The Plan to Fulfill the National Treasury! (Please support me!)
"His Highness King Qi is truly a genius! Such a way of thinking was truly admirable!”
Wei Zheng looked at Li You and praised.
Li You chuckled and replied,"Of course, other than that, we still have to improve the relevant laws and regulations." There must be laws to abide by, laws must be followed, law enforcement must be strict, and lawbreakers must be investigated. Legalist Han Feizi once said that a country could not be strong or weak. If the law-abiding people are strong, the country will be strong; if the law-abiding people are weak, the country will be weak. Therefore, in the aspect of law, it must be strictly enforced! We must not be lenient towards corrupt and lawless black sheep!”
Since he had already started to act tough, he might as well continue acting tough. He directly threw out the 16-word mantra from his previous life.
As expected, Li Shiming and the others were shocked again.
"There are laws to abide by, laws must be followed, law enforcement must be strict, and lawbreakers must be investigated. Well said, well said!" Fang Xuanling couldn't help but clap and exclaim.
Although the Confucians advocated benevolence and the idea of governing the country by virtue was very good.
But in reality, everyone knew that it was unrealistic to govern the country with morality. The rule of law was the foundation.
Of course, on the basis of ruling the country by law, it would be good to combine the two.
"His Highness King Qi's words are truly eye-opening!”Du Ruhui said.
Li You continued,"When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty first abolished all schools of thought and only respected Confucianism, his ideology in consolidating the imperial power was not bad. However, in terms of governing the country, it was still based on the rule of law and supplemented by the rule of virtue. Only in this way could the people of the world respect the laws and regulations, follow morality and etiquette, and have a sense of shame.”
"Your Highness King Qi's words today have enlightened me.”Xiao Yu cupped his hands at Li You and said.
"These words are worthy of the word shocking. If word of this got out, King Qi's reputation would skyrocket!”Gao Shilian said.
Li You threw out paragraph after paragraph, which really scared them a little.
"Your Highness King Qi is right, but I have another question.”Wei Zheng said.
"Please speak." Li You said.
"Lowering taxes and corvee can indeed reduce the burden on the people and also make their lives better. However, this way, the corresponding national treasury would be reduced. If the silver in the treasury decreased, it would affect the operations of the Great Tang. Putting aside the salaries of the officials and the Imperial Family, the most important thing was the salaries of the army, which needed the support of the treasury!”
"Although our Great Tang appears to be stable and prosperous, in reality, many neighboring countries are eyeing us covetously. For example, the Eastern Turks, Western Turks, Tuyuhun, Goguryeo, and other countries pose a threat to our Great Tang. They have been plundering our borders for many years, and the people on our borders have suffered greatly. Our Tang Dynasty is new, and we don't have much energy to deal with them. If they wanted to start a war, they had to have absolute confidence. If they wanted to fight a war, the army was of utmost importance. In this way, the military pay was the key, and the military pay had to rely on the national treasury!”
After hearing Wei Zheng's words, everyone nodded.
Indeed, the Great Tang seemed to be at peace internally, but the external threats were not small.
The Great Tang was bound to fight against the surrounding countries, especially the nomadic Turks.
Thus, the army had to be fully armed and even expanded.
Lowering taxes and corvee was a good policy, but it would also reduce the country's income.
"That's simple. It's not just relying on taxes to fill the national treasury.”Li You said.
Li Shi Min looked at Li You and said,"Simple?" Kid, don't talk nonsense! Since ancient times, in every dynasty, apart from taxes, what other methods could fill the national treasury? So many sages couldn't think of it, how could you?”
Li You smiled." What's so difficult about that? Building a bank, issuing banknotes, and collecting interest. Wouldn't that fill the national treasury?"”
"Wait, what do you mean? Bank? Banknotes? The interest?"
Li Shimin was dumbfounded.
Not only him, but Wei Zheng and the others were also confused.
Alright, his knowledge had advanced again.
Li You sighed in his heart. It seemed that he had to explain properly and teach them a lesson.
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