Seeing the eager expressions of his lackeys, Li Shiming called out,"Come, come…all the beloved ministers, come and sit here."”As he spoke, he took the lead to sit down at one end of a long table.
F * ck, isn't this similar to the discussion table of the company in the future? It turned out that Li Shimin was preparing to hold a board meeting.
Li Shiming waited for these people to sit down according to their ranks and snapped his fingers. Li Shiming's pretentious addiction was triggered again.
Under everyone's dumbfounded gazes, the chamberlain arranged for the palace maids to serve wine and various foods.
F * ck, how was this a board meeting? This was obviously a tea party.
Li Shiming took out a cigar from a small wooden box in front of him. He cut off one end with a pair of scissors and lit the cigar with a lighter.
Li Shiming had exchanged all of them from the system.
The ministers looked at Li Shiming in a daze as he took a deep breath and blew out smoke.
Was there a fire? The ministers 'eyebrows twitched.
"Come, come…don't just watch, you can all try.”Li Shiming said as he leaned back in his chair and smoked a cigar.
Everyone took out cigars from the wooden boxes in front of them and repeated Li Shiming's actions. For a moment, the hall was filled with smoke.
Li Shimin waited for these people to draw and said,"As the saying goes, horses don't get fat without grass at night, and families don't get rich without windfalls."”
"All the beloved ministers have families. Although they all have salaries, food cities, and some industries, they are not that rich.”
When he said this, those lackeys were touched. There was no need to mention it. There were so many people in the family, and there were so many sons and daughters. How could this little bit of property be enough?
In fact, Li Shiming felt a little sick of saying this.
The salaries of the officials in the early Tang Dynasty came from all kinds of sources. The miscellaneous income could make people faint.
Li Shimin admired how the officials had figured this out.
If it was converted to income in the future, Qin Qiong's annual income, including the food city, was about 12 million yuan. Among the lackeys present, even Wei Zheng was the lowest, with more than 5 million yuan a year.
His annual income was tens of millions, and it was an honest income, not a result of corruption.
So, wasn't he guilty of saying this? But he had to say this.
He couldn't say that they had enough income and that they shouldn't be too greedy.
If you want the horse to run, you have to feed it.
"Everyone, go back and prepare the caravan and the goods for Dunhuang. The price of purchasing silk and other goods will be based on the price given by the Royal Industry Company. I believe that the beloved ministers will have no problem with this, right?”
Li Shimin hoped to control the purchase price to ensure the interests of the people, so that these people would not deliberately lower the price and suffer damage.
The ministers all expressed that there was no problem. This time, His Majesty the Emperor brought them to do business. What other problems did he have?
If there was a problem, then wouldn't he be a fool? Do they look like fools?
"Since all of you have no problem with this, then I believe that in the future, all goods that are imported to the Western Regions must be obtained from Dunhuang.”Li Shi Min said calmly.
When the ministers heard this, their eyes lit up. They were all smart people. How could they not understand?
This was clearly a monopoly. What could be more profitable than a monopoly?
"No problem. If anyone dares to say that there's a problem, I'll beat the crap out of them.”Cheng Yaojin slammed the table and shouted.
In the past, those civil officials had despised Cheng Yaojin for being too vulgar, but this time, no one despised him. They all felt that what he said made sense.
They all nodded and said," Yes, yes... This is not a problem at all.”
Tang Jian said," In the past, it was the Hu merchants who took the goods themselves. This caused the interests of the people to not be guaranteed. We have to regulate the market and protect the interests of the people.”
This group of ministers were all very hardworking now. They even said that they would protect the interests of the people.
"Alright, since all the beloved ministers think there's no problem, then this matter will be settled.”Li Shi Min concluded after seeing the effect.
"Now, let's talk about the salary of the officials.”
When everyone heard this, their relaxed expressions immediately disappeared. All of them sat up straight. This was related to their personal interests.
Li Shi Min waved his hand and said,"
"Everyone, there's no need to be nervous. It's not like we're going to reduce the salaries of our beloved ministers.”
When the ministers heard that it was not a reduction in salary, they all heaved a sigh of relief and relaxed.
Li Shi Min continued," Right now, everyone's salary is a mix of all sorts. Food, silk, hemp, etc. There are all sorts of things. I think we should give them money directly." What do you think?"
Li Shiming said nothing more, smoking his cigar and letting the ministers discuss.
After a while, Fang Xuanling said,"Your Majesty, I wonder if the change in the salary of officials includes food cities?"”
In the early Tang Dynasty, the Shiyi system was that the number of households in the Shiyi was just a vanity name, and only those who were granted real titles could collect rent from the scattered households.
In other words, this part of the taxes collected by the country was for these officials.
"Dear ministers, this one's idea is that in the future, according to the taxes paid by the imperial estate this year, the Ministry of Revenue will directly distribute the money to the ministers.”
Everyone knew that this year, the Imperial Villa would pay taxes directly from the Ministry of Revenue, and the taxes paid were several times higher than before.
Now, His Majesty's intention was to directly give them money according to the standard of the Imperial Villa every year.
Everyone thought about it. This was a good thing. Although they could request for the closure of the households to carry out scientific breeding, there had to be someone to manage them, right? Moreover, there was no guarantee of a bumper harvest every year. What if there was a disaster?
This was the rhythm of a steady harvest.
The reason why Li Shimin proposed such a standard was that he wanted to give you money every year according to the standard, but you don't have to manage it to save trouble.
"Beloved ministers, in the future, everyone's salary will be based on the existing salary. It will be as much as it should be. It will not be reduced. It will only be distributed in the form of money instead of in kind.”
"Where can we not buy things if we have money? When those things were brought home, they were afraid that they would go moldy and had to take them out to dry. Wasn't it troublesome?”
Everyone thought about it and that was indeed the case. Now that the market supply was sufficient, what could they not buy?
He could buy whatever he needed, and he would not lose his salary. Moreover, if the food city adopted the standards of the imperial manor, it would only be a lot more.
Therefore, everyone said,"Follow the teachings of the saints."”
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