I opened a tavern in Datang/Datang: My peerless talent was exposed

Zhang Nuo picked up a handful of peas and rubbed them slowly in his hand, then said slowly,

"Nowadays, there are actually problems with the training of officials. The biggest problem is that they are floating and unprofessional! Even if they are the children of aristocratic families who claim to have broken thousands of books, no matter how they learn to be rich, they are actually empty talk in the end!"

"Old Li, you have to understand that what the Tang Dynasty needs most and what it lacks the most is actually grass-roots parents' officials. The common people can only get in touch with grass-roots parents' officials. Whether the reputation of your Li family's royal family is good or not depends on these county officials in the end. man!"

Li Shimin nodded thoughtfully. This little brother Zhang had told him a similar point of view before, and he agreed with it very much, but this is not something that can be resolved overnight.

"Brother, you still haven't told me how to solve the problem of the children of the aristocratic family dominating the court!"

Zhang Nuo took a sip of tea and said angrily,

"Actually, the solution has been given a long time ago. Don't you see how good our papermaking and printing workshops are now? And when the new workshops outside the city start construction, the output will be even more astonishing!"

"As long as our two workshops continue to operate, there will inevitably be a situation, that is, more and more scholars! And as long as there are more scholars, it means more reserve officials. Then what are you afraid of, old Li family? "

Li Shimin naturally knows this. He was still talking about this with Du Ruhui two days ago, but what he wants more is to have some ready-made method to target the aristocratic family. He really doesn't want to wait so slowly. what is.

"Brother, tell my brother the truth. Do you have any clever plans to target the family? You don't know that not only the cousin, but His Majesty is also worried about the power of the family recently!"

"Cultivating scholars and focusing on promoting poor families is a long-term solution, but now those noble families in the court are always fighting against our royal family, so we can't just watch! We have to do something!"

Looking at Lao Li's expectant look, Zhang Nuo also sighed. In fact, the aristocratic family was really killed by the Li and Tang generations, especially when the empress was a generation, it was a ruthless hand.

It can be said that the old Li family is vigilant to the bottom of these families with many people, money and great influence, thinking about how to kill them every day.

However, in Zhang Nuo's view, aristocratic families are really not a good thing, basically like the most incompetent capitalists, they only secretly acquire some land, and then hide the population, sow the land and harvest food.

They are completely attached to the people and the court to suck blood, but if something happens, they are the fastest to run and surrender the fastest.

Therefore, Zhang Nuo thought about it for a while, combined with some methods of later generations, and said seriously,

"Lao Li, let me ask you, the most fundamental things of the family are actually the hidden households and the land. If I can find a way to get those hidden households out, would it be useful?"

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Li Shimin slammed the table and said excitedly,

"Of course it's useful. It's really useful. As long as the hidden population is found out, those who should pay taxes must pay taxes. Those damned aristocratic families have a lot of land in their names. As soon as they come out, the court will It can be taxed immediately!"

"What's more, in this way, no one will be willing to plant land for the family. After your immortal grains mature in large quantities, the court will definitely plant them on a large scale. After the court warehouses are full, the grain tax will be reduced, so , do you think it is useful?"

Zhang Nuo looked at Lao Li's excited look and wrinkled his nose. He didn't understand this very well, but it didn't prevent him from learning from Lao Li's words that the imperial court not only valued these hidden people, but also salivated. Not too much!

However, Lao Li is also a friend no matter what, so if he can help, he should help, maybe it will reach Li Shimin's ears, and that can be regarded as showing his face in front of the emperor in advance.

Zhang Nuo took a sip of tea and said slowly,

"Actually, to find out the population, official methods are not suitable. From the perspective of the common people, as long as the government finds out that they have concealed the population, it must be as you just said, and they will have to pay taxes and serve corvee labor Yes, it will definitely be concealed by various means!"

"But what if we use economic means instead of official means?"

Li Shimin was stunned, economic means, what are economic means?

Zhang Nuo didn't expect Li Shimin to guess these things, so he said directly,

"For example, our current cheap paper, books, and snow salt that will be released soon are all much cheaper than others, so in order to prevent people from maliciously hoarding goods and reselling them, can we ask to sell goods door-to-door? Real-name system?"

Li Shimin listened and nodded, this is reasonable, if you don't do this, the people sent by those aristocratic families can sweep up all the goods for you, and then transport them to other places to sell at a high price.

Zhang Nuo continued with a smile,

"At present, these things are bought by scholars and rich households, but if I send some things out every day and only require real-name registration, do you think those poor people will come?"

Li Shimin was shocked when he heard the words, I understand, I understand, so you are such a schemer!

Chapter 222 Zhang Nuo's New Business

Now Li Shimin really understood what Zhang Nuo's so-called economic means meant!

At the same time, how many times he had to sigh with emotion, the idea of ​​the shopkeeper Zhang was so wild and elusive, he couldn't imagine how he could come up with such an ingenious idea!

In fact, Zhang Nuo's method is very simple, that is, to give away things for free, even if it's just a piece of paper, or a pinch of salt, but someone will definitely come up to get it.

After all, why not take something for nothing?

As I said before, the aristocratic family has always been eyeing this thing, and they want as much as they have. If the aristocratic family knows the news, they will definitely set up a booth at the gate of Fangshi to buy it directly.

When the time comes, the people will directly come to the door to receive free paper, which can be sold to the purchase booth of the nearby family. It seems that both parties have benefited, and only Zhang Nuo has lost money.

But in fact, taking advantage of the people's greed for petty gain, Zhang Nuo was able to find out most of the Tibetans almost sitting in the store, and he still sent them to the door for registration.

Because ordinary people can't see through the routine at all, and even if they can see through, so what?

For the people at the bottom, although they don't get many free things every day, they can at least get an extra income. If anyone stops them from earning money, this is an enemy for these people.

The more Li Shimin thought about it, the more he felt that this idea was so wonderful that it made him dance.

Seeing Lao Li's happy face, Zhang Nuo was also happy, and said with a smile,

"Actually, many things are like this. If you change your thinking, from forcing them to come and begging them to come, to putting bait on them and waiting for them to come, it will be different immediately!"

"Not to mention our shop, who doesn't like this free thing, right? Everyone has to register when they come, so that there will be no unidentified population."

Li Shimin nodded excitedly, obviously very, very satisfied with this idea, but when he turned around, he suddenly thought of something, then looked at Zhang Nuo seriously and said,

"Brother, how much money do you have to lose by sending things? Although we are doing our best for the imperial court, you can't lose it alone! One or two shops are fine, but how can you resist the increase?"

Speaking of this, Li Shimin gritted his teeth and said forcefully,

"In this way, I will find a way to subsidize you several thousand coins every year from the palace, and it will be considered as the money for your majesty to buy your household registration information!"

Zhang Nuo smiled and waved his hands,

"No, not only will I not lose money in this shop, but I can also make money. I don't want His Majesty's money. We will take care of the household registration information, but you have to promise me one thing!"

Li Shimin was immediately happy. He just mentioned that God knows how painful it is for him to give money every year. It is all money. He finally relaxed a little, but there are many places to use the money.

But now that brother Xiao Zhang doesn't want money, there's nothing else to say, it's definitely no problem!Therefore, Li Shimin said happily,

"If you have any conditions, feel free to mention them. If a certain side can't handle it well, there will still be His Majesty who is wise and mighty!"

Li Shimin doesn't realize what's wrong with bragging about himself at all, the elders alone, who can't brag?

Zhang Nuo didn't think there was anything wrong at all. Lao Li was a relative of the emperor himself, so the emperor had to take care of him if he couldn't figure it out, and it had to be said that Li Shimin was really a wise and mighty emperor.

Zhang Nuo's condition was very simple, he said directly,

"I want you to go to His Majesty to ask for a plaque, which is the name of our shop. It must be given by His Majesty's imperial pen. After all, our shop will not offend one or two people at that time, and we can only count on His Majesty's imperial pen to give it to you." Suppress a group of villains!"

Li Shimin thought about the conditions, but when he heard that he was writing a few words, it was so simple, if he wasn't afraid of revealing his identity, he could write it down right now.

But what the shopkeeper Zhang said is also reasonable. It will not only be as simple as offending people, but he has not been dealing with Zhang Nuo for a day or two. Since Zhang Nuo said that this thing can make money, it is likely to make money It's not small money, and there may be a lot of people who are jealous and coveted by then!

Thinking of this, Li Shimin said directly,

"Brother, what you are most worried about is getting into trouble. In the end, the shop will be robbed, right? Why don't you tell me how much money you will invest in this deal? I'll see if His Majesty can directly invest in the shares and become a royal family." Industry, don’t worry about other things!”

Hearing this, Zhang Nuo's eyes lit up. It's okay, Lao Li. After living in my house for so long, I finally know to take the initiative to help. Lost the friendship!

"Old Li, it would be the best if you could attract His Majesty to invest in the shares. No one would dare to touch our business! However, we can't take advantage of the royal family. Of course, the royal name is not used, otherwise it will be bad." According to the rules, just let others know that His Majesty has indeed invested in the shares!"

Li Shimin nodded in relief. He was a little too anxious when he spoke before, and only after he finished speaking did he realize that the right to use the royal name will be auctioned for a few days?

If Zhang Nuo's business overlapped with other people's, wouldn't he and the household department want to refund the money?

And if there is no overlap, there will be less trouble, but you still have to send money to the household department according to the rules.

Otherwise, he doesn't follow the rules himself, and he doesn't have to expect others to follow them.

Originally, he regretted that he didn't pay attention to what he said just now, but he didn't expect that the shopkeeper Zhang found out by himself and took the initiative to avoid suspicion, which made him much more comfortable.

As for letting out rumors that he has become a shareholder, he also knows Zhang Nuo's thoughts. Isn't this just doing business under his banner, so as to avoid trouble.

It definitely doesn't matter, he is afraid of the wool, he has indeed invested in the stock, not to mention how much money he earns, just because he can check the household registration is enough reason for him to invest in the stock.

However, it is still necessary to ask clearly!

"Brother, I have to thank you for your understanding here, brother, I was reckless just now, I forgot about the auction of the royal title, and almost got into trouble!

However, there is absolutely no problem with His Majesty's investment, but you have to tell someone about the amount of investment. If the investment is too large, everyone may have a headache! "

Zhang Nuo looked at Lao Li with a smile, and he liked people who knew the rules. In fact, he used to be afraid of these high-ranking officials, and wanted to buy shares based on their connections without paying a penny. But now after such a long time, he found that although Lao Li has Sometimes the mouth is a bit broken, but people are really nice!

Therefore, Zhang Nuo naturally couldn't let Lao Li suffer. This is the way of doing business, you have to come and go!

Chapter 223 Li Shimin's Doubts

Zhang Nuo looked at Lao Li in front of him, drank a cup of tea happily, and then said slowly,

"There are two requirements for this business. The first one is to open more shops. It is best to have one in each market. It may not be possible in the early stage, but at least those markets with rich people must have one." !"

"The same is true when we go to other cities in the future. We must ensure that the number of shops is large. After all, those ordinary people don't know things that are too far away. He will only know when the shops are opened in front of him or next door!"

Speaking of which, Zhang Nuo deliberately stopped to look at Lao Li, only to find that Lao Li looked constipated, so he asked curiously,

"What's the matter? Seeing you like this, why do you think you don't want to do it?"

Li Shimin curled his lips angrily,

"Brother, just started with one shop in each city, so how much money do we have to invest? We have to open to other cities in the future, so we have to invest money continuously. Brother's family is not rich and can't stand it." Such a toss!"

Li Shimin is almost depressed, this damn has so many shops at the beginning, how much goods do you have to prepare, and the investment is not worth it?

Zhang Nuo waved his hand indifferently,

"Old Li, you are joking. That is the way other people do business. It is different from ours. This is the second point I want to talk about here. There are so many shops here, and the shortage of manpower is not a star."

"After thinking about it, I feel that those disabled soldiers have been on the battlefield and seen blood in character, so they must be brave enough, and they are not afraid of ordinary things. On the other hand, their lives may not be very affluent. Some money to subsidize the family!"

Hearing this, Li Shimin stood up slowly, straightened his clothes, folded his hands and bowed down.

Zhang Nuo was stunned, what's the matter, why did he just salute, how embarrassing it is!

However, there is no time for him to think about other things right now, it is true that he has to help him up quickly, and the salute at this time is not a joke.

Especially for someone like Lao Li who has a certain status and is still serious about saluting, it is a big deal. If he accepts a salute in a daze, then maybe something will happen!

Li Shimin sat down again after saluting seriously, but his face still had the solemnity before.

"Brother, as a member of the royal family of Li and Tang, due to limited ability, I can't take care of those soldiers who fought for the country and shed blood and sweat, but I never thought that my brother filled this vacancy, I have to thank you for my brother! "

Zhang Nuo just remembered, yes, Lao Li is a relative of the emperor, and this kind of admission of disabled soldiers is definitely beneficial to Li Tang's royal family.

In fact, Li Shimin thought more about it. There were many wars at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty. As long as there were wars, there would be casualties after all, although the court gave some compensation to these families.

But everyone knows that those things are actually a drop in the bucket for a family that has lost its mainstay.

To put it in a very cruel word, those who died on the battlefield are fine, even if the family is heartbroken, they can start from scratch with the court's pension.

But for those soldiers who cannot work because of their disabilities, not only do they receive less pension than those who died in battle, but they also have to have a mouth to eat at home, which is not a trivial matter.

Judging from what he knew, there were quite a few disabled soldiers who had just settled for one hundred, in fact, just to save the poor rations for their children.

If it is true that a group of disabled soldiers can be hired as the shopkeeper Xiao Zhang said, and Li Shimin is a shareholder of the shop itself, then the officers and soldiers of the military should not be grateful to him Li Shimin?

Thinking of this, Li Shimin looked at Zhang Nuo with softer eyes.In his opinion, this is a great gift from Zhang Nuo for his elder brother, he has to remember this love.

Otherwise, with so many poor people in the city, it's really hard to find anyone who is willing to work honestly?

Just kidding, with the salary offered by his little brother Zhang, I am afraid that someone will step on the threshold.

However, Li Shimin felt that affection should be kept in mind, and what he always said was not done by a man, and he just wanted to repay it to his younger brother together.

So Li Shimin thought about it and asked seriously,

"So, brother, how many disabled soldiers do you think we can hire? And we have to ask for people, we can't ask for everything!"

Zhang Nuo nodded, this is for sure.

"Of course we can't want everyone. Anyone missing a leg or an arm will do. Those with missing arms can still carry things and look after the shop. Those with missing legs can sit there and collect money. They will definitely be able to do this job!"

"As for the number of people, it depends on how many shops we open. In the early stage, I think there must be ten people in each shop. After all, manpower is needed to move back and forth, and the shop also needs to be guarded!"

Li Shimin nodded thoughtfully, and was about to say something, when he suddenly realized that he didn't know what kind of business this shop was going to do. Logically, it was just selling some snow salt, so it didn't need so many people, right?

"Brother, what kind of business is our shop? I think you said that there must be ten people in the early stage. I'm afraid this is not a small business!"

Zhang Nuo was a little confused when he heard the words, yes, it seems that he hasn't told Lao Li what kind of business he is, but Lao Li is also a talent, and he hasn't said what kind of business he is. All the emperors of the cards have been invested in.What a talent!

"Lao Li, don't worry, it must be a money-making business, and you can find a group of servants there. They are suitable for this kind of business. This kind of business doesn't need to be eloquent, what is needed most is carefulness!"

"Moreover, here in the future, we will not only be a business that can help disabled soldiers, but also countless civilians in Chang'an City. It is definitely a good business that will give you royal face and make money."

Li Shimin's eyes lit up when he heard this. If someone else said in front of Li Shimin that a business can not only make money but also take care of people's livelihood, he would have to slap him on the spot.