Emperor of the Tang Dynasty

"Sure enough, I still can't avoid this hurdle," Li You looked at Li Shimin's expression and could guess what he was thinking, "but I originally expected this situation to happen, just today, Get rid of this danger."

To be honest, if Li You hadn't had a royal body to protect his body, but just transmigrated into an ordinary person, he wouldn't have dared to touch the lottery even if he was beaten to death.

Otherwise, Li You really thinks that he has a long life, and he doesn't know when he will die.

Now, although Li You will not be killed because of his interests, the real horror behind this incident is not that Li You can make a lot of money, but that he can easily It is terrible to control the will of the people!

Therefore, Li You, who had been expected for a long time, was also prepared early.

"Father, the lottery strategy is not a long-term means, and the court must not rely on this to profit completely in the future."

Li You's sudden speech surprised Li Shimin who was thinking.

He subconsciously asked: "Nowadays, lottery tickets can earn [-] yuan a day, and they are only sold in Chang'an City, so they can have such amazing results. If the sales scope is spread to the whole country in the future, wouldn't it be even more great? to ease the economic crisis of the imperial court?"

Obviously it is such a lucrative business, but Li You, the founder, opposed it himself, which made Li Shimin feel strange...

Chapter 69 Frightening the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!

"I'm afraid it's very strange for the royal father, why did Erchen object to the lottery ticket he came up with?"

After Li You stifled his appetite, he said with a serious face: "And Erchen not only opposes the court's use of lottery tickets as a long-term income-generating method in the future, but Erchen also suggested that there must be strict restrictions on the purchase of lottery tickets!"

"Oh?"

Li Shimin is really interested this time.

If it wasn't for Li You's own words, Li Shimin would have thought that this was an advice from a courtier who disliked Li You.

"What's the reason for Yang Jie's move?"

Li Shimin asked very seriously, until now, Li Shimin no longer dared to underestimate Li You's wisdom.

If Li You wanted to do this "six, seven, three", then Li Shimin believed that he would not do it because of willful thinking, but there really was some other reason behind it.

Li You explained: "There are two reasons why Erchen made this move. The first reason is that everything has a fresh period, which is the activity of this business. As time goes by, the activity will become lower and lower. , once the fresh period is over, the lottery business may not be as good as before."

"Perhaps there is still a huge sense of novelty in lottery tickets, but this kind of business, which is aimed at people's blood and brains, has a particularly short freshness period. I'm afraid that within half a month, this crazy buying momentum in Chang'an City will disappear."

Li Shimin nodded when he heard the words, the truth was exactly what Li You said.

Businesses such as lotteries with a very large gambling nature will generally hesitate to continue to touch them after people calm down. At that time, the income of lottery tickets will naturally drop significantly, not as exaggerated as it is now.

There are not no pure gamblers who are completely addicted to it and cannot extricate themselves, but they are definitely only a very small part of the common people.

"Yang Jie is really such a genius, and he has grasped every detail in this respect extremely accurately, enough to make many courtiers feel ashamed."

Li Shimin thought so in his heart and said, "From the fact that you are constantly coming up with different new tricks for the lottery, I already know this, you only want to maintain the activity of the lottery and prolong the freshness of the lottery. A lot of tricks, right?"

"Father is wise."

Li You perfunctory praised Li Shimin, and Li Shimin actually seemed very useful.

After all, being praised for being wise by a genius is more valuable than countless praises from mediocre talents, and it also gives Li Shimin a sense of accomplishment.

Seeing that Li Shimin was in a much better mood, Li You added, "As for the second reason, it's more complicated."

"First of all, the father and the emperor don't think that it is only a Chang'an city, and he can sell lottery tickets, but in fact, it will not be much better to expand the scope of lottery sales to the whole country, because the richest person in the whole Datang The common people are basically concentrated in Chang'an!"

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment after hearing this, but this was something he hadn't thought of just now.

At the foot of the emperor, in the imperial city, it is naturally the most prosperous place in Datang, so the income level of the people in Chang'an City still has to crush many ordinary people in other areas of Datang.

In fact, it can be seen from the population alone. Just one Chang'an City, the population is almost one-sixth of the country's population. It has to be said that it is extremely exaggerated.

"People in Chang'an have a little spare money to buy lottery tickets, but it doesn't mean that people in other places have it too." Li You said lightly, "In fact, people in many places have difficulty just filling their stomachs. ."

"..."

Li Shimin was dumbfounded, speechless for a while.

Because what Li You said is the bare facts, Li Shimin has been worried about these things countless times in the DPRK. There are still many remote and desolate or disaster-stricken areas.

In the final analysis, the so-called "Zhenguan Prosperity" is at best more prosperous than other dynasties.

"That is to say, Yang Jie thinks that lottery revenue will drop significantly, so he raised his objection?"

Hearing Li Shimin's question, Li You shook his head, thinking that the main event was finally coming...

"Of course not. The second reason why my son is against it is because lottery tickets are like gambling. It's fine in just one month. If it's a long time, it may cause countless people to lose their wealth and be displaced, or even ruin their homes!"

"Is it so serious?!" Li Shimin was taken aback.

"Father, don't underestimate this point. If the peasants in the Tang Dynasty spent all their savings just to get rich overnight through lottery tickets, and they didn't even plough the fields, what would happen to the father? What? This is just an example, it can happen in any class and occupation!"

In an instant, Li Shimin's pupils shrank!

"It seems that the emperor has thought of it," Li You said. "At that time, a large area of ​​land will be deserted, which will affect the food of the whole country, and may cause disasters, and the rest, such as marrying a wife and having children, don't even need to think about it. Datang's population will also begin to decline because of this!"

Li You said with a sympathetic expression: "So, if the Tang Dynasty only focused on short-sighted interests and insisted on vigorously promoting the lottery, and relying entirely on this to make a living, then it would simply be exhausting and fishing, and destroying the great foundation of the Tang Dynasty! "

The severity of Li You's words was almost to say that this was a 5.8 omen of national subjugation, but Li You did not exaggerate much.

If a person spends too much money on lottery tickets and finds that his property has bottomed out but he has nothing to gain, then many people will not stop at it, and the nature of gamblers in them will become more and more serious, and they vow to rely on lottery tickets. Complete the reversal to keep buying more tickets!

In fact, in modern times, many people have gone bankrupt because of this, not to mention the generally poor ancient people?

In many people's homes, as long as the harvest is not good, they will be hungry for a long time. The general level of poverty is completely unimaginable for modern ordinary families!