(Canvassing, asking for flowers!) )

Just as Li Zhongyan moved the group stool, Li Yu ordered Li Chun to sit down and speak. Li Chun sat down, but saw that his father's face was heavy, as if he had something on his mind, and he couldn't help but sink his heart. Li Yu glanced up at Li Zhongyan, Li Zhongyan understood, and hurriedly waved his hand to order the eunuch palace maid to retreat, and he also bent down and retreated. When he got out of the imperial study, he immediately drove the idlers far away, inspected them himself, and guarded them in the courtyard.

In the imperial study, Li Yu was silent. Li Chun was so young that he couldn't bear it, and asked softly: "Father, but Ju Wenzhen, Liu Guangqi has been making too much trouble recently?" ”

Li Yu did not speak. Li Chun understood that his father blamed himself for going off topic, and hurriedly said: "Erchen went to Fengxiang here, and he gained a lot. This summer, Guanzhong is ripe, the year is excellent, and the taxes are reduced or reduced, and the people are very happy. It's just that there are a lot of tax arrears accumulated in previous years, and I am afraid that I will have to pay taxes in good years. Therefore, the son wanted to implore his father to exempt the people from their accumulated tax arrears. ”

As soon as he heard Li Chun say this, Li Yu became interested, "Tell me, why do you want to be exempt?" ”

Li Chun said: "My father has great ambitions, and as the saying goes, the people are precious, and he always says to his sons and ministers that those who win the hearts of the people win the world." And to win the hearts and minds of the people, it is necessary to let the people have enough food and warm clothing. The son thinks that since his father has already reduced this year's taxes, why not go further and exempt all the arrears accumulated over the years, not only in Guanzhong, but even in other places?"

Li Yu asked with interest: "Then does the emperor know how much the people have accumulated over the years?" ”

Li Chun replied: "Father, it is more than 500,000. ”

Li Yu added: "It is 526,840 consistent (money), stone (grain), horse (silk), bundle (silk, grass). This year, Guanzhong is exempt from taxes, and if the arrears are also exempted, where will the expenses of the imperial court come from? ”

Li Chun didn't expect Li Chan to be so clear about the accounts, and he couldn't help but be a little nervous, but he knew that Li Chan's request for him was to "know everything and say everything", even if he was wrong, he wouldn't blame him, and said busily:

"The father is wise, and the son only knows a little about it. Since his father ascended the throne, 300 women from the palace were in Anguo Temple, and 600 women from the Ting Workshop were in the Nine Immortals, and 42 people were dismissed from Hanlin medical workers, phase workers, astrology, shooting, and redundant eaters, which was throttling. At the beginning of the emperor's business tax reduction and exemption for ten taxes, the son did not understand, this time to Fengxiang, on the road to see more merchants than in previous years, only to understand that the tax is reduced, but there are more merchants. Therefore, although the tax rate is reduced, the tax revenue will not decrease, but will increase. There is an expenditure of the imperial court, which is open source. The father's economic talent, the son's dullness, this time he went out to get a glimpse or two. ”

Li Yu couldn't help but feel proud. In fact, he has no economic talent, but he lives in the era of information explosion, and he only knows a thing or two. However, the ancients did not pay attention to summarizing these experiences, so let him take the lead.

"For more than 20 years of peace, the treasury is full, which is the capital of the imperial court's turnover expenditure. The son's knowledge is shallow, and he only knows that, so please ask his father to dial it. ”

Li Yu said: "The emperor is young, and I am very relieved to have such knowledge. There are many well-educated people in the court, so you should be careful in everything and ask for advice with an open mind. ”

Li Chun was busy.

Li Yu asked again: "This time to Fengxiang, how about the harvest officials?" ”

Li Chun said: "This year's wind and rain are smooth, and the people say that it is the benevolence of the father and the emperor, and God is moved to treat the people well." The harvest in Fengxiang counties exceeded that of previous years. If the imperial court again reduced their tax arrears, the people would be even more grateful to Dade. ”

Seeing that Li Chun was obsessed with reducing or reducing tax arrears, Li Yu couldn't help but smile and said: "The imperial court has its own system, so you can also draw up a chapter on this matter and let the prime ministers discuss it." Mr. Wang is doing this, if you want to play, first go to Mr. Wang to understand clearly, not plausible. ”

When Li Chun heard this, he knew that his father had this heart for a long time, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed. He also reported: "This time, the sons and daughters inspected the counties, and all the officials did their best, and they all said, so that their officials were also easy to do." In addition, there are also some cool officials who still set up names and loot the people, and have been investigated and punished by their sons, and have been reported to the Ministry of Officials for the record. It's just that the sons and daughters are in a hurry and can't be seen one by one, and the sons think that the father and the emperor still need to send the imperial historians to the various provinces to inspect this matter, so that the grace of the father and the court can really be enjoyed by the people, and the people can be hearted to the court. ”

Li Yu was born as a peasant and was extremely concerned about the people's livelihood. Seeing that the heir he had chosen was the same, he couldn't help but be secretly happy, and thought to himself: It seems that I will let him out more in the future. As if unintentionally, he said:

"Wu'er is so considerate of the people's feelings, it is really a blessing for all the people, a blessing for the Tang Dynasty! After a hundred years, I can also go to see my ancestors with a smile! ”

Li Chun couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "My father was in the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, although he was sick, he had recovered most of it, how could he say these words to make his sons frightened?" The father and emperor are working hard, and the Tang Dynasty is in sight. I also hope that my father and emperor will cheer up, otherwise in the country and the people, how will the mother, the concubine and the younger brothers and sisters be sent? ”

Li Yu muttered, but did not answer directly, and said, "Have you gone to see Zhang Jingze?" ”

Zhang Jing was the envoy of the Fengxiang Festival at that time, and he was also a general, and he had the ambition to recover the river and Huang, and the generals under his command, Ye Shi Liangfu, Hao Wei and other martial arts were brave, and Tubo was extremely afraid. Li Yu knew that although Zhang Jingze was old, he was loyal and brave, so he ordered Li Chun to go to Fengxiang to supervise Mai. Zhang Jing is the Fengxiang military and civilian, the emperor's eldest son Guangling Wang Zhi, how can he not go to visit? In this way, Li Chun can choose the opportunity to negotiate with Zhang Jingze and strengthen his support for Li Yu. Later, Li Yu also sent a secret edict to Li Chun, ordering him to act cheaply, and if necessary, to mobilize money and labor from the nearby granary to collect the hearts of the Fengxiang army.

When Li Chun saw Li Yu asking about this, he knew in his heart that something big would happen. Hurriedly replied: "Erchen met Ambassador Zhang on the first day he went to Fengxiang. Ambassador Zhang was in excellent spirits, and he was very respectful to his sons, and he also asked his sons to greet his father, saying that he served by His Majesty the former emperor during the Jingyuan Rebellion, and the past is still vivid. If Your Majesty has a drive, he will be deadly. ”

Li Yu said with a smile: "I heard that Zhang Jingze has generals Ye Shi Liangfu and Hao Wei under his account, and the emperor can see it. ”

Li Chun replied: "The second general's sons only saw Hao Wei, and Ye Shi Liangfu went to patrol the border, but he didn't see it, but I heard that there are ten thousand people who are brave." Hao Weierchen saw it, and he was polite, and no one would have thought that Tubo would use him to stop children from crying. The second general has an excellent reputation among the people in the Fengxiang army, and can be called a good general of the country. ”

Li Yu asked again: "I ordered you to work in the army, why don't you see a return?" ”

Li Chun said: "The father ordered the sons to act cheaply, and the sons were brave, and there was no labor army. ”

"Could it be that Zhang Jing is not credible?"

"Father, the sons and daughters think that Ambassador Zhang is extremely loyal and reliable."

"Then there is a problem with General Fengxiang?"

"General Fengxiang and other ministers don't dare to say anything, Ye Shi Liangfu and Hao Wei are all loyal and brave. Ambassador Zhang's prestige in the military and among the people is extremely high, and the generals dare not have two hearts. ”

"Oh, why is that?"

"Erchen thinks that Fengxiang soldiers are national soldiers, and the labor army should be ordered by his father, but Erchen just doesn't dare to trespass. Moreover, if the father only worked Fengxiang in one army, the other towns would be dissatisfied when they learned about it, so the sons and daughters made their own decisions and asked their father to punish them. ”

Li Yu originally wanted to win over Zhang Jingze and Feng Xiangjun's hearts, thinking that Chang'an's foreign aid had ordered Li Chun to work in the army. He didn't feel embarrassed, but happy. The reason why he was happy was because Li Chun did not dare to trespass and showed his loyalty, and because Li Chun did not bend his intention to welcome him because he wanted to be the prince, and he put the country first, which reflected a good view of the overall situation, and it was also another form of loyalty embodied. So he laughed and said:

"My son deserves to be the third son, I have not considered this matter, if it is not for the emperor, it will be a big mistake. Get up, Emperor. ”

The third day is a joke from Li Chun's childhood. When Li Chun was young, he was deeply loved by Dezong as the eldest grandson of the emperor, and one day, Dezong hugged him and asked, "Whose child are you?" Li Chun said in a milky voice: "I am the third son." What he meant, grandfather is the emperor, the son of heaven, his father is the crown prince, the future son of heaven, he is the eldest son and eldest grandson, so naturally he is the third son of heaven. His father's heart was beating when he heard what he said, but his grandfather laughed heartily. Since then, Li Chun's reputation as the third son of heaven has been outside. At this moment, Li Yu turned this matter out again and said, obviously in the same mood as Dezong back then, but when Li Chun heard it, he was surprised and delighted, and he didn't know how to answer.