Today was the court meeting. All the civil and military officials of the ninth rank and above in the capital had come today. Haha, there were so many people. This was still those who had official positions. There were also those who had no official positions and those who were in name. Otherwise, there would be even more people.
To be honest, Li Shiming was not willing to hold such a grand court meeting, but it was a tradition. At present, Li Shiming was unable to change this situation. After all, he had just transmigrated.
" Saint!" With the chamberlain's shout, everyone stopped talking to each other.
As soon as Li Shiming sat down, King Huai An Li Shentong was the first to jump out and said,"Your Majesty, I was the first to respond to the Retired Emperor's banner of righteousness in Kansai. Why did Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and the others who flaunted their writing skills have more credit than me?”
Li Shimin thought to himself,"What's there to be unhappy about?" He went through the changes of the Black Tortoise Sect with me and endured it together.”
Although that was reasonable, it couldn't be said that way.
" You are indeed the first to respond," Li Shimin said." But you have to respond. We are of the same race, so you have to be the first to respond." Speaking of merit, first of all, when Dou Jiande occupied Shandong, you were almost completely annihilated. Then, when you met Liu Heita, you also abandoned your weapons and fled. However, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and the others have fought with me and made great contributions to the establishment of the Great Tang. When it comes to rewards, their contributions are naturally above yours. I can't equate your contributions with theirs just because you're related to the Emperor.”
As Li Shiming finished speaking, the generals below also began to discuss. They all said that Li Shiming was fair and just and did not favor Li Shentong because he was a relative of the emperor.
Because in ancient times, it was the emperor's business to reward people. No matter how much they rewarded the royal family, it was not too much.
Thus, when Li Shimin said this, all the generals expressed their willingness to submit.
Then there was your last book. I wrote a chapter about trivial things.
This was also one of the reasons why Li Shiming did not want to hold such a grand court meeting. Perhaps Li Shiming did not have such thoughts in history, but it was different now.
Li Shiming was a transmigrator. He felt that he had a lot of things to deal with. This kind of court meeting was simply a waste of time for him. Not to mention the court meeting, he even wanted to change the daily court meeting to once every ten days.
As they were talking, some idiot mentioned that a farmer had lost a chicken.
Hearing this, Li Shi Min couldn't take it anymore. He slapped his forehead and said,"I hope that all the beloved ministers will say something meaningful at the court meeting. Don't bring meaningless things to the court meeting. For example, about that chicken, do you want to distinguish it according to the case or the usual? If it was an individual case, there was no need to mention it at the court meeting. It was enough to handle the matter well. If it was a common case, what were you prepared to do? "This case is nothing more than receiving a report. You investigate and confirm that the farmer has indeed lost a chicken. If it's lost, you investigate the chicken thief and ask him to compensate if you catch him. If this chicken is the main source of income for the farmer and it's difficult to survive without this chicken, but the chicken thief can't afford to compensate, the government can compensate on behalf of the farmer. Remember, it's compensation on behalf of the farmer, not compensation from the government. Then, the chicken thief will have to work hard to pay off this part of the money."
In reality, the Great Tang did not pay for labor service, and it was considered compulsory labor.
Therefore, in the end, this was a special case that could not be relied on.
This kind of situation had always existed. Moreover, it was impossible for anyone to ask the state for compensation for losing money. It was impossible in both ancient and modern times.
Under such circumstances, there was no need to bring it up at the Grand Court Assembly. Was there any meaning in what he said?
You can't solve it at all, but you still have to say that this is to increase your sense of existence.
But for Li Shimin, this was meaningful. First of all, he wanted to abolish the compulsory labor of the country. The ancient people did not understand the economy, and on the surface, they despised merchants, even though they despised them and spent the money earned by merchants.
They didn't understand the concept of circulation. They didn't know the positive impact that the country had on society when it spent money.
Didn't you see that in the Republic of his original world, due to the country's vigorous construction of infrastructure projects, the economy was developing rapidly?
Everyone on Earth knew that one had to build roads before they could get rich.
In fact, when Li Shimin ascended the throne in Xiande Hall of the Eastern Palace, he had exempted the rent of the pass and the other six states for two years, and the other regions for one year. Therefore, he was not in a hurry. Today was just a signal.
At this moment, the Minister of Works, Duan Lun, stood out.
It couldn't be helped. The Ministry of Works was in charge of recruiting labor.
"Your Majesty, since ancient times, labor has never been paid," said Duan Lun.”
This country's voluntary labor was not only not paid, but it was also compulsory. If one did not agree to the labor service, they had to pay the country money to be exempted from labor service.
If the state added more labor services in addition to the stipulated labor services, they would use rent transfer to exempt them. In short, farmers not only collected land rent, but also collected family taxes.
Li Shimin said," I know that there is no reward for labor service. If the country gives him 500 wen for labor service, and he gets the money, besides buying some necessities to improve his life, the remaining money can be used to buy production materials for reproduction. Merchants can buy products from them again and sell them. This cycle will repeat again and again, and the country will also receive taxes. You have to know that the country is prosperous and the people are safe, and the people are rich and the country is strong.”
The ministers were dumbfounded. This was the first time they had heard such a theory.
After saying this, Li Shiming didn't continue. This time, he just blew the wind.
He said," Wuji, it's almost the end of the year. Next year will be the first year. There must be a new atmosphere in the new year. The Ministry of Personnel that you are in charge of will begin the capital examination. All those who eat corpses will be dismissed."
This was the country's established policy. There was no need to discuss it before giving the order.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhangsun Wuji replied.
Li Shimin was now considering whether he should bring up the matter of salt at the court meeting. Since ancient times, salt and iron had been monopolized by the state.
But the newly established Great Tang did not have a monopoly in this area.
Salt, in particular, came from three major sources. The first was salt from Qinghai Lake, but the relationship with Tuyuhun was tense, so this salt road was basically cut off.
The second was Sichuan, but the transportation of Shu was pitifully small.
The third was Shandong's sea salt, but Shandong was controlled by the aristocratic families, and the salt in Shandong was also sold by them.
Thus, the Great Tang had very little salt, and it was difficult to eat salt.
The common people and the army couldn't afford salt, so they used vinegar cloth. Can you imagine that?
Modern people simply could not imagine what kind of concept jealous cloth was.
Some commoners couldn't even eat vinegar cloth and could only eat mineral salt, which would kill them.
If Li Shimin announced the technology of extracting salt from mineral salt, would the price of salt drop? After all, the sale of salt was basically done by the aristocratic families.
They might not necessarily lower the price. Just like now, salt was 120 wen. One jin of salt was equivalent to more than 100 jin of grain. Just thinking about it was terrifying.
? Right now, salt wasn't monopolized by the state. Anyone could produce and sell it. Since that was the case, the Ministry of Revenue could also sell it and regulate the price of salt.
Thinking of this, Li Shi Min said,""Tang Jian, from today onwards, the state-owned metal mines, salt mines, and coal mines are prohibited from being sold to private individuals. The people were allowed to excavate a small amount of mineral salt and coal for their own use. After retiring from the court, Tang Jian, the warrior and Duan Lun stayed for a while. If they had a memorial, they would retire without anything.”
With that, he stood up and turned to leave.
"This is the process of extracting salt from mineral salt. Your Ministry of Revenue can set up a salt department to be responsible for the production and sale of salt and regulate the price of salt. This craft can be made public to the Great Tang. We can't let the commoners eat mineral salt again."
After saying that, he handed the information to Tang Jian.
He turned to Wu Shi and said," You are now a Treasury doctor of the Ministry of War. You are good at management. It is completely inappropriate for you to be in the Treasury Department. Now, I will promote you to the assistant minister of the Ministry of Works. You are in charge of the salt department. You can hire workers for the production of salt. Remember not to use labor. Do not use firewood during production. Use charcoal." The price of salt will be set at 10 copper coins, and the price can be slowly lowered. We must let the people of the Great Tang eat salt, but we can't sell salt for 120 copper coins like before. In addition, you are good at business, but you must also know how to manage your family.
Wu Shi Yao was dumbfounded. In fact, it was inappropriate for Li Shi Min to say this, but he couldn't help but mention it.
"Alright, you can leave for now.”
Tang Jian and Wu Shi retreated.
"Your Majesty, Sun Simiao is already waiting."”
At this moment, Sun Simiao was the first to bow and say," Greetings, Your Majesty."
Li Shi Min let him sit up first and said,"Priest Sun, your medical skills are superb. You've been practicing medicine all your life. Have you seen many quacks?”
At this point, Sun Simiao's face was also filled with anger, because the quack was not treating people, but killing them.
In ancient times, there were too few capable people. In addition, skills were passed on to the inside and not to the outside. In addition, there were years of war, so there were very few qualified doctors.
"How many patients can you cure if you keep practicing?" Li Shimin continued. Can you treat the patients in Shandong now? Or patients from other places? My idea is to set up a Royal Medical College. You will be the dean of the medical college and teach medicine to the students. There will also be a hospital attached to the medical college. This way, you can also take them on internships while teaching the students. After the students graduated, they could be assigned to the entire Great Tang. What does Priest Sun think?"
Sun Simiao had dedicated his entire life to saving lives for the common people. If Li Shiming wanted him to become an official, he would definitely not agree. However, Li Shiming's idea of establishing a Royal Medical College was much better than him alone.
So he said,"I will obey."
Li Shiming then said to Duan Lun,"Your Ministry of Works is responsible for the construction of the Royal Medical College. You are also not allowed to recruit labor for the construction. You will use the method of recruiting workers."
"Your Majesty, it's not that I don't want to, but the Ministry of Revenue really doesn't have the money. This project will definitely require a lot of money," Duan Lun said with a bitter face.
Li Shiming slapped his forehead in frustration. This emperor didn't even have the money to build a school.
Thus, he said,"In that case, we'll stay in the old King Qin's Mansion for the time being."
Since it was empty, Li Shiming didn't care about this taboo.
"Director Sun, the current medical standards in the Great Tang are low, especially when it comes to women giving birth. There are no doctors at all. Any midwife can deliver the baby. Therefore, there must be a gynecologist in this medical school, and the students are female students. Perhaps the people would not be able to accept it, but they would first summon them to see. It doesn't matter even if you can't. I've already sent people to collect all the orphans in the Great Tang. There will be female students. In the early stages, he could see if the midwives in Chang 'an were willing to learn. If you're willing, you can also teach it."
Sun Simiao saw with his own eyes how Li Shimin handled the salt and the medical school for the sake of the people of the world. Because he was also a person who suffered from the sufferings of the people, he was very touched and immediately said," Your Majesty should be a wise ruler."
Li Shiming shook his head and said,"This is what an Emperor should do. If an Emperor can't think for the people, then he doesn't deserve to be an Emperor. Similarly, if an official can't think for the people, then he doesn't deserve to be an official."
Then, Li Shimin handed a document to Sun Simiao and said," Take a look at this information first. After you're done, see if you can submit a memorial."
The information included the age of marriage, the consequences of inbreeding, the prevention of smalllessness, malaria, and so on.
This fellow hoped to raise the age of marriage and change the situation of inbreeding in ancient times.
However, if it was him, the resistance would be very strong. However, it was different if it was Sun Simiao. Sun Simiao's status among the people was too high, and the divine doctor was known as a living immortal.
Although Li Shimin was also a miracle doctor through the system, he was even more powerful than Sun Simiao in some aspects.
However, no one believed him when he said that he didn't have any strength. Therefore, he gave the information to Sun Simiao and asked him to bring it up.
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