This is how things are in the world, some things are not wanted by others, but what they do not want. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info With Lu Fei's wealth and power in the world today, if she wants honor and wealth, Lu Fei must be very generous, and she will give whatever she wants. But what she wanted, Lu Fei couldn't give it, what did she want?

Lu Fei sighed and said, "I am very grateful and apologetic. ”

The white lady glanced at him, "I haven't admitted my mistake yet, but you have recognized your mistake." What to apologize for, and what to thank for? ”

Lu Fei said slowly: "I have lived for so many years, and all I have seen is the weak and the strong, and I only believe in strength and pros and cons. However, it is also certain that there is indeed a thing in this world, which cannot be touched or seen, but it really exists in the world...... See for yourself. ”

He showed a reluctant smile: "I thank you for protecting me with so many years, it's hard to be very careful." ”

Perhaps most women in the world like that kind of thing, not wealth, not power, but a real feeling, an emotion that belongs only to her.

The white lady pursed her lips, her eyes were shining, as if she was pleading and pitiful, but her expression was still very serious.

Lu Fei looked at her eyes, sad for a while, and said in his heart: "I'm also very ashamed, I can't give you what you want!" ”

The White Lady laughed, as if she smiled bitterly and sneered, "Needless to say, I already know what kind of person you are." What do I want, and what have I ever wanted? Instead of asking for those unrealistic things, why don't you give me back my freedom, I said a long time ago, the palace is not where I want to stay, I'm used to it, and now you're not the original Feige. ”

Lu Fei couldn't answer in time for a while, he wouldn't let the white lady leave him.

The white lady's heart fluctuated for a while, trembling like jelly, and seemed to be a little angry. Her mood was very unstable, and she said a little weakly: "I know, I can't leave the palace, and I can't be by your side like the two queens, and I don't want to be jealous in the harem, it's just ...... Sometimes I can't help it. I don't understand how you do it when you're good for this for a while, and then turn your head to be good for another! She said coldly, "I really admire." "I'm a little angry again.

Lu Fei said: "Single-mindedness is more cruel. ”

The White Lady looked at him in surprise.

Lu Fei said in a deep voice: "With the national system and the rules of the world at this time, people like us, the consequences of being favored by ourselves are even more serious. ”

The white lady was speechless for all her thoughts.

After Lu Fei finished speaking, his tone immediately softened, and he said kindly: "I can only treat you with my heart, and I have done this all these years, haven't I?" ”

"Hmm." The white lady's body was soft, and she didn't seem to be able to lift her strength.

Lu Fei tried to reach out and touch the back of her hand, but she didn't refuse, and he took her slightly larger and slender hand in the palm of his hand.

At this time, the white lady asked in a low voice: "That Tuoba Agarwood looks unfamiliar, the emperor just wants to use her to stabilize the party?" ”

Lu Fei said in his heart that he really didn't have any feelings for Tuoba Agarwood, and he was very dissatisfied with her escape; But she is just a woman, she has done something wrong, she has been sold around because of her power interests, and she is actually a poor person in this unaccompanied place, even if she is the lord of the county.

But when he said this to the white lady, it was obviously nothing to do, and Lu Fei quietly said "um".

The White Lady was finally satisfied.

Lu Fei took the opportunity to say, "Let me serve you well?" ”

After hearing this, the white lady laughed out loud and gave him a blank look.

**

…… Tuoba Agarwood had returned to the palace where he lived sullenly, with an older eunuch steward and a palace maid by his side. The eunuch was fighting for her: "It is said that it is to punish the white lady, but the method is not to let her go out for half a month...... Is this a punishment or a good thing? ”

The palace maid said, "What else? At least it is wrong to admit that she is disobedient to Concubine Niangniang, and the identity of Niangniang is obvious! That is, the white lady provoked us, how can someone else be so light! ”

Tuoba Agarwood muttered: "I'm not even a woman with no name, do you think it's superfluous for me to marry here?" ”

The palace woman said: "Don't say such depressing words, there are thousands of women in this palace, how many people dream of having such an identity and status, and they can't ask for it!" Concubine Jin, that's one of the four concubines! In the whole world, the most noble woman under the queen, only Zhou Hou is taller than you, what more miles do you need? ”

Tuoba Agarwood couldn't be happy when he heard it, and he didn't have any energy at all.

The palace maid stepped forward and whispered again: "Do you think the emperor favors the white lady?" ”

Tuoba Agarwood said: "Am I stupid? ”

The palace lady said: "It is said that the white lady has been following the emperor for a long time, and if she really wants to fight, she can't just look at her status...... To put it mildly, in the palace, who has a high status and who has a low status, is not the emperor's words? There is a sentence that the slave and maid don't know whether to say it or not......"

Tuoba Agarwood said weakly: "Just say anything, it's useless for me to have face in front of you." ”

The palace maid said carefully: "The slave and maid don't know how to talk too much, but I really can't help but want to remind the mother." If the slave doesn't want to be a good mother, there is no need to say something to annoy people. ”

Tuoba Agarwood glanced at her: "Say." ”

The palace maid then bent down and put her mouth to Tuoba Agarwood's ear.

The light fluffy hairline looks like gold in the sun, and the skin of Tuoba Agarwood is very white, and the ears are the color of the eyes, giving people the illusion of crystal clearness. The palace maid whispered into that ear: "Li Niangniang is beautiful and should have been favored by the emperor." ”

The palace maid paused and whispered: "The slave maid has a saying, no matter what, the maid must be favored first......

Tuoba Agarwood said: "How to be favored? ”

The palace maid said quietly: "First take the initiative to seduce the emperor and get the emperor's favor, then you dare to have a small temperament." ”

Tuoba Agarwood was angry and laughed when he heard it: "When did I say I wanted to compete for favor?" ”

The palace maid was so choked on a sentence that she couldn't speak, and looked at her with some disappointment.

Tuoba Agarwood saw it in her eyes and ignored them, she had seen a lot of such people in Western Xia. For example, the subordinates of those civil and military officials are encouraged to climb to the top of the mountain, and the so-called loyalty is nothing more than treating the master as something for profit.

She looked up at the sun in the sky, and the strong sunlight made her eyes bloom, and in the dazzling light, there seemed to be a dark shadow. He wore a high crown on his head and stood on a high hill with a bow and arrows in his hand......

Tuoba Agarwood was stunned for a moment, and remembered how much the man indulged and forgave him, and he stretched out his palm to cover the door for himself, for fear that he would be hurt a little...... Or maybe he was just thinking about the pros and cons of stabilizing Western Xia? But Tuoba Agarwood prefers to believe that there are other reasons.

…… In the secret room on the west side of the hall where the files are stored, the sunlight shines through a small window at a high position, the only small ventilated opening, and the sunlight is very conspicuous in the quiet and closed hut, and the fine dust dances briskly in it.

Very quiet.

Lu Fei, who was lying on the couch with a quilt in disheveled clothes, forced his eyes, still in a dream, his eyelids were moving, and his expression was also very nervous.

It was a quiet and small room, quiet, and it was just him.

He reached out and wiped his face vigorously, rubbed his eyes, exhaled a long breath, and got up to straighten his clothes.

When I walked out of the secret room, I happened to hear a slow sound of bells and drums outside, coming from the Xuande Gate Tower in the distance...... It's unitary time. Lu Fei felt as if he should go to the study of the West Temple, but for some reason he only walked around the room, not knowing what he should do.

There seem to be a lot of things, but I don't know where to start.

The death of so many brothers is not for him to enjoy supreme power and glory alone! However, it is absolutely impossible to rely on blood alone, and ignoring reality will only bring war and meaningless fighting and degeneration.

Lu Fei suddenly felt a mess in his heart.

He walked out, and the eunuch Wang Fang bowed to the side and said, "Your Majesty, Luan is ready." ”

Lu Fei waved his hand and didn't say anything. Wang Fang hurriedly bent down and said, "Huh." He probably didn't know what Lu Fei meant, but he just followed silently behind him anyway.

Walking out of the complex through a door at the back of the Banzai Hall, you will be on a high pedestal. Lu Fei walked down the stone steps while counting the number of stone steps. He had been here for a few years, and he really didn't know how many steps he had to get to it.

The main axis is bare on both sides, but there are some fruit trees planted further afield, which are blooming this season. From a distance, the cluster of flowers is like a brocade and very gorgeous. Lu Fei's heart was a little chaotic and empty, but he could confirm that he felt that most of the things in this land were beautiful.

He bent down and picked up a small white petal that had been blown onto the road by the wind, with fine droplets of water on it and some dust. Lu Fei put this little thing in the palm of his rough hand, looked at it carefully, as if confirming the reality here, and then threw it on the ground casually.

Walking into the Xuanyou Gate, a group of palace people surrounded by yellow umbrellas just followed behind. After all, the emperor likes to take a car and walk, and no one will be idle to ask him why he doesn't have to walk if he has a car.

Inside the Xuanyou Gate, the first large building complex is the Long Live Hall. However, Lu Fei did not go up the steps of the Long Live Palace, and he remembered that Li Sisi lived in a small courtyard in the west. The fragrant memories of various plants in the small courtyard came into Lu Fei's mind and aroused his interest.

"I'm going to see Li Sisi, what do you think she's going to do?" Lu Fei said to Wang Fang.

Wang Fang smiled and said, "Maybe I'm waiting for the emperor." ”

Lu Fei smiled blankly.

The sound of the emperor driving kept coming in, but when Lu Fei entered the house, he didn't see Sisi come out, only a few palace maids stood cautiously by the door.

I searched for a circle and didn't find her, and when I asked the palace maid, I knew that Li Sisi was in the backyard, and I heard the palace maid say that she never went out, and stayed in the backyard at dawn to play with flowers and plants, and it was spring at this time.

Sure enough, as soon as I entered the yard, I saw the familiar but somewhat unfamiliar back squatting by the pot of flowers, engrossed.

"As soon as I entered the courtyard, I smelled a familiar scent, but for a moment I forgot what it was...... I've really paid little attention to these things all these years. Lu Fei walked towards her, speaking in a very casual tone, I don't know when, he felt that he and Sisi were very strange, and after thinking about it, it seemed that the two had never known each other.

"Gardenia." Li Sisi didn't look back, and said softly, "What you can smell at once must be gardenias, my father used to like to drink tea brewed from gardenias, didn't you, the emperor like it before." ”

His thoughts suddenly went back to a few years ago, but Lu Fei didn't have many images, and there was not much memory left of the original owner of his body, and the only one who still had some impressions was Li Sisi, and it was very vague.

Lu Fei slapped his thigh and pretended to be abrupt: "Yes! I wondered how I could be so familiar. ”

"Yes." Li Sisi laughed, got up and went to make tea.

After a short time, Li Sisi brought over a crystal glass cup. Lu Fei looked down and saw that the water in the glass cup was as clear as a mirror, with white petals floating, the water was still very hot, and a wisp of white smoke was floating up, and the water vapor also carried a pleasant fragrance.

Li Sisi said: "Gardenia has the effect of clearing heat and calming the mind. ”

The world is impermanent, in Li Sisi, too many things have happened over the years, some things can only be accepted although she can't figure it out, such as her aunt Zhou Wei turned out to be the queen of the west of the current emperor, her former guard turned out to be the lord of the world, ten years in Hedong and ten years in Hexi, some things she knows she is powerless to reverse, now she doesn't have much to worry about, and the idea of recovering the Tang Dynasty has long been worn away by time and loneliness in the temple of Shu Kingdom, leaving only an ordinary woman's heart, a heart that longs for someone to care for and care, After all, she was only twenty-three years old.

"Oh? It turns out that it still has a wonderful use. Lu Fei picked it up.

Li Sisi said softly again: "Your Majesty, slow down, be careful." ”

Lu Fei's gaze swept inadvertently over Bai's face, and he smiled at Li Sisi, "I know. With that, he blew and took a small sip. It's sweet and silky, and it's a little bitter, and it smells like honey.

Li Sisi muttered: "This kind of flower has produced flower bones from the first winter, and it will not bloom until the next summer. More than half of Huayin is brewing that bloom......"

Lu Fei put down the water glass and looked at her silently. She was born petite, but the skin on her face seemed to show a trace of what she shouldn't have at her age, she had experienced too much suffering, and Lu Fei felt distressed for a while.

Li Sisi glanced at him and whispered, "It's a long time, plain and quiet, but it can bring surprises at the moment of bloom." ”

Lu Fei was thoughtful.

After a long time, he said quietly: "Sisi, have you really put everything down?" I think the two of us can start over and make up everything I owe you all these years tenfold. ”

"The emperor is serious, the emperor's kindness, I don't know what to repay......" Li Sisi muttered.

These words made Lu Fei a little embarrassed, he understood what Sisi meant, the Great Song Dynasty that had destroyed the Southern Tang Dynasty was destroyed by his own hands, which could be regarded as protecting Li Tang's revenge, and also let the Tang Dynasty replace the Great Song Dynasty, in Li Sisi's opinion, this kindness is worthy of the gratitude of the descendants of the Li family.

"There is no grace between you and me, only real feelings." Lu Fei was a little excited, and reached out to press her hands on his chest, and there was almost no gap between the two.

Her face turned red, and she pulled out her hands and put them on the collar on her chest, "The emperor came in with the concubine, and the concubine has something to say to you." ”

Lu Fei sat there, looking embarrassed, looking at the door, he always felt that something was wrong, it seemed to be a bedroom, he hurriedly said: "No need, I mean ......"

But I saw Li Sisi biting her lip and looking at herself: "Doesn't the emperor like it?" ”

Lu Fei's face suddenly twitched slightly, looking at the plump and soft place where her hand was placed, he pondered for a moment, and said kindly: "Li Sisi doesn't have to repay, if you don't hate me, I will be very content, don't have the heart to repay the favor again." ”

Li Sisi said softly: "Sisi has been with you since you were brought into the palace by your father when you were thirteen years old, and I have long regarded you as my only man......"

Lu Fei sighed slightly, and said warmly: "You really don't have to think like this, Li Sisi is enough for me, you don't have this heart anymore." Sometimes, it's so good that I can't stand it. ”

The two of them glanced at each other, and the atmosphere froze in the air. Li Sisi suddenly smiled lightly: "Is it because there are too many beauties, and I can't stand it?" ”

When Lu Fei heard this, he didn't know what was funny, and he couldn't help but laugh out loud. The two looked at each other, and the atmosphere melted all at once.

He picked up the glass cup, waited, the water temperature had dropped a lot, and then took a big sip, it was still the same taste, sweet and bitter, and very fragrant. But if you don't put honey, the water soaked in this flower should be bitter.

Li Sisi's voice sounded in his ears, very gentle: "The emperor has really changed, he is no longer the Liulang I remember before, he has become world-minded, and he has become aware of refusal." ”

Lu Fei smiled: "What doesn't change is your heart for me, what doesn't change is that you and I are still together, and I don't want to be separated from you again." ”

Li Sisi blushed and muttered, "Can the emperor give my sister a name?" ”

Lu Fei was stunned for a moment, he really couldn't remember what her sister looked like, but he still nodded happily.

There is still a shallow white smoke floating on the water surface, the fragrance of flowers does not disperse in the antique room, and under the window, a pair of figures hugging each other are sprinkled with a pleasant halo by the morning sun, which is very peaceful.

**

The Great Sage Dynasty became more and more peaceful, and Lu Fei changed the rules, fifteen days of the Great Dynasty, three days of political discussion, and only once every three days would he meet with the Minister of Chinese and Wu of the Dynasty in the East Hall, and the place where he met with the ministers was named the Hall of Deliberation.

In summer, the day dawns early, and when people come to the Banzai Hall early in the morning, it is already dark.

Lu Fei came in a little differently today, he also brought two four-year-old children. The last time Zhou Wei talked about the establishment of the crown prince, Lu Fei paid attention to a problem, if the heir in the future doesn't understand anything, then won't his country be wasted in decades?

Lu Fei was ready to teach by himself, but he found that he didn't know how to teach children, so he thought about finding a teacher for them first.

When more than 20 ministers saw the two children, they all watched curiously.

Lu Fei took a child in one hand, walked up to the upper seat, sat down on a chair, and let the two children sit next to him. The chair was a bit high, but the second sister's son Lu Hong was clever and active, and he jumped up, and sat there still moving from side to side. Lu Chen was much more restrained, and slowly climbed onto the chair and sat there with two small hands on his knees.

"The ministers meet the emperor, His Royal Highness." The crowd bowed.

"Flat." Lu Feidao.

At this time, Lu Fei looked sideways at the eunuch Zhou Jiuzhi. Zhou Jiuzhi then sent the two recitals down to the ministers to pass them on, and the officials of the political hall had seen the recitals, but the generals generally couldn't see the recitals, and they could only see them now.

Lu Fei said: "These two chapters, one is the 'Theory of Money Shortage' played by Lu Duan, the secretary of the household department, and the other is the 'Theory of Quit Luxury' played by the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. Today, all of you can comment on one or two. ”

Some of the ministers below had already seen it, but no one was in a hurry to speak. It is said to be a commentary, but the remarks on the Banzai Hall will be regarded as an opinion, and people are more cautious.

The remarks of the bachelors of the Hanlin Academy are: first, to persuade agriculture to ignore business, to pay light on meager endowments, and to advocate a frugal style; Second, it is necessary to streamline the administration of the army, especially to reduce the number of the army, and to reduce the salaries and rewards of the forbidden army, because the current army consumes a lot of finance. The purpose of these propositions is to recuperate with the people.

He believes that money and treasures cannot be full when the people are hungry and cannot keep warm when they are cold, which will only bring about extravagance and aggravate arrogance. And only by cultivating and weaving and enriching the warehouses is the royal road for the country to be strong and the people to be rich.

At first glance, this statement makes sense, and it is quite thoughtful about traditional ideas. Lu Fei also felt that gold, silver and copper coins really couldn't be eaten.

…… However, Lu Duan, who was actually in charge of the household department and the transportation of military quarters, advocated the exact opposite. Lu Duan tried his best to write to increase the minting of copper coins, and his reason was that there was a shortage of money everywhere from the imperial court to the localities, which had greatly affected the normal income and expenditure and transactions.

Money shortage has not been uncommon since the end of the Tang Dynasty, and I heard that the exchange ratio of silver and copper coins on the market has reached 600 pieces and a tael of silver.

Lu Duan's remarks were based on his experience in organizing the transportation of military supplies in several major wars, except for military rations, all other military supplies needed cash to spend, otherwise it would be very difficult to requisition and transfer them on the spot or let merchants transport them; Unless the means of forced expropriation are used, but this method is also inconvenient, one is easy to cause resistance, the other is to waste most of the property, and the people will also hide the materials urgently needed by the officials and soldiers.

The two taxes and commercial taxes of the imperial court were mainly in kind, because the farmers and merchants lacked cash; Because these physical objects are relatively bulky, they are generally stored in the local treasury. In addition to meeting the needs of the government, the expenditure is to transfer and transfer through the nearest household department.

The imperial court collected a lot of taxes, but it could not be mobilized from all over the country and sent to the front for expenses, and there were too many things and too much. If you have cash, it is different, you can buy materials from the nearest people.

The most expensive thing to spend is the army's salary and reward, and you can't take a pile of firewood from a timber merchant and reward a soldier with a room full of wood.

…… Finally, someone took the lead in making a claim!

The first to stand up were all the generals of the forbidden army, and they unanimously opposed the "stupid words" of the scholars of the Hanlin Academy. It's very simple, and you actually want to cut military spending?!

Even Tie Hammer couldn't help but roar: "The brothers have just come down from the battle formation, and the civil officials are calculating us from behind!" ”

A civilian official said: "The purpose of raising troops is to protect the land and the people, and the soldiers of the Great Sage Dynasty do not cultivate the land, and most of the treasury is consumed in it, and they are overwhelmed, how can they live with the people?" ”

Yang Yanzhao did not deviate from the position of the generals, stroked his beard and said: "The soldiers are not tenants, if they are long in the fields, how can they be long in the battle array?" The soldiers of the Great Sage Dynasty can't dress in tatters like beggars and eat chaff vegetables......"

"Dingguo Gong said this with a clear conscience, a commander's salary and reward are more than a Taishou, if the soldiers are called to eat chaff and vegetables, won't we have to beg for it!"

Lu Fei didn't say anything, just sat there and let the ministers argue, and he had to wait until the end to see the situation before he made a statement, because his words were the holy decree. Lu Hong and Lu Chen turned their heads from time to time and looked at their father with curious eyes. Lu Fei didn't teach them, he felt that these styles were taught by words and deeds, and how to do it by himself could be learned by children over time.

Kou Zhun stood up and bowed: "The minister supports Lu Xianggong's proposition. Money is scarce, and it is not good for the country and the people. those who have bread, or lack clothing; Those who have bread and clothing, if they do not have what they want, may not exchange their clothes for those who have food, but they can sell the surplus for money.

There is a lack of money in the world, and everything cannot be disposed of, and those who have a solid warehouse do not cultivate, such as the meridians are blocked......"

At this moment, Lu Fei spoke: "Deflation." ”

The crowd was puzzled, but they could vaguely guess what the word meant, because it could be contextualized.

Lu Fei doesn't know much about economics, but his insight is definitely different from that of the ancients, and he knows some common sense anyway. Deflation is certainly not good for economic development, no matter what the society.

A very simple idea, as Kou Zhun said, in a state of self-sufficiency, there is little demand, and after being satisfied, there is no motivation to continue production...... It is also a fact that most of the people have nothing to do except serve in the slack time, or do some trivial tasks with very low efficiency; Even the seven aunts and eight mothers-in-law will kill time if they have nothing to do. It's a waste of labor and productivity.

If the reward for work is money, and the world produces enough material temptations, it will increase the motivation to work, and in order to obtain money, and in order to be able to exchange money easily, people will also produce and obtain what the world needs...... For example, food in times of famine.

Ancient China, on the other hand, was in a state of deflation for a long time, and there was a shortage of currency in every dynasty. One is because of the scarcity of heavy metals, and the other is that the minting of copper coins is a loss-making business, which is completely a kind of good governance of the imperial court in order to govern the world, and the same work as building water conservancy.

Lu Fei immediately expressed his position and said: "I am allowed to play by Xianggong Lu, and the household department can agree on the matter of minting money. ”

At this moment, Yang Yanzhao muttered: "If the emperor can obtain the silver mountain, open a mine to obtain silver and mint silver money, it will be a road to great profit." ”

Lu Fei was noncommittal, because this matter involved a wider range of issues. He also doesn't comment on who is poorer between civil officials and military generals, there is no truth in this matter at all, and each family is just for the benefit of each family.

Lu Fei pondered for a moment and said, "When the two princes reach the age of Mengxue, I want to choose a teacher for them. ”

This topic has once again attracted everyone's attention. One of the two princes should be the crown prince, and being the prince's teacher is not so simple.

Lu Fei looked at Kou Zhun and said, "Kou Shilang taught my children to read and write. ”

Kou Zhun hurriedly said: "The emperor trusts me, and the ministers are willing to do their best." ”

The palace was a little cold, because Kou Zhun was not a great Confucian, and if he didn't hold an official position, he would be a person with no status at all in Shilin...... Ye Luzi was born and had no fame, first as a petty official who couldn't enter the stream, and then as a staff member. What knowledge do these people have to come to the Pope?

However, Kou Zhun is Lu Fei's confidant, and everyone guesses that this is just a favor for Kou Zhun.

Lu Fei said again: "Zhang Jiang, you teach the two princes to bow and ride horses. ”

Zhang Jiang got up and bowed: "The minister obeys the order." ”

This Zhang Jiang is from a serious military background, and all kinds of martial arts and military salutes are well-behaved and very upright, Lu Fei believes in him very much.

As for Kou Zhun, Lu Fei felt that he had enough to teach Mengxue, and the article was better than Lu Fei anyway. Moreover, Lu Fei felt that if he studied too deeply the sage thoughts, if he regarded them as beliefs, he would be harmful to the job of being an emperor; Kou Zhun is just right, and the important thing is that Kou Zhun's proposition is not pedantic.