God-level Consort of the Tang Dynasty

Du He touched his stomach and asked, "Can I eat first?"

Both Li Er and Empress Changsun were amused by Du He's sincere application.

"Okay, let's eat first, and we'll talk after dinner."

Du He picked up the chopsticks and said: "I said, governing a big country is like cooking small fish. Now, Your Majesty is the monarch of the Tang Dynasty, so cooking small fish is of course not a problem. This is the case with work for relief."

Li Er understood instantly, and personally picked up a chopsticks dish for Du He, and asked, "I ask you, can this work-for-relief solve the famine in Shandong and Henan?"

Du He smiled, "It's like fishing for the moon in water, it won't work."

"Will the victims be able to settle down?"

Du He still shook his head: "Like a flower in a mirror, it's unrealistic. It can only temporarily solve the problems of the victims."

Li Er asked unwillingly: "Will the world be able to return to obedience and all people to return to their hearts?"

Du He ate a mouthful of rice and said, "It's like scratching the itch, but it can't cure the root cause."

Seeing Du He pretending to be aggressive, Li Er felt a little edgy in his heart, and asked, "Then why is this work-for-relief method written so miraculously in your Shangshu?"

Du He said: "Your Majesty, the method of using work for relief is only a temporary plan. The temporary needs of the victims are to have enough food, but after March, after May, everyone wants to live and work in peace, not just to have enough food." Simple, if people only want to eat enough, how is it different from livestock? If people have no dreams, how is it different from salted fish?"

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(Thanks for the reward from the brothers [Lushi]!)

Chapter 251

Li Er heard this, and couldn't help asking: "Since ancient times, the wish of the emperors of all dynasties has been to make the people rich. The people's prosperity is nothing more than satisfying the desires of the stomach and the body. In this way, the people of the world are rich, why not? What is salted fish but not salted fish? What is the dream?"

Du He turned the chopsticks upside down, dipped them in some water, and tapped a little on the table.

Then pointing to the drop of water, he said, "Your Majesty, the needs and knowledge of the common people are only a little bit at the beginning. He can see and touch very limitedly. Maybe it's just food and clothing, and a mud house that can shelter from the wind and rain." ,but……"

wow.

Du He picked up his chopsticks and dipped them in water to make a fist-sized fist, and continued: "When he has so many things, what he can touch will be a vast world, and his way of thinking will also undergo a huge change. and needs are no longer what they used to be... People can eat enough and wear warm clothes. This should only be the first step, which is a basic well-off life, and the second step is to be well-off in an all-round way."

Li Er nodded in agreement: "I've heard of Xiaokang, but what about this comprehensive well-off?"

Du He said with a smile: "A well-off life was not invented by the ministers. It originated from the "Book of Rites". There is a saying in the "Li Yun Chapter": Now that the Dao is hidden, the world is home. Self. In the world of adults, we think of propriety, and city walls and ditches and ponds think of it as solid. Ritual and righteousness are used to discipline, to uphold rulers and ministers, to treat fathers and sons, to be harmonious with brothers, to reconcile husband and wife, to establish institutions, and to establish fields... This is called Xiaokang."

Du He recited this article in one breath, and immediately stunned Li Er.

Li Eryi patted the table and shouted: "Okay, Du He, Du He, you are said to be the number one talented scholar in the Tang Dynasty, and you really deserve your reputation, hahaha... I am very relieved to say that you are well-off. If you only feed and clothe the people, how is it different from animals? The Minister of Chinese and Military Affairs in the court knows how to be enterprising, and does his best for the country and the Tang Dynasty, and he never thinks about idleness all day long. Well-off in an all-round way, it seems that there are still many things I need to do in this life, the road is long and difficult, and there is a long way to go."

Du He nodded: "Nowadays, the Tang Dynasty is only in a stable and prosperous age. There is still a long way to go before the basic well-off. The comprehensive well-off is still far away. After reaching the comprehensive well-off, the country will be rich and the people will be strong. .”

People in later generations are full of longing for the prosperity of Zhenguan, but after the arrival of Du He, they can really feel that this era is only better than other civilizations of the same era, and the lives of the people may not be much easier. The people are still living very poorly.

After Du He finished speaking, he looked up and saw Li Er staring at him without blinking, with a smile on his lips.

Du He hastily put down his chopsticks and said, "Your Majesty, don't you, you want to trick me again?"

Li Er nodded without hesitation: "You are the county uncle of Huyi, my good son-in-law, why can't you work for me? Du He, Du He, sometimes, I really can't see through you. I heard that your furniture The factory and Datang Study can now earn 10,000+ money a day, so what do you use for so much money?"

Du He laughed and said: "Your Majesty, you don't understand the joy of making money... As an emperor, is it the king's land in the whole world, or the king's ministers on the shore of the land? The whole world belongs to you, of course you don't want to." I'm short of money, but I'm different. I'm just a courtier. I want to earn money to support my family. Besides, everyone only sees the furniture factory making money every day, but they don't expect that the expenses of the furniture factory are also extremely huge. Now the study and The furniture factory has a total of 200 workers, and the daily wages alone amount to more than 3000 yuan. There is also food, and the food standard for each person in the canteen of the furniture factory is 2 yuan per day..."

Du He raised his finger and listed a bunch of places that needed money, which stunned the majestic emperor Li Er.

Li Er asked puzzledly: "I heard Lang Ji mention that the food in the canteen of your furniture factory is better than that of the Forbidden Army. They are all craftsmen doing brute force. Why do they have such good food?"

Du He shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, the furniture factory is not full of brute force men, all of them are skilled craftsmen that I have carefully selected, among other things, if those people are put outside, they will definitely be scrambled by various governments. A few days ago, Master Changsun sent someone to the furniture factory to poach my craftsman, and offered 20 Wen per day."

"How many people have been poached?" Li Er asked curiously.

"Not one was dug up."

"Why?"

Du He smiled slightly and explained: "Because, the craftsmen know that for the time being, no matter whether they go to Sikong Mansion or wherever they go, they won't get the treatment of a furniture factory. It's hard to say whether they can get the 20 Wen from Sikong Mansion, but The workers in the furniture factory have signed contracts with me in black and white. Besides, I have the best production line in the world, and the most advanced design in the world... The artisans follow me, and it is not a problem to eat well. If you leave, you will never return to the furniture factory!"

Li Er nodded in agreement, thinking in shock, is this really a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy?Why do I feel like a wily old fox?

The two monarchs and ministers discussed in the pavilion.

As for looking at the moon, look at a hammer moon.

Afterwards, the two went to the imperial study.

Zhao Yang and the others who were guarding outside immediately heard intermittent quarrels.

An hour later.

In the imperial study room, Li Er was sitting on the rotating wooden chair, and Du He was leaning on the opposite chair.

The two stared at each other with wide eyes.

After a while, Li Erxian was still defeated.

He was already old, and he was still the majestic emperor of the Tang Dynasty. He was arguing with a young man with red faces, and it was a bit embarrassing to say it.

Just now, the subject of the quarrel between the two was that Li Er wanted Du He to enter the court as an official, and take charge of the large and small affairs of this time.

However, Du He didn't agree to anything, and no one could convince anyone.

Li Er asked across the table, "Do you have any cigarettes?"

Du He waved his hand: "No, it's already finished."

"I can promise you that you will not be allowed to enter the court as an official, but you came up with this method of labor-for-relief, and you must be responsible. Looking at the civil and military affairs of the court, there is no one more suitable than you. How to resettle thousands of disaster victims is not a trivial matter." Li Er said earnestly.

Du He nodded: "Okay, I agree. However, I have three conditions."

"Say!"

"I want money, a lot of money, of course I don't want it for myself. If I want to build a huge project to accommodate tens of thousands of victims, the money needed is by no means a small amount. It is possible that the treasury of the Tang Dynasty will be exhausted." Du He Said solemnly.

Li Er nodded: "Of course I know, your Shangshu has already written it clearly. I can give you as much money as you need, but it must be used for the right way. Moreover, my treasury can't afford consumption." Ah, everything, simplicity."

Du He continued: "I want people, Your Majesty, please allow me to mobilize a large number of people, including officials from the DPRK and China. In addition, I also need an imperial army, 50 people are enough. It is best to have an imperial army to remove obstacles for me. .”

Li Er didn't hesitate: "Okay, I will give you a Shangfang sword, so you can do things cheaply. I will also send Lang Ji to assist you and send you a 50-man imperial army to obey your orders."

Du He stretched out his third finger: "The third condition, I want His Majesty's trust."

"Oh?"