Dressed as Wu Dalang, starting at 1.9 meters

Wu Tian led the army into Tokyo City.

Three days later, Wu Tian summoned a group of ministers in the lobby to reward the generals who followed him on this expedition.

Dong Ping was named General of Zhenbei, Fan Rui was appointed as General of the Rear, Yang Zhi, Li Zhong, etc. were all Marquis of Guannei, and each was rewarded with 3000 taels of gold.

Those who died, such as Li Kui, Yang Xiong, Shi Xiu, and Zhang Qing, were all named land lords, and their descendants were rewarded with 1 taels of gold.

All received rewards, some were happy while others were sad.

Wu Tian can't control that much, the next is the critical moment.

He looked at Wu Yong and said, "Grand Master, how much silver, how much food and ordnance are left in the treasury after years of fighting in Liang Guo?"

Wu Yongdao: "There is only one and a half year's income left in the national treasury, about 700 million taels of silver. As for the food, it is still enough for two years, and the loss of armaments is too great, and there is a serious shortage."

Although Wu Tian was prepared in his heart, when he actually heard this, he was stunned.

There are only so few things left in Liang Guo's treasury. Once a natural disaster strikes, it will be difficult to clean up.

Wu Yong saw Wu Tian's embarrassment, and said: "Your Majesty, I have a way to gather silver and military rations in a short time, in case they are not needed."

Hearing this, Wu Tian stared at Wu Yong and asked: "Teacher, what good way do you have to tell me quickly?"

Wu Yongdao: "Your Majesty, if you want to gather enough silver and military rations in a short period of time, you can only increase taxes. I know that doing so will indeed harm the interests of some ordinary people, but there is no other way. After the world is peaceful, we will Repay the interest to the common people from the tax revenue.”

As soon as these words came out, Wu Tian shook his head again and again.

"This method won't work. The common people don't care about any major national affairs. It's most important for them to have enough to eat. If you increase taxes now, it will definitely arouse the resentment of the common people. If you don't do it, it will cause civil turmoil in Liang. When the time comes, we will face Things are bound to be more complicated.”

Wu Yong remained silent.

Wu Tian looked at the other ministers, they were all silent.

The court suddenly fell silent, and the atmosphere became serious.

Chapter 356 Liang Guo needs talents and needs talents who can understand natural science

Wu Tian saw that he couldn't think of a way to go on like this, so he waved to the officials and said: "You all go down, I will think about it alone."

The ministers withdrew.

Wu Tian sat alone on the dragon chair, thinking about how to develop Liang Guo's economy.

Suddenly, his mind flashed and he thought of a way.

"Come on, go and call Prime Minister Wu Yong back to me."

Wu Yong just walked to the palace gate, and when he heard Wu Tian's call, he quickly turned back.

"Your Majesty, I am in a hurry to call the minister back, what's the matter?"

Wu Yong entered the court hall, knelt down and kowtowed to Wu Tian and asked.

Wu Tian helped Wu Yong up, and said joyfully, "I just thought of a way to restore Liang Guo's economy, so I came back to discuss with you."

Wu Yong smiled happily when he heard this, and looked at Wu Tian.

"I don't know what your majesty can think of?"

Wu Tiandao: "I remember that there is an organization among the people called a money bank. It is for the people to collect money from the common people as capital, and then lend it to the rich for business and earn interest. I want to establish such a bank in the name of the imperial court. As long as the common people are willing to deposit their money in the imperial bank, after a certain period of time, I will not only return their principal, but also give them more interest than the private bank. If the deposit period reaches more than five years, the imperial court will exempt them from paying for three years. annual tax."

"I think this will be easier for the common people to accept than our forced collection of taxes. After we collect enough money, I will use the money for three purposes. First, establish businesses on the border and trade with other countries, which will not only expand the revenue of the court, It can also increase tax revenue. The second is to expand the railway transportation to the entire Liang country, connecting the east, west, north and south, which is convenient for domestic trade. Domestic businessmen will be willing to expand trade when they see the convenient transportation, and domestic tax revenue will also increase greatly. The third is to establish School."

"This school is different from the previous ones. It does not study the Four Books and Five Classics, nor does it study poetry and Fu. It mainly studies various advanced science and technology. In this way, within five years, Liang Guo will surely become rich and strong."

"After everything is done, the next step is to transform the army."

Regarding the transformation of the army, Wu Tian did not go on.

But Wu Yong was a little overwhelmed by what happened before.

Wu Yong can still understand the bank and railway in front of Wutian, but he builds a school later, but does not study the Four Books and Five Classics. This is something that Wu Yong, who used to be a private school teacher, really has no way to understand.

He looked at Wu Tian, ​​cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I have some things that I don't know if I can talk about them face to face?"

Wu Tian nodded.

"If you have anything to do with the grand master, just say it directly, and I won't blame you."

Wu Yongdao: "Your Majesty wants to establish a bank and railway transportation. These ministers have seen it and expressed their understanding. It's just that this school does not study the Four Books and Five Classics, but let the students learn the natural sciences that His Majesty said. This may violate the traditions of the Central Plains for many years. I am afraid that all the students in the world will not agree."

Wu Tian smiled, and said confidently: "That's because they haven't seen the benefits of studying natural science. If they knew the benefits of studying natural science, they would definitely not rush to learn it. But what you said is not unreasonable. The latter matter cannot be completed in a year or a half. How about this, you first complete the first two matters. "

Wu Yong nodded.

The people of Liang State learned that depositing money in the bank set up by the imperial court could not only earn more interest than private banks, but also exempt three years of tax for more than five years, so they flocked to the imperial bank.

Soon, the money accumulated in Liang Guo's official bank reached 5000 million taels of silver, nearly the total tax revenue of Liang Guo in ten years.

With so much money, Liang Guo can start a series of reforms.

First of all, of course, it is to control the monopoly of salt and iron, especially in transactions with surrounding countries, because the imperial court controls salt and iron, it is in a monopoly position.

The surrounding countries, especially the primitive tribes, urgently needed a large amount of iron, so they had to accept Liang Guo's high-priced iron ore. This made Liang Guo a fortune, and the income was a full 500 million taels of silver.

In addition to salt and iron, there are silk, cloth, porcelain and tea.

The imperial court set up a business on the border to buy domestic silk, cloth, porcelain and tea, and then resell them to the countries in the Western Regions, earning a difference of more than 300 million taels of silver.

In order to further speed up commercial trade, Wu Tian ordered Tang Long to build two railways centered on Tokyo City, one leading to the Western Regions, and the other from Tokyo City to Jiangnan, especially across the Yangtze River, which was a feat at the time!

The railway is also a monopoly of the imperial court. As long as the wealthy people in the south of the Yangtze River pay a certain amount of money, they can put their goods on the train, and the imperial court will transport them on their behalf, or reach Tokyo City, or go straight to the countries of the Western Regions.

The train is fast, convenient, and guaranteed by the imperial court, so it is safe.

Rich people in the south of the Yangtze River paid money one after another and used the railway to transport their goods.

This income is another million taels of silver.

Seeing Liang Guo's convenient transportation, the countries in the Western Regions were very envious, and they all worked hard to cross the Hexi Corridor to come to Liang Guo for trade.

The tax they paid in Liang Guo's trade was a full 50 million taels of silver, and if railway transportation was needed, the combined income would reach 80 million taels of silver.

Some small countries in the Western Regions even begged Liang Guo to send railway technicians to repair Liang Guo's railways all the way to their country.

Faced with such a request, Wu Tian pondered over and over again, but finally did not agree.

First, there are not many technicians related to railways in Liang, and second, the railways in Liang have not yet been fully constructed.