Li Tai felt that he had thrown out a king bomb, and Yu Wentai must be full of praise for him, and Yu Jin and others would also be impressed by him.

So when he finished saying this, he deliberately paused for a while, which was to leave everyone with praise and sigh, but he waited for a while, and the expected praise did not sound, only Yu Wentai said a little dazedly: "Go on!" How are Yanzheng and Tuntian related? ”

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Seeing that these three people really didn't understand, Li Tai couldn't help but sigh, sure enough, the prophets were all lonely.

However, after this pause, he also had some doubts in his heart about whether the Kaizhong method he was about to explain was suitable for the historical background of the Western Wei Dynasty.

After a little silence, he asked again: "Minister, how is the salt industry of the country supervised now?" How are you in the government and in the people? ”

"Officials use salt, and there are two more salt ponds in Hedong and Xi'an Prefecture. The governor will control the salt tax, and the officials and the people will lose, and each will do whatever it takes. ”

This question is a bit detailed, Yu Wentai did not answer it immediately, and Yu Jin said after thinking for a while.

That's it? Gone?

Li Tai was also a little stunned when he heard this answer, and after thinking for a moment, he said again: "The salt industry is related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and the imperial court has no lawsuit to order detailed supervision? ”

Yu Jin opened his mouth to explain: "In the previous dynasty, there was indeed an old custom of selling official salt in the market, but often salt officials were corrupt and full of evils. The country and the dynasty are sympathetic to the people, and do not compete for profits with the people, and let the people produce and tax as compensation. Occasionally, salt divisions are set up, but most of the salt ponds can't help but ......"

In Li Tai's concept, he only felt that the monopoly of salt seemed to be one of the characteristics of the feudal dynasty. But after listening to Yu Jin's explanation, he realized that since the founding of the Northern Wei Dynasty, there was no monopoly on the salt industry, but only tax profits.

After the Taihe reform, there were also salt officials for a period of time, but they only met the needs of the ban and the government, and the more general salt production and trading have not interfered much.

After the separation of the Eastern and Western dynasties of the Northern Wei Dynasty, although the salt ponds in Hedong and Xi'an Prefecture belonged to the Western Wei Dynasty, the imperial court did not rule them much.

The production and sales of salt ponds in Hedong are mainly controlled by Pei, Liu, Xue and other Hedong clans.

The reason why these wealthy clans fell to the Western Wei Dynasty, in addition to the legal system brought about by the westward migration of Xiaowu, was mainly based on the appeal of the interests of the salt industry.

The Western Wei regime was weak and needed to rely on the Hedong clans to resist the attack of the Eastern Wei, and the main markets for Hedong salt such as Guanzhong and Western Henan were all under the control of the Western Wei.

Yanchi in Xi'an Prefecture is an area where Zahu gathers, and it is necessary to have a military guarantee to carry out production, because the Western Wei Dynasty did not have many troops in Beizhou, so the interests of Yanchi were not completely controlled, and there were still many Hu people such as Diqiang who were also involved.

In short, although the salt ponds of the two places were located under the rule of the Western Wei Dynasty, for various reasons, the overlord did not have complete control over the production and sale of salt, and the profits of the salt industry were mainly in the hands of the local tyrants and border chieftains.

After learning this, Li Tai was a little dumbfounded, the fundamental implementation of the Kaizhong Law is to establish the state's systematic control of the salt industry, and the government uses salt as a bargaining chip in exchange for the power of the people to send materials, grain and grass to the border tun.

But now I don't even have this foundation, so what kind of salt is it talking about!

Yu Jin's so-called not competing with the people for profit is a. Since the establishment of the Western Wei Dynasty, there have been frequent wars, and the of the Juntian households in Guanzhong is about to be taken out, and it is guilty of even storing food at home when there is a famine.

In the final analysis, it is still the lack of political authority and dominance, and the profits of the salt industry are intercepted by local tyrants, and it is impossible to control and dispatch across regions.

It should be noted that the monopoly of salt and iron is not just a matter of directly receiving benefits, and the overall regulation of national resources formed by this is the most important.

However, at present, the government of the Western Wei Dynasty is only based on the integration of resources by means of household renting and transfer, war capture, etc., and the savings of the people in Guanzhong can only be concentrated in Guanzhong, but it is not easy to dispatch to other places, and the drought and waterlogging are dead, at least in the economic aspect, the blocks are seriously isolated, and it is not at all like a unified regime.

Faced with such a situation, Li Tai also felt helpless and a little blind. Many of his follow-up ideas are based on the fact that the law can be implemented, and if this point is not done, many things will become very difficult to do.

Yuwentai saw that Li Tai was still full of confidence just now, but he was a little depressed at this time, and he was quite curious, so he said: "If there is any strategy or difficulty, it doesn't hurt to speak out." If it can really benefit the national economy, why not be afraid of hardship! ”

Hearing Yuwentai's encouragement, Li Taicai cheered up again and continued: "The fundamental purpose of the minister's plan lies in the salt end. The Taiwan government determines the amount of salt produced, and the number of households in the prefecture and county is determined to sell it. If the salt is produced 100,000 stones, 100,000 pieces of salt will be used to sell and sell to the people, and the market shall not be abused, so that the people can enjoy this taste, and the salt will be supplied and the people will have regular food......"

When Yu Wentai heard this, his eyes lit up, but he didn't speak immediately, just lowered his head and thought about it.

From the ruler's point of view, he certainly wanted to strengthen his control and management over the people. If this salt introduction system can be established, regardless of the benefits involved, it will at least add a new method of control over the prefectures and counties to the tyrant, and it can also promote the growth of the number of households.

But not to mention Xi'an, the ownership of the salt pond in Hedong alone is more of a headache. Hedong was the front line against the Eastern Dynasty, and if the foundation of the rule was shaken because of salt profits, the loss could not be compensated by monetary interests.

Now that he has spoken, Li Tai no longer worries about whether this policy is feasible or not, and only tells his own ideas, whether he can do it and what step he can do, let Yuwentai worry about it.

Yu Wentai's understanding and control of the regime is much more comprehensive and in-depth than his own, and he is only responsible for making suggestions, and he doesn't have the power to worry about anything else.

Then he continued: "After the salt introduction is fixed, it can be based on this, so that the people can transport grain to the side, and distribute it to the salt guide according to the distance and quantity of the transportation, and take the salt for distribution. The grain is turned around, and the most expensive stool is on the way. If you can reclaim the land on the border and make up for it on the spot, then the government and the people will have enough food for the government!

The water and grass in the south of Dongxia Prefecture are abundant and beautiful, and they can be cultivated, and the people are relocated to the border and the territory of joint defense. Chen in Siluo water in the withered Yin territory often flooded, Hexi Kuli River lack of weir dai convenience, water and drought are not adjusted, if you can open a canal to connect, you can greatly benefit the local ......"

When Li Tai was still out of the circle in northern Shaanxi, he had already given birth to the idea of basing himself on Nanniwan, opening up wasteland in Tuntian, and preparing for Hu to defend the border. Unlike Guanzhong, where there are many powerful and powerful people, there is a large area of wasteland that can be occupied at will, and although the cultivation conditions are not as good as those in Guanzhong, they can also win by quantity.

The key point in this is to connect the Luoshui River with the Kuli River and even the clear water above through artificial canals, so that the regional water network can form a whole, and at the same time, it can also set up a garrison along the water network, and gradually operate northern Shaanxi from the state of Hu famine.

The lower reaches of Luoshui are the well-developed Guanzhong Plain, which can be used as a large rear, both a base for supplies and a vast market. The upper and upper reaches of Luoshui are pasture, cultivated, and tun and war, which can communicate and rationally allocate resources in the region and the downstream, so as to form a complementary ecosystem.

Not to mention anything else, just when Li Tai attacked those Hu tribes before, many prisoners, cattle and sheep and other trophies could only be discarded because there was no system to cooperate with the digestion, and Li Tai felt distressed when he thought about it now.

But if you want to build a large-scale reclamation in northern Shaanxi, the dispatch of personnel and materials involved is obviously not something that Li Tai can do. Even Yuwentai can't do it, otherwise he won't give up northern Shaanxi strategically.

However, the opening of the Chinese method can perfectly solve this problem, through the profits of the salt industry will be transferred to the surplus human resources in Guanzhong to northern Shaanxi, and it can also alleviate the situation of narrow townships in Guanzhong and insufficient cultivated land.

After listening to Li Tai's plan as a whole, Yu Wentai's face finally changed, and he pointed at him and laughed: "Boshan is so good, if you don't have the great ambition of the country, how can you have a deep plan that shocks the world!" Since the kid entered the matter, he has been able to enter my heart and soul many times, and it is really, really ...... to get along."

Excited, he couldn't even find the right words to express, a little excited to walk back and forth for a while, looking at Li Tai's eyes were full of heat, after a while he realized that Yu Jin was still there, then he sat back a little embarrassed, his expression was slightly restrained, and then he said to Li Tai: "Captured in the previous battle, you don't have to enter the house, it's all up to you." Luoshui has set up three defenses and selected a place to increase its garrison as soon as possible. Dongxia Prefecture...... Do you have any recommendations for harmony in Dongxia Prefecture? ”

As soon as these words came out, not only Yu Jin and Yifeng, who were present, were taken aback, but Li Tai was taken aback. Look at this meaning, if it weren't for his age and seniority not enough to control Dazhou, maybe Yuwentai would even arrange the history of Dongxia Prefecture for himself.

Although Li Tai was not directly appointed as the assassin of Dongxia Prefecture, Yu Wentai made it clear that he would choose a person who could get along well with him, which is equivalent to saying that Li Tai should be the main one in the subsequent distribution of power.

Li Tai has made a lot of progress before, and he has been praised by Yu Wentai, but this is the first time that such a powerful situation has been made this time.

Since Yuwentai has already said so, of course Li Tai will not be polite, don't care if Yuwentai listens to himself or not, saying a name is a favor.

After a little silence, he clenched his fists again and said: "Li Xianqing, the Duke of Wu'an, is loyal and brave, and his ministers have always admired him, and if he can work together, he will also feel honored!" ”

Yuwentai heard that he actually named Li Mu, he was slightly stunned at first, and then smiled again: "Then Li Mu, haha, this person is afraid that he can't imagine that one day he will need to be recommended and promoted by the Taifu Shaojin." ”

During the banquet, Yu Jin and Yifeng saw that Daxingtai was so obedient to Li Tai, a young man, and they also sighed a lot for a while, and even a little envious.