Chapter 214: Suppressing Business

Lu Yunzhou bowed his head slightly, and said with a smile: "All this is due to Mr. Shang Ying! Shang Ying, an old man, is indeed a supreme genius who has never been seen before or after him, and his cultivation and warfare system can be said to be tailor-made for the troubled country, and it is this cultivation and warfare system that has allowed the Qin State to rise rapidly and grow rapidly from a wild and backward weak border country in just a hundred years, catching up with and surpassing all the countries in the world!"

Tian Dan frowned, he also knew that this hateful Qi Yu was selling Guan Zi again!

Lu Yunzhou took a deep breath and said carefully: "Why do you say that Shang Ying's cultivation and warfare system is tailor-made for the country in troubled times? That's because, in the eyes of Shang Ying's old man, whether it is Confucianism's benevolence, righteousness, etiquette and wisdom, or Taoism's rule by inaction, or the mixed theories of governing the country of the hundreds of schools, in the troubled times, it is all in vain!"

Tian Dan was slightly stunned, and began to examine Lu Yunzhou carefully, thinking to himself, could it be that this kid Qi Yu said so much, belittled so many schools of thought, and established the tall image of Shang Ying, in order to sell Legalist theories to himself?

But I heard Lu Yunzhou's loud words--

"What is most important in troubled times? Food and army!"

Tian Dan's eyes lit up, he sat up straight, straightened his attitude, and listened carefully!

"Confucianism governs the country, and the higher the moral level of the people, the faster they will die when they fight! In this world of great contention between princes and princes, there is no superfluous reason at all, the people have food to eat, and the soldiers can win battles for the country, in the eyes of Shang Ying's old man, this is the only way to strengthen the country!"

Tian Dan nodded subconsciously when he heard this, the people have food to eat, and the soldiers can win the battle, this is indeed the last word in troubled times!

The rulers of all countries hope to be able to do these two things and make the country truly strong, but it is easier said than done, and understanding this truth may not be able to achieve it for many rulers!

I only heard Lu Yunzhou continue: "Stupid people complicate simple things, and smart people simplify complex things! And Shang Ying, the old man, is an extremely smart person, and the matter of changing the law is a very complicated thing for other people, but when it comes to Shang Ying, it has become extremely simple, with only two words: ploughing, fighting!"

Tian Dan nodded weakly, there had never been a moment when he felt so stupid as he was now!

Lu Yunzhou slowly stood up from his seat, his handsome face showed his signature charming smile - a mouthful of bright white teeth, and continued to sell the relevant knowledge in the Shangjun book that he stole from him when he was communicating with Han Fei during this time, and sold it on the spot!

Lu Yunzhou has not forgotten his purpose, he is not peddling strong pills to Tian Dan, nor is he preparing to be a history teacher to popularize science for Tian Dan, he said that there is only one purpose of this big basket, to persuade Tian Dan!

Lu Yunzhou stretched out his arms, his wide sleeves slowly fell, his posture seemed to embrace the world, and he said in an empty voice:

That is because, in order to obey the basic lines of the two powerful countries, farming and warfare, the law left by Shang Ying did not allow the people of Qin to engage in any other occupations, that is to say, the people of Qin could only choose to be soldiers and go to the battlefield to make meritorious contributions in this life, except for choosing to be peasants and plough for the country for the rest of their lives! No matter whether they were nobles or civilians, they were treated equally! In this way, no nobles sought personal gain, and no merchants hoarded grain. Manipulating market prices, no bullies causing trouble to the countryside and hindering production, no beggars getting something for nothing, not even allowing hunters to hunt for fishing, and even more forbidding scholars to travel around to study! In this way, the people of the whole country are uniformly bound to the two professions, so that a country with little soup and no condiments can be easily governed regardless of cooking big and small fresh?"

This is not Lu Yunzhou's nonsense, in fact, when Han Fei secretly copied the original of Shang Jun's book, Rao was the kind of Lu Yunzhou, who boasted that he had seen a lot of knowledge in later generations and had seen too many strange anecdotes, was also shocked and lost his jaw, and he couldn't pick it up!

In his previous life, when Lu Yunzhou learned the section of Shang Ying's transformation when he was in school, he knew that Shang Ying broke up and taught the people to cultivate and fight, but he didn't know that Shang Ying's old man was not just rewarding the people for farming and fighting, but more thoroughly, except for farming and warfare, he was not allowed to do anything else!

First and foremost, you are not allowed to do business!

Decrees prohibiting business abound in the Shang Jun's books, such as "Merchants have nothing to gain, and farmers have nothing to gain", that is, merchants are not allowed to sell grain, and peasants are not allowed to buy grain.

Of course, there is a legitimate reason for Shang Ying's old man, the merchant is not allowed to sell grain, and the peasant is not allowed to buy grain, so the lazy peasant can only work hard and actively engage in agricultural production, and there is no second way to go, unless he wants to starve to death!

In addition, if there were no businessmen hoarding and manipulating grain prices, then there would be no such phenomenon as the grain being cheap hurting the peasants and the grain being expensive hurting the people, and there would be no chaos due to the price hike of grain in a famine year.

How reasonable!

Another example: "Abolish the Rebel Brigade!"

The reverse brigade is a hotel, and if you abolish the reverse brigade, you are not allowed to open a hotel!

The hotel industry said that it warmly celebrated the collective closure of the industry, and everyone was happy to be farmers together!

Of course, there are still legitimate reasons for the old man's business! The old man said that if the hotel is abolished, then the treacherous and deceitful, the people who are not at ease with their duties, who travel in private, and who are hesitant to engage in agricultural production will not go out and travel around, and those who open the hotel will have no way to make a living, so they will definitely go to farming. Even these small innkeepers and idle people in society have gone to farming, so of course the wasteland will be cultivated!

Next, he said, "The price of expensive wine and meat, heavy rent, makes ten times more simple", what is there to say about those who sell wine, sell meat, and open restaurants, they don't let you go out of business, they don't let you close down, they just charge ten times the amount of taxes, don't be polite, anyway, the common people can only farm at home every day, there is no food and no money, and there is no ticket for your family to spend!

As for the "Endowment of Heavy Customs", Shang Ying waved his hand, saying that he was too merciful to prohibit all other kinds of merchants, and only increased the taxes on goods at the gates and markets.

Under such a vigorous rectification of the imperial court, the number of merchants who can still survive in the Qin State is not to mention, if there is, it is really good!