"you!"
Zhu Cikai couldn't bear it anymore this time and stood up directly: "Liu, how could you say that to my second brother in front of my father!"
"Did I make a mistake? If I said something wrong, His Highness the Seventh Prince can directly refute it."
Liu Hongxun seemed to be dissatisfied with the prince's political affairs, so he deliberately became rude in the political hall.
For him, he had given up his clan for the sake of the country anyway. Fame, wealth and life were not important, so he didn't need to worry about anything.
Of course, this made him more blatantly support the eldest son of the emperor.
Zhu Youxiao still had the instinct to protect the calf, but he also knew that Liu Hongxun was right at the moment.
In addition, he would not argue with Liu Hongxun over such trivial matters, but just because his assistant minister bluntly denied one of his sons, he would change his chief assistant or even kill him.
Although Zhu Youxiao is strong, he is not a faint master.
In addition, Zhu Youxiao also despised his second son's ability to awaken in his heart, and couldn't help but want to scold him.
Now that Liu Hongxun had trained him, he no longer had to look down and ruin the relationship between father and son.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao directly reprimanded Zhu Cikai: "Old Seven! Sit down!"
"Outside the political hall, speaking must abide by missionary disciplines, but in the political hall, in order to make governance objective, speaking out is allowed. As long as it is not a personal insult, criticism is acceptable. If you can't stand a few criticisms, then don't come. Discuss the government! Go back to your own house, the slaves in the house will never dare to say a harsh word to you!"
Zhu Youxiao then said a few more words.
"Yes! I know my mistake!"
Zhu Cikai replied helplessly.
At this time, Zhu Cican obediently continued to reply to Liu Hongxun: "Please give me some advice from your chief assistant! How can we avoid future troubles forever?"
"Of course we have to cut the grass and root it out!"
"Non-my family, its heart must be different!"
"Only by completely annihilating the enemy can we avoid future troubles forever!"
"No matter how good the negotiations are, they will only lead to decades of peace."
Liu Hongxun answered.
"What Yuan Fu said makes sense. He should have this idea. Negotiations are only needed when others cannot be eliminated or are unwilling to eliminate others."
Zhu Youxiao started talking at this time.
"My son, please remember this!"
Zhu Cican replied aggrievedly, and then asked: "Just now Yuan Fu said that the junior's qualifications are dull, and the junior knows that he is not an outstanding person, so he dare not feel resentful! But he said that the junior has a good eye but a weak hand. I don't know if Yuan Fu has any basis for making the junior Not confused?"
Liu Hongxun replied: "His Royal Highness is now serving in the Hanlin Academy, so he should have access to all the secrets of the imperial court. As long as His Highness is willing to read it carefully and summarize it carefully, instead of just talking about the past and the present in the Hanlin Academy, and eloquence and eloquence, you should know The current situation of the Ming Dynasty’s national economy.”
"At present, the Ming Dynasty does not impose corvee or land taxes on the local people, nor does it levy taxes on small traders and hawkers. However, the welfare has only increased. The widows, widows and lonely people are provided with subsistence allowances, and five years of free education are still implemented. Health and medical care are not provided. Subsidies are also increasing. Then, there are still more than two million defense troops and more than 600,000 imperial troops and their families to support. As a result, the national financial expenditure is very huge. Therefore, to ensure these expenditures, it all depends on trade income and colonial resources. income!"
"But the population of Ming Dynasty is still growing rapidly. In the past thirty years, the new population has reached 60 million, which is equivalent to the population in the early days of the country! These people cannot be allowed to live worse than their ancestors and fathers. Well, we should even make them live a better life, so that they will feel that the empire has not declined again and will not be confused!"
"But if this is the case, it means that the imperial court's expenditure will increase a lot. God is not going to bless China. The climate is still not getting warmer and disasters still exist. Therefore, the external income will have to increase significantly. What does this mean? It means , In fact, before the Rakshasa Kingdom comes to invade us, we will need to invade them sooner or later!"
"This junior didn't notice it."
Zhu Cican replied.
"Father, do you have something that you don't understand?"
Zhu Cikai took the initiative to ask at this time.
Zhu Youxiao nodded.
Zhu Cikai then asked: "Why does the court treat the people so well? It increases the court's expenses and makes the national finances more difficult!"
All the ministers laughed after hearing this.
Zhu Youxiao also shook his head, smiled, and asked, "Shouldn't the court be better and better to the people?"
"It's enough to make them free from hunger and discouragement! Why should they enjoy wealth forever, or even make their descendants even richer! Wealth lies in heaven, in diligence and frugality. Even if the court gives everyone a mountain of gold, if they are not diligent and frugal, nothing will happen. It will be ruined, and naturally there will be no wealth left."
Zhu Cikai replied.
"But if we, the royal family, want to always be masters, we must have this goal, otherwise we cannot bribe them!"
"If those in power don't think about how to be better and better for the people, they will only think about how to be better and better for their own people. In that case, the prosperous age will decline sooner or later."
Zhu Youxiao replied.
"Your Majesty is right. If the people are not hungry or cold, can they rule the world? This statement is ridiculous! You cannot fully believe the words of a saint, or you should not listen to the words of a saint. It is only for politicians to ensure that the people have enough food, clothing and clothing. Basic achievements, if we really want the country to continue to prosper, we must adapt to the growing needs of the people."
"After changing into a red robe, I want purple robes; after eating fish, I want deer antlers; after having a wife and children, I still want to take a concubine. Human desires are endless. People are also human beings, and new desires will arise as some of the previous desires are satisfied. Desires, and if the imperial court wants to make them loyal to the imperial court, it must find ways to satisfy their desires, which are also the needs of interests. As a politician, the interests of the nation, that is, the interests of the people of the same clan, come first."
Lu Xiangsheng started talking at this time.
“But if we only feed and clothe the people, they will not rebel.”
Zhu Cikai replied.
"But those who are not satisfied with food and clothing will force them to rebel!"
Wen Tiren couldn't help but smile and replied.
"If the court does not want to make progress and does not seek profits for the nation, it means that those who are not satisfied with the status quo cannot rely on the court to make profits from foreign countries, but can only exploit the people internally, so that some people return to poverty, and then the people rebel!"
Liu Hongxun replied.
Zhu Cikai couldn't say anything anymore, so he could only reply: "Yes!"
"But if we send troops to the Rakshasa Kingdom, it will cost a lot of money. Maybe the benefits of destroying the Rakshasa Kingdom are not as high as the military expense!"
Zhu Cican changed the topic at this time.
"We don't need to spend our own money to destroy the Rakshasa Kingdom."
Wen Tiren replied at this time.
"What Jisuke said is confusing. Why don't we spend our own money?"
Zhu Cican asked.
"Your Majesty has just said that the next thing to do is to deal with the Lifan Temple, that is, he will send envoys to the Rakshasa Kingdom to let the Rakshasa Kingdom give an explanation to the Ming Dynasty, and threaten to teach him a lesson or even destroy his country as retaliation. He trespassed on my Ming Dynasty’s revenge.”
Wen Tiren then added: "The Rakshasa Kingdom is now severely weakened. To the west of it there are powerful countries like Poland and Sweden that are enemies of it. If it does not want to be divided up or even destroyed, it must accept us honestly. Some demands, such as compensation, cession of territory, and other demands, so that we can use the benefits coerced from the Rakshasa Kingdom to use as military expenses for the subsequent destruction of the Rakshasa Kingdom."
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