The matter of the national secretary passed for the time being, and then Xiao Yu came out of the list, saying that Xiao Yu had been reinstated yesterday and was now in charge of the Qian Zhuang. Xiao Yu has won Li Er's trust, and several people in the know know it in their hearts, but those who are shallow and can't see the situation clearly, they used to sneer at the Xiao family, but now when they see Xiao Yu recovering, they regret it and rush over to pat themselves.

"Your Majesty, the matter of Qian Zhuang has been discussed by everyone yesterday, and there will be a result today?" Xiao Yu said in a deep voice, although this matter was the first step of His Majesty the Crown Prince, Li Er was worried that the people of the world would think that the royal family wanted to get everyone's money, so he didn't let Li Chengqian interfere, so Xiao Yu and Eldest Sun Chong were fully responsible for this matter. When everything is safe, it will be transferred to him.

As soon as Xiao Yu's voice fell, a civil official stood up and said: "This money village is for merchants, Shinong industry and commerce, this is the foundation of governing the world since ancient times. If there is a money bank, then after the rapid development of commerce, it will shake the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, so Weichen feels that it is inappropriate, and it is the right way to focus on agriculture and suppress business. ”

Hey, Qian Zhuang is Li Er, what Li Chengqian has in mind, and now it is said to shake the country's foundation, and he has to pay attention to it.

Wei Zheng also stood up at this time and said: "Your Majesty, the matter of Qianzhuang can indeed promote the development of commerce, in the long run, businessmen will override the peasants and workers, and many people will go to business, which will make all the money in the hands of the people, and then the society will become chaotic, and it will indeed shake the foundation of the Tang Dynasty." ”

Although Fang Xuanling felt that Qianzhuang would promote the development of commerce, he said that it would shake the country's foundation, and said a little exaggeratedly: "Weichen thinks that Lord Wei's words are inappropriate, to promote the development of commerce, to travel from south to north, and to communicate with each other, people can buy things that they couldn't buy with a lot of money before." This is for the benefit of the people. As for shaking the country's capital, it is a bit exaggerated. If you can't eat your stomach, who will go shopping! The people are not fools and will know how to distribute the money in their hands. ”

"Master Fang, if the business develops according to what you said, a lot of wealth will be gathered in the hands of a small number of merchants, but most of the people in the world are farming for a living, in this case, the property of merchants will greatly override the peasants and workers." Wei Zheng retorted, "With money." It is possible to collude with officials and businessmen; With money, you can do evil! ”

Changsun Chong felt that Wei Zheng had a typical hatred for the rich, could it be that if you have money, it is a bad thing, and if you have money, you will be a traitor? Clearly does not correspond to the logical relationship.

Fang Xuanling was calm. explained: "What Lord Wei said is that this can indeed widen the gap between the rich and the poor between businessmen and peasants and workers. Be one of the willingness to shake the foundation. As the saying goes, there is a cloud. It is better to block than to dredge, in our dynasty, the tax is very low, thirty taxes one, which is much less than the proportion of taxes paid by farmers and craftsmen to the total income, so Weichen feels that it is beneficial to open a money village, and can communicate with each other. A prosperous economy, and at the same time we can increase the tax rate, which can play a moderating role and inhibit the development of business to a certain extent. It can also increase the revenue of the treasury, so why not? ”

After listening to Fang Xuanling's words, everyone fell into deep thought, and after a while, Du Ruhui stood up and said loudly: "The minister seconded the proposal!" ”

Fang Mou was decided, the two joined forces, and the situation in the court had been overwhelmingly tilted, and nine out of ten people seconded Fang Xuanling's statement.

Eldest Sun Chong and Li Yexu also seconded the proposal, anyway, this is already an ironclad matter, there is no need to go against His Majesty. Li Er had already thought about it before, and now several large cities are piloting, even if there are bad ones, it is good to stop them at any time.

Li Er sat on the dragon chair, and when he heard the people below say that he could increase the business tax, then there would be more money in the treasury, and it would be much easier for him to start a war, and he smiled.

Wei Zheng saw that everyone was falling towards Fang Xuanling, his heart was cold, it seemed that the commercial tax must be levied, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, now please decide, whether to establish a money village or whether to increase the commercial tax?" ”

Li Er was happy, and said with his chin bowed: "Well, my Datang business tax is indeed too low, and the total tax only accounts for one to two percent of all taxes, and the private merchants are getting richer and richer, and it is urgent to increase the business tax." As for Qianzhuang, what the Qing family said made sense, so I decided to pilot it in a dozen relatively large cities first, and if the effect was very good, and there was no threat to the country, then continue to promote; If the effect is not good, then stop, it will not affect too much, I don't know what the Zhongqing family thinks? ”

Seeing this, Wei Zheng said respectfully: "This is very good! ”

The other ministers shouted at His Majesty's wisdom, and so far, the matter of the opening of the money bank has been ironclad.

Li Er saw that everyone had agreed, so he continued to ask: "Since Zhong Aiqing thinks it is very good, then this matter will be decided today, what else is there to do with Zhong Aiqing?" ”

As soon as Li Er's voice fell, he saw a person stand up, this person was Wang Wenyuan, an official of the Sanpin Household Department, from the Taiyuan Wang family, and said: "Your Majesty, now the north is stable, recuperating, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Chenwen Dingzhou planted white stacks handed down from the Western Regions, also known as cotton, which can be spun into thread and woven into cloth. Wechen earnestly asks for promotion throughout Hebei to benefit the people in Shandong, Hebei and other places. ”

When the eldest grandson heard it, damn, there is really someone who has the idea of beating cotton. For rice seeds and cotton seeds, Li Er first met the needs of the common people, as for the family with deep roots, if you get this kind of good thing, then it will be more prosperous, so it has been guarded against. But the basis of the Tang Dynasty's rule is that these big families, and the officials in the court are all from several major families in China, including their eldest grandson's family.

If it weren't for the fact that these things were all made by Changsun Chong, Li Er would never have allowed Changsun Chong to grow so much rice and cotton.

"This matter is all done by the eldest grandson Xiao Aiqing, and I have also seen the huge benefits brought by cotton and rice, and if cotton and rice can be promoted to the whole territory of Hebei and Shandong, I am also happy to see it." Li Er said in a deep voice, he didn't want to say much about this matter, so he pushed everything to Changsun Chong, anyway, Changsun Chong had a lot of ghost ideas, and he would definitely find an excuse to excuse himself, but if he couldn't refuse, he would distribute it to the hands of the family two years later.

Suddenly, everyone in the court turned their heads and looked at Changsun Chong, Changsun Xiao Aiqing, and the eldest grandson Xiao Daren was referring to Changsun Chong.

The eldest grandson Chong gritted his teeth, mother, he was going to be cannon fodder again, fortunately, he was more popular in the court on weekdays, and he was proficient in Gewuzhi, and the new farm tools he used now, as well as rice seeds and cotton, were all from his hands, even if Li Er couldn't touch him at all, let alone some red-eyed courtiers, he was a lice and tickled.

"Lord Wang is worried about the country and the people, it is the blessing of the people, and I admire it, but cotton seeds are in short supply, so the soldiers can't take care of all the people, and settling the displaced people first is the top priority. Our Datang is vast, but the population is only three or four hundred, so we must find a way to attract those hidden populations, which is one of the important ways to increase the population at present. The eldest grandson Chong stubbornly said, anyway, these things will not be taken out in vain, even if the family wants it in the future, then they have to buy it.

Wang Wenyuan got a secret letter from the family, hoping that he would get cotton seeds and rice seeds no matter what, which is the key to the Wang family's ability to go to the next level.

"The words of the eldest grandson and the little adult, Weichen dare not agree, since the north is suitable for cotton planting, as soon as possible to plant a large area, can't you get benefits as soon as possible! However, this year's cotton harvest is very large, and there are a lot of cottonseeds, so why not give a little to others? The best cottonseed is used to squeeze oil, and the oil is inedible, so it can only be used for lighting. ”

Damn, endlessly, I can't wait for two years, if the family grows cotton in a large area, then the price of cotton is bound to fall, how to attract proletarian homeless, and how to attract the people of Guanzhong to replace the land to, Dingzhou, Youzhou.

"When choosing cotton seeds, the grains must be full, so some small, shriveled ones are used to squeeze oil, which can be illuminated, and a pound of cottonseed oil is only a few pennies, and the people will never be discredited at night and are willing not to light the lamp." Changsun Chong explained, "My eldest grandson Chong sat upright and sat up straight, without any private messages. The eldest grandson said loudly, "Now that Your Majesty has entrusted you with a heavy responsibility, you should do your best, and if you want to promote cotton, then wait for two years later, and wait for the situation in the north to stabilize." ”

"You, you, you're just an official sent by His Majesty, how can you make a three-year covenant? Don't you even take Your Majesty seriously? Wang Wenyuan trembled angrily, pointing at the eldest grandson Chong, this old man is estimated to be in his fifties in a few years, as if he is about to faint at any time.

"Lord Wang slandered the enemy, and asked Your Majesty to distinguish between right and wrong and focus on the overall situation." The eldest grandson said sharply, he knew that many of the tenant farmers below the major families in Guanzhong had recently stopped cultivating their fields, and they had taken the retainers and fine soft to settle in the north, buy big houses, and in addition to the free land, they could also buy fields. Guanzhong has five taels of silver for one acre of land, and in the north it is only two taels of silver, but each person can only buy ten acres.

Those big families wanted to buy land, but Li Er didn't let go, so he was worried that the land of the big families would get lower and lower, which would intensify land annexation.

"Wang Aiqing cares about the people and is a model for hundreds of officials, but this cotton is only a trial planting for a year, at that time, I and the eldest grandson Xiao Aiqing secretly discussed, to determine the harvest yield and precautions after three years, and then implement it throughout the country, so Wang Aiqing is mistaken for Sun Chong." Li Er said with a smile, Changsun Chong had already set up the ladder, and Li Er hurried down.

Cui Yuanming saw that Wang Wenyuan's words today did not take advantage of the slightest, but made Li Er disgusted, and he didn't dare to continue to speak, so he gave Wang Wenyuan a look and asked Wang Wenyuan to retreat and think about it in the long run.

Wang Wenyuan received Cui Yuanming's eyes, so he had no choice but to retreat and say, "Your Majesty is wise!" It's Weichen who doesn't think it through. (To be continued......)