If you are an emperor, you should have the appearance of an emperor, what an emperor should look like, so there are precedents to follow in the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, Li Mao does not want to break the rules formed in the past thousand years because of his own preferences, but he also does not want to be a completely rule-abiding emperor.

Now that you have the opportunity, why not make some changes?

The grand palace and the glorious etiquette system left to him by the former Tang Dynasty were all inherited by him, which is the essence of culture, and it is a pity to abandon it, even the honor guard discarded by Li Han was also picked up by him, and it was taken out at the court meeting and celebration to show off the scenery, show off a show, and find the meaning of the king of the world and all things.

Other times, it's still necessary to keep a low profile and be frugal. Since the emperor has to do it for the rest of his life, and he has to do it for his children and grandchildren, then he must do it well, and if the official does not do well, he can go home to farm, and if the emperor does not do well, how can he have land to plant? He is the founder of the country, everything is difficult at the beginning, and how the new empire will operate needs to be planned by himself, which is naturally not easy.

Since it is not easy, it is all the more necessary to be trembling, modest and cautious.

A Taiji Palace is already luxurious enough, plus a Daming Palace, not to mention anything else, how much does it cost to repair in a single year, so many palaces are uninhabited, and they will decay quickly, which is also a huge waste.

Li Mao stood on the high palace platform, overlooking the golden and splendid palace in the distance, not the ecstasy imagined by others, but full of anxiety.

"Cut the world and serve yourself, one, one, one, the world is thin and the royal is fat, and when the world can't support the emperor, the royal family and the royal seven aunts and eight aunts, it is the day when the sky collapses.

"Throughout history and modernity, countries have either died in disasters, civil unrest, invasion by foreign enemies, or internal strife. Small countries are prone to disasters and invasion by foreign enemies, and large countries are mostly killed by civil unrest and internal strife, whether it is disasters, civil unrest, internal strife or invasion by foreign enemies, in fact, all of them are appearances, and the collapse of the country is in essence the collapse of finances, especially in a country like my Dayan, the empire is vast, the etiquette is prosperous, the civilization is brilliant, the people are numerous, and the products are abundant. The country has disasters every year, but it is impossible for the whole country to have disasters at the same time, and the country may have civil upheavals, but it is impossible for the whole country to rebel. There are mountains and rivers to rely on, and there is a huge room for turnaround, and the invasion of foreign enemies can be used for a while, but it is easy to destroy this country. The most important thing to guard against is infighting, no matter how thick the brothers of the family are, they will be finished sooner or later.

"There is a folk proverb: seven things to open the door, firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea. Life is inseparable from money, and governing the country is inseparable from money, and the country's treasury cannot be empty if it wants to stabilize it. In a huge country, where hundreds of millions of dollars are paid in land rents and taxes every year, a key part of why it is empty is that the number of rentiers is greater than the output of laborers. More people are better for farming, and fewer people are better for the New Year. On the other hand, if there are few people who farm and there are many people during the New Year, it will be terrible, and this family will be poor sooner or later.

"Before the Tang Dynasty destroyed the country, the internal and external warehouses couldn't take out a penny, and the last emperor and queen had a wedding, and they couldn't even take out the money to hire someone to carry the sedan chair. Why? The population in the palace is tens of thousands at every turn, and the emperor has hundreds of millions of dollars for a meal, hundreds of millions of dollars for a meal, hundreds of millions of dollars for buying a horse, and hundreds of millions of dollars for a year, and the expenses are huge and unrestrained. The bureaucracy is stacked on top of each other, malignantly inflated, and there are many redundant officials and redundant personnel. The army was bloated, in the early years of Changqing, there were 960,000 military horses registered in the country, and during the Kaiyuan Tianbao period, there were only 500,000. There are more people who eat idle food and less people who work, and the foundation of the stability of the world is shaken.

"It's like a person, his body is hollowed out, and an ordinary wind and cold will kill him, and a casual fall can kill him. Abstinence to nourish oneself and strengthen one's body can one live for a few more years. Only by consolidating the foundation of moderation can the national glory last. It is easy to go from thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift, and it is easy to accept that you are used to living a hard life and living a good life. I am used to living a good life, but it will be difficult to live a hard life. It's human nature, and it's not easy to change it, so it's best to live a hard life from the beginning. ”

But the question is, why do you have to live a hard life when you have a good life, relying on your realization? One person, for a while, it will definitely be unreliable in the long run, then there must be external supervision, you are the son of the emperor, the prince, the prince of the county, who can control the whole world? If you add me, the emperor, and your concubines, who can control it, and who dares to control it? I'm still sober, you haven't tasted the sweetness of power yet, tie your hands and don't touch that temptation. This is not self-abuse, this is for the long term, I will tie your hands and feet again, you are still noble, you can still live a richer and happier life than the vast majority of people in this world, and you don't have to do anything. This alone is the envy of the people of the world. ”

In the Hongwen Hall of the East Palace in the east of the Taiji Palace, Li Ming, King of De, Li Zun, King of Bohai County, Li Rail, King of Xiangyang County, Li Hai, King of Linchuan County, Li Jian, King of Xuancheng County, Li Muxian, King of Yong'an County, and Li Changle, King of Liaodong County, sat in a precarious position and listened to the lessons of his father and emperor.

Hongbunkan is a palace school for the children of relatives and nobles, and the children of officials of the third rank or above in the DPRK and Central China are eligible to enter the school after passing the test. The teachers here are all scholars, high-ranking officials, and heroes. The content of the teaching is not the epic scriptures read by ordinary scholars, but it is all-encompassing and very complex, but there is only one center: governing the country.

The vast majority of them will take up the banner of their fathers and swim to their deaths in the ocean of power. Li Mao's sons are also studying in the Hongwen Hall for the time being, and the vast majority of them will become a generation of virtuous (idle) kings, who have nothing to do with the supreme power for life, and they are actually accompanying the prince to study here, but who is the prince has not yet been decided.

Because of the busy state affairs, Li Mao rarely had time to check the studies of the princes, and it was easy to be free on this day, the original intention was to check the studies of the princes, but Li Ming was the main guest, and he commanded an army, and asked the emperor's father to report his ideas on governing the country.

At the beginning of the new dynasty, the world had not yet been truly unified, but the emperor had already begun to limit power, not only the power of courtiers, but also the imperial power itself. The kings studied in the Hongwen Pavilion, lived and attended classes with other students at the same time, and there was no special treatment, the princes and county kings were mixed up in this part, and the dissatisfaction with the emperor's father was not just slandered in his heart, Li Ming's "stirring up trouble" was to find out.

After Li Mao finished saying this long paragraph, he took the tea handed by Cai Wencai and took a sip. Zhuzi muttered urgently for a while, and recommended Li Muxian to fire first.

Li Muxian is the brother of Li Ming's compatriot, Li Ming's words are few and deep, Li Muxian's words are more cheerful, the prince's title is undecided, all the kings are holding their breath and fighting, but Li Muxian is light and light, he cares about everything, and still has a big grinning temperament, everyone recommended him to come out, he stood up and asked: "The world is the result of my father's hard work, this world should naturally be my Li family to sit, so demanding of himself, tying his hands and feet, isn't it cheap for outsiders?" The son is stupid, please wake up the father. ”

Li Mao nodded and said to Li Ming, the king of Germany: "You come to say a few words to the third child." ”