Confucius' Confucianism also focused on realism and equal emphasis on justice and interests, so Ye An focused on "joining businessmen and doing business" in the Zichen Palace.
Wang Qinruo did not agree with Ye An's point of view, and frowned and said: "Ah Changsheng! When reading the books of sages, you should keep your heart. Merchants value profits but ignore righteousness. How can they make the country rich and the people strong?"
Ye An looked at Wang Qinruo with some strangeness: "Emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business, emphasizing the basic and suppressing the poor are these things said by the sage Confucius? How come I haven't heard of it? On the contrary, the words of the sage in the book say: "A country has a way, but a poor state
It's shameful to be humble!" What do you mean by this? I wonder if the prince can help Ye An clear up his doubts?"
Wang Qinruo didn't know how to say it for a moment. In fact, from the literal point of view, this sentence is very simple. If a country is a country of morality, it is inappropriate and even a shame that the economy is not prosperous and developed!
Ye An looked at Zhao Zhen and said: "The second word about official family comes from "The Analects of Confucius Taibo". It shows that Sage Kong believed that a country with Tao should be rich and prosperous..."
“Does wealth have to be about commerce?”
"Without the exchange of merchants, where can prosperity come from? The market is prosperous and business is prosperous. Only in this way can..." Ye An stopped talking, looked at Wang Qinruo and said: "Prince, Ye An has the liberty to ask.
, do you have a shop at home?”
"this……"
Wang Qinruo was slightly stunned, not knowing how to speak for a moment. How could an official's family not have a shop? Besides, they all belonged to a wealthy family, and there were quite a few shops.
When Lan Jizong spoke a little in Liu E's ear, Liu E covered her mouth and said with a smile: "I know that Wang Qing's family has sixteen shops, including many grain and oil shops and raw silk shops!"
Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian looked at each other. They were not surprised that there were many shops in Wang Qinruo's home, but they were surprised that there were only sixteen shops in his home... Of course, Ye An was also surprised after hearing this. Compared with Li Zunxu's house, it was simply nine.
A hair from an ox.
"The prince's family also has fields, right? I wonder if the prince's family makes money every year from the fields or from the shops?"
This is equivalent to asking a nonsense question, can grain and oil trading not make money? As for raw silk, it is a popular commodity on the market, and ordinary people may not be able to receive it even if they have money.
But Wang Qinruo was also unable to answer. Only then did he realize that he had fallen into the trap that Ye An had dug long ago, but he soon smiled and said: "There is only a certain amount of wealth in the world. There are many merchants and few others.
If everyone goes into business and everyone does business, then who will farm the land? If the money in the pockets of businessmen is more, the money in the pockets of farmers will naturally be less. I don’t know whether there are more farmers in the world or not.
How many merchants are there?!"
This touches on the core interests of the country. Liu E on the throne quietly watched the debate between Ye An and Wang Qinruo. At the moment, they were no longer testing Ye An's family studies in school, but were debating with each other. A debate about whether they should
The mercantile debate.
Compared with Zhao Zhen, who was a little confused on the throne, Liu E, Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian heard another meaning from Wang Qinruo's words. Why did the past dynasties emphasize agriculture and suppress business? Of course, it is because there are many farmers and few merchants in the world.
Since there is a certain amount of wealth in the world, if there are more merchants, the farmers will have less. The less wealth the farmers have in their pockets, the more unstable it will be for a country and dynasty.
In the final analysis, it is not unreasonable to emphasize agriculture and suppress business as a national policy, but to stabilize people's hearts and maintain the rule of the Tianjia.
Among all the people present, only Liu E knew the problem. Wang Qinruo deliberately brought the topic to the way of merchants. Ye An had only talked about his family education before and agreed with Confucianism. He only mentioned Confucianism and officialdom.
It’s just a matter of businessmanship.
But Wang Qinruo led him to the benefits of merchants to the country, and he also deliberately told Liu E. The reason was very simple, because she had already thought about opening a bank with money from Zuo Zangku, and she was very interested in Wang Qinruo's idea.
He said it, but he met with strong opposition.
Liu E herself also wanted to see how Ye An refuted Wang Qinruo, but who knew that he laughed loudly, crossed his hands and saluted Wang Qinruo and said: "Ye An once received a suggestion from an elder, saying that a man who can become a husband is a very good person."
You can secure your position as father-in-law by catering to your superiors. Your methods must be brilliant, your talents must be outstanding, and your vision must be lofty! But when I met the prince today, I realized that Ye An was wrong!"
Wang Qinruo's face turned red, but Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian stared at Ye An in surprise, mocking Wang Qinruo in public for not being like Ye An. Didn't he always want to stay away from the muddy waters of the court?
Ye An didn't care about this. Even though Liu E frowned slightly and showed dissatisfaction in his eyes, he was still like this. It depends on the owner to beat the dog? When did the courtiers of the Song Dynasty look at the face of the Tian family and act?!
If you want to be an independent minister, a direct minister must have this kind of consciousness, not afraid of offending others, not afraid of offending powerful ministers. Ye An was thinking about how to show his neutrality before, but these are all good. Wang Qinruo was sent by Liu E when he was dozing off.
Pillow.
Looking at Zhao Zhen's interested expression, Ye An smiled and said: "Guan, if someone says to you in the future, "There is only a certain amount of wealth in the world," you must send him far away.
Lest the stupidity in him spread to you!"
Zhao Zhen glanced at Wang Qinruo and asked with a half-smile, "Oh? What can you say? I have heard such words before!"
"Because all wealth in the world is created by human power! It is not conceived by heaven and earth... Official, do you think a load of firewood is considered wealth?"
Zhao Zhen frowned and said: "If it can be exchanged for money, it will naturally be regarded as wealth."
Ye An nodded slightly and praised: "The officials are really smart. As long as they transport firewood to the city and sell it to those who need it, the woodcutter can make money. Did you bring the firewood? Of course it was cut from the woods.
The wealth bred by heaven and earth, but if there is no woodcutter to cut it, collect it, and transport it, can it be regarded as goods? Can it be turned into money? So how did these firewood become money? Is it because of the woodcutter?
Cut down?”
The hall fell into silence again. Even Lan Jizong was clasping his fingers. Even he was confused. Such a simple truth just didn't make sense.
“Because there are a lot of costs involved!”
Ye An didn't wait for everyone to come back to their senses and said loudly: "It is people who create wealth. The woodcutter spent time and energy to cut down and transport it to Tokyo. This is the value created by the woodcutter and the value of this load of firewood."
Cost, so it has value to those in need. Everyone can create value, so everyone can create goods. Just like the noodle soup that Chen buys every morning, the noodle soup vendor starts from
The woodcutter obtained goods and used the goods to heat water and turn it into hot noodle soup. When I got up in the morning and washed myself, I needed hot noodle soup, so I spent money to buy it. The noodle soup vendor made money, so he
He used the money to buy food, and every day he saved some money, so that he could buy some dolls for his children and a piece of cloth for his wife, and those who sold him things..."
"I understand!"
Zhao Zhen stood up in surprise. In his opinion, Ye An's words seemed to open a door for him, and he understood many truths in an instant. Liu E stared at Ye An and sighed slightly: "I know it."
How come your business is so profitable!"
Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian looked at each other again. They had seen Ye An's extraordinary skills today, and more importantly, they had seen the extraordinary skills of Ye An's family.
As for Wang Qinruo, he stood in the hall for a long time before sighing slightly: "Sure enough, it is the origin of family learning. There are several ways of studying things. The branch of Confucianism can also lead directly to the main road. It should not be underestimated!"
This is what Ye An wants. Seeing that Wang Qinruo has already compromised, Ye An bowed slightly: "Ye An is showing off in front of everyone. I hope the prince will not mind."
Wang Qinruo was a little surprised by the sharp turn in his attitude. He crossed his arms and said in return: "Ye Hou is so polite. This is just to learn from each other. It's not showing off, let alone offending. I see a young talent like Ye Hou."
, I feel very relieved! We should keep in touch with each other more often."
Wang Qinruo's words instantly set alarm bells ringing for Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian. What else could this old guy come up with?!