Chapter 904

People say that it is considered old at the age of three, but this is actually true. Li Chengqian seems to be inferior to ten thousand people, and he is rampant with the title of the Prince of the Tang Dynasty, but the thoughts of the petty citizens in his bones cannot be changed no matter what.

He also knew that if he wanted to be a top position, he needed to have a broad mind. He kept reminding himself in many things to trust his subordinates and tolerate, but everything was easy to say and difficult to do. Understanding and being able to do was completely incompatible.

That's why he regarded Lao Cao's words as his motto and left a nickname of "revengeful revenge" in the Tang Dynasty. However, the mentality of the petty citizen made him not do thoroughly. In a short period of time, he could not "kill in a dream" like Lao Cao. What he showed to outsiders was just a kind of cruelty on the outside. In fact, he was still a little "empty" in his bones. Many things only regretted their mistakes after the passage of time.

Fortunately, Li Chengqian has one advantage, that is, he has a smart head. After knowing that he is wrong, he will quickly correct it and try to prevent the same mistake from making the next time.

"Your Highness, you won't attend morning court for three days, I don't know what the reason is?" Just as Li Chengqian was thinking blankly about how to correct his mistakes, Du Zhenglun came to the door without notice.

"I am not in good health and I will stop the court for five days. Is there any problem with Mr. Du?" Li Chengqian had no good idea for these civil officials who valued their reputation more than their lives, so he could only roll his eyes helplessly.

The old man himself praised Du Zhenglun and others very much. Even if he was a prince, he would not be able to deny his judgment when the old man was still alive. He could only agree with Xiao Guicao and then shrink his neck to pretend to be a grandson.

"His Prince's health has been unwell, have you ever asked the imperial doctor to see?" Du Zhenglun didn't know whether he had lost his mind by reading or whether he knew that there was a tiger on the mountain and was going toward the tiger mountain. Although he saw the impatientness in Li Chengqian's eyes, he still asked without hesitation.

"How can I judge my body by myself..." Li Chengqian was a little anxious when asked, and glared at Du Zhenglun and said, "Mr. Du didn't go to work on his own business, but came to care about my physical condition. I don't know what this means?"

"Your Highness, Your Majesty has been in office for nearly ten years, but he has never stopped working for several days due to physical discomfort. Now Your Majesty has been in charge and has only been away from the capital for more than a month. You are doing this. What if Your Majesty knows?" Du Zhenglun said with his neck stammering.

As a minister who is a stern adviser, he doesn't see his life at all. Anyway, as long as he has not been cut off his head for a day, he will continue to talk, otherwise he will think he is sorry for the salary he receives.

Li Chengqian smacked his lips, and looked at Lao Du without saying a word for a long time, and was struggling with whether he wanted to compromise or not.

Du Zhenglun looked at him without any backfire, as if he would continue to hang out as long as he didn't go to court, and he would also complain to him.

"Oh! Mr. Du, do you know that this disease in this palace is a heart disease and cannot be effective by medicine and stones. What can I do if the imperial doctor has seen it? If the father knows it, it will probably involve his energy and only add to his worries." After looking at each other, Li Chengqian's tone softened and changed his tone.

"My heart disease? What kind of heart disease does Your Highness have? Can you tell me about it?" Du Zhenglun's strange intention was aroused, or he wanted to see what method Li Chengqian planned to use to continue to delay and go to court.

"Does Mr. Du know that the escaped people?" Li Chengqian sighed again and found a problem that could not be solved in a short period of time.

According to the current understanding, fleeing people can be regarded as people without household registration. In ancient times, many people fled to high-ranking households or fled into mountains to escape the census, but turned themselves into black households in order to evade corvee or high taxes.

These people have no land or real estate, and their own bad life belongs to them.

Because of nothing, most of these people are engaged in low-cost jobs or sell themselves to wealthy people to be servants without freedom. Of course, more such people have become cancers in society, forming cliques and robbing families, and doing everything they can do.

Although Du Zhenglun was a civil servant, he was also aware of the harm caused by the fleeing people. At this time, he was stunned when he heard Li Chengqian mention it, frowned and said, "I know!"

"It's good if Mr. Du knows it." Li Chengqian sighed and continued, "So Mr. Du knows how many people there are in my Tang Dynasty?"

"This..." Du Zhenglun was asked silently. This question was too tricky. If he knew how many escaped people were, he would have turned these escaped people into obedient people. How could he have the title of escaped people!

"I have counted it and this number is about 800,000 households." Li Chengqian did not expect Du Zhenglun to answer his own question. After giving the answer directly, he looked at Du Zhenglun and said, "How many people are registered in the Tang Dynasty? More than four million households? Now there are 800,000 households without household registration. How can I not worry about my heart and not worry-free?"

Du Zhenglun was stunned. Eighty million households fleeing people. Even if there are three people in one household, it will be two million. Not to mention that there are more than three people in the Tang Dynasty. If you really need to count, there are always three million people.

There were actually three million people in the Tang Dynasty who were not registered. Du Zhenglun was stunned when he heard this number. Even Li Chengqian, who asked the question, was also a little stunned.

This is really not aware of it, I was shocked when I calculated it.

"Dian, Your Highness, I, can I know how this number comes from?" Du Zhenglun asked stutteredly after staying for a long time.

Compared with the three million people, Li Chengqian's failure to attend court for a few days is not worth mentioning at all. If all these people can be returned to their hometowns, what if they don't attend court for a year!

"How did it come from? There is information from the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Mr. Du can check it out to see how many people there were in the former Sui Dynasty, how many people died in wars, and how many people there are in the Tang Dynasty now. If you calculate the addition and deduction, you will naturally have results."

On this issue, Li Chengqian naturally would not lie. This number was calculated unintentionally when he was idle for a while and was looking for information at the Ministry of Revenue. However, at that time, he did not realize the population problem in his mind, so he ignored the past.

Having said that, Du Zhenglun had already believed seven or eight copies, and knew that the figures counted by Li Chengqian should be almost the same as ten, but for the sake of security, Lao Du decided to check them out by himself.

As for the matter of going to court..., let's go to court. Before the number of people is counted clearly, Lao Du himself did not plan to go to court.
Chapter completed!