Chapter 2048: The theory of sipping incense and the principle of valuing agriculture
For some people in the Han Dynasty who did not understand economics at all, it was of little use and influence to talk about some great principles, because what these people did not lack was great principles. And the more great principles they were, the more they had this and that.
Loopholes and taking things out of context are an instinct of these people.
Therefore, when the so-called "theory of sipping incense" came out in the council hall of General Fei Qian, many people were immediately dumbfounded, because they were completely unable to explain this matter using the principles they had mastered.
Confucius "spared money" and "sufficient food", but in fact he could not achieve the moral standards he advocated. He would even quibble and say, "How can I eat melons without eating them?"
Therefore, Confucius is only a human being after all. If we use Confucius' theory to measure everything, various problems will inevitably arise.
Just like the "Theory of Sipping Incense" proposed by Fei Qian this time, I am afraid that even if Confucius is reincarnated, he may not be able to describe and understand it.
However, in later generations, this problem is actually the triangular debt that is often encountered. The formation of triangular debt is, on the one hand, due to repeated investment in projects and long recovery times, and on the other hand, the products cannot be sold and there is a large backlog. Triangular debt generally has no external force to break it
If this is the case, it will easily lead to mutual crowding and collapse, and eventually they will end up playing together.
On the surface, Fei Qian is talking about gold and silver coins, but the actual problem is not just about gold and silver coins. If the scope of the triangular debt is raised a little higher and looked at the whole of Greater Asia, in fact, in many cases, China and surrounding areas
It is also a similar model of "triangular debt".
Emperor, relative, eunuch.
Han, Xiongnu, and Western Qiang.
Fei Qian, Cao Cao, Sun Quan.
But so far, the only one who looks up and looks out is Fei Qian.
Fei Qian believes that the reason why China has been in a leading position for thousands of years in ancient times is that its unique location and geographical environment are the most important factors.
Let’s not mention the continuous mountains and rivers in China, which are vast and fertile. Let’s just say that the land of China has been in a semi-closed geographical state for a long time. In short, there is the sea to the east, the grassland desert to the north, and the plateau mountains to the west and south.
…These geographical environments, in an era of underdeveloped transportation, were like a natural barrier, enclosing the largest territory that an ancient dynasty could theoretically control. Commercial and cultural exchanges might be insurmountable, but it would be a nightmare for large military expeditions.
Therefore, for a long period of time, China's local dynasties were less likely to be invaded by another powerful dynasty. However, once this external barrier was broken, China's local dynasties often collapsed very quickly...
In fact, in the Han Dynasty, many scholars or court officials discovered that the so-called "big" is not necessarily beautiful, because China's good geographical location and environment surrounded what an ancient dynasty could theoretically control.
The "largest" territory, but this range is not the most reasonable territory that can be effectively controlled.
In the case of inconvenient transportation information, the people of the Han Dynasty, or the Eastern Han Dynasty, saw that large remote areas could only be controlled but could not be completely controlled. It was even possible that various problems would arise in these areas, leading to threats.
To the central dynasty, many officials in the Eastern Han Dynasty began to learn to "give up".
Nothing is difficult in the world, as long as you are willing to give up.
However, these renunciation doctrines obviously cannot completely solve the border issue, and will even make the border issue more difficult, because once these surrounding areas are abandoned, these border areas will continue to form powerful forces to threaten the central government and retreat in exchange for
If you don't come to peace, you can only get beaten. It's like cowardly Song.
At present, Fei Qian, from Yinshan in the north to Nanzhong in the south, from Taihang in the east to Xiyu in the west, has a vast territory and complex geography. Normally, or according to the concept of Shandong nobles, such a large area
In a large area, there will inevitably be communication problems, command problems, soldier problems, transportation problems, etc., so that these problems are like debts one after another.
It may not have much impact at the time, but in the end Feiqian will be dragged down by these debts...
This is a very interesting mindset of the Han Dynasty. If you can't do something yourself, you feel that others can't do it either. This mindset even affected later dynasties.
When China was developing its business, it encountered many problems. However, when these problems were encountered, these great Confucian officials who usually talked eloquently could not come up with any solutions. Of course, among them, there were many
Sometimes it is our own people who hold them back, trying to use their opponents' flaws to prove their own intelligence.
So, in the end, we did not engage in business. Agriculture was the simplest and most secure. It was conducive to the stability of the ruling class and the consolidation of the exploiting class. It was too troublesome to engage in business. Forget it. Give up.
The result of giving up and retreating is that the industrial revolution has begun outside, and China is still paying off its debts...
So when Zheng Xuan said that he was talking about the "loss of industry and commerce", Fei Qian wanted to take this opportunity to sort out the theoretical basis of the so-called "emphasis on agriculture and neglect of commerce", so he asked Zhuge Liang to jump out and show his slogan... uh,
No matter what it is, the effect is pretty good anyway.
Zheng Xuan was obviously mature, so the ones he sent were also disciples. If he didn't move, the loss of face would naturally be within his tolerance.
So does it mean that this debate can completely solve the problem of "valuing agriculture over business"?
Fei Qian is not that naive.
At most, it's like knocking a mole, temporarily knocking back what popped up. Once there is a problem with Feiqian's business model, these "agriculture over business" retreatism will come out again.
No, "Look, someone said it a long time ago..."
Therefore, Fei Qian's most important issue at the moment is still not to send troops to invade the Shandong area, but to solve and clear "its own debt", that is, to develop productivity and production technology as quickly as possible, so that it can meet the next challenges.
Guanzhong Sanfu, the Weishui River Valley, is thousands of miles of fertile land. Although after thousands of years of development, the Guanzhong area has shown some signs of soil erosion, at least for a few hundred years, Guanzhong will still be a fertile land.
From a historical point of view, the productivity of the Guanzhong area was completely behind the productivity of the Central Plains and even Jiangnan until the end of the Tang Dynasty. It was also from that time that Chang'an was no longer a suitable capital.
What Fei Qian needs now is still people, more people and land, there is no shortage now.
Even in the wars of the hot weapon era in later generations, not too many people died directly on the battlefield. The sharp decline in population was mainly due to plague and famine caused by long-term wars, as well as the large-scale flight of homesteaders.
For now, the war in Guanzhong did not last too long, which is naturally attributed to Fei Qian. At the same time, now that Jingzhou is in chaos, many farmers who were originally from Jingzhou have begun to flee, and Wuguan has gradually begun to receive and arrange for these fleeing people.
And these people are Fei Qian’s capital that is becoming more and more aggressive now.
Everyone has seen the shortcomings of the small-scale peasant economy. Isn’t it interesting to chew the wisdom of the ancients all day long without thinking about innovation? Who knows if this was a good wisdom at the time, but now it has become a scum or a tooth.
Stone?
Just like after the turmoil of the Three Kingdoms, the world was gradually stabilizing. The Jin Dynasty had a great chance to create a new prosperous age similar to the Tang Dynasty in later generations, but it was screwed up by those people named Sima. They knew that
There is a problem on the road, but it would be strange to keep moving forward without death. Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, Sima Yan, was just a middle-aged man. He was far from his father and ancestors, and then he selected a completely mediocre successor... If compared with the Tang Dynasty,
Even Sima Zhao may not be as good as Li Shimin, and Li Zhi's talent surpasses Sima Yan. As for Wu Zhao, Jian Nanfeng will never be able to catch up...
Wait, Jia Nanfeng seems to be Jia Qu’s granddaughter?
Um……
Is this a problem? Fei Qian pinched the beard on his chin. Tutor, Jia Qu looks pretty good, why among the grandchildren...
Of course, this cannot be blamed on Jia Qu.
However, this reflects the shortcomings of the imperial power system where the monarch is hereditary.
The biggest weakness of hereditary imperial power is that it cannot guarantee the quality of the heir. Regardless of whether a person is wise or foolish, just by giving birth to a good child, he has a chance to become an emperor and the owner of the highest power in a country - Emperor Wu of Jin used an exaggerated
The method showed the absurdity of the imperial power system and made a huge and unlucky joke on the Chinese people.
But again, this kind of problem is not unique to the Jin Dynasty. It existed before and after. However, when faced with the same problem, China fell into the same pit again and again.
You know where the problem is, but you think it is very difficult, so you put it off without solving it. Then if the time goes on for a long time, you can treat it as completely invisible, and then you also ask everyone not to see it?
Isn't this the national football team? The sun is strong, it's raining, the grass is too soft, the ground is too hard, carelessness, and being attacked can all be used as excuses and reasons...
There are thousands of excuses to make.
Do practical things and sit back and watch.
Fei Qian hates such things, so naturally he cannot do such things.
Since the problem is there, even if it is difficult, you still need to do it. Even if you don't do it well, it is better than standing by and sarcastic!
From "emphasis on agriculture and suppression of business" to "emphasis on all industries", this is undoubtedly a huge change.
This is the first step in repairing the small-scale peasant economy.
Repair, not overthrow.
In fact, Fei Qian himself may not be much smarter than the current intellectuals of the Han Dynasty, but he stood on the shoulders of giants after all and accumulated nearly two thousand years of experience. As the saying goes, "Those who are in authority are confused, and those who are onlookers are clear."
The social analysis of the feudal dynasty is the biggest magic weapon for Fei Qian's rapid rise...
Because Fei Qian knows very clearly which classes this society is composed of, what are the interests of each class, who are the enemies who must be attacked, and who are the friends who can be won over.
China must have friends and enemies.
Once the Chinese dynasty looked around blankly and found that there were no enemies, and put down its swords and guns, its collapse was not far away.
For the Han Dynasty, Hu bandits are naturally the biggest foreign enemies.
In the face of this powerful enemy, both the aristocratic families and the refugees among the Han people, as well as the southern Xiongnu, Di, Qiang and other nomadic peoples who are close to the Han people, can and must form a unified front.
Internal enemies are the powerful local landlords formed during the 400 years of the Han Dynasty. The manor economy of these local powerful families infringed on the national interests, which would not only weaken the central power, but also easily lead to frequent internal fights and waste strength. Although in the case of Hu Kou
In the face of this foreign enemy, as long as they are unwilling to act as a coward, even aristocratic families can work together, but they must consider the long term and at least blackmail them and not allow them to continue to grow in power.
Fei Qian chose Bingzhou before and later advanced to Guanzhong. A big reason is that the power of the noble families in this area is relatively weak. On the one hand, it is easier for Fei Qian to win him over. On the other hand, in a short period of time,
The strength of these guys is unlikely to backfire on the regime built by Fei Qian.
To put it simply, the Dahan Shanxi gentry political group headed by Fei Qian is quite similar to the Guanlong Group in the Tang Dynasty. They are also centered on Guanzhong Longyou, and they are also titled with military honors, and there is no specific civil and military
divided...
Of course, attaching importance to other industries does not mean despising agriculture.
Chinese people like to engage in some either-or theories. Feiqian attaches great importance to the development of industry and commerce, so some people lament that agriculture is the foundation of the country, as if Feiqian has completely given up on agriculture and does not care about agricultural production at all. In fact, what is happening?
?The new technologies and production tools that Fei Qian has been developing in agriculture seem to have disappeared in an instant, completely out of the minds of these people.
Fei Qian came from a later generation, so he naturally knew that if he wanted to achieve national stability and social progress, the most important thing was to develop productivity. However, in this era, the industrial revolution was definitely unrealistic, and he might not really be able to do it. Agriculture was still very important.
National pillar.
Therefore, after Feiqian launched the "sipping fragrance" statement, he immediately grabbed a handful of agriculture...
In Li Yuan's village, Fei Qian looked at Li Yuan with a half-smile.
Li Yuan didn't expect Fei Qian to come at all. When he hurried to Zhuangzi, he saw Fei Qian standing on some abandoned fields, pinching a lump of soil.
The dust fell loudly, and Li Yuan's heart sank.
"Li Qing, this Zhuang He..." Fei Qian looked around slowly, "I'm afraid something is not good..."
Hearing Fei Qian use the word "Li Qing" to address him, Li Yuan felt a little chilled in his heart. Fei Qian is now in a high position, and sometimes people naturally pay more attention to some habits, although when calling someone by their "word"
It may not necessarily mean that you are happy, but when you call me "someone", it usually means that you are unhappy...
"Replying to my lord, I am at Zhuangzi Xiao, and I mobilized some manpower at that time... Later, when it was time to do some maintenance, there was a lack of materials..." Li Yuan did not dare to raise his head, "I am also negligent in management on weekdays, please lord.
Punishment..."
Fei Qian frowned and pulled Li Yuan up, "Since there is something missing, why don't you come and look for me?"
Li Yuan is a member of the Guanzhong gentry who is relatively close to Fei Qian, so Fei Qian comes here not to scold Li Yuan specifically, but to start from Li Yuan...
"Whose Zhuangzi is in the distance? Why does it look so corrupt?" Fei Qian pointed to a Zhuangzi in the distance and said.
Li Yuan took a closer look and said, "Reporting to my lord, it seems to be Zhuangzi of the Xue family..."
"Xue family?" Fei Qian was stunned for a moment, "Let's go and have a look."
When the people at Xuejiazhuangzi heard that Fei Qian was coming, they were so frightened that they all knelt down by the roadside and trembled.
"Who is in charge of the village?" Fei Qian asked.
One person crawled forward two trembling steps, "Xiao Ke, Xiao Ke..."
"How much can be gained from the village this autumn?" Fei Qian did not dismount, nor did he intend to go in to check. After all, from the outside, he could already tell that the situation in the village was probably very bad.
"This..." Zhuangzi's steward hesitated.
"Reply quickly!" Huang Xu shouted.
The steward of Xuejiazhuang trembled in fright, "I'm afraid, I'm afraid, it's not even a hundred stones..."
"Hundred stones?" Fei Qian laughed, "The word "insufficient" is used very well..."
Fei Qian raised his head slightly and looked at it for a moment, then turned his horse's head and stopped arguing with the steward of Xue Family Village.
The steward of the Xue family buried his head and trembled. When he heard the sound of horse hooves disappearing, he slowly raised his head and took a look, made sure, exhaled a long breath, and then stood up again with great dignity and took the photo.
He patted the dust on his robe and said, "They've already left. What are you doing kneeling down? Go back to work for me!"
On the other side, Fei Qian signaled to Huang Xu: "I thought that although the Xue family was in decline, it still had some support from its land. Now it seems... I will send two people to the Xue family tomorrow to help them get rid of their evil servants and cut off the bad things!"
Huang Xu agreed.
Fei Qian asked Li Yuan again, "Many of the people in charge of the Xue family's village may be treacherous, so they should be replaced by good men. Which of the nearby villages has spare candidates?"
Li Yuan raised his hands and said, "If it's the larger Zhuangzi in the surrounding area..." Li Yuan glanced at Fei Qian, "I'm afraid it's Webster's..."
When he arrived at Weishi Zhuangzi, Wei Duan also received the news and hurried from the city to meet him at the roadside.
Fei Qian got off his horse, helped Wei Duan up, exchanged a few words, and then mentioned the issue of finding a suitable and responsible steward for Xue Family Village. Wei Duan immediately patted his chest and assured that it would be done well. After all, they were colleagues and they should treat each other.
Support will definitely make Qiaoqi feel at ease...
After deciding on this matter, Fei Qian and Wei Duan entered Zhuangzi together. However, when he looked up, he couldn't help but smile and shake his head, saying: "I heard that Xiu Fu often said "emphasis on agriculture", but now it seems..."
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Fei Qian pointed with the riding crop in his hand, and his tone was a little heavy, "Is this the "agrarian" method?"
If it was farming that ordinary people didn't understand, there wouldn't be any problem. However, Fei Qian knew something about farming and mulberry farming, so after a quick look at it, he knew that the situation of the crops in Wei Duan Village was no better than that of Li Yuan Village.
No matter how good it is, there are still large areas of desolation, and it is obvious that there is no time to replant.
Wei Duan quickly dismounted his horse and apologized.
Fei Qian sighed, dismounted, helped Wei Duan up, and then said: "A few days ago, someone in the long street openly said, "Farming is the foundation, business is the end, and emphasis on agriculture is a century-old plan.
Shang Ze is bound to be in chaos within ten years...Does Xiu Fu know about this?"
"This..." Wei Duan quickly denied, "I really don't know."
"Then it's not too late to know now..." Fei Qian patted Wei Duan's shoulder, "Now it seems that many people who are "worried about the country and compassionate about heaven and earth" are mostly just talking... Don't listen to orders!"
"My subordinate is here!" Wei Duan quickly stood up straight.
"Starting from today to early July," Fei Qian said, pointing to the barren fields aside, "join the law and conduct a thorough investigation on the third assistant of Guanzhong who talks too much about "emphasis on agriculture" but actually harms the farmers!"
Wei Duan was startled, and then asked cautiously: "I don't know how much my lord... is considered to be "harming the peasants"..."
Fei Qian looked at Wei Duan, and then at Li Yuan, "You two can just discuss it..."
Wei Duan thought for a while and felt that he still didn't have much information. When he wanted to ask again, he suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves in the distance and remembered that a messenger and cavalry rushed to Fei Qian:
