Li Ke glanced at Duan Lun and reacted quickly. Li Ke nodded and said: "Currently, these enterprises are registered as state-owned commercial banks, but the court does not have 100% shares. Now that we have reformed the currency system, , then after reducing the relevant costs, it is natural to promote it. Most of the people now wear tattered linen clothes, we now want the people of the Tang Dynasty to wear good clothes."
"Will direct promotion like this destroy the market?" Xiao Yu next to him hesitated and asked. As the Minister of Commerce, Xiao Yu must be concerned about commercial matters. After all, in the words of His Highness, this It is the pillar industry of Datang.
Indeed, for 90% of the real history from ancient times to the beginning of the 21st century, the textile industry has been China's pillar industry, but for ordinary people, most of them have no way to enjoy it. to the convenience brought by this pillar industry.
At least many ordinary people's clothes will always be linen clothes.
Even the linen clothes can't be worn new, they are all tattered, layer after layer, and have been mended for three years.
Now that the situation in Datang has changed in this regard, we should increase the convenience for the people. Food, clothing, and housing are the most basic needs.
"No, Datang Weekly can directly follow up and tell the people that in the future, the cloth of Datang will be reduced to half of the current price, or even lower." Li Ke said with a smile, "Every household will naturally They have to be shipped first, and of course, when these machines start to be sold later, they can naturally follow suit."
"For example, I will set up several clothing factories under my name. When the time comes to launch new products, there will be a wave of trade fairs." Li Ke said with a smile.
We didn't ask too much about the companies under Li Ke's name. Since His Highness is planning to sell machines, if he doesn't plan to use these spinning and weaving markets for the time being, the impact will not be big.
"Li Shangshu." Li Shimin thought for a moment and said.
"I'm here." Li Yan bowed and saluted.
"Can Datang collect all copper coins this year?" Li Shimin asked.
"Back to Your Majesty, the current revenue of the Tang Dynasty's treasury mainly consists of two parts, one part is copper coins, and the other part is composed of grain. The taxes paid by farmers are directly paid to the country's grain reserves, which can be directly deducted from taxes. This year, it will be completed by There is no problem with the treasury tax revenue composed of money and food." Li Yan said.
"However, I have conducted surveys on people and related industries in various parts of the Tang Dynasty during this period. I have discovered that our Datang can actually implement the exemption of agricultural taxes."
"Agricultural tax exemption?!" As soon as Li Yan said this, all the ministers exclaimed.
Huangfulin immediately spoke: "Li Shangshu, although we have begun to collect commercial taxes, it is still unknown whether the commercial taxes can support the Tang Dynasty's treasury revenue. Is exempting agricultural taxes at this time a step too far? Too big? Taking big steps may have the opposite effect!"
"I also object. If the agricultural tax is exempted, it will not be so easy to make up for the agricultural tax due to the country's tax shortage in the future." Tang Jian also spoke.
"I object too." Changsun Wuji also spoke at this time.
"Li Shangshu, can you tell me why?" Li Shimin asked curiously, because taxation means that the Tang Dynasty began to levy commercial taxes. Since ancient times, whenever taxes are mentioned, they almost always refer to agricultural taxes. It can be seen that agricultural taxes are importance throughout the ages.
Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce have also explained all the problems, but now Li Yan boldly says that agricultural taxes will be completely exempted. What is this concept?
Doesn’t this amount to depriving the Tang Dynasty’s treasury of the largest piece of income?
Li Ke didn't speak or get involved, because these things were not what Li Ke said to Li Yan, but what Li Yan thought about himself. He also wanted to hear Li Yan's thoughts.
Speaking from Li Ke's personal experience, Li Ke didn't know about various periods in history, but what he was most familiar with was that after the founding of the People's Republic of China in later generations, agricultural taxes were initially imposed, then reduced, and finally developed to the beginning of subsidies to farmers.
To be honest, Li Ke didn't know what kind of development strategy this process was based on. He was not a national decision-maker in his previous life and could not see the data on national development. Although he could have access to it in this life.
However, the social nature of both parties determines that the Tang Dynasty is different from China after the founding of the People's Republic of China. There is a big difference.
"My research is based on His Highness's Monetary Theory. In fact, from ancient times to the present and throughout the dynasties, we people in the Central Plains of China have a characteristic, that is, we are used to preparing for a rainy day. Some wealthy people will always save a little money. At home, use it for emergencies.”
"This habit has deeply affected everyone from ordinary people to wealthy families to the Tang Dynasty. But for the most ordinary people, the money they can actually save is not too much. And in the end, the money will always be They will buy some big things in their home, such as a pot, repair the house, get their children married, buy an ox, draft horse and other livestock, make or build a plowshare, etc."
"All in all, if a country's economy wants to prosper, it cannot just rely on wealthy families, because no matter how much they spend, they will make more money than they spend. If one day this situation is reversed, then these wealthy families will A wiser head of the family would make changes immediately."
"In other words, the money that aristocratic families can survive far exceeds that of the people, which is detrimental to the economy. Therefore, we must find ways to make the people rich first and hide wealth among the people. When the people are rich, the country will be rich. This theory must be Now everyone understands." Li Yan said with a smile.
Everyone nodded. Li Ke had already written a book on this theory of economic circulation. It was a basic theory of economic circulation. It was a must-read for almost all officials in the imperial court.
Although Li Ke did not force him, nor did Li Shimin, these ministers knew it very well.
"But the current problem is that we in Datang have too few channels to make people rich. To put it simply, we have to find ways to give money to the people, but there are too few such channels! Because at present For most people in the Tang Dynasty, their only income was farming."
"Even if it is grown in accordance with the official requirements of our Datang Dynasty, as there is no shortage of food in Datang, the price of food in the hands of the people will not be so high. Think about it, the price of food sold in the market is in Chang'an The nearby price used to be 120 Wen per stone, but recently it has dropped to 100 Wen per stone for new rice, and the price for old rice has dropped to 90 Wen per stone."
"The price of food in the market is so low. How much can the food grown in the hands of the people be sold for in a year? In other words, no matter how rich the court is, we cannot give the money to the people, and the money will not circulate. "
