Section 183 Salt and Iron Official Camp

Anyi, looking at Wuxian Mountain in the south and Wangwu Mountain in the north.

It has been a famous city since ancient times.

The sixteenth generation of Xia Zi built its capital here, and when the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period interacted, the Wei State in its heyday also built its capital here.

The reason why Anyi was chosen as the capital by Xia Zi and the early Ming lords of Wei has its own merits.

Although there is no natural danger to defend around Anyi, there is no solid mountain and river.

However, there are many rivers in its territory, the transportation is convenient, and the resources are abundant.

In Anyi, to this day, there is still a world-famous salt pond, and the salt pond alone can produce millions of catties of salt every year, which can not only fully meet the needs of Hedong County, but also supply Guanzhong.

In addition, there are many large iron ore mines that have been discovered in recent decades.

Liu De's carriage and horse drove along the gallop road, and just by looking at the flowers, he saw the iron ore buildings looming in the countless mountains, as well as many iron ores scattered on both sides of the road.

The Emperor of the Han Dynasty pursued the rule of inaction.

Although he despises the businessman group on the surface, he has always suppressed businessmen at the political level.

But in fact, the group of businessmen and ignoring it is the best way to cultivate it.

The 53 years since the founding of the Liu family were the 53 years of China's prosperity in industry and commerce.

In Guanzhong, the businessmen may be more restrained and will not be too presumptuous, but once they get out of Hangu Pass, what Liu De saw along the road is that the counties and counties are mining, and there are merchants in the townships. In Anyi, the merchants didn't even do the superficial work of covering up, and directly blatantly opened the mountain to dig mines and build workshops.

"The situation is very strict," ...... lifted the curtain of the carriage. Looking at the outline of the mine faintly appearing in the mountains in the distance, Liu De sighed with emotion.

Liu's Son of Heaven ruled inaction for fifty-three years. Not only did the production and order of society be restored, but the population also returned to the peak level before the war at the end of the Qin Dynasty. Industry and commerce are like wild horses that have escaped from the leash, developing rapidly.

Judging from the situation in some YY novels that Liu De read in that era more than 2,000 years later, this is a good thing, and Liu De should be happy.

But now, Liu De was not happy at all, but looked at this qiē worriedly. Under this prosperity, Liu De saw blood and bones, saw crying people and bankrupt peasants, and saw displaced poor people and families with separated wives.

In this pre-AD era. The uncontrolled expansion of industry and commerce, whether it is for the country or the people, there is no benefit, only disadvantage!

The British Industrial Revolution led to sheep eating people, and farmers were forced to go bankrupt, commit suicide, and sell their children.

Until World War II, the entire capitalist world was a world of cannibalism.

The capitalists did all kinds of evil, ran amok and did all the bad things they could.

And in this day and age. The behavior of the merchants was not much nobler than that of their counterparts in Europe and the United States in later generations.

According to the history of the Ming Dynasty, Liu De also heard with his own ears that Dou Guangguo, the younger brother of the Empress Dowager Dou, almost died in the black coal kiln.

And this is what will inevitably happen under the expansion and development of capital.

If industry and commerce continue to expand so uncontrollably and restrictively. There will certainly be more and more such things, because capital will inevitably compete with agriculture for population, land and resources, and sheep eating people is the inevitable result of the development of capital.

It is not only the people at the bottom who have to pay the price for the prosperity and strength of industry and commerce.

The nobility and royalty on the top floor. There will also be a price to pay for the continued development of capitalism.

The Glorious Revolution in England, the king was guillotined. The French Revolution, which destroyed the Bourbon dynasty in France.

The capital develops to a certain extent. It will inevitably radiate to the government, whether they want to or not, they will inevitably compete for power with the feudal nobles and emperors!

That's it!

Businessmen have no homeland, only interests.

As long as the price is high, let alone betraying the country, it is not impossible to sell your father and mother!

Open the history books, in order to make money, are there still few examples of businessmen betraying the country?

As a ruler and a traverser, Liu De knew that it was time to pour cold water on the heads of the merchants and calm them down.

In this pre-AD era, capitalism was a world destroyer.

Once it becomes strong, it will ruin the royal family, including themselves and the royal family represented by Liu De.

"At the very least, capitalism must be in a cage before radio and colonization of India!" Liu De made up his mind in his heart: "I don't hesitate to kill it!" Control it! ”

Only after colonizing India and bringing India's wealth and resources back home can the shackles of capitalism be properly relaxed.

Before that, the blind development of industry and commerce and the unrestricted expansion of capital can only intensify the contradictions in the country, bankrupt countless peasants, make order chaotic, and make bandits proliferated.

You know, this is China.

Princes and generals would rather have a kind of China.

The common people did not have the good temper of the serfs of England and Europe!

Xia Wei had no way, so he became a Tang Revolution, Shang was tyrannical, Zhou Wu attacked Shang, and King Li lost his way, so the republic was in power, the Qin court was brutal, and Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rose up.

Two thousand years later, the Emperor of the Celestial Dynasty also said: The revolution is not guilty, and the rebellion is justified!

The people living in this land, since ancient times, whoever makes them unable to live, they will definitely let each other not want to live!

After colonizing India, there is a buffer, and most of the contradictions and pressures can be passed on to the third brother who is hardworking and kind, obedient, and has a very good personality.

Liu De felt that the people of Sange could play very happily under the caste system, and they should be able to withstand the oppression and exploitation of capitalism.

"Your Highness, the people in the mine are not the most miserable ......" Yi Zong said on the side: "The people working in the salt pond are the most pitiful!" ”

As a native of Hedong County, and once worked as a bandit, Yi Zong obviously knew the situation of the people very well, he introduced: "The minister saw with his own eyes, the people who worked in the salt pond, nine out of ten people within three years, will inevitably fall into the disabled, either their hands are soaked in brine and wasted, or accidentally fall into the salt pond, and the whole body is erosive, but the merchant is indifferent, the disabled send a few copper coins, and they are driven out of the salt pond, and the injured are thrown directly into the mountains and forests, and let the beasts bite ......."

Liu De smiled, this is normal.

Even the capitalists two thousand years later can ignore the law and ignore the health and life and death of the workers, let alone this pre-AD era, what kind of joke is it to expect the capitalists to talk about their conscience?

"When you arrive in Anyi, you will go to the countryside with Ning Cheng to assist in the investigation and inventory of the merchants in Anyi, follow Ning Cheng, and ......study hard," Liu De instructed: "When Ji Di comes back, you can think about it and come up with a plan for the official monopoly of salt and iron!" ”

Liu De feels that this is the best solution to deal with the unlimited expansion of capital forces at present. (To be continued......)

PS: I'm really sorry, I originally planned to do 3 more~ But it hurt too much at night, it hurt so much that I had to rest for half an hour to write a hundred words~ Hey~ I owe it first, I'll find a way to do physiotherapy tomorrow