The crowds of people, the traffic, the bells swaying on the necks of camels, and the winter chill still stubbornly remain in the northern land, but the noise of the people has diluted this feeling of depression and slaughter, and even the snow hanging on the eaves of the houses has become pink and lovely...... Gao Wei put his hands behind his back, one finger lightly tapped the green jade pendant on his belt, squinted his eyes slightly, and looked leisurely, Zu Ting followed the emperor step by step to explain:

"The management system here, basically refers to the former Wei and Southern Dynasties, the former Wei Luoyangfang City, the west gate of Luoyang has a big city, around eight miles, divided into four southeast, northwest and northwest, the east is connected to Luoyang, there is a 'trade in the market' to 'reach the goods', for Luoyang is the city where it is, multi-skilled craftsmen, among which large merchants, all parts of the country have industries, commodity pricing, the whole country, the people of the time admired......"

“…… Before Wei Luoyang prosperous, the crown of the world, business is quite prosperous, there are gold market, horse market, sheep market, a wide range of categories, regardless of the royal family, bureaucrats, home furniture business industry, Cao Zhi "Luo Shen Fu", Zuo Si "Sandu Fu", attracted the world to compete for copying, paper prices rose sharply, but, the so-called 'Luoyang paper expensive' is just the epitome of it, Shi Chong, Wang Kai Doufu, with candles to burn the stove, night pearl grinding powder...... It also shows that commerce can accumulate wealth, and the imperial court vigorously develops it, and collecting taxes from it is a huge source of revenue......"

A minister behind Zu Ting touched his beard and groaned, and said: "That's true, I remember the sentence, 'The house is over, the building is out of the clouds, the carriage and horse costumes, and the king' This district businessman has the financial resources comparable to the king, the prosperity of commerce, and the abundance of profits, which can also be self-manifested." ”

"But businessmen pursue profits, has always been lowly status, and business is the way to gather, someone earns, naturally someone will lose, what earns is businessmen, and the poor are naturally the people, therefore, since the time of the pre-Qin Dynasty, all are noble farmers and lowly businessmen, business is a small road after all, and what really supports the country is still the tax on the acre!" An old man with a white beard had a different opinion, except for a few people, the rest of them all bowed their heads, obviously, this kind of argument was the mainstream at the time, and it also caused more repercussions.

Gao Wei frowned slightly, silent, Zu Ting glanced at him, looked behind him again, and a sneering smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "The ranks are all members of the court, the lowest, and they are also the fourth grade, how can you have this knowledge?" According to the saying, businessmen seek profit, don't the people pursue profit? It is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. ”

He arched his hand towards the emperor's back and said: "Shenwu, Wenxiang, Wenxuan, the ancestors of the past dynasties, all attached importance to the development of commerce, Emperor Shenwu unified weights and measures, prohibited counterfeiting in the market, and Wenxiang focused on establishing the law of commerce and trade...... If it weren't for the benefits of commerce and trade to the country, what could An do for it? As for the accumulation of wealth by merchants, it is not entirely true, is it only the merchants who benefit, and the people have not benefited from it? ”

"Your Majesty once said that there is no agriculture, no stability, no business, no wealth, it seems that none of you have understood the meaning......" Zu Ting's eyes were almost above his head, and he directly moved out of the emperor's remarks, so that the ministers were silent, "The monarchs and ministers of the Southern Dynasty all went to the sea to meddle in commerce and trade, and there are no taboos...... The population of the Southern Dynasties was only three or four million, and the population of the Northern Dynasties was more than 10 million. But when it was prosperous, it even surpassed the former Wei Dynasty, isn't that enough to illustrate the problem? ”

"Coin intelligence was created to allow it to circulate and maintain the economic vitality of a country...... Often, everyone thinks that if someone earns, someone will definitely lose, but in fact, this is a wrong argument...... Buying and selling, buying and selling, each taking what he needs, this is the meaning of business. The merchants buy the fruits of the people's labor and sell them, the people make money, the merchants also make money, and the court collects taxes from them, and they also make money, which is a mutually beneficial relationship......" Gao Wei glanced back and said:

Of course, there will be people who wonder, so everyone has made money, who is the one who loses? In fact, no one loses, and if the purchasing power of coins is always stable, the imperial court mints coins according to demand and puts them into the market, then commerce will continue to prosper...... This is actually very easy to understand, for example, the imperial court does not go wrong in the overall situation, and the merchants buy the fruits of the people's labor and sell them again as goods, whether it is grain, handicrafts, or make money, they will continue to expand the scale to buy from the people, and the people make money, the enthusiasm for work will become higher, and the output in all aspects will continue to increase...... The country's materials, money, and food are abundant, and the national strength is naturally strong. ”

Gao Wei's voice was gentle, but his face was serious, "Whether a country is strong or not does not depend on the wealth of the imperial court, the judging criteria are actually quite simple, the most direct, just look at the living standards of the people, the people have money to spare, live and work in peace and contentment, then this country does not need to look, it must be an enlightened and strong country, and if the people live in difficulty, no matter how rich the court is, it can't say anything......"

"The power of a country is built on the backbone of tens of millions of people, the people are strong, the country is strong, the people are weak, the country's strength is just a flash in the pan, as soon as it encounters unforeseen circumstances, the court will inevitably fall, and it is time to change the dynasty......" The ministers all changed color, but the emperor did not care, he said the four words of the change of dynasty and the attitude was very natural, as if it was just a family routine.

All the ministers are moved, the general monarch, all like to listen to the praise of merit, taboo to hear the decline of the country and other remarks, like today, it is very rare, no wonder today to the weak crown of the year, never to play, but diligent governance of the country, not proud and complacent, mostly because of this kind of vision and vision in times of peace, everyone sighed silently, in ancient times, those so-called holy kings in the dynasty, but so? They glanced at each other, and they both saw excitement in each other's eyes, how fortunate they were to be able to follow such an emperor!

Then I saw Zheng Yu suddenly realize and said: "No wonder Your Majesty has exempted the slavery of the world's craftsmen and workers, and the minister has only completed His Majesty's good intentions today...... Artisan workers make equipment, create goods, and what they create can be circulated to the market, and they can also create wealth for the country, and even more ......! ”

Gao Weixin said that in fact, my original intention at the beginning was to weaken your family, but when it came to my mouth, what I said was: "Zheng Qing is right, Zu Qing also said just now, it is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and it is also human nature to climb to high places...... This is the worst ...... If the upward channel is too narrow and the quality of life declines, people will have a sense of despair, and it is already good if they don't rebel, do you still expect them to create value? So, I simply let them go. He added, "Those who are not on the register will have to be found sooner or later......

“…… In fact, I still have a layer of intention in it, Zhang Qing just said well, the current economic subject of our dynasty is still agriculture, and what we value more is indeed agriculture, but can the vigorous development of agriculture really support the needs of the country? Not necessarily. This pressure needs to be helped to share, and business can fill this vacancy and even drive the development of agriculture, so why not do such a good thing? Gao Wei said, "agriculture as the mainstay, commerce as the supplement, industry as the backbone, this is the best strategy for the development of people's livelihood, what I want, is not a deformed prosperity, but a strong comprehensive national strength!" ”

In terms of deformed prosperity, the most recent example is the "rule of the emperor" of the Sui Dynasty, which was praised by later generations, in fact, is the rule of the emperor really that good? Not necessarily, Yang Jian has already shown his attention to the state finance as early as when he was the prime minister of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he checked the household registration, formulated a series of systems on household registration, and brought him unexpected financial revenues, when Guanzhong was sparsely populated, and the Central Plains had frequent floods, but the treasury of the Sui Empire was always full, and the emperor seemed to have endless money, and gave rewards to hundreds of officials and soldiers during the New Year's holidays, starting from the Suzaku Gate, and lined up to the southern suburbs of the capital, and sent three million pieces of cloth at one time, just like that, his money was still not spent......

Later, the financial officials in various places reported that the treasury was full, and there was no place to put it in the collection of taxes, Yang Jian didn't know whether to be surprised or stunned first, and asked them: "I have given out so many rewards, has the money not been used up yet?" ”

Hehe, of course, you can't run out of money for this little thing, because the potential of the country's agriculture is almost exhausted! When the officials were surveying and measuring the land, they deliberately exaggerated the area of cultivated land in order to meet the situation, and the system formulated by Yang Jian was too efficient, and he unknowingly charged excessively high taxes, which has touched the bottom line that the people can bear!

His bastard son Yang Guang, a genius is a real genius, but he is also a real fool, holding money and food that can be used for the government for more than 50 years, he began to be willful when he had money, and he learned from him, his father built a lot of civil engineering, and he also built a lot of civil engineering, and he didn't like it, so he came to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal through the whole stop! This is too much, I could have eaten a full meal, but now there is no way to live, what can I do but rebel?

What does this tell us, what is the use of a strong department? Kekeqiang is the real scholar.

Such a behemoth as the Sui Dynasty perished in the midst of excessive oppression.

After all, the wool comes from the sheep, and agriculture is the foundation, but it is too fragile, and he has to find another economic way to maintain the balance of the country...... With money, you can do many, many things...... The morning sun shone obliquely on his face, this day was actually early, Gao Wei naturally took the hand of the woman next to him, and walked towards the front a little lazily, thinking about something else absentmindedly......