The unified explanation of the opposition of favoring agriculture and suppressing business shocked Zhu Fan.
He never thought that such a thing would happen if agriculture was emphasized and business was suppressed.
But according to Su Jing's analysis just now, this is indeed what happened.
Needless to say, the harm of land annexation is that once the land is concentrated in the hands of a few people, the remaining people will definitely rebel.
"Mr. Su, is it wrong to emphasize agriculture and suppress business?"
Zhu Fan asked Su Jing.
As the third prince, Zhu Fan would definitely not want anything to happen to the Ming Dynasty. It would be best to pass it on forever. This in itself is a matter of both prosperity and loss.
Su Jing smiled and said: "Don't be nervous, what we are teaching you today is materialist dialectics. As I said just now, all existing things are composed of a pair of contradictions that are both mutually opposite and unified."
"It's like this to emphasize agriculture and suppress business. If we don't emphasize agriculture and suppress business, it will be the same if we switch to other policies. You have to understand the essence of this."
Zhu Fan nodded silently. He was completely shocked just now and his brain was not working well.
"Mr. Su, if that's the case, doesn't it mean that it's best to do nothing? Anyway, everything will have a contradictory side. If you do it, it doesn't mean you have done it in vain."
Zhu Fan had a different idea.
This is the unity of opposites in everything. As long as one side is done, the opposite side will naturally appear.
If this side didn't exist, the other side wouldn't exist either.
Zhu Fan's idea is very simple, but also very true.
"It's a good idea, but materialist dialectics has another core. The general trend of the development of things is forward and upward, but the road is tortuous."
Su Jing said with a smile: "Everything has the characteristic of unity of opposites. This characteristic drives the development of things, and the world is eternally developing. Doing things naturally is better than not doing anything."
Zhu Fan's doubts were also Su Jing's doubts.
After all, when you first come into contact with materialist dialectics, you will always have some strange ideas.
"Mr. Su, I once said that cure by doing nothing, so Mr. Su thinks this is wrong?"
Zhu Fan asked Su Jing again.
Lao Tzu is a very famous ancient thinker, and his idea of governing by doing nothing is highly praised by many scholars.
At this time, Zhu Fan felt that there seemed to be a contradiction between Su Jing's materialist dialectics and governance by inaction.
"No, no, no, the understanding of doing nothing is not to do nothing."
Su Jing immediately shook his head and said: "It is said in the Tao Te Ching that if you don't respect the virtuous, the people will not fight; if you don't value hard-to-find goods, the people will not steal; if you don't see what is desirable, the people will not be confused. Therefore, the rule of the sage will Empty the heart, strengthen the belly, weaken the ambition, and strengthen the bones, often making the people ignorant and desireless, and making those who know know dare not do anything. If you do nothing, everything will be cured."
"Does this mean to do nothing? The core of Lao Tzu's thought of governing by doing nothing is inaction at the spiritual level. He does not create fame and wealth or promote comparison and show off, but rather enriches the hearts of the people. This is the real governing by doing nothing. .”
This has to do with Taoist Lao Tzu, and Su Jing can really say a few words.
After all, Su Jing was still a Taoist enthusiast in her previous life.
Of course, my understanding is not very deep, just a hobby level.
Zhu Fan was stunned for a moment. He realized how superficial what he just said was, and he completely misunderstood what I meant by doing nothing.
"Students are stupid, please don't worry about it, Mr. Su."
Zhu Fan bowed towards Su Jing.
Su Jing smiled and said: "It's okay. It's normal to have some misunderstandings about things you don't understand. Just improve after you know it."
"Let's continue. After this law of the unity of opposites, there is the law of mutual transformation of quality."
“If you want to understand the law of mutual transformation of quality, you must first understand what quality is and what quantity is. Quantity refers to the quantity or specific form that measures a certain state of a thing; quality refers to the way a thing becomes itself and is different from another thing. Inherent prescriptiveness.”
"Quantitative change is a continuous, gradual, and inconspicuous change in things, a quantitative change in things; qualitative change is a fundamental change in things, a leap, often manifested as a mutation."
"The so-called law of mutual transformation of quality refers to things that are in constant change from quantitative change to qualitative change. Every time they change from one quality to another, they always undergo small changes. (i.e., quantitative change) slowly begins to accumulate, and when this accumulation reaches a certain level, it will cause things to change from one property to another (i.e., qualitative change).”
"Without quantitative change, there can be no qualitative change. After qualitative change, new quantitative change begins on the basis of new quality, and so on."
After a long speech, Su Jing spoke heartily, but for Zhu Fan, it was not so easy to understand.
Su Jing naturally saw Zhu Fan's doubts. He took a sip of water and continued: "Let's take the example of focusing on agriculture and suppressing business. If this national policy is implemented, the first people to be affected will definitely be businessmen, and the number of businessmen will be greatly reduced. At the same time, the scale and frequency of commercial activities will also decrease. This is a process of quantitative change, you can understand it."
With practical examples, Zhu Fan naturally understood it immediately. He nodded and said, "Students can understand."
Su Jing said: "Then, as the number of businessmen decreases, the scale and frequency of commercial activities decrease, and when these changes reach an extreme, what will happen?"
What would happen without businessmen?
This is the question Su Jing wants to ask.
Zhu Fan thought carefully and imagined.
But for him, it was still a bit too much beyond his imagination.
"Mr. Su, I don't quite understand."
Zhu Fan said to Su Jing.
The importance of businessmen to production and life has almost never appeared in the entire knowledge system that Zhu Fan studied.
Because this is such an era.
Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, the status of commerce was so low.
As the second prince, Zhu Fan's teachers who taught him cultural knowledge were basically Confucian scholars. How could Confucian scholars talk to Zhu Fan about business matters?
If you haven’t learned it and don’t know it, that’s naturally normal.
Su Jing said: "It's actually very simple. Without merchants, goods will lose people who specialize in circulation and transportation. For example, specialties from Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas will have no one to transport them to the border. These are just trivial matters."
"The key is some important production materials. How to trade them? Farmers who grow food produce food, and farmers who grow mulberry and hemp weave cloth. They all need each other's things, but there are no merchants as intermediaries to trade, so What will happen next?”
"Bartering, this is how goods were exchanged during the primitive society. If it got to this point, everyone would become a merchant."
Everyone becomes a businessman!
The conclusion reached by Su Jing's analysis shocked Zhu Fan.
If we emphasize agriculture and suppress business, how can everyone become a businessman?
"Mr. Su, is this possible?"
Zhu Fan asked doubtfully. He always felt that this was unlikely to happen.
Su Jing nodded and said: "It is indeed impossible. What I just mentioned is an extreme situation. In reality, if this situation is not reached, the merchant will appear again."
"Because the more you suppress businessmen, the more profitable it will be for businessmen to take risks. You should understand the principle that things are more valuable when they are scarce."
Hearing this, Zhu Fan nodded vigorously and said: "Mr. Su, the student really understands now. Emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business is a kind of oppression on businessmen. When this kind of oppression continues to accumulate, it will form a qualitative change. , businessmanship will become a more profitable profession, thus attracting more people to join, isn’t it?”
this……
Su Jing's face jumped slightly, but she still said: "It can be regarded as an understanding. It's good that you can think of this direction. Then, let's talk about the third point, the negation of negation."
Negation of negation?
Zhu Fan was still immersed in the excitement of understanding a knowledge point just now, but now his face became confused again.
Negation of negation, why doesn't he quite understand?
Su Jing ignored the confused Zhu Fan and just said to herself: "The development of things is one process after another, and the replacement of processes must be realized through negation. In the long chain of the development of things, after two negations , the three stages—that is, affirmation, negation, and the negation of negation—appear as a cycle.”
"Just like the establishment of a new dynasty, there must be a process of establishment, denial, and re-establishment of the old dynasty."
"I just said that the general trend of development of things is forward and upward, but the road is tortuous. This is the reason."
"There is an idiom that says that when things go to extremes, they must be reversed. This is the first level of negation, and when things go to extremes, they are negated and then denied. Can this make it a little easier to understand?"
Su Jing gave another long speech, which made her mouth very dry.
However, the three basic laws of materialist dialectics have finally been explained here.
As for how much Zhu Fan can understand, it depends on him.
Anyway, Su Jing felt that the examples she gave were just like that, and some of them might even be misleading to Zhu Han.
But there was no way, Su Jing knew that her level was just like this.
Zhu Fan carefully thought about what Su Jing said, and there were still things he didn't understand. He could only remember it first, and then think about it in detail when he had time.
After some instruction, time passed quickly.
"Okay, let's stop here. I won't be able to learn even if I talk too much."
Su Jing said lightly.
Materialist dialectics is the essence of many thinkers, and Su Jing directly stated the essence of the unified theory. This amount of information is too much for a teenage child.
"Yes, Mr. Su."
Zhu Fan nodded, not the slightest bit unhappy.
Although his day is not over yet, he has already learned too much!
Ideological matters aside, Su Jing has already mentioned the shortcomings of the policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business.
For Daming, this is an extremely important thing.
…
Inside the Forbidden City.
The soap manufacturing factory of the second eldest brother Zhu Xi has been initially established. According to the design given to him by Su Jing, the scale does not need to be too large and the factory focuses on a high-quality product line.
Small profits but quick turnover is not suitable for soap.
At least, it’s not appropriate in today’s Ming Dynasty.
Because soap is not a necessity for the general public, and because the production raw materials include lard, the price cannot be too low.
This leads to ordinary people not buying soap at all.
As the second prince, Zhu Xi has access to many high-ranking officials and nobles. When selling soap to these people, price is never their first concern.
The product has to hit their hearts.
Zhu Xi transferred several experts in carving molds from the Ministry of Industry and made many exquisite molds.
As for spices, he also found a lot of top-quality spices at the same time, and the cost was not stingy at all.
Then there is the propaganda of the people's newspapers.
This issue of the People's Daily was about to be published, so Zhu Ping's advertisement was placed.
All of a sudden, all the dignitaries in Yingtian Mansion knew that the second prince Zhu Xi had made a soap, and they were all very curious.
But Zhu Ping was doing a very good job of keeping things confidential at the moment, and the outside world couldn't learn any information.
Mystery is also a very important point in marketing.
This time, Zhu Xi really implemented what Su Jing taught him extremely well.
At this time, all the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty had their own opinions on this matter.
Just because Zhu Yuanzhang did not hide the fact that the princes went to Su Jing for instruction, Zhu Chong suddenly wanted to start a soap business. Many smart people have realized that this must have Su Jing's reasons.
This Uncle Renyuan has never appeared in front of the public since he was knighted, but his influence has always been there.
Prime Minister's Mansion.
Li Shanchang is still as stable as a mountain. Despite all the disturbances from the outside world, he seems to know nothing and is just doing what he should do as the prime minister.
Even Hu Weiyong, who used to visit his house frequently, Li Shanchang asked him not to come.
Of course, Hu Weiyong was also promoted at this time, and was promoted to Zhongshu Zuocheng. This was a position dedicated to assisting the prime minister in handling government affairs, and he could already be exposed to the prime minister's daily affairs.
It can be said that after reaching this point, becoming the prime minister is basically not far away.
The more contacts you have at work, the less contacts you have in life.
Li Shanchang's wise way of protecting himself was quite effective.
"Sir, Hu Zuocheng would like to see you."
The housekeeper asked Li Shanchang for instructions.
Li Shanchang, who was feeding the fish, casually sprinkled a handful of fish food and said, "Let him go back and tell him to come back when he can't calm down."
"Yes, sir."
The housekeeper immediately turned around and left, and then conveyed these words to Hu Weiyong.
Outside the Prime Minister's Mansion, Hu Weiyong's face remained respectful after being rejected, without any dissatisfaction.
Even though he had just been promoted, Hu Weiyong's facial skills were still impeccable.
After leaving the Prime Minister's Mansion, Hu Weiyong frowned. He came to see Li Shanchang because of the matter of the second prince Zhu Xi, or Su Jing.
Now according to the public newspapers, Zhu Xi is about to start selling soap. Hu Weiyong still wants to ask Li Shanchang what his attitude should be.
"Can't keep calm? Keep calm!"
Hu Weiyong carefully studied Li Shanchang's words, and now he was a little confused.
Because Su Jing's silence seemed to be a little too long.
Even though Uncle Ren Yuan's reward had been conveyed, they still didn't even know what Su Jing's situation was.
(End of chapter)
