In the Liangyi Hall today, both civil and military officials came together. Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji sat at the front for the civil servants, and others such as Wei Zheng, Xiao Yu and others were behind. The generals were naturally led by Li Jing, but let

What surprised Li Min was that Li Xiaogong was also sitting there, followed by Li Ji, Cheng Yaojin and others.

As soon as Li Min came in, he found that everyone in the palace, whether civil or military, had solemn expressions on their faces. They were all staring at their feet intently, as if they were studying a rare treasure. No one even came in.

He raised his head and took a look. Li Shimin, who was sitting on it, had a pale face with a few flushes on his face. There were memorials scattered on the floor in front of the desk, and there were even signs of being torn. It looked like he had been very angry just now.

Although he knew that Li Shimin was angry, Li Min still had to bite the bullet and stepped forward, bowed and saluted: "My son, please see your father!"

Li Shimin, who was sitting with a sullen face, saw Li Min, and his expression recovered a little. He nodded and said, "Liu Lang, pick up a few memorials on the ground and read them!"

Li Min felt strange, but he still followed his instructions and picked up a few books from under his feet. Speaking of which, he really didn't pay attention just now. There were quite a lot of memorials on the ground, probably two to three hundred at least. When Li Min opened it,

I looked at the memorials in my hand and found that these memorials were all handed down on the same day.

It has been almost two years since he came to the Tang Dynasty, and Li Min's level of classical Chinese has also improved a lot. He can also roughly understand the contents of these memorials. After reading all the memorials in his hand, Li Min's mouth also became vague.

He sneered.

These memorials were written by different people, and not only did these people have different positions, but they were also located in geographical locations far and wide. However, the contents of the memorials were very similar. They were nothing more than blaming the development of industry and commerce for hindering local agriculture and causing the food shortage back then.

In order to reduce production, we requested the court to restrict industry and commerce and impose heavy taxes on industry and commerce. Otherwise, if this situation is allowed to develop, I am afraid it will cause widespread famine and so on.

Obviously, this is what Li Min has been waiting for for a long time. The official suppression of industry and commerce by the Five Surnames and Qiwang.

However, when Li Min looked at the memorials all over the floor, he couldn't help but take a breath. He finally had an intuitive understanding of the influence of the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes in his heart. The Tang Dynasty was not the celestial dynasty of later generations. The officials and the people were more powerful.

Low, the total number of high-level officials in the country is estimated to be only more than 10,000, and the number of those who are qualified to submit counter-memorials here is even rarer, but the memorial in front of me represents hundreds of officials.

Affected by the five surnames and seven hopes, this ratio is quite astonishing.

After watching Li Min finish reading the memorial, Li Shimin said angrily: "Liu Lang, look at it, there are more than 300 states in the country, and people from almost every state have submitted memorials to me, telling me about the harm of industry and commerce. But they didn't mention this at all.

The state treasury tax revenue has increased several times in two years, are they blind?"

Looking at Li Shimin who was so angry that he wanted to kill someone, Li Min also understood deeply. After all, as an emperor, he saw so many officials controlled by another force, deliberately exaggerating the shortcomings of industry and commerce, but keeping silent about the advantages of industry and commerce.

Needless to say, this is what Li Shimin cannot accept the most.

Seeing the furious Li Shimin, the ministers sitting below looked at each other and lowered their heads very wisely. They were also insiders about the suppression of industry and commerce by the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes, and many of them were aware of it.

They are on the side of industry and commerce, but now that Li Min is the leader, there is no need for them to step forward.

Just when Li Ming was about to persuade Li Shimin to calm down, he had already told Li Shimin how to deal with it anyway. As long as he formally issued the decree, everything would go according to plan. But at this moment, one of the courtiers below suddenly walked out and shouted

Said: "Your Highness, although these people are organized to put pressure on the imperial court, what they say is not unreasonable. Agriculture is the foundation of the country. If agriculture is affected, I am afraid that the foundation of the country will also be shaken!"

Apart from Wei Zheng, there is probably no other person in the entire Tang Dynasty who dares to say such things at this time. Speaking of which, Wei Zheng is also an orthodox Confucian scholar. In his opinion, agriculture is far more important than opportunistic industry and commerce.

, so no matter how much tax revenue industry and commerce brings to Datang, if it affects the fundamentals of agriculture, it must be suppressed.

Li Shimin was furious and wanted to get angry as soon as he heard Wei Zheng's words, but Li Min was the first to say: "What Dr. Wei said is reasonable. Agriculture is indeed the foundation of a country, but industry and commerce are also the strategies for making a country rich. Both are equally important, and they cannot be just because of industry and commerce."

If the development of agriculture affects agriculture, industry and commerce will be regarded as a scourge and vigorously suppressed!"

Although Wei Zheng had a good impression of Li Min, when it came to such a major national matter, he had no mercy at all and asked without giving in: "Oh, then I would like to ask your highness, what if we don't suppress industry and commerce?"

Let farmers who have abandoned farming and work return to the land?"

Wei Zheng only had traditional agriculture in his mind and did not think of other methods at all. What Li Min was waiting for was what the other party said, so in front of all the civil and military officials, he presented the three strategies proposed by Wang An and the occupation strategy he had prepared.

Chengdao told them all. In fact, after he and Cheng Huailiang gathered yesterday, these four coping methods had long been circulated among insiders. For example, Li Shimin and most of the civil and military officials present had known about it in advance, so they didn't know it at all.

I didn't feel any surprise.

As an admonishment official, Wei Zheng didn't have much contact with people. In addition, he had a strict family style and had never had anything to do with Li Min's industrial and commercial interest groups, so he didn't know about it in advance. So when he first heard about these four ways to solve agricultural problems

After taking this approach, I was very impressed. After all, he did not care about the problem but the person. As long as the food problem was solved, he still held a relatively open-minded attitude toward industry and commerce that could increase tax revenue.

Most of the people in the court were related to Li Min's interests, and Li Shimin was very angry with the actions of the Five Surnames and Qi Wangs, so the four suggestions put forward by Li Min were immediately adopted, although some of them came from big families such as the Five Surnames and Qi Wangs.

Officials blocked the move, but their slight objections were quickly drowned out by the surrounding voices of approval.

Of course, what Li Min put forward was just a rough suggestion. The detailed implementation details would have to be completed by ministers like Fang Xuanling. Li Min couldn't help at all, so he wisely closed the door.

Mouth, stand aside and be an honest listener.

I saw a group of civil servants headed by Fang Xuanling gathered together. They discussed each other one by one, analyzing the difficulties that may be encountered in the implementation of the four suggestions one by one, and then pooled the wisdom of everyone to come up with solutions.

Dao. I don’t know how long it took, but four detailed implementation plans were born in front of Li Min’s eyes. However, these four plans still required Li Min’s cooperation. To be precise, they should be from Datang Daily, which was newly founded by Li Min.

Cooperate.

After everything was discussed, Li Shimin asked the civil and military officials to retire, but he kept Li Min, mainly because he wanted to ask about the newspaper. At the beginning, Li Shimin told him about the two counterattacks against the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes.

One of the methods is to use newspapers as a tool of public opinion as a weapon.

To attack the prestige and influence of those aristocratic families. However, in order to do this, newspapers must be distributed all over the country. If it is only done by the court, it is estimated that they can only transfer money to them, and the effect may not be good.

So Li Min took this matter upon himself.

"Father, don't worry, the newspaper has just started now. Several issues have been published in Chang'an, and the Luoyang branch is also ready. It will be published simultaneously with Chang'an. As for information transmission, Feinu is used. Although

There will be some delays, but it is also very fast. As for branches in other big cities such as Taiyuan, they are also under preparation!" Li Min reported the progress of opening the newspaper to Li Shimin.

"Liu Lang, I heard that every time you sell a newspaper, you will lose a little money. The more newspapers you sell, the more you will lose. Is that true?" Li Shimin asked worriedly.

After hearing this, Li Min smiled and said: "Father, this is indeed the case. If we calculate it, on average, for every two newspapers sold, the newspaper company will lose one penny." Although the price of one penny for a newspaper is enough.

It’s high, but considering the cost of newspapers, it’s actually still a loss.

"Liu Lang, I know you are good at making money, but losing money at this rate is probably not an option. Otherwise, should I ask the treasury to allocate part of the money specifically to support the newspaper industry?" Li Shimin hesitated, and finally spoke.

said.

"Thank you for your kindness, father, but newspapers can actually be profitable, and the more we sell now, the more we can earn in the future, so father, you don't have to worry about this problem." Li Min smiled.

said.

Although businessmen in this era already had the concept of advertising, for example, when a new store opened, the store owner would hire a group of idle people to promote his store. After the circulation of the newspaper reached a certain level and it had sufficient influence,

Li Min will launch an advertising space business in newspapers, and I believe it will definitely attract many discerning businessmen to place advertisements in it.

Hearing that Li Min's newspaper could make a profit, Li Shimin finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although the revenue of the treasury has increased several times, but just after the war in Goguryeo, most of the reserves of the treasury have been consumed, and according to the news he received, there is another

A troublesome matter was placed in front of him, which may even trigger a new round of war. Although the opponent this time is not as good as Goguryeo, it should not be underestimated. The remaining reserves of the treasury alone may not be able to support this war.

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Li Min saw that Li Shimin was relieved after hearing what he said, but his brows were still furrowed. It seemed that there was something difficult. He was curious, so he asked: "Father, what are you worried about?"

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Chapter completed!