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Chapter 646 Going to work

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    Datang is very big, but it also has many problems.  After the prince went to the county, he didn't just sit back and relax.

    There is also the issue of the army. As an old saying goes, the Tang Dynasty did not make money by attacking small countries, but lost money.  But Tang Jun would not be happy if they did not fight, because they were just waiting to make money from the war.  If they don't fight, they will have no income.

    There are also nobles from all over the country who still make trouble from time to time. Although they are not talking about rebellion, they always discount the policies of the Tang Dynasty, either asking for money, or violating it in disguise.

    Of course, all the departments in the court want money when they open their mouths, and compete with the people for profits when they shut up.  Anyway, being an emperor means worrying about money every day. You need money for this, money for that, money for war, and money for peace. Anyway, there is no need for money.

    Today the water needs to be repaired, tomorrow the roads need to be tidied up, the day after tomorrow the ordnance needs to be updated and the city walls need to be renovated.  In fact, the least urgent thing is to update the ordnance, because the Tang Dynasty's several foreign wars have ended, and there are no small countries around that dare to cause trouble.  You can enter Kuma and release Nanshan with swords and guns, but if you really don't update it, you will inevitably suffer when the time comes.

    So this is a very contradictory question. There is no enemy that can fight against the Tang Dynasty, so why does the Tang Dynasty spend money to create more advanced weapons?  Advanced weapons are all invented when two strong forces are fighting against each other. When one strong force becomes dominant, the weapons are useless. At this stage, no matter how powerful the weapons are, they are left to rust in the warehouse because there is no place to fight.  You lose money when you attack a small country, and you lose money when you attack a big country.

    For a big country, it is simply not cost-effective to maintain high expenditures on armaments. Datang also has various internal problems that require spending money, so Li Shimin is already preparing to cut the budget of the Ordnance Department.  Because as far as the future is concerned, it is estimated that there will not be any major battles in the past ten years. Even if there are small-scale conflicts, the old weapons will be enough.

    The Qing Dynasty also encountered this problem. Before the First Opium War, the weapons of the Qing Dynasty had always been among the best in the world. The question was who to fight?  It¡¯s no longer a goal. It¡¯s a loss to defeat a small country, and there¡¯s no need to use a bull¡¯s knife to kill a chicken. Just use old weapons to fight public security wars.  There is no strategic goal at all, and there is no need to develop advanced weapons, and then be taught how to behave by foreigners.

    From the perspective of researching weapons, it is best to have an enemy, otherwise advanced weapons will be useless.

    It¡¯s like a young couple living their lives. The young couple¡¯s income is fixed, but the husband wants to buy a game console and the wife wants to buy some furniture for the family.  What's the use of a game console if my wife just says it?  The husband can only obediently hand over the money to his wife.  But if one day, the game console becomes a prop for comparison among several families, then the wife will definitely support her husband in buying the game console.

    If the Ordnance Department wants to spend money on inventing new weapons, then other departments will say every minute that they can't use it to repair water conservancy and maintain city walls.  These are all really doing things for the people, but what's the use of inventing new weapons?

    The war has ended, peace has arrived, the Tang Dynasty looked around, the Turks have been driven away, Goguryeo has surrendered, Tubo has accepted the peace, now who dares to challenge the power of the Tang Dynasty?  !  No more, already invincible.

    To make new weapons, you must have an enemy.

    Yunyao previously thought that in order to maintain the combat effectiveness of the Tang Army, the Tang Army could be used as mercenaries, but mercenaries did not need advanced weapons, and old weapons would be sufficient.  But if we only use old weapons and do not develop new ones, we will fall behind sooner or later.

    "It seems that invincibility is also a shortcoming." Yunyao thought that it really makes sense for the way of heaven to make up for the shortcomings of the damage. Datang's attributes in all aspects were so unbelievable that he didn't know what to do next.

    Now even if the Tang Dynasty discovers the New World, I'm afraid there will be no motivation to colonize, because the surrounding small countries have not completed development, so they will go to colonial development?  Isn't this sick?

    Even Yunyao could not persuade the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty to develop new weapons and maintain the expenditure of the Ordnance Department.

    Because she has no enemies at all, if she says she wants to maintain an armaments budget, she will definitely be labeled as being militaristic.  Therefore, Yunyao had nothing to say. She could only blame Li Shimin for being too active in fighting the war and not leaving an enemy for Datang, even an imaginary enemy.

    There are many places to spend money, so we can only tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall. Fortunately, since Guan Shanhai, the salt and iron franchise has been the main source of income for the national treasury, so it is not like there is no money.

    There is money in the treasury, but you can¡¯t squander it even if you have money. Li Shimin still budgets carefully and spends money wisely.  With the advent of peace, there are really more and more places to spend money.  However, when all nations came to Korea and trade flourished, Zhenguan's rule was still very valuable.

    Li Shimin thought about the industrial upgrading that his daughter had been talking about, so he was considering whether to set up an industrial bureau with a sixth-grade official to make money specifically for Tang.  In the past, all the money earned by her daughter was given to shareholders and herself, although Li Shimin was also aDong, but this money is his own private money and does not belong to the national treasury.  And now he is thinking about letting his daughter make some money for the Tang Dynasty treasury.

    Although he is a minor official of the sixth rank, he can give it a try.  Li Shimin wanted to test the water first with 100,000 guan. If Yunyao could really make more money, it would be possible for the Industrial Administration to be upgraded to the Industrial Temple. By then, it would be on par with Dali Temple, Honglu Temple, etc., and it would be the fourth grade.  .

    If you earn more, you can continue to upgrade to the third level.

    "However, this matter still needs to be discussed with the ministers. After arranging the prince, it is time to arrange the princess.  Yunyao is almost twenty years old. Although she has a light body and a young appearance, she has reached her age and it is time to take on more responsibilities.

    Ministers still agree with Yunyao's earning ability, and they have also heard about Yunyao's industrial upgrading theory.  In recent years, many new gadgets have appeared in Chang'an, which can be called products of industrial upgrading.  Stronger printing technology, stronger transportation, and more exquisite gadgets.  These are all done by the princess. If it can really make money for Tang, it will of course be a good thing. After all, there are more and more places to spend money. You can't just cut costs, but also have to increase revenue.

    ??????????????????? And it¡¯s just a position of directing the sixth rank, just to test the waters.  Besides, the princess makes money and the minister spends money. Why should they object?  So it was easy to pass.

    So Li Shimin drafted an imperial edict to establish the Datang Industrial Upgrading Agency, and Yunyao served as the agency's order, responsible for making money for the Tang Dynasty.  From a sixth-grade official position, the annual salary is 200 guan, the salary is 400 dan, and the miscellaneous expenses are 20 guan.

    Living in Chang'an with 200 yuan is barely enough. Fortunately, Yunyao does not need to rent a house. She lives in the Prince Consort's Mansion, and she does not need to spend money on carriage fees. She is picked up and dropped off by horses and luxury cars.  It feels like the second generation of rich people go to the company to gain experience at the grassroots level. It doesn¡¯t matter how much the salary is. What they want is the atmosphere, living in a high-end apartment and driving a luxury car. Although they commute to and from get off work with the grassroots employees, they don¡¯t care about the salary at all.

    Two hundred strings?  This little money can't even feed the pets in the Prince Consort's house.  Yunyao's income comes from her own invention dividends and fief taxes.  So this salary really means something, an attitude.

    "I didn't expect that after becoming a princess, I would have to go to work instead." Yunyao suddenly thought that this is the real punishment. Isn't working in the mortal world a sentence?  She started to grow old at the age of twenty. Fortunately, Yunyao didn't have to worry about material life, otherwise the punishment from heaven would be too cruel.

    Go to work, just go to work, and treat it as if your sentence has officially begun.

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