Daming: At the beginning, recognize Zhu Yuanzhang as grandfather!

Chapter 58 To be Emperor?
Huang Xiongying nodded, and said, "I recommended it. Why, do they have any problems?"

"No."

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and smiled, "Grandpa is just very happy!"

"Happy?"

Huang Xiongying showed a puzzled look.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "The two people you recommended are very talented. They played a very important role in the disaster relief process. The court has two more young talents. Do you think Grandpa should be happy?"

Huang Xiongying replied: "The two of them are really good, they are both talented people."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, looked at Huang Xiongying with a smile, and said, "But we, the happiest thing is that our eldest grandson has talents, which makes us happier than the imperial court winning a hundred young talents." !"

Hearing this, Huang Xiongying laughed, and said: "Look at making you happy, what's the use of your grandson being knowledgeable? After all, your grandson is just a commoner, and they will all be the pillars of the imperial court in the future!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled without saying a word.

They may really become the pillars of the imperial court in the future, but they are all yours!
When Zhu Biao was still alive, Zhu Yuanzhang painstakingly built a team for Zhu Biao, but unfortunately Zhu Biao was not able to use it. Now that team can be transferred to Zhu Xiongying, but there are many problems, such as the team Aging, such as sapphire and other uncertain factors, so Zhu Yuanzhang hoped that his eldest grandson could have his own team, but he did not expect that his eldest grandson would dig out two at once, which was really beyond his expectations.

"By the way, grandson, your method of using disaster victims to force grain merchants to sell grain is a good one. Li Jinglong and the others also obtained grain according to your method, which is very good!"

Having said that, Zhu Yuanzhang paused, changed the subject, and said, "However, your method is missing a very crucial link, that is, you have not dealt with these grain merchants."

"If these grain merchants are let go so easily, then a very bad atmosphere will be formed, so these merchants must be strictly managed, and this opening cannot be opened."

Zhu Yuanzhang said earnestly.

Huang Xiongying nodded, and said: "The purpose of my grandson is to help the disaster relief. As for the disposal of the grain merchants, that is not something my grandson needs to consider."

"No, you have to think about it!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a serious face: "We see that you like to be in business, and we also know that business comes in quickly, and for the country, it really needs the existence of businessmen, but have you ever thought about it? Why did the dynasties emphasize agriculture and suppress business?"

Huang Xiongying really hadn't seriously considered this question, thought for a while, and replied: "Do you really want my grandson to tell me?"

"Speak boldly, say what comes to mind!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Huang Xiongying's eyes full of encouragement, he really wanted to hear his grandson's opinion.

Huang Xiongying nodded, and said: "Because of the lack of productivity in the whole society, most of the common people are self-sufficient, and agriculture has become the most important thing, because it can solve the problem of the common people's food. Once the problem is solved, the whole society will be stable, which is why all dynasties have emphasized agriculture.”

"As for suppressing business, my grandson is a bit puzzled. My grandson thinks that although merchants aim to make profits, they buy and sell things, measure distances and adjust surplus and shortage, so that goods can be circulated and the development of the whole society can be stimulated. , this is a good thing, why suppress it?"

After hearing Huang Xiongying's words, Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head slightly: "Da Sun, your view is biased!"

"Let me tell you a story. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the State of Qi wanted to annex the State of Hengshan. Guan Zhong, who was assisting Duke Huan of Qi at that time, adopted a strategy without bloodshed. How did he do it?"

"The first step is to buy weapons produced by Hengshan at a high price, so that the people of Hengshan have given up agriculture and switched to producing weapons. Why? Because the money came quickly, and the farmland has been barren since then! The second step is to buy food from Hengshan at a high price. From the king down to the common people, they were all dazzled by money and sold all their grain, and finally when Qi State marched into the army, Hengshan State found that it had no grain and had no choice but to surrender.”

Huang Xiongying nodded and said, "This is Guan Zhong's classic Hengshan strategy."

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Whether Guan Zhong launched the Hengshan conspiracy or the Shibi conspiracy, they all lured farmers from other countries to engage in business and delayed farming.

When Huang Xiongying heard this, he showed a thoughtful expression.

Zhu Yuanzhang continued: "Think about it, grandson. Farmers work hard all year round to fill their stomachs. But what about businessmen? You only need to run around and sell here and there, and you can make a lot of money. I'll take you According to the bright mirror, a small piece of things can sell so much wealth, which is wealth that farmers can’t get from farming the fields for many lifetimes!”

"Once such a trend starts, who will farm the land?"

"At that time, our Ming Dynasty will be like what is recorded in the Han Dynasty, the people abandon their roots and chase after the waste, and there will be no more than half of the tillers. Although the poor are given land, they will still be sold at a low price."

"In this way, the land will be concentrated in the hands of merchants. They will not carry out agricultural activities themselves, but will buy and sell the land to earn the difference, because then the profit will be greater and it will take less effort."

"What kind of consequences will this lead to? Poor people will do evil things, rich people will do indulgent things, and more and more criminal things will follow, and the whole country will be in chaos! "

After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Huang Xiongying was stunned.

He didn't expect that the old man had such a profound view on this issue, beyond the imagination of a traveler who thought he had more vision than people of this era.

Before time travel, Huang Xiongying also read many time travel historical novels. The protagonists in the novels are always omnipotent, and most of them use the knowledge of later generations to vigorously promote the development of ancient commerce, almost changing the world by one person. After an era, Huang Xiongying used to think the same way, but what the old man said today shocked him and gave him a new understanding.

Take the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty as an example. It was a period of commercial prosperity. The government tolerated merchants relatively high, resulting in a large number of big merchants and rich people. The result of the concentration of wealth in their hands was that prices soared. Affected, the living standards of the people declined, and the country's economy was severely damaged. This was also an inducement for the Anshi Rebellion. Since then, the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty has ceased, and it even caused the southward shift of the Chinese economic center.

The most intuitive benefit of the policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business is that it makes the small-scale peasant economy prosperous, prevents land mergers to a certain extent, prevents the penetration of commercial capital into the land, and stabilizes the lives of the people.

China's prosperous times were mostly developed on the basis of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce, which are good examples.

To promote the development of Ming Dynasty, the development of commerce is inevitable, but it is definitely not done overnight by following the scriptures.

This reminded him of the Huaxia where his later generations lived. It was a powerful Huaxia, but also a unique Huaxia. She followed the people's route, not the Western capital route, but it was such a distinctive road that made Huaxia This ancient nation is full of vigor and vitality, which makes the western powers who have developed hundreds of years in advance dread it!
Thinking of this, Huang Xiongying said to the old man seriously: "Grandson has been educated!"

Seeing Huang Xiongying's sincere attitude, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded in satisfaction and said with a smile, "So don't think that grandpa is old and stubborn."

Huang Xiongying laughed when he heard the words: "Who says grandpa is old and stubborn, grandson will be the first to let him go!"

The smile on Zhu Yuanzhang's face became stronger, and he said: "We have eaten more rice than you, and the road we have traveled is longer than you, but you are much better than us. When we were your age, we didn't know ourselves. What are you going to do!"

"You are really smart, so our expectations for you are very high! You will definitely be better than us in the future!"

This was the second time Huang Xiongying heard this, but he couldn't figure out what the old man was expecting.

"Do you expect your grandson to become an official?"

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head, and said mysteriously, "You will know later."

Huang Xiongying was speechless, the last time he said to join the army, the old man just said this, now he said to be an official, the old man shook his head again, and the old man was not happy to go into business.

Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and all three were rejected.

Is it possible to tell yourself to farm?But what is there to expect from farming?And it looks like it can't be said!
What else can I do?
It can't be... to be the emperor, right?

(End of this chapter)