Time travel, sell Tang poems at the beginning

Lin Feng's legs went weak and he immediately fell to his knees, "The common people know the crime."

Huangfu succeeded in his treacherous plan, a faint smile appeared on his lips, "Lin Feng, you blatantly bribed a high-ranking member of the imperial court. According to Dayan's criminal law, you should be beheaded."

"However, your behavior has not harmed the imperial court and the country. I will give you a lighter sentence in consideration of your contribution to the imperial court. Tell me, do you accept a beating or a punishment?"

Damn, it’s true that being with you is like being with a tiger. In just a few minutes, my little heart almost went into arrhythmia.

"The common people accept their punishment."

Lin Feng reached out and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

"Okay, since you are so unwilling to be an official, then I will punish you to become an official. I will pass the decree and give Lin Feng a Jinshi background, an official rank of six-rank cabinet minister, and a reward of the first building in Tianmen Street."

"Your Majesty, what kind of official is this cabinet minister?"

"The cabinet walker is an official who helps the three cabinet elders in the cabinet. When the elder is writing, you help him grind the ink. When the elder is thirsty, you help bring tea. When the elder has something to do, you help run errands."

"Your Majesty, haven't those ordinary people become handymen in the cabinet?"

"What? Do you want to resist the decree?"

Lin Feng quickly cupped his hands and said, "Common people don't dare."

Huangfu Gongcheng nodded, "Lin Feng, you are now a person of distinction. A sixth-rank official of the imperial court will no longer need to call himself a commoner from now on."

"Yes, I accept the order and thank you."

Ge Lian Hengqu said all four sentences, but he didn't expect that he would become a handyman. Lin Feng was very depressed, but then he thought about the fact that the cabinet minister is a sixth-rank official. You know, even the top pick, second pick, and top pick of the imperial examination. When I became an official, I was only in the sixth rank, and I felt much better immediately.

I'm a time traveler, how can I do odd jobs for others? Even if the person you serve is Mr. Ge, that won’t work! It seems that I have to find a way to change my job as soon as possible.

Huangfu Gongcheng walked down from the dragon chair with a smile, "Lin Aiqing, stop standing, sit down and talk!"

"There is no place for me to sit in front of His Majesty and the three ministers. I'd better stand!"

"You can sit down if I ask you to, so what? Do you dare to resist the order?"

"I dare not."

Lin Feng quickly found a chair and sat on it. Huangfu Gongcheng saw this and nodded with satisfaction.

"Four dear friends, I am very happy today. It has been 120 and three spring and autumn years since the founding of Dayan. In addition to Wang Zhougong, now there are finally another famous sayings selected into the quotations of sages. It is really gratifying and congratulatory!"

"Your Majesty is diligent in his work and friendly to the virtuous, and is a blessing to all people."

The three pavilion elders spoke together. Judging from the tacit understanding between the three of them, they must have practiced it countless times in private.

Huangfu nodded happily and said, "Sun Ban passed the decree and the court bell will ring three times, and the court will be held early tomorrow morning."

"Old slave obeys the order."

Sun He bowed and turned around and left quickly.

In the Dayan Dynasty, there was a morning court on ten days. On the first, eleventh and 21st of each month, if there was an important event, you could ring the court bell and make an additional court meeting. If the court bell rings three times, you will go to court early tomorrow. If you ring the court bell six times, you will go to court immediately. If you ring the court bell nine times, it will be urgent. Court meeting. Of course, this situation will only happen when the imperial court is facing an existential crisis.

"Four dear friends, I have been thinking about a question since I took over the throne. Since the history of this land under our feet, there have been many dynasties. Some of them have existed for hundreds of years, and some have only existed for decades. Just disappeared in the long river of history, is there a certain pattern in this?"

"Take the previous prosperous dynasty as an example. In the sixth year of Guo Zuo 290, there was both the rule of Jingyuan and the prosperous age of Renkang, but in the end it could not avoid the end of destruction. Why is this?"

"It has been 120 years since the founding of Dayan by Taizu. How long can the Dayan Dynasty continue to exist? Is there an eternal dynasty in this world? I still don't have an answer. I wonder if the four dear friends can help me clear up my doubts? "

Academician Meng Xianli stood up and cupped his hands, "Your Majesty, the change of dynasties has been happening since ancient times, just like a person's birth to death. This is the law of heaven and cannot be reversed. We only need to do our part. .”

"The minister waits for the second opinion!"

Dai Qian, the imperial censor, and Cheng Wuwei, the general, both stood up and saluted.

Huangfu Gongcheng looked at Lin Feng who was sitting beside him, "Lin Aiqing, what do you think?"

Lin Feng's face lit up. He didn't expect the opportunity to change jobs would come so soon. It seemed like I had to organize my speech.

"Your Majesty, what Mr. Pavilion said makes sense. The birth and death of a dynasty are very similar to the birth and death of a person."

"When people are sick, they can seek treatment from doctors. We can prolong life through medicine. The same goes for dynasties. As long as we can find a good recipe suitable for the development of dynasties, we can naturally prolong the dynasty's reign."

Huangfu Gongcheng's face lit up, "Does Lin Aiqing have a good prescription?"

This was what Lin Feng was waiting for, and he immediately said, "Yes, my best solution is money."

"Lin Aiqing is talking about money?"

Lin Feng nodded, "Exactly."

"Your Majesty, throughout the history of the major dynasties, there are many obvious signs before their decline. First, landlords annexed a large number of land, causing the vast majority of farmers to lose their land and become farm laborers. There are fewer farmers with land, and the court's tax revenue will naturally decrease. The less money there is, the more money the state treasury will have in the long run.”

"As long as there is a natural disaster at this time, those farm laborers will become refugees. The court has no money to provide disaster relief, and the people have no money to buy food. At this time of life and death, as long as someone deliberately instigates a peasant uprising, the court will If we can’t even get military pay at this time, then it will only be a matter of time before we are destroyed.”

Huangfu Gongcheng and the three pavilion elders nodded in agreement.

"Your Majesty, although money is not everything, nothing can be done without money. When the imperial court has money, it will allocate money to provide relief wherever natural disasters occur, and send troops to suppress rebellions wherever they occur. The dynasty will not perish no matter how bad it is. "

"When farmers have money, they will not easily sell their land. Naturally, they will not become farm laborers. When disaster strikes, they will not become refugees. Naturally, peasant uprisings will not occur."

Huangfu Gongcheng nodded, "What Lin Aiqing said makes sense. It seems that this money is indeed very important, but the imperial court's tax revenue is only so much every year. How can we increase revenue?"

"Your Majesty, do you know how much money I can make from each jar of Immortal Drunk I sell?"

"How many?"

Huangfu Gongcheng and the three pavilion elders looked at Lin Feng curiously.

"Each jar can earn three taels of silver. Chen's brewery in Jiangling City currently has more than 200 employees. It can produce a thousand jars of immortal drunkenness every day. The daily net profit is 3000 taels of silver, which is 9 taels of silver a month. , that’s 8 million taels of silver a year.”

When Huangfu Gongcheng heard this, he immediately took a breath of cold air, "So many? No wonder you don't want to be an official."