Seeing that Wu Tian could not think of a way to go on like this, he waved to the ministers and said, "You all go down, I'll think about it alone."

The ministers retreated.

Wu Tian sat alone on the dragon throne, thinking about how to develop the Liang Kingdom economy.

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

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

Wu Yong had just walked to the palace gate and heard Wu Tian’s call, and quickly turned back.

"Your Majesty, I'm anxious to call me back, I wonder what's going on?"

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

Wu Tian helped Wu Yong up and said happily: "I just thought of how to restore the economy of Liang State, so I came back to discuss it."

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

"I wonder what his Majesty has come up with?"

Wu Tiandao: "I remember there is an institution in the private sector called a money shop. It is the institution that collects the money from the people as capital, and then lends it to the rich to trade and obtain interest. I want to build such a money shop in the name of the court. As long as the people are willing to deposit the money in the court's money shop, after a certain period of time, I will not only repay their principal, but also give them more interest than the private sector. If the deposit period reaches more than five years, the court will exempt him from taxes for three years."

"I think this is easier to be accepted by the people than forcibly collecting taxes. After we collect enough money, I will use this money for three purposes. First, establishing a business name on the border and trading with other countries can not only expand the income of the court, but also increase taxes. Second, expanding railway transportation to the entire Liang Kingdom, connecting to the east, west, south and north, so as to facilitate domestic trade. Domestic merchants will be willing to expand trade when they see convenient transportation, and domestic tax revenue will also increase greatly. The third is to establish a school."

"This school is different from the past school. It does not study the Four Books and Five Classics, nor does it study poetry and verses, but mainly learns various advanced science and technology. In this way, within five years, the Liang Kingdom will definitely be prosperous and strong."

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

Wu Tian didn't continue to talk about military transformation.

But those before had already made Wu Yong feel overwhelmed.

Wu Yong could understand the money house and railway in front of Wu Tian, ​​but he only established a school later but did not learn the Four Books and Five Classics. This was really impossible for Wu Yong, who was once a private school teacher.

He looked at Wu Tian and bowed, "Your Majesty, I don't know if I can talk about some things in person?"

Wu Tian nodded.

"If there is anything that Taishi has to do, just say it. I won't blame you."

Wu Yong said: "Your Majesty wants to build a money house and railway transportation. These officials have seen it and expressed their understanding. However, this school does not study the Four Books and Five Classics, and allows students to learn the natural sciences mentioned by Your Majesty. This may violate the traditions of the Central Plains for many years. I am afraid that students in the world will not agree."

Wu Tian smiled and said confidently: "That's because they have not seen the benefits of learning natural science. If they know the benefits of learning natural science, they will definitely not rush to learn. But what you said is not unreasonable, and the next thing can't be done in a year or two. So, you can do the first two things first."

Wu Yong nodded.

When the people of Liang learned that the money stored in the money houses set up by the court could not only obtain more interest than the private money houses, but also exempted from taxes for more than five years, and flocked to the court money houses.

Soon, the money saved by the official bank of Liang State reached 50 million taels of silver, which was nearly the sum of tax revenue of Liang State in ten years.

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

The first thing 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 tools and had to accept the high price of the Liang Kingdom, which made Liang Kingdom make a big profit, and the income earned was 5 million taels of silver.

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

The imperial court established a business on the border, specializing in purchasing domestic silk, fabric, porcelain and tea, and then reselled it to the Western Regions countries to earn a price difference of more than three million taels of silver.

In order to further accelerate commercial trade, Wu Tian ordered Tang Long to establish two railways with Tokyo as the center, one leading to the Western Regions and the other leading from Tokyo to Jiangnan, especially across the Yangtze River. This was a feat at that time!

Railways are also a specialty for the imperial court. As long as the wealthy people in Jiangnan pay a certain amount of money, they can put their goods on the train and transport them to the court, either reaching Tokyo City or heading straight to the countries in the Western Regions.

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

Rich people in Jiangnan paid money and used railways to transport their goods.

This income is another million taels of silver.

The countries in the Western Regions were very envious of the convenient transportation of Liang State and worked tirelessly to cross the Hexi Corridor to trade in Liang State.

The tax they paid in the Liang Kingdom trade was 400,000 taels of silver, and if railway transportation was needed, the total income would reach 700,000 to 800,000 taels of silver.

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

Faced with such a request, Wu Tian thought about it again and again, but in the end he did not agree.

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

For this reason, Wu Tian summoned Wu Yong again.

"Tai Shi, you have also seen that after Liang State implemented the first two economic policies I mentioned, the national strength rose sharply, which not only reversed the domestic shortage of money, grain and equipment, but also attracted trade from the surrounding countries. However, although Liang State developed rapidly, the talents needed were far insufficient."

After Wu Tian said this, he looked at Wu Yong silently.

Wu Yong knew that Wu Tian was waiting for him to express his opinion.

He pondered for a moment. He saw the earth-shaking changes in the past six months.

According to the development momentum of Liang State, the economic prosperity of Liang State five years later was far greater than that of the previous dynasties.

However, the development depends on talents. Scholars who can read the Four Books and Five Classics but cannot adapt to this dynasty at all.

When Wu Yong thought of this, he stopped persevering.

He sighed and bowed to Wu Tian: "Your Majesty, I was wrong before. Your Majesty is right. Liang needs talents and talents who know how to be aware of natural science."

Wu Tian was happy to see Wu Yong standing on his side.

Wu Yong was the Grand Tutor, and was once a teacher, an idol in the hearts of scholars in Liang Kingdom.
Chapter completed!