Li Sheng remembered that when Weimar Germany went black and violent, it was because Weimar, as a late-developing industrial country, produced cheap and high-quality products, which crushed a large number of British and American industries. Then they were manipulated to create trade barriers. Weimar
I took action because I couldn't stand the unemployment rate.
And now...
Li Sheng had a strange feeling. It seemed that because of his appearance, he not only got some useful things for Datang, but also...
The big problem of trade surplus and deficit has also appeared before us.
Just like a game, at low tiers you only need to think about how to improve your operations, and just win each lane. But when the tiers go up, you have to think about preventing ganks. This is not an easy problem.
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Once the awareness is not in place, even star players will overturn and be caught as super ghosts!
Nowadays, the imperial court uses edicts to encourage merchants to "make money" for the country and exchange industrial products for gold and silver. Of course, Li Sheng has nothing to say about this idea. This is the correct idea.
Anyway, it is impossible for other foreign countries today to have any awareness of dumping and anti-dumping. They are all cute novices who are eager to pay for the shiny and exotic goods produced by Datang...
But it should also be noted that after such a period of time, Datang will become richer and richer - especially on paper, after all, there will be more and more gold and silver.
Under such circumstances, ordinary people's curiosity and desire to compare with overseas exotic goods will prompt them to pursue overseas exotic goods, and over time...
At that time, exotic goods from overseas will still enter China in large quantities, and their consumption power will be diluted, ultimately leading to a reduction in the actual income of Chinese people.
But this is not a problem for Li Sheng. There are many ways...
"I'm afraid Li Er's differentiated subsidy is not enough, so I have to find another way... But how to do it? Hmm..."
Li Sheng rubbed his chin and thought for a moment. From a modern point of view, economic regulations are financial regulations, and the effect of punishment is actually very average. Moreover, over time, there will be international disputes and the like. The key point is that imposing import penalties is equivalent to
It's clearly trade protection, but it still looks domineering.
So, if you want to come in secret...
Li Sheng suddenly remembered that in recent times, there seemed to be more and more pirates on the sea.
Um……
There seems to be a way...
Li Sheng thought about it for a while and soon came up with an idea. However, it has not reached that stage yet, so the policy toolbox can be left alone for now.
Li Sheng smiled and continued working on the steam engine design draft at hand...
In the final analysis, manufacturing is the foundation of the country, and everything else is unreliable...
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However, it is said that Li Er acted according to his plan and issued differential subsidies, mainly to encourage the trading of gold and silver, so that the Tang Dynasty as a whole could continue to absorb precious metals.
For Li Sheng, this matter is extremely important, because industrialization must be globalized, and the main participants in the global industry can be any party, but the dominators and leaders must be the holders of precious metals. There are not enough precious metals to lay the foundation.
, often the hard work of the whole country will continue to be cut off.
Of course Li Er didn't know all the bells and whistles. For him, gold and silver means resources, and resources means more factories, and factories...
This is the key reason why the Tang Dynasty is as prosperous as it is today.
Of course, the ancients also had judgments that if a country cannot focus on its roots and suppress its weaknesses and encourage farming, then sooner or later the country will run into problems, but...
This is not a problem for Li Er, because industry is also helpful to agriculture - without industry, where would the chemical fertilizers and so many water conservancy projects come from? In the final analysis, this is manufacturing.
Of course... this kind of awareness is still a bit advanced for Li Er, but as the top type of kings since ancient times, Li Er is still commendable for realizing it.
Therefore, after the decree was promulgated, Li Er has been closely tracking the situation of maritime trade among merchants across the country, but soon, Li Er discovered that the effect did not seem to be good...
Because despite the encouragement of various subsidies, many merchants still chose to take gold and silver out to sea in maritime trade, purchasing overseas pearls, corals and various toys to sell back to the Tang Dynasty.
Of course, a considerable proportion of them were not purchased from the Lingyamen base in the southeast corner, but were purchased from the South China Sea coast of China, but it can already explain the problem...
It is impossible for Li Er not to pay attention to this phenomenon. After all, things like pearls and corals are not gold or silver and can be exchanged for real resources.
When it is time to use those resources to enhance national strength and prosperity, how can people exchange precious resources such as coal and iron for things like pearls, corals and jade in your hands?
Therefore Li Er felt a little anxious.
Of course, Li Er didn't quite understand why, why these merchants didn't care about the court's rewards...
It is simply unbelievable that businessmen are born in pursuit of profit.
Li Er feels that he cannot understand this phenomenon at all... There is no temptation to give money?
Of course, it would be understandable if they were all buying exotic goods from overseas and then reselling them - this shows that it is indeed very profitable to spend money to buy goods overseas and sell them back.
But it happens that this is not the main phenomenon, but only a part, no more, no less, probably about half.
This made Li Er feel outrageous, because the other half was still carrying out sea trade activities according to his own design, constantly earning gold and silver for Datang - this meant that doing so was also profitable, and a lot, plus
The imperial court gave even more rewards.
Then why do so many people just ignore the rewards...
Li Er is an ancient man. Of course he doesn't know that there are players in the world who play games without looking at rewards and winning points, and purely enjoy the game. Otherwise, maybe he would use this metaphor.
But at this moment, Li Er just couldn't understand this phenomenon. It was so strange...
The memorials reported in this way were one or two at first, but Li Er didn't take it seriously. After all, China is such a vast land, how could anything happen without any surprises? As the founding hero of the country, he could still sit still.
But as time goes by, not only are there many such memorials, but they seem to be increasing in number.
More and more...this shows a trend.
If it was just a phenomenon, Li Er wouldn't make a fuss. He was a king and grew up in the wilderness, so he had long since learned not to be surprised.
But if a trend emerges, then Li Er cannot rest assured. It is simply a crime to sit back and do nothing...
But Li Er really couldn't figure it out, so he naturally called Wei Zheng and others together to talk about the situation.