Chapter 140 The Wealth of the People Makes the Country Strong
Chapter 140: The people are rich and the country is strong
Outside Emperor Xia’s bedroom, Chu Ze has arrived.
When he walked into the bedroom, beyond Chu Ze's expectations, there were other people.
An older man has white hair and beard, but is energetic.
And beside him, Prime Minister Liu Qianshan stood with his head down, looking quite respectful.
Seeing Chu Ze come in, Emperor Xia waved and said with a smile: "Chu Ze is here. I will meet Mr. Cangshan today. You are here too. Let's follow you and listen."
"As for your order." Chu Ze bowed his hand and walked to the side, standing quietly.
But in my heart, Chu Ze knew about this Mr. Cangshan and was considered a famous scholar and great scholar today.
Many works remain in the world.
Extremely high reputation.
Emperor Xia looked at Mr. Cangshan and asked softly: "Although Mr. Hun is not in the court, he is a citizen of Daxia after all. My Daxia wants to strengthen the country and prosper the country. I don't know if Mr. Hun has a good idea?"
Although Emperor Xia was old, he was not as hard as the energy was exhausted and he was diligent in government affairs.
Mr. Cangshan bowed to Emperor Xia and replied: "Your Majesty, I think that at present, my Daxia should increase taxes. Your Majesty is kind to implement tax cuts, encourage people to have children, and let people have thirty taxes, and now it is almost time to go
Thirty years ago, the people of Daxia have lived much richer and have a lot more people than they did thirty years ago. At present, the tax is a bit too low, which is not good for the country!”
Chu Ze was by the side, and his heart tightened when he heard it!
The people of Daxia are indeed thirty taxes per one, and the tax ratio is not high!
But if the people say how rich life is, it may not be possible. They can get enough food and clothing on weekdays, but that's all.
Because what the people have to bear is not just the ordinary land tax of thirty taxes.
There is also a cap tax, which every adult needs to pay taxes based on cap taxes, and some places have harsh and complicated taxes.
Overall, it was still relatively tight. Of course, when Emperor Xia registered, the people across the country had 10 taxes. In the middle of the Xia Dynasty's rule, Daxia began to reduce taxes on a large scale.
The purpose is to encourage the people to have more children.
The effect is indeed good. The population and people's lives have improved a lot.
But how many good days have passed?
What does this old man mean?
Mr. Cangshan continued: "Your Majesty is the emperor and the people are the people. If the people are too rich, trouble will easily arise. Your Majesty just imagine that if the people have surplus grain and money at home, will they still work hard to farm.
?Can the tax increase be raised if they do not farm diligently? The population of Daxia continues to grow, but this tax has been maintained in a relatively stable state for many years, because the tax is too low! If Your Majesty let these people live
If they suffer a little harder, they will work hard. The tax revenue of our Daxia treasury will naturally increase. Only when the treasury has money can the country prosper!”
Speaking of this, he gently twisted his beard: "Secondly, when the people have money, they must learn literature and martial arts. Once the people's wisdom is opened, their minds will be lively. Everyone's minds will be lively, and they will be even more reluctant to bury their heads in farming. For my Daxia tax revenue
It has a great impact, and will these people be used by those who are interested and do unstable things? It is still unknown! However, when the people are poor, they can only work hard to work hard and work hard to eat in one bite.
Working, in this way, can the people be safe and the treasury be filled."
The old man looked at Emperor Xia and said proudly: "Your Majesty is kind, but the emperor cannot be benevolent. You have to let these people do their best for my Daxia. I think Your Majesty can restore the land tax of ten taxes and one or even one in eight taxes. , Let these people work hard! I have calculated that the people of Daxia, a family of five, need about fifty taels of silver a year. Your Majesty would better make this family work for only 40 yuan a year. It costs about five taels of silver, so that they need to work hard every year to maintain their expenses and not starve to death. In this way, the treasury will be full, and our Daxia will inevitably have strong national strength!”
After hearing what Mr. Cangshan said, Emperor Xia gently rubbed his fingers, but did not express his opinion, but turned his eyes to Prime Minister Liu Qianshan.
He said leisurely: "Liu Xiang thinks, what about Mr. Cangshan's suggestion?"
Liu Qianshan smiled slightly and said, "What do you think is good?"
Emperor Xia suddenly looked at Chu Ze again and asked with a smile: "Boy Chu, what do you think?"
Chu Ze looked at the Mr. Cangshan and fell into a tangle.
Actually, really, Chu Ze understands what this person means very much, which is to squeeze out the value of the people and make them work hard.
Fool people, weak people!
This situation has lasted forever under the rule of the feudal dynasty, and many emperors have this idea and practice this method.
In fact, Chu Ze also understood that from the perspective of the ruler, it is understandable to use the people to extract value.
But whether to use this method is questionable.
After a moment of entanglement, Chu Ze answered: "I think, this old man is still very loud."
Chu Ze still disagrees with this view after all.
Emperor Xia said angrily: "You boy must not be rude. Regardless of whether you agree with Mr. Cangshan's opinion, you must be respectful!"
Chu Ze grinned: "But I think there is nothing to respect for such a person."
"Hmph, Huangkouzi is not enough to make a decision!" Mr. Cangshan waved his sleeves and turned his head to look at Chu Ze.
Chu Ze sneered, stepped forward and bowed and said, "Your Majesty, whether my Daxia is strong or not, whether the national treasury is full is indeed a very important factor, but in the final analysis, most of the people who fought on the battlefield are still ordinary people! So in my opinion, The prosperity of the people is the foundation for the strength of the country."
"If the people have money, they can eat more meat, which will make them healthy and go to the battlefield. When the people in Daxia are tall and big, they will naturally take advantage!"
"If the people have money, they can give birth to more children. If they can't eat enough, they will run around for a bite of food every day. How dare the people have children at will? If the number of people in Daxia becomes smaller, how can they compete with the other eight countries? With the increase in population, our Daxia military strength will be strong, which is a very simple truth.”
"If the people have money, they will praise Your Majesty. How can they believe in the instigation of others and become enemies with Your Majesty? Have you ever seen anyone who plots against you in a prosperous era? In a prosperous era, there must be few people who plot against you, because the hearts of the people are fundamentally in the future. It is impossible to accomplish anything. On the contrary, if Your Majesty loses the hearts of the people because of the temporary benefits in front of you and the people suffer for a long time, it will be easier to be encouraged by those who are interested and do some wrong things!"
Speaking of this, Chu Ze looked at Mr. Cangshan: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, when the people are rich, they will be prosperous. When the country is strong in a prosperous era, and when the country is ignorant and weak, the country will be in chaos. The fundamentals will be Whether it is strong or not depends on the people. If the people are strong, the country will be strong. If the people are weak, the country will be weak! This gentleman, for the so-called full treasury, he wanted to kill the chicken to get eggs. It is really a pitfall! Please give your Majesty a clear guide!"
Chu Ze said this, and the hall was quiet!
Even Mr. Cangshan looked at Chu Ze in great surprise.
Emperor Xia didn't expect that Chu Ze actually said something.
Originally, he was just thinking about Chu Ze and listening to it to broaden his horizons.
Unexpectedly, Chu Ze still has his own insights.
In fact, the history of this world is much weaker than that of Chinese history.
It is more in the stage of competing for hegemony among countries.
Just like the seven kingdoms compete for hegemony during the Warring States Period, at this time, various ideas and concepts emerged one after another.
People in this world are actually very difficult to distinguish right from wrong when facing various ideas, because the only way to test whether various theories are correct is practice. If you want to look at history, this kind of practice requires countless
Changes of dynasties.
But the world is obviously not at this level yet.
Chu Ze is at the end of thousands of years of replacement and exchange of dynasties.
The foolish people and the weak people have been popular for many years and can even be said to have become mainstream, but in the end they have paid an extremely heavy price.
There is no dynasty that can rely on the foolish people and the weak people to maintain long-term stability.
In the end, they all went to perish.
Because of external hostile forces, they will develop.
Large-scale fooling the people and weakening the people will inevitably lead to slowing down the overall social development and process. Once a breakthrough in historical turning point occurs, it is easy to be directly thrown away!
If you fall behind, you will be beaten!
So in Chu Ze's opinion, the so-called Mr. Cangshan's suggestion is pure nonsense!
Those who can come up with such suggestions are the kind of bad and stupid ones!
Emperor Xia's eyes flashed, and he looked at Chu Ze who was talking in front of him, and suddenly smiled and said, "Boy! How can every person who keeps his mouth like this disrespectful to Mr. Cangshan? Apologize quickly!"
Seeing Emperor Xia speak, Chu Ze reluctantly came to the Mr. Cangshan, and said with a clear dissatisfaction on his face: "I was wrong, and the sir has no pitfalls."
"You!" Mr. Cangshan was so angry that his face turned red. He looked at Emperor Xia and gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to do in my family and I have to go back!"
Seeing him like this, Emperor Xia waved his hand and said, "Okay, sir, go first. If I don't understand something, please sir, please enter the palace!"
Mr. Cangshan turned and left, Liu Qianshan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I have also surrendered!"
"Xiang Liu, let's go down, and make a charter for each department's memorial as soon as possible and submit it in the afternoon!" Emperor Xia ordered.
As the prime minister, Liu Qianshan will be the first to review all the memorials, make preliminary rulings, and then send them to Emperor Xia for approval!
"yes!"
Liu Qianshan also retreated. Emperor Xia looked at Chu Ze and smiled slightly and said, "You boy, I am impressed by the fact that I can say these remarks today! How have you been in the past few days after returning to Beijing?"
"Thank you for your concern, you're doing well!"
Chu Ze bowed and said.
Emperor Xia picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said, "You have done a good job in recruiting this time. I allow Xu Yue to transfer you into the Tiger Cavalry Guard. In the future, I will follow Xu Yue and learn how to train and lead the troops.
, Only by being arrogant and impetuous can you achieve great things.”
"Thank you for your teachings! I am so grateful."
Chu Ze thanked again.
Emperor Xia’s old eyes stared at Chu Ze and suddenly asked, “What do you think about Yin Ziting’s marriage?”
Chu Ze never expected that Emperor Xia would ask such a direct question!
Faced with this problem, Chu Ze's heart was constantly changing!
He is thinking about how to answer!
It is impossible to tell the truth to Emperor Xia!
But what does he need to show in front of Emperor Xia?
In an instant, Chu Ze raised his head, his eyes full of reluctance, and gritted his teeth and said, "I don't accept it!"
"Where are you not convinced?"
"Yin Ziting and I are in love with each other. Wen Qi and the Fourth Highness get engaged, so I am not convinced!"
"What then?" Emperor Xia locked his eyes tightly on Chu Ze.
Chu Ze smiled miserably and said, "I don't accept it, but I can only endure it!"
He was dissatisfied with his eyes and said with a tragic look: "The state has its own laws, and the family has its own rules. For the public, the orders of the two parents and the words of the matchmaker, I am just an outsider, and I am extremely dissatisfied. What's the use? For private, four
The prince is a noble man of heaven and has a high position and a powerful position. I am just a general of the imperial guards. I can't afford to offend the fourth prince and the Minister of Works, Lord Wu. What can I do if I can't bear it?"
Looking at Chu Ze in front of him, Emperor Xia's eyes were like swords, and his eyes kept flowing on Chu Ze's body.
After a while, Emperor Xia stood up, walked to Chu Ze, reached out and patted his shoulder and said, "You boy, I can understand that there is resentment in your heart, but you must also be clear that nothing in the world is not.
If you follow the idea of one person, even if I do, I can’t do it as much as I want. Yin Ziting’s girl is good, but after all, her parents have found her. You kid, I’m so pleased that she can have this awareness!
You have made great contributions to recruiting troops. Although I have given you a position of staff, it is not enough. Let me see that you have entered the Juyuan Realm. I will ask Huang Qi to get you three purple Qidong later.
Come to the pill, this pill is a good thing in the Juyuan realm. If you take it back, you can at least improve your cultivation level by two levels!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Chu Ze bowed and said.
"Okay, go down and read more books in the future. You kid are pretty good."
Emperor Xia praised, on the other side, Huang Qi had already taken out a bottle of pill and handed it to Chu Ze's hand, and smiled and reminded: "This pill is rare, Your Majesty is good enough to you boy."
Now!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty! I'm leaving!" Chu Ze took the pill and bowed.
Slowly exit from the hall!
After leaving the hall, Chu Ze straightened up, looked calm, and turned around and left!
But the moment he turned around, a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes!
Sure enough, Emperor Xia would not give him any help in Yin Ziting's marriage. It can even be said that this bottle of pill was to some extent a kind of appreciation for his preparation and tolerance!
Since Emperor Xia’s questioning, Chu Ze was thinking, what exactly did Emperor Xia hope for him?
If you are not angry or unwilling to accept it, it will seem too bloodless.
But, if I really go to the Fourth Prince and even ask Emperor Xia to change his marriage, is it what Emperor Xia wants to see?
Surely not!
So Chu Ze showed anger and reluctance, but in the end he found various excuses and told Emperor Xia that he planned to endure the matter.
And he also obtained the pill given by Emperor Xia.
In the hall, looking at Chu Ze's back as he left, Emperor Xia sighed and said, "Chu Ze, this guy, can endure this matter, but it's still a big deal. If he insists on making trouble with me, it will be a worry.
!I didn't expect that this kid could make those remarks today, if the people are rich, the country will be strong? It's novel."
Huang Qi smiled and said, "Your Majesty doesn't want to see Chu Ze and the Fourth Prince completely turn against each other. This kid has done what His Majesty wants!"
Emperor Xia's eyes were far away: "The fourth brother, you have the ability. Among these sons, he is what I like, but I still can't make up my mind! As for Chu Ze, this boy's talent and character, at present,
In the future, it is OK whether it is in the army or in the court! It is a pity that I am a pillar of Daxia. It would be a pity if I destroy my future because of a woman."
Chu Ze walked out of the palace and was walking when he suddenly saw a person sitting at the side pillar under the corridor.
It was Prime Minister Liu Qianshan who saw Chu Ze, and he waved his hand and said with a smile: "Come on, boy Chu, come here and sit down!"
He has no airs!
Chu Ze looked around and there was no one in front of him, so he walked over and bowed and said, "I have seen Liu Xiang!"
"Sit down!" Liu Qianshan patted the railing.
Chu Ze sat down honestly, looked at Liu Qianshan, and said in confusion: "I don't know what's wrong with Liu Xiang calling me?"
"You and Changfeng have a good relationship. You are a friend. Just call me Uncle Liu!" Liu Qianshan took out a handful of peanuts from his pocket and stuffed them into his mouth. He chewed them while saying, "You are today."
The speech is quite exquisite!”
"A little humble opinion is not worth mentioning!"
Chu Ze quickly became modest.
Liu Qianshan glanced at him and smiled and said, "Haha, my humble opinion? How many people in Daxia can say such things as wealthy people will be strong in front of His Majesty? But, there is one thing that I am very curious about, you think,
Which method will Your Majesty choose?"
Chu Ze thought for a moment and said helplessly: "Will you increase the tax?"
When this was said, Liu Qianshan was amazed: "Why, let's talk about it?"
Chu Ze smiled bitterly and said, "Xiao Wanli has led his army to fight. Your Majesty wants to fight, so he naturally lacks money. If you want to make achievements and expand your territory, you need to win. What you fight is national strength and what you fight is money. Even if Your Majesty knows
The disadvantages of ignoring the people and weakening the people, but at this time, the increase in taxes is what Your Majesty wants the most! There are thousands of disadvantages, but as long as that little benefit can help Your Majesty win the battle with Zhou State, it is enough!
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Liu Qianshan looked at Chu Ze with admiration: "It's beyond my expectations that you can see this, but why do you still say what you said today?"
Chu Ze grinned and said, "Because there are some things I want to say! That's all!"
This is the truth. Compared to being cautious about Emperor Xia’s question, Chu Ze said this in a casual manner! Because the two are essentially different.
The question behind Emperor Xia directly involved the conflicts and struggles between Chu Ze and the Fourth Prince, and the previous words were just different opinions.
Liu Qianshan looked up and down at Chu Ze, and suddenly asked, "You kid, are you interested in leaving the army and joining the Sixth Ministry as an official? If you want, I can handle this matter!"