In the Hall of Houde, Liu Xi couldn't help laughing when he looked at the memorial of Haiwai Mansion. Zhuge Liang sat in front of him, stroking his beard and smiling. Liu Xi then said: "Kong Ming, this kid Yao'er, what he did
It's really good, great, it doesn't disgrace his father... I was still thinking about whether to arrange for him to enter the East Palace in advance to accompany the prince... I didn't think of it."
"What he did was still flawed, and he was still a little anxious. He had to make some achievements within one year. In fact, if this policy can be implemented, it will be a century-old plan, and there is no need to rush it." Zhuge Liang said seriously.
Liu Xi shook his head, "Kong Ming, you have paid a lot to name Yao'er. For such an influential decree, you directly informed Yao'er and asked him to take responsibility. You are not afraid that he will mess it up for you.
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"Your Majesty, I am not overseas. Naturally, I cannot implement this policy on my own. And the overseas servant She Zhou Jun has a very arrogant temper. When he was in the East Palace, he and I were not very harmonious. Later, because I taught Yaoer,
He is a little dissatisfied in his heart. If I tell him, he may not use it, but if Yaoer brings it up, he will definitely use it."
"As for Yao'er himself, what he lacks is the opportunity to be his own man. I have been training him for several years. In the future, he will definitely be a talented person in the Three Orders."
Liu Xi nodded, and then sighed: "Kong Ming, there are not many people like you who don't seek fame... there are really not many."
The two talked about overseas affairs for a while, and then they talked about the law. Zhuge Liang said: "It is all thanks to Xun Linggong. The promotion of the law is very good. The entire Han Dynasty is now learning this new law.
, So far, nothing wrong has been found during the implementation process. We previously thought that the law would bring temporary turmoil to the Han people... but that did not happen. "
"In terms of agriculture, there are various regulations in the law to protect farmers, and there are even regulations to promote agricultural development, such as subsidies for agricultural tools, subsidies for farm animals, etc. This is also true for handicrafts and commerce. However, only
One point, after the promulgation of the Han Code, due to the needs of education, farming, handicrafts, commerce, etc., the national treasury was already somewhat empty in less than a year..."
"What?? The national treasury is empty again?? I have saved my family fortune for fifteen years??" Liu Xi widened his eyes and asked in disbelief. Unlike his father and grandfather, he has not launched a large-scale campaign since he ascended the throne.
During the war, I kept saving my family wealth in preparation for the conquest of Kushan in the future. Unexpectedly, the family wealth that had been saved for more than ten years would be destroyed by the law before the day of the conquest of Kushan.
Such huge losses occurred.
"How many are left now? It won't be all empty. Liu Xi couldn't sit still. He stood up anxiously and wandered back and forth in the Houde Hall. His face was particularly uneasy, "My hard work!"
Seeing the emperor's distressed look, Zhuge Liang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to panic, the national treasury can completely support Yankang Law."
"It's just that in this early stage, there will be a lot of money and food that needs to be spent. Due to the provisions of the law, there are public land for the people, farming animals for the people, and regulations on incentives and rewards in various aspects, including household registration, survey of farmland, innovation of salt and iron, etc.
, so a lot of materials were consumed. Next, the consumption will not be so huge. Moreover, the benefits of the law will soon return to the treasury..."
After hearing this, Liu Xi raised his head, and a glimmer of hope ignited in his eyes, "Then my treasury will be replenished again?"
Zhuge Liang hesitated for a moment and then said: "I'm afraid not, because these incentive policies will be implemented next year... The cost will not be too big, but there will still be costs."
"You mean, the treasury will only have money in one or two months every year, and it will be empty the rest of the time??" Liu Xi's eyes widened and he shouted angrily: "Isn't this random? ?If a natural disaster occurs, how should the temple provide disaster relief? If there is no material in the temple, how should the temple implement administrative orders? This..."
"Your Majesty, the annual expenditures include disaster relief funds, administrative funds, etc. Before the implementation of Yankang Law, I discussed it with Liu Ba. This is the result of our discussion together. Hiding the money and The people, the people, the people, the idea of storing food and the people, in the past, is a bit backward now. What is the use of accumulating so much wealth in the national treasury?"
"Only by allowing wealth to circulate faster among the people can the wealth play a role. In the process of circulation, wealth will create more wealth, for example..." Zhuge Liang picked up his pen and ink and said He began to calculate in front of Liu Xi, talking about some professional terms, talking about economy, temples, folk, etc., and a piece of paper was quickly filled with all kinds of messy things.
Liu Xi looked at the paper with a sudden realization, and nodded from time to time with a smile on his face as Zhuge Liang explained and wrote.
"Your Majesty, what do you think?"
"Well, you are right. When you wrote like this, I just understood..." Liu Xi smiled, but he was cursing in his heart. What is this? Can you write something that people can understand? ah??
"I didn't expect that Kong Ming had such attainments in arithmetic..." Liu Xi praised with a smile, Zhuge Liang shook his head, "I am far inferior to Liu Jun, but I didn't expect that your Majesty also has With such attainments, many ministers usually need to explain to me many times before they can understand that Your Majesty is truly worthy of being the grandson of Xiaokang. I heard that Emperor Xiaokang is proficient in various fields..."
Zhuge Liang and Liu Xi had a very good personal relationship, and the two would occasionally chat about other matters.
Liu Xi nodded awkwardly, but felt annoyed in his heart. He had really embarrassed his grandfather. Ye Ye was so proficient in arithmetic, why didn't any of his descendants appear to be quite accomplished in this field? Alas...
Obviously, Zhuge Liang did not notice Liu Xi's pretentiousness, and actually talked with him seriously about foreign trade, overseas trade, and even how to operate among the people after wealth accumulation. Whether the issuance of banknotes can allow the country to save copper coins on a large scale. The large number of banknotes Topics such as whether the issuance will have an impact on the market are inseparable from the so-called economy.
Liu Xi really knew nothing about these things.
But he had no choice but to speak actively in order to maintain the dignity of the king. Of course, he always followed Zhuge Liang's words.
"Your Majesty, I think banknotes can be issued at will, which is different from copper coins. Therefore, temples must always pay attention to the issuance of banknotes. If too many are issued, it may cause false prosperity in the market. I will inform you of my concerns. Mr. Liu, Mr. Liu also attaches great importance to it. We are thinking about this issue. I wonder what your majesty thinks?"
"I agree with your view. Indeed, if too many banknotes are issued, it will cause false prosperity. We want real prosperity and cannot engage in false things."
"Oh? What your Majesty means is that we issue banknotes according to the copper coins stored in the national treasury and prevent the banknotes from exceeding their actual value? Your Majesty is a great talent!!"
"Haha...cough...I only know a little bit, Kong Ming, within the law, apart from money, are there no other problems?" Liu Xi wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked hurriedly. He said, the problem of the empty treasury has long been forgotten by him. These inhuman guys look at the treasury of the big man and think that the problems they are worried about can be easily solved. If they don't understand, then Don't talk nonsense when you understand people's words. This is what Xiaoxian taught him.
Zhuge Liang frowned and said: "And in terms of official studies, official studies are a bottomless pit..."
Liu Xi finally breathed out a breath and finally reached the realm where he could understand.
"Your Majesty, today's official education is not complete enough. I feel that if we want to popularize education, we must form a clear system, so we have also made provisions in the law to divide officials into schools. The so-called schools are It is the initiation of young children, and it is limited to three years before they can pass the examination and enter the official school. The official school is a secondary school, and it takes three years to take the test and enter the men's school and other schools. It takes four years... before you are eligible to participate in the formal assessment!"
Zhuge Liang said seriously: "But this will cost a lot. Just the books and materials... and the wine... will cause a huge expenditure to the national treasury. However, I think it is very worthwhile. Among them We have to pay attention to the relationship between expenditure and harvest..." At first, Liu Xi could still understand it. When Zhuge Liang let himself go again and talked about education expenditure and harvest very happily, Liu Xi couldn't keep up.
And when Zhuge Liang began to calculate the number of scholars in the future, the preferential treatment of scholars, and even thinking about the farming population and scholar population of the Han Dynasty in two hundred years, and whether the farming and mulberry farming of the Han Dynasty would be greatly affected by this, Liu Xi was already confused.
"Kong Ming... Let's talk about this some other time. I have a headache..."
"Your Majesty, I also know some medical skills. I wonder if it is pain on both foreheads or on the back of the head? If it is on both foreheads, it is easier, but if it is on the back of the head, it will be dangerous..."
"My forehead hurts..."
"It may be that your Majesty is overworked. Please rest early. By the way, I am also a little confused about the craftsmanship and canal matters. I will come back tomorrow to resolve these important matters with your Majesty."
Liu Xi hesitated to speak, looked at Zhuge Liang in front of him, pondered for a long time, and then asked: "Kong Ming, I heard that the development of Yuzhou is very good, how about you go over and learn from the development content of Yuzhou, and then promote it to the whole country? "
Zhuge Liang stroked his beard and smiled softly.
"Your Majesty has given you too many compliments. Yuzhou was already taken care of by my ministers. If your Majesty wants to promote it, I can just inform him of the key points. Why bother to go to Yuzhou in person?"
Liu Xi slapped his forehead suddenly and closed his eyes tremblingly.
"Your Majesty is too tired. Later, I will ask the cook at home to bring you some big fish. They were my master's favorite food when he was alive. Your Majesty does not know that this fish from the East is actually long. The taste of dragon whiskers is extremely fresh..."