Chu Tang: Tell Li Er at the beginning that I am a time traveler

Chapter 532
Datang has now passed 100 years.

Just like future generations, it is inevitable to keep up with money.

Those who are officials can try to embezzle and corrupt.

Those who do business can naturally earn more, so they will never earn less.

and……

In ancient times, there was technology and ruthless work, and there was also the situation of selling fake and shoddy products.

in……

Even in some places in the south of the Yangtze River, some distribution centers have been born that specialize in distributing fake and shoddy products to merchants from all over the country.

All these, Li Chong can get a glimpse of the current situation in the Tang Dynasty from the memorials.

can only say……

In fact, there is no similarity or difference between ancient and modern times.

after all……

No matter it's a thousand years or ten thousand years, the greed in people's hearts will never change.

And Li Chong's teacher, Liu Gongquan, obviously disliked chasing money and profit the most.

although……

He wrote copybooks for others, and charged them such a high fee.

but……

This did not affect him in the slightest to criticize Li Chong.

Seeing Liu Gongquan, he said, "What does Your Highness want to use the money for?"

Li Chong said: "Of course it is for the people of the world."

Everyone: "..."

Everyone looked at him suspiciously.

Li Chong also said: "Teacher, have you heard that if you are poor, you will take care of yourself alone, and if you are rich, you will benefit the world?"

to be frank.

It is estimated that everyone here has heard of it.

after all……

Mencius said, what a famous person.

Liu Gongquan said, "Of course I've heard of it."

Li Chong said quickly: "Then teacher, can you tell me, what does this sentence mean?"

Liu Gongquan said: "It means... the ancient gentleman, when he was successful, he gave his kindness to the people; when he was not successful, he cultivated his character and established himself in the world."

Li Chong: "In my opinion, success and failure can actually be regarded as having money or not having money."

"If I have money, then I can help the people all over the world. If I don't have money, then even if I want to help the people, I can't help them."

"When the time comes, the people will not be able to eat and find jobs, and there will be civil uprisings, and then, maybe next, the Tang Dynasty will perish."

"And if I'm rich, I can find jobs for the people."

Everyone: "..."

Li Chong: "Or... I can pay for them and find jobs for them."

Everyone: "..."

Everyone obviously didn't understand.

Liu Gongquan even said: "Why does Your Highness have such an idea?"

Li Chong then said: "Teacher, have you ever heard the saying that the rich are connected to fields, but the poor have no place to stand?"

Unexpectedly, Liu Gongquan covered quite a lot.

He quickly replied, "Of course I've heard of it."

Li Chong said again: "I think that the reason why the world is in turmoil is because of this."

"If you want to keep the world in order, first of all, you must not let the poor have no place to stand."

"And if we want the poor to have a place to stand, what should we do?"

Everyone looked at me one after another, and I looked at you.

Li Chong saw that they didn't seem to be able to answer, so he said: "What we want to do is to equalize the rich and the poor."

"We must control the rich and poor in the world within a reasonable range."

"At the beginning of the founding of the country, no matter the officials or the common people, everyone was poor. Therefore, in the history books, it is often recorded that the world is in great order, the doors are not closed at night, and the roads are not picked up."

"I thought it was a lie."

"Because at the beginning of the founding of the country, everyone was very poor, and if the door was opened for you, thieves would definitely not steal it, because there is nothing for you to steal."

"Before the country is subjugated, the rich are often rich, and the poor are poor."

"Even... maybe there will be ones who are covered in gaudy clothes, not silkworm farmers."

"This is the gap between the rich and the poor."

"The gap between the rich and the poor is too large, which often happens in the later stages of a dynasty."

"Take the Sui Dynasty as an example. There is a short story in the Sui Books, saying that in order to show off the grandeur of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty had people tie silk on the trees in the city, and then invited missions from various countries When I came to the capital to visit, when I visited, I went to the restaurants on the street to eat, and they didn’t need money, saying that they eat in the streets for free in Da Sui.”

"It seems that there is such a story. I have forgotten the specific details, but the foreign envoys can tell at a glance that he is making a fake."

"Because, if the Sui Dynasty is really so good, why do they still see people without clothes, and there are beggars outside the city who don't have enough to eat."

"Although...the direct cause of the demise of the Sui Dynasty must be Emperor Sui Yang's excessive expropriation, but I think that the rich are too rich and the poor are too poor, which is also an important reason for its demise."

"Just think about it. On one side is Emperor Sui Yang's extreme desire for extravagance, but on the other side, the common people can't even afford to eat."

"Isn't this the result of the huge gap between the rich and the poor? In the end, the people couldn't survive, so...they all went to seek refuge with Li Mi, Dou Jiande and others, and thus, there was the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty."

"I thought that if we want to make this world permanent and stable, the first thing we need to solve is the gap between the rich and the poor."

"Then... should it be resolved?"

Everyone: "..."

"How to solve?"

asked alone.

Li Chong said: "We are not Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Of course we can't do the same thing as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, robbing all the rich people's homes, so...we have to find a different way to make money."

Li Zhong continued: "It's like saying that we print some stories about ghosts and ghosts, so that those who have a little spare money will hand over their spare money, and then...we will give it back to the poor who need the money .”

"Let them support themselves and their families with their brute strength, even if they can't become rich and powerful."

If this is carefully revised, it will be no less than a good policy theory for governing the country.

If you take it to take the imperial examination, you might even get a Jinshi.

of course!

If Jinshi does not take other tests, only this test is taken.

At this moment, everyone was shocked by Li Chong's words.

Both rich and poor...

Why didn't they think of this?

but……

Even so, Liu Gongquan still felt that Li Chong always had the feeling of using this banner to make money for himself.

and so……

Then Liu Gongquan also asked: "Then how can we return the money we earned to the poor?"

Li Chong said: "I haven't thought about it yet, but first, we must have this money, right?"

"Afterwards...whether it's in the form of donations, work-for-work, or other things, in short, you have to have money first."

Liu Gongquan asked again: "Did Your Highness first think of equalizing the rich and the poor, or of making money?"

Li Chong: "Ah... I forgot."

(End of this chapter)