Otaku Engineer in Great Tang Dynasty Chapter 836: Salt iron franchise!

"Your Majesty, since the Department of Shipbuilding is so involved, it should be more cautious to select candidates. The minister is still young and lacks experience, so it is difficult to take on such an important job!"

In the Temple of Ganlu, Li Zexuan refused after being silent for a long time. ×Miscellaneous∮Zhi∮worm×

This is not because he is not "patriotic", but because he feels that this matter does not need him to do it personally! With Li Xiaogong in the Department of Shipbuilding, he was basically able to ensure that no major corruption incidents would occur. He went to help improve the "customs" system of the Tang Dynasty, but he couldn't think of anything else.

Furthermore, he always feels that Lao Li is doing his tricks. The current border situation in Datang has not yet reached the point where the war is looming. According to the normal historical development process, in August of the third year of Zhenguan, Li Ercai will send Li Jing and others to attack. Turks, it’s too early now, you have to know that next year there will be a big hurdle of locust plague in the Tang Dynasty!

Li Er's gaze suddenly sank, and his face suddenly became uncontrollable. It stands to reason that he, as the emperor himself, did ideological work for his courtiers, and he had already given a lot of face, but Li Zexuan was still a good salt. He couldn't help but feel annoyed by the appearance of dead pigs not afraid of boiling water.

"Huh! Young? Inexperienced? Your kid has done so many things. Which one can you do? According to you, should I give you the Marquis too? Has it withdrawn? Throughout the ages, there has been no one who was named a marquis at the age of fifteen? Huo Qubing made great achievements in the past, and he was named a champion at the age of twenty!"

Li Er walked down from above, and said five steps in front of Li Zexuan.

When Li Zexuan heard this, he was a little anxious. It's okay to not be an official, but he must have a knighthood. This thing is the foundation of standing and standing in the ancient feudal society and not being bullied. "Ahem, your majesty is the ninety-five supreme. Speaking naturally, one can say without a word, how can this honored title be taken back?"

Li Zexuan smiled embarrassedly.

"Huh~!"

Li Er brushed his sleeves with anger. If it were not for the emperor's majesty, he really wanted to remove Li Zexuan's title.

"Let's talk about it, how can your kid be willing to work for the Shibo Division? As long as the request is not excessive, I can consider it at my discretion!"

From ancient times to the present, all courtiers begged the emperor to be an official, but now, he, the emperor, actually "begged" his courtier to become an official, which made Li Er's teeth tickled with anger.

However, in his opinion, the Shibosi Department, an institution that has never existed before, must find a sight if it wants to start from scratch, quickly establish it, and quickly perform its due functions. Long-term, advanced thinking, and people who really understand sea trade will manage it. Although Li Xiaogong has personally traveled to sea, he is far behind Li Zexuan in terms of ideas and ideas.

Let Li Xiaogong be the top leader of the Shishi Department of Shipping, taking over the overall situation, and then let Li Zexuan be the second commander of the Department of Shipping, responsible for the formulation of specific systems. In Li Er's opinion, this is the most perfect staffing.

"Uh, your Majesty, the ministers are deeply favored by the state. As long as the court needs them, even if the ministers go through the fire and water, they will do their part. Such things that have not been done before they have been awarded, the ministers definitely cannot do Of..."

Li Zexuan said "righteously".

Li Er sneered and said: "You guys don't want to get a bargain and sell well, and then grind your chirps, don't blame me for being polite!"

"Your Majesty, the minister wants a few mines!"

As soon as Li's second voice fell, Li Zexuan hurriedly called.

"Mine? Your kid wants iron ore?"

Li Er's face suddenly became serious. For the feudal emperor, iron ore was a very sensitive thing.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, Guanzhong of Qi State put forward the policy of "Salt and Iron Monopoly" in the theory of "Guanshanhai", which made Qi quickly get rich and became the first hegemon in the Spring and Autumn Period. However, although Guan Zhongbei was respected by future generations, in the hundreds of years after his death, except for Shang Yang, who was determined to reform, few people followed his strategy of strengthening the country.

Until Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the imperial court conquered the Xiongnu for years, and the central finances became empty day by day, and the private wealthy merchants "smelted and boiled salt and made money or accumulated tens of thousands of dollars, but did not follow the urgent needs of the public and the hardship of the people." The extreme importance of money and boiled salt to the country's taxation gave birth to the "salt-iron monopoly" policy that has been implemented intermittently in Chinese history for more than two thousand years.

The so-called "salt and iron franchise" means that all the right to operate iron smelting and boiling salt shall be transferred to the central government, but it should be noted that the "salt iron franchise" rather than the "salt iron official operation" refers to the iron smelting industry. In other words, the implementation is state-owned and private. The state generally implements a monopoly policy for all mine resources. As long as the private people discover minerals, they will be protected and sealed up by the state.

After that, the ruler controlled the pricing power of ironware and carried out unified purchase and sale of the ironware produced. Under these premises, the imperial court opened up iron smelting workshops and allowed private merchants to operate independently. The value-added portion of the business was 70% for civil merchants and 30% for rulers, which is equivalent to 30% income tax.

However, due to the inevitable shortcomings of the bureaucracy, there are also some serious problems in the Yantie Official Camp. In order to complete the required tasks, the official ironware only pays attention to the output, and the ironware produced is mostly large agricultural tools with few applications, which is not suitable for farmers to use. Not only that, but government-owned ironware also has problems such as high cost, low quality, no selection, inconvenient purchase, forced buying and selling, and forced peasants to serve. More importantly, the price of government-run salt and iron is expensive~IndoMTL.com~ many poor people simply cannot afford it.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the rulers cancelled the salt and iron monopoly policy and implemented a taxation system. The Three Kingdoms and the Two Jins paid attention to exclusive purchases, and the taxation system resumed during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. From the Sui Dynasty to the early Tang Dynasty, the special tax on salt and iron was abolished, and the market tax was collected like other commodities. After the Tang Anshi Rebellion, financial difficulties, the monopoly of salt and iron began to be implemented.

Since then, dynasties and dynasties have strengthened the monopoly of salt, and the taxation of iron has been implemented, and no longer treated in the same way as salt. The monopoly of salt and iron made the feudal countries obtain considerable benefits, especially salt, which has always been the most important monopoly product firmly controlled by the feudal governments of the past dynasties, and its income is an important financial source of the governments of the past dynasties.

"Uh, the minister wants not only iron ore, but also a few sulphur ore, I hope your majesty will grant you permission!"

Seeing Li Er's expression suddenly serious, Li Zexuan suddenly had a bad feeling, but he still bit the bullet and said.

Previously when he was in the workshop, he assumed that as long as he found the iron ore with the memory in his mind, he would belong to him. Later, when he went back and talked to his father, he knew that his drawing was broken. Today, it’s a rare opportunity to have such a good opportunity to talk to Li Er. If you don’t talk about it, you’re simply sorry for yourself!

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