"I'm here." The gray-haired Yu Shinan stood up.
"Yu Aiqing is sitting here. King Qin will be crowned this year. At the same time, the wedding will follow immediately after the crowning. Have the six rites been prepared?" Li Shimin asked.
When Li Yan in the crowd heard this, her pretty face couldn't help but blush slightly, but now that she was the minister of the Central Bank of the Tang Dynasty, she could only try to be as serious as possible.
"Everything is ready, just waiting to be executed according to the time." Yu Shinan said calmly.
"Well, that's right. Everything else can go wrong. King Qin and Guan He's wedding can't go wrong. He prepared the betrothal gift himself?" Li Shimin asked.
"Yes."
"Okay, he has money. I heard that the King of Qin's money is made from the treasury." Li Shimin waved his hand.
Ministers; "..."
"Is Huangfulin here?" Li Shimin glanced at him and asked.
"Your Majesty, the annual income of the 22nd year of the Tang Dynasty and related treasury income are being calculated. Huangfu Shangshu went to the storage warehouse outside the city and was not in the city." Fang Xuanling said.
"Oh, we found the wrong person. It should be Doulu Shangshu (Doulu is a compound surname), right? They are the audit department." Li Shimin thought for a while and said, "The relevant fiscal revenue of the 22nd year of the Tang Dynasty has not been calculated yet. ?"
Ministers: "..."
Everyone was completely speechless. My Majesty, don’t you even know what your departments do?
"Your Majesty, the main role of the Audit Department is to audit and supervise the use of the imperial finances by various departments of the imperial court. Whether there is any illegal use of public funds, it is not responsible for statistical finance. The end of the year and the beginning of the year are the busiest times for the Audit Department, and Doulu Shangshu also Not here." Fang Xuanling hesitated before speaking.
"Okay, then Datang's fiscal revenue for the 22nd year has not been released yet, right? Do you expect it to exceed last year?" Li Shimin looked at them and asked, and he was not embarrassed.
"Your Majesty, the specific figures have not yet been compiled, but the central bank has a rough figure through data reconciliation from various departments. The court's tax revenue alone cannot exceed last year." Li Yan spoke.
"Tell me about it." Li Shimin immediately asked with interest.
"Yes, Datang's fiscal revenue in the 21st year was about 17 million guan, and this year's treasury tax revenue was about 11.72 million guan, a decrease of about 6 million guan, mainly because all agricultural taxes were subsidized, which is equivalent to canceling With the agricultural tax subsidy doubled, the agricultural tax subsidy disbursed by the central bank currently amounts to 3.25 million yuan. This number will continue to rise."
"But the state-owned commercial banks in the 22nd year of the Tang Dynasty can probably expect to turn in profits of about 10.77 million guan, which means that the total revenue of the Tang Dynasty treasury will exceed 21 million guan." Li Yan gave a direct answer Approximate number.
"Okay!" Li Shimin couldn't help but yelled "ok". Even the other ministers looked at him with some suspicion. Last year's agricultural tax subsidy was very outrageous in their opinion. The imperial court's complete tax exemption was regarded as an unprecedentedly powerful empire in history. .
Not to mention that not only were they exempted from tax, but they were also given money! Many of them actually wanted to object to this matter at the time, but what King Qin said at the time was that he would make up for whatever the court lacked, and he would have to provide subsidies anyway.
As a result...it turned out to be really damn good? Oh, that’s not right. There must be less tax revenue. After all, the agricultural tax is not only abolished, but also spent. This is equivalent to doubling the previous reduction in agricultural tax. There is still more than 10 million yuan in tax revenue. It can be imagined How much revenue does business tax bring?
The focus is on the profits turned over by state-owned commercial banks. Are the profits of state-owned commercial banks so big? !
They are all a bit unable to turn around.
"So, our agricultural tax subsidy is successful?" Li Shimin asked.
"Your Majesty, after monitoring the relevant industry expenditures of state-owned commercial banks, we can probably predict that at least 90% of the funds we distribute through agricultural tax subsidies and other methods will flow back through state-owned commercial banks."
"In addition, a lot of the income from the people's grain sales is also returned through state-owned commercial banks. The main reason is that the state-owned commercial banks that adopt new technologies have very low costs. In addition, last year, a large number of wealthy families manufactured goods through several state-owned machinery The factory purchased a large number of looms, spinning machines and other machines.”
"These machines themselves also generate a lot of profits. And this trend will increase this year. Based on last year's situation, the profits handed over by state-owned commercial banks across the country this year will probably be several times the tax revenue." Li Yan asked calmly.
All the ministers took a breath. Last year, the tax revenue was about 10 million, and even if the tax revenue does not increase this year, the profits turned over by the state-owned commercial banks are several times the tax revenue? Doesn't that mean that the tax revenue of the Tang treasury this year, the 23rd year of the Tang Dynasty, will exceed tens of millions? !
Where did all this money come from?
"Li Shangshu." Gao Shilian next to him hesitated and said.
"Shen Guogong." Li Yan bowed slightly to Gao Shilian.
"Li Shangshu, I have a question. The Tang Dynasty's treasury revenue increased so rapidly. Was it false prosperity caused by printing too much money? Will it affect social stability? Where did the money come from?" Gao Shilian asked.
Li Shimin smiled. He knew this question, but now, he waved his hand and said: "Li Shangshu, I happen to want to know too, so please explain."
"Yes, Your Majesty. Duke Shen, gentlemen, the Central Bank of the Tang Dynasty has not issued additional currency. There is a strict calculation formula for the additional issuance of banknotes, which is equivalent to the total value of commodities circulating in the entire Tang Dynasty."
"The reason why we have such an income mainly depends on several aspects. First, the people's income has increased. They have grown high-yield grains. After the grains are produced, the added value will naturally increase. Datang last year The central bank will probably issue more currency depending on how much more grain is harvested than in previous years."
"In addition, the state-owned commercial bank Datang Iron Industry Group has begun to mine iron ore in various states throughout Datang. The extra ore, as well as the people's monthly money, etc., are commodities of value."
"Then today's steel plants smelt steel in large quantities all over the country. After selling these steels to the people, they generate a lot of income."
"Of course, the price of steel is also constantly falling. The third reason is that because of the prosperity of the economy, the rapid development of commerce, and the rapid expansion of industry, wealthy people from wealthy families all over the world have stored up their own gold, silver, and copper coins. They dug them all out, and then used these copper coins to deposit them in the central bank, and this part of the money also began to enter the Tang Dynasty society and begin to circulate."
"As long as money circulates, the imperial court's fiscal revenue will naturally increase."
"If you have time, you can visit the homes of the people around Chang'an. In the past, it was considered a great thing for one family to find just one iron tool in the homes of the people around Chang'an. But now, each family has at least several iron tools. Even iron pots are becoming popular quickly." Li Yan said with a smile.
