Li Chenan raised his wine bowl and raised it towards the two of them.

Su Yian quickly picked up the wine bowl, Liu Xia was suddenly startled, and he also took a big sip.

He didn't eat the pig ears again.

Because Li Chenan just said that he wanted to talk to Su Yian...

Throughout the dynasties, no matter which country it is, agriculture has always been the foundation of the country!

But the news coming from Jiangnan said that what the regent was about to implement next was the revitalization of industry and commerce!

It is not an agricultural problem that needs to be solved urgently.

He put agricultural issues behind industry and commerce!

This seemed absurd to Liu Xiayin.

This is one of the reasons why Liu Xiayin is not happy with the regent——

If your stomach is not full and your life is hanging on the line, what is the use of prosperity of industry and commerce?

This is not just Liu Xiayin's thought.

It is estimated that most of the officials in the entire Ningguo court do not understand this very well.

Apart from explaining it to Wen Boiyu and other officials in the Imperial Study Room, Li Chenan has not yet discussed this issue in depth with anyone.

But today he wanted to talk to Su Yian.

Because Wen Boyu believes that Su Yian has the talent to be a prime minister!

Although Li Chenan abolished the position of prime minister, the top officials of the three provinces are equivalent to the former prime ministers, but the powers of the prime ministers have been divided.

But the three top officials in the three provinces were appointed on an interim basis.

For example, Cheng Jingting, the servant of Cheng Guogong, was a helpless move to catch a duck.

There is no one you can trust!

Old Duke Cheng is already very old. It does not mean that he will no longer be useful when he is old, but his energy cannot keep up with the pace of a series of reform measures implemented by the imperial court.

Therefore, Wen Boiyu hopes that Li Chenan can convince Su Yian. If Su Yian is willing to return to the court, in Wen Boiyu's view, he will be a rare talent.

But Li Chen'an's reform measures were indeed a bit advanced. He was more worried about great scholars like Su Yian, whose ideas were usually very stubborn.

If they can't change their minds and accept their own views...then his huge talent will have no effect on Li Chenan.

It may even become a huge hindrance!

The only person who understands Li Chenan is Xiao Baozi——

No matter how strong the cow is, if it doesn't plow the land... then it is definitely not a good cow!

Instead of wasting the fodder, it’s better to kill it and eat the meat!

The three of them took a sip of wine.

Li Chenan put down his wine bowl, looked at Su Yian, and asked:

"Sir, why do you think that among all the dynasties that have lasted for thousands of years, there are so few that have survived for more than three hundred years?"

This is what Li Chenan is questioning Su Yian.

Liu Xiayin also put down his wine bowl and looked at Su Yian, wondering how Su Yian would respond next.

Su Yian pondered for three breaths, stroked his short beard, and said slowly:

"In my opinion, there are only three reasons."

"Mr. Su, please tell me."

"First, in the last years of a dynasty, corrupt officials are usually rampant in the temples, but the people are living in dire straits."

"Secondly, in fact, the rulers of all dynasties, at the beginning of the founding of the country, paid great attention to people's livelihood, especially farmers!"

"When an old dynasty is overthrown, the rulers will almost always redistribute the old dynasty's land to farmers."

"But the class that really maintains the interests of the rulers is not the peasants, but the scholar-bureaucrats all over the world!"

"They are well-educated and knowledgeable. Only they can help the rulers govern the country."

"As time goes by, the group of scholar-officials will become larger and larger, and their hands will stretch longer and longer...and land can grow the most important food, which is the most important living material in any dynasty.

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"As the power in the hands of scholar-officials increases, they will get involved in all walks of life, including land, for the benefit of their families!"

"They control laws, connections, armed forces, etc., and they will use these powers to invade the people and take the land from the people at a low price. However, the original owners of these lands have become theirs.

Sharecropper."

"Thirdly... farmers without land have become rootless ducks."

"They have no ability to withstand unknown risks."

"For example, famine, plague, disease... any disaster will make them homeless, so they will take risks and become bandits."

"A country has existed for different lengths of history, but in my opinion, if these three points can be summed up in one sentence, they can be summed up in one sentence."

Li Chenan raised his eyebrows: "What kind of sentence?"

"Unfair distribution!"

When Su Yian said these four words, Li Chenan really looked at him with admiration.

He immediately sat up straight and asked again: "What kind of injustice do you think sir?"

"I think the first thing is the injustice in education!"

"Studying is a very expensive thing. Children of farmers cannot afford to study at all!"

"They are not originally from the scholar-official class, and their children have no chance of being recommended as officials!"

"The imperial examination was created by the previous dynasty. It was originally a great initiative. It provided children from poor families with an opportunity to enter the official career, but..."

Su Yian took a deep breath and shook his head: "It's just a cover to hide the truth!"

"Studying is a very luxurious thing. Poor people are already poor, so how can they have money to educate their children?"

"Their class cannot change from generation to generation. The only way to change is to gather together and rebel one day when you are desperate!"

"Secondly, the unfair distribution of wealth!"

“The scholar-bureaucrat class controls the greatest wealth in the entire country. They live a life of luxury and debauchery, but the people who support them have put in the most efforts, but they are poor... Everyone wants to live a good life, so why are some people born rich?

And the vast majority of people are still unable to turn over even after exhausting the efforts of several generations?"

"This is to worry not about scarcity but about inequality."

"Again, it's legal injustice!"

"I have been thinking, we are all human beings, why can't we punish a doctor?"

"Why should the poor have to be bullied by the rich?"

"And the land held by farmers has been annexed by the rich in large quantities, and there is a lot of darkness in it!"

"Those who control the law are colluding with the rich. The peasants have lost their land and have no place to complain!"

"The accumulated resentment over time will inevitably lead to confrontation between the two classes!"

"Once this opposition reaches a certain level of irreconcilability, once someone waves the flag and shouts...the world will be in chaos!"

"So, beacons were everywhere, and another vigorous battle started, until this dynasty was overthrown, until another new dynasty was established."

"Every cycle starts again and again...the reason why it only lasts for three hundred years is the time process of these contradictions from brewing to occurrence to end."

"The short-lived dynasty is just that these conflicts broke out faster and more intensely."

"In my humble opinion, this is roughly the case, so I think that if the regent wants to build a strong country, he should start from how to solve the problem that farmers' land will always belong to farmers."

“Instead of starting from industry and commerce!”

"Because no dynasty has perished because of backward industry and commerce!"
Chapter completed!