Lin Bai was stunned for a moment, and asked curiously, "What is it?" ”

Yan Zhenlin didn't answer in a hurry, but changed his words: "There are two reasons why businessmen are not welcomed, one is heavy profit and greed. ”

"Although His Majesty has defended businessmen by saying that greed is human nature, and not peculiar to merchants."

"There is no problem with this, but the more and greater the businessman's exchange of money, the greed in human nature will undoubtedly be released and expanded."

Lin Bai nodded.

He knew that for a long time.

It is difficult for a businessman to resist a great temptation.

Although ordinary people are the same, but without this opportunity, they will not face such a choice, businessmen are different, they are always faced with such a situation, in the face of huge interests, often lose morality, lose personality, and single-mindedly seek greater benefits.

Yan Zhenlin continued: "Your Majesty formulates various commercial bills and establishes a commercial supervision team, although it can control such things to a certain extent, but it still cannot be eliminated, and after a long time, the problem will definitely be highlighted, and it has not been highlighted yet, that is because Your Majesty is the leader of merchants, for merchants, there is no better place than the southwest, and there is no king who attaches more importance to merchants than Your Majesty." ”

"So the situation in the southwest is very good, and they are all trying to fight for enough benefits for the merchants under the leadership of His Majesty."

"But what about in the future? It's hard to say what will happen. ”

Lin Bai didn't refute, what the old man said was the truth.

The fundamental reason why the merchant followed him was because he could make money and was safe and secure, and everything else was fake.

If that doesn't exist, then everything else doesn't hold up.

But for this, the great talent doesn't care very much, because this is a normal thing, don't say businessmen, even this Manchu Dynasty is not a civil and military, if it is not for the strength of the southwest itself, how can these people support themselves to ascend the throne.

Yan Zhenlin said again: "In addition, because of the huge interests, once the imperial court improves the status of merchants, it is likely to lead to the whole people doing business, which is definitely not a good thing for the imperial court......"

In ancient times, when productivity could not keep up, agriculture always came first, which was the foundation of filling the stomach.

And once the status of merchants is improved, it may lead to an influx of ordinary people into this industry, which is not surprising, people are profit-seeking, the imperial court vigorously supports merchants, and the status of merchants has been improved, it is conceivable.

It is likely to lead to the abandonment of the fields and the influx of people.

However, the previous formulation of the commercial supervision group has relevant content.

The reason why the status of merchants in ancient times is low, a big reason is because the tax is not good statistics, in ancient times, it was a poll tax, a land tax, merchants earned huge profits, but the tax was very small, in the eyes of the emperor, merchants were obviously exploiting the people, but in fact they were exploiting the imperial court.

The commercial supervision team has corresponding supervision over the establishment of workshops and accounts, etc., and taxes are already being collected in the southwest.

And it's huge.

As long as it is standardized, this problem will not be too big, what the old man really cares about is actually food, once it causes a large area of waste, food can not be saved, it is the most important problem of a dynasty.

Fortunately, with regard to the matter of agriculture and the Ministry of Households, the talented man had already planned and was ready to wait for the education reform before officially starting it.

It stands to reason that agriculture in this era is the most important thing, and it should be the first to start.

But it is precisely because it is the most important that the great talent stays behind, because the most important repercussions must also be the largest, and no one can be sure what will happen when the time comes.

None of this will be said for now.

Lin Bai asked directly, "What about the second point?" ”

The first point is that the attributes of business are brought about, in the face of huge interests, many things are uncontrollable, but as long as the supervision is strong, the impact can be minimized.

Yan Zhenlin said: "The second point is the most fundamental, businessmen do not have the concept of home and country. ”

Lin Bai was stunned for a moment.

A businessman who doesn't have a home-country concept? He was a little puzzled for a while, and looked at Yan Zhenlin in confusion.

Yan Zhenlin said: "Your Majesty and the Queen Mother have both advocated that the principle of businessmen is mutual benefit and win-win, equal cooperation, and the mission of businessmen is to be the family and the country. ”

"That's a good thing, this is probably the most ideal state of a businessman, but this is just an ideal, can it be realized?"

Lin Bai really didn't know how to answer for a while.

At that time, he also shouted slogans.

As a result, the Iron Lady became, and the Jiangzhou Chamber of Commerce for its own interests, on its own boat, took the opportunity to launch such a slogan, of course, it is not without effect, but it is quite good, at least under the call of the great talent, plus the existence of the supervision team, there is no big problem for the time being, and individual small problems are too normal.

Yan Zhenlin said: "I won't talk about the former, I have already said it just now." ”

"And it is said that businessmen do not have the concept of home and country, because once the national disaster is at the head, these people are the fastest, they have a lot of wealth, they can leave at any time, and even, when it comes to the national crisis, it is not impossible for them to sell the country in order to earn huge profits, and there are not a few such things in the past dynasties."

"They don't have to dig in the ground like the people."

"Farmers are different, farmers live in this land, the field is their lifeblood, once the foreign enemy invades, they have no way out, they can only swear to defend their field, because that is the foundation of their survival, without these, they have nothing."

"What about the merchants? They have a lot of wealth and can leave at any time, leaving their country behind. ”

"Even, they themselves can form a peasant army to attack the imperial court, because they control a lot of wealth......"

I have to say that the great talent really hasn't studied these.

I just know that in ancient times, merchants suppressed business, because merchants did not produce, but only bought low and sold high, which was synonymous with greed in the eyes of the ancients.

I didn't think about it, there are so many reasons for this, no wonder all dynasties have suppressed merchants.

Originally, it was not the ancients who were stupid and did not know the role of merchants.

But compared to the king of the feudal dynasty, nothing is more important than the stability of his own dynasty, coupled with the lack of productivity in this era, it is good for the common people to have enough to eat, and commercial activities seem to be a little redundant, so it is ......

Think about it, not to mention ancient times, even in the later generations where you live, those big bosses, not all of them have emigrated.

There is still no war, and if there is, God knows what will happen.

After the end of the war, they became overseas Chinese, and after returning to China, they received all kinds of preferential treatment and lived a good life.

On the contrary, those who fought for this land ended up turning to loess.

Therefore, this is the fundamental reason why ancient merchants were not welcomed.

So the question is, why is the status of merchants so high in later generations?

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