Liu Che smiled slightly, looked at the ministers, thought for a while, and continued: "It is just as Duke Chao said: The people above are herding them, and pursuing profit is like running water. There is no choice in all directions!"
The memorials written by Chao Cuo and Jia Yi one after another on industrial, commercial and agricultural issues gave Liu Che the confidence to say that businessmen were of great benefit to the country.
In fact, in the Han Dynasty, especially in the past twenty years, anyone who is not blind has seen how merchants have rapidly expanded.
Therefore, how to deal with the relationship between industry, commerce and agriculture, and how to define the status of the two in national administration, has become a topic of common concern to the whole society.
On this issue, pretending to be an ostrich is obviously not Liu's way of thinking.
Moreover, people in the world are not stupid.
There is no doubt that getting rich through business has a much better future than farming.
So how to control and inhibit the development speed of industry and commerce has become a question that every politician must think about.
On this issue, Jia Yi and Chao Cuo were the pioneers.
The thinking and ideas of these two set the tone for the Han Dynasty's industrial, commercial and agricultural policies.
Just as Chao Cuo said in his "Gui Su Lun" more than ten years ago, if you want to make people all over the world, especially farmers, farm instead of doing business, you can just rely on shouting that farming is good, farming is good, and farming is good.
it's useless.
We must let the common people know the benefits of farming! (To open up ways to make money)
Because the governance of the people is a very complicated matter, the rulers should know that the people's desire to pursue profits and a better life is just like water flowing downward through low-lying areas to the southeast, northwest and northwest (seeking profits is like water flowing down. There is no choice in all directions)
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This is the core idea of guisu theory.
At the same time, it also represents the attitude of the ruling class towards the increasingly prosperous situation of industry and commerce.
The Han family is sober so far.
If the income from farming cannot support the family, then they will definitely go into business. This will cause various social problems.
And blindly pretending not to see these problems will lead to chaos sooner or later!
The order of this world may be broken!
It is precisely because of the clear understanding of these problems that for the past twenty years, the Han emperor's fundamental intention was to compete with industry and commerce for population so that the people could maintain food and clothing through farming.
However, whether it is Chao Cuo or Jia Yi.
They are limited by the limitations of the times. They can only see the development trend in three to five years.
As a man of three generations, Liu Che clearly sees the future development trend.
In fact, even now, an agricultural revolution is quietly taking place.
In many wealthy areas of Guanzhong and the world, farm tools began to be made of iron for landlord families. At the same time, oxen also began to be used.
In the next few decades, this revolution will sweep across the country and last for hundreds of years.
Among them, the key driving factor was the iron merchants all over the world.
In order to make money, it was these guys who constantly promoted and improved iron farm tools so that they could well meet the needs of farmers.
Moreover, Liu Che knows very well that the general trend of future social development will inevitably be that more and more people will be liberated from the land and engage in other businesses.
Because the population will increase.
No matter how hard Liu Che tried, he was unable to develop modern agriculture in his short life.
Without agricultural industrialization, the output of the land will not be able to feed all people.
As for the Indian colony, which has high hopes, it is just an ambition after all. It is still unclear whether it can be realized. Even if it does succeed, how many people at the bottom will be able to reap the benefits of the colony?
Therefore, we must find a way out for the coming population explosion.
However, industry and commerce is a good place to go.
Of course, these things are not suitable for talking on the table.
In ancient China, there was a set of rules for political games.
Liu Che sorted out his thoughts and said to the ministers: "I have read history books alone. In the past, Taigong wanted to be granted a seal in Yingqiu. The land was bad and the people were few. So Taigong encouraged the people to practice female martial arts. They were very skilled and knew how to fish and salt, and the people returned.
, strong and combined, so Qi crowned and wore clothes and walked all over the world, and Hai and Dai went hand in hand to the dynasty. Afterwards, Qi Zhong declined, Guan Zi built it, and established nine major and minor palaces. Then Henggong became the hegemon, and the nine princes united to rule the world.
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In ancient China, no matter what politicians did, they had to find examples from ancient times to explain the political correctness of their policies.
What Liu Che cited is historical fact.
The works of sages and sages are recognized by all schools of thought.
Guanzi was a great sage highly praised by all the emperors of the Han Dynasty. At that time, he was recognized as a model of ministers.
Whether it is Huang Lao or Confucianism, their economic policies are actually mostly extended from Guanzi's thoughts.
Similar to Confucius in later generations, the pipe at this time was just a basket, and anything could be pulled on it.
Liu Che looked at the ministers and asked: "We are all famous ministers. The Han family is knowledgeable and knowledgeable. What is the situation in today's world? Not only can I tell you, but all the ministers have also seen it!" Liu Che stood up and faced him.
Chao Cuo, Zhang Ou, and Yuan An asked: "Why is it that Guan Zhong can unite the nine princes and bring order to the world, but my Han family does not have this benefit? Instead, it is burdened by it?"
After hearing these words from Liu Che, the ministers all lowered their heads and blushed a little.
The Han family has been shouting and killing the merchants for more than twenty years. As a result, the merchants have become more and more prosperous amidst the shouting and killing of the imperial court.
Its industry continues to expand, and its scale is like a snowball, getting better and better every year.
When these businessmen make money, they either buy houses or land lavishly, or they spend it lavishly.
The court did not benefit, and neither did the peasants.
Whether it was Jia Yi’s policies back then or Chao Cuo’s theory of valuing millet, as of today, facts have proven that they have gone bankrupt.
It's just that because of the people in power, the rulers, no one dares to speak out about this issue face to face.
However, everyone knows that the commercial and economic policies of the Han Dynasty have reached a time when they must be changed!
After Xiaozhu came to power, almost all of the series of economic policies he implemented were implemented.
In fact, everyone knows that if nothing changes, the world will be doomed.
Now, as the prince, Liu Che raised this question head-on, but no one could give a positive answer.
Liu Che smiled and looked at these silent ministers. He knew that he had taken back the initiative.
So, he took a step forward, knelt down and kowtowed: "Father, the Cheng Zheng family and the Zhuo family from Linqiong recently found my son and offered to donate 100,000,000 yuan to open the memorial path. This is where my son is.
It is said that merchants are not without benefits to the country!"
These words immediately caused a strong shock like a pebble dropped into water.
One hundred thousand dollars!
The annual fiscal and tax revenue of the Han Dynasty was only 400,000 yuan!
This amount of money is equivalent to a quarter of the Han Dynasty's annual income.
All the ministers inevitably became short of breath. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
ps: Sorry, I got stuck today... I can only get 2000.
