In the Hall of Houde, looking at the recital of the overseas mansion, Liu Xi couldn't help laughing, Zhuge Liang sat in front of him, stroked his beard, smiled, and then Liu Xi said: "Kong Ming, Yao'er, this kid, did a really good job, great, didn't lose his father's face... I was still thinking about whether to arrange him to enter the East Palace in advance to accompany the crown prince... I didn't expect that. ”

"What he did is still flawed, or a little anxious, he has to make some achievements within a year, in fact, if this policy can be implemented, it should be a century-old plan, and there is no need to rush it." , Zhuge Liang said seriously.

Liu Xi shook his head, "Kong Ming, in order to invite Yao'er's name, you have also paid a lot, with such an influential decree, you directly inform Yao'er and let him be responsible, you are not afraid that he will mess you up..."

"Your Majesty, the minister is not overseas, this policy, the minister himself naturally cannot be implemented, and the overseas servant shoots Zhou Jun, how arrogant he is, when he is in the East Palace, he and the minister are not too harmonious, and then because the minister taught Yao'er, he is a little dissatisfied in his heart, if I go to inform him, he may not use it, but if Yao'er proposes it, he will definitely use it."

"As for Yao'er herself, what she lacks is only such an opportunity to be in charge, and the minister will sharpen him for a few years, and in the future, he will definitely be a talent of the three orders."

Liu Xi nodded, and then sighed: "Kong Ming, you are a person who doesn't want to be famous... It's not much. ”

The two talked about overseas things again, and then talked about the law, Zhuge Liang said: "Thanks to Xun Linggong's work, the promotion of the law is very good, the whole Han is now learning this new law, so far, in the process of implementation, we have not found anything wrong, we thought that the law would bring temporary turmoil to the Han... But that didn't happen. ”

"In terms of agriculture, there are a variety of regulations in the law to protect farmers, and even regulations to promote agricultural development, such as subsidies for agricultural tools, subsidies for farming animals, handicrafts, and commerce.

"What?? The treasury is empty again?? I've been saving up for fifteen years?? Liu Xi's eyes widened, and he asked incredulously, he is different from his father and ancestors, since he ascended the throne, he has not launched a large-scale war, and he is saving his family money, all in preparation for the future expedition to Guishan.

"How many are left now?? It's not all going to be empty, alas. This...", Liu Xi couldn't sit still, stood up anxiously, and wandered back and forth in the Houde Palace, his face was extremely uneasy, "My hard work! Seeing the Son of Heaven looking so distressed, Zhuge Liang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, don't be in a hurry, the treasury can completely support Yankanglu." ”

"It's just that in the early stage, there will be a lot of money and food to be spent, because of the provisions of the law, fake people's public land, fake people's farming livestock, and all kinds of encouragement and reward regulations, household registration, survey of cultivated land, reform of salt and iron, etc., so a lot of materials are consumed, and then, the cost will not be so huge, besides, the income of the law will soon return to the treasury again..."

When Liu Xi heard this, he raised his head, and a glimmer of hope ignited in his eyes, "Then my treasury will be full again?" ”

Zhuge Liang hesitated for a moment, and then said: "I'm afraid it won't, because these incentive policies will be implemented next year... It won't cost much, but it will still cost you. ”

"You mean, the treasury will only have money for a month or two of a year, and the rest of the time it's empty??" , Liu Xi's eyes widened, and he shouted with some annoyance: "Isn't this a mess?" If there is a natural or man-made disaster, how should the temple go to the disaster relief? There are no supplies in the temple, so how should the temple go about issuing administrative orders, this..."

"Your Majesty, the annual expenditure includes disaster relief funds, administrative funds, etc., before the implementation of the Yankang Law, the minister and Liu Ba discussed, this is the result of our negotiations together, hiding money and the people, hiding grain and the people, in the past, the idea of hearing the people, put it now, it is a little backward, and the treasury has accumulated so much wealth, what is the effect?"

"To make the circulation of wealth faster in the people, in order to make wealth play a role, in the process of circulation, wealth will create more wealth, for example....", Zhuge Liang picked up the pen and ink, and began to calculate in front of Liu Xi, saying some professional terms, his mouth was full of what economy, temples, folk and the like, a piece of paper was quickly filled with all kinds of messy things.

Liu Xi suddenly looked at the paper, and with Zhuge Liang's explanation and writing, he nodded from time to time and smiled.

"Your Majesty, what do you think?"

"Well, what you said is right, as soon as you write this, I understand...", Liu Xi smiled, but scolded in his heart, what is this?? Can you write something that people can understand?

"I didn't expect that Kong Ming would have such attainments in this aspect of arithmetic...", Liu Xi praised with a smile, Zhuge Liang shook his head, "The minister is far inferior to Liu Jun, it's just that the minister didn't expect that His Majesty also has such attainments, on weekdays, many ministers need to explain many times before they can understand that Your Majesty is really worthy of the grandson of Xiaokang, and when the minister hears about it, Emperor Xiaokang is proficient in various fields..."

Zhuge Liang and Liu Xi have a very good personal relationship, and the two occasionally chat about other things.

Liu Xi nodded embarrassedly, but he was annoyed in his heart, he was really embarrassed to his grandfather, Ye Ye was so proficient in arithmetic, why didn't there be a person in the offspring who was quite accomplished in this area? Alas....

Obviously, Zhuge Liang did not find Liu Xi's pretense, but seriously talked to him about foreign trade, overseas trade, and even how to operate in the private sector after the accumulation of wealth, whether the issuance of paper money can allow the country to save copper money on a large scale, and whether the large issuance of paper money will have an impact on the market.

Liu Xi really doesn't know anything about this.

But he was helpless, in order to maintain the dignity of the king, he still had to speak actively, of course, he followed Zhuge Liang's words.

"Your Majesty, I think that paper money can be issued at will, which is different from copper coins, so the temple must always pay attention to the issuance of paper money, if there are too many issues, I am afraid that it will cause false prosperity in the market, I will inform Liu Gong of my worries, Liu Gong also attaches great importance to it, we are thinking about this problem, I don't know what Your Majesty thinks?"

"I agree with you, indeed, if too much banknotes are issued, it will create false prosperity, we must be truly prosperous, and we cannot engage in false things."

"Oh? Your Majesty means that let us issue paper money according to the copper coins stored in the treasury and truthfully do not let the paper money exceed its real value? Your Majesty is a great talent!! ”

"Haha... Cough.. I only know a thing or two, Kong Ming, within the law, except for money, there is no other problem? Liu Xi wiped the sweat from his forehead and hurriedly asked, the problem of the emptiness of the treasury has long been left behind by him, there are these guys who don't look like people looking at the treasury of the Han Dynasty, thinking that the problems they are worried about can be easily solved, don't understand the words of people who understand, don't talk nonsense, this is the truth that Xiaoxian taught him.

Zhuge Liang frowned and said: "Also, in terms of official learning, official learning is a bottomless pit..."

Liu Xi finally exhaled and finally reached the realm that he could understand.

"Your Majesty, today's official education is not yet complete, and the minister feels that if you want to popularize education, you must form a clear system, so there are also regulations in the law, and the official credits are divided into schools, the so-called schools, that is, the enlightenment of young children, limited to three years, into the assessment, into the official school, the official school is a secondary school, also three years, assessment, into the door of the school and other institutions, four years... Only then are you eligible to participate in the formal assessment! ”

Zhuge Liang said seriously: "But in this way, the cost is huge, just the book materials... Sacrificial wine... It will make a huge expenditure in the treasury, but the minister believes that it is very worthwhile, which must pay attention to the relationship between expenditure and harvest...", at first, Liu Xi can still understand, when Zhuge Liang let go of himself again, and talked about education expenditure and harvest very happily, Liu Xi was a little unable to keep up.

And when Zhuge Liang began to calculate the number of scholars in the future, the preferential treatment of scholars, and even thinking about the agricultural population and scholar population of the Han Dynasty in two hundred years, and thinking about whether the agricultural mulberry of the Han Dynasty would be greatly affected by this, Liu Xi was already confused.

"Kong Ming... Let's talk about this another day, I'm having a headache."

"Your Majesty, I also know a little bit of medical skills, I don't know if it's a pain in my forehead or a pain in the back of my head? If it's a double forehead, it's easier, but if it's the back of the head, it's dangerous..."

"My forehead hurts..."

"That may be that Your Majesty is overworked, please rest your Majesty earlier, by the way, there are also manual and canal matters, the minister is also a little confused, tomorrow the minister will come again, and work with Your Majesty to solve this important matter."

Liu Xi wanted to speak and stopped, looked at Zhuge Liang in front of him, pondered for a long time, and then asked: "Kong Ming, I heard that the development of Yuzhou is very good, why don't you learn from the development content of Yuzhou in the past and then promote it to the whole country?" ”

Zhuge Liang stroked his beard and smiled lightly.

"Your Majesty's reputation, Yuzhou was the minister before, if Your Majesty wants to promote, I will tell Your Majesty the key points, why go to Yuzhou in person?"

Liu Xi patted his forehead violently and closed his eyes tremblingly.

"Your Majesty is too tired, later, the minister asked the husband at home to send a few big fish to Your Majesty, which are my master's favorite food during his lifetime, Your Majesty doesn't know, this fish of Donghao is actually with dragon whiskers... The taste is very fresh..."