Chapter 316: The Tang Dynasty (6)
Li Shimin did not hide these things, but directly told his concubines that the relationship between Li Shimin and these concubines was still okay, and all this Li Shimin also wanted them to talk to their families, so there were some words, Li Shimin really came to say it in his heart.
After these things were said, the impact on Li Shimin was not too great, and it seemed that there were many people who knew about this matter, but in fact, the people who really knew it were all the powerful class of the Tang Dynasty.
After Li Shimin explained it clearly to these concubines, their emotions changed from shock at the beginning, to amazement later, and finally to joy, they are all mothers, although these concubines of the royal family have a relatively weak relationship with their children, but they also have good feelings.
And after all, it's the meat that fell from his body, who can ignore it? What's more, according to the past, Li Shimin died, and their concubines may not die, and if their sons inherit the throne, they will naturally live better in the second half of their lives.
But such a person told the truth, and the other concubines didn't think about it at all, because for the other concubines, the throne was destined to be the son of Empress Changsun in the end, and they all knew the feelings between Li Shimin and Empress Changsun.
In addition to the eldest grandson queen, it is Concubine Yang, but the identity of Concubine Yang Li Shimin himself said that it is impossible, then the matter is very simple, and it is destined to be only the eldest grandson queen.
Before, they didn't have that idea, but now it means that their son can become emperor of a new country elsewhere.
And Li Shimin also told them that if these families of theirs are supported, their son will become the emperor in the future, and their family can naturally follow the past, but not completely follow the past, and can pass partially.
As for why he did this, this was not Huo Gang's idea for him, this was the method that Li Shimin and Du Ruhui came up with, to be precise, it was related to the reminder that Huo Gang gave them, and secondly, it was also related to what they saw with their own eyes.
Li Shimin's trip to Liangzhou, along the way, Li Shimin has seen that many places of their official roads are not only managed, but also the roads have become very good! Li Shimin inquired that these roads were all funded by the five surnames and Qiwang, especially some sections that were originally difficult to walk, and they were completely built.
The repair of these roads, if calculated according to the merchants transporting the goods, the entire route into Guazhou has been increased by at least ten to fifteen days!
This is not an exaggeration at all! You must know that in the past, some difficult road sections, horse-drawn carriages pulling goods, those ten kilometers of road alone may take seven or eight days, because many sections of the road still require them to temporarily correct the road themselves.
But this is no longer the case, and after the money was spent on the construction of these roads, this section of the road can not even be crossed in a day.
There were several sections of roads like this that used to go to Liangzhou, but now these roads have all been completely repaired, and they are all built by these families on their own initiative, not only that, but in some of the more dangerous sections, some big families even sent people to guard there to remind the passing caravans.
Not to mention, such temporary strongholds, sometimes some caravans simply rest in these strongholds, they will give these guards some money, and then let them get some food, and in this way, small gathering points are built by roads.
The whole official road is now becoming more and more prosperous, and from these aspects, Li Shimin is a little amazed at Huo Gang's foresight, because Huo Gang said that such a prosperous business road will gradually drive the surrounding economy, and let some families take the initiative to build roads.
And Li Shimin also felt for the first time how great the power was if these gate valve families took the initiative to take action.
Therefore, this time Li Shimin decided to use the family power behind these concubines, just like the princess of the Wang family, she is from the Taiyuan Wang family, one of the five surnames and one of the seven wang families, so if the son she gave birth to is going to be the emperor, do you think the Taiyuan Wang family will contribute? Not only will he contribute, Li Shimin feels that the Taiyuan Wang family will contribute great strength!
It is not impossible to even dump his family property.
As for the reason? Very simply, if the son born to Concubine Wang becomes the emperor, for example, regardless of Goguryeo, or the land of Murowei and other places, as long as a separate country is established, then in addition to the military strength and population supported by Li Shimin to his son, the Taiyuan Wang family will definitely contribute a lot of money and other issues!
Because after the establishment of a single country, the Taiyuan Wang clan is the biggest force in this country, even if it is a small country, this is also a huge progress for the Taiyuan Wang clan! What's more exciting than taking control of a country?
And even if you can't control this small country, then the Taiyuan Wang family will invest in two countries separately, which is in line with the idea of many families to diversify their investment, so the Taiyuan Wang family will definitely pay for it!
The Taiyuan Wang family will be like this, and other families will naturally be like this, and in the process of paying money, the things they buy are all purchased from Datang, and materials are purchased from Datang, which means that the people of Datang will benefit from this, and the rich are the entire Datang.
Enrich Datang, stabilize the surroundings, and bind these families together, let them help them pay to govern Datang, and they must agree to the laws they have formulated, which is simply a lot of money!
When Li Shimin finished talking to these concubines, these concubines were very moved to tell the truth, because Li Shimin really didn't hide anything from them, and he was talking to them from the bottom of his heart.
When Li Shimin told these concubines about this, Du Ruhui said something similar, but the only difference was that Du Ruhui was only talking about Li Shimin's plans for these princes, but Du Ruhui did not say some specific policies.
Because what he should say, what Li Shimin said, Du Ruhui still knows in his heart, after the grand court meeting is held tomorrow, Li Shimin will definitely discuss these matters with some important court officials, and Li Shimin will naturally come to buy people's hearts.
After listening to Du Ruhui's words, these ministers were also stunned, because they never thought that this was just a trip to the Western Regions, how could there be such a big change all of a sudden.
"Du Gong, you tell me the truth, what is this big man? For you and Your Majesty to make such a momentous decision? This sentence was asked by Qin Qiong, Qin Qiong basically hasn't spoken much since he came in, and this time he had to ask.
Not to mention anything else, just targeting the surrounding countries, just rushing so little, if this spreads, the pressure on Datang is estimated to be very great!
And let's not say whether this is the work of the Celestial Empire, let's just say this, which means that Datang may have to use troops to the outside world all the time, but using soldiers will cost the people and money, and the current situation of Datang's treasury is not good, can this hold up?
"I don't know what Dahan has, but at present, Dahan has improved cloth and textile machinery, which means that the price of our Datang cloth and other materials will fall, which means that the cost of living of the people will be reduced."
"In addition, starting next year, Dahan can even sell grain to our Datang, at least Liangzhou and the newly won Haizhou grain can not be responsible for our Datang's Guannei." Du Ruhui said very dryly.
"This ...... How could they possibly have so much food? Qin Qiong's whole person was stunned, the entire Western Regions is not suitable for growing grain, everyone knows this, why can this big man take out so much grain?
"At present, we don't know very well, but the covenant between countries and countries, Chong Huo Gang is willing to rescue His Majesty, such a thing is obviously not fake." Du Ruhui shook his head, "These are obviously the secrets of the Great Han, but as an ally, the Great Han has provided us with a lot of technology this time, such as giving us the drawings of the Quyuan plough they have researched for free. ”
"Your Majesty has sent someone to create this kind of drawing, such a curved plough can be cultivated by only one person and one ox, not only that, it can make the cattle more labor-saving, and the efficiency of arable land has been greatly increased, which means that the land that our people in the Tang Dynasty can plant can be increased."
"Your Majesty will explain this matter to the household department later, and before next year, it will be spread to the world and used by all the people."
"Ladies and gentlemen, General Qin Qiong, you should know very well how much military power we can save if our Western Regions are not only completely stable, but also that we can earn a lot of food and money from the Western Regions every year, and we don't need to subsidize food and soldiers for the Western Regions."
"And these military forces, this means that we can draw enough troops to completely pacify all the countries in the north, the Eastern Turks where Jieli is located have been abolished, and aside from Jieli, the only threat to the entire north is Goguryeo." Du Ruhui looked at these ministers and said.
"I see, but these changes are based on a premise, that is, to collect commercial taxes?" Eldest Sun Wuji suddenly asked.
"Yes! The collection of commercial tax is unavoidable, and the commercial tax is not paid according to the profit, to be precise, there are different tax calculation methods. Du Ru said lightly.
There is actually nothing to say next, these ministers have probably understood in their hearts, judging from the news they got on the road, Li Shimin released enough profits, and there are many things in it that cannot be ignored by various families, which means that these families will definitely agree to Datang's reform of commercial taxes.
Although this means that they will lose a lot of profits, they also know that with a series of reforms by Li Shimin, the future of Datang is full of opportunities.