Li Longji was right, that night, when he finished dealing with today's government affairs under the lamp, .

"Your Majesty, the sample report is out."

Li Longji raised his head behind the case and asked, "Concubine Hui and the queen haven't returned to the palace yet." ”

"I'll be there early tomorrow morning." Colliers replied, handing over the newspaper.

Li Longji waved his hand and smiled again: "Look tomorrow, let people read it in the palace tomorrow morning, I am not in a hurry." ”

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The next day, morning.

All the local sub-stations of Datang Newspaper delivered the day's newspapers to the homes of all subscribers as quickly as possible, and the notice boards of the yamen were also replaced with today's new content.

Almost all the people of the Tang Dynasty were still as usual, and they didn't notice that there was anything wrong.

But when more people read the newspaper and some people found out the problem, the entire sky of Datang seemed to become chaotic.

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On the Hanyuan Palace, Li Longji sat upright, and the ministers stood on the side, all of them listening to the content read by the newspaper people.

"From today, the imperial court has added new operating policies, first, subtracting a series of forms of tax in kind such as farmers' rents and poll taxes, and replacing them with money, and those who cultivate need to sell grain to raise money by themselves."

When the first article was read, the officials who were qualified to go to the court frowned, carefully pondered the effect of this article, pondered for a while, and most of them found that it had no effect, it was nothing more than that the grain handed over before had become money, and it was just for the people who planted the land to sell it themselves.

Li Longji narrowed his eyes and thought for a while. Jaw head.

The newspaper reader continued: "Second, cultivators from all over the country are allowed to cultivate in conjunction with other cultivators within the scope of the surrounding area. The team members are all landowners, and the team leader can choose two forms of farming. The first is to negotiate the method of cultivation distribution, that is, the landowners of 100 households or villages reach an agreement with the team leader. The variety of crops to be cultivated every year is determined by the team leader and cannot be changed during the period. The second is the leasing and employment distribution method. That is, the group leader leases all the cultivators' fields and hires the owners of the fields to cultivate the fields, and the decision should be completely vested in the team leader, and they will be protected by the corresponding laws. ”

As soon as these words came out, the ministers were in an uproar.

Now they understand the role of the first article, the first article is for the second article, after buying and selling on their own, the amount of money depends on the price at the time of the sale, the more money they sell, the more money they make, and the less money they sell, they lose. Shift the risk entirely onto the landowner.

The second day is another way of land annexation, if you choose the first of the second article, the landowner needs to go to the gambling with the team leader, and the gambling team leader thinks that this year's opinion is correct, saying that it cannot be changed. In fact, once the seeds are planted, they can't be changed when they want to, delaying the growth time of the crop.

If the second option is chosen, the landowner avoids the risk of selling his own grain, pays the land, and receives two shares. One is the land lease money, the other is the labor income, and there are two risks in the process, one is the risk of being employed or not, and the other is the risk of one's own low income after the price of food is high.

If it were to be decided entirely by the team leader, the team leader would probably exclude those who were not usually able to farm, and this group of people would only receive a part of the income from the land lease, but they themselves would be unemployed.

"The minister disagrees." Without waiting for the people reading the newspaper to read it again, Zhang Jiuling came out of the list and said bluntly that the relationship between him and the Zhang and Wang families is good, but he must not be abolished because of personal relations.

Li Longji brought the microphone to his mouth: "Zhang Qing retreats, today's court meeting is not to listen to your consent or not, but to let you listen carefully and follow it, this time is different from the past, everything that is reached, starting from me, to the Zhongshu Order, to the following departments, just need to cooperate, and do not question." ”

Yuan Qianyao, who was nearby, didn't do it, he still stood up strongly, and asked loudly: "Your Majesty, I don't know why the minister didn't take out this policy to discuss with us first, and then make a conclusion, so I have to wait for it to be passed together today?" ”

"Take it out and discuss, don't you have to discuss it for a long time? Can you guarantee that the slightest information will be revealed? Do you know what the consequences of this policy will be once the Tang elites know in advance? Yuanqing, I ask you, do you know the situation I am facing now? ”

Li Longji threw out several questions in a row, waiting for Yuan Qianyao to give an answer.

Yuan Qianyao groaned slightly, and raised his voice: "Back to Your Majesty, my dynasty is now the emperor's grace, all the people are concentric, business is prosperous, and the army is ......."

"To be honest, I don't like to listen to others say anything real for a long time, no matter how much you brag about it, the problem can't be solved." Li Longji interrupted Yuan Qianyao's words.

The ministers, including Zhang Zhong, all sighed secretly, feeling that His Majesty had been too utilitarian by Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, and there must be an actual return for their efforts, otherwise they would definitely not waste their work.

Yuan Qianyao coughed lightly twice, changed the way he spoke, and said: "Your Majesty, now I have money in the treasury, and this year's treasury money cannot be spent at all with the budget alone.

In addition, the road repair is good, there are railway connections, the caravan is organized into a large scale, and the small products for the benefit of the people researched by the Ministry of Industry have increased the efficiency of manual labor for the people, and the situation is very good.

In addition, in terms of education, many people spontaneously read and write with their children at night, and there are countless schools in various places. ”

"Okay, I naturally know that there are good aspects, but the way of heaven and earth, there must be a yin and a yang, there must be a benefit and a disadvantage, I also know that my Tang Dynasty has a strong army, advanced weapons, and high morale, and I can fight whoever I want. However, what I asked was the pros and cons. ”

Li Longji was still very proud when he said this, especially in the past two years, with the Ministry of Industry has produced many research results, such as pesticides and chemical fertilizers, as well as the improvement of Sinong Temple, and the development of the whole country is the same as flying.

No matter where the disaster occurs, there is no worry, as long as the people are fine, as for the money and food lost by the people, it will be directly made up by the imperial court, which is full of confidence.

And unlike before, the affected places were only exempted from rent, or sent people to boil a few buckets of porridge. The people were very grateful, at least they didn't have to leave their hometown and die on the way to escape the famine.

Now it is a disaster, and your family is registered with the government, even if a cow in your family dies, the court will compensate you for a new one, and you say that your house collapsed, which is easy to do. When the disaster passes, build you a new house, if it is a drought. The government will arrange for you to work in other places. Never leave you alone with the pain of a disaster.

This is all a great credit, which emperor has done it in the past dynasties? Which emperor dares to say or think? Only I am. Only the Kaiyuan era of me.

"Your Majesty is right." Zhang Zhong, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, listed: "I don't look at the politics and people, but the drawbacks are still there, although Zhang Jiedu and Wang Deputy Jiedu have done many things, such as the old are supported, the young are educated, and the disease is cured, and it is all national welfare, and the people do not need to spend money." However, in the process of rapid development, many things have appeared that are not conducive to the stability of the country, and they have reached a critical period. ”

When Zhang Zhong's words came out, some people began to pout. The belly is full of slander, you say that you Zhang Zhong pretended to be a big-tailed wolf, and also made Zhang Jiedu and Wang Deputy Jiedu, as if you were not familiar with them, you didn't stand up and show off. Just say that your son and daughter-in-law can you die?

It's shameless, it's really shameless, you use the fact that you have a good son and a good daughter-in-law to hit others, where is your conscience? Still ignoring the camaraderie of colleagues?

Slander is slander, this tone has to be endured, otherwise you will be offended by your words. When the time comes, the revenge will come quickly, and it is estimated that the first to strike must be the other sons and daughters of the family.

Yuan Qianyao was squeezed by the emperor and the Ministry of Industry at the same time, his face was not very good-looking, he lowered his head and considered it, and said: "To say that there are also disadvantages, but they are not big, due to the improvement of national welfare, a small number of people have become lazy, especially the policy of infants and young children being raised by the imperial court, so that individual men start to work without work." ”

"Anything else?" Li Longji asked again.

"Yes." Yuan Qianyao said firmly: "There are also people who are active at this good time, after they make money, they will not spend it for a while, buy a large number of luxury goods, and compare with others to be rich. ”

After speaking, Yuan Qianyao probably thought that he had admitted and just made a mistake, so he defended himself: "However, this is human nature, and the purchase of a large number of luxury goods by rich people will help increase the income of the imperial treasury, and can promote the heart of comparison and strive to work hard, and it stands to reason that after three generations, it may return to peace." ”

"It stands to reason, it stands to reason that if you don't solve it right now, you don't need to wait for three generations, this generation will make the country turbulent, people's hearts are unstable, everything is based on money, and then the world is the world of people or the world of money? Those who only know sex and food are livestock, money can buy sex, you can also buy food, you can also buy clothes and repair houses, you can do anything if you have money, do you want ethics? If you lose the warmth of others and only have money left, I don't want this country. ”

Li Longji said indignantly, and at the end of the day, he had already begun to slap the armrests hard.

"Your Majesty is angry." The ministers tacitly persuaded each other in unison.

Yuan Qianyao trembled even more, knelt on the ground, and said: "The sins of the ministers, I have never thought about it far-reaching, and I have not noticed it. ”

Li Longji waved his hand: "Qing Qi, I don't blame you, I was the same at the beginning, who would have thought that there would be such hidden dangers behind the prosperity?" It was Xiaobao and Juan Juan who talked to me over and over again, and analyzed again and again, that I realized that things in the world were unpredictable.

How can the two of them believe that they all know, and in the face of a monstrous disaster, the two of them work together to deal with it; In the event of a military disaster, the two of them laughed and talked constantly, waving their hands to solve it; said that the money was insufficient, and the two of them pointed to the country and turned stones into gold. No matter what happens, I have never seen the two of them afraid, and as for your impeachment, it is a joke for both of them.

But whenever he talked about today's discussion, the two of them would have a serious face, occasionally showing a look of trepidation, and there were many sighs between their words, all of which showed that the pressure caused by this matter to the two of them was far greater than that of the previous ones, and the sum of them was not so serious.

Isn't that enough? Doesn't that tell the story? What is hidden behind the prosperity that makes the two of them afraid of being like this? What else do you think is in the world that can make them fearful? ”

Li Longji's words fell, and the sound of inhaling kept sounding in the Hanyuan Palace, and under the warm sunshine, the ministers felt cold in their bodies for a while.

They have always known that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan are strong, that is a kind of strength soaked in the soul, they have never seen what they are afraid of, and any difficulties can be solved in front of them. Knowing astronomy, geography, and things in the middle, whether it is piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, or poetry and songs. Whether it is a farmer or a trader, for the administrative distribution of functions, for the general to expand the territory, the war is invincible, the attack is invincible, almost invincible.

Such people can actually be afraid, what can make them afraid, who dares not to be afraid? But now it looks good. It's not too much of a problem, how can it scare them like this.

"Brother Yongcheng, I don't know if you know?" Prime Minister Song Jing asked out loud. He asked Zhang Zhong, after all, he was Zhang Xiaobao's father, and he wanted to come and have a lot of contact with him.

Other people's eyes shifted to Zhang Zhong at the same time.

Zhang Zhong thought about it. Said solemnly: "Xiaobao and Juan Juan once said, I Datang is not afraid of disasters, disasters, nothing more than rebuilding homes, nor afraid of swords, fighting with their lives, as long as the people are aspiring, as long as they are united, there is no hurdle that cannot be passed."

What they fear is disheartenedness. The government does not serve its own government, but uses the public for personal gain; Farmers do not plough their fields. and take the job; The work does not learn its fineness, but is shoddy; Merchants do not understand their goods, but hoard and speculate; The teacher does not show his appearance, but selects students for profit; Doctors do not accept their virtues, but share the pain with money.

Once now not controlled. If you want to change at that time, it will be difficult, and who will start when the time comes? Can you still kill all the people in the world? How many years will it take to transform a nation that has lost its spiritual support? What means can be used to restore the soul that was originally owned?

Such a country is not a civilization, it is a slave to money. So Xiaobao and Juan Juan have been worrying about this matter, they need to choose a good balance in the process of development, and at this moment. I need your help to set this point first, and then talk about it later. ”

After Zhang Zhong finished speaking, he looked at his colleagues in the hall with sincere eyes, some nodded to him, some responded with firm eyes, and some bowed their heads and pondered.

After a while, Li Longji ordered, "Keep reading." ”

At this time, no one objected anymore, and everyone was frightened by what Zhang Zhong said.

The person reading the newspaper took a deep breath and read it again: "The second decree is that Datang Qianzhuang will reduce the loan interest by 10 percent, the storage interest by 10 percent, and the reserve fund rate by 20 percent, and use internal funds.

All handicraftsmen who have more than 100 workers and less than 500 workers can enjoy a one-time loan policy of 3,000 yuan; Those with more than 500 members and less than 1,000 members can enjoy a one-time loan policy of 10,000 yuan; For more than 1,000 people, the loan can be made according to the requirements of the development plan or less than 200,000 yuan, and the loan amount can be increased at a later stage. ”

The ministers knew that this was Zhang Xiaobao's start to distribute money, so that the people who saved money in the Tang Dynasty took out the money and spent it, and at the same time encouraged the handicraft industry to annex each other, there are many consequences, but the most direct consequence is the depreciation of the currency, even if the country does not increase the amount of currency issued.

Song Jing thought about it, came to Li Longji's approach, and asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, is it okay to depreciate the currency?" ”

He asked in a small voice, but there was a microphone in front of him, and after asking, everyone heard it. Song Jing was stunned and sighed helplessly.

Li Longji smiled and shook his head slightly: "It's okay, this is a soft devaluation, also known as temporary devaluation, as long as the imperial court does not suddenly increase the issuance of currency, there is no need to worry about the currency being worthless, because this is a cyclical process."

The depreciation you are worried about is generated from the tax in the currency circulation link, and every time you spend money and make money, there must be tax revenue, and you are afraid that the imperial court will spend it in a short period of time after having more money, resulting in the growth rate of actual material production not keeping up with the speed of sudden consumption of currency, thus forming a currency depreciation, isn't it? ”

Song Jing nodded: "Yes, and if you do this, the people will take out the money from the money village and make a surprise consumption, which will also make the price of things rise, and if the goods are expensive, the money will be cheap, and the money can be returned?" ”

"Of course, this is a minor problem, and Xiaobao doesn't care at all. Does Song Qing know what the main channels for obtaining materials are? Li Longji felt that he could be a teacher at this time, but he chased Xiaobao for a long time to figure it out.

Gao Lishi, who was standing next to him, also had a smile in his eyes, he also followed the study at the time, and Concubine Wu Hui, I didn't know if I didn't learn, and I found out after learning that the more I would, the more ignorant I became, the more I saw the changes in history from the book, the means and purpose and the ability to execute are far worse than Xiaobao, when it is a world of difference, Xiaobao plays the economy to the height of the 'Tao'.

I don't know when I can learn all the economics of Xiaobao and continue to improve.

As a prime minister, Song Jing's ability is still not small. Hearing the emperor's question, he immediately replied: "Your Majesty, but the production of land and the mining of minerals?" ”

"You're only talking about part of it, and there's more." Li Longji narrowed his eyes and said.

"And? There is also the most straightforward way to bring things back from outside. Song Jing said.

"How's that lucky? How do you ensure that the national currency does not depreciate in the flow of goods or money between the costs paid and the profits? Li Longji asked again, he wanted to show his professionalism.

Song Jing regretted it. I regret that I haven't studied what Zhang Xiaobao wrote recently, and it only flows in the upper echelons, and ordinary people don't want to see it. It's not that I'm afraid that others will see what I've learned, but I'm afraid that they will operate blindly at the half-level level, and Zhang Xiaobao will have to go back and clean up the mess at that time.

For example, after someone who thinks he is smart reads a book. Start playing cash flow, collect funds through various means, and then there is a problem in a certain link in the operation process, so that the capital chain is opened, and all losses will be lost. Zhang Xiaobao didn't want to cause such trouble to himself.

Song Jing decided to go back and study hard, otherwise he would always be asked by the emperor in front of other people, and his face would be dull.

"The minister felt that it could be solved by force, so that the nature of the trade with the outside world was not so fair, so that low-cost goods could be exchanged for high-profit materials." Song Jing hesitated for a moment and replied stubbornly.

"You're a bandit mentality. is a manifestation of inability, then you can just say that like Xiaobao and Juan Juan, they don't even change it, and rely on the army to fight and rob it. Li Longji was amused by Song Jing's words.

"Please also ask Your Majesty to teach the ministers." Song Jing said in obedience.

"Okay, I'll teach you. If you don't study hard, what you just said is right, but the most critical problem is not said, the key lies in the generation and application of production technology, whether it is field planting or mine excavation. Or to exchange with the outside, all need technical support.

The problem in the field is given to the Si Nong Temple, the update of the excavation tools is given to the Ministry of Industry, and the foreign exchange is also the business of the Ministry of Industry, if you want to reduce the actual cost of the materials themselves during the exchange, you must increase its technical cost.

For example, how much do you say mirrors are worth? Its raw materials and processing, the palm-sized mirror is not even worth the money, but we can give it ten times the value when we exchange it outside.

This is the cost advantage brought by technology, if you don't have technology, you can only admit the cost of others, you want to have, and people say how much is how much.

Therefore, part of the tax revenue earned by our Datang can be allocated to the technical research department, and part of it can be used for infrastructure construction, such as road construction, and the road is repaired, and the cost in the process of natural goods flow is reduced.

For example, if you transport a cart of rice and send five people, the road is not good, you walk for a few months, it is estimated that after the cart of rice is eaten by you, you will still starve to death, and the time process wasted by your five people is actually non-productive consumption, I might as well not have a cart of grain, let the five people find a place to raise chickens. ”

Li Longji said while comparing the paintings.

"That's not right." Song Jing pondered and shook his head: "Your Majesty, you see, the food produced in the field needs people to plant, if you don't plant, there will naturally be others to plant, and the land is just that, under the same technology, you are not needed as a labor force to farm, isn't it a waste for you to farm?" The same is true for chickens, chickens need to eat, no matter what they eat, they consume local resources, and the resources are just circulating, not increasing, not as good as what they get from the outside. ”

"Your idea is wrong, resources are indeed circulating, but we usually don't make use of all resources, such as raising chickens, if you don't raise them, can you fully use the land and forest resources of the place used to raise chickens?

And this resource is increased, such as sunlight, and wind, a place to increase is the sunlight resource, you don't use it also exists, it will be wasted when the time comes, the most direct embodiment of the sunshine resource is plant growth.

There is also water resources, the clouds bring the rain from other places to my Datang, and it falls, you don't use it, it flows into the sea, why don't you hoard it and raise fish?

Speaking of wind resources, this is not easy to use now, the technology can not keep up, for example, the wind generator, electricity can be illuminated, if you think that the lighting is useless, people just read books, then you should think that it replaces the candle, the candle will stay. There is also heating, for example, hatching chicks in winter, and you use electricity to hatch isn't it to save other resources? ”

Li Longji began to give Song Jing an example, in fact, Song Jing already knew when he said that he was behind, but it was not good to interrupt him, the emperor finally taught you once, you have to listen carefully?

"The minister is taught." Song Jing saw that His Majesty stopped, began to drink tea, and immediately said respectfully.

Li Longji nodded very complacently, and instructed the person reading the newspaper: "Keep reading, there are many policies today." ”