Great Zhou, Weiyang Palace.

Wu Zhi sat on the bed in the Taiji Hall, still reminiscing about the world map last night.

She and Jiuhe Chun studied the world map for half a night, and Wu Zhi naturally didn't need to say much, when she saw the world map for the first time, her heart was shocked.

The world in her mind turned out to be just a small piece of this world, and that Australia, that America, is so big.

With such a large territory, is this the real world?

The female official stood at the door, saw the Son of Heaven who had already sat up, bowed respectfully, and said:

"Your Majesty, it's time for you to get up and go to the court."

"Hmm."

Wu Zhi responded, and then took out the letter left by Wu Qiong from under the pillow behind him.

When she took a brief look, she was stunned:

"Chang'an...... Economic Demonstration Special Zone? The locust aphrodisiac party was made by you?! Issuing government bonds? Quyuan plow? What is it? Wu Qiong...... Y-What did you do yesterday? ”

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Great Zhou, Weiyang Palace.

It was not yet dark, but the yamen of the official office was already busy.

The bigwigs all went to the court, and the officials who stayed in the yamen of the official office went to work early at this time, and then began to plan the affairs of the Chang'an Economic Demonstration Special Zone.

Yesterday, the Son of Heaven waved his hand and put forward a few suggestions for everyone to discuss, so the entire official office yamen was fried.

First, the curfew was lifted; second, to open up shops along the streets; Third, improve the treatment of merchants, and remove many restrictions on merchants, such as not being allowed to wear luxurious clothes, not allowed to ride in horse-drawn carriages, and not more than five servants in the household; Fourth, open an official store and operate in the name of the royal family; Fifth, break the local tariffs, go to Chang'an to do business, pass through the Chang'an pass, and no longer collect additional taxes.

Although it is only an idea and some suggestions, the Son of Heaven said that the following is busy with broken legs, and various ministries have been put into operation to explore the feasibility of the implementation of the plan.

However, the conclusion is ......

"Your Majesty is ridiculous——!"

An old minister of the white-bearded imperial history platform, standing on the court, even if it is not dawn now, but this old imperial history is still in good spirits, at least pointing at the head of the martial arts, and the scolding voice is particularly loud:

"Open a curfew, let the shops along the street, do business freely, improve the status of merchants, Your Majesty, you will also cancel the Chang'an tariff! This is simply ridiculous, and it is ridiculous! ”

Wu Zhi's face darkened, although he knew that the old guys of Yushitai were so virtuous, and their task was to correct the emperor's mistakes, report maladministration, expose corrupt officials, and run the party for personal gain.

In the past, the emperor was often sprayed by the imperial historians, but when it was his turn, the kind of heart that wanted to drag this old guy down and beat him to death directly with a stick immediately jumped up.

If it hadn't been for seeing Wu Qiong's letter in advance, I would have been somewhat mentally prepared, and I am afraid that I would have been unable to resist letting this old guy drag him down and beat him.

Many ministers are excited, and the farmers and businessmen have been the bottom of the bottom since ancient times, but as long as they are a normal king, the means and measures are to suppress the merchants.

"What you said, I naturally know, but now that the imperial court is short of money, if it really opens up commerce, it can increase commercial taxes, and the benefits obtained should not be underestimated. Besides, I did not implement this law, but only spoke it out and consulted with the ministers. ”

What Wu Zhi said was what Wu Qiong wrote in the letter, and Wu Qiong really didn't implement it, but just called the minister to discuss in advance and explore the possibilities.

As for Wu Zhi, in fact, he doesn't understand very well what benefits can be gained from promoting business. After all, in Wu Zhi's view, the education she received from childhood to adulthood was the education of the feudal era and Confucianism as the core of Legalism.

What is the ultimate goal of Legalism? The whole country is as complex and precise as a huge watch, all the merchants and idle criminals are completely eliminated, everything is controlled by the state, and the common people are laboring, producing, training, and fighting in order.

This is the ultimate goal of Legalism.

It is also the tradition of external Confucianism and internal law that has continued for thousands of years in China since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

And the reason for suppressing businessmen is also very simple, businessmen are not engaged in production and labor, but they can grasp a lot of wealth in a short period of time, which common people do not want to live a rich life? Who really likes to get up early and work late?

They don't envy when they see that the businessman is doing so well? As soon as the hoe is thrown, they all go to business, and no one can eat, waiting for the world to be in chaos.

This is also the reason why Yushitai's side, when he heard that the Son of Heaven planned to improve the status of the merchants, he immediately became angry, and one by one in the court like ship-borne guns, facing Wu Zhi is the reason for the boom.

Wu Zhi is really a headache, this reform has not been implemented yet, the court is already like this, if this is implemented, then you can't line up to scold?

The ministers below were excited, and Prime Minister Cai Yafu stood up to preside over the overall situation, making everyone calm and calm, and then said to Wu Zhi:

"Your Majesty, although this matter can enrich the treasury, but the controversy is too great, the ministers think that they should be discussed again, and some of the opinions should be considered again, but the most important thing at the moment is to take advantage of the victory to pursue and destroy the king of Xiliang, which should be the first thing!"

"yes, yes."

"When the west tour of the north is the mainstay."

"In the current situation, it is time to stabilize people's hearts."

Looking at the ministers below, Wu Zhi also sighed silently, in fact, she was also quite hesitant about the business in her heart, although there seemed to be a lot of merchants in Shanglu City, but they had the ability to sow and harvest large tracts of farmland with a car, they had the tools to travel thousands of miles a day, and their lives were rich and food was abundant, and they could be seen everywhere.

How can the situation of Da Zhou be compared with Shanglu?

But what Wu Qiong has been doing is not a nonsense, but a practical and effective thing that benefits the country and the people, and Wu Zhi also appreciates Wu Qiong's ability to govern the country.

[Since Wu Qiong brought it up, it must not be a spur of the moment, but these ministers are really difficult to convince, Wu Qiong, I really can't help it. 】

"In that case, let's discuss it later, ladies and gentlemen, how are the preparations for my western tour, and when can I leave?"

After Wu Zhi finished speaking, a person from the military department stood up and said:

"Back to Your Majesty, the troops of the five states near Chang'an, a total of 50,000 government soldiers, have been assembled and can set off at any time."

Wu Zhi nodded, the speed of this assembly was already quite fast.

Counting the more than 40,000 people who were left behind in Chang'an, and Geng Zhong brought out, there were 100,000 people who could be brought to Xiliang.

Xiao Fu, the head of the household, also arched his hand and said:

"Back to Your Majesty, the money and grain are still stepping up preparations, fortunately, Hu Lu came to attack before, and the ministers have prepared money and food in advance, just one more day, and the day after tomorrow they can tour the west."

"Okay."

Wu Zhi nodded happily, it was finally a bit sincere, but she thought of the national debt mentioned in the letter, so she asked again:

"What do you think about the issuance of treasury bonds?"

When she finished asking, the ministers said in a solemn manner:

"Your Majesty is in difficulty, and it is naturally incumbent upon us to wait!"

"Yesterday, the old minister sold his family property to fund military expenses!"

"Don't say anything, this old bone of the old minister will die for Your Majesty today!"

"I sold all my mother-in-law's hairpins yesterday!"

"Ahh My lord, you are so powerful, so generous, you will go down in history. ”

"Don't dare, don't dare."

Seeing that the ministers were so active, Wu Zhi was relieved.

The rest of the time was spent in the mood of the ministers being loyal to the monarch and serving the country.

So after retiring from the early dynasty, Wu Zhi called Xiao Fu to the side hall, and asked in a good mood:

"The national debt was implemented yesterday, and what is the effect now?"

Xiao Fu's expression flickered a little, and he arched his hand:

"It is estimated that 14 million taels of treasury bonds will be issued by the people, and the government will issue them today...... Thirty thousand taels have been raised. ”

"Three, thirty thousand? Just 30,000 taels? ”

Wu Zhi was a little surprised, after all, Fang Cai was excited one by one, selling a house, taking a coffin, and selling his wife's jewelry, how to raise 30,000 taels?

Xiao Fu hurriedly arched his hand and said:

"Your Majesty, this may be that the time for issuing treasury bonds is too short, so this courtiers are a little tight on hand."

Wu Zhi was silent for a moment, and then asked:

"How many taels of treasury bonds did one person buy?"

"In the official office, counting the large and small officials, probably, one person is ten taels of silver."

Wu Zhi nodded, generally those who get a lot of money, that is, some big officials, those ordinary small officials and the like, in fact, only ten or twenty taels of silver a year. A second-grade member like Xiao Fu is only 400 yuan a year, which is equivalent to 400 taels of silver, and the average person is willing to take out a year's worth of money to buy this treasury bond that I don't know when Ma Yue can repay it, so I can't really let people ask for leave to buy it on the spot, right?

After all, it is said that it is a national debt, but in fact, in everyone's opinion, it is the private borrowing of the Son of Heaven.

If the Son of Heaven doesn't want to pay it back, you really don't have any way to do it.

But the key question is, if the officials still think like this, what will the people think?

Wu Zhi thought about it a little and understood the key problem in this, the idea of national debt is very good, collective financing, but people believe it or not, you will pay it back, this is a big problem.

"Your Majesty, in fact, I think that although the national debt method is good, this method is too novel after all, and many people may not be able to adapt to it for a while, and besides, raising funds must also have a gradual process, so it is better to ......"

Xiao Fu said sincerely:

"Let's raise taxes."

Wu Zhi moved his mouth, a "good" word stuck between his lips and teeth, Wu Qiong, a person from Shanglu City, can still be sympathetic to the people's feelings, and try his best not to raise taxes, just like he said, there is no way to let the people of the world live a good life, and he is already deeply guilty......

"Let's take it a slow, and then see how the effect of private fundraising is, you go down, don't delay the western tour."

"No."

Looking at the back of Xiao Fu leaving, Wu Zhi sighed.

[Wu Qiong, you gave me today, there is a big problem......]

Wu Zhi still has a lot of ambitions, building sea ships, exploring the Americas, opening Australia, sailing thousands of miles, Weijia Yunei, but - no money.

But there is one thing that can be done without much money.

Wu Zhi said to the female official on the side:

"Shangguan, let me go to the Ministry of War, select the lieutenants under the Ministry of War, the three generations of the family are innocent, there are no officials in the ancestors, and the experienced people will hand over their list to me, and let the official office divide a temple, these meet the requirements, and the selected people will hang new cards from today on."

Wu Zhi paused and said:

"I personally named them."

Wu Zhi picked up the problem in front of him, splashed ink, and after a while, a few big characters appeared on the paper-

【Jinyiwei Town Government Division】

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