Call of Heroes: A History Only I Know

Chapter 147 The Theory of Prosperity!The emperor is numb! ! ! (Please subscribe!)
Seeing this article published in the residence newspaper, Song Jing's eyes darkened, she fainted, and nearly fell to the ground.

It was the servant who had sharp eyesight and quick hands, and hurriedly supported him so that he didn't fall to the ground.

"It's a disaster, it's a disaster..."

Song Jing shook her head and said, "Who is this Li Taibai? He really doesn't know how to live or die... he doesn't know how to live or die! Even if you dare to say such a thing, it's fine if you say it, and you dare to mail it to the mansion newspaper."

"And those damn mansion newspapers didn't know what to say, and published such a controversial article!"

"Are they really not afraid of being investigated? Do they think it's great to have a backer..."

Song Jing originally thought that after burning the article, everything would be fine.

But I didn't expect this arrogant young man to be so reckless that he mailed this article to the mansion newspaper!
At this moment, it is published directly, facing the world...

This made Song Jing a little numb.

After a while, he sighed slowly and said, "Forget it, this layer of paper will eventually be punctured..."

at the same time.

National Supervisor.

This is an independent educational administration.

The chief executive of Guozijian is Jijiu, which is equivalent to the president of a university.

There is also a Cheng and a master book, who are responsible for specific matters such as students' academic performance and student status.

Overseas students from various countries also attend classes at Guozijian.

However, Guozijian does not have language courses, nor does it have special classes for foreign students, so foreign students who are not good at Chinese will find it difficult to learn.

Guozijian set up six disciplines.

"Guozixue" recruits the children of officials above the third rank.

"Tai Xue" recruits the children of officials above the fifth rank.

The "Four Schools" recruits the children of officials of the seventh rank or above.

"Law School" recruits the children of officials below the eighth rank and the children of the common people, mainly focusing on studying laws and decrees.

"Calligraphy" also recruits the children of officials below the eighth grade and the children of the common people, and specializes in the Five Classics, Shuowen, and Zilin.

"Mathematics" and "Law Science" are the same as "Calligraphy" and the admission requirements are the same, and the majors are Nine Chapters and Zhoubi Mathematical Classics.

The students who can come to the Guozixue and Taixue of the Guozijian are basically the children of the country's nobles.

At this moment, these rich and powerful children are holding a mansion newspaper and discussing it hotly.

"This Li Taibai is so courageous, he dares to say things about foreigners?"

"Isn't this talking about the Sui Dynasty?"

"What do you know, it's called insinuation!"

"This is a national policy. It is to show the power of our prosperous Tang Dynasty to all nations. It is a major event that will last forever. Shouldn't those low-level people be honored? I haven't heard them complain!"

"That's right, this person thinks that what he buys with money is face, but what he buys with money is master and servant. Heavenly soldiers really know how to conquer disobedient ministers!"

"This kind of person really doesn't know what it means. He can only see things that are one-third of an acre of land in his family. He doesn't know that this is a grand event that will last forever and become famous!"

"The tributary system has existed for so many years. Since the Zhou Dynasty until now, no one has come forward to speak out. He is the only one who is so powerful. He really doesn't know the overall situation when he says that he would rather be with Youbang than slaves!"

"Yeah, the layout is too small..."

"This is the vassal state "paying tribute" to the central dynasty! This is the tribute system! What does he know?"

"These low-level bastards have read the book and don't understand anything, so they dare to come out and talk nonsense, damn it!"

at the same time.

Students of the disciplines of "Analytics", "Law" and "Calligraphy" are also holding this mansion newspaper and discussing it.

The voice of their discussion is completely different from that of Guozixue and Taixue.

"This Li Taibai really dares to speak out. He dared to speak out directly..."

"Actually, the problem mentioned here is just a small head. Those foreign businessmen came to the capital, did business and sold them all the way, and made a lot of money. This is the anointing of the people..."

"No, he wrote about the problems of the Sui Dynasty. This is what happened in our Tang Dynasty. How can he write about it?"

"Indeed..."

"Those foreigners show off their power, and no one dares to control them when they commit crimes. I really don't know who is the master and who is the servant!"

"The Lord claims to be the master, currying favor with the servants in order to gain approval. This is the first time I have seen such a thing."

"That's right, the Sui Dynasty spent a lot of money to organize the coming of all nations. We all inherited it, even worse than that. The cost was huge, but no one dared to say that there were many taboos in it! This Li Taibai really dares to say that he is not afraid of death!"

"A few days ago, I had some disputes. The people in the yamen didn't care about it at all. They made me go ahead and admit my mistake. When the foreigners encountered problems, they greeted them with smiles like dogs, and they were very happy. People have dealt with the problem!"

"The country is not the country, the people are not the people. This is the policy of the current government. No one dares to say anything, but Li Taibai dares to say it. He is really brave!"

At this time, foreigners who were studying in the Imperial College also saw this residence report.

"Ning and Youbang, not slaves, what does this article mean?"

The one who spoke was Abe Nakamaro. He was an international student from Japan, and he was studying at Taixue. Those who can come to class here are all the children of officials above rank five.

Seeing that Abe Nakamaro was interested in this article, the Tai student hurriedly said: "This is unrestrained talk, and it is not worth mentioning!"

"If that's the case, why was it published in the residence newspaper?" Abe Nakamaro asked with some doubts. Although his accent was a little strange, he was able to communicate normally.

"This person is criticizing the coming of all nations in the Sui Dynasty. He used this to satirize the coming of all nations in the prosperous Kaiyuan Dynasty. It cost a lot, and he is unwilling to spend these expenses on people's livelihood." Someone explained.

"So that's what he meant. I said he was talking about the Sui Dynasty. Why are you still unhappy? It turned out to be a sarcasm." Abe Nakamaro nodded and said.

Then Abe Nakamaro asked a little strangely: "But the Tang Dynasty is rich and the people are strong, the people live and work in peace and contentment, the country is peaceful, and every family is rich. Why does this person say that?"

As soon as these words came out, the Tai student next to him had an ugly face and talked in a hurry.

"That's why this person doesn't know what to say!"

"I've said it, unrestrained and arrogant words are not enough!"

"Well, there are poor people too!"

"The capital must be richer, but the outside world will be poorer..."

Listen to the words of the crowd.

"Search..." Abe Nakamaro gradually understood, he nodded and said, "Then there is nothing wrong with this article, it is a very good article, if it can make Datang more prosperous, it is not very good article? As a king, as an official, you should be sympathetic to your own people."

Hearing this, the Tai students next to him blushed and lowered their heads in shame. Their subconscious thought was to reprimand the absurdity of this article, and told Abe Nakamaro not to care about it, and they didn't think about their own people at all.

However, what I didn't expect was that Abe Nakamaro didn't care about the accusations in this article at all, but agreed with it very much!

The topic of Gentiles has always been a sensitive one.

People who dare to speak out about these topics often do not end well.

Because they touched too many interest groups.

Many aristocratic families have reached an alliance of interests with Hu merchants.

This era is about tolerance, openness, freedom, and the prosperity of the heavenly kingdom. Anyone who dares to speak out about these issues will be targeted by them.

Those who have opinions about these Gentiles are politically incorrect and must be suppressed!

In this era, Tang Xuanzong treated foreigners equally in the true sense. Nearly one-tenth of the officials in the court came from foreign countries.

Sun Guangxian's "Bei Meng Suo Yan" says: "From Dazhong to Xiantong in the Tang Dynasty, Bai Zhongling was worshiped as Prime Minister, Bi Xiangjian, Cao Xiangque, Luo Xiangshao, Quan Shixiangye, Jisheng Yanlang. Cui Xiangshen said : "Recently, Zhongshu is full of Fan people."

According to statistics, there were as many as [-] foreigners who were officials in the Tang Dynasty, and they even reached the position of prime minister.

When foreigners entered the Tang Dynasty and became Tang people, the number of people who squeezed out the existing Han people and rose to high officials was extremely large.

More and more foreigners are becoming high-ranking officials, and more and more illegal immigrants are taking advantage of their racial advantages to take root deeply in this era of tolerance, openness and freedom.

The so-called prosperous age of Kaiyuan, the so-called era of unprecedented self-confidence, is nothing more than a spectacle of luxury at the expense of countless low-level people.

The top scholars and foreign nobles continued to enjoy themselves, and countless poets and talents continued to sing.

It seems that it is really prosperous.

And all of this gradually led to the Anshi Rebellion in the future.

Many people attributed the Anshi Rebellion to Tang Xuanzong's obsession with Yang Yuhuan, and he lost interest in government affairs. He favored treacherous ministers Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong, which caused chaos.

But in fact, freezing three feet is not a one-day cold.

In the prosperous age, there are many bones.

When this article became popular in Chang'an City, there were endless discussions.

For the low-level Shengdou people, they don't know what "righteousness" is or what "big picture" is. They only know whether they are living well or not.

Now that I read this article, I got excited and applauded.

"After so long, someone finally dared to speak out about this issue!"

"Who is this Li Taibai? He is not afraid of death! He is a warrior!"

"Okay Li Taibai, this article is well written, it's great!"

"This article is well written, but the imperial court probably won't accept it!"

now.

In the palace of Chang'an City.

After Tang Xuanzong Li Longji read this article, he was angry at that time. His eyes widened, his whole body was trembling with anger, and his body was a little cold.

He said in disbelief: "I have created a prosperous Kaiyuan era, the world is peaceful, and all nations come to court, yet he actually compares me with Emperor Yang of Sui?"

Naturally, this article did not directly compare him with Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty, but it clearly meant that.

At first glance, I didn't think there was anything, but after looking at it, Li Longji saw something tricky.

He opened his mouth and shut his mouth to scold Sui Yang Emperor, but Li Longji completely substituted it in, thinking that Li Taibai was scolding himself!
Not only was he scolded, but he was also full of aggression. He argued from all angles and aspects, which made Li Longji furious.

In fact, there is another reason for being so angry, and that is that the actual situation has been completely covered.

The so-called lies never hurt people, the truth is the sharp knife, often the more true the content, the more real harm can be done.

But Li Longji obviously didn't want to admit this, that's why he looked so annoyed.

"Damn it, really damn it!"

"What does he know? Shengdou Xiaomin, dare to question the decision of the court? Are all the smart people in the world not as smart as Li Taibai?!"

"It's really arrogant. Compared with the tribute trade, exempting the vassal state from invading the frontier and causing the destruction of the frontier, and sending troops and expeditions, what are those rewards? What are some preferential treatment?"

"In the prosperous age of Kaiyuan, when all nations came to court, the prestige of the prosperous Tang Dynasty was conveyed at home and abroad. Everyone in the world knew about it. In his mouth, this achievement that has lasted forever is nothing more than slapping a swollen face to make a fat man? "

"Nonsense, really nonsense!!!"

The majestic emperor, the Ninth Five-Year Lord, the man who stood at the top of the Tang Dynasty, because of this article, he directly broke his defense.

In this article, Su Che explained the essence of the so-called All Nations Coming to Dynasty.

The so-called coming to the court of all nations is a decadent behavior of the dynasty seeking the fat and anointing of the people and giving preferential treatment to foreigners, and forcibly creating a prosperous and powerful atmosphere in violation of objective economic laws to satisfy the emperor's personal vanity!

In fact, in this article written by Su Che, Wei Zheng, the representative of the direct minister, also said similar things.

Wei Zheng said: Those who have established themselves as vassal vassals, please accept them, so that they will live outside the fortress, fear power and virtue, and be vassals forever.Recently, the Turkic Turks invaded the imperial court, and they could not capture Jianghuai to change their customs. Instead, they were placed in the interior, not far from Beijing.Every time a person comes down for the first time, he will be given five horses and a robe.It is not China's interest to use China's rent and tax to pay for the vicious captives who have accumulated evil.

Taizong: No.

This passage probably means——

The barbarian chiefs verbally recognize their father, and they can get real benefits from the Tang court without actually sacrificing their own independent political power. The court cannot actually control the tribes of these chiefs and let them thrive. become a serious problem.Moreover, they were given all kinds of rewards, and each of them was made a high-ranking official. Every year, white-collar workers received a large sum of generous salaries.

Li Shimin: That's what I'm willing to do.

Compared to Wei Zheng's euphemism, Su Che's article is more direct, pulling many dirty unspoken rules under the sun, so that the whole world can see the so-called squalor of the imperial court in this so-called prosperous age.

And such an article was published in a majestic manner by the righteous mansion newspaper, which attracted a lot of wind and rain and countless discussions. There is no doubt that it was like putting him on the fire and making him Li Longji the most important person in the world. laughing stock!

It's no wonder this isn't broken...

If this article was handed to him alone, he would at most sneer, tear it up and throw it away, but when it appeared in the mansion newspaper, the meaning was completely different.

"That Zhengyi Mansion Newspaper really doesn't give me face, dare to publish any article?" Li Longji scolded angrily.

"Refute it back for me, and find someone to severely reprimand this arrogant person in this mansion newspaper!"

"Also, find out who Li Taibai is!"

"I want to see him!"

In fact, Li Longji wanted to be more direct, to take back and destroy all the articles published by the mansion newspaper.

But in this way, it is simply an act of trying to cover up. After all, this article is scolding the Sui Dynasty. If he did that, he would almost admit that he had done such a stupid thing.

In Li Longji's view, there is an essential difference between his Wan Guo Lai Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty's Wan Guo Lai Chao. He is absolutely unwilling to admit that he is the stupid emperor in the article.

Therefore, he can't do that, he can only order someone to refute him, and then catch him, meet him face to face, and ask him what this arrogant person wants to do?
Following Li Longji's order, several imperial literati immediately began to rack their brains to write articles, trying to write articles and post them on the residence newspaper.

These imperial literati thought this matter was very simple at first, so they took it for granted to write some majestic articles, standing on the commanding heights of the prosperous age, and reprimanded Li Taibai for his lack of eyesight, for daring to use the past to satirize the present, it is really audacious.

However, as they write, they feel that something is not quite right...

They tried to prove that this dynasty is different from the previous dynasty's Wan Guo Lai Dynasty.

There is an essential difference between the two.

The Sui Dynasty was fatuous.

This dynasty is wise and open.

But they wrote and wrote, and finally discovered a terrifying fact in astonishment, that is, what this dynasty did was even worse than that of the Sui Dynasty!

What's up with this?
They were a little dumbfounded and could only make up things with their eyes closed.

But the final result was: the manuscript was rejected by Zheng Yidao Mansion!
The official of the residence said: "This article is a bit too bad, there is no way to publish it in our residence newspaper..."

As soon as these words came out, those people in the Imperial Academy were dumbfounded. They directly explained that the emperor asked them to write these things.

The di official glanced at this ridiculous article with some distaste, and nodded helplessly: "Since you are willing to publish this article, then do as you wish!"

soon.

Another such article was published in the newspaper.

The title of the article is: Kaiyuan Prosperity, Ten Thousand Kingdoms Come to Dynasty, Suzerain Fanbang, Rule of Ten Thousand Generations!

The rhetoric in this article is not much better than Su Che's article.

For example, such a paragraph -

"At the beginning of the Kaiyuan period, Shangli was motivated to rationalize Taoism and eradicate corruption. In less than six or seven years, the world was in great order, the rivers were clear and the sea was clean, and the things were prosperous. In Yuli, the taxation of the God of the River. There are treasuries on the left and right, and there is a mountain of wealth, which is incomparable. The four directions are rich, the people are wealthy, and there are more than ten million households. A bucket of rice is three or four coins. The road does not pick up relics, and the traveler does not collect food."

The content of this article is brilliant, and the content is to exaggerate the current Kaiyuan prosperity, and to exaggerate the lives of the people under the Kaiyuan prosperity.

All the common people live and work in peace and contentment, are healthy and prosperous, but Li Taibai compares them with the Sui Dynasty in such a prosperous age. What is his intention?

Really ulterior motives!
However, after such an article was published, it was naturally ridiculed.

Because there is a huge contrast between what is written in these contents and the real life of ordinary people.

Many poor families at the bottom began to write jokes one after another.

Question: "Scholar, do you often read articles written by literati in the Imperial Academy?"

A: "Of course, otherwise how would I know I'm living a happy life?"

This article made a lot of jokes.

Those voices even reached Xuanzong's ears.

Li Longji became even more annoyed for a while: "What are you writing, if you can't write it, don't write it! If you write it out and be laughed at, it really embarrasses the Tian family!"

at this time.

"Your Majesty, the prime minister seeks an audience!" An eunuch reported.

"Call him over!" Li Longji was overjoyed and waved his hand quickly.

At this time, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty was Zhang Shuo.

He was a famous official during the Kaiyuan period, and he was the "teacher of the current dynasty and a generation of Wenzong" who had been in charge of the literary world for 30 years.

When Zhang said that he was in charge, it was also the moment when he officially began to recruit countless literati, whitewash the peace, and sing praises.

Soon after Zhang Shuo came to power, he invited Xu Jian, He Zhizhang and other literati to write books, praising the king and praising the prosperous age.

Later, presided over by Zhang Shuo, under the witness of officials, noble relatives and envoys from foreign countries, the Mount Taishan Ceremony was held to praise Xuanzong's achievements.

At this moment, Li Longji has been gradually lost by his own achievements. To a large extent, this literary leader Zhang Shuo is credited.

Previously, Zhang said that when he saw the article written by Su Che, he flew into a rage and cursed: "It's better than bullshit!"

However, the turmoil caused by this article should not be too big.

The entire Chang'an City is known to almost everyone.

Even those illiterate old farmers know this article.

Almost all of the newspapers in the residence were discussing the content of this article.

As a teacher of the current dynasty, Zhang Shuo of the first generation of Wenzong, of course, couldn't bear it, and hurriedly paid homage to the emperor.

Not long after, Zhang Shuo came tremblingly to the main hall, Xuanzong Li Longji walked over immediately, helped Zhang Shuo to sit beside him.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is recovering from illness recently. I didn't expect that there would be such an arrogant person in this world who intends to criticize the saint. It's a heinous crime!" Zhang said with a guilty face.

"Your Majesty, please order directly to arrest this arrogant person!"

A few days ago, after Li Longji enshrined Zen in Mount Tai, he traveled all the way, and Zhang Shuo, who returned to Chang'an, was ill at home and recuperated until now, but he did not expect that someone wrote an article "Ning and Youbang, not slaves". article.

It was really inappropriate to react so late.

Li Longji said helplessly: "I thought the Qing family was going to write an article to refute this thief."

"Your Majesty, don't pay attention to what the thief says." Zhang said shaking his head.

While the two were talking, another eunuch came over and reported cautiously: "Your Majesty, since the article "Better to be with friends than to be slaves" was published, those foreign envoys didn't react at first, but I don’t know who interpreted it for them, causing many foreign merchants to be angry and feel great shame, I want your Majesty to give you an explanation! Hurry up and punish the culprit, so as to make an example of others!”

After Li Longji heard this, he was a little dumbfounded: "What does this matter have to do with these foreigners?"

"What are they doing for fun?"

"How dare they?!"

Li Longji really never dreamed that he has been giving preferential treatment to these Hu merchants, whether it is allowing them to be officials, or giving policy tax breaks, and various preferential treatment.

With so many benefits, they didn't expect them to turn their noses up. When they saw a policy trend that threatened them, they immediately united and tried to coerce the emperor!
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Shuo quickly said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. These foreign barbarians have a straightforward personality and are always straightforward. They don't know what it means to be reserved, so they dare to say that..."

"No, Master Zhang, this article doesn't talk about them, but accuses me. What do they mean when they get angry and ask me to give an explanation?" Li Longji was so angry that even if Zhang said that, he couldn't let him Calm down.

Zhang said that he had nothing to say for a while, and couldn't help scolding these foreigners in his heart, they really pushed their feet, and kept offering them up, did they really treat themselves as fathers?
Li Longji also calmed down a little at the moment. He frowned and gradually realized the problem.

In fact, as he gradually calmed down these days, he read the article from time to time, even though he still felt angry every time he read it, but gradually, he was able to think rationally.

Facing the questions in the book, he could not answer.

This prosperous age.

Whose prosperity is it?
Don't the people of Tang Dynasty deserve to enjoy this prosperous age?
When dealing with foreigners, Li Longji sometimes trusts them even more than his own people—because in his opinion, these foreigners have traveled across the ocean and come to such an unfamiliar country. The only one to rely on!
Just like the emperors of all dynasties favored eunuchs, eunuchs are rootless people, no matter how arrogant and domineering, they can only stand with the imperial power.

The same goes for these Gentiles.

Whether it is making them high officials or letting them take control of the military, Li Longji has been quite magnanimous and open-minded.

For Li Longji, foreigners are indeed more honorable and trustworthy than natives.

however.

The appearance of that article, like a thunderstorm in the clear sky, made Li Longji angry, drove him crazy, and made him tremble coldly, but after he calmed down, he also had to face the many problems raised by that article.

This prosperous age.

It is not the prosperity of the people.

In fact, in the early years, when Xuanzong Li Longji first ascended the throne, he was not like this now. He set things right, rectified his relatives, attacked aristocratic families, and investigated land annexation. He did a pretty good job.

But after working for so long, can't you enjoy it?

After creating a prosperous age, Li Longji gradually began to be satisfied and indulged in pleasure. He completely lost the previous spirit of hard work and frugality during the reform.

When that article appeared, Li Longji gradually became sober, and he was not yet completely insane.

Li Longji took a deep breath and looked at the prime minister beside him: "Master Zhang, don't arrest him yet, write an article to refute him."

As soon as these words came out, Zhang said that he had no choice but to object and could only accept orders.

After returning to the residence, Zhang said that he carefully read Su Che's article, pondered for a long time, and then began to write.

A leader in the literary world is a leader in the literary world after all, his literary talents and skills are definitely not comparable to those imperial literati in the Imperial Academy.

An eloquent [-]-character "On Great Powers" was written by him.

From various angles, the book demonstrates the benefits of all nations coming to Korea.

At the same time, he also quoted scriptures, writing with reason and evidence, not like those imperial literati who only know how to talk about with their eyes closed.

Soon, when this article was published in the residence newspaper, it aroused countless discussions again.

Just because the author of this article was written by the leader of the contemporary literary world and the prime minister of the current dynasty!
All of a sudden, countless literati and refined scholars were full of praise, expressing with emotion that this is the real theory of a great power, and it will surely make Li Taibai's crooked theory speechless!

But Su Che smiled slightly after reading this article.

Finally, I have waited for a worthy opponent...

Naturally, Su Che also read the articles written by those royal literati of the Imperial Academy.

He didn't bother to talk about it.

When arguing with these people, Su Che will lose if he utters a single word.

But such an article is different.

This is the current prime minister, the leader of the literary world, Zhang Shuozhi!

In this article, it is argued from various aspects why the coming of all nations to the DPRK is held continuously, culture, politics, inheritance, world influence, and the pattern of all generations.

In a word, you only see the struggle in front of you, while the imperial court is planning the foundation of the future.

All nations came to the dynasty to absorb talents from all over the world, and they were used by the Tang Dynasty, making the dynasty stronger than ever.

Is this comparable to those petty profits?
When Zhang said these words, he proceeded from reality, not just bragging.

This is indeed the case.

The influence of Tang culture spreads all over the world, affecting the pattern of all generations, and at the same time absorbs talents from all over the world, whether it is literati or military generals, there are many, many.

Those Hu people who were born in the grassland were much better than the Central Plains people in terms of archery and horseback riding. They could easily become military officers and take charge of military power. They had natural advantages.

Facing such an article, Su Che smiled slightly, then spread out the rice paper, and began to write.

I saw the title on the paper, which was three large characters.

"Wealth of Nations"

Su Che had written this article once before, so he was naturally familiar with writing similar articles now.

Since Zhang said that such a literary leader likes to talk to himself about international influence, talk about cultural politics, and talk about the layout of the world.

Then Su Che will discuss how to make a country strong.

The Theory of the Wealth of Nations discusses these principles.

Su Che described the country, aristocratic family, common people, and foreign merchant trade in detail.

The wealth in the world has a numerical limit. If you want to make the country rich, you must practice the way of internal sage and external king, instead of exchanging countless wealth for fame.

Take ten thousand steps back.

It would be utterly foolish to trade fame and not turn that fame into real money.

Tribute tributes, rewards and treasures, in the face of international trade, these are nothing more than small heads.

The truly terrifying loss of wealth was in allowing tributary missions to trade along the way and in Beijing.

The same item has one price abroad, but another price in China, and another price in Beijing.

The foreigners exchanged their own specialties for trade, and then sold silk, tea, porcelain and other things back.

Directly a million profits.

This is also one of the reasons why many foreign tributes are never tired of paying tributes.

So much money!

The Ming court has spread its reputation far and wide, but it does not use this reputation to make money from trade. Instead, it invites foreign merchants and those aristocratic families to participate, and each of them makes a fortune that rivals the country.

The passing of this wealth has caused the country to appear strong on the surface, but in fact, this is just a castle in the air.

The common people did not get rich, the imperial treasury did not get rich, and the emperor’s internal funds did not get rich. On the contrary, the aristocratic families and people from other countries got rich.

This has caused a very large financial burden on the imperial court. If you can't even figure out this account, then Mr. Zhang, you really deserve to be a leader in the literary world, and you don't know anything about arithmetic!
This tribute should have been a cost-effective political transaction, and it was clearly possible to take advantage of this great opportunity to make the country rich and the people strong, but it turned into such a farce of whitewashing peace!

Could it be that among the princes of the Manchu Dynasty, there is no one who can't see the problem?

Su Che wrote later in the article:

I have read Mr. Zhang’s big country theory, and I agree with it, and I have added it. Maybe we can make the country rich first, and then talk about the big country theory?

After Su Che finished writing this article, the literary spirit rose to the sky again, and the guests in the entire inn were frightened. Su Che quickly folded the paper in half, which restrained the literary spirit and calmed the storm.

Su Che didn't object to the tribute. What he objected to was the extreme practice of "rathering to friends and not to slaves". The literati whitewashed the peace. Could it be that this world is really a peaceful and prosperous world?
After Su Che mailed the article to Zhendao Dibao, it was published again soon.

"The Wealth of Nations" - Li Taibai!

This article is obviously a response to Zhang Shuo's previous article "On Great Powers".

As soon as this article came out, it was sold out in an instant, and Chang'an paper was expensive for a while.

After the literati got this article, they read it one after another, and were amazed for a while, which also caused a lot of controversy.

"I have to admit that this Li Taibai really has some insight!"

"It's a good article on The Wealth of Nations, but is it really good for us to go to heaven and do business with others?"

"But if it doesn't work like this, don't we have to suffer? Hit the swollen face to pretend to be fat? Is this good?"

"It's too vulgar to talk about money..."

"Hehe, it's okay if you don't have money? You can afford to go to school and buy books if you don't have money!"

"Exactly! This is the talk of a strong country! The theory of a rich country!"

"It is not possible to make the country rich and strong by reading the books of sages and talking about some great principles! It is better to be pragmatic!"

There are different voices in the debate. Some agree with Su Che's article. Most of these people are from the bottom of the poor family. They know the suffering of the people and know that pragmatism is the truth.

As for the children of those aristocratic families and wealthy families, they sneered at this article: "The whole article is about money. This Li Taibai is really the opinion of ordinary people. He fell into the eyes of money. This is also worthy of Master Zhang's "Great Country." "on par with?"

For a while, Su Che's article was polarized and caused countless controversies.

When Zhang Shuo saw this piece of "The Wealth of Nations", he immediately raised his eyebrows: "You glib guy! How dare you speak!!"

Even Zhang said that he had to admit that what Li Taibai said was very reasonable.

But the problem is...

This article of yours is sharper than the previous one, and it has touched countless people's cakes directly. Those aristocratic families will never let you go!

"Li Taibai, Li Taibai, if you dare to write such an article, you will die of death!"

at the same time.

When Song Jing, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, saw this article, he couldn't help admiring: "It's really a pragmatic theory, a statement to strengthen the country, a good article, this article is really well written..."

When he saw that article before, his eyes went black.

Sure enough, that article caused countless controversies, exacerbated the conflict between Chinese and foreigners, and made Chang'an City unstable for a long time. Under the strict control of the imperial court, the disturbance gradually calmed down.

At this moment, this article was published again, which shocked Song Jing again.

Song Jing and Zhang said differently, he is a talent for doing things, and he knows that only by doing so can the country be strengthened.

But the problem is...

Can His Majesty really listen?
Song Jing shook her head, and couldn't help feeling a little worried for a while.

now.

Inside the palace.

When Xuanzong Li Longji read this "The Wealth of Nations", he frowned immediately, his face was cloudy and uncertain for a while.

In his eyes, there was surprise, surprise, and doubt.

This is a pragmatic statement, but it is also the theory of "promoting ordinary people" among many people!
Are the big countries going to plunder the interests of those small countries?

What kind of system?

To reward those small countries, to bring prosperity to those small countries, to make them strong, to fill them with Tang culture, this is the past style.

This is an exchange of equal value, you give the other party benefits, and the other party recognizes your status and respect for you.

However such behavior.

Directly by an article "Ning and Youbang, not slaves!" "The article uncovered the fig leaf, saying that this is just an act of deception, and that exchanging the people's fat and people's anointing for the reputation of the heavenly kingdom is an act of throwing money.

When he saw that article, Li Longji was so pissed off.

At this moment, Li Longji was shocked by this "The Wealth of Nations" again.

If there is only the former but not the latter, then this Li Taibai is just talking in vain, just like those admonishers who blame the emperor's behavior, focusing on the emperor's faults, looking for the emperor's minor problems, so as to find trouble for nothing People are average.

but……

Li Taibai is obviously not such a person.

He not only came up with critical articles, but also came up with operational methods to make the country prosperous and strong again, as long as it conducts international trade...

Li Longji watched "The Wealth of Nations" over and over again.

The rhetoric of this article is ordinary, but the content is extremely pragmatic. Every sentence directly touches the essence of the problem, and directly tells a road to make the country prosperous and strong!

This is the most shocking article Li Longji has read in recent years.

It even surpassed the article "Ning and Youbang, not slaves!" ".

"The country is rich and the people are strong... the prosperous age, whose prosperity is it..."

Li Longji murmured softly, he was seriously thinking about the pros and cons of doing so.

The path given in this article moved him a lot.

But if you really do this, you will offend many vested interests, and even make the previous prosperous situation fall short!
even……

It will make his reputation in the history books a different evaluation!
How to choose between real benefits and a good reputation?

While Li Longji was thinking, the eunuch rushed to report——

"Your Majesty, there is a young man outside the palace gate, who calls himself Li Taibai, please meet His Majesty!"

"What?!" Hearing this, Li Longji stood up directly, and said in astonishment: "Li Taibai?!"

(End of this chapter)