Liu Siyong smiled and told Wu Xi, this is very difficult, because this hunter is very difficult, after hunting, he has to take it to the market to pay back, buy rice, buy salt and buy wine, this is not a small amount, many hunters are poor all their lives, and they finally starve to death. The kind of life that Xiang Wu Xi said is only done occasionally by rich and noble families.

Liu Siyong said, remembering Yun Zhaonan's matter, he was extremely bored, told Yun Zhaonan's life, and finally told Wu Xi that even a person like Yun Zhaonan, who was not short of money, could not endure such a life, let alone a poor family.

When Wu Xi heard this, he didn't answer, he played with the bow in his hand, and after a long time, Wu Xi said, "Didn't everyone say, if there is peace today, the people will live and work in peace and contentment?" ”

"Compared to when Wei Ji was in time, it is a lot more stable, but among the four people, there are still many people who have eaten the last meal and have not eaten the next, and how many people don't know if they will still be alive tomorrow."

When Wu Xi heard this, he was still silent, carrying a small pebble with his foot, Liu Siyong looked at Wu Xi like this, and said to Wu Xi, "It's too early to say these things to you, okay, it's useless to think about it." ”

"Then Brother Liu, haven't you thought about helping them?"

"How much can I help alone?"

"But helping one is one."

When Liu Siyong heard this, his heart was a little touched, he looked at Wu Xi, thought for a while, and said, "What you said is good, it is true that I am too selfish sometimes. However, after all, the people in the world suffer more and enjoy less happiness. ”

"So how can that be changed?"

Liu Siyong didn't answer, looked at the blue sky, and thought.

A quarter of an hour later, Liu Siyong said to Wu Xi, "If you want to save the people in the world, you have to be a saint, if a saint takes pity on the people, he will pay taxes lightly, pay a thin servitude, and use the wealth of the world to support the people of the world, instead of the wealth of the world to fill his own desires." In addition, we should recruit talents to help govern the world. ”

"Well, Brother Liu, you seem to have heard these words somewhere."

"It's all a cliché, but even so, no emperor in the world can do it. Presumably you have read the Tao Te Ching, governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, this method has been given, but many people can't do it. This emperor has this wealth of the world, how can he not use it? Build a palace today, make a piece of clothing tomorrow, build a garden the day after tomorrow, and build a 10,000-year-old auspicious box the day after tomorrow. This has been on the throne for many years, and he has not made any contributions, but has built a lot of palaces and spent a lot of money. ”

Wu Xi nodded, and then said, "What about other than that?" ”

"When the money is always used up, so we have to think of ways to make money, so some people are in the name of changing the ancestral system, one is to make money for the emperor, and the other is to make money for themselves, they will not persuade them to say that the book is open-source, only know to loot, a new system, although it has removed a lot of drawbacks, but it has added a lot of drawbacks. At this time, some ministers could not accept it, and they began to attack each other. You say that they are for the common people in the world, but it is difficult to say, it is for their own fame and fortune, which is also difficult to say. In short, this friendship is fighting, and the ministers think that it is not about the economy, but about getting the other party to dismiss the official. ”

"So what?"

"Therefore, at this time, it is time to promote talents and promote them with political achievements. It's a pity that some emperors are too clever and want silver, so they play with checks and balances, asking the two sides to fight each other and profit from it. It's a pity that this kind of emperor, no matter how high the power is, has no effect on the world, and the starvation on the road is still the same death, which can only make people sigh, rather be a balance dog than a troubled world. ”

When Wu Xi heard this, he was thoughtful, and when he was about to ask again, Liu Siyong smiled and said to Wu Xi, "I only know a little, and I can't answer if you ask again." ”

Wu Xi smiled and said to Liu Siyong, "It's a pity that today's sage didn't hear your words, otherwise you would definitely be made a big official." ”

"I'm just talking about it a lot, do you think the saints of today don't know? He is clear in his heart, but this is the general trend of the world, no one stops it, just like the good song said, the emperors of the past dynasties did not know that the construction of the earth is harmful, but if they do not repair, they are not interested in the emperor, they always think, this will not die in my hands, and they are rich all over the world, can a palace repair the world poor? Therefore, some sages were afraid when they saw the chopsticks. ”

Liu Siyong said this, paused, and continued, "In fact, as these emperors thought, a few palaces and a few mountains are not enough to succeed, but they have forgotten that it is difficult to return, and when the time comes, a general trend will be formed, even if there is a master of Zhongxing who wants to turn the tide, it is just a fool's dream, and in the end, all the evil consequences can only be tasted by the last monarch." The so-called house of goodness must have more than a celebration; If you don't accumulate goodness, there will be aftermath. The I Ching talks about such a general change. If the country wants to be protected for a long time, it must be virtuous from generation to generation, and if it is one or two people, there is still salvation. ”

Wu Xi listened and was silent for a long time, Liu Siyong looked at Wu Xi's thoughtful appearance, and said with a smile, "Okay, these are too early for you." But you can think about it, if your brother is extravagant, how long will your family prosper? ”

"This ......"

"Do you want to say that your family is an official land given by the imperial court, and it can be kept forever."

Wu Xi nodded, and Liu Siyong continued, "The tenants who farm for your family also have to eat, if your brother uses too much, then they have nothing to eat, they will leave, if they can't leave, they can only choose to die, other than that, there is no choice." ”

Wu Xi nodded and asked Liu Siyong, how could the Son of Heaven be poor? Isn't everything in this world the Son of Heaven?

"The same, let's put it this way, let's take the construction of the palace as an example, this palace needs wood, and there must be no good wood near the capital, so we can only go to Yi'an Mansion to find it. Does this lumberjack want to eat? Doesn't this lumberjack's family have to eat? If the court doesn't care about them and just lets them work, then their family can only die. The court wants to give them food so that they will not starve to death, so where does this food come from? Grain depot, right? ”

Wu Xi nodded, and asked Liu Siyong to continue, Liu Siyong drew a picture with his feet and said, "The grain depot was originally used for disaster relief, if the grain depot gave grain to the lumberjacks, then in the disaster year, how can the imperial court provide disaster relief?" You want to ask, how can building a palace empty the grain depots everywhere? So one won't, but it will be built all the time. This granary is not a treasure pot of hot ÷ books, put a grain of rice tonight, and tomorrow a storehouse will be born. In addition to the lumberjacks, there are also those who transport wood, and it is impossible for this wood to fly to the capital by itself, and after this transportation to the capital, it is the workers who build the palace, so that the cost of a palace is at least one million stone grain. ”

"Of course, there is also greed for ink, which is good at the top, and the bottom must be followed, the saints use millions to build palaces, and they can use ten thousand dollars to build residences. These people also reached out to the people, if there was a catastrophe, the peasants became homeless, they had no other way to live except to do things, the court had to recruit soldiers, and they also needed food. I don't talk about money here, because to make you better understand, the soldiers wait for money and silver to buy food first, and no one will go hungry to do anything else. In this way, a lot of grain was consumed, and the total amount of food must have decreased. After all, the husband couldn't farm, and the group of traitors didn't go to farm. ”

"If the husband is delayed for a year, if there is a disaster in the second year, will the court have to provide disaster relief? If it's a disaster relief, then there will be less food. At that time, a group of displaced people will be raised, and this is the chaos of the Chen Dynasty, the more peaceful and chaotic, and the more bandits are suppressed. ”

Liu Siyong said this, and then said again, "This is the accumulation of change for a long time, at the beginning, Emperor Wei Ai wanted to let the family pay money, but as a result, few of these families were willing to pay, and finally supported my Emperor Taizu Gao, against the imperial court." Liu Siyong said the back, with a mocking tone.

Wu Xi listened to what he said, and said to Liu Siyong, "No wonder the imperial court wants to rectify the rule of officials, so that's the case." ”

Liu Siyong was about to say another question, when a familiar figure walked over.

Liu Siyong couldn't help but be overjoyed, stepped forward, and saluted Sui Liangzuo and said, "What a coincidence, big brother, we meet again." ”

"There is a mallet, you kid, I asked you to lead the army, but if you don't lead it, you come here." Sui Liangzuo was not surprised to meet, gave Liu Siyong a chestnut, and then continued, "If Bi Daofan hadn't told me the news, I would still be in the dark." ”

Liu Siyong smiled, looked at Wu Xi, and then said to Sui Liangzuo, "Big brother, for the sake of other people's little brothers, give me a face." ”

Wu Xi tilted his head and looked at Sui Liangzuo, Sui Liangzuo walked over, touched Wu Xi's head, and said to Wu Xi, "You are here, are you here with your mother?" ”

"Yes." When Wu Xi was about to salute, Sui Liangzuo smiled, stopped Wu Xi, and said to Wu Xi, "No need to be polite, there are no outsiders here." ”

"You two know each other, huh?" Liu Siyong was a little curious, and Sui Liangzuo said with a smile, "I know his father, it's early in the capital, and we are still good friends." ”

Sui Liangzuo said, hugged Wu Xi, and said to Wu Xi, "Why are you here alone, is your mother relieved?" ”

"Uncle Hui, with Brother Liu here, it's okay if there's any danger."

"Haha, you can't call him eldest brother, he and my uncle are sworn brothers, and you have to call him uncle, but this makes you embarrassed, you still call him eldest brother, we will each call him our own."

Wu Xi nodded, smiled with Liangzuo, and said to Liu Siyong, "Okay, let's send Wu Xian back first." When Sui Liangzuo said this name, he looked at Liu Siyong, saw that Liu Siyong did not react, and said something in Wu Xi's ear.

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