Li Shimin smiled.

In fact...... What was the purpose of sending the guards to Chen's house in the first place, and what does it matter?

Chen Zhengtai has forgotten.

And I ...... Of course, you can't take it personally.

So he took care of the case, compared to facing Li Chengqian and Li Tai, to a certain extent, Li Shimin was more willing to face Chen Zhengtai!

Because you never know what's going to be interesting about this guy.

Now, for example, Li Shimin is looking forward to seeing what flying balls and gunpowder are.

Li Shimin sat still, stared at Chen Zhengtai and said, "I have retired from the court, why haven't you gone home yet?" This time, you have made a great contribution and won the new knight, so you should go home to celebrate. ”

Chen Zhengtai shook his head: "Because the student has something to tell the teacher." ”

"Oh?" Li Shimin looked at Chen Zhengtai with interest: "You and I don't have to go around the bend, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Chen Zhengtai said: "Teacher...... Do you know what is most lacking today? ”

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment.

Anyway, it sounds like I'm a student.

"Lack of food?"

Chen Zhengtai nodded: "Exactly, in this world, there is no grain and instability, whoever has food, the world can be determined, so the student let his brother Chen Zhengde try his best to improve the crop, just for the future...... It can make my Datang withstand any disaster. ”

"You're talking about that pig kid?"

"Uh......" Chen Zhengtai thought to himself, as if the emperor had a little misunderstanding of his cousin, he could do something else besides raising pigs.

Li Shimin immediately said: "Then what else? ”

Li Shimin obviously doesn't have too many expectations for crops, after all, the problem of grain, since the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, has been a big problem for all rulers, but what should be lacking is still lacking.

Chen Zhengtai said: "The second thing is wealth. ”

Li Shimin laughed: "I heard you say this, but it seems to be listening to empty words." ”

Yes, fools know that as long as there is enough food and enough wealth, then even if you are a fool, you can sit firmly, and you still need Chen Zhengtai to say this?

"Wealth is rationed, and it is the most important thing in the world." Chen Zhengtai paused: "And where is the wealth today?" ”

Li Shimin's face became solemn.

He never expected that Chen Zhengtai would suddenly talk about this issue.

So much so that Li Shimin glanced left and right, and his eyes fell on Zhang Qian.

Zhang Qian was fascinated by what he heard, but after feeling Li Shimin's gaze, he suddenly understood something, and hurriedly said, "The slave is retired." ”

He walked away with a look of regret.

After serving His Majesty for so many years, he is not as good as a Chen Zhengtai, it is really in vain, who is more melancholy than him.

When there were only two monarchs and ministers left in the hall, Li Shimin said, "You came to talk recently." ”

So Chen Zhengtai stepped forward more than ten steps, and Li Shimin looked at Chen Zhengtai with a hesitant gaze, and said word by word: "So in Zhengtai's opinion, where is the wealth in the world?" ”

Chen Zhengtai said calmly: "Students don't dare to hide it, the wealth is in the hands of the family." ”

This is a fundamental question that almost revolves around the entire Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and then continues to the Sui and Tang dynasties.

Chen Zhengtai said: "The students are in Erpigou, watching the common people are all upside down, ragged, and they have no wealth. The students saw all kinds of people, some of whom were barely able to make ends meet, but they still had no wealth. The students also saw that the teacher was frowning every day, worried about the matter of money and food, which showed that the treasury and the internal treasury were also stretched. ”

Li Shimin's face was cold, and he stroked the case: "What does Zhengtai want to say?" ”

"So, where did the money go? The students thought about it, didn't all the money in the world go into the hands of those big families who have stood for hundreds of years? Chen Zhengtai said: "The student's family has also stood for hundreds of years, and over the past few hundred years, it has witnessed the rise and fall of the world, how many dynasties have risen, and how many dynasties have fallen, but the Chen family is still standing, thanks to people like the third uncle who has students in the family." ”

Li Shimin said puzzled: "Your third uncle? ”

Chen Zhengtai smiled and said: "Yes, the third uncle of the student lives in a simple place on a fair day, but in the Chen family, he has a high seniority, and he keeps a close eye on the money in and out of the family, in his opinion, the money in the family has to be saved if it can be saved, and the more money hidden in the family, the more beneficial it is to the Chen family, and every penny spent makes him regret it very much." ”

Li Shimin couldn't help gritting his teeth: "This kind of killing talent, the Chen family is already so rich, and he is still so stingy?" ”

Belch......

Chen Zhengtai was very sad, in fact, he just wanted to make an analogy.

Can this world still be better, do you have to force my third uncle to death? Who did the third uncle recruit to provoke whom, why did everyone want to kill him?

Chen Zhengtai coughed and said: "What the student means is that all the ethnic groups in the world in this world, how can the third uncle of the Chen family, Cui, Yang, Wei, and Du Zhu's surnames, which one is not like this." Thus...... In their view, it is for their children and grandchildren to save for their children and grandchildren, and their children and grandchildren continue to accumulate, and their children and grandchildren are endless. ”

Li Shimin nodded secretly and sighed: "I understand what you said, why don't I know this, could it be that Zhengtai said this to me, hoping that I would destroy these wealthy clans?" ”

The master and apprentice finally opened the skylight and said something bright.

Don't you just want me to kill thousands of third uncles?

But...... To be honest, for doing this, Li Shimin is quite a little more than enough!

It's easy to kill the third uncle of your Chen family, but what about the Yang family and the Cui family?

Li Shimin immediately sighed with emotion: "This is exactly what I am worried about, the people have no place to stand, but the Zhumen is magnificent, their money and grain can be eaten for 30,000 years, and the common people don't even know where tomorrow's food is." It's just that...... Zhengtai, if I want to solve this problem, it is not easy to say, if I do something to these people, even if I get their money and food, I am afraid that I will become a lone husband and a thief, which will not be tolerated by ......the world."

Li Shimin paused, looked at Chen Zhengtaicheng's sincere face, and then said: "The experience of Emperor Yang of Sui, have you forgotten?" ”

Obviously, this is a word that must not be passed on to a third person, Emperor Yang of Sui has already been condemned, at least at this time, everyone is in unison, saying that he does not listen to the advice of loyal ministers, that he loves beauty, that he loves wine, and that he is a faint king.

But it's obvious...... Li Shimin's heart is like a mirror, and the fundamental reason why Li Shimin's cousin lost the world is actually to offend the world's wealthy families.

But if Li Shimin is also like this, then Li Shimin has also married many concubines, and you still say that you don't love beauty, and he also loves to drink spirits, isn't it also a crime in your heart? Therefore, the bamboo of the South Mountain, the book is endless, and the waves of the East China Sea are inexhaustible, and the evil is inexhaustible, and will be regarded by the people of later generations as the great faint king?

Chen Zhengtai couldn't have imagined that Li Shimin would say this to him so heartily today!

Chen Zhengtai couldn't help but feel a little moved in his heart, and he nodded at this: "What the teacher said is very true, so of course the teacher can't easily offend the wealthy family, how can he confiscate their family property?" It's just that...... Students think that teachers don't have to be like this. ”

Li Shimin looked at Chen Zhengtai strangely, this guy, what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd?

Chen Zhengtai looked at Li Shimin's puzzled expression, and no longer spoke, but said: "The worst thing in the world is not that there are wealthy families in this world...... Let them obediently take out the money in the treasury and circulate it......"

"Circulation?" Li Shimin felt fresh.

"Yes." Chen Zhengtai said: "Just like the imperial court wants to repair the river embankment, so it must spend a lot of money and grain and hire a lot of labor, so the money is spent, the river embankment is also repaired, and the common people also have an extra ration." If the money is taken out and circulated, the dead money becomes living money, and the money is used to repair the house, which requires manpower and craftsmen, and when the craftsmen and manpower get this money, they have to buy cloth and buy mules and horses, and the cloth merchants need to use the money to teach people to plant mulberry trees, and to peel off the cocoons...... In the process, the government will inevitably be able to collect taxes from everyone. As a result, the production of cloth increased, new houses were built, many people had money to spare, and the government collected more taxes...... Isn't that the best way to solve the problem of the world? ”

Li Shimin listened, very incredulous, and frowned: "This is also the content of your textbook?" ”

Chen Zhengtai shook his head: "It's not so deep, the students just feel it." ”

Li Shimin is such a smart person, he probably understands what it means, it doesn't matter if you are rich, but you can't hide money, if you hide money, this money will become a dead thing, only increase your wealth alone, only let this money flow, the wealth of the world, can make the world profitable.

Li Shimin thought for a while and felt that there was some truth: "In this way, Emperor Yang of Sui was wrong, and the fault was that he shouldn't be in a hurry?" ”

"Of course, you have to figure it out slowly." Chen Zhengtai said with a smile: "So for what the teacher said, the most important thing to do now is how to make the money flow." ”

Li Shimin held his chin and looked at Chen Zhengtai intently: "How to flow?" ”

Chen Zhengtai said: "There is a problem with the current copper coin, that is, it will always be a scarce commodity, because of the scarcity, so the copper coin will always have value, from the Qin and Han dynasties to the present, even if it is the copper coin of the Qin Dynasty, to my Tang Dynasty, it is worth a lot, and the fundamental reason is that there is a shortage of copper in the world." ”

And the reason for this phenomenon is that the copper that the imperial court can mine every year can never meet the needs of the world, therefore, the scarcity is expensive, and copper coins will naturally have a price. So dare to ask the teacher, if the teacher has 10,000 copper coins in his hand, these 10,000 copper coins can buy 1,000 catties of rice now, and in ten, 20, or 50 years, these 10,000 copper coins can also buy 1,000 catties of rice, or even ...... Decades later, for some reason, when 1,000 copper coins can still buy 1,200 catties of rice, will the teacher be in a hurry to buy rice? ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he shook his head: "Of course, I will store this money and buy it when I need it." ”

Chen Zhengtaile said: "The problem is here, the student described this phenomenon, called deflation, under the conditions of deflation, people will consciously choose to save money, because copper coins have a huge value at any time, so whoever saves more money, whose family is more secure, students even heard about ...... In the treasury of many families, there are still five baht coins from the Han Dynasty. ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Haha...... You're talking about your home, right? ”

Chen Zhengtai: "......"

Chen Zhengtai coughed to hide a little embarrassment, and said, "Teacher, this is not the point. What does a student mean...... Only by solving this problem can the imperial court then solve the problem of the world, and I, Datang, can solve such a stubborn disease before we can enter the prosperous world. ”

Actually, this is not alarmist.

Chen Zhengtai wants to solve this problem, in fact, there are also reasons for himself.

On the surface, the Chen family is also a family, and from an economic point of view, any family is a mortal enemy of imperial power, and Li Shimin threw a mouse, so he didn't do anything to the family!

But when the world becomes more and more stable, and the authority of the imperial power begins to be established, from Li Zhi to Wu Zetian, and even to almost all the Tang emperors after that, they are persistently attacking the family, and the Chen family will revitalize the family business sooner or later, but decades or even a hundred years later, the final result ...... In fact, it's just a lose-lose situation for the imperial power and the family.

Chen Zhengtai hopes to find a way to solve the problem properly.

Li Shimin looked at Chen Zhengtai with a smile: "What you said is not unreasonable, but ...... You mean, let me print the money? ”

Chen Zhengtai shook his head, Li Shimin's so-called printing money is actually different from the printed seal, in fact, since the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty court has thought of two ways to solve the problem, one is to directly print fifty or five hundred big characters on the copper coin, and then tell everyone that this is not a penny, but fifty and five hundred!

Obviously, this is a trick, and the end result is ...... Everyone doesn't recognize this thing, but if you take out a copper coin with 500 plants written on it, and try to find someone to buy goods, they will have to kill you.

There is also a kind of iron money, or money with high iron content, and this effect is also very poor, because everyone only recognizes copper coins, so it has caused the phenomenon of bad money eliminating good money!

People hid the best copper coins, stored them at home, and traded them for worthless iron money or bad money, and the end result was the collapse of the monetary system, and the families of those who hid good money at home got cheaper.

Chen Zhengtai said: "There is a way, which is to mint more copper coins. ”

Li Shimin finally understood what Chen Zhengtai meant, it turned out that it was not to print money, but to cast money honestly, but ......

Li Shimin raised one of the most important questions: "Duo cast, where does this copper come from?" ”

"What a coincidence." After laying so much groundwork, Chen Zhengtai finally revealed his hole cards: "The students happened to invite someone to go to Juxian County to explore a few days ago, and you said that it was a coincidence, and it happened to be found that there were large-scale copper mines, gold and silver mines, as well as coal and iron ...... in this county."

"Ju County, which Ju County?"

"Which fief did the teacher give to the student?"

Li Shimin: "......"

This matter will be exposed sooner or later, rather than being found out by Li Shimin himself, it is better to say it honestly.

Li Shimin was surprised and said, "What do you mean......"

"It's ......" Chen Zhengtai smiled bitterly: "If the teacher wants to take back the student's fiefdom, the student will never complain." ”

Li Shimin: "......"

casually gave a piece of fiefdom out, there was gold, silver and copper in it, look at this Chen Zhengtai can't hide his joy, I'm afraid that the content is not small!

Li Shimin had a feeling of how he didn't say it earlier.

He was silent for a long time, and finally said, "Since I gave it to you, why do you take it back, do you think I will break my word and get fat?" ”

"No, no......" Chen Zhengtai hurriedly shook his head like a rattle: "The teacher is true to his word, and he is an example for students to learn." ”

"So you're going around in such a big circle, and you actually want to mint money?"

Chen Zhengtai said with a smile: "The student has made such a big detour, in fact, he wants to tell the teacher that the student can solve the family's problems within a year." ”

Li Shimin was shocked.

One year ......

This family is a stubborn disease, more difficult to treat than psoriasis, all dynasties, I don't know how many dynasties are anxious because of this matter, and I don't know how many emperors have lost the country because of this!

You Chen Zhengtai have such a big breath!

Li Shimin was skeptical: "What if it can't be cured?" ”

Chen Zhengtai said: "If it can't be cured, the students will return to the fiefdom of Ju County." ”

"Okay, I'm done." Although he felt that the probability of success in this matter was very low, Li Shimin looked at Chen Zhengtai's confident appearance and wanted to open his eyes!

Li Shimin smiled and said: "Since it is a year, you don't have to worry, I am only thinking about your flying ball and gunpowder in my heart now, I must see it with my own eyes." ”

Chen Zhengtai said confidently: "After the teacher has seen it, he will definitely remember it even more." ”

Li Shimin looked at Chen Zhengtai's handsome face, this still young face, because of self-confidence, more smeared with an unremarkable look, Li Shimin inexplicably felt a little more expectation in his heart!

Three days passed.

Li Shimin took the civil and military ministers to Erpigou in high spirits.

Every time he came to Erpigou, he could find that this Erpigou was a little different from before.

Li Shimin couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it's good to be rich.

Chen Zhengtai was ready to take over early in the morning!

Anyway, it was not the first time that His Majesty came, he knew that his teacher didn't like extravagance, so he only let people clean up, and the third uncle was very happy when he heard that His Majesty was coming, and said that he would also accompany Chen Zhengtai to take over.

Chen Zhengtai looked at the third uncle a little embarrassed: "Uncle, it seems that Your Majesty doesn't like you very much." ”

The third uncle's eyes widened, and he blew his beard and said, "What is this, the emperor can still know the old man?" Zhengtai, are you afraid that Your Majesty will see the old man and steal your limelight? If this is the case, you should have said that the old man should shut up. ”

This...... This... It seems that it is difficult to explain to him that the emperor wants to cut him!

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