Li Yuanai wanted to give himself a slap at this moment.

The best thing about this cold-resistant and cold-resistant is cotton.

There was cotton in this era, but the name was different, called cotton flowers and next to the silk twisted silk.

Chinese culture is profound and profound, and there is little difference between the wood character and the twisted silk character, and the meaning is completely different.

The cotton flowers next to the twisted silk represent ornamental meaning, which means that the cotton flowers of this era are ornamental plants and have not developed a real role.

It is also because the Tang Dynasty was in a warm climate, and the winter was relatively warmer than later generations. As the Shang king of the Tang Dynasty, there were charcoal firewood issued by the court every winter, and it was still high-quality white charcoal, a piece of charcoal that could burn three days, so I didn't feel sad in winter, and I didn't expect this.

If you use cotton on a large scale in advance, what's going on today?

No matter what, after this matter, the cotton must be made up.

Li Yuanai thought in her heart.

Even though it is a little late to repair the sheep, it is better than doing nothing.

Li Yuanai returned to Jicheng and immediately summoned his subordinate officials to discuss the matter of raising winter clothes and quilts.

"I was writing a book in Chang'an, and Fang Xiang was in Chang'an. Luoyang and the two places will raise winter clothes and quilts for our army, but the front line has 100,000 troops, and the northeast is bitter and cold, and the more winter clothes and quilts are better. It is not appropriate to throw all this to Fang Xiang. Can you raise a batch?"

"You can raise money from the people!" The person next door responded loudly.

Li Yuanai looked at him as a thin scholar with a pale face, but his eyes were agile and quite agile.

After a moment of pondering, he remembered his name Zhang Da'an, who was born in the Zhang family of Qinghe and was the magistrate of Fanshui County, Weizhou, and hurriedly asked: "Tell me more details!"

Zhang Da'an nodded and said, "The imperial court has been fighting for many years, and the inventory of silver must not be much. Using money to buy is probably not in line with reality. If you want to obtain a large amount of winter clothes and quilts, you can only collect them from the people."

Li Yuanai frowned and said, "When the people collect, how can the people keep warm?"

His three views are still better than his facial features.

Zhang Da'an smiled and said, "Your Highness is always in the capital, and I'm afraid he has very little understanding of the lives of the people. When the Emperor and His Majesty ascended the throne, they changed the national policy of the previous dynasty, with less taxes and less taxes. Now for more than 20 years, the world has been ruled and the people are healthy and prosperous. Small farmers' families also have many surplus food, and winter clothes and quilts are sufficient for winter clothes and quilts. The court can promise preferential treatment for taxes in the next year. I believe that many rich peasants and big households are willing to hand over the excess winter clothes and quilts."

It turns out that although many places in the Tang Dynasty followed the Sui Dynasty system, their essential concepts were completely different from those in the Sui Dynasty.

The Sui Dynasty's philosophy was to hide wealth from the country. Whether it was Yang Jian or Yang Guang, they collected taxes in different ways. The court was extremely rich, and the people could only maintain food and clothing. Especially Emperor Wen of Sui, Yang Jian, was a good player in making money.

The Tang Dynasty has always firmly implemented the national policy of Wei Zheng's initial formulation of light taxes and low taxes. The country was extremely poor due to various wars, but the people's lives were still prosperous.

This is also the origin of the centripetal force of the people of the Tang Dynasty.

If the granaries are full, you will know etiquette; if you have enough food and clothing, you will know honor and disgrace.

Guan Zhong’s famous saying describes the ideals of people’s lives in an appropriate way.

As for giving certain tax preferential treatment, this is also natural.

There is no reason for the world to give it for free.

Even if the people live in comfort, they deserve it.

It is natural for them to collect winter clothes and trousers and give tax rewards.

Li Yuanai knew that this was the best solution at present, and said, "I will discuss this matter with the prince. If nothing unexpected happens, this plan will be done. You are all officials in their respective prefectures. Then you will go to their respective jurisdictions to recruit winter clothes and quilts. Gu emphasized here that all recruitment depends on voluntary. Gu does not want to see someone forcibly collecting from poor people for political achievements. If the people freeze to death due to the incident, Gu will never give up."

"promise!"

Everyone counted the expulsion of Wei Ting on Li Yuanai. Knowing that this boss's methods were vicious, everyone took the order solemnly.

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Chang'an, Shangshu Province!

Now the Tang Dynasty is divided into two small courts, one in Jicheng, where the crown prince Li Zhi supervises the country to handle government affairs.

One is in Chang'an, and Fang Xuanling handles six confidential parts.

In general, the world's major events still have to be handled by Fang Xuanling, and only Fang Xuanling can stand alone and suppress all civil and military officials.

He has already arranged the matter of raising winter clothes and winter quilts.

Chang'an and Luoyang, as the eastern and western capitals of the Tang Dynasty, have a transcendent status, with development momentum and people's livelihood and prosperity at the forefront. They have the greatest recognition of the Tang Dynasty.

The winter clothes and winter quilts were progressing very smoothly.

The matter has been arranged for the recruitment of charcoal craftsmen from Chang'an and Luoyang.

What a person Fang Xuanling is? Even though he is thousands of miles away, he can also see Li Shimin's determination to destroy Goguryeo this time from the letters he has come and see the crisis that the Tang army is about to face. He is very concerned about these two things and does it personally.

"My husband, the Minister of Revenue has arrived."

Fang Xuanling waved his hand and asked him to enter without waiting for the Minister of Revenue to bow to him, and asked first: "How much more money can the court allocate?"

The Minister of Revenue bowed and said, "About 200,000 guan of Tongbao."

Fang Xuanling said: "Get out 50,000 pounds to buy winter clothes and quilts from the surrounding area, and prepare more for the frontline."

The Minister of Revenue wanted to speak but stopped, but he didn't say anything and took the order.

Three days later, the Minister of Revenue came to Fang Xuanling in embarrassment.

"My husband, near the capital of the capital, Luoyang, all the winter clothes and quilts on the market were purchased by the Zheng family. The Zheng family also said that one item was collected and that it was encouraging the slack farmer and the women who were making it. When it comes to commercial channels, I really can't compare to the Zheng family and only bought more than ten sets."

Fang Xuanling was stunned and asked, "Who is the Zheng family buying it? Is it Zheng Fengchi or his son?"

The Minister of Revenue replied: "It's Zheng Hao, the Seventh Prince of Zheng."

Fang Xuanling smiled and said, "Forget it, let's do it like this, you don't need to acquire it anymore. Let's go ahead and don't make any public statements, just pretend nothing happened."

The Minister of Revenue reported his face and said, "Abide by the order."

Fang Xuanling pondered for a moment and whispered: "The King of Shang is a virtuous deed, I don't know if it's a blessing or a disaster."

There were officials in the Tang Dynasty who were specifically responsible for the supervision of market prices, and there was no saying that prices were raised in this era.

If your price is higher than the court or lower than the court's price, it will be treated as dirt, and you will also be subject to law sanctions.

Therefore, Zheng Hao bought winter clothes and winter quilts could not be for making money, nor could they make money. They were unprofitable and would offend the court.

The relationship between Zheng Hao and Li Yuanai is well known, and Fang Xuanling has also heard of it.

After all, the current food and accommodation in Bashui Villa is all handled by Zheng Hao.
Chapter completed!