After hearing Zhao Chen's question, Li Shimin was quite proud.

Regardless of whether he or not is just a matter of his first words!

"Although I am a businessman, there are people in the court. Otherwise, you think how can we get the position of the salt and iron transport envoy?" Li Shimin stroked his beard and looked quite proud.

"Let's go back, you must thank your aunt. I know you are both good at calligraphy and painting. Next time I come with your aunt, how about you draw a picture with her?" Li Shimin wanted Zhao Chen to paint a picture for Queen Changsun.

Portrait painting.

"Of course there is no problem, but Old Li, I think, if the court really wants to monopolize the salt and iron, I am afraid that the Tang Dynasty will not have a long lifespan."

"You and your aunt have made plans early." Zhao Chen's words made Li Shimin jump up immediately.

Old Li was so angry that he grinned.

I kindly give you a lucky messenger, but it would be fine if you don’t appreciate it.

Now it is cursing the Tang Dynasty's country to be in short order.

Little bastard, do you know what you are talking about?

The Tang Dynasty country will be yours in the future!

"Brother Zhao, do you know what you are saying? If this is spread, you are not afraid of slashing your head at the official family." Li Shimin pretended to be frightened by Zhao Chen's words and said in a low voice.

In fact, I wanted to know why Zhao Chen said that controlling salt and iron would be a sign of the fall of the Tang Dynasty.

"We don't have to pay attention to this official business of the Iron Industry."

"As for the salt industry, Mr. Li, let me ask you, if the court is in a hurry to use money and the treasury cannot provide the money, will the court think about raising the salt price?" Zhao Chen thought for a moment and asked Li Shimin slowly.

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Li Shimin frowned and nodded: "It should be."

If the court really can't afford the money, it will naturally think about temporarily raising the salt price. After a while, it will be fine.

Moreover, the treasury is only temporarily short of money, and when the tax collection is completed next year, it will naturally not be short of money.

Li Shimin felt that such assumption was a bit unreliable.

"The official business of the salt industry, Lao Li, do you think Your Majesty will give up the order that those who buy and sell private salt will be sentenced to death?" Zhao Chen said casually again.

"Of course, if it is a private salt, wouldn't it be a joke for the official business?" Li Shimin nodded.

"Okay, the court is short of money, and the price of salt per dou has increased from ten cents to one hundred and ten cents per dou. Will the people eat it or not?"

"If they eat salt, will they still eat rice?"

"If you don't buy salt from the official website, then will they buy low-priced private salt?"

"I will definitely be arrested if I buy private salt. Will the government kill them?"

"If you kill too many times, you can't survive. Will the people resist?"

Zhao Chen's words were like a heavy hammer hitting Li Shimin's heart.

Li Shimin's heart trembled slightly.

He found himself overlooking this series of possible problems.

But obviously, he still felt that this was just Zhao Chen's speculation.

As long as you control it well, no big deal will happen.

"Brother Zhao, I admit that what you said makes sense, but this is just your speculation after all."

"Think about it, during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, the national strength of the salt and iron camp was unprecedentedly strong, so that it could support the war against the Huns for many years." Li Shimin threw out historical examples, obviously trying to convince Zhao Chen.

But Zhao Chen smiled coldly.

"Old Li, fortunately you are just a businessman, not a saint of the Tang Dynasty. Otherwise, the Tang Dynasty would probably be not far from the destruction of the country!" Zhao Chen's words almost made Li Shimin's teeth break.

What does it mean that if he was the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the country would perish?

He hasn't done a good job in the past ten years.

The Tang Dynasty was thriving.

No matter how the country is destroyed.

Li Shimin really wanted to slap Zhao Chen hard.

"Don't believe it. The first person to recommend the official camp of salt and iron is not Emperor Wu of Han, but Guan Zhong, the wise prime minister of Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period. But even Guan Zhong was just a tax."

"Official camp? He doesn't dare to force the people like this." Zhao Chen said slowly.

"It is what you said about Emperor Wu of Han. He gathered the power of salt and iron, but he was just a short-term gathering of financial resources. Indeed, as you said, Emperor Wu of Han did some things."

"But do you know that the decades-long war with the Huns, the soaring salt prices have exhausted the patience of the people. The emergency military information from all over the country was piled up in front of Emperor Wu of Han like snowflakes."

"If he hadn't condemned his guilt and used a letter of guilt to win back the hearts of the people, and returned the power of salt and iron management to the people, I'm afraid that Liu Che's tomb would have been dug for the people."

"Old Li, do you think that with the character of a saint today, you will admit your mistakes to the people of the world?" Zhao Chen's voice was calm and he slowly said to Li Shimin.

Zhao Chen just thought he was talking about his own opinions with Lao Li.

So he didn't care about many things.

If Zhao Chen knew that the old Li head in front of him was Li Er, he would definitely not say anything about digging the grave.

Li Shimin looked at Zhao Chen with a strange look in his eyes.

He knew that he had been convinced by Zhao Chen.

At the court meeting yesterday, he was only concerned about enriching the treasury, but ignored the possible consequences of the salt and iron official business.

"Zhao Chen, even if the salt industry is not taken back to the official business, what about the iron industry? You can't let it go, right?" Li Shimin asked again tentatively.

He felt that many times, Zhao Chen's idea of ​​looking at problems was different from theirs.

Perhaps he can get more ideas from Zhao Chen.

"Tieye?" Zhao Chen glanced at Li Shimin and shook his head and said, "It's better not."

“Why?”

"If the iron industry is not taken back to the official business, once it is used by evil people, wouldn't it become a threat to the Tang Dynasty?" Li Shimin frowned.

He thought Zhao Chen would say that the iron industry could be brought to the official business.

How could I know that this is the case?

"If everyone in the world has food, clothes, houses, old people have a place to support, young people have a place to educate, poor people have a place to support, and they are difficult to help, widows, widows, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans,

I want to overthrow the Tang Dynasty.”

"Old Li, if it were you, would you?" Zhao Chen asked with a smile.

"Of course not, but I hope this will continue." Li Shimin was stunned for a moment and said what he said in his heart.

"Then it's going to be broken, it's better to get rid of it. Those in power don't think about how to get the people to support themselves. They think about how to make profits from the people every day and strictly guard against the people. Can he not be overthrown?" Zhao Chen spread his hands,

Smiling.

Li Shimin sat on the stool and couldn't speak for a long time.

Zhao Chen didn't say much, but it made Li Shimin feel like he had entered a new world.

Many of the past thoughts were completely overturned because of Zhao Chen's words.

This kid is really not simple.

At a young age, he has such insight.

Fortunately, I specifically tested him, otherwise I would have thought that he really could only write and draw.

However, this boy just said that I was even cursing me that I had to dig the tombs for the people. It was really hateful.

I will punish him well.

After all, my treasury is still empty!

However, before Li Shimin could speak, he heard Zhao Chen mutter: "Everyone says that a saint is a wise king, how could he do such a stupid thing?"
Chapter completed!