The Tang Dynasty was very big, but there were many problems. After the prince went to the county, he did not just sit back and rest assured.

There is also the problem with the army, and it is still an old saying that the Tang Dynasty did not make money when fighting a small country, but if it was not fighting, the Tang army was not happy because they were just waiting to make money when fighting. If they didn't fight, they would have no income.

There are also aristocrats from all over the country who still make trouble from time to time. Although they are not about rebellion, they always discount the policies of the Tang Dynasty, either asking for money or hiding the slander.

Of course, all departments in the court want money when talking, and keep talking, they compete with the people for profit. Anyway, being an emperor is worried about money every day, and this requires money, that requires money when fighting, and peace requires money. Anyway, there is no place to not have money.

Today, the water needs to be repaired, tomorrow the road needs to be sorted out, the day after tomorrow the armed forces will be updated, and the city walls will be renovated. In fact, the armed forces are the least urgent, because several foreign wars in the Tang Dynasty have ended, and there are no small countries around that dare to make trouble. You can enter Kuma and put them in Nanshan, but if you really don’t update them, you will still suffer.

So this is a very contradictory question. There is no enemy that can confront the Tang Dynasty. Why does the Tang Dynasty spend money to create more advanced weapons? Advanced weapons were invented when the two strongmen were in confrontation. When the strongmen dominate, the weapons will be useless. At this stage, no matter how strong the weapons are, they will be thrown into the warehouse and rust, because there is no place to fight. If you fight small countries and lose money, there is no goal to fight big countries.

For a big country, maintaining high military capital investment is not cost-effective, and there are various problems within the Tang Dynasty, so Li Shimin is ready to cut off the budget of the Ordnance Agency. Because in the future, there will probably be no more large-scale wars in the past decade. Even if there are small-scale conflicts, old weapons will be enough.

The Qing Dynasty also encountered this problem. Before the First Opium War, the Qing Dynasty's weapons were always the top in the world. The question was who to attack? What goal was it? It would be a loss to fight a small country. And how could it be used to kill a chicken? Old weapons would be enough to fight public security wars. There was no strategic goal at all, so there was no need to develop advanced weapons, and then foreigners would be taught to be human.

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

It’s like a couple living, and their income is fixed, but the husband wants to buy a game console, and the wife wants to buy some furniture for the family. The wife just needs to say what the use of a game console is? The husband can only hand over the money to his wife. But if one day, the game console becomes a prop for comparison between several families, then the wife will definitely support her husband in buying a game console.

If the Ordnance Administration wants to budget for new weapons, then other departments will say in minutes that they cannot prepare for the repair of water conservancy and maintain the city walls. Isn’t it good to maintain the city walls? These are all real things for the people, so what is the use of inventing new weapons?

The war has ended, peace has arrived, the Tang Dynasty looked around, the Turks had been beaten away, Goguryeo had surrendered, and Tubo accepted the marriage. Who else dared to challenge the power of the Tang Dynasty? No more, it was invincible.

To create new weapons, there must be an enemy.

Previously, Yunyao believed 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 any advanced weapons, and old weapons could be used. However, if only using old weapons and not developing new weapons, they would be behind sooner or later.

"It seems that invincibility is also a disadvantage." Yunyao thought to himself that it makes sense that the law of heaven has damaged the excess and make up for the shortcomings. The attributes of the Tang Dynasty were too outrageous, so they didn't know what to do next.

Even if the Tang Dynasty discovers a new continent, I am afraid there is no motivation to colonize, because the surrounding small countries have not been developed and went to colony development? Isn’t this a disease?

Even Yunyao could not convince the ministers of the court to develop new weapons and maintain the expenses of the Ordnance Department.

Because there was no enemy at all, if she wanted to maintain the military budget, she would definitely be labeled as a military force. So Yunyao had nothing to say, and she could only blame Li Shimin for being too active in the war and not leaving an enemy for the Tang Dynasty, even if it was an imaginary enemy.

There are many places to spend money, so you can only tear down the east wall and repair the west wall. Fortunately, since the Guanshanhai, the salt and iron franchise has always been the main source of income for the national treasury, so you will not have enough money.

The treasury has money, but it cannot be squandered even if it has money. Li Shimin is still very careful and spends money on the edge. With the arrival of peace, there are really more and more places to spend money. However, the trade is booming in the country, and the Zhenguan rule is still very valuable.

Li Shimin thought of the industrial upgrading that his daughter had always talked about, so he was considering whether to set up an industrial agency, a sixth-rank official, who made money for Tang. In the past, the money earned by his daughter was given to shareholders and herself. Although Li Shimin was also a shareholder, the money was his own private money and did not belong to the treasury. Now he was thinking about whether he would let his daughter make some money for the treasury of the Tang Dynasty.

Although he is a small official of the sixth rank, he can try it. Li Shimin wants to try it out with 100,000 tents first. If Yun Yao can really make more money, it is possible for the Industrial Administration to upgrade to the Industrial Temple. At that time, he will be on par with Dali Temple, Honglu Temple, etc., and he will be the fourth rank.

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

However, we still have to discuss this matter with the minister. After the prince has been arranged, the princess should be arranged. Yunyao is almost twenty years old. Although she is light and young, she is already old and it is time to take on more responsibilities.

Ministers still agree with Yunyao's ability to make money, and they have also heard of Yunyao's theory of industrial upgrading. Over the years, many new things have appeared in Chang'an, which can be called the products of industrial upgrading. Stronger printing technology, stronger means of transportation, and more exquisite small objects. These are all created by the princess. If you can really make money for Tang, it is of course a good thing. After all, there are more and more places to spend money, and you cannot just save money and have to increase your source.

And it is just a sixth-rank official position, just try it. Besides, princesses make money and ministers spend money, why do they object? So it was easy to pass.

So Li Shimin drafted an imperial edict and established the Tang Dynasty Industrial Upgrade Office. Yun Yao served as the office order, responsible for making money for the Tang Dynasty. He was a sixth-rank official with a salary of 200 jin a year, a salary of 400 jin and a miscellaneous expenses of 20 jin.

It's only a matter of 200% of living in Chang'an that can only make do with it. Fortunately, Yunyao doesn't need to rent a house, so she lives in the Prince Consort's Mansion, and there is no need to spend money on carriages and horses. There is a luxury car to pick you up and drop off. It feels like a rich second generation is going to the grassroots level of the company to experience it. It doesn't matter how much salary it is. It's the atmosphere. Living in a high-end apartment and driving a luxury car. Although she goes to and from get off work with grassroots employees, she doesn't care about this salary at all.

Two hundred jin? This amount of money can't even support the pets of the Prince Consort's Mansion. Yunyao's income is still his own invention dividends and fief taxes. So this salary is really the meaning, just be a good attitude.

"I didn't expect that if I became a princess, I had to go to work." Yunyao suddenly thought that this was the real punishment. Isn't working in the mortal world a sentence? Isn't it time to grow old at the age of 20, and fortunately, Yunyao doesn't have to worry about material life, otherwise the punishment in the heavenly court would be too cruel.
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