Chapter 522

Xiao Yu asked about food, and the other ministers immediately looked at Xiao Yu.

"Well, Mr. Xiao can see clearly. That's right, it's the problem of food. The increase in population means that the food needs will increase. Everyone, do you know how much fertile land I have in the Tang Dynasty?" Li Shimin continued to ask the ministers, and the ministers immediately looked at Dai Zhou, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

"Back to Your Majesty, I have 10,000 acres of fertile land in the Tang Dynasty!" Dai Zhou stood up and bowed to Li Shimin and said.

"How many people can you support?" Li Shimin continued to ask.

"It is estimated to be 30 million people!" Dai Zhou said again.

"Yes, 30 million people, do you know how many people I have in Tang Dynasty?" Li Shimin continued to look at Dai Zhou with a smile and asked.

"When you go back to your Majesty, the population of 3.8 million was counted in the first year of Zhenguan! There has been no statistics in the past six years, so it is probably not too much. However, the population may have increased a lot. More than ten people have been added to my family in recent years.

In addition, each of the households in my family has added at least two new households. No, no, if it is calculated based on the number of households, at least seven or eight new households have been added in the past six years. In some families, father and son are five or six people in the same household. Therefore, the Ministry of Civil Affairs does not have the specific number of people!" Dai Zhou immediately said to Li Shimin.

"In the future, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will add a statistical method to count the people of the world. Not only will it count how many households, but also how many people, but it also counts how many children there are, and how many children are born within the statistical period, it will be counted!" Li Shimin told Dai Zhou.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Dai Zhou immediately bowed and said.

"Well, now you can estimate how many people are there in my Tang Dynasty?" Li Shimin asked as he looked at the ministers below.

"When you go back to your Majesty, even if there are five people in a family, there will be almost 20 million people. However, there are far more than five people in a family. On average, they will not be less than 10 people, and even more. If you calculate this way, the food in our Tang Dynasty would have been insufficient.

However, the Ministry of Civil Affairs also has problems with fertile land. There are so many fertile land registered by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. However, many people have reclaimed wasteland, and this wasteland does not need to be paid tax. As far as I know, in Chang'an, there are at least five or six acres of wasteland in their homes. Although the wasteland output is not large, it may be about 100 kilograms per acre, but if you want to calculate it, you can barely support two people!" Duan Lun, the Minister of Works, stood up and said to Li Shimin.

"Yes, this does exist. Many people have wasteland at home!" The official nodded frequently.

"This is also the truth. I know, but have you ever thought about it? This time, these children need food. As they grow up, they need more food. If they are a family, they may need more than two acres of land.

However, for a country, two acres of land for a family of three million families need six million acres. If a family has three or four children, it will need two or three million acres of land. Where does this land come from and how does it come from?" Li Shimin continued to stare at the ministers and asked.

"This!" The ministers also considered this issue in the exam, and had not considered it before.

"Your Majesty, can you allow the people to open up the land?" Li Xiaogong stood up and said to Li Shimin.

"Yes, Your Majesty, allow the people to clear the land!" said the other ministers.

"It's okay to open up land, but poor families have basically no harvest in three years. They can't even afford seeds, let alone agricultural tools. Rich families believe they can build them. For example, you can open up 100 acres of land, but what should the poor do?" Li Shimin answered the words of the ministers.

"Your Majesty, since this is the case, the court needs guidance!" Fang Xuanling stood up and said to Li Shimin.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the court needs to come up with policies to guide the people, reclaim wasteland, plant a variety of food, and avoid food crises. I also hope that with these farmland, the people can support more children. If there are many people, my Tang Dynasty will be stronger!" Li Jing also stood up and said to Li Shimin.

"Well, what you said is very suitable for me. Come and read it! This memorial was written by Shen Yong. Listen, but there is something to improve!" Li Shimin said and handed over the memorial to Wang De and asked Wang De to read it. Wang De came over immediately, took the memorial, and began to read it. Wei Hao sat down and fell asleep. Wang De had been reading it for a long time before.

When Wang De finished reading, the ministers were also muttering there, some agreed and some opposed, among which the officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs were the most confused. They knew that Wei Hao’s suggestion was good and right, but this required the Ministry of Civil Affairs to pay out the money, with 5 million guan in three years, and even more. Isn’t this putting greater pressure on the Ministry of Civil Affairs?

"Your Majesty, this opinion is good, but has the court paid too much money? Do you also give the seeds and farm tools?" Dai Zhou stood up and looked at Li Shimin and bowed.

"Yes, the court is for you. If the people are poor, it is okay for our court to be tight!" Li Shimin nodded affirmatively, making Dai Zhou embarrassed.

"Your Majesty, if this happens, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will be a little overpaid. Now there are too many places that require money in the court and money is needed everywhere. Our Ministry of Civil Affairs now has no money in the warehouse. Once the tax money arrives, it will be distributed!" Dai Zhou immigrant looked at Li Shimin helplessly and said.

"How could the Ministry of Civil Affairs have no money? Now that the tax revenue has increased so much, there has been no battle in the past two years. There is no money yet, it is three years, not a year!" Cheng Yaojin said unhappily.

"That's not too much. Nearly 1.7 million guan a year, not 170,000 guan. If it's 170,000 guan, I won't even say it!" Dai Zhou looked at Cheng Yaojin helplessly and said.

"Don't talk, just say, how much tax does the workshops and courts charge in a year now? Besides, Shen Yong will go to Luoyang next year, and there will definitely be many workshops in Luoyang that will emerge, but these are all money!" Cheng Yaojin continued to say with Dai Zhou.

"But isn't there yet? What if I don't do it? What if there is any sudden war next year? If there are other money, you will know the snow disaster this winter. How much does the court cost? That's all cash!" Dai Zhou said anxiously.

"Yes, the court also needs to leave some money as a backup. I'm worried about any natural disasters, right?" A minister from the Ministry of Civil Affairs stood up and spoke.

"Be careful, be careful!" Li Shimin sat on it and immediately called Wei Hao when he heard what Dai Zhou said.

"Shenyong, Shenyong, Your Majesty calls you!" Cheng Yaojin immediately pushed Wei Hao, and Wei Hao woke up.

"Did you go down?" Wei Hao looked at Cheng Yaojin and said.

"Where is there a courtship? Your Majesty calls you and ask where you come from!" Cheng Yaojin said to Wei Hao in a low voice.

"Oh, now, I'm here, Father!" Wei Hao immediately poked his head out from behind the pillar.

"Oh, why do you go to bed when you go to court?" Li Shimin said helplessly to Wei Hao.

"Father, don't you understand this?" Wei Hao said with a wry smile.

"Nonsense, you still don't understand the memorial you wrote yourself?" Li Shimin stared at Wei Hao and said.

"Then isn't it necessary to listen to what I wrote?" Wei Hao muttered, and Li Shimin also heard it and stared at Wei Hao.

"Okay, Shangshu Dai just said that the Ministry of Civil Affairs has no money, but what should I do?" Li Shimin looked at Wei Hao and asked.

"Ah, ask me?" Wei Hao pointed at himself in surprise and looked at Li Shimin.

"I won't ask who you are asking? Hey, can you go to court and not sleep?" Li Shimin looked at Wei Hao with depression.

"He is the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and has no money. He asked others, no, where can I go to make sense?" Wei Hao also looked at Li Shimin depressedly. He said yes yesterday. There is probably no problem with this amount of money, why is there still a problem now?

"No, Shen Yong, it was written in your memorial!" Dai Zhou immediately looked at Wei Hao and shouted.

"Yes, you can disagree. Three years later, the people have no food to eat. What should you do, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs?" Wei Hao nodded, turned his head to look at Dai Zhou and said.

"No, you can't promise something?" Dai Zhou looked at Wei Hao and said with a laugh and cry.

"What do I promise? What does this matter have to do with me? I am the governor of Luoyang. I guarantee that the people of Luoyang will not starve to death. You are the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. You must guarantee that the people of the world will not starve to death!" Wei Hao said to Dai Zhou with a look of incomprehension.

"He wants you to promise how much taxes can be increased in Luoyang next year!" Cheng Yaojin added later.

"Uncle Cheng, how do I promise this?" Wei Hao turned his head to look at Cheng Yaojin in shock and said.

"I don't know, but I feel you can promise. Let's not say much. In Luoyang, there is no problem with adding 200,000 yuan in a year!" Cheng Yaojin immediately said to Wei Hao.

"I dare this, I dare!" Wei Hao nodded immediately and said.

"Not enough!" Dai Zhou continued to look at Wei Hao helplessly and said.

"It's not enough to find a way for yourself. You can't count on Shen Yong for everything, right?" Cheng Yaojin couldn't stand it anymore and said to Dai Zhou.

"Be careful, add a little more!" Li Shimin sat on it and said.

Wei Hao wanted to say speechlessly: "You sit and talk without back pain, but you can add a little bit. This is tax. If you want to create so many taxes, you need to increase sales of millions of chunks of money, that's money!"

"300,000 guan!" Wei Hao said again, and Dai Zhou stared at him.

"It's not enough? You don't want to listen to me that it's 1.6 million yuan, right?" Wei Hao stared at Dai Zhou in annoyance and shouted.

"If this is the case, that's of course the best!" Dai Zhou smiled immediately and said.

"You!" Wei Hao pointed at Dai Zhou, so angry that he didn't want to speak.

"This is not possible. Shen Yong is under too much pressure. I would like to say that Shen Yong is going to open a workshop in Luoyang, and the Royal Family must invest in it. At that time, within three years, no, within five years, the profits of those workshops will be supplemented to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, specifically for the reclaiming of fertile land! Is it OK?" Li Shimin said and looked at Dai Zhou.

"Your Majesty, of course there is no problem with me, but, alas! I, I!" Dai Zhou felt very stressed. There were money everywhere, and everything was something that was urgent to do. It would be impossible not to do it!

"If you have any difficulties, just say that after the matter is decided today, the Secretariat, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Supervision Bureau must cooperate well. Anyone dares to do whatever they want to do and punish them severely!" Li Shimin said to the people below. When several people in charge heard it, they immediately stood up and bowed to say yes.

"Your Majesty, the expenses in the court are getting bigger and bigger now. There are money everywhere, and money is also needed to prepare for emergencies. Your Majesty, in three years, 5 million guan will be gone. For the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the pressure is huge. Unless it can add an additional 1 million guan, it will be difficult to accomplish this matter of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Otherwise, we can only withdraw other funds. In addition, a large amount of money is needed on the straight road. Now that the straight road has been laid in most countries, it has stopped. Unfortunately, the benefits brought by the straight road are obvious and cannot be stopped!

Water conservancy facilities are also very important. Last year, there were no huge floods or droughts. Although some places were drought, there were reservoirs, and the crops of the people were preserved, which was also a matter of benefiting the country and the people. This item could not be stopped.

In addition, the Tang Dynasty's army has been stationed on the border. Now the court is OK, and you can't save money from them. So, your Majesty, I am in a dilemma. If you have 1 million guan, I can guarantee that you will take out 5 million guan within three years. But if you don't have it, you will have to tear down the east wall and repair the west wall!" Dai Zhou stood there, looking at Li Shimin in embarrassment and said, "This is also impossible, and Li Shimin also understands it very much.

"Shenyong, is there any way?" Li Jing turned his head and looked at Wei Hao and asked.

"No, this, hey!" Wei Hao was also embarrassed at this moment, so why did it fall on his head?

"Shenyong, don't be humble at this time!" Cheng Yaojin also looked at Wei Hao and said.

"It's not that I'm humble, I will definitely make money as much as possible, but who can guarantee it? Otherwise, I donate 100,000 yuan to the Ministry of Civil Affairs every year, and 300,000 yuan in three years, how about it?" Wei Hao thought for a moment, and it would be better to donate money by himself. This would be more comfortable. He also has inputs for the money, so he is not worried that he can't donate it.

"That won't work, that's what you can ask for your money!" Li Shimin immediately denied it when he heard it.

"I have guaranteed a tax of 300,000 yuan a year. Shangshu Dai, that's a lot!" Wei Hao looked at Dai Zhou and said.

"Don't lie to me, don't think I don't know. If you want to develop Luoyang, it will cost more than 300,000 guan a year. Let's talk about Wannian County in Chang'an. The annual tax amounts to 1.5 million guan, and Chang'an County also has 500,000 guan a year. Eighty percent of this is related to you. If you go to Luoyang, you will have 1 million guan a year, which is easy!" Dai Zhou stared at Wei Hao and said.

"Who said it was relaxed?" Wei Hao looked at Dai Zhou speechlessly.

"Why is it not easy? Let's calculate it. A glass costs millions of guan a year. There are 200,000 guan taxes and glass cups. If you buy 300,000 guan, there are 60,000 guan taxes?

There is also this year's carriage. The business is good. There is still no big workshop now. Last month, you sold 13,000 yuan in guan. If you count it, you can sell 200,000 yuan a year, and there are 40,000 yuan in it. Shenyong, 300,000 yuan will be all there. Tell me, you guarantee me 300,000 yuan. What's not humility? Do you have these three workshops in Luoyang and you lied to me?" Dai Zhou obsessed with Wei Hao directly.

Everyone knows that Wei Hao’s glass is not worried about selling. Now everyone wants to buy it. As long as Wei Hao makes it out, it will be a big market!

"Yes, Shen Yong, you can't do this. It's impossible to just build three workshops, right?" Cheng Yaojin and the others heard it, and stared at Wei Hao and asked.

"No, you can't listen to him settle the score like this. How could you buy 1 million guan? What a joke!" Wei Hao waved his hand and said.

"Well, Shangshu Dai, how much Shen Yong did it? That's what happened next. I believe that Shen Yong will definitely do his best. However, the Ministry of Civil Affairs also needs to work hard to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. Don't you put everything on Shen Yong. Shen Yong has more important things to do!" Li Shimin looked at Dai Zhou and said, "Li Shimin hoped that Wei Hao could make food. Others were not that important."

"Yes, I agree with this. I can't just put everything on Shen Yong. To be honest, Shen Yong has done enough!" Fang Xuanling nodded at this moment, then looked at Dai Zhou and said, "In this way, this afternoon, the Sixth Ministry and the Supervision Bureau held a meeting to discuss the reduction of expenses that can be reduced!"

The Six Ministers and Li Ke looked at Fang Xuanling depressedly at this moment, but there was no better way, because this matter really needs to be solved. If it is not solved, there will be a crisis in the court. Now there are babies everywhere. When those babies grow up, they need a lot of food.

"Okay, Fang Pushe is right. If you can reduce it, it will be reduced. By the way, Gao Ming is responsible for this matter. Gao Ming, how much money does it need to be spent every year? You can tell me the quantity yourself!" Li Shimin said and looked at Li Chengqian.

"My son takes out 100,000 guan a year, which is the limit of me!" Li Chengqian thought about it and immediately bowed his hands.

"Okay, that's it. In the afternoon, you will hold a meeting with them and discuss this matter. The next court meeting will be decided!" Li Shimin heard it and said, and then the other ministers wrote a letter.

Wei Hao sat down and continued to sleep on the pillar.

After going down the court, Wei Hao left the palace and didn't want to stay here anymore.

In the court, many ministers were also worried, fearing that if they reduced their department’s money, it would be difficult to do things. However, this fertile land matter is indeed the top priority, and it would not be possible if they did not. When Wei Hao returned to the mansion, someone came to report that the leader Wei was here and was resting in the living room.
Chapter completed!