Anyi, overlooking Wuxian Mountain in the south and Wangwu Mountain in the north.
It has been a famous city since ancient times.
The sixteen generations of the Xia Dynasty all had their capitals here. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Wei State in its heyday also had its capitals here.
The reason why Anyi was chosen as the capital by Xia Zi and the early Ming lords of Wei State has its merits.
Although there are no natural dangers to defend around Anyi, there are also no solid mountains and rivers.
However, there are many rivers in its territory, convenient transportation, and rich resources.
There is still a world-famous salt pond in Anyi. That salt pond alone can produce millions of kilograms of salt every year, which can not only fully meet the needs of Hedong County, but also supply Guanzhong.
In addition, Anyi County also has many large-scale iron ore deposits that have been discovered in recent decades.
Liu De's carriage and horse drove along the road. Just by looking at the flowers, he saw countless iron ore buildings looming in the mountains, as well as many iron ore scattered on both sides of the road.
The emperor of the Han Dynasty pursued rule by doing nothing.
Although he despises the businessmen group on the surface, he has always suppressed businessmen at the political level.
But in fact, the best way to cultivate this group of businessmen is to ignore them.
The fifty-three years since Liu's founding of the country was the fifty-three years that China's industry and commerce flourished.
In Guanzhong, the merchants might be more restrained and not be too presumptuous, but once they left Hangu Pass, what Liu De saw along the road was that the counties were mining and there were merchants in the villages and towns. In Anyi, the merchants were not even
He didn't even bother to try to cover it up, he just blatantly dug mountains, dug mines, and built workshops.
"The situation is very serious..." Liu De sighed as he opened the curtain of the carriage and looked at the outline of the mine faintly appearing among the mountains in the distance.
Emperor Liu's fifty-three-year rule of inaction not only restored social production and order, but also restored the population to its peak level before the war in the late Qin Dynasty. Industry and commerce developed rapidly like a wild horse running wild.
Judging from some of the situations Liu De saw in that era more than two thousand years later, this is a good thing, and Liu De should be happy.
But now, Liu De was not happy at all. Instead, he looked at all this with worry. Under this prosperity, Liu De saw the blood and bones, the crying people and bankrupt farmers, and the displaced people.
poor people and separated families.
In this era before the Christian era, the uncontrolled expansion of industry and commerce had no benefits, only harm, to both the country and the people!
British industry collapsed, so sheep ate people, and farmers were forced to go bankrupt, commit suicide, and sell their sons and daughters.
Until World War II, the entire capitalist world was a world where people cannibalize people.
Capitalists do all kinds of evil, run rampant and do all the bad things they can.
In this era, the behavior of businessmen was not much more noble than that of their European and American counterparts in later generations.
Ming history records, and Liu De also heard it with his own ears, said that Queen Mother Dou's younger brother Dou Guangguo almost died in a black coal kiln.
And this is what will inevitably happen with the expansion and development of capital.
If industry and commerce are allowed to continue to expand without control and restriction, there will definitely be more and more such things, because capital will definitely compete with agriculture for population, land and resources. Sheep eating people is an inevitable result of the development of capital.
Not only the people at the bottom have to pay the price for the prosperity and strength of industry and commerce.
The nobility and royal family at the top will also pay the price for the continued development of capitalism.
The British revolution was glorious, the king was guillotined, and the French Revolution destroyed the Bourbon dynasty in France.
When capital develops to a certain extent, it will inevitably radiate into politics. Whether they are willing or not, they will inevitably compete with feudal nobles and emperors for power!
That’s all!
Businessmen have no country, only interests.
As long as the asking price is high, let alone betraying the country, it is not impossible for your own parents to sell it!
Looking through the history books, are there many examples of businessmen selling their country in order to make money?
As a ruler and a time traveler, Liu De knew that it was time to pour cold water on the merchants' heads and let them calm down.
In this pre-Central era, capitalism was a destroyer of the world.
Once it becomes powerful, it will destroy everything, including themselves and the royal family represented by Liu De.
"At the very least, before there was radio and colonial India, capitalism had to be put in a cage!" Liu De made up his mind: "Kill it at all costs! Control it!"
Only after colonizing India and transporting India's wealth and resources back to the country can the shackles of capitalism be properly relaxed.
But before that, blindly developing industry and commerce and allowing capital to expand without restraint can only intensify domestic conflicts, bankrupt countless farmers, cause disorder, and breed bandits. Then, a single spark will inevitably start a prairie fire, and people will not be able to survive.
The peasants who go down will send the Liu dynasty and the capitalists to hell.
You know, this is China.
Princes, generals, and ministers would rather live in China.
The common people are not as good-tempered as the serfs in Britain and Europe!
Xia Jie was immoral, so he became the emperor of Tang Dynasty, Shang Zhou was tyrannical, Zhou Wu attacked Shang, and King Li lost his moral principles, so the Republic came to power, Qin court was cruel, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rose up.
Two thousand years later, Taizu of the Celestial Dynasty also said: The rebels are not guilty, but the rebellion is justified!
For the people living on this land, since ancient times, whoever makes it difficult for them to live, they will definitely make it impossible for the other person to live!
After colonizing India, there was a buffer at least, and most of the conflicts and pressures could be passed on to the third brother, who was hardworking, kind, submissive, and had a very good personality.
Liu De feels that the people of Sange can play happily under the caste system, and they should be able to withstand the oppression and exploitation of capitalism.
"Your Highness, the people in the mines are not the most miserable..." Yi Zong said from the side: "The people working in the salt ponds are the most pitiful!"
As a native of Hedong County and a former bandit, Yi Zong obviously knew the situation among the people very well. He introduced: "I have seen with my own eyes that nine out of ten people who work in Yanchi have not been out for three years.
Those who were disabled either had their hands soaked in brine and died, or they accidentally fell into the salt pond and were completely rotten. However, the merchants were indifferent. The disabled person gave a few copper coins and drove out of the salt pond, while the injured person was thrown directly into the forest and left alone.
Wild beasts bite..."
Liu De smiled, this is normal.
Even the capitalists two thousand years later will ignore the law and ignore the health, life and death of workers, let alone this era before the Christian era. What kind of joke are you expecting capitalists to show their conscience?
"When you arrive in Anyi, you go to the countryside with Ning Cheng to help investigate and clear up the merchants in Anyi. Follow Ning Cheng and study hard..." Liu De ordered: "When Ji An comes back, you guys will study hard..."
Think about it and come up with a plan for salt and iron government-operated exclusive sales!"
Liu De believes that this is the best solution to deal with the unrestricted expansion of capital power. rs
