Chapter 156    Prison vs. (Part 2)

"Your Majesty, what are you excited about?

Let me finish it!"

Luo Yunsheng couldn't help but shake his head and laughed when he saw Li Shimin so excited.

"You said, you said, I thought that I not only own Chang'an, but also Luoyang, and one city after another. There are more than tens of millions of goods between these cities and villages. I only need to charge even one percent of the tax, which is enough for me to support thousands of troops."

"Your Majesty, don't be impatient, how can it be that simple?

If a city does not produce grain itself, how big a city can expand is entirely based on the countryside. If the people in the countryside do not have enough food to supply the city, the city will not be able to develop at all. As for the people who enrich the people, they will naturally become rootless duckweed.

The reason why I dare to propose a plan to enrich the people is that under Your Majesty's rule, the people's lives are becoming more and more prosperous, making it possible to strengthen the people. If Your Majesty blindly draws taxes between cities and villages, it will be a way to destroy the country."

"It's not that I'm just saying it clearly, I still think I'm sitting in a treasure mountain but I don't know."

Li Shimin glared at Luo Yunsheng and said.

"In fact, even if I don't say this to Your Majesty, as long as Your Majesty governs the country with peace of mind, and keeps the people living and working in peace, the country will become increasingly prosperous, Your Majesty will see this scene sooner or later.

In fact, as long as the country is peaceful, the foundation of the existence of aristocratic families will become weaker and weaker, because after all, the so-called aristocratic families are the product of a period of national turmoil."

"You kid, if I hadn't been feeling bored today, I would still be hard for me to know that you have such a talent for saving the world. Well, you said very well, but I'm very curious. Since you have this insight, why don't you be by my side and be a capable minister in the world?

You have also seen that the husbands around me are getting older and older. Their views cannot keep up with the development of the country. I am trembling every step I take, and now I lack the help of you."

Li Shimin stopped and asked Luo Yunsheng.

"Hehe, Your Majesty is fortunate to be born in your era. I feel the unstoppable momentum of this era, the growth of all things, the rise of dust and dawn, the rivers gather into rivers, the hills rise as peaks, the world becomes more and more open, and naturally there is infinite pride in my heart and willing to dedicate it to this world, but just as I am worried, the court seems to have great potential, but it will become a cage. I don't want to intrigue with aristocratic families every day, nor do I want to bow to the desk every day. I just want to hold a paintbrush, follow Your Majesty's footsteps, draw a magnificent picture of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, dedicate it to Your Majesty, dedicate it to the people, and dedicate it to yourself."

Luo Yunsheng said seriously.

"I only know today that my beloved is broader than the ministers in the court. It is my fault to let you fall into a dispute between aristocratic families."

Luo Yun thrust out and bowed to Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, why is this? The birth of any new thing will be blocked by the power of the people. Maybe life will be difficult, but new things will eventually become their gravediggers."

"Good boy."

Li Shimin's smile was very gratified. At this time, the boy gave him the feeling that he was no longer boring and unruly jumping, but his tender shoulders could also shoulder a heavy burden. "Do you really have the confidence to defeat your opponent?"

"It's not that we have confidence, but that we have to win, right?"

"You, my monarch and ministers are suddenly so serious, and I am still a little uncomfortable."

Li Shimin actually felt that he was a little ignorant and restrained in front of this young man.

"Why would Your Majesty and I learn and make a fortune?"

Luo Yunsheng suddenly changed his face, with a smile and inappropriate look on his face.

"roll!"

"Hey!"

Luo Yunsheng immediately returned to the edge of the bed, his hands and eyes were fast enough to cover him with a quilt.

"Get back!"

Li Shimin said again.

"Your Majesty, what do you want me to do?"

Luo Yunsheng's face was already showing impatientness, and he did not give him any deliberate respect as he deserved because of Li Shimin's identity.

"What you just said about enriching the people is that since you can't start blindly, what are you going to do?

You are the only one who is alone, I am afraid that you are not able to match your strength, right?"

Li Shimin asked Luo Yunsheng, "Li Shimin actually heard a little about the virtues of the merchants in the city." In fact, after all, he was a group of guys who bullyed the weak and feared the strong, without any moral integrity. When he saw the officials, he was so scared that he could pee out his pants. He didn't believe that Luo Yunsheng could guide them to do anything big.

"Well, this matter is, except for ministers, the court may not be able to get involved. But in fact, I am enough. At most, the court can send some honest tax officials. Of course, they also have to be strictly investigated by the law. It is normal for tax officials to embezzle and accept bribes. Sometimes, if they are not done well, it will have a counterproductive effect."

Luo Yunsheng stood up from the bed, his eyes filled with confidence.

"Well, I can understand the tax officials. Why do you have to say that the court may not be able to get involved?

Tell me what are your worries?"

"This matter is hard to say. It is actually a good thing for the imperial court to guide it, but now officials lack experience and are too tight to manage it. It is difficult to do business. Merchants may even lose their money. They don't care at all, and they may do whatever they want. So His Majesty really wants to manage it, so he will send a few tax officials to check the taxes first, understand the situation, prepare to improve the law, and let everyone move under the constraints of the Zhenguan Law."

When Li Shimin heard this, he sat there thinking. What he thought first was that the court had helped the widows solve the marriage of the soldiers. From this matter, Li Shimin gained experience, that is, many things, once the court intervened, it would be even more chaotic.

If the people solve the problem themselves, it may be more perfect. For example, Luo Yunsheng perfectly solved the problem of women's work.

"Yun Sheng, I think it is better to intervene in this matter, even if the court does nothing."

Li Shimin started talking to Luo Yunsheng.

“Why?

The court knows nothing, is it a mess to manage?

Your Majesty, you must know that once an official is set up, the cost will be increased. For promotion and wealth, officials can do everything. Now the method of enriching the people is still very fragile. Once officials intervene, it is very likely to destroy it."

When Li Shimin heard this, he smiled slightly, and naturally knew that Luo Yunsheng's worries were not groundless.

"Sometimes, the management of the court is also a kind of recognition and protection. It depends on things, and it has to be divided into two aspects. As you said, without the management of the court, it is possible to be unscrupulous. If you guide alone, how can the power of the court be able to achieve?

You said that my officials don’t know. I can send people to learn and try it. Even if it temporarily hinders the strategy of enriching the people, it doesn’t matter. The wild growth of aristocratic families is still uncontrollable today. Even if I know that many aristocratic families have passed down from generation to generation, I will suppress them. In the future, the strategy of enriching the people may not become a disaster for the country.”

Li Shimin made up his mind to say.

"The saints are of great insight."

Luo Yunsheng thought about it and found that he could not convince Li Shimin, or that Li Shimin was right from the perspective of the ruler.
Chapter completed!