Daming: Old Zhu, we agreed not to rush!

Chapter 264 Mutual mass change, spiral forward!
The unified explanation of the opposites of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce shocked Zhu Yan.

He never thought that such a thing would happen if he emphasized agriculture and suppressed business.

But according to Su Jing's analysis just now, things will indeed happen like this.

Needless to say, the harm of land annexation, once the land is concentrated in the hands of a few people, the remaining people will definitely rebel.

"Mr. Su, is it wrong to emphasize agriculture and suppress business?"

Zhu Yan asked Su Jing.

As the third prince, Zhu Yan would certainly not want something to happen to Daming, and it would be best to pass it on forever. This in itself is a matter of both prosperity and loss.

Su Jing smiled and said: "Don't be nervous, what we are teaching you today is materialist dialectics. As I said just now, all existing things are composed of a pair of contradictions that are both opposite and unified."

"This is the case with emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business. If it is not emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business, it will be the same with other policies. You have to understand the essence of this."

Zhu Yan nodded silently, he was completely shocked just now, and his brain is not working well.

"Mr. Su, since that's the case, doesn't it mean that it's best to do nothing? Anyway, no matter what, there will be contradictions, and doing it doesn't mean doing it for nothing."

Zhu Yan had another idea.

This is the unity of opposites in everything, as long as one side is done, the opposite side will naturally arise.

If there is no one side, then the other side will not arise.

Zhu Yan's idea is very simple, but it is also very real.

"It's a good idea, but materialist dialectics still has a core. The general trend of the development of things is forward and upward, but the road is tortuous."

Su Jing said with a smile: "Anything has the characteristics of the unity of opposites. This characteristic promotes the development of things, and the world is eternally developing. It is better to do it naturally than not to do it."

Zhu Yan's doubts were also Su Jing's doubts.

After all, when I first came into contact with materialist dialectics, I always had some strange ideas.

"Mr. Su, I once said that we can rule by doing nothing, so Mr. Su thinks, is this wrong?"

Zhu Bian asked Su Jing again.

Lao Tzu is a very famous ancient thinker, and his idea of ​​governance by doing nothing is even more highly regarded by many scholars.

At this time, Zhu Yan felt that there seemed to be a contradiction between Su Jing's materialist dialectics and governance by doing nothing.

"No, no, no, the understanding of governance by doing nothing does not mean doing nothing."

Su Jing immediately shook his head and said: "There is a saying in the "Tao Te Ching" that if you don't honor the virtuous, the people will not fight; Empty their minds, strengthen their stomachs, weaken their wills, and strengthen their bones, often making the people ignorant and without desires, and making those who know dare not do anything. If you do nothing, everything will be cured."

"Does this mean to do nothing? The core of Lao Tzu's thought of governing by doing nothing is the spiritual level of doing nothing. He does not create fame and fortune, advocate comparison and show off, but enrich the hearts of the people. This is the real rule by doing nothing. .”

This involves Taoist Lao Tzu, Su Jing can really say a few words.

After all, Su Jing in her previous life was still a lover of Taoism.

Of course, I don't know much about it, it's just a hobby level.

Zhu Bing froze for a moment, he realized how superficial what he said just now, he completely misunderstood Lao Tzu's meaning of governing by doing nothing.

"Students are stupid, please don't worry about it, Mr. Su."

Zhu Bing bowed towards Su Jing.

Su Jing smiled and said: "It's okay, it's normal to have some misunderstandings about things you don't understand, and you can improve after you know."

"Let's continue. After the law of the unity of opposites, there is the law of mutual transformation of mass."

"If you want to understand the law of mass mutual change, you must first understand what is quality and what is quantity. Quantity refers to the quantity or specific form that measures a certain state of a thing; quality refers to the quality that a thing becomes itself and is different from another thing. Intrinsic prescriptiveness."

"Quantitative change is a continuous, gradual, insignificant change of things, a change in the quantity of things; qualitative change is a fundamental change of things, a leap, often manifested as a sudden change."

"The so-called law of mutual change of quality refers to things that are constantly changing from quantitative change to qualitative change. In the process of changing from one property to another, there is always a slight change. (that is, quantitative change) begins to accumulate slowly, and when this accumulation reaches a certain level, things will change from one property to another (that is, qualitative change).”

"Without quantitative change, qualitative change cannot be produced. After qualitative change, new quantitative change begins on the basis of new qualitative change, and this cycle goes on and on."

After a long speech, what Su Jing said was hearty and hearty, but for Zhu Yan, it was not so easy to understand.

Su Jing naturally saw Zhu Yan's doubts, he drank his saliva and continued: "Let's take emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business as an example. If this national policy is implemented, the first ones to be affected must be businessmen, and the number of businessmen will be greatly reduced. At the same time, the scale and frequency of business activities will also decrease, which is a process of quantitative change, you can understand.”

With practical examples, Zhu Yan naturally understood immediately, he nodded and said: "Students can understand."

Su Jing said: "Then, with the reduction of merchants, the scale and frequency of commercial activities decrease, when these changes reach a peak, what will happen?"

What would happen without the merchant?
This is the question Su Jing wants to ask.

Zhu Yan thought carefully and imagined.

But for him, it was still a bit too much beyond his imagination.

"Mr. Su, I can't figure it out very well."

Zhu Yan said to Su Jing.

The importance of businessmen to production and life has hardly appeared in the entire knowledge system studied by Zhu Yan.

Because this is such a time.

The status of scholars, farmers, businessmen, and commerce is so low.

As the second prince, Zhu Fong's teachers who taught him cultural knowledge were basically Confucian scholars. How could Confucian scholars talk about business matters with Zhu Fen?
It's normal if you haven't learned it.

Su Jing said: "It's actually very simple. If there are no merchants, then the goods will lose the people who specialize in distribution and transportation. For example, the special products in Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions will not be transported to the border. These are just trivial things."

"The key is some important production materials. How should they be traded? Farmers who grow grain produce grain, and farmers who grow mulberry weave cloth. They all need each other's things, but there is no merchant as an intermediary to trade, then What will become of it after that?"

"Bartering is the way goods were exchanged in the primitive society. If this is the case, everyone will become a merchant."

Everyone becomes a businessman!

Su Jing's final conclusion from this analysis shocked Zhu Bian extremely.

Emphasis on agriculture and suppression of business, how can everyone become a businessman?

"Mr. Su, is this possible?"

Zhu Yan asked suspiciously, he always felt that this matter was unlikely to happen.

Su Jing nodded and said: "It is indeed impossible. What I just said was an extreme situation. In reality, if this situation cannot be reached, the merchant will reappear."

"Because the more you suppress the businessman, the more profitable it will be for the businessman to take risks. You should understand the truth that rare things are valuable."

Hearing this, Zhu Yan nodded vigorously and said: "Mr. Su, the students really understand now. Emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business is a kind of oppression on merchants. When this oppression continues to accumulate, it will form a qualitative change. , being a businessman will become a more lucrative profession, which will attract more people to join, isn’t it?”

This……

Su Jing's face twitched slightly, but he still said: "It's a kind of understanding, you can think of this direction, not bad, then, let's talk about the third point, the negation of negation."

Negation of negation?
Zhu Yan was still immersed in the excitement of understanding a point of knowledge just now, but now his face became puzzled again,
Negation of negation, how could he not quite understand it?

Su Jing didn't care about the doubting Zhu Bian, but said to himself: "The development of things is a process connected to a process, and the replacement of the process must be realized through negation. In the long chain of the development of things, after two negations , the three stages—that is, affirmation, negation, negation of negation—appear as a cycle.”

"Just like the establishment of a new dynasty, there must be a process of establishing the old dynasty, negating it, and re-establishing the new dynasty."

"As I said just now, the general trend of the development of things is forward and upward, but the road is tortuous, which is the reason."

"There is an idiom that things must be reversed when they are extreme. This is the first level of negation, and Fuji Tailai is negation and then negation. Is it possible to understand it a little bit?"

Su Jing gave another long speech, which was quite dry mouthed.

However, the three basic laws of materialist dialectics are finally finished here.

As for how much Zhu Yan can understand, that's up to him.

Anyway, Su Jing felt that the examples he gave were just like that, and some of them might even have a misleading effect on Zhu Yan.

But there is no way, Su Jing knows that her level is just like this.

Zhu Bian carefully thought about what Su Shi said, and there were still things he didn't understand. He could only remember it first, and then ponder it carefully when he had time.

After some teaching, time passed quickly.

"Okay, let's stop here, I can't learn too much if I talk too much."

Su Jing said lightly.

Materialist dialectics is the essence of many thinkers, and Su Jing directly stated the integrated essence theory. This amount of information is too large for a teenage child.

"Yes, Mr. Su."

Zhu Yan nodded, not feeling unhappy in the slightest.

Although his day is not over yet, he has learned too much!
Leaving aside ideological matters, Su Jing has already heard about the disadvantages of the policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business.

For Daming, this is an extremely important matter.

……

Inside the Forbidden City.

The soap manufacturing factory of the second child, Zhu Xi, has been preliminarily established. According to the design given to him by Su Jing, the scale does not need to be too large, and it focuses on a high-quality line.

Small profits but quick turnover is not suitable for the product of soap.

At least, it is not suitable in the current Daming.

Because soap is not a necessity for the general public, and because the production raw materials are related to lard, the price cannot be too low.

This has led to ordinary people not buying soap at all.

As the second prince, Zhu Yu has access to many high-ranking officials and nobles, and selling soap to these people, the price will never be their first concern.

The product has to hit their heart.

Zhu Xi transferred several experts in carving molds from the Ministry of Industry, and made many exquisite molds.

As for the spices, he also found a lot of top-quality spices at the same time, and the cost was not stingy at all.

Then there is the publicity of the People's Daily.

This issue of Minbao was just about to come out, and Zhu Xi's advertisement was also published.

For a while, all the dignitaries in Yingtian Mansion knew that the second prince Zhu Xi had made a soap, and they were all very curious.

But at this moment, Zhu Xi has done a good job of keeping secrets, and the outside world cannot learn any information.

Mystery is also a very important point in marketing.

This time, Zhu Xi really implemented what Su Jing taught very well.

At this time, all the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty had their own views on this matter.

Just because Zhu Yuanzhang did not hide the fact that the princes went to Su Jing to receive instruction, many smart people have already noticed that Zhu Xi suddenly wanted to start a soap business, and there must be a reason for Su Jing.

This Uncle Renyuan, after being knighted, has never appeared in front of the public, but his influence has always been there.

Prime Minister's House.

Li Shanchang is still as stable as Mount Tai, and he seems to know nothing about the disturbances from the outside world, just doing what he should do as a prime minister.

Even Hu Weiyong and Li Shanchang, who used to visit the house frequently, told him not to come.

Of course, Hu Weiyong was also promoted at this time, and was promoted to Zhongshu Zuocheng. This is a position dedicated to assisting the prime minister in handling government affairs, and he can already get in touch with the prime minister's daily affairs.

It can be said that at this point, it is basically not far to become a prime minister next.

More connections at work and fewer connections in life.

Li Shanchang's way of being wise and protecting himself is quite in place.

"Master, Hu Zuocheng asks to see you."

The housekeeper asked Li Shanchang for instructions.

Li Shanchang, who was feeding the fish, sprinkled a handful of fish food casually, and said, "Let him go back, tell him, come back when you can't hold back."

"Yes, sir."

The housekeeper then turned and left, and then told Hu Weiyong the words.

Outside the prime minister's mansion, Hu Weiyong, who was rejected, still had a respectful expression on his face, without any dissatisfaction.

Even though he has just been promoted, Hu Weiyong's superficial skills are still impeccable.

Leaving from the prime minister's mansion, Hu Weiyong frowned. He came to Li Shanchang because of the matter of the second prince Zhu Xi, or Su Jing's matter.

Now in the People's Daily, Zhu Xi is about to start selling soap. Hu Weiyong still wants to ask Li Shanchang what his attitude should be.

"Can't hold your breath? Hold your breath!"

Hu Weiyong savored Li Shanchang's words carefully, and now he was a little puzzled.

Because the time of Su Jing's silence seems a bit too long.

Uncle Renyuan's award has been conveyed, but they still haven't figured out what is going on with Su Jing.

(End of this chapter)