Chapter 268: Shallow Cutting

Almighty Cultivation Supreme

Li Su and Li Shimin conspired for a while, and Li Shimin smiled: "Good idea, just do it." ”

Liquan County, Xianyang Prefecture, the central Jiuzhi Mountains are rich in mineral deposits, and it has been proved that the limestone reserves are 1 billion cubic meters and the marble reserves are 1 million cubic meters.

On this day, a group of people from the Mining Department of the Ministry of Industry took a map to explore near Jiuzhi Mountain, and after a few days of exploration, they took some ore specimens and came to the county office.

Yao Gaoping, the county magistrate of Liquan County, came out to receive them.

Yao Gaoping said: "Ladies and gentlemen, are there any mineral resources in the county? ”

Liu Hao, the captain of the exploration team of the Mining Division, said excitedly: "Congratulations to the county commander, your county not only has, but also has a large reserve. ”

He spread out a map, pointed to the area marked on it, and said, "This is the limestone mining area, and this is the marble mining area." The reserves are amazing! If this is developed, your county will make a fortune, and taxes and resettlement personnel will be settled. ”

Yao Gaoping was very happy to hear this. The mountainous area of Liquan County accounts for 43% of the county's area, and the tax payment in the past was the most backward in Xianyang Prefecture.

But he was happy for less than half a minute, and began to worry again.

He shook his head and said, "It's a troublesome thing." You see, this is the land of Liu Quanquan, the largest household in this county, and he is the nephew of Liu Shili, the chief of staff of the Armed Police Force, Xiangwu County, and this person is not very easy to talk to. Liu Shili was one of the nine generals who supported Li Shimin during the Xuanwumen Change.

Liu Hao said with a smile: "You have all received the notice of the Ministry of Industry on the census of mineral resources, right?" ”

Yao Gaoping said: "I received it, and I announced it." ”

Liu Hao said: "This is the will of the imperial court, and no one can disobey it, so you invite him here, and I will talk to him." ”

Soon, Liu Shili's nephew, Liu Quanquan, came. The division of the mining area involved 300 acres of mountainous land, 200 acres of dry land and 40 acres of irrigated land. Yao Gaoping County Ling had a headache, thinking that he might not agree.

Unexpectedly, Liu Quanquan had a very good attitude, and he just bargained with Liu Hao on the compensation conditions. When Liu Hao's offer was settled according to the eighty percent price of the irrigated land, Liu Quanquan agreed, and he asked to give him 40 acres of cash and the rest as equity funds.

It turned out that Liu Quanquan often went to Chang'an to visit his uncle Liu Shili, visited the industrial city, and was very clear about the profits of industry. Except for the 40 acres of watered land, there was no harvest on the rest of his land. Moreover, the notice of the imperial court clearly stated that the decrees of the imperial court must be obeyed.

The formation of the imperial court confiscating weapons a year ago was not a joke.

Yao Gaoping was very excited, with Liu Quan taking the lead, the rest of the owners of the 2,480 acres of land involved were all small households with no power, and the work was much easier.

Tai Chi Hall, Li Shimin's study.

Huang Furui, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and the officials of the Mining Department are reporting to Li Shimin.

This time, the Mining Division found a total of 11 mines in 4 counties near Chang'an, including 8 varieties of copper, iron, graphite, limestone, and marble, and recovered more than 19,000 acres of land for the imperial court. Among them, there are more than 13,000 acres belonging to large clans.

At the same time, it also collected 340,000 yuan of equity funds for the imperial court in addition to land shares. These minerals can be developed to house no less than 20,000 employees, and the output value is initially estimated to reach more than 8 million guan per year.

Li Shimin listened excitedly, and he praised the work of the Ministry of Industry and gave the Department of Mines greater power to spread the experience throughout the country.

It turned out that this was the attention that Li Su, the king of Liang, gave to Li Shimin.

On that day, Li Su gave Li Shimin an analysis of the current land situation.

The imperial court has collected weapons, which has weakened the strength of the gate lord family to a certain extent. A large number of officials were replaced, further consolidating imperial power.

The vigorous development of education broke the monopoly of the gate valve family on culture, and the development of industry and commerce also made their economic influence further weakened.

So far, Li Shimin's measures have been carried out step by step, and they are a conspiracy, and the family of gate valves cannot think that these measures are specifically aimed at them. But their influence is shrinking little by little.

The success of the nationalization of Yunzhou's land further stimulated Li Shimin's ambition to eradicate the gate valve family. He now wants to speed up that pace.

Li Su said: "Father, the conditions for the full implementation of land reform in the interior are not yet available. Erchen thinks that it is still necessary to proceed slowly.

Erchen has a plan to carry out a nationwide survey of mineral resources. The Mineral Resources Law promulgated by the imperial court has clearly stipulated that mineral resources are owned by the state, and this census can demarcate no less than 10% of the land from the land of the gate valve family.

They will not fight against the imperial court for this small amount of land. At the same time, these mineral resources allowed him not to participate in the operation, and the imperial court could use their funds to develop these mineral resources, which not only increased the financial revenue for the imperial court, but also transformed and disintegrated their sense of resistance.

Eliminating the influence of the gate valve family is not to eliminate them from the **, but to eliminate their influence as a political force.

In this way, the imperial court weakened them little by little through one measure after another, allowing them to unconsciously disappear in the new social order of the Tang Dynasty and become a positive force for the development of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Good way, just do it." ”

Soon after, the imperial court issued a notice on the census of mineral resources, stipulating the criteria for the imperial court to redeem the land where the mineral resources were located, as well as a series of policies under which the original landowners could have priority in participating in the shares.

In the past few years, the rapid development of industry and commerce in Datang has made many gate valve families see the advantages of the new economic model, and they still welcome the opportunity to participate in the development of mineral resources.

As a result, there was the above-mentioned action of the Mining Department of the Ministry of Industry.

With the shallow cutting of the gate valve clan by the imperial court, the strength of the gate valve clan has been weakened little by little, and the imperial power has been strengthened little by little.

Li Shimin felt that his authority was becoming more and more important, and the efficiency of the imperial court was gradually improved. In short, Li Shimin's mood is getting better and better.

However, at the thought of his sons, his mood immediately darkened.

Just this morning, Ma Xuanliang reported to him the results of the investigation into the assassination of Li Tai, the king of Wei, and sure enough, as Li Su, the king of Liang, guessed, it was not the crown prince Li Chengqian, who was the most suspicious.

Ma Xuanliang didn't dare to continue the investigation, so he came to ask Li Shimin for instructions. Li Shimin can now guess the truth of the matter with his heels. He ordered the investigation to be halted and demanded absolute secrecy from Ma Xuanliang.

Li Shimin was in a gloomy mood, dizzy for a while, and sat down on the sofa.