Breathtaking, truly breathtaking!

Seeing that Lin Yuyang, the left Cheng of the Chinese book, and Yu Ziqi, the right Cheng of the Chinese book, were rejected by a fourteen-year-old Huangkou Ruzi one by one, the emperor of Dawei secretly shouted in his heart, my son is really a talent!

Zhao Yuanxi couldn't help but look at He Xiangxu, the emperor of Great Wei at this time, where could he still care about letting these three Zhongshu ministers help reprimand and reprimand his stubborn son, he wanted to see if his strange son could refute He Xiangxu.

If even He Xiangxu, the old minister, refutes it, this is a strange story!

Seeing the slightly narrow gaze of the Son of Heaven, He Xiangxu smiled bitterly in his heart, of course he understood that this was the Son of Heaven's childlike innocence, purely to watch a good show, but how could this kind of thing make the Son of Heaven get his wish?

The three ministers of the dignified Zhongshu Province were actually refuted by a prince who was nearly fourteen years old, and if this was spread, the face of the ministers in the hall would be completely lost.

For the sake of the face of the Minister of Zhongshu and for the sake of his old face, He Xiangxu didn't want to capsize in the gutter.

He slowly paced in front of the Eighth Prince Hongrun, and carefully looked at this Eighth Highness who was different from the rest of the princes in words and deeds.

"What a smart highness......

He Xiangxu sighed in his heart, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "The old minister has been empty for decades, it is difficult to say that there is anything to teach His Highness, so let's tell His Highness a story." ”

"Please."

"Once, someone planted two saplings, one diligent in taking care of it, removing the weeds around the tree, cutting its crooked branches, and finally growing to a towering building, which has the purpose of being a pillar; The other plant is not managed enough, and its branches are thin and bent, so it cannot be used as a pillar, but as firewood. …… Your Highness wants to be a pillar? Firewood? ”

Zhao Yuanxi, the emperor of Great Wei, nodded secretly when he heard this.

Unexpectedly, the eighth prince Hongrun tilted his head and looked at He Xiangxu for a while, and did not answer, he also smiled and said: "This lord, how about this prince also tell a story to the boss?" ”

"Your Highness, please speak." He Xiangxu wondered when he heard it.

I saw Zhao Hongrun think slightly, open his mouth and say, "Let's continue with the story of the old man." …… The towering pillars were finally transported to the palace and became the pillars of the main hall. However, the rest of the beams have not arrived, and one of them alone cannot be a building. In the cold winter of the new year, the wood of this pillar is lonely and horizontal. Look at the Tree of Boxingqu, which the locals cut down as firewood, and hundreds of people were able to survive the winter. …… The boss wants to be a pillar? Firewood? ”

"......" He Xiangxu opened his mouth, but he was speechless.

It was originally an excellent fable to persuade the prince, but after Zhao Hongrun took a few words, the meaning of this story completely changed. In particular, Zhao Hongrun also pointed out a fact in the story: a majestic tree can indeed become the pillar of the building, but the problem is that a single beam is not enough to build the building, if there are no other beams, at best, it can only be lonely in the site as a decoration, useless. On the other hand, although it is not good-looking, it can provide heating and cooking for hundreds of people in the cold winter, helping them survive the harsh winter.

Which is higher or lower?

"Ha, it seems that this old face is difficult to preserve today......

He Xiangxu smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Although everyone in the palace knows that the Eighth Emperor Hongrun's reasoning is all crooked, the problem is that he talks about these crooked reasoning, and there is really some truth.

At this time, Zhao Yuanxi, the son of the Great Wei Dynasty, was really moved, he thought it was just a joke, but he didn't expect that his eighth son, Zhao Hongrun, really refuted the three Chinese scholars who were rich and five cars, although it was a trick, but this is something that even the sixth son of the emperor, Zhao Hongzhao, has never done.

"The Great Wei Ancestor has appeared, isn't this son's talent comparable to Hongzhao? It's really a thousand miles of horses!'

Zhao Yuanxi sighed with joy in his heart, but his face did not show it at all, after all, although Zhao Hongrun refuted the three ministers of Zhongshu, it also boosted his stubborn arrogance of being tired of studying and having fun, how could this wind help it?

Thinking of this, Zhao Yuanxi snorted coldly, and pretended not to care: "It's all crooked!" The three adults kindly persuaded you, but you messed around, which is really presumptuous! ”

"The father should have said this in advance, but at this time, it is not enough to convince the emperor......"

"Oh?" Zhao Yuanxi was amused when he heard this, touched his chin and said with a strange expression: "In this case, I came to ask you, do you dare to answer?" ”

Zhao Hongrun looked up at his father and said with a smile: "If my father has never refuted the emperor, is this father-in-law Tong also going to stand up and embarrass me?" ”

"What is this like?"

Although everyone in the hall felt funny, they didn't dare to speak casually, and the old eunuch Tong Xian hurriedly waved his hand and said, "How dare the old slave? ”

At this time, Zhao Yuanxi frowned and said, "I came to ask the last question, if you can answer it...... Well, I don't care about you skipping school. ”

He originally wanted to say that if you can answer, I will allow you not to go to the palace to study, but after thinking about it, Zhao Hongrun, this kid is very eccentric, maybe he can really answer, so the emperor of Great Wei immediately changed his words.

"That's it? …… Well, Father asked. Zhao Hongrun said with a blank face.

The Great Wei Tianzi pondered for a moment, and suddenly asked unexpectedly: "This morning in the Wende Palace, you put forward the words 'the people are rich and the country is strong', so I ask you, how to make the people rich?" ”

"Huh?"

The three Zhongshu ministers looked at the Great Wei Tianzi in surprise, and said in their hearts Isn't this admonishing His Royal Highness the stubborn prince, why did he change his policy? How to make the people rich, how can a 14-year-old Huangkou son answer this kind of national plan? Your Majesty, this is clearly embarrassing His Royal Highness.

But what surprised them even more was that Zhao Hongrun said a sentence without thinking: "Heavy business, thin endowment." ”

The implication is to support private business and reduce taxes.

"......" in the middle book right Cheng Yu Ziqi was shocked when he heard this, after all, Zhao Hongrun's words coincided with his thoughts.

"Sure enough, the answer came......

The face of the emperor of Dawei was still the same, because he had a premonition, otherwise he would not have changed his promise in time: "Taxation is the foundation of the country, how can it be said that it can be reduced." Let's talk more about mercantilism. ”

"What is there to elaborate on this, it is nothing more than to encourage the private sector to develop business." Zhao Hongrun said casually.

At this time, Yu Ziqi, the right of the Chinese book, couldn't help but speak: "But Your Highness, if you want to encourage the development of private commerce, you have to harm the interests of the powerful and nobles......

Zhao Hongrun turned his head and glanced at Yu Ziqi, and said indifferently: "In my Great Wei population, the powerful only account for two or three percent, but at least seven or eight percent of the wealth, take one or two to return to the people, what's the big deal?" ”

Yu Ziqi's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he felt like he had met a confidant. A moment ago, he was dissatisfied with this highness's insult to the saint's book, but at this moment, he longed to have a long talk with this highness.

His expression made He Xiangxu and Lin Yuyang look at each other and smile bitterly.

Fortunately, at this time, Zhao Yuanxi, the emperor of Great Wei, spoke in time: "If you think so, it doesn't mean that the magnates of my Great Wei also think so." Don't look at me as the Son of Heaven, but if all the powerful people in the world are dissatisfied with me, I will have a headache. Now that I, Dawei, can't touch the interests of those powerful people for the time being, in such a situation, how can I make the people strong? …… This is my question, if you can answer it, I will allow you not to go to the palace school, and make you another promise, otherwise, you will obediently give me to study in the palace every day. ”

As soon as the words fell, Yu Ziqi, who already had a good impression of Zhao Hongrun, couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty's words are a bit harsh, right?" Although His Royal Highness is smart, but after all, he is only a fourteen-year-old child, His Majesty asked, Weichen has lived in vain for nearly forty years, and it is difficult to answer the testament of more than 100 sages, so why should Your Majesty bother Your Highness? ”

"Otherwise, how can you let him go back to the palace obediently? This Yu Zi enlightened ......

Dawei Tianzi glanced at the minister of Zhongshu with a smile, and said in his heart that it was you who jumped out at the beginning and deliberately embarrassed this son, and you are the one who pleaded for him at this time, which side are you on?

Shaking his head secretly, Zhao Yuanxi ignored it, looked at Zhao Hongrun and asked, "On the premise of not touching the interests of the powerful, how can I make the people of Great Wei rich?" Can you answer that? ”

"It's easy." Zhao Hongrun said lightly.

"This matter...... It's easy?!'

Whether it was the Great Wei Emperor or the three ministers of Zhongshu, they were all stunned by Zhao Hongrun's words.

Suddenly, the hall was silent, only to hear Zhao Hongrun say without scruples: "Let's take an analogy, for example, the wealth owned by the magnates is the money in the left pocket of the father, and the money owned by the people of Dawei is the money in the right pocket of the father, and the father does not want to transfer the money in the left pocket to the right pocket, but he hopes that the money in the right pocket will increase, then there is only one way." ”

"What's the solution?" Zhao Yuanxi couldn't help but ask a little excitedly.

Zhao Hongrun glanced at the Great Wei Tianzi and said calmly: "Put the money in other people's pockets into the right pocket of my father!" ”

"Ridiculous!" When the Great Wei Tianzi heard this, he was disappointed, and said unhappily: "Can I still rob other people's wealth? ”

Before the words fell, I saw Yu Ziqi hurriedly shouting: "Your Majesty, slow down!" ”

Zhao Yuanxi looked at Yu Ziqi in surprise, but found that he was looking at Zhao Hongrun with an excited face, and asked in surprise and joy: "What does Your Highness mean to start from other countries?" ”

When Zhao Yuanxi heard this, he realized that he had thought about it.

Indeed, in addition to the Great Wei, there are other countries in the world, if you can find a way to take the wealth of other countries, it is undoubtedly a good way to make the people rich without touching the interests of the powerful people in their own country, but you can't just send troops to rob it, right? In that case, Great Wei will undoubtedly become the target of public criticism, and it will be jointly attacked by other countries, which will do more harm than good.

"How?" Yu Ziqi asked the question in the hearts of everyone in the hall, he didn't think that Zhao Hongrun would propose to directly send troops to rob such an ignorant word.

"Trade! By means of trade between countries! ”

"Trade with other countries?" Yu Ziqi gradually calmed down: "In previous years, my Great Wei also traded with other countries...... But I don't necessarily have any benefits. ”

"How did you do that?"

Yu Ziqi said truthfully: "One year, when the country was short of food, the monarch sent envoys to my Great Wei and begged His Majesty to subsidize a number of grains and grains, and as a reward, the country gave me a number of good horses, gold beads and jade, and ten beauties......

"Where's the beauty?" Caught off guard, Zhao Hongrun interjected with a grin and asked.

Yu Ziqi didn't expect this question, and subconsciously said: "Naturally, it was sent to the palace......"

Speaking of this, he was shocked, and then secretly glanced at the face of the Great Wei Tianzi, only to see that the latter's face seemed to be covered with a layer of black gas.

"Your Highness cheated me!"

Seeing Zhao Hongrun smiling heartlessly, Yu Ziqi wanted to cry without tears.