Long live Emperor Wu!

Wu Rou stood beside Li Shan and watched Yan Wei follow Shen San into the carriage. Then she heard a brief and rapid exclamation from inside the carriage, and then there was no movement.

Not long after, Yan Wei stuck his head out of the carriage and said to the people outside: "Find me a rope to tie someone up."

Wu Rou looked at this scene and wanted to laugh a little, and said:

"Why did you tie him up? Do you have to put a sack on him before beating him and then throw it back after beating him?"

Li Shan said calmly:

"What are you going to do if you throw him back? Why don't you throw such a talented person to the northwest border and go to the Turks to guard the border?"

Wu Rou was surprised, turned her head and looked at him, and said nothing for a long time.

"What's wrong? What are you looking at me for?" Li Shan asked.

"It's nothing, Your Majesty is wise." Wu Rou said in an exaggerated tone.

……

……

When they came out of the alley, their shoes were dirty, but Arthur was very thoughtful and had someone prepare a few new pairs of shoes early. He brought them to them and eagerly helped them get new ones.

Seeing her like this, Wu Rou felt very comforted and said:

"It's rare that after all these years, you still remember the size of my shoes."

Arthur held the shoes and said:

"I used to serve my wife. How dare I forget these little things? It's just that I came out of the palace early and I was not sure about the size of the young master's shoes, so I prepared two more pairs. If they don't fit, I will change them. "

Li Shan couldn't help but praise her:

"If you're interested, there are too many people here, so give it to her and we'll do it ourselves."

"Yes." Arthurs respectfully handed the tray to Wu Rou.

The two of them got on the carriage and changed their shoes. Their son Li Hong had been held by Yan Wei, so he didn't need to change, so he just sat aside and watched obediently.

Wu Rou first carefully touched the inside of the boots with her hands and found nothing wrong before handing them to him.

Li Shan took off his boots and asked his son:

"Hong'er, I just went to the street and took a look. What do you think?"

After hearing this, Li Hong thought about it and asked:

"How much is fifteen cents? That old man knelt down in front of that evil man and cried bitterly just for fifteen cents. It was really unbearable to watch."

Li Shan paused for a moment in changing his shoes.

They have lived in the palace since they were young, and money, especially copper coins, is not available.

So for them, the meaning of money, apart from the tax figures on memorials, is rewards, and those figures are often sky-high prices.

Li Shan sighed and said:

"Not much, very, very little. So little that it can be ignored."

"Then why is she like this? Why don't Ayeduo reward her more, or if the son-in-law also has it, give her some of the wealth and silk from the son-in-law."

Why is she like this?

Li Shan's mind suddenly popped up in his mind about the taxes and grains that need to be paid per mu of land, and then he thought of the data he had come across in the past, which said that a farmer in the Tang Dynasty needs at least three acres of land to maintain food and clothing, etc...

All kinds of written data came to him one after another, but he couldn't answer this question.

Wu Rou answered:

"Fool, there are many people as poor as her in the world. If you reward her just because you feel sorry for her, wouldn't it be unfair to others? What about others?

What you should be thinking about is how to implement policies to benefit many people, not just one. "

After she finished speaking, she looked at Li Shan inquiringly and asked:

"Kuroro, you think so?"

Li Shan nodded suddenly and said:

"The world has always been rich and poor. Over the years, the Tang Dynasty has encouraged land reclamation and farming. If we want people to be fed and clothed, in addition to reducing taxes and improving farming techniques and equipment, I am afraid we have to ban private exploitation among the people." .

Today I can see that fifteen cents is nothing to a rich person, but to a poor person, it may be the price of a life. It's sad, but those bullies are also cruel, and they only single out these people who have nothing to exploit. Doesn't this make matters worse? "

Wu Rou thought of her past, her tone was a little cold, and she said:

"Those who have nothing are easy to bully. Those who are better than them, wouldn't they dare not? Look at that person named Shen San, he is very polite to us, he doesn't even dare to show a cruel expression."

Li Shan sighed slightly and said:

"Yes, but these poorest people alone are the largest in number, and the ones most likely to be forced into desperation and rise up. Let's go back and discuss with the courtiers to see how we can put an end to this phenomenon."

After changing the shoes, the carriage started moving again, heading to Arthur's son's private school as promised.

On the way, Li Shan glanced out the window from time to time and saw that although most of the passers-by were simply dressed, fortunately, there were not many homeless people and beggars on the street.

He breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"At least it shows that Luoyang is managed pretty well and it's been a good year with good weather."

Wu Rou smiled and said:

"Your Majesty feels a lot more relieved after seeing it. All these years of hard work have been in vain, right?"

Li Shan lowered the curtain of the car window, his face was not happy, and he said quietly for a long time:

"Who knows, maybe it has been like this since the Zhenguan period, maybe it has gotten worse in the past few years."

Wu Rou heard this and said anxiously:

"How is that possible...I grew up among the people until I was fourteen years old. I stayed in many places with Aye. I can prove that the Yonghui period was better than the Zhenguan period."

After hearing this, Li Shan smiled slightly, rolled his eyes at her and said:

"Your words don't count, maybe you're just trying to coax me."

Wu Rou hesitated for a moment and said:

"Then your Majesty will come out and see for yourself later to see if I am telling lies."

Li Shan sighed again and said:

"How can there be so many opportunities... It's getting late. Let's go back after watching the private school."

……

……

The private schools for Arthur's sons are all children of businessmen, so almost all of them are children of barbarians. They have different looks, skin colors, and different clothes. More than a dozen children sit together to study.

The private school is located in a courtyard. Although the courtyard is small, it is very carefully and elegantly built. Outside the children's house is a green garden and a rockery.

Li Shan and the others followed Arthur's guidance and stood outside the private school, watching the children inside reading through the window.

The tender voices of children, reading "The Thousand-Character Essay" in unison, came out from inside, and it was instantly pleasant to hear:

"...

Virtue builds a reputation, and the form is upright.

Sound can be heard in an empty valley, and people can listen to it in an empty hall.

Misfortunes are caused by evil accumulation, and blessings are caused by good things.

A ruler and a jade are not treasures, but an inch of yin is a jade.

......"

Li Shanwei smiled slightly and took a look at the children there. He saw that many of them were eleven or twelve years old. Thinking of his schoolwork when he was eleven or twelve years old, he felt a little confused and asked:

"You are so old, why are you still learning the Thousand-Character Classic? Is it delayed?"

Arthurs was also confused. She was once illiterate, so she didn't know whether it would be early or late to learn something.

Wu Rou laughed and said:

"It's not that they were delayed, it's that you learned too much. Do you know that I was shocked when I saw your studies because of Princess Honghua's departure from the feudal clan? If you were among the people, you would be a child prodigy. "