Daxu Chao became more and more peaceful, and Guo Shao changed the rules. He discussed politics for fifteen days and three days. He met the Chinese and Chinese ministers in the East Hall every three days, and named the place where he met the ministers.
It is early in summer, and when people come to Jinxiang Hall early in the morning, it is already dawn.
Guo Shao came in today, and he also brought two four-year-old children.
Last time Jinzhan talked about the establishment of the prince, Guo Shao then paid attention to a question. If the future heirs do not understand anything, then will his country be wasted in decades?
Guo Shao was going to teach him himself, but he found that he didn't know how to teach his children, so he thought about finding them a teacher first.
When more than 20 ministers saw the two children, they all watched curiously.
Guo Shao held a child in one hand, walked up to the upper position, sat down on the chair, and let the two children sit next to him.
The chair was a bit tall, but the second sister's son Guo Hong was smart and active. He jumped up and sat there and moved around.
But Guo Zhang was much more restrained and slowly climbed onto the chair, sat upright with his small hands on his knees.
I will pay homage to Your Majesty, Your Highness, Prince.The crowd bowed and held the salute.
Flat body.Guo Shao said.
Unexpectedly, Guo Hong said in a decent manner: You are all elders, just sit down.
Suddenly the people below laughed: Thank you, Your Majesty, Your Highness, the Second Prince.Guo Shao turned his head and said: Hun, sit down well and don’t say anything, just watch and listen.
Guo Hong said innocently: Auntie taught me.After saying that, he shook his eyes at Guo Zhang next to Guo Shao. The two brothers are of similar age and often play together.
At this time, Lu Duosun, the Minister of Rites, said: Yesterday, the Khitan envoy came to the capital, and I met first.The Khitans came to Xiao Chuo, the daughter of the Liao prime minister Xiao Siwen, and wanted to redeem Xiao Chuo.
Wang Pu immediately said: There is great potential for this matter.According to the news reported from the Shangjing Branch of the Military and Cao State, the Liao Dynasty's lord Yelu Xian and Xiao Chuo had a close relationship. Now the Liao Dynasty and Daxu are enemies of each other, and Xiao Siwen sent an envoy to discuss it. Yelu Xian's instructions would not be criticized.
Wei Renpu said: Dangxiang of Xiazhou did not obey the imperial orders and threatened to defect to the Liao Kingdom.Since the Liao king intends to exchange, it is better to refuse to aid Xiazhou.
Guo Shao did not comment and said: We can discuss with the Khitans and allow them to set up a Liao Kingdom Inn in Tokyo so that we can discuss this matter in the future.
Lu Duosun worshiped: I obey the order.
At this time, Guo Shao looked at the eunuch Cao Tai.Cao Tai then sent two memorials to the ministers to pass on. The officials of the Political Affairs Hall had seen memorials, but the generals generally could not see memorials, so they could only see them now.
Guo Shao said: One of these two memorials was written by Li Gu, Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and the other was written by the "Abuse and Extraordinary Discussion" by the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy.Today, all the officials can comment.
Some of the ministers below have already seen it, but no one is in a hurry to say anything.It is said to be a comment, but the remarks in Jinxiang Hall are regarded as propositions, and people are more cautious.
The remarks of the bachelor of Hanlin Academy are, one to encourage farmers to light commerce, light taxes and reduce taxes, and advocate frugality; the other is to strengthen the military and simplify administration, especially to reduce the number of troops and reduce the military pay and rewards of the imperial guards, because the current army consumes a lot of finance.
The purpose of these claims is to rest with the people.
He believed that money and treasures cannot be full when the people are hungry and cannot keep warm when they are cold, which will only bring about luxury and aggravate the exploitation of arrogance and extravagance.
Only by farming and weaving and enriching the granaries is the kingly way for the country to be prosperous and the people to be prosperous.
This statement sounds really reasonable at first glance and is quite in line with traditional concepts.Guo Shao also felt that gold, silver and copper coins were indeed not eaten as food.
...But Li Gu, who actually presided over the transportation of the Ministry of Revenue and the military supplies, advocated completely opposite remarks.
Li Gu tried his best to write a letter to increase the minting of copper coins (not for the sake of treasury income, because minting is a loss-making transaction). His reason was that from the court to the local government, there was a shortage of money everywhere, which had a great impact on normal income and expenditure and transactions.
The money shortage has not been rare since the end of the Tang Dynasty, and it is a problem facing all countries.Back then, Shu really had no money to reward the imperial guards, so he had already used iron to cast iron coins.
Li Gu's remarks were based on his experience in organizing military supplies for several wars. In addition to military rations, other military supplies needed cash to spend. Otherwise, it would be difficult to recruit on the spot or allow merchants to transport them (there was a method of using salt merchants to transport military rations during the Tang Dynasty, which was corrupt at this time); unless forced recruitment (robbery), such a method was not convenient. On one hand, it would easily cause resistance, and on the other hand, it would waste most of the property, and the people would hide the urgently needed materials of the official army.
The two taxes (land taxes in summer and autumn) and commercial taxes in the court are mainly physical goods because farmers and merchants are short of cash; because these physical goods are relatively bulky, they are usually stored on the spot.
In addition to meeting the needs of our government, the expenses are transferred and transferred through the Ministry of Revenue.
The court collected a lot of taxes, but it could not be mobilized from all over the country and sent to the front line expenses. There were too many things and heavy things.If you have cash, it’s different, you can buy supplies from the private sector nearby.
What consumes the most cash is the military pay and rewards of the army. You can’t collect a pile of firewood from the timber dealer and reward the soldiers with a room of wood?
... Finally someone took the lead in making his claim!
The first thing that stood up was all the imperial guards, who unanimously opposed the stupid words of the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy.It's very simple, you actually need to reduce military spending?!
Even Shi Yanchao couldn't help but yell: Brothers have just come down from the battle formation, and the civil servants are planning to plot against us from behind!
A civil servant said: Raising soldiers is to protect the land and the people. Daxun soldiers do not farm and cultivate land. Most of the national treasury is consumed in it and is overwhelmed. How can we live with the people?
Li Chuyun did not leave the position of the generals, and stroked his bearded man and said: The soldiers are not tenants. If they are good at farming, how can they be good at fighting formations?Soldier Daxu cannot wear rags like beggars and eat braised vegetables...
The founding Duke said this against his conscience. A commander rewarded more military pay than a prefect. If the soldiers were asked to eat braised vegetables, wouldn’t we have to ask for advice?
Guo Shao said nothing, but sat there to get the ministers to argue. He had to wait until the end to see the situation before he made a statement, because his words were the imperial edict.
Guo Hong and Guo Zhang turned their heads from time to time and looked at their father with curious eyes.
Guo Shao didn't teach them. He felt that these styles were taught by words and deeds, and children could learn how to do it over time.
Zuo You stood up and said, "I support Mr. Li's proposal."Money shortages are not good for the country and the people.Those with food may lack clothing; those with food and clothing may not exchange clothes for those with food, but they can sell the excess money.
There is a shortage of money in the world, and everything cannot be connected. If the granaries are full, they will not be cultivated, as if the meridians are blocked...
At this moment, Guo Shao spoke: Deflation.
Everyone was puzzled, but they could vaguely guess what the word meant, because it could be expressed in context.
Guo Shao doesn't know much about economics, but his knowledge is definitely different from that of the ancients. He knows some common sense anyway.Deflation is definitely not conducive to economic development, no matter what society it is.
A very simple idea, as Zuo You said, in a self-sufficiency state, there is very little demand, and after meeting it, the motivation to continue production will be lost... This is also a fact. Most people basically do nothing except for corvee service, or do some extremely inefficient trivial matters; even if the aunts and wives are fine, they will spend time just by doing nothing.
This is simply a waste of labor and productivity.
If the reward for working is money, and sufficient material temptation is produced in the world, it will increase the enthusiasm for labor. In order to obtain money and to easily exchange money, people will also produce and obtain what the world needs...such as food during famine.
In ancient China, it was in a state of deflation for a long time, and every dynasty was short of money.
One reason is that heavy metals are scarce, and the other reason is that minting copper coins is a loss-making transaction. It is a good policy for the court to rule the world, and it is the same as the development of water conservancy.
Guo Shao immediately made a statement and said: I have approved the report by Xianggong Li, and the Ministry of Revenue can agree on the matter of minting money.
At this moment, Li Chuyun pondered: If Your Majesty can obtain a mountain of silver and mine and get silver coins, it will be a journey of profit.
Everyone fell silent, and everyone suddenly discovered that Li Chuyun's previous famine theory was now connected.
He seemed not to be talking nonsense at the time, but now he talked about the topic of opening up the territory for the sake of the silver mountain... As expected, no matter how a senior official said nonsense, it was not as absurd as it sounded at first glance.
Guo Shao did not comment because this matter was more involved.He also did not comment on whichever is poorer than the civil servant or the military general. There is no truth in this matter, and each family is just for the benefit of each family.
Guo Shao pondered for a moment and said: The two princes and princesses are at the age of elementary school, and I want to choose a teacher for them.
This topic has once again attracted everyone's attention.Among the two princes, one should be the crown prince. It is not that simple to be the crown prince’s teacher.
Guo Shao looked at Zuo You and said: The Zuo Shigong taught my three children to read and read.
Zuo You hurriedly said: Your Majesty has a heavy trust, I am willing to devote myself to it.
There was a bit of a dismay in the palace because Zuo You was not a great scholar. If you were not a big scholar, you would have no status in Shilin... You were born in a wild way and had no fame. You first became a small official who was not a good person, and then you became an aide.
What knowledge do these people have to come to the prince to play?
However, Zuo You was Guo Shao's confidant counselor, and everyone guessed that this was just a grace to Zuo You.
Guo Shao said again: Dong Zunhui, teach the two princes to arch, horse, ride and shoot, and let Zhou Tong assist him.
Dong Zunhui stood up and said, "I will follow the order."
Dong Zunhui was born in a family of martial arts and generals. He had various martial arts and military etiquettes and was very upright. Guo Shao believed in him very much. Zhou Tong was also a very interesting martial artist. He taught him that Guo Shao was shooting archery back then.
As for Zuo You, Guo Shao thinks that he is enough to teach elementary school, and his articles are better than Guo Shao anyway.
Moreover, Guo Shao felt that learning too deeply about the sage thoughts as beliefs would be harmful and useless to be the job of being an emperor; Zuo You is just right, and what is important is that Zuo You’s proposal is not pedantic.
It is early in summer, and when people come to Jinxiang Hall early in the morning, it is already dawn.
Guo Shao came in today, and he also brought two four-year-old children.
Last time Jinzhan talked about the establishment of the prince, Guo Shao then paid attention to a question. If the future heirs do not understand anything, then will his country be wasted in decades?
Guo Shao was going to teach him himself, but he found that he didn't know how to teach his children, so he thought about finding them a teacher first.
When more than 20 ministers saw the two children, they all watched curiously.
Guo Shao held a child in one hand, walked up to the upper position, sat down on the chair, and let the two children sit next to him.
The chair was a bit tall, but the second sister's son Guo Hong was smart and active. He jumped up and sat there and moved around.
But Guo Zhang was much more restrained and slowly climbed onto the chair, sat upright with his small hands on his knees.
I will pay homage to Your Majesty, Your Highness, Prince.The crowd bowed and held the salute.
Flat body.Guo Shao said.
Unexpectedly, Guo Hong said in a decent manner: You are all elders, just sit down.
Suddenly the people below laughed: Thank you, Your Majesty, Your Highness, the Second Prince.Guo Shao turned his head and said: Hun, sit down well and don’t say anything, just watch and listen.
Guo Hong said innocently: Auntie taught me.After saying that, he shook his eyes at Guo Zhang next to Guo Shao. The two brothers are of similar age and often play together.
At this time, Lu Duosun, the Minister of Rites, said: Yesterday, the Khitan envoy came to the capital, and I met first.The Khitans came to Xiao Chuo, the daughter of the Liao prime minister Xiao Siwen, and wanted to redeem Xiao Chuo.
Wang Pu immediately said: There is great potential for this matter.According to the news reported from the Shangjing Branch of the Military and Cao State, the Liao Dynasty's lord Yelu Xian and Xiao Chuo had a close relationship. Now the Liao Dynasty and Daxu are enemies of each other, and Xiao Siwen sent an envoy to discuss it. Yelu Xian's instructions would not be criticized.
Wei Renpu said: Dangxiang of Xiazhou did not obey the imperial orders and threatened to defect to the Liao Kingdom.Since the Liao king intends to exchange, it is better to refuse to aid Xiazhou.
Guo Shao did not comment and said: We can discuss with the Khitans and allow them to set up a Liao Kingdom Inn in Tokyo so that we can discuss this matter in the future.
Lu Duosun worshiped: I obey the order.
At this time, Guo Shao looked at the eunuch Cao Tai.Cao Tai then sent two memorials to the ministers to pass on. The officials of the Political Affairs Hall had seen memorials, but the generals generally could not see memorials, so they could only see them now.
Guo Shao said: One of these two memorials was written by Li Gu, Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and the other was written by the "Abuse and Extraordinary Discussion" by the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy.Today, all the officials can comment.
Some of the ministers below have already seen it, but no one is in a hurry to say anything.It is said to be a comment, but the remarks in Jinxiang Hall are regarded as propositions, and people are more cautious.
The remarks of the bachelor of Hanlin Academy are, one to encourage farmers to light commerce, light taxes and reduce taxes, and advocate frugality; the other is to strengthen the military and simplify administration, especially to reduce the number of troops and reduce the military pay and rewards of the imperial guards, because the current army consumes a lot of finance.
The purpose of these claims is to rest with the people.
He believed that money and treasures cannot be full when the people are hungry and cannot keep warm when they are cold, which will only bring about luxury and aggravate the exploitation of arrogance and extravagance.
Only by farming and weaving and enriching the granaries is the kingly way for the country to be prosperous and the people to be prosperous.
This statement sounds really reasonable at first glance and is quite in line with traditional concepts.Guo Shao also felt that gold, silver and copper coins were indeed not eaten as food.
...But Li Gu, who actually presided over the transportation of the Ministry of Revenue and the military supplies, advocated completely opposite remarks.
Li Gu tried his best to write a letter to increase the minting of copper coins (not for the sake of treasury income, because minting is a loss-making transaction). His reason was that from the court to the local government, there was a shortage of money everywhere, which had a great impact on normal income and expenditure and transactions.
The money shortage has not been rare since the end of the Tang Dynasty, and it is a problem facing all countries.Back then, Shu really had no money to reward the imperial guards, so he had already used iron to cast iron coins.
Li Gu's remarks were based on his experience in organizing military supplies for several wars. In addition to military rations, other military supplies needed cash to spend. Otherwise, it would be difficult to recruit on the spot or allow merchants to transport them (there was a method of using salt merchants to transport military rations during the Tang Dynasty, which was corrupt at this time); unless forced recruitment (robbery), such a method was not convenient. On one hand, it would easily cause resistance, and on the other hand, it would waste most of the property, and the people would hide the urgently needed materials of the official army.
The two taxes (land taxes in summer and autumn) and commercial taxes in the court are mainly physical goods because farmers and merchants are short of cash; because these physical goods are relatively bulky, they are usually stored on the spot.
In addition to meeting the needs of our government, the expenses are transferred and transferred through the Ministry of Revenue.
The court collected a lot of taxes, but it could not be mobilized from all over the country and sent to the front line expenses. There were too many things and heavy things.If you have cash, it’s different, you can buy supplies from the private sector nearby.
What consumes the most cash is the military pay and rewards of the army. You can’t collect a pile of firewood from the timber dealer and reward the soldiers with a room of wood?
... Finally someone took the lead in making his claim!
The first thing that stood up was all the imperial guards, who unanimously opposed the stupid words of the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy.It's very simple, you actually need to reduce military spending?!
Even Shi Yanchao couldn't help but yell: Brothers have just come down from the battle formation, and the civil servants are planning to plot against us from behind!
A civil servant said: Raising soldiers is to protect the land and the people. Daxun soldiers do not farm and cultivate land. Most of the national treasury is consumed in it and is overwhelmed. How can we live with the people?
Li Chuyun did not leave the position of the generals, and stroked his bearded man and said: The soldiers are not tenants. If they are good at farming, how can they be good at fighting formations?Soldier Daxu cannot wear rags like beggars and eat braised vegetables...
The founding Duke said this against his conscience. A commander rewarded more military pay than a prefect. If the soldiers were asked to eat braised vegetables, wouldn’t we have to ask for advice?
Guo Shao said nothing, but sat there to get the ministers to argue. He had to wait until the end to see the situation before he made a statement, because his words were the imperial edict.
Guo Hong and Guo Zhang turned their heads from time to time and looked at their father with curious eyes.
Guo Shao didn't teach them. He felt that these styles were taught by words and deeds, and children could learn how to do it over time.
Zuo You stood up and said, "I support Mr. Li's proposal."Money shortages are not good for the country and the people.Those with food may lack clothing; those with food and clothing may not exchange clothes for those with food, but they can sell the excess money.
There is a shortage of money in the world, and everything cannot be connected. If the granaries are full, they will not be cultivated, as if the meridians are blocked...
At this moment, Guo Shao spoke: Deflation.
Everyone was puzzled, but they could vaguely guess what the word meant, because it could be expressed in context.
Guo Shao doesn't know much about economics, but his knowledge is definitely different from that of the ancients. He knows some common sense anyway.Deflation is definitely not conducive to economic development, no matter what society it is.
A very simple idea, as Zuo You said, in a self-sufficiency state, there is very little demand, and after meeting it, the motivation to continue production will be lost... This is also a fact. Most people basically do nothing except for corvee service, or do some extremely inefficient trivial matters; even if the aunts and wives are fine, they will spend time just by doing nothing.
This is simply a waste of labor and productivity.
If the reward for working is money, and sufficient material temptation is produced in the world, it will increase the enthusiasm for labor. In order to obtain money and to easily exchange money, people will also produce and obtain what the world needs...such as food during famine.
In ancient China, it was in a state of deflation for a long time, and every dynasty was short of money.
One reason is that heavy metals are scarce, and the other reason is that minting copper coins is a loss-making transaction. It is a good policy for the court to rule the world, and it is the same as the development of water conservancy.
Guo Shao immediately made a statement and said: I have approved the report by Xianggong Li, and the Ministry of Revenue can agree on the matter of minting money.
At this moment, Li Chuyun pondered: If Your Majesty can obtain a mountain of silver and mine and get silver coins, it will be a journey of profit.
Everyone fell silent, and everyone suddenly discovered that Li Chuyun's previous famine theory was now connected.
He seemed not to be talking nonsense at the time, but now he talked about the topic of opening up the territory for the sake of the silver mountain... As expected, no matter how a senior official said nonsense, it was not as absurd as it sounded at first glance.
Guo Shao did not comment because this matter was more involved.He also did not comment on whichever is poorer than the civil servant or the military general. There is no truth in this matter, and each family is just for the benefit of each family.
Guo Shao pondered for a moment and said: The two princes and princesses are at the age of elementary school, and I want to choose a teacher for them.
This topic has once again attracted everyone's attention.Among the two princes, one should be the crown prince. It is not that simple to be the crown prince’s teacher.
Guo Shao looked at Zuo You and said: The Zuo Shigong taught my three children to read and read.
Zuo You hurriedly said: Your Majesty has a heavy trust, I am willing to devote myself to it.
There was a bit of a dismay in the palace because Zuo You was not a great scholar. If you were not a big scholar, you would have no status in Shilin... You were born in a wild way and had no fame. You first became a small official who was not a good person, and then you became an aide.
What knowledge do these people have to come to the prince to play?
However, Zuo You was Guo Shao's confidant counselor, and everyone guessed that this was just a grace to Zuo You.
Guo Shao said again: Dong Zunhui, teach the two princes to arch, horse, ride and shoot, and let Zhou Tong assist him.
Dong Zunhui stood up and said, "I will follow the order."
Dong Zunhui was born in a family of martial arts and generals. He had various martial arts and military etiquettes and was very upright. Guo Shao believed in him very much. Zhou Tong was also a very interesting martial artist. He taught him that Guo Shao was shooting archery back then.
As for Zuo You, Guo Shao thinks that he is enough to teach elementary school, and his articles are better than Guo Shao anyway.
Moreover, Guo Shao felt that learning too deeply about the sage thoughts as beliefs would be harmful and useless to be the job of being an emperor; Zuo You is just right, and what is important is that Zuo You’s proposal is not pedantic.
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