353 Is Spending More Money Good?
Li Kuan has been impeached again!
Some people secretly enjoyed the food at home, and at the same time wiped their mouths with both hands, and began the impeachment.
"In ancient times, Shi Chong and Wang Kai competed for pride, and Shi Chong made a brocade step barrier for fifty miles to the enemy. The stone is made of pepper as mud, and the king is made of red stone grease mud wall. Today, His Royal Highness the King of Chu is arrogant and lascivious, transporting seafood from Dengzhou and beef from Liangzhou, so the competition for luxury and wealth, extravagance and waste is jaw-dropping......"
"I heard that the major restaurants in Chang'an City are proud of the seafood banquet in Dengzhou, and this wind will endanger the foundation of my Tang Dynasty. His Royal Highness the King of Chu ......"
"His Royal Highness the King of Chu doesn't think about worrying about the country, he only knows personal enjoyment. In order to eat fresh seafood, I actually sent a horse-drawn carriage to make ice all the way and transport fresh sea fish from Dengzhou to Chang'an......"
Looking at the impeachment of Li Kuan in front of him, Li Shimin's face was red and white.
A few days ago, I and my concubines enjoyed the fresh seafood that Li Kuan sent to the palace.
"Lan He, go and summon the King of Chu into the palace, I have something to look for him."
Li Shimin is an emperor of the new era with ideals, skills and responsibilities, and since he ascended the throne, he has been working hard and striving to make the country strong, so that there is the situation of the prosperous era of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty today.
Now, so many imperial histories have impeached Li Kuan, which can't help but make Li Shimin a little hesitant.
This time, is it appropriate to continue to stay in the middle and not send it?
According to Li Shimin's understanding of Li Kuan, although he is a little lazy, he is a little greedy for enjoyment.
But to say that he deliberately brought down the atmosphere of Chang'an City and guided the trend of extravagance, Li Shimin did not believe it.
How to deal with these twists and turns, just listen to what Li Kuan himself has to say.
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Li Kuan is now a frequent visitor to the Xuanzheng Palace, and he is used to Li Shimin's behavior of letting Lan He summon him into the palace at every turn.
"These impeachments, have people wronged you?"
After watching Li Kuan quickly read several books of impeachment memorabilia, Li Shimin asked expressionlessly.
"No, what you said is basically true."
Li Kuan's answer was beyond Li Shimin's expectations.
This guy actually admitted it like that?
Isn't that his style?
Li Shimin's face became a little ugly, and he said, "Then what do you need to justify?" Extravagance and lasciviousness with bad morals are not what a prince should do. ”
"It can't be said to be an excuse, it can only be said that Wechen's views on these things are different from theirs."
Li Kuan had long thought about the possible impact of his actions.
But he still continued to do it in such a high-profile way, naturally not simply because of personal enjoyment.
"Hmph, then tell me, what do you think differently?"
"Your Majesty, there are only two things impeached by the imperial historians, one is that Weichen took the lead in arranging for people to transport seafood from Dengzhou to Chang'an, and the other is to transport beef from Liangzhou to Chang'an. Actually, I have a question about the impeachment of the imperial historians. ”
Li Kuan sorted out the logic in his mind and began to brainwash Li Shimin.
"Do these practices of Weichen harm anyone's interests?"
Seeing that Li Shimin didn't want to speak, Li Kuan had no choice but to continue to explain there alone.
"The seafood was caught by fishermen in Dengzhou, and there was no way to sell it to Chang'an before. Now there are more customers in Chang'an to purchase seafood, which means that the income of fishermen in Dengzhou has increased; Sending people to Dengzhou to transport seafood requires special carriages and manpower, which means that the carriage workshop can sell more carriages and have more people to work. ”
Hearing Li Kuan say this, Li Shimin felt a little dizzy.
Why did the arrogant and lascivious things in Yushi's mouth seem to become beneficial to the country and the people when they came out of Li Kuan's mouth?
"Your Majesty, money can only create more wealth if it is allowed to flow. If it is only put in the treasury of the nobles, it is meaningless. ”
Li Kuan's theory should still be realized by few people at this time.
In fact, in Li Kuan's view, transporting seafood and beef from Dengzhou and Liangzhou is actually an act of expanding domestic demand.
The benefits of expanding domestic demand will be clear to future generations regardless of the government of any country.
This behavior is all supported.
It's just that in the mouths of some royal historians who are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, this has become arrogant and lascivious.
In their view, it is best for all people to live their lives the way they want to be like the saints.
Then they secretly married three wives and four concubines at home and lived a comfortable life.
"The flow of money creates more wealth?"
Li Shimin faintly felt that Li Kuan's statement seemed to be very consistent with the situation in the Chu Wangfu in recent years.
The nobles of Chang'an City clearly saw that Li Kuan was spending all kinds of money and building various workshops every day, but the money earned by the Chu Mansion was getting more and more year by year.
Not only did he not ruin the huge family business, but he faintly became the richest man in Chang'an City, and even the richest man in the Tang Dynasty.
"That's right." Li Kuan looked at Li Shimin with a smile, "It has been more than 20 years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, whether it is a noble family or an ordinary person, the accumulated wealth is much more than in the early days of the founding of the country, and to make the Tang Dynasty more prosperous, more people must be willing to consume." ”
"Consumption?"
Hearing a new word pop out of Li Kuan's mouth, Li Shimin showed an expression of asking for an answer.
"To consume is to buy something. Take the horse-drawn carriage as an example, if there are more people buying the carriage, then the scale of the carriage workshop will be expanded, more people will have to be recruited, and more wood and iron will have to be purchased. More timber and iron will stimulate the expansion of timber and ironworks; As the scale of the ironmaking workshop expands, more ore and other materials are needed, and more manpower is needed. This series of cycles, after the influence, will drive the sales of horse-drawn carriages, which will have a chain reaction, so that the people of Datang will have more opportunities to make money, and Datang will become more prosperous. ”
Li Kuan couldn't tell Li Shimin about the complicated laws of economics.
Because Li Shimin may not understand it.
Besides, Li Kuan doesn't understand such a deep theory.
Although Li Shimin is a wise man, he is not omnipotent.
In particular, it is still difficult for Li Kuan to accept this kind of economic theory that transcends the times.
However, from Li Kuan's words, he couldn't find any obvious problems.
It sounds like it makes sense, but why do you think it's so far from your previous understanding?
There was silence in the Xuanzheng Hall for a while.
"Your Majesty, if the so-called extravagance and indulgence are wasted in public money, or obtained through corruption and bribery and other improper means, it will naturally play a very bad role and need to be severely investigated and punished. However, if everyone spends their own money, the court should not only not prohibit it, but can encourage it appropriately. Even if you can't encourage you, you can at least watch for a while. ”
It seemed that it was impossible for Li Shimin to accept his theory immediately, so Li Kuan took a step back.
"Okay, then let's stay in the middle for now, and see the situation!"
Li Shimin exhaled for a long time, feeling a little dizzy in his brain.
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Chang'an City has four distinct seasons. Before you know it, the autumn tiger has disappeared.
A gust of autumn wind blew, and on the ginkgo trees on both sides of the street in front of the courtyard of the King of Chu, yellow leaves fell to the ground one after another.
The entire street is strolled in gold, with a charm unique to autumn.
In the past, the gate of the palace of the king of Chu was relatively quiet, but today it is like a city.
On the occasion of the first birthday, Li Kuan's eldest daughter Li Xinning was canonized as the lord of Yongping County by Li Shimin, taking the meaning of eternal peace.
And today is the first year of the county lord of Yongping, and everyone in the Chu Wangfu has been preparing for today for a long time.
"Try", that is, everyone is familiar with grasping Zhou, this custom, it is generally believed to have originated in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties period, although it is not a long history, and it was popular in the Jiangnan region in the early years.
But in the Sui and Tang dynasties, it has spread in the Central Plains.
Li Kuan has always had an indifferent attitude towards his birthday and the like, but he attaches great importance to Li Xinning-related things.
It stands to reason that few nobles will hold a trial banquet for their daughters in the family with great fanfare.
However, Li Kuan did the opposite, and made the trial banquet of small corn unprecedented, and all the noble ministers of Chang'an City with a bit of status received invitations.
A while ago, Li Kuangang had a theory with Li Shimin in the Daming Palace, explaining the benefits of expanding consumption.
Today, he can be regarded as showing his attitude with practical actions.
Those royal historians will be impeached if they want to be impeached, but what I should eat and drink will continue to remain the same.
I have even expanded the scale of various banquets.
You bite me!
"Lord, what do you say the little corn will catch in a while?"
In Li Xinning's room, there is a large table with all kinds of things on it.
There are not only seals, Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism and various books of Mongolian studies, but also pens, ink, paper, inkstones, and abacus.
There are also gold coins, ledgers, jewelry, flowers, rouge and food, toys and the like, and even shovels, scissors, rulers and other things.
A table full of them.
Li Kuan: "You can catch any of them, as long as she's happy." ”
The ceremony of catching Zhou was before the noon banquet, and the people who were close to the Chu Wangfu gathered together to watch Xiao Mai sing a one-man show there.
"In my opinion, the county lord of Yongping is lively and clever, with the beauty of the princess and the wit of the prince, and he should be able to grasp rouge and account books."
Wu Meiniang and Wu Guo also stood aside, ready to appreciate Xiao Mao's performance.
"I think the county lord will grab all kinds of books, and become a talented woman with five cars of learning like the prince."
As Cheng Jingwen's maidservant, Luzhu has always looked at Wu Meiniang very well, so she likes to do everything against Wu Meiniang.
"It's hard to say, things like gold coins and jewelry may be more attractive to the county lord."
Qing'er has seen the love of little corn when the gold coin was just made.
However, in fact, no matter what she caught today, everyone will say words of praise.
Even if she grabs food, toys and other things, no one will scold her for being "delicious" and "playful", but will be said to be "when the child grows up, he will have a good mouth and be good at having fun in time" and the like.
Besides, Li Kuan didn't really believe that it had any special meaning, but simply wanted to celebrate the little girl's first birthday, which was lively and lively.
"Haha, if you want me to see it, it's better to grab a compass and follow me out to sea in the future."
I don't know when, the brothers Cheng Chumo and Cheng Chuliang also arrived, this guy is still as big as ever.
Li Kuan's face darkened when he heard this, but before he could speak, Cheng Jingwen went crazy.
"Big brother, what are you talking about, how can a girl go to sea. You don't have to be home all day, and you're still talking nonsense here. ”
"Hey, hey!"
Cheng Chumo touched the back of his head and didn't care.
Anyway, from childhood to adulthood, only my sister bullied me, and it was never my turn to bully her.
"Lord Wang, some guests outside have already arrived one after another, or let's let the little county lord catch Zhou'er first."
Seeing the lively scene in front of him, Laifu couldn't find the wrinkles on his smiling face.
"Yes, I invited a lot of distinguished guests today, so you still have to go outside to greet you."
Cheng Jingwen also realized that she and Li Kuan had been in the room for too long.
"Okay, let's get started."
After Li Kuan finished speaking, he personally stepped forward to pick up the little corn and put her on the table.
The little girl was already able to crawl around neatly, facing a bunch of things on the table, picking up this and that.
Every time she picked up something, someone next to her gave her a word of appreciation.
"This abacus, when I grow up in the future, I will be good at financial management, and I will become a Taozhu career."
"Inkstone, just this inkstone. If you catch this inkstone, you will definitely be studious when you grow up, and maybe you will become the first talented woman in Chang'an City. ”
"It's not bad to catch this bird's nest, it shows that the county lord is blessed, and he will not worry about food and clothing in this life."
Li Kuan listened to it and couldn't help but feel funny.
However, left and right is just a game, and you don't need to take it too seriously.
It's enough for the little girl to be happy.
"Huh? What is this thing that the county lord is catching? ”
Luzhu didn't let go after seeing that Xiao Ma finally grabbed something, but he was stunned for a moment.
When Li Kuan looked at it, he was also puzzled.
It was a small globe that Li Kuan personally arranged for someone to make, although it only distinguished several continents and oceans in a very general way, but it was indeed a globe.
This thing has always been placed in Li Kuan's study, and today he also took the globe on a whim when he collected all kinds of things from the study.
The sky is round and the place is round, this is the general perception of everyone at this time.
Therefore, Li Kuan has never mentioned the theory that the earth is round to anyone.
Even the globe has been sitting in the study for more than a year.
"Lord Wang, didn't this ball be placed on the table in your study, why did you put it over?"
Cheng Jingwen recognized this thing, but she didn't know what it was.
Although Li Kuan's study, she has also been there.
But she rarely asks questions about what she sees in the study.
Because in her concept, the study is a very private place for a man.
I never let people go in my study.
"This girl."
Li Kuan also looked helpless, he didn't expect Xiao Ma to catch such a thing.
"Jingwen, this is indeed something in my study, I named it the globe, the specific meaning, I will introduce it to you later."
The earth is round, and sooner or later this theory will have to be propagated to the outside world.
But Li Kuan did not want the Chu palace to become the center of public opinion for this controversial point of view.
Obviously, the Gewu College of Guanshishan Academy is the most suitable place for the birth of this theory.
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