These words caused a stir, and everyone except Wei Zheng criticized him.
"Zhulu Hou, I have never offended you. How can you involve me?"
"I am an honest official, but my family does not have a hundred thousand yuan in wealth. The family's property has nothing to do with me!"
"Master Marquis, we are talking about the Turkic tribe, why does it involve family wealth? You are serious. Your Majesty did not say that he wanted to rob your family wealth. He just wanted you to think of a way."
Li Mu looked up at the faces of these people and suddenly burst into laughter, leaving everyone confused again.
Li Shimin sighed helplessly and said: "Li Mu, I know it's too much to ask you for money all the time. But you also have to understand my difficulties. There are hundreds of thousands of people in the Turks, how many people are there in the Tang Dynasty? If pressed,
If you kill them, the consequences will be disastrous. Although all the dear friends present here have quite a lot of money at home, it is still the property of the clan. When it comes to individuals, it is not that much. I am not trying to rob you of your property, I just want you to help.
Come up with an idea. Do you have an idea or not? Stop making trouble!"
Li Mu stopped laughing and said: "I have an idea, but I have no idea."
"Then do you have an idea or not?"
"My idea depends on what your Majesty and the princes think. If your Majesty and the princes just want to take advantage, then I have no idea on this matter."
When everyone heard this, they thought, yes, the abacus can't work out. This kid Li Mu is as cunning as a ghost. It seems that he wants to drag everyone into trouble.
Li Shimin glanced at his loved ones and thought about Li Mu's words. Indeed, it is not easy to pluck wool from a sheep. As the saying goes, thunder, rain and dew are all your kindness, so let's get some of it. Immediately
With a heartbeat, he said: "Okay, you can tell me your idea. I and you dear friends will try our best to cooperate."
"There is one more condition!"
Li Shimin said angrily: "You can finish it or stop it, but what are the conditions?"
"This idea is over. I won't care about anything until the Spring Festival is over. I still have a master and apprentice bureau, so I have to concentrate on preparing for the exam."
When everyone heard this, they all looked at Wei Zheng subconsciously. Wei Zheng's face turned red and he turned his head to the other side, as if it was none of his business. Li Shimin suppressed his laughter and nodded: "Okay, I agree, now
Can you tell me?"
Li Mu sat up cross-legged and said: "Your Majesty, I would like to ask, the army fought with the Turks. I have read the statistics and found that only tens of thousands of Turkic nobles were killed. Why did the Turkic tribes, which had always been prosperous before, suddenly decline so much?"
, please clarify my doubts, Your Majesty."
Li Shimin was tired after squatting for a long time. Li Mu refused to get up, so he had to sit on the ground and said, "You don't know something. The Turkic people are very hierarchical. The so-called wealth refers to the wealth of the Turkic nobles. The common people are no different from slaves."
.Women can be given as gifts, old people and baby girls, and they will even be abandoned when the tribe is in danger. The Tang Dynasty fought with the Turks, defeated their army, and killed tens of thousands of people. Although it didn't seem like much, it was at least ten years
Inside, they won’t be able to catch their breath.”
"Isn't this great?"
Li Shimin shook his head and said: "Li Mu, to take charge of the situation, you can't just look at one place. To the north of the Hetao, there is Xue Yantuo. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, in order to fight against the Turks, they joined forces with Xue Yantuo to provide them with weapons, cattle and sheep. But the Tang Dynasty and
When the Turks were fighting, Xue Yantuo did not lend a helping hand, but stood aside and watched. After we defeated the Turks, Xue Yantuo took the opportunity to absorb the Turks' stragglers and strengthen himself. Now he is a close friend. I summoned Yi Nan, the leader of Xue Yantuo,
But Yi Nan refused to come because he was sick. Then I knew that raising tigers was causing trouble."
"Today, helping the Turkic tribes is no longer about pity for their people. It is about making the Turks my patrons of the Tang Dynasty and buying time for the Tang Dynasty to recuperate. After a few years, I will sweep away Xue Yantuo and let the Turks
Yi Nan knows the price of being disloyal to me!"
Li Mu was silent for a while and said: "I have an idea and an idea."
"you say!"
"My idea is to establish trade relations with each other!"
Li Shimin was startled, and then he showed deep disappointment. Before he could speak, Changsun Wuji spoke first, saying: "Li Mu, this is the idea you came up with? Do you know that mutual trading means a lot to me, Datang?"
The harm outweighs the benefit. If mutual trade is opened up, the Turkic tribes will quickly become stronger."
Before Changsun Wuji could finish speaking, he realized the flaw in his words.
Li Shimin just said that the purpose of helping the Turks is to make the Turks become the vassals of the Tang Dynasty and resist the Xueyantuo tribe. Then, making the Turks stronger is the right thing to do. Mutual trade is the most important thing.
It is an effective method, so it cannot be said that Li Mu's idea is inappropriate.
However, the inherent thinking formed over the years still made Changsun Wuji feel uneasy. He paused and then said: "Your Majesty, although Xue Yantuo has ambitions, he has not yet achieved success. He will not dare to take any action for at least one or two years. But the Turks are newly defeated.
, their clans, from nobles to commoners, all hate the Tang Dynasty. If the mutual trade is opened and the Turkic tribes are allowed to relax, I am afraid that there will be chaos on the border immediately."
Li Mu took over the words and said: "Uncle, don't be anxious. Since I proposed this method, I naturally have a way to solve the hidden danger."
"The first step is to open up mutual trade, but only in a limited manner. The Turks need food, cloth, tea, silk, etc., and the Tang Dynasty also needs their leather, horses, cattle and sheep. Let the Turks first make a list of what they need.
, and then the Ministry of Internal Affairs takes the lead and is responsible for the orders from both parties. The assistance is also based on orders. All orders are paid by Datang in advance. For example, a businessman in a certain place needs a hundred pieces of leather, and these leathers are worth a hundred guan, then
Let the businessman pay a deposit of 30 guan in advance. The Ministry of Internal Affairs will use the 30 guan to purchase the items listed on the list of the Turkic tribes and send them there first. After the cattle and sheep are fattened and slaughtered in the autumn, a hundred pieces of leather will be shipped.
The merchant will then pay seventy guan to complete the order, and the money obtained will continue to purchase things needed by the Turkic tribes. All trade must be completed through the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Once a private transaction is discovered, both parties to the transaction will be executed immediately and will not be tolerated.
."
"The advantage of this is that Datang can use domestic surplus materials to exchange for urgently needed materials, such as horses, cattle and sheep. And all transactions go through the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which can also restrict the export of prohibited materials, so that the uncle's worries can be avoided
."
Li Shimin thought for a while, frowned and said: "But how can you ensure that someone will be willing to pay a deposit in advance, what if your plan fails?"
Everyone nodded, and Li Mu smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I have never failed in business matters. But since Your Majesty and the princes are confused, I am also willing to clear up the confusion. I want to ask your Majesty something, Chang'an is now
On the street, everyone who has a lot of money wears leather jackets and boots. Where do these leathers and furs come from?"
"This..." If Li Mu hadn't mentioned it, Li Shimin wouldn't have been able to remember it, but when he mentioned it, Li Shimin also started to think about it, yes, where did it come from? There were not so many cattle and sheep to be slaughtered in the Tang Dynasty!
"It's all smuggled!" Li Mu gave the answer, saying: "The so-called Hu merchants and merchants don't have that much leather. If we trace the source, isn't it the Hu people, Uighurs, Turks and other nomadic peoples? That is,
He said that even if we don't open a mutual market, we can't stop smuggling. Because this is a fundamental need. Without these leathers and furs, what would the wealthy households in Chang'an City wear? In this case, Your Majesty might as well open a mutual trade, but control it."
"If it is implemented thoroughly, all private traders will be killed. Then these businessmen who are doing these businesses will be forced to place orders from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. If they don't place orders, there will still be goods. The Jin Yiwei will investigate them. There is no such thing as leakage in the world.
You can't hide it if you want to with the wall. So your Majesty doesn't have to worry at all that no one will place the order. They have to be willing if they don't want to. I will mark a way out for them, and they have to leave. If they don't leave, they will starve to death."
This was said so domineeringly that Li Shimin was speechless. Looking at the ladies next to him, all of them looked strange and speechless. Although Li Mu was talking about merchants, he didn't say it to them. They were both famous and famous.
They are the people behind the merchants named.
Wang listened for a long time and couldn't help but said: "Master Hou, there is one more thing, I hope you can clarify my confusion. If an order is placed, but there is no goods at the agreed time, who will bear the loss here? Is it internal affairs?
Mansion?"
"Wang Shizhong finally got the point right!" Li Mu suddenly became energetic for some reason. He stood up, took the king's hand, shook it vigorously, and said, "Everyone says that Wang Shizhong is cunning and cunning, and it is indeed true. You think of all the people.
What I didn’t expect is that this is another great tool for me to generate income for His Majesty’s internal funds this year!”
Li Mu took out a piece of folded rice paper from his arms, unfolded it and handed it to Li Shimin, saying: "Your Majesty, please take a look at it. This is my latest plan, the fourth one after Datang Mining, Datang Salt Industry, and Datang Jianye."
Golden idea, Datang Insurance!"
"Insurance? What is this?"
Li Shimin looked carefully and recognized every word, but he didn't know what was going on when they were put together. Li Shimin looked at Li Mu and said, "I don't understand, so just say it."
"That's probably what it means." Li Mu explained enthusiastically: "Take the businessman just now. He wanted to buy a hundred guan of leather and paid a deposit of 30 guan. As Wang Shizhong said, he must be worried.
Thirty dollars is not a small amount of money. If there is no goods by then, wouldn’t it mean that the water is in vain? This is the time for Datang Insurance to step forward. When placing an order, you only need to spend 100% of the order amount.
If the contract cannot be fulfilled as scheduled, the party who purchased the contract insurance will receive half of the order amount as compensation."
"In other words, this businessman only needs to spend 100 yuan, and he can sit back and relax. If there is no leather for him by then, Datang Insurance will pay him 50 yuan. Not only will he not lose anything, he will also earn 19 more yuan.
Guan! Earn money just sitting at home, pie in the sky!"