Li Zhi's words not only stunned Li Jue, but also surprised Xiao Yu, who was standing to the side.

Because there was no custom in the Tang Dynasty for princes and grandsons to kneel before teachers!

The other members also had a collective brain freeze upon hearing this, each thinking to themselves, "When did the Royal Family become so respectful of their teachers?"

"kneel?"

After a slight hesitation, Li Jue decided to kneel down.

After all, he wouldn't be able to stay in Chang'an for more than a few years; he would definitely have to flee far away before Li Zhi ascended the throne.

Therefore, he did not want to have any conflict with Li Zhi over the past few years.

As long as he arrives safely at his fiefdom, and is given a few more years to develop his strength, he is confident that he can lead his army back to Chang'an!

When Xiao Yu saw that Li Jue was about to kneel before him, he was so frightened that he quickly pulled him back.

"No need!"

"It's nothing serious, no need to apologize!"

"oh……"

After saying this, Xiao Yu stopped dwelling on the little note. He realized that Li Zhi had been targeting the child, and the more he showed affection for the child, the angrier Li Zhi would become.

Although Xiao Yu no longer paid attention to Li Jue, Li Zhi was still very angry.

After all, he is the crown prince; the teacher should pay more attention to him!

After finishing class, Xiao Yu left with his books, giving Li Jue a meaningful look before he left. Li Jue immediately understood what was going on and followed him.

"Li Jue, what are you trying to do now?"

"Uncle Jiu, I'll take the gentleman home!"

"You...you go and come back quickly, don't let your grandfather worry!"

"oh!"

Before long, Li Jue and Xiao Yu arrived at Zhuque Street.

Li Jue looked at the vendors hawking their wares on both sides of Zhuque Street and saw that their prices were the same as before. He then jokingly said to Xiao Yu with a smile.

"So many days have passed, and they haven't raised prices. It seems that grain prices have stabilized!"

Xiao Yu smiled and said upon hearing this.

"His Majesty has already ordered the opening of the Ever-Normal Granaries. If this still cannot stabilize grain prices, then the Tang Dynasty will truly face a famine!"

"oh?"

"How come I didn't know about this?"

Xiao Yu secretly rolled her eyes upon hearing this.

"Does your grandfather need to report to you when he does things?"

"This...this doesn't need to be..."

"The students just feel that it's not good for grain prices to be too low, and that grain prices should be raised!"

"oh?"

"May I ask, Your Highness, what do you mean by this?"

"Sir, haven't you heard the saying 'low grain prices hurt farmers'?"

"oh……"

Xiao Yu had naturally heard this before, but at this moment he had only one thought in his mind, which was to find out just how smart Li Jue was.

Tell me more!

“Sir, if the price of grain is too low, people will not like to farm, or they will only farm enough to feed themselves.”

Xiao Yu nodded upon hearing this. He understood the principle, but he wanted to hear something different.

"Is there nothing else?"

"besides……"

"And the economy is a large cycle!"

"oh?"

Xiao Yu immediately became interested upon hearing this, because he had never heard this viewpoint before, let alone known it.

Tell me more!

"How can I explain this to you..."

"Take the economy of the Tang Dynasty for example. It was actually very backward. People often used grain and cloth as currency. This was a traditional trade method of bartering."

"The reason for this is that neither the grain farmers nor the cloth weavers have any money."

"If the prices of grain and cloth could be appropriately increased and linked to the corresponding copper coins, then the people who weave cloth and grow grain would be able to sell their surplus grain and cloth for money. With the spare money in their hands, they would spend it, for example, by visiting Qujiang Pool, or buying some exquisite porcelain, pottery, gold hairpins, jewelry, and the like."

"In this way, artisans who make hair ornaments and jewelry can also earn money, and they can then use the money they earn to buy grain and cloth grown by farmers in the market, which creates a large economic cycle."

"Once the Tang Dynasty's economy is running smoothly, everyone can benefit from it. Even the imperial court can directly collect copper coins as taxes and use the collected copper coins to buy grain and cloth from farmers, or directly distribute them as salaries to officials."

Xiao Yu was startled when he heard this. He keenly noticed a key point: the imperial court was directly collecting copper coins as taxes!

"Your Highness, are you saying that as long as the economy is running smoothly, the court can use copper coins instead of grain and cloth to collect taxes?"

Li Jue nodded upon hearing this.

"more than!"

"The rent, labor service and tax can all be converted into copper coins or silver coins. The court then uses the collected copper coins to hire people to do work, in order to replace the existing corvée system."

"In this way, those with money pay money, those without money contribute their labor, and all sectors of society can benefit."

"This...this..."

Xiao Yu was stunned when he heard this; this was a brilliant strategy for governing the country!

If these words came from a high-ranking official in the imperial court, he would not be surprised at all, and might even find them full of loopholes.

But he couldn't help but be surprised that these words came from a child who was only ten years old.

"Your Highness, how did you come up with these ideas?"

"I...I don't know, I was just thinking randomly..."

"genius!"

"No wonder your grandfather loves you so much. Anyone with such a smart grandson would cherish you like a treasure!"

Li Jue curled his lip in disdain upon hearing this; just a few days ago, Li Er had almost hung him from the roof beam and beaten him...

"Sir, I have a question."

"What's the problem?"

"The Prefect of the Capital deliberately made things difficult for Li Yifu and Su Dingfang, preventing them from conscripting laborers..."

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