The emperor of the Han Dynasty made money, which can be said to be doing everything. What moved the rich to Guanzhong, the salt and iron franchise, and even directly counted the recklessness, and the start was called a steady and ruthless.

Zhu Youxiao was envious in his heart, the emperors of the Han Dynasty could do this, the reason was very simple, they had a strong military in their hands.

Especially during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it really needed the support of a strong military force.

In the era of the great unification of the Qin and Han dynasties, the feudal landlord class regime, which was based on the agricultural economy, could not tolerate the abnormal development of commerce.

This is because the main targets of exploitation by the merchants were the peasants, especially the wealthy merchants, who wantonly annexed land and impoverished the peasants, thus destroying the economic foundation on which the feudal state depended.

Therefore, since the pre-Qin period, some landlord class thinkers and politicians have mostly advocated valuing agriculture and suppressing commerce, and further formed the policy of valuing agriculture and suppressing commerce in the Qin and Han dynasties. The basic spirit of this policy lies in maintaining social stability and consolidating the political power of the landlord class.

The exploitation of the peasants by hoarders and usurers was even more severe. Someone said: "Those who are in coffins want the sickness of the people, and those who want the famine of the year." ("Huainanzi Shuo Lin Xun") vividly portrays the essence of the hoarding businessman's mercenary intentions.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty directly stipulated that all industrial and commercial owners, usurers, hoarders, etc., regardless of whether they had a city registration (the merchants of the Han Dynasty set up a separate household register, called the city registration), must report their property figures to the government according to the truth, and stipulated that all two taels (one is one thousand yuan) will be taken and counted, that is, one hundred and twenty wen (one said two hundred wen); In general, small craftsmen are drawn every four lots, which is called "counting".

Anyone who conceals or fails to make a false report shall be fined for one year and their property shall be confiscated; If a person dares to denounce it, the government rewards him with half of the confiscated property of the accused, which is called "suing".

This policy alone scares people to death, and after suing, they can get half of the other party's property, and you can imagine how strong the desire of people at that time was to report the person who wanted to hide it. It can be said that everyone is staring at these rich businessmen, who dares to conceal their family property and not report it, then naturally someone will report it for you, and they are really ruthless.

In addition, it was forbidden for merchants with municipal registration and their families to occupy land and slaves. Those who dare to disobey the law will have all their property confiscated.

The punishment of these laws is very simple, that is, the confiscation of all family property, but this is precisely the best means of accumulating money.

What happened to the merchants who had their property confiscated?

It will definitely not be better, and the confiscated family property can still increase the income of the imperial court. At that time, the support for this policy was the idea of Confucianism, the Ram School.

But when he arrived in the Ming Dynasty and looked at the current Confucianism, Zhu Youxiao could only sigh with admiration. But it's not that there is no way, this can also be done.

Now the merchants of the Ming Dynasty are all scholars, and they can start from this aspect. Of course, in order to keep the world from chaotic, you must have soldiers in your hands to do it.

As for inhibiting commercial development, Zhu Youxiao didn't care at all, because the so-called sprouts of commerce and capitalism in the current Ming Dynasty were actually very deformed.

Scholars do business, officials and businessmen collude, if only to make money, these people seek more politically, not like real capitalism seeks power.

These people form parties for personal gain, do not pay taxes, and at the same time embezzle and dig into the corners of the country, and they do not have the pioneering spirit of capitalism at all, but are conservative.

If you want to develop the industry and commerce of the Ming Dynasty healthily, these tumors must be swept away.

It's basically impossible to guide them. These people have been lying on the state and sucking blood since the beginning of their birth, how do you guide them? They can't do anything else but lie on the state and suck blood.

For example, the smugglers along the coast, they changed rice to mulberry, and they sold silk to make profits overseas.

According to normal business logic, make money overseas, so should we build ships to trade at sea? Why let those people in the open sea make our money?

These people are not biased, they are the ones who oppose the opening of the sea, they want to do monopoly trade. They will only blindly ask the court for tax exemption.

Why do you keep such a merchant or scholar?

It should all be swept away.

Only by breaking the old can a new one be established, and Zhu Youxiao doesn't have the energy or time to fight with them.

To guide them, instead of wasting that time, it is better to just knock out all these people as quickly as possible.

"Your Majesty, Bi Maokang is here." Chen Hong came to Zhu Youxiao's side and said respectfully.

Zhu Youxiao nodded, took back all the thoughts he had sent out, and said, "Let him in!" ”

It didn't take long for Bi Maokang to walk in from outside.

This is a middle-aged man in his forties, with a thin build, but a dignified appearance. In this era, those who can be admitted to the Jinshi and become an official must not look crooked melons and cracked dates.

Bi Maokang was a little confused, what is Your Majesty looking for himself?

The situation in the DPRK and China is also known to many people that this is the beginning of great chaos. If the eunuch Wei Zhongxian is allowed to gain power, then the imperial court will inevitably be in chaos.

At this time, His Majesty summoned him, and Bi Maokang was very unconfident in his heart. You must know that you just have a Shuntian Mansion, let alone a Mansion, even if the Shuntian Mansion Yin is summoned by His Majesty, it is not much!

Although he was playing a drum in his heart, Bi Maokang still bowed down to Zhu Youxiao and saluted: "Chenshun Tianfu Cheng Bi Maokang see Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "Get up!" ”

After Bi Maokang stood up, Zhu Youxiao asked directly: "I heard that Aiqing is good at firearms?" ”

Bi Maokang didn't expect His Majesty to ask about this anyway, and he was a little hesitant for a while. But His Majesty asked, and it was impossible for him not to answer!

After pondering for a moment, Bi Maokang hurriedly said: "The minister does love firearms, and the minister thinks that the people who are most afraid of China are also firearms." ”

Listening to Bi Maokang's words, Zhu Youxiao nodded, what a correct thing this is!

This is the age of firearms. Compared with archery and horse shooting, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty can't compare.

The difference in armaments between the two sides was not large, and the appearance of stirrups and horseshoes greatly enhanced the mobility and combat effectiveness of the cavalry of the steppe peoples. It is too difficult to compete with the steppe peoples on horseback.

Coupled with so many years of Confucian education and so many years of suppression of military generals, it is too difficult to repeat the military power of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

You must know that in the Han and Tang dynasties, Confucian scholars were all shouting for great revenge, carrying knives and rushing forward. All of them have taken pride in their military exploits.

What now? What are the current students doing? How many are left of the six arts of the gentleman?

Counting on these people, it's no fun at all.

Besides, Zhu Youxiao is a person who has crossed over, if he doesn't play with firearms, what kind of cold weapons can he play?

It is destined to be eliminated by the times, and Zhu Youxiao will not be regarded as a baby.