Speaking of Qiu Yiru, there are really some things about him that Liu Yan has to admire. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info In the face of the double reed sung by Liu Yan and Liu Xianzhi, Wang Hanxin was given greater authority by the light and the dark, and rested on others, even if there were 10,000 unwilling, it was not good to wring it with the emperor in the court, but Qiu Yiru was biased, he immediately played: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Yan." Your connivance with Wang Hanxin in this way will only make the border generals more and more unscrupulous, and it will become more and more difficult to govern in the future. Besides, this Wang Hanxin has always acted wildly, that is, His Majesty has always warned and reminded him that this is still the case, if this time he does not severely punish this person, but increases his authority, I am afraid that he will no longer act tabooly. This Shannan West Road has always been uneven between the rich and the poor, like Wang Hanxin, who used a large number of people to build roads, which will inevitably cause the people of Shannan Province to wither and paralyze the finances. And now that the state treasury is empty, where is the surplus silver for him to toss like this? But if the court does not follow his wishes, then he will dare to impose harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, causing the people's resentment to boil, and in the end it is the finances of our dynasty that suffers, the reputation of our lord who suffers, and the victims are thousands of small people who rise to fight. This matter is categorically impossible, and I hope that Your Majesty will think twice before acting. ”

Hearing this, Liu Yan looked at Liu Xianzhi, and then at Wu Sicheng and Xue Boren on the side. To tell the truth, Qiu Yiru's words hit the nail on the head of Liu Yan, and now the emptiness of the treasury is an imminent big problem, if it can't be solved in time, then once the country has something that needs money urgently, there is nothing to be done except to increase taxes. And this is obviously not the situation that Liu Yan wants to see. As for Wang Hanxin's measures, discerning people know that this will change the situation of inequality between the rich and the poor in Shannan West Road, but it will be several years or even more than ten years after the road is built, and the people's reaction to this move will inevitably be full of complaints. Qiu Yiru's argument seems to be aimed at Wang Hanxin, but in fact it is also questioning the disastrous results that Wang Hanxin's radical approach may have, and if Liu Yan ignores his opinion and forcibly implements it, then what Qiu Yiru said is indeed possible, unless Liu Yan can solve his financial difficulties.

At this time, Liu Xianzhi, the king of Yan, suddenly spoke: "Your Majesty, what Lord Qiu said is indeed reasonable, but it is not without a solution. His Majesty could instruct Wang Hanxin to divide the construction of the road into five years, so as to save the people's labor and delay the financial pressure. As for the question of the emptiness of the treasury, the minister has a little suggestion, but it still needs to be judged by His Majesty. ”

Liu Yan was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "King Yan has a good plan, come quickly." ”

Liu Xianzhi smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty, there are only two ways to make money, one is to open source, and the other is to throttle. This throttling, my court is thrifty, and I can't save much silver, but it may force those officials who were unwilling to exploit the people to become corrupt officials; Therefore, the younger brother thought that he should take open source as the top. However, since the founding of the country, our dynasty has not increased taxes in order not to increase the burden on the people. It is only because of the foreign wars that have been waged for many years, and the only revenue from the national treasury has been there, that today's situation has arisen. Since taxes cannot be increased, and letting the rich contribute money to officials is the beginning of corruption in all dynasties, it is naturally not usable. For today's plan, the younger brother thinks that there are two strategies available. The first is to rectify the rule of officials and confiscate the huge wealth of those corrupt officials for the use of the state, and the second is to open trade routes and increase foreign trade. Since the establishment of the Western Regions Protectorate, the land trade routes have gradually recovered, and with the passage of time, the countries of the Western Regions will continue to send wealth to our country, but the courtiers think that the land commercial trade, the roads are rugged and difficult, and the cost is high and the number is difficult to form a scale. On the other hand, maritime trade, which is transported by boat, is not only labor-saving, but also large in quantity, which is very beneficial to the expansion of trade quota. Therefore, the courtiers suggested that the only way to make money was to expand the amount of trade that our dynasty had with overseas. ”

"Maritime trade?" Liu Yan frowned when he heard this: "The risk on this sea is not less than that on land, and this ship comes and goes, and the time is ??????."

Liu Xianzhi: "Your Majesty is very worried, the biggest disadvantage of this maritime trade is that the journey is too long, the round-trip time depends on the monsoon, and the sea situation is changing rapidly, and the storm may be lost." However, the maritime trade was much more lucrative than on land. My brother has done a lot of research over the years, not to mention anything else, just in terms of the trade between our dynasty and the Wa Kingdom, I can sell silver needles worth ten wen to the Wa Kingdom for thirty taels of silver! And the younger brother heard that the Japanese country is rich in silver, but it is a pity that the trade between our dynasty and the Japanese country is controlled by quotas, and there is only so much every year, which is far from satisfying the needs of the other party, and the result only provides an excellent space for smuggling merchants to make money. The Japanese state is only a few thousand miles away from our dynasty, and its profits are still so huge, not to mention the countries of the South China Sea. According to the investigation of the younger brothers, there is a Li family merchant group that has developed rapidly over the years, and at present, about forty percent of the trade of our dynasty in the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate has fallen into the hands of this merchant group; Seventy percent of the smuggling trade with the Japanese was under the control of this merchant group, and the trade between the Chinese court and the Japanese only accounted for less than one-tenth of the total smuggling trade; In trade with Annam, Siam, Java and other South China Sea countries, this merchant group occupied an absolute dominant position; The group even had large trade deals with Sindra, Paz, Arubania and even the newly emerging city of Parci. According to preliminary estimates, the annual trade volume of the merchant group may be as high as tens of millions of taels of silver! ”

Liu Xianzhi's words set off a burst of exclamation in the court - you must know that the annual treasury income of a big country like the Silk Country is only 14 million taels of silver, and the trade volume of this merchant group is several times that of the Silk Country, and the wealth of this merchant group is no longer enough to describe it, how can these ministers not be surprised?

"How could there be so many?" Even Liu Yan was frightened by this number and couldn't help but ask. But a trace of doubt faintly rose in his heart: Li Family Business Group, why is this name so familiar? Looks like I've heard of it somewhere. But for a while, Liu Yan couldn't remember where he had heard of this name.

Liu Xianzhi: "Although it is an estimated number, the actual number should not be far away. It is conceivable that a non-governmental business group can have such a huge financial capacity, so what else can it not do? On the other hand, if we were to use our developed maritime military power for war and commercial activities, what would be the considerable profits from this? Although it is impossible to have such a huge trade quota as the Li family's merchant group all at once, it is foreseeable that with the power of our imperial court, the problem of the empty treasury can be greatly improved within a few years! ”