strictlysupreme Chapter 183: The Essence Of Emphasizing Agriculture And Suppressing Business, People Who Are Not Inv
Chapter 183: The Essence Of Emphasizing Agriculture And Suppressing Business, People Who Are Not Inv
Yan Changqing ignored all the helpless princes, but when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang's stubborn appearance, he couldn't help pinching his eyebrows.
He didn't expect Zhu Yuanzhang to be so stubborn.
He closed his eyes slightly and concentrated, thinking and sorting out his thoughts.
Yan Changqing just opened his eyes again, picked up the charcoal, turned around and wrote on the wooden rice paper behind him, writing on the blackboard and said:
"First of all, no matter how far industry and commerce develop, as long as the court pays attention to commercial taxes, then no matter how much money those Great Shang people and the Great Shang Association can make, the court will definitely not lose money anyway!"
"If the imperial court suffers a loss in this regard, then it must be the fault of the imperial court itself. The imperial court itself gave up the huge benefits brought by commercial taxes."
"Second, although I said that industry and commerce should be vigorously developed, I also said it as if it is easy to earn a lot of money through industry and commerce."
"But in fact, it is not that easy to make a lot of money through industry and commerce."
"If you want to make money through industry, you must be familiar with a certain industry, and you must even be a leader in craftsmanship in this industry."
"Only in this way can it be possible to change and improve a certain process, thereby saving costs, and in this way can it be possible to make a lot of money.'
"Similarly, if you want to make money through business, first of all, you must have a certain amount of capital; secondly, you must have corresponding business acumen.
"In other words, you must be good at business. Only in this way can you make a lot of money through business, instead of losing all your coffin boards.
"Third, before industry and commerce develop to a certain level, merchants actually buy and sell excess materials from various places."
"Just like the example I gave just now where His Highness the King of Qi produces pears, too many pears hurts the farmers; His Highness the King of Chu's place produces oranges, it's the same example where too many oranges hurt the farmers.'
"Merchants control the excess materials in various places through buying and selling, thereby making these excess materials create greater value and wealth.'
"In fact, in my opinion, the current degree of development and the number of merchants are still far from enough."
"Because nowadays, there are still a large number of properties in various parts of the Ming Dynasty every year, because transportation is inconvenient, or no one comes to buy them."
"As a result, these products cannot be exported and create greater value and wealth."
"For example, Shu brocade, the price of Sichuan and Shu and the price of Yingtianfu can be said to be two completely different prices."
"There are many Shu brocades in Sichuan and Sichuan, but Yingtian Mansion does not produce Shu brocades."
"If there were no merchants to resell it, the Sichuan and Sichuan brocades might be worth tens of cents a piece, but Yingtian Mansion would not have the chance to see the exquisite Shu brocades.'
"But if the number of merchants is too large, then driven by profit, the merchants will naturally resell the excess Shu brocade from Sichuan and Sichuan to Yingtian Mansion, and even to various parts of the Ming Dynasty."
"After all, buying low and selling high is what businessmen do."
"But in this process, the people of Sichuan and Sichuan can get more profits by selling these Sichuan brocades, which are not very "valuable" to them."
"Businessmen can rely on buying low and selling high, and get more profits."
"The imperial court can also obtain more benefits by collecting commercial taxes."
"Yingtian Mansion, and even people in various parts of the Ming Dynasty also have the opportunity to use exquisite Shu brocade."
“This is a matter of killing four birds with one stone.”
"Fourth, if the number of people pouring into industry and commerce really reaches a certain level, causing oversupply.
"Then the money that the people who flock to industry and commerce can earn will naturally decrease accordingly."
"When the people of the Ming Dynasty found that after they poured into industry and commerce, they could not make money, or the money they made was not as much as what they could earn from their own fields. They even couldn't afford to eat.
"Then these people of the Ming Dynasty will naturally switch to industry and commerce and return to agriculture."
"This is the self-regulation ability of the real economy."
"After all, the people of the Ming Dynasty are not stupid. They will not continue to pour into industry and commerce when they know that they can no longer make money."
"Fifth, as your Majesty just mentioned, you are worried that a large number of people will flow into industry and commerce, which will lead to a decrease in the number of people in Ming Dynasty who are engaged in farming and cultivating fields.
"This actually involves the issue of the number of people who are not involved in production."
"The so-called emphasis on agriculture and suppression of business essentially suppresses the number of people who are not engaged in production!!!"
Seeing the puzzled looks in the eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang, Empress Ma, and the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di, etc., Yan Changqing further explained:
"The so-called not involved in production refers to people like Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Highnesses, and me who are not specifically responsible for cultivating the fields."
"In other words, they are actually people who need to be supported by others."
"Royal family members, civil and military officials of the court, noble families, subordinate officials of the world, millions of soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, wealthy squire and landlord families, businessmen and other craftsmen, etc.
"These are people who are not engaged in production and completely need to be supported by the people of Ming Dynasty."
"Now the Ming Dynasty should have a population of nearly 60 million."
"Among them, the number of Ming soldiers probably accounts for about one million."
“The large and distinguished families should account for around 100,000 to 200,000 people.
"There should be about 100,000 to 200,000 civil and military officials of the imperial court and officials and subordinates all over the world."
"."Those rich, squire and landlord families should also account for about 200,000 to 300,000."
"As for the remaining merchants and other craftsmen, they should account for about 200,000 to 300,000."
"This is the total population without production, which is about 1.6 million to 2 million."
"And based on the land tax of 30 to 1 set by His Majesty, then 60 million divided by 30 is equal to 2 million.
"In other words, on the premise that the number of people not engaged in production does not exceed two million."
"The 60 million people of the Ming Dynasty can support the two million people who are not engaged in production while ensuring their own livelihood."
"If the number of people not engaged in production exceeds the amount of two million, it will affect the survival of the remaining 58 million Ming people.
"Similarly, if the land tax exceeds thirty taxes per one, or if other exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes combined exceed thirty tax per one."
"This will further reduce the number of people who are not engaged in production, and will also affect the survival of the remaining 58 million Ming people.'
"(Wang Wang's) When the survival of the other 58 million Ming people is affected, then naturally these 5,800 talented Ming people will revolt against the two million people.
"In fact, this is true not only for the Ming Dynasty, but also for any dynasty in the past."
"To put it bluntly, there are too many people who are not engaged in production, or in other words, exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes have reduced the tolerable number of people who are not engaged in production."
"In the end, the people who produced things were crushed, and the people had to rebel."
"So His Majesty's emphasis on agriculture and suppressing business is essentially to suppress the number of people who are not engaged in production."
"So that the people of Ming Dynasty can still have the ability to support the other part of the people who are not engaged in production while being able to protect their own lives."
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