"Datang?" Li Su was a little confused when he heard Wang An's words, "The knighthood is my internal affair of Daqi, what's the matter with Datang?" ”

However, Wang An shook his head, put down the teacup in his hand and said: "Your Majesty's words are only half right, if you put it in the past, it is indeed my internal affairs of Daqi to give titles to some civilians who have made great contributions, even if it is the Tang Dynasty, I have no right to interfere, but Your Majesty does not know, yesterday I received an official letter from Lord Changsun, the content is about the difference in the flow of businessmen between the two countries." ”

"Oh, after the death of the prime minister, the eldest grandson Wuji became the first person under his father, and his official documents are full of weight, but what does this 'merchant flow difference' mean?" When Li Su heard this, he said with a very interested expression.

Originally, Li Su didn't ask, Wang An also planned to find a time to relay the content of the eldest grandson Wuji's official document to him, but because he only received it yesterday, he didn't have time yet, and now he just chatted with Li Su about this issue, so Wang An also explained the so-called difference in the flow of businessmen.

Merchants in the strict sense of the word refer to those who are not engaged in production, but are only responsible for buying and selling and earning the difference in price. However, with the development of industry, more and more businessmen have turned to industry, opening all kinds of factories, and some people have invested in plantations to grow various cash crops for profit, so these industrialists and plantation owners can also be regarded as part of the businessmen. Moreover, a considerable number of merchants are across several fields, not only opening their own factories or plantations, but also responsible for sales, so the definition of a merchant has expanded considerably.

Speaking of the Tang Dynasty, the country has been established for many years, and the population is also several times that of Daqi. Moreover, Li Su was also promoting the development of industry and commerce in Datang. It wasn't until more than a decade ago that the focus began to shift to places like Taiwan and Nanyang, so in any way. Datang's industry and commerce should be stronger than Daqi.

But the truth is the opposite, when Li Su had not yet established a country. His financial income has surpassed Datang, Taiwan and Nanyang and other places are not large, but in the development of industry and commerce, it is a rapid progress, now in addition to some traditional industries such as silk, porcelain can not be compared with Datang, in addition to the steel industry, textile industry, glass industry and other emerging industries, but have been super Datang.

The reason for this phenomenon is not only because of Li Su's own development, but also because many Tang businessmen have seen the openness and freedom of Taiwan and other places. Some of Datang's industries were slowly transferred outward, and at the beginning there was nothing to see, but after a long time, those industries transferred from Datang became quite terrifying, which directly caused the explosive growth of industry and commerce in Taiwan and other places, while Datang's industry and commerce did not increase but decreased. Under the advantages of one another, it is not surprising that Daqi's industry and commerce surpassed Datang in such a short period of time.

Originally, Datang didn't pay much attention to this issue, but after Li Su established the country and became emperor, Daqi suddenly became equal to Datang. In addition, Li Su also set up an official newspaper called Daqi Daily, which would publish the previous year's financial income and expenditure in the newspaper every year, so that the people could supervise the ability of the administrative organs. It was through the newspaper that Datang suddenly found out. It turned out that Daqi's annual financial income was even higher than theirs.

For this situation, Changsun Wuji and others couldn't figure it out at first, but after a period of investigation. Only then did I know that it was the loss of businessmen from Datang, and many businessmen started in Datang. But now they have all moved to live in Daqi, and at the same time, their industries have slowly shifted to Daqi.

That's what makes this clear. Therefore, the eldest grandson Wuji sent an official letter to Wang An, which said that the content was about the mobility between the merchants of Datang and Daqi, and also specifically pointed out that although many businessmen from Daqi go to Datang to do business every year, few people will stay in Datang, but the businessmen of Datang go to Daqi to do business, and six or seven out of ten people will slowly migrate to Daqi.

Speaking of this official document of the eldest grandson Wuji, although the tone is very polite, but there is some accusation between the words, it is estimated that they see that there are so many Tang merchants lost every year, which greatly affects their taxes, so they are also a little unfair in their hearts, but they are afraid of the relationship between the two countries, so they do not blame it explicitly.

After listening to the content of the eldest grandson Wuji's official document, Li Su showed a chuckle and said: "Wang Fu, the eldest grandson Wuji will not send such an accusatory official document for no reason, he must have made any other requests, right?" ”

Li Su couldn't know much about the eldest grandson Wuji, although he didn't have much contact with the other party when he was in Chang'an before, but Li Su knew that although the eldest grandson Wuji had many shortcomings, he was indeed very talented, otherwise he would not have taken over Fang Xuanling's position. Now that he sees that there is a problem with Datang's industry and commerce, he will definitely find a way to solve it.

"Your Majesty is wise, and the eldest grandson did make a 'small' request at the end of the official document." When Wang An said the word 'little', he deliberately accentuated his tone, and at the same time, he also showed a strange look on his face.

"Wait a minute, let me guess!" Li Su suddenly interrupted Wang Andao at this time, only to see him take a sip of tea, and then he showed a smile and said, "If you want to solve the problem of the loss of businessmen in Datang, you can only start from two aspects, the first is to improve the business and living environment in Datang, but this is simply impossible." The second is to let us cooperate with Daqi and restrict the settlement of Datang merchants in Daqi, I guess Changsun Wuji will definitely choose the second one! ”

"Hahaha~, Your Majesty is really wise, Lord Eldest Sun is indeed making a request, hoping that we can make some restrictions to slow down the loss of merchants in the Tang Dynasty." Wang An said with a laugh. Every time he talks to Li Su, he feels very comfortable, because no matter what he says, Li Su can quickly understand and even guess the result directly, which saves him a lot of energy. At the same time, Wang Anxin was also secretly thinking that if all the officials under him could be like His Majesty, then he, the prime minister, would be much easier.

Li Su also laughed a few times proudly, and then asked, "Since the eldest grandson Wuji made this request, how is Wang Fu going to reply to him?" ”

After hearing this, Wang An replied without hesitation: "Although I understand the situation of the eldest grandson Wuji, but our Daqi is based on business, and we are more inclined to commercial development in terms of policy, all walks of life are developing faster than Datang, and businessmen can better obtain profits in our Daqi, which Datang is obviously lagging behind us, businessmen pursue profits, they are willing to stay in Daqi and not return to Datang, this is their freedom, if we make restrictions on this point, it will not only violate our national foundation, And it will also cause dissatisfaction among some businessmen, so the request of the eldest grandson Wuji must not be agreed! ”

Li Su also nodded after hearing this, the loss of businessmen was originally a problem with Datang itself. When he was in Datang, he worked hard to promote the development of industry and commerce, but when the development of industry and commerce reached a certain level, Li Su was very keenly aware that in Datang, although because of his special identity and Li Shimin's enlightenment, there was a prosperous situation in industry and commerce.

However, after all, the Tang Dynasty is a country founded on agriculture, and officials from traditional Confucianism also revolve around agriculture, so when industry and commerce develop to a certain extent, they will inevitably suffer from suppression in all aspects, and this suppression is not completely artificial, and it has a considerable relationship with some objective reasons such as systems and concepts.

If you want to change the suppression of industry and commerce in all aspects of Datang, you must carry out an all-round reform of all aspects of Datang, but this kind of reform will inevitably involve the interests of all parties, and if you are not careful, it may lead Datang into the abyss of no return, and even if the reform is successful, it will take a long time.

At the beginning, Li Su was not sure to carry out this kind of reform in Datang, so he went overseas and conquered the country of Daqi with his bare hands. Because for Li Su, the time and cost of reform is far greater than the construction of a new country.

Compared with the situation of the staggered domestic forces of the Tang Dynasty, Daqi can be said to have started from scratch, everything is accumulated little by little by Li Su and his subordinates, and the foundation of the country has been laid from the beginning, the domestic business atmosphere is very strong, and the values are different from those in the Tang Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, from the perspective of the old minister, the current situation in Datang is not very good, although there are many businessmen who have moved to our Daqi, but there are also some businessmen who can only stay in Datang for various reasons, they are very dissatisfied with the suppression of commerce by the court and other aspects, and even sometimes you can see some complaints in the newspapers, if Datang does not want to solve this problem, I am afraid that it will accumulate for a long time, which will cause a lot of chaos!"

Although Wang An didn't know what a bourgeois revolution was, with his understanding of the general trend, he had a very forward-looking view of the problems that might arise in the Tang Dynasty.

After hearing this, Li Su also glanced at Wang An with appreciation, and then said: "Datang needs a change, and he is very clear about this, but he is old, and his thinking is a little old, and he can't adapt to the needs of change, so he can't do anything about this change." ”

Wang An was taken aback when he heard this, it was the first time he had heard someone comment on Li Shimin like this. Whether it is in Datang or Daqi, all the people recognize that Li Shimin is worthy of being a generation of heroes, not only created the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, but also has several amazing sons, but Li Su, as Li Shimin's favorite son, is really a little strange to say these words.

Seeing Wang An's surprised appearance, Li Su showed a helpless wry smile for forbidden, the above words were not what he said, but Li Shimin's evaluation of himself in a letter to him, and in this letter, Li Shimin also made a rather difficult request to Li Su. (To be continued......)