Chapter 1182: The Merchant's Question

"What do you think?"

If it was Li Shimin a few years ago, I am afraid that this matter would have been decided with a wave of his hand.

But Li Xiang's development is getting better and better, and Li Shimin is also secretly competing with Li Xiang, so this kind of policy is to ask many people in order to be foolproof.

In fact, every decision made by the emperor may be related to the lives of thousands of people, so it is okay to ask a few more people, even if there is any deviation in this, three stinkers are on top of one Zhuge Liang, and after they finish discussing, this matter is basically fine.

"Weichen also thinks that this is a good thing, in addition to promoting commercial development, the most important thing is to increase the tax revenue of the imperial court, comparing the tax revenue of the festival and the usual night market, it can be seen that almost every day can be more than 10,000 yuan."

Although the eldest grandson Wuji did not supervise the household department, he still knew the income of the entire imperial court, especially the east and west cities of Chang'an City, which could be said to be the highest income in the entire empire.

"Then let it go gradually, I remember that stinky boy said before, no matter what you do, it's best to try it for a while, open it for 10 days this month, open it for 20 days next month, and if nothing happens in between, then let it all go next month."

Li Shimin thought of what Li Xiang said, and felt that Li Xiang was a bit troublesome at that time, do so many old people in the court need you to teach how to do things? Now that I think about it, it does make sense, mainly because there are too many people involved, so there is nothing wrong with being cautious.

"Your Majesty is wise."

Both of them are also cautious, if Li Shimin is greedy for merit, maybe the two of them will have to stop it, and now Li Shimin has taken the initiative to slow down, of course both of them support it.

In the past, the Tang Dynasty emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce.

In fact, it is not only the Tang Dynasty, so as long as it is a feudal dynasty in an agrarian society, it will basically choose this path, businessmen can indeed make people get money, but if it destroys the development of agriculture, then it will be a great sin to hurt people.

In the hierarchy of feudal society, why is there a hierarchy of peasants and industrialists? It was because the merchants did not really produce food, but relied on trade to make a certain profit, which was opportunistic in the eyes of the rulers.

If some people did this, it would indeed be able to invigorate the economy of the entire empire, but if all the people had learned and abandoned their work in the fields to become merchants, then who would grow these wastelands, and if there was not enough food, the whole society would probably fall into famine, and the foundation of the ruler would be unstable.

Therefore, for the safety of their own rule, all dynasties have been curbing the merchants, only allowing them to develop to a certain extent, if someone develops too violently, the ruler will find a way to take them down, so as to deter the common people of the whole country, so that they can honestly cultivate crops on the land.

Now this situation does not exist at all, according to the figures mastered by the Tang Dynasty, 1/3 of the land has been handed over to the hands of slaves, and this number is increasing every year, not to mention that a large amount of grain has been shipped from abroad, even if there are many people who have left the land, the price of grain in the Tang Dynasty has not risen at all, but is declining year by year.

In this case, it is necessary to start developing business, so that more people can be used, and if you don't develop business, many people will become idle people in society, and then the stability of this society will start to decline.

For everything that happened in Chang'an City, Li Xiang will soon be able to see, at present, the connection between Chang'an City and Li Xiang is very close, and when he was in Fusang before, he was able to communicate once every 15 days, and now that Li Xiang has returned to the mainland, the frequency of communication will be more.

At this moment, Li Shimin asked people to transcribe the major national events to a few folds, and then asked them to send them to Lingnan Road quickly, and it is said that Li Xiang had already landed at a certain port in Lingnan Road.

If it is in the 21st century, then the major coastal ports of Guangdong are the most developed places in the country, but now they are the most backward areas of the country.

The second is that the foreign trade here is not well developed, even if someone wants to trade with Datang, it is to Hangzhou to trade, and few people will trade here.

Li Xiang also knew what the reason was, if he arrived in Chang'an from Lingnan, it would be too far along the way, and there was no good way, and he passed through some local territories in the middle, so he might be robbed by them.

Therefore, some merchants would rather stay on the ship for a longer time and transport their goods to Jiangnan than go ashore here.

Another is that the population of Lingnan Province is too small, and there are not a large number of people who have migrated from the north, mainly because after Li Shimin ascended the throne, the war in the north was almost extinct, so the common people still like to stay in the plains.

"The last general, Huo Quai, has seen His Highness."

When Li Xiang was fighting on the grassland, there was a general in the system, and that general was Huo Qubing in front of him.

This is also the god of war in the history of the Chinese nation, but it was short-lived, and then Li Xiang sent Huo Qubing to Lingnan to train troops, which took two or three years.

The reason why Li Xiang spent two or three years letting Huo Qu get sick and train his troops was also because the various countries on the Indochina Peninsula were too difficult to handle, especially jungle warfare, which was not a trivial matter, and if he did not prepare in advance, it would be even more uncomfortable than fighting on the plateau.

When assessing several major toasts, Li Xiang has already seen the power of these people, if the Jida toast is a hill, then the countries such as Annam Zhenla on the Indochina Peninsula are a big mountain.

The reason why Li Xiang has so many is also because he wants an outlet to the sea in the Indian Ocean, and if we can open up the outlet to the sea in the Indian Ocean, no matter what the situation in the Strait of Malacca is, we will not be able to contain us in the future.

The reason why Li Xiang has so many is also because he wants an outlet to the sea in the Indian Ocean, and if we can open up the outlet to the sea in the Indian Ocean, no matter what the situation in the Strait of Malacca is, we will not be able to contain us in the future.

Of course, it will be very difficult to do this, but Li Xiang thinks that he was reborn to challenge difficulties, not to mention that from the current point of view, countries such as Annan and Zhenla are not very good.