Chapter 420: The Grain Hurts the Peasants

After Shi Bufan received the emperor's decree to support the pharmaceutical industry, he quickly issued the corresponding edict. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info And the announcement of this edict was very insipid and did not have any reaction. As for what the emperor said about the emperor's publication of an edict, which aroused the enthusiastic support of the people, this did not happen. The emperor's edict aroused the support of all the people, which also existed in YY, in fact, the ancient people did not talk about the literacy rate, even if the people could read, could they understand the meaning behind the edict? They obviously can't, they won't understand, and naturally they won't be stupid to support it. If the people support it, then someone is definitely fooling them.

However, this policy of the emperor to support businessmen in the pharmaceutical industry has made many businessmen understand the deep meaning of this.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the emperor has publicly issued an edict to support those businessmen in the pharmaceutical industry, which means that we have received the support of the imperial court. Today's support is the pharmaceutical industry, so tomorrow can also support other industries? If we can support the pharmaceutical industry today, then tomorrow the imperial court will also be able to start supporting other industries, which is a good start! Qin Jiarui said to the merchants.

Shi Bufan was beside him and took the initiative to convey the good news to those businessmen, and then these businessmen were also very happy. Perhaps different from ordinary people at the bottom, many of these businessmen have learned enough cultural foundation in their daily business and various experiences, and even have a much broader vision than those ordinary farmers, so they can naturally know the deep meaning of this.

"That's right, today the imperial court can support the pharmaceutical industry for the people's living needs, so will it be able to support other industries for other needs tomorrow? Don't feel disappointed because of supporting the pharmaceutical industry, and feel that other industries are being discriminated against. In fact, you should think about the benefits, I know that there may be some other industries that think that they support the pharmaceutical industry, and they are not businessmen engaged in the pharmaceutical industry, so they feel at a loss and feel unfair. But I have to tell you that you should figure out what is the main contradiction and what is the secondary contradiction. Between the merchants and the scholars, the merchants and the scholars are currently the main contradictions, representing the contradictions between the two identities, the two income methods, and the two lifestyles, which we can call the class contradiction. But the contradictions between businessmen are at most internal contradictions. Before the main contradiction disappears, we should take the initiative to eliminate the secondary contradiction and meet the main contradiction first. ”

"Some people feel that they feel at a loss by supporting the pharmaceutical industry, and those who are not engaged in the pharmaceutical industry feel that they are at a loss. However, I want to tell you that you should take a long-term view, because although we are only supporting the pharmaceutical industry today, it is actually a good start for the development of other industries supported by the imperial court in the future. As long as we can make this start, it will be like a flood bursting the levee, we have made a hole in this huge levee, and then as long as we have the first opening, the next one will be like a flood to break this huge levee. ”

"I'm afraid that there will be a precedent for everything, and once there's a precedent, it's easy to do it again. Originally, the imperial court would not support businessmen, but now that it has openly supported the pharmaceutical industry, since it can support the pharmaceutical industry today, it is also a precedent. With this precedent, tomorrow we will also support some businessmen in other industries for other needs, so that we can develop further. Therefore, it is very important for us to set this precedent, so I hope that everyone will not be particularly hostile to the pharmaceutical industry because the imperial court supports the pharmaceutical industry. Because the contradiction between us businessmen is still a secondary contradiction, not a major contradiction. We should take a long-term view and not invert this secondary contradiction with the main contradiction. ”

Shi Bufan introduced these, so that those businessmen also understood this truth. This is because we have to figure out the main contradiction and the secondary contradiction, and when the main contradiction arises, we must put aside the secondary contradiction for the time being. This major contradiction and secondary contradiction are actually a very important theory. Only when the main contradiction and the secondary contradiction are clearly understood, can we really figure out the direction of our own decision-making. As a collective and a class, the most taboo thing is to not be able to understand the main contradiction and the secondary contradiction, and once the direction of this contradiction is confused, the consequences will be unimaginable. The Song Dynasty is also one of the biggest tragedies, twice mistaken in the main contradiction and the secondary contradiction, first Lianjin destroyed Liao, and lost half of the country. Later, the Mongols again destroyed Jin, which led to the rise of the Mongols and the occupation of China.

Zhang Peng immediately said: "Shi Langzhong, I want everyone to be doing is reasonable. Since we cross-shared, we can already guarantee that everyone is both prosperous and loss-making, and we will not be so short-sighted. We have cross-shareholding, then we have ensured our stability, there will be no problems. ”

Shi Bufan also nodded, because many people in each family held cross-shares, which ensured that the businessmen could unite. In particular, these businessmen would not be so short-sighted, because the main contradiction in the current era is that the businessmen unite against the government and against the government controlled by the noble class. In this totalitarian era in ancient times, merchants had to unite in order to ensure wealth and profits, and the main contradiction between merchants and the landlord class was the main contradiction. And the internal struggle between the businessmen is only a secondary contradiction, as long as the difference between the main contradiction and the secondary contradiction is clarified, then there will be no problem in making a choice.

Many people make mistakes in decision-making, which means that they do not understand the difference between the main contradiction and the secondary contradiction. And as long as the main contradiction and the secondary contradiction can be clarified, then in terms of decision-making, it is already invincible. Therefore, Shi Bufan believes that the "Theory of Contradiction" is definitely a very important philosophical thinking, and that judging the main contradiction and the secondary contradiction through the method of dialectics is a truly excellent philosophical and decision-making method.

But then, Shi Bufan continued: "How is agriculture lately? Are you still cultivating the land? ”

Someone replied: "Yes, we also intend to continue cultivating the land so that we can guarantee that we can harvest more." At present, the rice flowers have begun to smell fragrant, and this year is another good harvest. This year, many states and counties in our north have adopted the cooperative method in Shilangzhong, and many states have begun to change the past method and adopt the cooperative method, so that grain production can be greatly increased. We will definitely have another good harvest this year. ”

But Shi Bufan hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, it can't be like this!" I believe that the next step is to reduce production and take the initiative to reduce grain production in order to ensure the stability of food prices. Remember, take advantage of this year's slack time, let the people plant some cash crops, learn some techniques for planting cash crops, and start planting cash crops next year. If you continue to grow grain next year, you will definitely lose a lot, and then you will die without a place to bury. ”

Shi Bufan hurriedly discouraged the people from continuing to grow grain, and this year may be the year in which the northern grain harvest will reap the greatest grain benefits, because if grain continues to be planted next year, the consequences will be unimaginable. Especially Shi Bufan, who already knows that the warehouses of Taifu Temple, the "Food Bureau" of Datang, are already overwhelmed. In fact, in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, there was no shortage of food, on the contrary, there was a lot of food. If you continue to grow food, once Taifu Temple can't digest it quickly enough, it will also become cheap and hurt the farmers.

In particular, Shi Bufan adopted a new planting method, which gradually transformed the small farmer economy into the economic model of the cooperative farming company. Although on the surface this land is still attached to ordinary people, in fact the land has been used intensively and has become the property of the agricultural reclamation company. And this land has become a means for everyone to "take shares", and it has long ceased to be a small-scale peasant economy. In the future, grain will be a commodity, and since it is a commodity, it must abide by the law of commodity value. Once the grain is cheap and hurts the peasants, the interests of the peasants will be very huge.

Shi Bufan remembered the story of the textbook "Three or Five Buckets of Rice Overcharged" that he had studied, which told about local merchants and foreign merchants working together to exploit Chinese farmers. However, Shi Bufan clearly saw that the good quality and quantity of foreign rice crushed the grain prices of the local people, resulting in an overharvest of grain, resulting in an increase in production but not an increase in income. In fact, in the final analysis, this increase in production is also the law of the market. The story of "Collecting Three or Five Buckets of Rice" is actually in line with the basic economic laws. Foreign grain production is of good quality and low cost to transport. However, the high cost of grain cultivation for local farmers will definitely not be an advantage.

In fact, if it is Shi Bufan, in that "story", the most effective way is to take the initiative to raise tariffs and raise foreign grain import tariffs, so as to safeguard the interests of local farmers. However, the background in that "story", not to mention it, the tariffs are not in their own hands, and naturally the interests of local farmers are damaged.

However, since Shi Bufan can decide here, he must also advocate taking the initiative to reduce grain output and plant cash crops, so as to avoid damage to the interests of farmers.

"As far as I know, the governor of Nankang Prefecture, Shi Liu Xun, has sent people to Nanyue by boat to find a rice seed called Champa rice. And this kind of Champa rice with three crops a year, once it is introduced back, then our Jianghuai Plain, as well as Jiangnan and other places can also have three crops of rice a year! Three-crop rice, you think clearly, so that once the whole of Jiangnan has three-crop rice, and our cooperatives are used to cultivate it, then we will inevitably ......."

If a large amount of grain is planted in the south of the Yangtze River, the price of grain in the northern Central Plains will inevitably plunge into the ground. At that time, it was inevitable that production would increase without increasing income. Once this Champa rice is introduced back, it will be a huge blow to the grain industry in the north, so of course they will be afraid. What's more, this is a three-season rice crop, and the grain in the Jiangnan area alone can completely collapse the entire grain price.

"So you see? Do I believe that with Liu Xun's ability to do things, it is entirely possible to introduce a large number of this kind of Champa rice back within half a year. We can even open up a trade route from our Datang to South Vietnam, and once the price of grain plummets at that time, you will definitely lose a lot. And I will also take the initiative to ventilate with the wealthy families in Jiangnan, so that they can plant in a planned way, so as to ensure the common interests of all of us. However, our current population in Datang is not enough to digest so much food, so we must find a way to change our planting thinking, and we can ensure that the interests of Shuangfa can remain stable. Shi Bufan said.

Shi Bufan persuaded these people in the north to plant some cash crops instead, so as to take the initiative to reduce grain output and maintain food prices from plummeting. Shi Bufan will not be naïve enough to think that the lower the grain price, the better, because the grain is cheap and hurts the peasants, and the low grain price does not mean that it is a good thing. In particular, more than 90 percent of the people in a country depend on food for survival, so he thinks that low food prices will be a good thing.

Some later generations thought so strangely, and directly saw that the price of grain in the Tang Dynasty was very cheap, and thought that the people of the Tang Dynasty were very happy. However, it completely ignores the fact that at least eighty percent of the people in a country are farmers who cultivate grain, and once the price of food is too cheap, is that really a good thing? If the price of grain is too low, it means that more than 80 percent of the country's population will lose all their money and will suffer the consequences of being cheap and hurting the peasants.

Therefore, low grain prices are not an absolutely good thing, and it is not a joke that grain is cheap and hurts farmers. Some people feel that the peasants' grain prices are too low and sad because of the story of "Collecting Three or Five Buckets of Rice", but they also hold that the grain prices in the Tang Dynasty are very low, and they pat their heads and think that the people of the Tang Dynasty lived very happily.

Hehe, once the price of grain in a country dominated by agriculture is too low, it is very miserable, but the price of grain in the Tang Dynasty was too low, but it was "very happy"? It doesn't make sense, it's completely the national mentality, and I don't even understand the basic economic foundations! In the early Tang Dynasty, the agricultural population accounted for at least 90 percent, and the peasants at the peak of the economy in the middle period would not be less than 80 percent. If the lower the grain price, the happier it is, then why does the state still set a protective price for grain purchase to protect the interests of farmers?

Shi Bufan learned these things when he was in middle school, so Shi Bufan had to take the initiative to advocate cutting grain output to avoid the consequences of grain cheapness hurting farmers. Only in this way can we maintain the continued development of the country, otherwise the people will lose confidence in the corporate model of cooperatives and cause the disintegration of the collective companies of the cooperative model after the grain is cheap and hurtful to the peasants.

(To be continued.) )