Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 879
In the hall of Houde, Liu Xi couldn't help laughing while looking at the performance table of the Overseas Mansion. Zhuge Liang sat in front of him, stroking his beard and smiling, and then Liu Xi said: "Kong Ming, Yao'er, what did you do?" It's really good, it's great, I didn't lose face to his father. I was thinking about whether to arrange him into the East Palace in advance to accompany the crown prince, but I didn't think about it."

"There are still flaws in what he did, and he was still a little anxious. He insisted on making some achievements within a year. In fact, if this policy can be implemented, it should be a hundred-year plan. There is no need to rush it." Zhuge Liang said seriously.

Liu Xi shook his head, "Kong Ming, in order to invite Yao Er, you have paid a lot. If you directly inform Yao Er of such an influential government order and let him take responsibility, you are not afraid that he will screw you up."

"Your Majesty, if I am not overseas, this policy cannot be carried out by myself. However, the servants of the Overseas Mansion are very arrogant. When they were in the East Palace, they did not get along well with me. Later, because I taught Yao'er, He was also somewhat dissatisfied, if I told him, he might not use it, but if Yaoer brought it up, he would definitely use it."

"As for Yao'er himself, the only thing he lacks is the opportunity to be on his own. I have honed him for a few years, and in the future, he must be a talented person."

Liu Xi nodded, and then said with emotion: "Kong Ming, there are really not many people like you who don't seek fame."

The two chatted about overseas affairs again, and then they talked about the law. Zhuge Liang said: "It's all thanks to the merits of Xun Linggong. , So far, in the process of implementation, we have not found anything inappropriate, we thought that the law would bring temporary commotion to the big man, but that didn’t happen.”

"In terms of agriculture, there are many regulations in the law to protect farmers, and there are even regulations to promote agricultural development, such as farm tool subsidies, livestock subsidies, etc. The same is true for handicrafts and commerce. However, only One point, after the promulgation of the Han Law, due to the needs of education, agriculture, handicrafts, commerce, etc., the national treasury has been somewhat empty in less than a year."

"What?? The national treasury is empty again?? The family property I have saved for 15 years??" Liu Xi widened his eyes and asked in disbelief. Unlike his father and grandfather, he has not launched a large-scale attack since he became the throne In the war, I kept saving my family property, all in preparation for the conquest of Guishuang in the future. I can't imagine that the family property that has been saved for more than ten years will appear because of the law before the day of conquest of Guishuang Such a huge loss.

"How many are left now?? Not all of them are empty, oh well." Liu Xi couldn't sit still any longer, stood up anxiously, wandered back and forth in the Hall of Houde, with a particularly uneasy expression on his face, "I Oh!" Seeing the emperor's distressed appearance, Zhuge Liang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to rush, the treasury can fully support Yankang Law."

"It's just that in the early days, there will be a lot of money and food that needs to be spent, because of the provisions of the law, the public land of the people, the farming and livestock of the people, and the encouragement and reward regulations in various aspects, the household registration, the survey of the cultivated land, the innovation of salt and iron, etc. , That’s why a lot of materials were consumed, and next, the consumption will not be so huge, besides, the proceeds from the law will soon return to the treasury again.”

When Liu Xi heard about it, he raised his head just now, and a glimmer of hope lit up in his eyes, "Then my treasury will be enriched again?"

Zhuge Liang hesitated for a moment, then said: "I'm afraid not, because the cost of implementing these incentive policies next year will not be too great, but there will still be cost."

"You mean, the national treasury will only have money in one or two months of each year, and the rest of the time it will be empty?" Liu Xi widened his eyes and exclaimed angrily, "Isn't this a mess?" ? If there is a natural or man-made disaster, how should the temple provide disaster relief? There are no supplies in the temple, so how should the temple implement administrative orders, this... "

"Your Majesty, the annual expenditure includes disaster relief funds, administrative funds, etc. Before the implementation of the Yankang law, I discussed with Liu Ba. This is the result of our discussions. The people, storing food and the people, Wen Rengong’s ideas in the past are a bit backward now, so what’s the use of accumulating so much wealth in the treasury?”

"The wealth must be circulated among the people faster, so that the wealth can play a role. In the process of circulation, the wealth created by the wealth will be more, for example." Zhuge Liang picked up the pen and ink, and began to write in Liu Xie began to calculate in front of him, speaking some professional terms, his mouth was full of economics, temples, folks, etc. A piece of paper was quickly filled with all kinds of messy things.

Liu Xi looked at the paper with sudden enlightenment, and followed Zhuge Liang's explanation and writing, nodding his head from time to time with a smile on his face.

"Your Majesty, what do you think?"

"Well, what you said is right. I just understood after you wrote it like this." Liu Xi smiled, but cursed in his heart, what is this? ?Can you write something that people can understand? ?

"I didn't expect Kong Ming to have such attainments in arithmetic." Liu Xi praised with a smile, and Zhuge Liang shook his head, "I'm far inferior to Liu Jun, but I didn't expect that Your Majesty would have such an achievement." Achievements, on weekdays, many ministers need to explain many times before they can understand that your majesty is really worthy of the grandson of Xiaokang, and I heard that Emperor Xiaokang is proficient in various fields."

Zhuge Liang and Liu Xi have a very good personal relationship, and the two occasionally chat about other things.

Liu Xi nodded his head in embarrassment, but he was annoyed in his heart. He was really embarrassing to his grandfather. Yay, he is so proficient in arithmetic. How come there is no one in the descendants who is quite accomplished in this area?well
Apparently, Zhuge Liang didn't notice Liu Xi's pretentiousness, but he actually talked with him seriously about foreign trade, overseas trade, and how to operate among the people after wealth accumulation. Topics such as whether the issuance will have an impact on the market are inseparable from the so-called economy.

Liu Xi really didn't know anything about these things.

But he was helpless, in order to maintain the dignity of the king, he still had to speak actively, of course, he followed Zhuge Liang's words.

"Your Majesty, I think that banknotes can be issued at will, which is different from copper coins, so 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 tell you my concerns. Liu Gong, Liu Gong also attaches great importance to it, we are thinking about this issue, I wonder what your Majesty thinks?"

"I agree with your point of 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 does your majesty mean, let us issue banknotes according to the copper coins stored in the treasury, so as not to let the banknotes exceed their real value? Your majesty is so talented!!"

"Haha. Cough.. I just know a thing or two, Kong Ming, within the law, apart from money, is there no other problem?" Liu Xi wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked hastily, The problem of the emptiness of the national treasury has long been forgotten by him. With these unhuman guys looking at the treasury of the big man, he thinks that the problems he is worried about can be easily solved. If you don’t understand, you can understand Don't talk nonsense, this is what Xiaoxian taught him.

Zhuge Liang frowned, and said: "Also, in terms of official studies, official studies are a bottomless pit."

Liu Xi finally exhaled a sigh of relief, and finally reached the realm that he could understand.

"Your Majesty, today's official schools are not yet complete. I feel that if we want to popularize education, we must form a clear system. Therefore, we have also established regulations in the law to divide official credits into schools. It is a young child's enlightenment, limited to three years, enters the assessment, enters the government school, the government school is a secondary school, also three years, assessment, enters the door school and other schools, and four years. Only then are eligible to participate in the formal assessment!"

Zhuge Liang said seriously: "But in this way, it will cost a lot of money. The books and materials alone... the sacrifice of wine will cause a huge expenditure in the national treasury. However, I think it is very worthwhile, and we must pay attention to it. A relationship between expenditure and gain.” At first, Liu Xi could still understand it, but when Zhuge Liang let himself go again and happily talked about education expenditure and gains, 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 200 years, and whether the agriculture and mulberry of the Han Dynasty would be greatly affected by this, Liu Hee was dumbfounded.

"Kong Ming, let's talk about this another day, I have a headache."

"Your Majesty, I also know a little bit about medical skills. I don't know if it's the pain in the forehead or the back of the head? If it's the forehead, it's easier, but if it's the back of the head, it's dangerous."

"My forehead hurts."

"It may be that His Majesty is too tired. Please take a rest earlier. By the way, I am also a little confused about the handicrafts and the canal. I will come back tomorrow and 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, why don't you learn from the content of Yuzhou's development and promote it to the whole country? "

Zhuge Liang stroked his beard and smiled slightly.

"Your Majesty has a great reputation. Yuzhou was previously managed by ministers. If Your Majesty wants to promote it, I can tell His Majesty the key points. Why go to Yuzhou in person?"

Liu Xi patted his forehead violently, trembling and closing his eyes.

"Your Majesty is too tired. Later, I asked the cook at home to bring some big fish to Your Majesty. They were all my teacher's favorite food when he was alive. Your Majesty didn't know that this fish from the east is actually a fish with a long tail. The taste of dragon beard is extremely fresh”

(End of this chapter)