East Palace Chongjiao Hall

Li Shimin sat in the main seat, Li Chengqian sat on the side at the same table, each holding a stack of documents to read.

On both sides of the hall below sat Li Jing, Gao Shilian and several prime ministers, as well as generals such as Yuchi Gong, Liu Hongji, Hou Junji, Li Shiji, Li Daozong, Zhang Shigui, Li Daliang, Su Dingfang, etc. In the row behind them were Shangshu, Zhongshu, and officials of the disciples. These people were also reading documents with documents in their hands.

Now is the time when the weather is neither hot nor cold in April, which is very suitable for work. The prime minister and generals looked at the "First Ten Year Plan of the Tang Dynasty" very seriously, and looked very happy while watching it and stroking their beard from time to time.

Later, Gao Jifu and others were sorting out the meeting minutes submitted by Li Chengqian and Li Shimin, who had just reviewed the history of the East Palace.

Seeing that Li Chengqian found out the key points through just some superficial answers, he was very impressed, so he was very dedicated to his work.

Among them, Li Shimin was impatient to sit on it and look at some records of family matters. However, he also knew that there were many things about people's livelihood, so he still frowned and looked down.

After reading the stack of documents in his hand, Li Chengqian organized them and placed them on the table. The old ghost hurriedly picked them up and handed them to Gao Jifu and his desk.

Li Chengqian raised his head and moved his sore neck, picked up the teacup on the table and drank the teacup in one breath, put it down and said to Lao Gui, "Go and ask Xu Jingzong and Li Yi Mansion, have they begun to preach the 'The First Ten Year Plan of the Tang Dynasty' to the people who participated in the Qianshou Political Discussion Banquet?"

"Abide by the order!" The old ghost hurried out.

Li Shimin also raised his head and sighed, "The people's homes do not have food in their families after years of harvest. What should I do?"

As soon as this was said, all the ministers in the hall put down the documents they were in their hands and looked up at Li Shimin. I wonder why he suddenly sighed.

Only Li Chengqian looked at Gao Jifu after hearing this, and Gao Jifu looked at Li Chengqian in surprise at this time. Seeing Li Chengqian's eyes, he stood up and asked, "Why does Your Majesty sigh?"

Li Chengqian couldn't help rolling his eyes and whispering, "What an extra question!"

Gao Jifu's face immediately became very awkward.

Fortunately, Li Shimin always acted more generous than Li Chengqian, so he didn't act disobediently when he heard this. He picked up a stack of documents on the table and said to everyone, "I read the records of the questions submitted by the history of the book. I found that many people only had food for one year, and even if there was food, they would be sold at a low price. Sometimes a bucket of money could not be sold for a single money!"

Zhu Sui immediately stood up and shouted, "These unscrupulous businessmen have harmed the people so much. I would like to ask Your decree to punish these unscrupulous businessmen severely!"

Li Chengqian shook his head and said, "This is nonsense. It's understandable for businessmen to make profits. Besides, in recent years, a bucket of grain in the east and west cities of Chang'an City has only been sold for three or four yuan. If they collect it, wouldn't they have to pay for it?"

"Although His Highness the Crown Prince is right, those unscrupulous merchants cannot make two or three times the money?" The Secretariat of the Secretariat also stood up and said.

Li Chengqian said bluntly, "You said two or three times that you said is only two or three cents, but you have to know that merchants need to spend money when collecting grain and transporting grain, building warehouses, and paying taxes in the east and west markets. Manager Gu also needs to spend money. If the storage is not properly done, they will have to pay for money if they are moldy and rotten."

After hearing this, the ministers in the palace thought about it carefully and thought it was really what Li Chengqian said.

He couldn't help but look at Li Chengqian. Seeing this, Li Shimin said to Li Chengqian, "If you have anything to say, just say it directly?"

"I told my father that my son has ordered the Xue Qing family to build a new warehouse on Longshouyuan. It will be fine until the Qiu court pays for the food to fill it up."

Li Shimin thought about it after hearing this, and was about to nod, but he saw Gao Jifu bowing again and said, "Your Majesty, my Tang Dynasty pursues the strategy of hiding wealth for the people. I also asked Your Majesty to give in to the people to build warehouses and store grain on their own."

Except for Ma Zhou, who shook his head slightly when he looked at Gao Jifu, most of them were watching Li Shimin and wait for him to make a decision, but Li Chengqian actually saw a few people with a look of inspiration on their faces, as if they thought that Gao Jifu's method was feasible.

Seeing this, Li Chengqian was about to scold Gao Jifu, but heard Li Shimin smile bitterly and said, "Gao Qing is such a bad word. If the people can build warehouses and store grain on their own, why should I sigh like this?

Gao Qing needs to know that many people live in only a few thatched houses, so where can they have the ability to build a warehouse?"

"Ah?" Gao Jifu was completely stunned.

"There is no right to speak without investigation. The lonely king of Gao Qing's family said yesterday that you can't read some books and make random comments. You are just a person like you!" Li Chengqian said bluntly.

Gao Jifu's forehead was sweating when he heard this, his face turned pale and he didn't know what to do!

Seeing this, Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian with dissatisfaction and said, "Why is the prince so mean? Gao Qing is also afraid that you will not be malicious in your mistakes. Even if you don't listen to his advice, you cannot scold him like this." This is the way to be the king summarized by Li Shimin.

Gao Jifu looked a little better when he heard this, and thought for a while and said, "My name is so simple that he has repeatedly been confused and disobedient, and misunderstood His Highness's far-sightedness and willingness to be punished." He bowed and refused to get up again.

Li Chengqian thought that Gao Jifu had always supported him as the prince after all, and sighed in his heart when he saw him like this, "Father, Rong Erchen finished his words." He said, "He limply walked to Gao Jifu and helped him up, grabbed his arms with both hands, and looked at him and said, "It's not that Gu Wang was mean and intentionally scolding Gao Qing's family. Gu Wang just told the truth. The scriptures Gao Qing read were all from the pre-Qin period. The era of writing was far from the Tang Dynasty. The world changed and the world was changing. It was really hard to copy it again." Gao Jifu nodded with red face when he heard this.

Seeing this, Li Chengqian let go of him, and took two steps in the hall, scanning the crowd and said, "But one thing remains unchanged, that is, governing the country and the people should be benevolent. As long as this national policy is beneficial to the majority of the people in the world, it can be implemented, otherwise it will not be feasible." Everyone nodded in agreement when they heard this.

"Your Highness, how can you know whether the national policies implemented by the court are beneficial to the people?" Su Dingfang stood up and handed over to Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian nodded and gestured to him to sit down, and then shouted loudly, "As for what it is good for most people in the world, it depends on different periods. This requires those in power to know what the people think and what the people need..."

After Li Chengqian said such a lot of words, Li Shimin and the ministers in the palace were stunned. From their own standpoint, I really don’t know why the court had to do things according to the people’s ideas, but I also felt that what Li Chengqian said did make some sense...

Just when the hall was quiet, Zhu Suiliang frowned and stood up and said, "Don't the Crown Prince's court put teaching all people first?"

Li Chengqian sneered and said, "Zi Shiwei, Ran You servant. The master said, 'How is it all!" Ran You said, 'Since you are a common person, why should I add it?' and said, 'I am rich.' and said, 'If you are rich, why should I add it?' and said, 'Teaching it.'"

This is a passage from "The Analects of Confucius". Confucius told his students that the population of this place was already very dense. His students asked him what should he do next since the population was dense?

Confucius said that they should be rich.

His students asked about their wealth.

Confucius taught them.

When Zhu Suiliang, Gao Jifu and others heard that Li Chengqian recited this passage of "The Analects of Confucius", their faces turned pale. They quickly lifted their robe and knelt down, lowered their heads and said nothing.

Li Shimin and the ministers in the hall were shocked when they saw this. It was fine if Gao Jifu was fine. Zhu Suiliang was the first minister of the Tang Dynasty except Wei Zheng. Now he was convinced by Li Chengqian in a few words. This was really incredible.

Li Chengqian ignored everyone's thoughts and looked at Zhu Suiliang and Gao Jifu and said unyieldingly, "Don't kneel down, get up and go back and copy the "Analects of Confucius" several times, and then write an article about this article."

"I obey the order!" The two of them stood up as if they were obedient elementary school students when they heard this.

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That night, the Ganlu Hall was brightly lit, but the quiet needles could be heard.

Li Shimin sat on the Arhat bed silently. Below were Gao Shilian, Li Jing, Li Shiji and Li Daozong. The few of them were sitting expressionlessly, waiting for Li Shimin to speak without moving.

After a while, Li Shimin said quietly, "All you are my heart, and today's words must be truthful."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Knowing that what Li Shimin wanted to say was very important, they quickly stood up and politely said, "I will obey the order."

Seeing this, Li Shimin raised his hands and asked the few people to sit down. When he saw that they all sat down, he solemnly said, "What do you think the prince?"
Chapter completed!