"Liu Bao is very knowledgeable about current affairs!" Looking at the begging book in his hand, Yuan Shu shook his head slightly.

"It's a smart guy." Jia Xu said lightly.

"I like smart people, but it's not appropriate to have smart people among the Hu people." Liu Bao's decisiveness was somewhat unexpected by Yuan Shu. Originally, he also planned to teach the Southern Huns a good lesson, and then talk about the issue of incorporation after fighting half to death, but the other party did not give him this opportunity.

"And what is Your Majesty going to do?"

"The Southern Xiongnu don't need to have this kind of existence, take Liu Bao to Jinling to live a clean life." Yuan Shu said calmly.

"What about the Southern Huns?"

"The Southern Huns, who were cleaned up by Gongsun Zhan, are almost the same. Since Liu Bao knows current affairs so well, let's let him go. However, it is still necessary to deter it, and let Zilong take Bai Ma Yicong to make an appearance, knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger. ”

"Yes."

After that, Yuan Shu tore off the begging book in his hand and threw it into the brazier.

Picking up a piece of paper again, Yuan Shu began to write and draw with frowns again.

"Your Majesty, why are you hesitating again??" Jia Xu asked.

"Merchant." Yuan Shu said with a tangled face.

"Oh? Your Majesty, haven't you always been a supporter of merchants? Now that my business is thriving, why should I bother with businessmen. ”

Jia Xu's eyes flashed, but his mouth was the truth.

"Businessmen are profit-seeking. Although it is said that it is fame and fortune for the government and the people, the benefits brought by business are too large and light, and there is a lack of restrictions, and if you are too indulgent, you may cause trouble. However, if it is too suppressed and disadvantageous to the country, it is difficult to balance the pros and cons. Yuan Shu said in a deep voice.

With the insight of later generations, Yuan Shu knew very well what would happen if he let go of the giant beast of merchants and even capital. Although it can greatly promote economic development and foreign expansion, morality and order are easily trampled on extremely humble. This extreme pursuit of economic interests, the improvement of living standards, is largely accompanied by the distortion of values.

When he first crossed, because of the corruption and sins of the family, Yuan Shu had an extreme attitude towards the family, and treated the businessmen more favorably.

But today, Yuan Shu looks at it with another kind of eyes, but he thinks that the merchant is stronger than the family? The Ming Dynasty fell, and the role of smuggling merchants such as Jin merchants and Hui merchants was not small. Businessmen have no borders and interests come first. Compared with businessmen, the family at least has a higher bottom line. Because they want face, they won't easily joke about the family's hundreds of years of Qingming. Once the reputation of the family stinks, it is over.

Moreover, whether it is in terms of development or foreign aggression, the Maison seems to be far stronger than the merchants. At the very least, the family will not leave without a profit, they are better at business than merchants. The depth of the heritage and the long inheritance are destined to have a much higher elite rate than businessmen, and the moral bottom line is much higher than that of businessmen.

As for foreign aggression. The family that the merchant can do, and the family can do what the merchant can't. What a businessman controls is nothing more than wealth, and a family not only has wealth, but also people and talents. Each of the incoming families is enough to build a small country on their own. After Yuan Shu opened and divided, the strength of the families was much stronger than that of European merchants in a certain dark period.

Don't look at the previous family so fierce, it is because the internal decay has been backlogged for hundreds of years. If the businessman is placed in the same position, I am afraid it will be even more revolutionary. Although there are many people in the family who have no bottom line, there are also many people with integrity and foresight.

Moreover, the ancestors of the family have made outstanding contributions to the people. Every family goes back to ancient times, and there are sages and benevolent people who have opened up territory for all people, and it is their original education that has led to the current Han people.

Chen Sheng and Wu Guang once shouted "The prince will have a kind of Xiangning". But in fact, these nobles are indeed not born noble, but their ancestors have made immortal achievements, and to a certain extent, as long as they do not do excessive things, they are indeed more qualified to be blessed than commoners to a certain extent.

"Your Majesty's thinking is ahead of your time, and it is indeed beyond the reach of your ministers and others. However, it is not unreasonable that all dynasties have emphasized agriculture and suppressed business. Agriculture is the foundation, and farmers work hard for a year but have little income. Merchants, on the other hand, can amass a lot of wealth by not buying low and selling high. In this way, how can farmers be convinced? It will inevitably cause many people to abandon agriculture and enter business. In this way, people's hearts fluctuate, their desires for profit are consumed, the land is barren, and the grain harvest is reduced, which is not beneficial to the country. Jia Xu said.

"In troubled times, businessmen are useless. And in the heyday, merchants are just icing on the cake. Successive dynasties have vigorously suppressed merchants, but aren't merchants still burning like weeds? The Zhen family, the Mi family, etc., thousands of family servants, countless money and food, these are all clear to Your Majesty. According to what I see, there is no need to pay so much attention to businessmen, let alone how to treat them preferentially, on the contrary, they should be strictly managed. ”

Yuan Shu nodded. In later generations, reform and opening up led to rapid economic development, but with the same various problems. The boom in commerce inevitably followed a significant reduction in the agricultural population. In this era, there were not as many high-tech farming equipment as later generations, and they could only rely on manpower, and the demand for agricultural population was greater.

"That being said, it was just a chaotic world and a lack of grain and grass production. Although our Dachu is now in the early peace, the construction of water conservancy and the development of fertile land are very well done, coupled with the improvement of farming tools, the distribution of a large number of ploughing cattle, and the optimization of grain seeds, the grain output has increased substantially. Today, there is overcapacity in grain production, as well as many products. In this case, a large number of merchants are indeed needed. Yuan Shu said.

It was not a mistake to emphasize agriculture and suppress commerce in ancient times when production was backward, except that it was not applicable when the dynasty had been peaceful for a long time, in fact, it was very much in line with the needs of the society at that time. But it is not applicable to the current Da Chu.

"There is no distinction between superior and inferior, but each performs its own duties. Although it is easy for businessmen to make profits, they are also a social necessity. Everything cannot be left to national control, otherwise resource mobilization will become ossified. Yuan Shu said.

However, too much indulgence can lead to confusion in people's hearts, and the calamity is worse than that of the sons of the family. Merchants are not engaged in production, but they can amass a lot of money and live extravagantly. It is difficult to restrict household registration and labor service, and taxes are also very easy to conceal, and it is easy to do illegal things for personal gain. The family has a long heritage, and there is some sustenance, so there is also some fear, and generally do not dare to do too much. But the merchant is a flash, no more than a few heirs, wives and concubines are available at will, and the clan is difficult to restrict, there is no fear without concern, and it is difficult to restrain without fear. If it is allowed to develop, it is not only possible to betray the country and collaborate with the enemy, but also to collude with officials and businessmen to use money to control power and control the government. Jia Xu said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Yuan Shu couldn't help but be shocked, and looked at Jia Xu with a solemn gaze.

Jia Xu was stared at by Yuan Shu all the time, and his heart was suddenly shocked: "Don't blame the lord, don't you say something wrong?" It's just a speculation, and I ask for your forgiveness. ”

"It's okay, you're right, I just got distracted." Yuan Shu didn't see any flaws in Jia Xu after watching it for a long time, and his heart was slightly relieved.

Jia Xu's words just now almost made Yuan Shu wonder if this product had also crossed over.

"Using it but hating it and punishing it is not the way to use people. Businessmen deserve their due treatment because of their contributions. However, what you say is true, and the merchants should be regulated. Although it is difficult to manage, as long as the method is appropriate, it is not impossible for businessmen to put faith first. ”