The boy is like a green onion, and if he doesn't pay attention to it a little, he jumps up and gets tall...... In Zhu Di's impression, Yu Qian is still a small one, a lot worse than the tiger-headed emperor and grandson.

When I saw the boy again this time, I found that the little guy was amazing, tall and thin, and at first glance, he looked quite similar to his master Liu Chun.

It's just that Liu Chun loves him so much, will there be any story?

As soon as this person is idle, he becomes bored, even if the Son of Heaven is no exception. Thinking of this, Zhu Di was not so angry, he asked Yu Qian to sit down.

"This is not a palace, and I don't mean anything other than small talk. You're a student of Liu Chun, so you're almost a student of mine, by the way, how are your studies? ”

Zhu Di, who was in Yu Qian's face, was neither humble nor arrogant, but just smiled indifferently.

"Back to Your Majesty, Caomin took one of Master's exam questions and is preparing the answer."

Zhu Di thought of Liu Chun's strange questions, and couldn't help but sigh: "Your master is rectifying you again, right?" Do you need me to call the shots for you? ”

"Your Majesty is overly concerned." Yu Qian smiled and said: "Master said that all his disciples, if they want to become a teacher, they must solve a question he assigned, answer it well, and make the master satisfied before they can become a teacher." If the master is not satisfied, he will not be considered a teacher. ”

"Oh!" Zhu Di said curiously: "What is the problem of your master, can you tell me?" ”

Yu Qian nodded, "Master asked me, since ancient times, people have often said that the Heavenly Empire has everything, and all affairs are countless times ahead of the barbarians. Master asked me if this was the right way to speak. ”

Zhu Di frowned, "This, what's there to ask about?" Rightly so, of course! Could it be that the kingdom of God is not as good as a barbarian? Your master is simply confused. ”

Yu Qian smiled faintly, as Liu Chun's disciple, if he answered the master like this, I am afraid that he would not want to become a master in this life. He pursed his lips and didn't speak. It was Zhu Di, he thought for a moment and said curiously: "What did your master say?" ”

"He didn't say much! Master only said that he didn't know either. ”

"What? He doesn't know? So what do you do? ”

Yu Qian chuckled and said, "Master said that all his disciples must be stronger from generation to generation. If the master has questions, let the disciples explore the answers, if they can convince the master, they will naturally succeed in learning, if they can't do it, it means that they are not qualified! ”

Having said this, Zhu Di really gasped.

Liu Chun, this kid teaches students a bit of a way!

As a teacher, I naturally hope that the blue will be better than the blue, but it is easy to say this, but it is difficult to do. In fact, most of the students are inferior to the Master.

Liu Chun directly left a question for the apprentice that he didn't know the answer to, and asked the apprentice to explore the answer, which was really well-intentioned!

Thinking that Liu Chun didn't know the answer, Zhu Di became interested.

"Yu Qian, do you have any conclusions? Or is it that the kingdom is ahead of the barbarians everywhere? ”

Yu Qian is still very calm.

"Your Majesty, there are certainly many places where the kingdom is ahead of the barbarians. But the grass people consulted the historical materials. Except for the last ten years, the rest of the time, they are all barbarian merchants, who have traveled thousands of miles to trade in the Central Plains. From the Silk Road of the Han and Tang Dynasties to the maritime trade routes of the Two Song Dynasties, this is the case. Could it be that the merchants of the Central Plains are not as good as the barbarians? ”

"This ......"

Zhu Di hesitated.

Not to mention Zhu Di, even if you ask the people of the Ming Dynasty, they will answer that everything in the kingdom is much stronger than the barbarians, and the two sides perceive that it is like thirty-three days and eighteen layers of hell, which cannot be compared!

But what Yu Qian said is also reasonable, it is true that all barbarian businessmen came to the Central Plains to do business, especially in the Tang Dynasty, not only businessmen, but also many barbarians even became officials of the Tang Dynasty. Some cities can gather tens of thousands of overseas barbarians. I have never heard of merchants from the Central Plains going overseas to operate.

Could it be that the people of the Central Plains are not able to do business?

Or are the people of the Central Plains too cowardly to rush to the ocean?

Zhu Di couldn't help but get up and paced on the ground.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt it was worth pondering.

Liu Chun's question is really not so easy to answer.

The more he thought about it, the more he went deeper, Zhu Di seemed to be able to find many reasons, but no matter how carefully he scrutinized, he couldn't stand it, which made Zhu Di very annoyed.

"Yu Qian, have you found the answer?"

Yu Qian said: "I can't say that I found it, the grass people just have an idea." ”

"Vision? What do you think? ”

Yu Qian said: "Your Majesty, the grass people think that if they want to compare the Central Plains and overseas barbarians, they must find the difference between the two sides...... The grass people thought that the difference occurred because Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries! ”

Zhu Di was surprised: "You settled the account on Qin Shi Huang's head?" ”

Yu Qian chuckled, "Since Qin Shi Huang, there has been a great unified dynasty in the Central Plains, and it has entered the era of governing the world with civil officials...... At present, the barbarians are either mainly tribes, or they are local princes and nobles, dividing the region, and the emperor and king are just like Zhou Tianzi, and they can't really rule the place! ”

Zhu Di snorted and scolded: "The king is not a king, and the minister is not a minister." Local divisions and feudal towns are numerous, which is the way to take chaos. ”

Yu Qian nodded, "That's right, it's true that overseas barbarians are constantly fighting and fighting, attacking each other and killing endlessly. ”

Zhu Di was furious, his eyes widened and said, "In this case, what else is there to learn from the barbarians?"

"Business!" Yu Qian was not frightened by Zhu Di's majesty, but calmly expressed his opinion.

Just these two words obviously can't satisfy Zhu Di's curiosity, you masters and apprentices can't all be so tricky, you must make it clear, where is the difference between business?

Yu Qian smiled, any choice will be made and there will be gains and losses.

Qin Shi Huang chose a path of great unification for future generations...... In order to maintain the unification, it is inevitable that the book and the train will be on the same track...... And it is precisely because of the existence of great unification that every two or three hundred years, there will be a peasant uprising that sweeps the world, thus changing the dynasty and starting a new cycle.

"Your Majesty, the people often say that chaos is not as good as a peace dog, and the best way to deal with chaos is to grow more food, and with food, you can have everything."

Zhu Di nodded frequently, "It is precisely because of this that there is a heavy agriculture and a suppression of business, a light and meager endowment, and a uniform field...... Yu Qian, do you have to say that your master is wrong? ”

Yu Qian said with a smile: "Of course not, the grass people just want to say that it is precisely because of the need to maintain the great unification that all dynasties and dynasties have chosen a relatively simple economic model, which is the so-called male farming and female weaving." ”

Zhu Di was really surprised, he had never thought of it that way.

But Yu Qian solved the problem and opened Zhu Di's mind at once...... As the Son of Heaven, he knows best the difficulties of managing a huge country.

If you want to control it easily, the best way is to make the world exactly the same, so that with a ruler, you can measure the whole world, which is really convenient...... This is the reason why successive generations have jointly promoted the emphasis on agriculture and the suppression of business.

It turned out that it was not the king and the courtiers who were collectively brain-dead, but there was a good reason.

Is there any difference between the overseas barbarians and the Central Plains?

They did not have the heroic lords like Qin Shi Huang, nor did they have the conditions for great unification.

The tribal forces, the aristocratic princes, they divide the region, they have a huge power, and even if there is a change of dynasty, it will not have much impact on them.

In such a situation where local forces are dominant and very stable, relatively complex business models will be born, and the division of labor will become more refined.

Some people farm, some people graze, some people do business, some people work...... It is not that the Central Plains does not have these, but that the mainstream that dominates the Central Plains will always be the small-scale peasant economy.

The barbarian division of labor is high, so there are merchants who travel thousands of miles to the Central Plains to buy goods and sell them for profit...... Zhu Di thought about it carefully, and he did have a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

Yu Qian's opinion does not say right or wrong, at least it can become the word of the family.

But then Zhu Di was confused.

"What do you want to say? Do you have to learn from the Ming Dynasty? Don't want to put a good big unification? To allow the local family to become bigger, but also to divide the princes? ”

Zhu Di is really angry, isn't this nonsense? Liu Chun's apprentice is not reliable!

"Your Majesty, the grass people didn't say that!" Yu Qian said aggrievedly: "The grass people are saying that they should find ways to establish a more complex and efficient economic model. Changing the small-scale peasant economy for 2,000 years is exactly what my master is advocating! ”

Zhu Di was still not convinced, he asked: "To put it bluntly, what do you advocate?" ”

Yu Qian smiled, in fact, his proposition was very simple, which Yu Qian summed up when he observed the construction of the railway. There is hardly a project that can win the support of the majority of the people in various places like the railway between Beijing and Beijing.

And the construction of a huge railway is not something that can be solved by a small family workshop, along the railway line, factories, mines, workshops, trading houses...... Mushrooms have sprung up everywhere.

Let's make things clear, only by entering the industrial age can we completely change the economic model, otherwise the original model is already the best choice for the great unified dynasty under agricultural conditions, so what are you tossing for?

Zhu Di and Yu Qian asked and answered, and kept discussing, gradually, the two of them forgot the time and kept talking about the west, and Zhu Di suddenly woke up, and they talked for so long!

I forgot even lunch.

He looked at Yu Qian again, his eyes completely changed, became soft, and even a little kind.

Yoo Chun did raise a good student.

The queen said that he was the future talent of Zaifu, but in Zhu Di's opinion, the current Yu Qian was already more powerful than many courtiers! Especially crucially, he is still so young, and when he grows up, it is really amazing!

"Yu Qian, after answering your master's question, you will most likely be able to graduate successfully. Do you have any plans for the future? ”

Yu Qian hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, the grass people can't say that they have answered Master's questions. I'm also going to go overseas to really investigate and find out if my conjecture is correct, so that it can be considered a good start and a good end! ”

"That's not right!" Zhu Di laughed, "Your idea boils down to the fact that building a railway is very important, and I also see it this way, so why do you want to do more?" ”

"Yu Qian, you are very extraordinary! I intend to help you be a matchmaker, you say, whoever you fall in love with, no matter who it is, I agreed! ”

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