Liu Yan nodded and said, "The truth is like this, but it is difficult for ordinary people to make this determination." ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Actually, there is nothing that cannot be determined. Just look at where your eyes are. If you think that I am a city lord, then you think more about how to develop the city and how to build more cities. If you think that I am a money-making workshop, then I am reluctant to sell it to make money. ”

Liu Yan frowned and said, "It's easy for you to say this. ”

Chen Wenhui continued: "The construction of a city is the same as the construction of a country. The superior should figure out from the beginning whether to build a rich city or a city where the people are rich. ”

Liu Yan was very interested and hurriedly asked, "What's the difference?" What does it mean to be rich in the city and rich in the people? ”

Chen Wenhui said: "If you want to build a rich city, then you will have to control the money-making industries in the hands of the city masters." In this way, the city naturally becomes richer and richer. The city owners are also getting richer. But what's so bad about that? In this way, it is to compete with the people for profit, and the city is extremely rich, but the people are still poor, so the foundation is unstable. The city lord may have mountains of gold and silver in his treasury, but the people don't even have overnight food at home, can such a city develop? Is there vitality in such a city? Can such a city withstand change, disaster, etc.? ”

Liu Yan looked at Chen Wenhui with blazing eyes. Liu Jingyuan also fell into deep thought. Only Zhao Chongyi looked at Chen Wenhui salivating like a pug.

Chan continued: "Such a city is not only unstable. And it is easy to breed corruption. For example, in my workshop, I found that some craftsmen like to take on personal work, and some stewards are full of personal money. If I don't sell the workshop in time, one day in the future, I will have a lot of things, the management will become more and more loose, and the authority of those stewards will become more and more powerful, and finally my workshop will not make money, and those stewards will become full of brains. ”

This is a sensitive issue. Chen Wenhui didn't dare to say anything about Da Chu. She was just talking about the situation in her city.

But who Liu Yan and Liu Jingyuan were, they understood it at once.

"Now that I've sold all my workshops, my city may not be very profitable," Chen said. But. The people slowly became rich and powerful. In this way, the foundation of my city will be stable. And also. These workshops were sold to private individuals. For example, an embroidery workshop was divided into ten parts and sold to ten. These ten embroidery workshops. Many of them were bought by a few companies in unison. For example, they will supervise each other and manage their workshops properly, and there will never be a situation where the stewards are full of their own pockets, and even if they appear, they are only a little cheap from the middle, such as taking more needles and threads, so is it much richer than the city and the people are poor? ”

After Chen Wenhui finished speaking, she consciously took a sip of tea to moisten her throat. By the way, he glared at Zhao Chongyi, who was like a pug.

Liu Yan and Liu Jingyuan fell into deep thought.

Zhao Chongyi saw that his sweetheart had rested, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Hui'er, how did you go back to the mansion yesterday?" Did they embarrass you? ”

Chen Wenhui also whispered: "No." Where will anyone make it difficult for me? I've sent a lot of gifts, but it's too late to stammer. But you, after you went back, did you send me the gift I gave to Mrs. Han? ”

Zhao Chongyi hurriedly said: "Of course I sent it over, my sister-in-law likes it very much." I also complimented you. But there's a little thing. ”

Chen Wenhui hurriedly asked, "What is a small thing?" ”

Zhao Chongyi said: "It's not my third sister who doesn't know the height of the sky, but when I saw my sister-in-law getting those good things, I was shallow-eyed and imagined that my sister-in-law would ask for some." There is nothing at this, and the sister-in-law is not a person who picks and searches, so she gave those satin clothes to some third sisters. However, that stupid guy actually said, since it was a gift, why is there only a sister-in-law, why is there no mother-in-law, why is there no sister-in-law, why is there no sister-in-law like her? It can be seen that you are only thinking about the Duchess Zhongyi, and you don't pay attention to the former Duchess Zhongyi and her sister-in-law. ”

Chen Wenhui was not angry, and was about to speak, when the prince Liu Yan had already spoken: "Wenhui, your words made me stunned. I find that you have a very high level of talent in handling government affairs. It's a pity, it's a woman, otherwise, I have to make you the prime minister. ”

Chen Wenhui hurriedly said: "Your Highness has praised it. I'm just a little woman who likes to make money, where can I be praised for handling political affairs. ”

Liu Yan shook his head and said, "Deserved, deserved." You're my counselor, remember? ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Please don't take it to heart, those are all words that were said when I was a child, where can I take it seriously?" ”

Liu Yan said: "You shouldn't be serious, but I am serious." To tell the truth, how did I become a prince, without your little Chen family, without the Chen family, without Chongyi, Ah Yuan, and your help, I could come over step by step? In the future, please tell me if you have any ideas, and assist me as before. In this way, we can realize our dreams and build Dachu better. ”

Chen Wenhui smiled slightly and said, "I really don't know much about the affairs of the imperial court. I just have my father and Lord Yanagi to help me. I've also been a little tired over the years. I returned to the capital to prepare for marriage, that is, to take this opportunity to rest. When he gets married in the future, he will naturally be a husband and a child, and he will concentrate on the inner house. If the prince reassures me, he thinks I can still do something. However, I still guarded Nanyang for the prince, and continued to build a new city in Nanyang and manage the old city. ”

Liu Yan smiled and said, "Don't be modest, you are not an ordinary woman." You are the county lord of Da Chu. You have to understand this, you have a responsibility in you. It wouldn't be a pity if your talent was buried in the inner house. Besides, what is there to take care of in Chongyi's small family? ”

Zhao Chongyi heard the prince talking about him, and hurriedly said, "Why is it a small family?" Others don't know, don't you know, prince? My home is complicated. A vicious woman in a yard, and a mother-in-law who is eyeing her, she still occupies the righteousness of filial piety, even the emperor can't let his mother-in-law ignore his daughter-in-law, right? In the future, Wen Hui will have to be careful just to deal with her, where will she have the energy to take care of other things? Thinking of this, I feel sorry for Wen Hui. After speaking, he looked at Chen Wenhui with an apologetic face.

Chen Wenhui smiled in return. Zhao Chongyi must have had a good intention when he said this.

Liu Yan thought about it too, and couldn't help frowning.

Liu Jingyuan said at this time: "Prince, do you remember that before, Chen Yuanheng said that the Xiao Chen family had already helped the county lord of Wenhui build the county lord's mansion. Is it in the future when they get married, give them to live in the county lord's mansion? In this way, Wen Hui doesn't have to pay attention to the messy things of the Zhongyi Mansion, and can free up her hands to help us. ”

Liu Yan laughed and said, "This is a good way." Rest assured. When the time comes, the queen will definitely ask her father to make a will, and I will also make a lot of effort to let the two of you live in the county lord's mansion, so that Wen Hui can free up time for the court of Da Chu. ”

Zhao Chongyi and Chen Wenhui couldn't care about being shy, they were overjoyed, and hurriedly stood up to thank them.

Liu Yanyi waved his hand and said, "That's it, that's it, you two are both neat people, and you don't like to salute." I know, so don't make a fuss. Okay, let's get down to business. ”

Chen Wenhui and Zhao Chongyi were busy sitting and listening.

Liu Yan said: "In the past few days, the most discussed issue in the court is about the northwest. The peoples of those steppes were very annoying, and after destroying the barbarians, the Uighurs, the Tatars, the Turks, the Qiangs, the Xianbei and other peoples came out, all of which were very strong. Give them time to develop, and in the future, they will be able to threaten our existence, and if they don't do it, they will be even more difficult to deal with than the barbarians. In this way, we must continue to station troops in the northwest, but the long-term stationing of troops in the northwest is really too great a burden on our Great Chu. The court can't support it. ”

Chen Wenhui was silent. Zhao Chongyi said: "What His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said is true. Although the ethnic groups in the northwest grasslands are different, all ethnic groups are capable of fighting and have grown up on horseback since childhood. They are now suppressed by us, but once they are at peace, in ten years, they will be able to give birth to a large group of people, so that they will have more warriors, and they will not burn and loot against us in the same way? This Northwest Army can't be withdrawn lightly. ”

Liu Jingyuan said: "However, if you don't withdraw, the burden on the imperial court is too great." Now all of them are based on the war in the northwest. In recent years, the seaside pond has not been properly built. The people of the seashore were greatly affected. In addition, the two major rivers have not been dredged for many years, and the water rises from time to time, and there are new victims every year. Of course, now that there are disaster victims, there is not much that the imperial court needs to do, so directly to the four cities of Luzon Island, or to Chen Wenjun, there are naturally these overseas cities to settle the victims and get them to build new cities overseas. But isn't that a long-term solution? There are also canals that have not been dredged for many years, and the silt is very heavy in some places, which has affected our inland waterway shipping in Dachu, and after a long time, the grain in the south cannot be transported, what should I do? ”

Liu Yan nodded and said, "There are too many things that need to be done, but the energy of the imperial court, the money of the imperial court is limited." The Northwest Army could not survive for a long time. Now we can only compromise and station an army in the northwest, not as much as now, but also less than before, so as to preserve the results of our war. ”

Chen Wenhui didn't make a sound all the time, but there were ripples of color in her eyes.

Liu Yan saw this situation, and Liu Yan asked, "Wen Hui, what good way do you have?" (To be continued......)