Some of the princes have primitive ideas similar to that of a small country with few people. Although the trade industry in the Central Plains is very prosperous, due to the bribery incidents of Gonggong and Huandou, as well as the four emperors' bribery of other tribes, they believe that doing so should be strongly curbed. Because of the impulse of business, Hongzhou people do business wherever they go. Although there is a tendency to spread fire among Sui people, it is also worth being vigilant. They learned the concept of private ownership in the south and are now a little sensitive to it.
But Yuzai did not agree with their excessive vigilance, and told them that the trade volume in the Central Plains was very large, and doing business was definitely not wrong. You think that everyone should do business, but some people do When you get older, you start thinking about compounding profits. This is certainly something that will happen, but it will also promote the development of society.
"Private property is just a family thing. Don't be afraid of it like you are afraid of tigers and wolves. If you are afraid of tigers and wolves, you don't study its habits and just curse them behind closed doors. When the tigers and wolves break through your door, you don't even know how to deal with them. .”
In the current era, there are not many surplus products. Even if the productivity of the entire world has exploded in different regions for different reasons, this growth is limited and is by no means unlimited.
"The market was opened by Shen Nong, and the sun and the middle are the market. It serves the people of the world, gathers the goods of the world, trades and retreats, and everyone gets his own place... An important measure to keep people's hearts towards profit instead of morality is supervision from the top .”
"Of course, wealth can reach heaven and reach the gods. Even the mountain gods from all over the world must offer jade when offering sacrifices to them. This jade is also wealth given to the gods. People give white jade to the gods, just like people who do business. It is good for the ruler. At this time, the ruler will fall into a misunderstanding, that is, will he help the business people to bully the rest of the people, or will he severely punish this kind of bribery? "
The princes of the Central Plains all responded at this time, saying that of course such bribery would be severely punished. They also said that Huandou spoke for Gonggong back then because he accepted Gonggong's benefits, and the reason why the four emperors took Gonggong with him was They played together because they received Gonggong’s belongings.
Yu Zai said: "Perhaps people with high virtues can resist this temptation, but not everyone has this kind of virtue. There are many people in the world and there are many managers. As long as this kind of thing happens, there will be an endless stream of people in the future. Absolutely, we can rely on the law to monitor the bright side, but the dirty transactions behind the scenes cannot be disclosed."
"Therefore, we can only promote morality as much as possible to curb these things that have already occurred and will become more and more bad. If we stop it without knowing it, it will be as stupid as not eating because it will choke to death."
"The people must have the right to curb these groups, and the high-level rulers must always understand the consequences of letting these people go. They can buy pottery from you today, and they can buy the city from you tomorrow. , maybe your people and country will be stolen by him in the future."
In the eyes of the princes, Juzai was indeed a very strange person. On the one hand, he believed that commerce would breed strong private ownership and even complete slavery, but on the one hand, he promoted it and on the other hand, he tried to stop it. Doing things and playing with balance made the princes feel uncomfortable, but Yu Zai told them that this is the meaning of social existence.
"Do you feel uncomfortable? Let me tell you. When farming in farmland, if the soil is not cleaned from time to time, weeds will breed every day. Once the soil is not cleaned for three days, the weeds will grow very high and mix with the grains. They compete for nutrients, and what ends up growing is some malnourished, low-quality food.”
"Whether food can grow well depends on whether the land is fertile or not. Among the weeds, there is a kind of grass called Qinghui. It can treat pinkeye, wind-cold, malignant sores, and wind-heat. But it grows in the fields. It will be eradicated, but if it grows in the wilderness, in a medicine garden, it is good medicine.”
"Farmers who farm the land are the embodiment of society, and fertile land is the embodiment of social productivity. So when productivity is high, weeds will naturally appear, but these weeds have good medical effects on the human body in other aspects, and they damage food. , but they also bring health to the human body. Can you say that their existence is incorrect and completely meaningless?”
"I once told the Great God Yanwei that the world is just a big plowed field, and the rulers are working in the field. This field is too big, and some people are always slack, so they leave some fields with weeds alone. At this time, if you leave it alone for one day, the grass will be one inch tall. If you leave it alone for three days, the grass will be three feet tall. Then the food will be destroyed and the land will rot. If you want to repair it, you will have to work hard and work hard because the roots of the weeds have already taken root too deep. ”
Yu Zai explained to the princes: "There is no better way to govern people than to be stingy. Personal cultivation and governance of the world are nothing more important than agricultural production and the spirit of cherishing. A stingy person harvests grains, keeps them carefully, and cherishes them." "
"The ruler who does not cherish the people of the world will not cherish him. The development of any new thing will inevitably destroy an old thing. The changes it brings are good or bad, just like the arrows of a bow. Just like shooting, let it fly for a while whether it can hit the target."
Yuzai stayed at Lishanshi for more than a day and helped them carry out some reforms in animal husbandry. He hoped that they could make outstanding contributions to the development of the world's pork industry, from a large part of the pork industry to a strong part of the pork industry, and realize the freedom of pork. ...
And these words that Yu Zai said were also written down, and they will be scattered to every corner of the mountains and seas as the princes go back. Finally, they may be seen by some masters and hermits who live in every corner. ....
Discussions on social forms, life and production, morality and benevolence, interests and war... all kinds of discussions are a precursor to the emergence of various schools of thought. If there are doubts, there will be responses, and if there are responses, there will be triggers. Thinking, thinking...excellent wisdom will be born.
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At the beginning of winter, the sun's ecliptic longitude reaches 225 degrees. In the land of Jianghuai River, the third autumn has passed.
At this time, three phenomena will occur in sequence between heaven and earth: the water begins to freeze, the ground begins to freeze, and the pheasant jumps into the water and turns into a mirage.
Hongzhou's logistics caravan finally began to cross the river and headed for Taotang. Along the way, after they left the Lishan clan, they encountered more tribes. The closer they got to the Central Plains, the more tribes gathered. The people from Hongzhou came all the way, causing a strong wind of the new era from the south to blow into the Central Plains.
The spring breeze of reform is blowing everywhere...!
