"Opportunity? What kind of opportunity do you want? ”

Li Yuan asked with interest, looking at Xue Lang's eyes with a smile. Xue Lang walked to the opposite side of the sage and solemnly bowed to make a big salute: "The minister has worked hard to write a little thing in recent days, put it in a wooden box, and put it in the personal servant Chang Frugal who entered the palace with me, please take the time to read it!" The tired saint sent someone to fetch it, and the minister begged the saint to give him a chance, and asked the saint to read it. ”

The saint glanced Xue Lang up and down, and bowed his head: "Yes!" ”

After agreeing, he glanced at the waiter beside him, and the waiter immediately understood and went out quickly.

After the chamberlain went out, the saint was not in a hurry to ask, and waited patiently, only looking at Xue Lang from time to time. After Xue Lang said it all of a sudden, he calmed down, and he couldn't get back the water that he spilled anyway, and he didn't have to say it or not, so he wasn't nervous. In this way, it made the saint a little interesting, and he was a little more curious about what Xue Lang asked him to see.

After waiting for a while, the waiter came back, holding a wooden box in his hand, and asked Xue Lang respectfully: "Xue Jungong, dare to ask but this?" ”

Xue Lang nodded: "Yes, thank you." ”

He personally took the wooden box from the hand of the chamberlain, opened it, and took out a stack of papers—

The paper had been divided into three parts according to his contents, and each one was simply bound.

Xue Lang: "Please forgive the ministers for being presumptuous!" ”

After speaking, he stepped forward and separated the three things and placed them side by side on the new imperial case made by the saint. After putting it away, he took a few steps back and bowed his hand: "Please sage royal view." ”

With a smile on his face, the saint picked up the one on the left casually, and his face changed greatly as soon as he glanced at it, and he suddenly looked up at Xue Lang, Xue Lang's expression was clear, his eyes were clear, and he bent down and hugged his fists in the face of the saint's surprised gaze.

The saint's expression became solemn, his expression was solemn, he lowered his head again, and he was not in a hurry to look at the manuscript paper in his hand, but grabbed the second and third copies and looked at them, just looking at the title, the saint's expression became more and more solemn and serious: "Xue Lang, do you know that bullying the king is a big crime?" ”

Xue Lang said: "Back to the saint, the minister dares to use the head of the item to guarantee, the sentence written on the paper is true, if there is a lie, Xue Lang will not die well!" ”

The sage looked at him deeply, lowered his head and picked up the manuscript paper, and began to read it carefully. In the huge Zichen Palace, there was silence for a while, and the needles could be heard.

Xue Lang looked at the saint with blank eyes, but he was a little nervous at this time, and this nervousness was more because he was afraid that the saint would not understand what he wrote-

His choice of words and sentences is almost vernacular, and the saint should not have any dyslexia, right?

Xue Lang was a little apprehensive.

The first and second parts, the sage only read it roughly, but the third part, the sage read it carefully, looked at it very carefully, looked at it, and stopped to stare and ponder, after reading it through, he closed his eyes and pondered for a while, and then nodded, put down the manuscript paper, and stared at Xue Lang, his eyes seemed to be a little admiring, and he seemed to be a little pleased, looked at Xue Lang, and said: ""Salt Making", "Bamboo Papermaking Method", "Please Make Fish Scale Atlas and Yellow Book", these three strategies of the Qing family, one strategy is more amazing than the other, even if it is me, I can't help but shake my heart when I see it, and I can't help myself. What are the above three strategies? Please tell me carefully. ”

"Whoa!"

Xue Langlang said: "The first one is written about the art of salt making. When the minister was in Weize Pass, because he assisted Princess Pingyang in training, he had a general understanding of the current situation of the salt industry in our dynasty, and knew that whether it was the court or the people, everyone was short of salt. The salt industry is related to the world's taxation, the national economy and people's livelihood, etc., which is the top priority. Xue Lang is not talented, and he specially presented the art of salt making to the sage, hoping that the sage's treasury will be abundant, and my dynasty will no longer lack salt. ”

The saint nodded. Xue Lang continued: "The second part is a paper-making technique made from bamboo. According to the minister's observation, the paper used in our court was made of hemp. However, the production of hemp is limited, and the price of paper has remained high, and the shortage of raw materials is the reason for most of this. Using bamboo as a raw material to make paper can greatly save the cost of paper making. When paper is cheaper, there will be more ordinary people who want to study, and when there are more people who want to study, there will be more people who want to come, and the scope of talent selection by saints will be wider. ”

Xue Lang paused and continued to explain: "For the third part, please ask the sage to build a fish scale atlas and a yellow album. The tyranny of Emperor Yang of the former dynasty, the people were not able to make a living, and the world was in chaos. For example, today, how many acres of land there are and how many households there are among the people, there is no exact data. The data is inaccurate, and there is a big loophole in the collection of forced labor. There are those who do not abide by the king's law, they will exploit loopholes, hide their fields, evade taxes, and cause incalculable losses to the imperial court. If the Fish Scale Atlas and the Yellow Atlas are built, there is a basis and accurate data. Now that I have just established the dynasty, there are still few cases of annexing land and indiscriminately occupying cultivated land, and there are almost no cases of peasants losing their land, so it will not cost too much money and energy to build the fish scale atlas and the yellow album at this time. The most important thing is that when the dynasty was first established, if there is a person who despises the royal law to play the hidden field and hidden household, he should also think twice, even if he is naïve, the court is not without evidence. ”

There were some words that Xue Lang didn't say too thoroughly, but I think the saint should understand it. The first to bear the brunt of the impact of the Fish Scale Atlas and the Yellow Book is the family class, and they are the ones who like to play the hidden fields and hidden households the most.

The biggest function of the Fish Scale Atlas and the Yellow Atlas is to fix the peasants on the land, reduce land annexation, reduce the chance of becoming a hidden household of the family in order to evade taxes, and strengthen the centralization of power.

The benefits should be understood by the saints. Otherwise, I wouldn't have paid so much attention to the third manuscript, I read and looked, and thought and thought.

The sage nodded again and again when he heard this, and said, "Although this strategy is good, it may cost a lot to make it. There is a Turkic invasion outside, and there are bandits inside...... The previous dynasty died in the tyrannical expropriation, not caring for the people's feelings, I should take it as a warning, difficult! Difficult! Difficult! ”

Three difficult words in a row exhaust the cramped hands of the saint. Xue Lang said confidently: "Therefore, the three strategies offered by the minister, the salt making technique ranks first!" ”

The most lucrative and tax-paying business in ancient times must be the salt tax! The status of salt in ancient times is equivalent to that of modern oil in later generations, which is inseparable from no one and is closely related to production and life.

Xue Lang continued: "As far as the minister knows, the salt produced in the salt wells at present is completely unable to meet the needs of the people. Mineral salt and sea salt are not easy to use because of the art of salt making, and the degree of utilization is not high. Tell the saint that if the new method offered by the minister is used, there are many people who dare not say that it is absolutely not a problem to double the current salt production. At that time, the salt tax generated will be used to support the various expenses of the imperial court, which should relieve the financial pressure of the imperial court. Not to mention ......"

Xue Lang paused, and the sage urged, "What's more? The Qing family came quickly. ”

"Whoa."

Xue Lang said: "What's more, there is also the technique of making paper with bamboo, and the establishment of the fish scale atlas and the yellow album must require a large amount of paper. The imperial court took the lead in adopting it, which is the best for the promotion of bamboo paper. The so-called upper line, the lower will follow. It should not be difficult for bamboo paper to replace hemp paper, and it is not far away! ”