The people work all year round, and most of the harvest is actually given to the state, leaving a small part of the food they depend on for survival. If the harvest is good, these are reasonable, but if the disaster happens, there is no guarantee. However, the tax revenue of the state cannot be reduced at will, because the expenses of these people in power who need to be supported are too large, and the lack of tax revenue means that their quality of life will be reduced, which is not allowed.

While enjoying the fine clothes and food, we must also beware of the wealth creators who are about to starve to death to understand the mystery, and once they understand this truth and rebel, the country will suffer from turmoil. And the people may want to take this wealth back from those in power who sit back and enjoy the fruits of their work, which is unacceptable to those in power.

Regarding Sima Hongyan's words, Shen Chengjun smiled extremely disdainfully, he changed his sitting posture and said: "The girl's words are really a woman's opinion, very shallow. What do the common people have to say about improvement and innovation? Not to mention the impetus of the country's economy? The girl's statement is novel, but it is also strange! It is ridiculous and generous to say that the ignorant people are the foundation of the country. Sage Cloud: Pu Tian is not the king's land; The shore of the land is not the king's minister! Everything in the world belongs to the emperor, and the prosperity of the country is also the merit of the emperor, what does it have to do with ordinary people? Looking at the five kingdoms in the world standing side by side, that territory was not brought by the emperors of various countries through thousands of dangers? The people are nothing more than sitting back and enjoying the fruits and sharing the blessings of heaven.

The meaning of the girl's words just now is to promote the education of the people, but do you know that if you are shy and have no food or clothing, even if you read a lot of books, what is the use? Once there is a local disaster and the people are displaced, it is not necessary to rely on the state to allocate money and food to provide relief in order to let the people live. For many years, if it weren't for the emperor's grace and the generosity of the treasury, I am afraid that the commoners of the world would have starved to death and froze to death three or four times out of ten.

However, no matter how abundant the treasury is, it cannot afford to sit on the endless poor people, so it is necessary to cure poverty to save the people. Only by respecting the royal road, obeying the king's orders, making contributions to the country, and getting the country out of hardship, is the right way to govern the world! ”

Listening to Shen Chengjun's impassioned praise of the royal family, Sima Hongyan secretly said in his heart that this person really had a full servile heart, and couldn't help but smile.

Shen Chengjun saw that Sima Hongyan actually let out a charming smile, and he didn't know what it meant, so he listened to Sima Hongyan and said: "This son is really good, but it's all big words, empty words, and clichés, it sounds full of reason, but in fact, he can't help but scrutinize it at all, except for flattery, there is no practical effect at all." If you use your methods to govern, let alone the country, I'm afraid you won't be able to manage even a prefecture or town. ”

Knowing that Shen Chengjun was the law enforcement officer of Dongning Kyoto, Sima Hongyan deliberately pretended not to know and embarrassed him. Sure enough, Shen Chengjun changed color a little when he heard this, and interjected with a sneer: "The girl is really bold in speaking, for the sake of you not knowing who I am, I won't blame you!" ”

Sima Hongyan said: "Doesn't the son believe my words? Then I'll solve this son's puzzles! First of all, I want to say that you didn't understand what I just said, so your argument from the beginning was very different from mine. It is only natural that people have to work in exchange for wealth, but you don't understand what people have to work with! ”

Seeing Shen Chengjun's disapproving face, Sima Hongyan said: "Maybe this son hasn't worked since he was born, right?" The clothes have always come to stretch out their hands, and the food to open their mouths, I guess the son probably doesn't even know how much a bag of rice weighs in the official grain! ”

This was a bit ironic to say, Shen Chengjun's face sank, and he wanted to speak, but after thinking about it, he really didn't know how much a bag of rice weighed in official grain, so he muttered in a low voice: "I'm not from the household department!" ”

Although the voice of this sentence was small, it was still heard by Sima Hongyan, she smiled again, and said: "As far as I know, Dongning's official grain is forty-six catties a bag, if this son doesn't believe it, you can go to the household department to check it after you go back." ”

Sima Hongyan's successive taunts made several other players who were watching the game a little unbearable, and one of them even laughed out loud. Although the assistants standing next to him didn't smile, they could see on their faces that they had been trying hard to hold back, and it was really hard.

Shen Chengjun has always been used to being praised by others, and no one has ever laughed at him like this in person, and when he heard being ridiculed by everyone, his face became more and more ugly.

Sima Hongyan said at this time: "The words are a bit far. I continue what I have just said, that the work of the common people has gradually changed from the primitive work by strength to the work of the mind, and what is lacking is the aid of knowledge and knowledge. That's why I said this boy didn't understand me! ”

Shen Chengjun really didn't understand the meaning of Sima Hongyan's words, not only him, but also several other racers didn't understand. Shen Chengjun couldn't help but ask, "How do you say this?" ”

Sima Hongyan said slowly: "The so-called relying on strength in the past, and now relying on the mind means that the people no longer blindly only use their hands, and they will create various instruments that are convenient for production according to the accumulated labor experience to improve their labor output value." After hundreds of years, the population of the world has been increasing, and if we still stay in the labor method of relying only on a hoe, I am afraid that everyone in the world will be starved to death. ”

After a pause, Sima Hongyan saw that everyone was listening to her carefully, secretly satisfied, and continued: "The population is getting bigger and bigger, but the land is so big, how can we pay the country's taxes without increasing the output value?" How can you keep so many people fed? That's what I just said about improvement and innovation. The people are constantly improving their tools, reducing man-hours, expanding the output value, and many tools to replace manpower have been born in the right time, which has led to the abundance in our granary. I don't need to explain all of this, but if you go to the private sector after returning to your hometown, you will naturally understand. ”

Seeing a few people nodding silently, Sima Hongyan said again: "But this is far from enough, this prince also mentioned just now that if you encounter a disaster, you will have no harvest, and you need the help of the imperial court to get through." But on the other hand, if we can resist disasters and avoid disasters, what kind of scene will it be? ”

Every year, the five countries will encounter disasters to varying degrees, which will greatly affect the country's tax revenue, which is a reality that cannot be solved for many years, and the disaster relief funds have been continuously allocated over the years, which has long become a headache and unavoidable problem for the emperors of the five countries. The emperor is naturally not better off being a courtier, and the light ones must reduce their income, and the heavy ones must go to the disaster area to send money and food. At this time, the court is complaining.

This problem, which no one could solve, was brought up by a little woman in the Five Nations Competition, and listening to her tone, it seemed that there was a way to deal with it, which immediately attracted everyone's attention. There was silence in the venue, and they all pricked up their ears and listened carefully, lest they miss a word.

You must know that if you can really solve the big problem of the disaster, it will be of great help to your own national development.

Even Sima Hongyan's opponent, Dongning Shen Chengjun, couldn't help but want to hear what Sima Hongyan had to say, and when he saw Sima Hongyan's words stop, he immediately followed: "I want to hear it in detail!" ”

When Sima Hongyan said this, knowing that her words had completely controlled the opponent's thinking, she said unhurriedly: "In fact, the people have been thinking about this problem for many years, but they have been suffering from the limitations of their knowledge and ability, and they have not been able to find an effective solution. ”

After looking forward to Sima Hongyan for a long time, Shen Chengjun immediately felt like he was being played, and couldn't help but interrupt Sima Hongyan and said: "After talking for a long time, the girl just wants to say that because the people have not read and have no education, this problem still cannot be solved, right?" ”

Sima Hongyan said: "This son is an official, right?" The temper of an official is not a little patient, and I was rudely interrupted by you before I finished speaking! If it weren't for each of you, would you have condemned me? As soon as Sima Hongyan said this, Shen Chengjun immediately realized that he didn't have the right to lose his temper at the other party, but he couldn't control it and snorted heavily.

Whetting everyone's appetite, Sima Hongyan said: "In fact, there are already a variety of plans to deal with disasters among the people, and what I am talking about is a plan to deal with various disasters. But because of the limitation of knowledge, some plans are good, but they can't be put into action! ”