"Doesn't business need to be controlled now? Many people have given up farming and started doing business with merchants. If this continues, something will happen sooner or later." Mi Zhu hesitated and said. Although he was born as a merchant, Mi Zhu seemed to be very interested in restricting merchants.
Very interested.
"It's far from an accident. Forget it, I seem to have forgotten to popularize some things for you. Your understanding of society is actually somewhat biased." Chen Xi sighed and said.
The main reason for the emphasis on agriculture and suppression of business in ancient times was, to put it bluntly, the issue of de-production, and this production really refers to farming.
"Oh, tell me." Liu Bei didn't care about Cao Cao's unhappy expression at all. He had been abused by Chen Xi many times anyway. Besides, for Liu Bei himself, he only needed to hold on to his position as military commander.
"In fact, the so-called problem of focusing on agriculture and suppressing business from ancient times to the present is to put it bluntly, it is to suppress the number of unemployed people." Chen Xi shrugged and said.
"How many people are out of work?" Cao Cao frowned, having never heard of this word at all.
"Well, the number of people who are not involved in production is just a few of us." Chen Xi spread his hands, and Cao Cao's eyes froze when he heard this, and he understood a lot of things in an instant.
"Actually, this is a very helpless fact. First of all, the aristocratic families and clans that account for 2% of the country are completely out of work. These people rely on the support of the common people." Chen Xi said expressionlessly, and Cao Cao and Liu Bei suddenly looked ugly.
, If Chen Xi hadn't said it, they might not have noticed it in their lifetime, but they would have understood it instantly after he said it.
"The next ones are the off-duty soldiers. I want you to understand this. If you want your soldiers to be truly elite, don't think about military camps. Just pull them out for training when there is nothing to do. Don't let them do farm work, just let them train. This part is 100%
One percent, although it may be more than that, and it may be even higher if necessary." Chen Xi looked extremely calm.
"After that, if we count others, such as officials, subordinate staff, and those who are part-time and semi-off-the-job, we can actually see about three to four of them directly." Chen Xi sighed and said, "This is why the most basic
The land tax is one thirty tax."
At this moment, Cao Cao and Liu Bei's expressions were extremely ugly. Many things were passed down by the ancients. Why is this happening? To be honest, there is really no one who can explain clearly in this era. Now Chen Xi told them directly why.
"Because the 30-tax tax is enough to basically guarantee the survival of this group of people after they leave their jobs, but a country not only needs people to survive, but also has other things to do, so there are various taxes.
"Chen Xi sighed and said, "This is why there are people who say that they are belligerent and that no matter how big a country is, it will perish if it is warlike."
"To put it simply, there are more people who are out of work, which will crush the working people." Chen Xi spread his hands and said helplessly, "As for businessmen, they will naturally be included in the group of people who are out of work, and the number will naturally increase.
Social pressure.”
"That's not to suppress businessmen, Zichuan, you have made it very clear that we must limit the number of people who are out of work!" Cao Cao said immediately.
"However, this is impossible. In fact, every profession has its own necessity. Just like us, and another example is soldiers. Our significance is to make macro adjustments to make society move forward more steadily, while the significance of soldiers is to protect the homeland and the country.
, to maintain social stability, while officials and subordinate staff solve local affairs and maintain local harmony and stability." Chen Xi shook his head slightly and said.
"The essence of business is actually circulation and regulation. It is profit-seeking for people, not business, so this profession is necessary." Chen Xi looked at Cao Cao solemnly.
"Thirty people are enough to support one person. If you add one more person, the structure may be close to collapse. This is still above the normal level. Once a famine occurs, I now understand why troubled times occur."
Liu Bei said helplessly.
"No, in fact it is not a fixed rule that thirty people raise one person, nor is it a fixed rule that a country will perish no matter how big it is and is warlike. There is an extended chain." Chen Xi shook his head and said.
"Whether it is Han Mou's increase in grain production or the many long-term plans I have made, they are essentially improving this upper line. According to the current situation, in fact, excluding my influence on celestial phenomena, this number should have increased to seven
It's about 1.5 points." Chen Xi said with a slight arrogance. The increase in cookie grain production increased this number by about 1.5 points.
This is why it is nonsense to say that Mr. Yuan traveled to ancient times and relied on farmyard manure to produce three hundred kilograms per mu. Most emperors could kneel down and call him daddy. In ancient times, as long as the food problem could be solved, the country would be free to do many things.
.
"Seven points?" Liu Bei and Cao Cao looked at each other.
"Let's put it this way, the three extra points, based on the current population, can recruit one million soldiers without shaking the foundation of the country, so it doesn't matter if there are more than 70,000 or 80,000 businessmen, and these 70,000 or 80,000 businessmen are still very powerful
Meaningful." Chen Xi estimated that Cao Cao and Liu Bei didn't know what the three dots meant, so he explained it briefly.
Liu Bei and Cao Cao were really inspired this time. Although they had no concept of this before, when Chen Xi talked about it this time, they suddenly understood a lot of things.
"However, I still have use for the number of people who can leave their jobs at these three points, so I definitely can't use them all for conscription. I have to rely on these three points to find a way to increase the proportion of the population who can leave their jobs even more." Chen Xi shrugged.
He said with a shrug.
This is also an important reason why Chen Xi's actions become smaller as he moves forward, because if he makes a little effort, too many people may use it, which may cause problems in various aspects of grain production in the coming year, thus affecting longer-term development.
"Hey, hey, hey, Mr. Cao, don't think about dividing this point. Although this point is the average point of the entire Han Dynasty, it is completely different in different places. Anyway, I bet you can't figure it out." Chen Xi saw Cao Cao's eyes shining.
I know what Cao Cao wants to do.
"Cough cough cough." Cao Cao coughed twice in embarrassment. He really wanted to slap someone quickly, but Chen Xi exposed him.
"Actually, the Hu people's prisoners can probably hold up to half a point." Chen Xi did a rough calculation and said.
Although there are many miscellaneous captives, these people also need to eat, but for some reasons the bottom line is different, and the algorithm is not the same. It is estimated that it is only half a point. To be honest, this algorithm is already considered very powerful by Chen Xi.
This is a bottomless exploitation. If it is more ruthless, it will probably affect the usage time.
"In short, except for about one point that is intended to be used to expand the army, the rest have fixed uses. I saved it for a long time. You must know that some of the points will be automatically used by ordinary people due to social changes. In fact,
That's all I can get." Chen Xi also said helplessly.
The fruits of social change cannot be picked by Chen Xi. Although Chen Xi can rely on this fruit to promote social change faster, the problem is that at the same time as social changes, there are people from all walks of life who unknowingly pick the fruits. This kind of
There is absolutely no way to avoid it.
It should even be said that those who picked this fruit were the correct result of the spontaneous operation of internal driving forces during social changes. Chen Xi's approach was entirely based on foresight, taking the place of the other party before this invisible hand started to operate.
Responsibility, move forward faster.
To be honest, if this were not the advantage of the lower reaches of history, eight out of ten people who played this way would have knelt down. The remaining two might have succeeded, and internally there would definitely have been left a lot of hidden dangers because they did not comply with the normal procedures of social development.
Representative, haha...
The biggest weakness of leapfrog progress is this. Talking about the feudal system, the unemployment rate is only ten points. Let’s talk about the ten-point unemployment rate. If enough is accumulated, a handful will be enough to enter the industrial revolution, and then liberate manpower. The unemployment rate will be directly
Upgraded to forty points!
Ten points and forty points, for the same country, you can see how big the social prosperity is by looking at these two ratios. However, limited by the current situation, Chen Xi has reached the point of reaching seven points now. He wants to
I jumped to 40 points in one leap. Unfortunately, my current accumulation is still far from enough.
"When are you unable to do anything in government affairs?" Liu Bei looked unbelieving.
"It's not that it's beyond my ability, but from a practical point of view, it doesn't make much sense to put them all in my hands. After all, those who can take advantage of the situation are all smart people. There is no need to be so demanding. This group of people
Success is good for society." Chen Xi shook his head and said.
In fact, Chen Xi believes that it will be enough to mobilize those who are out of work by then, and the remaining part will be used by the people to create successful people in society, and jump from ordinary people to wealthy people. In fact, it is very
Positive meaning.
Incidentally, it can also be proved that after Chen Xi came to power, the people did live better. The power of realistic role models is conducive to social stability.
"I'm surprised, if you really want to do it, can you really be stopped?" Liu Bei looked as if this was indeed the case.
"Well, if you think so, I can't do anything about it. Generally speaking, it's not impossible to do without extracting. It does more harm than good. We usually focus on maximizing benefits." Chen Xi spread his hands and said, "However, generally, the benefits are the greatest.
Transformation is not and is not the best choice, so we can only consider both."
"Um, let me ask Zichuan, how do you deal with the situation you mentioned?" Liu Bei asked with a hint of curiosity.
"Watch whether you are anxious. If you are not anxious, just do some research. If you are anxious, just rely on your feelings. Generally speaking, although the second option is biased, it is not too outrageous. Of course, it is said that some people can choose the best answer based on intuition." Chen Xi
He curled his lips and said.
When Cao Cao heard this, the image of Zhong Yao emerged in his mind. Unfortunately, Zhong Yao never worked hard. Although he supported Cao Cao, to be honest, Zhong Yao didn't necessarily work hard.
