After returning from the Ten Princes' Mansion, Li Jing went directly to the Zichen Palace, where Shangguan Wan'er reviewed the folds for him.

"Sage, you're back!"

Shangguan Wan'er put down the pen in her hand, and saw that Li Jing's steps were a little unstable, so she hurriedly got up to greet her and helped Li Jing to a chair and sat down.

"I'm so good, I've really worked hard for you today, but is there anything important that I need to see?"

Li Jing took the tea handed by Shangguan Wan'er and asked.

"There is a palace on the side of the emperor, which is in disrepair, and he asked the household department for silver maintenance, but the prime minister still disagreed, and the household department also said that there was no silver, and asked if it could be extended!"

Shangguan Wan'er told Li Jing about the Emperor Li Sujie, and the Emperor wanted to repair the palace, but the prime minister and the household department did not agree.

"How can the matter of the Emperor be postponed, let the household department find a way to get the silver out, if you can't even do this, what is the use of me asking the household department to be Shangshu Ge Fuyuan?"

Li Jing was a little annoyed, the household department always said that there was no money, where did the money in the household department go?

In the end, he Ge Fuyuan is the head of the household department, or I am the head of the household department, and he can't even manage the accounts well, so he has to withdraw the grid Fuyuan!

"It's nothing on the household side, but if the prime minister refuses to sign and seal, the household department doesn't dare to take money at will."

Shangguan Wan'er said.

"Speaking of prime minister, I think of a person, maybe he can solve this problem by promoting him to prime minister."

Li Jing drank the tea soup and said.

"Sage, who are you talking about?"

Shangguan Wan'er asked.

"What do you think of this person, Su Wei, a member of the Zhongshu House?"

Li Jing put down the tea bowl and said with a smile.

"Su Wei is good at poetry, but he is a talent, but he is a little inflammatory, if this person is the prime minister, is it not appropriate!"

Shangguan Wan'er said.

Su Wei is a talented man with a long reputation, and his poems can be said to be resounding all over the world.

The only thing is that he likes to be inflammatory, and he clings to the other party when he sees who is favored, and he is really a little unqualified as the prime minister.

"It's not very good, as long as he does his best to do things for me, what can he do if he tends to be inflammatory, so decided, draft edict!"

Li Jing finally decided to be the prime minister, and Shangguan Wan'er hurriedly walked to the table and sharpened the ink and brush.

"Su Wei, a member of the Zhongshu House, is a Zhongshu waiter, Tongping Zhangshi, and Li Dezhao is a servant of the school."

Li Jing designated these two people as prime ministers, so that the prime minister's team expanded again, and once again divided the power of the prime minister.

"Ask the saint to look at it."

Shangguan Wan'er took the drafted edict and showed it to Li Jing.

"Is there anything else going on besides this?"

After reading the edict and confirming that there was no problem, Li Jing asked.

"There is a twist and turn, talking about the problem of new salt this year, and the output of new salt this year is higher than last year."

Shangguan Wan'er hurriedly pulled out a book about the new salt from the pile of songs.

Li Jing flipped through the folds, and after seeing the twists and turns of the salt transport, he smiled, and the fine salt produced this year was more than double that of last year.

"With this fine salt, the people will no longer have to eat coarse salt with impurities in the future, and these fine salts should be put on the market as soon as possible, so that the people of the Tang Dynasty can eat healthy fine salt."

The fine salt mine will be listed as soon as possible, and the price of the salt market will be lowered, so that more people can afford to eat fine salt, which is a good thing for the benefit of the people of the Tang Dynasty, especially the entry of purified fine salt into the market, which makes him see huge profits.

Since he ascended the throne, he has been bent on changing the status quo of Datang and making Datang more prosperous and powerful, which opens the sales channel of salt, which is just one of the plans to make Datang rich and strong.

"Sage Shengming, it's really a blessing to the people of the Tang Dynasty!"

Shangguan Wan'er praised that for the sake of the people of the world, Li Jing can be regarded as a good emperor.

"When will this salt be delivered to Chang'an?"

Li Jing wanted to know when the new salt would arrive, so he could make arrangements.

"Your Majesty, the first batch of fine salt is estimated to take half a month before it can be transported to Chang'an, how can we sell it?"

Shangguan Wan'er asked, the first batch of salt can be eaten by the inside of the imperial court, but what should be done with the second batch and the third batch?

"It's very simple, just open a salt shop."

Li Jing opened his mouth, since he intends to benefit the people of the Tang Dynasty, this fine salt must be sold, and the price cannot be set too high, if it is too high, the people of the Tang Dynasty will not be able to afford it at all.

"Sage, all dynasties and dynasties have pursued the principle that the imperial court does not compete with the people for profit, if you want to open a salt shop, the imperial historians are afraid that they will admonish you!"

Shangguan Wan'er hurriedly reminded that Li Jing would provoke the anger of the public by doing this, especially the imperial historians, and they would not let go of this opportunity to scare the emperor.

The imperial historians will definitely go online to the point of fainting, and they will even die to the end!

Shangguan Wan'er didn't want Li Jing to be embarrassed, so she kindly reminded Li Jing that it was not a good thing for the emperor to compete with the people for profit!

"Ridiculous, did I start the salt shop to compete with others? The selling price of fine salt is lower than the market price, and the quality of the salt of the imperial court is far higher than that of the previous sea salt. ”

I am working for the welfare of the people of Datang, and I am willing to let the people spend the least money and eat the healthiest salt, how can I be considered competing with the people? ”

Traditional concepts kill people, and more importantly, interests kill people, if the imperial court is flexible, open shops, and sell fine salt at low prices, it will be tantamount to moving the interests of many people.

Naturally, these people will not allow such a thing to happen, and for the sake of their own interests, they will even do whatever it takes to eliminate people or groups that harm their interests.

For example, the Jiangnan chaebol in the Ming Dynasty, etc., their officials and businessmen colluded to erode the foundation of the imperial court, causing the imperial court to become poorer and poorer, and even unable to collect taxes.

"In this case, it is indeed feasible, but I am afraid that the imperial court will not have much profit."

If you really follow the methods of the saints, the profits obtained by the imperial court will be very small.

"Wan'er, don't just stare at the present, take a long-term view, the salt shop is not a one-shot deal, the so-called thin water flows for a long time, small profits and quick turnover, thousands of people in the Tang Dynasty, can they buy salt once in their lives?"

Li Jing shook his head helplessly, no one is fat in one bite, and the court is the same.

"It's still a saint with a long-term vision, Wan'er is less than one ten-thousandth of a saint, if it's really as the saint said, it's not a loss!"

Shangguan Wan'er quickly reacted, assuming that the imperial court earns a penny on each of the people, then the entire people of the Tang Dynasty.

is hundreds of thousands, and in the long run, Datang will definitely be able to usher in a prosperous era.

"I'll leave the matter of this salt shop to you, and I'll start selecting a shop tomorrow."

This matter was so decided, there was no need to discuss it in the court at all, and the court finally had a stable income.

This time it was for the benefit of the people of the world, and in addition to a part of the profits to the imperial court, the other part went to the internal funds.

"No!"

Shangguan Wan'er took over the errand.