The right prime minister, Kong Qiu, held the tooth wat in his hand, bowed to Qingji on the throne and saluted: "The king, the minister has a word, I don't know whether to say it or not?" ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say it."

"The country of a thousand times, respect and believe, use sparingly and love people, so that the people can be timely. My country of Wu is the country of ten thousand times, and it should be even more so! ”

Kong Qiu looked distressed and said, "King, what is 'thrift'? ”

"Politics is saving money! The annual expenditure of the state treasury is nearly 3.5 billion yuan, and although the income is very large, it cannot be abused. ”

"The king ought to be economical and to reduce the taxes and servitude of his countrymen, especially the peasants."

"It is even more necessary to eliminate its useless expenses and put an end to the extravagance and waste of the minister's doctor in terms of clothing, food, housing, and transportation!"

After a pause, Kong Qiu said again: "The king, the tyranny of the people's food and clothing, thinking that the palace, the hope of the pavilion and the straight of the pavilion, and the decoration of the green and yellow carvings, are because their wealth is not enough to treat the hungry and the widows, so the country is poor and the people are difficult to govern." ”

"The minister thinks that thrift will prosper, and obscenity will die!"

"Please see the king!"

Kong Qiu said this kind of crepe words, biting the words and chewing the words, obviously holding back for a long time, and he couldn't stand the usual extravagance and waste of Qingji and the ministers and doctors.

As the so-called upper beam is not right, the lower beam is crooked.

Even a monarch like Qingji is so "poor and extravagant" and enjoys life, not to mention the rest of the ministers?

Ministers who can really be like Sun Wu, Kong Qiu, Ji Ran and others, be self-clean, self-denying and diligent, and know how to open sources and reduce expenditure, are only a few in Wu after all.

"Bold!"

Uncle Cheng, who had long been dissatisfied with Kong Qiu, immediately stood up and scolded Kong Qiu angrily: "Right Prime Minister, how dare you slander the king? Teach the king? ”

"When did the king rob the people's food and clothing, thinking that the palace was the ornament of green and yellow carving?"

"I am a great Wu and now the country is peaceful and peaceful, Li Shu is all living and working in peace and contentment, the king as the king of a country, if there is no golden palace, if there is no green and yellow carved ornament, how to be worthy of the king's dignity!"

Kong Qiu, who was buttoned by Bo Tu with a big hat, suddenly became furious, pointed at Bo Bi's nose and scolded: "Bo Pu! You want to spray people with blood! ”

"The old man is also a snob like you, can he teach a lesson?"

Bo Yu was sprayed by Kong Qiu with a foaming face, and he couldn't help but get angry, rolled up his sleeves and said angrily: "Kong Qiu! Do you dare to scold me? ”

"The old man is scolding you!"

Kong Qiu said indignantly: "You are such a traitorous villain, a man with a fat belly, how dare you stand on top of the court of Wu State, the old man is ashamed to be with you!" ”

"You!"

"Shut up!"

Seeing the "mutual spraying" between Bo Ji and Kong Qiu, and there was a faint fight between them, Qing Ji had to scream, and then said in a deep voice: "Kong Qiu, Bo Gu, the court is not a market, how can it be noisy?" ”

"If you two have to decide a winner and a winner, please go out and duel."

Hearing this, Kong Qiu glanced at Bo Yan angrily and asked, "Bo Yu, do you dare?" Do you dare to duel with the old man? ”

"I ......"

Bo Yi originally wanted to reply with a sentence of "why don't you dare", but when he saw Kong Qiu's tall and mighty figure and the rumored Kong Qiu's bravery, he felt a little guilty in his heart.

Don't look at Old Master Kong, who is in his fifties, when he knows the destiny of heaven, his body is still exceptionally tough.

Bo Yi is used to being pampered, although he has martial arts, how can he beat Kong Qiu?

Seeing that Bo Yan retracted his head, Dazai Jiran hurriedly came out to play a round and said to Qingji: "My lord, the minister thinks that what the right prime minister said is not unreasonable. ”

"However, it is not advisable to blindly open up sources and reduce expenditure. Therefore, if our country of Wu further consolidates the people's livelihood, strengthens the capital and uses it sparingly, then the world cannot be poor, and if the country is short and luxurious, then the sky cannot make it rich! ”

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"When the ministers heard it, the scholars and doctors were poor and the country was poor, the industry and commerce were poor, the country was poor without the number of measurements, the lower was poor and the upper was poor, and the lower rich was rich."

"Please see the king!"

On the issue of opening up sources and reducing expenditure, Ji Ran's views are different from those of Kong Qiu.

In judging whether the fiscal expenditure is reasonable or not, Confucius takes "benefiting the people" as the criterion.

It is advocated that the "useful expenses" that are beneficial to the state must be spent, and the unfavorable "useless expenses" must be resolutely removed.

However, Ji Ran's idea of "reducing expenditure" is based on "strengthening the foundation," so he stressed that reducing expenditure should not reduce agricultural expenditures, but should focus on streamlining the administration of the army and reducing redundant officials and redundant personnel......

Qingji knows that in terms of fiscal expenditure, Ji Ran has always emphasized the principle of income balance and state-owned surplus.

This is also the place where Qingji appreciates Ji Ran.

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

Fan Li, the imperial historian, said: "The king, in the past, the pipe said: Take it from the people, use it, although the country is big, it will be safe; If you take it from the people and use it more than once, although the country is big, it will be in danger. ”

"The minister thinks so."

"There should be a certain amount of money to be used, and there must be a certain limit for the expenditure of the state treasury."

"When the judgment is measured, food and clothing are thrifty, and the extravagance is prohibited, which is the urgent need of the country."

"First of all, we should start with court expenditures. The crown is divided into high and low without seeking its beauty, setting up a jue to guard its clothes without seeking its view, and building a palace to avoid the cold and summer without seeking its greatness! ”

After a pause, Fan Li said again: "However, if you use money, it is not suitable for people's hearts, if you are not popular with people, you will complain, and if you use money, you will resent, so it is called Fei." ”

"Fang Jin's palace has been decided, and there is nothing to be done, but the rest can be derogated, such as the living expenses of the royal family, palace slaves and maids, carriages and horses, etc."

"If you don't know about death, you will be extravagant, and if you don't stop asking for things. With rope mourning, the people are poor and consumed, and the way to death is also. ”

"The king should reduce the number of redundant officials and make them change their careers to agriculture so as to reduce the state's financial expenditure."

"For the royal palace, chariots and horses, servants, utensils and clothes, food, guest marriages, and ancestral funerals, they should be counted and used in a proper manner, otherwise they will hurt their financial resources."

"And the upward line will be effective, so that the greedy officials of the whole country will be wanton, and the ministers who gather will be forceful, which is ten times more harmful than before!"

Fan Li is worthy of being Ji Ran's disciple, and his views are consistent.

The two not only regarded luxury as a matter of financial expenditure, but also raised it to the level of national politics......

After all, the expenses of Wu Guo are too great now.

At the time of the rise of the Wu State, in order to ensure the circulation of goods in the market, Qingji encouraged the people to spend money and buy everywhere.

It's just that once the wind of luxury rises, it is not a simple matter to extinguish it.

Because, from thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift!

Throughout the ages, is a simple monarch really a good monarch?

Not necessarily.

For example, Emperor Daoguang in history, wearing a patched dragon robe, changing clothes once a month, and the queen celebrated her birthday, so she couldn't bear to kill two pigs and invite the ministers to eat lo mein......

Is it miserable?

Miserable!

It is absolutely strange that the king of a country has been replaced by Emperor Daoguang.

For example, Xiao Ji, the eighth son of Emperor Xiao Yan of Liangwu, is even more picky and searching.

In order to compete with Emperor Liang Yuan for the throne, he called the emperor in Chengdu, and the year name was Tianzheng, and he was attacked by Wei Xiaokuan, the general of the Western Wei Dynasty, and Emperor Liang Yuan.

Before setting out on the expedition, Xiao Ji took out all the gold and silver treasures he had accumulated over the years of operation in Shu, and ordered people to cast 10,000 gold cakes and 50,000 silver cakes weighing one catty, and each hundred was packed in one box, a total of 100 boxes of gold cakes and 500 boxes of silver cakes were used to stimulate morale.

Inspired by the golden cake, the morale of the soldiers was high, and the battle was really hard, and they won several battles.

However, they did not get Xiao Ji's reward, because Xiao Ji was reluctant......

The results speak for themselves.

Xiao Ji's defeat was not because the soldiers were not proficient, the generals were not brave, and the food was insufficient, but because he lost on a small problem that ordinary people are prone to, that is, stinginess.

Because of his reluctance, his genuine gold cakes have become worthless cakes in the eyes of others.

He kept the golden bread for the time being, but he lost the hearts of the people.

When something outside of the body is taken as life, then this life must be sad and short!