East Palace Chongjiao Hall

Li Shimin sat on the main seat, and Li Chengqian sat on the side, two people at a table, each holding a stack of documents to read.

On both sides of the hall below sat Li Jing, Gao Shilian and several prime ministers, as well as Wei Chigong, Liu Hongji, Hou Junji, Li Shiji, Li Daozong, Zhang Shigui, Li Daliang, Su Dingfang and other generals, and in the row behind them were Gao Jifu and other Shangshu, Zhongshu, and officials under the door, and these people were also holding documents in their hands.

Now is the time when the April day in the world is neither hot nor cold, and it is very suitable for work, and the prime minister and the generals are very serious when they look at the "First Ten-Year Plan of the Tang Dynasty", and they are very happy to look at and stroke their beards from time to time.

Gao Jifu and others in the back were sorting out the minutes of the meeting submitted by Li Chengqian and Li Shimin who had just reviewed the history of the East Palace.

Seeing that Li Chengqian only found out the key point through some superficial answers, he was also impressed, so he was also very involved in his work.

Among the crowd was Li Shimin, who was very impatient to sit on it and look at some of the parents' short records, but he also knew that there were a lot of things about people's livelihood, so he still frowned and looked down.

After Li Chengqian finished reading the stack of documents in his hand, he sorted them out and put them on the table, and the old ghost hurriedly picked them up and handed them a small chamberlain to Gao Jifu and their desks.

Li Chengqian raised his head and moved his sore neck, picked up the teacup on the table, drank the tea in the cup in one go, put down the teacup and said to the old ghost: "Go and ask Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu, have they started to preach the 'First Ten-Year Plan of the Tang Dynasty' to the people who participated in the Qiansuo political banquet?"

"Yes!" The old ghost hurriedly went out when he heard this.

Li Shimin also raised his head at this time and sighed: "How is it good that the people's homes have no grain in this bumper harvest year after year?"

As soon as these words came out, all the ministers in the hall put down the documents in their hands and looked up at Li Shimin, not knowing why he suddenly sighed.

Only Li Chengqian glanced at Gao Jifu when he heard this, and Gao Jifu also looked at Li Chengqian in amazement at this time, and when he saw Li Chengqian's eyes, he got up and asked, "Why does Your Majesty sigh like this?"

Li Chengqian couldn't help but roll his eyes and whispered: "What a question!" ”

Gao Jifu's face immediately became very embarrassed.

Fortunately, Li Shimin always has to be more generous than Li Chengqian, so he was not angry when he heard this, picked up a stack of documents on the table and said to everyone: "I read the records of the interrogations presented by the book history, and found that in many people's homes, there is only one year's worth of grain in their homes, and even if there is grain, it is sold cheaply, and sometimes a bucket can't be sold for a dollar!" ”

When Zhu Sui heard this, he immediately stood up and said loudly: "These black-hearted profiteers have harmed the people so much, and I ask Your Majesty to issue an edict to severely punish these profiteers!" ”

Li Chengqian shook his head when he heard this: "This is also nonsense, there is nothing wrong with businessmen making profits, and in the past few years, a bucket of grain in the east and west cities of Chang'an City has only been sold for three or four dollars, wouldn't they have to lose money if they collect money?"

"Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is right, those profiteers can't make two or three times as much money?" The people of the Zhongshu House also stood up and said.

Li Chengqian said unceremoniously: "The two or three times what you said in the book is only two or three dollars, but you must know that it costs money for merchants to collect grain and transport grain, it costs money to build warehouses, taxes have to be paid in the east and west cities, and the shopkeepers still have to spend money, and if they are not stored properly, they will lose money if they are moldy and rotten." ”

The ministers in the palace listened to it, thought about it carefully, and felt that it was really what Li Chengqian said.

couldn't help but look at Li Chengqian, and when Li Shimin saw this, he said to Li Chengqian: "If the prince has anything to say, just say it directly?"

"Father and Emperor, the son has ordered Xue Qing's family to build a new big warehouse on Longshou Plain, and wait until the autumn court pays for the grain to fill it up."

Li Shimin thought for a moment when he heard this, and was about to nod, but saw Gao Jifu bow down again and said: "Your Majesty, I and the Tang Dynasty pursue the policy of hiding wealth from the people, and the minister also asked Your Majesty to order the people to build warehouses to store grain on their own." ”

In the main hall, except for Ma Zhou who looked at Gao Jifu and shook his head slightly, most of the people looked at Li Shimin and waited for him to make a decision, but Li Chengqian actually saw that there were still a few people with a look of intention on their faces, as if they thought that Gao Jifu's method was feasible.

Seeing this, Li Chengqian's face sank and he was about to reprimand Gao Jifu, but he heard Li Shimin smile bitterly: "Gao Qing's words are wrong, if the people can build warehouses to store grain by themselves, why should I sigh like this?"

Gao Qing needs to know that many people's houses are only a few thatched houses, where can they afford to build warehouses?"

"Huh?" Gao Jifu was completely stunned.

"If there is no investigation, there is no right to speak, Gao Qing's family said yesterday that you can't read some books and stick them in your stomach, you are a person like you!" Li Chengqian said unceremoniously.

Gao Jifu's forehead was sweating when he heard this, his face was blue and white for a while, and he didn't know what to do for a while!

Seeing this, Li Shimin glanced at Li Chengqian with dissatisfaction and said, "Why is the prince so mean? Gao Qing is also afraid that you have made a mistake and have no malicious intent, even if you don't listen to his advice, you can't be so reprimanded. This is the way of being a king summed up by Li Shimin.

Gao Jifu's face was slightly better when he heard this, and he thought for a while: "The minister's talent is so shallow that he has repeatedly made disobedient remarks, and he has misunderstood His Royal Highness the Prince's foresight and is willing to be punished. As he spoke, he bowed to the ground and did not get up.

Li Chengqian thought that Gao Jifu had always supported him as the crown prince after all, and when he saw him like this, he sighed in his heart and said, "Father, you allow your sons to finish speaking." As he spoke, he got up and limped to Gao Jifu to help him up, grabbed his arm with both hands, looked into his eyes and said: "It's not that King Gu is mean and deliberately reprimands Gao Qing's family, King Gu only tells the truth, the scriptures that Gao Qing reads are all books from the pre-Qin period, and the era of writing books is far from the Tang Dynasty. Gao Jifu nodded with a flushed face when he heard this.

Seeing this, Li Chengqian let go of him, took two steps in the hall, and glanced at the crowd: "But one thing remains the same, that is, governing the country and the people should be benevolent, as long as this national policy is beneficial to the majority of the people in the world, then it can be implemented, and vice versa." Everyone nodded in approval.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, how can we know whether the national policy implemented by the imperial court is beneficial to the people?" Su Dingfang got up and handed a message to Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian nodded when he heard this, motioned for him to sit down, and then said loudly: "As for how to be good for the majority of the people in the world, it will be different according to the different periods, and this requires those in power to know what the people think and what the people need......

Li Chengqian said such a lot of things, Li Shimin and the ministers in the palace were stunned for a while, standing on their own standpoint, they really don't know why the imperial court should do things according to the ideas of the people, but they also feel that what Li Chengqian said does have a certain amount of truth......

Just when the hall was quiet, Zhu Suiliang stood up with a frown and said, "Shouldn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's court put the teaching of all the people first?"

Li Chengqian sneered when he heard this: "Zi Shiwei, Ran has a servant." Zi said: 'Why! Ran You said: "If you are a concubine, why do you add anything?" He said, "Rich." He said, "If you are rich, why not?" He said, "Teach it." ’”

This is a passage from the Analects of Confucius where Confucius told his students that the land was already very densely populated, and his students asked him what he should do next since it was densely populated.

Confucius said: Make them rich.

His students asked again: What about when you get rich?

Confucius said: Educate them.

Zhu Suiliang, Gao Jifu and others immediately turned pale when they heard Li Chengqian recite this paragraph of the "Analects", and they hurriedly lifted their robes and knelt down, bowed their heads and did not say a word.

Li Shimin and the ministers in the hall were all shocked when they saw this, and Gao Jifu didn't forget it, then Zhu Suiliang was the first minister of the Tang Dynasty except for Wei Zheng, and now he was persuaded by Li Chengqian's words, which is really incredible.

Li Chengqian ignored everyone's thoughts, looked at Zhu Suiliang and Gao Jifu and said unrelentingly: "Don't kneel, get up and go back, each of you copy the Analects a few times, and then write an article about it." ”

"Obey the order!" Hearing this, the two of them got up like obedient elementary school students.

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That night, the Manna Hall was brightly lit, but the sound of a needle drop could be heard quietly.

Li Shimin sat on the Luohan bed and was silent, and below sat Gao Shilian, Li Jing, Li Shiji and Li Daozong, and several people were also sitting expressionlessly, motionless waiting for Li Shimin to speak.

After a while, Li Shimin said quietly: "All the ministers are all humerus, and today's words must be true." ”

Everyone listened to it with a pang in their hearts, knowing that what Li Shimin was going to say was very important, so they hurriedly got up and saluted solemnly: "The ministers obey the order." ”

Seeing this, Li Shimin raised his hands and asked a few people to sit down, and when he saw that several people were seated, he said solemnly: "What do you think of the prince?"

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