"Your Highness, can we people join in?" Feng Shihui asked a very critical question.
"No, your family can, but your immediate family members are not allowed to do business." Li Ke said calmly, "This is one of the laws of the Tang Dynasty revised by this central meeting."
Everyone was stunned. Can this law be passed?
"And the personal property of an official after reaching a certain level will be recorded with the Supervisory Committee of Menxia Province."
"We welcome reasonable and legal income, but collusion between officials and businessmen must be dealt with seriously. In fact, allowing your official family to do business is already a liberal approach. You yourself know very well that your family will also do business. Thanks to your convenience." Li Ke said lightly.
There are some words that he did not make too clear. If the water is clear, there will be no fish. Things that are corrupt and perverted will never be solved. People are not saints. It is normal for there to be violations under the control of seven emotions and six desires.
The current Li Ke can only do this. As for the subsequent step-by-step improvements, let the younger generations do it. Li Ke is not omnipotent.
Social change cannot happen overnight; these are not things that happen overnight.
Everyone understands what Li Ke said, and they are not allowed to participate directly. However, their family makes money. If they enjoy the convenience of being an official, wouldn't they be given a share of the profits from other trading firms?
Their family made money through internal channels in the rubber business. Not to mention breaking the law, they could make enough money from the information alone. They made money in the rubber business.
The family also has a salt business. Wouldn't it be enough to just give him a share of the salt business?
The two sides seem to have nothing to do with each other, but in fact everyone knows it well.
They also knew that since His Highness said it directly, it meant that this was an opening left for them.
Of course, they also know that this is a hole left for them, but how to explain this hole specifically, the final right of interpretation lies in the hands of His Highness, or in the hands of the royal family.
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Our battle in the Western Region is over this time. What should we do next, Your Highness? It is expected that around Yuan Zheng, the final war may have a result." Li Daozong said.
He returned to Chang'an, but An Xinggui was still on the front line, so he didn't have to worry about the combat problems of the Tang army.
If the Tang army had followed the plan, they should have already set off or were preparing to go and destroy Yibi Duulu.
"No need to deal with it, just deal with it normally. The Western Region is a good place. When the time comes, the new official way of the Tang Dynasty will be the first to be cultivated in the Western Region." Li Ke said with a smile.
Although the train was not connected to Yili in later generations about 10 years ago, it was not because it was difficult to repair. Of course it was difficult to repair. But the difficulty of building a railway to Yili is definitely not as difficult as building a railway to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
In fact, there is still no strategic goal. If there were, it would have been solved long ago.
But Datang is different. Datang's current strategic goal is here, whether it is Yili or Alashankou, railways must be built.
Of course, the Tianshan Mountains that cannot be crossed will not be penetrated for the time being, and they will be built in sections. The parts that cannot be connected in the middle will be temporarily transported by land or pack horses.
Even so, the connection between the two places can be greatly accelerated.
"It's easy to say that we have official roads. If there are no guides on many roads in the Gobi Desert, it is really possible to get lost. But speaking of this, there are some problems with the map you gave us, Your Highness. It may be a matter of survey." Li Daozong remembered. One thing spoke.
"Oh, which aspect?" Li Ke asked.
"The general terrain and other aspects are very accurate. Even some small peaks have been recorded. The accuracy is terrifying. But there are some places where the errors are very large, such as Dongtai Lake and Xitai Lake on Qinghai Road." Li Daozong He spoke.
Li Ke knew that the two lakes Li Daozong mentioned were actually Dongtai Jinair Lake and Xitai Jinair Lake in later generations. Li Ke directly reduced the word count.
"What happened to these two lakes?" Li Ke asked curiously.
"This is a lake! And the area is at least several times larger than what is marked on your map, Your Highness. The exact size has not been measured, but the route you marked through it is definitely not feasible. Already." Li Daozong said.
"Actually, regarding lakes, I don't know if it's because of rain or other problems. The actual area of many lakes is much larger than the area planned on your map, Your Highness." Li Daozong added.
Li Ke understood instantly, but he just said simply: "It is normal for the lake to be inaccurate. After all, many surveyors have roughly delineated a rough range after observing the lake from a long distance. . It’s impossible to measure it completely.”
"That's true." Li Daozong nodded, "There are also many small lakes we found. There are no marks on the map, but it's not a big problem."
"You will correct it slowly when the time comes." Li Ke nodded. Li Ke had already been mentally prepared for the inaccuracy of the lake. If nothing else, just Qinghai Lake. The Qinghai Lake in the Tang Dynasty is now better than the Qinghai Lake in later generations. Li Ke estimates that the area is at least ten times larger.
"General Li, don't they all say that Qinghai Road is a desert land, but I heard from General Li that there seem to be many lakes?" One of the people on Lingnan Road asked curiously.
"There are many lakes, but many lakes are salt water, and they are different from sea water. There is no grass growing around these salt water, and humans and livestock cannot drink it. Some lakes look quite beautiful, with green, blue and other colors. But you can’t actually drink it. The locals said the water was poisonous, but His Highness said the water was just mixed with special minerals.”
"Just like the salt we get can actually be boiled from sea water, there are other things similar to salt in those lakes, but they are harmful to our human body." Li Daozong said with a smile.
After staying in Qinghai Road for so long, Li Daozong is naturally very skilled in this aspect. He will not simply think that the lake is poisonous, but the poisonous statement is correct. Some minerals are highly toxic to the human body, but this poison is different from ordinary What people think of as poison is not just a concept.
"That's it! It seems like it's really bitterly cold in the Western Region. Thank you General Li for your hard work."
"It's fine here, but the Qinghai-Tibet Road currently managed by General Su is called bitterly cold. Ordinary people may suffer from altitude sickness if they go up there, which is life-threatening. It's not easy." Li Daozong said with a smile.
