back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 719

This is the result of Lu Chengqi's kindness, otherwise, he could beat Gao Li to death with economic cards in minutes.Lu Chengqi is not arrogant, but has a basis.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Huan of Qi State appointed Guan Zhong as his chancellor. Guan Zhong said to Duke Huan of Qi: "The way to govern a country is to enrich the people first; to know etiquette if you have a solid warehouse, to know honor and disgrace if you have enough food and clothing; if the country is rich, those who are far away will come. The land is set up to keep the place." With these three sentences, the status of the overlord of the Qi State was opened.The so-called: the whole world is full of talk, but only the confidant is insignificant.The more Guan Zhong said, the more speculative he was, and every sentence hit his heart.So Qi Huan announced to all officials: "For the great affairs of the country, first report to Zhongfu; if there is a ruling, leave it to Zhongfu."

Guan Zhong's talent finally has a place to be used, and he is so powerful: in his eyes, ordinary people are "human beings".Similarly, officials and emperors are also "human beings" with more desires, ambitions and responsibilities.In Guan Zhong's eyes, the world is not made up of "good people" or "bad people", but by "selfish" people, so "the prosperity of politics lies in the people's will".He does not emphasize morality, does not believe in power, and is pragmatic.The essence of his reform is to turn the weakness of human nature into the driving force of labor: to gather everyone's private interests into the public interests of society.Lu Chengqi understands this, so his new policy is to praise a group of people, beat a group of people, but not kill them, leaving room for them.Over time, the vested interest groups did not have much resistance to the New Deal, and the people welcomed the New Deal even more.

Guan Zhong's famous work was to launch an economic war and force Chu to surrender.At that time, Guan Zhong bought the deer of Chu State at a high price, and the price of live deer in Chu State was 2000 yuan a head. Duke Huan of Qi sent someone to bring [-] million yuan to the State of Chu to search and buy it.Seeing that it was profitable, the king of Chu mobilized all the people to hunt deer, and even ignored the fields.At this time, Guan Zhong asked his minister Xi Peng to quietly buy and hoard grain from the people of Qi and Chu: Chu earned five times more money from selling live deer than usual; Qi bought and hoarded more surplus grain than usual. five times.As a result, the state of Chu missed the farming season, and at this time Guan Zhong ordered the border with the state of Chu to be closed.As a result, the price of rice in Chu State skyrocketed, and as many as four-tenths of the population of Chu State fled to Qi State.The vitality of the Chu State was severely injured, and it surrendered to the Qi State three years later.

After a while, Guan Zhong turned his attention to Hengshan again.At that time, Hengshan was rich in weapons, which was unparalleled in the world.Guan Zhong sent people to Hengshan to buy weapons at a high price one year before raising troops, so the people of Hengshan gave up farming and turned to iron.A year later, the state of Qi sent people to buy and transport grain. At that time, the price of grain was [-] yuan per stone, but the state of Qi bought it at [-] yuan per stone.People from other countries, including Hengshan, transported grain and sold it to Qi.Then one day before the summer harvest, Qi State suddenly closed the checkpoint and stopped purchasing grain and weapons from Hengshan State.No one knows what's going on.At this time, Qi State suddenly confronted Heng and began to send troops across the country.At this time, Hengshan had no food available, almost sold out its weapons, and could not buy food from other countries. It was completely defeated in the economic and military battlefields, so it had to surrender to the country.

Of course, in Lu Chengqi's view, Guan Zhong's economic warfare is a bit rough, but the idea is not afraid of the old, as long as it works.Lu Chengqi only needs to follow the gourd and buy Korean ginseng at a high price, which will naturally cause the people of Korea to abandon their fields to collect ginseng, and then send people to Korea to buy food at a high price, and then send troops to Korea when there is a famine in Korea.In this way, Koryo will naturally surrender the whole country if they surrender without fighting.

Lu Chengqi had already used this trick, but it was just a little warning to Gao Li, and he didn't really beat Gao Li to death.If so, Goryeo will be seriously injured, and now even the Jurchens can't beat them.

Standing on the shoulders of historical giants, Lu Chengqi's vision is far ahead.Another Song Dynasty in parallel time and space, sitting on Baoshan without knowing it, wasted the opportunity to dominate the Asian continent.If there was a capable minister and a wise emperor at that time, it was hard to say whether the Liao Kingdom could survive for 50 years, and would it still be necessary to beat life and death?
Of course, not to mention the internal struggles and contradictions in the Song Dynasty, even the interior of Dashun is not very harmonious.However, Dashun is better than the Song Dynasty, at least Chang'an's position is easy to defend and difficult to attack, which is much better than Bianliang in Yimapingchuan.In addition, the Northern Song Dynasty has been in peace for a long time, and has forgotten the ancient motto of being prepared for danger in times of peace, and the country was destroyed by lightning, which is also to blame.Coupled with the factional struggles in the Northern Song Dynasty, the vitality was consumed internally, and the imperial army was weak, so there was the shame of Jingkang and the hatred of the courtiers.In the Southern Song Dynasty, Yue Fei had a chance to recover the old rivers and mountains, but was rushed back to Lin'an by Zhao Gou, who was worried about robbing the throne, and killed the Han Wusheng Yue Fei on "unnecessary" charges.And the treacherous minister Qin Hui has borne the blame for Zhao Gou for hundreds of years, so he is not wronged, who said he is a surrender faction!
The rise and fall of history is of great reference significance.Now Dashun is on the right track. As long as the policy is right, it will not be a problem to reach the peak level of the Northern Song Dynasty within ten years.However, under the prosperous times, hidden crises have gradually become apparent, the most obvious being that today's officials take advantage of the court's loopholes.In fact, this is also the inferiority of human beings, just like when the future generations still have a big pot of rice, since they do more and less, why don't they contribute more?It's the same now, driven by human nature, since there are loopholes in the country, others will take advantage of them. If you don't take advantage of them, you will be an idiot.This is due to human nature, and it is also a loophole in policy.If it is not stopped, it will repeat the same mistakes and destroy the country.

Why didn't Lu Chengqi not want to do it in one step, with the force of thunder, sweep away the world forcefully, and restore a bright blue sky?It's just that Dashun has been established for more than a hundred years, and all kinds of forces are intertwined, and their influence can affect the whole body.This is not as simple as picking up the next Zaifu, but to fight against the entire bureaucratic class.No matter how high Lu Chengqi thought of himself, he didn't dare to touch this taboo lightly. If he didn't handle it properly and caused troubles, wouldn't he be shooting himself in the foot?

Governing a big country is like cooking a small fish. Lu Chengqi's foundation is not solid, so he can only take it step by step and take it easy.

Thinking of this, Lu Chengqi put aside the secret report of the Supervision Department on the Long case, and unconsciously rubbed the "Zhenshanhe" with one hand, while thinking about how to make the whole people pay taxes and completely take back the privilege of officials.Collusion between government and businessmen is always the fastest way to make money.It would be even more difficult if the government and business were integrated.Lu Chengqi was worried, that's what he was worried about.

"Oh, after much deliberation, I still have to have Zi Sui before I dare to give it a go..."

Lu Chengqi smiled wryly, thinking this is also human nature.Even if his New Deal was successful and attracted a group of loyal courtiers, if there was no Zi Sui, let alone the New Deal, even the Dashun Dynasty would be nothing more than a dream.

"No, I work hard every day, why don't I win the lottery?"

Lu Chengqi thought worriedly, feeling that this was simply his Achilles' heel. "Does it have to calculate the ovulation date in order to hit it?"

Lu Chengqi touched his chest muscles, biceps, and abdominal muscles, and they had already exercised to a certain extent: "I shouldn't, my body is so strong, much better than the sub-healthy pretense before..."

(End of this chapter)