Li Yan was silent when he heard this. After all, he still had a little knot in his heart. He could not start a rebellion while Li Shimin was still alive. In this way, even if he ruled the Tang Dynasty, he would be a traitor and the whole world would kill him. After all, this was a peaceful and prosperous era. If he did this, he would only lose the hearts of the people. What would his subordinates think of him?

Although he has 20,000 intelligent people, these intelligent people are just auxiliary robots and have no combat power. They can only help with scientific and technological research and development. His rule will ultimately rely on people like Qin Huaiyu to support him. So he is only secretly increasing his influence in the court and increasing his bargaining chips in the court. It is one thing to kill the throne, and the princes fight for the throne is another thing. At that time, everyone in the world hopes that when he, the King of Shu, ascends to the throne, he will have to sit in that position even if he doesn't want to, because other princes will be frightened and afraid that they will be pulled down at any time. With Li Shimin's love for him and the support of his ministers for him, he will have a lot of room for choice at that time. Therefore, Li Yan still needs to maintain the image of a benevolent, filial and talented prince in front of Li Shimin.

"It's right." Li Yan nodded. He didn't want to discuss this issue anymore. After all, it was still far away. He reiterated: "You choose two people to go to Ryukyu with me in a few days, let them stay there and help me manage the manor there."

"Yes, Your Highness." Li Ran replied.

Without anything else, Li Yan waved his hand and asked Li Ran to leave. Now he had to think about how to open up private capital and go to Ryukyu.

After thinking about it all night, the next day, Li Yan called Guan Sixing and other Yizhou officials and the heads of the Shengtang Chamber of Commerce. This business matter is managed by the government affairs system. How to achieve the opening of private capital requires the two companies to cooperate with each other to avoid the initial capital chaos. After hearing about Li Yan's opening policy for capital, both officials and people from the Shengtang Chamber of Commerce showed a shocked look.

"Your Highness, in this way, the profits of the Chamber of Commerce of the Shengtang should be greatly reduced?" Tong Nian first put forward different opinions. The people of the Chamber of Commerce of the Shengtang also agreed.

Although Guan Sixing was shocked, he instantly understood that this was an opportunity, so he said: "I agree with Your Highness's proposal that only by opening up private capital can the people become rich and keeping everything in his hands is to compete with the people for profit. If the people are strong, the country will be rich. The profits of the Chamber of Commerce of the Tang Dynasty will be reduced, but the tax revenue of the government will increase greatly. At that time, the things you get are much stronger than the part of the benefits lost by the Chamber of Commerce of the Tang Dynasty."

"Guan Guan really speaks without feeling the pain in his back. Most of the expenditure in Yizhou now comes from the Chamber of Commerce of the Shengtang. Your government invests in road construction, shipbuilding, and schools, and how much money the school has invested, isn't it all the money our Chamber of Commerce of the Shengtang." Tong Nian was a little dissatisfied.

"Manager Tong's words are wrong. If these assets were not controlled by the Shengtang Chamber of Commerce, our government could also afford to pay the money. And although one of us is an official and the other is a chamber of commerce, they are all the industries of Your Highness, so how can we share with you and me?" Guan Sixing was also tit-for-tat. He was also very anxious. However, he could not collect taxes, a giant in the Shengtang Chamber of Commerce, and he felt uncomfortable.

Li Yan's eyes swept back and forth between the two of them, saying, "Don't argue, I came to you today to solve this problem. From now on, the Chamber of Commerce of the Shengtang and the government will be integrated and no longer exist as a separate Chamber of Commerce."

Upon hearing this, Tong Nian's face changed and she said in surprise: "Your Highness, is there anything wrong with the old slave doing?"

Guan Sixing also grew up and said, "Your Highness, this..."

Li Yan smiled at the two of them, "Don't be anxious, listen to me to finish my words first. From today on, the management organization of the Shengtang Chamber of Commerce will be incorporated into the government system. As a separate Ministry of Commerce, your functions will be as follows: 1. Approve the business plans and financial plans of private capital on the fief and supervise their implementation. 2. Manage and dispatch trade funds and inventory of all state-owned industries on the fief; 3. Determine the prices of wholesale goods of state-owned trading companies in the fief; 4. Guide the management of the market of the fief's private business and the trade departments of various state-owned counties; 5. Issuing the regulations on trade accounts on the fief's stock."

After Li Yan's words ended, the people of the Chamber of Commerce of the Tang Dynasty were all silent. Unexpectedly, Li Yan suddenly incorporated them into the government system. Tong Nian was even more excited and his whole body was trembling. Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, and merchants had the lowest status in society. Even in Yizhou, Tong Nian also had a sense of inferiority from his heart, so he cared about the Chamber of Commerce so much, otherwise he would be nothing. But now in the blink of an eye, he has become an official of the government and is also responsible for managing all the commercial activities in the fiefdom. How could he not be excited?

"Your Highness, what's the virtue of the old slave? How can you be so kind to you..." After saying that, Tong Nian stood up and knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Li Yan three times, crying loudly. He was sincere. From a down-and-out beggar to the head of the Chamber of Commerce of the Tang Dynasty, to the future minister of the Ministry of Commerce, he felt too much gratitude to Li Yan along the way.

The rest of the chamber of commerce in the prosperous Tang Dynasty were also excited and knelt down with Tong Nian. There was basically no kneeling ceremony in the Tang Dynasty. They did this to sincerely express their gratitude to Li Yan.

"All up! Don't kneel. Our Tang people's kneecaps, except for their parents and the heaven and earth, will always have straight kneecaps and cannot be bent. Even if the knife is placed on the neck, you will have to stand and die. This is the backbone of our Tang people, do you understand?" Li Yan shouted.

After wiping his tears, Tong Nian stood up and said, "Yes, Your Highness, I remember it."

Guan Sixing was shocked. This time he had a deeper understanding of Li Yan. "We will remember your highness's words in our hearts. Even if we lose our heads, we should not lose the kneecaps of a nation."

Li Yan laughed and said, "In life, some things must be insisted on. Even the humblest people should have their own dignity. It's a long way to go. Let's continue to talk about the Chamber of Commerce. After the Chamber of Commerce of the Shengtang Chamber of Commerce as the Ministry of Commerce, the industries under the Chamber of Commerce of the Shengtang Chamber of Commerce will be state-owned industries on the fiefdom. Except for the profits being turned over to the prefectures and counties in the location, the remaining profits will be included in the treasury and used for fiefdom construction."

"Your Highness means that we can normally impose taxes on the Chamber of Commerce of the Tang Dynasty?" Guan Sixing said.

"That's right, like other private capital, taxes can be collected. This time you are asked to come here for this matter. In other words, the industries of the royal palace will no longer be independent in the future, but will be included in the treasury. Yizhou will be the first place to reform this time." Li Yan said.

"Yes, Your Highness!" He had long hoped that Li Yan could do this, because without financial support, many things had to be implemented through cumbersome procedures. Now he can let go of construction.

After the excitement at the beginning, Tong Nian gradually calmed down and said, "Your Highness, how can we open up the workshop technology to other merchants?"

"This is why I found you all. Sixing, please let Yisi and Shengtang Chamber of Commerce cooperate to establish a trademark and patent management institution. The various technologies of Shengtang Chamber of Commerce will be transferred in the form of patents, so that merchants using these technologies can pay the patent fee, and at the same time promote the trademarks. The products produced must be labeled with their own trademarks to avoid market chaos." Li Yan frowned and said, "As for the specific details, there will be special people to guide you, and you must learn humbly."

"Yes!" the two responded in unison.

He discussed some details with the two people. Li Yan asked the two departments to negotiate on their own, and he returned to the royal palace.

After several days of preparation and Li Ran sent someone to guide him, Guan Sixing began to disclose the relevant information in the Shengtang Business Daily. As soon as this information was made public, it suddenly caused a thousand waves. Countless businessmen flocked to the reception office of the Shengtang Chamber of Commerce to inquire about this matter, and the reception staff of the Shengtang Chamber of Commerce began to explain specific matters to them.

However, like coal ball furnaces, the opening of private capital this time was limited to merchants holding Yizhou ID cards on Li Yan's fiefdom. When this policy was introduced, facing such huge business opportunities, a large number of merchants flocked to Yizhou from all over the Tang Dynasty to ask for local household registration in Yizhou. Unlike farmers who were bound by land, they were free people who could move. Li Yan did not expect that the opening of private capital would actually cause a wave of immigrants among merchants.

Li Yan naturally refused to accept this unexpected surprise, but it was not a simple matter to join Yizhou household registration. These merchants must invest in Yizhou, which means that the industry must be in Yizhou. This is quite a shadow of investment immigration, but this condition is indeed of great benefit to Yizhou, because the entry of a large amount of funds will not only increase Yizhou's tax revenue quickly, accelerate the growth of private capital, but also make it more convenient to realize the industrial revolution.

"Your Highness, the statistics were found. In just ten days, 10,000 merchants went to Wuhouting to apply for Yizhou household registration. Among them, Persia and other foreign merchants also accounted for a large proportion. It is said that the 200,000 merchants from all over the country who live in Guangzhou are now focusing on Yizhou. If you say this, more merchants will join Yizhou household registration in the future. But will these foreign merchants apply for household registration certificates for them?" The household registration matter is managed by Su Moer. After Li Yan asked him to count, she quickly got things done.

"Do it! Why not do it? This is a good thing, and it can also reflect that our Yizhou treats all businessmen equally!" Li Yan smiled proudly at the data on the paper. The statistics on it are very detailed, and even the original hometowns of these businessmen are also clear. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!