Two days later, Lin Yi entered the palace with a memorial. Sadly, he mistakenly chose the time to go to court, so he could only wait quietly in the Manna Hall for their return.
But what is even more tragic is that Li Shimin knew that he had entered the palace, so he asked Eunuch Gao to bring him to the court.
When Lin Yi stepped in, he felt like a big fat piece of meat. The ministers had hungry wolf-like looks in their eyes, wanting to eat him alive.
"Xiaoyi, bring up your memorial and take a look." Li Shimin spoke condescendingly.
Lin Yi respectfully handed the memorial to Eunuch Gao, and then saw the eyes of those people moving along with the memorial. Finally, they put away the greed in their eyes and put on a sanctimonious expression. b Time Travel Novel:
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True or false! Lin Yi curled his lips, he didn't care how his godfather was divided, but at least he had to leave an agency for his brothers, right? Or he could just pick a few wealthy states and counties.
Li Shimin looked at it carefully, occasionally picking up the pen in his hand and making corrections twice. Lin Yi didn't know which part of what he had written that he was dissatisfied with.
"Okay, let's do it. I will auction the agency rights of eight channels, and the one with the highest price will get it. The price I gave the agent is one thousand taels per watch. The agent can sell it for up to one thousand three hundred taels. If it exceeds
With this amount, don't blame me for being rude!" Li Shimin made some calculations and left two areas for Lin Yi and Li Tai to act as agents, and let the other major families fight over the rest.
Now there are representatives from all major aristocratic families in his court, so Li Shimin plans to start the agency fee at 100,000 taels of silver. Only they can afford such an expensive agency fee, but the agency time is based on the maximum amount reported by Lin Yi.
Long time. Five years. After those people pay the fee, they can act as agents for five years.
Lin Yi was dumbfounded. He suggested selling it for one hundred taels of silver, but when he got it to his godfather, he immediately doubled it ten times. He was truly worthy of being an emperor, he was so ruthless!
But is the method of auctioning the agency rights good? Lin Yi was thinking about it. He originally set a fixed agency fee. But now that he thinks about it, it is obviously a situation where there are more monks and less meat, so maybe the emperor's idea is correct.
.Everything is done in money, which avoids a lot of conflicts. The most important thing is that the godfather can make a lot of money.
"Your Majesty, I have something to say." A fourth-rank official whom Lin Yi didn't recognize stood up.
"speak."
"Excuse me, Your Majesty, can I buy agency rights for overseas countries?"
As soon as this person's words came out, the court suddenly became chaotic. Everyone focused on each road at first, and really ignored the outside world. You must know that things from the Tang Dynasty have always been very popular in other countries.
If this watch were sold overseas, let alone 1,300 taels, it would be sold for even 13,000 taels. What a huge profit! It’s just that you don’t know, but now that you know, how can you let it go?
Li Shimin was also stunned. He had not expected this, but now that he thought about it, he was a little reluctant to bear it. Overseas, he could transport it out through Duan Zhixuan's navy and sell it at a high price in those countries.
But seeing Lin Yi's half-smiling expression, Li Shimin suddenly understood what Lin Yi was talking about about smuggling. It seemed that this boy had already thought of it, but he just didn't say it. This brat! Li Shimin glared at him fiercely.
Lin Yihaogu, what happened?
"Everyone be quiet. Let's auction the domestic ones first and the overseas ones. Let me check it out. Okay, let's disperse the court." Li Shimin waved to Changsun Ji and others, and left the Tai Chi Hall first.
After the court was over and the memorial was handed in, Lin Yi felt that he had nothing to do, so he planned to go back to the house to clean up, and rushed to Lishan. However, before he could reach the entrance of the palace, he was caught by Changsun Ji.
"Where do you want to go? We still have to discuss matters at the Manlu Hall." Changsun Ji said with a smile.
"This... you don't need me, right?" Lin Yi really didn't feel that there was any need to go, especially since it was the Manna Palace that he had a conflict with.
"How could I not use you? After all, this is what you made and the way you proposed to sell it." After hearing Lin Yi's words, Fang Xuanling came over and retorted.
Lin Yiyu, if you look at it from this perspective, he really can't run away. b Time travel novel: b
Changsun Ji pulled Lin Yi away, lest the boy would go crazy and disappear.
And Lin Yi unexpectedly found that Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were following him closely. Was his credibility so bad? Did he make them so nervous?
Li Shimin was very happy to see Lin Yi, although he seemed very reluctant to be picked up.
"Xiao Yi, this is what you mentioned about smuggling two days ago, right? From inside the country to outside the country, they can sell it for whatever amount they want. We have no control at all." Li Shimin stared at Lin Yi deeply, trying to see what he was doing.
What is going on in your mind?
Lin Yi shrugged, neither admitting nor denying. Anyway, this matter was not something he could solve, and it would be useless to talk about it.
"Slippery." Li Shimin rolled his eyes at him.
"Do you have any ideas to solve this problem?" Li Shimin turned to the ministers.
Everyone was meditating, but not including Lin Yi. He felt that if he wanted to control overseas prices, unless there was good coordination between countries, this was impossible. Who knew where those people would sell their watches?
If it's just a negotiation in a place far away, and it takes two or three years to go back and forth, then are the regulations that come out of the negotiation still useful? Besides, let's take the nearby Japanese country as an example. If the two countries negotiate, the most likely outcome will be
It's just that the nobles of the Japanese country bought out the watches and then sold them at high prices in their country. Isn't that the same thing? It just enriches the foreign nobles. It's better to let your own people earn! And occasionally, General Duan can be used to catch smugglers.
By the way, confiscating some smuggling proceeds is also an income, isn't it?
Lin also feels that his godfather has classified the watch as a luxury product. Although this is not the same as the function of the watch, luxury goods are luxury goods. As time goes by, the price will naturally come down. You can afford it now
They are all rich people, so why should he worry about these people? He should earn more.
"I think this problem cannot be solved. The most we can do is control it." Fang Xuanling spoke first. He thought about many aspects and found that with Datang's current capabilities, he could only watch.
"Yeah." Li Shimin also felt the same way. He was really beyond his reach to deal with matters outside the country.
"Xiao Yi, what do you think?" Changsun Ji has been eyeing Lin Yi. With such a smart person here, they will save a lot of trouble.
"Me? I think it's better to auction it off. At least I can make some money back. We can't control it anyway. Even if you say you want to behead someone for smuggling, someone will still take the risk." Lin Yi suggested. Since we can't control it, then
I just don't have any control anymore, and I'll take it one step at a time.
Let those aristocratic families fight dog by themselves!
Ganlu Hall fell silent again.
After a while, Du Ruhui glanced at Lin Yi strangely, then turned back to think.
After a while, Fang Xuanling turned around and looked at Lin Yi strangely, followed closely by Chang Sun Ji and Li Shimin.
As for Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin, they were just pretending to be pillars and couldn't participate anyway.
Lin Yi glanced at this and that. What did these people mean? It seemed like he had done something shameful.
"Xiao Yi, you are so cruel! Haha..." Li Shimin laughed loudly, making Lin Yi laugh out loud.
Changsun Ji kindly explained his doubts, "Are you thinking of letting those wealthy families who were auctioned take care of foreign smuggling issues themselves?"
Lin Yi nodded, he was right to think so. b Time travel novel: b
"Then you should also know how important the interests of the aristocratic families are. They will definitely hold on to their own territory while worrying about other people's territory. If this goes on for a long time, irreconcilable conflicts will accumulate.
Contradictory." Changsun Ji continued while observing Lin Yi's expression.
Lin Yi nodded again, he had thought of all this.
"Then, without us provoking them, they will slowly turn into enemies on their own, and then it will be a different situation in the court."
Another situation? Lin Yi, who knew nothing about politics, showed a charming and naive look. The antagonism between the aristocratic families was within his expectation, but he felt that this should be good for the Tang Dynasty, but the court... Lin Yiyao
Shaking his head, he still didn't think about it anymore. He couldn't understand it anyway.
"Hahaha... He can understand the above, but when you talk about court, he looks like an idiot. I said Xiaoyi, you should learn from it, you can't always not go to court!
"Li Shimin was in a good mood. Lin Yi didn't understand many things, but politics was definitely one of them.
This is also the reason why Li Shimin still trusts him until now. It is really more difficult for a person who does not understand politics to rebel than a literati.
Lin Yi shook his head like a wavy drum, "If you don't go to court, I won't go to court."
"Oh? Why?" Li Shimin asked curiously, how can an official not fall in love with the court? It is a good place to receive information and make good friends with ministers.
"My brain is not full, I am too tired to listen to them talking." Lin Yi was very honest.
There was another burst of laughter. To be able to make Lin Yi say that his brains are not enough, these literati should really be proud!
"Then I'll let you go for a few more years. Sooner or later you have to go to court anyway, so be prepared." Li Shimin said with a smile.
Lin Yi raised his eyebrows. He decided that when it came to the point where he had to go to court, he would run away. He would find an excuse to leave the capital anyway. It would be best if by that time, he was already married and could take Chang Le and Bing'er with him. Well
,Ok, deal!
A smart person knows what can and cannot be touched. As long as he does not touch politics, no matter how hard Jianjiao builds momentum, Li Shimin will not believe that he will rebel. Fortunately, he met a wise king, otherwise, he
It may have been hidden in the deep mountains and forests long ago.
Li Shimin was very satisfied with Lin Yi's expression, because he knew at a glance that this kid had already made up his mind to deal with him, which also made him relieved. He was really afraid that Lin Yi would go to court obediently and learn to be a good person.
Minister, he was the one who was in trouble at that time. How good it is now. He has specialized in several industries. He is only responsible for thinking of ways to improve the environment of the Tang Dynasty and enhance the national power of the Tang Dynasty, while he... will ensure his peace and wealth for the rest of his life.
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