His Majesty Li Er felt that his brain was a little messy, and he had to take care of it.

He was a wise emperor and had a clear understanding of the origin of the rise and fall of the dynasty. The dynasty is going to die because of land annexation, which is the inevitability of social development, and it cannot solve this problem.

Even Datang could not escape the fate of collapse......

The establishment of a new dynasty on the ruins represents the beginning of a new round of land distribution, which means that for a long time those who can cultivate their land will have their land, and the main contradictions in society will be eliminated.

Just like now, the reign of the Ming monarch and the virtuous Ying Dynasty will surely create a prosperous era during the Zhenguan period.

However, His Majesty Li Er listened to Fang Jun's words, but said that the establishment of the new dynasty had already indicated that the root of the fall had been buried, and when the old dynasty fell, it represented that a new round of land distribution was coming, giving birth to a better future......

This made His Majesty Li Er, who was ambitious and proud of the imminent creation of a prosperous generation, a little unacceptable.

According to what you say, everything Lao Tzu is doing now is completely useless, no matter how diligent he is in government affairs, no matter how he sleeps at night, he can't change the outcome that everything will eventually fall apart and be annihilated under the dust in the tide of history?

It just doesn't make sense!

Little bastard, aren't you a minister?

To be a minister, you have to be qualified, you always have to say some flattering words, in a good situation, you have to add to the blockage, do you want to learn from Wei Zheng's old goods?

His Majesty Li Er's face was gloomy, his eyes were not good, he stared at Fang Jun, and said: "In your opinion, even if this Tang Dynasty is full of flowers, it will not be able to escape the fate of its eventual demise?" ”

Fang Jun said in a deep voice: "Loyalty is contrary to the ear, but Weichen does not dare to blind the holy hearing." ”

His Majesty Li Er laughed angrily, and sneered with a murderous aura: "In this way, even if you slander the dynasty and are alarmist, I have to reward you well?" ”

Fang Jun was silent for a moment, got up, shook the ground, and said: "Your Majesty is wise and martial, naturally there is a holy judgment, if you think that Weichen is alarmist, you can cure Weichen's crimes, Weichen is willing to be punished, and there is no complaint." ”

Some things can follow the emperor, you will be hello, I am good, everyone, the emperor will be happy, and you will be promoted and rich, why not?

But there are some things that must be adhered to.

In particular, he would not compromise on such important national policies regarding the future direction of the Empire.

His Majesty Li Er looked at Fang Jun with a resolute expression, gritted his teeth, and said indifferently after all, "Am I a person who can't be admonished?" I don't dare to compare my virtues with the ancient saint kings, but when it comes to the breadth of my mind, I think I am not inferior to anyone! Whether it is loyal or disobedient, you will definitely not be guilty of your words, who will you do for your courtiers? Do you think that if you can provoke me to be scolded by the cane because of this, you can mix up the good name of a retort and spread it all over the world? ”

Fang Jun Khan: "Weichen doesn't dare!" ”

My heart said buddy, this is serious, why are you still going astray......

His Majesty Li Er snorted coldly: "Don't dare? I really don't know, what is there in this world that you Fang Erlang dare not do! Okay, drooping your head, it's annoying to look at, go back and do it. ”

Fang Jun said: "Weichen is guilty and doesn't dare to sit." ”

His Majesty Li Er's eyes widened: "Lao Tzu will let you sit on it, you can sit it, pretend, who did you learn from?" ”

Fang Jun was speechless, so he had to sit down with a sad face.

We really don't want to sit, our butts hurt, why don't we stand and listen to your reprimand......

Outside, the sun was setting in the west, and the sunlight shone straight in through the window on the west side, and the dust flying in the space was all visible.

His Majesty Li Er was silent for a while and asked, "Land annexation...... Is there a solution? ”

Fang Jun shook his head and said, "No." Since ancient times, starting a family and buying a house has been a custom inherited by the Han people, but whenever you have money, the first thing you do is to buy a house or land. Money is something outside the body, once the situation festers, these yellow and white things can't fill the stomach, only the land is the constant production. The poor want to buy a few more acres of land so that they can have a mouthful of food in the years of famine, and the rich want to buy a few more acres of land to pass on to their children and grandchildren as ancestral property...... Therefore, the annexation of land is the demand of all strata of the Han people, and the amount of land is the embodiment of the value of life. Emperor Qin and Han Wu can't do it, and Your Majesty, neither can it. ”

His Majesty Li Er was silent.

He was not annoyed by Fang Jun saying that he couldn't do it, because this is a fact, even if he really holds the life and death of all the people in the world, it is impossible to prevent the sale and hoarding of land, and it cannot prevent a large amount of land from gathering more and more in the hands of some people.

When the land becomes more and more concentrated, and more and more people lose their land and thus their source of livelihood, the contradiction will break out sooner or later, which means that a new round of land distribution is coming, and no matter how strong the empire is, in this demand for land, it will also melt and disintegrate like an iceberg in summer......

The cycle repeats itself.

Therefore, there can never be a unified empire that can last forever......

His Majesty Li Er understood this truth, but his heart was like a stone, and he was uncomfortable.

I am a self-proclaimed son of heaven, but I am only one of many emperors, and there is not much difference in essence. Even if it can sweep the Eight Desolations and shock the universe, even if it can dominate the world through the ages, it can't solve the problem of land annexation, after all, it is just a blink of an eye that the merits dissipate, the empire falls, the prosperity ends, the splendid wither, and returns to dust......

Suddenly, His Majesty Li Er felt a little discouraged.

Even if you do a good job, what's the use?

The cycle of heaven and earth, over and over again, this empire will eventually be annihilated in the dust of history, and it is destined that another empire will rise above the ruins of the Tang Dynasty.

Everything became meaningless in front of the Heavenly Dao......

Just when His Majesty Li Er was secretly sad and confused in the irreversible Heavenly Dao, he suddenly heard Fang Jun say: "It is impossible to solve it, this is determined by the heritage of Chinese culture, even if it is the ancient holy king, it is helpless, but it is not impossible to curb and alleviate......

"Huh?!"

His Majesty Li Er's eyes widened suddenly, his beard curled, and he threw the lid of the tea bowl on the table with his hand, and scolded: "Bastard! Who learned this big panting problem, and if you want to entertain me? ”

Fang Jun hurriedly caught the lid of the tea bowl, didn't let it fall to the ground and shattered, and hurriedly said: "Weichen, isn't this an organizational rhetoric, where do you dare to entertain Your Majesty......"

His Majesty Li Er waved his hand: "Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and tell me, how to curb and alleviate land annexation?" ”

"Whoa!"

Fang Jun took the opportunity to get up, put the teabowl lid on the bookcase in front of the emperor, took two steps back, stood and replied: "It's very simple, let people's eyes take their eyes off the land, don't always stare at the one acre and three points of land." ”

“……”

His Majesty Li Er wanted to beat people again.

Aren't you farting?

Land is the most cherished thing for the ancestors of the Han people, with money to buy land, promoted officials to buy land, land is the lifeblood of the Han people, who can make them look away from the land?

Seeing that the emperor picked up the tea bowl lid again, Fang Jun was startled, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it is not difficult, as long as you vigorously develop commerce and encourage commerce, so that the income of commerce far exceeds the output of the land, people will naturally not just stare at the land under their feet." ”

Profit-seeking is human nature.

When commerce develops to a certain extent, it is indeed possible to greatly alleviate the demand for land, of course, if you want the Han people to disdain land and become accustomed to the lifestyle of merchants seeking profits in the midst of risks, it is absolutely impossible.

But if it is only mitigation and containment, it is by no means impossible.

Without waiting for His Majesty Li Er's question, Fang Jun had already continued: "The vigorous development of commerce by the imperial court, especially the handicraft industry, will inevitably create a large number of wealthy people, so that wealth will be concentrated, and the concentration of wealth will create monopolies in various industries, which is not a bad thing for curbing land annexation." A large number of monopoly classes will make commerce flourish, and in turn, the demand for labor will expand more and more, and more and more people who have lost their land will be attracted to commerce, reduced to hired labor, and have the opportunity to live. When the monopoly economy develops to a certain extent, it will make the income of ordinary people when renting land far less than the income of hired workers, and there will be a large number of people pouring into the commercial field, but the number of people is fixed, and there are more hired workers, and there will be fewer people who farm the land. Therefore, the benefits of tenants and bankers will be greatly increased, the benefits of landlords on land will gradually decrease, and their enthusiasm for land will naturally turn to commerce, and the situation of land annexation will be curbed and alleviated as a matter of course......"

In fact, Fang Jun only said half of what he said.

The other half is that when the monopoly economy develops to a certain scale, the country tends to be saturated, and it will inevitably begin to expand outward, and at this time, imperialism will appear......