Industry and business?

Is it okay to talk about these in front of a group of nobles?

Chu Suiliang and the others couldn't help but feel sad again.＞Net

Li Zhi said curiously: "Did you mean to let them go to business and work?"

"Of course not."

Han Yi said: "These old Confucian women and children actually have enough land and are much happier than many people. But the reason why they feel sympathy is because their bodies are not enough to support the heavy farm work, but there is no way to make up for it. Only when their descendants grow up can they share the pressure, but whether they can hold on until then.

The main part of farm work is the tool. Since humans cannot change manpower, they can only change tools. A good tool can make farm work easier. For example, if they have cows, it may not be so difficult. The work that Weichen said is tools, not craftsmen."

Li Zhi nodded repeatedly when he heard this and said with a smile: "When it comes to this, I remember that I and the Grand Marshal were still talking about you just now."

Han Yi was stunned and looked at Li Zhi in confusion.

Li Zhi said: "When I was inspecting, almost all the farmers were using the Bear Flying Plough. I have talked to them. They praised the Bear Flying Plough and said that the Bear Flying Plough is fast and convenient, especially for Xiaotian. The work that could only be completed in three days in the past can be completed in two days." As he said that, he laughed and said: "It's all due to the fact that the right servant had keen eyes and was trying his best to promote the court to popularize this Bear Flying Plough. Otherwise, the spring plowing today would not be able to catch up."

Chu Suiliang hurriedly said, "Your Majesty has been awarded too much. I am ashamed of this contribution. I am just borrowing flowers to offer Buddha. This is thanks to Han Yi being able to create this kind of bear flying plow."

Han Yi almost laughed out loud when he saw Chu Suiliang's slightly awkward expression. Li Zhi said this clearly because he intended to make Chu Suiliang praise Han Yi. Chu Suiliang also understood in his heart, but this matter must be praised.

"You both are my good friends."

Li Zhi raised Han Yi to the same level as Chu Suiliang in one sentence, and then said: "You are very right. The quality of tools may help the people reduce a very large burden. My Tang Dynasty has very few populations, and many places are bound for hundreds of miles. If you can obtain excellent tools, my Tang Dynasty will be able to reclaim more fields and support more people."

Speaking of this, he sighed, "But this tool is hard to come by."

Han Yi said: "Your Majesty is right, but the court should attach great importance to production tools, so that there is greater hope that more good tools will appear."

Li Zhi nodded all the thoughtfulness, and suddenly remembered the patent law that Han Yi mentioned. He thought that if he proposed it at this time, it would definitely cause an uproar and it would not be successful. He couldn't help but feel a little worried. He first glanced at Han and asked, "Then how do you think the court should pay attention to it?"

Of course, Han Yi would not be stupid enough to propose a patent bill, and there is no need to do so, saying: "This is very simple. If someone creates tools that can benefit the world, His Majesty will give him an official position as encouragement."

"No!"

Chu Suiliang immediately said: "How can this official position be rewarded at will? If a person without virtue becomes an official, it will not only affect the court atmosphere, but also cause harm to the people. This is absolutely not allowed."

He heard Han Yi talk about tools in front of him, and he was relieved, but he turned around to the craftsman again.

Han Yi smiled and said, "How can you judge the good or bad of an official?"

Chu Suiliang said: "Although the official's position is to assist the king in governing the country, morality is the first, and ability is the second."

Han Yi shook his head.

Chu Suiliang said: "Then what did you say?"

Han Yi said: "If I want to say that the quality of this official lies in how much he has made to the country and the people. Even if there is some moral deficiency, if he makes great contributions to the country or the people, he can be considered a good official. As the saying goes, no one is perfect, everyone has personality flaws, and public and private should be viewed separately."

Chu Suiliang heard it, and nodded, saying, "What you said is not bad, but what does this have to do with this matter?"

Han Yi smiled and said, "Some people passed the imperial examination to be an official, and some people received the imperial eunuchs as officials, but how much contribution did they make to our Tang Dynasty? As long as they can manage the land and land well, it is enough to be gratifying and prove that Your Majesty did not choose the wrong person. Then, let alone the officials, the officials are not from Jinshi, nor from a noble family, but Xiong Feili created by the officials has made great contributions to the people and the country in the world. This is obvious to everyone. Judging from the contributions made to the country, the people, and the monarch, the officials believe that they are much better than most officials from Jinshi, so why can't officials be officials? Isn't this the standard for measuring officials?

If an official position can be exchanged for tens of millions of food and millions of labor, why would the court not exchange it? The officials believed that as long as the country can be made good, the people are good, and the monarch is good, then there is nothing worth worrying about, just do it."

Chu Suiliang was speechless.

In fact, the fundamental reason is the class system. Tools inevitably make people think of craftsmen. If craftsmen cannot even participate in scientific examinations, and become officials, wouldn’t it harm the interests of the aristocratic ruling class?

But this did not harm the interests of the monarch. The country and the people are the interests of the monarch. Only when they are good can the throne be firmly seated.

Han Yuan said: "Although you make sense, those who create tools may not be able to become officials. Some people don't even know each other. Wouldn't you put the cart before the horse if you let him become an official?"

Han Yi said: "Han Zhongshu said it well, but has Han Zhongshu ever thought that the population of my Tang Dynasty is scarce, less than half of the previous dynasty, but the territory is much larger than that of the previous dynasty, and the potential is unlimited. This population will not grow for a while. Innovative tools should be a matter of importance to the court. So why didn't the court set up a yamen office specifically for innovation of agricultural tools, gather the wisdom of the world and benefit the people of the world."

After hearing this, Han Yuan blinked a few times and then said, "Your Majesty, I think Han Yi's words are worth considering."

Changsun Wuji also said: "Innovative agricultural tools can not only reduce the burden on the people, but also make up for the inherent weakness of our scarce population in the Tang Dynasty. It is worth trying."

If a new government office is established and these craftsmen are concentrated here without real power, whether they are officials or not, they will not hurt the rule of the nobles. He is afraid that everyone will be like Han Yi, that's not bad.

Chu Suiliang also realized it and quickly said, "Your Majesty, it's the old minister who is confused. Han Yi's words can benefit the country and the people, so it's time to adopt Han Yi's words."

Because this is indeed a very big problem in the Tang Dynasty.

The reason why the Tang Dynasty reached its peak until the Kaiyuan period was that it was insufficient population, resulting in insufficient productivity. Now many places in the Tang Dynasty were deserted and people were dead. It was difficult to cultivate some places. Unlike the Song Dynasty, which had great technology and had cultivated all the mountains. In a corner of Jiangnan in the Southern Song Dynasty, it raised more than 100 million people. What is this concept? Therefore, everyone likes to stay in a rich hometown, which resulted in the lack of land for farming.

This was a very depressing thing for the Tang Dynasty. It took so much manpower to build such a large territory, but no one went to cultivate it, or there was no way to cultivate it.

If black technology really emerges, the Tang Dynasty may have a qualitative change, because there are few people and many lands, and there are no strong enemies around it, the Turks are almost the same, and Goguryeo has no room for counterattack, and only one Tubo is left, and the potential is too great.

"I also think what is reasonable." Li Zhi nodded and asked again: "What are you talking about Shang?"

Han Yi said: "Your Majesty, these people still have fields. There are many old scholars, women and children, who don't even read the fields, or they really can't do farm work. But after all, they are individuals, and they can create wealth if they are humans. Even if the person's legs are broken, don't he have any hands? Then he can engage in handicrafts."

Lai Ji said: "The court often encourages women to weave cloth."

Han Yi smiled and said, "Yes, as the saying goes, a man does not farm or suffers from hunger, and a woman does not weave or suffers from cold. But what if one of the two is missing? Wouldn't it be that he would freeze to death, and he would choose one of the two to starve to death. Just like these women, if they have no fields or have insufficient fields, they can only rely on weaving to support themselves, but this is obviously very difficult."

Li Zhi frowned and said, "Do you have a way to solve this problem?"

If this is the case, you can only go hungry, and you may not be able to go against the will of heaven!

Han Yi said: "My Majesty, if you are selling cloth, why can merchants make a lot of money while women can't make much money?"

Li Zhi really didn't understand and glared at Han Yi. Isn't this making things difficult for me?

Han Yuan hurried out to rescue the situation and said, "Businessmen can do business, be careful in their budgets, and will not suffer any losses. Ordinary women naturally cannot compare. Moreover, merchants have shops and many cloths, so customers will come to their doors on their own initiative. They have a lot of cloths, so it is natural to be easy to negotiate. However, poor people have very few cloths and it is difficult to find a suitable buyer, so the price is naturally lower."

Han Yi said: "That's true. Merchants are always doing business. They know what customers' needs are, so they can make goods in a targeted manner. However, the peasant woman has no idea about all this. She is always weaving the same cloth, causing her to consume the same energy and raw materials, but the returns are far less than those of the merchant. This is a kind of loss. The peasant woman weaves cloth. If she doesn't have this mind, don't involve trading and leave it to the merchant. Merchants can make high profits. As long as the standard is properly standardized, merchants can make profits, but the peasant woman gets much higher than the profits they sell themselves.

This is the case with the beauty of freedom. It concentrates peasant women weaving and sewing. The merchants design corresponding goods to the market demand, hand them over to the peasant women, and then pay them to them. The peasant women do less work than at home, but they earn more money and can even support their families, but they are also weaving cloth."

Because of the original business ecology of the Tang Dynasty, generally speaking, the people used their own food and cloth to exchange for their own products, but they didn't know what they knew and were fooled by others. It was precisely because of this reason that Han Yi felt that doing business was absolutely invincible, with few competitors, just like the Yuan family.

All the ministers nodded frequently when they heard this.

Where is the beauty of Han Yi, the work and business, it did not destroy the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, but instead consolidated it. Whether it is to display agricultural tools or to make targeted fabrics for the purpose of agriculture and textile industries, isn’t it the foundation of the Tang Dynasty. Agriculture and textile industries are the two major economic pillars of the Tang Dynasty. However, from the side, it still improved the status of workers and merchants, and it is also in line with the current court’s policy of borrowing business and eliminating poverty, and is in line with the interests of all parties.

Zheng Shanxing now has no temper and thought, even if I do business for another ten years, I'm afraid it's not as good as Han Yi!

Li Zhi laughed and said, "Let's go! Let's go to cultivate the land, don't delay the spring plowing."

Although he did not say it clearly, his attitude was very clear and he definitely agreed. It was just that this matter was not done as Han Yi said. He also had to integrate Han Yi's strategy into the court's rules and regulations. It would definitely not be clear at this time.

Liu Hanyu, who was not far away, saw it and said, "Actually, Han Yi is really capable. Look, he is the only one who is talking about it. Your Majesty and the ministers are nodding. That is the uncle and the right servant!"

Yuchi Xiuji said, "This is right. If he really had no ability, how could he become a sixth-rank official? He was born in a field!"

Although Cui Youyu, Xiao Xiao and Wei Fang had no expressions, they gradually affirmed Han Yi's ability in their hearts. Within a year, they leaped from a farmhouse to a royal special envoy, which proved his ability. You must know that these noble children are still students.

At the order, Li Zhi handed over the hoe and the farm tools, which had been prepared long ago.

Li Zhi and a group of ministers took off their shoes and socks, pulled up their pants, and went down to the fields to cultivate the land.

Of course they are just symbolic. There are so many imperial guards around them, and they have to farm like this every day. The cost is too high. A few people farm together with the people around them, and they are also talking about farming. In fact, Changsun Wuji is familiar with them and asked Li Shimin to train them. Is it a minister? When he sees the emperor, he always has to go down the field. He doesn't want to learn it. But he is old and can't wave his hoe anymore.

The three main classes of monarch, minister and people gather together, and a prosperous scene.

This is the most common occurrence during the Zhenguan period.

It was not unreasonable that the Tang Dynasty was so prosperous. Li Shimin still created a good political atmosphere. Seeing the emperor like this, can the people not be moved? No matter how hard or tired he is, they will not complain.

Li Zhi suddenly raised his head and said, "Why don't you sing?"

Yang Menghao said: "Your Majesty, can you sing?"

Li Zhi said: "Who doesn't allow you to sing, I haven't been satisfied with listening to it yet. Han Yi, you start."

Han Yi wanted to nod, but suddenly saw Lu Zhilian and a few children sitting by the field, so he said, "Lian'er, come and start."

Lu Zhilian opened her eyes wide and said, "Am I?"

Han Yi smiled and said, "Yes!"

"Can I?"

Lu Zhilian said with a blushing face.

Li Zhi laughed and said, "I said you can do it, you can do it, just sing."

Lu Zhilian looked at Lu Shi Gua again.

Lu Shigua smiled and nodded.

Brother Xiong whispered: "Sister Lian'er, you just sing, Brother Xiaopang supports you."

Lu Zhilian nodded and plucked up the courage to sing, "In my heart, there was a dream that I wanted to use singing to make you forget all the pain."

Her pure and flawless voice, coupled with this song, makes people feel warm.

She sang a paragraph, and everyone immediately started singing, both men, women, and young.

Li Zhi also started singing as he listened. This guy was really a bit musical, and the rhythm was very well grasped.

"How can you see a rainbow without experiencing the wind and rain? No one can succeed casually."

The more everyone sang, the more enthusiastic they became, and they didn’t feel tired at all.

Xiao Jun, who had just spoken against him, couldn't help but feel extremely moved. He felt full of hope for the future, grateful for the present, full of strength, and felt guilty in his heart, so he quietly walked to Han Yi and said, "Special Envoy."

Han Yi said: "Doctor Xiao has something to do?"

Xiao Jun apologized: "I have offended so much just now, and I hope the special envoy will forgive me. This song is really admirable."

Han Yi said, "Why are the family doing so polite?"

"ah?"

"Oh no, what the officials mean is that this is nothing. Doctor Xiao is a counselor. When he encounters this situation, he will naturally speak out. This is what he should do. If the counselor stops speaking, the country will be in danger."
Chapter completed!