Chapter 52 Shinong Industry and Commerce
Everyone in the imperial study room sat down, and Li Shimin asked: "Did Wei Guo have a lot of remarks that he didn't say just now, and now he can speak freely." ”
"The saint is wise, but there were too many people in the court just now, and it is inconvenient for the ministers to talk about it." Feng Daiwen complimented.
"Aiqing is okay now, I listen to you, and here are all important ministers of the court." Li Shimin said happily, and there was a historian next to him who was ready to record.
"The minister first said about the captives and the alien race, the minister suggested that in the future, all the foreign races should be forced to learn the Tang language, etiquette, the Tang Dynasty respects their living habits, but for the tribes who will not or do not learn the Tang dialect to be treated differently, it is best to set up a few examples, whether it is good or bad, the most important ministers of the court will not say much, for the captured captives and ministers suggested that they must be reformed for three years of labor reform for my Datang, three years later, in the division of one, two and three, etc., the alien race itself does not have its own writing, all rely on word of mouth, After such a hundred years, where can he still remember his own name, he will only know that he is a Tang person. Feng Daiwen explained.
"The minister said another one, since the invention of papermaking by the Marquis of Han Cai, it has been hundreds of years to the present, there is no improvement, the minister asked the saint to improve the status of craftsmen and merchants, the minister thinks, no agriculture is not stable, no business is not rich, no work is not strong, no scholars are chaotic, Shi Nong Industry and Commerce is not the ancients for the ranking of people, but the affirmation of these four professions, this is a misunderstanding of the ancients, there is no craftsman there is no use of wear, craftsmen are not high, they will not think of innovation, even if there is innovation, it is just hidden and not public, If the saint improves the status of craftsmen, it is a great thing for me to improve the reward for innovation and benefit the present generation. Feng Daiwen looked straight and continued.
"It's not proper, the so-called no treacherous business, I'm saying that if they all go to business, then who will go to farming, you dare to question the ancients after reading a few books." In order to show his existence, Fei Lin was the first to speak up, and Feng Daiwen retorted.
Because as far as he knows, there are now a few more prime ministers who are in charge of the same thing, which was proposed by Feng Daiwen, and he is naturally not very happy about this kind of behavior.
"If it is better to farm the land, may I ask Fei Xiang, is there anyone so stupid to farm? As for you saying that I question the ancients, shouldn't I? Xunzi said that the blue is better than the blue, talking about the ancients, the ancients are all ancient people, what they said is for the words of the time, do Fei Xiang still want us to use bronze weapons, Ru Mao drinks blood to learn the ancients, Fei Xiang You are a great Confucian, Dai Wen has something to ask. For this kind of person who refutes for the sake of refutation, Feng Daiwen is of course not angry, and young people are not used to seeing these filthy things.
"Hmph, it's a good thing to ask if you don't understand, if you ask, the old man will definitely answer you." Fei Lin said proudly.
"I don't know how to break this sentence and what it means." Feng Daiwen secretly said that I can't kill you if I play, and wrote a line of words and asked Fei Lingdao.
"The people may do it; It should be broken like this, which means: we can let the people follow the path we guide, and we don't need to let them know why. Fei Lin glanced at it and said immediately.
"But the lower officials don't think so, and the lower officials think that it is the people who can make it; No, let it be known. It can also be considered that the people can make it, and from it; You can't make it, you know it. It can also be thought that the people can make it, but they can't do it; Make it known. Can the people do it? No. It can be known. So Fei Xiang taught me what Confucius meant when he said this? Feng Daiwen took a sentence he had seen on the Internet about the controversy caused by the lack of punctuation marks, and asked Fei Lin rhetorically
"This,,, this ,,," Fei Lin was speechless with a cold sweat on his face,
"Huh! The old man also knew that there were so many ways to break sentences in this sentence. Xiao Yu touched his beard and smiled faintly, and opened his mouth to relieve the siege, because the two families had a close relationship, and they didn't want this good young man to make too many enemies and offend Fei Lin to death.
"Therefore, Weichen first asked the saint to improve the status of craftsmen and businessmen, and Weichen was willing to come up with the latest papermaking technology for Bogutang's use, and he had to let Bogutang and the Confucians study a series of symbols for breaking sentences, such as exclamation, questioning, and other symbols that represent the tone, so as not to let future generations not know what we said and did." Feng Daiwen was not ashamed of himself, he didn't care about Fei Lone, and continued to bow his hand to Li Shimin.
"Yes, the old man read the book of the ancients and only understood its meaning after three considerations, if there is a symbol of Weiguo, you only need to read it once to understand, this is a great good, and future generations of readers should be grateful to Weiguo." Fang Xuanling stroked his palms and exclaimed.
"Liang Guogong has won the award, Dai Wen just put forward a suggestion, how to mark it specifically, how to promote it still needs the help of all Confucians, Dai Wen really doesn't dare to take credit." Feng Daiwen hurriedly said modestly.
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but nod to Feng Daiwen with great satisfaction, after all, this is a major event through the ages, who doesn't want to leave a name in history, what will Feng Daiwen do if he stops all the credits from others. So this time many people accepted the favor and had a good impression of him.
"Wei Guo's words are reasonable, and the Ministry of Rites will come up with a charter on the same day." Li Shimin immediately accepted the good opinion and set the charter.
"The second thing is that Weichen called it Zhuxin, the sages have said that the country's major affairs, in the worship and Rong, please ask the sage to convene the respected Taoist real people, modify the gods of different races, let them all belong to China, let the foreign race speak Tang dialect, write Chinese characters, wear Tang costumes, and after a hundred years, there will be no foreign race, all of them are my Tang Turkic tribe, Tang Xiongnu tribe......" Feng Daiwen got up and hugged his fists, bowed his head slightly, and pleaded seriously.
"Okay, okay, this matter must be done, and you can do it yourself! Tai Shi Ling is in charge of Taoist affairs, and I will take this as a royal family rule, even if I am a hundred years later, it must be implemented. Li Shimin applauded with certainty.
"The saint is wise!" Everyone praised in unison, although Feng Daiwen's strategy was vicious, but this was against the alien race, at this time Confucianism was not as pedantic as the back, Confucian disciples all wore swords when they went out, and they paid attention to the six arts of a gentleman, if they didn't know how to use a few swordsmanship, they were not a qualified Confucian disciple.
"I know that this is a hundred-year plan, and I can't be sloppy, but there is nothing else to say about defending the country." Li Shimin nodded solemnly, and then asked.
"The minister asked the sage to issue an order, and Weichen established a mutual market in Shuofang, and all transactions with the grassland can be traded, and the time is set for the beginning of June, and all items can be traded, but grain, salt, tea, and iron need to be filed in Chang'an first, and iron can only be pots, and other kitchen knives cannot flow to the grassland, and grain can be selected from all over the country 5 to 10 respectively, and Shuofang will be arranged by the minister to trade with the grassland" Feng Daiwen cleaned up his thoughts and suggested again.
"Well, Aiqing is solely responsible for this matter, and I immediately issued an order, and Xuan Ling will be responsible for the selection on the Chang'an side." Because it had been discussed a long time ago, Li Shimin agreed without hesitation.
"The silk and porcelain in the south of the Yangtze River in Shu can also be organized in Chang'an to go to the Western Regions to trade, and a team of elite soldiers can be organized to protect, and the merchants will provide grain and grass, military expenses, one can be protected, and the third can be familiar with the terrain and customs of the Western Regions," Feng Daiwen hesitated for a moment and then suggested.
"It's possible, but are merchants willing to pay for military food?" Li Shimin frowned and wondered.
"This point Weichen can guarantee that he is absolutely willing, as well as those merchants who trade in Chang'an from the Western Regions, Weichen suggests abolishing tariffs, only charging transaction taxes, according to the price of the traded goods, and collecting taxes at one time, all transactions in the future can only be traded at the designated place in Datang, otherwise they will be treated as smuggling, so as to avoid tax chaos, private collection in various cities and other problems." Feng Daiwen nodded and reassured.
"Wei Guo's words are reasonable, but how this tax will be determined still needs to be considered." Du Ruhui agreed, for how to increase the treasury revenue, has always been their most headache, but also the most important thing, there is a good way of course to support, even if it doesn't work, it's not too late to change, anyway, in recent years, the imperial court decrees, official positions are relatively chaotic.
"This is easy to do, we Datang is in a new era, we must cross the river by feeling the stones, and slowly revise it in practice." Feng Daiwen said lightly.
"Du Qing's family, I'll leave it to you and Xiao Xiang to discuss." Li Shimin was as decisive as ever, and immediately arranged the person in charge.
"The saint is wise, Weichen ......" Feng Daiwen complimented, and just wanted to speak and stopped.
"There is nothing else to do to defend the country, but it doesn't hurt to say it." Li Shimin saw that he wanted to speak and stopped, so he asked with a smile.
"It's okay, Weichen just wants to go and visit Wei Wangtai later, and see if they are still insisting on practicing martial arts. Yes" Feng Daiwen didn't say anything else, looked up and said with a smile.
"Haha, it's okay, it's noon anyway, I won't leave you Aiqing, well, today's matter needs to be handled as soon as possible." Li Shimin glanced at Feng Daiwen meaningfully, and said to the others.
"Haha, the ministers are leaving!" Everyone thought that Feng Daiwen wanted to go to see Princess Guang'an, so they all laughed and retired......