55 Listening to your words is better than reading ten years of books
Emperor Chongzhen naturally did not expect that just a small matter of doing business could contain so much knowledge.
There were many aspects that he had never heard of.
Upon hearing his praise, Liu Weichao said modestly: "These are all economic categories, and I only have a superficial understanding of them."
"Economics?" Emperor Chongzhen had never heard of this subject and couldn't help but asked doubtfully.
Seeing this, Liu Weichao smiled and explained: "It's the knowledge of making money! Let me tell you, the knowledge here is very great!"
When he said this, he saw that Emperor Chongzhen seemed to show a look of disapproval, so he added to him: "If you use it well, you can destroy a country without a single blow, or you can plunder the wealth of other countries quietly. Of course,
It also plays a very important role in rejuvenating the country and bringing peace to the country!"
"It's just the knowledge of doing business, does it really have such a huge effect?" Emperor Chongzhen was a little unconvinced after hearing this. He felt that what Liu Weichao said was a bit too exaggerated.
After hearing this, Liu Weichao nodded without hesitation and said: "Of course! This is actually not difficult to understand! Think about it, people have money but don't have money. By the way, as an example from your most personal experience, don't you have no money? That's why
It’s a mess. If you were rich, would you still be so worried that you would become the king of the country?”
His words made Emperor Chongzhen blush a little. The king of subjugated country, this was a pain in his heart! But fortunately, with the treasure of mobile phone, it should be impossible to happen.
Liu Weichao casually uncovered Emperor Chongzhen's scars. When he saw his face turned red, he knew that he had made a mistake. However, his original intention was not to reveal Emperor Chongzhen's scars, so he quickly diverted his attention and said, "Maybe I will show you another one."
Examples to illustrate the importance of economics!"
Emperor Chongzhen felt Liu Weichao's kindness and felt a little grateful, so he quickly said: "Okay, I am all ears!"
So, Liu Weichao told him: "Zhang Juzheng's whipping method made it possible to use silver as currency for taxation. This has a positive side. However, it also has a bad side. Some people in later generations even summed it up and said that this
It was also one of the main reasons for the demise of the Ming Dynasty!"
"Ah?" Emperor Chongzhen never expected that he would hear such words, and couldn't help but asked curiously: "How?"
Liu Weichao immediately smiled and explained to him: "A simple example, for example, you pay one penny to pay taxes. It seems fair. But in fact, it is very unfair!"
Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen was listening attentively, Liu Weichao slowed down his speech, and then continued: "There is a lot of silver in the south of the Yangtze River, so one coin of silver can be exchanged for a bucket of grain. For example, I am making an analogy.
In the northwest, where silver is scarce, it is naturally more expensive. So one penny of silver used to pay taxes may require one stone of grain, or even more. In this case, do you think it is fair?"
Emperor Chongzhen had never thought about this aspect. When he heard this, he was immediately shocked: "No wonder, there are always troubles in the northwest. It turns out that the root cause is here!"
"It's hard to say whether the root cause is here or not. I'll just give you this example." Liu Weichao listened and said seriously, "There is another thing about silver, that is, the silver of the Ming Dynasty mostly came from overseas. Especially Spain, that is,
The Westerners in Luzon brought silver from the American continent to buy Ming products. If the inflow continues, then it will be no problem for Ming Dynasty to use silver as currency..."
Emperor Chongzhen didn't know why Liu Weichao was talking about Xiyi. He couldn't help but be a little curious, so he listened carefully.
"...As a result, large-scale wars broke out on the European continent, and Spain's finances were tight, so they ordered all the silver in the Americas to be shipped back to Spain and no longer flow into the Ming Dynasty. As a result, the silver decreased, but the Ming Dynasty's commodity production increased more and more.
If there are more, it will lead to the fact that money is more expensive. In this way, it will aggravate the unfairness of the previous situation!"
Speaking of this, Liu Weichao said with emotion: "Look, this is Spain unintentionally pushing Ming into the fire pit!"
"..." Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help being speechless after hearing this.
In other words, he was shocked by what Liu Weichao said.
This is actually possible?!
After a long time, he came to his senses and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Listening to your words is better than ten years of reading!"
After finishing speaking, before Liu Weichao could speak, Emperor Chongzhen shook his head again and said: "There are really too many good things and university knowledge in your world! In comparison, my world is really embarrassing!"
It seemed that some of Liu Weichao's casual knowledge had a bit of a shock to him.
When Liu Weichao heard this, he thought it was just right, so he took up the topic from Emperor Chongzhen and said: "How is it possible? I happen to have something and I want to discuss it with you and ask you to help!"
"Ah?" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he showed an expression of disbelief. He thought he had heard it wrong, and even stuttered a little to confirm, "You want me...my help? Can I help you?"
He has always been very eager to be useful to Liu Weichao. Because only in this way will he feel at ease. Otherwise, he would dream that one day Liu Weichao would no longer be interested and would stop helping him!
Therefore, at this time, he was still overjoyed.
To be honest, what he just said was sincere. He just couldn't figure out how he could help Liu Weichao!
Seeing him like this, Liu Weichao smiled and said: "My job has become useless again. Here's the thing..."
He talked a little bit about Qian Yaoduo, and Emperor Chongzhen was very angry. There was such a shameless person!
However, Liu Weichao did not give Emperor Chongzhen a chance to express his anger, but immediately went on to explain his plan: "Our Chinese culture is reviving in my world. Whether it is food, clothing, housing and transportation, in short, including all aspects, as long as it is good, there are people who aspire to it.
For example, a simple example is Hanfu. Many people are interested in the clothes you wear. I want to develop a mobile application software specifically about the Ming Dynasty, and you will provide the content. If it attracts more people, I will
You can make money!”
Emperor Chongzhen was a little unbelievable. How could he still make money with ordinary clothes?
So, he quickly asked: "How do you make money from this? Also, you haven't said yet, how can I help you?"
"I've already said it!" Liu Weichao said immediately with a smile, "You provide content, such as clothes, you take photos, take photos, and then send them to me, it's that simple!"
"..." Emperor Chongzhen was quite speechless. That's it?