Chapter 644 Qin Huaidao sat there, talking to Li Shimin about the pros and cons of running a newspaper. After Li Shimin heard this, he walked in the Ganlu Hall with his hands behind his back.

"If you deliberately smear a person, then it will have a huge impact on this person. Of course, we can avoid it, and use rules to avoid it!" Qin Huaidao sat there, looking at Li Shimin and said.

"How to avoid it?" Li Shimin started to speak.

"Your Majesty, newspapers are used as the throat of the country. Things that are not in line with the Tang Dynasty's policies are absolutely not allowed to appear. If you want to discredit a person, you also need the father or emperor to nod. Other officials cannot publish such things.

In addition, an audit agency needs to be established, which is to specifically review the contents of newspapers. Now the transportation in the Tang Dynasty is still inconvenient, and at most two issues are released per ten-day period.

If the second issue of the newspaper reaches the most border area of ​​the empire, it will take another month. In other words, it still has a certain lag, but it doesn’t matter. Lag is better than nothing?

Therefore, the son-in-law suggested that some great scholars and people who are upright people can serve as editors and in charge of the review of the entire content. In addition, they also need to report the contents of each issue like His Majesty. At the same time, officials need to be inspected, that is, to inspect the contents of the newspapers, there is no problem in confirming the contents of the newspapers before printing!" Qin Huaidao sat there, looking at Li Shimin and said.

"Well, go and have a tea, and say while drinking tea, you'll have a meal here at noon! By the way, there is a batch of tributes, which are cold melons, which taste good. Try them after the meal!" Li Shimin said to Qin Huaidao with a smile.

"Oh, okay!" Qin Huaidao said, and followed Li Shimin to the tea room, drinking tea while chatting with Li Shimin about the newspaper. Finally, he determined the name of the newspaper, "Da Tang Daily", and finally it was time to choose the general manager.

Li Shimin originally wanted Qin Huaidao to be the chief executive. When Qin Huaidao heard this, he waved his hand and said that he could not do it. This still needs a respected person to be the one. Qin Huaidao recommended Kong Yingda.

At noon, Qin Huaidao had meals in the palace. Among all Li Shimin's son-in-law, even his son, Qin Huaidao had the most meals in the palace. He ate from time to time in the palace. Others had dinner with Li Shimin, but they couldn't eat enough and dared not eat too much.

Qin Huaidao just ate hard, and now he is growing up. How could a big guy eat enough without seven or eight steamed buns or seven or eight pancakes in a meal?

Even when Li Shimin saw Qin Huaidao liked eating like this, he could eat half a bowl. After the meal, Qin Huaidao and his friends sat down at the Ganlu Hall, and someone came over with the cold melons.

"Isn't this a watermelon?" Qin Huaidao looked at the cold melon that was brought up, and was very surprised. This was the watermelon from later generations, but it was just a little smaller!

"What watermelon? This is a cold melon, a tribute from the Western Regions!" Li Shimin said to Qin Huaidao, and also started eating it.

Qin Huaidao immediately asked Wang En to come over as a piece of waste cloth, and he just sat there and spit the seeds on the waste cloth.

"What are you doing?" Li Shimin looked at Qin Huaidao in confusion and asked.

"I want to grow this, this one is delicious and sweet!" Qin Huaidao said with a smile as he looked at Li Shimin.

"You can plant this kid? Can we grow this kind of cold melon?" Li Shimin looked at Qin Huaidao and asked.

"Try it, what if one person lives, the people of my Tang Dynasty will have a fruit for summer escape. Who doesn't like to eat such cold melons, so sweet and delicious?" Qin Huaidao said to Li Shimin with a smile.

"It's done!" Li Shimin nodded with a smile, and began to spit out the watermelon seeds on the scrap cloth.

At this moment, His Royal Highness came over and saw their father-in-law and son-in-law spitting cold melon seeds on the scrap cloth, which was very strange.

"It's just right here, let's have a meal together!" Li Shimin said to Li Chengqian with a smile.

"This is a cold melon, I haven't eaten it for several years." Li Chengqian said with a smile.

"I contributed 8 melons. When you go back later, take 2 of them and give them to your grandchildren to taste!" Li Shimin said to Li Chengqian.

"Okay, thank you, Father!" Li Chengqian also nodded with a smile! Then Li Chengqian also joined the ranks of spitting melon seeds on the scrap cloth.

"Is there anything wrong?" Li Shimin asked.

"It's nothing. I just heard of so many officials impeaching Boping. My son couldn't understand. This matter has nothing to do with Boping!" Li Chengqian sat there, looking at Li Shimin in confusion and said.

"Well, I'll finish it. I'll discuss it tomorrow. If the officials who are officials in the capital are not well-off, houses are indeed a big problem. I think it's not possible. Build hundreds of official residences so that those poor officials can live in it, so that they can sigh every day." Li Shimin said to Li Chengqian.

"Hundreds of buildings require a lot of money. Although the land does not require money, I guess one building also costs 1,000 guan, right?" Li Chengqian asked at Qin Huaidao.

"No, 300 guan is enough. We just do some decorations. Other living utensils still need to buy them themselves. Buying them in large quantities will be cheaper! If 500 buildings are built, 150,000 guan is enough!" Qin Huaidao waved his hand and said, building a house in Chang'an is expensive, and the rest are very cheap.

"Well, then it's an official residence, covering an area of ​​2 acres. Boping, your Ministry of Works needs to take out half of the money for this matter, and the Ministry of Works will take out half of the money. Your Ministry of Works has money now! There is no end to that money!" Li Shimin said to Qin Huaidao with a smile.

"Father, this is not OK. The Ministry of Works has planned a straight road from Chang'an to Suzhou, a straight road from Chang'an to Yumen Pass. Father, you don't know that the business of the Tang Dynasty is mainly in these two directions. From Chang'an to Suzhou, all along the route are big cities and population gathering areas. Most of the commercial activities are here.

If you build a straight road, you can bring about 1 million guan every year to the Tang Dynasty. Of course, it may cost 3 million guan to build this straight road, which will take up to five or six years!

The straight road from Yumen Pass in Chang'an was from the west to the Western Regions. The Hushang in the Tang Dynasty all took this road. If this road is built, it will not only increase the tax revenue of our Tang Dynasty.

At the same time, it will also allow our Tang Dynasty army to reinforce the northwest direction as quickly as possible. This straight road is short and there are not so many rivers on the road. It does not require a bridge to be built. The cost is estimated to cost 1 million guan, which may take about 2 years!" Qin Huaidao said to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin and Li Chengqian looked at Qin Huai in surprise, and both of them forgot to eat the melon.

"What's wrong?" Qin Huaidao looked at them in confusion.

"Build two straight roads that are so long? They are all cement roads!" Li Shimin asked Qin Huaidao.

"Yes. The Ministry of Works has also planned several straight roads, from Luoyang to Goryeo. The straight road from Chang'an to Luoyang will be repaired soon this year. Then we will continue to repair to the northeast, and we will gain two years to build it to Pingchuan.

In this way, our Tang army can rush to the front line of Goryeo as fast as possible. Once there is a sudden movement on the front line and reinforcements are needed, our Tang army can also arrive at the fastest speed. This straight road is estimated to cost 120 guan.

Of course, Chang'an has also spent a huge amount of money to go to Luoyang. Now that my father is going to Luoyang, he can arrive in two days. If he rides a horse, he will arrive in one day!" Qin Huaidao nodded and said to Qin Huaidao.

"Good boy, have you spent all the money for the Ministry of Works in the next few years?" Li Shimin asked with a smile as he looked at Qin Huaidao.

"Of course the money has to be spent. In fact, our Ministry of Works spends money and the Ministry of Civil Affairs enjoys the welfare of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. This year, the tax revenue of the Ministry of Civil Affairs will definitely be much higher." Qin Huaidao said to Li Shimin with a smile.

"Well, the Ministry of Civil Affairs still has surplus, and this is rare!" Li Chengqian nodded and said to Li Shimin.

"Is there a surplus?" Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian in surprise. He was fighting now, and Li Shimin was still thinking about dividing some money from his own treasury to the Ministry of War. Unexpectedly, there was still a surplus on the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Now he was fighting, but the Ministry of Civil Affairs was responsible for paying the money.

"Yes, last month, the remaining 120,000 guan was surplus. Duke Ju was so happy. Moreover, the military pay from the front line this month was sent to the beginning of the month!" Li Chengqian said with a smile.

"Okay, okay, it's good to have money, but Gao Ming and Boping, have you ever investigated? How are ordinary people living? Is there any better place to compete with the people for profit?" Li Shimin was happy, and was worried that the tax revenue had been heavy, which increased the burden on the people.

"It shouldn't be. This tax is mainly due to the increase in commercial taxes. Ordinary people will not increase. On the contrary, the court has exempted a lot of local taxes in the past two years, so people's lives should be better!" Qin Huaidao shook his head and said to Li Shimin.

"Well, it's true that the business sector has increased a lot of taxes!" Li Chengqian sat there and said.

"No, you are smart. You have to go and investigate. You can't say that the court is rich and the people are poor. Then the people may rise up. Be careful, you go in person!" Li Shimin was still a little worried and said to Li Shimin.

"Yes, my son will start to go to the surrounding prefectures and counties in person tomorrow!" Li Chengqian stood up and bowed to Li Shimin and said.

"Great, you have to remember that as royal families, we need to consider the lives of the people. If the people's lives are not good, we can't sit firmly. Why was the father able to conquer the world back then? That is, the people in the world are living in poverty. Otherwise, who would follow his father to fight?

Remember, not only you must remember, but also let those younger generations remember!" Li Shimin continued to explain to Li Chengqian.
Chapter completed!