"I think Han Yi must have never expected anyone to see through his overall plan."

Cui Jieren suddenly smiled.

Cui Pingzhong pondered for a moment and nodded, "No matter how smart he is, he may not have thought of this, because he would not think that someone is willing to spend ten years studying him, but if it weren't for this, it would be difficult to see through his entire plan. However, I am more curious about him now, and he is like a mystery."

Cui Jieren frowned and said, "But Dad, you have seen through his entire plan."

Cui Pingzhong said: "I mean him. How old is Han Yi now? But the talent he showed is really amazing, even incredible. Throughout history, it seems that he has never appeared as a genius like him. The deeper you understand him, the more you will feel that this person is bottomless. He is like a fog, with too much magic and darkness."

Cui Jieren frowned and said, "Dad don't think he is a god descending to earth, right?"

Cui Pingzhong laughed and said, "I'm going to tell you, I really thought about it this way, but he has made perfect sense in many things, and is no different from other powerful ministers. His hands are covered with blood. From this point of view, he looks more like a person than us! Alas, he is really a genius." As he said that, he smiled and shook his head, and suddenly remembered something, "You wait a moment!"

As he said that, he stood up, went to his wardrobe, opened the cabinet, took out a bag from it, and placed it on the table.

"What's this?"

Cui Jieren said curiously.

Cui Pingzhong said: "This is something I have written in the past few years."

Cui Jieren opened it and saw a stack of books inside, but it was obvious that they were not printed, but handwritten books. He frowned, "Confucianism, Taoism and Shang?"

Cui Pingzhong said: "I have said just now that Han Yi wants to break through traditional ideas and establish new ideas. The traditional ideas in our Central Plains are actually Confucianism and Taoism. I am worried that Confucianism and Taoism will be greatly impacted by then. Moreover, on the other hand, merchants are always profit-oriented and must be bound by them, otherwise, people in the world will become profit-oriented, which is also very terrible.

I think the ideas of Confucianism and Taoism can resolve the contradiction with the characteristics of merchants, but if you want to be convinced by merchants, first of all, the ideas of Confucianism and Taoism should be supported by merchants. The content here is that I incorporate the ideas of merchants into the ideas of Confucianism and Taoism, and use Confucianism to explain the merchant class. First, it can provide an ideological basis for the rise of merchants. Second, the status of merchants is still relatively humble now, and they must also hope to be recognized by traditional ideas. However, once they are recognized and they themselves agree, they must be bound by the ideas of the two families."

Cui Jieren said in surprise: "I didn't expect that my father had thought so carefully. I'm afraid even Han Yi didn't expect this?"

Cui Pingzhong smiled and said, "He had already thought that the sacred gentleman contract was a combination of Confucianism and Commerce, but he was probably a little helpless in this regard, and I didn't spend too much energy, because the things I wrote were actually from one person?"

"Han Yi?"

"Of course not." Cui Pingzhong smiled and said, "Han Yi has done so many things that harm the heavens and reason. How can he represent Confucianism and Taoism? It is a good deed."

"Good deeds?"

"Well." Cui Pingzhong said: "Good deeds have been deeply influenced by Confucianism since childhood. They have good character. They are a humble gentleman with a true name. But he is also a very successful businessman. He is enough to prove that Confucianism and Taoism can be combined with business and help the development of merchants. He is honest and trustworthy, value his reputation, is thrifty, and is kind and generous. These are all advocated by Confucianism and Taoism. These also help a businessman to achieve success. A businessman without a trustworthy person cannot achieve success, and a businessman with a bad reputation cannot achieve success. A businessman without a good and generous idea is also difficult to achieve great success. The kind and generous deeds of good deeds have made him famous, loyal and more wealth, and can make him look at it for a longer time."

Cui Jieren smiled and said, "If Shanxing knew that Daddy you praised him like this, he would definitely blush."

Cui Pingzhong laughed and said, "But these articles cannot be made by you. You must convince your uncle and others to publish these articles."

Cui Jieren frowned and said, "Why?"

Cui Pingzhong said: "You are the ministers of the Pudong Shou. If it is yours, then everyone will look for political purposes. Your uncle and others are just scholars and officials with higher prestige. From their perspective, it is purely a discussion of thought."

Cui Jie said, "But how could uncle and the others talk to the merchant?"

Cui Pingzhong smiled and said, "You are also a big businessman now! Many people in our Cui family have started to engage in business, and many gentry are also involved in business more or less. This is the general trend, but they still have to hide it. It is because they have always been anti-commerce. If they combine Confucianism and Taoism with business and use Confucianism and Taoism to guide merchants, they will be able to go down the stage. Moreover, traditional ideas will not only not be impacted, but will be supported by the industrial and commercial class. As for the current situation, this is actually beneficial to everyone."

Cui Jieren nodded and said, "The boy knows."

Liangyi Hall.

"This is your idea!"

Li Zhi looked at Han Yi with a smile.

Han Yi closed the memorial and said a little surprised: "How did Your Majesty know that this is the idea of ​​the empress?"

Li Zhi said, "I have read Yan Liben's memorial for more than ten years. Can't I see this? If you want to say this drawing, I believe it was painted by Yan Liben, but the contents in the memorial must be taught by you."

"Your Majesty is wise!" Han Yi said awkwardly: "This - this is indeed taught by me, but first Shangshu Yan came to me for advice, so I taught him how to write this. I didn't mean to hide it from Your Majesty."

Li Zhidao: "That is to say, you also think it is time to re-plan the construction in the city?"

Han Yi nodded.

Li Zhi looked at Han Yi with a very strange look and said, "That is to say, the Ministry of Revenue can still pay so much money."

"Well."

Han Yi said: "The Ministry of Revenue can't afford so much money, but you can give it."

When Li Zhi heard this, tears almost flowed out and said, "How can I still pay for it?"

He may have been the poorest second-generation monarch ever. He did take out all his capital in that crisis. He was an emperor with thrift. Frugality was a habit for him, and this was also a very important reason why he was willing to pay taxes.

Han Yi smiled and said, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten one thing?"

Li Zhi said in surprise: "What's the matter?"

Han Yi said: "It's just about hoarding copper goods!"

"House copper goods?"

Li Zhi looked at Han Yi in confusion.

Han Yi nodded straight and said, "Your Majesty still remember that in order to help the people of Tuyuhun recover their livelihoods, I suggested buying a large amount of salt from Tuyuhun, which caused a controversy about salt and iron. Your Majesty finally adopted my suggestion and did not put the salt and iron in the official business. However, I proposed to secretly run the copper mine and hoard a large amount of copper mines, because I believe that with the development of commerce, currency will become very important. When the currency rises, we will make a fortune."

Li Zhi suddenly realized, slapped the table and said, "It's because of this, I've remembered it all. How about it? How much copper do we have now?"

Han Yi said: "Twenty million coins?"

“More – how much?”

Li Zhi was so trembling that he couldn't even say clearly.

"To be precise, it can produce 20 million slabs of copper coins."

Li Zhi took a deep breath and almost cried with joy. It turned out that I was a rich emperor! He pointed at Han Yi angrily and said, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Han Yi said: "Your Majesty, you have always remembered this matter, because the people who manage this matter are sent by Your Majesty to help me. Moreover, this is not a trivial matter. I didn't expect that you, you, have completely forgotten this matter. Your Majesty is really noble and regards wealth as a cloud. I really admire you."

Be noble and honest? Don’t fool me. Now you have no money, but you can’t move forward! A hint of embarrassment flashed in Li Zhi’s eyes and said, “I remember that I gave you the full authority to you. I manage such a big country, so how can I remember everything clearly? Besides, this is not a major national event. You should remind me.”

Han Yi said: "Your Majesty blames you for your fault, this is all your dereliction of duty."

But there are 20 million guan, how could Li Zhi have been skeptical about these things with Han Yi, and said, "Is there really 20 million guan?"

Han Yi nodded and said, "It is more than enough to implement Shangshu Yan's plan."

Li Zhi began to remain silent. He originally thought that the finances were in debt. If Han Yi wanted to support it, it must be Han Yi's way to make money. If this happens, of course he doesn't care. Now that the situation is that he has money, he has to reconsider it and said: "The finances are so difficult now. You might as well push this matter later. After the treasury is full, you will do these things and use the money on the blade first."

He was not coveting the money, he thought that other aspects of the country would use money, such as the dispute with Tubo. He has always been quite opposed to the imperial court's construction, and he would not be in a hurry to do this.

Push, push, push your sister! If I were not sure to fool you and agree, how could I say it? Han Yi said: "Your Majesty, this is copper, not food, it is useless to keep it at home. At the time of the crisis, copper coins were just a pile of scrap copper and iron, and even if they had money, they could not sell food. He had to use this money to be valuable. Moreover, the court could make profits from it, and the profit was very huge."

Li Zhi said curiously: "How can this make a profit?"

Han Yi said: "Your Majesty, according to the design of Shangshu Yan, a large amount of public land can be freed. Because the walls occupy too much land, these lands are not private, and naturally belong to the court. Now that the population in the city has doubled, the demand for housing is very large, so housing prices will naturally rise. The court can sell these vacant land to build houses to build houses. Moreover, if the court allows the building, the land price can be doubled. Among them, there is a huge stamp duty. As for the stamp duty earned from the opening of the curfew, I don't bother to say it. However, this is all second-hand, and Your Majesty can ignore it. I have been thinking about the issuance of currency recently. I have thought of an issuance method that can make the court profit several times."

Li Zhi hurriedly asked, "What's the solution?"
Chapter completed!