I was the emperor in the Three Kingdoms

For ancient countries, the development of agriculture can make the people live and work in peace and contentment, many people plow the land, pay more taxes, and then the national treasury granary is full, there is no food shortage and turmoil inside, there is no enemy invasion outside, and the people live and work in peace and contentment inside, which is almost a prosperous era, so successive rulers have regarded the development of agriculture as the "foundation of the country".

And Liu Zhe from the 21st century knew that this was a wrong policy, but in the eyes of the ancients, it was the best policy.

In fact, when Liu Zhe began to propose to encourage commerce and collect commercial taxes in Youzhou, almost all of his subordinates were opposed. However, because Liu Zhe had enough majesty and courage to insist on it repeatedly, his subordinates agreed to this policy.

Undoubtedly, as things stand, his policy is absolutely correct!

"Wen Ruo, do you know how a person can run fast?" Liu Zhe asked with a slight smile!

However, he didn't wait for Xun Yu to answer, so he continued to say out loud: "Only two legs cooperate with each other to run fast, and there is a premise here, that is, both legs are healthy." But with only one leg healthy and the other atrophied, can the person still run fast and walk normally? "

"In my opinion, agricultural business is like the two legs of people, and only if both are healthy can this country develop normally."

"Heavy agriculture over commerce, heavy commerce over agriculture, all of them only need one leg and give up the other leg, so it is equivalent to becoming disabled, even if the other leg develops to the extreme, but the other leg is disabled, atrophied, it can not walk normally, let alone run."

The first time he heard such a metaphor, Xun Yu couldn't react for a while, even if he was intellectual, he had to go around Liu Zhe's words for a long time.

"How can the great affairs related to the country's great plan, the security of the country, and the stability of the people be compared to people's legs?" Xun Yu disagreed with Liu Zhe's words.

In Xun Yu's opinion, this is too child's play, heavy peasants suppress business, it is related to the country's plan, how can it be compared with a person's legs?

"Wrong too!"

Liu Zhe shook his head and continued to speak up: "Food, clothing, housing and transportation, we live in the world, not just to eat. Filling your stomach is important, but don't you need anything else? Wen Ruo, where did the clothes you wore come from? "

"Nature is woven from linen silk, and these are the things of farmers." Xun Yu replied without thinking!

At the same time, he was secretly proud in his heart, Yan Hou's move is faint. Sackcloth silk is a matter of agriculture, agriculture, not commerce.

Liu Zhe naturally saw Xun Yu's pride, and a faint smile appeared on his face, and asked again: "Wen Ruo, this linen silk is woven by yourself?" Did you make the linen yourself? Your own silkworms? "

"This..." Xun Yu said, how could these be made by himself, naturally all of them were bought.

"The jade pendant you are wearing was made by yourself?" Liu Zhe asked again.

"This..." Xun Yu was asked for a while, not knowing how to answer!

"Wen Ruo, business has already filled your daily life, and you can't do without business trading. If one day, the vegetable vendor no longer sells vegetables, the woodcutter no longer chops wood to sell in the city, the shop no longer sells clothes, and all the buying and selling are gone, Wen Ruo, can you imagine life at that time? Liu Zhe gave Xun Yu a hypothetical life like that.

Xun Yu thought about it for a while, and immediately sweated profusely, this was terrible.

"Yu means heavy farming, but don't specifically encourage commerce."

Xun Yu still hardened his mouth and continued to express his opinion: "Because industry and commerce are encouraged, everyone goes to business, who will farm?" What about making more money then? "

"Wen Ruo, you're wrong again..." said Liu Zhe with a smile again.

"Wrong again?" Xun Yu was stunned.

Liu Zhe smiled slightly: "Not everyone will become a businessman. Not everyone can be a businessman, it is good to read books and become an official, but do you see that people all over the world can become officials? Besides, people are all profit-seeking, and if the price of grain is amazing, there is no need for the government to persuade the peasants, the people will naturally go to the peasants, and the merchants will also support the peasants because of their interests. "

Liu Zhe picked up a cup of tea, took a sip slightly, moistened his throat, and continued: "Besides, from the pre-Qin period to the present, every generation of emperors has emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce, but can merchants be completely banned?" "

Xun Yu replied: "That's because the policy is not right, as long as the policy is appropriate, businessmen can completely ban it." "

"And then what? Forbidden, do you want to come to a world where there are no merchants buying and selling at all? "

Liu Zhe smiled slightly and continued: "It is better to block than to neglect, it is better to neglect than to lead, human nature is to have a kind of rebellion, the more you don't want him to do it, he has to do it." Instead of leaving businessmen in a state of unmanagement, it is better to bring them into the management of the official government, ensure social order, prevent profiteers and defraud the people. "

Liu Zhe did not wait for Xun Yu to speak, so he continued: "The imperial court imposed heavy taxes on them, discouraged their enthusiasm, and made them do everything possible to evade taxes. "

In ancient times, merchants were taxed heavily, so that they were unwilling to pay taxes, and tried in every possible way to evade taxes, so that the country lost a lot of income.

"Tax evaders naturally have a heavy responsibility under the law." Xun Yu said.

Liu Zhe smiled and said, "It's okay if you get caught, so what if you can't catch it?" Don't think it's enough to encourage others to report it, as long as there is a benefit, they can take risks. Instead of being so time-consuming and laborious, it is better to simply recognize their status and collect taxes on them normally. "

Fortunately, in this dynasty, it was far from being prejudiced against merchants like the later Ming and Qing dynasties, and although Xun Yu did not approve of encouraging business, after listening to Liu Zhe's words, he gradually changed his views.

In order to increase the persuasion, Liu Zhe talked about his Xiaoxingzhuang.

"Wen Ruo, do you know Xiaoxingzhuang's current wealth?" Liu Zhe asked with a slight smile.

"I don't know." Xun Yu shook his head, the outside world rarely knows how much money Xiaoxingzhuang has, but as long as he sees the Black Lin Army, he knows that Xiaoxingzhuang is rich and can be an enemy country.

Of course, people who don't know still think that Liu Zhe only had the capital to build the Black Lin Army after sitting in the position of Youzhou Mu.

But actually?

Xun Yu knew that this was definitely not!