But as soon as the words fell, a sharp look fell on him.

Let Changsun Wuji shake his hands.

"Are you trying to make me feel ashamed to borrow from those hateful families?"

"Do you know that if this is the case, my majesty will be restricted by those aristocratic families in the future?"

"Emperor Father has suppressed these aristocratic families since he came to the throne, and those aristocratic families are waiting for me to subdue, so they can control me in this way!"

Li Shimin's voice became colder.

Changsun Wuji hastily called on His Majesty to forgive his sin.

Then I thought about it again, "Your Majesty, if the aristocratic family can't work out, if you can collect so much money in a short time now, I have another plan!"

"speak!"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty exempted private salt merchants from paying taxes!"

"How about revoking it and letting the private salt merchants pay the salt tax?"

Changsun Wuji had a bad idea, but as soon as he finished speaking, Fang Xuanling immediately surrendered.

"Your Majesty, it is absolutely impossible. The civil salt tax will be exempted for only one month. If it is cancelled, wouldn't the salt merchants sue His Majesty for being untrustworthy?"

Fang Xuanling hastily said.

"Master Fang, what good plan do you have?"

Changsun Wuji was a little bit unconvinced, at the beginning there was no folk salt tax here, and it was Fang Xuanling who started it.

Now the national treasury is in urgent need of money, which is good, and it will be stopped again.

Fang Xuanling was stunned.

"Can the auxiliary machine know the refined salt?"

A slight smile appeared on Li Shimin's face. The cause that was planted that day can now be reaped.

The fine salt was awarded a plaque by him, but he earned a lot of money.

Changsun Wuji's eyes suddenly brightened.

"His Majesty!"

"I know!"

Nowadays, no one in the entire Tang Dynasty knows about refined salt, and other salt merchants have long been squeezed out of the market.

The entire Tang Dynasty went up to the palace and down to the common people!

All are refined salt, as well as ordinary salt, but they are all from a salt merchant.

It can be said that in the past two months, the salt merchants behind him may have earned millions of dollars!

"What does your majesty mean?"

Changsun Wuji's eyes flashed slyly, he already understood what His Majesty meant.

"Turn it into a royal family, don't move other salt merchants, let alone exempt from salt tax!"

"But this matter must be done in secret!"

"Understand?"

Li Shimin spoke.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty!"

"I understand that the person behind the refined salt is estimated to be able to earn millions of dollars in these days. Not only can it solve the pensions of [-] soldiers, but it can also fill the national treasury!"

"Your Majesty is so far-sighted!"

Changsun Wuji complimented him.

"Don't let me down!"

Li Shimin fanned everyone away.

"I'm waiting to retire."

...............

at the same time.

Youzhou!

At this time, Youzhou is in full swing, and it can be said that there is a lot of construction work, but there is no shortage of these.

And there is no shortage of folk husbands, after all, fifty pennies a day, and food is included!

Where can I find this?

Thousands of craftsmen, thousands of civilian husbands!

Therefore, the progress of building the palace in the south of the city is not slow at all.

It is estimated that it will take a few months.

Inside the governor's mansion!

"Su Dingfang is worthy of being a famous general!"

"It really didn't disappoint me!"

Li Ke looked at the military newspaper.

Ninety thousand enemies were killed.

Gee.

I'm afraid this will hurt Datang's muscles and bones.

Fang Zhi was slightly taken aback.

I don't understand why His Highness is called a general, but it's okay.

"Your Highness!"

"This battle!"

"The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, I'm afraid he won't be sending troops any time soon!"

"In this way, Hedong Road is completely in the hands of His Highness!"

Fang Zhi is also happy.

Then the conversation changed.

"Your Highness, with [-] casualties, I'm afraid even the current imperial court can't afford so much money!"

"Your Highness, I feel that the refined salt from all parts of the Tang Dynasty needs to be withdrawn!"

"Now that the Tang treasury has no silver, it is very likely that we will start with our refined salt!"

"This is the quickest way!"

Fang Zhi looked solemn.

"Get out, and then only sell in Hedong Road and Hebei Road!"

"It's Your Highness!"

"Your Highness!"

"However, Hedong Road needs a civil servant to stick to it!"

"The governor of Hedong Road is Li Shimin's man. Who does His Highness think he should replace?"

"Let's Zhang Shi!"

Li Ke spoke directly.

Although Zhang Shi is not as capable as Fang Zhiqiang, a Hedong Dao is still enough.

You must know that there are tens of thousands of troops guarding Su Dingfang.

"Your Highness, the Wenxi Pei family, the Xie County Liu family, and the Fenyin Xue family are the three major clans in Hedong Road!"

"The minister thinks..."

Fang Zhi didn't say it clearly, but the meaning was very obvious!

"You mean that Zhang Shi can't control these three families?"

Li Ke smiled lightly.

"Your Highness, that's exactly the case. The three major clans are deeply rooted. Zhang Shi may not be enough!"

"Humph!"

"Three major clans?"

Li Ke snorted coldly, with contempt in his eyes.

"But even if they don't come to me, I will take them one by one!"

"The Qinghe Cui family's lesson from the past is their fate, if they cooperate!"

"If you don't cooperate, just slaughter these scourges and set the record straight!"

Li Ke said coldly.

Words are full of indifference.

Fang Zhi nodded.

He didn't refute it, he knew that these clans were just cancerous tumors.

"Then what is your Highness going to do?"

Fang Zhi asked.

"Fang Zhi, what do you think this king lacks now?"

Li Ke took a sip of tea lightly, then put it down.

Fang Zhi lowered his head slightly.

silver?No shortage!

troops?No shortage!

General?Not short of time!

civil servants!

Fang Zhi quickly raised his head: "Your Highness, you mean civil servant?"

"Correct!"

Li Ke stood up with his hands behind his back!

"This king is a civil servant. If you see the cities in Hedong Road, they are all officials from several big clans. No matter how bad they are, they belong to Li Shimin!"

"But there is none that really belongs to this king. Although force is suppressed for a while, it can't solve the root cause."

"Why are the aristocratic families so powerful? Because they have books in their hands! They have knowledge! They have the basis for rising status. They hold the lifeblood of the students!"

"After all, there are too few poor families!"

"My king asked them to return the land deed, take out the money to open a school, and then implement nine years of government education, that is to say, the government pays money, and any child after the age of six can learn knowledge!!"

Li Ke said generously.

And Fang Zhi's eyes widened.

Because of this move, I am afraid that it is no different from slaughtering those aristocratic families. The land deed, silver, and books, these three things are probably the foundation of the aristocratic family.

If this is the case, I am afraid that the aristocratic family will have no influence at all in a few years!

And Fang Zhi understood that if His Highness said to do this, then he would definitely be able to do it.

Li Ke's words echoed in his mind, making Fang Zhi's breathing a little rough.

But the last sentence echoed in my mind.

Fang Zhi frowned.

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