"Ahem, this is how this matter has passed!" Li Shimin coughed and said,
"Next, what government affairs do you need to continue to explain?"
"Aye, since this matter has been settled, the Qingque will take his leave first!" Li Tai said as he looked at everyone.
"Please wait a moment, King Wei!" At this time, Fang Xuanling called Li Tai and then said respectfully to Li Shimin.
"Now the King of Wei is in the court, I have something to do, and I happened to explain it in detail to the King of Wei."
When Li Shimin heard this, he didn't expect that Fang Xuanling would have something to ask Li Tai for help, and said calmly, "Please tell me Fang Qing!"
"I want to transfer Chu Suiliang to Beijing to specialize in tea trade. At the same time, I hope the court will come forward to specialize in tea trade and collect tea fields from Yuhang, Guangzhou and other places as exclusive to the court to facilitate the court to control tea trade!" Fang Xuanling said with a serious expression.
Wei Zheng and Du Ruhui were stunned at this moment.
Because they never expected that Fang Xuanling would say such words.
What is this to do? Wei Zheng and Du Ruhui don’t know how profitable it is.
Li Shimin said this and added, "What's going on with this tea?"
Someone took out a bottle of laundry detergent and said that when the family has any chemical weapons, it is best if your family really has them.
After all, there are all kinds of miscellaneous things added to the tea, which is more like a health supplement than a drink.
Even people like Ma Teng, who are in high positions, still feel a little contempt for their barbarian bloodline.
In this matter, the prince relies on his prestige and does not have to give money to the Honglu Temple.
So compared with the two, no matter who is in the Honglu Temple, the top and bottom of the temple are closer to the King of Wei.
"I like to ask the soldiers to bring one or two tea cakes with them.
Therefore, during the Tang Dynasty, Li Tai was able to change the living habits and cultural language of foreign races through labor reform and help them integrate into the Tang Dynasty. This was not rejected by the people around the Tang Dynasty. This was the basis of Li Tai's implementation of policies.
As such, Fang Xuanling accused the chain of interests between Honglu Temple and Li Tai, and these small countries.
Li Tai said seriously: "I know.
Therefore, in addition to having a lower status, the merchants in the Tang Dynasty actually lived a very good life.
After all, the monarch who killed you in the Han Dynasty, I will give you a monarch again. The target I fought and fled, and I was idle. The army could not leave, so I destroyed the small country next door that was eating melons. I would do it like this.
It's not uncommon.
Fang Xuanling was very satisfied with the fact that King Wei had such awareness, otherwise he would not have known about tea.
When Fang Xuanling said this, he couldn't help but look at King Wei and was very pleased. This kind of atmosphere was brought out by Li Tai.
Generally speaking, if you want to wait for tea to become popular, you must wait for Lu Yu to write the "Tea Sutra" to establish a tea ceremony, and then spread among special people like monks and lay people. Only after the precipitation of the Wuzhou and Kaiyuan dynasties did the tea truly become capable.
A drink comparable to wine.
But if it were the Han Dynasty, it would be different. The debate between China and the barbarians almost ran through the entire Han Dynasty.
Whether it was Xueyantuo people, Qiang people in Xihai County, even the Marines north of Youzhou, or even the Goguryeo people, Gao Jifu was always here, which made the economy of Honglu Temple take off again.
No matter how many people the Honglu Temple got for Li Tai, Li Tai accepted them as planned. Under such circumstances, Honglu Temple and Li Tai had a close and simple financial relationship.
The treatment in Chang'an must have certain rules and regulations. Basically, one family is promoted, so every family needs to be promoted.
But now, as Li Tai continues to accommodate foreign races through the Honglu Temple, after discovering this way of playing, he suddenly discovered that he had also established an economic chain between these small countries.
The only thing Li Tai is fortunate that China emphasizes the inheritance of the culture rather than the bloodline. More importantly, it is the Tang Dynasty rather than the Han Dynasty.
Because this is to show the courage of the Celestial Kingdom, it is not just a simple face-saving project.
To achieve this, we can solve the problem of eating dried chicken and other dry foods too dry and it is easy to get angry. We bring tea to digest it.
At first I just felt that this thing was too profitable, so Fang Xuanling went to investigate it briefly.
For example, when Gao Jifu took office, Honglu Temple kicked them out of the north of the Yellow River because Li Shimin drove the Turks, which caused a period of transaction between Honglu Temple and the King of Wei.
After all, it is impossible to directly accept this thing into the court. This is not an era when the emperor wants it. If the court does this, don’t say whether all the families of all sizes will be in danger.
"Yes!" Fang Xuanling nodded when he heard Li Tai's words, "What King Wei said is the same as what I found."
At the same time, the local tribe is also very keen on trading tea with the soldiers of Xihai County.
"Tea does solve the problem of indigestion!" Li Tai looked at Fang Xuanling and looked at him, nodded,
As long as you don't give birth to a banished immortal like Li Bai, the result is that he cannot take the imperial examination because of his identity as a businessman. In fact, in terms of life enjoyment, some top businessmen may not be worse than any king, prince, general, and minister. At most, they have to find a backer, but have no backer.
You can't keep your wealth.
If it is the top army of the Tang Dynasty, it would be fine if it is an army such as the Xuanjia Army or the Yuan Cong Imperial Army.
I think King Wei is also aware of this!”
So, this is just Fang Xuanling's offer.
But it takes time to spread. Li Tai really doesn't know why Fang Xuanling's sense of smell is so sensitive.
Li Tai was to improve the logistics of the Xuefu Army as much as possible. Such Xuefu Army could not be dispatched from the bitter and cold land of Xihai County to Chang'an, but the treatment had dropped!
The Tang Dynasty, at least during the Zhenguan period, did not pay taxes on merchants. In addition, after the merchants became bigger and stronger, they naturally became white gloves for their respective families. It would be very difficult for the imperial court to collect taxes on them.
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Even though the prince protected some of the Turks and allowed them to live in Chang'an, this had nothing to do with the Honglu Temple.
In the past, when small countries came to meet, Honglu Temple was responsible for making connections, collecting the rags of small countries, and then rewarding the other party with several times the value.
Many things in the court were discussed slowly afterwards, but Li Tai didn't know Fang Xuanling's true bottom line.
It was found that tea leaves have a very important role in calming the mind and overcoming the miasma of the plateau in Xihaijun and other plateaus.
To be honest, tea was far less acceptable than wine in the early Tang Dynasty.
When Fang Xuanling arrived here, his eyes looked at Li Tai and said, "The King of Wei should know this too!"
Fang Xuanling also knew that Li Tai would never accept his opinion, but it didn't matter, just talk about it slowly.
So although Li Tai first planned to build a tea garden, and then made a name through the Luoshui chess game, allowing people to watch the top chess players, drink tea and play chess, and feel the unparalleled beauty, thus promoting the tea project.
But Li Tai did not expect that tea had just developed and could only be considered a start, but it was targeted by Fang Xuanling.
Gao Jifu sent someone to say that Honglu Temple needs some tea leaves to keep. You know mine, I can't refuse such a small request.
Of course, Li Tai also knew that Fang Xuanling must have asked for a price from the sky for this.
In other words, as long as it is a system under Li Tai, the money earned will be handed over to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Honglu Temple makes money in this economic chain. At the same time, when these small countries come to the Tang Dynasty to visit and give gifts, if they have a close relationship with Honglu Temple in this industrial chain, Honglu Temple will pay for the money to maintain customer relationships by itself.
No burden to the court.
After all, the Tang Dynasty emphasized inclusiveness. Whether it was a foreign race or a Han Chinese, as long as they were willing to serve the Tang Dynasty, they would be the ministers of the Tang Dynasty.
Because the country is weak, even if you have the talent of the world and can use external relations to leverage the power of force, as long as a strong country really wants to hit you, you will find that without a strong motherland as a backing, the personal efforts of diplomats will be completely changed.
No power.
Instead of trying your best to prove that your family does not have it, others are not ready to listen to the evidence you have worked hard to find.
But is it really necessary for ordinary soldiers to improve their food? Fang Xuanling complained more or less.
After all, how can the slave trade be profitable if the state comes into contact with it?
Because tea can overcome various living diseases caused by local foreigners' long-term consumption of meat.
This relatively insignificant small project can even attract Fang Xuanling's attention.
The relationship between Honglu Temple and Li Tai is naturally unbreakable.
As for how to use Honglu Temple, I don’t know!"
For example, if there are thousands of nations coming to pay tribute, it would be fine if the Honglu Temple comes to take care of it. More importantly, under the guidance of Li Tai, they found that as the Honglu Temple, they were originally the most cost-effective position in the entire Tang Dynasty.
They have actually begun to make money reasonably and legally.
Li Shimin's leading role in this regard is that he is really excellent. When faced with Li Shimin one by one, he wanted to be desperate for Li Shimin, but instead, he followed Li Shimin's long-term confidant and developed a rebellious heart.
Therefore, when the country is strong, the functions of the Tang Dynasty's Honglu Temple will be significantly strengthened.
This is also normal. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is basically the functional department with the closest relationship with the strength of the country.
However, Li Tai hadn't said anything yet, Li Shimin said, "Xuanling, what would it be like if the court was like this!"
"That's right!" Fang Xuanling nodded, "Then I also asked the Honglu Temple and found that the Qiang people in Xihai County sent people to the court to pay tribute every year, mainly to hope that after the tribute was over, we hope that the Tang Dynasty could return the tea gifts to the Tang Dynasty after the tribute was over.
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To be honest, the relationship between King Wei and the Ministry of the Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Civil Affairs is not a secret in the court.
Li Shimin is shameless. He just bought a house from Li Tai, but turned around and sold his son...
The first thing Gao Jifu did when he took office was to find a suitable alien coolie for Li Tai.
Li Tai did not hide anything about this. After all, the allocation of military rations in the Tang Dynasty increased year by year, and there were more or less Li Tai's reasons.
Li Shimin felt that if he did this, how could he have the face to face the heavy filial piety that Li Tai gave him?
It’s just that because the Honglu Temple dealt with Li Tai, the Honglu Temple was particularly rich.
What should I say? The six ministries, nine temples and five prisons of the Tang Dynasty all had their own small treasury.
Li Tai couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Fang Xuanling's words. Li Tai naturally didn't know that Fang Xuanling had set his sights on this tea last year.
Everyone present continued to listen, and Fang Xuanling continued, "Next, I investigated the matters related to tea.
This is why Fang Xuanling was very upset when he saw Li Tai, and thought Li Tai was too extravagant.
But they knew that Fang Xuanling could shamelessly attack Li Tai, and the huge profits of this thing could not be described in words!
He has a good relationship with the Ministry of Civil Affairs because Li Tai can provide taxes. The Ministry of Civil Affairs will never offend the God of Wealth, who accounts for nearly two or three tenths of his taxes.
Therefore, a portion of the tea leaves will be allocated to the Honglu Temple every year, which is considered as the cost of trading foreign coolies with him.
"Report to the saint." Fang Xuanling said respectfully to Li Shimin when he heard Li Shimin's words.
"I discovered that Yuhang's tax revenue began to grow significantly last year. Later, after investigation, it was found that the Jiangnan Agricultural University established tea gardens in Yuhang area, and the sales income would be paid as taxes to the court just like the King of Wei."
At least so far, nothing happened to Li Tai. Honglu Temple has made money and the national operating costs have dropped.
It can only be said that every era has its social atmosphere. At least under such a social atmosphere, the work of Honglu Temple is also somewhat tactful than diplomacy in the Han Dynasty.
As for those small countries, you don’t even transfer the labor force of your own country to work in the Tang Dynasty and contribute to the creation of Chinese civilization. You dare to say that you are a tribute country under the Tang Dynasty’s throne system. Do you want shame?
In short, as long as Li Tai's demand for alien races does not change, the Honglu Temple will naturally become more and more tough.
After all, as long as there is water and fire in the military camp, it is not difficult to cook."
Therefore, in fact, even if Li Tai has built tea gardens in Guangzhou and Yuhang successively, in terms of overall scale, it is probably not even one-twentieth of wine compared to wine.
This has also made the Honglu Temple even louder in recent years. Not to mention becoming the leader of the Nine Temples, but at least the people inside are more tough in their words and actions.
As for the Honglu Temple, it is that Li Tai's demand for alien coolies is almost endless.
During this process, the Tang Dynasty gained the political status of the sect leader and the right to restrain the local government, but it would suffer some economic losses, and even merchants would come to deceive and make profits.
Although he was a general in the Tang Dynasty, he was embarrassed to call himself a famous general, but at least he was able to do his best.
Every time I hit someone, I find a reason and then destroy others.
Fang Xuanling said at this moment: "What I value is not the benefits brought by this tea, but the importance of the tea being favored by foreign races. So can our Tang Dynasty influence a certain extent through the control of tea.
Interracial!"
"Hmm?!" Li Shimin immediately became interested when he heard this.