December of the twelfth winter. The Yellow River breaks at the sour jujube. The golden embankment collapsed in the east. The East County Daihatsu soldiers are blocked. Spring March.

Chao Cuo said to the emperor: "The holy king is above, and the reason why the people are not frozen and hungry is not only because they can plow and eat, and weave and clothe. It is only because the Holy King can open the way of his wealth. Therefore Yao has nine years of water, and Tang has seven years of drought. And no one in the country is trapped by donations. This is because there is a lot of accumulation, and we have prepared materials for disaster prevention in advance. Now the sea is unified, and the people of the land are no less than Tang Yu. In addition, there are no natural disasters of floods and droughts for several years, but the accumulation is not as good as in the Tang Yu era, why is this? This is because there are still surplus profits from undeveloped land, the surplus strength of the common people has not been brought into play, the land that can produce grain has not been fully reclaimed, and the benefits of mountains and rivers have not been well utilized. Some idle people don't put their minds into farming. When it's cold, you won't be glamorous when you dress up, as long as you resist the cold. When you're hungry, you don't care if it's delicious, as long as you can satisfy your hunger. When hunger and cold come, people will not be ashamed. It is normal for people to go hungry if they don't eat for a day, and if they don't make new clothes all year round, they will suffer from the cold. If a father cannot protect his son, how can a king win the hearts of the people? The Lord knows this truth, so he takes agriculture and mulberry as the foundation, and accumulates a lot of money, so as to enrich the warehouse and prevent floods and droughts. Therefore, the people's will naturally submit. The choice of the people lies in the guidance of the Lord. The people's pursuit of financial gain is like water flowing downward, and there is no certain rule. Jewels, gold, and silver, hunger and coldness, food, coldness. However, everyone valued it because the Holy One used it as a token of exchange. Also, as an object, it is slight and easy to hide. Take it with you and travel the world without suffering from hunger and cold. It can make the ministers turn their backs on their masters, and the people can easily go to their homeland. The thieves had a glimpse of it, and the fugitives could get the capital to flee, and corn and cloth were born on the ground, and they grew according to the season, and they had to be obtained by force. And it can't be done in a day, and the weight of the load is so heavy that a physically fit person can't pick it up. and not for the benefit of wickedness. But if you don't get it one day, you will suffer from hunger and cold. Therefore, the Ming monarch is noble and cheap gold and jade, and now the farmer is a family of five, of which there are no less than two people who serve, and the field he can cultivate is only 100 acres. The harvest of 100 acres is not more than 100 quintals. Spring ploughing, summer ploughing, autumn harvest, winter hiding, wood-picking to deal with the affairs of the government, complete the conscription, spring shall not shelter from wind and dust, summer shall not shelter from heat and heat, autumn shall not shelter from rain, winter shall not avoid cold and freezing. Between four o'clock, there was no rest for a day, and he was sent to usher in privately, and he died and asked about the disease. Raising orphans and children is among them. If you are so diligent, you still have to endure floods and droughts. The government is in a hurry, and the endowment is from time to time, the order is changed at dusk, and the better conditions are sold at half price, and the poor have to borrow usury to survive. So there were people who sold their wives to pay off their debts, and the rich merchants had the big ones who had saved up and had double the interest, and the small ones who sat down and sold them. Take the wealth they have gained by their profiteering, and feast in the city, and they will sell twice as much as they need. Therefore, its men do not cultivate, women do not promote weaving, clothes must be beautiful, and food must be meat. There is no farmer's suffering, but there are thousands of benefits. Because they were rich, they were able to communicate with princes, and their strength surpassed that of the magistrates. They are together to benefit each other, travel thousands of miles, look at each other with crowns, ride strong chariots and fat horses, and eat in fine clothes and jade. That's why the merchants annexed the peasants, and the peasants were displaced. The most important task now is to make the peasants farm. If we want the peasants to work with peace of mind, we should make the grain valuable. The way to make food expensive is to make people use food as the object of reward and punishment. It is also possible to use food to atone for sin. In this way, the rich have lords, the peasants have money, and those who can pay grain and exchange for officials and lords will take the surplus for the upper use. In this way, the poor will be deprived. This is what is called the loss of the surplus to make up for the deficiency, so that the people will gain the benefit. Now he who gives the people a chariot and a horse, and he can return to three people. The bicycle ride is the world's armament, so it can be exchanged for it. Shennong's teaching said that there are ten stone cities, a hundred steps in the soup pool, and a million armor, and the city cannot be defended without food. From this point of view, food is the most useful thing for the king, and the duty of the politician. If the people are knighted, they will be well armed. The title is the emperor's specialty, and it is infinite out of the mouth. Food is grown by the people, born in the ground and not lacking. If the people of the world are sent to the border and are exempted from sins, within three years, there will be more food stuffed.

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