Chapter 178: If you want to be rich, build roads first!

"Haha! Tian'er said it well. My father also thinks that Wei Zheng is not really loyal to the emperor and patriotism, but just loyal to the gentry!"

Li Shimin said with a smile.

Wei Zheng couldn't even say a word now, so he could only stand there, fucking awkwardly, not knowing what to say.

But Xu Tian said, "Father-in-law, you can't say that. Wei Zheng is a man who is upright and honest. He is just a shallow person. As long as he is trained, he will still be a talent!"

"Yeah! You said Wei Zheng had a shallow understanding!"

Wei Zheng looked at Xu Tian in shock.

"What, Lao Wei, haven't you seen it?

Wei Zheng was called a mirror by the world, which shows that his character is fine, but why did he unconsciously stand on the side of the aristocratic clan?"

"To put it bluntly, he is just that he has little knowledge and cannot see what the people need most."

"Just like the farm fertilizer I mentioned to you. If Wei Zheng was here, would he know the benefits of farm fertilizer?

You don’t know either, it’s only after I told you that you know.”

"So, Wei Zheng has been in a high position all year round, and was with the tyrant Emperor Yang of Sui, and was indifferent to the knowledge. Isn't that normal?"

"How many officials in my Tang Dynasty are well-informed?

If they were really knowledgeable, with such a good foundation as my Tang Dynasty, the treasury should have endless money to spend!"

Xu Tian said.

"You! Son-in-law, what you said is so full! Even if the officials in the court are knowledgeable, they will not be able to spend all the money on the treasury!"

"Do you know how much money my Tang Dynasty spends every year?

You're talking nonsense here!"

Wei Zheng said in a deep voice.

"Old Wei! I dare to make a bet with you. If the officials of the Tang Dynasty are really knowledgeable, the amount of money I spent in the Tang Dynasty will increase by ten times, and the national treasury will also be consumed."

Xu Tian said.

"Okay! What do you say is going to do? If what you say really makes sense, I! I will be your student!"

Wei Zheng said in a deep voice.

"You! Lao Wei, you really get a bargain when you get a bargain. Be my student?

Don’t you know that my student is a farmer’s hero?”

"You are my student, and you can get up with this generation. Can the great scholars in the court still compete with you?

Wei Zheng is not as senior as you are!”

Xu Tian looked at Wei Zheng with contempt and said.

What literati care about most is seniority, and all schools of thought are related to each other and may not be incompatible, but they still have to respect each other when they place their seniority.

Xia Kui is the leader of the farmer family, and his seniority is no less than that of the Confucian scholars.

"You! You..."

Wei Zheng was so angry that his body trembled. He didn't expect that as his identity as Xu Tian's student, he would be disliked. Moreover, what Xu Tian disliked was very reasonable.

"Forget it! I'll tell you how to make the Tang Dynasty rich first. Father-in-law, listen to it and see if it makes sense."

Xu Tian said.

Li Shimin pricked up his ears and listened carefully to Xu Tian's speech.

"If you want to be rich, build the road first!"

Xu Tian said directly.

"Yes! If you want to be rich, build the road first!"

Li Shimin was stunned.

Xu Tian had already told him about road construction, but it was built in Fengzhou to use it to marches quickly and encircle the Turkish retreat.

How can we still be connected with wealth?

"That's right, we have to build roads first. First of all, after the road is built, it will be much more convenient for our business travelers in Datang to transport various supplies and the speed will be faster!"

"Let me ask, what does the circulation of materials in my Tang Dynasty have accelerated? "

Xu Tian said in a deep voice.

"It means that the merchants save a lot of time. This time is cost. Saving costs means saving money, saving money, and making money!"

Li Shimin said.

"That's right! The business traveler earned money. Should I pay more taxes and silver for Datang?"

Xu Tian said in a deep voice.

"Haha! Son-in-law, I think you are wrong. The money earned by these business travelers does have to pay taxes, but how much can they pay?"

"They earned ten times the money, but they probably couldn't pay twice the amount of taxes. If you don't understand the relationship, the Minister of Revenue will not be able to collect so much taxes."

“And, do you know how much money it costs to build a road?

A hundred miles long official road, with at least hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, if you go to too many business trips, it will break down in a few years."

"Can the taxes collected within ten years be offset by the cost of road construction?"

Wei Zheng said with a smile.

He was despised by Xu Tian today, and now he finally found an air outlet to make some trouble for the Minister of Revenue Tang Jian.

"Haha! Old Wei really talked about this point. If the business traveler earns money, it is impossible to pay the tax silver in full."

"And this is inevitable, because the tax system of our Tang Dynasty itself has flaws, and it is indeed difficult to manage. Unless the number of officials in the Ministry of Revenue increases by ten times, it must be done around the clock to do it!"

"It is not realistic to collect taxes in full, but what if we don't want to charge more taxes from merchants, but instead adopt travel expenses?"

Xu Tian said with a smile.

“Travel maintenance fee?

What is that?"

Wei Zheng asked.

"The road maintenance fee is literal consciousness, which is used to maintain the official road. Any business traveler, as long as he passes through the official road, must pay the fee based on the size of the carriage and the weight of the goods!"

"Then, the government sets up checkpoints in various areas. When those businessmen and travelers pass by the checkpoints, they have to pay a fee. In this way, the money will come."

Xu Tian said.

"Haha! Tian'er, do you think those business travelers are fools?

If this official road charges, they are afraid they won’t be able to follow the official road.”

Li Shimin said with a smile.

"Father-in-law, this is a bad word. If you transport a batch of emergency supplies, would you say, would you go on the official road?"

Xu Tian said in a deep voice.

"This is naturally. If the materials are urgent, it doesn't matter if you go to the official road once."

Li Shimin said.

"If you walk on the official road once and find it very safe, there are officers and soldiers patrolling along the way, and the speed is more than twice as fast, and the official road is not expensive, will you take the official road next time, or not?"

Xu Tian asked in a deep voice.

"Yeah! If that's the case, then you will naturally follow the official road next time."

Li Shimin was shocked and replied.

"Isn't that enough, as long as we ensure that the official road is safe and the charges are reasonable, those business travelers not only did not make less money because of this, but instead made more money!"

"Since you have made too much money, isn't it reasonable to give some to the court?"

Xu Tian asked back.

"This... Tian'er, what you said makes sense, but if you want to ensure safety on the official road, it will require a large number of people to patrol, which is another large amount of consumption!"
Chapter completed!