Chu Tang: Tell Li Er at the beginning that I am a time traveler

Chapter 680 Du You
Du family.

A family with dozens or hundreds of people living together.

"The grandson met the grandfather."

"I'm home."

"I heard that you entered the palace?"

The yard where the two of them live is a bit far away.

Moreover……

This Du Mu was already ranked as Du Shisan. If he hadn't been a little clever, his grandfather probably wouldn't have even known that he had this grandson.

Immediately after...

Du You also put down his book, and then asked Du Mu: "How do you feel about meeting the emperor's grandson?"

Du Mu replied respectfully: "The emperor is approachable and has almost no airs."

Du You said: "Since the emperor said that you should stay by his side, then you should stay by his side peacefully."

Du Mu added: "Grandfather, as a king, should I learn how to govern the country, or should I learn to paint?"

Du You had a look of confusion on his face.

"What do you mean?"

Du Mu then said: "My grandson went to see the emperor's grandson. Then the emperor's grandson was not learning how to govern the country, but spent the whole day painting."

"And...he also said..."

After hearing the other party's question, Du You replied: "Then do you know that when he is free, he is still supervising the country for His Royal Highness, Aye."

"The reason why he painted was probably just after he had dealt with the matter of supervising the country."

Du Mu: "Is he that powerful?"

Du You: "After hearing what you said, my grandfather felt that he was even more powerful. At the age of 12, he already understood that he should use painting to provide food and clothing for people."

"It's quite a bit like getting a true inheritance from that person back then."

"It's not surprising, it's just..."

"It seems that neither His Majesty nor His Highness the Crown Prince has such an idea. How could he have such an idea?"

"Perhaps the closeness to the Li family is all thanks to that boy from the Li family?"

But if it is the boy from the Li family, does this mean that the boy from the Li family is more terrifying?
of course!

From various angles, it doesn’t feel like it’s just the work of that boy from the Li family.

But it is true that the descendants of this generation of Tang Dynasty emperors are born with very keen talents for these things.

Du Mu didn't know how deeply his grandfather had thought about it.

only……

He just felt that the previous way of governing the country was a bit outdated.

Especially those great principles in history books.

He asked his grandfather the questions in his mind.

The main thing is... He has looked through so many history books, but it seems that there has never been any record of knowledge in this area.

Du You told Du Mu what he knew. For example, during the Spring and Autumn Period, Guan Zhong solved Qi's financial problems by setting up women's houses, that is, brothels.

'Guan Zi governed Qi, established seven hundred female households, and levied their property for the benefit of the state.This is the beginning of pollen money. '

But it is precisely because of this that "the Chinese people are wrong".

Even the people of Qi State were very opposed to him doing this, or they criticized it.

Guan Zi, also known as Guan Zhong, was a famous minister and prime minister of the Qi State during the Spring and Autumn Period. Under his governance, the Qi State quickly became rich and powerful and had a strong army. In addition, the other party also selected talents and promoted the ability to rectify the administration of officials. Therefore, The first overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period, Qi State, was born in his hands.

That is to say...

I dare not say anything else, but Li Chong definitely has some talent for managing the world.

even……

Li Chong can still do it. Even without having women sell meat, he can make the country, or no, the people rich.

One is for the country and the other is for the people.

This is probably the difference between Li Chong and Guan Zhong.

Then Li Mu asked again: "Then why did he do this?"

"Grandpa, what do you think...the emperor's grandson is like?"

Du You then told Du Mu about the Li family.

Finally, he said: "Think about it, what he inherited should be the ideas of the Li family." Du Mu asked again: "Then why did the Li family do this?"

Du You: "This..."

It would be meaningless for you to break the casserole and ask the truth.

But Du You couldn't help but think seriously at this time.

you say……

The Li family has been thinking about the people for hundreds of years. What is the reason for this?
just feel...

This Li family is completely different from other noble families.

Other aristocratic families are too vulgar and only care about their own one-third of an acre, unlike the Li family, which is called benevolence.

Du You then said: "It must be that the Li family has always loved the people."

"Their family tradition has been like this since a hundred years ago."

"So... the people of the Tang Dynasty today may curse the Prime Minister for being unfair, and may curse His Majesty for not knowing how to sympathize with them, but they will never curse the Li family."

"In some remote states and counties, there are still people who put up plaques of the Li family ancestors at home and offer incense and worship to them day and night."

Du Mu: "Then our Du family, why don't we do the same?"

I saw Du You coughing, "Our Du family has its own difficulties. And... being too loved by the people is not necessarily a good thing. The Li family was impeached by someone with intentions because of this. . To say that the Li family is trying to win over people’s hearts is because they want to rebel."

Du Mu: "What about the back?"

Du You: "Later on, the Li family began to decline. But a lean camel was bigger than a horse. Even if it declines again, it will not be as beautiful as before. But in Luoyang City, the house occupies a quarter of a square, which is a problem Not big. It is said that when the Li family was at its most prosperous, it occupied an entire square."

"At that time... the Li family's descendants were still very prosperous, but now... there are a lot less of them."

Of course some of them died young, but...

Even if he died young, it would still be too few.

Say it.

Du You was also thinking, why did the Li family do this?
If Du You was from the era of Li Chong and Li Er, then he might be able to get the answer easily.

But unfortunately, 100 years have passed now.

It can only be said that there are too few people who can remember the original intention.

But after listening to Shisan's words today, Du You seemed to understand a little bit.

In the final analysis, it is probably for the common people to have a bite to eat and to give them a chance to feed and clothe their families.

Compared with other people, they all talk about the principle that kings must be wise and ministers must be upright.

The emperor and his grandson do have their own unique understanding of running the country and the world. The key...

He also walked the walk, not just talked the talk.

The most important thing is that many people can indeed profit from it.

This is simply a very practical person.

Speaking of...

He had heard from Luo Shen that the Luoyang Library was soliciting essays, and any book would be fine. Anyway, if anyone wrote a book, it would be available for sale in the Luoyang Library as long as it passed the review.

To know……

Since ancient times, countless great Confucian scholars and scholars have never thought about writing books and establishing opinions, so that they can be famous for generations to come.

There certainly hasn't been such an opportunity before.

Because many people simply don’t have such conditions.

Now...

There is a chance.

He is also recently writing a book called "Tongdian". The purpose of writing this book is to explore the evolution of the laws and regulations of the past dynasties, and then help His Majesty sum up the experience and lessons.

I don’t know if such a book can be printed.

But it doesn’t seem too good.

after all……

Originally, he planned to write it down and present it to His Majesty, but with the current corruption and chaos in government administration, even Du You felt that it was time to rectify it.

The issue is……

No one can take the lead, and I believe there won’t be many followers.

(End of this chapter)