What is Economy? Shi Zui asked with a frown.

"Well, that is, the commercial system, the circulation of goods, the circulation of money, the whole system ......" Gan Tang explained with a smile, "Any commercial system that allows privilege to intervene is not a normal commercial system, and privilege can only be poison here, especially privileges such as the imperial court and the government." ”

"The little brother also thinks that he shouldn't compete with the people?"

"Not for this reason."

Gan Tang shook his head, "Don't you have to have basic rules?" The basic rule of the economy is greed, businessmen seek profit, the purpose can only be profit, and the rest can be ambiguous. Greed is a positive thing in many cases, I work in the store, I want to buy a dress, so I work hard, try to find a way to make money, make more money for the owner, get the owner's appreciation, and the owner pays me more according to certain rules. ”

"That's good greed. He actually has a lot of methods, stealing and robbing, but that will go to jail, and he can't get it, so he can only do it according to the rules, I have done so many things, it is worth so much money, it is worth that dress. Greed that keeps people in the rules is good greed......"

"But the court is not in this rule, they are still acting as arbiters, but you let them join this game, and in the end no one else can play anymore...... As mentioned earlier, businessmen pursue profit, and the purpose can only be profit, and you let a person see profit, teach greed, and when they turn around, they see a gold medal in their hand and a knife. If I can simply take the benefits back, why should you let me not take them? If it can really be so ideal, then isn't it the same as directly asking the big landlords and big businessmen to take out the money? ”

He paused for a moment: "Wang Xianggong changed the law not because the rule of law is not enough, people will always take advantage of loopholes, greed is too strong, once there is this kind of emotion, then there is nothing in his eyes except interests." This kind of emotion can be very positive, it has a lot of momentum, but the only key is: don't let the privileged exist, with the privileged to participate, if these privileges are not suppressed, no one can play anymore......"

"As long as there is any small void to exploit, then there will never be enough time for the rule of law, and the privileged class can only let the wolves into the flock when they do business with ordinary people. Rather than thinking about letting the privilege intervene, it might be helpful to get rid of the privilege that was already in the first place...... To put it simply, let the arbiter participate, so what else can be done in this business? To talk about supervision will only make what was originally simple things complicated, and destruction is inevitable. ”

"Don't let the arbiter do business?" In the room, Shi Zui was silent for a long time, and then laughed, his expression was a little complicated, "Little brother, this sentence is indeed the basic principle in the middle, if I am the arbiter, once I am finished, it is indeed ......"

He is a person who can think about things, although he may not give up the idea of economic guidance, but when Gan Tang said this, he can think of the consequences to some extent: "I didn't expect that I thought about it for a few years, but the little brother could see at a glance that it was difficult to solve, perhaps, this is also the difference in your way of seeing things?" ”

"After all, this is a very interesting thing, the importance of business, the benefits of business, not only Brother Shi understands, but many people have already understood. Our dynasty is different from the previous dynasties, our dynasty does not suppress business, and the change of the prince is problematic, but it also shows that the court attaches great importance to the ordinary poor, but ......"

Shi drunk took a sip of tea: "But what? The little brother can understand the stakes and disadvantages, but I don't know if he has ever thought about it, what is the compromise between the court and the rich from losing too much, and within the scope of acceptance, but also allowing the poor to have no worries about food and clothing? ”

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"Okay, let's discuss it." Gan Tang smiled and nodded, "I personally think that there are and there are none." ”

"Why?"

"In fact, it is very simple, let the imperial court let Confucianism consciously improve the status of merchants, then the trend of commerce will naturally prevail, if you want to take the initiative to guide, without interfering with destruction, this is the only way......"

When he said this, Shi Zui frowned: "Merchant status...... This is ...... After all, businessmen are ...... profits."

"It's not that businessmen are profit-oriented," Gan Tang took a sip of tea, "The country is also profit-oriented, and over the years, business has developed, and the status of businessmen has improved compared with previous dynasties." If we take the initiative to liberalize, business will definitely grow, but this is also impossible...... They didn't dare. ”

"Who?"

"The people above, the court, the saints, the Confucians...... You and I, or anyone else, dare not let go of ......"

Lu Mengxiong in the hall was slightly stunned, and thought: "Our family is the home of the eunuch, and we are also doing business, talking nonsense, there is nothing to dare ,...... this."

Li Mo'an thought for a while and interjected: "There's nothing to dare to ...... Are you agitating the general? It's a pity that it's useless for us students who don't have rights. ”

Then I listened to Gan Tang's slightly ridiculous voice: "If you let go, 'bang', Daxia, this country ...... It's all gone. ”

In the room, Gan Tang made a 'bang' gesture, and Li Mo'an frowned: "How can this be?" ”

Gan Tang was silent for a while: "Brother Li, have you ever thought about why Confucianism has been repeating the statement that businessmen seek profit for thousands of years?" ”

"Isn't it natural for a saint to advocate virtue and oppose selfish and profit-seeking practices?"

"Partly yes." , Gan Tang nodded, "But the other part is that the study of Shang Jia is not conducive to governance, three words: it is not easy to manage." A person has been farming in a mountain village for a lifetime, nothing has happened, you have been there according to the methods of your ancestors, you have married, you have children, you are buried in the mountains. But one day you enter the county and see those colorful outside worlds. One day you enter this Jiankang City, and you see more things that you can't react to. It's like you see that dress, and you want it, and you go and find a way...... Greed ......"

Gan Tang smiled: "Of course, most of the time you will work honestly to earn the money to buy clothes, but once you find that you don't have to work so hard, you can still get that dress, and you will always go to drill if there is a vacancy." ”

"Brother Li, do you think it is easy to manage a farmer who has been honest all his life with his face to the loess and his back to the sky, or a person who already has greed in his heart? Tens of millions of people in my dynasty, Brother Li, how many of them can really control the rule of law in our dynasty? How many of them have actually lived their whole lives like this? If business goes one step further, how many more greedy people will come? ”

"That's actually an interesting question. Since the beginning of the hundred schools of thought, there has been a debate between the rule of law and the rule of virtue. The rule of law should have the upper hand, but all along, the Qin, Han, the Three Kingdoms, the Two Jins, the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Sui, the Tang and then our dynasties. You will find one thing: how many people can be controlled by the previous rule of law? In fact, most of them rely on realization! The folk customs are simple! It became a small village to have its own set of rules, which led to another problem, the emergence of a family. ”

"If the current Jiankang is released to the Qin Dynasty, Brother Li, do you think that with the laws and means at that time, how long can Mrs. Taiping manage here? Maybe the Qin Dynasty is very strict, but there are too many smart people in Jiankang, and there are too many loopholes to exploit......"

"Confucianism is a great thing. Thousands of years of development. Brother Li, the advantage of a businessman is not that no one will send it until Great Xia

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Now, if trade is liberalized, the benefits that are rolling in will definitely not be discovered by a genius. The examples of Tao Zhugong are all there. ”

But why has the whole world suppressed business for thousands of years, and what is the underlying reason? Because they saw the consequences. 'Ideology, rule of law capacity, etc....... Can't keep up. The same is true of our dynasty. ”

Gan Tang nodded his brain, the more educated the world, the more complex the thoughts, the more unpredictable the behavior, the more tempted by interests, the more profit-seeking, and the loopholes will be exploited. We don't suppress business, there are benefits, but civilian officials are greedy for money, military attaches are afraid of death, the people are poor and weak, and officers and soldiers can get by. In fact, ......, at least part of the reason. ”

Everyone in the audience stared wide-eyed, and they were all stunned there, at this time, even the meaning of "ideology", the meaning of this word, did not bother to ask, but the part that could be understood was enough to shock him.

After a long time, Shi Zui said: "Childe's words mean that the businessman's profit-seeking learning is the culprit of the weakness of my Wu Dynasty?" ”

"Nope." Gan Tang took a sip of tea, "This is by no means the case, this is a kind of development, I have the foundation of the dynasty, and the rule of law and regulations are also developing in the process of business development, which itself is a process of mutual promotion, it can only be said that many things have not been able to keep up, which is very troublesome and complicated...... To solve the problems of the current Wu Dynasty, and then focus on merchants and currency, hoping that the state will intervene in the economy, double the income of what year, make the country rich and the people strong, and then solve all the problems, this is impossible. ”

"You can't just stare at it when you taste the sweetness in business! If it continues to develop, the whole balance will only be more tilted, which is too deformed. It is like a newborn baby, thirty years later, only one leg and the beard on the mouth are the same length as other thirty-year-old adults, and the other leg and other hands, head and body are still the same as when they were born. Such a person is a monster in the eyes of others, isn't he? With such a development in Great Xia, something will happen sooner or later......"

Li Mo'an shook his head and thought for a long time: "So, where does Gongzi think he should pay attention to if he wants to find the key to it?" ”

"If you really want to do it" I don't know, but if it's just a joke and irresponsible, heh............" Gan Tang smiled, "Why not start with 'Confucianism'?" ”

"'Confucianism?' Childe, is it not that today's redundant people are redundant? Li Mo'an laughed when he thought about it, "I used to talk to people in the past, and I also said that the root cause of the problem in my dynasty may be that there are too many student officials, and it is a big problem, but if this matter is to be solved, I am afraid that it will be more difficult than commercial affairs......",

"What if I say ......, not too much, but too little?"

"Huh?"

Li Mo'an blinked, looking confused.

Gan Tang pointed his finger in the direction of the gate of Taixue: "Brother Li thinks, those students have read the book, for what?" What can we do in the future? ”

Shi Zui continued: "Of course, it is to inscribe the title of the gold list, to be a shepherd, and to establish a life for all the people." ”

Shi Zui said seriously, Gan Tang couldn't help laughing as he sat there, and then clapped his hands.

Shi Zui was puzzled: "I don't know what Gongzi thinks, what can they do?" ”

Gan Tang counted with his fingers: "Zhengdai, Lu Su, job money, spring and winter clothes, food and clothing, tea and wine, kitchen materials, charcoal, livestock feed, once a person becomes an official in these years, the expenses of clothing, food, housing, transportation, and family members are all covered by the state, and the state will also give a few tilts of fertile land." The work is easy, the punishment is not a sergeant, the crime is not punished by words, the public examination is taken every three years, there is no big mistake, you can be promoted, you can enjoy greater and more benefits, who doesn't want to be an official......"

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