When Song Lian was so angry that he fainted in the main hall, making the whole palace lively.
Zhu Biao was looking around curiously with Su Jing's magnifying glass.
"Master Su, why is it so clear?"
Zhu Biao looked at the book for a while, and then looked at the tables, chairs and benches.
Zhu Biao had already come into contact with the magnifying glass in the palace.
Because colored glass can also be used to make magnifying glasses, there are also colored glass magnifying glasses for sale among the people.
However, due to the characteristics of colored glaze, the effect is far less effective than a magnifying glass made of glass.
Because the glass is pure color and has been heat-treated with fire, the internal stresses are balanced.
Whether it is clarity or restoration, it is far superior to conventional glass magnifying glasses on the market.
Even if it is a fine product in the palace, there is still a big gap compared to the one in Su Jing's hand.
"Because it's made of glass."
Su Jing smiled.
"Glass?"
Zhu Biao was a little confused and said, "Isn't this Liuli?"
Su Jing shook her head and said: "Of course not, but they do look similar. If you like them, I'll give them to you."
There is still a lot of glass in Su Jing's warehouse.
"This thing is so precious that students dare not accept it."
Zhu Biao said immediately.
This was a "treasure" that was not even comparable to the magnifying glass in the palace, and he thought he was not worthy of it.
"I have a lot more, take it."
Su Jing said lightly: "It's just a gadget."
Only then did Zhu Biao accept it. He did not doubt Su Jing because there was no need at all.
"Master Su, in the last class you taught, the students have been thinking about it in the past two months, but they still can't get the answer."
Zhu Biao said to Su Jing.
He is a person who is good at learning and thinking. Even though he has been away from Su Jing for two months, he has been reviewing what Su Jing taught him.
Su Jing thought for a while and said, "What did I talk about last time?"
After two months of busy work, Su Jing really forgot.
Zhu Biao immediately said: "Last time Master Su talked about the flaws of market regulation."
"Oh, yes, I remembered."
Su Jing nodded and said, "Then what's your problem?"
Zhu Biao paused for a moment and said: "I followed Master Su's market adjustment theory and wanted to apply it to the Ming Dynasty, but I found that I couldn't match it."
"Even if you include the opening of the sea, it's the same."
"I once suspected that Master Su's theory was wrong, but I didn't know where it was? I asked Master Su to teach me."
Zhu Biao is very direct and raises questions directly if he has any doubts.
This is exactly what Su Jing asked for.
It is right to respect teachers and Taoism, but truth is the most important thing.
Hearing Zhu Biao's question, Su Jing smiled, looked at Zhu Biao who looked serious and said:
"It seems that you have really thought about it seriously, yes, yes."
"Judging from the current Ming Dynasty, the market adjustment theory I mentioned is indeed incompatible."
"As for the reason, it is very simple. This is the inevitable result of the self-sufficient small-scale peasant economy developed under feudal society."
Zhu Biao frowned, still a little confused in response to Su Jing's explanation.
“Subsistence smallholder economy, what does this mean?”
Zhu Biao looked at Su Jing with doubts in his eyes.
Su Jing explained: "The self-sufficient small-scale peasant economy is also called the natural economy or the individual farmer economy."
"Simply put, it is a small-scale agricultural economy based on individuals or families as units, private ownership of land as the basis, relying entirely or mainly on their own labor to satisfy their own consumption."
"The biggest feature of this kind of economy is that it is self-sufficient. It does not need to engage in too complicated commercial activities with the outside world. It can support itself by itself."
"For example, most of the farmers in the Ming Dynasty were like this. They had their own land and grew their own crops. They paid taxes and ate their own food. The products they used were basically handmade at home, and only a few needed to be purchased."
"It can be said that we live completely dependent on heaven and earth. Under such circumstances, it is naturally difficult for business to develop."
"Without the support of prosperous business, you will not be able to find an object to adapt to the theory of market regulation."
"So, you should understand."
Su Jing took a sip of water, which meant that he himself was engaged in business and had some knowledge of history.
Otherwise, it would be really difficult to deal with Zhu Biao's Three Thousand Questions.
Zhu Biao listened very carefully, nodded and said: "Master Su explained it very thoroughly, and the students understood it."
"It's just that students think that the small-scale peasant economy is very good. The people are self-sufficient, live and work in peace and contentment, and are very stable."
Hearing this, Su Jing shook her head and said, "Niu Yi, don't be fooled by your self-sufficiency."
"The small-scale peasant economy is very fragile because of its small scale of operation and lack of accumulation and reserve capabilities. It will be destroyed immediately if there is any natural or man-made disaster."
"Only those landowners think that the small-scale peasant economy is good, because they can annex a large amount of land during lean years and become bigger landowners."
"At the same time, once the country's corvee taxes increase, it will also be a disaster for ordinary farmers in the small-scale peasant economy."
Su Jing's words seemed plain, but Zhu Biao was shocked.
He seemed to see the scene of famine years, when a large number of farmers could not produce food and were forced to sell their land in order to survive.
Landowners are not philanthropic people. They buy goods at low prices and then exploit farmers for their production.
The result is that the poor get poorer and the rich get richer!
The fragility of the small-scale peasant economy led to land annexation. Before the land annexation, Su Jing said that it was an important reason for the collapse of the feudal dynasty.
this.
The two were connected, and Zhu Biao felt a crisis.
The fall of the Ming Dynasty seems to be foreseeable.
Something had to change, but he had no idea how.
I have to ask Su Jing for advice.
Zhu Biao said to Su Jing: "Master Su's words are inspiring and enlightening, and the students are taught."
"But students are confused, since the market adjustment theory mentioned by Master Su is not suitable for the small-scale peasant economy, why does Master Su know such a theory?"
“What type of economy is suitable for market regulation theory?”
There is obviously no real-life environment corresponding to the theory, so how can we obtain this theory.
Zhu Biao deliberately tactful, but also wanted to know how to change the situation of this small farmer economy.
The continuation of the Ming Dynasty is very important!
"Well!"
Su Jing was stunned, Zhu Biao's thinking ability had improved.
After thinking for a moment, Su Jing replied: "In fact, it is not that there was no era of commercial prosperity in the feudal dynasty."
"The Northern Song Dynasty was the richest dynasty among the feudal dynasties. Not only was the country rich, but the people were also rich."
“Although it has not completely gotten rid of the characteristics of the natural economy, the prototype of the commodity economy has already emerged.”
"The commodity economy corresponding to the natural economy."
“Commodity economy refers to an economic form directly aimed at exchange, including commodity production and commodity exchange.”
(End of chapter)
