Yuchi Chifan didn't know that his majesty had begun to enjoy the occasional treatment from the emperor. Seeing him lying on his lap, he massaged his head and said slowly:
"This issue should be of concern to the Ministry of Commerce. After all, His Majesty has put his words here. If they cannot persuade others to go to the Western Regions, it is their responsibility. I am only in charge of the internal government and not responsible for the rest of the court's commerce.
I’m not participating in it.”
Having said this, Yuchi Chifan put his fingers on his lips, raised the corners of his lips, and said with a smile: "The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics."
Li Xingchen couldn't help but rolled his eyes.
You are not allowed to get involved in politics. I am afraid that in all the previous dynasties, you have not done as much as you have done in politics, right?
Do politics during the day, do (*) me at night.
snort!
Yuchi Chifan saw His Majesty showing his displeasure and said hurriedly:
"Actually, I haven't thought about it. I just feel that the previous one cannot completely reassure the merchants. Maybe it would be a good idea to allocate some funds specifically to subsidize the Silk Road trade."
Li Xingchen was silent for a moment.
Will central government subsidies just enter the stage of history?
But think about it, if you want to encourage merchants to open up roads, or even establish a trade network, the imperial court must express something. After all, the Silk Road crosses the borders of the Han Dynasty, even far away from the Chinese land, and goes to other places.
Wherever civilization exists.
The huge risks involved are enough to make many businessmen retreat.
This is different from the previous Han Dynasty's initiative to explore places such as Nanzhong and Nanyang. In these places, the main thing they have to face is nature.
Sometimes, the wrath of nature is enough to kill the entire people on the trade route, let alone lose all their money. But sometimes, people's fear of nature is really not as much as their fear of another strange civilization.
"In fact, there is no need for the imperial court to bear this cost alone," Yuchi Chifan continued, "The Silk Road.asxs., in Chang'an, you can even move east to Luoyang, and then even connect to the domestic canal, you can go south
Moving to Jiankang Prefecture, in this way, all the state capitals will actually participate in trade with the West. Since everyone will benefit, then naturally they should bear certain expenses."
This is a local government subsidy.
Li Xingchen nodded with some emotion.
Yuchi Chifan was a little surprised when he saw that Li Xingchen hadn't spoken yet: "Your Majesty?"
Is there something wrong with what I said?
"No, it's okay." Li Xingchen shook his head, "That's right. How about I leave the next Minister of Commerce to you?"
"Your Majesty, are you kidding me?" Yuchi Chifan pushed him gently.
"Why not?" Li Xingchen smiled and said, "The current Minister of Commerce, Tang Zhengliang, was also driven to the shelves by me. Don't you think you are doing well now? What's more, you are so experienced and insightful, so you can naturally preside over it.
Let’s go to the Ministry of Commerce. In contrast, Huang Qi and the others should be placed elsewhere, which is more suitable.”
As a civil servant, Tang Zhengliang got to his current position because he was born in a Bashu family and had direct contact with Bashu merchants. The current business system of the Han Dynasty was also figured out bit by bit by him and his people. However,
Huang Qi and others, as latecomers, are actually just normal job transfers and will not stay in this position for too long.
In contrast, Yuchi Chifan, who has been responsible for the finance, trade, investment and other issues of the Inner Government since the establishment of the Inner Government, is obviously better than Huang Qi and others in terms of ideas, opinions and experience.
She is indeed more suitable to take over as Shangshu of the Ministry of Commerce than the ministers of the Ministry of Commerce.
Yuchi Chifan just smiled.
Of course she knew that in His Majesty's heart, her daughter's family could hold up half the sky, but if her daughter's family entered the court and became a minister, she should think about it, at least her generation would not be able to see it.
But Yuchi Chifan also saw hope.
Women can also contribute to the development of society and are no longer the vassals of men. As a person who is inherently strong, she is happy to see this.
After all, no one wants to really become another person's vassal, or even a gift.
People, regardless of gender, are thoughtful.
Li Xingchen also knew that he was just addicted to talking.
Being able to set up an inner palace by oneself has already broken many conventions.
The change in the overall trend and thinking of society still requires a process.
Boil the frog in warm water, slowly.
What actually moved Li Xingchen today were these two ideas put forward by Yuchi Chifan. The central government gave financial subsidies to merchants and encouraged them to establish foreign trade networks, and then integrated foreign trade and domestic trade networks.
In docking, local governments encourage local merchants to participate in foreign trade, forming a well-structured trade system.
The government's subsidies may not be much, and may only allow merchants to keep a capital, and may not even go bankrupt. However, for many merchants, the government's guarantee is enough to support them. They are not struggling alone.
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This kind of psychological comfort and real subsidies are enough to persuade more people to invest in foreign trade.
These thoughts of Yuchi Chifan are very close to some basic economic thoughts of later generations.
The imperial court no longer plays a role of sitting on the sidelines, but actually participates in the trade, serving as the backer of the merchants and the person responsible for keeping the truth.
This gives the merchants confidence.
After years of hard work, years of innuendo, and years of guidance, it’s finally time to bear fruit.
After ten years of gathering together, Li Xingchen's greatest efforts were not actually to directly bring any advanced ideas, systems or technologies to this era.
Every era has its own unique characteristics and concepts.
It seems that the ideas and technologies of later generations are very advanced, but are they really suitable for this era?
Will people of this era really think of him as a god by giving him everything he has?
I'm afraid it's almost the same as neurosis.
Therefore, what Li Xingchen has to do and can only do is to make some subtle changes.
Did he put forward some ideas and suggestions to lead the development of Dahan's industry, commerce, agriculture, education and other industries? But this so-called leadership is actually based on these industries' own exploration and exploration.
Li Xingchen was only responsible for giving the tree a little support when it was about to grow crooked.
The idea of financial subsidies may not be important.
Li Xingchen believed that the Ministry of Commerce must have more or less similar ideas. Even before this, some local and state capitals had already adopted similar practices.
Yuchi Chifan just raised this idea to the level of international trade.
This means that people in this era have begun to learn how to think and explore in this aspect, and they have begun to have their own independent ideas and ways of thinking.