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He finally understood why Liu Ba ran so fast.

Even though Liu Ba is conceited, he has no chance of winning in front of Yu Fan.

You can't fight, you can't scold, you can't.

Just when Xun Yu was embarrassed, Liu Xie let out a clear smile. "Looking at the world, there are not many people who can make Yu Jijiu feel ashamed. Xun Yin, come over for a drink?"

Xun Yu let out a long breath, bowed to Yu Fan again, turned around and left.

Yu Fan raised his eyebrows lightly, curled his lips, raised his glass calmly, and drank it down in one gulp.

Xun Yu came in front of the emperor and was about to speak when Liu Xie said, "Yu's sacrificial wine has already been drunk, why is your wine still full?"

Xun Yu looked back, just in time to see Yu Fan put down the wine glass, and immediately understood Liu Xie's meaning, immediately drank the wine in the glass, and stretched out his hand to pour the wine again.The boy boy next to him, Zhou Buyi, took Xun Yu's wine glass quickly and filled it up.

Xun Yu took the wine glass, sat down in front of Liu Xie, and said in a low voice, "Thank you Your Majesty for saving the siege, otherwise I would have really made a fool of myself today."

Liu Xie raised his glass and smiled. "Xun Yin is afraid that everyone will get drunk if he is not drunk today, so he dared to tease Yu Jijiu's tiger's tail."

"Ashamed, ashamed." Xun Yu smiled awkwardly, toasted, and had a drink with Liu Xie.

Liu Xie waved to Yang Biao and Zhou Zhong who were on the side, motioning for them to come and talk together.Yang Biao and Zhou Zhong smiled knowingly and came happily.

Xun Yu was grateful, but also amazed.

At this time, Liu Xie made such a move, clearly to tell everyone that he, Xun Yu, will go one step further in the future and rank among the three princes.

To some extent, this is also a response to Yu Fan's behavior just now.

While telling everyone not to flirt with Yu Fan's tiger tail, he told everyone that Xun Yu has a bright future, and that the emperor's balance skill is easy to use without showing any traces.

After saying a few polite words, Xun Yu immediately got to the point.

"The minister just discussed with Liu Ba about casting gold and silver coins, proposed a general survey of mineral deposits, and then talked about the ownership of the mountain forest minerals. Back then, Emperor Guangwu..."

When it came to business, Xun Yu became more confident and talked eloquently.

Yang Biao and Zhou Zhong listened and nodded frequently, expressing their agreement with Xun Yu's opinion.

They also thought about this issue, but Xun Yu didn't think about it so deeply and carefully. He directly thought of the division of powers between the Dasinong and the Shaofu, and took the system evolution into consideration.

Liu Xie also became serious, turned around and called Hussar General Zhang Ji, Taiwei Jia Xu, and Shaofu Tian Fen to discuss together. high standard treatment.

Xun Wenqian, who was on the side, could see clearly, and couldn't help twitching the corner of her mouth.

Tang, who was talking to Mrs. Tang, also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw her.When she saw Xun Yu being bullied by Yu Fan just now, her heart was in her throat, and she was afraid that Xun Yu would not be able to bear this tone for a while and accept Yu Fan's challenge.

Yu Fan's reputation of not being easy to mess with in the martial arts hall is not for nothing, he can really fight.

"He looks gentle, but he's actually stubborn." Tang complained, "After so many years, unless he figured it out, he won't be able to turn this corner."

Mrs. Tang said with a smile: "This is what makes him valuable, and what the emperor values ​​him. Sooner or later, the truth will be understood. If the principles of life are lost, it will be difficult to find them back."

Tang sighed. "Having said that, it's worrying after all. Now that I've figured it out this time, how can I know if there will be disagreements in the future? He himself often said that the emperor is like a fairy who walks against the wind, and mortals may not be able to keep up if they want to. "

Mrs. Tang looked up at Liu Xie and Xun Yu who were sitting face to face talking together, and smiled. "Wen Ruo really said that?"

"Of course, in front of you, can I still lie and hide?"

"If that's the case, then you don't have to worry." Mrs. Tang filled up the wine. "Enlightenment is a matter of slowness rather than haste, and lack of it is better than excessive. Just as Xunqing said, one leap of a galloping horse is less than ten steps. A poor horse rides ten times, and the merits are relentless. What's more, he is not a slow horse, but a real horse. Given time, He must be able to accumulate a lot of money, come first, and become the person who is closest to the realm of the Son of Heaven."

"I hope so." Tang shi felt relieved, took a sip of wine, and said, "Since you presided over Yinfang, your conversation and knowledge have improved a lot. Don't you want to be a female doctor like Cai Lingshi?"

Mrs. Tang couldn't help laughing. "I don't have a talent like Cai Lingshi's. It's just that I have listened too much and learned the tongue." She paused for a moment, and a strange look flashed in her eyes. "However, it's human nature to look up to a good person. When Cai Lingshi returns to the court, I really want to get closer to her. I have been busy with the affairs of the printing workshop these years, and I am a little unfamiliar with her."

Chapter 1178 The Brave Is Fearless

After listening to Xun Yu's question, Liu Xie did not express his opinion, but picked up his glass leisurely and took a sip.

A young body is good, the metabolism is fast, and even the capacity for alcohol has improved.

In the past, he would not have dared to think about this kind of long-night drink, even if it was beer.

This qualifies him to take his time and not to get up frequently to release water.

Just like at this moment, with the military power in his hands, Zhizhang and Yinfang are also in his hands, he doesn't need to ask Situ Mansion for money, he can naturally see what they choose.

The royal family's expenses skyrocketed in the later period, not just for the reasons Xun Yu said, such as the extravagance of Xiaohuan and Xiaoling, the tens of thousands of people in the harem, and the daily cost of thousands of dollars.

Confucianism's emphasis on etiquette is the key reason that cannot be ignored.

Confucian etiquette always pays attention to form.

The master said to Zigong, "You love his sheep, and I love his rites."

Without sheep, what kind of ceremony is there to talk about?

Therefore, in order to maintain decency, a lot of etiquette expenses are necessary, otherwise it is rude.Confucianism is supreme, and etiquette is the most high-sounding reason for Confucianism to restrain the emperor. Naturally, this etiquette is indispensable, and money is naturally spent.

The most typical is thick burial.

The trend of rich burials in this dynasty is very strong, not only for the royal family, but also for the common people.In the archaeology of later generations, a large number of portrait bricks were unearthed in the Eastern Han Dynasty, which was the gift of the wind of entrusting thick burials.

For later generations of archaeology, thick burials provided a large amount of physical data.But for the people of the world, a heavy burial is a heavy burden, so there are not a few families that go bankrupt.

The same goes for the royal family. Later, Xiaohuan and Xiaoling's finances collapsed, and some reason was closely related to the custom of heavy burial.

In the first year of Jiankang, after the death of Emperor Xiaoshun, Xiao Chong reigned for four months, Xiao Zhi reigned for one and a half years, and there was no time to repair the imperial mausoleum.Emperor Xiaochong's Huailing Mausoleum and Emperor Xiaozhi's Jingling Mausoleum were both completed during the reign of Emperor Xiaohuan, and they had a great impact on the financial affairs of the Xiaohuan Dynasty, which should not be ignored anyway.

Xun Yu didn't say anything, but it didn't mean he could ignore it.

Mass burial is only one aspect, and the expenses of other various ceremonies are also huge. For example, the annual cost of food and clothing is as high as [-] million, and the cost of clothing is nearly [-] million. The sum of various expenses is close to [-]% of the national fiscal revenue.

For a traveler, this is an extremely terrifying number.

This is an unbearable burden even for this day and age, and financial unsustainability is almost inevitable.

Therefore, to improve the financial situation, it is imperative to reform the Confucian rituals.

Cao Cao and Zhuge Liang in history both advocated frugality and light burials, not because of their high morals, but because the situation forced them to do so.

But such a proposal cannot be made by him.Otherwise, good intentions will not be rewarded, and Confucianism will not only not appreciate him, but also worry that he will weaken Confucianism's right to speak.He just firmly grasped Zhifang, the most profitable industry at present, to meet his own expenses first, to ensure that he did not need to ask Situ Mansion for money, and then to see how these Confucian scholars and bureaucrats solved this problem.

In case of unsatisfactory, the mountains, forests and mines will be returned to the Shaofu, and the royal family's expenses will be separated from the imperial court's expenses, and each will spend its own money.

Anyway, it is impossible for me to be short of money. I don’t need to build the Wanjin Hall like Emperor Xiaoling.

Now Xun Yu really couldn't hold back, and raised the issue of the division of power between the Shaofu and the Dasinong. Liu Xie really wanted to see what kind of plan they could come up with.

Yang Biao and Zhou Zhong are both old foxes.They had thought about this problem a long time ago, but they didn't have a suitable solution. Now when they heard Xun Yu's proposal, they knew that it was Liu Bagong's fire, and they all looked at Xun Yu eagerly.

Zhang Ji didn't understand economics, so he looked at a loss.

Jia Xu lowered her head, almost falling asleep, as if this matter has nothing to do with me, don't ask me.

Xun Yu also knew that since he had brought up this topic, he could no longer hide.He put forward two proposals: one is to maintain the current system, regardless of the royal family and the imperial court, they are all controlled by the Situ Mansion, but the size of the royal family should be limited to avoid infinite expansion; the second is to separate the royal family from the imperial court and re-divide their respective powers scope.

The most critical of these is the income of the mine.

Xun Yu's suggestion is that since Emperor Guangwu assigned income from salt, iron, mines, etc. to Da Sinong, there is no need to change it, and these should still belong to Da Sinoong.The amount of these benefits is huge, and it has an immeasurable impact on the people's livelihood and economy. It is more appropriate for Dasinong to control it.

Yang Biao and Zhou Zhong exchanged glances quietly, stroking their beards in unison, with deep expressions, but noncommittal.

The corner of Liu Xie's mouth twitched slightly.

Empress Fushou on the side was very upset, but she didn't speak, just lowered her eyelids, and there was no smile on her face.

Xun Wenqian and Zhen Mi, who were sitting relatively close to each other, probably heard it, and Xun Wenqian looked a little embarrassed, but Zhen Mi smiled like a flower, and said softly to Xun Wenqian: "Is Xun Yin going to take all the printing and weaving workshops into Situ's mansion? Then we It's free, and you don't have to work so hard."

Although the voice was not loud, Xun Yu could hear it clearly, and his face was a little hot.

The printing workshop and the weaving workshop were all planned by the emperor, and the empress and the nobles worked hard to build them up, including his daughter Xun Wenqian. If you want to take it back, you can take it back?

How can there be such a cheap thing.

If you want to get what you want, you must make huge concessions that the emperor can accept.He could roughly guess what this concession was, and he was mentally prepared.

But when the words came to his lips, he still hesitated.

This is related to the status of Confucianism, and it is not so easy to say.

Although the emperor's new policies have shaken the dominant position of Confucianism in essence, after all, he has not publicly denied this.In the eyes of many people, those who practice factual learning are also Confucian scholars, and most non-Confucian scholars are just craftsmen who do things and have little to do with official careers.

Once it is officially announced that the official career is open to other academics, the exclusive status of Confucianism will disappear.

Even if this decision is correct, wise, and beneficial for thousands of years.In a short period of time, the person who made this suggestion will also be spurned by countless Confucian scholars and become a Confucian scum, and it is inevitable to be pointed at the backbone.

Is it proposed on this occasion, or should we accept it later?

Anyway, the emperor has no objection in principle, and specific suggestions can be raised after the two governments jointly.

Judging by Yang Biao and Zhou Zhong's expressions, they probably also disapproved of discussing this issue with the emperor at this time.

But when the words came to his lips, Xun Yu was still not reconciled.

Today is the New Year's Eve meeting. Not only the Sangong Jiuqing and their main subordinates are present, but also the leaders of the counties and states. The scale is as big as the Great Dynasty, but the atmosphere is not as solemn as the Great Dynasty. It is a good time to write a letter.Even if the best decisions cannot be made, there should be agreement in principle.

Don't say it now, when will it be?

Gritting his teeth, Xun Yu stood up and bowed to him again. "Your Majesty was ordered to work hard at the time of peril, to prevent Emperor Guangwu from being the same. I think that the world will be settled now, and it is a great year. Your Majesty should clean up the old system, reform the old system, and create a peaceful world."

Liu Xie smiled. "Is Xun Yin going to make a big fuss?"

Yang Biao and Zhou Zhong were also caught off guard.They haven't had a chance to discuss it carefully with Xun Yu, and they just want to hear Xun Yu's opinion at this moment, but Xun Yu's posture does not mean talking in general, it is to be open and honest.

Although this is only Xun Yu's opinion, even if it is rejected, they will not be involved.

However, this is a major matter related to Confucianism after all, how could it be so hasty?

Xun Yu has reached the age of forty, how can he still act like a young man with a weak crown?

Chapter 1179

Xun Yu opened his mouth, but calmed down, and replied calmly: "Your Majesty, this is just my opinion, not a big deal. If it is beneficial to the country, please consider it at your discretion. If it is unreasonable, please punish the minister. .”

Yang Biao and Zhou Zhong looked at each other and smiled wryly.

Xun Yu is determined to negotiate with the emperor at the sacrifice of his whole life.

All the people in the hall and the hall were paying attention to the few people in front of the throne, but seeing Xun Yu speak out, knowing that something important happened, they immediately reminded the people around them to be quiet, even the singing and dancing stopped, and all their attention was focused on the emperor and Xun Yu Waiting for someone's body.

Liu Xie waved his hand. "Xun Yin, relax. Today is a meeting to observe the year, not a court meeting. Monarchs and ministers bid farewell to the old and welcome the new together. You can talk freely, but you don't have to be so restrained, which ruins your interest."

Yang Biao also took advantage of the situation to persuade: "Xun Yin, since the Battle of Huayin, whether it is the court or the battlefield, His Majesty has always been admonishing. If you have any ideas, just say it, but if there are merits, Your Majesty will understand it." Do what’s right, you don’t have to take it so seriously, make it a story.”

Zhou Zhong also laughed in unison, and pulled Xun Yu to his seat.

Xun Yu took his seat again and said a few polite words before turning to the topic.

In order to prove his point of view, he first praised Liu Xie a few words, compared Liu Xie with Emperor Guangwu, and said that in terms of thrift, he was more than worse.Therefore, in order to carry forward this advantage and avoid repeating the same mistakes for future generations, it is necessary to establish rules to limit the size of the harem.

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help laughing secretly, and at the same time broke into a cold sweat for Xun Yu.

What Xun Yu said was correct, the emperor's frugality is obvious to all, even compared with Emperor Guangwu, it is not inferior.

But no matter how you look at the kings of future generations he said, the first emperor Xiaoling is one of them.The Son of Heaven disagrees with this, and has been devoting himself to rebuilding the "Emperor Xiaoling Ji", how could he fail to understand Xun Yu's implication?

In case the emperor is upset, even if he doesn't face Xun Yu today, the thorn in his heart will be planted.

Liu Xie didn't change his face, and smiled faintly. "According to Mr. Xun, what size should the harem be? Is it according to Zhou rituals, or according to Emperor Guangwu's law?"

Xun Yu shook his head. "Your Majesty, the focus of today's discussion is not on the size of the harem." He took the money from Zhou Buyi who had just recited the poem and received it. "Today we only talk about money."

"Oh?" Liu Xie was a little surprised, and couldn't help but turned to look at Yang Biao and others. "It's really rare. Mr. Xun doesn't care about etiquette, he wants to talk about money."

Yang Biao stroked his beard and said slightly. "Guan Zhong once said that if the granary is solid, you know the etiquette, and if you have enough food and clothing, you know the honor and disgrace. Bigan is a loyal minister in the court, and he is the god of wealth when he is out. It’s also right to care about the economy.”

Liu Xie glanced at Yang Biao, and secretly scolded the old fox.

Listen to what you mean, I don't listen to him saying that he is King Zhou and King Yue, right?

"Okay, let's talk about money." Liu Xie smiled brighter. "It's a pity that King Zhou, Duke Huan of Qi, and Goujian are not good kings. Otherwise, I would like to fulfill Lord Xun's desire to imitate the sages of the past."

Yang Biao bowed in embarrassment to apologize. "I have misunderstood the metaphor, please punish me, Your Majesty."

"Forget it, I'm the one who made it easier for you, and I made mistakes first."

Yang Biao was even more embarrassed, his old face flushed, and he smiled embarrassingly twice.

Xun Yu's face remained unchanged. "Your Majesty, how can Di Xin, Xiaobai, and Goujian be comparable? If Di Xin has half of His Majesty's wisdom, and Zhou can't represent Shang, he should have the order of the seventeenth generation. If Xiaobai and Goujian are half of His Majesty's heroism, how can they be partial?" Hegemony? The ministers are fortunate enough to follow His Majesty to revive the Han Dynasty, rebuild the Confucianism, and build eternal peace. How dare you know it without saying it? It is well known that His Majesty treats veterans well. Overwhelmed by alcohol, misleading metaphors, flaws do not hide the virtues..."

Liu Xie raised his hand to signal Xun Yu to stop nagging.

"Talk about business, talk about money."