Regarding Li Ke's strategy, the ministers thought about it and found that there seemed to be nothing wrong with it. The only problem was food, but now in the Tang Dynasty, there is no shortage of food.
At present, the annual grain output of the Tang Dynasty is not short of food. If Li Ke can purchase 40 million shi of grain every year from Zhenwa, Mulu Kingdom, Harsha Dynasty, etc., then the Tang Dynasty will really not be short of food. In fact, excluding these places, if all the existing land in Lingnan Road and Linyi is used, the amount of food that can be transferred back to the mainland exceeds more than 10 million dan.
Since there is nothing wrong, it is natural that the decision was passed on the spot. The next step is the matter of Shangshu Province, and the Sixth Department will arrange the next related work.
"By the way, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Industry can discuss the establishment of the Tang National Commercial Bank." Li Ke put forward another opinion.
"National Commercial Bank, your highness, can you tell us in detail?" Duan Lun asked quickly.
"Actually, they are the same as ordinary commercial banks in the outside world, but one thing is that the controlling shareholder of these commercial banks is the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the Tang Dynasty, or the Imperial Court of the Tang Dynasty. In other words, they are commercial banks established in the name of the state."
"Normally, the imperial court will not provide any commercial guidance to these commercial banks, but the commercial banks will hire outstanding shopkeepers and business bank directors from the private sector in the form of monthly payments, etc., and then they will be responsible for managing the operation of the entire business bank. These shopkeepers and business bank directors If you achieve outstanding results, you can get a rank, just like ordinary officials, they also have grades from ninth rank to first rank."
"However, these grades are more of a recognition of their status by the court. They do not have the same status as the court ministers for the time being." Li Ke said.
“The reason why national commercial banks were established is because there are some things that are suitable to be operated in a national way. This not only ensures profits, but also ensures that these commercial banks can assume national responsibilities when necessary, because private commercial banks are in some aspects They will not operate at a loss, but more often than not, national commercial banks will run certain industries even if they are losing money, as long as they are useful to the entire country. This is a national responsibility."
"The reason why it is operated independently instead of directly under the jurisdiction of officials is to avoid officials doing business directly, which will lead to corruption problems. And if it is operated independently in a commercial manner, all commercial banks in the later period must have equal legal provisions." The Ministry of Rites The Ministry of Justice and Punishment must take responsibility in this regard." Li Ke said.
Dou Lu Kuan, the Minister of Rites, said: "..." No, this legal matter is the matter of the Ministry of Punishments, what does it have to do with my Ministry of Rites?
Liu Dewei, Minister of Punishment: "..."
"In addition, Shangshu Province, Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province, you should discuss the establishment of a separate Ministry of Commerce, because with the operation of commercial tax, there are more and more commercial banks in the world, especially in the future, many island development rights in Datang will be sold to Private trading houses, in this case, commercial jurisdiction is very necessary.”
"The Tang Dynasty is very lacking in legal provisions for doing business. Although there are many officials in the Ministry of Justice, the workload is still very heavy. My personal suggestion is to set up a separate department. The functions should be further subdivided." Li Ke said.
"Yes." Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and other ministers said.
"In addition... Changsun Sikong." Li Ke turned to Changsun Wuji with an inexplicable expression on his face.
"Your Highness." Changsun Wuji saluted, but there was no problem on his face.
"I have a very important matter here, and I want you to take charge of it, Sikong." Li Ke said.
Changsun Wuji: "?"
He was stunned for a moment. He will be responsible? Although it was said that the relationship between him and King Qin had eased a lot during the Chinese New Year last year, Li Ke was not around for most of this year, and there were many conflicts between their eldest son's family and Li Ke before.
But now Li Ke suddenly came up with an important thing, which made Changsun Wuji a little confused. Is there any trap here? If it was really important, would he come to him? Whether it is Fang Xuanling, Xiao Yu, Wei Zheng and other ministers, Li Ke must have higher priority than him.
"Your Highness, please speak." There were various doubts in his heart, but on the surface Changsun Wuji would definitely not show it.
"I personally suggest that a working meeting of the Tang Dynasty be held at the beginning of every year. Officials from all over the Tang Dynasty should come to Chang'an to report on relevant work. Or this meeting can be held once every two years. Sikong can decide and refer to it. If If the local officials cannot come, then the deputy will come, but there must be someone who comes to hold this meeting.”
"This meeting usually lasts for several days. I recommend that its contents be made public through Datang Weekly."
"I have formulated the following main topics for discussion."
"It is mainly divided into work reviews of the past year and the past five years."
"In the past year, for example, how much has the country's tax revenue increased, how much has the country's population increased, and how much has the country's cultivated land increased."
“We will collect statistics on the particularly poor counties, prefectures, and townships across the country, and then see if we can think of some ways to improve the living conditions of the local people.”
"Statistics on national grain production last year and whether grain production has improved in the past five years."
"Statistics on anti-corruption achievements in the past year, etc."
"There is also a need to look ahead to the main expected goals for this year or the next two years."
"How much the national tax revenue will increase, how much the tax revenue will increase in each region, the arable area of the people in each region, the income of the people, whether the population is growing, the grain output in each region, etc."
"Including the output of important industries, such as steel output, etc., can also be counted and predicted."
"There are also suggestions for the work of the imperial government this year, from government investment, that is, state-owned commercial banks, disease prevention, population growth and other policies, the arrangement of key industries such as craftsman manufacturing, and the related progress and restrictions of private commercial banks. For poor counties and townships, Suggestions. There are also issues such as education, medical care, retired soldiers and other social security issues."
Li Ke said seriously, "I hope you, Sikong, can take responsibility for these things. As the pillar of the Tang Dynasty, your ability is unquestionable, and only you, Sikong, can be responsible for these tasks."
Fang Xuanling next to him calmly moved his butt to the side. This job... forget it, I have too many things to do in the Sixth Department here. I am almost exhausted. It is good to let the eldest grandson Sikong take charge.
Changsun Wuji was shocked. He looked at Li Ke in confusion. He thought Li Ke had found a thankless job for him, but after Li Ke finished speaking, he found...this thing was really... Very important thing.
Although Li Ke just asked him to organize this meeting and formulate the content to be discussed at the meeting, formulating the meeting itself is a very powerful right! And Li Ke gave him this right!
What's going on? ! Changsun Wuji was completely confused.
