Spring is the season of sowing, and autumn is the season of harvesting. China has been an agricultural country since ancient times, and has experienced more than 1,000 spring sowing and autumn harvests since King Ping moved eastward.

Ancient historians believed that history is composed of a series of events, and each event has its cause and effect, and the cause of one event is often the result of another, so the cause of the event is equivalent to spring sowing, and the result of the event is equivalent to autumn harvest; Just as the seeds harvested in the current year are sown in the spring of the following year, the result of an event in the current year can also be the cause of an event in the following year. Therefore, ancient Chinese scholars tend to refer to history as "Spring and Autumn".

Yun Ye insisted that in the Spring and Autumn Period, people began to really think about their own world and the environment they were in, so their thoughts were wild, and many ideas were very creative and romantic.

However, this sentence is also the other way around, that is, many of the ideas of the ancients are interesting and fun, but they are absolutely not operable, and the great man of later generations also said that he was crossing the river by feeling the stones, and wanted to find a suitable path for the Tang Dynasty from the "Spring and Autumn Period", which is tantamount to asking for blindness.

Just as the Tang people couldn't imagine the excitement of the later generations, the people of the Spring and Autumn Period couldn't imagine that there would be such a powerful country as the Tang Dynasty in the later generations, so their suggestions were not instructive to the Tang Dynasty.

Li Er has returned to Beijing, the heavy snow has not melted, his Luan driver has arrived in the capital, as the general who actually guards Chang'an, Yun Ye must go to report to the emperor what he has done these days, especially the eldest grandson Wuji urgently needs Yun Ye to explain why there are so many personnel transfers.

Li Er didn't go back to the palace, and went directly to the Kaiyuan Gate, which was not far from the palace, and walked to the wall, Li Er pointed to the sixteen snowflake heads that were still hanging on the city wall and asked, "You killed them all?" ”

"Military law is merciless!" Yun Ye bowed down and replied.

"Dugu plotted to kill all the remaining people?"

"One hundred and six people did not survive."

"Did you ask anything?"

"Nope. Di Renjie was investigating, and as a result, all the people were killed by Yunzhonghou. ”

Li Er walked back and forth a few steps in a big coat and asked Yun Ye with a smile: "I heard that you have been reciting "Spring and Autumn" recently, and you can't release the scroll, do you have any flavor when you read it?" ”

Wechen is holding "Spring and Autumn" and reading it as a storybook, Wechen thinks. The account there may be helpful for being a man, but for governing the country, Weichen feels that it is of little use. ”

"Oh?" Li Er glanced at Yun Ye in surprise, and said with a smile: "What a high vision, King Wen is detained and plays Zhou Yi and Zhong Ni'er and makes Spring and Autumn, such a university question can't be looked down upon?" Doesn't the old story of the Spring and Autumn Five Tyrants have no reference significance for Datang? ”

Yun Ye smiled and took out a scroll of Spring and Autumn from his sleeve and showed it to Li Er, Li Er took it and flipped through it casually a few times, then closed the book and waited for Yun Ye to explain to him.

"Your Majesty. After Mr. Jin Zhu's research, he learned that the original author of "Spring and Autumn" was not Confucius, but the historian of Lu State, the history book of Jin State is called "Cheng", the history book of Chu State is called "Han Zhu", and the history book of Lu State is called "Spring and Autumn", the full text is 18,000 words, and every word is beautiful. This is not something that Kong Qiu can do alone, and he has been a historian of the Lu State. That's why there is such a fallacy.

As for the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons you mentioned, the country of ten thousand times, what does His Majesty think such a country is in my Datang? Lend Weichen 10,000 Tang Dynasty soldiers, and he will be able to defeat the enemy within ten days, if he can't, please behead Weichen. ”

"Ha Lu Ha ......" Li Er laughed loudly, pointed his finger at Yun Ye and said, "You didn't have such arrogance when you were a teenager. When people reach middle age, why do they become arrogant? ”

Yun Ye said with a smiling face: "That's because Weichen has no way to compete with Sun Wu face-to-face. So you might as well talk bigger, at least you can smile at it. ”

Li Er laughed louder and louder, and Yun Ye grabbed a handful of remnant snow that had been covered with soot from the city wall and held it in his hand, letting it slowly melt. So that I can be more sober.

"People, if you violate the military law, you will be killed if you kill it, you are a general, this is a common thing, during my absence in Chang'an, you did a good job, Qingque hid in the study, the queen has lived in the deep palace for a long time, you are in charge of Chang'an's affairs alone, and you can also notice the small things that happened in Kaiyuanmen, which can be regarded as diligent. There's nothing to say about this, I just want to know what your opinion is on the formulation of the "Commercial Law" this time.

Originally, you were supposed to go to Jiucheng Palace and stay in Chang'an, but this time I want to put aside you, a person who is very familiar with Shangjia, and see the true ability of the officials of the Tang Dynasty. Now, it's time to ask for your opinion, if there is anything you want to say, just say freely, this is the city wall, only you know it for the monarch and ministers, tell the truth! ”

Yun Ye suddenly threw the remnant snow in his hand far away and said, "Of course the minister has something to say, he can't help it, who determined the thirteen taxes and one?" Don't you think the door to businessmen is too open?

Why does it have to be thirty years? Shouldn't business taxes change anytime and anywhere? Since the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the commercial tax has indeed changed many times, and the eight taxes and one have indeed passed, but the thirteen taxes and one are too loose.

The agricultural production of the Tang Dynasty is called the first threshold of all commerce, because the people's labor has a surplus, which breeds commerce, and uses their own extra things to exchange for what they lack, which is the case in ancient times.

The birth of a hoe has to go through mining, mineral processing, iron smelting, and building these four links, each link will have the participation of businessmen, and only then will the hoe reach the hands of farmers. The role of the merchants is to speed up the flow of goods, so we allow them to make a certain profit from them. In fact, commercial tax is a means to restrain businessmen, firstly, they are not allowed to earn too much profit, and secondly, part of the profits earned by businessmen are taken out and used for the national economy and people's livelihood, that is, to give back to the people.

A hoe can not earn too much profit, otherwise the farmer will not be able to afford a hoe, will affect agricultural production, under the vicious circle, then there will really be a situation where all the people are business, at that time, it will be a disaster for the country, everyone will not produce, all to buy and sell. There is no value in such a deal.

You are consciously encouraging the businessman, the nature of the businessman is to make profits, and once there is a proper profit, the businessman will be emboldened. If there is a 10 percent profit, it is guaranteed to be used everywhere; With twenty percent profit, it becomes active; With a 50 percent profit, it takes a risk; For the sake of 100 percent profit, it dares to trample on all human laws; With a profit of 300 percent, it dares to commit any crime, even risking hanging its head!

Therefore, your majesty, peeling and pulling grass can't stop the ambition of merchants. ”

Li Er looked at Yun Ye in surprise and said, "I thought you would fully support the businessman, what you said is also Wuji's argument, why are you saying the same thing as Wuji this time?" ”

"There is still a difference between the minister and the servant, the servant is simply abusing the businessman, and the micro-minister wants to restrict business and not let him lose supervision, the two are not the same."

"Peeling the skin and pulling the grass can't stop the ambition of the businessman?"

"I can't stop it, the saying that people die for money and birds die for food makes sense."

"Cool officials like Dugumou can't stop their ambitions?"

"As long as it is the rule of man, there will always be loopholes to exploit."

"That's why you asked Xue Ren's soldiers to enter Talas?"

"Yes, Wechen hopes that Datang's commerce will flourish in an orderly manner, but the money of businessmen is not allowed to become a weapon to split the country. There is nothing more important than a united nation. ”

Li Er looked at Yun Ye gently, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder and said, "You are right, there is nothing more terrifying than a divided country, your sage books have not been read in vain all these years, loyalty to the country is more meaningful than loyalty to the emperor." ”

After finishing speaking, he took off his fur coat and draped it on Yun Ye's armor, then turned his head and left, and when he was about to reach the city pass, he stopped and said, "Hold on!" ”

After Li Er left, Yun Ye felt that his back was soaked, and he was blown by the cool breeze, and he shivered twice in a row. It was already very difficult to talk to Li Er, and he knew that he was constantly adjusting his policies now, and at this time, Li Er desperately needed the Shang Jia class to stand on the same front as him, and no one could have any contact with Shang Jia except him, especially the Yun family, an emerging family.

He Shao's recent unruliness is to put it bluntly, the emperor is behind his back, otherwise, if he is given a thousand dares, he will not dare to say half a hard word to the eldest grandson Wuji, if something goes abnormal, it will be a demon, and Yun Ye also thought through this layer just now. Behind He Shao is not the crown prince, but the emperor's .......

Entering the palace, the eldest grandson was drinking lotus seed soup, and when he saw Yun Ye asking the palace maid to fill a bowl for him, he waited until Yun Ye drank the lotus seed soup before asking: "Your Majesty invited important ministers to have a banquet in the Wanmin Palace, what did you do in the Liangyi Palace?" ”

Yun Ye smiled and said: "It's still the matter of the Sixteen Kings, they have arrived in Qinzhou, and they will enter Chang'an in half a month, Weichen and His Majesty mentioned this matter, and His Majesty said that this matter was decided by Niangniang, so Weichen came to listen to the will." ”

Yun Ye knew what the emperor meant, he just wanted to completely turn the affairs of the sixteen kings into a family matter, only in this way could he cut off everyone's princes with peace of mind, and hand them over to the queen is nothing more than to prepare a house for them and raise them as fat pigs, so that not only can they deter the prince outside now, but also show the world how merciful the emperor is.

When he walked out of the Liangyi Palace, Yun Ye looked towards the northeast corner of Chang'an City, where there were a series of mansions, which would also be the residence of the sixteen kings, and the queen was very generous and rewarded them there.

It's just that the so-called "royal mansion" is just a villa-level cell, although it is magnificent, with small bridges and flowing water, five steps and a pavilion, and ten steps and a pavilion, their every move is always under the surveillance of the eunuchs, and they can only obediently stay in their own mansions to complete. (To be continued......)

PS: Section 2