Chapter 532 The people are enough, who is the king and the insufficiency?

Ji Shu frowned and said in a low voice: "I can't." ”

Happy turned his head to look at him, and then his eyes fell on the vibrant flowers and trees in the courtyard, and said in a low voice: "New year hunger, insufficient use, what is it?" ”

"The people are enough, the king is insufficient, the people are insufficient, the king is enough?" Hearing Xingxing's question, Qi Jishu blurted out a reflex and replied, but when the words came out, he felt even more puzzled in his heart, and carefully thought about Xingxing's intention to ask.

The question and answer of Happiness and Urging Ji Shu comes from the Analects of Yan Yuan, which is the question and answer between Lu Aigong and Confucius's disciples, and it is precisely because of this that Ji Shu will open his mouth to give the answer, which is exactly the embodiment of Confucius's Confucianism of "government is making the people rich".

"The people are rich, you are not only poor, the people are poor, you are not rich. The gentleman, the parents of the people, has not seen his son rich and his parents poor, so the Lord of the Ming Dynasty will carefully nurture his harmony, save its flow, open its source, and consider it from time to time, so that the world has more than enough, and the upper is not worried. If so, the top and bottom are rich, and there is nothing to hide, which is the extreme of knowing the country's plan. ”

Ji Shu's brows furrowed even tighter, and the words he said happily came from "Xunzi Fuguo", and the meaning he wanted to express was still "A rich people make the country strong". Although Ji Shu did not hold the bull's ear of Confucianism in the world, he was also a respected Confucian, and he was not familiar with the Confucian classics. It is precisely because of this that Ji Shu is even more confused about his happy intentions.

"Shuzheng, since the pre-Qin Dynasty, to the two Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms and the Jin Dynasty, until now, although the country's demise is inseparable from the reign of the faint monarch and the rampant ministers, the main reason is that land annexation, class contradictions, and social contradictions have reached the peak of irreconcilability, and the country is doomed to only one way."

Ji Shu was stunned, his brows furrowed even tighter, and he didn't seem to understand what Xing Xing said.

Just when Ji Shu was thinking hard, he only listened to the happy continued: "At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the redistribution of land across the country was relatively fair and fair, but then natural and man-made disasters, coupled with the deliberate acquisition and annexation of land by the aristocracy, one day the people will have no land to cultivate, and then all the contradictions will erupt, and the country will be in turmoil and turmoil. After the chaos is the great rule, and so on, the change of dynasties, when will it end?

The country is people-oriented, and the people are food-oriented. Although agriculture is extremely important to the country, it is very unwise to emphasize agriculture and suppress business!

"Business is not thick, work is not skillful, agriculture is not strong, can not be governed", agriculture, industry and commerce are the foundation of social governance, complement each other, but the emphasis on agriculture and light industry and commerce, but it is to break the balance, will only restrict their own development.

The land is limited, but the population is growing, and one day there will be no land to divide. Only when industry, agriculture and commerce pay equal attention to the three aspects, so that people have their own place, each fulfill his own responsibilities, and support himself, can society progress and stability. ”

Speaking of this, he turned around happily, quietly looked at Ji Shu, who was frowning, and asked lightly: "Shuzheng, you have been the governor of Shandong Province for three years, and let me ask you, the tax revenue of the treasury comes from agriculture?" From the business geometry? ”

Ji Shu was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Nongsang is 12/10, and industry and commerce are 89/10." ”

"So how is Qingzhou today compared to what it used to be? But did the people abandon agriculture and do business? Have you ever been poorly clothed and hungry? Has there ever been a social upheaval and a surge in crime? ”

Under the happy series of questions, Ji Shu was speechless for a while, not knowing how to answer.

The reason why the feudal era proposed "emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce" was not only because of the so-called "emphasis on righteousness over profit", but the most important thing was that the rulers wanted to tightly bind the peasants to the land for them to continue to squeeze and reflect their noble status.

Ji Shu, who was born in the scholar clan, despised the merchant from the bottom of his bones, but in three years, the huge wealth created by the merchant made him envious and even jealous. As the manager of Shandong, he is more aware of the earth-shaking changes in Shandong in the past three years.

Today's Qingzhou, the population has increased nearly ten times compared with the past, but the people do not have the embarrassment of having no land to cultivate, and the people's lives are more affluent, and the money, silver, grain and grass piled up in the treasury are as high as mountains and deep seas, and Qingzhou is not turbulent, but a thriving scene.

In the past, Ji Shu was also surprised and frightened by this, but he had never thought about it carefully, but now he was happy to deviate from the norm, but his deafening words shocked him, and he was faintly puzzled by what the ancients said.

"It is said that businessmen 'value profit over righteousness', universal education, improper can teach 'filial piety, etiquette, ethics and morality', and improper promulgation of laws can restrain industrial and commercial behavior, so that they dare not act arbitrarily? Moreover, industry and commerce will promote the development of agriculture even more if it is dependent on agriculture.

The country cannot be ruled without its rule, and the people cannot stand without it. Only when the people are literate and read can they know the law and abide by the law, and the country can have long-term peace and stability! ”

looked at Ji Shu happily and meaningfully, and said very solemnly and seriously: "The people are the water, the king is the boat, the water can carry the boat, and it can also overturn the boat." This gentleman is me, and it is you; This water is farming; It is also a business and commerce. ”

Ji Shu was shocked, and although Ji Shu couldn't fully understand what he said, these words seemed to open a new door in front of his eyes. Although it was just a gap and a little hazy, he couldn't wait to rush over and take a look.

A deep conversation with Ji Shu can be said to be the first profound collision between happiness and the mainstream thought of the world.

The different times and the different value systems make the various decrees issued by Gao Xing not fully implemented according to his wishes, and it is because of Xing Xing that there will be the above shocking remarks.

According to Xingxing's control of Shandong and Jiangsu, he can completely implement every one of his decrees strongly, but it is very easy to break and things will be reversed, and an overly tough attitude will inevitably make Ji Shu and others feel guilty, which is not good for the country.

Reform will inevitably undermine the interests of some people, and this requires compromise and balance. And if he wants to achieve his goal, he naturally can't achieve it overnight, and only by slowly trying to achieve the best effect.

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The spring breeze warms the earth, and the earth rejuvenates.

Dozens of miles away from the east of Qingzhou City, there is a continuous mountain range, the flowers and trees on the hillside spit out the old and accept the new, the spring is full of joy, in the early morning drizzle like silk, hazy, ethereal, and beautiful.

Because it is a mountainous area, far away from the city, it is uninhabited, but there is another cave in this mountain.

In the middle of the mountains is a huge valley with a huge castle in the middle of it. The castle is blue-gray in color, and the tall and thick walls give it a solemn feeling. In particular, the city is densely covered with watchtowers and arrow towers, three steps and a post, five steps and a sentry, and the garrison is extremely strict.

In the misty spring rain, a white figure flickered and flickered, coming from outside the mountain towards the castle. When I got closer, I found that he was an extremely handsome young man, with a sharp and fast hand, like a spirit fox in the mountains, fluttering in white, so chic.

"What people!"

The man in white did not deliberately hide his figure, but when he approached the castle fifty meters, he was discovered by the guards on duty in the castle, and the cold and solemn shouts tore through the rain curtain and resounded in the sky, and at the same time, there was a "crunch" sound from the twisting of the reed noose, obviously, if the man in white did not have good intentions, the guards on the city would definitely launch the strongest attack.

"I'm happy." A clear voice sounded slowly, and the man in white also stopped thirty meters away.

Hearing that Happy was taking his own name, the person who was obviously the leader of the castle did not relax in the slightest, still looked at Happy vigilantly, and said coldly: "The night gave me black eyes. ”

"But I use him to find the light." He replied with a happy smile.

"Seal the letter." The leader of the castle flashed his eyes, stared at the joy tightly, and said coldly. This man was in his early twenties, with an ordinary appearance and a calm attitude, and there was a hint of coldness in his dark eyes.

Happy reached into his arms, then shook his hand, and a white object fell towards the castle in a gentle arc.

The leader of the castle raised his hand and grabbed the object that he had happily thrown into his hand. He looked down and saw that in his hand was a small, only half the size of an adult's palm, the token was diamond-shaped, the middle was a fine blue sky warm jade, the front was carved with a dragon swallowing clouds and spitting mist, the dragon pattern was fine, lifelike, and the back was a vigorous and powerful "high" character and the periphery was made of gold, which was engraved with a string of Arabic numerals.

Looking at the magnificent and delicate token in his hand and feeling the faint warmth on it, the leader's serious face suddenly softened, and even the cold eyes had a faint warmth, "Open the door, open the door quickly!" The leader's voice trembled slightly, and his mind was clearly agitated.

The main entrance of the castle slowly opened, and he smiled happily and walked easily on the wet ground towards the castle.

"Subordinate Zero One, see Childe!" When he stepped into the castle, the leader had fallen to his knees respectfully, holding the delicate token in both hands, and his voice was cold again, but his tone was very respectful.

Happy reached out and took the token, put it back into his arms, and gently looked at Zero One who was kneeling on the ground: "Get up." ”

"Gongzi Xie." Zero stood respectfully in front of Xing, his body was as upright as loose, motionless, his lips were tightly pursed, and he didn't say a word.

"Is it still stable here when I'm not here?" Happy asked as he walked deeper into the castle.

"Returning to Gongzi, everything is fine here, no outsiders know the secrets here, and no one inside has ever gone out except for Master Lu." Zero One said seriously. He quietly followed behind Happy Happy, like a shadow.

"Good, you're all good." Nodding happily and satisfied, he said, "Give me the pass token, and you can go back, and I will go in by myself." ”

"Yes." Zero One said, holding a black token with both hands.

The token resembles a shield, far less delicate and beautiful than the one with the word "dragon" engraved on the front and the word "zero-zero" on the back, and on the edge of the token, there is also a string of Arabic numerals inscribed on it.