"Insolvent?" The ministers couldn't figure it out for a while.

Li Yi said: "When people come to deposit, they are equivalent to our creditors. If it is insolvent, Datang's financial system will collapse, and Datang will be finished! ”

"So, how much should you prepare?" In the eyes of the ministers, the emperor is a saint. If you don't understand something, you have to ask the saint if it's not.

Li Yi recalled that it seemed to be 20 percent in later generations. To be on the safe side, Li Yi said: "Sancheng." ”

"Thirty percent? So, that is, seventy percent can be used? Lao Jia Xu asked in surprise.

"Not bad!" Li Yi nodded.

Pang Tong began to wrench his fingers and said, "Then, it's 700 billion guan!" ”

"Seven hundred billion yuan! Wow! As soon as he heard that he could spend so much money, Lao Jia Xu had the feeling of pumping it again.

Many ministers also fainted.

Today, Datang's financial revenue is about 200 million yuan per year. 700 billion, that's 3,500 years of fiscal revenue.

"Wow! The total income of 3,500 years is in hand! The history of China is not so long! ”

"Wow!" At this time, some generals couldn't stand it anymore and fainted one after another.

The ancients were too poor to bear! Li Yi was full of helplessness.

However, we can't blame these talents for their poor affordability. After all, it's something they never even dreamed of. It's just around the corner.

Sometimes, Li Yi is a little confused about the past dynasties. Why do you want local rich people to open money banks? How good is the monopoly of the imperial court.

Perhaps, it was the landlord class that wanted to benefit itself after taking control of government affairs. Therefore, Li Yi must not let such a thing happen. The banking industry must be monopolized by the state.

The imperial court and the whole world were shocked by the bank created by Emperor Wude. Li Yi instructed Lu Su to absorb deposits here and lend money there. Lending can be flexible, from the shortest monthly repayment, to the following year, two years...... Up to 30 years of lending. The longer the term, the higher the interest repaid. For example, if you return 1,000 guan for ten years, you will receive a total of 2,000 guan.

Lu Su had never thought of this way, and he was shocked. There are doubts, there are so many, will the people agree?

Li Yi laughed and said, "The people can spend tomorrow's money today and enjoy it in advance." In addition, there is no pain ...... cut."

"Zero cuts don't hurt!" These philosophical words shocked the officials again.

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In the imperial cities of most dynasties, the servants were mainly eunuchs, supplemented by palace maids. And the Forbidden City of Datang is different. There are only palace maids and no eunuchs in the inner city, so countless dynasties in China have counted from the beginning, and the only one who can really achieve the emperor and one man in the palace is Li Yi, the emperor of Wude.

In the outer city, there are only men and not a woman.

Ancient emperors, whether in the East or in the West, had many beauties in their harems. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty had 3,000 fans, and according to legend, the 3,000 beauties of the harem came from him.

However, if you say that you have the most concubines, you must count Emperor Wu of Jin, recording 10,000 beauties in the harem.

365 days in a year, 3,650 days in 10 years, what is the concept of these 10,000 people?

Among the founding emperors, the least, there are also three palaces, six courts, and seventy-two concubines.

After Li Yi established the country, he formulated a law stipulating that the number of concubines owned by the Tang Emperor could not exceed twenty-four. Li Yi is also strictly enforced in accordance with this law, and the number of concubines today is only twenty-three. Therefore, Emperor Wude was the founding emperor with the fewest concubines in all dynasties. However, the palace of the Tang Empire is the most harmonious, the concubines are like sisters, and the children are like mothers and compatriots. If you are so harmonious, everything will be prosperous.

Li Yi is diligent in government and loves the people, and he is very concerned about participating in the court meeting, and he always attends on time and is never late.

Nearly 10,000 square meters of Jinluan Palace, there are pavilions and pools, and the civil and military officials of the Tang Dynasty arrived early and stood in the central open space. The five-zhang high dragon platform, the throne in front of the golden wall is empty.

Hundreds of civil and military officials, surrounded by the princes headed by the crown prince Li Yan. The civilian officials were headed by Xu Maogong, the chief of the Military Aircraft Department, and the military generals were led by the general Yue Fei, and there were many discussions.

This is the great court meeting in March of the twelfth year of Wude.

The topic of this court meeting has been decided by Emperor Wude himself: to expand trade with Rome and absorb the wealth of Rome as much as possible.

Li Yi is not an economist, but he also knows that if you want to defeat a superpower, you must first crush the country's economy. Li Yi is not an economist and does not know how to crush a country's economy. But he knows a simple truth: if the country's money is all earned, then the country will have no money, and the economy will collapse directly.

After the conquest of the Empire of Sabbat, there are only two great empires left in the world. The only foreign trade object of the Tang Dynasty was the Roman Empire. Li Yi's desire to expand trade with Rome was realistic.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Li Yi was in the court, the civil and military officials and the princes in Beijing, under the leadership of the crown prince Li Yan, shouted long live and fell to the ground.

Li Yi on the dragon platform looked at his courtiers and felt very pleased.

Wenchen's side: Xu Maogong, Liu Bowen, Xun Yu, Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Kou Zhun, Tian Feng, Xun You, Fu Zhu, Lu Su, Fa Zheng, Zhuge Jin, Chen Qun, Zhong Xuan, Bao Zheng, Feng Dao and others are the first, and Zhou Yu, Zhang Ji, Hua Xin, Wang Anshi, Zhao Pu, Jiang Wan, Fei Yi, Man Chong, Liu Ye, Chen Gong, Yang Xiu, Cui Hao and others are supplemented. Outside, there are Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi, Wang Meng, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Fan Zhongyan, Yu Qian, Lu Xun and others as feudal officials. There are also Cai Yong, Zheng Xuan, Kong Rong, Wang Lang and other old guys in charge.

Military generals: Yue Fei, Zhang Fei, Lu Bu, Xu Da, Tai Shici, Chang Yuchun, Dian Wei, Yuwen Chengdu, Lu Wenlong, Li Cunxiao, Gao Chong, Wei Yan, Zhang Yan, Xiahou Yuan, Chen Zhi and others are in power. Outside, Guan Yu sat in Egypt, Zhao Yun sat in Anxi, Gao Shun sat in Guishuang, Zhang Liao sat in Tianzhu, and Sun Ce, Zhou Tai, Ling Tong, Guan Ping, Li Dian, Zhou Cang, Yue Yun and others were their deputies.

Li Yi laughed heartily and said loudly: "Zhongqing is flat!" ”

After Xu Maogong and Yue Fei reported the recent situation of the court and the military, the world was peaceful.

So, Li Yi turned his attention to pondering Rome. Although the western border is far away, it can't stop Li Yi's road to be repaired well. The eight-lane gallop road, under the gallop of the horses, will arrive in two months.

This is thanks to the unified planning of Datang, which has led to the highway. If it is still in a state of division, and everyone has different political opinions and still fights each other, then don't want to build such a broad road.

There is no doubt about the strength of the Roman Empire, and he destroyed two of the four ancient civilizations alone. European civilization is all under the iron heel. Although Datang is not afraid, it still needs to be vigilant.

"As the saying goes, the first strike is strong, and the last strike suffers! What do you think about Rome? Li Yi asked, sitting on the dragon platform.

When Zhang Fei heard this, he immediately walked out with the court board in his arms and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the Romans are really hateful, and that Caracalla is not a thing." The younger brother prayed for 100,000 elite soldiers to level Rome! ”

The ministers were shocked for a while, and said in their hearts that this is going to start, 100,000 is estimated to be unreliable, let alone million.

Hubu Shangshu Zhong Xuan shuddered for a while, this million army moved, and it was ten thousand taels of gold a day, and I had saved it in vain in the past few years.

However, everyone thought in their hearts that Zhang Fei was a straight gut, and it was estimated that the emperor would not start the war in person.

Sure enough, Li Yi smiled and said to Zhang Fei: "Yide is brave and strong, and I am very relieved. But now is not the time to start. We should simmer and weaken Rome little by little. ”

Zhang Fei's head shook for a while, and he asked suspiciously: "Your Majesty, if you don't fight, how can you weaken the strength of others?" ”

Li Yixin said that you can be regarded as asking the point, so he said: "If you don't fight, you can also weaken the strength of Rome." Fighting a war is not just about the army, logistics is the most important thing. What is the most important thing about logistics? ”

"It's grain and grass!" Zhang Fei said.

"Not bad!" Li Yi nodded, "But more important is money." With money, it is possible to arm soldiers. With money, we can buy more grain and grass from the people, and we can recruit and mobilize the people's ......."

The civil and military officials couldn't help but nod.

Li Yi is not an economist, but he also knows some economic fundamentals, and said: "In ancient times, barter, but now coins serve as equivalent exchange. However, a country's wealth is limited, if we can make a large amount of Roman money flow into the Tang Dynasty through trade and deficit. Then Rome will have no money, and without money, their domestic economy will collapse. As soon as the economy collapses, the people will rebel......"

Wenwu was a little dizzy, Zhang Fei, who had been standing outside, scratched his head and said, "Your Majesty, Rome can mint coins!" ”

Li Yi smiled, looked at the puzzled officials, and reminded: "I remember that in the last years of the previous dynasty, Dong Zhuo used to mint a large number of coins. There are not enough precious metals, and under the large-scale shoddy production, what will be the final outcome? ”

The hundred officials suddenly realized, and Chen Qun came out of class and said: "Your Majesty, in the end, money is not money, prices are soaring, and the people are not happy." ”

If there is a large outflow of precious metal currency from Rome, the domestic economy will inevitably be affected. A country with a collapsed economy is bound to have little combat effectiveness.

What the Tang Dynasty wants to do is to kill people with a soft knife and bring down the Roman economy. The means, of course, is trade.

Then the question arises, how to strengthen trade and bring down the Roman economy?

Xu Shu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, said: "Your Majesty, Rome is a huge country, and it may be difficult to collapse their economic base. ”

The civil and military officials discussed for a while, in fact, they have been discussing for a long time, and they know that there is no good way now.

Jia Xu rolled his eyes, thought of Li Yi's previous series of layouts in Rome, and said: "Your Majesty, it is difficult to increase the import of goods in normal trade. Unless we can innovate and create goods that are not available today, we will be able to absorb a lot of wealth in the short term...... And all this, the emperor has already done it, and now we just need to further promote these actions. ”

When the ministers heard this, they suddenly realized.