Tang Dynasty Mingyue Song Dynasty Pass

Chapter 310 The Theory of Prosperity

Peng's mansion prepared a table of sumptuous delicacies to entertain these Sun Dang's court officials. Since they had the same political stance and they were old friends for many years, they were very open-minded. The topics of conversation basically revolved around Su Chen, because He is the protagonist of this banquet.

Xu Xuan, Xu Kai, Gao Yue, Zhang Yi, Li Dezan and others all admired Su Chen's poems and felt incredible about his superb medical skills, so they asked more questions after they met.

What interests Er Xu the most is Su Chen's poems. What skills do they have to write so extraordinary and different?

Su Chen then explained that his understanding of Ci is actually some standard answers in the history of Chinese literature. Apart from Huajian Ci, there are graceful schools and bold schools. Beautiful words, entrusting the mountains and rivers; or writing majestic words, entrusting the pride.

"So that's the case. Based on these words alone, you are destined to have the demeanor of writing lyrics." Xu Kai couldn't help but praise.

There wasn't a single white man present, even though Li Dezan, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, wasn't keen on poetry, he was still a scholar, and had passed the top three Jinshi. Su Chen's words were concise and to the point, everyone could understand them, and the evaluation of Su Chen's writing was even higher.

Han Xizai stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Everyone, if you only test and teach him poetry and focus on it, then at best, it's just for the court to get another Hanlin scholar, which is not what I want!"

Everyone was taken aback when they heard the words, chewing on the meaning of his words.

"Do you know what Han valued most in Su Chen?" Han Xizai smiled slightly, and then explained: "That is the ability to make money and the ability to create things. Don't underestimate these two points. This is how to govern the country and prosper the country. Two very important aspects. In the past ten years, our Tang Dynasty has fought against Minyue, Chu and other countries, which has seriously consumed the national treasury. In addition, it was swallowed up by the Northern Zhou Dynasty a few years ago. The pressure on taxation and finance is unprecedented. It is difficult to distribute them; except for the richer people in Runzhou and Jinling City, the poor in other prefectures and counties are getting more and more miserable. The foundation of these countries does not need beautiful people who write poems and articles, but people who can create wealth. Come to establish government and business, and continue to fill the treasury!"

Xu Xuan, Zhong Mo, Zhang Yi, Gao Yue and others all nodded their heads. The current situation of the Tang State is already very difficult. Or the title of participating in political affairs, being able to enter Chengxintang to participate in the resolution of major military affairs, naturally, he is very clear about these national affairs.

Li Dezan asked curiously: "Su Chen is also interested in studying things?"

Han Xizai smiled and said: "You may have heard that Qingbai porcelain was developed by this kid, which made the Bai family turn around and suppressed the Ding family, and the soap used in your house recently was also made by him." It was made by tinkering. I heard from Gouzi that Su Chen can turn water into ice in summer, create movable type printing, make mellow spirits, etc. These methods are beyond the reach of ordinary skilled craftsmen. This is what is beyond imagination Su Chen can make so many strange things in this place."

"We've all heard about blue and white porcelain, soap, and movable type printing. Yixuan, how did you come up with these new things?" Gao Yue asked.

Su Chen put down his chopsticks, cupped his hands and said, "To be honest, when I was young, I didn't have many friends. Apart from reading books behind closed doors at home, I just fiddled with these things by myself. I read some ancient books, such as "Mo Jing", "Tiangong Kaiwu" "Etc., have benefited a lot and promoted."

"I know about the Mohist Classic, the classic work of the Mohist school, but Li has never heard of what kind of book "Heavenly Creation" is." Li Deming was a little puzzled.

Only then did Su Chen realize that "Tiangong Kaiwu" was first published by Song Yingxing in the tenth year of Ming Chongzhen (1637 A.D.). This technology was systematically summarized; he didn't pay attention for a while, so he said it in advance.

"Oh, it should be a booklet written by a craftsman. I bought it in a broken and lonely book at a book stand. It records some simple craftsman's crafts and so on." Su Chen made up an excuse.

"So it is."

After everyone heard about it, they were not very interested. After all, it was a manual written by a craftsman, not a treatise.

Gao Yue, the Minister of the Household Department, asked: "Yixuan, if you were the official of the Household Department, and the power was entrusted to you, what do you think the most important thing for the imperial court to do is to enrich the country, fill the treasury and the people!"

"This, Su Chen is not yet a weak official, and he doesn't have any fame, so I'm afraid it's hard to answer!" Su Chen said awkwardly.

Han Xizai shook his head and said, "Yixuan, you don't have to be modest, just like the old man casually chatting about state affairs last time, think about yourself as an official, you can do whatever you want, it doesn't matter what you say is outrageous, I won't laugh at you of."

Peng Zeliang saw that the party was all members of the Sun Party and there were no outsiders. It was suitable for Su Chen to show off his talent so that he could be valued by these big shots, and then support and protect him wholeheartedly, so he also persuaded: "Yixuan, since Mr. Han said so , just talk about it, don’t be cautious.”

Su Chen understood Yuezhang Zhun's eyes, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and make up random pieces.

He has never been an official, so Su Chen doesn't know how to govern and prosper the country. However, he has studied Chinese history, memorized politics for postgraduate entrance examinations, and often listens to online news, so he can still piece together some insights and opinions in his mind.

"The younger generation thinks that empty talk is harmful to the country, and hard work is necessary to rejuvenate the country. To fill the treasury, it is all real money, which cannot be faked. Relying on increasing taxes to plunder the people will only backfire, arouse the rebellious psychology of the people, and even cause peasants to rebel. , this method is not advisable. Therefore, in the case of limited farming, the only way to increase the scale of the imperial court's business is to establish some official kilns and workshops to produce fresh products and sell them at high prices to the Song Dynasty, Minyue, Western Regions, Dali, and Khitan. , Fusang, Koryo, etc., to earn back gold and silver, as well as strategic materials, so as to reduce taxes on the people of the Tang Kingdom, and make the country rich and strong, and this can be done!"

Su Chen's strategy is actually to do business abroad and create foreign exchange, to earn money from outside, instead of shutting down the country and doing business in the south of the Yangtze River.

But to realize this strategy, in addition to the support of the imperial court and the development of official kilns and official merchants, it is also necessary to open the sea ban and expand the scale and intensity of overseas exports.

Han Xizai, Brother Xu Xuan, Brother Gao Yue, Zhong Mo, Peng Zeliang and the others were a little bit surprised and fell into deep thought. They couldn't immediately comprehend Su Chen's words, they needed to think a little before they could understand.

(End of this chapter)