Gao Gong is Yu Qingze's introducer, after the emperor allowed to meet Yu Qingze, Gao Gong hurriedly called Yu Qingze to his home, made up lessons for Yu Qingze, and analyzed the situation in the world and the court for him in more detail.

Yu Qing listened to it again and again, and Yu Qing was strategic, and quickly digested it, and when the two were about to discuss further, the family suddenly came and reported in a panic, saying that His Majesty was outside the main gate.

The two of them were so shocked that they didn't care about tidying up their appearance, and trotted to the gate to greet them.

The six officials in front of the prime minister's door, in addition to the royal family and nobles, passers-by, no matter what kind of official or status, as long as they pass in front of the prime minister, they must get off the horse and get off the car to show respect for the prime minister.

Normally, this gate would not be opened easily, but today is different, the gate of Nuoda is completely open, and the guards of the Prime Minister's Mansion and a group of servants and children have avoided it, and instead of a neat row of palace guards, Gao Gong saw this, his heart moved, and his pace accelerated by three points again.

Dr. Li Delin personally picked up a lamp and stood guard there, and it could be seen that he was also ordered to wait here.

Li Delin and Gao Gong were political enemies of each other, and their attitudes were quite cold, so they just greeted Gao Gong according to etiquette, then stopped saying half a word, and led the two to the door.

The emperor was dressed in regular clothes, and when he saw Gao Gong coming, he explained with a smile: "I originally wanted to go in directly, but I was worried that the Qing family happened to have private things to do, and I was afraid that I would be a villain, so I still let people know first, I didn't disturb the Qing family to rest, right?" ”

"The minister sleeps lightly, he only sleeps in the middle of the night on weekdays, even if His Majesty summons the minister at one or two hours in the evening, the minister also has time."

Gao Gong said a few witty words, and then invited the emperor into the palace.

Although Gao Gong is now the prime minister, he still maintains a simple style, there is only one instrument door in the middle, and there are no warm pavilions on the left and right, especially in this dark night, it seems more and more empty and silent.

But at this moment, there were only a few flickering candles in the lobby, dim and silent, and there were only a few servants at the door, which looked gloomy.

Gao Wei sat down and exchanged a few words with the prime minister, and the corner of his eye suddenly fell on Yu Qingze on the side, and seemed to notice him:

"You are Yu Qingze? I know you, the right minister has praised you many times in front of me, I know that the right minister is a person, and today I have been thinking about what kind of character you are. Sure enough, if you are a talent, you must have a strategy in your chest... I have come here today out of pure curiosity, and if you have any strategies or advice, you can tell me in person now. ”

As he spoke, there seemed to be a smile in the emperor's dark eyes, and he leaned back in his chair for a long time to wait for him to speak.

Although I have long heard that this son of the Gao family does not like red tape, but today Yu Qing was still taken aback by the emperor's directness, but fortunately, he had been preparing for a long time before, and he packed up his mind in an instant and began to answer.

Yu Qingze's family has been a wealthy family in the north for generations, not to mention the skill of bows and horses, and he is also well versed in the customs of various parts of the north.

He also had some ideas for the imperial court's policy on the various ministries in the north in the future, supplemented by fighting, focusing on pulling, focusing on education, and controlling people's livelihood, most of which coincided with Gao Wei's thoughts.

However, Gao Wei knew that Gao Gong had opened a small stove for Yu Qingze, and it was difficult to guarantee whether this Yu Qingze deliberately catered to his preferences before saying this, so he said directly:

"The Qing family is really insightful, which part of this the Qing family thinks is the most important?"

"Controlling people's livelihood is the most important thing, without the imperial court continuously sending money, food and materials to the north, then everything will become empty talk." Next, Yu Qing counted the political and strategic gains and losses of the six towns of the former Wei Dynasty.

"As seen by the former Wei, the former Wei moved the capital to Luoyang, but hundreds of thousands of troops still guarded the six towns, but the money, grain and materials that should have been transported to the six towns were spent a lot because of the long-term confrontation with the Southern Dynasty and the fashion of worshipping Buddha. As a result, the six towns were not only unable to reorganize their armaments, but also could not guarantee the survival of ordinary townspeople in the future. ”

"The former Wei could not guarantee the livelihood of the people of the six towns and the northern departments, but frequently asked the six towns to spontaneously reorganize their armies to resist the Rouran Koubian, and later, directly requisitioned the people of the six towns to build large-scale city defenses, which not only did not once and for all, but made the border people more tired, and made the people of the six towns and the people of various departments more centrifuged from the imperial court. It's a vicious circle! ”

Gao Wei nodded and said:

"Why don't I know? But the imperial court is not always able to get money, without money, food and materials, everything is difficult, even those leaders in the north who have always been respectful to me, once I can't get real benefits, they are afraid of the force of the Great Qi in a short period of time, and dare not complain, after a long time, they will definitely part ways with the imperial court. ”

There is no eternal loyalty and filial piety, only eternal interests, either with a sharp knife handle, or with real benefits, otherwise why should people take refuge in you?

Even if he is an emperor, an emperor who can't give people fame and fortune, will anyone take him seriously?

Finance and people's livelihood are always a big problem, so Cushman & Wakefield has always believed that if a country has a border trouble, it is just an external injury, and once there is a financial problem, it is called fatal. Because there are financial problems, it often leads to a series of chain reactions.

For example, Da Ming is one of the exemplars.

The hinterland of the Central Plains has rotted into a pot of porridge, the border has been beaten into a sieve by Houjin, but the local tyrants and inferior gentry in the south of the Yangtze River are still drunk and dreaming of death, and the Ming Emperor, who was violently criticized by the scholars, couldn't even collect taxes.

This is also a funny joke that makes people angry and funny.

Because there is no money,

In the name of recovering the lost land, the officials sent the old, weak, sick and disabled who were hastily organized to Liaodong to die, and then collected taxes from the people in the name of recovering Liaodong. They often can only sell their sons and daughters and pawn land to survive, and at this time, the local tyrants and shoddy gentry who have colluded with the officials have long been waiting for the net......

Thanks to the divine assistance of the Ming monarch and ministers, Li Zicheng, who is mediocre among the many anti-thieves in history, has had a smooth journey, and his power has grown like a snowball.

The replacement of feudal dynasties can never get rid of this law.

If you don't have money, why should you let your family die for your country?

Thinking of this, Gao Wei asked with a headache: "What is the good plan of the Qing family?" ”

"The minister is stupid, although he does not have the ability to solve this problem once and for all, but the minister is confident that he will reduce this burden for the court." Yu Qing was full of energy, "The minister thinks that the imperial court should disarm, keep its elite, and increase the population of border towns to move in, and encourage them to engage in production, so that the materials, money and grain can be concentrated in the towns, and facilitate the imperial court's control of military materials." ”

"The minister also dares to assert that if the border towns of the imperial court can do this, give the minister twenty years, the minister can gradually make the towns of Yanbei self-sufficient, with money, the imperial court will have more spare strength to win over the grassland departments, from all aspects of food and clothing to influence them, over the years, they will inevitably have a sense of belonging to Daqi, and truly become the people of Daqi!"

Cushman didn't know whether to cry or laugh for a while.

Although Yu Qingze's pie is big and round, and it looks very operable, this suggestion is good there, but it is too expensive.

Not to mention anything else, just the previous one, increase the population of border towns to move in, encourage agricultural and handicraft production, this can of course make Biansai rich, but the initial investment is also huge, just Huaishuo, I don't know how much materials and manpower to be consumed to develop these places, Gao Wei's canal has only completed one-third, and the cost of land transportation is even more incomprehensible.

When these things are settled, it will be twenty or thirty years later, will the world still be unified?

Gao Wei silently commented on Yu Qingze as "good" in his heart, and immediately said that Yu Aiqing is promising and promising, and having a virtuous minister like Yu Aiqing in Daqi is really like a tiger with wings and a fish in water.

But I feel that Aiqing can still hone a little more, first give a history of assassination, I have my own arrangements for the selection of the governor, when I take office, I will learn more from other old comrades, and when I dominate the world, I will immediately turn Aiqing into a regular!

After listening to this, Yu Qing was slightly disappointed, but after thinking about it, he felt that he had nothing to lose, so he accepted the appointment with peace of mind.

Gao Wei turned his head again and asked about the current situation of the disaster in Shandong Province, but Gao Gong did not dare to conceal it, and bluntly said that the local bureaucrats and the wealthy clans colluded, deceived the superiors and subordinates, and encroached on the land, and the wind of corruption was serious, and said with great indignation:

"There are also people looking for relationships, handing over messages to the ministers, asking the ministers to show mercy, what did the court get in exchange for treating them so favorably? If they have the slightest intention of being loyal to the court, they should also respond to the call and tide over the difficulties with the court! ”

"There are always people who regard the court as a clay sculpture bodhisattva in the monk's temple who responds to their needs, and the rise and fall of the world has nothing to do with themselves, and they enjoy so many preferential treatment from the court but refuse to give back to the court with a little savings."

"The ministers must let them know now that if they refuse to be loyal to their country, they will spit out all the preferential treatment they have received over the years! The minister was not afraid of His Majesty's jokes, and the minister prepared a hundred coffins, one for himself, and the remaining ninety-nine for these shameless forgets! ”

Gao Wei Haosheng comforted the prime minister and told him to pay attention to his body, rest well, and when he saw that the sky was already bright, he was ready to drive back to the palace.

On the way, Cushman asked Li Delin what he thought of the right minister's governance strategy.

Li Delin hesitated for a moment, saying that the right minister had a strong personality and was too radical in governance, but before he was halfway through the sentence, he saw that the emperor pretended to be unhappy and turned his head away, and immediately said again, but the decree cannot be easily changed, so let the right minister work for a while and observe the after-effects.

Gao Wei sighed helplessly in his heart, this is the gap between Li Delin and Gao Gong.

As a central minister, even if he packages himself as a moral perfection, a prime minister who does not have a firm position will eventually be abandoned by all parties.

Although Li Delin is talented and has unique views on many things, his position is too vacillating, he can't win the trust of Cushman & Wakefield, and he can't protect the Hebei family behind him, so he can't have any great achievements.

As a prime minister, he can stick to political principles and refuse to slap the emperor, which can be called political morality, and he has made a lot of achievements in office within a few months, and the officialdom has been purged from top to bottom, which of course can be called capable, such a capable and moral prime minister is hard to find.

Compared with the help given to him by Gao Gong in major national affairs, the contradiction between the daily communication between the two is drizzle.

Thanks to the Hebei family, they have been secretly preparing to find someone to replace Gao Gong, but Li Delin, whom they support, is slightly inferior to Gao Gong in any way, this can't blame Gao Wei for being biased towards the Guanzhong Party, and you won't be able to use it if you have a chance!

Cushman thought so.

A waiter in Tsing Yi hurriedly came over and said something in Gao Wei's ear, and Gao Wei's face immediately became very strange, "You say...... Chen Ji, he's dead? ”