Liu Mengyuan looked very disappointed, he swept his eyes, but saw that the newcomer Chen Kaizhi was in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.

Liu Mengyuan was even more displeased, so he stretched his face and said, "Chen Kaizhi." ”

Chen Kaizhi was still in a trance, Zheng Yan, who was sitting on the side, hurriedly stabbed Chen Kaizhi, Chen Kaizhi came back to his senses and looked at countless pairs of eyes at him blankly.

Liu Mengyuan looked even more dissatisfied, and said, "Chen Kaizhi, you can answer." ”

Chen Kaizhi was embarrassed, hesitated for a long time, but couldn't answer.

Liu Mengyuan was both disappointed and ridiculous, you took the old man's class on the first day, you actually wandered, and you were still Xie Yuan of Jinling!

He knocked on the case in front of him with a ring ruler and stumbled: "Answer!" ”

Chen Kaizhi frowned and hesitated for a long time: "What is the topic of Mr.?" ”

Groove ......

Everyone looked at Chen Kaizhi in shock.

The Grandmaster has been asking questions for so long, and so many people have answered them, but you Chen Kaizhi still don't know what the questions are?

Chen Kaizhi found that everyone was looking at him, knowing that he had been wandering for too long, so he hurriedly explained: "The students have benefited a lot from listening to the Grandmaster's analysis of Shiwen, and they are unconsciously thinking about Shiwen...... Students are dead. ”

"You ......"

Liu Mengyuan didn't believe it, he felt that this guy was not only a thorn, but he was still so stubborn, and now, he still wanted to quibble, he made a calm face and said sharply: "You...... You stand, stay after school today! ”

Chen Kaizhi was speechless, but he also knew that the teacher's order could not be violated: "Yes." ”

Liu Mengyuan was still angry, his eyes glared at Chen Kaizhi, and he said sullenly: "This light people's endowment, I don't even know how to answer, you ...... You're ......."

Light people's endowment?

Is that the question?

Chen Kaizhi didn't think about it, and blurted out: "Students can try to answer." ”

Liu Mengyuan has an urge to die, now this guy is going to answer the question again, what else is there to answer, he doesn't even listen to the class, can he have any high opinions?

"What questions ...... answered?"

Before the words came out, Chen Kaizhi had already taken the lead in speaking: "The students think that this light people's endowment makes no sense at all. ”

Is...... It's not amazing, it's endless.

Zheng Yan was so frightened that his face changed, and he kept pinching Chen Kaizhi's legs, signaling that Chen Kaizhi had answered the wrong question.

Everyone else looked at each other.

It doesn't make sense.

This is a light people's endowment, but it has been proposed by countless Confucians.

How many people believe that the way to the country's long-term peace and stability is to lightly empower the people.

Chen Xuedi...... If you are punished by Mr. and stay in the court, you can stay in the court, but you answer like this, it's too frustrating, isn't it...... This is death.

Sir, I'm going to have to pump your palms in a minute!

Liu Mengyuan was also stunned, obviously Chen Kaizhi's strange talk made him dumbfounded.

I've never seen such a prick, you're too rampant, the day before yesterday, I didn't say anything about the whole week, and now I'm accepting you into Wenchangyuan, you're good, I'm in class, I'm just fugue, I'm just going to let you stay in the hall, but you answer the question like this, if this question is in the imperial examination, I'm afraid that the first sentence will directly betray you and get out.

He was about to scold.

Chen Kaizhi said slowly with a calm face: "The reason why it is unreasonable to light the people's endowment is that we must first understand why the imperial court levies taxes. The imperial court collects taxes for disaster relief, what is disaster relief? It's to save the people. It also lies in military training, and what does military training lie in? It's about protecting the people. It's about anti-theft, and why is anti-theft? This is in the peace of the people. What's more, there are also bridges and paving roads, and carrying out education, all of which are beneficial to the people. ”

Liu Mengyuan was stunned.

Because he suddenly discovered that what Chen Kaizhi said was not unreasonable.

Chen Kaizhi completely ignored everyone's stunned gazes, and continued calmly.

"Since the meaning of taxation is to save the people, protect the people, secure the people, and benefit the people, why can't the imperial court collect taxes? And why are some people arguing about the amount of taxes? This is a good thing, but some people are afraid of the imperial court's additional taxes, probably because this tax that should have been used to reassure the people and protect the people turned out to be misappropriated for other purposes, and could not be used for practical purposes, but was deducted layer by layer, or was misappropriated for the pleasure of some people in the temple. ”

"So, everybody wants to pay less taxes, but students don't think so."

"The root of the problem is not the amount of taxes, but in fact, whether the taxes can be taken from the people and used by the people!"

Take it from the people, use it for the people!

Liu Mengyuan's body was shocked, his eyes widened, and he looked at Chen Kaizhi in surprise.

He had never heard of such a lofty theory, but in fact, as soon as this sentence came out, it suddenly gave him a feeling of enlightenment.

Seeing that Chen Kaizhi's eyes were full of light, I was looking forward to Chen Kaizhi continuing to answer, compared to Fang Cai's answer, this Chen Kaizhi's answer was not only refreshing, but also had a ...... It was a wonderful feeling, as if Chen Kaizhi's words suddenly opened a new door for him.

Chen Kaizhi continued: "Since this is the case, then the imperial court does not take from the people and use it for the people, and tries its best to make this tax use where it should be used, but it is blindly reducing the tax, which is irresponsible, because if the country wants to be stable, it must train the army, once the disaster comes, the people are displaced, the court must provide relief, the old roads need to be repaired, and the people also need to be educated and build schools." If there is a border trouble, the court cannot fulfill its responsibility to reassure the people, there is a famine, the court wants to give relief, but it can't get it, so that starvation is everywhere, then, is this love for the people or harm the people? ”

"The root of taxation is not to levy, but to use, blindly make a fuss about the amount of levy, in the student's simple opinion, it is better to make a fuss about the use, the court should put its mind on the use, how to make the tax not to lose, how to tax not to embezzle, and how to make them use where they should be used, in order to benefit the country and the people, if it is blindly reduced, then what is the use of the imperial court, the state capitals of the world? Sir, this is the student's simple opinion, and I hope that Mr. will teach me. ”

Liu Mengyuan was stunned, his face shocked.

What Chen Kaizhi quoted was the understanding of taxation in later generations.

In fact, it is very simple, tax reduction is meaningless, because the function of the state needs to be played, blindly reducing taxes, will only weaken the role of the state, and once the function of the state is weakened, once the disaster comes, or the country is invaded, and even the construction of roads, farmland and water conservancy facilities, medical care, education, these all need money.

And if the state can't make money, where does the money come from?

Taxes, of course, and therefore taxes, are fundamental to almost any form of state.

It is precisely because tax collection is fundamental that as a country, what should be done is how to use taxes on the cutting edge, so it needs to be audited, supervised, and demonstrated, but ...... But it's not a tax cut.

Liu Mengyuan looked at Chen Kaizhi blankly, this time, he was in a trance.

At first, he felt that Chen Kaizhi was 'talking strangely', but after thinking about it carefully, he actually felt a little frightened, because Chen Kaizhi's words were not wrong at all.

This answer alone is enough to shock the four seats, and it is enough to make people refreshed, and even ...... This also gives people a realistic feeling, and when I think about it this way, I find that the light tax is indeed a bit unrealistic.

"Sir? Mr. ......"

Liu Mengyuan was silent for a long time, Chen Kaizhi smiled bitterly in his heart, and whispered a few words to him.

This time it was Liu Mengyuan's turn to come back to his senses in a daze and said, "You...... What did you say? ”

Chen Kaizhi smiled bitterly: "Sir, the student is asking, what does Mr. think?" ”

"Ah......" Liu Mengyuan remembered, Chen Kaizhi was answering the question, and because he answered his question too well, just like Chen Kaizhi said, he unconsciously began to weigh the pros and cons of Chen Kaizhi's answer, so he ......

He was suddenly embarrassed, stared at Chen Kaizhi for a long time, and then said with a stiff face: "Where did you learn this truth?" ”

Chen Kaizhi couldn't say that he had learned it in his previous life, so he smiled lightly: "It's just a student's own imagination." ”

Liu Mengyuan was stunned again.

Because for hundreds of years, the Confucians of the Great Chen Dynasty have almost a unified caliber, and they are all based on reducing the endowment, and in the hearts of the people of the world, the reduction of the endowment is to love the people, which has almost formed a fixed formula, and no one will think about this taken from the people and used by the people.

But Chen Kaizhi's words really woke Liu Mengyuan up, and he even believed that if Chen Kaizhi took this to tell others, he was afraid that many people would also wake up.

This...... It's the way of the economy.

The original intention of the economic way is to be realistic, and for hundreds of years, everyone has shouted for loving the people and reducing taxes, but in fact, is the reduction really beneficial to the people? Taxes are getting less and less, the ability of the imperial court to open up canals is getting lower and lower, the quality of officers and soldiers is getting worse and worse, and every disaster relief is overstretched.

The more the tax is reduced, the result is that the people have received any actual benefits? If the river embankment is not built, a big flood will destroy the harvest of tens of millions of people in a year, obviously only separated by a river, but because no bridge has been built to pave the road, the people on both sides of the river have to detour dozens of miles to reach the other side.

A few years ago, the Shanyue rebellion, the imperial court hastily quelled the rebellion, but only because the money and grain in the treasury were insufficient, they even had to borrow from the rich households, the armament of the officers and soldiers was relaxed, and a rebellion lasted for a year, how many soldiers and civilians died?

Liu Mengyuan finally took a deep breath and spit out one word: "Okay." ”

His eyes were blazing, and he said a good one, expressing his satisfaction with Chen Kaizhi's answer.

Then, as if he was still unsatisfied, he said, "Okay, okay." ”

said two good things in a row, and even thought in his heart that this argument alone was enough to shock the world with a current article.

Call...... He couldn't help but say, "So, how can we take it from the people and use it for the people?" ”