I don’t know if he has betrayed his filial piety, but Li Ke will definitely not be very happy.
Empress Changsun and Concubine Yang were both speechless, but naturally they would not take things seriously. To put it bluntly, they were actually quite traditional in their hearts and believed that the throne was a very important thing.
Although Li Ke, a little bastard, has never wanted the throne, he shouldn't be too angry.
So they naturally enjoyed it with peace of mind.
Similarly, Li Ke from Chang'an City naturally knows his father's movements, but what's the use of just knowing the movements in this kind of thing? Now even if Lao Li is kidnapped, it is impossible for him to directly give the Zen position to Lao Li.
Although Li Ke is indeed a shameless person, it is too shameless to do this. The entire Tang Dynasty is currently the most powerful empire in the world, and the royal family, as the representative of the Tang Dynasty, always has to face.
Li Ke can't embarrass the royal family because of himself. It doesn't matter how embarrassed his family is behind closed doors, but Li Ke is never embarrassed outside.
Fortunately, he has thought about it during this period. If Lao Li wants to play, let him play. Li Ke can't think about this at the moment. Instead of being serious with Lao Li, it is better to quickly find out what Datang needs now. Everything that needs to be done is taken care of.
Li Ke is thinking about one thing, which is how to use the power of the aristocratic families, or how to use the bank system that Datang has established, and then use the power of these aristocratic families.
Although the power of these aristocratic families has been almost mobilized by Li Ke, in fact they still have a lot of hidden power that has not been fully unleashed.
For example, their ability to coordinate was not something that many people valued in traditional feudal society, but it was an ability that needed to be developed in feudal society.
After all, in an era without mechanization, manpower was the greatest strength, and almost any industry could be said to be labor-intensive. If the overall planning and organizational capabilities were not good, then some large-scale projects would not be carried out.
Therefore, a large and powerful family will definitely not be too bad in this regard.
They have enough manpower. Although a considerable part of these manpower have been used by Datang, they must also have these manpower themselves.
Li Ke wanted these aristocratic families to develop some land.
Datang now has a land area of nearly 40 million square kilometers, but its total population is only about 45 million, which means that the average population density is one person per square kilometer.
This is outrageous.
However, such a land and population area also meant that Datang could implement some mechanized planting methods similar to those of later American emperors.
That is, some areas that have not yet been developed into cultivated land can be developed on a large scale for large-scale planting.
Although there is no way to use mechanical creations for this kind of planting in a short period of time, the preliminary preparations alone will take several years.
The entire policy plan must be mapped out first.
Didn't Li Ke previously agree to allow these aristocratic families to develop a certain undeveloped island, and the assets would be their own?
Now you can use this to mobilize their enthusiasm, but you still have to find a way to limit them.
One of the restrictive methods that Li Ke currently thinks of is to first find a way to allocate a large amount of their funds. It is best to allocate all the funds in their hands so that they have to take out loans.
It's not that Li Ke was trying to trick them, but if he drained all the fixed funds in their hands like this, it meant that the copper coins, gold and silver and other metal currencies that could be hidden among the people would be greatly reduced.
By then Datang will be able to gradually introduce banknotes.
During this process, Li Ke didn't care whether these aristocratic families thought about it, but what Li Ke knew was that the number of their most important assets had already left traces in the bank's statistics.
This means that it will be much more convenient for them to hide, transfer, or dispose of their assets after they commit crimes in the future.
And the court will have greater control over them.
However, this move must be carried out after the official structure of the Tang Dynasty is improved. At least half of the officials in the official system of the Tang Dynasty must come from ordinary people's families.
As long as the entire official system comes from different groups, there will be checks and balances between them.
As for being 100% perfect, 100% free of corruption, etc., Li Ke never thought about it at all. He might as well just daydream about it, because he could have everything in his dream.
Unless Li Ke can now create an absolutely super intelligent life similar to that of later generations, and an absolutely rational and fair intelligent life.
Otherwise this would never have happened.
Not even intelligent life forms born in human hands, because before they were born, they all had owners.
This is a paradox.
All I can say is limit it as much as possible.
Another thing is that Li Ke plans to formulate the inheritance tax in advance. However, this inheritance tax will be subject to certain restrictions from the beginning, which means that people whose assets reach a certain threshold will be exempted from the inheritance tax.
To put it bluntly, there must be a threshold for inheritance tax, just like there is a threshold for personal income tax in later generations. There is no inheritance tax until the assets reach a certain level. After reaching a certain level, there will be an inheritance tax.
In short, only take money from rich people.
As for Li Ke, Li Ke belongs to the royal family. In addition to the royal trust fund, the royal family also needs to pay inheritance tax on the inheritance of other royal personal assets.
Just take the lead and that's it.
Anyway, for the royal family, as long as the system is well established, there will be endless money for future generations, and the worst thing is that they will not have to worry about food and clothing.
So of course he has to stand on the side of the people. The people are the foundation of Datang.
The biggest difference between the legal systems established in the Tang Dynasty and those in later Western countries is that the laws in later Western countries were established by capitalists. Everyone knows why they were established in the first place.
Even some seemingly compromised legal provisions actually have countless ways to avoid them.
But Li Ke was different. He really stood on the side of the people, so the tone was set from the beginning.
To be honest, Li Ke thought about it. If he wants to implement such a policy, he is probably the only one who can implement it. Others who want to implement it will have to encounter huge resistance.
Only Li Ke's current prestige can have the ability to implement this policy, formulate relevant laws and then implement it thoroughly.
At this time, Li Ke honestly figured out why Lao Li wanted to give him the Zen position.
However, it is difficult to understand that reconciliation is difficult without conflict.
