Yan Guo, Ye Cheng, Imperial Palace, Murong Ke and Yang Ju asked to see Murong Jun together.

Murong Jun put down the strong bow in his hand and complained: "Trapped in the palace all day, my bones are about to rust, I really want to send troops to fight the Jin Kingdom to the death now." ”

Murong Ke hurriedly advised: "Your Majesty must not, Xinde Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Xuchang and other places have not yet stabilized, and the main force of the army is going to crusade against the Ele people...... It's really not the time to conquer the Jin Kingdom. ”

Yang Yu also said: "Although the Jin family is weak, there are still capable people in the Jin Kingdom, and they can't be anxious. ”

Murong Jun said impatiently: "I can almost hear the cocoon in my ears when you say this, say something about me." ”

Murong Ke and Yang Hu knew what kind of temper their emperor had, and they were very helpless, and they didn't dare to persuade them again.

"Your Majesty, there has been some news related to the Tang Kingdom all over the world recently, many of which are more important, and we are here to report it."

As soon as Murong Jun heard that it was the information of the Tang Kingdom, he became interested, and said, "What information, could it be the news of where the Tang Kingdom is?" ”

Murong Ke shook his head and said, "No, it's some information about the internal policies of the Tang Kingdom. ”

Murong Jun's interest suddenly dropped by seven points, and he said, "Let's talk about it, what's going on." ”

Murong Ke said: "In the past two months, Yan Guo has suddenly had a lot of information about Tang State......

The main thing is that the Tang State engaged in the academic and political system, carried out the imperial examination, abolished the poll tax, and the officials and gentry paid grain in one body, and the errand was passed on.

Murong Jun was not interested in the academic and political system and the integration of the gentry and the gentry, he was concerned about taxes:

"Nonsense, where does his tax come from when he abolishes the poll tax and the exorbitant taxes, and does it all depend on the land tax? How much grain can you receive? ”

Yang Que also said: "I also think that the abolition of the Ding tax is fake, and it is even more impossible for the officials and gentry to pay grain in one piece, and the powerful officials of the Tang State will rebel." ”

"But I think the academic administration system and the imperial examination system should be true, and it should be the best way to select officials in the world, the king might as well give it a try."

Murong Jun was not interested in the academic and political system and the imperial examination, and said: "The fame of a man will be taken immediately, what talents can be selected by studying?" ”

"And if this method is used, it will inevitably lead to displeasure in meritorious deeds, and it is the source of turmoil, and it is not feasible."

The two of them seemed to have known that he would say this, which was not surprising at all, Murong Ke said:

"High-ranking officials are naturally appointed by His Majesty personally, but the selection of lower-level officials is always a troublesome matter. Why don't you try to use the imperial examination to select some lower-level officials......"

Murong Jun interrupted: "Trouble, what we have to do now is to concentrate all our forces to dominate the world, the imperial examination will make us lose the support of the nobles, which is not advisable." ”

Seeing that the two of them still wanted to talk, he directly blocked the words: "Okay, don't say it again." I'm going to attack Qin next year, and if you have the energy, you might as well raise more grain and grass. ”

"By the way, I will ask Tang Guo to buy food again, and try to buy some military supplies by the way. As long as they are willing to sell, even if the price is a little higher. ”

"This time, King Wu will definitely seize a large number of cattle, sheep and horses, and just take out some of them for trading."

……

Chang'an, Fu Jian, who had just killed his cousin and ascended the throne as emperor, and his most important adviser, Wang Meng, were also discussing the same thing.

Looking at the information gathered in his hand, Fu Jian praised: "If the Tang Kingdom is really like this, it is really the first benevolent country in the world, and the world of Datong is nothing more than that." ”

Wang Meng said with a solemn expression: "Except for the officials and gentry who pay for the grain in one piece, the rest should be true." ”

Fu Jian thought for a while and nodded: "The world needs to be governed by powerful officials and gentry, this law is too harsh on them and will be opposed, King Tang should not do such a stupid thing." ”

"It's just that if the excesses and miscellaneous taxes and taxes are abolished, can the land tax alone support the expenses of the national dynasty?"

Wang Meng pondered: "There must be a follow-up to this method, but it's a pity that we still have too little information. But one thing is certain, the Tang State should have a copper mine in its hands. ”

Fu Jian said: "Oh, how can you see it? ”

Wang Meng said: "The Kaiyuan Tongbao of the Tang Kingdom is about to replace the five-baht coin and become the most popular coin in the world......

"It takes hundreds of millions of coins to do this, and they wouldn't have been able to mint so many coins without copper mines."

Fu Jian nodded, and said enviously: "Tang Kingdom is really a rich land, with copper and inexhaustible salt mines. ”

Wang Meng nodded and shook his head again: "In fact, the real reason why Tang Kingdom coins can pass through the world is that the casting process is too superb. ”

"Usually we mint coins, but the people are unwilling to use the money, and the money will be melted into money or bronze for profit by lawless people, resulting in a shortage of money."

"For so many years, no one has been able to think of a way to solve this problem, but this rule has been broken by Kaiyuan Tongbao."

"It contains only 40 percent copper, or even 3 and a half percent. However, the superb casting process makes up for the lack of color and luster, and becomes a good money in good condition. ”

"After it is melted into money or bronze, it will even lose money after all expenses, and slowly no one will fight it anymore."

"Large families who like to hoard money generally do not hoard this kind of copper coins with little copper content."

"In this way, the coins of Kaiyuan Tongbao have not decreased, becoming the most common money among the people, and gradually gaining the trust of the people."

"The people's trust in it even exceeds the five-baht coin in better condition, and the copper coin minted by my Qin State is still inferior to it."

Fu Jian admired and envied again: "Tang Guo...... I really hate it, and I can't see it for what it really is. ”

But as the head of a country, he also knew the disadvantages of coins being controlled by other countries, so he asked: "Can we ban the circulation of Kaiyuan Tongbao in the Qin State, so as to ensure the passage of our coins?" ”

Wang Meng hurriedly said: "Absolutely not. ”

Fu Jian asked, "Why?" ”

Wang Meng said: "There are three reasons, one is that we don't have enough copper coins, and if we ban Kaiyuantong BMW, there will be a shortage of money." ”

"Second, the people's trust in Kaiyuan Tongbao is too high, in order to quickly implement China's coins, we adopted a one-to-one exchange method with Kaiyuan Tongbao."

"If the use of Kaiyuan Tongbao is banned, our own coins will also lose the trust of the people."

"Three, Liangguo, Yanguo, Jin and other countries will not recognize our coins, and we will not recognize theirs, the only coins that can be recognized by all countries are five-baht coins and Kaiyuan Tongbao."

"The number of five-baht coins has become less and less, and in fact, only Kaiyuan Tongbao remains. If it is banned, it may not be possible to trade with other countries in the future. ”

Fu Jian said disappointedly: "Forget it, we can't do anything ourselves, so don't harm the people anymore." ”

Wang Meng said: "Your Majesty is wise. ”

Fu Jian looked at the information in his hand, cheered up and said: "However, the abolition of excesses and miscellaneous taxes is a move for the benefit of the country and the people, and we are just about to recuperate with the people, so we can learn from one or two." ”

"But what I really admire is the academic and political system and the imperial examination system, one to revitalize culture and education, and the other to select officials for the fairest way."

"The combination of the two is simply the best strategy in the world, and I really want to see with my own eyes the person who created this method."