Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 348, Economic Governance

"I'm going~"

"Lao Liu is really talented, what he said makes sense~"

"I didn't expect this prince to earn money and support so many people, so that these hundreds of thousands, no, millions of people can live a good life."

"That's right, this is the way to govern the country. Let more common people live a better life. This is the way to govern the country. As for benevolence and virtue, it's all nonsense. Empty slogans, but people can't see anything practical at all."

After Zhu Houzhao heard Liu Jin's words, his small eyes narrowed into slits immediately, and he kept nodding, "Well said, well said, why didn't I realize before that I had done so many good deeds unknowingly, Benefited millions of people.

As for Wang Shouren, his head was also buzzing at this time.

He always felt that what Liu Jin said was wrong, but he still couldn't find any refutation.

Liu Jin speaks with data, how many factories and workshops, how many workers there are, how much monthly money, how many families are allowed to follow the income, this persuasive leverage, compared with what kind of monarch, minister, benevolence and righteousness Empty words like morality are much more convincing.

At the same time, Wang Shouren vaguely felt that Liu Jin's words were not wrong. The way to govern the country for a king should not just be shouting slogans on the temple grounds, but should go down to the bottom to understand the needs of the common people, and then let them More common people live a better life.

Such a statement is very simple. Although it is not as beautiful as the language summed up and condensed by their Confucian tradition, it is not rough, and it implies profound truth.

If Wang Shouren was a traditional scholar and nerd, he would definitely refute Liu Jin immediately, but Wang Shouren just thinks that he is a person who is good at thinking, discovering and exploring, and he will study everything in depth, so he thinks what Liu Jin said That's right.

"The warehouse knows the etiquette, and the food and clothing know the honor and disgrace!"

Here, Liu Jin spoke again.

"For ordinary people, what he cares most is not who will be the emperor or who will run the country. What he cares most about is whether he and his family can fill their stomachs and whether they can have enough clothes to keep out the cold."

"Brother Wang, you come from a superior family. Your father is the number one scholar. You didn't have to worry about food and clothing since you were a child. Naturally, you can't understand the suffering of ordinary people."

"I was born in poverty and lost my father when I was young. My mother alone brought me up and provided for me to study, so I know very well what ordinary people need most."

"In fact, to put it simply and popularly, the way for a king to govern the country lies in how to let the people live a good life. These people are not only the scholar-bureaucrats in the population, and they are not just the landlords, but the people at the bottom. Farmers, craftsmen, and military households are the water, and water can carry a boat, and it can also capsize it.”

"Governing the country can also be done from many aspects. Scholars pay attention to righteousness. There is nothing wrong with being benevolent and virtuous to the common people. But we can also think about it from another aspect, from an economic point of view. How to govern the country .”

Liu Jin opened his mouth slowly, and began to talk to the two about the economic theory that is generally popular in later generations.

The economy is the most important thing for all countries in the future, because whether the economy is good or not is closely related to the vital interests of the people. If the economy is good, the number of unemployed people is small, and everyone's income is increasing every year, the life of the people will naturally have hope.

The economy is not good, the number of entrepreneurs is large, the income is reduced, and the life of ordinary people is naturally difficult. In the final analysis, it is actually an economic problem.

When the economy is good, there are fewer social problems of all kinds, and when the economy is bad, there are more social problems of all kinds. This is a very simple truth.

But for this era, it is difficult for everyone to understand, what is the relationship between governance and economy?
When the country is good, it should be when the king is diligent in government and loves the people, diligent and thrifty, close to virtuous officials and far away from villains, and it is best to rule the world with scholars and bureaucrats. This is the best time.

When the country is not good, it is basically inseparable from the cruelty of the king, extravagance, state-owned traitors, etc. Anyway, simply speaking, the country prospers because the emperor is close to their scholars and civil servants, and the country declines because The king is not good, he is close to the villain, and does not reuse them as scholars.

The pen is always in the hands of the scholars, no matter what, it will not be the fault of the scholars, the fault is also the fault of the king, and the fault of the villain.

Therefore, this way of governing the country has nothing to do with the economy or ordinary people. After all, the people are ignorant and ignorant, so they don't need to care.

"...this silver is in the cellar, what is it for?"

"It's useless. It can't be eaten or worn. The function of this silver is to spend it. As long as the money is spent, it can drive consumption. If there is consumption, there will naturally be more money." more people to work and create more wealth.”

Liu Jin's speech was a bit dry and chaotic.

However, Zhu Houzhao and Wang Shouren generally understood the content and principles of some later generations of economics that Liu Jin said.

"Our imperial court has no money, and the annual tax silver is only less than five million taels (increasingly, we have to pay two million taels of silver tax silver a year to set up a saltworks), but the treasures buried under the ground of our Daming I don't know how much silver there is."

"Has this silver played any role in our Daming?"

"No, it didn't play any role. It's just some lumps, buried in the cellar. It can't be eaten or worn. It doesn't have any effect."

"...So, His Highness and I started these industries and talked about how to make money. We are seeking benefits ourselves, but in the same way, we are also making contributions to Daming."

"Ordinary people can work and support their families with their own hands. The imperial court can collect tax money from the properties under our command. The imperial court also has money and can do more things, such as building more schools and strengthening border areas. The construction of the town can also increase salaries for everyone."

"Also because we run the industry, everyone works hard and produces more things. For example, the Miyun Iron Works can produce [-] catties of steel once it is opened. Yields are even higher.”

"With so much steel, we can build more farm tools, reclaim more fertile fields, and build more weapons and armor to strengthen our Ming army..."

Liu Jin's speech was very messy, and he wished he could say it all at once.

Zhu Houzhao and Wang Shouren also listened quietly, opening a new window from Liu Jin's words, a brand new world, thinking about how to govern the country from the perspective of economics, and thinking about the prosperity of the past dynasties.

"Govern the country from an economic point of view~"

"I like it~"

"Old Liu is really a talent. It is obviously such a shameless thing, but he has risen to such a high level. I admire him."

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help expressing his admiration for Liu Jin again. This ability is really gone, but the prince likes it, and what he said makes sense.

It is a lie that the prince earns money, but it is true for the country and the people.

As for Wang Shouren, he frowned and pondered. Liu Jin's words made sense. All dynasties have used the way of saints to govern the country, but why do dynasties change and historical reincarnation happen?

Is it really all because the king is incompetent?

This may not always be the case. Many subjugated kings may not be really incapable, nor may they be really incompetent. There must be some truths that no one has discovered before, which can reveal the change of dynasties and the prosperity of the country. .

This set of Confucian things has no way to explain these things. Perhaps from an economic point of view, it can find out the truth about the change of dynasties and find out the laws.

In addition, what Liu Jin said is to let the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the original set can also be achieved. The people have fields, and they can also support themselves and their families.

If these workers lose their jobs, what is the difference between farmers who lose their fields and have no fields?

Essentially, they are all the same, so how to explain all this?

There were many, many doubts in Wang Shouren's mind, too many, too many things that he couldn't figure out clearly, but soon, he regained his energy.

He is a person with a lot of research spirit. If he is placed in later generations, he will definitely be a great scholar or a great scientist, because once he is interested in something, he will go all out and devote himself to it. The truth of it will only be given up after thorough research.

"Economics~ Maybe you can give it a try. Like Liu Jin, set up some factories, workshops, etc. to study, so that you can really understand the truth."

Soon, Wang Shouren had his own thoughts and ideas. Like Liu Jin, he planned to open a factory, and then study some of the principles contained in it by opening the factory.

He is such an amazing person, he can devote himself wholeheartedly to researching anything, and he does not start work to make money, but just to study the things Liu Jin said.

Because he thinks that if you haven’t experimented or experienced anything yourself, you are not qualified to discuss this matter at all. Knowing is easier than doing, and many things can only be achieved if you try it yourself. Really understand the difficulties and reasons.

This is a code of conduct that he has always pursued. He dares to try, sums up experience and lessons from practice, and explores the truth hidden in affairs.

Liu Jin didn't know that Wang Shouren in front of him actually had the idea of ​​opening a factory. If he knew, he would probably be surprised, because his words actually fooled Wang Shouren into the road of capitalists, and he didn't know whether it was good or not. bosom.

　What do you think will happen when Pharaoh becomes a capitalist?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)