Li Zhi nodded, and after a pause, he smiled and said, "Well, isn't it too much to leave 70% of the bank's profits to the local government?"

Wang Zheng was a little amused and explained, "Doesn't the local government also belong to the court? Nowadays, the business of the Tang Dynasty is prosperous. If the products of the prefectures and counties want to circulate, they must build a lot of bridges and roads. How can we do it without money?"

"But isn't 30% too little?"

Wang Zheng twitched his cheeks, "That 30% is not for the inner treasury. Your Majesty's Tai Chi Hall is almost full, right? I heard that they are starting to build a treasure house recently?"

Li Zhi rubbed his hands and said with a wry smile, "Well, so that's what happened. I was just asking. There's nothing else to do. I'll go back first."

Li Zhi looked around for a few times, didn't look at anyone, and just walked away.

Li Cheng was stunned. Wu Yi curled his lips, bowed to Wang Zheng and said with a smile: "Sir, you are a great man. You have fed the king of a country."

Wang Zheng nodded and sighed, "He is so brave. He almost forced the noble family to rebel."

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This means that the purchasing power of a brass coin is twice that of a bronze coin. In this case, whoever has more bronze coins will suffer greater losses, and whoever has more brass coins will naturally earn more. Ordinary people will not feel much.

When Wu Yi returned to Chang'an, it was already the end of October. Some reservoirs near Chang'an were almost completed. After some thought, Wang Zheng called Li Jingye over.

"The Tubo army has been in Chang'an for three years. Some of them are homesick, some want to retire, and some want to ride horses to the battlefield. Now the reservoir has just reached the acceptance stage, and I want to hand this matter over to you.

Faced with this situation, the aristocratic families felt a bit uncomfortable. Public sentiment was surging at the time, and quite a few officials in the court wrote letters to the emperor. If Wang Zheng had not summoned a million young and strong people from farms to Yuzhou for a grand martial arts performance, attracting the world's attention and making people speechless, it would have been hard to say how Li Zhi would have ended up.

Li Jingye has been back in Chang'an for three years. From being full of confidence at the beginning to being idle now, he thought that the 100,000 Tibetan army was his opportunity, but he did not expect that it has become a burden now.

Hearing this, Li Jingye couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said with a folded hand: "The Tang Dynasty is mighty, your majesty is mighty, and the great steward is mighty, but the world is in a state of panic today, and I'm afraid that warriors like me have no place to use our skills."

Later, Li Zhi began to throw out brass coins during the New Year to pay the salaries of officials at all levels and purchase grain. The salaries of officials remained unchanged, and the purchase price of grain was also one penny per pound.

"How do you feel now after coming back for a few years?"

There is no war in the Tang Dynasty!

Wang Zheng shook his head and said with a smile: "Ten years ago, I sent the wealth of Zhang's fortress to Chang'an, but the Tang Dynasty did not experience any disturbance. At that time, I realized that if I wanted to achieve something in the court, I had to satisfy His Majesty's appetite first.

It was not until today that Li Jingye was summoned by Wang Zheng, and he immediately ran to the Grand Steward's Mansion impatiently.

When Wang Zheng returned to the court, Li Jingye naturally also sent a visiting card, but there was no news since then. However, all the visiting cards were the same, so Li Jingye had nothing to say.

Li Cheng pondered for a moment and asked, "Sir, are you talking about the year when Your Majesty used bronze coins to buy up grain on a large scale, and then immediately sold brass coins?"

As a result, the rice production in Yuzhou decreased that year, but Li Zhi exempted the farms from autumn taxes in return.

It seemed as if nothing had changed, except that bronze coins had become brass coins. However, the official prices of grain, salt and iron had changed. The purchasing power of brass coins for the three materials remained the same, but the price of bronze coins, which had risen earlier, did not go down.

Over the years, I seemed to have done nothing in Yuzhou, but in fact, I was constantly consolidating my foundation. One of the ways I did this was by continuously sending money to Chang'an. It was not until the year before I left Yuzhou that I almost filled up this bottomless pit. "

"To stop war is the best way to make the world peaceful. A young man has to be raised for twenty years. After a battle, how many people lose twenty years of hard work? The general wears a helmet and there are countless corpses. Don't you feel overwhelmed?"

After the Tibetans traveled west, the people surrounding the Tang Dynasty fell silent. Whenever the four great disciples of Yuzhou had any disputes in the borderland, a team of a thousand men could usually be sent to resolve the dispute, and an army of one hundred thousand was not needed at all.

"I don't know about this." Li Jingye pondered for a moment, then asked, "Why did the steward ask me to come here this time?"

"What the steward said is right. I learn from your advice." After Li Jingye bowed, he sat down, picked up the teacup and drank it all in one gulp. He was indeed a little anxious.

Wang Zheng couldn't help but laugh at Li Jingye's sweaty forehead. He poured him a cup of tea and said, "Sit down and have a cup of tea first. As a warrior, you should always keep your breathing steady."

At the beginning, the noble families worked together to sell off their supplies in an attempt to drain the brass coins from Li Zhi's hands. However, after two months, they had to give up, because not only did they fail to drain Li Zhi's money, but it also accelerated the circulation of brass coins, and the people gradually stopped accepting bronze coins.

Wu Yi frowned and said, "No wonder the master urgently summoned the young men from all the farms to Yuzhou for a grand martial arts performance during the spring plowing season. It turned out that he wanted to shock the world."

Then we disbanded the Tibetan army. As for where they wanted to go, they could choose. Those who wanted to return to the plateau would be given money for their journey. Those who wanted to continue to ride horses on the battlefield could join the army in the border areas. Those who wanted to return to farming would be settled near the reservoir and given good farmland. "

Wang Zheng finally asked Li Jingye: "What do you think?"

Li Jingye has been in Yuzhou for so many years and is very familiar with the use of reservoirs and the land around them. Hearing this, he paused for a moment and said, "I naturally agree with the opinion of the chief steward.

However, I want to ask about the reservoir. Can I organize the Tibetans and directly take over the management rights of the reservoir? "

Wang Zheng nodded and smiled, "Of course it is possible. Reservoirs have a ten-year tax-free period, but rent is still required. For a large reservoir, plus many fertile fields around it, the annual rent is about 500 guan. The specific amount depends on the surrounding land area and the size of the reservoir."