When everyone was young, they had the dream of scolding Fang Xuan and pointing out the country, but unfortunately, after growing up, most of them were defeated by reality. And Wu Jiugong not only had dreams, but even had the opportunity to turn his dreams into reality, if his road to the imperial examination had not died because of his broken leg.

He used to think that in his life, because of his broken leg, it would be like this, and he couldn't see the future and hope, but after cooperating with Lin Jin, especially after the Chamber of Commerce won Luzon, Wu Jiugong's heart swelled with ambition and pride.

Although Luzon is not as big as Daqin, it is still a problem compared to a state capital in Daqin. More importantly, many parts of this site have not been developed, and its undeveloped area is not like some areas in the northwest of Daqin, because it is barren and the input and income are not proportional, so there is no development value.

Chen Sheng and Wu Guang shouted back then, "Princes and generals, would you rather have a kind?" This sentence has planted a seed in the heart of every reader, although it may not be a rebellion, but most of them have done the idea of being the prime minister and becoming the emperor's right-hand man. It's a pity that in real life, not to mention becoming the first assistant, even if it is a feudal official, it is an unattainable dream for many officials in their lifetime.

And these, here in Wu Jiugong, are not a problem. Luzon is his back garden, as long as the chamber of commerce is operating normally and can continue to make money, he can do whatever he wants about the people's livelihood. It can be said that because Luzon exists as the experimental base of Wu Jiugong, although Luzon has only been in the hands of a few years, Wu Jiugong's governing experience is far greater than that of those who have served in the local government for more than ten years, decades, or even a lifetime.

Originally, Wu Jiugong's policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business in previous dynasties was correct, but judging from the development of Luzon in recent years, he didn't think so, but except for Lin Jin, a bosom friend, he couldn't say it to others.

At this moment, he couldn't help but say: "Don't look at me from a merchant family, but you know, I originally planned to take a career in office, so I can't help but look at the problem from another angle." Because of this, before I got acquainted with you, I actually always felt that businessmen were a factor of instability in society, and that it was right for the imperial court to suppress businessmen and to emphasize agriculture and suppress businessmen, but unfortunately reality taught me to be a man, and it turned out that my previous understanding had always been wrong. ”

Lin Jin shook her head, "It can't be said to be wrong, it's just that there is something wrong with the policy of the imperial court." There is nothing wrong with being agriculture-oriented, but it does not mean that doing business is wrong. The Song Dynasty faced the two powerful enemies of Jin and Western Xia, and paid them so many annual tributes every year, and supported the ever-expanding number of Xiang troops every year, and also provided for the royal family and officials, etc., where did many expenses come from, and it was not from commerce.

It's a pity that later generations don't look at the advantages of the commercial development of the Song Dynasty, and even blame the cause of its demise on the commerce of the Song Dynasty, and I really don't know what to say. ”

"In fact, if you take a closer look at the changes of dynasties and dynasties, you will find that it is entirely a problem that arises when the population and the means of land production do not match, which leads to their demise.

In the early days of the establishment of the dynasty, even the poor people could get land, so at this time, the dynasty began to develop steadily; In the middle of the period, as the population increased and the gentry annexed the land, the land began to run out of land. But the life of the people is barely alive. In the later period, most of the land was concentrated in the hands of the scholar class, and the original people had no land, and the newly born could not get the land. Then the whole world began to fall into a scuffle.

War is the best way to reduce the population, and then after a few years of fighting, a new dynasty will be established. By this time, the population had been reduced to the point where almost every common person had enough land to feed their families, and as a result, the world was stabilized again. Then, with the stability of the world, the population began to grow again, and slowly fell into the previous cycle again, thus starting a new round of dynastic change. Therefore, in this world, whoever does it will face this key problem, that is, if the problem of eating for the people of the world cannot be completely solved, then this dynasty will eventually collapse one day. ”

Whether it is Emperor Zhengxi or King Fujun, they have received the top education in the world. However, when it comes to the question of the change of dynasties, no matter which gentleman comes to teach them a lesson, when it comes to the demise of dynasties in history, they all blame the virtue of the emperor, because they are not virtuous enough to lead to the death of the country. Although they did not believe it all, when they read the history books, they found that the words and deeds recorded by the last emperor of each dynasty in the history books were perverse, so they could not refute the conclusions given by the gentleman.

After Emperor Zhengxi became the emperor, he felt that this matter might not be so simple, but as for the root cause of the fall of the dynasty, he only had a vague understanding, but what he said seemed to be separated by a layer and could not be said. Hearing Lin Jin's words today, he pierced the layer of window paper that separated him from the correct answer, and he suddenly realized.

Wu Jiugong thought for a moment, clapped his hands and praised: "Yes, yes, you really got to the roots." After thinking about it, he sighed and shook his head, "Unfortunately, even if you know the correct answer, it's useless, this question is not solved." ”

Lin Jin refuted unconvinced: "Who said that? Yes, there is only so much land in Daqin, and the production cannot feed the growing population, but it does not mean that the imperial court cannot alleviate this problem. ”

While taking the basin between her and Wu Jiugong, she stacked it on another plate, and drew a map of the world on the table, while saying, "You have seen the globe from the Western Ocean, and you should know that there is a lot of vast land beyond Daqin. These lands, growing crops, have two crops a year, and there is no problem at all with three crops, so as long as Daqin sends a fleet out and brings back grain a few times, he can solve the problem of Daqin's annual grain shortage. ”

Speaking of the fleet, Lin Jin remembered the imperial court's policy of "moving the border and forbidding the sea", and couldn't help but complain: "The brains of those rotten Confucians in the imperial court don't know what to think, just because the coastal areas of Daqin are rampant, so they stupidly set the stupid policy of moving the border and forbidding the sea." ”

Back then, Emperor Zhengxi was a supporter of the strategy of "moving the border and forbidding the sea", but now when he heard Lin Jin's complaints, he couldn't help but change his face. King Fujun also knew about this, and when he saw that his face had changed, and he was about to say something, Emperor Zhengxi made a "silence" gesture and asked him to continue listening.

"Defending the enemy outside the country, or fighting out, on the surface, it seems as if the former has taken advantage. In fact, the latter is the right way to do things. According to statistics, there was a Song Dynasty, and the victory rate of foreign wars was even close to seventy; The winning rate of the Han and Tang dynasties in foreign battles is only three or four percent. However, when we talk about the Han and Tang dynasties, the first impression is that they are strong, while the Song Dynasty is weak. This is because the Han and Tang dynasties fought abroad, and they were all fought out, even if they were defeated, they were on other people's territory. The Song Dynasty, on the other hand, met the enemy at its own doorstep, so as long as the victory rate was less than sixty percent, then the country would be destroyed. ”

Hearing her words, Wu Jiugong pondered for a moment and said, "What you said is easy, but what if we hit the Wa Kingdom?" That place in the country of Wa is very poor, there is no production, it is not worth it, it is not worth it. ”

Lin Jin retorted: "Who said it wasn't worth it? The Wa Kingdom is rich in silver. Besides, even if there is no output, aren't there still people, so many projects to be done by the state every year, and the people are recruited to serve, which can be completely replaced by Japanese people. Moreover, although it has always been said that there are Japanese bandits, but in addition to the Japanese on the coastal border, Western bandits are also increasing day by day. Isn't the reason why this is the case because we are not effective in rectifying the Japanese bandits, and if the Japanese are completely eradicated, do you think those Western bandits will not come? Killing chickens and making an example of monkeys, do you understand? ”