Following Zhu Yuanzhang around the screen, Zhu Yuan immediately saw the 'Population Change Trend Chart of the Chinese Dynasties', which was dozens of times larger than his manuscript, and even the various annotations in simplified Chinese were not the same.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood with his hands in his hands and looked at the picture scroll in front of him quietly.

Over the past few days, he has accumulated too many doubts, but after being asked correctly by Zhu Yuan, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know where to ask for a while, so he simply waited for that Xiaoxiu to speak by himself.

Zhu Yuan waited for a while, and then took the initiative to speak again: "Your Highness looks at this picture, does it feel like a one-legged person jumping forward?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't have similar associations before, but after Zhu Yuan's reminder, a corresponding picture appeared in his mind, and he asked, "What's the solution?" ”

Zhu Yuan said: "In the view of the villain, since the Xia Shang Dynasty, the reason why the dynasty of my Huaxia has been changed for thousands of years is that if I am Huaxia, this person only has one leg. Even if you are a one-legged person, how can you move forward smoothly, and you will be bumpy and undulating. ”

The metaphor of the person walking forward on one leg is too appropriate, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the picture scroll in front of him again, although he couldn't immediately understand the joints, but he expected that what Zhu Yuan was going to say next should be to complete the problem of 'the other leg'.

Thinking like this, he turned his head to look at Zhu Yuan, who was standing behind him, and Zhu Yuanzhang pretended to be displeased and urged: "Xiao Xiucai don't have to grind and chirp, give me some benefits." ”

It's not pretending to be elegant at all.

Zhu Yuan suppressed a smile that inevitably appeared, arched his hand and said with apprehension: "Your Highness should have a guess, then, please let the villain tell me, starting with the existing leg." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang also realized that he had just lost his temper, so he put away his expression again and nodded slightly.

Zhu Yuan turned to the picture scroll on the wall and said: "This existing leg can be summed up in one word, called 'li', the so-called 'li', is the invisible rule formed by my China for thousands of years. The rules started from the three emperors and five emperors, through the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, to the Han Dynasty, although Confucianism was respected, in fact, it was integrated with the strengths of a hundred schools, and gradually improved. Until now, from the king to the people, their behavior has been relied upon, and the country has been able to operate and continue to grow. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang listened carefully, bowed his head slightly, and had the idea that there should be someone around him to record the whole process.

And it was not acted upon.

Because I remembered the sentence in Xu Da's handbook before: This is the emperor's learning.

Over the years, Zhu Yuanzhang has read a lot of so-called imperial studies such as "The Book of Shang Jun" and "Han Feizi", but he does not recognize many of the arguments. But at this time, he didn't want others to know about what Zhu Yuan said for a while.

Zhu Yuan waited for Zhu Yuanzhang to digest it for a while, and then said: "However, the word 'li' only determines the aspirations of my Chinese people, but it cannot protect the lives of hundreds of millions of people. And the way of existence is exactly what the villain just said, the leg that China has been missing for thousands of years. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang realized, turned his head and looked at Zhu Yuan again, but did not speak.

Zhu Yuan suddenly changed the subject: "Has Your Highness ever read "Zizhi Tongjian"? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was listening to it, and when he saw Zhu Yuan's words turning, he said patiently and steadily: "I've read some in my spare time." ”

Zhu Yuan said: "Sima Jun wrote "Zizhi Tongjian", hoping that the Song Emperor would 'learn from the rise and fall of the past life and examine the gains and losses of the present', in order to rule the world. However, in the villain's opinion, Sima Junshi's book, the most deserving of the examiner, is only five words. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to be taken away by this little show, but he still couldn't help asking, "Which five words?" ”

Zhu Yuan raised his voice slightly, and said solemnly: "Great hunger, cannibalism!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a while.

Zhu Yuan sorted out the information in his mind a little, and then said: "The "Zizhi Tongjian" started in the twenty-third year of King Weilie of Zhou, and ended in the sixth year of Zhou Shizong's appearance five generations later, with a history of 1,362 years, totaling more than 3 million words. In between, there are 41 places for the word 'great hunger' and 33 places for the word 'cannibalism'. It can be seen that for thousands of years in China, only as recorded in the history books, every thirty or forty years, the worst things in the world have happened. Guan Zi said, 'Cang Liao knows etiquette', if the world has reached the state of 'cannibalism', how can etiquette exist? If etiquette does not exist, the world will automatically collapse! ”

Zhu Yuan said and spoke, his tone unconsciously revealed a little melancholy, and Zhu Yuanzhang was even more empathetic, ignoring for a while how this little show could know that there were several 'great hunger' and several 'cannibalism' in the millions of words in "Zizhi Tongjian".

Unconsciously put down his hands, Zhu Yuanzhang turned to Zhu Yuan, and said with sadness: "Xiao Xiucai, I was so hungry that I couldn't survive back then, so I became a monk, and then switched to the righteous army, so today." How can I not understand what you are saying. If you can really ensure that all the people of the world 'live in their bodies,' and whatever glory and wealth you want, I will give you everything. ”

Zhu Yuan bowed for a long time, and after getting up, he turned to the picture scroll on the wall again, and said: "The person contained in this picture is the villain who wants to dedicate it to His Royal Highness, and solve the other leg that has plagued my Chinese people for thousands of years, called 'economic science'." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang repeated softly: "The study of economics? ”

Zhu Yuan nodded: "Economists, the world helps the people!" ”

Hearing the words of 'helping the people through the world', Zhu Yuanzhang's first reaction was that Zhu Yuan was a little boastful. However, when he remembered all the feelings he had felt when he looked at the scroll on the wall, it suddenly became clear that this should be the kind of knowledge he had never heard of that he had been looking forward to for a long time.

Zhu Yuan has continued: "The study of economics is only a generalization. Just as the 'rites' that were formed in China for thousands of years, the science of economics has also existed since ancient times, but no one has made it into a system. From the perspective of the villain, from the state's tax revenue to the street vendors, there are economic principles everywhere. Therefore, even if it is written in three million words like the "Zizhi Tongjian", it is inexhaustible. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't understand this time, and said suspiciously: "Xiao Xiucai, according to your rhetoric, this knowledge is so big that there is no explanation?" ”

Zhu Yuan said: "The villain recently read the "Annotations on the Analects", there are sons and words, the gentleman is pragmatic, and the original is born. The foundation of Confucian etiquette is called "filial piety" and "piety", and Confucianism believes that it is difficult for a person to have great evil. In the same way, the economic science of the villain is also fundamental, and it is the same two things, called 'production' and 'distribution', and in addition, all other branches of economics in the future will not be based on these two things. ”

Regarding the fundamental issues of social economy, Zhu Yuan has already thought about it in his last life.

In the process of climbing step by step, Zhu Yuan browsed a large number of economics books, and as his status became higher and higher, and his wealth accumulated day by day, Zhu Yuan became more and more suspicious of many mainstream economic theories at that time.

Until you sneer.

Because, after seeing through it, you will find that many economic theories in the previous life are basically just a tool, a PUA tool, the indoctrination of the strong to the weak, and the indoctrination of the strong to the weak, and finally make people believe that those so-called economic theories are like mathematical theorems, which are natural laws.

And then through these theories, a certain end is achieved.

Is that really the case?

Like what......

Forget it, no examples.

Not pleasing.

With the accumulation of personal knowledge, Zhu Yuan gradually got rid of the shackles of various traditional economic theories and began to think about some fundamental issues.

The arguments about 'production' and 'distribution' were finally arrived at by Zhu Yuan by combining his thoughts from his previous life with his previous summaries.

To put it simply, the thousands of years of human society, no matter what dynasty, no matter what system, the foundation of social operation is, in Zhu Yuan's view, nothing more than two things: 'production' and 'distribution'.

Only when the productive forces of any country continue to increase can it produce more materials and feed more people. Otherwise, when the production capacity cannot support the consumption of the people, the society will inevitably collapse.

In any country, while constantly increasing its productive forces, only by properly handling the problem of distribution can we avoid the increasing concentration of social resources in a very small number of people, so that no matter how high the productive forces are, everyone can live in peace. If the people cannot survive, the result will inevitably be the collapse of society.