"Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng are two horses, with their talents, if they are placed in a peaceful and prosperous era, I am afraid that they will be only small officials at most. But they easily ascended to the heights and shouted, but they were the corresponding people. The reason why half of the country is in turmoil is not because they are able to convince the people, and it is not that the people have changed from good citizens to bad people in a blink of an eye, but because the people have begun to understand what they are fighting for. ”

"Why are you fighting?"

"Fight for your own interests!"

Zhang Huangyan frowned and said, "No! If everyone in the world fights for their own interests, how can we talk about the family and the country? ”

Wu Zheng smiled, "Then find a way to unify their interests and converge with the interests of the country and the imperial court, and naturally it will become the interests of the country." ”

"Easier said than done. The interests of the world are like a piece of bread, and only by taking their rightful share from the hands of the greatest number of people can a state be formed, and then there will be a court. ”

Wu Zheng said with a smile: "Brother Xuan is really wise, if I can think of this step, I can continue to communicate with Brother Xuan." ”

Zhang Huangyan said angrily: "I am Chongzhen's ninth year of lifting!" ”

Wu Zheng laughed and said: "Even if this matter is a Jinshi, I am afraid that he may not be able to understand it thoroughly." ”

Zhang Huang urged impatiently: "Keep talking, what you said, continue to communicate." ”

Zhang Huangyan was indeed attracted to Wu Zheng, although he couldn't tell what Wu Zheng was attracting him, but Wu Zheng's seemingly vulgar words often made him feel enlightened.

Even in Zhang Huangyan's heart, he regarded Wu Zheng as a mentor and friend, which was also the reason why Zhang Huangyan even did not hesitate to follow Wu Zheng even when Chen Zilong and Qian Sule launched the palace change.

Wu Zheng said casually: "Actually, the method is very simple, one cake is not enough, then two." ”

"Ugh." Zhang Huangyan couldn't cry or laugh when he heard it, "There is only one cake in the world, how can there be two?" ”

"No, no!" Wu Zhengzheng said, "There is more than one cake in the world, but you haven't found it." ”

Zhang Huangyan looked at Wu Zheng for a while, and saw that Wu Zheng didn't seem to be joking, so he arched his hand and said, "Please give me advice." ”

Wu Zheng shook his hand again and again and said: "With Xuan's brother's talent, Wu Zhengcai should be taught." How dare Wu Zheng teach Brother Xuan. ”

Zhang Huang said: "The capable person is the teacher." ”

Wu Zheng laughed and said, "Okay." Then I'll talk about this second piece of bread. If the interests of the whole world are regarded as one pie, then there is indeed only one pie, but this pie can be subdivided into a second pie, or even a third, a fourth, or even an infinite number of pies. For example, if military power is regarded as a piece of bread, government affairs are another piece of cake, and the world's business and trade is the third piece of cake. People's energy is limited, it is impossible to encompass all the power in the world, even the emperor can't do it, the so-called three hundred and sixty lines, the line of champions, can be regarded as three hundred and sixty acts of three hundred and sixty cakes. After subdivision, it can also be subdivided. In this way, the more cakes there are, the more they can meet everyone's needs. ”

Zhang Huangyan was a little confused, he felt that there was some truth, but he always felt that it didn't make sense, it was a fallacy.

Wu Zheng saw that Zhang Huangyan didn't understand, and explained: "I'll give you an example, the Ming Dynasty strictly prohibits mining in various places, especially copper, iron, gold and silver mines, and this has caused private mining by local governments, and it has been repeatedly banned. ”

"It is true."

"Is this directly related to the interests of the people?"

Zhang Huangyan thought for a while and said: "The mine is owned by the imperial court, and even the local government can't reach it, how can it be directly related to the interests of the people?" At most, it is just the land of the surrounding people. ”

Wu Zheng nodded and said: "Yes, the interests of the mine are in the imperial court and the emperor, but do the emperor and the imperial court have the energy to mine mines in various places?" No, in the end, I am afraid that I will still have to appoint the eunuch to set up a yamen to supervise the mining, is it useful? Not only is it useless, but it also forms a collusion between the eunuchs and the local government, in fact, the emperor and the court get far less than imagined. What if this power was decentralized, and the local government organized the exploitation of local minerals, and the imperial court only had to collect a fixed mining tax? One can avoid the cost of adding a yamen and adding officials, and the other is equivalent to redividing a piece of bread, and the beneficiary object of this cake is the local government, of course, the actual court gets no less than the original. When the water is clear, there are no fish, which meets the interests of the local governments, are you afraid that you will not get their allegiance? ”

"Speaking of the people, their interests lie in the land, so divide the land of the world into another piece of bread to satisfy them as much as possible. How to satisfy? And he shall measure out all the land and divide it equally among the heads, so that the people of the world will be satisfied. Yes, this also involves the demands of vested interests, and it is difficult to get them to spit out the land in their hands. But it is not impossible, these landlords grab land for nothing more than money, of course, there are also for passing on to future generations, but future generations are also for money.

Then if you direct them to the greater good, this will allow them to spit out the land. ”

Zhang Huangyan became interested and asked, "What is the greater good?" ”

"Commerce."

"Ugh." Zhang Huangyan rolled his eyes, "There has been commerce and trade since the Qin and Han dynasties, have you ever seen a rich man give up his land?" ”

Wu Zheng said with a smile: "That's because commerce and trade are not prosperous enough, and it's really going to get to the point of making money every day, see if they give up the land!" ”

Zhang Huangyan shook his head and said, "It's just a matter of begging for fish in the abyss." ”

Wu Zheng said: "I haven't tried it, but do you know if it's feasible?" ”

Zhang Huangyan was a little surprised by Wu Zheng's persistence, "Have you ever thought that the world's money is actually a fixed number?" Wealth is concentrated in the hands of the rich, the people are poor, and there is no money left in their hands to buy the goods they need, how can commerce and trade prosper? ”

"As I just said, it is necessary to divide the land hoarded in the hands of the landlords among the people, so that the people will have a fixed annual income and purchasing power. If it doesn't work anymore, the agricultural tax can be reduced or even exempted. ”

Zhang Huangyan was shocked, "This is the foundation of social security!" Is it said that if you descend, you will be exempted? Without taxes, where will the officials, water administration, military spending, and so on come from? ”

"Levy business taxes, businessmen have made huge profits, so they naturally have to pay corresponding taxes, and Hangzhou Government is doing this now. Of course, there are other channels, such as the arms trade and so on. ”

Wu Zheng actually didn't say it completely, for fear of scaring Zhang Huangyan.

He said in his heart, if there is really no way, then make another cake, such as a foreign war.

Zhang Huangyan was dumbfounded, Wu Zheng's words subverted his imagination, Wu Zheng's words seemed to be disorganized, but they were connected up and down, and they did form a cycle.

The agricultural tax is reduced, the people have surplus money in their hands, and after having the surplus money, the purchase of commodities, commerce can prosper, and the prosperity of commerce naturally attracts the landlords to join the business, and the land is no longer their main source of income, so it becomes possible for them to spit out the land in their hands, and the landlords devote themselves to the business, making the business more prosperous, at this time, the agricultural tax is exempted, the people have more surplus money, the business is more prosperous, and the commercial tax levied can replace the agricultural tax .......