I heard that the emperor has a crush on me

Li Wenzhen was flattered by such an obvious change.

Uncomfortable, he coughed twice, told Li Wenyu to let go, and sent him to play with Li Wenxu.

Seeing Li Wenyu leave reluctantly, Li Wenyu turned around and said quietly: "My brother can't see him being wronged, it's clever."

"..." Li Wenzhen.

Seeing Li Wenyu's lonely smiling face, Li Wenzhen also raised his head to look at Li Wenyu's back.

Can't see Li Wenyu being wronged?

How could it be possible, he had never given such a warm feeling to one person.

That is the person in front of you.

In the past, he really couldn't see the person in front of him being wronged at all.

Although they are all princes and noble people, it is impossible for anyone to have a happy life and everything goes well, especially when they are all half-grown boys.

There are many aristocrats in Kyoto, and among them there are many princes and sons of the clan. Those who are of average age will be selected as companions to the palace to grow up with the princes. Yes, especially when other princes are involved.

Maybe because the ages are too close, Li Wenyu and Li Wenyu have been at odds since childhood, and the carefree and lively Li Wenyu is more suitable for fighting among boys than the weak Li Wenyu, so there are always a bunch of boys around frolicking.

When Li Wenyu was young, because his appearance didn’t grow, his eyebrows and eyes were delicate and soft like a little girl. At that time, Li Wenyu would laugh at him as the third princess whenever he was deflated, which made Li Wenyu roll up his sleeves and beat him. If he couldn’t beat Li Wenyu, he let his minions beat Li Wenyu At this time, the slaves dare not participate, so Li Wenyu, who is bullied by many people, can only be very wronged and complain to Li Wenzhen.

As the elder brother of all the princes, Li Wenzhen is eccentric and has no side. He was not there when Li Wenyu cried and beat Li Wenyu. Li Wenyu was wronged. He is a strict elder brother. Brother lesson.

As time passed, Li Wenyu didn't like to make trouble for his weak third brother, but Li Wenyu liked this elder brother who loved him unconditionally even more.

Li Wenyu, who got no response, walked into the study lonely.

Li Wenzhen's study room is not big, and the inner room is narrow vertically and wide horizontally. You can see the whole picture when you enter the door. There is a row of screen windows on the right side of the entrance, facing the scenery outside. There was a small table with a half-volume book on it.

Opposite Xiaota, there is a pair of tables and chairs for ordinary guests to talk with. There are new tea and pastries on the table. Looking inside, there are books and papers neatly placed on the large desk, and a half-person-high plum vase stands in the corner. There are four or five scrolls inside.

Li Wenzhen asked the boy to prepare tea again.

When the tea came, it was just hot, so I took a sip, this time it was Li Wenyu's turn to be flattered.

Because this is Li Wenyu's favorite tea, which belongs to Xinyang Maojian. This tea is green in color, rich in aroma and mellow in taste. Spring tea, summer tea and autumn tea.

Among them, summer tea is the worst, with a bitter taste, and is not supplied to the palace. Autumn tea is the best. It has a unique flavor and is very rare in production. It is best picked after Bailu every year, but this is not Li Wenyu's favorite.

He prefers the same spring tea, which has a slight sweetness when the aftertaste is bitter. Although it is better than summer tea, it is not as good as autumn tea. Because of the bitter taste, only Li Wenyu likes it. This kind of tea.

Li Wenyu blew on the hot air, took a sip and put down the cup in his hand, looking at Li Wenzhen with a smile on his face: "I remember that my brother clearly disliked the bitterness of spring tea, but I didn't expect spring tea to be prepared in the house .”

As he spoke, he recalled those jokes again, leaned forward and whispered into the ear of Li Wenzhen who was across the table: "Brother, do you still remember that you will invite me to be the first guest in the palace."

How can I forget what I said when I was 15 years old.

He not only remembered that he wanted this person to come to Qin Wangfu as a guest, but also wanted him to live with him.

So what, it's all broken promises anyway.

Seeing the people getting closer and closer, Li Wenzhen slapped him on the face with the book indifferently.

"If you have something to tell me, it won't be such nonsense."

"Ahem, no." Li Wenyu stretched out his hand and rubbed the forehead that had just been patted, and then said seriously: "I just want to explain to my brother the correct disaster relief process."

"..." Li Wenzhen, who had made a speech in the main hall just now.

Seeing Li Wenzhen's silent expression, Li Wenyu couldn't be serious again, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly: "My brother prefers military mergers since he was a child. Although he has lived in the Northwest Pass for three years, he knows very little about people's livelihood and civil affairs."

"!!!" Li Wenzhen, who was said to know very little, continued to remain silent.

Li Wenyu, who had been silenced all this time, was not embarrassed. He propped his chin with his hand and looked at him with both eyes: "Northwest Pass has a severe drought in eleven states. My brother's advice is to offer business relief. This method cannot be said to be bad, but it is Not the best. Since ancient times, disaster relief has been nothing more than appropriating funds from the court, opening local warehouses to release grain, and reducing taxes and corvee labor. The magistrates of the prefectures and counties in the Northwest Pass can do these basic things. The situation is very serious."

"and then."

"At this time, the government's appropriation of funds to purchase grain can only solve the temporary stability. What really saves the Eleven Prefectures is the people's livelihood, productivity, and commodity circulation. This is the foundation of the operation of the region. The disaster victims in the state, and to restore productivity, the most direct way is to let everyone have work, everyone can eat, have money in their pockets, and the market will resume business."

"In the past, the solution to these problems often relied on the transfer method, that is, the imperial court sold the grain in its hands at a low price in the disaster-stricken cities, and used the money from the sale to buy new grain in other cities, thereby lowering the prices of the entire city. , so that the silver taels allocated by the imperial court can be used to the greatest extent."

"However, this method can only maximize the use of the money, and cannot restore the operation of the region. Therefore, an official named Fan Lushuang in the previous dynasty came up with a daring, ridiculous but excellent method called "relief with work."

"Persuade rich households to build large-scale construction projects when labor is cheap in the disaster year, and encourage the people to display more entertainment projects and competitions. Although the people with work will not get extra wages, they can solve the problem of having enough food, and competition entertainment is for the people. Traveling will drive business recovery, business recovery, people will have food and jobs, and they will be able to survive in a disaster year, and solving the operation of a region in this way is the foundation of disaster relief."

Li Wenyu finished speaking in one breath. In fact, there are many more detailed regulations, which are even more contrary to Li Wenzhen's ideas. For example, Li Wenzhen promotes merchants, while he advocates suppressing merchants and lowering prices.

After hearing this, Li Wenzhen realized how much he had miscalculated when he blindly considered his friends. In Li Wenyu's words, he really knew very little.

but.

"Since you are so clear, why didn't you say a word to the court?"