Li Zhi was sitting in the Qinzheng Palace of the Qi Palace, and his eldest son Li Huan was standing in front of the table, looking curiously at the documents on Li Zhi's desk.

It has been eighteen years since Li Zhi traveled to this era, and his eldest son Li Huan is also fifteen years old and has grown into a young man.

Li Huan is now as tall as Li Zhi, but the young man's body has not grown up and is not yet broad, and he looks a little thin.

Li Huan looked at the bill on Li Zhi's desk and asked, "Father, what is the "Market Economy Law"? ”

Li Zhi looked at Li Huan and said slowly: "The so-called market economy law is to give each enterprise in the market competition the right to decide its own business plan. Let individual enterprises act in full accordance with the laws of the market. ”

After a pause, Li Zhi said: "Specifically, in our economic system, enterprises and business names have completely autonomous power. Whether or not to start work is completely the autonomous power of the enterprise, and it is a decision made by the enterprise based on the current profitability, raw materials and workers' situation, and should not be interfered with by external forces and the government. ”

This kind of autonomous power is the prerequisite for the efficient operation of the market-oriented economy. Every business only chooses to start when the benefits are maximized, so that resources that should be used elsewhere are not wasted here. If the production of the enterprise cannot be profitable, or the profit level cannot exceed the level of the social interest rate, the enterprise should stop production or even close down. It is precisely because each economic individual can independently determine his or her own production plan that the efficiency of the whole society can be maximized. ”

"If the government interferes externally in the production plans of enterprises, allowing enterprises that should be closed to continue production, and causing enterprises that should be producing to stop, the whole society will fall into the inefficiency of the planned economy."

As a traverser, Li Zhi certainly understands the ills of enterprises under the planned economy. It can be said that enterprises under government control are not enterprises at all, but part of a bloated government.

In the face of external competition, companies under government regulation are often vulnerable due to inefficiency.

Li Zhi was in charge of one town and nine provinces, and he tried to prevent the Tianjin system from repeating the mistakes of the Soviet-style planned economy. Li Zhi never intervened in the life and death of private enterprises, let enterprises rise and fall in the fierce market competition, and finally let the most efficient enterprises survive. Basically, Li Zhi's management method is still very effective.

All private enterprises in one town and nine provinces are very vigorous and efficient enterprises. Although these private enterprises do not have the ability to invent and create like Li Zhi, their management and production efficiency is even higher than that of Li Zhi's state-owned enterprises.

It can be said that these private enterprises have activated the vitality of the market, so that every place that can create wealth can operate efficiently as desired. The price of various products in society has been reduced to a minimum, and the quality has reached the highest in the competition.

These cheap and durable industrial products support the skeleton of various industries in one town and nine provinces.

Li Huan listened to Li Zhi's words, nodded, and said: "My father's management ideas are very different from ordinary bureaucrats, and the subtleties of them are amazing to the sons. Today, the economic prosperity of one town and nine provinces is precisely because of the exquisite management of my father, so that every enterprise and business can exert the greatest vitality. ”

After a pause, Li Huan asked suspiciously: "But my father's various arrangements have already become a rule now, and all the bureaucrats in one town and nine provinces act according to my father's rules, why did my father issue this law at this time?" ”

Li Zhi nodded and said, "However, there is a limit to everything. ”

"Nowadays, the market order of one town and nine provinces is being distorted by some people with ulterior motives. Today, I am promulgating the "Market Economy Law" to clarify the scope of the market economy, so that when the "Anti-Monopoly Law" is promulgated, officials and businessmen in one town and nine provinces will not be confused, thinking that the government should intervene in the market in the future. ”

Li Zhi walked to the edge of the bookshelf and handed Li Huan the booklet of the "Anti-Monopoly Law" that had been compiled a few days ago.

Li Huan opened the pamphlet and read it word by word: "The so-called monopoly is the manipulation and control of the production or circulation of commodities in one or several sectors by individual organizations or individuals by virtue of the capital they control, sufficient scale of production and operation, and market share. ”

"If there is a monopoly, there will be no competition in the market. Monopoly organizations can obtain windfall profits beyond the scope of normal profits through their monopoly position, or use their monopoly position to seek political interests and social status beyond the scope of the market. ”

Li Huan read for a while, then raised his head and said, "Is my father promulgating this law at this time to deal with Hua Kefang's Fanjiazhuang General Chamber of Commerce?" ”

Although Li Huan is still just a teenager, as the prince of Qi, he already has many capable people around him.

Li Zhi assigned Li Huan with various teachers, some of whom were old bureaucrats in the Tianjin system, some were experienced generals, and some were intelligence chiefs under Han Jinxin. In short, Li Huan has a team like the prince of the East Palace, which ensures that Li Huan can maximize the news in the society, and also ensures that Li Huan can experience how to manage a team since he was a child.

Therefore, although Li Huan is only fifteen years old, he is already very clear about all kinds of things in society. Hua Kefang gathered businessmen to challenge Li Zhi, although Li Huan did not go to the agricultural machinery alley, he already knew very clearly.

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Li Huan, everything is not absolute, and absolute freedom does not bring absolute efficiency. Take Fanjiazhuang's private economy as an example, the father allowed the enterprise to grow completely independently, but a monster such as the Fanjiazhuang General Chamber of Commerce was born. This monster does not seek economic efficiency, but uses the resources under its control to gain political power. ”

"The merchants of the Fanjiazhuang Chamber of Commerce, although they are all limited businessmen individually, these businessmen have united through the Chamber of Commerce to form a self-aware organization. This organization has monopolized the production of agricultural machinery, dyes, cement and water wheels. Not only that, but they also stopped production en masse, using their monopoly position to challenge society. ”

"Therefore, my father wants to introduce this anti-monopoly law to investigate, manage, and punish this monopolistic behavior that violates market competition and efficiency for government officials."

Li Huan blinked his eyes and arched his hand and said, "Father's methods, my sons admire." With this "Anti-Monopoly Law", Hua Kefang's Chamber of Commerce will collapse in an instant. ”

"Father, do you want to arrest Hua Kefang according to the law?"

Li Zhi shook his head and said, "The introduction of the Anti-Monopoly Law cannot be implemented immediately. There must be a period of time from the promulgation of the law to its implementation, and market entities should be given time to adjust their behavior in accordance with the law. Otherwise, the law becomes child's play, a rope that those in power play with at will. “

"Therefore, after the Anti-Monopoly Law is promulgated in a few days, it will take another three months for it to be implemented. Although Hua Kefang is hateful, he manipulated the market before the promulgation of the Anti-Monopoly Law and did not violate the law at that time. Therefore, as long as he changes his course within these three months, the father cannot punish him. ”

Li Huan was stunned for a long time before he said, "It's cheaper for him!" ”

Li Zhi sat on the chair and said slowly: "This is the rule of law!" ”