"Your Majesty, this is what Lord Jingwen asked me to give to you, this is about the content of the 'One Whip Law', please review it!" Yang Jia showed Li Shimin the content of this whip method.

And Li Shimin saw this content, especially the content about the exploitation of the people by grain merchants and silk cloth merchants, and immediately threw this document to the ground.

"Bastards, these profiteers!" Li Shimin said angrily.

Li Shimin is really angry, because the policy that Datang has been implementing now is to cultivate life and recuperate, but the cultivation and recuperation did not have a corresponding effect, but was used by those profiteers. If it weren't for Jingwen pointing it out below, I'm afraid Li Shimin wouldn't have known until he died. Li Shimin actually didn't know much about business, so he couldn't imagine that more taxes in kind would cause this result. Now the beneficiaries are all businessmen, which makes Li Shimin very angry. Although the cultivation of life and recuperation has had a certain effect, it has not had the greatest effect, and those "dividends" of cultivation and recuperation have been swallowed by this gang of profiteers, can this not make you Li Shimin angry?

"Go and call the two servants of Fang Du!" Li Shimin said.

Soon, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui came immediately.

And Fang Xuanling Du Ruhui looked at the content of this whip method, and was also surprised. They were not really from poor families since they were young, so they did not understand this method of exchanging silk cloth between merchants and peasants. And they don't know much about business, so they can't find out about it at all. And maybe some people can find it, but they can't change it, which has to be said to be a tragedy. And Zhang Juzheng found out back then, but at that time, the country was already difficult to return, and the reform only belonged to prolonging life, not saving the country.

But if this continues, the merchants and gentry will become more and more greedy, and in the end it will be the peasants, who account for more than ninety percent of the world's population, who will suffer. Once the interests of ninety percent of the world's population are seriously damaged, it may be time for them to rise up.

"Your Majesty. This must be changed, just do it according to Jingwen's meaning. If you don't change it, then I'm afraid that more than 300 state capitals in the world will be like this. At that time, the imperial court did not get any benefits, and the benefits went into the hands of those grain merchants and silk cloth merchants. In this way, we are afraid that we will have to bear the blame for them. Du Ruhui said.

And Li Shimin immediately asked: "Do you want to punish these profiteers?" ”

But Fang Xuanling also shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, I still don't want it." If we use this to punish the profiteers, then we will offend all the grain merchants and silk cloth merchants in the world, and then we are doomed to be thankless. Moreover, Jingwen also said it. Businessmen seek profit, and this is understandable. It's our strategy that's wrong, so we have to find a way to change it. Even if we punish the profiteers, it is a symptom rather than a cure, and someone will always take the opportunity to take advantage of this loophole, after all, we can't punish all the grain merchants and silk cloth merchants in the world, right? Therefore, if we want to cure this problem, we must find a way from our government. As long as we find a way to solve this loophole, then others will not be able to take advantage of this loophole. ”

Fang Xuanling pointed out that it is not a good way to punish profiteers. Because of the 300 percent profit, the capitalists dare to trample on any law. Although this may not have a 300 percent profit, can it still punish those businessmen for this crime? Moreover, even if it can be cured for a while. I can't clean it up for a lifetime. As long as the interests in this are still there, then everyone will be tempted. Therefore, it is necessary to change from the government side so that this loophole can be closed. This would also address the root cause of the problem.

"Then I will order, and the government of the world will follow Jingwen's method, what do you think?" Li Shimin said very anxiously.

"Your Majesty. Wait! In fact, this is also a reform and change, and since it is a reform and change, it is not appropriate to order the whole country to change it at once. When the integration of officials was implemented in Chang'an, didn't Jingwen say it? The best way to reform and change the law is to first choose a place to conduct experiments, and if it works, it will be gradually expanded. If it doesn't work, the loss will only be one place, and it will not affect the whole country. If there is a vigorous reform and reform, it often ends in failure. Why, it's not because of inexperience, plus the national is like throwing a frog into boiling water, and it rebounds all at once. If we come from one city to another, then we can gradually extend the trouser pocket, like boiling a frog in warm water. Fang Xuanling said immediately.

Jingwen once mentioned to Li Shimin and Fang Du, the two prime ministers, that the best way to reform and change the law is to choose a place as a special zone, and then gradually implement new policies, and then let the world see it. If it is implemented well, it can be implemented gradually. And, more importantly, the cultivation of new vested interests. If the law reform is directly implemented throughout the country, I am afraid that new vested interests have not yet been cultivated, and the old vested interests will rebound. In the end, reformers often do not have the support behind them and end up failing.

And if it can be piloted in a certain city and then gradually implemented, the old vested interests are not too sensitive, because it is just a city. However, once it is implemented in a certain city, the representatives of new vested interests will also rise and gradually expand the scope. In the end, the new vested interests replace the old ones who remember the interests, that is, they are in order.

And Jingwen is also a lot of lessons for later generations, because Wang Anshi of the Song Dynasty changed the law, didn't it lack the support of new vested interests, and was finally forced to end? Therefore, since this is a reform, it is natural that it must first be tested in a certain place, and then a means of dealing with those with vested interests should be worked out. Because, if all the grain merchants and silk cloth merchants in the world are unable to get along with this new whip law, then they will definitely oppose it. As for food, clothing, housing and transportation, these two businessmen occupy the word food and clothing, so they have to be cautious. If all the grain merchants and silk cloth merchants in the world rebound at the same time, I am afraid that Datang will be harmful.

"Your Majesty, on the whole, let's let Jingwen try it alone in Mengjin County, and if it works, try it in Luoyang. After that, it expanded again to the whole country. This is the safe way, and it can't be implemented casually across the country! We also don't disclose that this is a change, so who can do what to us? Fang Xuanling said.

"Okay, let Jingwen try it first!" Li Shimin said. (To be continued......)