Datang little husband

Chapter 83
For Li Shimin, if he could really conquer the entire northern grassland, it would be a great achievement for him.

That's why on that day, after he overheard the conversation between Du He and Li Tai, he immediately led a group of ministers under him to formulate a series of plans.

But it turned out like this in the end, which made Li Shimin a little frustrated, but now that he heard Du He's words, Li Shimin's fighting spirit was rekindled, and if Du He could say such a thing, he must have an idea of ​​a solution.

This really made Li Shimin guess right. Du He did have one. Now Li Shimin has only offended the big clans with five surnames and seven families in the north, mainly the Zheng family. The southern clans and the small northern clans have been watching. And besides the members of these clans, there are also many businessmen who are also waiting and watching.

So Du He's method of breaking the situation is here, to win over the small clans, suppress the big clans with five surnames and seven families, and open certain businesses appropriately, so that the status of merchants can be improved accordingly.

"Du He, why do you want to raise the status of merchants! You must know that the status of merchants has been very low since ancient times! After all, they are a group of people who earn a lot of money by buying low and selling high, and they are not engaged in production. It can be said that they are a group of people who only know Blood-sucking bug!" Li Shimin said to Du He in confusion.

"Let me go, uncle, you are the emperor! How can you believe this! Although merchants are not involved in production, their existence does facilitate the circulation of goods, which allows people in the north to eat rice from the south. , the sea salt in the east, these are the contributions made by the merchants to Datang, and the taxes paid by the merchants are also an important part of Datang's finances.

You can't just see that they may make hundreds of thousands of guan in a single transaction, and ignore that they are actually serving the entire Datang with their own lives!
After all, this businessman travels north and south, and he often encounters various situations on the road. In the peaceful and prosperous age, there are fewer bandits, but if he gets sick on the road, it is a trivial matter. A group of corrupt officials will lose money at least, and even their lives at worst!

So merchants are also an important part of Datang's prosperity!
Others don't understand this, don't you, the emperor, understand it too? " Du He said to Li Shimin with a speechless face.

Hearing Du He's words, Li Shimin blushed somewhat. It's not that he didn't know what Du He said, but he thought of the man who helped Qin Shihuang wipe out the six kingdoms in the early stage by himself. , he is a model of a generation of businessmen.

But it was also because of him, coupled with the Han Dynasty kings who dismissed hundreds of schools and only respected Confucianism, gradually businessmen were regarded as a group of blood-sucking worms in the hearts of the Chinese emperors of all dynasties.

In addition, Du He is also a businessman, so when Du He proposed to improve the status of a businessman, Li Shimin would do that.

But Li Shimin really doesn't know the role of businessmen in a country!He knew, not only knew, but also during his reign, Datang's business was extremely developed. Although the status of merchants had not been improved, there were basically not too many dirty things happening in Datang. It can be seen from the rule of law, after all, without certain commercial development, such a prosperous world would not be possible.

As for the fact that the status of merchants has not been improved, it can also be seen from the fact that Li Bai was not able to take the imperial examination because the son of a merchant in later generations.

But now being taught by Du He, Li Shimin also understands the importance of merchants and commerce. Although merchants value profits, as long as there are enough benefits, they will do anything, but they are also famous for their trust.

And judging from the current situation, what Du He said is quite right. By raising the certain status of merchants, they will be able to forget about the threat of the five surnames and seven families to them, which will limit the five surnames and seven families in the future. The possible commercial retaliation is a good thing for the entire Datang.

Moreover, these businessmen rushed to the front, as long as the five surnames and seven families dared to do something, then he had reason to use the means of national laws to clean up such big clans as the five surnames and seven families, and even further regulate the business environment of Datang.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin's eyes were shining brightly, and he immediately told Du He what he thought.

After Du He listened to all Li Shimin's thoughts, he felt a huge wave in his heart. He kept thinking in his heart, this man who can go down in history and win the title of Heavenly Khan, it really wasn't his fault, he just reminded him a little bit. It's amazing to be able to think of these things in this way!
"Uncle, I'm convinced. You are really powerful. I really didn't expect it to be so deep. In my opinion, to improve the status of merchants is to let them work for us, but you really want them to be yours. A tool to deal with the aristocratic family! You really deserve to be an emperor! It seems that I misunderstood you before!" Du He said to Li Shimin convinced.

"It's so-so! But it's thanks to your reminder! Otherwise, I really wouldn't have thought about it!" Li Shimin was obviously very humble in the face of Du He's praise this time.

Du He was still a little uncomfortable with this at first, but after getting used to it slowly, he and Li Shimin entered the mode of mutual boasting in business.

At the same time, Wang De had already arrived at Yeting Palace, outside the palace where Zheng Guanyin used to live.

Although the palace here is not big, at least Zheng Guanyin lives alone, unlike the other concubines of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, who live together.

So Xiao Wanying has never seen anyone since the day she was born, and Zheng Guanyin has never told her who her father is. He also began to ask who his father was, and Zheng Guanyin would find reasons to prevaricate at this time.

But Xiao Wanying is very smart, after one or two times, she didn't ask any more, thinking that she didn't have a father, but when she got up today, she found that her mother was gone, which made her cry like hell, no matter how coaxed her eldest grandson Wugou was. It's hard to coax.

Until now Xiao Wanying was exhausted and fell asleep, but even if she fell asleep, there were still tears in the corners of Xiao Wanying's eyes, which made the eldest grandson Wugou who is also a mother feel extremely distressed.

"Your Majesty, Wang De outside the palace asked to see you, and he also brought your Majesty's decree. However, this decree makes this slave feel extremely ridiculous. He asked Wang De to take away Jin Anbo's daughter Du Ying! But there is none here!" Changsun Wu Gou's personal court lady reported to her eldest grandson Wugou with a puzzled expression.

"You! It seems that we still need to practice more. Who said that there is no Jin Anbo's daughter here? Didn't this little Du Ying just fall asleep!
Go get someone to prepare a frame to send Jin Anbo's daughter Du Ying to Jin Anbo!

There is still an order. From now on, there will be no Li Wanying in the world, only Jin Anbo's daughter Du Ying, do you understand? "Changsun Wugou has such a delicate mind, as soon as she heard Zhulan's report, she understood what was going on, and immediately gave the order.

Zhulan, who had received the order, also understood instantly, and then took the order and went down to prepare to go.

(End of this chapter)