The Young Master Is Fierce Chapter 217: The Wealth of Nations

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Yan Beixi and Shang Yu were speechless after what Fu Xiaoguan said.

In this farming era, although businessmen have become more active, agriculture is still the leading factor in national policy.

The class structure of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce has not changed, so students are focused on studying in order to enter the court and become officials. This is the first level of society. Although farmers have extremely low incomes and may even live extremely miserable lives, at the national level, their status is second only to scholars.

In reality, businessmen actually have the best life, but they have the lowest status.

For example, Fu Daguan, the richest man in Linjiang, is a big landowner who sells grain, but he is also a businessman.

He has a lot of money, which Fu Xiaoguan can spend as he pleases, but he is very timid. What he fears most is offending the officials.

Yan Beixi, Shang Yu and others who are in the middle of this kind of disadvantage cannot see it at all. In their understanding, businessmen do not cultivate, but find shortcuts to do things like buying and selling to make a profit, or they Raw materials are purchased at low prices and processed in their workshops before being put on the market to gain huge profit margins.

To all those who have read the books of sages, these behaviors are nothing but getting something for nothing, cheating, sneaking and opportunism, which is definitely not the right way.

But after listening to Fu Xiaoguan's words, the two of them thought about this issue carefully for the first time. They knew the composition of the tax bank of the Ministry of Household. In the past, they didn't think there was anything wrong with merchants paying more than half of the taxes. OK, but now I understand why Fu Xiaoguan said that the problem of empty national treasury can be solved by making trade bigger and more prosperous.

This matter is so big that even if Yan Beixi was the prime minister, he would not dare to make a decision to change this national policy.

"Is there any other way?" Yan Beixi asked.

"I don't have it anyway. I've simply explained the reason to you. If I can't change the status of a businessman, it's useless for me to be an official. Otherwise... you will treat me like a fart." Right? ”

"Get out!"

Yan Beixi stood up and walked back and forth for a few steps with his hands bulging behind his back.

"Write down your point of view in detail..." He took a deep breath, "I have to discuss this matter with His Majesty, and the final decision will be made by His Majesty, so your article must be a solid foundation for me. ! ”

Fu Xiaoguan's mind suddenly came to "The Wealth of Nations" that he had read in his previous life. It said almost the same truth. It's just that he didn't read this book as carefully as A Dream of Red Mansions, but he wrote it according to the meaning of that book. It should be possible to fool this old man.

"It will take half a month to be promoted to official position."

"So long? No! Just three days!"

Old man, you think I carry a computer with me!

"It can't be done in three days. This is a hundred times more troublesome than the disaster relief plan. There are too many things involved. It will take at least ten days, otherwise there is no need to discuss it!"

Shang Yu watched the two bargaining in amazement. He had been in Zhongshu Province for nearly twenty years, but this was the first time he had seen such a thing! The dignified Yan Zai was actually arguing with a young man with a red face, just for a few days, and this young man actually dared to be tough with Yan Zai - it is true that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, as the "Yu Chao Boy Shuo" said Saying: The red sun rises and its path shines brightly. The river flows out and flows into the ocean!

And the result was even more unexpected, Yan Zai lost!

Fu Xiaoguan looked like he was about to leave the stall, which finally made Yan Beixi take a big step back.

"Okay, okay, just ten days. If you can't write a single flower from that article, let's see how I deal with you!"

Fu Xiaoguan was so happy that he picked up the teacup on the table and brought it to Yan Xiwen, "The prime minister's belly is strong enough to hold a boat... Please calm down, I can't guarantee that I will be able to write that article." It’s just a flower, but what I can guarantee is that if we can reuse businessmen and restart business, we can see significant results within three years.”

"Three years is too long, one year!"

This is unreasonable. You have to wait half a year to harvest a rice!

"Yan Zai, everything has its own rules, and so does the economy. Even if His Majesty agrees, how long will it take for this policy to be implemented? How long will it take for those businessmen to accept it? How long will it take for various local officials to adapt to this policy? A change? How long will it take for merchants to accept the establishment of their workshops and produce goods? ”

"So you have to eat the food one bite at a time, otherwise... you will choke to death!"

Yan Beixi frowned. After thinking about it carefully, what Fu Xiaoguan said was true. He was indeed too impatient.

"Okay, okay, I won't argue with you about these things. You can finish the article first and then talk about it."

"Xiaguan obeys the order... It's just that the large number of people here affects Xiaguan's thinking, so Xiaguan's idea is not to come here for these ten days, and to stay at home and be quiet, so that it is possible to write that article. A flower, right?”

"Go, go, go! Make trouble for me."

Fu Xiaoguan bowed happily to Yan Beixi and Shang Yu, "Master Yan, Master Shang, get out of here!"

Looking at Fu Xiaoguan’s back disappearing outside the door, Yan Beixi laughed and said, “Old Shang, what do you think of me?”

"Yan Zai's vision is unique! Although this son's argument... is somewhat subversive, it makes perfect sense if you look at it carefully. This national policy of focusing on agriculture has been continued since history, and no one has ever raised any objections. Everyone thought that was the way it should be. But hearing what he said today, it seems that there is indeed a need for change."

"Hmm..." Yan Beixi stroked his short beard and nodded in agreement, "There is great resistance to the implementation of this matter. It is not a problem on His Majesty's side, but the resistance among the scholars. Everything is the same. The understanding that the only inferior class is those who are well-educated is deeply ingrained in the minds of scholars. This group of people look down on businessmen the most, thinking that they are full of money and put profit first. If this innovation is implemented, they will definitely jump out to oppose it. Old businessmen Ah, you have to be prepared.”

Shang Yu nodded, "Xia Guan, I will go and have a chat with Master Shangguan Wenxiu. I will make some insinuations first. After Your Majesty agrees to this change, I will ask Master Shangguan to start changing the students from Jixia Academy." Through the books issued by the Imperial College, students of the Yu Dynasty should first be mentally prepared."

"This strategy is feasible, hey... If we can have ten or eight years, it will not be so difficult to implement this matter, but now, time does not wait for us!"

……

In the Butterfly Palace.

Emperor Yu Yin was wearing casual clothes and lying on a chair, warming the stove and reading a book. Yu Wenyun was about to slip out, but was suddenly stopped by Yu Yin: "Wenyun, let me ask you...the last time you and I When Dong Shulan went to Xishan Villa in Xiancun, did he ever see the workshops he was working on? ”

Yu Wenyun sat down again and pouted.

"At that time, there was only a brewery in his place. The perfume was being prepared and had not been tried yet, and there was not even a trace of soap."

"Oh... So, in just two or three days, he was able to create perfume, soap, and cement?"

"Well, that's about it. Father, what do you mean by this? You don't have the idea of his workshop, do you?"

Concubine Shang glared at Yu Wenyun: "What are you thinking? Will your father be interested in Fu Xiaoguan's stuff?"

"That's impossible to say!"

Yu Yin smiled, put down the book in his hand, and asked: "How much does his perfume and soap cost? How much does it sell for?"

"This..." Yu Wenyun rolled his eyes and said: "The cost of a bottle of perfume is three taels of silver, plus the shipping fee, we sell it for ten taels of silver. The cost of one piece of soap is about two taels of silver. , we sell it for seven taels of silver.”

"Oh... If you calculate it this way, you can earn half of it." Yu Yin nodded thoughtfully.

"No, father, why do you ask this?"

Yu Yin did not answer, but asked again: "When you were in Xishan at that time, what did Fu Xiaoguan say if a country values commerce and gives businessmen a higher status, the country will definitely be more prosperous. What did you say at that time? Tell me everything, be careful, I want to hear it clearly."

Yu Wenyun looked at Concubine Shang, who nodded.

"Let's talk first. If you don't like it, father, you can't blame Fu Xiaoguan, because he said these words to me and Shulan at that time, which are a bit rebellious and should never be said to outsiders. ”

Yu Yin frowned and said, "Tell me, how can I argue with Fu Xiaoguan."

So, Yu Wenyun recalled what Fu Xiaoguan said that night while eating cold crucian carp, and now he said it to Yu Yin in detail.

"He said that Mencius said: The people are the most valuable, the country is second, and the king is the least. This is the sage's words. The common people are the most important. They are the cornerstone of a country. They are engaged in the most basic work, but they create What you haven’t seen is of immeasurable value.”

"..."

"He also said where do these taxes come from? In the final analysis, they come from these farmers, these workers, as well as landowners like me, and businessmen."

"Since this group of people is so important, why does the country not pay attention to this group? Scholars discriminate against farmers and call them clay poles, and officials discriminate against businessmen and think that they are full of copper odor - they They never thought that most of the salaries they received were taxes paid by businessmen, so if a country valued business and gave businessmen a higher status, the country would definitely be more prosperous. ”

"That's how it is, don't be angry!"

Yu Wenyun looked at Yu Yin anxiously. Yu Yin looked at the sky outside the window with a serious face, as if he was thinking about this, but he still did not express his position.

This is not a trivial matter. As Wen Yun said, these words are indeed a bit counterintuitive, because they are contrary to today's national policy.

But the tax revenue of the imperial court indeed came from farmers, workers and merchants, as Fu Xiaoguan said, and even merchants paid more than half of the taxes.

So if I want to boost business, how can I change the inherent views in the minds of scholars in the world?

Yu Yin was puzzled and thought that the two-cross policy was originally written by Fu Xiaoguan. Will this kid have a way to implement it?

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