It was a very hot day, but my father summoned me to the palace to discuss matters.

Actually, I originally wanted to go, but I was too lazy to walk around because the weather was too hot, and Xun Jian also said that my body couldn't stand the hot weather.

Zimin was not at ease, and accompanied me to the palace gate by car, I got out of the car and entered the palace gate, and I sweated not long after walking.

It was so hot that I felt a little dizzy from the sun.

Finally arrived at the Liangyi Palace, my father sat on the throne, and now I look at him again, but I can only look up, although it is just a small thing, my heart is not too happy.

Dad walked down the imperial steps and said with a smile: "Chen Yanshou said that you have been a little lazy these days, but is it true?" ”

I arched my hand and said: "Father......" I wanted to call my father, but I suddenly remembered my father's identity and changed my words, "Father, the two prime ministers Pei and Liu are really a little ...... Uh, it seems to be a little older, a little ......"

Dad laughed and said, "My father is older than both of them, don't you think my father is too old?" ”

He didn't forget to touch his beard as he spoke, and looked at me with a smile.

I was speechless for a while, but in fact, my father was indeed old.

Seeing that I bowed my head and didn't answer, my father smiled and said, "I came to you for my father, and I have something to discuss with you." The country's financial resources depend on taxes. If it falls apart today, there are people everywhere in the vicinity of Jingzhao, plus several years of chaos, the fields are barren, the people are not able to make a living, and there is no way to talk about taxation. Although there is surplus grain and money in the treasury of Daxing Palace, it is not a long-term solution to sit and eat empty, according to your opinion, what should I do? ”

This is not about fighting for the world, but about ruling the world.

In my previous experience in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the number of households in a place often represents the prosperity of the place, and tracing back history can also find this, in fact, since the founding of the Sui Empire, compared with previous dynasties, have reached the point of unprecedented prosperity, otherwise Yang Guang would not have the capital to build palaces and canals.

I thought about it, there are too many things to learn from in history, so I arched my hand and said: "Father, there are many displaced people, most of them are homeless and leave their hometowns, and most of the land around Gyeonggi is annexed by wealthy families, if you can distribute the land in their hands to the displaced people, and then use a part of their harvest to set taxes, so that you can do it." ”

Dad frowned and pondered for a long time, but shook his head and said: "Although your idea is good, but it is really difficult to implement, the reason why we can gain a foothold in Chang'an is not to rely on the homeless people, but these big families, offending them, isn't it digging their own graves?" Not only will it not stabilize the rear, but it will cause unnecessary turmoil. ”

Dad's words are not unreasonable, if it really follows my thoughts, I am afraid that I will offend all the families in Chang'an City who welcomed us into the master.

I had to smile bitterly and said, "In this way, then I have to wait for the wolf smoke to be wiped out, the Sihe is calmed, and then slowly clean them up?" ”

Dad nodded thoughtfully, patted me on the shoulder and smiled, "Not bad." ”

But the problem of displaced people still needs to be solved.

I thought about it again and said: "Father, now that the treasury is full, and there is Western Qin in the northwest, it is better to allocate some money and grain to register the displaced people, and as for the west of Chang'an, buy back the land near Chang'an from the hands of the wealthy family and distribute it to the displaced people." They put their family business here, and if Western Qin really attacked, they would do their best to defend Chang'an. And if this practice is preached to the world, our 'Li Tang' will be praised by people and counted in one fell swoop. I don't know if my father can be willing to do it? ”

My father was noncommittal to my proposal, and only asked, "In your opinion, who can do this?" ”

I can't think of a single person.

Easier said than done, I have known it for a long time, and I have touched the wall a few times. Whether this thing is done well or not, it will inevitably offend people.

Seeing that I was speechless, my father smiled and said: "Yang Guang once opened a department to recruit scholars, although this move offended the wang family, but it was a way to recruit talents, and people who were hired like this had much less scruples." ”

Are you talking about the imperial examination? I have to admire my father's foresight, today's officialdom is almost all controlled by the children of the family, such as Yu Wenzhi and those who have no virtue and no deeds, can also rely on Yu Wenshu's status to achieve the position of a general.

But Zhang Wensu, no matter how much Yang Su appreciated him back then, he was only a pianist, and he couldn't get involved in his career at all.

I nodded and said, "What my father said is very true. ”

On the way back to Shizifu from Daxing Palace, I couldn't help but start thinking about the question raised by my father.

There was a pang of amazement in my heart, and I suddenly found that I didn't know when there was too much fun around me.

Now when I look in the mirror, I am no longer the childish child I was at the beginning.

When I was in the Shizi Mansion, I often wore a light blue shirt, covered with a layer of tulle, tied with a belt embellished with red plums around my waist, and hung a peace charm that Zi Min asked for me from Daxingshan Temple.

Zimin likes me like this.

When I returned to the Shizi's Mansion, I almost immediately ran to the Ink Hall to look through the old documents. But when he ran to the door, he suddenly stopped, and the official documents that he sorted out back then, whether they were useful or not, were burned to ashes by the Yin World Master.

I thought about it, shook my head and turned back to the room, changed the clothes I usually wore in the house, and just walked to the front yard when I ran into Chen Yanshou and Xun Yi.

When I saw Chen Yanshou, my first reaction was to dodge, but unfortunately he had already glanced at me from a distance.

As I expected, he told me again, to the effect that I am becoming less and less like a son now, to be more precise, my father is the emperor, and I am the prince, but compared with the past, it seems frivolous and improper.

I smiled lightly, and didn't tell the difference, but said: "Chen Changshi, entering the palace today, my father hopes to properly settle the displaced people near Chang'an, and has promised to open the treasury to help the displaced people, what is Chen Changshi's opinion?" ”

Chen Yanshou had no choice but to smile, knowing that I was unwilling to pick up his stubble, so he deliberately interrupted him with words, and he no longer knew me in general.

We discussed these things for a long time, but in fact, we couldn't come up with a compromise solution, either ignoring the displaced people or offending the family.

After Chen Yanshou left, Xun Yi stayed, and couldn't help but smile: "The prince looks like this, but he is more and more similar to Zhang Wensu." Could it be that the son of the world is no longer based on the court, but wants to be like him, and return to the forest? ”

Xun Yi knew each other after all, and his few words of understatement completely guessed my thoughts.

That's right, the longer this Tang prince does it, the more he feels that it is not interesting, and he wanted to rewrite history at the beginning, but after he didn't experience any big storms, he didn't bother to toss anymore.

I looked at Xun Yiyi: "Li Shimin will soon lead the troops to Pingxue Ju." Mr. Xun, I asked you to be his lieutenant, what do you think? ”

(End of chapter)