Datang: Signed in for Seven Years and Was Exposed by Empress Changsun

No one dares to set the price too high, otherwise someone will replace them at any time.

With the supervision of the Price Bureau, they dare not set high prices.

This is a good idea, Wei Zheng and Du Ruhui are very satisfied.

But Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling are unhappy, so how can they monopolize it?

How can you develop your own family with salt?

However, this is currently the best solution, and you must use this method if you want to privatize salt.

If they still refuse now, then they have bad intentions.

But at this time, Changsun Wuji suddenly thought of a good way to refute the solution proposed by Li Hong.

So he stood up and looked at Li Shimin, "Your Majesty, General Li's method is very good, but there is still a problem."

"Oh?" Li Shimin was a little curious, wanting to see what the eldest grandson Wuji was going to do, "Tell me, what's the problem?"

"Your Majesty." Changsun Wuji was confident, "This problem is the salt merchant's own problem. You must know that after this method, all the costs are on the salt merchant.

Their cost will inevitably become very high, which will lead to two results. One is that no one will contract these resources, and the other is to reduce the quality of salt. "

Chapter 214 The Way of Pastime

This is a problem, Li Shimin has not thought of it.

If the cost is added to the salt merchants, they will inevitably reduce the cost.

If there is no profit at that time, they will definitely not come to contract salt mines, salt fields and salt wells.

Even if it is a contract, it will be as Changsun Wuji said.

Reduce costs and reduce the quality of salt.

At that time, in order to reduce costs, the salt will not be purified properly.

What to do if people have problems after eating, this is a big problem.

So he looked at Li Hong, "General Li, what Changsun Wuji said is a big problem, how do you solve this problem?"

"Your Majesty." Li Hong had thought of this question a long time ago, "I have thought about this question too."

He thought about this issue when he proposed privatization, allowing salt merchants to contract salt mines, salt wells, and salt fields.

And this problem is also very easy to solve, that is to increase the functional departments in the court.

So he looked at Li Shimin, "With the Price Bureau to supervise the price, naturally there must be a quality department to supervise the quality of food.

So, I propose to set up a food safety department, not only to regulate salt but also to regulate other videos along the way. "

"You said you want the imperial court to control the quality of salt?"

"That's right, as I said just now, the function of this department is not only to supervise the quality of salt, but also the quality of other food products in the market

Judging from the current development of Datang, this department will be established sooner or later! "

"I see."

Li Shimin was thoughtful, but he also thought of other questions, "Then such strict supervision will definitely reduce the profits of salt merchants. What should I do?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I did the math just now, no matter how high the cost is or how low the level is, the salt merchants will still make money.

As long as there is enough salt produced in that salt mine, or the salt well and salt field, the salt merchants can make small profits but sell more.

Not only that, as far as I know, Datang's current salt mines, salt wells and salt fields are all very high in output.

Of course, it does not rule out the phenomenon of losing money. After all, there may not be a lot of salt in each salt field, salt well, and salt mine.

But these are the responsibility of the salt merchants themselves, after all, if the business is profitable, there will be losses. "

"You are right. The cost of salt mines is very low from mining to purification to sales.

Moreover, salt is still a necessity, so naturally there is no need to worry about sales. Even if they don't make much money, salt merchants will definitely not lose money. "

Hearing Li Hong's explanation, Li Shimin suddenly became enlightened.

As expected of being the number one think tank in the Tang Dynasty, he solved the conflict between the two factions so simply.

So he looked at Du Ruhui and Wei Zheng, "What do you two think?"

The two looked at each other and nodded.

Although this method privatizes salt, the treasury will never be affected.

Even management costs have dropped a lot, which is a good idea.

Not only that, but Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling were also restricted.

It can be said that killing two birds with one stone, so he quickly nodded in agreement.

"Your Majesty, I agree with General Li's proposal."

Du Ruhui also nodded, "Your Majesty, I also agree."

This time, it made Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling a little uncomfortable.

Originally they insisted on privatization, but now they have become passive.