Crossing the Condor Heroes: The First Sword of Quanzhen

Chapter 680 Zhuge Qingyun's Memorial

Therefore, the prime minister of Datang didn't have any good feelings for these stinky monks.

Although he also respects those ascetic monks, but these people are just villains bluffing and deceiving under the banner of "Buddhism".

It's just a devil wearing a monk's robe and holding the Three Jewels.

However, although Zhuge Qingyun intended to provoke Li Qingwei, he was indeed thinking of the country.Because the material that Datang lacks most now is "copper".

Things like other "salt" and "iron" are not particularly scarce. Since the capture of Bashu, Zhuge Qingyun opened a well to boil salt, and with the help of Li Zhichang's "Looking for Dragons and Fixing Caves", Iron ore was discovered on a mountain in Qinchuan.

Moreover, these iron mines have been confirmed by Tang Lan and Kong Que, and this is still a "rich iron mine".It can be regarded as a solution to Datang's urgent need to expand its armaments.

Although Yuzhou, where the Tang family is located, is still the territory of the Song Dynasty, many members of the Tang family have already come to the "sub-building" of Chang'an City.

As the initial "partner" of the Tang Sect, Li Qingwei also gave them great benefits, that is, the mining rights of the mines, the supply of military supplies, and even the imperial coinage were all entrusted to the Tang Sect.

Now Tang Lan's father built a living shrine for Li Qingwei, and worshiped three times in the morning, afternoon and evening.

The new Emperor of the Tang Dynasty gave Tangmen much more benefits than what Li Yu gave back then.

At present, what Tang Dynasty lacks the most is copper mines, because things like silver and gold are only suitable for the transaction of large-value items, and only copper plates are the real practical currency.

If the imperial court did not have enough copper to mint money, the "economy" of the entire country would collapse.

Nowadays, because of the interference of these thieves and bald generals, many places have even started bartering. In this way, the imperial court can only levy grain taxes, not commercial taxes.

Because according to the common people's understanding of the Three Views, bartering does not have commercial value, it is just a general material exchange.If the imperial court collects taxes again, will there still be kingly law?
Besides, even if the court collects taxes, what should they collect?The common people exchanged goods and used cloth and silk as currency, so they couldn't force their supplies.Wouldn't the majestic court officers and soldiers become bandits?
This matter was personally investigated by Zhuge Qingyun, especially in Luoyang and other places where there are many temples. When Zhuge Qingyun went to eat a meal, the store offered many "payment methods".

Two hundred copper coins, two silver coins, or two catties of fine salt, two feet of silk and satin, etc.
What Zhuge Qingyun couldn't bear the most was that if he couldn't give money, he could use his labor to repay the debt.

But that's okay, many people don't have copper coins in their hands, and they really have to use their labor to pay off their debts.

Because of the bumper harvest in Yuzhou today, the people received a lot of grain, and it was because there was no new money available that caused confusion in grain prices.

In the past, a catty of millet was exchanged for five cents, but because there were more millet, there were fewer copper coins.It was exchanged for two pennies per catty of millet.

If Zhuge Qingyun hadn't asked the local officers and soldiers to drag the merchants to Caishikou and kill them, it is estimated that these common people worked hard for nothing for a year.

But the specific solution, he has already written in the memorial.

Now this memorial is in Li Qingwei's hands.

Zhuge Qingyun's method is very simple, that is to ban all these temples, monks are forced to return to secular life, and all those who dare to rebel are arrested as corvees and used to build Daming Palace.

After all, most of the Mongolian consumables who were captured before died because of long-term fatigue and suffering.

The construction progress of the Daming Palace suddenly slowed down, and now there is an urgent need to replenish new "consumables".

If the common people were sent to do hard labor, the imperial court would have to pay wages to take care of food.

With these captives and sinners, they only need to take care of a meal, and the wages will be waived.

It's just that Li Qingwei didn't make an order to go to war with Mongolia at the moment. If it was still in the time of Jiedushi, Zhuge Qingyun would even take the initiative to provoke a war and then capture Mongolian prisoners.

After all, when it comes to labor, these muggy Mongolians are the best labor.

Right now, the Tang Dynasty is waiting to be revitalized, the water conservancy of the Lingqu, the Chidao, the Daming Palace, the Imperial Tomb, and even the Great Wall need to be built.Zhuge Qingyun naturally set his target on the Mongols.

But right now the Mongolian captives can't be caught, so it's not impossible to use "monks" to make do.

Moreover, after dismantling the temples and confiscating these temples, Zhuge Qingyun roughly estimated that a large part of the cultivated land could be recovered, and then the court would sell it to the farmers.

The farmers got arable land and could produce food for the imperial court, and the imperial court could collect a ransom money from them, not to mention the taxation of the new law.

And farmers have their own land, so they can farm and support their families without worrying about food and clothing.Increased stability.

Moreover, there are more than tens of millions of money in the temple, and their "Empress Dowager" Liu's donation to the temple alone is tens of thousands of taels, tens of thousands of taels of silver.

And the rich households in the world are not limited to the Li family. All the property that those families donated to the temple will be confiscated by the imperial court to the treasury. Li Qingwei will soon be able to become a "poor emperor" with only eight sets of regular clothes for four seasons and no fancy clothes for his concubines.Transformed into the living treatment of "Emperor Sui Yang".

But this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that there are a lot of "copper" in the temple.

With these coppers, Datang will be able to overcome this currency crisis immediately.

Li Qingwei looked at the memorial in front of him, his heart pounding.

Because the world is not unified yet, what Zhuge Qingyun said is indeed what he wants to do, but if it is carried out in the territory of the Tang Dynasty now, then the occupied areas of Mongolia and the Southern Song Dynasty have many similarities.

If it is carried out now, then in the future, these people will definitely not help his Datang, and will bring some troubles to the unification of the world.

In the middle of the night, Li Qingwei was lying on the dragon bed, and Zhao Ke was lying beside him.

Although Li Qingwei's favorite now is Xiaolongnv, but when it comes to serious matters, the only ones who can offer constructive suggestions are "Su Yuan" and "Zhao Ke".

However, Su Yuan's family affairs are okay, but she doesn't know anything about court affairs.

Therefore, the only person who can discuss such matters is Zhao Ke.

As for Duan Siying, she would only come up with "bad ideas".

Zhao Ke said, "I think it's okay."

Li Qing put his arms around Zhao Ke and said, "Why?"

Zhao Ke removed his "Lushan Claw" at this time, then got up and came to the queen's study.

Li Qingwei also came here with her.

After Zhao Ke cleaned it up, he spread out a map.

This map was drawn by Yang Chan in her spare time. Since Guo Jing became a captain, she has only been the leader of the imperial army.

The imperial army was only stationed outside the city to ensure the safety of the capital, but the gates east of Kaifeng were guarded by regular Tang troops, so the imperial army did not have much pressure.

As for the daily training and the like, each army leader will lead them separately, so Yang Chan is free. Apart from studying Wu Mu's suicide note with Guo Jing, she spends other time drawing this map.

This map is now a map of the current situation in the world. It clearly marks the Tang Dynasty, Southern Song Dynasty, and Mongolia in the Central Plains.

But Li Qingwei pouted after reading it.

(End of this chapter)