"Your Majesty, we can raise soldiers through guò commerce. Aren't we in Datang able to trade with the West? We can organize merchants to do business in the Great Qin area of the Western Regions, so that we can extract a lot of taxes, so that we can get the money to raise soldiers. As long as this trade route can be opened, I am afraid that not to mention one army, even ten armies with firearms will do. But why did I see before, the business tax is only so little, not much! Even, our government can organize merchants to trade in Daqin in the Western Regions! My Central Plains porcelain, silk and many other things are very popular in the West, why not sell them? Jingwen said.

After Jingwen finished speaking, everyone was silent, obviously not agreeing with Jingwen's statement. And Jingwen immediately became anxious, he thought that he had finally come up with a method, why didn't they approve of it? Jingwen thought that everyone's thinking of valuing agriculture over business prevailed, so he could only continue to explain.

"Your Majesty, the trade to the West is very profitable, why don't we make it with a lot of income? Do you think that agriculture is the foundation and that you want to suppress business? Isn't it a fool to have money and not make it? What's more, we can't sell grain, we all sell porcelain and silk, we can't eat or drink, and we're not afraid of running out of food! Jingwen continued.

Hearing Jingwen talk about this problem, Li Shimin sighed helplessly and said: "It's not that we are light on business, but this trade route is not in our hands at all." We don't understand that this trade route is a place of gold, but we can't get our hands on it! The Silk Road is not controlled by the Tang Dynasty, so it cannot be traded. ”

"What? This trade route is not controlled? That's a piece of! Jingwen complained.

Jing Wenwen has a very good idea, that is, if the army of the Tang Dynasty can be raised through the guò commercial tax, then the army of the Tang Dynasty will inevitably have a short mouth. This can be said to be a good opportunity to increase the voice of businessmen in national affairs, which is equivalent to opening a gap for businessmen to improve their status. And if businessmen are not able to seize this opportunity, give full play to their own voice, and get the maximum benefit for themselves. Then I'm afraid it's not a businessman. And this qiē, first of all, is to let the businessmen make great contributions to the country, and let the country be inseparable from the benefits brought by the businessmen.

If the day comes when commerce taxes account for the majority of the country's tax revenues, it is impossible for even pedantic kings to despise commerce. In addition to the fact that commerce has been suppressed, in addition to the fact that they mainly dump goods, not production, there is another important reason, that is, the proportion of national commercial taxes in the national income is very low, far less than the agricultural tax. That's why the state despises commerce. If the historical Silk Road is opened, it will be tantamount to a great development of commerce, especially international trade. At that time, business taxes rose sharply. In that case, Datang would not dare to despise business.

But now the Silk Road is not under the control of the Tang Dynasty at all, which is very speechless. Because of this article, Jingwen's follow-up ideas could not be realized. This one is enough to kill you, and those ministers are not stupid, of course they know that the Silk Road has money to be made, but they are also clever women who are difficult to cook without rice!

"Now, this trade route is under the control of the Western Turks. The Western Turks are also a mess now, which we simply can't handle. Li Shimin said helplessly.

After listening to everyone's explanations, Jingwen finally knew what was going on. Now the famous Silk Road in history. In fact, it is now occupied by the Turks. This Turk is actually the Western Turk, and it was the Eastern Turk that the Tang Dynasty destroyed before. Turkic. The Eastern and Western Turks were actually united, but they were split by the Sui Dynasty. Now the Tang Dynasty is only the East that has perished. Turkic. The Western Turks still existed. And the Western Turks are now very sad and in a time of chaos. And the more chaotic it is, the more problematic the law and order problem becomes.

If it is a unified country, then I am afraid it is not a big problem. Because a unified state has a strong ability to restrain its subordinates. But if the country is in chaos, then I am afraid that those subordinates will definitely have their eyes on the wealth of these merchants. If the Tang Dynasty sent people to trade, then I am afraid that those Turkic tribal warlords would definitely want to loot. Don't think it's a businessman from Datang, they don't dare to rob it. When it comes to chaos, they don't care what country you are. Datang is also beyond the reach of the whip and cannot help the merchants who go to trade. And in war-torn places, there are no merchants who want to trade. It's like Africa in later generations, where warlords are everywhere, and I'm afraid that no one wants to trade there. Unless it was a small number of merchants involved in the war, no one else would think of trading. War was the end of commerce, and the Turks were clearly not able to serve as a conduit for commerce now. Merchants are all seeking good fortune and avoiding evil, and they will not choose to go to a dangerous place to trade, which is the act of starting to kill themselves.

"Forget it, since that's the case, forget it! This firearms unit will be pressed first, and it will not be formed first. I hope that in my life, I can see the formation of a firearms unit! Li Shimin sighed and said.

Jingwen saw Li Shimin like this, and he had nothing to say. Although Jingwen is not reconciled, but the firearms army is a gold-swallowing beast, this is undeniable. And this also involved Jingwen's idea of improving the status of businessmen, but now it can't be realized, which makes Jingwen very depressed. Moreover, if we rely on our own domestic accumulation, we may not be able to accumulate the strength of the firearms unit. How can people complete industrialization by accumulating on their own? Not to mention industrialization, if there is no windfall, I am afraid that even firearms units will not be able to be formed. Jingwen also complained a little, how did the traversers in the novel form a firearms unit? They could have ignored the financial problems and formed them, completely ignoring the fact that the money to form a firearms unit would be enough to form a tenfold army. Although the firearms unit is powerful, it also costs a lot of money.

Now that the trade routes are not smooth, it will not be possible to get a lot of "windfalls". The Silk Road is a windfall flowing with gold, but now it can be seen that it can't be eaten, which makes Jingwen very depressed.

Soon, everyone dispersed. Some generals rejoiced that there was no way to form a firearms unit, which naturally meant that their position could still be maintained.

"Jingwen, maybe this person has a way! Visit him! Wei Zheng came to Jingwen's side, and then wrote a few words on Jingwen's hand. (To be continued......)