"Dare to ask Brother Yu what is the economic base that determines the superstructure?"

Before entering the room, Zhu Houzhao couldn't wait to ask Yu Fei.

Yu Fei looked at Zhu Houzhao in surprise, he didn't expect this famous naughty genius in history to have such a vicious eye, and he could find the most important thing in his strategy.

After thinking about how to express the other party, you can understand, after all, if you explain it directly to the other party in modern terms, there will definitely be more questions.

After a while, Yu Fei said:

"The economic base is to pay taxes in other words, and if a country wants to do things, it must have money, and where does a country's money come from? Naturally, it is tax, and a healthy country can know the basic situation of each region through taxation. ”

"For example, if a country wants to fight a war, does it have to have money and food, and the economic foundation is the basis for whether you can fight this war? Only with a certain economic foundation can we better formulate national policies and laws. ”

Zhu Houzhao thought about it and continued to ask:

"Then if it is clear that the people have money, but the court has no money, why is this?"

Yu Fei smiled and replied decisively:

"Then the country is already sick."

Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, and said:

"Are you sick?"

"Please sir."

As he spoke, he got up and bowed to Yu Fei, how dare Yu Fei accept it, and hurriedly got out of the way:

"Brother Zhu doesn't have to be like this, he will definitely know everything."

"Okay, please ask Mr. Yu for advice."

Yu Fei secretly praised the wisdom of this prince in his heart, from the beginning of Brother Yu to the current Mr. Yu, the transformation is so natural, it is very human.

"From ancient times to the present, except for the Qin and Han dynasties, when the national strength was the strongest, it was basically after the founding of the country, and when the second emperor succeeded to the throne, the same was true of our dynasty, Brother Zhu knows why?"

Zhu Houzhao thought about it and said carefully:

"Because the second emperor is more powerful?"

Yu Fei laughed, shook his head and said:

"Naturally not, there are many powerful emperors, such as the first emperor Xianzong, who pulled the Ming Dynasty out of the edge of the abyss, isn't it powerful? But when it comes to national strength, whether it is national strength or military strength, it is far from that of Emperor Taizong. ”

"Brother Zhu, do you know why?"

Zhu Houzhao shook his head decisively, looking like I don't know, you are talking.

Yu Fei smiled and continued:

"That's because at the beginning of the founding of the country, after the chaos in the world, the strength of the world was reduced to the weakest time, the country was strong, the emperor gave an order, no one in the world dared to disobey the yang and the yin, and the power could be used in one place, which was the invincible sweep."

"But with the passage of time, as long as there is a slightly weaker emperor in later generations, the power of the family will begin to rise, and the power of the family is strong, and it is inevitable to seek power, and the pace of the family's pursuit of power has its limit, and after reaching a certain limit, the desire to pursue power will be transferred to the delusion of pursuing eternity."

"And if you want to be rich forever, land and manpower are indispensable, so the land annexation will become more and more serious, and after the land annexation, the free people who originally paid taxes to the imperial court and served as conscripts will slowly disappear, and the power of the state will naturally be weak."

Zhu Houzhao nodded thoughtfully.

"I see, then why is Qin and Han different?"

Yu Fei smiled and said:

"Because at that time, there were no clans, only nobles, and the world had just been unified, and the people's hearts were uncertain, as the first truly unified country, Qin's main contradiction was to clean up the people's hearts and unite the people of the six countries into one."

"And the Han inherited the Qin system, and naturally inherited the problems that the Qin had to face, why did the Han Gaozu have such a high status in the evaluation of historians? It is because Gaozu swore that he would not be the king unless he was surnamed Liu, otherwise the world would fight against him, and this oath would suppress those ambitious people, and the Central Plains truly completed the unification. ”

After thinking about it, Zhu Houzhao asked:

"What does Mr. Yu mean is that the problem of Daming today is still a land issue?"

Yu Fei nodded and said:

"This is natural, this is also a big problem for generations, and it is basically impossible to completely change, so I proposed to open sea trade and increase commercial taxes to alleviate the embarrassment of the Ming Dynasty."

In fact, Yu Fei still has a whole set of ideas behind him, but he himself knows that this method will never be used by the current Hongzhi Emperor, so he didn't write it, but just roughly wrote some ideas in it, but he didn't mention the specific plan.

Zhu Houzhao praised sincerely:

"Sir, what a talent."

Yu Fei smiled and didn't answer this, these things, as long as he is a time-traveler who knows a little bit about history, he can talk about the truth, but in fact, he is really not a great talent, he just stands on the shoulders of giants, so he looks taller.

The two chatted until it was getting dark, Zhu Houzhao reluctantly left, and Master Mu Binmu, who had been protecting Zhu Houzhao on the side, couldn't help but praise Yu Fei for being really lucky.

In the next few days, Zhu Houzhao came to Yu Fei every day to ask questions, and Yu Fei also knew everything, this country has suffered too much, if Zhu Houzhao becomes the emperor in the future, he can remember what he said a little, and can change a little, it will naturally be better for the people of this country.

And Yu Fei also remembered Zhu Houzhao's untimely death, and after thinking about it, he taught Zhu Houzhao the four formulas for the introduction of the Quanxin Heart Method, these four formulas, as long as he sleeps, according to his practice, he has the effect of increasing muscle and strengthening the body, although there must be a lot of advanced martial arts in the palace, but the Quanxin Heart Law is the authentic sect of the world's Xuanmen, and naturally has its own uniqueness.

And Zhu Houzhao has been courteous to Yu Fei since that day, although Yu Fei insisted on not accepting it, but he couldn't make Zhu Houzhao not salute.

On April 28, after participating in the Qionglin banquet held by the imperial court, Yu Fei had a month's vacation for the new branch jinshi, and when the time came, he returned to the ministry to report, and he could prepare for the assignment of official positions.

Yu Fei didn't plan to mix in the court, so after attending the Qionglin banquet, he handed a piece of paper to the Ministry of Rites, claiming that he was ill and wanted to return to his hometown to recuperate.

The new science and technology jinshi has not yet been conferred an official, and now it is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites, so if Yu Fei wants to pretend to be sick, he can only hand over the music to the officials of the Ministry of Rites to present it on his behalf.

Such trivial matters naturally could not reach the emperor, so they were handled directly in the cabinet, and Yu Fei's test paper was personally corrected by Liu Jian, the first assistant of the cabinet, and naturally knew that this scholar, because what Yu Fei said was really bold, so he also had a profound image of this student.

After seeing that this somewhat deviant student was going back to his hometown and was not going to be an official, he agreed directly without thinking about it, but Li Dongyang, who is also an auxiliary minister of the cabinet, agreed with some of Yu Fei's opinions, and it was a little pity.

On May 1, Yu Fei was about to leave the capital, but when he was about to come outside the city, he was suddenly stopped.

Turning his head, it turned out to be Zhu Houzhao who shouted to him while running, Yu Fei hurriedly stepped forward a few steps to support Zhu Houzhao and said:

"Brother Zhu, this is?"

Zhu Houzhao took a breath before saying:

"Mr. Yu, Gu Nai is the prince of the dynasty, Zhu Houzhao, and Mr. Xiangbi have long known."

Yu Fei nodded, and Zhu Houzhao continued:

"Mr. has great talent, but he is not appreciated by his father, it is a pity to be lonely, Mr. rest assured, after the lone succeeds to the throne, he will definitely look at Mr. three times, and ask Mr. to help Lone govern the world."

The story of the Three Kingdoms in the Ming Dynasty was quite popular, and this Zhu Houzhao must have heard a lot, and even compared Yu Fei to Zhuge Wuhou.