"I was shocked to see all kinds of tragic scenes, and I lamented the ruthlessness of natural disasters."
"Later, I thought about it over and over again, and felt that the root cause of everything was the inability to balance the royal court's revenue and expenditure."
"In the event of a natural disaster, the people will have no food to harvest. If the people have no food, the court will not be able to collect taxes. On the other hand, it will have to provide food and money for disaster relief. Such a vicious cycle will lead to an empty national treasury, and the people will become increasingly poor, and the people will become poorer.
The source of the increasingly empty imperial treasury.”
"Therefore, I would like to ask you to report this matter. The imperial court needs to increase revenue and reduce expenditure."
After hearing what Tantai Jingzhi said, many officials were lifted up.
A great sage in the world is a great sage in the world. He just came out of office and on his first day in court, he dared to take action on this big problem that everyone knew about but was helpless to do anything about.
"What you said is right. Since you mentioned this, is there a solution?" Li Chen asked with encouraging eyes and tone.
At this point, Tantai Jingzhi has no retreat or other options.
Faced with Li Chen's encouragement, he gritted his teeth, his heart pounded, and said: "I ask for your permission, organized by the Ministry of Household Affairs, to cooperate with private merchants to establish a bank to collect the world's wealth and save the people of the world!"
All the previous words are just to pave the way for this last sentence.
When it was said out loud, the entire Hall of Supreme Harmony exploded.
"This, isn't this insulting to politeness?!"
"This is against the laws of our ancestors!"
"In all the dynasties, how could any imperial court have opened a bank?"
"Compete with the people for profit!"
"Business is the most humble and humble profession. How can the court do it?"
There was an overwhelming amount of discussion, and at this time, officials from any faction felt that it was completely unacceptable.
Everyone looked at the old Tantai Jingzhi standing in the middle of the Hall of Supreme Harmony in disbelief. They couldn't believe that such 'rebellious and unethical' words were actually spoken by a great sage of the time.
It can be seen that if it had not been Tantai Jingzhi who proposed this motion today, anyone else, even Li Chen himself, would have been drowned in the saliva of these civil and military officials.
In the Hall of Supreme Harmony, only a few people remained silent.
They are like rocks in the stormy waves, always standing still.
Li Chen, Zhao Xuanji, Xu Changqing, who also knew about this matter in advance, and Su Zhenting and Zhou Pingan, who always acted as transparent people.
Even Guan Zhiwei, who was also a confidant of the East Palace, was so angry that he shook his beard because he didn't know the inside story.
"quiet!"
A chant full of inner strength came from the mouth of the Three Treasures, and the noisy voices in the Hall of Supreme Harmony calmed down.
Although the words had stopped, the inner resistance and dissatisfaction among the courtiers was still fermenting.
Li Chen stood on the imperial stage with a calm expression and said, "Since this matter has been brought up, let's discuss it."
As soon as Li Chen's words came to light, Wang Tenghuan, who had just been humiliated and had not yet recovered from his anger, immediately jumped out and said sadly: "I object!"
Li Chen frowned slightly, regretting not just kicking this old guy to death.
It's hard to believe that this old guy's body is still so strong and he can still be so alive after being kicked by himself.
Wang Tenghuan also knew that Li Chen did not want to see him, so he directly said: "For such behavior, the court is afraid of being criticized by all the people. What has become of this? He is a thief of the country and the country! He will be infamy for thousands of years!"
Swearing is also graded.
Wang Tenghuan's words "a thief of the country and the country" were almost like a slap on Tantai Jingzhi's face.
