The first thousand one hundred and seventy-two chapters shine (seeking a monthly ticket)
She is indeed Li Qi's woman. What she says always makes people want to listen involuntarily. Zhao Kai sighed in his heart and asked with a smile: "Since I learned to read and read, I have heard that the people are the foundation of the country, and I have also heard that the people are the foundation of the country.
Land is the foundation of a country, but production is the foundation of a country. This is the first time I have heard of it."
Bai Qiannuo's forehead was covered with sweat. He took two steady breaths and then said slowly: "Actually, what the emperor said is not wrong, but the people are not only the foundation of the country, but also the foundation of the world. Without people, everything will be lost."
There is no need to talk about it, this statement is too general. As for the land, I think it is only secondary."
The ministers looked at him sideways. This was the first time they heard that the land had been reduced to second place.
One person asked: "Then I wonder why the economic envoy is the leader."
Bai Qiannuo said: "As an economic envoy, profit is of course the first priority." She is also a scholar, and of course she knows the psychology of scholars. Therefore, as an economic envoy, an economic envoy is in charge of the economy and deals with interests all day long. Of course, it is
Profit comes first.
Zhao Kai smiled and said: "Speaking of this profit, I remember that the Privy Council once said that all desires are driven by profit. In other words, everything a person wants is profit, whether it is thought or material. This
Land should also belong to interests."
You are so stupid. When you talk about integrity and morality, you don’t talk about me. When it comes to profit-seeking, you bring me out. It’s too bullying. I will ignore you. Li Qi felt aggrieved and lowered his head.
Just don’t open the mouth of Chrysostom.
Bai Qiannuo shook his head and said: "The Emperor also said that everything a person wants can be called a benefit. It is just a piece of land. It is not a benefit, but only after we give it value can it be converted into benefit."
These words were a bit abstract, and many ministers were stunned by Bai Qiannuo. Fortunately, Zhao Kai had a good brain, and he understood after a little hesitation, and he laughed and said: "I heard you say so. It seems to be true.
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Bai Qiannuo continued: "Similarly speaking, there is no profit in the world. All benefits come from human desire. Desire forces people to obtain benefits, such as growing food and sewing clothes. This is also creating benefits. Since benefits are
If it is created, it is not something you are born with. If everyone in the world stops moving at this moment, then the benefits will disappear. Only hard work can create more wealth and produce more benefits.
, in other words, wealth changes from nothing to something, from thoughts to real matter. Since thoughts are endless, wealth should also be endless."
These words also made Zhao Kai fall into deep thought. He nodded slightly and said: "I very much agree with your view of endless wealth. Very good. You can continue."
"Yes." Bai Qiannuo said: "Sima Qian once said, 'Everything in the world is for profit, and everything in the world is for profit.' Everything the people in the world do is for profit, including chaos. When wealth is decreasing,
At that time, most people cannot be satisfied, and disasters will increase at this time. However, when wealth increases, disasters will decrease accordingly. From this point of view, if you want to reduce disasters, you must create enough wealth, so
, whether a country is strong and stable depends on interests, and vice versa.
It can be seen that the creation of wealth is the foundation, not the distribution of wealth. The process of creating wealth is production. This is what Weichen said earlier that production is the foundation of the country. The court should focus on production and improve production.
Strive to create more wealth, and in this way, reforms will become easier."
Zhao Kai said: "You are right, but how to improve production?"
Bai Qiannuo said: "The source of creating wealth is people. Therefore, talents are the key to increasing production. If you want to increase production, first of all, you must put an end to the practice of killing the goose to obtain the eggs. All the exorbitant taxes and levies in the past dynasties have existed in this dynasty. This is undoubtedly
The practice of killing the goose to retrieve the eggs is not conducive to increasing production. Therefore, Wei Chen believes that the first thing the court should do is to exempt all exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes."
She took such a big detour just to lighten the burden on the people.
Zhao Kai smiled slightly and said: "What you and I are thinking coincide with each other. I have recently been considering exempting some miscellaneous taxes, but you have to understand that the imperial court is supported by tax collection. If they are all exempted, who will give it to you?"
Who pays the soldiers salaries?"
Bai Qiannuo said: "I understand, but I believe that this tax should not take food from the people's mouths, or squeeze the blood and sweat of the people. It should take a part of the wealth created by the people, and it should be more or less based on the wealth created by the people."
It is determined by the amount of wealth, just like the tax collection system mentioned by Qin Shaozai just now. As the saying goes, if teachers are famous, taxes should also be famous, rather than adding indiscriminately. If natural disasters and man-made disasters lead to a decrease in wealth, the court should reduce its expenditures.
, rather than transferring it to the common people."
Zhao Kai immediately said: "It's very well said. The wealth of the world may have decreased due to the right time and place, but it is not the fault of the people. How can we let the people bear it alone? The court should bear the responsibility together with the people. It is urgent to formulate a reasonable tax law.
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"The Emperor's Holy Ming."
Zhao Kai didn't like hearing these words, so he waved his hand and said to Bai Qiannuo: "Economist, please continue, I really want to hear your opinion."
A flash of joy flashed in Bai Qiannuo's eyes, and his self-confidence was slowly increasing, and he said: "Removing exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes is only the foundation. On this basis, the imperial court should find ways to help the people improve production technology. The Privy Council often talks about maximizing profits.
, then technology is the basis for maximizing value. Originally, a fish only sold for ten cents, but through the hands of chefs, the value more than doubled in a moment. This is value maximization. In addition, the price of wine and pastries
Existence is also about maximizing the value of food. Technology does not require too much expenditure and is a display of wisdom, but it can get rich returns.
Taishi College is to pass on the technologies and experiences that can maximize benefits to the next generation. Therefore, I believe that more colleges like Taishi College should be opened to popularize the technology and maximize benefits. In addition, we can also convene
A group of talented people will improve various technologies. Perhaps a small improvement can make the people and the court gain immeasurable wealth. For example, Zui Xianju's Tianxia Wushuang and Fan Lou's fake puffer fish.
Cuju League, Hongwan Gambling House, and the firearms that our Song Dynasty is most proud of."
The ministers also nodded, but most of them turned their attention to the silent Li Qi. They all felt that Li Qi must have taught all this to Bai Qiannuo.
"A good value maximizer."
Zhao Kai laughed and looked very excited, saying: "Rely on advanced technology to create more wealth. The court should regard it as a top priority, and I will do everything possible to improve various technologies at all costs. You guys
Also be prepared.”
"I obey."
Zhao Kai promised Bai Qian again: "You have said so much, but have you still mentioned the relationship between production and redundant troops?"
Bai Qiannuo said: "The root cause of redundant troops is that in order to reduce the number of refugees, our government recruited a large number of refugees into the army. As time went by, new people continued to pour in, but the old ones did not leave, resulting in an increasing backlog.
The more soldiers there are, the more redundant the troops become. I think this is simply treating national affairs as child's play. Soldiers are supposed to defend the country and protect the people. The safety of the world is in their hands. How can they recruit people so casually?
Because of the existence of these people, our army of the Song Dynasty continues to be humiliated. This approach is actually putting the cart before the horse."
Chen Dong suddenly said: "The imperial court is doing this just to avoid disaster. Most rebellions in history started with refugees. Once the number of refugees increases, they will lose control."
Bai Qiannuo said: "A few years ago, there were many refugees near the capital. However, through the efforts of many people, the number of refugees began to decrease on a large scale. It is not necessarily necessary to recruit them to the military camps. The refugees lost their homes due to natural disasters and man-made disasters.
They are impoverished, but they still have their hands. They can create wealth. If one person can sew one piece of clothing a day, then two people can sew two pieces. Having more people is also a way to increase production. The kind that was used before the imperial court
This approach will only encourage laziness.
Those refugees stayed in the military camp all day doing nothing, waiting for the court to provide them with food. They did not create any wealth, but instead consumed the wealth created by others. This was extremely detrimental to the court, so Wei Chen thought he wanted to solve the problem.
With this phenomenon of redundant troops, the previous practice must be abandoned, and the refugees should be reasonably introduced into production. The court will build an environment for them and let them create wealth on their own. Even if it is to reclaim wasteland, it is better than doing nothing.
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Zhao Kai nodded thoughtfully and said: "Production can create wealth, and more people can create more wealth. This is a very simple truth. Reasonably deploy the refugees and let them invest in production, rather than blindly
We should send the refugees to military camps. Starting from today, we should do this. Military camps are not places of refuge. The court can help them free of charge for a while, but not for a lifetime. Do you understand?"
"I understand."
"Very good, you have to keep this in mind. I hope to see a memorial on this aspect tonight. I let you stand here to prove that my decision is correct."
He is not Song Huizong. He is too eager to revive the Song Dynasty. He understands that a person's life is short, and he has too many problems to face. He does not want to waste a moment, so being a minister under him is definitely not an option.
An easy thing.
Zhao Kai asked Bai Qiannuo with great interest: "Economic envoy, how do you explain the election to eliminate redundant officials?"
Bai Qiannuo was completely confident and said in an orderly manner: "In Wei Chen's view, the main reason for redundant officials is that the imperial court lacked consideration in the imperial examination. This imperial examination is like recruiting people in a restaurant. If a restaurant recruits ten people, it will
It is enough, but if a hundred people are recruited, then the restaurant will definitely suffer losses, and the extra ninety people will not be able to create any wealth. This is not good for themselves and others. The imperial court recruits hundreds of people for the imperial examination every year.
, but where are these hundreds of people used? The court did not think about it in advance, but decided after the fact. This is the beginning and the end.
When recruiting officials for the imperial examination, people should be recruited according to the needs of the court. If the court only needs ten people, then the eleventh person is a waste of talent. If it is not needed, the imperial examination should not be held. Recruiting one more person in a restaurant is
As for the harm to the proprietor, because the salary is given by the proprietor, the salary of the officials comes from the people. Recruiting one more official is a harm to the people. If the court wants the people to be good, then it should be cautious in recruiting talents."
At this point, Li Qi is not as good as Bai Qiannuo, because Li Qi doesn't understand anything about the imperial examination.
Qin Hui smiled and said: "The economy makes this statement really wonderful. Qin Hui was impressed."
Zheng Yi and others also stood up and expressed their support for Bai Qiannuo's point of view.
Zhao Kai also showed a pleased smile and said: "Well said, well said. Our imperial examination system does have many shortcomings and should be improved. So how should we explain this electoral system?"
Bai Qiannuo said: "Simply speaking, the electoral system allows the people to choose the candidates in their minds and appoint them as their own officials. The ministers think that this can make up for the shortcomings of the imperial examination. The imperial examination is to select the best candidates for the imperial court."
Top talents, but if they want to pass the imperial examination, they can only study hard, which means that all the candidates' thinking comes from books.
Youdao is to make the best use of people's talents and make the best use of everything. Once these candidates enter the court and become officials, no one knows what difficulties they will face. Who is better at dealing with what difficulties? No one knows, including himself, the court
We can only assign them blindly, and then further deploy them based on their performance. However, if the personnel are not used properly at the beginning, it will cause a lot of harm to the court and the people, and it will also take a long time, which is really thankless.
The electoral system can avoid some drawbacks very well, because during the selection process, they must convince the people to trust him and support him, then they must give the people enough commitment and give their own plan to help the people get rid of poverty and become rich.
, during the whole process, they will think about this official position, that is to say, the elected officials' thinking is based on reading and comes from practice, and the people will also choose the officials who are most suitable for them.
, after they take office, they can immediately put their promises into practice and reward the people and the court.
As for the imperial examination candidates, all their previous efforts were aimed at the scientific examination, and they cannot do all this. Not only that, the electoral system can form mutual trust between the government and the people during the process, but the scientific examination system cannot produce this kind of trust. In the end, the electoral system can form mutual trust between the government and the people.
The important thing is that the people will not elect redundant or useless people to ask for orders for themselves. The key to redundant officials is not that there are too many officials, but that there is nothing to do. If the court really needs it, then one hundred thousand officials will not be too many.
If the court does not need it, even one is too many."
Qin Hui stood up and said: "For your information, Your Majesty, this electoral system was actually developed by the Privy Council. When the officialdom in Jiangnan was purged, there were a large number of vacancies in the officialdom in Jiangnan, and the court could not dispatch officials immediately. This election was only used during that extraordinary period.
Although the results of the temporary appointment of officials have exceeded expectations, if this electoral system is to be used as a regular recruitment method for the imperial court, I think we can still make long-term plans."
Zhao Kai suddenly asked Li Qi: "Privy Envoy, what do you think of the Economic Envoy's suggestion?"
Li Qi was slightly startled and said, "Ah? Oh, very good, very good."
Zhao Kai waited for a moment and said, "Is that so?"
"Uh...otherwise, what does the emperor think I should say?" Li Qi asked in astonishment.
When Zhao Kai saw Li Qi's wandering expression, he became very angry. With your virtue, why should I ask you to come to court? You actually fought with him. He asked again: "This electoral system is yours."
invented?"
Li Qi said in a low-key tone: "It's just a humble work."
Zhao Kai gritted his teeth and said, "I'm very curious about how you came up with the idea."
Li Qifeng said calmly: "So that's what the emperor asked. In fact, it's very simple. Because the people in Jiangnan hated officials very much and lost trust in the court at that time, I had to find a way to appease them. The reason why people hated corrupt officials was nothing more than
It is because my interests have been expropriated by those corrupt officials, so I thought that when officials choose officials, of course they serve the officials; when the people choose officials, the officials naturally serve the people and are weighed by the interests of the people. Also, this official is you
If the elected one is not good, you should not come to criticize the court. Well, everyone is good. If it is not good, it will not damage the credibility of the court. It is based on this consideration that Wei Chen came up with the electoral system. As for the suitable
If it doesn’t apply, then Wei Chen didn’t think about it that much.”