King Qin's strict order this time made the family members very clear and understanding, just like once the secret of this silk was known to foreign countries. King Qin's embarrassment is not small, but the embarrassment of all the families in the world is not something they can bear.
What's more, this is more related to one's own financial resources and must not be underestimated.
Especially gold, which is twice as heavy as silk, how can it not make people crazy?
Many aristocratic families have already considered setting up caravans to travel to the Roman country. Even in the Tang Dynasty, silk was not as cheap as silver!
Books of thousands of people, volumes of thousands of merchants, folds of hundreds of societies.
This kind of thing was placed on the desk of Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Li Er felt extremely happy every time he read a word. Some wonderful words can make him have endless aftertaste!
Li Yuanxing leaned lazily on the soft cushions, tasting the snacks and fruits from the Tang Dynasty Palace.
After dinner, when I feel lazy, I still have to go to the palace. Can't I wait until daytime tomorrow?
After flipping through the watches and seals in his hand that were all praises, Li Er stood up suddenly, grabbed the watch on the desk and threw it at Li Yuanxing. This thing shocked Li Yuanxing. Who is Li Er? That is the emperor, he is so superior.
of the emperor.
Not to mention Li Yuanxing's fear, even the Imperial Guards' calves felt weak.
"I asked Wulang, are you a fool?"
Li Yuanxing jumped up and asked while avoiding the hard-skinned watch stamps: "Did my brother scold me, or did the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty scold me?"
When Li Yuanxing asked him this question, Li Er smiled coldly, pointed at the door of the hall and shouted coldly: "Get out of here!" The eunuchs and the imperial guards all fled out as if they were receiving an amnesty.
When the door was closed, a scream from the new King Qin of the Tang Dynasty was heard.
Li Er is twenty-seven years old this year. He has been on the battlefield and killed people. The force value was at least ten times that of Li Yuanxing. In just a few breaths, Li Yuanxing was knocked to the ground by Li Er. Li Er picked up a watch and pointed out
To Li Yuanxing: "The one who beat you today is your brother, and the one who is asking you now is the Emperor of Tang Dynasty!"
Li Yuanxing wants to cry, Li Er is the real scoundrel!
Just listen to Li Er continue to say: "Do you have the civil and military officials of the court in your eyes, do you have me as a brother in your eyes? Originally, you just thought it was just for fun, who would have thought it was such a big thing. Have you ever thought that the aristocratic families will become stronger because of this?
Have you ever thought about it, are you too weak? Have you ever thought about the fact that the Cui family of Qinghe controls the household department? Have you ever thought about how much money there is? "
After listening to Li Er's four consecutive questions, Li Yuanxing sat cross-legged on the ground, rubbing his sore face and carefully looking at the angry Li Er.
To be honest, Li Yuanxing has never thought about it so much.
"You haven't thought about it!" Li Er also sat opposite Li Yuanxing: "You are doing it for the good of the Tang Dynasty, but you have never thought that this country belongs to the Li family."
Speaking of the Li family's empire, Li Yuanxing suddenly laughed. His smile hurt because of his face, but his smile turned extremely vulgar.
"Why are you laughing?" Li Er asked.
"Rebellion, brother, what do you think about rebellion?" Li Yuanxing asked a question that no one in the entire Tang Dynasty dared to ask. Not to mention the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, no one even among the officials dared to ask
ask.
But Li Yuanxing asked anyway.
Li Er was stunned.
Li Yuanxing came from modern times, and he had studied too many things like rebellion. Countless emperors in history were rebels.
"Brother, there are several necessary factors for rebellion, but in the final analysis there is only one." When Li Yuanxing started to speak, Li Er also sat cross-legged opposite him. Li Er wanted to know what his fifth brother thought of rebellion.
thing.
"Hunger is the first thing, life is the second thing, but to put it bluntly, life is the key. When there is a chance to survive, who will rebel. Then ambition also needs a platform, just like you set a fire and burn it.
You will definitely succeed if you fight with withered grass, but what about the grass after the rain? Brother, you also started out as a rebel, tell me, brother, am I right!"
Li Er listened to Li Yuanxing's analysis calmly, and even nodded: "When I saw Yang Guangtou, I wanted to rebel." After saying this, Li Shimin smiled proudly. He was completely ridiculous.
His face darkened again: "But you are right. If I set this fire on the grassland after the rain, I would be asking for death."
"Brother, are you afraid of rebellion?" Li Yuanxing asked again.
Li Er smiled: "Recently, someone wants to rebel, and it's our brothers from the Li clan!"
Hahaha! Li Yuanxing and Li Er laughed at the same time. Li Yuanxing copied the most popular saying in later generations: "Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it!"
"Good, good saying. Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it!"
Li Er praised Li Yuanxing and said: "Wu Lang is really extraordinary. There is no dead grass for them to set fire to!"
"So, what do you say about the aristocratic family?"
"I didn't think about it before, but now I understand that you letting me marry so many wives is to stabilize the family, but it is also a poisonous plan!" Li Yuanxing thought more than Li Er. Li Er only wanted to comfort him, but did not think of any poisonous plan.
Li Er didn't care about the dragon robe or the dragon crown anymore. He tore it off and threw it aside, signaling Li Yuanxing to continue.
"The general trend of the world is that if we divide for a long time, we will unite, and if we unite for a long time, our hearts will be divided. The same goes for aristocratic families. When a family grows to its limit, the distribution of interests will be unequal and the families will be divided!"
"Separation, what a separation!" Li Er gave a high-five.
This is the real poisonous plan. It is not enough to separate the families, but to divide them and let them fight among themselves.
After finishing the matter of the family, Li Er asked again: "Then, why didn't you put this idea in the palace, purchase it from the palace, and then sell it. Only in this way can the royal family's interests be guaranteed!"
Li Yuanxing smiled, a really helpless smile. It seems that modern education is still very powerful. Although the political struggle may not be as good as that of the ancients, his vision is much higher.
"My dear brother, it's more than half of ten thousand dollars, or more than 10% of one hundred thousand dollars. We only need 10%, maybe we can turn this man's business into a million dollars. Besides, the people are rich now
, eat well. Who in this world can persuade the people to rebel? But as long as there is rebellion, I know that the emperor is rich and the people are poor. Of course, there are also officials who are rich and the people are poor. In other words, the court has
Money makes the people poor.”
Li Yuanxing's explanation came to this point. If Li Er didn't understand it anymore, he would not be the emperor of the ages.
He nodded slightly and patted Li Yuanxing's shoulder gently: "Wu Lang is interested, but next time this kind of thing happens, come to the palace and explain it to me. This time, if you let the prime minister handle it, you can
Earn more.”
"Brother Emperor, do you think this is the end of my silk matter?"
"Do you have any other tricks? It's not unfounded for me to say you are weak. Benevolent government does not mean not killing people. Killing is also learned. You just told them that you killed three foreigners. Do they believe it? You
We should single out one of the Brocade Silk Merchant Guilds and kill them! Then they will remember to be afraid!"
Li Yuanxing was sweating from behind as he listened. Didn't history say that the great Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty was a benevolent government and did not kill people?
Li Er began to teach Li Yuanxing: "Benevolent governance is for the world to see, and killing is for the world to see. It is not too late now. I have arranged for Tiance internal guards to investigate, which family dares to spread silk technology to foreign countries?"
, kill, kill the nine tribes. Only then will they truly know how to be afraid.”
"Kill, you must kill for this kind of thing. If the silk is sold to Rome over there, it must be twice the weight of gold."
Li Yuanxing is actually not weak at all in this regard. He is also ruthless in matters related to the great interests of the country.
To kill, you don't have to do it yourself. What is presented to him may just be a number.
Li Er finally nodded with satisfaction: "I will let the people from Tiance's internal guards report this to you. Let's talk about the topic of money later."
When it came to the topic, Li Yuanxing became more serious: "I need money, a lot of money. The Turks are a big problem, so I plan to get half a million yuan within half a month. I asked Brother Heitan, and he
To fight a big battle involving 100,000 people, at least 500,000 coins are needed."
"Five hundred thousand guan!" Li Er snorted coldly: "With half a million guan, brother, I will dare to attack the Turkic grassland!"
Li Er knew that the black charcoal Li Yuanxing was talking about was naturally referring to Yuchi Gong, so he laughed and scolded: "He knows nothing about the logistics of marching and fighting. When he raised an army for his brother, there was little food and few craftsmen in the world. The weapons were ten times more expensive than now, and the food was already gone."
There are more than 100 fen per dou, and some even have nearly 100 yuan. The current price of food in Chang'an is only 25 wen per dou."
Chang'an is only 25 Wen, so many large grain-producing areas are likely to have 20 Wen, or even more than ten Wen.
"Okay, let's talk about this time, what are your ideas?"
"Three methods, one is to collect Tiande tax. This project is not for ordinary merchants, only for merchants with royal names. For example, let them pay according to the proportion of shipments, and the money will be used to build village schools and medical clinics. As long as
Everyone in the world can afford to read, but the aristocratic family is nothing!" Li Yuanxing cursed.
Li Er hit Li Yuanxing hard on the head: "Don't talk nonsense, it will be a big trouble if the censor hears such foul words!" Then, Li Er smiled strangely: "This is a good idea, use the money of the family to give it to
The family has created future enemies, good, very good, I am very satisfied!"
"Another way is to deposit money. This money must be handed over. If you take the royal signboard, what if you slander the royal name. Therefore, you must first pay a sum of money and deposit it with the Ministry of Accounts. If you violate anything
There are rules and so on, just fines and deposits. If you don't do anything wrong, you will continue to use the royal brand in the coming year and do a very good job. Is something like a county boy expensive?" Li Yuanxing really didn't understand Tang Dynasty.
The imperial title, how much it costs, and how many things are rewarded.
Li Er could finally see that he, Wu Lang, was not a kind person in heaven. The speculation about being brought down to earth might be true.
However, Li Er likes Li Yuanxing's idea, he likes it very much.
"The last one is an idea that affects the Tang Dynasty forever. You must support me this time no matter what."
"Say it!" Li Er was lying on the ground in the hall.