In fact, even Li Shimin couldn't guess how long-term Xia Hongsheng's vision was. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After all, no matter how brilliant he is, he can't know what will happen thousands of years from now.

If Datang wants to be truly eternally prosperous, in addition to constantly updating its own technology and always maintaining the world's most advanced technology, it must also have the ability to take advantage of the trend within itself in order to cope with all kinds of impacts from within the body and stand tall and not fall.

Within the cognitive boundaries of Xia Hongsheng, if there is still Datang in this world after 1,300 years, then Datang can only become a constitutional monarchy.

This is the most suitable future form of government for Datang.

The replacement of feudalism by capitalism is the inevitable trajectory of history and the objective inevitable result of the development of all aspects of society. The imperial system of the Tang Dynasty will not be preserved until that time. There are only two results. Or, it will be wiped out by the torrent of class revolution, and the Tang Dynasty will cease to exist and become a new democracy. Or, accept constraints, compromise with democracy and the bourgeoisie, and become the titular monarch. Otherwise, even if Datang has the most advanced technology in the world and the most fertile land, it will still be torn and shattered in its own internal changes.

As for doctrines that are more advanced than capitalism, they are still ideas after all, and they have not yet been realized, let alone seen by Xia Hongsheng himself.

Even if this more advanced doctrine has certain characteristics, then in the stage of Xia Hongsheng's era, it is only a coat of characteristics for the time being, and it is not really that more advanced doctrine.

Therefore, the farthest scope that Xia Hongsheng can see, that is, the foundation for the germination of capitalism in the typical Tang Dynasty, promotes the rise of the bourgeoisie, promotes the mutual compromise between the emperor and the bourgeoisie, and the mutual compromise between imperial power and democracy, and finally makes the Tang Dynasty transform into a constitutional monarchy, conforming to the general trend of democracy, so it has continued.

This is the last link in Xia Hongsheng's Datang concept, and it is also the final result. How much excess, and how much foreshadowing is needed, Xia Hongsheng may not be able to complete it in his life. But Xia Hongsheng can lead the wheels of Datang in this direction.

For the Tang Dynasty to eventually become a constitutional monarchy, mutual compromise between the bourgeoisie and the monarchy was needed. Only by checking and balancing the two can they avoid bloody conflicts and armed revolutions, and make a smooth transition.

Therefore, the bourgeoisie must develop first. And the king cannot completely lose power in front of the bourgeoisie.

So Xia Hongsheng has to find a way to promote Datang to enter this state.

Therefore, it is necessary to open up business restrictions first, and make the bourgeoisie emerge first.

But the emergence of the bourgeoisie will threaten the rule of the emperor. In the early days of the emergence of the bourgeoisie, it developed rapidly, and it was weak enough that even a decree of the imperial court was enough to stifle it. Therefore, in the early stage of the emergence of capitalism, it was necessary for the emperor not to raise enough vigilance against him in order to continue to develop. Otherwise, if the king thinks that its development is about to touch his dominance in the early days, the king will wipe it out in one fell swoop, no matter how much good he may have. And the budding capitalism at that time was categorically incapable of confronting a centralized imperial court.

Therefore, the development of the budding capitalism should be restricted. This restriction allowed him to slow down a little in order to confuse the king into believing that his development was within his control, so that he would not obliterate it. Therefore, in the early stage of the budding emergence of capitalism, some policies that do not harm its development, but restrict its development, are its protective umbrella.

This is the meaning of Xia Hongsheng's request for the enactment of commercial law.

As a matter of fact, the three questions raised by Li Shimin are fundamentally unsolvable.

collusion between officials and businessmen, embarrassment; or the powerful use their power to build a business empire and monopolize the market; Even the big powerful are the big businessmen, and the two are combined...... These are all problems that cannot be completely solved, and in the face of these problems, the law can sometimes only be quite helpless and powerless.

Guy "The capitalist is afraid of no profit or too little profit, just as nature is afraid of a vacuum." As soon as there is a proper profit, capital is bold. If there is a profit of ten percent, he guarantees that it will be used everywhere; With twenty percent profit, it becomes active; With a 50 percent profit, it takes a risk; For the sake of 100 percent profit, it dares to trample on all human laws; With a profit of 300 percent, it dares to commit any crime, even to the risk of hanging."

However, it is not irreconcilable.

As long as the content of the law does not unduly hinder the development of commerce and deprive merchants of their rights; As long as the power of the state is still greater than the power of the merchants' alliances; As long as the state's control of the economy remains effective; As long as the promotion of business practices that comply with the law and the enforcement of business practices that violate the law are sufficient; Then these problems can actually be suppressed to a considerable extent.

A doctrine with more advanced characteristics has actually done quite well in this regard. The state-owned economy controls important industries and key areas that have a bearing on national security and the lifeline of the national economy, and does not interfere too much in the market, but maintains macroeconomic regulation and control over the market. This is a very informative approach.

For Datang, the state-owned economy is the economy of the imperial court, the industry of the imperial court, and in popular terms, it is the "state-owned enterprise". Another point to be clear is that the property of the imperial court is by no means the same as the property of the royal family.

To put it simply, the commercial law that Xia Hongsheng wants to formulate should revolve around a few keywords.

Start a business. Remove all kinds of restrictions on commerce, so that commerce can acquire its due status, rights and conveniences.

Limited to business. On the premise of ensuring that business development is not harmed, restrictive measures should be formulated to prevent business development from getting out of control and causing a large number of undesirable results, and restricting business development to a positive but healthy flexible space.

The state controls the lifeblood of the economy. If private individuals control the economic lifeblood of the country, they can control the state, and the state power will eventually become the plaything of some private individuals.

Macroeconomic regulation and control, standardize the market. The free market has its own inherent and unavoidable shortcomings, so it is necessary for the state to make up for the shortcomings of market regulation under the premise of respecting market regulation. It is necessary to use planning, laws and regulations, policies, ethics, and other means to intervene and adjust the state of economic operation and economic relations, bring microeconomic activities into the track of macroeconomic development of the national economy, and promptly correct the tendency of deviating from macroeconomic objectives in economic operation, so as to ensure the sustained, rapid, coordinated, and healthy development of the national economy.

To put it simply, in layman's terms, it is easy to understand by making a very incorrect and inappropriate analogy, comparing Li Shimin to a certain group in later generations, and then applying some of its policies and regulations. (To be continued.) )