Carefree Prince In Tang Dynasty

It seems that being scolded simply and honestly is not enough to deal with today's Empress Changsun, she still needs to be persuaded.

Thinking of this, Li Xin finally dared to smile and said: "My lady, of course I understand the principle of thrifty housekeeping. However, it is not conducive to Datang."

"Nonsense!" Empress Changsun was a little relieved at first, but when she heard what Li Xin said, she raised her brows upside down, "What kind of nonsense is this? Is it wrong to be frugal?"

Seeing this, Princess Yifang couldn't help but shook her head silently in her heart, and sighed silently: "This little brother of the King of Chu, he doesn't look very smart. If he is scolded a few more times, the matter will be over, why can't he bear it?" live?"

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows slightly, a gleam flashed in his eyes, and he said with a smile, "That's right. You brat is full of nonsense. If you don't speak clearly today, I'll see if I can beat you!"

Li Xin said with a smile: "Since I said that, of course I have a reason. Frugality is of course a good thing, but excessive frugality is not conducive to the development of Tang Dynasty. Just imagine, I spent money to buy this thing , whose hands did the money go to?"

"Of course it's in the hands of the person who sold it," Li Shimin said.

"That's right. After the person who sells it makes money," Li Xin continued, "he will have money to eat, hire craftsmen, and buy materials. In this way, people who sell food, workers, and The people who make the materials will earn money. They will all have the money to pay taxes to the court, and have the money to have two more children. Isn’t this a good thing for Datang? On the other hand, if I don’t buy This thing, then this series of things, will never happen.”

Empress Changsun wanted to refute angrily at first, but she couldn't say anything at all. Although Li Xin's words sound very harsh at first, as if they are deliberately making excuses, but when you want to find out some points that can be used to refute, you will unexpectedly find that there is no such point at all.

The reason is that the logic contained in Li Xin's words is too simple. To sum it up in one sentence: if I spend money, someone will make money; if I don’t spend money, no one will make money.

How do you refute this? Fundamentally, it is the truth of the truth.

Empress Changsun felt a little uncomfortable. Princess Yifang was stunned when she heard this. What's going on? Obviously she also felt that Li Xin was a bit wasteful just now, but after Li Xin said such a few words, she actually began to feel that it was not completely wrong to say so?

"Then according to His Highness, if everyone is frugal, wouldn't the Tang Dynasty be in danger?" Yi Fang couldn't help asking seriously.

Li Shimin listened carefully. Empress Changsun didn't speak either.

Li Xin coughed twice, looked at Yifang and said, "It's not entirely correct. To be precise, it should be like this. If everyone is too frugal, then Datang will be in danger." Without waiting for Yifang to speak, he continued Said: "Of course you should save some money when you have no money. But if you have money and deliberately don't spend it, then 'money' is no longer 'money'. It's just scrap metal. You know, the concept of 'money' It was created based on the premise of 'transaction'."

Empress Changsun looked at Li Shimin angrily, as if to say: This kid is angry with me, why don't you just ignore him?