Daming: If I find a great-grandson, I will teach an emperor through the ages

Chapter 7 The Importance of Productivity!
Cao Ying roughly understood what Cao Wei meant.

He asked who is the most important person for the development of society.

The concept of society is very vague. China has a history of thousands of years. From ancient times to today, everyone is moving forward step by step.

From primitive to civilization, from backward to advanced.

The wheel of history goes up and down, and dynasties change accordingly, but who are the main characters throughout the development of the whole society?

"Father, since the emperor and ministers are not unique, aren't other positions and industries even more so? How can they be called important?"

Cao Ying asked him a young man's question, Cao Wei could see that he was very confused, as if he was about to be entangled in this question.

"No! Ying'er, you're over the top." Cao Wei said with a faint smile.

"Since the development of human history, it can be said that any type of person is very important.
Soldiers who defend the country, farmers who produce food, merchants who travel everywhere, craftsmen who manufacture, masters and scholars who inherit culture, ministers who manage the country, and the emperor who orders and restricts ministers, they all perform their duties. , without any one, the country is incomplete and unhealthy. "

"However, how many countries are there in this world? Let's not talk about it, let's say that there are Northern Yuan royal courts around Daming, Goryeo, Wala, Tatar, North Korea, Ryukyu, and Wa..."

"They are the same as Ming Dynasty, they are their own country, and there are emperors, ministers, merchants, farmers, craftsmen in their country...

But why are these countries strong and weak?Strong countries can invade weak countries to gain benefits, while weak countries have to rely on strong countries to protect themselves. "

"This..." Cao Ying was completely confused.

This in the end is why?

How to define strong and weak countries?

According to the size of the land area?

When the Central Plains is strong, the surrounding small countries do not dare to make mistakes, but there are also times when the big Central Plains countries are invaded by the surrounding small countries...

Cao Wei called out to stop him.

"It's actually very simple. If we want to know what the strength of a country depends on, we might as well push it backwards."

"Today's Ming Dynasty is very powerful, and it defeated the Northern Yuan barbarians who invaded the Central Plains, right?"

Cao Ying nodded silently.

"During the period of the Three Emperors Yao, Shun and Yu, they were very backward, right? If they encountered a powerful country like Ming Dynasty, they would not have the power to fight at all."

Cao Ying nodded again, he felt as if he had grasped something vaguely, but there was no trace to find it.

"Then let's imagine that if the emperors, ministers, literati, farmers, businessmen, and craftsmen mentioned just now were allowed to return to the time of the three emperors Yao, Shun, and Yu, and only engaged in their own jobs, who would let the country at that time The national power has become stronger?"

After Cao Wei finished speaking softly and persuasively, Cao Ying lowered her head and began to think seriously.

Back to the Three Emperors period...

The first thing Cao Ying thought of was the emperor of a country.

Can the country become stronger if the emperor formulates good national policies?

Obviously not!

What is the use of a good national policy in the face of foreign invasion?
The ministers manage the place so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment...

Not right either!
The literati's preaching of morality... is even more useless to the country's strength.

Businessmen can earn money by running around in business, but this will only attract people to covet them more.

Farmers produce food...but they can only increase some food production by relying on richer experience, which is extremely limited.

artisans...

Thinking of this, Cao Ying suddenly widened his eyes, his heart was shocked, and a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in his mind!
"It's a craftsman..." Cao Ying murmured.

"Artisans can produce tools, smelt iron tools, make weapons, make agricultural tools, build houses, build cities..."

He looked up at Cao Wei, with an extremely excited look on his face, even breathing a little heavily, and his face turned red with excitement!

"Without craftsmen to make weapons, soldiers cannot defend themselves against foreign enemies; without craftsmen to make farm tools, farmers cannot cultivate better; without craftsmen to build houses, everyone will have no fixed place to live..."

"Father, am I right?"

Cao Wei showed approval and nodded meaningfully.

"Correct!"

"Actually, what you just said can be called productivity.
Craftsmen produce weapons, soldiers will not be unarmed, military power will increase accordingly, craftsmen produce farm tools, farmers will save time and effort in farming, and food production will increase at any time..."

"The strength of a country depends on its productivity."

"Productivity is also updated and iterated with the evolution of time,

Before the Han Dynasty, most of the weapons used by the soldiers were made of bronze, which was extremely fragile. After the development of iron smelting, the military power of the Han Dynasty advanced by leaps and bounds, and the Han people in the Central Plains became famous! "

"In the late Tang Dynasty, people built the curved shaft plow, and the popularity of irrigation tools such as drum carts and rotating drum carts allowed the entire country's grain production to increase unprecedentedly..."

"These improvements in productivity make a country stronger!"

Cao Ying listened and nodded excitedly.

He seems to have seen that the ancestors of the Han Dynasty almost wanted to slaughter the Huns to death, so that they could seal the wolves and live in Xuxu!
It also seems to see that in the Tang Dynasty, there were still thousands of houses hidden in Xiaoyi, the rice was flowing and the corn was white, and the public and private warehouses were rich and prosperous...

Yes indeed,

Why were the Han and Tang dynasties so powerful?
Not that productivity has been improved!
If you also want to make Daming stronger, you should also focus on improving productivity!
"Father, I understand. What you mean is that the status of craftsmen should be improved so that they can better increase their productivity. If productivity increases, Daming will become stronger!"

Cao Wei said so much, emphasizing the importance of craftsman and productivity, Cao Ying thought she had understood what Cao Wei was thinking.

Unexpectedly, Cao Wei nodded, then shook his head again.

He looked at Cao Ying, smiled and said, "Productivity cannot be improved by craftsmen alone."

“It’s true that craftsmen should be valued and given better treatment, but craftsmen only provide and create production tools.”

Looking at Cao Ying who was stunned for a moment, Cao Wei burst out laughing.

"Productivity is related to all aspects of a country, such as businessmen doing business, paying taxes, and creating an economy for the country, which is also a kind of productivity."

"Another example is that the craftsmen produced farm tools, but without the hard work of the farmers, the grain output would definitely not increase."

"In addition to craftsmen, merchants and farmers are also related to all aspects of a country's productivity, and are equally important."

"What I mean is that today's society should not be dominated by a family of scholars. Everyone is making contributions to the country. There should not be such a huge gap between high and low."

"Of course, the industry that craftsmen engage in is the source of a country's productivity and is the most important thing. We should pay attention to it and make some changes. You are right.
But at the same time, we should also take a look at those businessmen and farmers. They are also very important and should not be classified as cheap jobs. "

At this time, Cao Ying stared at Cao Wei with admiration.

These principles sound so simple now, but only his father Cao Wei told him.

Suddenly he thought again,

What would Grandpa Huang think if he heard his father's words?
(End of this chapter)