"My lord." Hearing that Ji Ping was going to implement the salt affairs official camp, Yuan Ji was the first to bow to the ground and said urgently: "The salt and iron official camp is a move to compete with the people for profit, if there is chaos today, the lord's move is afraid of losing people's hearts, so think twice!" ”

"Competing with the people?" Ji Ping snorted, stood up, and said, "For two hundred years, salt and iron have been privately owned, and what is the situation today?" The rich have no land, and the poor have no place to stand! But they don't know that this salt and iron are private, where does the people benefit? ”

"Salt and iron are private, but they are fat and powerful!" Ji Ping didn't wait for Yuan Ji to tell, and rebuked: "Nowadays, many big families, local heroes, families, no country, and no public heart, especially in the year of famine, raise prices, causing the people to have a poor livelihood, and the world is in chaos!" However, they were self-sufficient in salt and iron, recruited troops and accepted the people, and formed a country of their own and collected their own taxes, resulting in the emptiness of the imperial court's Si Nong's treasury and their inability to provide relief to the victims. ”

"Therefore, the world is in chaos, half of it is in the salt and iron private sector!" Ji Ping's words were merciless, and he pointed out the essence of the so-called "competing with the people" for a while. In any case, salt and iron are the lifeblood of the country, and it is really not suitable to be controlled by local tycoons.

Yuan Ji's mouth moved, but he was powerless to refute.

In fact, they also know that the salt and iron official camps, unified management, and avoiding price hikes by the powerful are more beneficial to the ordinary people, and the only damage is the interests of the big families and local heroes, and it is the greatest interest.

Ji Ping is by no means the son of heaven who grew up in the deep palace, and he doesn't seem to be the kind of lord who is obsessed with benevolence and righteousness, he is even more of a decisive master, he sees it so thoroughly, Yuan Ji doesn't dare to say more.

At this time, Lu Zhi looked sad and said in a deep voice: "My lord, since ancient times, only by ruling the world with virtue, educating the people, and benefiting agriculture can we achieve long-term peace and stability. ”

Lu Zhi's meaning is very simple, the imperial court should set an example for the people, educate the world, emphasize virtue over profit, if the imperial court will be salt and iron official camp, that is, to participate in commerce, will lead the people to follow, chase profits, and give up agriculture, lead to a lack of food, the world is in chaos.

This is also the consistent position of Confucianism, emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business, and advancing the basics and retreating from the end.

Ji Ping said disapprenously: "The imperial court's control of salt and iron, stabilizing prices, and macroeconomic regulation and control are the great benefits of benefiting the people of the world, and it is the supreme virtue and the work of a gentleman, otherwise what is the use of the imperial court?" What is the use of a hundred officials? What is the use of the Son of Heaven? As long as the mission is done properly, the people will naturally know it. ”

Lu Zhi's face was groaning.

"Agriculture is the foundation, and businessmen are the end, but you can't advance the foundation and retreat to the end, you just need to re-invest in the end." Ji Ping said again: "The tax of heavy commerce, enriching the treasury, leveling its profits, so that there is no profiteering; The endowment of light agriculture makes the people happy to plough and the four seas rich. ”

"Pay attention to the rule of virtue, so that business does not pass useless things, work does not make useless tools, agriculture and industry, the pillar of the country, are indispensable, all belong to the king's land, are educated, so the world is self-determined."

This is also Ji Ping's concept, businessmen also accept education, pay attention to integrity, do not sell those useless things, such as the future generations, a few pieces of broken moon cakes and a hardcover, is thousands, which has lost the original meaning of business exchange.

He knew that Confucianism had always advocated emphasizing righteousness over profit, and it was even more difficult for them to support business, but he just relied on the core doctrine of Confucian education, only saying that businessmen were also common people and should also be educated.

As for whether it can be indoctrinated, it is a matter of Confucianism.

Hearing Ji Ping say this, Lu Zhicai bowed down and said, "So, Zhi seconded the proposal." ”

Ji Ping breathed a sigh of relief, if he didn't even accept Lu Zhi, I am afraid that the pressure on the implementation of the policy would be greater, fortunately, Lu Zhi is not that kind of rotten Confucian, after all, he has fought a war, and he will not think that he can calm the world by simply educating with morality.

This was also an advance of Confucianism in the late Han Dynasty, after a hundred years of exhibition, Confucianism was integrated into the bureaucracy, participated in the governance of the country, and gradually integrated the original theory into the governance of the country.

In fact, there was a large-scale discussion about the controversy over the salt and iron official camp during the time of Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty fought for forty-four years, and the treasury was empty, so he reused Sanghong sheep, collected salt and iron into the official camp, and collected military funds. After the death of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, his son Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty was in power, because of the years of war, the country has been unbearable, the people are everywhere, and the people are very resentful.

In order to win over the hearts of the people and restore the way of recuperation and recuperation of Emperor Wen, Huo Guang summoned more than 60 representatives of virtuous and virtuous Confucianism and the rich people of the world from all over the country, and launched a debate with officials of Sang Hongyang's family on whether salt and iron were official or private, and the topic of debate was to "ask the people about their sufferings".

As a result, Sanghong Yang failed, abolished the salt and iron official camp, and turned it into a private enterprise.

In fact, the people's suffering, and the salt and iron private relationship is not big, the root cause is that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was too poor to redeem the army, fought for 44 years, and made the people's livelihood wither, Sang Hongyang is also capable, in this case for more than 40 years of economic development, there have been no major problems.

However, in order to collect military funds, Sang Hongyang in addition to the salt and iron private, but also engaged in a very damaging policy, it is this policy that caused the people to have great resentment against him, even the salt and iron official camp was also implicated, was used by the local tyrants, seized as a private enterprise, and even in the Later Han Dynasty, even in the Later Han Dynasty, even the collection could not be recovered.

This very damaging policy, called the Reckoning Decree and the Confession Order, is actually a method of imposing property taxes on wealthy businessmen and powerful people and cracking down on tax evasion.

The decree stipulates that except for officials, three elders, and knights of the north, no matter what occupation they are engaged in, as long as they have money, goods, cars, and ships, they must levy property tax, which is five times the proportion of taxes paid by merchants in the past. As soon as this order came out, all the rich people competed for money.

Then there was another order to sue him, and those who dared to sue were rewarded with half of the confiscated property.

These two decrees were carried out for three years, and most of the merchants above the middle level were accused, confiscated a large amount of property, thousands of slaves and maids, and even more fields, hundreds of hectares in large counties and more than 100 hectares in small counties, and almost all of these merchants were bankrupt.

Because of this, Sang Hong Yang was deeply used by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but the rich merchants and ordinary people hated Sang Hong Yang, so in this debate, Sang Hong Yang failed, and salt and iron were classified as private.

Interestingly, in this debate, Sang Hongyang believed that there were still Xiongnu in the north who were still in the north and needed to be defended by the army, so they needed salt and iron official camps to enrich the military resources of the government treasury.

And many Confucian scholars believe that the salt and iron official camp should be abolished, and the country should be ruled by virtue, and if the enemy is not satisfied, he will cultivate virtue and morality, and the country will be rich and clear, attract the enemy to come, and then educate them, let them live in peace, and everyone will live together very well.

Ji Ping scoffed at this, this is indeed a beautiful ideal, but throughout thousands of years of history, there are almost no people who have been deterred by force and let the enemy surrender, the richer you are, the more the enemy covets it, after all, it is better to put it into production with you, it is better to grab it directly, this is also the way of life of most nomads.

Fortunately, Lu Zhi is not this kind of rotten Confucian.

At this time, Lu Zhi suddenly spoke again: "The lord won't make the order of calculation and suing, right?" ”

It seems that Lu Zhi was also frightened by Sang Hongyang, Ji Ping smiled and said: "This is naturally not, it is considered to be the property of the people, and the heart of the people is disturbed, I am determined to appease the people, how can I do such a stupid act." ”

Lu Zhi nodded, and said: "The lord's move will definitely attract the opposition of the world's powerful people, and you need to think about it slowly, not in a hurry." ”

Ji Ping said with a smile: "Salt and iron, the lifeblood of the country, must be controlled by the imperial court, if there is chaos today, it is also a good opportunity, this national policy, we occupy one place, and implement one place." ”

Lu Zhi thought about everything, and he suddenly understood an important reason why Ji Ping did not reveal his identity as emperor in Luoyang, I am afraid that it was this salt and iron official camp. If Ji Ping proposed it as an emperor, he would inevitably be opposed by the princes and ministers, and the decree would be difficult for the states and counties, because the previous emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty had tried.

But Ji Ping is now starting from one state and one county, which is easier to implement.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhi couldn't help but admire Ji Ping even more, this sixteen-year-old boy was not only able to charge the battlefield, but also had far-sighted strategic thinking and political means.

He didn't know that in fact, as early as in the palace, Xun You proposed this construction to Ji Ping, occupying Hedong and controlling the salt affairs, which was tantamount to the salt affairs official camp.

Seeing that Lu Zhi nodded and seconded the proposal, Yuan Ji, Wu Qiong, and Zhou Yu also seconded it, and as for the other generals, they were all laymen in this regard.

But at the end of the seat, the young man opposite Xu Huang was thoughtful, looking at Ji Ping, a hint of color flashed in his eyes.

The matter was decided, Zhang Liao and several other generals went to pacify the war in the counties, and Ji Ping took Lu Zhi, Yuan Ji, Wu Qiong, Zhou Yu, Dian Wei, as well as Xu Huang and the young man, and followed Guan Yu's army south.

In Ji Ping's words, in order to govern the county well, we must first understand the situation at the grassroots level, and Ji Ping took them this time to understand the customs and people's livelihood in Hedong County.

Along the way, Ji Ping chatted with everyone about the situation everywhere, walked a way, and suddenly remembered something, so he pointed to Lu Zhi and smiled at Guan Yu on the side: "Yun Chang, have you ever heard of Lu Zhonglang's name?" ”

Guan Yu saluted Lu Zhi: "Lu Zhonglang, is my brother's teacher, a good minister of the country, and people at home and abroad, Yu often heard my brother mention it, and I have admired him for a long time." ”

Lu Zhi was stunned: "But who is not Brother Yun?" ”

Ji Ping laughed and said: "Liu Bei Liu Xuande, presumably Lu Zhonglang will not be a stranger. ”

Lu Zhi stroked his beard and sighed: "I don't want Yun Chang to be the brother of Xuande, although Xuande is not good at reading, it is difficult to become a great Confucian, but he is indomitable, brave and strategic, Hongyi is generous, he has been under my door for fifteen years, and he has not seen him for more than ten years, but he doesn't know where Xuande is?" ”

Ji Ping said with a smile: "Now I have three counties, Shangdang County is too shou Xunyou, Hedong County is too shou Lu Zhonglang, and Hanoi is Liu Bei Liu Xuande, presumably I will come to visit Lu Zhonglang soon." ”

Lu Zhi was taken aback, and then sighed: "I don't want Xuande to be under the command of the lord, and he is even more entrusted with a heavy position, non-Zhi claims to be self-proclaimed, the lord's knowledge is good at making good use of people, good ministers and fierce generals, all of them are elites, better than the first emperor, the people of the world are hopeful, and the Han family can be prosperous." ”

At this time, the young man who followed the crowd suddenly showed a look of horror in his eyes.

Soon, Xu Huang beside him also reacted and looked at Ji Ping in shock.

They all guessed something from Lu Zhi's mouth, "First Emperor". r1152

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