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Xun Yu opened his mouth, but calmed down, and replied calmly: "Your Majesty, this is just my opinion, not a big deal. If it is beneficial to the country, please consider it at your discretion. If it is unreasonable, please punish the minister. .”

Yang Biao and Zhou Zhong looked at each other and smiled wryly.

Xun Yu is determined to negotiate with the emperor at the sacrifice of his whole life.

All the people in the hall and the hall were paying attention to the few people in front of the throne, but seeing Xun Yu speak out, knowing that something important happened, they immediately reminded the people around them to be quiet, even the singing and dancing stopped, and all their attention was focused on the emperor and Xun Yu Waiting for someone's body.

Liu Xie waved his hand. "Xun Yin, relax. Today is a meeting to observe the year, not a court meeting. Monarchs and ministers bid farewell to the old and welcome the new together. You can talk freely, but you don't have to be so restrained, which ruins your interest."

Yang Biao also took advantage of the situation to persuade: "Xun Yin, since the Battle of Huayin, whether it is the court or the battlefield, His Majesty has always been admonishing. If you have any ideas, just say it, but if there are merits, Your Majesty will understand it." Do what’s right, you don’t have to take it so seriously, make it a story.”

Zhou Zhong also laughed in unison, and pulled Xun Yu to his seat.

Xun Yu took his seat again and said a few polite words before turning to the topic.

In order to prove his point of view, he first praised Liu Xie a few words, compared Liu Xie with Emperor Guangwu, and said that in terms of thrift, he was more than worse.Therefore, in order to carry forward this advantage and avoid repeating the same mistakes for future generations, it is necessary to establish rules to limit the size of the harem.

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help laughing secretly, and at the same time broke into a cold sweat for Xun Yu.

What Xun Yu said was correct, the emperor's frugality is obvious to all, even compared with Emperor Guangwu, it is not inferior.

But no matter how you look at the kings of future generations he said, the first emperor Xiaoling is one of them.The Son of Heaven disagrees with this, and has been devoting himself to rebuilding the "Emperor Xiaoling Ji", how could he fail to understand Xun Yu's implication?
In case the emperor is upset, even if he doesn't face Xun Yu today, the thorn in his heart will be planted.

Liu Xie didn't change his face, and smiled faintly. "According to Mr. Xun, what size should the harem be? Is it according to Zhou rituals, or according to Emperor Guangwu's law?"

Xun Yu shook his head. "Your Majesty, the focus of today's discussion is not on the size of the harem." He took the money from Zhou Buyi who had just recited the poem and received it. "Today we only talk about money."

"Oh?" Liu Xie was a little surprised, and couldn't help but turned to look at Yang Biao and others. "It's really rare. Mr. Xun doesn't care about etiquette, he wants to talk about money."

Yang Biao stroked his beard and said slightly. "Guan Zhong once said that if the granary is solid, you know the etiquette, and if you have enough food and clothing, you know the honor and disgrace. Bigan is a loyal minister in the court, and he is the god of wealth when he is out. It’s also right to care about the economy.”

Liu Xie glanced at Yang Biao, and secretly scolded the old fox.

Listen to what you mean, I don't listen to him saying that he is King Zhou and King Yue, right?
"Okay, let's talk about money." Liu Xie smiled brighter. "It's a pity that King Zhou, Duke Huan of Qi, and Goujian are not good kings. Otherwise, I would like to fulfill Lord Xun's desire to imitate the sages of the past."

Yang Biao bowed in embarrassment to apologize. "I have misunderstood the metaphor, please punish me, Your Majesty."

"Forget it, I'm the one who made it easier for you, and I made mistakes first."

Yang Biao was even more embarrassed, his old face flushed, and he smiled embarrassingly twice.

Xun Yu's face remained unchanged. "Your Majesty, how can Di Xin, Xiaobai, and Goujian be comparable? If Di Xin has half of His Majesty's wisdom, and Zhou can't represent Shang, he should have the order of the seventeenth generation. If Xiaobai and Goujian are half of His Majesty's heroism, how can they be partial?" Hegemony? The ministers are fortunate enough to follow His Majesty to revive the Han Dynasty, rebuild the Confucianism, and build eternal peace. How dare you know it without saying it? It is well known that His Majesty treats veterans well. Overwhelmed by alcohol, misleading metaphors, flaws do not hide the virtues..."

Liu Xie raised his hand to signal Xun Yu to stop nagging.

"Talk about business, talk about money."

With today's atmosphere, it is impossible for him to really deal with Yang Biao because of these few words, making everyone unhappy.

After Yang Biao interrupted, the atmosphere became much more relaxed.

Xun Yu talked about his suggestion.

In fact, it is very simple, just live within your means.

Do you want royal etiquette?Of course I want to, but I can't pass it.

Too much is too much, which violates the golden mean.

Under certain conditions, the world's tribute is limited, and there must be a restrained expenditure, otherwise, the income will not be able to make ends meet, and selling officials and nobles and extortionate extortion will inevitably occur.Moreover, if the emperor does what he wants and does not follow the established system, the officials will naturally intensify and the common people will suffer.

There are many examples like this, and they are not enough to enumerate, which is enough to serve as a lesson.

Therefore, the emperor must lead by example and control expenditure.

As for the size of the harem, even if it is not from the point of view of etiquette, it is necessary to control it from the point of view of economy.Since warehouses know the etiquette, they should formulate the corresponding size of the harem according to the specific economic conditions, so as not to overspend.

Xun Yu changed the subject and praised the emperor for his frugality. The size of the harem is not only not excessive, but it is even worse than the frugal emperors in the past. Therefore, the expenditure of the harem has been reduced to the point where it cannot be further reduced.

Although everyone knew that Xun Yu's words were exaggerated, they still nodded in agreement unanimously.

In all fairness, the Son of Heaven is indeed not lustful.Compared with the scale of Xiaohuan and Xiaoling's harem, the emperor's harem can be called shabby, even inferior to some local wealthy families.

Xun Yu went on to say that it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.Now is the time to set the rules, otherwise it will be difficult to set the rules when the economic conditions improve in the future and the size of the harem grows.

"It's hard to say the specific scale at the moment, but I have a suggestion that if the expenditure accounts for the total tax revenue of the world, it should be above the scale of His Majesty at the moment, and before Mingzhang expands the scale of the harem, the specific figure should be calculated by the Situ Mansion .”

Xun Yu paused. "Your majesty dares to say that Mingzhang can inherit the legacy of Guangwu, so he is a Mingjun. It is only a matter of expanding the harem. It is a mistake and will cause endless disasters. Everything is established in advance, and it will be abolished if it is not foreseen. If your majesty can establish a system in advance, so that future generations If you keep something, the world will be safe for a long time.”

Liu Xie understood.

Xun Yu's meaning is actually simple, that is, he hopes to control the harem to the size of Emperor Guangwu in the form of a system, so as to avoid excessive expenditure and drag down the finances.

As for whether Shaofu and Dasinong are combined or divided, how to divide them is not the point.

The key point is that the proportion of royal expenditure to total fiscal revenue should not be too high.

In order to make him accept this suggestion, Xun Yu didn't even say it to death, leaving plenty of leeway.It is still only the beginning of peace in the world, the beginning of the New Deal, and the tax revenue has shown a rapid increase.In time, the financial situation will be better. Under the same ratio, the expenditure of the royal family will also rise. It is no problem to accept a few more nobles and beauties.

Of course, if the financial situation is not good, the size of the harem will also be affected.

All in all, it is necessary to bind the emperor with the world, restrict the imperial power, and cannot add gifts at will, let alone raise funds by selling officials and nobles.