Yan Beixi and Shang Yu, who Fu Xiaoguan said, were speechless.

In such an agricultural era, although businessmen have been relatively active, in terms of national policy, agriculture is still dominant.

The class structure of Shinong, industry and commerce has not changed, so the students are dedicated to studying in order to become officials in the court, which is the first class of society. Although the peasant has a very low income and may even live a very miserable life, at the national level, he is second only to the gentry.

In reality, the life of businessmen is actually the best, but their status is the lowest.

For example, the richest man in Linjiang, Fu Daguan, is a big landowner who sells grain, but he is actually a businessman.

He has a lot of silver, which can be squandered by Fu Xiaoguan at will, but his courage is very small, and what he is most afraid of is offending officials.

In their cognition, businessmen do not farm, but find shortcuts to buy and sell to make profits, or buy raw materials at a low price, process them in their workshops and sell them on the market to seek huge interest margins.

For all those who have read the books of the sages, these actions are nothing for nothing, they are cheating, they are opportunistic, and they are not right.

But at this moment, listening to Fu Xiaoguan's words, the two of them thought carefully about this problem for the first time, they knew the composition of the household tax silver, and they didn't think that there was anything wrong with the taxes paid by merchants accounting for more than half of the taxes, but now they understand why Fu Xiaoguan said that it is necessary to make commerce bigger and more prosperous in order to solve the problem of empty treasury.

This matter is too big, even if Yan Beixi is the prime minister, he does not dare to make a decision to change this national policy.

"Is there any other way?" Yan Beixi asked.

"I don't have it anyway, the reason has been simply explained to you, if I can't change the status of a businessman, it's useless for me to be this official, or ...... You're always treating me like a fart, aren't you? ”

"Get out!"

Yan Beixi stood up and walked back and forth a few steps with his hands on his back.

"You write down your point of view in detail...... he took a deep breath, "This matter has to be discussed with Your Majesty, and your Majesty has to decide in the end, so you have to do this article for the old man!" ”

Fu Xiaoguan's mind suddenly came up with the "Wealth of Nations" that he had read in his previous life, and this is almost the truth, but he didn't read this book as detailed as a dream in Red Mansions, but according to the meaning of the book, it should be possible to write a fool of this old man.

"It will take half a month for the next official."

"So long? No way! Just three days! ”

Old man, you and I have a computer with me!

"I can't do it in three days, this is a hundred times more troublesome than the disaster relief plan, there are too many things involved, at least ten days, otherwise don't talk about it!"

Shang Yu looked at the two bargaining in surprise, he had been in this Zhongshu Province for nearly twenty years, but this was the first time he had seen this kind of thing! The dignified Yan Zai was actually arguing with a young man with a red face, just for a few days, and this young man actually dared to be tough with Yan Zai - sure enough, the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and it is really as the "Yu Dynasty Boy Said" said: The red sun is rising, and its way is bright. The river flows out of the subterranean flow, and the ocean is pouring out!

And the result was even more unexpected, Yan Zai was defeated!

Fu Xiaoguan looked like he was about to leave, and finally made Yan Beixi take a big step back.

"Okay, okay, just ten days, if you can't write that article into a flower, see how the old man cleans you up!"

Fu Xiaoguan was happy, and he picked up the teacup on the table and sent it to Yan Xiwen, "The prime minister can support the boat in his belly...... You are old and discouraged, and the lower officials dare not guarantee that they will be able to write that article into a flower, but what the lower officials can guarantee is that if you can reuse the merchants and restart commerce, you will be able to see significant results within three years. ”

"Three years is too long, one year!"

This is unreasonable, you have to wait half a year to harvest a rice!

"Yan Zai, everything has its own laws, and the same is true of this economy. Even if His Majesty agrees, how long will it take for this policy to continue? How long will it take for those merchants to accept it? How long will it take for local officials to adapt to this change? How long did it take for the merchants to accept that they would build workshops and produce goods? ”

"So you have to eat it bite by bite, otherwise...... You're going to choke to death! ”

Yan Beixi frowned, and after thinking about it carefully, what Fu Xiaoguan said was true, and he was indeed too urgent.

"Okay, okay, the old man won't argue with you about these things, you can make that article first."

"The lower official obeyed...... It's just that there are many people here and there are many people who affect the thinking of the lower officials, so the thinking of the lower officials is that they will not come here for ten days, stay at home and be quiet, and it is possible to write that article into a flower, right? ”

"! Do everything to block the old man. ”

Fu Xiaoguan lehe made a gesture to Yan Beixi and Shang Yu, "Lord Yan, Lord Shang, get out of the official!" ”

Seeing Fu Xiaoguan's back disappear outside the door, Yan Beixi laughed, "Old Shang, how is this son?" ”

"Yan Jae's eyesight is unique! Although the tone of this son is ...... Although it is a bit subversive, it makes perfect sense to taste it carefully. This national policy of heavy agriculture has continued since the beginning of history, but no one has raised objections, and they all think that it should be so. But listening to him say this today, it seems that there is indeed a need for change. ”

"Hmm......" Yan Beixi stroked his short beard and nodded deeply in agreement, "The implementation of this matter is extremely resistant, and it is not a problem on Your Majesty's side, but the resistance in Shilin." This group of people is the most despissing businessmen, thinking that they are full of copper smell, and everything is based on profits, if this innovation is implemented, they will definitely jump out against it, old businessmen, but you have to be prepared. ”

Shang Yu nodded, "Xiaguan will go and talk to Lord Shangguan Wenxiu, first knock on the side, and after His Majesty agrees to this change, then ask Lord Shangguan to start changing the thinking and views of the students from the Jixia School Palace, and give the students of the Yu Dynasty a little psychological preparation through the books printed and distributed by Guozijian." ”

"It's a good idea, huh...... If there were ten or eight years, it would not be so difficult to implement this matter, but now, time is running out! ”

……

……

In the Butterfly Palace.

Emperor Yu Yin was lying on a chair in civilian clothes and reading a book on the stove, Yu Wenyun was about to slip out, but was suddenly stopped by Yu Yin: "Ask Yun, I ask you...... Last time you and Dong Shulan went to Xishan Villa in Xiacun, have you ever seen those workshops he tinkered with? ”

Yu Wenyun sat down again and pouted.

"At that time, there was only a brewery in his place, and the perfume was being prepared before he tried it, and there was not even a shadow of the soap or soap."

"Oh...... In this way, in just two or three years, he has tinkered out the perfume and soap, soap and cement? ”

"Well, almost, what do you mean by asking? You won't beat the idea of his workshop, will you? ”

Shang Guifei glared at Yu and asked, "What do you want?" Your father will take a fancy to those things of Fu Xiaoguan? ”

"That's not for sure!"

Yu Yin smiled, put down the book in his hand, and asked again, "What is the cost of his perfume and soap?" How much does it cost? ”

"This ......" Yu Wenyun rolled his eyes and said, "The cost of a bottle of perfume is three taels of silver, plus the miscellaneous freight, we sell it for ten taels of silver." The cost of that soap is about two taels of silver, and we sell it for seven taels. ”

"Oh...... In this way, it is worth earning a half. Yu Yin nodded, thoughtful.

"No, Father, why are you asking this?"

Yu Yin didn't answer, but asked again: "You were in Xishan at that time, what did Fu Xiaoguan say that if a country attaches importance to commerce and gives businessmen a higher status, this country will definitely be more prosperous." You tell me everything he said at that time, be detailed, I want to hear it clearly. ”

Yu Wenyun glanced at Shang Guifei, and Shang Guifei nodded.

"Let's talk about it first, if you don't like it, father, you can't complain about Fu Xiaoguan, because when he said these words to me and Shulan at that time, these words are a bit rebellious, and they must not be said to outsiders."

Yu Yin frowned, "Let's say, how can I have to deal with Fu Xiaoguan." ”

So, Yu Wenyun recalled what Fu Xiaoguan said, who was eating cold crucian carp that night, and said it to Yu Yin at this moment.

"He said that Mencius has a cloud: the people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light, this is the sage said, the common people are the most important, they are the cornerstone of a country, they are engaged in the most basic work, but they have created immeasurable value that you do not see."

“……”

He also said where do these taxes come from? In the final analysis, it comes from these peasants, these workers, and landlords like me, and businessmen. ”

"If this group is so important, why does the state not pay attention to it? The scholars discriminated against the peasants, calling them clay poles, and the officials discriminated against the merchants, believing that they were full of copper stench all over their bodies - they did not think that the vast majority of the salaries they received were taxes paid by the merchants, so if a country valued commerce and gave merchants a higher status, the country would definitely be more prosperous. ”

"That's it, don't be angry!"

Yu Wenyun looked at Yu Yin worriedly, Yu Yin looked at the sky outside the window with a serious face, as if he was thinking about this, but he didn't say anything for a long time.

This is not a trivial matter, as Wen Yun said, this is indeed a bit of a big rebellion, because this is contrary to today's national policy.

However, the tax revenue of the imperial court was indeed as Fu Xiaoguan said, from peasants and merchants, and even merchants paid more than half of the taxes.

So if I want to boost business, how can I change the inherent perception in the hearts of the world's readers?

Yu Yin was puzzled, thinking that the two-cross policy was originally written by Fu Xiaoguan, would this kid have a way to achieve it?