Ashenarongzhen, the big light bulb, finally went to the outside of the house to keep watch. Li Xiuning secretly breathed a sigh of relief and thought to himself, should Luo Shixin look more pleasing to the eye?
Li Po drank a few drinks. He had already had dinner at his mother-in-law's house and drank some wine. This time... was equivalent to a late-night snack.
Li Po is a little lazy. Recently, the court meetings have been one after another. The courtiers are paying more attention to the salt policy than the two wars next year.
He could also understand that the income from the Salt Administration accounted for the largest share of Datang's income, and it related to the interests of many people, and even the stability of society, and could not help but make people nervous.
But the solution is so simple and clear. In fact, it does not need to be discussed for so long. Basically, it depends on the courtiers' desire to reform the salt policy.
The purpose is to reverse the situation in which salt administration revenue accounts for the majority of state treasury revenue. This is not just a problem of salt administration, but efforts must also be made to increase revenue from other aspects.
Regarding this, Li Po himself knew that there were not many businesses that could be compared with monopoly businesses such as salt and iron. Tea, ceramics, wine, paper, etc. were all far behind.
Only textiles are an indispensable commodity at any time, and more profoundly, the textile industry is a manifestation of the superiority of civilization.
For a long time, countries that could manufacture textiles on a large scale were extremely powerful.
This is especially obvious in war, for example, soldiers wear uniform uniforms.
Although this seems to be just an inconspicuous angle, in the cold weapon era, only the splendid Eastern civilization, or more specifically the Central Plains civilization, could achieve this.
Other so-called ancient civilizations do not have such conditions. This can be clearly seen from the ancient cultural relics unearthed by them.
Uniform military clothing is the inevitable result of the development of the textile industry to a certain stage. The leather robes of the nomadic people can barely be regarded as one category, because they have the vast grassland as the basis of animal husbandry as a guarantee.
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Although Li Po was quite tired, his mind still couldn't rest.
The textile industry in Datang, like other things, had extremely obvious advantages and disadvantages.
The advantage is that since the Qin and Han Dynasties, its technological process has become mature, and compared with those of foreign countries, its technological advancement is almost overwhelming.
Silk, in particular, from sericulture to manufactured products, is a unique craft in the Central Plains and enjoys a high reputation in Asia and even further afield.
Every small country that comes to pay tribute will be excited as long as they can bring back a few pieces of silk, which shows how precious and rare silk is.
Other textiles are not as attractive, but the advantage in output is still huge.
The shortcomings are also very simple. The small workshop-style production model still seems very primitive compared to later. What is even more difficult is that it cannot allow a large number of farmers to go out of work to expand the scale of the textile industry.
Because the current agricultural production model is also backward, it is impossible to liberate a large number of labor forces.
Any attempt to make a fuss in this regard is futile, and the changes brought about by comprehensive productivity improvements simply cannot occur in this world.
There is no one in this world who has a deeper understanding of social productivity than Li Po. It is the crystallization of the wisdom of later generations, and it is a conclusion reached after countless verifications.
No matter how smart and outstanding people are, they will be eclipsed in the face of this kind of collective wisdom. A child in the future can blurt out that science and technology are the primary productive forces, but to the ears of today's people, it must be gibberish.
Li Po understands these things. Although he is not that proficient, he can still remember some common sense knowledge. For example, on the issue of how to expand the scale of the textile industry, he can clearly understand that it cannot be solved by one or two imperial decrees.
things.
To do this step by step, there is no need to think about large-scale labor factories. We can only tap the potential according to today's social structure. Any rash advancement is not worth trying.
The business model implemented by later generations has almost no reference for the current Tang Dynasty. This is why he has not given too much preferential treatment to the businessmen group.
With the advancement of productivity and a large surplus of social wealth, merchants have a place to play, and they form an elite class that is different from the aristocracy, and eventually defeat the aristocracy and seize power.
Many people regard results as a premise and think that business is a panacea. In fact, this is not the case. Many times in this world, businessmen actually play a role that fails to succeed but fails to succeed.
Without the large amount of wealth produced by society, the combination of businessmen and aristocratic landowners will only crazily and unrestrainedly squeeze the interests of farmers and handicraftsmen and rob limited social resources, without the kind of promotion of social productivity progress.
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"When you come here, don't think about political affairs. Look at you, you are distracted even while drinking. I heard that there is trouble in the salt administration?
The price of salt on the market has dropped a lot, and the people in Chang'an are very happy. They are all praising the emperor for being wise and the courtiers being virtuous and honest..."
As he spoke, Li Xiuning laughed softly.
Li Po breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The price of salt is too low, the national supply is insufficient, the soldiers can't get food and salary, and the officials can't get their salaries... Then you will see who can still laugh."
Li Xiuning was shocked, but looking at the man's comfortable appearance, he shook his head and said with a smile: "Is it really that serious?"
Li Po said: "It's still that serious. If it weren't for this, I wouldn't be able to leave the palace to relax... The court meetings have been one after another in the past few days. Last night, I was fed a handful of sea salt in my dream. How can you say this is a human being?"
What kind of life are you having?"
"Ah?" It's been a long time since I heard Li Po's dirty talk. Li Xiuning didn't react for a moment, and then she giggled, "Brother, you must have a solution, right? I know, what?"
Nothing is too difficult for big brother."
Li Po lightly beat his chest, "To me, it's really not a big deal. It's just that if the price of salt rises back in two days, the people will feel that the emperor is not as wise as they thought. The people standing in the court
Too many silverfish?”
"The people are ignorant, brother, please bear with it... They won't think that no matter how high or low the price of salt is, it will not be a loss to the emperor anyway. Why don't the emperor and the courtiers work so hard to bring peace to the world?"
Li Po also laughed, thinking to himself that Sanniang Li still knows how to plead for the people? Save me, you, how can someone who doesn't even want to raise chickens and ducks really know how the people live? This chapter has been completed!