Emperor's Award Ceremony: Beginning with the award of the Eternal Emperor

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The Tang Dynasty was the first unified dynasty that did not emphasize agriculture and suppress business.

After Li Shimin ascended the throne as emperor, he issued a series of directives, all of which had measures to promote the development of production.

The commodity economy of the Tang Dynasty has been greatly developed.

And after two or three hundred years of foreshadowing, in the Northern Song Dynasty, it was a matter of course.

Especially after the Anshi Rebellion, wars were frequent, and all the workshops were destroyed. There was no obstacle between people, and commodity trade naturally flourished.

The commodity economy in the Northern Song Dynasty was developed, and it did not just fall out of thin air.

"You're right." Li Shimin nodded.

He had also carefully understood Zhao Kuangyin's various ideas and measures just now.

"Many of them are based on the measures of the father, and go further!"

"We can use it now!"

"Furthermore, Father thinks that we can try to demolish thirty or fifty Lifangs first, and try it out.

"There will also be no curfew."

"If you can, roll out this approach across the country."

Tang Gaozong Li Zhi couldn't help being dumbfounded.

Immediately, he couldn't help but nodded again and again.

He had to admit that he was a little timid compared to his father Tang Taizong.

"I also want to demolish some workshops first~〃!"

Tang Dynasty.

The common people in the two periods of Tang Taizong and Tang Gaozong couldn't help being elated when they heard these words.

Once the Lifang is cancelled, the common people can move around in a larger scope.

And if the curfew is really lifted.

In the whole city, there is no difference between night and day.

People can play and do business freely.

Great Tang Tai Chi Hall.

Li Shimin looked at the civil and military officials standing there.

"Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, you can refer to the strategy of the Northern Song Dynasty and formulate a specific measure that is in line with our Tang Dynasty!" He wanted to get a huge amount of taxes like the Northern Song Dynasty.

At the same time, we must resolutely guard against some possible chaos.

Fang Xuanling and the two nodded in agreement.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, father and son, disagreed.

"Tang Taizong, if you really develop the commodity economy rashly, will you put the cart before the horse?"

"Won't it harm the country?"

"After all, only food can be eaten by farming, which is a tradition left over for thousands of years."

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help frowning slightly.

During the founding period of the Ming Dynasty, the tradition of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce was still practiced, and it was only in the middle and late stages that it began to switch to a commodity economy

And Zhu Yuanzhang himself is a big old man who doesn't understand economics at all.

Tang Taizong laughed.

"There is some truth to what you say."

"But that is on the premise that the common people have no food to eat and no clothes to wear."

"We can only solve their food and clothing problems first."

"And after this problem is solved?"

"The people who cultivate the land will pay the land rent, and there will be some surplus grain left."

"They can't eat, what should I do?"

"Sell it naturally."

"As for the price of grain, if the government suppresses it too low, the common people would rather rot in the field than harvest it."

"So, the value of the item is determined by the demand."

"If there is a need, the price will naturally be high."

"If you don't need it, you don't want it for nothing."

"We only need to control it within a reasonable range, and don't interfere with everything."

"The common people have sold their food and have some money left."

"I want to change two clothes for the doll at home."

"This has promoted the development of silk and cloth. At least on this day, this shop sells clothes for two dolls."

"He sold two more clothes, and he will definitely buy more."

"And it also pushes the weavers and silkworm farmers to sell more of their wares."

"We will definitely weave more cloth and raise more silkworms."

"In this way, all aspects of the whole country have greatly developed."

"Whatever the common people need most, naturally what is the most popular."

"Every time you sell something, the national treasury will naturally have a corresponding part of the tax, and the national power will naturally become stronger."

Tang Taizong also knew little about the economy, which was a bit better than Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di's eyes shined brightly. They did not expect that there are so many ways in the commodity economy.

"Tang Taizong, your words really opened my eyes!"

"It turns out that there are so many things involved in the development of the commodity economy!"

"I understand today!"

Tang Taizong said with a smile: "I also understand a little bit."

"As for what all the emperors are worried about, these giant merchants have huge wealth. Not only will they buy land, but they will also attract countless people to stop farming and follow them to do business. The land will be barren."

"And these people travel around, it's hard to control."

"Everyone is too concerned."

"These wealthy merchants have the money to buy land, which can only show that the means to be emperors are not enough."

"As long as there is a wise gentleman with a little brain, there is any way to prevent land annexation."

Zhao Kuangyin and Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but nodded.

"As for worrying that there will be more people doing business and the land will be abandoned, it is even more unfounded."

"Originally one hundred people cultivated the land, but now only one person cultivates it. Didn't the farmer (Manohao) who cultivated the land also transform into a rich man at the same time?" Zhu Di slapped his thigh with his right hand and his eyes lit up.

"Why didn't I think of that?"

"In this way, not all walks of life can collect taxes?"

Zhou Yi was slightly surprised.

Unexpectedly, Tang Taizong knew something about economics.

Although he was incomparable with those economic experts of later generations, he was considered outstanding among the many emperors.

Zhou Yi smiled slightly.

"What Emperor Taizong said makes sense."

"I'll add some more."

"First of all, everyone, from the emperor to the common people, has to pay taxes."

"Secondly, no matter the royal family or the princes and nobles, they must pay taxes."

"These two points may be difficult, but which of your emperors can solve these two points. I believe that during your reign, your country's tax revenue will be at least [-] times stronger than the current Northern Song Dynasty." Nong.

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"Ten thousand times stronger?"

All the emperors couldn't help short of breath.

His eyes became hot.

Not to mention being [-] times stronger, even if they were twice as strong, they would all be able to do more things.

"Mr. Zhou Yi, just these two points, is there anything else?"

Zhu Di couldn't help asking.

"The last point is also the easiest point." Zhou Yi said.

"Businessmen sell goods and travel north and south, and they need to pay taxes."

"You must formulate taxes reasonably, and pay as much as you need to pay. You must not search at will, and you must not have all kinds of exorbitant taxes."

"Except for the reign of Ming Jun and Ren Jun, all the other emperors slaughtered those businessmen as fat sheep when they were emperors."

"The cost of selling a commodity may only be five taels of silver, but after dozens or even hundreds of checkpoints, the price has risen to five taels of silver."

"And this product itself is not worth a tael of silver, if it is replaced by you?"

"Which one of you is willing to continue selling?"

All the emperors looked at each other and shook their heads.

"The merchant can only throw this product away halfway."

"This businessman may never do business again in the future."

"Not to mention, how many corrupt officials filled their pockets at those checkpoints."

"Just talk about the normal 493 checkpoints set up by the imperial court, and there are not a few of them."

"It looks like the treasury has added a tax bill."

"According to this kind of wild goose plucking method, it will cause extremely bad consequences."

"Nobody wants to be in business anymore."

"If you just want to be a Taiping Emperor in peace, then you just need to let the people cultivate the land."

"If you want to make your country stronger, your treasury full of money, and you want to make contributions and achieve an eternal empire, you must do what I say.

"Otherwise, any of your grand ambitions will not be able to be displayed."

Li Shimin, Ying Zheng and the others shrank their eyes.

According to Zhouyi, the first thing to do is to attack the dignitaries and aristocratic families in the court.

This is not an easy task.

But this is also the crux of the matter.

All the power is controlled by those princes and nobles, and the people at the bottom live in hardship.

And if you want to do something, you must break these shackles.

The eyes of Li Shimin, Li Zhi and others sparkled.

"Isn't it what I want to do to open the knife to the aristocratic family?"

His father and son thought at the same time.

However, Zhou Yi's method is to completely eradicate them.

more aggressive than them.