Yun Xi sorted out his thoughts in his mind and began to explain to Zhu Youzhuang. Fortunately, a few years ago, Yun Xi had disseminated a small part of his ideas through the compilation of books such as "Finance", which were limited to internal communication within the royal family, and Zhu Youwei had also read those books, otherwise he might not even understand many basic concepts now. Rao is like this, Yun Xi also deleted his thoughts, leaving only the part that Zhu Youstew could understand.

That is to say, with the inflow of gold and silver into the Ming Dynasty, industry and commerce will be greatly developed, and the common people will be able to enjoy more goods of all kinds. Merchants will also be richer. ”

"But what good is this for the imperial court?" Zhu Youstew asked.

Although Zhu Youchuan supported the proper development of industry and commerce, he still insisted on taking agriculture as the foundation, believing that the purpose of developing industry and commerce was to reduce the burden on the peasants, so that the imperial court could have sufficient tax revenue without excessive exploitation of the peasants, rather than developing a strong industrial and commercial class. His views on merchants are not fundamentally different from those written by Han Feizi in "Five Worms" nearly 2,000 years ago.

"There is stew, Han Feizi listed Confucian scholars and businessmen as one of the five beetles in "Five Worms". Yun Xi laughed.

"Brother Huang!" Zhu Youstew couldn't control his voice and said loudly. Fortunately, at this time, a very lively drama was being sung on the stage, and not many people heard these two words.

"There is stew, Han Feizi listed Confucianism and businessmen as the five beetles, Confucianism is now the pillar of the imperial court, how do you still think Han Feizi's view of businessmen is right?" Yun Xi Zhengse said.

Seeing that Zhu Youstew was thinking about it, Yun Xi said again: "And my brother doesn't pay attention to agriculture, and my brother also attaches great importance to agriculture, do you remember what I told you when I was in Kaifeng before?" ”

"My brother also remembers the saying that agriculture is the foundation."

"Brother Huang, my brother still thinks that this matter should be cautious. After all, the Chinese dynasties have been following this set of rules for so many years, and rash changes may not necessarily get better. After a while, Zhu Youstew said.

"Brother knows." Yun Xi nodded and said, "Brother will definitely be very cautious and will not act rashly." If you feel that what your brother is doing is inappropriate, you can always give him advice. ”

When Zhu Youshui heard this, he no longer spoke, but talked with him about the details of compiling the opera that had gold mountains and silver seas on the Hanzhou continent. After that, Yun Xi got up and left his side and walked away. But on the way elsewhere, he was still thinking.

Just now, he actually slipped Zhu Youstew's question past and didn't answer it directly. For Yun Xi, it is of course very good that Zhu Youstew did not continue to ask, because although he can provide a reason why he encourages the development of industry and commerce and the development of the merchant class, this reason cannot be explained to Zhu Youzhuang.

In fact, the reason is very simple, because a country dominated by industry and commerce can be twisted into a rope and become a whole; And a predominantly agrarian country, especially a country like China with a small-scale peasant economy and self-sufficiency, can only be scattered.

Whether it is a handicraft owner or a reselling merchant, what they hold in their hands is a commodity and they need to sell it. However, people everywhere are willing to sell local goods, and they are not willing to sell goods from other places, and will set up all kinds of barriers to prevent foreign goods from coming in. So merchants and artisanal owners, especially in economically developed areas, need a stronger organization to eliminate obstacles when they cannot eliminate them themselves. And this is one of the main tasks of modern capitalist countries, to eliminate barriers to trade at home and abroad. Of course, they also have to uphold trade barriers when an international trade is unfavorable to their country.

In this case, the merchant or artisanal proprietor had a connection with the state, and they had a clear sense of the role of the state when the walls were removed. Even for their own interests, they have to defend the country, make their country a strong country, and the bigger the business, the closer it will be with the state. While they also don't like to pay taxes, they choose the lesser of two evils and support the country when it's in crisis.

But the landlord class is different. The landlord class derives its wealth from the land, and as long as the land is not destroyed, they can maintain their income. Therefore, they do not need the support of the state, and even if the country dies and changes to another regime, they can still lie on the land and suck blood. Therefore, when the country is in crisis, the landlord class will not support the state, let alone take the initiative to pay taxes. In this way, there is no need to link the landlord to the state, and the country with a predominantly small peasant economy is bound to be scattered.

In fact, the reason why the First Sino-Japanese War was lost was also because of this reason. At that time, the industrial and military strength of the Manchu Qing Dynasty far surpassed that of Japan, but these forces could not be gathered in one place to contribute to the country, but instead dismantled each other, because no one thought that anyone other than the Beiyang family, which fought against the Japanese, would suffer any losses after losing the war.

Of course, most of those who watched the fire from the other side of the river later suffered heavy losses. Because this time the Japanese did not come to collect rent, but to plunder, through direct indemnity and commercial infiltration. It was precisely because of the defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War that many people realized that a weak country would also affect the common people, so they embarked on the road of reform or rebellion.

But even if Yunxi told Zhu Youstew about all this, Zhu Youstew couldn't understand it. This is too superb, even if Yun Xi has popularized a little basic knowledge, Zhu Youstew can't understand it.

Still, when the feast is over, I'll write down all the things that came to my mind, and maybe I'll need it later.' Yoon-hee thought to herself.

There were a lot of words in those descriptions just now, but it was only a moment in Yun Xi's mind, and Yun Xi had already finished thinking about it as soon as he walked to the next place. He looked up and sat down in a chair.

"Official." The people on his left and right hurriedly said.

"Second brother, sixth uncle, you don't have to be like this." Yun Xi smiled and said, "Today is a family banquet, you don't have to be so polite." ”

Yun Xi agreed, exchanged a few words with Yun Xi, and turned his head to continue watching the 'Spring Festival Gala'. Although Zhu Zhen, the king of Chu, kept skimming the stage in front of him, he also looked to the side with the spare eyes from time to time.

He was about to turn his head to look at the 'Spring Festival Gala' after seeing Yun Xi say a few words, and was about to turn his head sideways to talk to Yun Xi, but he didn't want Yun Xi to suddenly talk to Yun Xi again. Zhu Zhen was about to turn his head to continue watching the show, but he heard Yunxi say: "Second brother, do you remember that when you went to school to study "Historical Records", the princes of Dongyi at the turn of Yin and Zhou were happy? ”

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