Datang Fenghua Road

Having said that, he turned his head and glanced at Li Shimin, and pretended to be sly: "Father, the son is about to start. If you don't hear it well, treat it as if the son didn't say it."

Li Shimin laughed and scolded, and said: "Tell me about you, my father is not stupid, and I have been the one who has received the most admonitions from the emperors through the ages. Besides, why should you and my father be restrained? If you have anything to say, you can say it directly."

Han Yue snorted, coughed twice and started to organize the language.

His eyes became obviously deep, and he picked up a piece of wood and swayed the fire, and said solemnly: "The world is poor, the poor are rich, these words are the experience of this king's trip to Luoyang. I went deep into the streets and folks, and I The pawns and traders talked to each other, and suddenly one day I had an epiphany, the reason why the common people are poor is not because our efforts are not enough, but because our efforts are embezzled by the rich.”

"Huh?" Surprise sounded all around again, but this time the surprise was filled with some thought.It is the elite who can become the dignitaries of the court, and many people will have far-reaching thinking with just a little bit of advice.

Han Yue suddenly got up slowly, looked far into the distance, and said: "This is Tianjiazhuang. From here, since the ninth year of Wude, I first made mosquito-repellent incense to make waterwheels, made Huoxiang Zhengqi water, and studied sweet potatoes. Fine breeds, brewing high-quality wine, and then led 12 people out of the customs, established a mutual market outside the customs to make a fortune, and went to the land of white mountains and black waters to build a giant city from scratch. The top ten industries in the world can all enrich the people. However, [-] years have passed. Why did the Tang Dynasty The people are still poor, where is the wealth I created?"

"Where did the wealth go?" These words caused many people to think deeply, and they couldn't help but start discussing.

Han Yue didn't care about everyone, and directly concluded: "The answer is very simple, it was intercepted by the rich."

He raised his foot and took two steps, and said in a calm tone: "For example, the ten major industries are obviously for the sake of enriching the people, but the poor people cannot directly take over, because they have no strength in the large-scale industries. This king takes an example as an example, Let's talk about Datang's iron industry."

In the crowd, Liu Hongji stood up and hurriedly explained: "My old Liu joined the stock in this industry. Since I started working, I have always remembered the teachings of His Highness. Whether it is a loss or a profit, it will never increase the price to the people. The iron industry is the other eleven. The same is true for the participating families, and no one of us dares to disobey His Highness's orders..."

"You didn't add it, but someone did!"

Han Yue waved his hand slightly for Liu Hongji to sit down, and said with a smile: "Kui Guogong, please sit down, this king is not blaming you."

Liu Hongji breathed a sigh of relief and felt a little relieved in his heart.

Now that Liu Hongji came out to explain, Han Yue just took him as an example, and continued: "All ministers and workers have also heard, Kui Guogong said that they have never raised prices for their participation in the iron industry, and this king's mines and smelters in the northeast are even cheaper. Goods, this is a deliberate act to benefit the common people, why have they persisted for so many years and still do not see the common people get rich?"

"I don't know, Your Highness, please tell me." The ministers cupped their hands, and everyone wanted to know the answer.

Han Yue suddenly sighed and said helplessly: "Rich households, the reason is the wealthy households in Datang..."

He looked up at the sky with his hands behind his back, and said in a deep voice, "I'm doing an industry to save the people, but how can the people have the strength to take over this? For example, the Northeast Iron Works will cost hundreds of thousands of pieces for one shipment, and it will be distributed among [-] companies. The agents of each company have to spend more than [-] yuan. Then they sell them separately, and the problem lies in this sale.”

Some of the ministers understood, only to see Fang Xuanling standing up slowly, frowning and pondering: "Once the goods are sold separately, they will inevitably be wiped out, because the common people do not have the strength to accept more than [-] pieces of iron, only the rich have money. Big purchases, after they buy them, they distribute them to smaller wealthy households again, so layer upon layer, after His Highness’s cheap things are in the hands of the common people, they have lost their effectiveness in helping the people get rich.”

Han Yue nodded and said with emotion: "That's why this king said that the world is poor, and the poor are rich, and the profits of my iron mining industry that were withheld by the rich households did not achieve the intended purpose of opening. Other industries The same is true, no matter what I do to benefit the people, the people will never be able to benefit from it.”

The minister present was thoughtful, and the field became silent for a while, only the autumn wind blew, making the fire crackle.

Li Shimin suddenly sighed deeply and asked Han Yue, "Is this the experience of your Luoyang group?"

Han Yue nodded and said solemnly, "Yes!"

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Chapter 735 The Women's Movement in the Tang Dynasty

Li Shimin slowly stood up from the ground and asked again: "That's why you came up with the strange idea of ​​directly sending money and rice to the people of the world? Because your industry cannot benefit the poor, so you want to use this most direct way to solve it?"

Han Yue thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Yes, no!"

Li Shimin walked to his side and said in a deep voice: "Tell me, I have to listen carefully, and the ministers also have to listen carefully. This matter may affect the implementation of the Tang Dynasty's national policy. Yueer, you must let everyone listen." I understand why you are acting."

Han Yue hummed, and then began to explain carefully.

He said solemnly: "Your minister directly distributes money and rice grains to the people. In fact, it is not to use this method to relieve suffering. This is because I saw a woman living in poverty, so I have a temporary impulse to do good deeds." The impulsiveness, but I know that the act of saving the people cannot be like this, if this kind of thing is done too much, it will drag down Datang."

"If you do too much, how many times do you want to do it?" Li Shimin snorted and said, "Even if you do it only once, the Tang Dynasty will be ruined. Do you know how many people there are in the world today? A total of 8000 million. And you give The rewards of the people are so many, the sum is simply a terrifying number."

The emperor stopped here for a while, and suddenly took out a secret letter from his arms.

He glanced at Han Yue in a blink of an eye, and then opened the secret letter and read aloud: "Ten for young people, fifteen for old people, twenty for children, in addition to food, cloth, and clothes. The most terrible thing is that if a woman adopts an orphan, You actually ordered an extra reward of one hundred guan..."

After Li Shimin read this, he quickly collected the letter, obviously unable to continue reading, the emperor said helplessly: "Yueer, listen to how much it is? There are 8000 million people in the world. According to your reward method, ten Great Tang The treasury is not enough."

Han Yue took a light breath and did not answer directly.

Li Shimin sighed, and then said: "Besides, you are not only rewarding, but also rebuilding all the poor towns in the world, not only the poor towns, but also the poor villages..."

The emperor pursed his lips when he said this, and suddenly reached out and patted Han Yue on the shoulder, his face full of bitterness and said: "My son, are you crazy? I am not angry with your actions, I am afraid that you will be affected by this. If you are exhausted, you will even be dragged to death with me, Tang Dynasty."

The emperor's words were also what the ministers wanted to say.The reason why the civil and military people of the whole dynasty gathered here today is because everyone is worried that Han Yue's actions are too radical.

When people reach a certain high position, they must think about doing things that will be named and remembered forever.Regardless of whether these ministers have various selfish intentions, but they can become big bosses of the fourth rank or above, almost every one of them wants to do something beneficial for the people.

But doing what you do, the premise is to protect yourself first. No one will sincerely approve of Han Yue's methods.

If the Tang Dynasty was dragged to death and collapsed, how could they still enjoy high officials and generous wealth?

Han Yue suddenly let out a sigh of relief, and glanced at the important officials in the entire camp. He said solemnly: "This king is indeed a bit radical in this matter of the national reward, but I don't regret it, but I feel at ease..."

After speaking with a long sigh, he murmured softly: "If you leaned down and entered the people, and went to see the people in the poor town, you might find a lot of people who can move you to tears. They The greatness of man shows the brilliance of human nature."

There was a sudden sound of trivial footsteps behind, but it was Empress Changsun who came over with a group of ladies.

The queen looked a little sad, and said softly: "Yue'er, do you think of that Lu Niang again? Niang heard Doudou say that after you came back from Luoyang, you drank Ning tincture and got drunk!"

The queen took two steps forward, reached out to caress Han Yue's forehead, and muttered: "The next day you rushed into the palace, and asked the mother to give that Lu Niang a silk book, good child, the mother listened to Lu Niang's words. Deeds, I think you did the right thing..."

The queen stopped here for a while, and suddenly looked at the more than [-] ministers present, and shouted: "Bengong's son is not wrong, his heart is too kind, you two are worried about this, worry about that, worry about the big one. Tang was dragged down, afraid that he would lose his position, but have you thought about Lu Niang, have you thought about thousands of poor women like Lu Niang?"

The ministers present were silent, and many people's faces turned red. I don't know if the redness was caused by the fire or the shame in their hearts.

The eldest grandson had a mighty look in her eyes, and said softly, "Niang Lu is a miserable woman, but she can adopt three orphans. In order to raise children who do not belong to her, she has to become a secret door. This palace is here. I would like to ask you, what are you guys doing when those poor and respectable women are suffering?"

The Empress did not wait for the ministers to answer, and said loudly and coquettishly, "You are reciting poems and writing poems, you are writing books, and you are always talking about doing things for the people, but one meal of yours can make Lu Niang live for three years... …”

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The queen suddenly kicked a piece of firewood.

With anger on her jade face and tears in the corners of her eyes, she sobbed and said, "It is said that the harem is not allowed to do politics, but this palace is a woman, and I am the queen of the Tang Dynasty, and I want to say a word for all women in the world. Because of his grief, he issued a decree to reward the whole people, what happened to him, I, the mother, support him."

"Guanyin maid, you..."

Li Shimin opened his mouth and said helplessly, "Don't make a fool of yourself."

"Your Majesty, shut up!" The eldest grandson scolded abruptly, and shouted at her husband with a sullen face.

The next moment, the queen suddenly raised her hand to the top of her head, and she suddenly pulled out the phoenix-tailed golden hairpin on top of her head.

As the golden hairpin was pulled out, the hair was suddenly scattered.

The queen stood beside the fire with her hair disheveled and shouted loudly: "Bengong is a woman, and I know how difficult it is to be a mother. You are afraid that my son's reward to the people will bring down the Tang Dynasty, but Bengong is not afraid of this at all. Here I am. Donating all of your jewelry is counted as support for your son's good deeds. Isn't it money? I don't need makeup when I am old, so take out all these jewelry, please give me some money..."

She used the word "beg".

The dignified queen of a country used a single word of request to speak to the ministers.