The reason why Li Ke said this was not because he made it up, but because he had a basis for it, because he had another piece of information in his hand.

When Li Ke first took over the supervision of the country, about two to three percent of the land in the world was calculated through the data of the imperial treasury and the annual grain income at all.

At that time, Li Ke gave the deadline until the end of July this year, but both Duan Lun and Fang Xuanling of the Ministry of Industry said that this time was too tight to investigate.

After that court meeting, Li Ke directly issued this order to Tian Meng, and asked him to investigate the reason, along with the investigation of the stock and distribution area of donkeys and horses among the people.

And now, less than a month and a half has passed since Li Ke gave the order, and he has received feedback from the relevant information.

Li Ke didn't know what the progress of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Industry was, but they said that they couldn't finish it in July, and now it will be completed in March, and this efficiency has improved much more than they don't know.

Li Ke pondered about the gap in this, of course, because Yuelai Commercial Bank had fewer tasks, after all, the officials of Datang were also responsible for other things, and the number of officials at the bottom was seriously insufficient.

In other words, the Tang Dynasty can't support so many officials at present, and it can't be said to be officials, to be precise, officials and servants.

After all, some things can be done by the officials and servants.

The official in Datang refers to those with formal ranks, and in modern times, they are the main department, the deputy department, the main department, and so on.

In the Tang Dynasty, the officials are distinguished by the number of Liuwai and the first class of Liuwai to distinguish the number of Yulu and the size of the position, a bit like a contract worker, there is no formal rank, but it can also guarantee your income, and it may become an official at any time, and the court of the Tang Dynasty will pay Yulu.

The last servants, such as the government officials, belong to this category, this category is considered temporary workers, that is, temporarily called, their monthly money is raised by the local court itself, and even many local officials are working for nothing.

This has led to a serious shortage of locally available personnel.

The status of the officials will not change for the time being, but if these servants can be promoted to the status of contract workers, give them a stable income, just like those ordinary people who work, and let them be able to support their families, then the efficiency of the Tang Dynasty will be greatly improved.

In particular, if you need a lot of manpower, your efficiency will be greatly improved.

However, there is also a problem, that is, the financial pressure on the imperial court will increase greatly.

According to the information inquired by Li Ke, after Li Zhi succeeded to the throne, the annual payment of the Tang Dynasty officials was equivalent to almost 15 million yuan, and it can be said that more than 80% of the treasury revenue was used to pay the officials.

It is conceivable how low Datang's investment in other aspects is, which can be regarded as the advantage of the government military system.

Li Ke wants to reform the currency for such a reason, because if a country's economy is in the stage of obvious rise and the country's national strength is obviously improved, it can actually be over-issued currency, which can be used to rapidly improve the country's economy and develop the country's situation.

However, Datang's original monetary system could not do it, based on the situation of bartering as the mainstay, supplemented by copper coins, how to over-issue currency?

All in all, as long as the country's economy is optimistic and the country's development is optimistic, neither of these will be lost, and the country's development will be accelerated.

Only after a complete monetary reform can Li Ke play like this.

After thinking about it, Li Ke took a leather notebook and began to record the special questions. It was a blank notebook he found in the warehouse.

"On the Outline of the Reform of the Tang Dynasty and National Policy"

1. The small number of low-level officials and servants led to the extremely slow handling of court affairs, and the local government's slow response to emergencies and the analysis of the current situation and improvement measures.

2. Analysis of the impact of the expansion of officials and servants on the pressure on Datang's existing finances.

3. How to maximize efficiency without increasing the financial pressure on Datang.

Fourth, the necessity of the reform of the Datang monetary system.

5. The necessity of literacy among officials and servants.

6. The necessity of reform of the education system as a result of this.

7. The necessity of reforming the imperial examination system.

8. How to improve the social status of government soldiers and carry out the reform of the road to professionalism of soldiers.

9. The necessity of improving the literacy of government soldiers.

10. Discussion on ways to temporarily supplement and replace the policy of local garrison soldiers and local officials and servants to reduce financial pressure.

11. The necessity of optimizing and reforming Datang's fiscal and treasury expenditures.

12. The necessity of the reform of the existing accounting system and the necessity of the establishment of auditing.

13. Discuss the detailed division of the functions of the six departments.

14. How to increase Datang's fiscal revenue.

15. Discussion on commercial tax reform derived from Article 14 (it is recommended to refer to the relevant income of Datang Sleepless City).

16. The necessity of increasing Datang's animal power (urgent)

Li Ke wrote down these items in detail, some of these things have begun to be implemented, some have already had a clue, and some have not yet started, but they are things to be solved in the future.

When it came to Article 16, Li Ke decisively threw the pen aside and had a headache.

Forget it, don't write it, Yang Anning is so fun, what are you writing this for, bad luck.

Li Ke put this thing away, and then threw it to Tian Meng, "Take it, don't let anyone see it, and give it to me when I return to the palace." ”

"Yes." Tian Meng quickly took it, and then took out a well-made wooden box from the back, put the notebook inside, locked it, and then put it into his arms, and the key was hung around his own neck.

Li Ke didn't care what he did, and in the information sent by Tian Meng who had just looked through it, Li Ke knew why the two-thirds of the land had not been cultivated.

It was his thinking from the afterlife that he took for granted, and the reason was actually very simple.

Animal power!

That's right, it's the simplest problem of animal power, not all people in Datang have cultivated cattle, or donkeys, pack horses and other animal power! In many places, a village, or even a few households, has only one ox or horse.

Li Ke thought that the people of the Tang Dynasty had no problem planting 100 acres of land by a family based on his experience when he was a child in his previous life, but he was wrong.

When he was a child in his last life, there was a mule in the family, although his parents could easily cultivate more than 50 acres of land, it was because there was no shortage of animal power in the village, regardless of mules and horses, every family had it. Ploughs, ploughs, ploughs, ploughs, rakes, hoes, shovels, sickles, shovels and other agricultural tools are available in every household.

These tiniest things are what he ignores, but they have the deepest impact in Datang! According to the survey given by Yuelai Commercial Bank, the cattle in many villages in Datang are shared, and for the sake of fairness, how many acres are cultivated by one family, and the next one is replaced to ensure that every household can sow a certain number of acres on average during the best spring ploughing time.

And after the end of the best spring ploughing time, it is to draw lots, grab seeds, and plant as many as you can.