Chapter 853: 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. It is difficult to take on such an important post!"

In the Ganlu Temple, after Li Zexuan was silent for a long time, he refused.

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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 Shipping, 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, and he couldn't think of anything else.

Furthermore, he always felt that Lao Li was doing his tricks. The current

border situation in Datang has not yet reached the point where the war is

about to start. According to the normal historical development process, in

August of the third year of Zhenguan, Li Ercai sent Li Jing and others to

attack the Turks. Now It’s too early. You have to know that there will be a

hurdle of locust plague in the Tang Dynasty next year!

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

incapable of making money. The appearance that the dead pig was not afraid of

boiling water made him feel annoyed.

"Huh! Young age? Inexperienced? Your kid has done so many things. Which one is

capable of being done by someone so young? According to you, should I also

remove you as a Marquis? Throughout the ages, there hasn’t been anyone who was

named a champion 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 be an

official, but he must have a title. This thing is the foundation of standing

up in ancient feudal society and not being bullied. "Ahem, your majesty is the

supreme one in the ninety-five years, and he speaks naturally. Yan Jiuding,

how can this award-winning title be taken back?"

Li Zexuan smiled embarrassedly.

"Huh~!"

Li Er was so angry that he brushed his sleeves, if he hadn't considered 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 the courtiers begged the emperor to be

an official, but now, he, the emperor, actually "begged" his courtier to be an

official, which made Li Er couldn't help but tick his teeth.

However, in his opinion, if the Shibosi Department, an institution that has

never existed before, is to be built from scratch, quickly established, and

quickly perform its due functions, it must find a long-term vision and

thinking. Advanced people who really understand sea trade will manage it.

Although Li Xiaogong has personally traveled to sea, he is far behind Li

Zexuan in his 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 they go through fires and waters, they will do

their part. The ministers definitely cannot do things like this before they

have done it.. ...."

Li Zexuan said "righteously".

Li Er sneered and said: "You kid don't want to be cheap and behave, and then

you will grind and chirp, don't blame me for being polite!"

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

Li Zexuan shouted as soon as Li Er's voice fell.

"Mine? Your kid wants iron ore?"

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

very sensitive thing.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Guan Zhong of Qi State put forward the

policy of "salt and iron monopoly" in the theory of "Guanshanhai", which

enabled Qi to get rich quickly and became the first hegemon in the Spring and

Autumn Period. However, although Guan Zhongbei was respected by later

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.

It was not until Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that the central government

became empty due to successive years of conquests against the Xiongnu, and the

wealthy private businessmen "smelted and boiled salt and made money or

accumulated tens of thousands of gold, and did not follow the urgent needs of

the public and the hardship of the people." The extreme importance of 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 iron franchise" means that all the operating rights of

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". As far as the iron smelting industry is concerned,

The implementation is state-owned and private. The state generally implements

a monopoly policy for all mine resources. As soon as the private people

discover mineral seedlings, they must be protected and sealed up by the state.

After that, the ruler controlled the pricing power of ironware and unified the

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

civilians and 30% for the ruler, which is equivalent to a 30% income tax.

However, due to the unavoidable 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, inconvenience to purchase, forced buying and selling, and forcing

farmers to serve. More importantly, the price of government-run salt and iron

is expensive ~ www.mtlnovel.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 Jin

Dynasty paid attention to exclusive purchases, and the taxation system revived

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, the salt monopoly has been strengthened in successive dynasties,

and a taxation system has been implemented on iron, which is 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 grasped 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's heart suddenly rose

with a bad feeling, but he still bite the bullet and said.

When he was in the workshop earlier, he took it for granted that as long as he

found the iron ore based on the memory in his mind, he would own it. Later,

when he went back and talked to his father, he knew that his drawing was

broken in Tucson. There is such a good opportunity to talk about conditions

with Li Er. If you don't talk about it, you are simply sorry for yourself!

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