But when Liu Dapao and Murong Yan came to the private room, he felt a little awkward for a moment.

Because the large private rooms on the third floor are now full, and the small private rooms on the second floor are really just as the name suggests, the outstanding situation is a small word.

A small bed, a small table, and a few small stools are gone.

Why do you think there is a bed in such a small room?

Um……

The decoration of the house has also been deliberately and carefully designed. It is impossible to post or draw obscene things. After all, rich people play with elegance, but elegance itself is also a high-level and obscene form of expression.

Liu Dapao really didn't feel good about being in such a small room, with a man and a woman alone.

Especially Murong Yan asked for two jars of wine.

As long as someone tells a lot of things, it will inevitably be unclear.

As a gangster, he is not afraid of rumors. Listening to what Murong Yan said just now, this woman is obviously not afraid either. But Liu Dapao heard that Murong Yan's biological father was the governor of Qinzhou, but he didn't know that his father had heard that

Will they send troops to Yangzhou to kill him after this incident?

Liu Dapao was quite uneasy.

But Murong Yan obviously didn't care about this at all. On the contrary, she knelt down opposite Liu Dapao and straightened her back, showing a sitting posture, and poured wine for Liu Dapao herself.

Obviously, they regarded this time as a formal occasion and had a desire to seek truth.

But it made Liu Dapao feel awkward for a moment.

He took a sip of wine to calm down his shock, and could only pretend to be calm and said: "I don't know, Miss Murong, what do you want to ask?"

"Sir, have you ever heard that 'profit does not come from heaven, nor comes from the earth. Once it is taken from the people, it is said to be a hundred times as much. The losers of this plan are the same. It is tantamount to a fool who takes advantage of his salary and loves his hair, but does not know.

Is this the saying that the skin will be gone?"

When Liu Dapao heard this, he was also a little surprised and said: "This statement comes from the theory of salt and iron. It means that profits do not come out of thin air. In the end, the profits made by the state from operating salt and iron come from the people. How can we not increase taxes?"

To take advantage of it is like wearing a leather jacket backwards to carry firewood, thinking that you are protecting the hair on the leather jacket, but in fact it is the skin that is worn away. If the skin is not there, the hair will not be there."

Murong Yan became even more happy when she heard this, and looked at Liu Dapao with even more wonder in her eyes, "Mr. Gentleman, have you really read The Theory of Salt and Iron?"

"I... it is true that I have read it. On the contrary, the girl has actually read this book, which really surprises me. I would like to ask, what kind of books does the girl read on weekdays?"

"I read everything randomly, whatever I am interested in, but the only ones I have studied deliberately are Shang Junshu, Han Feizi, Shenzi, Guiguzi, Mozi, Salt and Iron Theory, and Meng De's new books. But to say that I have studied the most deeply, the most

The one I admire most is Shang Junshu."

When Liu Dapao heard this, he was startled again and said: "Good fellow, you don't learn anything from Confucius, Mencius and Zhuangzi. Girl, your knowledge is quite biased."

"I'm not an official, so what's the use of those hypocritical and corrupt words?"

When Liu Dapao heard this, he could only smile bitterly, but he also roughly knew where Murong Yan's distorted views came from.

You are a Legalist reactionary!

After thinking for a while, he turned to the argument: "Let's go back to your point of view. Wealth does not fall from the sky. According to your point of view, as long as no one abandons it in this world, as long as all cultivated land is guaranteed to be occupied by people,

The total amount of social wealth and resources remains unchanged, right?"

"Is not it?"

"As far as I know, the maximum population of the world during the Han Dynasty was no more than 40 million. From the Tang Dynasty to the An-Shi Rebellion, the population had exceeded 80 million. Even though the Zhou Dynasty has just experienced the unification of the world, the number of people who have registered households now is almost

It’s already over 100 million. Is this because we have more arable land in the Zhou Dynasty now than when we were in the prosperous Tang Dynasty?”

Murong Yan thought for a while after hearing this, but she really couldn't think of a reason, so she simply bowed her hands to Liu Dapao and said, "Sir, please help me clear up my doubts."

"Actually, it's quite simple. The staple food during the Han Dynasty was millet and corn. During the Tang Dynasty, wheat cultivation increased. Now, the development of Jiangnan has allowed rice to be planted in the Jiangnan area. That's all. Wheat and rice are two things.

, the influence on the world far exceeds that of a hundred Tang Taizongs."

"With mills, wheat can be ground into flour, with waterwheels, rice can be planted on a large scale. With wheat and rice planted all over the world, the income that can be generated within the same land range will naturally be higher than that of millet and rice.

Corn, this is the progress of science and technology."

"The same is true for soy sauce. The main ingredient of soy sauce is soybeans, but bran can also be used. The invention of this thing has allowed many areas to plant a variety of soybeans and wheat, making full use of the farming season. How can it be done?

Say, didn’t this wealth fall from the sky?”

"In my opinion, science and technology are the productive forces that truly promote social development. Shang Yang's set of ideas, even if they are just words to weaken the people and strengthen the country, in the end, they completely block social productivity and industry and commerce.

Let all the people in the world farm and serve as soldiers. It seems that the country is strong, but it also completely locks down technology. If the ancient sages really used Shang Yang's ideas to govern the country, I'm afraid we will still only be able to eat millet.

Those who eat corn.”

"In my opinion, this is undoubtedly a kind of complacency. Let's not talk about anything else. Let's talk about the Khitan. Since the war on Yelu Abaoji, the Khitan has established city-states and promulgated the law of salt and iron. Their weapons, politics

Even if the system, technology, agriculture, textile industry, and national economy are still slightly different from those of our Zhou Dynasty, compared with the Xiongnu back then, are they more than ten times or a hundred times stronger?"

"When Li Shimin pacified the Turks, Li Jing pacified the entire Turks with only three thousand elite soldiers on a snowy night. Is this really just because he, Li Jing, was brave and invincible? As a general, Zhao Kuangyin is really much worse than Li Jing?

Now you try again? Li Shimin is resurrected, you give him 30,000 elite troops and let him try to recapture Yanyun?"

"If our productivity does not develop and we only focus on distribution, our opponents will not wait for us. Today's Khitan is far more powerful than the Xiongnu and comparable to the Turks. Sooner or later, the Khitan will weaken in the future, and the northern grasslands may not be

There will never be a more powerful opponent than the Khitan."

"If we really practice Shang Yang's method and stick to the so-called Hundred-War Qin Army, believe it or not, we can really pull out the Qin Army and fight Yelu Deguang. Yelu Deguang can beat the shit out of the so-called invincible Qin Army.

Come?"

"The times are developing and society is progressing. Any so-called strategy of strengthening the military and enriching the country at the expense of blocking development will ultimately only be a temporary success. Viewed from a long-term perspective, it will be a pure disaster for the country and the people."

Hearing this, Murong Yan lowered her head and thought for a while, but couldn't help but said: "But according to my observation, all the heroes in the past dynasties were scholars and scholars. The more talented and strategic the king, the closer the strategies he adopted were

Mr. Shang, what is the explanation for this?"

"Didn't you also say this, Rupi Dharma Bone, why do you only pay attention to the bone and not the skin? Don't you think that the promise of a thousand people is not as good as the care of one person?"

"For example, if I were to sum up Shang Yang's core governing ideas, they are nothing more than foolish people, weak people, tired people, humiliating people, and poor people.

The state tries every means to make the people live in poverty and without dignity, and it tries every means to eliminate the unnecessary thoughts of the people, wipe out the smart ones, and leave behind the stupid ones.

However, the key to the reason is to find ways to prevent the common people from having permanent property. Without permanent property, the people can only struggle to make ends meet, can only rely on the imperial court, and can only go into battle to kill the enemy, otherwise they will starve to death."

"For example, collecting taxes that the common people cannot afford, and forcing the common people to go into battle to kill the enemy to reduce taxes. For example, after the common people go to the battlefield, it is stipulated that they must cut off three heads when they come back, otherwise they will be beheaded, etc."

"But if I were to do this, even if I wanted to achieve this goal, I would definitely think of a more indirect way. For example, I would find a way to let every common person live in a beautiful apartment. They should not be able to live in a beautiful apartment.

The value of the house is raised through the value of the land. If the people have no money, the court can lend them money. Anyway, the money comes from selling the land, and let them pay the monthly payment every month. If they can't afford it, they just leave the house.

Confiscated.”

"In order to avoid having their houses confiscated and their families living on the streets, people can still be forced to work hard, even to the point of exhaustion, but they will not think that this exhaustion is imposed on them by the court, but will only think that the reason why they work so hard is to live.

Get a good enough house.”

"We just need to find a way to tie resources to the house, such as education and marriage, so that the people can't move out of the house and find a wife. Let their wives and mothers-in-law force them to buy a house. Do you think there will be Chen Sheng and Wu Guang?"

?”

"Why rely on harsh punishments when you can completely squeeze out the people with just one house?"

When Murong Yan heard this, her eyes couldn't help but shine with light.

But he suddenly realized: "It turns out that this is what the so-called Confucianism and Legalism means, using a seemingly well-intentioned way to achieve the legalist goal of governing the country. Does this count as a bitch setting up a memorial arch?"

"Then if you say so, politics is really just like being a bitch and setting up a monument. I have always thought that doing politics is much dirtier than being a bitch. This is true at all times and in all countries, but you have to find ways to make people praise you for your good qualities."

"So that's it. What I said to my husband today really gave the little girl an enlightenment."

"It's easy to talk, it's easy to talk. Miss, what you promised me before..."

"Of course it's no problem. I'll go downstairs later and order a set of Shenlong. It's just that the little girl is still confused and wants to ask sir for advice."

Liu Dapao couldn't help but cover his forehead when he heard this.

Why isn’t it over yet~

"If you think about it carefully, the soy sauce, gluten, and Liyan wine that Mr. Wang admires are all ways to make money, but they all seem to be the way of industry and commerce. Mr. Wang also recognizes that Legalism is the foundation, so naturally he should know that millet is the source of metal.

Death, the principle of millet dying and metal growing.

All dynasties seem to have inherited the Legalist idea of ​​valuing agriculture and suppressing commerce. Almost every one of the twenty-four chapters of the Book of Shang Jun is based on the idea of ​​​​suppressing commerce and valuing agriculture. As the teacher said, it depends on vigorous development.

If industry and commerce are used to promote social progress, aren’t we afraid that this will delay the agricultural war?”

Liu Dapao was really not willing to talk to this little girl at this time. It wasn't that he was impatient, it was actually something that involved basic values. He really wanted to explain it to a die-hard Legalist like her.

The importance of industry and commerce is basically the same as a complete brainwashing.

To be honest, he would rather face a Confucian scholar. In fact, many people in later generations thought that Confucianism emphasized agriculture and suppressed business. In fact, this was extremely wrong. Confucius actually attached great importance to industry and commerce, and many of his disciples

He is a big businessman.

The idea of ​​focusing on agriculture and suppressing business is all Legalist thought from head to toe. Is it Confucianism or Legalism? A very important governing philosophy in Shang Jun's book is that the monarch must find ways to make people engaged in business activities in the country lose money. Legalist thought is very important to

The hatred of businessmen and the emphasis on agriculture have been engraved in the bones.

How could he have the time and mood to brainwash this little girl Murong Yan?

After thinking for a while, he took a different approach and said: "Actually, if a court pays too much attention to agricultural production, it may not be a good thing. Miss Murong, I still have guests to entertain, how about I leave you a homework?"

"Operation?"

"Use your Legalist thinking to think about how the Sui Dynasty fell. Don't look at the comments of Tang Dynasty historians. Of course, I believe you will not consider anything inconsiderate within the framework of Confucian thought.
Chapter completed!