Longevity begins with Jinyiwei

The border gates are garrisoned by frontier troops, and the sea is garrisoned by naval forces. Even the city shipping department also needs the presence of naval forces.

In this way, whether it is internal commerce or external maritime trade, the huge group of gentry and landlords are undoubtedly excluded from the margins.

Such a scene, if it was in the years when Daheng established the country, in order to stabilize the rule, the emperor would naturally want to see it.

With the stability of the world and the solid foundation of the rule these years, this obviously runs counter to the current emperor's thinking.

It is also very clear that it is the foundation of Daheng's rule of the world. First, it is naturally martial arts, and second, it is the gentry and landlords who cover the world.

No matter how much the emperor has prejudice against the gentry and landlords, and how he wants to reform them, no matter it is now or in the future, they are still the foundation of Daheng's rule of the world, which cannot be separated and cannot be separated.

No matter how unwilling the emperor is, he has to consider the feelings of these gentry and landlords.

Therefore, what the emperor has always asked is how to transform these gentry and landowners, so that their thinking can be changed, and their wealth should not be concentrated on the common people's land and manpower.

But obviously, this is also an extremely difficult thing.

After all, Wu Xun has become the main body of business, and it is impossible for the emperor to destroy this established business order.

It can only be said that try to guide the gentry and landlords as much as possible.

But this point is not the focus at the moment. For the gentry and landlords, the focus is still on education and ideas. The change of wealth should be said to be just a by-product that will inevitably appear after changing the education and thinking.

After all, when the ideological transformation of the gentry and landlords is completed, they will naturally adapt to the times, and will no longer always focus on the one-third of an acre of land of the common people.

But now, it is precisely this point that the emperor didn't pay much attention to, but now, it is the result of a direct explosion?

The shipping department in North Korea is extremely prosperous, and its main body is actually gentry and landlords from all over the world.

Daheng's Wu Xun didn't pay much attention to these places. Their focus was on the Northwest and Jiangnan.

In this neglected place in North Korea, the Zheng family, a family hovering on the edge of Daheng Wuxun, plus the gentry and landlords who were excluded from the main business order...

The combination of several factors has created the extremely prosperous scene of the North Korean Shipbuilding Department.

After pondering for a long time, the emperor suddenly shook his head and smiled.

He... still thought about it.

In a group, it is impossible for everyone to be stubborn and conservative, and there will always be some people who change with the changes of the times.

In the ten years since the founding of Daheng, the country has gone from a thousand wastes waiting to be rejuvenated, to the current scene of governing the world.

Business, from the collapse of the initial economic order, to the unprecedented prosperity of business outside the northern and southern regions.

Times have changed.

People have already changed accordingly.

It's just that these changed people were suppressed and excluded in the business order with Wu Xun as the main body.

At present, North Korea, a neglected place, just gives these people who are excluded and changed a chance to stand out and a place to stand.

There is no doubt that this is a good sign.

Some landlords and gentry have already begun to change. This is a good thing for the emperor, and for the Daheng world.

But... after the person changed, the road was blocked, which is obviously not a good thing...

This is undoubtedly forcing the gentry and landlords to keep their eyes on the three-acre land of the common people...

Chapter 727

"business……"

Tianzi murmured softly, tapping his fingers on the table.

The role of business, in Daheng, in the will revealed by the emperor, is already extremely clear.

Daheng's merchants are not about emphasizing commerce and despising agriculture.

Strictly speaking, the current Daheng is still the same old way of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business.

It's just that the emphasis on agriculture is manifested in various aspects, which is very clear.

The suppression of business is hidden in the dark, covered by the prosperous business scene on the surface.

Daheng's state-owned commercial firm and the Wuxun commercial system are the highest proof of restraining business.

The reason why the Son of Heaven is aware of the inefficiency and inevitable corruption of state-owned businesses, and the suppression of the business environment by the Wuxun business system, but still ignores their existence, is the root cause of the word "suppression of business"!

The role of Daheng's merchants is to protect farmers, not light them.

The prosperity of business will undoubtedly have an impact on agriculture.

There is also a contradiction between the two.

Therefore, there is a state-owned commercial system and the Wuxun commercial system.

These two business systems are like two insurmountable bridles, firmly binding Daheng's business.

Business, what can be done, what can't be done, what must be done!

Everything in business is under the shackles of these two reins.

The reason for this is naturally very simple.

One, of course, is that the idea of ​​official standard is deeply ingrained and impossible to change.

The second and most important reason is that the disorder and greed of capital, with the prosperity of business, will inevitably become more terrifying, and even affect all aspects of this country.

Although in this official environment, the disorder and greed of capital is unlikely to be as wanton as it was in the West.

But obviously, you have to guard against it.

With these two sets of business systems as the foundation, the Son of Heaven manages a large business environment, so he doesn't need to focus on countless subtleties, but specifics to individuals.

It is not a secret that which rich man and which merchants are raising money.

When something goes wrong, whether it is dealing with it or killing someone, there is someone who is extremely clear and can bear the responsibility.

Daheng's power was given to them, and they used it, whether it was for public use or for personal gain, there are laws in both of them.

In the heart of the emperor, agriculture is the foundation of the country from the beginning to the end, and this cannot be violated.

The existence of merchants is just a tool to make farmers richer and the country richer.

In the current era, looking at the world, there is no country that needs Daheng to catch up.

Daheng has plenty of time, and Daheng does not need to sacrifice the interests of farmers in exchange for a short-term leap.

Agriculture is the foundation and business is the supplement.

What is the primary and secondary, clearly.

However, the Son of Heaven is naturally clear that this rule, in the current Zhaowu Dynasty, is naturally reliable.

But with the evolution of time, the existence of business will inevitably become more prosperous, and the existence of rules will inevitably become weaker.

It is very clear that whether you are rich or not, being rich means that your descendants can enjoy the best educational resources, have the best educational resources, and have contacts that ordinary people can't match, which is enough to easily step into the world. career.

Just like the integration of officials and businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River in the late Ming Dynasty, officials are businessmen, businessmen are officials, and the two are greedy for oneness. All rules and constraints are like fakes.

But at the moment, North Korea's shipping department is extremely prosperous this time, and some gentry and landlords have shifted their focus from agriculture to business...

At this point in his thoughts, the emperor couldn't help shaking his head, the problem is actually easy to solve.

Throughout the history, dynasties and dynasties have given clear answers.

Emphasize agriculture, suppress business!

Directly suppress across the board!

Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen are lowly, and they are the bottom of the society. From etiquette and morality to laws and regulations, there are layers of restrictions.

But it is also obvious that the evolution of commerce in the hundreds of years before the Ming Dynasty also proved that this method is no longer in line with the times.

Everything is obviously relative.

How could a rich businessman with a superior family background and abundant wealth be willing to be confined to the bottom of society, even worse than an old farmer in the field?

If you have money, you must have status.

If you have money but no status, you will try to use money to exchange for status.

This time must be.

Restrictions from the source will lead to the disadvantages of the pre-Ming period that almost overthrew the dynasty.

Because the former Ming Dynasty restricted merchants from the source of Hongwu and ignored merchants.

Such restrictions cannot always be kept strict.

Businessmen should develop, or will develop.

The pre-Ming Jiangnan trade flourished, which is the most reasonable.

And after Hongwu, the son of heaven and courtiers, it is impossible to strictly implement the policy of restriction like Hongwu did.

In this way, what was brought about was the corruption of the previous Ming's finances and taxes.

After all, the former Ming Dynasty, from the root, emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce, and merchants were the lowest.

But in fact, businessmen, in the pre-Ming, have slowly risen over time.

The policy of the imperial court is to ignore commerce from the root, but in fact, it is unable to continue to suppress commerce.

However, the imperial court's policy of suppressing business from the root is naturally doomed. It is impossible for the former Ming court to implement effective commercial and tax policies.

The existence of commerce develops during this empty window period.

The imperial court's suppression only existed in words, and it was unable to implement it. The commercial environment, under the restrictions of the Hongwu ancestor system, could not have the slightest control and restraint.

Since the barbaric growth, a monster integrating government and business was born in Qianming, gradually grasping the right to speak, and devouring Qianming step by step.

As a result, the pre-Ming Dynasty enjoyed the prosperity of the south of the Yangtze River and the harsh financial system, which is unprecedented in the ages.

The emperor is very clear that everything he does now and every rule he sets will inevitably affect hundreds of years.

All of his things, in Daheng, are the "ancestral system" that cannot be violated!

Although the phrase "ancestors are not lawful" is domineering, in a sense, it only exists in fantasy, basically, it cannot exist in reality.

The existence of a country, such things as legal principles and righteousness, seem to be illusory, but they are more effective constraints than any means and policies.

He is the founding emperor of Daheng, and Daheng was founded by him, so as long as Daheng is not dead, and Daheng is not usurped.

The basis for the existence of the king of later generations and the minister of later generations is to inherit the legal principles and righteousness of Emperor Zhaowu.

Regarding the policies and rules set by Emperor Zhaowu, they can obey them and make them useless, but it is absolutely impossible to veto them openly!

To veto him, Emperor Zhaowu, is to veto the meaning of their own existence.

Just like the great edict of the previous Ming Dynasty, since Hongwu, although it has been in name only, no matter whether it is the emperor of the former Ming Dynasty or the minister of the former Ming Dynasty, almost no one cares about it, and even treats it as a joke.

But after Hongwu, which emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the minister of the Ming Dynasty, would veto the existence of the Great Law openly and aboveboard?

He established the rules of Emperor Zhao Wu, it is one thing to enforce them or not, but another thing to keep them in existence.

As long as the rules exist, even if one emperor is fatuous and one minister is incompetent, making it useless, but if there is no ruler and minister, the rules left by Emperor Zhaowu will be their greatest reliance on strengthening the country and enriching the people!

Chapter 728 The Future

Therefore... the emperor governs, considering the present, but also considering the future.

He can't just think about the present and make a one-size-fits-all, leaving a deep-rooted disaster for future generations.

And business, the mainstream trend of future generations, is obviously the top priority.

Although the current rules of Daheng's merchants are not completely sound, they already have a framework.

The two systems firmly clamp down on all aspects of Daheng Commercial, so that any disturbance in Daheng Commercial is under the control of the emperor.

But the current business system, like many temporary policies that have been established, is a special product of a special period.

A big cake related to the world can allow some people to eat more and some people to eat less.

But there must never be a situation where some people eat alone.

The cake of the world, that is, the people of the world will share it, and the less and more it is a competition for sharing the cake, but if it is not given, it is directly excluded, which is obviously abnormal, and it does not meet the needs of governance.

The current business of Daheng is undoubtedly like this.

The two major commercial systems cover the three groups of the royal family, the martial arts, and the folk, but exclude the gentry and landlords, a group that is related to the foundation of the rule, and suppress them as much as possible.

If it is good for a while, it will be a disaster for a long time.

Not to mention, the current Daheng world is not only suppressing gentry and landlords by business, but also land finance and taxation, official career, and even education and thinking.