Although the household department has issued a notice, there are still many people who are frantically rushing to buy salt.

There is no way, as long as the salt merchants do not reduce the price, those people will think that there is little salt, and if they don't buy it now, they won't be able to buy it in the future.

In later generations, many people already have a lot of knowledge, but in the face of the salt incident, they will lose their reason and thinking, let alone this era of closed news.

Before the early dynasty, the ministers had already discussed this matter at the gate of the palace.

When Qin Tian came, a group of colleagues immediately surrounded him.

"Master Hou, what's going on with this salt price increase?"

"Can you Shangshu Province solve it as soon as possible, this matter is panicking."

"That's it, hurry up and solve ......"

Qin Tian smiled bitterly and said, "Don't worry, this matter can be solved today." ”

"Really?"

"Of course it's true."

Qin Tian was very confident, and when everyone saw this, they finally didn't bother to ask.

The early dynasty soon began, and after Li Shimin and the ministers had just said a few things, Qin Tian stood up: "Holy Lord, the price of salt in Chang'an City has risen sharply recently, and the ministers think that this matter cannot be ignored, and some policies should be made as soon as possible." ”

Li Shimin had also heard about the rise in salt prices, and when he saw Qin Tian standing up and mentioning it, he nodded: "Yes, then I don't know what Qin Aiqing has to do?" ”

Everyone looked at Qin Tian, Qin Tian said: "Saint, the minister thinks that you can start from several aspects, the first is to shorten the time of price assessment, in the past, we were a monthly evaluation, but a month is too long, if there is a change in prices in this month, there is no favorable control at all, so the minister thinks that ten days is the most appropriate." ”

Hearing that the price is assessed every ten days, Li Shimin's expression moved slightly, this is not a particularly big change, it just improves some efficiency, and adds some difficulty to those who want to take advantage of the time difference to make money, so that they don't have so much time.

"This can be had, Qin Aiqing continued."

There is no opposition from the ministers of the DPRK and the central government, at most the relevant departments work hard, and it has nothing to do with them.

"Then there is the relevant law, if anyone wantonly raises prices and disrupts the market, they must be severely punished."

Li Shimin nodded, there is no problem with this, in fact, from a very early time, the previous dynasties already had relevant laws, such as anti-monopoly and so on.

This is really not a problem, Qin Tian continued: "The third thing is that the salt matter is very heavy, which is related to the stability and development of my Datang, but now my Datang is allowing the people to make salt freely, buy and sell freely, and even the salt tax is not levied, which is really a big hidden danger, the minister's meaning, the people and the court make salt together, and the court takes back the salt from the people, and then monopolizes it, so that the salt price can be controlled and the stability of the market and the court can be maintained." ”

Although salt is very small, it is a profiteering industry, since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, salt has been monopolized by the imperial court, but when Emperor Wen of Sui opened the emperor for three years, salt began to be bought and sold freely by the people, and the imperial court did not levy salt taxes.

After Qin Tian said this, the hundred officials, who had no opinions, suddenly started to talk about it at this time.

"Lord Qin, from the third year of Emperor Wen of Sui to the first year of Zhenguan, we have not levied salt taxes for decades, and now you suddenly want to control the sale of salt by the imperial court, I'm afraid it will cause even more turmoil, right?"

"That is, those salt merchants will definitely not accept it for a while, in case those salt-making people are angry and refuse to produce salt, what do you say, it will be difficult for the price of salt not to rise at that time."

What these people said is not unreasonable, if the imperial court collects salt and sells it exclusively by the imperial court, those who make salt will not have much profit margin, and at that time, who will still make salt?

If they don't make salt, there will be less salt, and the price of salt will rise at that time, and the more this matter is controlled, the more detrimental it will be to the stability of the imperial court.

Everyone was talking nonsense, but Li Shimin's heart moved slightly, but he was not in a hurry to speak.

At this time, Qin Tiandao: "Emperor Wen of Sui has been emperor for three years, the court is rich, there is no need to rely on salt classes, and the treasury of the court is also very abundant, so in order to reduce the pressure of the people, the court did not levy taxes, and let the people buy and sell freely. ”

The imperial court does not levy taxes, in fact, it can reduce the price of salt, which is very beneficial to the people, after all, without the tax of the imperial court, the cost of those salt merchants is much lower.

It's just that if the imperial court does not control the salt, those salt merchants are very greedy and dissatisfied, and they will still want to raise the price from time to time.

If the imperial court controls the salt, even if some salt merchants raise the price, as long as the imperial court releases salt, the price of salt can be stabilized.

Qin Tian said to the ministers, the entire early dynasty seemed a little chaotic, and Qin Tian did not expect that his decision would be opposed by some people.

It's obviously a decision that is very beneficial to the imperial court, how can anyone oppose it?

Qin Tian was suddenly shocked in his heart, the imperial court does not accept salt taxes, and salt is a profiteering industry, and it is allowed to be bought and sold freely, I am afraid that the bad officials will collude with those salt merchants.

Even, many salt merchants are officials and people, and it is impossible for them to put such interests aside and not want them.

If the imperial court controls the salt, it is equivalent to cutting off the financial routes of these people all at once.

This speculation made Qin Tian stunned for a moment, and then he didn't continue to discuss it with those people, because he knew that it was meaningless.

Everything depends on Li Shimin's decision.

Li Shimin did not decide immediately, because among these people who were opposed, even the eldest grandson Wuji was there, and he was also against it.

Qin Tian also came to his senses when he saw the opposition of people with a high status like Eldest Sun Wuji.

The early dynasty was a little unhappy, and the ministers left one after another, but Li Shimin called the eldest grandson Wuji and Qin Tian to the imperial study.

In the imperial study, Li Shimin glanced up at the two of them.

"Regarding the matter of salt control, the two Aiqing have different opinions, I want to listen to you alone now, eldest grandson Aiqing, you can talk about it first."

The eldest grandson Wuji's cheeks twitched, there are really people in their eldest grandson's family who are engaged in selling salt, and if the imperial court really takes back the right to sell salt and changes it to the imperial court monopoly, then they will be cut off from a financial route in the future.

His eldest grandson Wuji doesn't do those wine, perfume and other businesses with Qin Tian, and the reason why he is still so rich is because he has these inconspicuous but very lucrative industries.

But at the same time, he knows Li Shimin very well, and Li Shimin obviously sees the huge profits in it.

Tangled.

(End of chapter)