Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chen Yingwen laughed loudly and said: "Who still eats that thing? It's so boring. If you marry Chen's family, you can rest assured. Don't dare to say that 360 will not eat heavy dishes for five days. At least it will make you fat and fat." question!"

Li Xiuning said dissatisfied: "I don't care, I just want to eat beggar's chicken!"

Chen Yingnai, despite Li Xiuning's begging, was also trying to show off, cooking himself, showing off his skills: Kung Pao Chicken, Sweet and Sour Pork Ribs, Sweet and Sour Fish, Sixi Meatballs, Aftertaste Chicken, Honey Venison and more than a dozen delicious side dishes.

Li Xiuning ate with a big appetite.

Guixi, also known as Guining.That is what later generations call returning to the door in three days.This is the last procedure of the ancient wedding, after the completion of the return, it is considered to be married.

Early in the morning on June [-]th in the third year of Wude, Li Xiuning got up early at dawn, washed, dressed, and dressed, and it took an hour before Shi Shiran went out.

In the Hall of Martial Virtue, Li Yuan got up very early and was looking forward to it.From time to time, he asked Chen Qi, the permanent attendant: "Have the princess and the son-in-law come yet?"

Chen Qi bowed and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, Princess Pingyang and her son-in-law have just left the house!"

Not long after, Li Yuan asked again: "Has the princess entered the palace yet?"

In fact, even when Li Xiuning was not married, she was not often in Chang'an, nor would she often appear in front of her eyes.However, Li Yuan's state of mind at this time is just like that of a father in the world. The Chinese cabbage that he has worked so hard to raise for 18 years is suddenly beaten by a pig.

Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, and Li Yuanji all felt inexplicable. They didn't know why Li Yuan was so abnormal.

Li Yuan turned back and forth with his hands behind his back, and finally, under Li Yuan's expectant eyes, Li Xiuning and Chen Ying finally came behind the palace.

"See you daddy.

"Meet my grandfather"

Li Yuan looked at Li Xiuning left and right, at this moment Li Xiuning became more and more glamorous.Only then did Li Yuan expect Ai Ai to say: "Free from courtesy!"

Originally, when Li Xiuning did not return to the palace, Li Yuan seemed to have a thousand words to say to Li Xiuning, but the moment he saw Li Xiuning, Li Yuan didn't know how to say it.

The banquet that Li Yuan set up in the Hall of Martial Virtue was very sumptuous, but everyone present had no intention of swallowing it.Li Yuan's headache is the financial problem of Datang. Since Li Yuan founded the country, Datang has been fighting for years, and the financial revenue and expenditure have never been balanced.

Salt and iron are the main source of taxes for the imperial court, but Chen Ying has a large amount of steel production capacity in his hands. In this era, steel production capacity means a lot of money.

Li Yuan thought about it, if he forcibly relied on the emperor's majesty to force Chen Ying, it would obviously be very unfair to Chen Ying.But now he really can't come up with something to exchange with Chen Ying, and he can't be king.If Li Yuan really dared to do this, I am afraid that more than half of the ministers will hang up their seals and leave, resign and quit.

The ministers in the early Tang Dynasty still had integrity and bottom lines.

The ministers of the Tang Dynasty are not like the kowtowers of the Manchu Dynasty in the Qing Dynasty.

After thinking for a long time, Li Yuan didn't think of words.He looked at Li Jiancheng, Li Jiancheng understood and was about to get up.At this time, Chen Ying was the first to stand up instead.

"My lord father, Your Highness the Crown Prince, I have something to say!"

Chen Ying solemnly took out a scroll from his arms, held it in the palm of his hand, and raised it above his head.

Chen Qi walked in front of Chen Ying with small steps unique to eunuchs, took Chen Ying's scroll, and handed it to Li Yuan carefully.

Li Yuan opened the scroll casually. He originally thought that Chen Ying was arty, and gave him some so-called celebrity calligraphy and paintings.

However, at the moment when Li Yuan unfolded, Li Yuan's expression changed drastically.

Because it says above, Chen Ying is willing to put three blast furnaces under his name, as well as eleven large and small workshops including Jiafang, Nufang, Modaofang and Iron and Steel Workshop, including more than [-] craftsmen, and more than [-] workers. As a civilian husband, all technical reserves are dedicated to the imperial court without any restrictions.

Li Jiancheng looked at Chen Ying, a little unbelievable.He thought to himself: "Is Chen Ying crazy?"

In fact, Chen Ying is not crazy, he knows it very well.What you want to take must be given first.

Chapter 12 Qianzhuang is a good thing (two more)

Chapter 12 Qianzhuang is a good thing (two more)

Everyone has selfishness, and Li Jiancheng is no exception.Although the treasury of the Tang Dynasty is tight, since Chen Ying built the blast furnace for steelmaking, relying on Chen Ying's three dividends, the internal treasury of the East Palace is very full at this time.

You must know that Li Yuan wanted to take back Chen Ying's steel workshop as a state-owned idea. Li Yuan not only discussed it with Li Xiuning, but also told Li Jiancheng, and Li Jiancheng was ashamed of "taking the capital of the minister, not the action of the owner". go back.Although the national policy of monopolizing salt and iron does not change, Chen Ying is not in charge of this knife for the time being.

It's not your turn, so hurry up and give away the head.

Li Jiancheng looked at Chen Ying full of resentment.

At the same time, there was a message. Seeing Li Jiancheng's cannibalistic gaze, Li Shimin was curious about what Chen Ying had done again. Li Shimin quietly received the scroll in Li Jiancheng's hand, and when he found what was written on it, Li Shimin's heart was in full bloom.

Originally, the income of the East Palace was comparable to that of Prince Qin's Mansion, and Li Shimin's expenses were greater than Li Jiancheng's, so the balance of income and expenditure was not only the Tang treasury, but also Prince Qin's Mansion.In the past two years, the fiscal revenue of the Eastern Palace has increased significantly, not to mention making Li Shimin more delicious.

However, now that Chen Ying actually wants to dedicate all his steel workshops, armor workshops, and weapons workshops to Li Yuan and to the Tang court, Li Shimin feels that his brain is not enough. Chen Ying, what is your brain thinking? ah!

Li Yuan suppressed the ecstasy and looked at Chen Yingdao: "You are very sensible, and I am very satisfied. It is rare that you are so magnanimous, and you can solve my urgent needs!"

Chen Ying said solemnly: "Salt and iron are the most important weapons of the country, and they cannot be held by human officials. Everything I have today depends on His Majesty's generosity, and everyone in the family is always praising Your Majesty's kindness. Even if I am stupid, I dare not rely on it." Your Majesty loves you, tramples on the laws of the country wantonly. Your Majesty has learned from you, this is exactly the strategy that I came up with to benefit the people because I felt that Your Majesty Long could not repay your kindness."

"You have such filial piety, I am very relieved, but..." Li Yuan pondered: "The few squares and cities in Qinglin are the property of your Chen family. Pingyang couldn't live a hard life in the past. Let the Chen family spend it!"

Of course Li Yuan knew that when Li Xiuning married Chen Ying, he brought 2000 people with him.Whether it is the children in Princess Pingyang's mansion or the attendants, even the maids and eunuchs, they all need to receive salaries. Taking Princess Pingyang as an example, her rule is that 68 people are dispatched, and other servants need to be sent by Chen Ying. to take charge.A small number of 2000 people eat and drink, which is not a small amount. 2000 people spend at least about [-] yuan a year.

However, the combined salaries of Chen Ying and Princess Pingyang still cannot support such a big family.

As a father, I certainly don't want to see my daughter suffer.

Love and bread, there was no room for consideration in ancient times.Can you be happy without bread?This is simply a false proposition.

Li Jiancheng was even more surprised when he heard this.Chen Ying wants to give it away, and it will cost tens of millions of guan. It can be said that as long as Chen Ying accepts these industries, the revenue of the treasury will improve. Anyway, the imperial court can collect more than 100 million guan every year, and even the money and food can be enough. Supporting Datang to fight a war with a scale of 10 people, or two or even three local wars.

Chen Yingdao: "Your Majesty, the humble minister actually has selfish intentions. The production capacity of the steel workshop is not 2000 to [-] jins, but [-] jins. This kind of output, this scale, no matter who owns it, is enough to influence the world. Such a heavy weapon is definitely not suitable to be held in the hands of a humble official, so please Your Majesty to grant this humble official!"

Li Yuan shook his head and said, "There is no need to talk about this matter anymore!"

Li Xiuning secretly winked at Chen Ying. She knew Chen Ying's concerns, but seeing that Li Yuan did not agree to accept it, she also wanted Chen Ying to go along with it.

However, Chen Ying has made up his mind that if he wants to transform, this strategy will never be abandoned halfway.Although the profit of steel is high, can it be higher than banks and hospitals?The point is, whether it's a bank or a hospital, you can earn a good name and at the same time get huge benefits.

Chen Yingdao: "Dare to ask Your Majesty in the Tang Dynasty, among the upper households, middle households and lower households, who pays the most taxes?

Li Yuan didn't think about this question at all, and said directly: "Of course it's Nakato!"

The definition of Shanghu in the Tang Dynasty is completely different from that of later generations.Regardless of the ranks of the family, this is the upper household. Among the upper households, there are nine ranks. There are upper upper, middle upper, upper lower, middle upper, middle middle, lower middle, lower upper, lower middle, and lower lower. Pin (detailed regulations, and detailed explanation, those who are interested can Baidu), the nine-rank official person law formulated by Chen Qun, although it has come to an end in the Tang Dynasty, but it is the last afterglow before the end.

The impact is very large.

Of course, the aristocratic family does not need to pay food. More than [-]% of the civil servants and generals of the imperial court come from this family. In "The Legend of the Heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", most of the heroes who appeared were from the aristocratic family, except for a few fabricated characters. Only Dou Jiande was born from a poor family, just a few of them.

In this era, the aristocratic family is the building of the country in the eyes of the world.Those who win the hearts of the people can win the world. The hearts of the people do not refer to the whole people, but only to the aristocratic clan.The common people still think about Dou Jiande's goodness, but he also died in subjugation.No matter how much the common people hate Wang Shichong, but because of the needs of the situation, he can still live in the Central Plains and call himself a widow.

The so-called xiahu, they all own a small amount of land, or join the family as slaves, or tenants, although they work all year round, they are rich in the family, but there is no rich country.

Chen Ying said solemnly: "If your majesty wants to make our Tang Dynasty rich and strong, you must try your best to increase the number of middle households. Only when the number of middle households far exceeds that of upper households and lower households can Datang's national treasury become bigger and bigger." Abundance."

Li Yuan sighed and said: "I don't know why, I just want to increase the number of middle households in the world. It's not easy. The original middle households have no ability to resist risks. If there is any natural disaster or man-made disaster, they will become low households. There were 890 million households in the previous dynasty, but by the end of Daye, as many as 670 million households had been dismissed, and only 280 million households remained in the middle.”