After the morning court session the next day, Li Shimin left his confidants behind as usual.
Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and the others were not surprised.
Only Zhangsun Wuji looked at Li Shiming in confusion.
Because he found that Tian Zi seemed to be in a good mood today. He didn't have the frown from a few days ago.
"Your Majesty, I wonder if you have anything to discuss with us?”
Fang Xuanling spoke first.
Du Ruhui and the others also looked at Old Li, waiting for his instructions.
Although the morning court session was the time to deal with all kinds of court affairs.
However, when discussing some important and private matters, the final decision was made in this small group.
Li Shi Min looked at the ministers and nodded:
"That's right, Zhen wants to ask everyone a question. Everyone, work together to think of a solution!
Minister Dai, first tell us about the financial situation of the Great Tang's treasury so that the ministers have an idea.”
Dai Zhou, who had a big beard, walked out with a frown and said in a deep voice,
"Your Majesty, the state treasury is not in a good condition. More than half of the taxes from the previous years have been used up.
This year's tax collection was far away, and the expenditure for disasters in various places was quite large. Moreover, they still had to raise the army...
Cough cough, forgive me for being blunt, but if you want to build the Great Ming Palace, the national treasury can't afford it.”
Li Shimin's face darkened.
What was this old man talking about!
I did have the intention to build the Great Ming Palace and move the Retired Emperor out.
However, it was just a casual remark. After hearing about the treasury void, he stopped thinking about it.
Why are you so persistent about this?
However, Dai Zhou was already so old that Li Shimin couldn't scold him too much. He could only interrupt,
"Minister Dai, there is no need to say much. We have not gathered you today to cultivate the Great Ming Palace.
Instead, I want to ask if you have a way to fill the national treasury. Xuanling, you speak first!”
Fang Xuanling, who had been named, frowned. He pondered for a long time before shaking his head.
"Your Majesty, filling up the national treasury is nothing more than opening up new sources of income and reducing expenditure, but how to open up new sources of income and how to reduce expenditure is very difficult.
I don't have any ideas for the time being. Please allow me to think about it carefully after I return and report back.”
Li Shimin was a little disappointed. He looked at Du Ruhui and said,
"Keming, do you have a good plan in mind?”
"Your Majesty, I don't have a good plan. It won't be a day's work to fill the national treasury.
As the saying went, governing a big country was like cooking a small fish. It was a long-term plan that needed to be slowly planned.”
Du Ruhui shook his head and said.
Li Shiming was even more disappointed as he looked at Zhangsun Wuji.
He noticed that his brother-in-law was looking down and knew that this guy definitely had no idea.
As for the big-bearded Dai Zhou, he heaved a sigh of relief.
It seemed that he had been worried that the emperor would build the Great Ming Palace. Now that Old Li did not want to build it, he was naturally relieved.
As for how to earn money? As the Minister of Revenue, he was only responsible for managing the Great Tang's money bags.
As for how to put the money into the bag, it was not within his scope of responsibility.
Seeing that everyone was frowning, Li Shiming stopped keeping them in suspense and slowly said,
"Since none of you have any good ideas, I have a plan here. Everyone, see if it's feasible.”
Hearing his words, the few people present were a little surprised.
To be honest, the emperor in front of him had no problem with fighting wars, and his methods of managing the imperial court were also shocking.
However, no one believed that he had any financial achievements.
Old Li obviously did not notice the strange expressions on everyone's faces. He said directly,
"My strategy is to take the salt back to the court and implement a salt official management system.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Guan Zhong had proposed the policy of 'official mountain and sea'. Unfortunately, this policy was abolished during the Sui Dynasty.
I think we can restore the salt official camp and use the profits to fill the national treasury. What do you think?”
For a moment, the people who were still suspicious were all surprised.
Li Shi Min obviously enjoyed the shock of everyone's eyes. He laughed and said,
"Zhen is just casually proposing a plan. Everyone can discuss it together.”
Seeing his actions, Zhangsun Wuji, who was best at guessing people's hearts, was the first to react.
He turned his hand and gave her a rainbow fart.
"Your Majesty's plan is really brilliant.”
Fang Xuanling did not want to fall behind either. He quickly stepped forward and said,
"Your Majesty, I think your plan is very clever.
The imperial court could implement monopoly management, exercise pricing power, and contain taxes in the price.
It could make the people unable to avoid taxes, but they could not feel the taxes.
This move will definitely enrich the national treasury. Your Majesty is really brilliant. I admire you!”
Although Fang Xuanling was a step slower, it was clear that his flattery was more brilliant than Zhangsun Wuji's.
Not only did he praise Old Li's strategy, but he also supplemented and perfected it.
However, he didn't claim any credit, and pushed all the credit to Li Shimin, the Emperor of the Great Tang.
As expected, Old Li laughed out loud and said in a reserved manner,
"I have been worried about the void in the national treasury recently.
Last night, I thought hard until midnight before I came up with this plan…"
At this moment, he did not hesitate to take the credit.
She had completely forgotten that this method of the salt official camp was obtained by eavesdropping on Li Chengqian's inner thoughts.
However, the ministers present were very fond of this.
Upon hearing Old Li's words, everyone hurriedly offered their rainbow farts.
He said all sorts of things, such as 'Your Majesty, take care of your dragon body',' We are ashamed 'and so on.
Li Shi Min was in a good mood. He raised his hand and said,"
"Since all of you feel that this plan is feasible, then come up with a detailed plan.
In order to conduct the court meeting the day after tomorrow.
Xuanling, I'll leave this matter to you. Keming, you'll assist from the side.”
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui agreed in unison.
If they were asked to think of a way to enrich the national treasury alone, they really couldn't do it.
But now that they had a general direction, the two of them naturally did not refuse.
Seeing the ministers leave with cupped hands, Old Li still had a smile on his face.
However, he quickly thought with a strange expression,
"Even geniuses like Xuanling and Keming couldn't think of using the 'salt official camp' method to fill the national treasury.
Why did that brat know? No, I have to go over and see what that kid is doing now.”
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