After sorting out his thoughts, Xu Ping put down the wine glass in his hand and said to Zhao Zhen: "Your Majesty must ask me how to reform the current drawbacks. To be honest, this question is too big. I was singing the name of Donghuamen and went to Yongzhou, Lingnan to be a magistrate. It has only been more than seven years since I have been doing this for more than seven years. As the saying goes, daily learning is renewed, daily progress is improved, and I am not yet dared to speak nonsense about the world. Your Majesty asked, I reluctantly answered it. If you don't know where to go, your Majesty will forgive me."

Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "Just say it, how could I blame you? Today, Tianzhang Pavilion comes from your mouth and ears. I will naturally distinguish what exactly it is."

"Abide by the order! Your Majesty said that he wanted to create a prosperous era, what is a prosperous era? It's nothing more than inside and outside. The four barbarians are obedient and the people are happy. If you really do it, it's enough to say it's a prosperous era. But this is easy to say, but it's even more difficult to do. Flattering ministers often say that there is nothing happening in all directions now, and it's a prosperous era! The ministers dare not deceive Your Majesty. The Holy Emperor governs the world with benevolence and virtue, why are there any fears in the world? In ancient times, Yao and Shun were kings, and the world flooded, and the world was flooded, and the floods were revealed. How could the floods be said to be nothing happening? But it doesn't hinder the wise men of Yao and Shun. King Tang Wen of Shang, when the dynasty was infringed, how could it be said that there is nothing happening in the world? A big move would not prevent them from being a wise king. The Holy Emperor was not afraid of something happening in the world, but was just afraid that there was something that could not be dealt with."

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen's smile slowly faded away. He also thought about how Xu Ping would answer, but never expected it to start from here. If there are many things today, it may have been a waste of internal and external affairs, but it is part of the fact. The Holy Emperor is not afraid of something in the world. As long as he can handle these things, it is okay to be famous. Xu Ping said this, not in general, but to talk about how to deal with the troubles in the world. In Zhao Zhen's eyes, Xu Ping was very capable, but he always knew how to protect himself. He rarely had fierce conflicts with others, but did not expect to be responsible for himself.

Seeing Zhao Zhen nodding, Xu Ping said again: "'If the granaries are full, you know etiquette; if you have enough food and clothing, you know honor and disgrace.' If the people are not covered by their bodies, they are not covered by food and belly, and the granaries of the government are empty, even if they force the people to be at peace with poverty and enjoy the way, can it be called a prosperous era? The heart of the people is the heart of heaven. At this time, the saints should share the sufferings with the people, and what they fear most is nothing. They should rise up naturally, so that the people can have meat and live in houses. Only in this way can the people be happy. Although I read poetry and books, I only look at the general principles and know the great significance. If I want to ask me to search for chapters and sentences, I can't do it. But the heart of the saint is only

It is a prosperous era to be remembered by the people of the world, so that they can have enough food and clothing, and then educate and understand etiquette. How can they make the people rich? Ordinary Confucian scholars and officials are nothing more than to let Your Majesty take less and give more. But can this be done? The world is in a turbulent autumn, and money and food are needed everywhere. Should officials and soldiers do things hungry? Or let Your Majesty reduce his responsibilities, eat less every day, eat simpler, and the people in the palace wear worse clothes. But how much can this save? What's more, those people talk about it in the end, so that they can take less and give more and give less in the end."

Zhao Zhen felt a little happy when he said this. When he talked about the difficulties in the government, the ministers asked the emperor to start with himself and practice frugality. It seemed that as long as he did this, things would be solved.

In terms of personal preferences, Zhao Zhen is an ordinary person. He also wants to eat something good, wear something good, and play something that can make him happy. He also hopes that there are beautiful women with him in the palace. However, as an emperor, his professional ethics is still good, and he can also use the emperor's professional ethics to restrain himself. Not to mention anything else, in this era, when meeting ministers, he does not make fires around him in winter and does not fan in summer, which is something that everyone can do.

But there are so many people in the palace, and only so much expenses can I save? What the ministers are watching is actually the emperor's private money. Starting from Taizong, Zhenzong finally turned the internal and external ware into the emperor's private ownership, and the accounts were not disclosed to the court officials, and there was suspicion inside and outside. The ministers in the court always suspected that the emperor secretly squandered the money in the internal and external ware. As long as the account was not transparent, no one believed him to be frugal when the emperor was hungry every day.

The problem is the family law of the ancestors, and the internal storage was the financial means used by the emperor to restrain the external dynasty. Especially at this time, the power of the external dynasty became increasingly greater, and he was even more afraid to let go. If you are too anxious, it would be nothing more than cheating. No matter what you say, I just pretended not to hear it. Occasionally, I would like to eat mutton at night, but I could only endure it and refuse to eat it. This would not solve the fundamental problem after all, and I could only drag it down with a stern face.

Zhao Zhen could hear it more pleasantly without Xu Ping mentioning the issue of the in-house warehouse. But he also felt a little more alert. This guy who looks honest and honest is not a man who only speaks well, but he just doesn't see it in normal times, right?

Xu Ping also said: "What I said is to take less and give more, not to talk about the light taxes and levies that are usually said. There are so many things in the world, and taxes should naturally be collected as soon as possible. You can't think about it. Otherwise, you will return to the so-called prosperous era that the world has nothing to do, and the saints do not do it. You must take less and give more, and the court also needs to use countless money and grain. Can you make money in vain? A few days ago, Ouyang Xiu once wrote an essay about the shopping vouchers of the Sansi today. It is said that it is a shopping voucher.

Since you don’t have capital, will you just print more money? I happened to tell him this by chance. But because he was a staff member of the museum, he didn’t study hard, but instead he just talked about things that he didn’t understand. He said that he was confused and made people clear and let him study hard. But speaking of it, I’m afraid that there are many people in the court who think like Ouyang Xiu, but they are steady and not as reckless as Ouyang Xiu.”

Zhao Zhen nodded gently: "Print more shopping vouchers, and some ministers mentioned it. But I always feel that something is wrong in this matter. How can I get something for nothing in the world? I have never agreed."

"Of course it shouldn't be agreed! That's just a few pieces of paper, how can it be money? If Your Majesty issues an edict tomorrow, no shopping coupons are allowed to be exchanged for goods in Sansi Shop, who dares to say that you can print money? Shopping coupons can be used as money because they can be exchanged for goods in Sansi Shop, and those goods are money. The business of Sansi Shop now is unprecedented in the folk, and agricultural tools and vehicles are extremely convenient for farming. These are not to compete for profit with the people, right? With these business, you can produce money. With these money, you can collect less taxes from the people. This is what my minister said. Taxes can be reduced, but the reason for the reduction is not to require that there is no need for money and food in the world, but the three officials can create money by themselves."

"Besides, the three departments have their own source of money and goods, and they still take less of them. They can't send these goods out for free. Not to mention that the new farming business will become a tree without roots and a water without source. The officials will be able to get it from the hands of the people, but it is still unknown. If you want to give it, you must take it first. For example, the people of the Central Plains plant rice and wheat, but they must not pound or grind it, and eat it directly into their stomachs, right? The government will have rice pounding and flour grinding. As long as it is cost-effective than the people themselves, it will be considered more. If the weather is good, the excess rice and wheat of the Central Plains will be collected, and the cattle and sheep will be sold to them from the northwest, as long as it is better than him. If the weather is good, the excess rice and wheat of the Central Plains will be collected, and the cattle and sheep will be sold to them from the northwest.

It is cost-effective for us to raise it by ourselves, which is also considered a more gift. With the power of the government, the surplus of such goods can be used to make up for the shortcomings of other places. This is a more gift. Why do you say so? Because if these goods cannot be exchanged for things, they are only useless things in the hands of the people and can only be decayed. Isn’t this a more gift? Sansi Shop is now mainly only selling Sansi Shop. Isn’t it a more gift to open the shops to all prefectures and counties in the world in the future, not only selling goods, but also collecting local local products. For local valuable local products, the people exchange use useless things for useful things. Is this a more gift?"

Hearing this, Zhao Zhen interrupted and asked, "As you said, wouldn't Sansi do business as a merchant?"

"No, it is not true, merchants value profit. If there is twice the profit, they will work hard; if there is twice the profit, they will travel long distances; if there is three times the profit, they can even abandon their wives and children, and leave their hometowns. If there is five times the profit, they can ignore the laws of the court and take risks. If there is ten times the profit, there is nothing to stop them. Although the Sansi also does trafficking and makes profits, they do not value profits. They focus on sharing the world's existence and useful things to the people. Moreover, the Sansi's shop can limit the profits to less than how much, so that some rogues can take advantage of it. For example, if the Sansi can guarantee that the profits are less than three times, where can there be any people in the world who risk selling private salt? "

"If you do this, you're afraid it's a bit difficult. If you have a more merit test, you're afraid that officials will be more greedy than private businessmen. Now you're just collecting money and food, because you have to take the exam, you'll cause endless troubles."

"Your Majesty said very well. Therefore, someone should monitor them. The officials of the court have their own Censorate and Censorate. There are transshipment envoys and criminal envoys in the local area, so they are not allowed to do anything randomly. How to check money and grain? There are Gouyuan. I was in the Three Divisions, and the most proud thing I did this year was to teach the people of Gouyuan to check the accounts. I have always wanted to leave Gouyuan out of each Division and establish a division with Mojian Institute, just like the Censorate and investigate the money and grain of the world!"

Zhao Zhen thought for a while and said, "If you are really ready for this matter, you can give me a memorial."

"I'm obeying the order! In a few days, when the ministers come to the yamen to take care of the matter, they will do this."

Just now, Xu Ping took a break, took a breath, and said, "This is for internal purposes. As long as the court treasury is full and there is money and food in hand, what is afraid of the world? If you are not afraid of the people starving and freezing, you can educate and make people know etiquette and honor and disgrace. This is easy. The ancients said that you should make a summary of things and make a clear picture of things, and money and food are the principles of the world. As long as you grasp the big matter of money and food, there will be no big troubles. As long as you know people and take good care of them, you will just be as good as saying that a good wife can't cook without rice. Even if Yi Yin and Duke Zhou were in court, you are afraid you will not be able to turn the world."
Chapter completed!