Internal money; the emperor's private property, that is, the emperor's personal treasury.
When Li Yuan was in power, the only way he could bring in private goods from the imperial court was to get hundreds of thousands of dollars at a time. He didn't dare to get too much, lest he be criticized by the imperial censor.
Yes, Lao Li also took some money from the court to spend. After all, he turned his family into a country, and the world was in chaos. How could he feel at peace if he didn't have some money in his hands?
Now, Li Zhiyun's left hand is reversed and his right hand is switched, and the two money bags are used to hold money, just like that.
Li Zhiyun made a lot of money mainly because the agents bought the goods, and Li Zhiyun took commissions from various trade routes, to the Western Regions and to the grasslands, or he cooperated with his subordinates to do business and made a lot of money.
It's not that the ministers didn't know this, but they didn't want to say it, because the emperor gave them jade tokens for goods and they made money themselves, so naturally they wouldn't ruin their own jobs. What's more, the money the emperor earned didn't come from the court.
Changle Hall.
On one side, Li Zhiyun calculated this year's personal income on a white piece of paper, while Queen Yang on the other side took the account book and calculated it one by one. The couple did not do any serious business in the middle of the night, but they were interested in calculating the accounts.
"Your Majesty, in the past few months at the end of the year, the income from the Western Regions is very high. There are more than 20,000 taels of gold. Is it true?" Queen Yang looked at the entry and was a little surprised. In previous years, the Western Regions also had a large income item.
But the maximum amount is only about 5,000 taels each time.
Li Zhiyun displayed a vertical calculation and replied: "Tuyuhun has been very honest recently, and the trade routes are smooth, so he naturally makes a lot of money. There is a civil war in the Western Regions, and the prices of the things we sell are very high."
"That's it." Queen Yang nodded and wrote the word "read" on the account book, indicating that there was no problem with the account.
Half an hour later, Li Zhiyun finally calculated the income of "sugar" clearly.
White sugar is further divided into 'white sugar powder', 'ordinary white sugar' and 'rock sugar'. Among them, white sugar powder is the lowest price and is a low-end product. Rock sugar is the highest price and is a high-end product.
The sources of income are divided into two parts: internal and external.
Nei refers to the money made by agents who opened sugar shops in the Central Plains. They bought goods from workshops and paid the emperor. The price they sold was strictly regulated by the court, so they could only make a small profit. The bulk of the profit was in the hands of the emperor.
superior.
Despite this, the income earned by agents is considerable. After all, there are hundreds of states in the Central Plains and tens of millions of people, and if each person earns a penny, that is also a huge amount of income.
The emperor is only responsible for supplying goods. Moreover, the manufacturing cost is kept low. After all, Feng Ang supplies the sugar cane to the court for free. The difference between the cost price and the selling price is less than 30 cents. In this way, the emperor naturally earns more.
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After all, the emperor does not have to pay for transportation, running shops and other miscellaneous expenses.
Externally, it is business, which refers to the Western Regions, grasslands, Tuyuhun, Goguryeo and other countries. Externally, the money is too much. Some agents choose to cooperate with merchants from foreign countries. They provide the goods and Fanbang is responsible for the transportation.
Some organized their own caravans and went to other countries to sell.
Li Zhiyun also defined this area for them. They must agree on how many shares each family can sell each year.
If you are disobedient, your share will be reduced at best, or you will be directly disqualified as an agent at worst.
After all, he holds the goods, the troops, and the court. Who dares to disobey him and directly do it to him?
No one would have trouble with money, and no one would dare to go against the emperor.
It doesn't matter if you make less money, it's important to keep your agent status.
"This has to be counted as one night." Li Zhiyun looked at the dozens of account books next to him and said with a headache.
Earn too much!
In addition to sugar, there are also soaps, tea, woolen clothes, rice paper, etc. In addition, there are also small items such as glass and glasses.
In terms of income, sugar ranks first, followed by soap, tea, and in recent years, rice paper.
Soap appeared early, the goods were distributed quickly, and it has already formed a large scale. Tea has a good growth momentum, mainly because everyone likes to drink it. Rice paper is a high-end luxury product. Those who can buy rice paper are basically those who have a lot of money at home.
Family.
Especially those from aristocratic families who advocate farming and reading. When they come across rice paper, they buy it back without any hesitation.
In the south, rice paper is even more in demand.
The main reason for making less money from woolen sweaters is that Li Zhiyun used it to suck the blood of the grassland for the court. Basically, most of the income was in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and he himself earned less.
When new looms are popularized in the future, woolen clothing production will no longer be a secret, and the earnings will be even less.
However, that was only compared to the Tang Dynasty. Externally, the profits were still very high. Many grassland tribes even hoped that His Majesty the Holy Emperor Khan would allow the court to process wool for them, and they were willing to pay for the processing fees.
Some people even secretly said that they could exchange them for slaves.
At present, the grassland tribes either capture and sell slaves from small tribes, or sell slaves from their own tribes.
For grassland slaves, the imperial court always clearly marked the price.
Except for the old and the disabled, everyone else is required. Adult and strong laborers are sent to dig coal and build roads, while women are sent to weave.
Unintelligent children were placed by the imperial court to teach them to be loyal to the emperor and love the Tang Dynasty, and then allowed them to open up wasteland or send them to immigrate in the future.
Children who are already enlightened and as tall as a wheel are not allowed to do so. This is not only to prevent these children from causing trouble in the future, but also for the sake of sustainable development.
In this way, Datang naturally made the most money. With the labor force and population increasing, the money was also earned.
Those who live the most comfortable life are the nobles among the grassland tribes. In order to live comfortably for themselves, they will not care about the life and death of the grassland people.
On the surface, the imperial court would naturally not trade slaves with the prairie people. This was all done in private.
After all, everyone still wants to face it.
The Tang Dynasty used many slaves, many died, and many resisted. However, there was also a lot of suppression. Unarmed slaves were no match for the Tang army with blades in their hands. The result of resistance was death.
However, Li Zhiyun has been gradually improving the living conditions of the slaves in the past two years, trying to squeeze out more time.
As for whether it will be good to them?
That's impossible.
Not killing them all was a sign of kindness as an emperor. He would not let a weak wolf go just because it was pitiful. On the contrary, he had to kill it.
How can the people of the Tang Dynasty live well without killing the wolf tribe?
Grassland tribes like the Turks will not care about your kindness. Their nature is to destroy and plunder.
When they are weak, they become dogs. When Nakahara is weak, they become wolves.
Li Zhiyun is not afraid of the vastness of the grassland and the absence of humans and animals, because that is the effect he wants.
To be kind to your enemies is to be cruel to yourself.
If the Tang people want to rise, they must do this.
What's more, in the future there will be the Western Regions, Tuyuhun, and Goguryeo, and there will be so many foreign populations.
Don’t be afraid of not having enough.
Once the Tang Dynasty had consumed all the surrounding foreign population, the Tang Dynasty would have completed basic primitive accumulation.
At that time, future generations of emperors will not be able to expand externally, because if they do not expand, they will suffer from internal friction.
Of course, by that time, Li Zhiyun won't be able to take care of it anymore, and he will have nothing to do with the dead ball. His pursuit in this life is to kill all the disobedient creatures around the Tang Dynasty while he is alive, and then see the roaring trains and the
A steamship chopping the waves.
The best thing is to be able to complete the preliminary stage of the industrial revolution on your own hands.
He knew that many people would die if he did so.
However, he had to do this for the people of the Tang Dynasty. No matter how future generations evaluated him, he didn't care.
He has even thought about leaving a bag of tips for future emperors in the future. Once all the surrounding foreign races are exhausted, he will prepare to immigrate to occupy the land. Or, he can start immigrating one after another in a few years.
He believed that in a few decades, the Tang Dynasty would be able to achieve a population explosion under his governance.