's eyes, and he couldn't hide his relief, and asked him again, "Sun Zhengming has been encouraging Sun to vigorously promote free medical care, free education, and free pension and other people's livelihood security projects in Jiuyuan County, which have been implemented, what do you think he will promote next?" ”

"Well, this, Erchen doesn't know, perhaps, it's tax-free!"

Li Chengqian is a teenager after all, and he may still have some impressions of what Sun Xiangfu has said, but he hasn't talked about it! is not confident, he vaguely remembers that Sun Xiangfu seems to have said that if ordinary peasants and ordinary people do not have to pay any taxes to the state, then between the court and the people, or between the rulers and the people, there will be less exploitation and exploitation of the relationship, so that naturally there will be a lot less rushing, so he replied a little unconfidently.

"Tax-free? What does this mean? ”

was questioned by Li Shimin, Li Chengqian only had to answer hard, "That is, let all the peasants and people in the world who farm land not have to pay any taxes to the imperial court." ”

"What? Peasants didn't have to pay any taxes to the imperial court? This, how does the imperial court work? ”

You must know that in an agrarian society, the peasant class, but the largest group in the whole country, has more people than all the rest of the classes combined, and it is not a trivial matter to give them all tax exemptions, and it is also a loss that Li Chengqian put forward it, and if others put forward this idea, they will definitely be scolded by the minister as an idiot.

However, after Li Shimin on the dragon chair listened, he didn't speak for a long time, and his heart turned a thousand times, thinking about something.

Is it difficult for farmers to farm without paying taxes?

Not necessarily.

In later generations, when China was still in a developing country, it had already realized the policy of tax exemption for farmers, and even discounted money to farmers who farmed the land as a subsidy, Sun Xiangfu wanted to make this country a developed country, and even surpass the country of many developed countries in later generations, how can agricultural tax exist!

Anyway, Li Chengqian, who proposed for the first time in the court that peasants do not need to pay taxes for farming, lit up. If this duet in the court today is transmitted to the people, his prestige will be infinitely boosted, because it will benefit all those who own land, including even the sons of the families who own the most land.