Red Mansion Jia Lan: Do you want to run away tonight to visit your relatives? Chapter 141 A completely different view of governance, traveling and reminiscing about youth
Chapter 141 A completely different view of governance, traveling and reminiscing about youth
Although both Xiao Tianfang and Wen Ruihe gave Jia Lan a good impression.
But...
Jia Lan is not very optimistic about the concept of Zhongyi County King's governance.
Although they did not discuss it in depth, whether it is Xiao Tianfang or Wen Ruihe, they still have the same classical economic thinking that emphasizes agriculture and suppresses business.
This kind of thinking is very reasonable, but today it is gradually becoming out of date.
Although relying on the knowledge of later generations, Jialan never dared to look down on the ancients, let alone think that the ancients must have low IQs. The emphasis on agriculture and suppression of business was only the cornerstone of maintaining feudal rule, and commercial empires were the trend of history.
Is this really the case?
China and Turkey have controlled the Silk Road many times over the past hundreds of years, bringing a steady stream of wealth to the country. It seems that building a country through commerce is really possible.
However, this Silk Road starts from the west of Yangguan, passes through the northern and southern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains, the Pamir Plateau, the Hindu Kush Mountains, the Karatau Mountains, the two rivers of Central Asia, to Khorasan, enters the Iranian Plateau, and then to West Asia
Two rivers, and then to the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea connecting North Africa and Asia Minor.
This road is not filled with beautiful scenery, accompanied by beauties, riding horses and singing songs, but with countless bandits and horse bandits. The kingdoms are constantly at war. Not only are the taxes astonishing, but lives are also in danger.
What maintained the Silk Road was a large number of garrisons.
During the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the two major military governors in Anxi and Beiting stationed 50,000 elite soldiers all year round. The cost of eating people and chewing horses was astronomical. How could such a huge consumption be tolerated if there was not a agricultural society behind it? p>
If we don’t emphasize agriculture and lose the huge group of homesteaders, where will the taxes come from? Where will the soldiers come from? Where will the achievements of the Han and Tang Dynasties come from?
Later generations only saw the emphasis on agriculture, but the ancients saw the consequences of not suppressing business.
In a word, wealth merger.
They hoard food in good years and sell it short in order to buy the land of farmers. In bad years, they hoard food and raise prices, turning farmers into serfs.
Emphasizing agriculture is actually a concept that values production and will never fall behind at any time.
Even the Hebrews, who were labeled as all profiteers, believed in their parchments that the most sacred life is to work hard.
Later, France changed from a physiocratic one at the beginning and finally turned into an empire that only made usury. However, it disappeared in two wars within a few decades.
In later generations, one house occupied the wealth of the entire society, resulting in the hollowing out of the manufacturing industry. How many problems did it bring?
In Jia Lan's view, focusing on agriculture is not a problem, the problem is suppressing business.
Some people think that the Ming Dynasty's commercial taxes were too low, and they could just raise the tax rate. But in fact, the Ming Dynasty's commercial taxes were not low at all. The only real low was during the Hongwu period of Ming Taizu, when in order to restore the economy, twenty taxes and one tax rate were implemented. p>
Since then, the number has increased year by year. By the Hongzhi period of the middle Ming Dynasty, officials in the imperial court pointed out that when handling commercial taxes, officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs "often regard increasing taxes as their ability, taking strictness as their style, planning to the bone, and not sending out the best." This is the common law.
In addition, he also skillfully establishes his name and form, and is wanton and demanding. The merchants and merchants ship, howling and crying, and those who see it feel pity."
Strict business taxes actually hinder the development of commerce, causing businessmen to invest every profit they make into the land, which then leads to the problem of land annexation. Coupled with the excessive expropriation by officials, the entire market is in a state of chaos and disorder.
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Jia Lan had a desire to travel, and he didn't want to become a talker. He wanted to see this era with his own eyes.
A few days ago, someone came from the south to deliver a message. A few months ago, Jialan sent people to the south to inquire about information. He asked the Francois who came to Haojing for trade. He heard that in the coal mines in England, steam engines seemed to be used for drainage.
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The prototype of the steam engine has already appeared, but we don’t know when the Watt steam engine will appear.
Jia Lan lamented: "There is not much time left for the East."
Qin Keqing blinked. Whenever Jia Lan was alone with her, he would often say something that was difficult for her to understand, such as what class, gossip, crazy love, etc... Sometimes it was quite interesting to listen to. p>
But more often than not, she could feel the turmoil in Jialan's heart when he spoke.
It was an emotion mixed with worry, anger and excitement.
She looked at Jia Lan silently and said softly: "No matter what it is, I believe you can solve it, Langeer."
"Thank you..." Keqing's gentle tone warmed Jia Lan's heart.
Unknowingly, his perception of Qin Keqing went from being wary at first, to gradually becoming familiar with her, and now he regards her as one of the very few people he can confide in.
"Yeah, no matter what, we can solve it."
The next day, Jia Zhengyuan.
After hearing Jia Lan's intention, Jia Zheng looked very surprised and asked hurriedly: "Lan'er, I remember you said before that you just went back to the south to worship your ancestors? Why did you suddenly stop taking the exam?"
Jia Lan bowed and respectfully replied: "Grandpa, there is a saying from our predecessors: 'What you see on paper will always be shallow, but you will definitely know how to do it'. My grandson thinks that he has some talent and knowledge, but his knowledge is not as good as others after all. If it is just a fluke.
If you are able to be on the list, but you are not qualified for the official position given by the court, wouldn't it mean that you have failed your father's kindness and your grandfather's expectations."
After a pause, he saw that Jia Zheng did not show an unhappy expression, so he took out a letter from his arms and presented it: "I just happened to visit the Master yesterday. When we talked about it, he agreed very much and even revised a letter.
I asked my grandson to forward it to my grandfather."
Jia Zheng took the letter and opened it. He nodded while reading it. After pondering for a while, he said to Jia Lan: "What Shanda people said makes sense. If you don't take the exam next year, you will have a chance the year after. You won't have to wait three years in vain. Take advantage of this period."
It’s also good to travel around the world to exchange studies and broaden your knowledge.”
After he finished speaking, he just sat there without speaking, with a look of nostalgia in his eyes.
"I remember that when Brother She and I were young, we traveled together..."
Jia Zheng mentioned a piece of past history. It turned out that it was the practice of the Ningrong family for several generations to travel abroad when the family was young. Starting from the first generation of Ningrong, the second son of Ningrong, the children of the family who were fifteen years old or older were allowed to travel abroad.
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This was also the case when the second generation Rongguo Gong Jia Daishan, let Jia pardon and Jia Zheng's two sons travel together.
After talking for a long time, Jia Zheng, who felt a little dry in the mouth, picked up the tea cup and took a sip. He looked at Jia Lan and said, "It is a tradition of the Jia family to travel abroad. Since Lan'er has this idea, then go ahead."
Jia Lan was overjoyed. He originally thought that the ancients had taught him that his parents were traveling not far away, and because his family was the biggest obstacle, he came up with the idea of having a seat at the table. Sheng Hong did not expect Jia Zheng to agree so quickly. It was an unexpected surprise.
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Although Jia Mu is the biggest in Rongguo Mansion, it is Jia Zheng who really calls the shots. With his support, it will be much easier for Jia Lan to convince other people.
Sure enough, Jia's mother heard Jia Zheng talking about it in person, and she guessed her son's thoughts to some extent. She did not object, but encouraged Jia Lan a few words.
Anyway, one phoenix egg jade is enough for her.
When Sanchun heard that Jia Lan had passed away, everyone showed a look of great reluctance.
Li Wan and Dai Yu had mentioned it to Jia Lan a long time ago and were not too surprised.
The happiest person present was none other than Jia Baoyu, because without the negative example of Jia Lan, the great devil Jia Zheng would probably not focus on him.
However...
Jia Zheng gave Jia Lan a few words, then immediately turned to him and said, "Baoyu, after Lan'er goes on a trip, I will supervise your homework!"
Hearing this, Jia Baoyu immediately fell to the side, his eyes straightened.