"You are all well-educated people who are familiar with the epic books of the scriptures, dare to ask how Qianhe was destroyed?" Hearing this, Jian Xubai squinted slightly, and did not answer the rhetorical question.

"There is no way to die because the monarch has no way, and the people are not able to make a living, so the world is like a cloud, and the royal family is overthrown in troubled times." Wei Xi and the others are indeed full of poetry and books, and this kind of question, which is not advanced in the first place, naturally cannot be difficult for them.

"Then why did the former Wei Dynasty perish?"

"It's not much different from Qianhe, Emperor Wei Ai is old and faint, Beirong and Qiu Di are both sharpening their knives, but they are still addicted to wine, belittleing loyal ministers and forcing virtuous people to death, treating the world as nothing, and ignoring the emptiness of the treasury, the hunger and cold, the alien Chen soldiers on the frontier, and the construction of the palace - such a faint monarch will not die the country, who will lose the country?!"

"And Qianyong?"

"Internal and external troubles - since Yongdezong, faint monarchs and tyrants have emerged in an endless stream, the royal family is declining, but the alien races in the northwest are getting stronger and stronger! Xiyong died because of this, and the remnants of the royal family went into exile in the south, and established Dongyong with the support of the Song family and the Su family, but at that time, the Yong family Fuzuo had declined, although the monarch intended to revitalize, but it was unable to return to the sky, and finally died in the hands of recklessness, opening the prelude to the troubled times! ”

Wei Xi replied here, frowning slightly, "What does Yan Hou want to say?" ”

"These are the three dynasties before Darui, although Wei Shangshu summed it up well, I thought it didn't point out the common ground, and it was also the real point!" Jian Xubai shook his head and said, "In my opinion, although there are various reasons for the fall of these three dynasties, they can actually be boiled down to one word: money!" ”

His tone was flat, "If the treasury of the former He is full, it will be full even if the monarch is scarce. There is no way to be obscene, three days and two heads to pick up beauties, build the palace, Li Shu is still a family can be called a solid family, and every household is well-off, so although they feel sorry for the children who were chosen, but the life can still go on - where are so many people who expose the rod? ! ”

Throughout history, rebellion has always been a high-risk affair.

The vast majority of people, unless their lives are really unbearable, who is willing to wade into such troubled waters?!

After all, even if you are not afraid of death, you have to think about your family and neighbors!

Therefore, the famous family will never take the lead in openly opposing the court, because their family has a big business, and they will turn their faces against the authorities without full certainty, and once they fail, the gains outweigh the losses; Only those common people who do not eat all day long will rebel without saying a word.

After all, they are good citizens, and they don't live a good life, and if they fail, they will die at most.

And if there are not many such people, even if they rebel, they will not be able to become the climate.

"In the same way, if the treasury is full, and the wealth is hidden in the people, the soldiers can be warmed and fed, the spirit is complete, and the sword and bow are strong, and the deep pond is built and the city is fortified - even if the barbarian foreign tribes covet the Central Plains, how much ability can they drive straight into and mess with my clothes?!"

There is no external trouble, no internal strife, just the mediocrity of the upper class, as long as there are still a few people in charge of the government to maintain their clarity, this dynasty, even if it is full of complaints, can continue.

Because even if there are people who can't stand up and don't get enough responders, they are doomed to be unsuccessful.

"That's why after we have paid countless efforts and sacrifices, we can only continue to support the surname Lu to ascend the throne - the people are still grateful to His Majesty Emperor Taizu for ending the troubled times and bringing them peace, and the Lu family has passed on the throne so far, and it is still far from the standard of heavenly anger and resentment!"

Jian Xubai looked around at everyone, his thin lips hooked slightly, and said lightly, "And His Majesty Emperor Taizu rose up to calm the troubled times, is it really to save the world?!" It's okay to talk about this outside, but today we are discussing it secretly, so why do we have to make such cozy words? His Majesty Emperor Taizu, at the beginning, it was purely because life could not go on, so he had to rebel! ”

"The same is true of the Emperor of Qianyong's Emperor Wen Yanzi!"

"They set the foundation of the country and set up a dynasty - and then their descendants gradually became disgraceful, exhausted the blessings, exhausted the treasury, and came to an end."

"Summing up the rise and fall of a dynasty, it can be seen that there is no way around the word 'money'."

"Civil and military officials want to be paid, soldiers want military salaries, palaces and city defenses need silver, and the emperor's own diet and daily life, what kind of money and silk?"

"When the royal family can afford it, they are high and honorable; When they can no longer afford to pay this price, they are the kings of the lost country, the outcasts who have fallen into the dust. ”

He exhaled, "Throughout modern times, except for the royal family that was claimed to be 800 years old in the Middle Ages, the lifespan of a dynasty is often only about 200 years, or even less than 100 years. And the 800-year-old royal family, the real time of holding the bull's ear is only more than 100 years, and after that, it is just a scuffle between the princes, unable to deal with it, and has been struggling to survive! ”

"And we are waiting for the family gate valve, but it has been passed down to this day!"

"Why? While one royal family after another accompanied the collapse of their empty treasury, our treasury was still full - so we have the capital to mediate in the turmoil and continue the wealth and family reputation! ”

"Take a recent example: back then, the Shen and Liu families even lost their ancestral land, and the children of the exiled south, how could they recruit enough soldiers and horses in just over ten years to kill them back to their hometowns and drive out the foreign tribes?!"

Jian Xubai said lightly, "If it weren't for the deep heritage of the Shen and Liu families and the ability to support those two armies, even if the children of the two clans were generals and commanders, when the south discussed the recovery of the north, Donghu and Xiliang might not be the first to be prioritized to be recaptured, right?" ”

At that time, the entire north had fallen, and the locations of Donghu and Xiliang were relatively far away, and they belonged to the hinterland of the fall.

According to the initial consensus in the South at that time, these two places were not in the scope of priority recovery—too far away.

It is impossible for the army to fly over the lost territory with wings in between. So at that time, many people were in favor of fighting steadily and driving out the aliens step by step.

In this way, of course, Xiliang and Donghu will also be subdued, but the speed is obviously much slower.

However, at that time, the main force of the Northern Expedition, the army gathered by the Shen and Liu families, could not listen to such persuasion at all, and in order to avoid the collapse of the talks, the people who presided over the discussion had to accept their request and formulated a march route with these two places as the goal - this route bypassed the current imperial capital - from the overall situation of the meeting, in fact, this choice was not rational.

Because Emperor Darui Taizu took advantage of Shen Liu to take the lead in the north, gathered a group of ordinary people who could not survive, took advantage of the alien races occupying the Central Plains at that time, and was busy dealing with Shen Liu's Northern Expedition, developed and conquered the imperial capital, and stood firm under the banner of "Southern Yingyong Room", and began the hegemony of the Lu family.

And the behavior of the Shen and Liu families was also secretly promoted by Rui Taizu as "having a small family in their hearts, but no world".

After all, they insisted on prioritizing the recovery of their homeland, not the significant imperial capital!

Although this choice is excusable, it is a huge weakness when it comes to competing for the world.

It's just that people are not grass and trees, who can be ruthless?

Those children who were tied to horses and forcibly sent to the south to take refuge when they were facing life and death in their hometown, every day and night in the south, they didn't want to kill Sangzi and take a look at their hometown that they dreamed of returning to at midnight.

When they finally got the military power in their hands, how could they resist this impulse?!

"Money is a very important thing." Su Shaoge slowly spoke, back to the topic, "Among the Shinong industry and commerce, in general, it is true that the trade route has the fastest money - but it is still the same sentence: without the protection of 'Shi', even if the wealth is rolling on the business road, it is often to make wedding clothes for others." ”

"The second son's words are still based on 'business' and as a vassal of 'scholar'." Jian Xubai shook his head and said, "But this is only the current situation, what we have to see is the future." ”

Su Shaoge raised his eyebrows: "Later?" ”

"If the whole world is compared to a ship: the farmer is the hull of this ship, and without the hull, everything is not tied! The taxi is the rudder, grasping the direction of the ship's travel; The craftsmanship of the ship was determined, and the sailing ability of the canoe and the building ship were not the same......"

Jian Xubai paused when he said this, and everyone in the hall urged in unison: "What about Shang?!" ”

"Business is water." Jian met their stunned gaze and emphasized calmly, "Business is water, and the size of the water determines the environment in which this ship is located - whether it is an endless ocean that can be galloped as far as the eye can see, or a puddle that can't even float a paper boat!" ”

"How can it be water?!" At this moment, even Shen Biansheng, who had been silent, couldn't help but speak, "How can Shang be compared to water?!" ”

If business is water, then doesn't it mean that without business, there is no point in scholars, peasants and workers? !

After all, there is no water, what to do with the boat!

But since ancient times, among the four classes of Shinong, industry and commerce, why is it recognized that the most humble merchant is so important that it will be water?!

"Shang is indeed water." However, there is no need to speak in vain, Wei Xi and Su Shaoge glanced at each other, but they both showed a dignified expression, Su Shaoge explained in a deep voice, "There is no merchant circulation department store, no merchant running things from the north and south of the world, isn't this world a pool of stagnant water, how can it be prosperous today?!" ”

"There are no businessmen to lubricate all industries, reconcile farmers and workers, collect idlers, and facilitate daily ......," Wei Xi added expressionlessly, "Even if you have a thousand zhang building ship, how can you set sail?!" can only be trapped on land, looking at the ocean and sighing, there is no place to use! ”

After he said this, he immediately turned his mouth and asked, "But even if the ship is on the vast sea, it is not possible to sit back and relax!" Therefore, the sages are listed at the bottom of the business, isn't it because they are afraid that the water will be big and the ship will be small, which will lead to the disaster of capsizing? ! ”

Why has the imperial court been agriculture-oriented and attached importance to agriculture since ancient times?

The reason is simple, there is not enough food, what do you eat and drink?!

Eating and drinking can't solve it, so what else can we talk about?!

"There is an end to the fields of the four seas, and there is an end for businessmen to go south and north?" Jian Xubai pointed to the ornament on Wei Xi's waist, "The crocus pattern on this, is it something that I originally had in Middle Earth?" Isn't it because of trade with foreign lands that it gradually spread to the Central Plains, and now even the identity of Wei Shangshu is engraved in Meiyu and hung with him? ”

Everyone followed the sound and looked at Wei Xi's waist, it was a simple green jade ring, engraved with entwined crocus flowers around the body - this exotic ornament has been circulating in the Central Plains for some years, and their generation has long been accustomed to it.

If it weren't for Jian Xubai suddenly pointing it out, they wouldn't have thought of it.

"Since ancient times, there has been no shortage of people in the Central Plains Dynasty who are keen to expand their territory, but you should know that not every piece of land is suitable for reclamation." Jian Xubai continued, "The arable land in Middle-earth has been almost cultivated today—but the number of Li Shu in the world is increasing year by year! ”

"I once checked the historical data, even though the imperial dynasty is often gone for more than a hundred years, in the troubled times, due to war, famine, plague, etc., the population will be greatly reduced - but on the whole, it is always rising!"

"The arable land is limited, and there are more than enough people, so where can these extra people go except to enter the taxi, industry, and business?"

"However, there are also limited scholars—otherwise we wouldn't need to worry about the Shu clan entering the court!"

"Not everyone can do work, if you don't have talent, even if you worship a famous teacher, it is difficult to achieve. What's more, the demand for craftsmen in this world is also limited. ”

"So the biggest place for these people is business: the smart self-reliance, the stupid are made by others, and after all, it is also a livelihood."

When he said this, he glanced at Wei Xi, who seemed to be about to speak, "The ancients compared the people to water, and the monarch to a boat. It is the same reason for replacing business with water - businessmen can prosper the country or perish. ”

"And now, when we join forces, we can say that we are rich and rival the country! There are countless trade shops in hand! ”

"We can plan together, monopolize the top and bottom, and control the current - at that time, the ship on the water, where will it go, whether it will be fast or slow, whether it will go or stop, isn't it between our thoughts?!"

"Before everyone notices the future of Shang Jia, it's time for us to put aside our past suspicions and work together - unknown guys, what's the problem?!"

There was a moment of silence in the hall, and Su Shaoge hesitated: "Although this is good, but the status of businessmen is too low, even if the number of people engaged in business increases in the future, I am afraid it will be difficult to change this predicament." How easy is it to overturn the boat? ”

But Jian Xubai understated a word, which made him speechless: "Before the imperial examination came out, although there were occasional Shu people who were lucky to be officials, no matter how high or low the official position was, they were not in the eyes of the scholars. But now, please look at this court, how many high-ranking officials and eunuchs, powerful ministers and ministers, are among my generation?! ”

"At that time, the ancestors we were waiting for would have expected that one day, we, the descendants, would need to put down the high shelf for many years and compete for power and intrigue with these Shu clans?!"

"That's why I'm waiting for today's businessmen to be humble and lowly, thinking that they can't be used, who know that after a few years, businessmen don't have the ability to enter and exit the Ming Hall and influence the government?!"

The hall was silent!

Except for Jian Xubai, they all looked at each other, as if they felt that the thunder exploded in their ears!