The village is very lively, chickens and dogs smell each other, the smoke curls up, a peaceful and prosperous world, Li Jing and others walked into the village, and immediately attracted a lot of children to come and watch, after half a ring, I saw an old man trembling over with the support of a few young people. After all, a group of strangers came to the village, which naturally aroused the vigilance of the people.

"Where did this great official come from?" The old man glanced at everyone, Li Jing was wearing a brocade robe, his face was heroic and majestic, the Li family was gentle and lovely, and Li Fu, Li Daniu and others behind him were either elegant in appearance or powerful in force, looking like a family.

"The younger generation came from Jiankang and saw the peaceful scene here, so they came to see it." Li Jing said with a smile: "I didn't expect that in the troubled times, there is such an appearance, which is admirable." ”

"This official, if it was a few years ago, where did he look like this, only in these few years, the Son of Heaven Shengming, we ordinary people can have a peaceful birthday!" The old man touched his white beard and laughed: "Look at the present, although the family can't say how much surplus food and money there is, at least the life can go on, and the taxes are not heavy, so it is already very good." ”

"Old man, when we came here just now, we saw that many fields in the village were heavy with mulberry trees? The fields are all good and good, so why do you plant mulberry trees instead? Li Fu smiled.

"As this gentleman said, we only earn a lot of silver from the annual harvest of an acre of land, and if we plant mulberry trees, use them to raise silkworms, and use them to grow sugarcane, we can get more." A young man next to the old man said triumphantly.

Cane is actually sugarcane, sugarcane has appeared in the Zhou Dynasty, in the Song Dynasty, Jiangnan began to plant a large area, which is the raw material for sugar production, with the development of commerce, Jiangnan planted more sugarcane. Last year, the wind and rain were good, the taxes of the imperial court were not high, and even the grain was mostly imported from Champong, Goryeo and other places.

Li Jing encouraged commerce, the treasury was full, so that the people could be exempted from taxes, imported or grabbed grain from abroad, and measured land at home, although the life of the common people was much better, but in the same way, the consequence was that everyone maintained basic food security, and then everyone went to make money. Domestic food will be greatly reduced, threatening the security of the imperial court.

"Yes, growing food is not as good as growing these things." Li Jing nodded, but his heart was heavy, in the absence of high technology, there is no way to increase the amount of grain, and over time, it will cause a shortage of food in Datang.

"Hey, where did we think of this in the past, and only today's saints and saints, many people are willing to become businessmen, they can make money, they can support their families, and with money, they can let their children study, and they can soar in the future, isn't it great?" The old man said triumphantly: "So all this is thanks to the emperor's sage!" ”

Li Jing is bitter in his heart, he can't have both fish and bear's paws, the prosperity of business can make him develop rapidly, but in the same way, business will produce more bad consequences in the future, and these bad consequences will continue to be reflected in the future, and the culprit of all this is himself, which made Li Jing a little crying and laughing for a while.

"Hehe, His Majesty the Emperor is naturally wise and martial." Li Shi suddenly said with a smile on the side, although she didn't understand the truth in this, she could see that Li Jing was very annoyed at the moment, otherwise, she would not have a solemn face.

"Old man, as long as you live a good life and everything is fine, Datang will only become stronger and stronger." Li Jing glanced at the Li family, patted his thigh and said: "Now that the Tang Dynasty has defeated the Southern Song Dynasty and is about to dominate the world, the life of the common people will get better and better." ”

"Yes, yes, the Tang Emperor is wise and martial, which is the blessing of us ordinary people!" The old man nodded again and again, and so did the young and strong people around him, although it can't be said to be brocade clothes and jade food now, it is still much better than before.

"Old man, take good care of your body, and this day will be better and better in the future." Li Jing patted the old man's big hand and said.

"Okay, okay." The old man's cloudy eyes flashed with a hint of surprise, although Li Jing was dressed in civilian clothes, he could still feel it from the momentum on Li Jing's body, the identity of this big official in front of him was not ordinary, but he definitely never thought that the person opposite was actually the person he was talking about today.

Li Jing left the small village, such a village, Datang does not know how many there are, but the leopard in the tube, let Li Jing know the situation in the world, business is developed, everyone is eager for money, even in the countryside, it is mostly planted mulberry, sugarcane and other cash crops, compared to rice, there are more than planting. At present, there are still many people who are waiting and watching, but in the near future, I believe that many places will follow suit, and it will not be a good thing for a long time.

"Your Majesty, this matter?" Li Fu said with some worry: "Shouldn't you make a holy decree, otherwise, it will be bad for the world in the future." Li Fu is worried about a lot of things, not only the matter of farmers giving up planting crops, but also the problem of corruption, just imagine, in the past, a businessman had no status in front of officials, and life and death were in the hands of officials, but now? These businessmen are protected by the imperial court, but they don't know how much more money they make than those who are officials, how can they be willing to be officials? Therefore, the officials used the power in their hands to support the businessmen, and got money from the businessmen, and the businessmen used the money to buy the officials, so as to get more, and the social atmosphere was destroyed in an instant.

"Let's talk about this later!" Li Jing shook his head. In fact, Li Jing knows that some things are more terrible than Li Fu imagined, not only corrupt officials and corrupt officials, not only the foundation of food, but more importantly, once a businessman has money, it is more important to get power and status, which is the germ of capitalism. The simple thing is that the latter still needs a long time to be conceived, and I definitely can't see it. For now, we need to do the first two, and in the near future, some of the bad consequences will be felt, so it is time to take precautions.

"Since ancient times, merchants have been profit-seeking, and ministers believe that agriculture is the foundation of the imperial court, and although merchants are important, they should be controlled within a reasonable range, so as to maintain the stability of the imperial court." Li Fu said: "I heard that in some places, businessmen control the operation of a county through money, which is a very terrible thing. ”

"Isn't this the case with some corrupt officials in all dynasties?" Li Jing frowned and said, "That's not called a businessman, it's called Haoqiang." "What Li Fu said is too exaggerated, where is capitalism so easy to rise, I'm afraid it will take hundreds of years, Li Fu said this, just to change the imperial court's national policy of encouraging business.

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