Chapter 82: The First Debate Tournament of the Tang Dynasty (12)

In Lin Feng's view, the four reform measures of taxation, officials, soldiers, and businessmen belong to the three categories of politics, economy, and military respectively, which basically summarize the places that need to be changed urgently in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and are also the most direct and effective breakthroughs to promote the further prosperity of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Li Jing finished reading, and there was silence at the scene, and everyone was savoring these measures. Li Jingsui looked around, and when he saw that no one took the initiative to speak, he opened his mouth and said:

"Now, let's move forward with the first measure of the resolution, which is to benefit business. Since its establishment, there have been few wars in Nantang, and the peaceful and stable domestic and foreign environment is conducive to business development. When His Majesty consulted with us, he also believed that commerce was a shortcut to the end of the country's strength. I believe that you are all well aware of the convenience that business development brings to your daily lives. I don't know what you think of my Nantang Lishang initiative? ”

Business first and then farmers, soldiers before officials, easy first and then difficult, this is also the strategy set by Lin Feng when he discussed with Li Jing and Li Jingsui yesterday.

"The old minister agrees." Sikong Li Jianxun, who was about to return to his hometown some time ago, took the lead in saying, "Listening to King Qi, the old minister roughly calculated in his heart, only in the old minister's study, there are products from 16 of the 34 states of my Datang Dynasty, although many of them are not purchased by the old minister, but you can get a glimpse of the richness of my Datang products and the development of commerce." ”

The old minister's humorous remarks hinting at his bribery immediately caused a burst of light-hearted laughter from the audience.

"The old minister agrees." Situ Zhouzong continued. The Zhou family was originally a big family that was rich because of business, so they naturally supported this policy very much.

"The ministers agree." The other ministers nodded in agreement. In the entire Southern Tang Dynasty, because of the encouragement of commerce and the high prices in the capital, every court minister's family was directly or indirectly involved in all kinds of business, and naturally there was no objection to it as a source of family funds.

"Still disagree?" Li Jingsui asked with a smile.

"The minister has some opinions." A petty official wearing a cyan official robe said with a little trepidation, it was Liao Jusu, who had been thinking about the disadvantages of benefiting business from the beginning, preparing words, working hard for a long time, and finally accumulated enough courage to speak.

Hey, who is this eight-nine sesame petty official? Among the people, except for a few people such as Lin Feng who could guess that he was Liao Jusu, everyone else didn't know him.

"You should be Liao Jusu, the school scrivener recommended by Lin Feng, please speak." Li Jingsui's face was gentle, and he encouraged Liao Jusu to speak boldly with smiling eyes.

"Xiaochen believes that the development of commerce is beneficial to the country and the people. However, since ancient times, it has been the nature of businessmen to pursue profits, and the development of commerce has reached the extreme, and they will think that there is nothing in the world that cannot be sold, even the world and the country. In the Qin Dynasty, LΓΌ Buwei was a merchant until he controlled the Qin dynasty. If we do not guide the development of commerce, the common people of the world will abandon agriculture and go to business, and the social atmosphere will inevitably become worse and worse in pursuit of profits, which may be detrimental to the stability of our DPRK. Liao Jusu was a little restrained at first, but the more he spoke, the more fluent he became.

Sure enough, he has vision, insight, and courage. Lin Feng secretly praised in his heart, worthy of being a loyal minister who admonished him with his body. These views are not new and outstanding, but it is indeed a dedication to the country to dare to be fearless and direct to attend such a big scene for the first time with a humble body.

"Lord Liao is extremely worried. Please explain the follow-up measures. Li Jingsui pointed to Lin Feng. Hearing Li Jingsui's approval, there were already many people at the scene who regretted that they spoke too late, they were too used to speaking in order according to the size of their official positions, and they didn't admit that they would let a nine-grade petty official rob the jackpot this time.

Lin Feng got up again and said with a smile, "Lord Liao is thoughtful. His Majesty and King Qi had already thought about these drawbacks, and ordered the villain to think of follow-up measures. According to Lin's understanding, there are two things that Lord Liao is referring to, one is the constraint on businessmen, and the other is the constraint on business.

Since ancient times, it has become a trend, and it is better to block than to sparse. Lin Feng now puts forward a few ideas for your reference only. The first is to implement the credit law at the same time as the implementation of the market law throughout the country. In addition to punishing illegal acts such as counterfeiting and fraud in accordance with the law, the incidents are recorded in the credit record, regularly summarized, and announced to the world, so that the good can be praised and the evil can be punished, so that the good can walk freely in the world, and the evil can not move an inch.

The second is to implement the Commercial Lord's Law. Appropriate tax reductions and incentives will be given to businessmen who support charitable acts such as running schools, building farmland and water conservancy projects, and subsidizing poor people, and at the same time, they can be awarded titles without actual honors according to the amount of donations.

The third is a general idea, which has not yet been fully determined. His Majesty and the King of Qi intended to introduce the power of merchants and merchants in the process of opening up their territory to the outside world, and to use future expectations as the payment method, so that powerful merchants could participate in the financing of military rations, military funds, ordnance and other links. ”

"That's not right. A businessman, a mercenary person, how can he be easily knighted? What's more, war is a major matter of the country, how can the conquest of the country be pinned on a group of villains? Inappropriate! Inappropriate! The speaker was Li Zhenggu, the deputy envoy of the privy envoy, he had a relatively calm temperament, and he didn't come out at the beginning, this time he felt that he had finally grabbed Lin Feng's handle, got up and said.

After speaking, he looked around proudly, and found that many people agreed with his statement, and they all nodded lightly, and their hearts were even more determined.

"Master Li, don't worry. Lin Yilang just explained the idea first. Now, in accordance with the rules of procedure, we will take one agenda item at a time. Let's start with credit law. What do you think? Li Jing came out and continued to preside over the overall situation.

"This law is good. People can't do it without trust, and the lower officials believe that the credit law should not only be implemented in business, but even extended to all daily behavior. Xiao Yan stood up and said.

Suddenly, a voice of approval sounded.

Lin Feng carefully observed the subtle expressions of the people in the field, but he was secretly sighing in his heart, credit is a big problem. Credit problems may seem inconspicuous, but they are one of the foundations and invisible adhesives of this society, and they are often the first of the domino long chains. Once a country and society begin to be untrustworthy from top to bottom, everything will accelerate and slide into the abyss, and no one can recover it.

In Lin Feng's eyes, the Chinese dynasties have been reincarnated in the inertia cycle of the establishment of the new dynasty - the heyday of development - stagnation - rapid collapse - the overlap of war - the establishment of the new dynasty. Credit should be one of the safety ropes.

Let's start with business, and let credit become the most significant feature of the vigorous development of Nantang business! Lin Feng secretly swore in his heart.