Chapter 165: Upper-class Thought Keeping Up with the Times
Li Shimin was quite concerned about Wang Haoran's craze for returning to the fields, because some relevant courtiers had noticed and reported this phenomenon before, and Li Shimin did not think that there would be any drawbacks to the craze for returning to the fields, and felt that the more people who farmed, the better the life of the people would be. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info But after reading Wang Haoran's theory, I found that today's Tang Dynasty is no longer the dynasty that lacked food in the past, and he, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, has to improve his vision, and if he still stays at the level of feeding the people, he will not be able to keep up with the times.
In an early dynasty, Li Shimin threw out the theory of Wang Haoran's return to the field for the courtiers to discuss.
"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks what Wang Yuma said is true." Although Wei Zheng is at odds with Wang Haoran, he still talks about things on the issue of people's livelihood, "As far as Weichen knows, Hangzhou is now cultivating rice seeds that can produce three stones per mu, and if it goes well, it can be planted on a large scale early next year, when the Tang Dynasty is rich in grain, the price of rice will be reduced, and other prices will inevitably rise because of the increase in labor costs. ”
Li Shimin nodded in agreement, and asked Ma Zhou, "What does Ma Aiqing think?" ”
"Back to Your Majesty." Ma Zhou replied, "Now that the boom of returning to the field is almost a foregone conclusion, Weichen has been thinking about a problem before, in the past, all dynasties would face two major problems, one is peace, and the other is food and clothing. And now that the Tang Dynasty is powerful in all directions, the world has come to the court, the food is sufficient, and the people are worry-free, which has reached a height that has never been reached in the past dynasties, so how should the road go in the future? There is no lesson to be learned from the past, and we need to be cautious. Today, when I first heard the so-called industrial age of Wang Fuma, Weichen was very interested, maybe this is a good direction of development, I don't know what Your Majesty and the ministers think? ”
"Your Majesty!" A minister hurriedly said, "Of course, the development of so-called industry has its advantages, but if the future development is dominated by industry, it will involve a lot. According to Wang Juma's theory, it can be imagined that the operation of industrialization is dominated by merchants, and if it develops too much and the merchant power becomes stronger, it will inevitably break the class division of farmers, industry and commerce. Your Majesty, if the status of the scholar clan is suppressed, it is equivalent to shaking the foundation of the royal family! ”
Li Shimin was shocked when he heard this, he agreed with the minister's statement, to put it bluntly, the royal family and the scholar family are interdependent, the royal family protects the interests of the noble family, and the noble family supports the imperial family. Li Shimin was thinking, Wang Haoran has always seen extraordinary, didn't he think of this? Probably not! So why did he still bring up industrialization? Dig a pit for Li Tang? That's not going to be it, is it? How to say that he Wang Haoran is also a member of the royal family, and he has always been loyal to Li Tang. At this time, Li Shimin remembered the last sentence of Wang Haoran's letter: This matter is very important, the younger brother is a businessman, and he does not dare to talk about state affairs, how to deal with it, His Majesty and the ministers of the DPRK and China need to discuss and decide.
Li Shimin smiled bitterly in his heart, that's right, this is Wang Haoran, the slippery Wang Haoran! He thought it was just a set of polite words, but he didn't want it to be hidden deep enough.
"What can you do?" Although industrialization may suppress the scholars, Li Shimin is reluctant to discard it.
"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that now that the Tang Dynasty is rich and the people are strong, industrialization is a general trend, I'm afraid it can't be stopped!" Li Shiyun said, "If it is forcibly suppressed, I am afraid it will backfire." In the opinion of the micro-ministers, it is better to suppress than to guide, and participate in the production and sale of various major commodities in the name of the imperial court, as long as the imperial court is at the leading level in various industries, the merchants will not be able to shake the status of the imperial court and the scholars. ”
If Wang Haoran were here, he would definitely be stunned, isn't this the "three represents" of later generations?
After Li Shichang finished speaking, the court suddenly whispered, to put it bluntly, isn't this just for the imperial court to do business? In this way, don't even the royal family and the nobles become merchants? A strategy is a good strategy, but how does it feel weird to use it?
Ma Zhou agreed with Li Shiyun's proposal, and when he saw that there were many questioning voices around him, he stood up in support and said: "Now that the Tang Dynasty is changing day by day, the thinking of the ministers must also keep up with the changes. If the worldly ideas of the past are not suitable for the present, they should be discarded. Datang has created a prosperous era that has never been encountered before, and there will be many problems encountered in the future, which have never been encountered before, if there is no new way of thinking, I am afraid it will be difficult to move! ”
Li Shimin is a person who dares to innovate, and he has no intention of doing business in the imperial court, but this matter is very important, and he still does not dare to make a rash decision, so he stopped the argument of the courtiers in the audience and said: "This matter is very important, and put it aside, you will think about the pros and cons after you go back, and discuss it in the future." Now let's discuss how to deal with the boom in returning to the fields. ”
The ministers also felt that the matter had to be carefully weighed, so they stopped discussing the matter one after another.
"Your Majesty, it is better to stop the relevant policies that encourage land reclamation, so that even if you can't stop the craze for returning to the fields, you can greatly reduce the impact of it." A minister offered advice.
"No!" Before Li Shimin could express his position, Wei Zheng objected, "The fact that Datang is rich in grain today is not just because of the increase in grain production. Since the beginning of the dynasty, although the population of Datang has increased a lot, it is now less than 3 million households. In the future, the population of our Datang will definitely increase dramatically, and it is expected that the population of 9 million households will exceed that at the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, and at that time, the current grain output will not be enough at all. It is easy to move from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to move from luxury to frugality, and if grain output cannot keep up, it will certainly cause chaos in the world. ”
"Your Majesty, there are many displaced people in the Tang Zhou State who have appeared due to war or famine at present, and there are many people from other states who are willing to move to the Tang Dynasty, why don't we absorb these people to solve the current shortage of people?" Another minister proposed.
"This plan is also a solution, but the good and bad of the displaced people are uneven, and we can set some conditions here, such as how many years can a person who understands Chinese live in Datang before he can obtain a Datang household registration; Those who do not understand Chinese can only be arranged in some simple positions; If you are quite wealthy, if you run a business in Datang, you can get a Datang account immediately,......" Ma Zhou seconded.
"It is indeed feasible to solve the urgent need, but if we talk about long-term solutions, encouraging the people of Datang to have more children can solve the root cause of the problem of lack of people." Wei Zheng also made a statement.
After discussing for a while, the other ministers also agreed, and Li Shimin finalized the matter, and the specific regulations were handed over to Wei Zheng to plan.