Weng Tonghe was speechless. He could no longer understand the little emperor's ideological realm. Not only was the new world he could not understand, it was also the scene that he feared the most!
Confucianism suppresses commerce. Why on earth does Confucianism suppress commerce? Many people only scratch the surface without getting to the point!
Xiao Letian, who was far away in Borneo, received the urgent telegram from Cai Bixia four hours later. After reading it, he smiled bitterly, "This old man! He is still the same, changing the soup without changing the medicine. I thought he was once in our country." The tribe has been traveling for several months and learned a lot..."
"Now it seems that he hasn't learned anything at all!"
The head of state invited his father-in-law Lao Taishan, the King of the Far East, and the reclusive King of Wings Shi Dakai to the dinner... But today, apprentices like Xiang Ying could only drink at a small table nearby, eating and drinking with Lin Zhen, Jin Sanshun and others from the navy. , while also paying attention to the wine glass on the chair.
Once the food is empty, the apprentice must immediately fill it up and serve it. If the dishes are left or lukewarm, they must be prepared to change them!
As a disciple, you will naturally not complain when doing these things, and you will even rush to do them, because the closer you follow the leader, the more you will hear some practical truths!
Xiao Letian put down the telegram and signaled Xiang Ying to pour him a glass of wine, "This old man is actually more conservative than Prince Gong. The Sixth Purpose of the Japanese is actually to ensure the rights of the nobles of the Eight Banners. Once there is a setback, like today... Just watch, Guiziliu will definitely have to adjust his strategy!"
"Yixin will not be pushed off the stage of history easily. Zaichun just won one game!"
"Once Yi Xin adjusts his strategy, he may start negotiations with capital forces. He is very clever and knows how to adapt!"
"Students like this old man are the real conservatives. They are so stupid in reading! Their minds are full of the saints' ways of governing the world, and they always want to go back to the so-called prosperous age of the past!"
"Actually, what is the prosperous age in ancient times called? It was just the prosperous age of the landlords and had nothing to do with other classes!"
"China has suppressed merchants from ancient times to the present...wrong, wrong, wrong...not from ancient times to the present, but after Confucianism took over the dominant position, the power of merchants has never risen again!"
"Why do Confucians hate businessmen so much? Can any of you tell me?" Xiao Letian glanced at the small table.
After Xiang Ying poured the wine for his master, he then filled a glass for his uncle, King Xiang Shaolong of the Far East. He put down the wine bottle and said, "Confucians have regarded merchants as a despicable profession since ancient times! They are said to be profit-seeking and only loyal to money without benevolence and righteousness." Morality!"
"Confucianism has had the right to speak in society and controlled public opinion since the Han Dynasty... Propaganda like this for a long time has caused the entire society to be biased against businessmen. This old man is actually the inheritor of the old ideas!"
Jin Sanshun, who was gnawing on chicken legs, put down his food and said, "That's right! They not only spread prejudice in public opinion, but also used this prejudice to influence the king's governance. Policies to suppress businessmen were introduced one after another. China's business environment is naturally Worse!"
The Navy is indeed a branch with high knowledge content, and its basic knowledge reserve is much higher than that of the Army. Even Lin Zhen, who has just recovered from his injury, the fiery gunnery commander, is also involved in politics and economy!
"Then there is talent! Due to Confucianism's continued suppression of public opinion and policy bias... businessmen are not taken seriously, and as a result, more talents are avoiding this industry!"
"When the entire business class cannot be supplemented by a steady stream of outstanding talents, it will not be able to produce real masters! That's the kind of theorist!"
"This is too scary. If there are no thinkers and theorists in an industry... then they will have no right to speak. The elites have all gone to the Confucian class of scholars, so they are not allowed to be manipulated by them!"
"There are no outstanding talents, and the rest are just some clever people. The careful calculation of these people in the business process has only aggravated the public's prejudice. The label of being rich and unkind is getting bigger and bigger!"
Xiao Letian nodded, "What you said is right! But let me ask you again, why does this phenomenon occur? How come Confucianism has defeated Business Tao?"
"This is thousands of years of suppression! Not one or two hundred years, there must be a reason for such a long period of suppression! How did they succeed? How can people like this old man trample businessmen to death forever?"
Now everyone didn't know how to answer. After a moment of silence, his father-in-law Fan Jian spoke up, "To put it bluntly, Confucian scholars are more useful! For the emperor, Confucian scholars are more obedient and better able to rule!"
"And the merchants... are too profit-seeking and have too little loyalty... I won't go into details, but it just means that at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, many of the Shanxi merchants were eating the food of the Ming Dynasty, but secretly and Manchus doing business!”
"I heard from the elders in the family that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Shanxi merchants were smuggling to Dajin. All the materials that the Manchus could not produce had to be provided by these merchants!"
"They even dare to sell arms! Including our Fan family... In fact, our ancestors also engaged in these smuggling activities. Otherwise, why did Emperor Shunzhi entertain the Shanxi merchants' meritorious service after the Qing army entered the customs?"
"My ancestor of the Fan family was once received by Emperor Shunzhi!"
"Businessman! Loyalty is still too low..."
Bang bang bang... Xiao Letian applauded his father-in-law, "Father is right...but the height is still a little off!"
"Forget it, I won't be too pretentious! In fact, the answer to this question is very simple, just one sentence... because Confucianism is the most suitable for agricultural civilization!"
"In the final analysis, China's developed farming civilization chose Confucianism, while the West is experiencing continuous wars and does not have a unified empire. In addition, the coastline is messy and the country is unstructured... so they are forced to develop business!"
"It is the natural environment and the human environment that work together to create different historical choices!"
"Jin Sanshun and you are all from Ryukyu. The ancient Ryukyu country regards the Central Plains as a country of great wealth! It also considers Confucianism to be a classic. But why is Ryukyu so commercially developed? Why can't it implement policies to suppress commerce?"
The chicken leg in Jin Sanshun's hand fell on the plate. "Suppress? Are you kidding? Ryukyu is just a bunch of small islands. The poor and poor all rely on merchants to buy some food from overseas to survive!"
"Without merchants, how could Ryukyu's pearls, tortoise shells, corals, and cane sugar be turned into food, ironware, tools, and books!"
"Yes! This is the impact of the environment! But the Central Plains is not like this. The Central Plains continent has land that is very suitable for the development of farming civilization. People can live a good life relying on farming... Of course, relatively speaking in ancient times!"
Xiao Letian turned to look at the north, "But this kind of good life will not last forever!"
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