The autumn wind can't blow away the haze in people's hearts.

In the past of the drought, some people were happy and some were sad.

Chang'an City, a beautiful mansion.

From the exterior alone, it is extremely luxurious, and the interior decoration is even more unforgettable, and I can't believe it for a long time.

"Father, what do you mean by this emperor? Didn't you say that you would seal the Wang family before? How now? Zheng Lun asked with some incomprehension.

The attitude of the emperor before and after coming to power is completely different, not that he will not do what he promised, but that he said revenge, but now he laughed it off.

"The emperor and the Wang family actually don't have any deep hatred, Tan Yong's matter, the emperor just wants face, for more than a year, the Wang family has also suffered a lot, and now the Wang family has the idea of reuniting with a good knot, why doesn't the emperor push the boat with the water?" Zheng Shanguo commented with a slight squint of his eyes.

Crisis, everyone exists, and it is almost impossible for every family to escape this curse.

"Pushing the boat with the water? What does my father mean that the emperor also intends to marry the Wang family? Zheng Lun was stunned, but there was also some ecstasy in his heart.

Even the Wang family can get married, so what about them?

At the beginning, they were forced by others, and it was not for nothing if they were wrong, but they didn't directly slap Li Yuanji in the face like the Wang family.

It's not much better, though.

"The way of the Wang family, we can't go!" Zheng Shanguo cut the railway.

"Can't get through?" Zheng Lun said: "Why did the Wang family go? Our Zheng family can't leave? ”

"Because, if you take the path of the Wang family, the family will be gone!" Zheng Shanguo continued, feeling a little disappointed in his heart.

The son he focused on cultivating didn't even see the hint of conspiracy, and his sense of smell for the overall situation was still as bad as ever.

I really have some doubts, will I really hand over the Zheng family to him in the future?

And the young emperor, can he resist it?

Feeling that his son's understanding in this area was problematic, Zheng Shanguo did not continue the test, and said directly: "Royal Business Group, this is an obvious signal, the ancient nobles did not engage in business, business is a cheap business, and everyone spits on it, it is our family, and we can only send people to take care of it, and the children of the descendants are not allowed to ask, but now, the royal family has come forward in person, not only did they come forward, but they also crossed this gap in person." ”

"Father means that the emperor wants to elevate the status of a businessman?" Father said so, if Zheng Lun is still unclear, then these decades will be in vain, but the more I think about it, the more unlikely it is, and continued: "In ancient times, everyone abandoned business, and the royal family personally did business, wouldn't it be scolded by the world?" Moreover, what are the benefits of raising the status of merchants to the royal family? ”

"If it's no good, why should you and my family go into business?" Zheng Shanguo looked at his son, and he didn't have a good air.

……

"Businessmen have money, even if it is restricted, people's daily life is still inseparable from businessmen, without businessmen, life is difficult to move an inch." Li Yuanji sat directly above a square table, and below him sat the Shangshu of the various ministries and the governors of the three provinces.

After the drought has passed, the grain stock in the official warehouse is enough to support the next summer harvest, and with the continuous supply of dried fish being brought back, there is almost no problem with grain.

Lee Won-gil convened his first cabinet meeting, and although he had not yet formally proposed a reshuffle, no one refused to try this time.

Of course, for this reshuffle, the majority is in favor of it.

For example, the Shangshu of the six departments, if it is really counted, this can be regarded as adding the title of prime minister to them, and six people against four also occupy the upper hand in the number of people.

"In addition to the fact that the lives of the people are inseparable from merchants, there is a more important point, merchants can bring a steady stream of tax revenue to the national treasury, and with these taxes, the imperial court can use it to do more meaningful things, such as building official roads, such as completing military reforms, and can continue to support it!"

"There are many benefits, such as the exchange of goods between the north and the south, the transmission of advanced ideas, and what businessmen can do, which is definitely far beyond our imagination."

"The concept of the class, peasants, workers, and merchants has long been firmly rooted in the hearts of the people, and forcibly raising the merchant class is afraid that it will cause other adverse reactions." The elderly Pei Ju was the first to stand up against it, anyway, he was old and he was not afraid of anything, so it was a big deal to resign and go home to retire.

Growing business isn't just about money.

It still completely broke the existing ideological concepts, and commerce had to enable more people to circulate, which was even more detrimental to the imperial court's jurisdiction over the population.

Compared with the jurisdiction over the people in the Qin and Han dynasties, this strength has long been loosened many times.

If we open up business and develop business again, I am afraid that there is no way to manage it in this world.

"The system has been used to change since it was formulated, and when a system is no longer suitable for the present, it is not okay to keep those old concepts, we must keep pace with the times. Otherwise, sooner or later, it will be eliminated by the times. Fang Xuanling said pointedly.

"Yes, we follow the ancient system, and after decades, hundreds of years of recuperation, we can indeed accumulate a lot of wealth, but so what? You and I are both living in the moment, why not find a way to change it while we still have the strength? It's a failure, at least you and I have tried. Du Ruhui, the secretary of the military department, also echoed.

In the past, the Ministry of War was not qualified to participate in such meetings on economic issues, and even if it did, it would be an observer at best.

The profession is not right, I can't interject at all, and I don't dare to interject, the household department will kill people.

But now it's different, no matter which department you are in, all the issues can be involved, as for whether to adopt it or not, that's the emperor's business, you just have to say, just take the plan and discuss it.

"The old man still thinks that he can give it a try first, it is better to set a time of three or five years, if it does not work, it is not too late to restore the ancient system." Du Ruhui continued.

The following discussion goes on and on, with a variety of quirky questions and answers.

The ten ministers were talking about sweating profusely, and they almost fought because of it.

Fighting, this was still a normal phenomenon in the Tang Dynasty.

Sometimes at court meetings, two ministers dare to fight in front of the emperor because of disagreements.

In the Tang Dynasty, there was nothing that could not be solved by a fight, and if there was, then another one.

Except for the speech at the beginning, Li Yuanji has been observing the remarks and opinions of several people, and comprehensively summarized them, in fact, they are two views.

One is the conservative school headed by Pei Ju, who thinks that it is good to follow the steps step by step, and there is no need to toss blindly, after all, this is the number of ways that the predecessors have summed up after countless years of experience.

The other is the reformers led by Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, who believe that the ancient system can no longer meet the current needs, so it must be reformed, but these reformers are not wholeheartedly supportive of reform.

Instead, it is necessary to promote it on a small scale, and if it is successful, then promote it, and if it fails, return to the ancient system.

"Since I have proposed this reform plan, it has been tested and feasible for a long time. Zhenbei is the best case, but due to some reasons, Zhenbei is actually far from what I expected.

Let me tell you this, the reform of business is imperative, and no one can stop it.

And in my heart, there is a bigger plan, and this plan is waiting for money to carry it out! Li Yuanji directly stood up and cut the railway.

These ministers digressed and asked them to discuss which points should be paid attention to, which points should be avoided, and how to better develop business.

As a result, these people have been arguing for a long time about whether they should develop a business, and they are completely a group of guys who have not entered the state of bragging rights.

Li Yuanji, who really couldn't stand it, could only come forward to interrupt their nonsensical argument.

Anyway, this cabinet was proposed by himself, and the ancient emperor was the largest, and this cabinet could play as much as he wanted.

If you are not satisfied, then what do you say? It's all according to me, and there is no need to discuss.

Although the result was known for a long time, the discussion was stopped for a long time, and many people were a little depressed in their hearts.

However, after hearing Li Yuanji say that there is a bigger plan, many people have raised their hearts in the air, and the excitement of the meow is simply.

"In the next two years, I plan to build a concrete road that can accommodate three horse-drawn carriages to drive from Chang'an to Luozhou. Within five years, a cement road from Chang'an to the north of the town was built. Within ten years, it is necessary to take Chang'an as the center, east to Linhai, north to Zhenbei, south to Shudi, or further south, west to Biansai.

This road can be used not only for trade, but also for the movement of troops when necessary, and the hard road surface can greatly increase the speed of the army, and in the future, there will be more roads to be built.

There's an old saying? If you want to get rich, build roads first! Li Yuanji continued, and when he was proud, he even took out a famous quote from later generations to show off.

If you want to get rich, build roads first?

Fang Xuanling secretly muttered in his heart, although it sounded a little weird, but when he thought about it carefully, it seemed that this was really close to reality.

But......

"How much does that cost?" Pei Ju covered his chest and forced his body to ask.

The household department is in charge of money, how can this project be carried out without money? Pei Ju has even begun to think about whether to resign, anyway, he can't do it anymore.

Look at your discoloration......

Li Yuanji secretly despised it in his heart, waved his hand indifferently, and said: "It's not much, cement can be purchased at cost price, forget it, just give the workshop a sum of money, and then the court will build its own workshop to make cement, so that what the court needs to produce is just labor costs."

As for labor, isn't there servitude? In recent years, there has not been much war in the surrounding area, and there is no need for so much labor, so let them build roads nearby, so that all the court needs to prepare is their ration money, which is drizzle......"

watched Li Yuanji pull for a while, and even calculated the cost only for the rations, although the calculation was not wrong, and the nearby distribution was not considered to be a waste of labor and money, but is it really good to do this?