"For a long time in the future, our main task will be shifted from military to people's livelihood." Li Ze's eyes swept over the many ministers in the house and said, "To put it bluntly, we must concentrate on solving the problem of hunger."

"Don't think that our Tang Dynasty is now singing and dancing to peace, and the form is great. It looks good, but it is only part of the region. The Economic Development Committee conducted a survey and statistics, and only one-third of the people have truly solved the problem of food and clothing."

Li Ze waved his hand, and Lu Lin immediately stood up and distributed a stack of forms to everyone.

"This table is the statistics made after this survey. You guys, the prosperity we see is actually only one-third. Even this third is just a solution to food and clothing, and you have that three or two more money in your hands. But our people are very good. If you can eat enough, you can have a few more money to pull your wife's clothes and buy some snacks for your baby. You will be satisfied and think it is a prosperous era. But is the prosperous era like this? You guys, no."

He patted the table next to him, and there was no expression of happiness on Li Ze's face.

"But as officials, as the highest decision-makers of this empire, as senior officials leading this huge empire, we must be clear-headed and more alert. We should not look at this third, but see that the other two-thirds are still struggling on the poverty line. These people may sleep in bed tonight and are still thinking about where to go to earn money tomorrow."

Everyone's expressions were solemn.

Chapter replied: "Although what Your Majesty said is the truth, I think it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a prosperous era now. I have read the latest census of the Development Committee. The population in the actual controlled area of ​​the Tang Dynasty has exceeded 10,000, and our territory has become the vastest empire in history."

The saying of Zhang Hui is not false. The return of the Western Regions and the Great Northeast has established a practical and effective rule. In addition, the newly returned Tubo, the Tang Empire is now in ancient and modern times, and no one can surpass it. As for the areas that are still separating the south, everyone has always been the land of the Tang Dynasty in their eyes and hearts.

"It is already a great achievement to keep such a vast empire with such a vast area and such a large population." Chapter continued.

Li Ze shook his head slowly: "No, it's not like this. At least, we must ensure that all our people have food, food, clothes, bed and houses, old people have a place to support, few people, widows, widows, widows, orphans and all disabled people have a place to entrust. By doing this, we can barely say that we have stepped into the threshold of prosperity, but we are still far from the real prosperity. Everyone, the prosperity we want to create will not be the same as any so-called prosperity in history. In my eyes, those prosperity in the past are not the same."

When he heard Li Ze say this, the chapter who originally wanted to give a few examples was stunned. Everyone in the house was stunned. To be honest, the people in the house were still quite proud of the Tang Dynasty's achievements now. But after Li Ze's cold water came down, their expressions suddenly became solemn.

"Everyone, the problems of the Western Regions, Northeast China, Tubo, and southern and northern deserts have been basically solved. The Tang Empire can be said to be around, and there are no external threats. As for the south, it is just a disease of scabies, which is not worth mentioning!" Li Ze said: "So, the focus of our work should be completely turned to domestic people's livelihood and economic development. Don't think that these things are just the affairs of the Economic Development Committee. In fact, this is unrelated to any department. If something goes wrong in that aspect, it will eventually affect our decision."

Looking at You Yong, Li Ze said: "Although people's livelihood is the first priority, if the military is not strong, can all of us develop our economy with peace of mind?"

"Wu Jin, if officials are corrupt and local public security is unstable, can we develop the economy with peace of mind?"

"Mr. Zhang, if 90% of our people are illiterate, do not understand our policies, are ignorant and ignorant, can we quickly advance our plans?"

"No." 1 Li Ze asked and answered himself. "So, next, each of our departments will prepare their own first five-year plan. What can you do and what do you want to do? What benefits do you have to do to our country must be thoughtful and then written in words. Finally, let's discuss and comprehensively form the first five-year plan of our Tang Empire. Then this is our policy program in the next five years, and we must move forward unswervingly around this program."

"Why is it five years? Because five years are enough for us to see clearly what is wrong, what is right, what is strongly developed and continue to advance, and what is correct to correct mistakes and change courses."

"And five years are exactly the term of office of each of our committees. If you do well, continue to do well, and don't do well, I think our representatives will use their voting rights to bring you down and thus replace people to complete this great cause again."

Everyone nodded silently.

"From now on, we will have three months to put forward our ideas and discussions for the next five years. At the end of the year, the second congress will be held. On this congress, our five-year plan must be released and reviewed by all representatives. After the congress is passed, we can start to advance." Li Ze waved his hand, "Today is our first meeting. Everyone can speak freely, so it is also a matter of communicating with each other first. Xu Xiang, you are the chairman of the Economic Development Committee and the core of the next five years. You can talk first!"

Xu Xiang took a deep breath, stood up, and said, "Everyone, as Your Majesty said before, two-thirds of our empire are still struggling on the brink of poverty. The prosperity and prosperity we have seen are limited to a limited area. In a wider and remote place, poverty is still the main color. Therefore, in the next five years, developing the economy and solving food and clothing is our top priority. But five years are certainly not enough to fully achieve this goal. The goal of the Economic Development Committee is to solve one-third of the problem. The focus is on the Western Regions, the Northeast, and the newly encamped Tubo. The poverty in these places accounts for the majority of the poor people in our empire."

"In view of this, the Economic Development Committee has formulated to vigorously develop the Construction Corps in the Northeast and promote the construction of farms. In the Western Regions and Qinghai-Tibet Provinces, promote the improvement of land and return to the land."

"Agriculture is the industry we will focus on supporting next. We are planning to orderly increase the price of grain purchases in five years and promote farmers' enthusiasm for production. You guys, now our Tang Dynasty has not had too much food, but less food. But our Tang Dynasty's grain market has been liberalized, so the court needs to introduce a subsidy policy."

"Finally, we are also preparing to vigorously promote the construction of basic engineering, roads, water conservancy and other large amounts of infrastructure construction. The infrastructure construction cycle is long and the investment is large, which is conducive to driving local economic development. For this reason, the Ministry of Revenue is already conducting a final research and preparing to issue a portion of the currency to invest in this industry."

"With the gradual promotion of our Tang Dynasty credit banknotes, super-issuance has become an effective means to promote the economy." Xu Xiang smiled and looked at everyone: "And you are worried about the risks brought by super-issuance. We don't need to think too much about it now, because there are still people who take this risk for us. In Goryeo, the southern region, and even overseas, our currency is the most creditworthy settlement currency for all transactions."

"The Economic Development Commission's plan is to ensure that within five years, a wide traffic network will be formed within the central area of ​​the empire. The roads should not only connect counties, but also townships and villages. In the northeast, the Qinghai-Tibet provinces, a main road should be completed through the entire jurisdiction, so as to lay a solid foundation for the implementation of the second five-year plan."

"In five years, we will double the empire's grain output, and the Institute of Agriculture and Science and Technology will provide practical and powerful guarantees for these new crops and newly cultivated crops with higher yields will ensure our income growth."

"Vigorally promote the circulation of commerce and adopt a series of tax-free and subsidy policies for agriculture-related businesses. Encourage more funds to influx investments in agriculture-related areas, vigorously promote our agriculture to develop in a refined direction, and more deeply processed products appear. The emergence of these industries will consume more grain, and of course it will also drive the price of grain to rise, thus making our people more enthusiastic about growing real estate and producing grain."

After talking for half an hour in one breath, Xu Xiang cleared his throat, "Your Majesty, everyone, this is the next work idea of ​​our Economic Development Committee. Looking back, we will form a detailed copy and send it to you for review."

"Xu Xiang said it well, not afraid of being wrong, but fear of not having any idea!" Li Ze looked at You Yong with a smile: "Ministry of War, tell you about the idea of ​​our Military Development Committee in the next five years!"

"Yes, Your Majesty." You Yong opened the document in front of him and said: "Everyone, like Chairman Xu, the Military Commission has only temporarily clarified a general context. What should we do? There will definitely be some more detailed investigations in the next five years. But overall, the army will undergo a large-scale change."
Chapter completed!