Mastiff rushed to the Cining Hall, and the maid outside the door quickly saluted.
"I want to meet my grandma"
The palace maid hesitated for a moment, then the mastiff bowed again. The palace maid couldn't bear it, so she quickly went in to report.
After a while, the palace maid came out, stood on one side, lowered her head, and gave way to the road. After Liu Mastiff thanked her, she walked into the hall. The hall was a little dark. Liu Mastiff walked to both sides and opened the windows.
They were all opened, and the sun shined through the windows, and the hall lit up. On the opposite side, Queen Cai was sitting on the bed, with her back to Liu Mastiff. After the dazzling sunlight shone into the hall, she stretched out her hand to block her eyes.
"Close it, the sun is glaring"
"Mom, it's better not to close it. It's so dark that the mastiff can't see her face."
"" Cai Guiren was silent for a long time, and then asked: "Is Cao Guiren alive?"
"Yes, I have a baby brother, he is very cute."
"Do you have a name?"
"Call for Di"
"Emperor? Haha, it seems that he looks a lot like your Majesty." Empress Cai chuckled and said, "When I was born, I already had a famous name, but you, now, don't even have a famous name."
"Mom" Liu Mastiff looked at the frail biological mother in front of him and was speechless. He knew that, like his father, his mother had a strong temper. After the two quarreled, his mother refused to admit his mistake.
, he never spoke to his father again, and as the emperor, how could his father speak first? The two of them were in a stalemate, but could they not miss each other?
"My mother is a queen. Your noble family has given birth to a son. Why don't you go and visit me?"
Empress Cai was silent for a long time, waved her hand and said, "You can go back now."
"Mom, I know in my heart that my mother is not willing to apologize. I don't dare to force my mother to do anything. However, as the queen of the palace, my mother is the mother of the world. How can I not fulfill the responsibilities of a queen? She is just like my father.
They are the parents of the people in the world. If my mother behaves like this, in the future, among the common people, the mistress will ignore her bastard son, and there will be endless fights in the backyard. What is a family, and what is a country?"
Hearing Liu Mastiff's words, Empress Cai lamented. The justice of the family and country still convinced the queen. Liu Mastiff was overjoyed and quickly let the palace maid in, helped his mother tidy up her clothes, and then stood guard at the palace gate, waiting.
After a long time, the queen walked out of the hall. Although the queen had tidied up her clothes, she still looked haggard, her face was pale, and her eyes were a little red and swollen.
"Auntie," Liu Mastiff smiled, stepped forward to hold her hand, and led her towards Houde Hall. Along the way, Queen Cai did not speak. Instead, Liu Mastiff told her about these days.
Things were going on, and when they arrived outside the Houde Hall, Han Men who was guarding the door was startled and quickly reported: "The Queen is coming to the Houde Hall!"
The emperor, who was holding the little guy in the palace, raised his head in surprise and frowned again.
Empress Cai and Liu Mastiff walked into the Hall of Houde together. Looking at the emperor holding the little guy, Empress Cai pursed her lips. After a long time, she said: "I heard about the good news, so I came to visit Erlang." The emperor nodded.
He walked to the queen's side and handed the little guy to her. The queen took the child, and the two of them were silent and looked at the little guy quietly.
Liu Mastiff looked at the two of them, took a step back, and knelt heavily on the ground.
"Mastiff?"
The emperor and queen turned their heads in surprise and looked at Liu Mastiff who was kneeling on his knees.
"The child begged my father not to be angry with my mother again. My mother has locked herself in the hall for half a year." Liu Mastiff trembled all over and said, "My mother is very sad. She misses her every day."
As sons of men, I see my mother grieving, but I can’t do anything about it. Father, please don’t be angry again. My mother and grandpa are doing it all for the sake of the man."
"Get up!" the emperor shouted.
The little guy in the queen's arms was so frightened that he cried loudly.
"Father, I know that I am not talented and unfilial, so I have fallen out of love with you. If my father blames me, I am willing to leave the palace without any regrets. I only hope that my father and mother can get back together."
The Emperor lowered his head and stared at Liu Mastiff solemnly for a long time, then closed his eyes and nodded.
"Thank you so much, Father, thank you so much, Father." Liu Mastiff stood up quickly, lowered his head, and left the hall.
Empress Cai lowered her head and comforted the child in her arms.
"Zhao Ji, please don't be angry."
After walking out of the hall, Liu Mastiff wiped the sweat from his forehead, then lowered his head and patted the dust on his knees. Han Men on the side saw it, walked over quickly, and asked: "Your Highness, this is"
"Ah, I'm fine, fine"
"Mr. Han, Master was a bit harsh that day. I apologize to you on behalf of Master. I hope Mr. Han will not take the blame."
"I don't dare, slave."
"Husband Han, how is your injury? Are you okay?"
"My slave, my slave is very good. Thank you, Your Highness."
"That's good, I'm going to Master Master. Please take care of yourself, Mr. Han, and say goodbye!"
Looking at Liu Mastiff walking away, Han Men stood there for a long time, speechless.
When he arrived at the door of Yuan Mansion, Liu Mastiff was still a little scared. He knocked on the door. After a while, an old soldier opened the door. Liu Mastiff quickly said hello. Before asking any more questions, the man whispered: "Principal"
The lieutenant is doing well today. He just came back from Duke Cao's mansion with a happy face. Your Highness need not be afraid."
Liu Mastiff breathed a sigh of relief and walked into the mansion. In the courtyard, Hua Xiong was arguing with Guan Yu about something. When he saw Liu Mastiff coming, Hua Xiong laughed and asked, "Is His Highness's injury much better?"
, Liu Mastiff nodded awkwardly, and hurriedly paid his respects to Guan Yu. Guan Yu nodded. Liu Mastiff was also used to it. Compared to Hua Xiong, Guan Yu was more indifferent, less talkative, and loved to read.
I don’t know how he met Hua Xiong.
"Where is Master?"
"He is a little busy. If you want to see him, please wait. I don't know what the emperor is thinking. The decree to support the elderly was drawn up by Situ and the Taiwei. But when it came to the specific implementation, it was left to the captain to do it.
The captain is currently working on this matter day and night, and is preparing to go to Ningzhou in person soon. I'm afraid he is too busy," Hua Xiong said, shaking his head.
"kindness"
Liu Mastiff also knew that Yuan Shu was still busy with support matters. The emperor's benevolent government was good, but it was a bit expensive. The pressure on the treasury was increasing, and Yuan Shu had no experience in this area before. Fortunately, he had people under his command.
Many capable ministers helped him, such as Chen Gong, Mao Jie, and Zhang Zhao, who had previously followed Lu Zhi in managing various affairs. With them, Yuan Shu would not be overwhelmed.
However, in order to complete the benevolent government implemented by the emperor, this money is still far from enough. Ningzhou, Wadao, and even the southwest border areas all need a lot of financial resources to develop. Even Luoyang also needs money. Now
Luoyang was still expanding, and construction was going on everywhere. Liu Mastiff sighed and didn't know what his master should do. He might ask Zhuge Liang tomorrow. He was so smart, and he might have his own ideas.
The next day, the emperor held a court meeting.
Situ Luzhi led hundreds of officials into the palace.
There were many new faces in the court, such as the arrogant man sitting next to Cai Yong, Dong Zhuo sitting next to Jia Xu, Sikong Yuan Shu, Huangfu Song, Huang Zhong, Du Wei behind Liu Mo, etc.
The emperor arrived and sat on the throne.
After all the officials paid their respects, they sat back in their respective seats.
As soon as the court meeting began, Yuan Shu stood up and said: "Your Majesty, now, the support for the elderly and the development of Ningzhou have made the national treasury unable to make ends meet, and there are often gaps. If it continues like this, I am afraid it will be difficult to maintain."
The emperor nodded, asked him to sit down, looked at the ministers, and asked: "Do you have any plans for this matter?"
"His Majesty!"
The one who stood up was Ma Jun. Ma Jun stood up to play, which really surprised the emperor, as well as all the officials. Ma Jun never spoke much, and it was rare to see him talking in the temple. Why are you in such a hurry to play today?
? Ma Jun stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the craftsmanship of the Han Dynasty today is beyond the reach of other countries. The bronze mirrors, paper, pottery, and even swords and armor far surpass all other countries."
"These items have always been needed for trade between the Han Dynasty and foreign countries. Within the territory of the Han Dynasty, all copper mines and sources of materials have been mined. They are already saturated and cannot be built more. However, I have heard that the countries outside the Great Wall still have
There are a large number of raw materials that have not been mined, such as copper, iron, and fine wood. I think that if we can send craftsmen to mine foreign materials, make crafts, and then sell them here."
"Firstly, it saves the time and cost of traveling and traveling, and secondly, it increases production and expands sources."
"What do you mean, you want me to send people to dig out foreign copper and iron?"
"No, you can ask foreign kings to send people to dig. We only need to send craftsmen to make them nearby and then sell them. When we enter Guishang, we will sell them directly in the Western Regions.
You can reduce the price slightly, and foreign kings will certainly agree.”
The emperor nodded, but still had no words.
Ma Jun continued: "If your Majesty agrees, I can lead the craftsmen there."
"When we set up a craftsman's shop, when he brings copper, he makes bronze mirrors and bronze wares and sells them. When he brings iron, he sells them as iron wares. If they are made of wood, it will cost us no labor, no time, no money.
Just make it and sell it. Use your skills to get it and sell the raw materials. If it's a small country, you don't have to spend money to buy it. If it's Kushan or something like that, you just need to lower the price and that's it."
When the emperor thought about it, what Ma Jun said actually made some sense. Why not try what he said first?
However, Ma Jun is addicted to novelties all day long, so how can he care about such a major matter as commerce? And he is talking logically?
When the emperor was thinking about it, Ma Jun said again: "Due to the expansion of Luoyang, the old master's house was demolished. I went to collect the relics and found a book hidden in the study among the many documents. It was written by the old master himself.
, I also brought it today. Later, I will pay my respects in person and present it to Your Majesty."
"Hearing Ren Gong's book? Hahaha, good! Good! Great good!" The emperor couldn't help but shout with a smile.
When all the officials heard this, they suddenly understood and nodded.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report!"
The emperor looked at him, and it was Dong Zhuo who got up this time. Dong Zhuo looked at the emperor and said, "I thought that if the government was short of money, it would just make copper coins with all its strength. Why bother with such a waste of business? Why not, it would be a disaster."
Mining copper ores and working hard to make money, I see that there are a lot of useless copper utensils. If all these are remade and made into copper coins, wouldn't it mean that we won't have enough money?"
Before the emperor could say anything, one of the ministers couldn't help but laugh. The laughter was loud and extremely harsh.
Dong Zhuo suppressed his blush and turned around to see that it was the tall man sitting next to Cai Yong. He couldn't help laughing.
"You young man, how dare you be so rude?!"
"Ahem, don't blame General Dong"
"Your Majesty, forgive me!"
Zhang Fei stood up and spoke to the two of them.
Dong Zhuo was still a little angry and continued to ask: "You are a bastard. You speak so loudly and disturb the temple. What crime should you do?!"
"Hey, you unlearned bastard, I've apologized and you still don't comply, I really think I'm afraid of you!" Zhang Fei roared, Dong Zhuo jumped up angrily, groping for his waist, but couldn't find it.
When the sword came, he wanted to rush towards Zhang Fei. Yuan Shu and Cao Cao stopped him, but Zhang Fei did not have the slightest fear and continued: "Can copper coins be eaten? Can they be drank?"
"It doesn't matter, I can't explain it to a reckless man like you!"
Zhang Fei looked away.
The emperor suppressed the laughter in his heart, frowned, and said: "Yi De, don't be rude!"
Zhang Fei cupped his hands and said nothing.
Cai Yong stood up, looked at the emperor, and said: "Your Majesty, I have a report. I want to impeach Guang Luxun Xun Yu. Xun Yu used the expansion of Luoyang to force 65 households to leave their homes and demolish their houses."
The emperor didn't like Cai Yong very much, but he still listened patiently.
When Xun Yu heard this, he was furious. He stood up quickly and argued: "Your Majesty, I have already paid money to compensate these people, which is enough to house them. What's more, if they want to expand, these houses will have to be demolished. I am so
What you do is for national affairs!"
"Hey, how about I demolish your house and give you money? How much is your house worth?"
Zhang Fei asked.
Cai Yong looked at him with a smile, speechless, and his eyes were full of joy and appreciation.
Xun Yu said angrily: "This is not a private matter, but a state matter! My family is not in a place to expand!"
"Mr.
The people are mostly poor, there are many farmers outside the city, and the rest of the area is full of dignitaries. Mr. Xun spared the other three places, but demolished this place. The city wall you are planning is to list the cultivated land in Luoyang.
Within the city?”
"it's not true!!"
“Then those cultivated lands will be demolished??”
"In your eyes, only wealthy families are human beings??!!!!"
"Do you know that there are many old houses in the west of our city? After they are demolished, the compensation will be light and the treasury can support it. What's more, there is a plain outside the city. It is much easier to build city walls and houses than in other areas."
"Oh, I understand what Mr. Xun means. In your eyes, a common man's hundred houses and ten acres of cultivated land are not as good as one rich man's house, but is that so?"
"That's right, Mr. Xun doesn't know about farming and mulberry. I heard that he was not good enough in agriculture. I can understand why he could make such a decision to destroy agriculture. I just don't know why Mr. Cao, the farmer, didn't stop it, or he was just like Mr. Xun.
view?"
Xun Yu turned around, stared at him coldly, rolled up his sleeves, and asked, "What did you say?"
"Does Mr. Xun want to use force with me?"
"Fei is a scholar and does not want to use force with you."
"But I'm not afraid. If you have this intention, just pick a place to go."