Without Cheng Yaojing's disruption, the apprenticeship ceremony went smoothly. Half an hour later, Du He officially became Lu Yuanlang's youngest apprentice.

The old man was very happy and happily called Du He to the front and said with a smile: "Du He, with your talent, there are not many teachers who can teach you, but you must remember that poetry and calculating these are the paths. You must advance the classics to learn. Don't be proud and complacent because you have achieved a little bit of results. You must know that if you can have today, it is the love that your elders have for you. Don't take these for granted."

"Yes, my disciple understands some teachers' teachings."

Du He knew that Lao Lu was making things smooth for him. After all, he had confronted Kong Yingda and Cheng Yaojin before. In order to avoid a rift between them, he was taught a lesson by the teacher and hurriedly came to the two: "I am unruly and have offended the two elders, so please forgive me."

Cheng Yaojin was nothing, so he waved his hand: "Forget it, you are a personal spirit. Take care of them more in the future, and don't let them suffer a big loss."

Du He smiled and saluted: "Thank you Uncle Cheng to be generous, Chu Mo is as close as a brother to me, so he will not ignore him when he suffers."

Although Kong Yingda had many ideas, he was helpless when he encountered this pair of masters and apprentices who sang and reunite. He sighed and said, "Forget it, I am overestimating my abilities. Even though you know that you are both outstanding in poetry and lyrics, you still have to make trouble. If you suffer a big loss, you won't blame others."

Du He also bowed and said with a smile: "Thank you, Mr...., that, I wonder if the teacher can be at home at night? Students can also go and retrieve the inkstone."

Kong Yingda:...

If you don’t be a son, how can I still be able to pay for such an old age?

Even the master and the apprentice were not a good thing.

Kong Yingda said with a dark face and angrily: "I have no time tonight, and I will arrange for someone to send to your husband's mansion in the afternoon."

The episode passed, and it was almost noon. As the saying goes, the emperor did not need hungry soldiers, Li Shimin simply held a banquet at Hongwenguan to entertain everyone who came today.

At the banquet, Du He sat at the gate like a little su. There was no way. Everyone present was the big shots of the imperial court, and the second was the title of founding marquis. It was already very good for him to sit in the house as a young man. He still wanted to move forward, what were he thinking?

However, Du Gou was young but was a Duke. In addition, Li Shimin thought of Du Ruhui's goodness, so he got into a good position, next to Fang Xuanling, ranked fourth, but he was a little reluctant to let go of his old guys.

Halfway through the wine, Li Shimin, who was sitting in the middle, suddenly stopped the cup and threw his chopsticks and sighed leisurely, which caused everyone to stop the chopsticks.

Changsun Wuji asked in confusion: "Your Majesty, what's wrong?"

"Oh..." Another long sigh, Li Shimin was frowning: "We are having a banquet here, but I don't know how many people outside have no food and clothing and no place to live, and I think about how I can eat here."

The topic was too heavy, and the museum suddenly became quiet, and even the noisy martial arts madmen kept their mouths closed.

How to make the people rich has always been the focus of the court.

The entire country is increasing revenue and reducing expenditure. His Majesty the Emperor even took the lead in responding to the call. Each meal can be as high as eight dishes and one soup. The Queen Changsun, who is the mother of the world, can only cover her feet.

But even so, the lives of the people are still miserable. If they encounter a disaster, they will flee the famine and countless people will sell their children and women.

Barjibaji....

Looking at the quiet Hongwenguan, a sound of chewing food attracted everyone's attention. When he turned around, he was Du He sitting at the gate.

Li Er's face turned ugly. He was indeed a playboy. No matter how knowledgeable he was, he lacked compassion for the people. What's the use of such a guy even if he was talented?

Du Gou's face was also not very good-looking, and he lowered his voice and shouted: "Du He!"

"Ah?" Du He raised his head and looked at Du Gou with a silly husband.

What's the matter? Why are you asking me to do?

Because he sat too far, he didn't hear what Li Shimin said before, so he naturally didn't know what reaction he should have.

At this time, a key figure urgently needs to come forward to save the scene, otherwise Du He will be in great trouble.

It’s just that it’s easy to save the venue, but no one can find a suitable entry point in their urgency. The people’s livelihood plan has been discussed for many years, and I have basically thought of all the solutions I can think of. No matter what I say, it’s a cliché, how can I distract Li Shimin’s attention?

Du Gou and Lu Yuanlang were so anxious that they all sweated on their heads, but they still had no choice.

Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Wei Zheng and others also wanted to help, but they also had no new ideas.

At this moment, Li Shimin asked with a deep face, "Du He, since you claim to be wise, I will ask you, do you know the hardships of the people of my Tang Dynasty?"

"I know." Du He nodded.

Of course, I was in trouble. Not to mention the common people, Du He discovered that the life of the nobles was actually just that.

Needless to say, communication depends on yelling, transportation depends on walking, and safety depends on dogs.

Just talking about what you eat, what are these things?

The old three-piece steamed and stewed, and they can’t taste good things.

The ideological gap made Li Er not understand Du He’s meaning, and snorted and scolded: “Since that’s the case, all the ministers in the court cannot eat because of the livelihood of the people. Why do you eat so sweetly?”

Du He’s first thought was: Since we know that life is not easy for the people, we should not waste it. Isn’t it normal to eat things?

But soon he realized that Li Er was not thinking that way, and looked at Du Gou, who was constantly winking, and Du He suddenly realized that it was His Majesty the Emperor's whim and was about to test himself again.

Thinking about it, all the civil and military officials have made moves today, and it seems that the boss behind the scenes should be on the stage.

Thinking of this, Du He calmed down suddenly, cleared his throat and said, "Your Majesty, I think that if you want to solve the problem of people's livelihood, the most important thing is to do a good job in increasing revenue and reducing expenditure."

Fuck, it's a cliché.

The old guys present also showed such expressions.

Du Gou was even more scared and his face turned pale.

If you are wrong, you don’t admit your mistakes, and you have to make things worse. This is a rhythm of killing you!

You, a little brat, know how to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. Do you know where to increase revenue? If there is really a way to increase revenue, so many civil and military people in the court would have thought of a solution long ago. Do you have to wait until today?

As the protagonist of today, Lu Yuanlang couldn't sit still at this time and did not bother to scold Du He. He stood up in a panic and saluted Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, the bad disciple is ignorant and has no words, offended Your Majesty. I hope Your Majesty will not bother with him for the sake of the old minister."

Li Shimin waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Lu Qing, I won't be as knowledgeable as a little kid as him."

When Lu Yuanlang saw that he let down a little nervous heart. He was about to make Du He apologize, but Li Shimin spoke again: "However, I really want to hear his thoughts. Du He, since you have said that you have increased your income and reduced expenses, then let's talk about how to increase your income. Don't worry, even if you say it wrong, I won't blame you."

Is this true? Du He expressed doubts.

In his opinion, Li Er and himself are the same type of people, just smiling.

Last time, he just fooled him two thousand guan, but in the end he became a traitor of brothers and sisters. His previous flattery was in vain.

Alas, this damn feudal society is indeed accompaniment to the king as if it were a tiger.

It is not easy for me to be able to get to the position of prime minister in the current dynasty.

Thinking of this, Du He smiled slightly, first gave a flattery, slapped Li Er's face red, and then continued: "In fact, the easiest way to open source is to stimulate consumption, let money operate in the market, and play its due role. This will change the current practice of most people burying money under the pigpen. After all, money is just a pile of copper in the soil. Only when it is spent is money."

Li Shimin's eyes lit up, and he seemed to understand something vaguely, but after thinking about it carefully, he didn't understand anything.

But no matter what, it is true that Du He’s statement breaks out of the cliché circle. Whether it is right or wrong, at least the idea is novel, which is something he has never heard of.

For a moment, Li Er forgot his previous unhappiness and waved to Du He: "Come here, come here and talk in detail."

Hey?

Du Gou looked at the white clothes and snow. Du He, who was neither humble nor arrogant, walked step by step to the emperor, and his mind was a little overwhelmed.

What exactly does this brother he doesn’t know?

Needless to say, poetry can almost be the first in the young generation in Chang'an; he still hasn't figured out how monkeys moved bananas back; miscellaneous studies, whether they are tables, chairs or frostings, are unprecedented existences in the Tang Dynasty.

Now, this kid seems to be quite proficient in government affairs.

Think about it seriously, now someone tells him that your younger brother can actually have children, and Du Gou may believe it.

The rest of the people were all sucking their teeth. It seemed that the Du family had really produced an amazing person. Not to mention anything else, just talking about this courage and insight, the children of their families would definitely not be as good as those of their courage.

Especially Fang Xuanling, a few days ago, he told his wife that he would not let Fang Yiai have more contact with Du He. Now it seems that this decision is wrong. After all, with Du He's ability, it may not be necessary whether he will take care of his stupid boy.

Du He took everyone's reactions into his eyes one by one, and curled his lips without a trace.

A group of old men talked about economics with me. When I was studying political economy, you guys... well, okay, these old men were all ruined at that time.

When I came to Li Shimin, I thought the boss would ask questions, but the question was Changsun Wuji. The old guy turned the wine cup in his hand and frowned and asked, "Boy Du, I don't deny that what you said is stimulating consumption has some truth, but now we are discussing how to improve people's livelihood. Your theory seems to be incompatible with this, right?"

"No, no, no, that's not what I said." Du He shook his head: "Uncle Changsun, I won't explain much about the so-called truth that one moves the whole body. I believe that the elders present are much clearer than me, the youngest.

What I want to say is that improving people's livelihood is actually a big issue. To put it bluntly, the court benefits the most, because no matter who is spending money, taxes are indispensable. The more money the people spend, the more money the court collects."

"So according to what you say, wouldn't the court be more and more money and the people's money become less and less?"

Wei Zheng dares to suffocate Li Erniao to death.

Du He looked back at him. As a cadre of the Discipline Inspection Commission, there is no right or wrong in getting involved in economic construction, but if you don’t understand, it’s a big problem.

"Uncle Wei, the court tax collection is not piled up in the treasury. Building roads and bridges requires money, disaster relief and flood prevention requires money, and supporting soldiers to guard the national gates also requires money. How can the treasury be more and more money?"

"Cough..." Seeing that Du He was about to argue with Wei Zheng, Li Shimin quickly interrupted them: "Let's talk about these things later, Du He, you said that the purpose of stimulating consumption is to let the rich dig out the money from the field, but I can't have such an imperial edict, right? Even if I really issued such an edict, do you think someone will do it?"

That certainly won't be true, no one is a fool.

The most important thing is that even if someone digs out the money, he has no place to spend it.

Du He shook his head: "Have Your Majesty heard of the upward and downward effects? The so-called stimulation of consumption is actually not an imperial edict, but a series of policy measures.

To give the simplest example, Your Majesty is now hardworking and frugal, so all the civil and military officials in the court will naturally practice rigorous economies. Some folk merchants will imitate the ministers in the court. This should be the foundation of the so-called reduction policy in our Tang Dynasty.

But your Majesty, have you ever thought about it? If everyone is so diligent and thrifty, then who will the things produced by the people be sold to?

Is it frugal enough to wear a piece of clothing for ten years? But if everyone is like this, for the people who raise silkworms and silk, it means they have no choice for ten years to live.

Your Majesty only uses eight dishes and one soup for a meal, and repeatedly reduces the cost of the palace. Have you ever thought that the people around Chang'an would lose a lot of income because of this."

"Du He, stop!" A loud shout beside him.

Du He turned his head and found that it was Wei Zheng.
To be continued...