After sorting out his thoughts, Xu Ping put down the wine glass in his hand and said to Zhao Zhen: "Your Majesty must ask Weichen how to reform the current shortcomings, to be honest, this topic is too big." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info Weichen was famous in Donghuamen back then, and went to Yongzhou, Lingnan for the general judgment, and it has only been more than seven years to this day. The so-called daily learning is new day by day, day by day, and the ministers are not yet ready to dare to talk about the affairs of the world. His Majesty asked, and the minister reluctantly answered, and where it was not reached, His Majesty forgave the sin. ”

Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "Even if you say it, how can I be harsh on you?" In the Tianzhang Pavilion today, from your mouth into my ears, I will naturally discern what it is. ”

"Obey! Your Majesty said that he wanted to create the rule of prosperity, what is prosperity? It's nothing more than inside and out. Siyi guest clothes, the people are happy, and if you really do it, it can be said to be a prosperous era. It's just that this is easier said than done, but it is even more difficult to do. Sycophants often say that there is nothing to do in all directions now, which can be described as a prosperous era! The minister does not dare to deceive His Majesty, the Holy Son of Heaven rules the world with benevolence and virtue, why are you afraid that something will happen in the world? In ancient times, Yao Shun was the king, the world flooded, and the name of Yu was sage. How can the flood be said to be nothing? But it doesn't hurt Yao Shun's sage. King Shang Tang Wen, just as the dynasty is in the Ding Revolution, how can it be said that there is nothing in the world? The big fight does not prevent them from being a Ming king. The Son of Heaven is not afraid of things in the world, but he is afraid that there will be things and he can't deal with them. ”

Hearing this, the smile on Zhao Zhen's face slowly faded. He also thought about how Xu Ping would answer, but he never expected it to start here. If there are many events today, it may be too much to say that domestic and foreign difficulties are over, but it is also part of the truth. The Son of Heaven is not afraid of things in the world, as long as he can deal with these things, it will not harm his reputation. When Xu Ping said this, he didn't talk about it in generalities, but about how to deal with the world's many things. In Zhao Zhen's eyes, Xu Ping is very capable, but he has always known the way to protect himself, and rarely has fierce conflicts with others, but he didn't expect to be responsible for himself.

Seeing Zhao Zhen nodded, Xu Ping said again: "'Cang Liao knows etiquette and knows honor and disgrace when he has enough food and clothing', if the people are not clothed, food is not covered, and the granaries of the government are empty, even if the people of the world are forcibly made to live in peace and happiness, can it be called a prosperous age?" The heart of the people is the heart of heaven, and at this time, the Son of Heaven should share the weal and woe with the people, and what he is most afraid of is that there will be nothing to do. We should rise up and make the people have meat and houses, so that the people can be said to be happy. Although the minister reads poetry and books, he only looks at the general situation and knows its general meaning, and if I want to find chapters and sentences, I can't do it. However, the heart of the saint only remembers the people of the world, so that they can have enough food and clothing, and then enlighten and know the etiquette, which can still be regarded as a prosperous age. How can we make the people rich? Ordinary Confucian scholars and doctors are nothing more than asking His Majesty to take less and give more. But do you get it? The world is an eventful season, and money and food are needed everywhere, so do you let the officials and soldiers go hungry to do things? Either let Your Majesty throttle, eat a little less every day, eat a little simpler, and the people in the palace are poorly dressed. But how much can this save? What's more, those people talk about the end of the day, the so-called less to give more is actually just a little less in the end. ”

Zhao Zhen listened to this and was a little pleasing to the ear, as soon as he talked about the difficulties of the government now, the ministers asked the emperor to start with himself first and be thrifty. As if just by doing so, the matter is settled.

In terms of personal life preferences, Zhao Zhen is an ordinary person, and he also wants to eat something good, wear something good, and play something that can make him happy, and he also hopes to have a beautiful woman by his side in the palace. But as an emperor, his professional ethics are still good, and he can also use the emperor's professional ethics to restrain himself. Not to mention anything else, in this era, seeing the minister, not lighting a fire around him in winter and not fanning in summer, this is not something that everyone can do.

But there are so many people in the palace, so much expense, how much can you save? What the ministers were staring at was actually the emperor's private money. Starting from Taizong, Zhenzong finally turned the inner treasury into the emperor's private ownership, and the accounts were not open to the courtiers, so there was suspicion inside and outside. The ministers in the court always suspected that the emperor secretly squandered the money in the treasury, as long as this account was not transparent, the emperor was hungry every day, and no one believed that he was thrifty.

The problem is the ancestral family law, and the inner treasury is a financial means used by the emperor to contain foreign dynasties. Especially at this time of Zhao Zhen, the power of the foreign dynasty is getting bigger and bigger, and he doesn't dare to let go of this hand. It's nothing more than a trick to be in a hurry, whatever you say, I just didn't hear it. Occasionally, when I want to eat mutton at night, I can only endure it. After all, this will not solve the fundamental problem, and it can only drag on with a dead face.

Xu Ping didn't mention the problem of the inner library, and Zhao Zhen listened to it more pleasantly. But there is also an extra layer of vigilance in my heart, this kid who seems to be honest will not be a good and obedient person, but he usually doesn't let people see it, right?

Xu Ping said again: "What the minister said is to take less and give more, not to talk about the usual light and thin endowment." There are many events in the world, and taxes should naturally be collected as they should be, and you can't use your brains on this. Otherwise, it will return to the so-called prosperous world, that is, there is nothing in the world, and the saint does not do it. It is necessary to take less and give more, and the court has to use countless money and grain, can it be able to make money out of the air? A few days ago, Ouyang Xiu once wrote an essay and talked about the shopping coupons of the three divisions now. It is said that since the shopping coupon does not need the capital, wouldn't it be possible to make money by printing a little more? The minister once happened to talk to him about this. But because he was a pavilion officer, he didn't study hard, but blindly talked about things he didn't understand, and said that he was faint and made people clear, so that he could read by heart. But speaking of which, I'm afraid that there are many people in the court who think like Ouyang Xiu, but they are stable and not as reckless as Ouyang Xiu and dare to speak. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded lightly: "Printing more shopping coupons, there are also ministers who mention it." It's just that I always feel that something is wrong with this thing, and how can there be a reason in the world to get something for nothing? There has been no answer. ”

"Naturally, I shouldn't have agreed! It's just a few pieces of paper, how can it be money? If His Majesty issues an edict tomorrow that shopping coupons are not allowed to be exchanged for goods in the Sansi shop, who would dare to say that they can print money? Shopping vouchers can be used as money because they can be exchanged for goods in the Sanji shop, and those goods are money. The field affairs of the three divisions, and the goods now made, are unprecedented in the people, and the farm tools and vehicles have greatly facilitated agricultural affairs. These can't be said to compete with the people, right? With these field affairs, you can produce money, and with this money, you can collect less taxes from the people, which is what the minister said. Taxes can be reduced, but the reason for the reduction is not that the world has nothing to do and can't use money and food, but that the three divisions can conjure up their own property. ”

"Say more. The three divisions have their own sources of money and materials, but after all, they still take less, and they can't give away these goods for nothing. Not to mention that the new field affairs will become a tree without roots, water without a source, and it is still unknown how much it can reach the hands of the people. If you want to give, you must first take it. For example, the people of the Central Plains grow rice and wheat, but they can't eat it directly into their stomachs, right? The government has rice cooking, and there is flour grinding, as long as it is more cost-effective than the people themselves, this is considered a lot. If the wind and rain are good, they collect the surplus rice and wheat of the people of the Central Plains, and exchange cattle and sheep from the northwest to sell them to them, as long as it is more cost-effective than raising them themselves, this is also a lot. With the power of the government, the surplus of such goods can be transferred to make up for the deficiency of other places, which is a lot. Why? For if these goods cannot be exchanged for things, they are only useless in the hands of the people, but can only perish. What is it to exchange useless things for useful things? The three divisions of the shop are now mainly only sold by the three divisions. Weichen plans to let the shop open to all states and counties in the world in the future, not only to sell goods, but also to collect local products. Is it too much to exchange local worthless local products for goods that are lacking, and the people exchange useless things for useful things? ”

Hearing this, Zhao Zhen interjected and asked, "According to what you said, isn't Sansi going to be a businessman?" ”

"No, it's plausible, businessmen are profitable. If there is a double profit, they will work hard; twice the benefit, not hesitating to travel long distances; triple the profit, and you can even abandon your wife and children and leave your hometown. With five times the profit, you can not care about the law of the court and take risks. When it comes to tenfold profits, there is nothing to stop them. Although the three divisions also do trafficking and make profits, they do not make heavy profits. The emphasis is on communicating with the world and giving useful things to the people. Moreover, the shops of the three divisions can limit the amount of profit below, so that some scoundrels have no chance to take advantage of it. For example, salt, if the three divisions can ensure that the profit is less than three times, where in the world are there people who risk cutting off their heads to sell smuggled salt? ”

"It's a bit difficult to do that. There is a method of comparing merit, and officials are in business, but I am afraid that they will be more greedy than private businessmen. Now it's just collecting money and food, because if you have to take the exam, you will cause endless trouble. ”

"Your Majesty's words are extremely true. So, someone has to watch over them. The officials of the imperial court have their own imperial history platform and are supervised by the Imperial Court. There are transshipment envoys and torture envoys in the localities, and they are not allowed to mess around. How to check money and food? There is a Go-in. The minister is in the third division, and one of the most proud things he did this year is to teach the people of the Gou Yuan to check the accounts. The minister has always wanted to separate the Gou Yuan from the various divisions, and together with the Mokan Institute, set up a separate division, like the officials of the Imperial History Observatory to investigate the world's money! ”

Zhao Zhen thought for a while and said, "If you are really ready for this matter, you can play a concert." ”

"Sincerely! After a few days, when the ministers came to the yamen to see the matter, they would do this. ”

The words just now were too urgent, Xu Ping took a break, took a breath, and said: "This is internal, as long as the imperial treasury is full and there is money and food in hand, are you afraid that something will happen in the world?" If you are not afraid that the people will starve and be cold, you can practice education and make people know the honor and disgrace of etiquette, which is an easy task. The ancients said that to do things, we must outline and lead, and the outline is clear, and money and food are the outline of the world. As long as you grasp the big thing of money and food, there is no big difficulty in everything else, as long as you know people and do their jobs. Money and food are insufficient, just like the saying goes, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, although Yiyin Zhou Gong is in the court, I am afraid that I will not be able to return to the sky. ”

"Money and food are the key, money and food are the key-" Zhao Zhen said a few words silently, nodded, and shook his head, a little hesitant for a while. Is it really true that the saint thinks that talking about profit is a villain? If you are full, there will be a prosperous world in the world? (To be continued.) )