Zhu Houzhao, an authentic native of Beijing, is called a powerful man when he rises up the mountain. If you don't know the details of this product, you may be fooled.

The corners of Jian Ning's mouth rose slightly, leaned forward slightly, and always maintained a polite smile and listened carefully, which made Zhengde feel very enjoyable, and he consumed the shrimp wontons in his stomach in a short time, so he simply didn't leave, and stayed at Jian's house for dinner.

"Cowpea roasted eggplant, this is the famous dish of your hometown?"

Zhengde really can't figure it out, how can this eggplant still be eaten like this? Paired with cowpeas?

Jian Ning nodded, "We all do this for eggplants there, this is my improved one, add a little meat foam, it feels more delicious." ”

Zhengde took a bite and nodded, "It's really delicious." ”

Glancing at the desktop, he howled, "Jian Yunshu, didn't I give you a lot of things?" Why don't you even have meat on this table? ”

Originally, Zhu Houzhao would definitely have to take care of it if he stayed here to eat, but Jian Ning hinted that Zhang's mother would deal with it as usual, adding two small meat and vegetables.

She did this with deep meaning, and she already had a light diet, and after the initial period of hunger, the taste of her diet returned to the same as in her previous life. The essence of foodie is to eat delicately, not big fish and meat.

"Your Majesty, isn't this all meat?"

Jian Ning pointed to the dishes on the table, "There is meat foam in this cowpea eggplant, there is also meat foam in this steamed egg, and this fried river shrimp with white beans and this braised fish, but they are all meat dishes." ”

"You eat this on weekdays?"

Zhu Houzhao's eyes widened, "No wonder he is as thin as a quail, how can this be considered meat?" Braised mutton, braised pig's trotters, and sauce ribs can be counted as meat. ”

"Ugh."

Jian Ning sighed, "Your Majesty, do you know that the people's daughters are already better than the average landlord's family?" The hometown of the folk girl is also a rich land, and it is a place where rice is produced, but like this, many families can't eat polished rice, and the average landlord may eat polished rice once a day, mainly brown rice on weekdays, not to mention meat in the dish. ”

She pointed to Zhang's mother, "They have a good life in the hometown of the people's daughters, and there are more ways out in the city, but even so, it is impossible to eat rice at once, and eating meat can only be eaten during the New Year's holidays. When His Majesty came today, the folk girl also deliberately dropped a few drops of sesame water (sesame oil) in these dishes, which she was reluctant to eat on weekdays. ”

Zhu Houzhao's expression couldn't help but be heavy when he heard this.

"Can't ordinary landlords eat white rice at once?"

Jian Ning nodded vigorously.

"Jiangnan is so rich, and the people are still living like this, and that remote place ......"

His voice lowered, and the excitement of winning the courtiers in the past few days was swept away.

yes, what if he wins them this time? This world is his world after all, and it is the fault of the monarch that the people are having a bad time, so what is he proud of?

"It's all useless."

He put down his chopsticks, and was bored, "I was enlightened at the age of four, read the subset of the scriptures at the age of ten, and heard a lot of things in history. Alas, where is this the fault of the people? It's all the king's fault. People are going to starve to death, how can they be loyal to the king? ”

Thinking of the rebellion not long ago, he suddenly felt panicked. The crown prince, who was too well protected, became the co-ruler of the world before he was ready, he was not ready to become the leader of a country at all, and he felt powerless in the face of the intricacies of the situation.

Drunk and dreaming of death, rebellious and domineering, he is just paralyzing himself. Not long ago, the peasant uprising gave him a hard blow, and he was terrified to find that he might be left behind for 10,000 years and become those negative teaching materials in the history books, which will be criticized by future generations from time to time.

Fear, fear, he was surrounded by such emotions these days, but he didn't know how to deal with it. The benefits of opening the sea, collecting commercial taxes, and re-measuring the land are obvious, all of which he got from reading history books, but an ancestral system crushed him to death, he was not the opponent of those courtiers at all, even those who supported him persuaded him not to sabotage, so he had a grudge in his heart, and simply gave up on himself.

"Isn't Your Majesty already in action?"

Jian Ning said: "If Your Majesty is successful, if the inner treasury has money, it is equivalent to the treasury has money, and everyone in the world is looking forward to eating white rice, and who can stop Your Majesty from enterprising?" ”

"Huh?"

Zhu Houzhao was stunned and said: "I thought about blackmailing the courtiers with this, but I also have some doubts, do they really have to eat this?" ”

"This world belongs to His Majesty and to all the people, and all the people support His Majesty, no matter what he is, he will be crushed by all the people."

Jian Ning's expression was faint, but the words he said made Zhengde feel infinite strength.

"Your Majesty only needs to let all the people live a good life, Your Majesty's words are the true words of destiny!"

Jian Ning looked at Zhu Houzhao and said sentence by sentence: "For example, Your Majesty takes 100,000 yuan out to do sea trade, and the inner court does not mention it for the time being, and what does it take to build a ship?" Do you need wood, manpower, and all kinds of raw materials? Which of these things doesn't promote production? ”

"Production?"

"Yes! Everything in this world is made from nothing, and our ancestors drilled wood for fire, and harvested hemp for weaving, all of which can be understood as production. Your Majesty thinks about it, is it because of the improvement of these technologies that our lives have changed step by step? Otherwise, what is the difference with the savages? About production, the folk girl will tell you in detail later, and now the folk girl wants to tell you how much of a role your 100,000 taels of silver will play and how much the people will benefit. ”

Zhengde was surprised, "Isn't it me doing business?" What benefits can the people have? At most, when I was in trouble, I put the money down. ”

Jian Ning took a sip of wine, thought for a moment and said, "That's a direct benefit, and an indirect benefit." For example, as far as the women know, the wood used in shipbuilding requires special treatment, which involves many industries, such as the paint used for waterproofing. In order to get this, someone has to harvest, and in this way, the harvester has an income. The harvester sells the goods to the consignee, and the consignee pours the water out, and the consignee makes a little more ......"

Zhu Houzhao frowned, he seemed to understand a little but didn't understand too much, and hurriedly said, "Go on." ”

"This is still waterproof paint, Your Majesty might as well broaden your thinking, think about every part of the ship, even the canvas, which one does not need to be made by people? And that's just the boat. The things made in the inner court are extremely beautiful, and they have a royal effect, so they are naturally the best of the things for sale. But has Your Majesty thought about it, people are divided into three, six, nine and so on, even barbarians.

It can't be that every barbarian uses such a beautiful object, right? They always need ordinary things. Therefore, His Majesty could start with the things made in the inner court, and then put the manufacture of ordinary objects into the people, and let the merchants of each square come to bid by clearly marking the price, and the winning bidder must sign a contract, such as a limit on the minimum wage of the person employed, and various security guarantees. ”

"I kind of understand that when the trade becomes bigger, more labor will be needed, and the landless people will have a way to live, and they will be able to live a good life. It's just that I don't understand, why do I have to stipulate how much money they give to their guys when they entrust the manufacturing of objects to private merchants? ”

Jian Ning pursed her lips and smiled, "It is the nature of businessmen to pursue profits, and there must always be some restrictions, and they must not be allowed to exploit too much and reduce the enthusiasm of the guys. Moreover, in this way, the people will only remember His Majesty's kindness, and will not end up with everyone only remembering the good business and looking at His Majesty's kindness. ”

Zhu Houzhao pondered. This made Jian Ning a little surprised, why did this little kid suddenly become deep?

"That's not right, Jian Yunshu."

Zhengde shook his head again and again, "According to what you say, what do I earn?" And all of them have gone to work, what should I do with the land? No one planted it! And what is the benefit to the country? ”

"That's why Your Majesty has to collect the business tax of these merchants! You don't need more, just pay 30% tax, otherwise don't come to take this job. And one of the thirty percent of the tax goes to the inner court, won't Your Majesty make money? ”

Jian Ning said lightly: "As for farming, hehe, does Your Majesty know how many people I have?" Not everyone is willing to leave the land to work, so there is no need to worry that there will be no one to plant it. In addition, if you have money, you have to improve farm tools and renovate water conservancy, and if a court does not live for the people, it is only a matter of time before it perishes, and every bit of thought must be used on the 'people'.

She looked at Zhu Houzhao again, "Your Majesty wants to become the first emperor of the ages?" ”

Zhu Houzhao shuddered, and said secretly in his heart: "I'm very happy that I can have one-tenth of Taizu's ability, the first emperor of the ages?" Compared with Emperor Qin and Han Wu, isn't this Nizi crazy? ”

He looked at her, and he suddenly found that this usually cold person seemed to have a faint fire in his eyes at this moment, he didn't know this look too well, but he could faintly feel her expectations for himself, and this recognition suddenly made him proud!

There are still people in this world who are looking forward to me Zhu Houzhao to make a career!

He pressed harder, "I thought to myself, and asked Yun Shu to teach me!" ”

"The people don't dare to be the emperor, they just live at the bottom and have some feelings."

Jian Ning said modestly and continued: "Your Majesty, what Minnu just said is just the tip of the iceberg. His Majesty's 100,000 taels are far from being so useful. Your Majesty, please think, if you had money, would you want to pull some fabric to make clothes? Then eat something delicious and buy something for the family? ”

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and said: "If you have money, even if you don't eat it, you have to buy something for your family." ”

"That's right. ' When the people have money in their hands, they will naturally have to spend it, and when they spend, it will drive the catering industry and the cloth and garment industry...... If Your Majesty's plan is implemented, as long as the previous example of ten taxes and three is successful, then the court's resistance will be much smaller, and the business tax may be successful. When the state has money, it can build bridges and pave roads for the 'people' and provide disaster relief. And when the roads are repaired, it will also promote the development of commerce, and then the money will continue to flow......"

Speaking of this, Jian Ning smiled contemptuously, "If anyone opposes it at that time, Your Majesty can ask Gonggong Liu to check it out to see if these people are colluded by officials and businessmen, and they have great interests, so they oppose the opening of the sea and the collection of business taxes......