Ouchi Zhisheng diverted the topic and asked Chongwen: "So in the heart of His Highness Da Chuhai, what should the future country look like?"

Chongwen pondered for a moment and said, "Nongji once asked me what the mandate of heaven is, and I said that the mandate of heaven is the human heart, and it is to benefit all people. So that the people have little education, the old have support, the poor have dependence, and the difficult can help.

This is what the Dakang in my dream looks like, the Datong in the heart of the sage, and it is also the country I hope for. Everyone has food to eat, everyone has clothes to wear, so that there is money left over to buy goods, and our East China Sea merchant group can always be rich. ”

He took a sip of wine and continued: "In today's country, the people can't eat rice, so what kind of business are they talking about. This is the reason why the East China Sea Merchant Group must change the country, and we don't want to lose the industry that we bought in exchange for our lives. ”

Chongwen said casually, but it made the hearts of the two brothers shake. The warriors of the Kingdom of China also read the books of sages such as the Analects and Mencius since childhood, but the loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness of the people are only for the family, not for the world. A samurai can die for his family without hesitation, and he will not hesitate to betray the shogunate or the emperor, or kill him in the street at will, which is called a test sword.

Now Chongwen has spoken of the hearts of the people in the world, which makes the two of them a little refreshed.

Ouchi asked, "From the point of view of Your Highness, what is the root cause of the poverty of the people of my country?"

Chongwen smiled slightly and said, "Powerful... In ancient and modern times, at home and abroad, the reason for the poverty of all the people is the powerful. The so-called Han Haoqiang, Jin Gate Valve, Tang Dynasty, Song Zhishi Doctor.

Wealth is inherently concentrated in power, so the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, to the point where the people can't eat, how can the country be imagined. ”

Ouchi Zhishi frowned, and said after a long time: "In this way, it is not easy to change the country, we have been a country of wealthy families and magnates since ancient times, and although the country in His Highness's heart is good, it cannot be realized." ”

Chongwen said: "Yes, all living beings are suffering, and good things are not easy to achieve, but this is not a reason not to work hard. Why did the Hao clan become a powerful nation? It was because they controlled the vast land and population, and they were always afraid of being annexed by others, and they wanted to annex others, so they naturally had to raise troops. If you have a strong army in your hands, you have to compete with others to seize more land and population.

Since ancient times, the heroes and powers of the country have been competing for each other in this way, with ups and downs.

I don't know how many families have risen up and died out in a flash, and which one of them can get a good death? Even if it is Ping Qingsheng and Yuan Lai Dynasty, there is no martial luck for several decades. No matter how glorious it once was, it can't escape the result of the extinction of its descendants, and the so-called ghost is also.

It's so painful, it's wrong, it's the wrong way, it's bound to be like this. ”

Ouchi asked puzzledly, "Then what is right?

Under the dim light, Chongwen was a little drunk, his legs were a little sore, he simply sat up in a profligate shape, and it was not rude between friends. He loosened his collar and said:

"In fact, the Chinese people were like this in the past, killing and taking away, suffering the Li people, and the powerful people were not able to die one by one. About 500 years ago, Dakang produced a holy monarch who saw through the world and people's hearts, and understood the root of everyone's suffering, that is, the powerful and powerful. What he did and what he said, I will learn from you, and maybe you can understand something. ”

Ouchi held his eyebrows and said, "Listen to me." ”

Chongwen took a sip of wine, put down the wine cup, and thought for a while before saying: "That Holy Monarch's subordinates, like the current powerful country, have a lot of land, population, and army, and the monarch and ministers are suspicious of each other, and their best friends can only be wary of each other, and everyone is very distressed. Do you see, do you look like the princes of the Kakune shogunate?

One day, the Holy Monarch invited his generals and invited them to drink, and they chatted while drinking. The Holy Monarch said that life is like a white horse, very short, and the so-called wealth is nothing more than accumulating gold and silver, and entertaining oneself, so that the children and grandchildren will not be poor. But you all have heavy troops, can the monarch and the minister be at peace, and in the end, it is rare for everyone to have a good death.

In this way, where is the joy of wealth? There is only the suffering of wealth.

The Holy Monarch said that you might as well release your military power, buy some fertile land and mansions, and buy an estate for your children and grandchildren. Accumulate more singing and dancing girls, drink and enjoy life every day. If I form a family with you again, and my children and grandchildren will be relatives forever, will everyone still turn against each other?

When the subordinates heard this, it really made sense, so they went to the table to relieve the military power and went home to enjoy themselves. Since then, the countries of the Chinese nationality have understood this truth, and many soldiers have invited disasters, and the soldiers have caused disasters, and China no longer has the power of one country and one city. ”

Ouchi slapped his thigh and said happily: "Wonderful, this holy monarch is amazing." ”

Ouchi Zhishi nodded, and said in contemplation: "This Holy Monarch is the Chinese Song Taizu, a great hero. But in the country, I'm afraid it's not so easy, even the Zun family can't do it. ”

Chongwen pondered for a long time before he said: "In the final analysis, everyone raises soldiers for self-preservation, if you can make the people of the world no longer seize and invade fishing, who will work hard to raise troops? As long as your eyes are fixed on the land, sooner or later you will be strong. ”

Ouchi asked, "Doesn't wealth come from the land?"

Chongwen thought for a while and said: "I'll give you an example, there have been thousands of weaving yards in Dakang Songjiang Mansion, and the so-called inexhaustible Songjiang cloth and unfinished Weitang yarn are like this.

The purchase price of 1 pound of cotton is only 15 Wen, 1 horse can be weaved, and the price is 65 Wen, excluding the site loom labor, the weaving owner makes a net profit of 40 Wen for 1 kg of cotton. A weaving farm for 1,000 people can produce 8,000 pieces of cloth per day, that is, a net profit of 320 taels of silver per day, and a profit of nearly 120,000 taels per year!

Ouchi was dumbfounded, and stumbled and said, "If it is... If it were ten thousand people weaving a field, wouldn't it ... Isn't it a million dollars a year!"

Chongwen said with a smile: "That's natural, not only that, but if you think about it, how many weavers have been fed by the weaving yard, how many carpenters have been fed, and how many merchants of all sizes have been fed? In this way, the cloth will be cheaper and cheaper, and everyone will have clothes to wear, and how much tax can the government extract? This is the real virtue benefiting all the people."

Mines, ship yards, silk yards, wine farms, and so on, are all great ways to make huge profits, even if it is a cheap business of building roads and houses, and the operation of river crossings, which is not very profitable.

As long as you ask everyone to turn their eyes from the land to these financial roads, and everyone no longer fights for land and population, but fights for money with all their hearts, there will be thousands of wealthy people in the country, and there will be more apprentices, everyone will live and work in peace and contentment, and you will no longer have the powerful and powerful people who own the land and population, and the shogunate will be as safe as Mount Tai. In this way, it can be called the Song Taizu, which is the great cause of the Holy Monarch. ”

Ouchi Momori muttered, "His Highness the Great Exit Sea... Said ... Is it true? There is such a kingdom on earth. ”

His brother sighed, patted his knees and said, "Except for you who go to sea, I'm afraid no one can lead the country to Datong." ”

Chongwen shook his head and said: "The affairs of the servants still depend on the servants themselves, I can only tell you the truth, and then do what I can." But it is easier said than done, you are divided into several ranks, merchants and craftsmen are cheap industries, and samurai can extort and rob at will, even if they are worth a huge amount of money, how can merchants enjoy geometry? Who will go to create wealth desperately, after all, there is only one city in the whole city.

A big going to sea can't change the country, and a big domestic world can't do it, and it is thousands of businessmen who can change the country. They may be treacherous and rude, but they are the only hope for the country, and if you treat them fairly, they will return you to riches. The reason why the Great Song Dynasty is great is to suppress the powerful and encourage industry and commerce, and if you understand this layer, you will be able to assist the shogunate and achieve great things. ”

Ouchi Zhishi breathed heavily, he took a sip of wine, calmed down for a moment before saying, "Understood, at this point, what honest samurai is unwilling to do his best for the future country." Not only for the survival and glory of the Ouchi clan, but also for the sake of living up to his life.

I also know that we can't change the country without the merchant group, we need cotton seeds, sugar cane seeds, we need looms and weavers, we need vein miners, we need cattle and sheep, we need shipwrights, we need too many things. Without you, nothing can change the country, and it is still endless war and suffering. But... What do you want?"

Chongwen smiled slightly and said, "We only need one thing, money." I can talk to you about my friendship because I'm human, but the East China Sea Merchant Group is a monster born for profit. She only recognizes money, not feelings, only exchange, not help, and only results and means. No one in front of her could do anything.

We are willing to help the Ouchi family and the country, but it can never be free. For every tael of silver that Qidong wants to pay for them, every drop of blood and sweat asks for a return. It will make you miserable, but it is also the price that you must pay.

You are now at a crossroads, or you can go back in time, cycle through cannibalism, repeating the fate of those who came before you. Such a country is not worthy of being a business partner of the East China Sea Merchant Group, and we will devour you little by little.

Or, you bow your head, lose your self-esteem, endure pain, go through rebirth, and go on the road to abundance. Only such a country is qualified to work with my East China Sea merchant group to cross the five continents and conquer the four seas until the end of the sun and the moon. ”

Ouchi repeated with great admiration: "The end of the sun and the moon... I really want to see what it's like there. ”