Chapter 525: Talking about Farming (Part 2)
Time seems to be silent.
Li Chenan said nothing more, because his words were indeed worth pondering.
Their vision was limited to the environment in which they lived, and Li Chenan's words completely subverted their understanding. It was not easy to understand it for a while.
Two dog barks suddenly came from the silent night.
The bored Wang Zhenghaoxuan who was standing behind Li Chenan was suddenly shaken. At the same time, Xiao Baozi also turned his head and looked in the direction where the barking came from.
Her eyes lit up and she nodded towards Wang Zhenghaoxuan. Wang Zhenghaoxuan grinned, understood, turned around, and flew out quietly.
Su Yian and Liu Xiayin didn't even notice that one person was missing. They were still thinking about what Li Chenan said.
"According to what the Prince Regent said...the reason for this annexation is that he became a peasant?"
At this moment, Liu Xiayin had forgotten the sorrow and anger he saw at the south gate. He frowned and said again:
"But since ancient times, land has been the lifeblood of farmers... The state allocates land to farmers, of course, in the hope that they can hold a solid job."
"However, during disaster years, in Jingning County for example, some farmers do sell their land."
Liu Xiayin suddenly realized that he couldn't get around this point.
"However, it is absolutely true that the gentry and wealthy families take advantage of the disaster years to lower the selling price of land... Not to mention that Jingning County has accepted many such low-priced land transfers, let's talk about the Zhou Dashan in Zhouzhuang. He is precisely because of Zhaohua
It took two consecutive years of severe drought in the 10th and 11th years before we purchased that large amount of land from farmers at half price."
"Is this the oppression of the poor by the rich?"
Li Chenan smiled slightly and said, "Land is just a commodity."
"For any commodity in the market, there is a supply and demand problem."
"During disaster years, farmers sell land as a commodity in large quantities, and a large number of similar commodities appear on the market. This will naturally cause the selling price of this type of commodity to become lower."
"Of course, I don't deny what you said about taking advantage of others."
"Just like the land in Zhouzhuang."
"I've gone to see them, and almost all of them are in Ueda."
"But Mr. Zhou Dashan has great power in Zhouzhuang. He used his power to prevent other wealthy people from participating in the sale of land in Zhouzhuang."
"There are many sellers, but there is only one buyer. It becomes a buyer's market, and the price is decided by the buyer."
"But this is still not the main reason for land annexation. If farmers can feed their families from the harvest of the land, make a profit, and withstand the risk of natural disasters, will they sell their land?"
"They won't!"
"Then the business relationship does not exist."
"But the problem is that they cannot rely on the output of the land to ensure food and clothing for their family for a lifetime."
"Selling land is a matter of time!"
"On the way from Kyoto, I even saw a lot of abandoned land!"
“If you can’t even sell it, let’s just give it up and find another way to make a living!”
"What does this mean?"
"It shows that the emperors of the past dynasties thought that by allocating land to farmers, they could ensure the long-term peace and stability of the country. This is a false proposition!"
"It puts these dynasties into an endless cycle."
"This is one of the main reasons why all dynasties last only three hundred years!"
Liu Xiayin suddenly realized.
The root of the problem does not lie in these places!
The problem is that the output of these fields cannot truly provide those farmers with the guarantee of food and clothing!
Su Yian also straightened out Li Chenan's words at this moment.
He also understood the crux of the matter.
But it is one thing to understand. All dynasties have been making the same mistake, and they have been unable to get out of this endless cycle. How to solve this problem?
He looked at Li Chenan blankly. Only then did he truly understand what Hua Manting said -
"He might be a light!"
"A ray of hope!"
He was only eighteen years old, but he saw the root of farming!
He didn't talk about other issues. Since he was able to see through the most complex land annexation issue in a straight-forward manner, I guess he also had unique insights on other issues and even had solutions.
"Prince Regent, then... in your opinion, emperors of all dynasties should not allocate land to farmers?"
Li Chenan waved his hand, "There is no problem with this. The problem is how to enable farmers to earn enough money to support their families while owning land to avoid their behavior of selling large amounts of land."
Su Yian bowed his hands and said with great sincerity:
"Please clarify the confusion, Prince Regent!"
Liu Xiayin also looked at Li Chenan expectantly.
Even Xiao Baozi and Amu looked at Li Chenan at this moment.
The two of them originally didn't care about this matter.
But after listening to Li Chenan's explanation in simple terms, they vaguely understood that there was another reason for the change of dynasties.
Now that the problem has been found, what method will Li Chenan use to solve it?
He is only eighteen years old, but the two old men in their forties are looking forward to his answer like his students...
Xiao Baozi's slender eyes curved into crescent moons.
She looked at Li Chenan and suddenly felt that the cow she was looking for, except that he was not good at actively plowing the fields, seemed to be very good at other things.
Xiao Baozi pursed his lips and thought to himself, he practiced the Fujian Zhoutian Jue, and he would be very good at plowing the fields.
If he can practice the Second Zhoutian Jue to Dzogchen...
If there was only one field, he would probably plow it all!
She was distracted again.
She no longer thought about the question of how farmers could not sell their land, but kept thinking about another question that she was extremely curious about -
If he practices Dzogchen in the Fuji Zhou Tian Jue, how many fields will it take to consume his pure Yang energy?
This is a question that has never been answered in the world.
The difficulty of answering this question seems to be more difficult than preventing farmers from selling their land.
No, you have to continue to meditate on the Great Perfection of "Cihang Dao Canon"!
Overcome strength with softness!
Transform yin into yang!
She bit her lip and stared at Li Chenan with stars in her eyes——
Look at this girl, you are so exhausted!
Just when Xiao Baozi was thinking about this, Li Chenan spoke:
"To eliminate this problem to the greatest extent, in my opinion, the most effective way is to increase farmers' income channels!"
"This goes back to the topic you asked me at the beginning."
Su Yian was startled for a moment, "Start with industry and commerce?"
Li Chenan nodded slightly, and Liu Xiayin asked again in confusion:
“Farmers don’t even have enough money to survive, so how can they do business?”
"Don't let them do business!"
Li Chenan looked at Liu Xiayin, and was about to explain further, but suddenly turned his head.
In the darkness of night, Wang Zhenghaoxuan fell from the sky.
Chapter completed!